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Worth the c-note
The illustrations alone make this a worthwhile buy, whether you're a gastroenterologist or just extremely interested in colonoscopies.Ever since Katie Couric's live colonoscopy on TODAY, I've been intrigued by the procedure, considering it something of an art form as well as an intrusive medical procedure.But Abraham Dachman and his team of writers make a compelling argument for the use of Virtual Colonoscopy in lieu of long tubes, nano-cameras, and liquid barium.It's a brave new world. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Atlases    2. Cancer    3. Colon (Anatomy)    4. Colonoscopy    5. Computer Engineering    6. Computer Simulation    7. Diagnosis    8. Diagnostic Imaging    9. Gastroenterology    10. Medical    11. Medical / Nursing    12. Oncology    13. Radiology    14. Spiral computed tomography    15. Examination of patients    16. Medical / Radiology & Nuclear Medicine    17. Medical imaging   

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To eat, or not to eat: that is the question ....
If you ever pondered a question why you can't loose weight, look no further.This book is your answer.With the true mastery, K. Monastyrsky "walks" his readers through the basics of the elegant process of weight loss.
Real eye-opener
Excellent book that really opens eyes on how deceptive are common beliefs about what is "healthy" food, followed by millions of people. Hopefully, the author will not stop at the fiber!

henry from hawaii
excellent, well written book that anyone with colorectal problems must read. His insights on the role of excess fiber in a myriad of health disorders are invaluable!! He also has developed some terrific products that really work!!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Health & Fitness / Diseases / Abdominal    2. Health & Fitness / Nutrition    3. Health/Nutrition    4. Health & Fitness    5. Nutrition   

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David Guterson's first novel, Read more

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BORING
All I can say is insufferable details that go on and on, are boring or make you sick, I believe I skipped over more than I read.A vast array of small insignificant details leaked together make up most of this story.I believe this would have been a much better story without a lot of the detail.

Mixed feelings--interesting premise, bland characters
I wanted to like this book much more than I ultimately did. The story had an interesting, engaging premise, but didn't really deliver. We're given only glimpses of other characters and they lack any real depth. The main character is not well-developed. His profession as a surgeon--spurred apparently by one war-time incident--seems like a tired cliched plot device in what otherwise could be a much more complex novel. And even though we're told he's a surgeon he just could easily have been a civil engineer for all the difference it really makes in the novel. It also stretched credibility that someone with this advanced form of colon cancer was able to keep his condition hidden from loved ones and perform some pretty arduous hiking.

More Silly than Profound
I'll leave a summary of this book to others who have pointed out many of it's weaknesses, which I'll also pass over. There were two things that particularly made this a tedious read, though. First, the author's constant use of ten dollar words. Why say "sun burned" when you can say "sun burnished"? How many times do you really need to use the word "nimbus" in a 300 page book? I had the feeling the author had his thesaurus at his elbow and used it constantly. Secondly, the author has a tin ear for dialogue. Instead of sounding like a real teenager or drifter, the author's characters sound like a 45-year-old West Coast liberal's idea of how a teenager or drifter is supposed to sound. I realize the characters Ben meets on the road are more symbolic than literal, but they just never rang true. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cancer    2. Colon (Anatomy)    3. Fiction    4. Fiction - General    5. General    6. Hunting accidents    7. Patients    8. Popular American Fiction    9. Reminiscing in old age    10. Fiction / General    11. Modern fiction    12. Reading Group Guide   

Subjects:  1. Cancer    2. Colon (Anatomy)    3. Colorectal Neoplasms    4. Diseases - Cancer    5. Gastroenterology    6. Gastrointestinal Cancer    7. Medical    8. Medical / Nursing    9. Oncology    10. Rectum    11. therapy   

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Strongly recommended for colorectal patients and their families
Colorectal Cancer is a condition whose successful treatment depends on how early it is detective. The American Cancer Society's Complete Guide To Colorectal Cancer is expertly compiled and edited by a team of knowledgeable and authoritative cancer experts, the result is a thorough guide for the non-specialist general reader to all aspects of colorectal cancer including its prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment options, complementary and alternative therapies, living well after cancer, caregiving, coping with practical matters, screening, decision making, and so much more. An authoritative 418-page compendium of up-to-date information that should be on the Health & Medicine reference shelf of every public library in the country, the American Cancer Society's Complete Guide To Colorectal Cancer is very strongly recommended for colorectal patients and their families.
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Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Cancer    3. Colon (Anatomy)    4. Colorectal Neoplasms    5. Consumer Health    6. Diet / Health / Fitness    7. Diseases - Cancer    8. Health & Fitness    9. Health/Fitness    10. Oncology    11. Rectum    12. popular works    13. Coping with illness    14. Health & Fitness / Diseases / Cancer   

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Thank You Dr Pochapin!!!!!
I cannot fully express my gratitude to Dr Pochapin for creating this sanity-preserving resource! In the course of my diagnosis, surgery, chemotherapy,and follow-up tests, I was at times lost. This book helped me to hang on, to understand, to feel prepared for all that was happening to me. Cancer is really scary when it has your name on it. Dr Pochapin has a way of relieving some of its "sting" with his way of talking to you like an old friend. I am a survivor for 20 months now and there are still things I refer to in this valuable book!Thank you again Dr Pochapin!!!!!

Colorectal Cancer by Pochapin
This book is a solid investment in methodologies to detect, treat
Be proactive and avoid this cancer
As a two time survivor of colorectal cancer I think this the best book I've read on how to avoid this cancer, what to do if diagnosed with it and how to cope with it. If I knew then what I know now I would have been proactive in getting physical exams with the screening tests described and certainly a colonoscopy at 50 years of age. Sooner if certain symptoms or hereditary factors were present.
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Subjects:  1. Cancer    2. Colon (Anatomy)    3. Colon cancer    4. Consumer Health    5. Consumer education    6. Diet / Health / Fitness    7. Diseases - Cancer    8. Gastrointestinal Cancer    9. Health & Fitness    10. Health Care Issues    11. Health/Fitness    12. Treatment    13. Health & Fitness / General   

Subjects:  1. Diagnostic Imaging    2. Internal Medicine    3. Medical    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Radiology    6. CT colonography    7. Colon    8. Colorectal cancer    9. Computer Tomography    10. Medical / Radiology & Nuclear Medicine    11. Medical diagnosis    12. Medical imaging   

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A Gift of Life for You, Your Family and Your Loved Ones
Why Die of Colon Cancer? by Francis G. Mackey, M. D., describes, in laymen's' terms, how one can virtually "immunize" oneself and one's loved ones against colon cancer, the second-largest form of cancer-killer that claims 60,000 lives a year. As such, this book is literally a "gift of life." The key: getting a colonoscopy, a painless procedure, every 7 to 10 years (upon reaching 35 if there's a history of colon cancer in one's family, or other risk factors; or, starting at age 40-50 if not). A Physician's Gift
About the Author:There is a fairly long history of Dr. Mackey's life and career already on this site.My own knowledge of Francis Mackey is more personal.He is a resident of the same retirement community in which my mother lives.I met Dr. Mackey at the retirement community.I know him as an extraordinarily caring and compassionate physician. Although retired, Francis is always available to offer his caring support to all. This book arose out of Dr. Mackey's own battles with colon cancer and is his gift to all of us - women and men who have been diagnosed with colon cancer, their wives, children, and friends. Save your life - Prevent the preventable
Dr. Mackey offers a wealth of practical, informed, and first-hand advice on how to avoid a basically avoidable disease - colon cancer.From his own experiences and medical knowledge, he talks sensitively, but persuasively about the power each of us has to take charge of our lives.If nothing else, I learned two things: One, that a colonoscopy is far more preferable in the proper course of prevention ofcolon cancer than a Sigmoid by itself (or even in combination with anything else).And two, in today's time-pressed and dollars-pressed medical environment, it is extremely important for each of us to ask questions of our medical professionals and to learn as much as possible about the diseases they diagnose in us and the efficacy of the various options that exist to combat them.But most importantly, the best way to combat cancer or most any other disease is education, communication, and prevention. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diseases - Cancer    3. Medical    4. Oncology   

Subjects:  1. Animal models    2. Cancer    3. Colitis    4. Colon (Anatomy)    5. Cottontop tamarin    6. Diseases    7. Gastroenterology    8. Gastrointestinal Cancer    9. Medical / Nursing    10. Oncology    11. Saguinus oedipus    12. Science/Mathematics    13. Infectious & contagious diseases    14. Medical / Research    15. Medical research   

Editorial Review

To an outsider, Buddhist meditation can appear self-indulgent, timefrittered away buttressing an intransigent ego. To an insider, such as SandyBoucher, the dividends of meditation can come at unforeseen times, under extremecircumstances, such as facing down malignant cancer. Boucher, a counterculturepatchwork of pursuits and causes, sews together a memoir of suffering to rivalany proof of the Buddha's first noble truth. Although her surgery is a success,like so many other cancer victims Boucher's battle with chemotherapy causes themost damage. Having lost her home, her lover, and her health, Boucher collapsesinto the spiritual arms of her longtime meditation teacher Ruth Denison.Parallel to the drama of the cancer, we are treated to a minibiography ofDenison, who proves to be an oasis of sanity in the desert of Boucher's life.Honest, occasionally compelling, and often unusual, Boucher's story containsglimmers of Buddhism's light amid many shadows of human frailty. Read more

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A reason to live
I heard a review of this book on National Public Radio & had to see for myself if it was as great as it sounded.This is an inspiringly honest book.It would be a great read for anyone dealing with cancer, depression, or daily life. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Boucher, Sandy    4. Buddhism    5. Buddhism - General    6. Buddhist women    7. Cancer    8. Colon (Anatomy)    9. Patients    10. Religion    11. Religious    12. Specific Groups - Special Needs    13. Spiritual life    14. United States    15. Women    16. Coping with illness    17. Health & Fitness / Diseases / Cancer   

Subjects:  1. Cancer    2. Chemotherapy    3. Colon (Anatomy)    4. Evidence-based medicine    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Nursing - Oncology & Cancer    8. Oncology    9. Pharmacology    10. Rectum   

Subjects:  1. Cancer    2. Colon (Anatomy)    3. Consumer Health    4. Diseases - Cancer    5. Gastroenterology    6. Gastrointestinal Cancer    7. General    8. Medical    9. Oncology    10. Popular works    11. Rectum    12. Coping with illness    13. Medical / Surgery / Colon & Rectal    14. Popular medicine   

Reviews (8)

Too negative
Eliza certainly went through tough times through her illness both because of the US centric healthcare system, the less than first class medical professionals, as well as the treatments itself. Would not recommend this book for anyone actually having Colon Cancer.

Insights on what to expect and how to handle it are well done and very specific
Colon cancer doesn't receive the publicity devoted to other types of cancer, yet it's the third most common malignancy in the world and the second leading cause of death from cancer, aside from lung cancer. Living With Colon Cancer: Beating The Odds tells of the author's own battle against colon cancer, her survival after a terrible diagnosis, and how to cope with treatment and emotional highs and lows. Insights on what to expect and how to handle it are well done and very specific.
Insights on what to expect and how to handle it are well done and very specific
Colon cancer doesn't receive the publicity devoted to other types of cancer, yet it's the third most common malignancy in the world and the second leading cause of death from cancer, aside from lung cancer. Living With Colon Cancer: Beating The Odds tells of the author's own battle against colon cancer, her survival after a terrible diagnosis, and how to cope with treatment and emotional highs and lows. Insights on what to expect and how to handle it are well done and very specific.
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Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Cancer    4. Colon (Anatomy)    5. Colonic Neoplasms    6. Diseases - Cancer    7. Gastroenterology    8. Gastrointestinal Cancer    9. Health & Fitness    10. Health/Fitness    11. Patients    12. Personal Memoirs    13. Personal Narratives    14. Specific Groups - Special Needs    15. Coping with illness   

Subjects:  1. Cancer    2. Colon (Anatomy)    3. Colorectal Neoplasms    4. Gastroenterology    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Oncology    8. Rectum    9. Surgery - General    10. Diseases & disorders    11. Gastrointestinal & colorectal surgery    12. Medical / Oncology   

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Should be considered "must" reading for anyone having to deal with this disease
Colorectal cancers develop slowly in the lower portions of the digestive tract. More than 140,000 new cases are diagnosed annual in the United States. Men and Women are equally at risk for the diseases. Positive Options For Colorectal Cancer: Self-Help And Treatment by colorectal cancer survivor Carol Ann Larson accessibly and understandably explains just how to cope with the disease and obtain the best treatments that modern medicine has to offer. Positive Options For Colorectal Cancer addresses the warning signs of the condition; screening tests (including information on virtual colonoscopy); myths and other misinformation about the disease; treatment options (including surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation); communicating with doctors and other medical professionals; prevention techniques and alternative methods of healing; as well as finding support and utilizing all available resources. Of special note are the Q&As in which doctors respond to the most common questions of colorectal cancer patients. Very strongly recommended for personal and community library reference collections, Positive Options For Colorectal Cancer should be considered "must" reading for anyone having to deal with this disease.
Positive Options for Colorectal Cancer:
I have been in the health care field for twenty-five years, and I have never read a more readable book about one of the most important health issues of the day, colorectal cancer, and the vital importance of the early detection of it.This is a must-have for anyone in the field, containing actual case histories of countless people.
There are options when you feel you have no control
Carol Larson's book is an excellent guidebook for a patient facing colorectal cancer.Instead of feeling helpless and awash in a sea of uncertainty when dealing with colorectal cancer, the book clearly guides the patient to identify the positive options available.
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Subjects:  1. Cancer    2. Colon (Anatomy)    3. Colorectal Neoplasms    4. Consumer Health    5. Diseases - Cancer    6. Gastrointestinal Cancer    7. Health & Fitness    8. Health/Fitness    9. Popular Works    10. Rectum--Cancer    11. Coping with illness    12. Health & Fitness / Diseases / Cancer    13. Popular medicine   

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Good book, but could use improvement
This book is easy to read.The author describes the various stages of digestion, the role that friendly bacteria plays in digestion, and discusses probiotic treatment options for various illnesses.However, there is a chapter that recommends how to buy probiotics.I realized that it only leads to one brand of friendly bacteria, which happens to endorse the book.Most of the other probiotic brands are ruled out through various comments.I made the mistake and bought the recommended strand, thinking they were the best and there were no other options available.Be aware that other stuff is out there, and the information in the book doesn't give an objective picture of what to buy.

Informative
Perfect! Just what I was looking for. Lots of information in a small easy to read pamphlet. Good starting point for more in depth research.

Informative, thorough, understandable
Needing to do some research on the subject of DHA, I selected this book without any expectations.However, I was very pleased by the author's apparent knowledge of the subject matter, and her ability to explain fairlycomplicated concepts without being tedious or condescending. DHA as anutritional supplement isn't all that well-known as yet, but I feel sure itwill become a household word in the near future.As that time approaches,and people want to learn more on the subject, this author should prove tobe an excellent resource. I have read this book pretty carefully andthoroughly, and have learned a lot from it.I will be buying more of herbooks on other subjects. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Health & Fitness    2. Health/Fitness    3. Naturopathy   

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Healthy Lifestyles
Thoughts From The Author.
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Subjects:  1. Cancer    2. Diet therapy    3. Nutritional aspects    4. Prevention   

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Invaluable Reference
Within a week of my diagnosis of colon cancer, I had this book, along with "What to Do If You Get Colon Cancer" by Paul Miskovitz and Marian Betancourt, in hand. Together they provided critical information on the illness, on finding a surgeon and what questions to ask about treatment. While recovering from surgery, and now in the early stages of chemotherapy, I have kept these books by my side to guide me step-by-step. Information is presented clearly and compassionately, so that I know what might be expected as I progress through treatment. Without these guides, I would be muddling through instead of being able to take charge of my illness. They are invaluable!

very highly recommended for patient and spouse
I was recently diagnosed with colo-rectal cancer stage 3 and looked for a single specific reference. I thought this book was excellent. I am a medical doctor with a specific background in critically assessing medical evidence but learned of a lot of resources I had not been aware of, including cancer question list servers etc. I would buy it as early on in your treatment as possible -, things like choice of treatment center, surgeon, pre vs post surgery radiation are all things to try to become knowledgeable about as early on as possible.I think the tone of the book is exactly right, combining technical and lots of humane/quality of life advice (including how to talk with friends and younger family members) . My spouse who is a teacher but has no clinical background has also found the book excellent in answering her questions. I feel Lorraine Johnston has performed a real public service.Good luck to any patients and family, this book will definitely help you give quality survival its best chance!

From one who has had colon cancer
After being diagnosed with colon cancer, I started my research by reading books on the subject.Read more

Subjects:  1. Cancer    2. Colon (Anatomy)    3. Colon cancer    4. Consumer Health    5. Diet / Health / Fitness    6. Diseases - Abdominal    7. Diseases - Cancer    8. Gastrointestinal Cancer    9. General    10. Health & Fitness    11. Health/Fitness    12. Popular works    13. Rectum    14. Coping with illness    15. Family & Relationships/General    16. Health & Fitness / Diseases / Cancer    17. Health & Fitness/Diseases - Abdominal    18. Oncology    19. Popular medicine    20. Rheumatology   

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A terrific book
"That was terrific!" While not what you would expect to hear after a colonoscopy, these were the first words out of my husband's mouth as he woke up from this somewhat inconvenient procedure a few weeks ago, which he and I had postponed as long as possible. Howls of laughter burst forth from the nurses and others present in the recovery room. Nonetheless, the words revealed my husband's shock and delight that the dreaded procedure began and ended so imperceptibly and so painlessly. Understanding of Colon Cancer in Plain English
Richard Adrouny, MD is a personal friend of mine but I am not a patient of his nor aphysician nor do I have any medical training. However, I am approaching 60. I do get annual checkups and prostate exams and I do worry about cancer. An Excellent Guide for Those of Us Who Are Not Physicians
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Subjects:  1. Cancer    2. Colon (Anatomy)    3. Colonic Neoplasms    4. Consumer Health    5. Diseases - Cancer    6. General    7. Health & Fitness    8. Health Care Issues    9. Health/Fitness    10. Popular works    11. etiology    12. prevention & control    13. Popular medicine