How to Get Sick and Stay Sick

by Sheldon Cohen M.D. FACP

Overview

This book describes how bad habits contribute to ill health. The habits the author refers to that so negatively impact patients by leading to significant illness and mortality, include the following:

--Alcohol abuse
--Tobacco abuse
--Obesity
--Poor dietary habits
--Excessive stress

The impact of the above on all parts of the human body are described in detail.

Exercise, on the other hand, is a habit that can help negate or delay the negative consequences of the first five if practiced continuously and faithfully.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940150147072
Publisher:	eBookIt.com
Publication date:	01/04/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	410 KB

About the Author

A graduate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Sheldon Cohen has practiced internal medicine, served as a medical director of the Alexian Brother’s Medical Center in Northwest Suburban Chicago, and served as the medical director of two managed care organizations: Cigna Health plan of Illinois and Humanicare Plus of Illinois. The author taught internal medicine and physical diagnosis to medical students from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine and the Chicago Medical School. Recognizing the fact that busy physicians are pressed for time and thus often fail to capture a thorough medical history, the author perfected one of the first computerized medical history systems for private practice and wrote a paper on his experience with 1500 patients who utilized the system. This was one of the early efforts in promoting electronic health records, a work in progress to this day. Serving as a consultant for Joint Commission Resources of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the author did quality consultations at hospitals in the United States, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Copenhagen, Denmark, and served as a consultant to the Ministry of Health in Ukraine, assisting them in the development of a hospital accrediting body.

Dr. Cohen is the author of 25 books.