Live Better, Live Longer: The New Studies That Reveal What's Really Good--And Bad--For Your Health

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. LIVE BETTER, LIVE LONGER 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, LIVE BETTER, LIVE LONGER 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.

"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

   

“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, New York Times bestselling author of How Doctors Think

 

"Helpful, accessible information about a broad variety of health concerns."--Kirkus Reviews

“A tremendously useful book.”

—Nicholas H. Fiebach, M.D., professor of clinical medicine, Columbia University

Every day, you hear about new medical studies touted as the “next big thing that will save your life.” But how can you tell which claims are real and which are bogus? Live Better, Live Longer gives you the answers. Live Better, Live Longer explains the latest research to provide you with the most accurate medical information. You will learn about the right diet, the best cancer-screening methods, the incredible power of coffee to prevent disease, the real value of vitamins and supplements, the truth about the dangers of cell phones, the facts behind vaccinations, and the scientific information you and your family need to lead a happier and healthier life.

DR. SANJIV CHOPRA is professor of medicine and faculty dean for continuing medical education at Harvard Medical School, and a senior consultant in hepatology at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He has more than one hundred publications and four books to his credit, and is the editor-in-chief of the hepatology section of UpToDate, an innovative Internet program that is subscribed to by more than three hundred thousand physicians around the world. In April 2010 he was honored with election as a master of the American College of Physicians. He lives in Weston, Massachusetts.  DR. ALAN LOTVIN is a cardiologist. He holds a graduate degree from Columbia University and is the chief executive officer of ICORE Healthcare. He was president and chief operating officer of M/C Communications, a leading medical education provider, and prior to that was president of Specialty Pharmacy Services for Medco Health Solutions. He lives in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.