Every young woman is inundated with messages about her breasts: they’re the wrong size or the wrong shape, too much this or not enough that. Most frightening of all: they’re going to give her cancer. But most changes in the breast are not cancerous. Many are perfectly normal and easily managed with a little knowledge and a good healthcare provider.
Kerry Anne McGinn helps women sift through the noise in The Young Woman’s Breast Health Book, a substantial new revision of The Informed Woman’s Guide to Breast Health, 3rd Edition (Bull Publishing, 2001). Here young women will learn about breast lumps, “checking for normal,†how to become an informed member of her healthcare team, and more from this educator and longtime nurse practitioner who was spurred to write because of her own personal search for answers.
This book is for every young woman who has concerns or questions about her breasts, a resource to help her take control through understanding and action. Kerry McGinn has a simple message for other women who want to take charge: “To us!â€