See more of this title: Blessed Health: The African-American Woman's Guide to Physical and Spiritual Well-Being

Addressing the particular medical needs and questions of African-American women, this volume provides comprehensive information on reproductive health and reveals the natural link between physical well-being and spirituality.

"Blessed Health" offers African-American women the medical information and inspirational motivation they need to achieve total health -- a healthy mind, body, and spirit.

Many black women will go to church all day every Sunday but won't take one day out of the year to get a Pap test and mammogram done. Yet that yearly doctor's visit could help save lives. Often the first people to pray when a serious illness strikes, black women may be the last to seek timely medical care. As a result, they are suffering with, and dying from, manageable illnesses such as heart disease, obesity, cancer, and diabetes more than any other group in the United States.

It doesn't have to be that way. Don't wait until a health emergency happens before turning to your faith "and" your physician. You can achieve optimal health by arming yourself with medical knowledge and a strong spiritual base. Research has proven that a well-nurtured spiritual self can help to replenish, rejuvenate, and safeguard your physical self.

Written by a prominent African-American OB/GYN and a highly respected journalist, "Blessed Health" is a personal health and spirituality guide for every stage of a black woman's life. Included here is important information on:

How your body works, and what can be done to prevent or help solve common health problems, including pelvic infections and fibroid tumors

How to find a doctor that ministers to your physical and emotional needs

How to successfully cope with illness, from a faith perspective

How spiritual wisdom and prayer can decrease the harmful effects of stress

How best to take care of your breasts and reproductive organs, and decrease your riskof heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and cancer

and much, much more, including the latest on managing menopause.