Most Popular Books by Mayo Clinic

This guide to nutritional assessment and intervention in wellness--and in a wide variety of diseases and disorders from infancy through adulthood--documents current research behind the nutrition practices presented, and assists health care practitioners in providing appropriate, individualized care.

Expert information on preventing brittle bones and staying active and independent. Thanks to advances at the world-renowned Mayo Clinic and elsewhere, osteoporosis, the brittle bone disease that contributes to premature aging, can be effectively managed or even avoided. We no longer have to tolerate the pain and disability osteoporosis once caused. That''s just the start of the good news you''ll find in this newly updated edition of Mayo Clinic Guide to Preventing and Treating Osteoporosis. This book brings you a take-charge approach to preventing, diagnosing, and managing osteoporosis. You''ll find detailed guidance to promote better bone health through diet, supplements, exercise, medications and more: · Learn how to reduce your risk of fracture due to falling · Read about the role of good posture, fitness, balance and coordination · Discover the good news on the latest advances in medications for osteoporosis · Learn how to choose the treatment options that are best for you These strategies, together with support from others and the guidance of your personal physician, can offer you the best opportunity to prevent bone loss and continue to live an active, full, and independent life.

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New from Mayo Clinic-the essential guide to living gluten-free. Whether diagnosed with celiac disease or just deciding if a gluten-free diet is right for you, Mayo Clinic Going Gluten-Free will help you create and maintain a gluten-free lifestyle. Both authoritative and approachable, the book includes core medical information on celiac disease in addition to focusing on practical, everyday issues, such as: --Determining if gluten-free is right for you --Common signs, symptoms and myths of celiac --Dealing with celiac if you are newly diagnosed --Maintaining a gluten-free lifestyle while traveling, during the holidays, on-the-go and at college --Helping your child manage a gluten-free diet --Properly reading and understanding food labels --A few recipes and meals to jumpstart your gluten-free life

When pain interferes with daily life, find the latest advances on treating arthritis, migraines, fibromyalgia, and more from an authoritative source. Mayo Clinic doctors know how pain interferes with sleep, work, social life, and simple daily life, and help patients meet these challenges every day. This book is based on the take-charge approach to managing chronic pain practiced at Mayo’s Comprehensive Pain Rehabilitation Center. Inside this book you’ll find thorough, easy-to-read information about the solutions we offer to our patients. Mayo Clinic Guide to Pain Relief is divided into three parts: Part 1: Understanding chronic pain: To control your pain, you need to understand how it develops. Part 1 discusses the parts of your body involved in the development of pain—and why some people respond to pain differently than others. Part 2: Treating chronic pain: Learn about the various drugs used to treat pain, why some medications are more effective for certain types of pain, potential side effects, and more. In addition, you’ll learn about other types of treatments that are available, such as pain-site injections, nerve stimulators and medication pumps, as well as alternative and complementary therapies. Part 3: Managing chronic pain: Part 3 focuses on strategies for managing chronic pain so it doesn’t interfere with your life. This self-care section covers steps that you can take on your own to get yourself on course to a life with less pain, including details for designing your personal pain control program.

This indispenable guide offers a complete picture of the road to recovery, and the specifics to move ahead with your life. When possible it encourages readers to resume their favorite hobbies, participate in athletic activities and return to the workplace. For the first time, leading medical specialists at the world-renowned Mayo Clinic offer their expert advice on everything from emotional adjustments, to skin care, to home and car modifications, to quality-of-life improvements. Easy-to-read, illustrated, and well organized, Mayo Clinic Guide to Living with A Spinal Cord Inury provides the "how-to" regarding the day-to-day challenges faced by anyone who has a spinal cord injury.

This extensively updated and edited new edition describes the clinical practice of cardiology and is written by clinicians at the Mayo Clinic who share their practice expertise and advice. This edition includes diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, preventive cardiology, cardiac failure, myocardial disease, arrhythmias and conduction abnormalities, coronary heart disease, acquired valvular heart disease, congenital heart disease, other disease entities, and relationships between heart and other systems.

A handbook on eye health from“one of the most reliable, respected health resources that Americans have” (Publishers Weekly). The eye is as intricate as the latest computer and as precious as any jewel. While eye disease is rarely fatal, eye health is essential to enjoyment of your world as you know it. So it makes sense to give your eyes the attention and care they richly deserve. With more people living longer lives, age-related eye disease has become more common. Fortunately, state-of-the-art medical treatment has not only kept up but made great advances. So has our understanding of the nutritional and lifestyle decisions that impact vision and eye health. Mayo Clinic helps thousands of patients each year with vision and eye problems, and its medical staff includes some of the finest eye doctors in the world. Now you can take advantage of this wealth of knowledge. In Mayo Clinic Guide to Better Vision, you’ll learn: · 8 ways to prevent macular degeneration, the age-related eye disease that causes vision loss and blind spots · 5 ways to prevent glaucoma, the “silent thief of sight” that commonly develops with no warning signs · 8 self-care tips to help you or a loved one keep your diabetes under control and effectively slow the progression of diabetic retinopathy · 4 steps that may slow or prevent the development of a cataract Mayo Clinic Guide to Better Vision covers all the leading causes of vision loss, with practical information on prevention, detection, and treatment—all based on the same medical knowledge Mayo Clinic doctors share with their patients.

Important information for men from“one of the most reliable, respected health resources that Americans have” (Publishers Weekly). Many prostate problems—even cancer—can now be easily treated, thanks to medical advances and important new discoveries at Mayo Clinic and other leading medical centers. This book is based on advice Mayo Clinic doctors share every day in caring for their patients. Included is information on: · When to get a prostate checkup, and what to expect · The Mayo Clinic’s latest recommendations on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing, with detailed information on normal PSA levels by age · How doctors diagnose and treat an enlarged prostate, including new information on the two types of drugs currently used to significantly reduce symptoms · New guidance on managing incontinence and impotence, two common side effects of prostate treatment · Current medical options for treating advanced prostate cancer · New advances that mean better prostate cancer survival rates · What to expect after prostate surgery, including information on recovery time and getting on with life · Medical assessments of popular alternative therapies and more Mayo Clinic Essential Guide to Prostate Health is an easy-to-read yet comprehensive guide to understanding, treating and living with prostate disease. It’s just the kind of thorough book you would expect from a world leader in medicine—Mayo Clinic.

Written by Mayo Clinic faculty and clinicians, this new edition of the Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Board Review is a study guide for American Board of Internal Medicine certification or recertification. Candidates will learn exactly what to expect on the exam, including format, types of questions and hints on what and how to study. The book contains more than 500 multiple-choice questions that follow the exam format. Answers and explanatory notes follow the questions, and a detailed index aids readers in locating material quickly. This edition features over 100 new questions and extensive revisions in chapters on HIV and infectious diseases.

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Bajar de peso no tiene por qué ser complicado. Con este gratificante programa integral, los nuevos hábitos te ayudarán a crear una versión de tu vida más sana y feliz. La Dieta Mayo Clinic se basa en un enfoque práctico y simple para perder peso y, lo más importante, no recuperarlo. No es una dieta de moda, es el resultado de años de investigación en miles de personas que buscaban controlar su peso. Pero no sólo eso, también es una forma de abordar el estilo de vida que te acompañará para siempre. Por medio de herramientas concretas como planificadores diarios de actividad y consejos para escoger ingredientes nutritivos en el supermercado, este libro te ayudará a crear un plan personalizado de pérdida de peso que funcione para tu cuerpo, mejorando tu salud y haciéndote sentir lleno de energía. Encontrarás deliciosas recetas y planes de comidas que se adaptan a una variedad de estilos de alimentación, incluyendo las dietas: • Cetogénica saludable. • Mediterránea. • Sustituciones vegetarianas. • Alta en proteínas Cuando se trata de alimentación, no existe una única solución para todos. Aquí encontrarás el conocimiento y sugerencias de cómo mejorar tus hábitos, pero eres tú quien decide qué hacer y cuándo hacerlo. En lugar de imponer un esquema de rígido centrado en lo que no debes comer y prometer resultados inalcanzables que pueden dañar tu cuerpo, La Dieta Mayo Clinic ofrece un plan flexible y saludable con el que podrás vivir toda la vida. Come bien, disfruta la vida, ¡y pierde peso!

¿Hoy son más comunes los problemas digestivos que hace algunos años? La respuesta parece ser que sí. Puede haber múltiples razones, pero existe un vínculo indiscutible entre la digestión y el estilo de vida. Lo más probable es que alguna vez haya experimentado acidez, gases, náuseas, estreñimiento o diarrea. Para la mayoría de la gente, el malestar es temporal y se resuelve sin complicaciones. A veces, sin embargo, los problemas digestivos pueden ser una señal de algo más serio, sobre todo si son recurrentes o provocan síntomas severos. Salud digestiva —en su cuarta edición en inglés— es un manual de referencia confiable y práctico que incluye información que va desde la digestión saludable hasta el tratamiento del cáncer. Encontrará útiles consejos sobre una variedad de condiciones, incluyendo: • Eructos, inflamación y gases • Enfermedad celiaca • Cáncer colorrectal • Estreñimiento y diarrea • Enfermedad de Crohn y colitis ulcerosa • Enfermedad diverticular • Enfermedad de la vesícula biliar • Acidez y ERGE • Enfermedad hepática • Enfermedad pancreática • Úlceras y dolor estomacal • Sobrepeso y obesidad Permita que los expertos de Clínica Mayo le ayuden a mantener la salud intestinal y a disfrutar de una vida con menos preocupaciones digestivas.

Provides a guide to the first twelve months of life with a new baby, including information on feeding, immunizations, development, sleeping, and medical care.

"Even if your body has been exposed to bad things for 30 or 40 years, six months of doing the right thing can lead to positive changes." Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, M.D. Cardiologist & Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic Improving your heart health and reducing your risk of heart disease are two central goals of Mayo Clinic Healthy Heart for Life! The book identifies all the factors Mayo Clinic doctors know you can use to achieve those ends, organized into 10 easy-to-follow steps. This book helps you start making the changes that will improve your heart health. You can start small. In fact, we''ll bring you page after page of ordinary but effective things you can do to fight heart disease. They''re often part of routine activities that you do every day anyway. What''s your chance of a heart attack in the next 10 years? We''ll help you calculate it but more important, we''ll help you reduce it. See page 93. If you take medication for cholesterol, high blood pressure or other heart-related conditions, flip to page 98 the first moment this book is in your hands. You''ll get key tips for improving medication effectiveness and avoiding harmful side effects. See what three heart-healthy goals you can take action on as soon as your book arrives. The quick-start goals discussed on page 25 show that making your heart healthier and stronger doesn''t have to be complicated or difficult. "You might be surprised to learn that keeping your heart healthy doesn''t really take a lot of time. You can start with as little as 10 minutes a day. Small changes, such as standing up and moving more, can make a big difference One of the most important keys is learning to enjoy life." Martha Grogan, M.D., Medical Editor Cardiologist & Assistant Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic.