Many prostate problems — even cancer — can now be easily treated. Thanks to medical advances and important new discoveries at Mayo Clinic and other leading medical centers, we can share great news with Mayo Clinic Essential Guide to Prostate Health.

This book is based on advice that Mayo Clinic doctors share every day in caring for their patients. In this book you will find:

· When to get a prostate checkup, and what to expect

· Our latest recommendations on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing, with detailed information on normal PSA levels by age

· How doctors diagnose and treat an enlarged prostate, including new information on the two types of drugs currently used to significantly reduce symptoms of prostate enlargement

· New guidance on managing incontinence and impotence, two common side effects of prostate treatment

· Current medical options for treating advanced prostate cancer

· New advances that mean better prostate cancer survival rates

· What to expect after prostate surgery, including information on recovery time and getting on with life

· Medical assessments of popular alternative therapies, plus more

Mayo Clinic Essential Guide to Prostate Health is an easy-to-read yet comprehensive guide to understanding, treating and living with prostate disease. It’s just the kind of thorough book you would expect from a world leader in medicine — Mayo Clinic.

The eye is as intricate as the latest computer and as precious as any jewel. Without clear eyesight, your life would be radically different.

While eye disease is rarely fatal, eye health is essential to enjoyment of your world as you know it. So it makes sense to give your eyes the attention and care they richly deserve.

With more people living longer lives, age-related eye disease has become more common. Fortunately, state-of-the-art medical treatment has not only kept up but made great advances. So has our understanding of the nutritional and lifestyle decisions that impact vision and eye health.

Mayo Clinic helps thousands of patients each year with vision and eye problems. Our medical staff includes some of the finest eye doctors in the world. Now you can take advantage of this wealth of knowledge without leaving home, simply by getting your own copy of Mayo Clinic Guide to Better Vision. In it you’ll learn…

· 8 ways to prevent macular degeneration, the age-related eye disease that causes vision loss and blind spots.
· 5 ways to prevent glaucoma, the "silent thief of sight" that commonly develops with no warning signs.
· 8 self-care tips to help you or a loved one keep your diabetes under control and effectively slow the progression of diabetic retinopathy.
· 4 steps that may slow or prevent the development of a cataract. And if these steps aren’t enough, cataract surgery is easier, safer and more effective than ever.

Mayo Clinic Guide to Better Vision covers all the leading causes of vision loss, with practical information on prevention, as well as everything you need to know about detection and treatment. It’s all based on the same medical knowledge Mayo Clinic doctors share with their patients

Advances in pain treatment are occurring at a rapid pace. Mayo Clinic wants to share with you these latest advances for treating arthritis, migraines, low back pain, fibromyalgia, and painful illness and injury. The new edition of Mayo Clinic Guide to Pain Relief brings you all this and more.

Mayo doctors know how pain interferes with sleep, work, social life, and simple daily life. We help our patients meet these challenges every day, and we’d like to help you, too.

This book is based on the take-charge approach to managing chronic pain practiced at Mayo’s Comprehensive Pain Rehabilitation Center. Inside this book you’ll find thorough, easy-to-read information about the same solutions we offer to our patients.

Mayo Clinic Guide to Pain Relief is divided into three parts:
· Part 1: Understanding chronic pain – To control your pain, you need to understand how it develops. Part 1 discusses the parts of your body involved in the development of pain—and why some people respond to pain differently than do others.
· Part 2: Treating chronic pain – This section explains the many options for treating pain. Learn about the various drugs used to treat pain, why some medications are more effective for certain types of pain, potential side effects and more. In addition, you’ll learn about other types of treatments that are available, such as pain-site injections, nerve stimulators and medication pumps, as well as alternative and complementary therapies.
· Part 3: Managing chronic pain – Part 3 focuses on strategies for managing chronic pain so it doesn’t interfere with your life. This self-care section covers steps that you can take on your own to get yourself on course to life with less pain, including details for designing your personal pain control program.