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(More customer reviews)Dr. Cohen, MD, FACP, does an excellent job in organizing the material so a reader can dive in to any disease he is interested in. For example, in the case of lung cancer, Dr. Cohen discusses briefly six risk factors, such as smoking, heredity and air pollution. Then the reader answers thirteen Yes/No questions and counts how many times his response indicates risk, such as a yes to "Have you ever had tuberculosis?" The scoring is obvious. Some of the risk factors are inherited and some are within the patients control. So if the reader has two inherited risk factors for a disease and engages in two risky behaviors, after scoring his test, he is [hopefully] motivated to stop the risky behaviors. The same technique could also be used in evaluating potential marital partners.
The book is very clearly written at the layman level. I have used the Merck Manual for years. Merck is written to instruct the doctor after the sick patient presents himself for treatment. It is generally organized by: symptoms, diagnosis, prevention and treatment, with no compendium of risk factors as Dr. Cohn has so generously provided.
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For your physician to give you quality medical care, you must be aware of your medical history and issues. Here's how you can help your medical provider:
Learn about your risk factors and current medical diagnoses
Ask questions when you don't understand
Obtain second, third, or more opinions
Maintain copies of your medical records
Review these records often
Keep yourself educated
The medical profession is depending on you to help them keep you healthy!
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