Bestselling author and America's most trusted doctor provides quick, clear, concise advice about the latest medical discoveries, treatments, and cures.
Dr. Rosenfeld's superb annual guide to medical breakthroughs is sought after by his legions of admirers as the one source they can trust for the most accurate health information.
Dr. Rosenfeld once again combines his trademark humor with an enormous depth of knowledge to translate the latest medical news into information you can use, including:
• The common kitchen spice that lowers blood sugar levels in diabetics
• The one bottle in your medicine cabinet that you must throw away-and what you should replace it with
• Surprising uses for Botox: it can do more for your health than erase wrinkles
• The latest advances in vitamins, supplements, prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, herbs, and vaccines
This edition covers such diverse topics as arthritis, heart disease, nosebleeds, and weight loss. Dr. Rosenfeld separates hype from hope and imparts the same bottom-line advice to readers that he gives his own patients.
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ISADORE ROSENFELD, M.D., is the bestselling author of nine books, including Live Now, Age Later and Dr. Rosenfeld's Guide to Alternative Medicine. He is Rossi Distinguished Professor of Clinical Medicine at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Medical College of Cornell University and attending physician at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, as well as health editor of Parade magazine and medical consultant for Fox TV's popular Sunday Housecall. He lives in Westchester County, New York.