Live Longer, Live Better: Taking Care of Your Health After 50
Author: Peter H Gott
America's most widely syndicated medical columnist, Peter H. Gott, M.D.'s new guide to healthier living, Live Longer, Live Better, will be published in September 2004 by Quill Driver Books.
Dr. Peter Gott combines the empathy of an old-fashioned family doctor with the outspoken fervor of a patients' rights advocate in his nationally syndicated column, "Dr. Gott." A general internist in practice in Connecticut since 1966, Dr. Gott responds to readers' medical questions with sensitivity and accuracy. His daily column has been syndicated by Newspaper Enterprise Association since 1984. Dr. Gott devotes six days each week to answering readers' medical questions, and one day each week to his own health-related commentary.
Dr. Gott is praised not only for his knowledge of medicine, but also for his support of patients' rights, having once advised readers, "If your doctor keeps you waiting more than 45 minutes without a good reason, send him a bill for your time." More than 10,000 readers write to Dr. Gott each month, and many are in the medical profession.
With the incredible following Dr. Gott has garnered over the decades his column has run, Live Longer, Live Better promises to be a huge national success!
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Babies with Down Syndrome: A New Parents' Guide
Author: Susan Skallerup
Babies with Down Syndrome, the trustworthy guide which has benefited thousands of families since it was first published in 1985, is completely revised and updated in a new, third edition. Covering the best practices for raising and caring for children with Down syndrome through age five, this book is invaluable to new parents who have welcomed a baby with Down syndrome into their lives.
This new edition incorporates the latest scientific, medical, educational research, and practical information available, as well as parents' suggestions and feedback. Existing chapters have been revised, some completely rewritten by new authors, and in keeping with its parent-friendly reputation, most of the book's contributors are parents of children with Down syndrome. Chapters cover:
What Is Down Syndrome?: A primer on the causes, characteristics, and diagnosis, including the latest information on genetics and prenatal testing;
Adjusting to Your Baby: Advice from an experienced mother on coping with common emotions and announcing the news to friends and family;
Medical Concerns & Treatments: An overview of possible health issues including celiac disease, sleep apnea, diabetes, reflux, and skin problems, with an emphasis on detecting signs early for needed treatment;
Daily Care: The gamut of care from feeding to bathing, with expanded information about toilet training;
Family Life: The impact on siblings and couples, discipline issues, and new material to help everyone understand that a child's behavior is a form of communication;
Development & Learning: Expectations about developmentplus new material on variability in development, learning styles, using reading to develop language, memory strengths and weaknesses, and using play to encourage learning;
Early Intervention: An overview of services and therapies for babies & toddlers with new information on the transdisciplinary approach, providing services in the natural environment, transitioning to preschool, and common questions & answers;
Legal Rights & Financial Issues: Explains your child's educational and legal rights, and financial information, including the latest on federal education and civil rights laws, sources of financial assistance, health insurance, trusts, and guardianship.
Full of new photos, parent statements, updated and expanded resources and reading lists, and a reprint of the inspiring essay, "Welcome to Holland," this guide is everything parents need to build a bright and healthy future for their child with Down syndrome.
Elizabeth J. Safford - Library Journal
This book was originally published in 1985 because so little accurate and positive information on Down syndrome was available. Revised for the first time in 13 years and featuring four new chapter authors, it covers information that will be most helpful for families with children from birth to age five. Including the experiences and advice of parents, this should be one of the first books parents read upon receiving their child's diagnosis. The contributors-educators, medical professionals, adults with Down syndrome, and, primarily, parents of children with Down syndrome-along with editor Skallerup, mother of a child with Down syndrome, define Down syndrome and discuss adjusting to your baby, medical concerns and treatments (for example, 40 to 60 percent have some type of heart defect), daily care, family life, postnatal development, the importance of early intervention, and legal rights and hurdles. Highly recommended for parenting collections in public libraries. (Illustrations, glossary, reading list, and resource guide not seen.)
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