Synopses & Reviews
Two of the countrys top doctors have written the definitive book that answers the questions that readers everywhere need to know about todays new medical discoveries, and teaches you how to tell fact from hype Each year, every doctor in the United States is required to attend lectures or courses in order to renew their license and keep abreast of the latest advances in medicine. As Faculty Dean for Continuing Medical Education and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Sanjiv Chopra provides groundbreaking new information to thousands of doctors in the United States and abroad. Now Dr. Chopra and renowned cardiologist Dr. Alan Lotvin bring that cutting edge medical knowledge to you at home and explain how you can tell the difference between true medical news and irrelevant media hype. This book is filled with authoritative advice from many of the top medical experts in their respective fields.
Doctor Chopra Says gives readers the tools they need to lead a healthier, happier, and longer life. DR. SANJIV CHOPRA is Professor of Medicine and Faculty Dean for Continuing Medical Education at Harvard Medical School. He is a senior consultant in Hepatology at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA. He has more than 100 publications and four specialist books to his credit and is an Editor-in-Chief of
UpToDate in Gastroenterology and Hepatology. He lives in Weston, MA. DR. ALAN LOTVIN is a cardiologist by training and practice. He holds a graduate degree from Columbia University, has been President and Chief Operating Officer of M/C Communications, a leading medical education provider, and was President of Specialty Pharmacy Services for Medco Health Solutions. He lives in Hopkinton, MA.
Two of the countrys top doctors have written the definitive book that answers the questions that readers everywhere need to know about todays new medical discoveries, and teaches you how to tell fact from hype Each year, every doctor in the United States is required to attend lectures or courses in order to renew their license and keep abreast of the latest advances in medicine. As Faculty Dean for Continuing Medical Education and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Sanjiv Chopra provides groundbreaking new information to thousands of doctors in the United States and abroad. Now Dr. Chopra and renowned cardiologist Dr. Alan Lotvin bring that cutting edge medical knowledge to you at home and explain how you can tell the difference between true medical news and irrelevant media hype. This book is filled with authoritative advice from many of the top medical experts in their respective fields.
Doctor Chopra Says gives readers the tools they need to lead a healthier, happier, and longer life.
"With wisdom and wit, Sanjiv Chopra and Alan Lotvin show how to navigate the vast sea of health information, from vaccines to vitamins, cold remedies to colonoscopies, marijuana to mammograms. The reader will benefit from this prescription of a healthy dose of skepticism and common sense."--Jerome Groopman, MD, Recanati Professor, Harvard Medical School and author of How Doctors Think
Doctor Chopra Says is a tremendously useful book. It will help people who want to improve their health or avoid risks cut through the blizzard of claims in the popular media and understand the actual scientific evidence, or lack of it in many cases. Even physicians may find it helpful, since its not easy for us to track down the basis for all of the tantalizing remedies or worrying hazards our patients ask us about.”--Nicholas H. Fiebach, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University
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"With wisdom and wit, Sanjiv Chopra and Alan Lotvin show how to navigate the vast sea of health information, from vaccines to vitamins, cold remedies to colonoscopies, marijuana to mammograms. The reader will benefit from this prescription of a healthy dose of skepticism and common sense."--Jerome Groopman, MD, Recanati Professor, Harvard Medical School and author of How Doctors Think
“Doctor Chopra Says is a tremendously useful book. It will help people who want to improve their health or avoid risks cut through the blizzard of claims in the popular media and understand the actual scientific evidence, or lack of it in many cases. Even physicians may find it helpful, since its not easy for us to track down the basis for all of the tantalizing remedies or worrying hazards our patients ask us about.”--Nicholas H. Fiebach, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University
"Helpful, accessible information about a broad variety of health concerns."--Kirkus Reviews
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“Dr. Chopra Says [sic] is extremely informative and an excellent, practical giftbook for health-conscious friends and family.” - The Midwest Book Review
Synopsis
Two of the countrys top doctors have written the definitive book that answers the questions that readers everywhere need to know about todays new medical discoveries, and teaches you how to tell fact from hype Each year, every doctor in the United States is required to attend lectures or courses in order to renew their license and keep abreast of the latest advances in medicine. As Faculty Dean for Continuing Medical Education and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Sanjiv Chopra provides groundbreaking new information to thousands of doctors in the United States and abroad. Now Dr. Chopra and renowned cardiologist Dr. Alan Lotvin bring that cutting edge medical knowledge to you at home and explain how you can tell the difference between true medical news and irrelevant media hype. This book is filled with authoritative advice from many of the top medical experts in their respective fields. Doctor Chopra Says gives readers the tools they need to lead a healthier, happier, and longer life.
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An easy-to-use, definitive compendium of the most current facts from alternative and conventional medicine that directly affect our health and well-being.
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As Faculty Dean of Continuing Medical Education at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Sanjiv Chopra provides the most up-to-date medical information to thousands of doctors from around the world each year. Now, in this book, he and Dr. Alan Lotvin bring this important, life-changing information directly to people everywhere, so that you too can benefit from the best, most reliable medical knowledge available today.Not every study that the media reports on is reliable, and Drs. Chopra and Lotvin show readers how they can tell which ones to pay to attention and which to ignore. In this book they explore medicines most controversial and exciting subjects, revealing new breakthroughs that affect your health and debunking the myths that youve always wondered about. It answers questions about a wide range of topics. Highlights include:
-Food and Drink: Is coffee a lifesaver? Is there really a "best" diet for you?\
-Drugs, Vitamins, and Supplements: Does Vitamin D prevent cancer? What supplements have value, and which are a waste of money? (Hint: almost all of them!)
-Medicine: What cancer screening methods are effective? What's the truth about stem cells?
-Alternative Medicine: Does acupuncture work? Can meditation or yoga make you healthy?
-Health Risks: Can cellphones cause tumors? Is it dangerous to drink from plastic bottles?
Using only the most current, most trustworthy scientific studies and interviews with the world's top authorities, A Longer Life, A Healthier Life explodes dozens of medical "facts" we all believe and provides surprisingly hopeful information about the latest research breakthroughs.
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WEVE ALL SEEN THE HEADLINES:
The Pill That Can Prevent Cancer!
A Guaranteed Way To Avoid Alzheimers Disease!
The Food That Lowers Bad Cholesterol!
BUT WHAT SHOULD WE BELIEVE?
ONCE UPON A TIME, maintaining your health seemed relatively simple. But today were barraged by a never-ending array of conflicting medical advice. Its all terribly confusing, and most of us arent sure what news we can trust and what we can ignore. Doctor Chopra Says offers a solution that will help you make the right decisions for your health.
In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Sanjiv Chopra teams up with renowned cardiologist Dr. Alan Lotvin to give you the most cutting-edge medical research available. Doctor Chopra Says explains how you can tell the difference between true medical news and irrelevant media hype, covering such vital topics as:
· Is wine the best medicine?
· Which cancer screening methods are effective?
· Is there a “best” diet for you?
· What one vitamin should everyone be taking? (And why you can throw away all the rest.)
· Are statins the new miracle drug?
Filled with authoritative advice from many of the top medical experts in their respective fields, Doctor Chopra Says gives you the tools you need to lead a healthier, happier, and longer life.
The media MYTHS, the medical FACTS,
and health ESSENTIALS revealed . . .
MYTH: Megadoses of vitamin E might stave off some cancers, Alzheimers Disease, macular degeneration, and other serious health problems.
FACT: Taken regularly over a long period of time, vitamin E supplements of more than 450 mg can be extremely dangerous.
MYTH: Drinking too much coffee has been linked to health problems, including heart attacks, birth defects, pancreatic cancer, osteoporosis, and miscarriages.
FACT: People who drink coffee have significantly reduced their chance of developing liver cancer.
MYTH: Vaccines may cause extremely serious health problems, including autism.
FACT: There is absolutely no evidence of a link between vaccines and autism.
MYTH: People can get enough vitamin D3 from exposure to the sun for fifteen minutes a day.
FACT: During the winter, people living north of about 35º latitude cannot get the necessary UV light from the sun.
About the Author
DR. SANJIV CHOPRA is Professor of Medicine and Faculty Dean for Continuing Medical Education at Harvard Medical School. He is Director, Clinical Hepatology at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA. He has approximately 100 publications and four specialist books to his credit and is an Editor-in-Chief of UpToDate in Gastroenterology and Hepatology. He lives in Weston, MA.
DR. ALAN LOTVIN is a cardiologist by training and practice. He holds a graduate degree from Columbia University, has been President and Chief Operating Officer of M/C Communications, a leading medical education provider, and was President of Specialty Pharmacy Services for Medco Health Solutions. He lives in Hopkinton, MA.
PETER LARKIN has lent his voice to over a dozen audiobooks, including works by Michael Savage and Neil Gaiman. He has won AudioFile Earphones awards for many of his narrations, including Life Among Giants by Bill Roorbach and Tomatoland by Barry Estabrook. Larkin has worked as a DJ, as a host of both a radio and a television show, and as a producer of many industrial films for many of the country's top companies, corporations, and governmental agencies.