Heart Health at Your Fingertips: The Comprehensive and Medically Accurate Manual on How to Avoid or Overcome Coronary Heart Disease and Other Heart Conditions - Softcover

Jackson, Graham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 187236277X ISBN 13: 9781872362779

Publisher: Class Publishing Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

Practical advice on managing a heart condition but aslo being able to live a full and active life. Provides sound medical advice on exercise, diet and smoking and shows readers how to significantly reduce the chances of a heart attack.

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Review

"A very readable book" -- Azmina Govindji, Consultant Nutritionist and Dietitian

"An excellent book, which I regularly recommend to patients. I think it is eminently sensible in its question and answer format..." -- Dr Henry Purcell,Co-editor, British Journal of Cardiology

"An excellent resource for people seeking answers." -- Lynne Sweeney, Technical Advisor, The Family Heart Association

"Busy doctors, or dissatisfied heart patients, couldn't do better than invest in Dr Jackson's latest book Heart health at your fingertips. It contains 250 pages devoted to questions that patients ask and answers the doctor wishes he had given if only he'd had the time to think how best to put them." -- Dr Thomas Stuttaford, The Times

"He has successfully managed the difficult task of dealing with a broad canvas of heart disorders in combination with useful advice on a healthy lifestyle. This book is eminently readable." -- Dr Ian Baird, Trustee, HOPE Project, former Medical Spokesman, British Heart Foundation

"Here's a book you might want to have to hand for all those questions you would like to ask but don't know where or who to consult. Dr Jackson gives straightforward advice together with all the latest information about coronary heart disease" -- In Balance magazine

"I believe the author has got the balance right between being too technical and over simplification. The book leaves the reader reassured that the questions have been answered by a person at the top of his particular field of work. I genuinely believe I am the better for having read this book." -- T. Moody, Hitchin, Herts

"I enjoyed reading it. Graham Jackson is a very experienced author. I think he explains things very well for the layman." -- Dr Richard Wray, Consultant Physician, Department of Cardiology, The Conquest Hospital, St Leonards on Sea

"One of the most straightforward and helpful books on heart disease that I have ever read... Dr Jackson isn't lecturing me, but rather he is sitting alongside me, answering my questions in a way that makes sense to me." -- Heart News

"The book is comprehensive and reads well." -- Professor John Swales, Director of Research and Development, Department of Health

About the Author

Dr Graham Jackson FACC, FRCP, FESC is Consultant Cardiologist, Director of Clinical Audit and Chairman of Clinical Standards at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital Trust. In addition to his medical practice, he is the editor of the International Journal of Clinical Practice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Class Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 187236277X
• ISBN 13: 9781872362779
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 291