Before It Happens To You: A Breakthrough Program For Reversing Or Preventing Heart Disease
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (907 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 073820918X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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He tutors readers on how to discuss the issue with doctors, how to understand test results, and how to use the drugs safely. Bernstein thinks that people are more likely to stick to the daily use of drugs than to an exercise regimen, and that in many cases the drugs should be used even if one works out regularly and eats carefully. Periodically, Bernstein marshals shock statistics to keep one convinced: "Each year, more than half of all deaths in America are caused by heart disease. The needs of diabetics, people with HIV, smokers, people with high cholesterol and people who are overweight are considered in separate chapters, as are the differing needs of men and women. Copyright © Reed Business Info
Jonathan Sackner Bernstein, M.D., is the Director of Clinical Research and Director of the Heart Failure Prevention Program at Northshore Hospital (Long Island, New York).
The result of hidden heart disease--the first symptoms of which are slightly high cholesterol or blood pressure-this is the kind of tragedy that sends us running to the doctor for a physical. But today's medical guidelines don't indicate treatment for most; based on the cost-effectiveness of treatment for society, lifesaving medications are withheld for high-risk patients. It doesn't have to be this way.Under the Don't Die Young! plan, concerned readers are screened for heart disease with a few doctor-ordered blood tests and, depending on the findings, treated with up to four medications: an aspirin, an ACE-inhibitor, a statin, and a beta-blocker. You hear about it all too often: an otherwise completely healthy person struck down by heart attack in the prime of life. Providing both a pound of prevention and treatment advice for those who already know they have heart disease, it will save lives.. Their use cuts an individual's risk of heart attack in half-even without starting an exercise program, or cutting back on saturated fats.Explaining the science as well as how to talk to doctors about their necessary involvement, Don't Die Yo
"I recommend this book for everyone" according to C. Hanslits. I recommend this book for everyone. The advice he gives in it is exactly what my cardiologists are doing for me after my cardiac incident. The medication cocktail and blood pressure goals he discusses are right on. I can't speak to the other stuff that he talks about and recommends. Perhaps if my family physician had had me on this medication cocktail and had these blood pressure goals for me, my cardiac incident would have been delayed or avoided. There's no way to know. To be fair, I have heart/sto. Essential reading for anyone over 40 Seth Godin This is the book that the medical establishment didn't have the guts to write.Sackner Bernstein outlines in crystal clear language how a few common, proven prescription drugs can dramatically decrease your chances of dying from a heart attack (the #1 cause of death in the USA).This is a calm, focused, thoughtful book, with no hype, no vague promises and plenty of data. The author encourages you to share it with your doctor--the two of you should figure out if this is really for you.Forget about Atkin. Arguably a lifesaver -- but bound to be controversial I find it fascinating that two respected and reputable New York cardiologists, Peter Salgo in "The Heart of the Matter" and Jonathan Sackner Bernstein in "Before It Happens to You," have come out in the same month with books espousing the unusual, rather heretical view that most Americans, even those regarded as healthy, would benefit from taking the popular cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins. The two books differ in several ways -- Salgo also focuses on aspirin and an infection that many Amer