100 Questions & Answers About Crohns Disease and Ulcerative Colitis: A Lahey Clinic Guide: A Lahey Clinic Guide

by Andrew S. Warner, Amy E. Barto

Overview

Whether you’re a newly diagnosed patient, or a friend or relative of someone suffering with Crohns Disease or Ulcerative Colitis, this book offers help. Completely revised and updated, 100 Questions & Answers About Crohns Disease and Ulcerative Colitis: A Lahey Clinic Guide, Second Edition provides authoritative, practical answers to common questions about this condition to help patients and families achieve a greater understanding of all aspects of dealing with Crohns Disease including treatment options, sources of support, and much more. This book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of this disease.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763776381
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication date:	10/06/2009
Series:	100 Questions & Answers
Edition description:	2E
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Andrew S. Warner, MD is Chairman of the Department of Gastroenterology at Lahey Clinic, and is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine and a Clinical Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He has been Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Lahey Clinic since 1992 where he has participated in many clinical trials for new treatments for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, and is the author of numerous publications in the are of inflammatory bowel disease. Dr. Warner has been an active member of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America and currently serves on the medical advisory committee of the New England chapter.

Amy E. Barto, MD, was born and raised in Cheshire, Connecticut. She completed her residency in internal medicine and fellowship in gastroenterology at the Lahey Clinic. She is Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Lahey Clinic, and she is published in her field. She is also an Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Barto serves as an active member of the physician advisory committee for the New England chapter of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. She continues to conduct clinical trials for the treatment of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.

Table of Contents

Part 1 The Basics
Part 2 Diagnosis
Part 3 Medications
Part 4 Cancer & Dysplasia
Part 5 Complications
Part 6 Surgery
Part 7 Diet & Nutrition
Part 8 Extraintestinal Manifestations
Part 9 Sexuality, Reproductive Issue s, & Pregnancy
Part 10 Lifestyle
Part 11 IBD in Children & the Elderly
Part 12 The Future of Crohn's Disease & Ulcerative Colitis