Despite the availability of more treatments and medicines than ever before, many professionals believe that the health of the average person has not improved substantially - and that better prevention is actually the best medicine. The New Handbook of Health and Preventive Medicine, filled with the latest scientific information on current medical issues and the prevention of disease, is the definitive guide to staying healthy.
Concisely written yet encyclopedic in scope, The New Handbook addresses the essential topics of good health. Section One, "Healthy Habits", focuses on proper nutrition and exercise as general health promoting factors. Section Two "Common Diseases - A Preventive Approach" tells you what you need to know about the most important diseases and disorders, those you or your loved ones are most likely to encounter and may be able to prevent, delay or control. Section Three, "Self-Care and Rational Use of the Health Care System", focuses on symptoms, when to self-treat and when to consult a doctor and examinations commonly needed. Section Four, "Drugs and Health", will help you understand and properly use - or avoid - prescription and nonprescription drugs and provides important information about herbal medicines and addicting and recreational drugs. This factual book encourages an active, informed approach to good health and combats dangerous health fads and misinformation.
Kurt Butler, M.S., a nutritionist and former science teacher, is a freelance science and health writer based in Hawaii and the author of more than 100 articles on nutrition and health. Lynn Rayner, M.D. is a specialist in Internal Medicine at the Straub Clinic in Honolulu, Hawaii and an assistant professor of Medicine at the University of Hawaii