Disease Prevention & Treatment 4th Edition

I wish it had more diseases but overall very great book!

I got this book with my initial subscription to Life Extension Foundation. It is an amazing source of health information and my husband and I (both over 50) refer to it over and over. I just had a copy sent to my sister as a birthday present as she was very interested after I told her about it. The book is formatted to present many, many common diseases and conditions in alphabetical order with a chapter on each (such as Asthma, Heart Disease, Thyroid problems, HIV, Hypertension just to name a few). For each subject, they talk about the symptoms, how diagnosis is done, what mainstream treatments are, what medications are used (plus pros and cons), and most importantly to me, what alternatives treatments are either currently being used, or, under investigation and gives sources so you can research it yourself. The chapter about blood testing is particularly interesting because it explains each test you see on your lab report in detail. Also, most labs print "normal" ranges that are not necessarily considered normal anymore and the book describes what LEF considers "normal", what the target should be, and why. The one thing that non-LEF member readers may find off-putting is that LEF products are often mentioned with info on how to buy them. [...] They do research that is not funded by food or drug companies and sell (high quality) supplements and products. I think everyone should have this book and at least take time to read about heart disease and hypertension.. two topics that are completely misrepresented by the FDA and food and drug industries these days.. take the time to update your knowledge on these important topics!

As a registered nurse and also a diabetic, I found the Fourth Edition to contain an impressive amount of helpful information. I not only read the chapter on Diabetes, but I also read several other chapters that are related to health conditions that both my husband and I experience. I was very impressed by the fact that the information was presented in a professional manner and was substantiated by numerous recent scientific studies to refer to for more specific information about the methods used and the findings described. I plan to implement some of the information given in the Diabetes chapter and to discuss other issues that might apply to my condition with my doctor during my next visit. I have no reservations about encouraging everyone to read the information in this book.

Now in an updated and expanded fourth edition, Disease Prevention And Treatment from the Life Extension Foundation is an exhaustive, 1535-page encyclopedic style, "user friendly" resource compiling information drawn from research studies and the experiences of physicians worldwide. The "reader friendly" entries range from allergies, to thyroid disease, to scientific protocols that integrate mainstream and alternative medicine. Disease Prevention And Treatment is an impressive and strongly recommended resource for medical students, medical practitioners, and the non-professional general reader in need of quick and authoritative medical reference.

There's a truth to the saying "knowledge is power". The more a person learns about the functions and dis-functions of their own body, the better chance they have of living a healthy life. But most people don't talk to their doctor or visit a hospital on a daily basis - so how would you know, for example, if your diet is not the best one for your gout.By no means am I saying the "Disease Prevention and Treatment" book should replace your visits to the doctor - but it's an amazing source for medical knowledge.Just about anything you need to know from preventing acne to treating cardiovascular disease can be found in this well written and easy to comprehend reference book. What I found most interesting is that Melanie Segala and The Life Extension Foundation are not biased when offering treatment advice. Both traditional treatments and therapies not yet accepted by mainstream medicine are explained as well as a comprehensive overview of the disease itself. All the information is backed up by years of scientific research.If you care about living healthy, as opposed to just living, I highly recommend this book.

The size and weight of a telephone directory, this amazing volume puts together everything anyone would want to know about the latest scientifically proven treatments for most diseases from the common cold through arthritis and rheumatism to cancers and heart diseases.The authors do not shrink from telling readers bad news where appropriate, and do not hold out false hopes or offer quack cures - all of this is hard, sometime brutal, science. However many recommendations are far better than you can get from an overworked doctor who hasn't time to keep up with all the latest advances. Full references are given so that your doctor can follow them up if he wants to check. As you are reading this on the Internet, you will have the facilities to go to the web pages given in the book where you get the very latest version of the article you have just read in the book. The foundation that publishes this book is run by people devoted to prolonging healthy lifespan. They want to be part of developing a future world where death is optional - that is their prime objective, making money is merely a secondary objective in order to spend it on their scientific research. Many of their products are outside the ordinary government run medical systems, and they have had to set up their own quality control procedures to ensure that customers get the best possible results. They are not afraid to admit when they have been wrong and pull their own products from the shelves when appropriate. It is possible that this foundation will become the model for the way medicine is practised throughout most of the 21st century.If you buy and read this book you will be reading about the medicine of the future, the medical practise of the future, and will learn what you can do right now to get the very best the world has to offer.