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The Harvard Medical School Guide to Men's Health
by Harvey B. Simon
ISBN: 0684871815
ISBN-13: 9780684871813
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
This home medical reference is a basic guide to what men need to know in order to live healthier and longer lives. It discusses lifestyle issues such as nutrition, exercise, alcohol, aging, stress, and diseases such as prostate cancer, impotency, and heart problems. It also includes good info on drugs and supplements, and explains how to get the most benefit out of the health care system, with specific attention to tests. Graphs, charts, and tables present information on things such as Body Mass Index, the Glycemic Index, and cholesterol and blood pressure levels. The information in THE HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL GUIDE TO MEN'S HEALTH, using the resources of the foremost teaching hospital in America, is based on several years-long surveys that tracked over 95,000 men.
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"[T]his new health guide should be required reading for any man between the ages of 18 and 80."
-- Publishers Weekly
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published date: 2002
Size: 6.25 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.7 pounds
Pages: 485
Publisher's Notes
Outlines a comprehensive program for staying healthy, reviewing the unique health needs of men while introducing Harvard studies on the benefits of daily aspirin, a balanced fiber-rich diet, and low-dose alcohol.
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THE HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL GUIDE TO MEN'S HEALTH
Simon, Harvey B. , M. D
New York: The Free Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor shelfwear on book and DJ. ; Black and white diagrams by Harriet Greenfield, editorial review by Julie E. Buring, Sc. D. ; J. Min Lee, Sc. D. ; and Robert Krane, M. D. , tables, acknowledgments, prologue, epilogue, sources for more information, index. No. 8320jcm. ; 8vo; x+485 pages . ( more information) Offered by Past Perfect Florida History, Inc. (United States)
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The Harvard Medical School Guide to Men's Health
SImon, Harvey B
New York, New York: Simon and Schuster, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Light edge and shelf wear to dustjacket. Remainder mark. ISBN: 0684871815. ( more information) Offered by Adventures Underground (United States)
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The Harvard Medical School Guide to Men's Health
Simon, Harvey B
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Free Press, 2002 #7609. 1st Edition / 1st Printing. Very good in very good dust jacket. 16 x 24cm. hard cover. 485pp.. 1st Edition / 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Greenfield, Harriet . 16 x 24cm. ( more information) Offered by CROMWELLBOOKS.COM (United States)
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