Life Extension Foundation: Disease Prevention and Treatment 3rd Edition - Scientific Protocols that Integrate Mainstream and Alternative Medicine

Disease Prevention and Treatment, 3rd edition is a 968-page medical reference book containing "inside" information about therapies that innovative physicians are using to prevent and treat the degenerative diseases of aging. Disease Prevention and Treatment is the only book available that makes specific recommendations about combining traditional medical therapies with nutrients, hormones, and unique medications to provide patients with their best chance of preventing or gaining control over serious medical disorders. Written for the lay reader and physician alike, this innovative reference book provides guidelines for integrating FDA-approved drugs with alternative therapies for safe and effective treatment of age-related degenerative diseases.
The new Disease Prevention and Treatment, 3rd edition contains innovative solutions for over 118 difficult to treat medical conditions. The book is arranged alphabetically with convenient thumb tabs and a 31-page index to quickly locate the information you need.
Here are some examples of the life-saving information you will find in this book:
* The missing link in depression therapy overlooked by psychiatrists * A European drug shown to reduce breast cancer mortality by 75% over a 3-year time period * A safe drug that can knock out some flu viruses in 24 to 48 hours * How to avoid liver damage when taking acetaminophen pain relievers * A cholesterol-lowering drug that stops cancer cells from dividing * A new finding that 24-hour blood pressure drugs quit before the day is over * Two controllable heart attack factors neglected by cardiologists * Why conventional hepatitis C therapies fail 80% of the time * How to use hormone-blockade therapy in the long-term control of prostate cancer * What Europeans are doing to stave off age-associated cognitive impairment * An FDA-approved drug to treat arthritis that interferes with prostate and colon cancer cell propagation * Nutrients that reduce the risk of surgical complications * Alternatives to expensive arthritis drugs * A lethal misconception among vitamin users about cardiovascular disease * Drugs that reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease * Nutrients that boost the cancer-killing effects of chemotherapy drugs * Safe estrogen replacement drug and nutrient therapies * A French drug that lowers infections associated with chronic bronchitis by 60% * A Japanese vitamin drug to treat osteoporosis * A prescription hormone that can reverse premature aging in men * Precautions one should take when supplementing with the hormone DHEA * A five-drug prostate cancer treatment regimen * The most effective treatment for fibromyalgia * A German therapy to treat liver cirrhosis