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Summary: Great Guide for Women and the Middle-Aged Men in Their Lives
Review: Many books on health either try to cover too much or simply focus in one small disease area. Of these two choices, I prefer those that look at one small area and cover it well. It had never occurred to me that a health book could also focus on the common health issues of one sex or the other, of a certain age. Your Husband's Health was a pleasant surprise in this regard.Dr. Wilson is an internal medicine physician, and combines her experience with the statistics about what is mostly likely to go wrong with a middle-aged man. I found the book to be an eye-opener for me, and benefited from understanding more about how excess carbohydrates can cause my triglycerides to increase (along with my waistline). The book begins with psychological issues, an area often not spoken of very much concerning middle-aged men. Dr. Wilson sympathizes by describing her own experience with being hauled into a lawsuit that didn't really reflect her culpability. The book goes on to cover depression and alcoholism. The man sources of physical problems that cause early deaths are covered in the forms of: Too little High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) in the blood (HDL helps remove cholesterol from artery walls); Heart Disease; Cholesterol in the body; Hypertension (high blood pressure); Cancer. In a final section, Dr. Wilson looks at other nagging concerns including being overweight, diabetes, erectile dysfunction, urologic problems, sleep disorders, getting men to go in for a check-up, and being aware that men don't want erectile dysfunction as a side effect of a medication or medical treatment. Dr. Wilson keeps it simple. If you can read at an 11th grade level, you will understand just about everything. I did find her ideas about exercise to be unrealistic. She is able to discipline herself to do an hour of exercise a day before going to work. Good for her! But she feels that middle-aged men can be encouraged to do that also. I'm skeptical. Even when I'm feeling like exercising a lot, I seldom exercise every day. Many of my workouts last less than an hour, unless I find something I really want to read or watch on television while I am on the treadmill. Also, with age and arthritis (not to mention being overweight), exercise is an increasing challenge. I also thought that her ideas on weight loss are also a little optimistic. I graded the book down by one star for these reasons. In terms of making it clear what the issues are though, this is a five-star book. As I finished the book, I found myself reformulating my diet to add even more vegetables and low-glycemic fruits . . . and low-fat protein.
Rating:
Summary: Great Guide for Women and the Middle-Aged Men in Their Lives
Review: Many books on health either try to cover too much or simply focus in one small disease area. Of these two choices, I prefer those that look at one small area and cover it well. It had never occurred to me that a health book could also focus on the common health issues of one sex or the other, of a certain age. Your Husband's Health was a pleasant surprise in this regard. Dr. Wilson is an internal medicine physician, and combines her experience with the statistics about what is mostly likely to go wrong with a middle-aged man. I found the book to be an eye-opener for me, and benefited from understanding more about how excess carbohydrates can cause my triglycerides to increase (along with my waistline). The book begins with psychological issues, an area often not spoken of very much concerning middle-aged men. Dr. Wilson sympathizes by describing her own experience with being hauled into a lawsuit that didn't really reflect her culpability. The book goes on to cover depression and alcoholism. The man sources of physical problems that cause early deaths are covered in the forms of: Too little High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) in the blood (HDL helps remove cholesterol from artery walls); Heart Disease; Cholesterol in the body; Hypertension (high blood pressure); Cancer. In a final section, Dr. Wilson looks at other nagging concerns including being overweight, diabetes, erectile dysfunction, urologic problems, sleep disorders, getting men to go in for a check-up, and being aware that men don't want erectile dysfunction as a side effect of a medication or medical treatment. Dr. Wilson keeps it simple. If you can read at an 11th grade level, you will understand just about everything. I did find her ideas about exercise to be unrealistic. She is able to discipline herself to do an hour of exercise a day before going to work. Good for her! But she feels that middle-aged men can be encouraged to do that also. I'm skeptical. Even when I'm feeling like exercising a lot, I seldom exercise every day. Many of my workouts last less than an hour, unless I find something I really want to read or watch on television while I am on the treadmill. Also, with age and arthritis (not to mention being overweight), exercise is an increasing challenge. I also thought that her ideas on weight loss are also a little optimistic. I graded the book down by one star for these reasons. In terms of making it clear what the issues are though, this is a five-star book. As I finished the book, I found myself reformulating my diet to add even more vegetables and low-glycemic fruits . . . and low-fat protein.
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Summary: Middle Aged, Me? Already?
Review: The book touches on a lot of what we experience in our 50's and if we're trying to keep our men healthy into retirement years, it gives great insight. This book is very informative and helpful. And at this age, we need all the help we can get. The author is a doctor and well versed in this area. I understand there will be more books like this from the author and her husband, who is a doctor as well, relating to other medical/emotional ailments and problems for our age group. And there are a lot of us. Keep 'em coming.
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Summary: Caring and compassionate book!
Review: This book is at the same time immensely readable and yet quite profound. Dr. Wilson does a superb job of taking medical information that to the layman might appear quite complex, and explaining it in very readable and understandable terms. This is quite a gift! She talks TO people, not DOWN to them. I especially appreciated her candor in the chapter on "Regrets and Longings". By allowing her readers to feel her own pain at being horribly and unjustly accused of a professional error in judgement, she validated the pain of everyone who might find themselves in a very difficult position that took them totally unaware. This is a great gift she gives to her readers. She comes across as human yet totally professional.
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Summary: Caring and compassionate book!
Review: This book is at the same time immensely readable and yet quite profound. Dr. Wilson does a superb job of taking medical information that to the layman might appear quite complex, and explaining it in very readable and understandable terms. This is quite a gift! She talks TO people, not DOWN to them. I especially appreciated her candor in the chapter on "Regrets and Longings". By allowing her readers to feel her own pain at being horribly and unjustly accused of a professional error in judgement, she validated the pain of everyone who might find themselves in a very difficult position that took them totally unaware. This is a great gift she gives to her readers. She comes across as human yet totally professional.
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Summary: Excellent book!
Review: This book really did simplify my worry list. Every chapter starts with a sentence or two giving the simple version, followed by more detailed discussion. I was able to understand these medical concepts and found the tone to be conversational and very easy to read, like having a talk with an old-fashioned doctor. It explained alot of things about cholesterol and blood pressure that I never understood before. This book gave me an easy but definite plan for keeping my husband of 20 years in the best possible health. I think every wife should read Your Husband's health.
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Summary: Surprised and Satisfied Reader
Review: This is an amazing book. I am an unlikely reader (I found this book at a friend's house, picked it up and couldn't put it down). I am not married, so a "husband's health" should not be of any interest to me. However, there are men in my life--friends, colleages, family, and I found the information in Your Husband's Health to be practical, balanced and insightful. Dr. Wilson's extensive medical experience and solid advice offers excellent and manageable goals and practices. As I read, I found myself calling friends and reading portions aloud to them. Her guidelines for diet, exercise and avoiding alcohol, her insights into male depression and the good news about sustaining mental acuity were of extreme interest. Health involves everyone you know as well as yourself. There are so many pseudo-health books out there, it's good to know one is available that really offers good advice.
Rating:
Summary: Surprised and Satisfied Reader
Review: This is an amazing book. I am an unlikely reader (I found this book at a friend's house, picked it up and couldn't put it down). I am not married, so a "husband's health" should not be of any interest to me. However, there are men in my life--friends, colleages, family, and I found the information in Your Husband's Health to be practical, balanced and insightful. Dr. Wilson's extensive medical experience and solid advice offers excellent and manageable goals and practices. As I read, I found myself calling friends and reading portions aloud to them. Her guidelines for diet, exercise and avoiding alcohol, her insights into male depression and the good news about sustaining mental acuity were of extreme interest. Health involves everyone you know as well as yourself. There are so many pseudo-health books out there, it's good to know one is available that really offers good advice.
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Summary: A must read for anyone with a man in her life!!
Review: Your Husband's Health: Simplify Your Worry List came out at a critical time for my husband and me. His best freind, Tom, and his wife were on vacation last month. Tom went swimming in the ocean, became very short of breath, and keeled over dead. It was a terrible shock to all of us, and has made us understand our own mortality.
I countered the fear for my own husband by studying the pertinent advice in this well written book. It now seems relevant what the doctor has been saying about cholestoral and blood pressure. I understand my husband's emotional changes and growth at mid-age much better.
Although the sections on deadly physical problems helped me through the crisis of Tom's sudden death, I probably benefitted most from "Regrets and Longings" because i better understand what I can do to keep our marriage happy and fulfilling for the both of us.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who cares about a man in the mid-life age range, it may help you save his life.
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Summary: A must read for anyone with a man in her life!!
Review: Your Husband's Health: Simplify Your Worry List came out at a critical time for my husband and me. His best freind, Tom, and his wife were on vacation last month. Tom went swimming in the ocean, became very short of breath, and keeled over dead. It was a terrible shock to all of us, and has made us understand our own mortality.
I countered the fear for my own husband by studying the pertinent advice in this well written book. It now seems relevant what the doctor has been saying about cholestoral and blood pressure. I understand my husband's emotional changes and growth at mid-age much better.
Although the sections on deadly physical problems helped me through the crisis of Tom's sudden death, I probably benefitted most from "Regrets and Longings" because i better understand what I can do to keep our marriage happy and fulfilling for the both of us.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who cares about a man in the mid-life age range, it may help you save his life.
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