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Abstract
This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. It focuses on the conditions and health challenges likely to be encountered in persons of 45 and older. It provides a comprehensive management approach that draws on conventional and complementary medicine and offers patient information sheets that can be readily distributed to the patient by busy practitioners.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Healthcare for an Aging Population: Meeting the challenge | iii | ||
| Copyright Page | iv | ||
| Contents | vii | ||
| Preface | ix | ||
| Abbreviations | x | ||
| Section 1: The Aging Process | 1 | ||
| Chapter 1. Delaying aging: the free radical hypothesis | 3 | ||
| Patient Handout 1.1 Prolonging life | 20 | ||
| Patient Handout 1.2 Preventing disease | 22 | ||
| Patient Handout 1.3 A brain teaser | 25 | ||
| Chapter 2. Managing stress: a longevity strategy? | 27 | ||
| Patient Handout 2.1 Psychosocial stress: a health risk | 34 | ||
| Patient Handout 2.2 Coping with stress | 35 | ||
| Chapter 3. Medication: a two-edged sword | 37 | ||
| Patient Handout 3.1 Tips for taking medication | 46 | ||
| Patient Handout 3.2 Drug interactions: tips for reducing the risk | 47 | ||
| Chapter 4. Functional decline: triggering social isolation | 49 | ||
| Patient Handout 4.1 Promoting bladder health | 60 | ||
| Patient Handout 4.2 Dealing with hearing impairment | 62 | ||
| Chapter 5. Falls: reducing the risk | 63 | ||
| Patient Handout 5.1 Reducing the risk of falls and fractures | 73 | ||
| Chapter 6. Menopause: meeting the challenge | 75 | ||
| Patient Handout 6.1 Menopause: the HRT option | 86 | ||
| Patient Handout 6.2 The patient’s choice: weighing the evidence | 87 | ||
| Chapter 7. Insomnia: reality or perception? | 91 | ||
| Patient Handout 7.1 Managing insomnia: a self-care guide | 100 | ||
| Chapter 8. Osteoporosis: skeletal failure | 103 | ||
| Patient Handout 8.1 Osteoporosis: the risk and how to reduce it | 116 | ||
| Patient Handout 8.2 Fractures: identifying and reducing the risk | 117 | ||
| Chapter 9. Wavering immunity | 119 | ||
| Patient Handout 9.1 Boosting immunity | 129 | ||
| Chapter 10. Fatigue: faltering energy | 131 | ||
| Patient Handout 10.1 Coping with fatigue | 140 | ||
| Chapter 11. Pain: retirement’s killjoy | 141 | ||
| Patient Handout 11.1 Pain self-care: the analgesic option | 166 | ||
| Section 2: Pathologies Prevalent in Old Age | 167 | ||
| Chapter 12. Obesity | 169 | ||
| Patient Handout 12.1 Weight management | 187 | ||
| Patient Handout 12.2 Determining ideal weight | 188 | ||
| Patient Handout 12.3 Determining energy needs | 189 | ||
| Patient Handout 12.4 Options for weight loss | 190 | ||
| Chapter 13. Osteoarthritis | 191 | ||
| Patient Handout 13.1 Knee osteoarthritis: self-care options | 204 | ||
| Chapter 14. Diabetes mellitus | 205 | ||
| Patient Handout 14.1 Preventing diabetes: the lifestyle choices | 221 | ||
| Patient Handout 14.2 Avoiding complications: self-care for diabetics | 222 | ||
| Patient Handout 14.3 Foot care for diabetics | 223 | ||
| Patient Handout 14.4 Travel tips for diabetics | 224 | ||
| Chapter 15. Hypertension | 225 | ||
| Patient Handout 15.1 Preventing hypertension: the lifestyle choices | 235 | ||
| Chapter 16. Coronary heart disease | 237 | ||
| Patient Handout 16.1 Heart attack: reducing the risk | 250 | ||
| Chapter 17. Leg ulcers | 253 | ||
| Patient Handout 17.1 Leg ulcers | 261 | ||
| Chapter 18. Depression | 263 | ||
| Patient Handout 18.1 Depression | 271 | ||
| Chapter 19. Dementia | 281 | ||
| Patient Handout 19.1 Dementia | 280 | ||
| Chapter 20. Prostate disease | 281 | ||
| Patient Handout 20.1 Benign prostatic hyperplasia | 289 | ||
| Patient Handout 20.2 Prostate cancer | 290 | ||
| Chapter 21. Gastro-intestinal problems | 291 | ||
| Patient Handout 21.1 Towards a healthy digestive system | 298 | ||
| Patient Handout 21.2 Constipation | 299 | ||
| Patient Handout 21.3 Reflux | 300 | ||
| Chapter 22. Chronic pulmonary disease | 301 | ||
| Patient Handout 22.1 Breathing better | 307 | ||
| Chapter 23. Cancer | 309 | ||
| Patient Handout 23.1 Lifestyle choices to reduce the risk of cancer | 324 | ||
| Patient Handout 23.2 Cancer prevention | 326 | ||
| Index | 327 |