Comprehensive Cancer Care or Super Nutrition for Women

Comprehensive Cancer Care: Integrating Alternative, Complementary and Conventional Therapies

Author: James S Gordon

Based on the findings of the annual conference co-sponsored by the Center for Mind-Body Medicine and the National Cancer Institute, a uniquely authoritative guide to the integration of conventional, complementary, and alternative medicines for cancer care.

Of the 1.5 million Americans diagnosed with cancer annually, fully half will seek alternative or complementary care for their disease. Drawing on the studies and critiques of many of the world's most gifted researchers and clinicians, this book scientifically explores the most promising complementary and alternative therapies -- and sifts through the often frustrating and confusing barrage of information and misinformation about them -- to provide readers with the direction and help they need to create an individualized cancer-care strategy. A powerful tool for making wiser decisions and more sensible choices to both treat and prevent cancer, the book includes:

• Reports on the most accepted and researched complementary and alternative practices, including assessments of their efficacy, side effects, and cost effectiveness, and how they can best be integrated with conventional care
• Empowering advice for patients with clear action steps for speaking to doctors and evaluative guidelines for researching available treatment approaches
• Critical discussion of cutting-edge interventions-nutrition, Chinese medicine, herbal therapies, mind-body approaches, and energy medicine-that have undergone clinical trials and those which are now beginning to be employed.

Dean Ornish

This book represents truly pioneering work. It brings much needed information about the best of new cancer treatments to those who need it most and it does so with compassion and an inspired bedside manner.

Library Journal

Gordon (Manifesto for a New Medicine), a former chair of the Advisory Council of the National Institutes of Health's Office of Alternative Medicine, and Curtin, a former cancer patient and medical writer, base their book on the findings of the annual Comprehensive Cancer Care Conference, created by Gordon and cosponsored by the Center for Mind-Body Medicine and the National Cancer Institute. Their text begins with a chapter on cancer types, diagnosis, and treatment, followed by chapters on mind-body therapies, nutrition, exercise, group support, acupuncture and Chinese herbs, and evaluation of the most promising alternative therapies. Each chapter presents stories of real cancer patients and how they made complementary and alternative therapies part of their treatment. While the book does not focus on step-by-step guidance but on presenting scientific research data and history of alternative medicine, cancers patients will still find it informative. Recommended for large public libraries.--Lily Liu, Arkansas Children's Hosp. Lib., Little Rock Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

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Super Nutrition for Women

Author: Ann Louise Gittleman

Winner of the Excellence in Medical Communications Award, SUPER NUTRITION FOR WOMEN is the first scientifically based nutrition program to take into account women's distinct body chemistry and dietary needs—and reveals the best way to incorporate them into any weight-loss or workout plan.

This newly revised edition includes the latest nutritional studies and addresses the unique health and dietary concerns that women are facing today. Whether they're on a vegetarian or a meat-and-potatoes regimen, no matter what their age or lifestyle, SUPER NUTRITION FOR WOMEN will show readers:

* How to evaluate which weight-loss plan is best for them—from low carb to low fat—and how to stay healthy and happy while shedding pounds

* How to prevent and combat a variety of illnesses, including osteoporosis, breast cancer, heart disease, yeast infections, and allergies

* Easy menus, recipes, and Super Female Foods—staples that should be on every woman's shopping list

SUPER NUTRITION FOR WOMEN is a revolutionary program that works with today's popular diet and exercise plans—to help every woman look better, feel better, and live longer.