Approximately 25 million people in the United States suffer from some type of liver disorder, including cirrhosis, hepatitis, gall stones, cancer, and autism and inherited diseases. The Liver Disorders Sourcebook delivers comprehensive information on the symptoms, therapies, and prevention of liver diseases.
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Howard Worman, M.D., a professor at Columbia University, serves on the editorial board of the medical journal Hepatology and is an assistant attending physician at the Presbyterian Hospital in New York.
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68 of 72 people found the following review helpful:
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Whew! There is hope.,
By Claudine Kneer (taylor@b93.com) (Grand Rapids, MI) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Liver Disorders Sourcebook (Paperback)
Hepatitis C has many times been called "the silent killer," but Dr. Worman explains that death is not always the case....people can (and do) live with the virus. In addition to covering Hep. C (which I was mostly interested in), he sheds light on the other Hepatitis viruses and liver dysfunctions (hence the title). I found this book to be technical enough to give a layperson, like myself, a good biochemistry and cell biology lesson, but easy enough to read so that I didn't feel like putting it down. I especially liked how Dr. Worman frequently repeated information (or rather, re-worded the same information, summarizing). Writing the book this way helped the info. "sink in." This is a great counterpoint to alternative medicine believers (which I am), as it offers a strictly medical approach to diagnosis and treatment. (We all need both sides of the story.) Especially beneficial are the chapters on support groups, where to find more information about liver disorders, and the glossary of terms. I recommend this book for anyone who is seeking more information for him/herself or a relative striken with liver problems of any kind. It is a thorough guide with practical information that in the long run gives hope.
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Good buy,
This review is from: The Liver Disorders Sourcebook (Paperback)
I got this book for my husband who had slightly elevated ALTs and ANA. He's done many tests but doctors can't figure out what's going on. While this book did not give the answer (now, we wouldn't need doctors then!), it helped him get a good understanding of the interconnected liver issues. Got the thumbs up from a person in the pharma field!
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A Good Liver Disorder Book,
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The Liver Disorders Sourcebook was well written & very informative. It has extremely helpful information on Liver Disease & it's treatment.
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Virtually everybody knows that the liver is an organ essential to life, but when most people are asked what the liver does, they do not know. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
blood aminotransferase activities, blood bilirubin concentration, individuals with cirrhosis, blood alkaline phosphatase activity, blood albumin concentration, inherited liver diseases, high viral replication, emergency liver transplantation, treatment with interferon alpha, suspected liver disease, unconjugated bilirubin concentrations, liver cell death, liver specialists, low albumin concentration, acute liver disease, cancer death worldwide, plus ribavirin, fulminant hepatic failure, large bile ducts, autoimmune liver diseases, patients with cirrhosis, autoimmune hepatitis, shock liver, bacterial cholangitis, hepatocyte death Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
American Liver Foundation, Alcoholics Anonymous, New York, Van Nuys New!
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Virtually everybody knows that the liver is an organ essential to life, but when most people are asked what the liver does, they do not know. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
blood aminotransferase activities, blood bilirubin concentration, individuals with cirrhosis, blood alkaline phosphatase activity, blood albumin concentration, inherited liver diseases, high viral replication, emergency liver transplantation, treatment with interferon alpha, suspected liver disease, unconjugated bilirubin concentrations, liver cell death, liver specialists, low albumin concentration, acute liver disease, cancer death worldwide, plus ribavirin, fulminant hepatic failure, large bile ducts, autoimmune liver diseases, patients with cirrhosis, autoimmune hepatitis, shock liver, bacterial cholangitis, hepatocyte death Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
American Liver Foundation, Alcoholics Anonymous, New York, Van Nuys New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Mendelian Inheritance in Man: Catalogs of Autosomal Dominant, Autosomal Recessive, and X-Linked Phenotypes by Dr. Victor A. McKusick MD on page 214, and Back Matter
- Alcoholics Anonymous: The Big Book, 4th Edition by Anonymous on page 273
- Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs Are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies by Greg Critser in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Hepatitis C Sourcebook (Sourcebooks) by Howard Worman in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The First Year: Cirrhosis: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed by James L. Dickerson in Back Matter
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