Living Well: Taking Care of Your Health in the Middle and Later Years - Softcover

Fries, James F.

9780201626155: Living Well: Taking Care of Your Health in the Middle and Later Years

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201626152 ISBN 13: 9780201626155

Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc, 1994

The health guide that has help 350,000 older Americans preserve their quality of life through healthy habits and medical self-careModern Medicine Allows Us to Live Longer, but those added years are no benefit if we become debilitated and ill. Living Well shows what we can do to stay healthy, active, and happy for many decades. The author, an expert on arthritis and self-care for the elderly, shares proven advice on avoiding the common diseases of aging, such as diabetes. Then, using the tested Take Care of Yourself approach, he provides home treatment and decision charts for older readers' most likely symptoms (Pain in the Muscles and Joints) and problems with daily activities (Climbing Stairs). Reset in larger print for easier reading, Living Well also covers paying for health care and living wills, topics important to readers but not found in other books.

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Synopsis:

Explains when symptoms require a doctor's attention, tells how to avoid diseases and fatal illnesses, and recommends keys to a healthy lifestyle.

About the Author:

James F. Fries, M.D., is Professor of Medicine at Stanford University.

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