This is your brain on birth control the surprising science of women, hormones, and the law of unintended consequences

An eye-opening book that reveals crucial information every woman taking hormonal birth control should know. This groundbreaking book sheds light on how birth control affects women--and the world around them--in ways we are only just beginning to understand. By allowing women to control their fertili...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Hill, Sarah E., autor (autor)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Avery, imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC [2019]
Materias:
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991003925809708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I: You are biology. What is a Woman? ; You are your hormones ; You in the time of fertility
  • Part II: This is your brain on drugs. Hormones on replay ; Sexy is in the eye of the pill-taker ; Sex on drugs ; The curious case of the missing cortisol ; What the funk?
  • Part III: The big picture. The law of unintended consequences ; Why didn't I know this already? ; What now? A letter to my daughter