The Simplified Handbook for Living with Heart Disease and Other Chronic Diseases
Simple Hand Inc is the publisher of The Simplified Handbook for Living with Heart Disease and Other Chronic Diseases, a comprehensive, doctor reviewed and approved book explains heart disease from a patient's perspective. Without complicated medica
Online, February 1, 2010 (Newswire.com)
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Contact: Warren Selkow and Donna Selkow
info@simplehand.org; www.simplehand.org
Just in time for National Heart Month in February, The Simplified Handbook for Living with Heart Disease and Other Chronic Diseases
Comprehensive, Blunt, Professionally Vetted Guide Helps Caregivers and Patients Survive and Go on to Lead Full, Productive Lives
"A no-holds-barred, front-row account that every heart patient should read...thought- provoking, amusing, hard-hitting and direct. I will give it to all my cardiac patients."
Dr. Edward Kowaleski, medical director, Banner Arizona Medical Clinic, Peoria, AZ
Warren Selkow, the patient, and Donna Selkow, his care-giving wife, wrote the newly released The Simplified Handbook for Living with Heart Disease and Other Chronic Diseases to alleviate what they discovered was the "paucity" of information available to them after Warren's life-changing surgeries and their realization that his status as a cardiac patient was permanent. As Warren explains, a significant number of cardiologists and internists believe the most challenging part of treatment is properly informing the patient of what to do to be - and stay - well.
Consequently, The Simplified Handbook for Living with Heart Disease and Other Chronic Diseases is a straightforward and comprehensive guide specifically designed to teach readers about heart disease and diet, about heart disease and exercise, how to care for patients with heart disease, how to survive open-heart surgery, and how to live with heart disease for the long haul. The book, which was vetted for accuracy by numerous medical doctors and others in the medical profession, also covers chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, renal failure, and diabetes, since the treatment for these diseases is identical to the treatment for heart disease.
"More than a third of Americans suffer from one of these diseases," emphasizes Warren. "We have a lot of work to do, but I sum it all up in five words: good health through intelligent compliance." To further their work, Warren and Donna are working to set up a not-for-profit called Simple Hand. For more information, contact the authors at info@simplehand.org or visit http://www.simplehand.org.
The Simplified Handbook for Living with Heart Disease and Other Chronic Diseases may be purchased at http://www.amazon.com. Review copies are available for sources interested in follow-up with the author.
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The Simplified Handbook for Living with Heart Disease and Other Chronic Diseases by Warren Selkow and Donna Selkow; Nonfiction; Soft cover; $24.95; ISBN: 978-1-4392-4546-0
Authors: Warren Selkow, a survivor of two open-heart surgeries, is a former IT business executive who thought for many years that living fully meant ignoring his health and eating whatever he wanted. He was wrong but he lived (twice) to tell about it. Donna Selkow, Warren's wife and caregiver, was called upon to provide the day-to-day care to ensure his survival.