Live Now, Age Later Proven Ways to Slow Down the Clock

by Rosenfeld, Isadore

• ISBN13: 9780446520607
• ISBN10: 0446520608
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Summary

There is no alternative to aging. No one stays young forever, but growing older does not have to be a painful process anymore. In Live Now Age Later, Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld spells out the details of how to prevent, treat, and/or slow down virtually every disorder and complication of aging, including Alzheimers disease, cancer, heart disease, aging skin, impotence, cataracts, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, prostate enlargement, stroke, deafness, and loss of vision. Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld is the author of six New York Times bestsellers that have sold hundreds of thousands of copies combined: Dr. Rosenfelds Guide to Alternative Medicine (Random House, 1997), Doctor, What Should I Eat? (Random House, 1995), Symptoms (Bantam, 1990), The Best Treatment (Simon & Schuster, 1991), Modern Prevention (Bantam, 1991), and Second Opinion (Bantam, 1982). The author serves as the medical correspondent for FOX TV and can be seen on ABC, NBC, CBS, and CNN discussing and advising on noteworthy medical issues. He also writes a regular column as the health editor for Parade magazine. Isadore Rosenfeld, M.D., recently received an honorary Doctorate of Science from McGill University. He recently served as an advisor to the United States Secretary of Health and is a past president of the New York County Medical Society.

Author Biography

Isadore Rosenfeld, M.D., is Rossi Distinguished Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Weill School of Medicine of Cornell University and attending physician at both the New York Presbyterian Hospital and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He is health editor of Parade magazine, a frequent guest on national television, and the author of several bestsellers, including Dr. Rosenfeld's Guide to Alternative Medicine; Doctor, What Should I Eat?; Symptoms; and The Best Treatment. He and his wife, Camilla, live in Westchester County, New York, and have four children and five grandchildren.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
Alzheimer's Disease: Remembering!	1	(20)
Cancer: Of Mice and Men	21	(40)
Constipation: This Chapter Will Really Move You	61	(18)
Depression: When Clouds Have Lost Their Silver Lining	79	(18)
Hearing Loss	97	(8)
Heart Attacks: A Preventable Epidemic	105	(37)
Impotence--The Not So Silent (Anymore) Epidemic: Age, Hormones, or Performance Anxiety?	142	(19)
Insomnia: News You Can Use to Help You Snooze	161	(15)
Libido in Limbo	176	(10)
Menopause: His and Hers	186	(24)
Osteoarthritis: A Joint Declaration	210	(16)
Osteoporosis: Hip, Hip, Hooray	226	(20)
Prostate Enlargement: To Pee or Not to Pee--That Is the Question	246	(12)
Aging Skin: A Dry and Flaky Chapter	258	(17)
Stroke: Brain Attack!	275	(27)
Diminished Taste and Smell: A Tasteless Chapter!	302	(9)
Tinnitus: For Whom the Bell Tolls--and Tolls, and Tolls	311	(11)
Tooth Loss: Gum Again?	322	(14)
Loss of Vision--Macular Degeneration, Cataracts, and Glaucoma	336	(27)
Final Reflections: The Bottom Line	363	(10)
Index	373