From Library Journal
In his Your Gut Feelings: A Complete Guide to Living with Intestinal Problems ( LJ 9/1/87), Janowitz, the former head of the gastroenterology division at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, provided an excellent guide to the ailments that plague the lower gastrointestinal tract. In this easy-to-understand companion, Janowitz answers questions about the causes and prevention of common upper gastrointestinal problems. He begins with a chapter describing how digestion occurs when the digestive tract is functioning properly. Then describing common tests for digestive problems, he devotes a chapter to each of the major upper GI ailments, such as ulcers, gallstones, food allergies, hiatal hernias, etc. Janowitz finishes with a section on minor digestive complaints such as belching and difficulty swallowing. Essential for all consumer health collections.
- KellyJo Houtz Parish, Univ. of Missouri-Kansas City Sch. of Medicine Lib.Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Review
"A very welcome addition to the medical literature for the lay public....Indigestion presents the wisdom and common sense advice... by a leading authority in the field of digestive diseases....Dr. Janowitz writes in an easy to understand, conversational style that adds greatly to the impact of the book....Dr. Janowitz has indeed accomplished [his] worthy goals."--Dr. Joseph B. Kirsner, The Joseph B. Kirsner Center for the Study of Digestive Diseases, The University of Chicago Medical Center
"A must have for all consumer health collections."--Library Journal
"A remarkable new book which clarifies this confusion [about indigestion] and offers a great deal of help to the thousands of people who are caught in the "indigestion" trap. Dr. Janowitz is one of America's prestigious authorities in diseases of the entire gastrointestinal tract....There are few books that I...have read and reviewed that have clarified so concisely and so accurately the indigestion problems that beset so many thousands of people....Not a single significant disease that is associated with some form of indigestion is omitted from this brilliant and concise treasure trove of information. Besides his diagnostic acumen, Dr. Janowitz has a keen insight into the psychological causes for GI problems and psychological overtones associated with them. The greatest value of this excellent book will be to the laymen....Dr. Janowitz's book is of value to the laity and to physicians who can more readily explain complex problems to their patients."--Dr. Lester L. Coleman
"Few physician-authors of our day better exemplify this welcome trend toward more honest, open, and effective communication than does Dr. Henry Janowitz. [He] combine[s] the best of simple and straightfoward writing, well within the grasp of the intelligent lay reader, without sacrificing one iota of scientific scholarship or compassionate common sense."--Dr. David B. Sachar, The Mount Sinai Medical Center
"A comprehensive, readable overview of the digestive system's anatomy, physiology, health, and illness. . . . the author is clear, up front, and fair." --Science Books and Films
"Clear, easy to read and opinionated. I couldn't put it down! Janowitz emerges from these pages as a wise and caring physician." --Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
