Breasts

Become body literate with Breasts: An owner's guide, the first in an enlightening series of books that democratise health for a new generation of readers. Breasts is an informative, practical, and engaging introduction to understanding and caring for our most mythologised and objectified body part. This conversation-starting book focuses on breasts through lived experience, revealing essential things to know right now and what to expect tomorrow.Author Dr Philippa Kaye is both your GP and your friend, who believes everyone has a right to know their body. Dr Philippa tells it like it is, translating medical jargon into simple, witty prose, answering frequently asked patient queries, and investigating what we love, fear, and most misunderstand about our mammaries. Explore further: - A 10-step chapter structure to understanding and loving your breasts.- Explores the breast's full lifespan and applies science to the everyday.- Easy-to-follow, with simple Q&As, how-to guides, and mythbusters; plus insightful diagrams and infographics.- Newly commissioned explanatory illustrations bring fresh light to the topic.From regular self-checks and bra fitting advice, to sports, breastfeeding and what to do when things go wrong - this taboo-tackling book applies science to the everyday, with simple illustrations, checklists, FAQs, and myth busters, all supported by the latest medical research. Breasts: An owner's guide won't just help you to better understand your body, it might even change your life.

What's striking, reading this fact-stuffed book - the first in a "body literacy library" series - are the many small pockets of misinformation that persist and how profoundly they can affect us. Bra sizing is absurdly confusing, and 80 per cent of women wear poorly fitting bras. Kaye offers pages of guidance.

Dr Philippa Kaye is a GP, presenter, author, and mother of three. She is a media advisor on many aspects of medicine, particularly women's health. She is a regular doctor on This Morning, and often appears on Sky and Channel 5 news, BBC Radio London, Woman's House, LBC, Radio 5 Live. She is the medical expert for magazines Woman (readership 100k+) and My Weekly Special (2.5M visitors per month), and the MadeforMums website. Dr Kaye has shared her own story of being diagnosed with bowel cancer at the age of 39 in her latest book, Doctors Get Cancer Too.