Local publisher Jones & Bartlett recruited gastroenterologists from Lahey to write a series of health education books for consumers as part of the publisher's 100 Questions & Answers series, the books offer practical information on a range of gastrointestinal topics.
100 Questions and Answers About Your Digestive Health: A Lahey Clinic Guide is intended to be a patient-focused, practical guide to help you understand the digestive system and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver and pancreas. The questions are taken directly from the thousands we have been asked by real-life patients. The answers are a compilation of the latest scientific information along with our own experience in treating patients with digestive disorders. Written by senior staff physicians in the Department of Gastroenterology at Lahey Clinic, this book also includes commentary by a number of patients with digestive problems. Filled with helpful hints and invaluable insights, this book will give you the tools to help navigate your way through the maze of medical jargon, confusing terminology and seemingly complex digestive system. The book contains all the questions you wish you had asked your doctor and many that you never even thought to ask. For those interested in understanding more about digestive disorders, this it will provide you with the important information you need to know about your digestive health.
Other titles in the series include 100 Questions & Answers About Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), by David L. Burns, MD, and Neeral L. Shah, MD; 100 Questions & Answers About Liver Transplantation, by Fredric D. Gordon, MD; 100 Questions & Answers About Hepatitis C, by Stephen C. Fabry, MD, and R. Anand Narasimhan, 100 Questions & Answers About Celiac Disease and Sprue, by David L. Burns, MD; and 100 Questions & Answers About Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, by Andrew S. Warner, MD, and Amy E. Barto, MD.
The books are available at local bookstores and through online booksellers. For more information click here.
