The Autoimmune Connection: Essential Information for Women on Diagnosis, Treatment, and Getting On With Your Life - Softcover

Baron-Faust, Rita; Buyon, Jill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071433155 ISBN 13: 9780071433150

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2004

Synopsis

As featured in the New York Times and recommended by the National Women's Health Resource Center and the Society for Women's Health Research, The Autoimmune Connection discusses the links between autoimmune diseases and offers up-to-date information on diagnosis, treatments, and risks for women with one or more autoimmune disease, such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, or Crohn's disease.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Title:The Autoimmune Connection PB reprint

Author:Buyon and Baron-Faust

ISBN:0071433155

Category:Health

Trim Size:6 x 9

UPC:639785385615

Price:$16.95

[front cover quote]

"Provides valuable information on managing one's own disorder, lists treatments and possible new ways to alter immune responses, and cites ways that autoimmune diseases can vary at different ages."
--The New York Times Science Times

[back]

[category] Health

"Essential reading that will empower the millions of women who suffer from these common diseases."
--Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause

"Arms women with the knowledge they need to obtain accurate diagnoses and the best possible treatments."
--The National Women's Heath Resource Center

"A truly remarkable book that covers the full spectrum of autoimmunity and the myriad of ways it influences the lives of women."
--John H. Klippel, M.D., President and CEO, Arthritis Foundation

"This book will be a lifesaver for millions of women with autoimmune diseases. No longer will women have to bounce from specialist to specialist to get answers. Here's information on autoimmunity that many doctors don't even have."
--Kellie Martin, actor and spokesperson, American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association

In The Autoimmune Connection you'll learn:

• How to sort out vague and seemingly unrelated early signs and symptoms
• Which diagnostic tests you may need and what the results can mean
• How autoimmune diseases and their treatments can affect you at different stages of life
• What new treatments and therapies are on the horizon
• Where to find the proper specialist and how to navigate the health-care system

Rita Baron-Faust is an award-winning medical journalist and author of five books on women's health. She serves on the board of directors of the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and son.

Jill P. Buyon, M.D., is a professor of medicine at the New York University School of Medicine and is the founder and director of the Lupus Clinic at the Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute in New York City. She lives in New Rochelle, New York, with her family.

About the Author:

Rita Baron-Faust (New York, NY) serves on the board of the American Autoimmune and Related Diseases Association.

Jill P. Buyon, M.D. (New York, NY) is founder and director of the Lupus Clinic at the Hospital for Joint Diseases and a professor of medicine at the NYU School of Medicine.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0071433155
• ISBN 13: 9780071433150
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432