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Would you like to save yourself the indignity, inconvenience and foul taste of modern diet fads? Are you sick and tired of frittering away your money on heart medications that leave you feeling more wretched than ever? Do you spend frequent, precious hours jogging or pounding away at the gym? And despite all of this effort, are you still fatter and weaker than you want to be?
Then it's time to abandon the Modern Gospel of low-fat food and long-duration exercise as a path to heart health. We need the very opposite, says Al Sears, M.D. in The Doctor's Heart Cure. According to Dr. Sears, heart disease continues to be America's biggest killer - and obesity has reached epidemic proportions - because of the fad for low-fat diets and despite aerobics.
Your heart's salvation lies in reengineering the diet and exercise habits of our hunter-gatherer ancestors to fit our modern culture. What does this entail? To build a strong and resilient heart, says Dr. Sears, engage in brief, explosive bouts of intense exercise. Consume a diet rich in high quality fat, pasture-fed meat, free-range dairy, wild-caught fish and liberal helpings of low-glycemic fruits and vegetables. Avoid grain-based starches as best you can. And take appropriate supplements to counteract the nutritional deficiencies of modern produce.
As Director of The Center for Health and Wellness, an integrative medicine and anti-aging clinic in south Florida, Dr. Sears has used this plan to help more than 15,000 patients successfully reverse heart disease, build stronger hearts, manage their weight and abandon their heart medications. In The Doctor's Heart Cure, for the first time, Dr. Sears reveals his entire, proven program, so you too can safely build an impregnable heart.
Discover:
Why starches - not fat - are the villains behind heart disease
Why traditional "cardio" may be harmful to your heart
Why cholesterol does not cause heart disease
The real reasons obesity has been skyrocketing in America
How the PACE exercise program puts you on the fast track to heart health — in less than 20 minutes a day
How to enjoy a diet rich in fat and animal protein — while strengthening your heart
How The Doctor's Heart Cure makes it easier-than-ever to reach and maintain your ideal bodyweight
Why heart disease continues to be America's biggest killer
Why the conventional approach to heart disease fails
The three key principles for building heart health
The new paradigm for healing heart disease and achieving heart health
How to rediscover your natural diet
What our ancestors really ate
The link between heart attacks and other health problem
How AGEs accelerate the aging of the heart — and how to control them
Why long-duration exercise is a waste of your time, and can actually cause other health problems
Why "downsizing" you heart could you be setting you up for premature death
How to increase your heart's horsepower
How to improve your cholesterol ratios
How maintain healthy testosterone levels
The heart attack risks from long-distance running
How to shed more fat with interval exercise
Why endurance exercise encourages fat production.
Why PACEtm may help you live longer
The most important predictor for chronic heart failure
How to build muscle mass with effective interval workouts
The tragic consequences of the cholesterol drug campaign
The health benefits of higher cholesterol for the elderly
How to remove plaque from your arteries
The truth about cholesterol drug research and the incidence of heart disease
The many health dangers of statins - and the healthier, cheaper alternatives
Why heart medications can make your symptoms worse — and the safer alternatives
Why you should say "no" to nitrate-based cardiac drugs, if you can — and the safe, natural alternatives
Why you need to beware of beta blockers
How to assess your heart health
How to protect yourself from the "sinister killer" homocysteine
The link between hi
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Compelling read.......2007-09-30
This book providers the information the reader needs to know.Backed up with footnotes.It definately has a possitive impact.
Very Interesting.......2007-06-21
This book talks about some of our more important concerns: our health, our food and our lives. I'm used to read and think about what I read, to compare it with other sources. Dr. Al Sears has made a great job by showing lots of researchs to add to the credibility of his words. I'm slowing modifying my habits, so that I can follow his advices.
PACE yourself.......2007-06-13
I found this book engrossing and what Dr. Sears has to say is very useful and practical. I am trying to use the PACE exercise program with some success although I am uncertain about the fat burning as I sleep. His food diet is just good sense and backed up by many health "authorities", so I think this book from cover to cover is a winner.
A Good Book for Beginners.......2007-05-13
I did not learn anything that I didn't already know from this book. I am, however, one who is involved with continuous nutritional tune-ups and physical fitness. The advice and techniques are similar to those that
body builders already use. As I said in my title, this is a good starter book.
Satisfied.......2007-05-06
The book was very informative. However, with all the health and diet books I have read, they all seem to be similiar in many of the subjects. I just have to siphen out the parts that I believe and try to apply them in my daily life. It was very well written but like all books, you cant agree with everything. I was satisfied but not overwelmed. Thanks.
Ron Caylor
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The thrilling story of the brilliant and audacious pioneers who revolutionized cardiovascular medicine.
The history of heart surgery is a fascinating saga. In the dark ages of medicine, physicians commonly prescribed blood letting as a treatment for ridding the vascular system of diabolical elements and bizarre medicaments like brain extracts, and until quite recently, the basic treatment for a heart attack was to lie down and bear it. Within the last century, physicians have evolved from fearing to even touch a living human heart to rebuilding and even transplanting hearts with beguiling, if sometimes dangerous wizardry. Not long ago, cardiac surgery was celebrated as akin to miracle working, yet a new therapeutic age has since taken hold. Today heart attacks can often be stopped in their midst, and astonishing non-invasive surgical techniques regularly eliminate any need for a knife, while clearing vital arteries in just minutes.
Journey Into the Heart traces this epic quest involving a cast of thousands who struggled to solve medical complexities that long boggled the most brilliant minds on earth. David Monagan tells their story as never before, for the first time paying tribute to the daring tactics and outsized personalities of scarcely appreciated pioneers from Oregon to East Germany. The risks some took were hard to fathom: when a promising therapy seemed far too dangerous to perform on a patient, charismatic doctors experimented on themselves. Meanwhile, a multi-billion dollar business involving angioplasty and countless related knifeless procedures charged into life, often overshadowing the noble quest for innovation with a race for profit. The great figures behind these advances have been little chronicled, but their lives encompassed all the triumph and anguish of the last century.
Andreas Gruentzig, an East German “child of the rubble,” took center stage in revolutionizing cardiovascular care, developing the first tiny balloon-tipped probes in his Zurich apartment. Despite harsh skepticism, Gruentzig demonstrated that his gadgets could transform the lives of millions. His findings catapulted him to worldwide fame, and he was nominated for the Nobel Prize. After being lured to Emory University, Gruentzig's career escalated to dizzying heights, and then concluded tragically with an Icarus- like ending. Journey Into the Heart is a compelling biography and a multi-faceted tale of medical discovery and business intrigue, all centered on the seat of human life. The twentieth century journey to understand the human heart was a saga on par with the race to the moon.
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Journey into the heart.......2007-10-02
This is a well written book that very nicely details the history of interventional cardiovascular techniques. It is a good read.
An interesting study of angioplasty and people.......2007-04-23
I came to this book thinking it was truly a journey into the heart and its functioning. The book was actually a studied history of angioplasty, the use of catheters to clear the cardiac arteries and reduce the risk of heart attacks. Several themes stand out and make the book worthy of serious reading. The story again shows that medicine is now barely 100 years old in any modern sense as there is very little of note in the heart prior to 1900. Also, the book shows how much the review process has changed in the past fifty years, with surgical options which were untested and unproven being used with some regularity. Finally, the book profiles the leading researches and shows that medicine, like any other profession, is full of talented but unusual people.
Pity the Patient!.......2007-03-27
Pity the patient with heart problems/symptoms - a serious situation fraught with complex decisions and painful and risky alternatives. "Journey Into the Heart" tells of the struggle and errors of physician-leaders moving practice trends to angioplasty, and away from other treatments - especially CABGs (coronary artery by-pass grafts). But now a new study reports angioplasty doesn't save lives or prevent heart attacks better than generic drugs in non-emergency patients - where it is used mostly. Experts also concluded that it only fixes one artery at a time (vs. drugs operating on all at the same time), and the clogs treated are not the really dangerous kind.
Angioplasty also lost favor recently when it was reported that popular drug-coated stents can raise the risk of blood clots months later. Now the procedure in its entirety is in question.
Bottom Line: The "courageous" individuals pioneering this procedure featured in "Journey Into the Heart" were overzealous, at best. Unfortunately, "Journey Into the Heart" doesn't provide good advice about when to receive angiography, so here's some. About 600,000 angioplasties per year are now performed for patients with chronic chest pain - replacing just 350,000 with drug therapy would save as much as $10 billion/year. On the other hand, for those with unstable chest pain, stenting provides better outcomes than drugs alone, as well as for patients treated within 12 hours of a heart attack; later stenting for those with heart attacks, however, doesn't help. (Information courtesy of Wall Street Journal, 3/27/07, and Washington Post, 3/26/07).
Journey into the Heart.......2007-03-20
Very well written history of treatment of the problems of the heart, including those that made the problem worse, unto these enlightened days where so much can be done due to the hard work of so many doctors. The author had to do much investigation and then compilation to make such a readable book.
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The Castor, a vast starship, seemingly deserted and spinning slowly in the void of deep space. Martha and the Doctor explore the drifting tomb, and discover that they may not be alone after all... Who survived the disaster that overcame the rest of the crew? What continues to power the vessel? And why has a stretch of wooded countryside suddenly appeared in the middle of the craft? As the Doctor and Martha journey through the forest, they find a mysterious, fogbound village - a village traumatised by missing children and tales of its own destruction...
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Girl in Fireplace meets Terabithia.......2007-09-15
This one has the best cover, arguably - Martha does her Alicia Keyes impersonation, while the Doctor has his sonic locked and loaded. I thought this one started off slow, then got rolling as soon as our heroes enter this virtual forest world. The scenes with Martha tend to slow things down, but then the Doctor gets paired off with a litte girl that acts like a mini Rose Tyler and the ball gets rolling again. The twists keep coming even after the halfway mark. Not bad.
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In her first work of fiction in more than a decade, award-winning novelist Hilma Wolitzer brilliantly renders the intimate details of ordinary life and exposes a host of hidden truths. The Doctor’s Daughter is a haunting portrait of a woman coming to terms with her family history and the fallibility of memory.
One morning, Alice Brill awakes with a sudden awareness that something is wrong. There’s a hollowness in her chest, and a sensation of dread that she can’t identify or shake. Was it something she’s done, or forgotten to do? As she scours her mind for the source of her unease, she confronts an array of disturbing possibilities.
First, there is her marriage, a once vibrant relationship that now languishes stasis. Then there’s her idle, misdirected younger son, who always needs bailing out of some difficulty. Or perhaps Alice’s trepidation is caused by the loss of her career as an editor at a large publishing house, and the new path she’s paved for herself as a freelance book doctor. Or it might be the real doctor in her life: her father. Formerly one of New York’s top surgeons, he now rests in a nursing home, his mind gripped by dementia. And the Eden that was Alice’s childhood–the material benefits and reflected glory of being a successful doctor’s daughter, the romance of her parents’ famously perfect marriage–makes her own domestic life seem fatally flawed.
While struggling to find the root of her restlessness, Alice is buoyed by her discovery of a talented new writer, a man who works by day as a machinist in Michigan. Soon their interactions and feelings intensify, and Alice realizes that the mystery she’s been trying to solve lies not in the present, as she had assumed, but in the past–and in the secrets of a marriage that was never as perfect as it appeared.
Like the best works of Anne Tyler, Sue Miller, and Gail Godwin, The Doctor’s Daughter is private yet universal, luminous and revelatory–and marks the reemergence of a singular talent in American writing.
From the Hardcover edition.
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worth the wait.......2007-06-07
Ms. Wolitzer has written a very good book about a woman who is trying to figure out which part of her life to heal first--her father's ailment, her marriage, her neglected spirit, her child's behavior issues. As we get to know her, we get to see ourselves and our own family's dynamics being laid before us.
Good Psychological Fiction.......2007-05-01
"The Doctor's Daughter" by Hilma Wolitzer is an intelligently written mystery of self-discovery. Ultimately, it is about a woman coming to terms with the person she has become.
In the beginning of the story, the protagonist, Alice Brill, has a strange, malignant feeling in her chest. The book takes us on a quest to find out what ails her. Is it breast cancer? Is it a failing in her marriage--a failing in her career? Why did her mother's literary career suddenly stop when she was a child? What seems to be dying inside her: Is it her body or her soul?
Both Alice and her husband are highly educated literary scholars who married with a lovely dream of supporting each other's successful literary career. But after more than two decades of marriage, Alice only sees herself as "a failed Scheherazade who couldn't keep anybody alive with her stories." Instead of creating literature, she earns her living as an editor, a book doctor. She buries her dream of creating her own works of fiction, instead she doctors others' works. Her husband also must bury his literary ambitions after the financial realities of their first child's birth make him take a position in his family's printing business.
The novel takes us on a journey of recollections through Alice's life. Along the way, we get to know her mother, the successful published poet who suddenly stops publishing. Why? We get to know her father, the brilliant, autocratic, narcissistic surgeon. All her life, Alice has a lived in the cocoon fiction of her parent's marital bliss. But is that true? She sees possibilities that all may not have been right with their marriage. Her father is now in a nursing home in the later stage of Alzheimer's, so he is little help in leading her toward the answers to her questions. There seems to be something important that happened back when she was a child that is somehow at the root of the blindingly white, bad feelings that keep reccurring. Along the path toward Alice's destiny with self-discovery, are subplots of therapy, lust, friendship, and marital infidelity.
"The Doctor's Daughter" is good, intelligent, psychological fiction. I look forward to reading more by Hilma Wolitzer. In my estimation, this author can rest assured that she is not, like her protagonist, "a failed Scheherazade."
I just don't get ..........2007-03-24
what happened with the mammogram? Must have had some meaning that went over my head - seemed like it had some importance but is never mentioned again after she misses her appointment. I enjoyed the book otherwise, although I agree with a previous reviewer that the timeline seems off.
Author should check a calendar before writing!.......2006-08-10
This book was just "all right" in my opinion. I had a nagging feeling in my chest, much like the main character, but for other reasons! The timeline did not make sense.
The character mentions finding an envelope postmarked November 18, 1963--her 10th birthday, meaning she was born in November 1953. Speed forward to the present where she is 51 years old and it's June. This would put us in June 2005. She mentions going to her mammography on Friday June 13th. This doesn't make sense to me because in 2005, June 13th was a Sunday!
It might be stupid to let this bother me, but I like novels to feel real. And this just left me unsettled, like the author didn't do her job to check dates.
Otherwise, this was an okay read.
Insulting to the reader.......2006-06-14
I must admit that I finished only 2/3 of this book, I just could not bear anymore, even as entertainment. It was that bad. But, from what I read, I advise that the plot is pointless and unrealistically laid down. The characters, especially the main character and her love interest, are very poorly developed. What is developed of the main character is unlikeable. The book has the tone of someone who is talking (i.e. writing), not because she has something to say (she doesn't), but because she likes the sound of her own voice. Wolitzer does know how to string words together well, but there is nothing upon which to hang those words, which is insulting to the reader.
I knew before I read the book jacket that Wolitzer much teach creative writing. It is obvious from the content of the book that she considers herself a literary giant and thinks that impressive. She should stick with that, her "novel" is beyond disappointing. I'm sorry but the comparison to Wolitzer to Anne Tyler is laughable.
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What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About(TM) Hypertension: The Revolutionary Nutrition and Lifestyle Program to Help Fight High Blood Pressure (What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About...)
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A revolutionary, all- natural treatment program for reversing the 'silent killer' affecting more than 50 million Americans. Hypertension is a dangerous and deadly disease. There are no symptoms, so most sufferers have no idea anything is wrong-making more than 45 million Americans ticking time bombs. And while there are many drugs on the market that combat this condition, the costs and side effects are often prohibitive. Now, a leading expert and researcher introduces an all-natural solution. His comprehensive treatment regimen controls high blood pressure using the best of traditional and alternative medicine. Readers will learn about Dr. Houston's own successful all-natural formula, which attacks hypertension from many angles. When used in conjunction with dietary approaches-also outlined in the book- andcombined with exercise, stress reduction, and medication, this program has resulted in success for 90% of Dr.Houston's patients!
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Known as the silent killer, hypertension is a truly deadly disease. There are no symptoms and most sufferers have absolutely no idea something is amiss. Since only 27% of sufferers are being successfully treated, that means 36 million Americans are ticking time bombs. While there are many drugs on the market that combat this condition, the costs and side effects are prohibitive. However, now there's an all-natural solution! Dr. Mark Houston, a leading hypertension expert and researcher, has designed a comprehensive, all-natural treatment regimen using the best of traditional and alternative medicine. In this book, Dr. Houston explains how certain vitamins, minerals, and other food-related substances can reverse hypertension-naturally! Readers will learn about his own successful, all-natural formula, based on a combination of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, flavonoids, fatty acids, and other nutraceuticals. Taken together, the ingredients in the Vasatrol Therapy attack the problem of hypertension from many angles. Readers will also learn about the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet, and how to implement it. Combined with exercise, stress reduction, and the judicial use of medicines, 90% of Dr. Houston's patients have gotten results!
Customer Reviews:
My blood pressure went down by 20 points.......2007-09-14
I actually starting using the Dash diet and some of the supplements, not all. In a few days my blood pressure started to go down dramatically. It's amazing how much salt there is in everything. You really have to read labels and of course a lot more fruits and veggies!
Great information.......2007-06-02
All in all, very good reading. Nothing new here, just ties together all facets of controlling your high blood pressure: vitamins, supplements, exercise, diet and stress reduction. Presents a variety of programs and explains in detail how each can potentially lower and control hypertension. A good "how to" book to keep handy and refer to often. I have started the program and after only 3 weeks, my blood pressure has dropped. I plan to "wean" myself off the high blood pressure medication I am on now and go "totally natural".
book review.......2006-02-25
This book offers a wide variety of treatment options (dietary/ behavioral modification, use of various supplements) in the treatment of hypertension, as well as a comprehensive review of the prescription medications available for this condition. I found the dietary suggestions quite helpful, and this is one of the few books I have read which offers sound advice on use of dietary supplements as well as their presumed mechanism of action.
This book should not be your only source of information.......2005-08-04
I'm only giving this book 3 stars because I think someone needs to temper the other reviews with some common sense.
This book is a good starting point for anyone dealing with or concerned about hypertension, but before investing in and ingesting all of the supplements recommended on pages 132-133, I think a person needs more information from additional reputable sources to be certain they fully understand the risks and benefits of taking any of these nutrients in supplemental form. There are risks of adverse side effects and toxicity from supplements that are not there when you get what you need from the foods you eat. Those risks vary with things such as your age, pregnancy, illness, surgery,and medications you may be taking, not just the dosage. Each person's circumstance's are unique, so these recommendations should not be considered one-size-fits-all. I don't think this book emphasizes enough how important it is to keep your doctor current about any herbs and supplements you are taking and in what doses.
Below is some of the references I use to better understand the functions and risks of all of the nutritional supplements out there. They will open your eyes about how cautious you need to be about any supplements you take.
Vitamins, Herbs, Minerals, & Supplements: The Complete Guide by H. Winter Griffith, M.D.
A-Z Guide to Drup-Herb-Vitamin Interactions by Schuyler W. Lyninger Jr. et al
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Potassium But Were Too Tired To Ask by Betty Kamen, Ph. D.
The Linus Pauling Institute Micronutrient Information Center at
http://lpi. oregonstate.edu
http://www.nutritiondata.com (This is the best website for tracking calories and nutrients in foods and recipes! More complete than any book I've found.)
http://www.consumerlab.com (This site is like Consumer Reports for supplements. Requires a subscription for complete access, but there is still a lot of good info for free there.)
A Must-Read.......2004-11-03
Dr. Mark Houston's book promoting nutrition and a healthy lifestyle as potent weapons in the fight against high blood pressure is absolutely excellent. It is refreshing to see an esteemed medical professional embrace alternative therapies rather than relying solely on prescription drugs and vague instructions to "lose weight, exercise, and eat healthier foods." It contains not only useful information and easy-to-understand guidelines for those battling hypertension, but also practical, sound advice for anyone seeking a healthier lifestyle. I recommend this book with the highest enthusiasm!
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People from the Indian subcontinent (India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) have some of the world's highest rates of diabetes and heart disease. This is true even when they have low levels of traditional risk factors such as cholesterol. Even non-smoking Indian vegetarians under the age of 40 who exercise regularly may be at high risk.
For the first time, the authors of this groundbreaking, deeply researched book tell you why. They also tell you how you and your family - working with your physician - can prevent, manage and even reverse this dangerous but treatable killer.
Check out www.cadiresearch.com for a free download of Chapter One of the book!
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Excellent Practical book on Heart disease.......2006-02-17
Post heart attack I bought or borrowed numerous books on heart disease. This book has information that is scattered over many sources and so is a nice addition to the literature on heart disease and would be very valuable to anybody who wants to understand their disease and manage it or try to avoid getting it. It does a good job of explaining the current understanding of heart disease development, and several practical steps one can take to avoid getting the disease or manage it if one has it. While one focus of the book is the much higher than normal incidence of heart disease in South Asians in reality it is an excellent read for just about anybody. It does a very nice job of summarizing a great deal of research and highlights the Indian specific risk factors and appropriate medical responses. Much of the data is backed up by references to the medical literature that one can consult if one so desires (so much of the book is evidence based rather than anecdotal in nature). As an example of the obscure data that is hard to find but is included in the book is a quantification of expected benefit from several lifestyle & theraputic changes likes loosing weight or lowering LDL or quitting smoking etc.
How To Beat The Heart Disease Epidemic among South Asians by Dr. Enas and Sudesh Kannan Phd.......2006-01-13
"How To Beat The Heart Disease Epidemic among South Asians" by Drs. Enas A Enas, MD and Sudesh Kannan, Phd, is very well researched and a very clearly written guide not only for South Asians, but for all of us who want to live a higher quality of life our entire lifetime. This wonderful guide will be a fund of useful knowledge for my wife and I for years to come. Enas and Kannan have delivered a great gift to all of us seeking the latest knowledge on how to live healthy lives with lower blood pressure and lower cholesterol which leads to a healthy heart. If the great knowledge in this book is followed by the readers they will become healthier and happier and remain so throughout thier lives. I have recommended this book to Dr. Sanjay Gupta of CNN. I highly recommend it to anyone of any race, culture or ethnic group. My compliments to the authors. Colonel Joseph M. Blair III US Army Retired US Masters Swimmer Age 63
A must read for all South Asians.......2005-12-31
Dr. Enas has compiled his enormous knowledge and expertise, based on his extensive clinical background and research on heart disease during last three decades, into a single book. It convinces, even the skeptics, the deeply troubling, at the same time not very well understood problem of the twin epidemics of heart disease and diabetes among the people worldwide and particularly among the South Asian population. It discusses with great clarity as to why South Asians should be tested and treated differently. This excellent book by an very well known cardiologist in the field of heart disease among the South Asians, written in a easily understandable language, is a must read for all South Asians in diaspora as well as in their native land.
How to Beat the Heart Disease Epidemic Among South Asians.......2005-12-12
Very informational book-ideal for medical and non-medical audience. Details on research and the statistics adds to the value of the book. Wish there was a workbook for people to keep a track of their life style changes and the benefits. Loved the recipes and nutritional information. Highly recommend it to South Asians in America and also in their native countries.
The Silent Epidemic.......2005-12-11
This book by Drs' Enas and Kannan is a superb effort at highlighting the silent epidemic affecting south asians. It does yeoman service by drawing attention not only to factors that affect this population but provides information and resources which help laymen and physicians alike understand the disease process. It goes a step further than traditional books by devoting half the volume to educate readers on prevention of heart disease. The format and not just the content makes the book a pleasure to read. Once I picked it up I just had to race through it at one sitting. However, since then I have gone back to the book on numerous occasions only to be impressed by the amount of information that it provides.
This book is a must have for all, physicians and lay people alike,not just those from south asia.
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This final book in the Frontier Doctor trilogy continues the story of Dane and Tharyn Logan, husband and wife medical team serving a mining community west of Denver. While caring for the physical ailments of the residents of this frontier town, the Logans also minister to their spiritual needs. And Dane has the joy of leading a Ute Indian chief and his family to faith in Christ. Dane’s biggest challenge comes, however, when the stagecoach he’s riding crashes down a ravine. Dane survives, but loses his memory. Who is he? Does he have a family somewhere? And will his trust in God help him find his way back home?THE FRONTIER DOCTOR TRILOGY
Countless perils menaced the settlers of the vast wilderness, and one of the most severe was the scarcity of medical care. Risking his own life by day or by night, in all kinds of weather, the frontier doctor was a rare, unsung hero of the West.
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Dr. Dane Logan and his wife, Tharyn, are happily settled in Central City and considering the right time to start a family. Their medical practice in the little mining town keeps them busy with everything from new babies and appendicitis to gunshot wounds and a rancher gored by a bull. It’s almost more than one doctor can keep up with. Then when the stagecoach he’s riding in crashes down a ravine, Dane awakens with a head injury—and no idea who he is. Will his trust in God help him find his way back home?
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Of all the perils confronting the settlers of the Wild West, serious illness, injuries from mishaps of countless number, and wounds from battles with Indians and outlaws were the most dreaded. The lack of proper medical care resulted in thousands of deaths. It is our desire that the reader will be deeply impressed with the courage of those frontier doctors who helped settle the West. We think you’ll find this final book in this trilogy filled with our faith—gained from so many years of serving the Lord and trusting His written Word.
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Life, love, hope and tragedy..........2006-03-23
Tharyn and Dane continue to be an inspiration to all. Life in the west will challenge them in unexpected ways. Enjoyable characters, but overshadowed by unending bibical quotes.
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We are all patients at some time. Is the medical industry giving us the best treatment possible, at the best price? We all know that it isn't. My book, The Secrets of Medical Decision Making: How to avoid becoming a victim of the Health Care Machine, shows what goes on behind the scenes of the current medical care and how it impacts the patient. I describe actual cases from my clinical practice showing the most common paths that lead to increased patient suffering. I then offer possible solutions.
My book covers all the health care settings a reader may encounter: outpatient (the most common type of health care setting encountered by patients), the inpatient (hospital), preventive (patients who are not sick but seek preventive services), and end-of-life care setting. The latter may be especially pertinent in the view of the recent public tragedy of the Terri Schiavo case.
Personal stories of the patients that I encountered make this reading easy to relate to. The experiences of patients are used as starting points to show how doctor's decisions are affected by a variety of non-medical considerations.
I introduce a concept of a Medical Box—forces that have a stronger hold on most physicians than the heavy chains of prison shackles. Here are, what I call, the four corners of the Medical Box:
Fear of litigation.
Financial and time pressure.
Guidelines of Health Care authorities.
The current Medical Model—disease oriented thinking.
The text illustrates how each of these is played out in everyday patient care. A number of practical recommendations are offered. The most important theme, overarching the entire book, is empowering prospective patients to use their own common sense and trust their own judgment in making medical decisions about their medical care.
A foreword to the book is written by Colin P. Kopes-Kerr, MD, JD, MPH, who is a Vice Chairman of the Department of Family Medicine, and Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Program, at University Hospital and SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY.
Customer Reviews:
"Primum Non Nocere".......2006-07-30
House, E.R. and Grays Anatomy are not realistic portrayals of the American medical system. According to Dr. Resnik physicians are so afraid of litigation that any deviation from pre-set protocols to treat the patient as an individual and not the so-called disease is unusual. Doctors like Greg House, John Carter would be immediately dismissed and find it impossible to acquire mal-practice insurance. It is chilling to think that the media inspired idea of the omnipotent good-hearted doctor like Marcus Welby or reassuring throaty voiced Dr. Kelly Bracket from Emergency is so false.
When sickness strikes us or a loved one, we expect that in this technological twenty-first century age of marvels that just like our cars or appliances that have `crapped the bed':
A. We can be fixed with some kind of medication or therapy.
Or
B. Our parts can be removed and replaced and we can continuer our lives already in progress and unabated.
Doctor Reznik has pried our heads from the sand, removed our rose-colored glasses and has cut off our source of pap from the glass teat. He has taught us to advocate for ourselves and ask questions, even while the insurance and pharmaceutical behemoths perpetuate the myth that an American homeostasis of mental and physical health is only one more pill, test or procedure away.
Review: The Secrets of Medical Decision Making.......2006-06-27
In this work, Dr. Reznik alerts the consumer to the reality of today's medicine and its practices. He presents a medical industry that places the individual physician in a `box' that influences his decision-making beyond what is always best for the patient. Dr. Reznik position is that the modern physician is unduly influenced by the fear of litigation, the need to follow untested medical guidelines, the pressure of the pharmacology industry and the demands of the insurance companies. He presents a compelling case for his beliefs. His thesis is presented in short chapters of two or three pages that use interesting case studies to inform the reader about their need to ask questions and take charge of their own medical needs.
His writing style is easy to digest and compelling. This work is an effortless read and easy for the layperson to understand. My one complaint is in the displayed copies of medical records, notes and tests results as the printing is blurred and difficult to see.
Dr. Reznik's concern that many patients allow the medical industry to take over their individual decision-making is unfortunately very accurate - too many patients get caught up in endless consultations and unnecessary tests. My one very strong objection is to Dr. Reznik's dismissal of the need for cancer screening. As a cancer survivor myself, I believe the truth gives the patient the power of control. To tell the public that cancer screening, especially mammography, is not necessary is extremely dangerous and endangers lives unnecessarily.
Important, Enlightening, Instructive, an Eye Opener.......2006-05-26
Oleg I. Reznik M.D. has coined the term "Medical Box" to illustrate the boxed-in thinking imposed on physicians. He calls the four corners of the box: fear of litigation, financial and time pressure, guidelines of Health Care authorities, and the current Medical Model, disease oriented thinking.
Dr. Reznik uses vignettes from actual medical records, his own experience, and from the experiences of his colleagues to further illustrate the implications of the obstacles placed on the physician and the medical profession as a whole.
Each vignette reflects the perspective of the physician, the patient and family, sometimes the societal, and finally the spiritual/philosophical view as it relates to treatment, suffering, guilt, and in the final preparation of facing death.
Reznik supports the belief that the patient should assume more responsibility in learning the options available to him, the side effects that may result, and the expected results of taking action. He suggests asking these three questions. What is the doctor trying to find out from the testing? How will this additional information affect medical management and prognosis? What does the testing entail? What are the risks of test or procedure?
"Secrets of Medical Decision Making" freely uses detailed descriptions of medical treatments, tests, and procedures written in a layman's language. Rezik has produced an outstanding work. This is a guide to help patients avoid becoming victims of the health care machine. It is truly an eye opener. Dr. Rezik is well qualified to write this book. He is a board certified family physician. This study is an important addition to studies on patient advocacy. Rezik has done thorough research and has provided comprehensive reference documentation. Physicians, medical practitioners, and patients will all benefit from reading this book. It is both, enlightening, and instructive. This is a book to be read and read again.
Informative. Always ask "why?".......2006-03-01
Reviewed by Kelli Glesige for Reader Views (2/06)
If you want to know why doctors make some of the recommendations they do, then here is the book for you. Speaking as both a physician and a patient, Reznik helps us to understand what motivates our physicians and why they often say the things they do. "The Secrets of Medical Decision Making" is a book we can all benefit from reading because we all need health care at some time, or we are put in the situation of needing to make medical decisions for another. Oleg I. Reznik, M.D. has a goal of making us conscious and informed in the medical decisions we must make; by doing so we could have a much better health care system than we currently have.
Reznik calls our current health care system The Health Care Machine because it has become so mechanical. So many demands must be met that it is almost like an assembly line. As patients, we need to have freedom to make our choices and to question the system. The physicians and other health care workers are placed in a position called The Medical Box within The Health Care Machine because they are pressured to have only a standard, mechanical response to any given set of problems. As patients, we need to be aware of this system and the way it works so we can be aware of the limitations. Doctors are not omnipotent, which so many of us want to believe, and they should be relieved of such a burden, but so often, they are forced to stay "in the box" to protect themselves.
To ease our understanding of the material Reznik presents, he addresses four different viewpoints with each topic. Patient/Family Perspective deals with issues that would be most relevant to prospective patients and their families. Physician's Perspective gives the physicians viewpoint on the discussed topic. Societal Perspective gives the ramifications on the society as a whole. Spiritual/Philosophical Perspective talks about the spiritual and philosophical aspects of medical care because these cannot be taken from any attempt at trying to understand a human being. Dr. Reznik presents true stories of actual clinical studies in his book to help explain the "rules of the game" in this game of health care. He wants us to understand what drives the doctor so that we can learn to be more self-reliant.
I found the information on several different medical tests to be quite informative. We are given some questions to think about before agreeing to a test and the reasons why doctors prescribe the tests to begin with. Reznik speaks at length about prostate screening and the treatment of prostate cancer, mammograms, and how the statistics on cancer survival have progressed. All the information he presents is quite interesting and worth one's time to read in order to be a more informed individual.
Everyone may not find all the information presented by Reznik to be relevant, but we can all benefit from the ideas presented. I personally will feel less intimidated the next time I ask, "Why?" when the doctor recommends something I am not sure about. Take charge of your health and do what is best for YOU. Reading this book is well worth anyone's time who wants to be an informed patient.
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Highly Informative!.......2006-01-14
Dr Reznik has written a highly informative book that Americans need to read for the knowledge that most of us don't have. In today's constantly changing medical world, we need all the help that we can get. Many thanks to Dr Reznik for sharing with us.
(posted for a friend in Cicero, NY, not able to access the website)
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The Doctor's Book of Home Remedies for Men: From Heart Disease and Headaches to Flabby Abs and Road Rage, Over 2,000 Simple Solutions (Doctors' Book of Home Remedies)
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Men don't like to ask directions or go to the doctor. In fact, most men are reluctant to talk about anything that's bothering them. That's why there's a major need for The Doctor's Book of Home Remedies for Men. It lets men know what they can do for themselves to improve their quality of life. Drawing on the advice of hundreds of top doctors and other experts, it offers more than 1,200 practical tips for dealing with over 170 ailments, problems, and hassles.
Rodale's bestselling The Doctor's Book of Home Remedies series has sold over 15 million copies. The series is recognized as the number one source of health and fitness information for men today. This ninth book in the series begins with "Healing from Home," which covers how to choose a doctor, when to see him, and forms of alternative medicine. Next, "Remedies" is a comprehensive A-Z section, touching on topics from abdominal fat and hemorrhoids to Internet addiction and road rage--with plenty of helpful hints on avoiding serious ills like heart disease. Finally, "In Case of Emergency" is an illustrated guide to basic crisis techniques such as CPR and removing a fishhook. This book is peppered with plenty of funny, pertinent medical facts to bring a smile to the reader's face.
Customer Reviews:
Great book of quick tips.......2002-06-03
This book is a great idea for someone that wants to solve a minor problem he may be having (such as dry hair, sunburn, or sore throat) without having to pay a doctor or look for advice for hours on the internet. This book lists several ailments and annoyances men suffer from, and provides a 2 to 5 page summary of what it is and how to treat it.
Simple, easy to understand answers to men's health questions.......1999-04-26
The practical and down to earth advice is something that anyone--even men--will find concise, helpful and authoritative.
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