New Health Resource: MD Writes Consumer Med Guide

Having this book on your bookshelf could save your life. Answers to hundreds of health questions in clear, simple language.

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Contact: Barbara Kimmel, Publisher
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New Health Resource: MD Writes Consumer Med Guide
Having This Book on Your Bookshelf Could Save Your Life

 How often should you be screened for different types of cancers?
 When does exercise become dangerous?
 What is the single most important lifestyle change you can make to achieve greater health?
 How can you identify and treat a whole range of illnesses?
 What special cautions should you take before traveling abroad?
 When should you stop reading and go call a doctor-or call 911?

These and hundreds of other questions are answered in clear, simple language by Dr. Michael S. Richardson in his new book, Health Basics: A Doctor's Plainspoken Advice About How Your Body Works and What to Do When it Doesn't (Next Decade, April 2003, ISBN 0-9700908-5-4, $22.95). It's the next best thing to having a doctor right in your own home.

Designed to be a one-volume comprehensive resource for consumers facing a broad range of medical issues, Health Basics is logically organized, with an introductory section outlining good health and nutrition practices, and then sections covering each system of the body, common symptoms and treatments. The book is fully indexed and includes both a 25-page glossary and an 11-page section linking, by chapter, to useful websites (a blessing for consumers who are confused about which medical websites to believe, and which to run away from).

Health Basics has been endorsed by the immediate past president of the Carolinas Health Care System, the Chief of General Medical Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine, and the Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, among others.

Dr. Richardson, inspired by the stories about his "country doctor" grandfather, is a doctor who is genuinely concerned about his patients, and has written this book to empower other consumers that he can't reach in person. He practices internal medicine at the Charlotte Medical Clinic in Charlotte, North Carolina and holds an appointment as a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at his alma mater, the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.

Journalists: To interview Dr. Richardson, or to get a review copy of this or other Next Decade health books (The Hysterectomy Hoax, Misinformed Consent, Childbirth and Pain Relief), please contact the publisher at 800-595-5440, info@nextdecade.com.

Summary:
Author: Dr. Michael S. Richardson
Title: Health Basics: A Doctor's Plainspoken Advice About How Your Body Works and What to Do When it Doesn't
Publisher: Next Decade, Chester, NJ
Pub Date: April 2003
ISBN 0-9700908-5-4 (oversize trade paperback)
Price: $22.95 (Canada: $34.95)