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by: Howard J. Worman  List Price: $18.95 Price: $3.70 You Save: $15.25 (80%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.362 EAN: 9780737300901 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0737300906 Label: McGraw-Hill Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: August 01, 1999 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Studio: McGraw-Hill Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Dr. Worman Is a LiarDr. Worman should be ashamed of himself. He is obviously in the pockets of the big drug companies, because there are several herbal remedies that truly enhance liver function. One of these herbs, milk thistle, has been proven to aid liver function, but Dr. Worman goes out of his way to claim that no "scientific" studies show this. That's nonsense, and it's a lie. Milk thistle has been known to aid liver function for centuries, and it has been thorougly tested and proven to do so in recent studies. ... Read More Rating:  - Good buy 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! Rating:  - Whew! There is hope.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 ... Read More 
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