Arthritis For Dummies

Dr Sarah Brewer qualified as a doctor in 1983 from CambridgeUniversity. She was a full-time GP for five years and now works innutritional medicine and sexual health. Sarah is currentlycompleting an MSc in Nutritional Medicine at the University ofSurrey, Guildford. Although her first love is medicine, her major passion is writing.Sarah writes widely on all aspects of health and has written over40 popular self-help books. She is a regular contributor to anumber of newspapers and women's magazines, and appearsregularly on TV and radio. She was voted Health Journalist of theYear 2002. Barry Fox, PhD, is the author, coauthor, or ghostwriterof numerous books, including the New York Times number onebest-seller, The Arthritis Cure (St. Martin's, 1997).He also wrote its sequel, Maximizing The Arthritis Cure (St.Martin's, 1998), as well as The Side Effects Solution(Broadway Books, 2005), What Your Doctor May Not Tell You AboutHypertension (Warner Books, 2003), What Your Doctor May NotTell You About Migraines (Warner Books, 2001), SyndromeX (Simon & Schuster, 2000), The 20/30 Fat and Fiber DietPlan (HarperCollins, 1999), and Cancer Talk (BroadwayBooks, 1999). His books and over 160 articles covering variousaspects of health, business, biography, law, and other topics havebeen translated into 20 languages. Nadine Taylor, MS, RD, is the author of NaturalMenopause Remedies (Signet, 2004), 25 Natural Ways ToRelieve PMS (Contemporary Books, 2002), and Green Tea(Kensington Press, 1998), as well as co-author of RunawayEating (to be published by Rodale in 2005), What Your DoctorMay Not Tell You About Hypertension (Warner Books, 2003), andIf You Think You Have An Eating Disorder (Dell, 1998). Aftera brief stint as head dietitian at the Eating Disorders Unit atGlendale Adventist Medical Center, Ms. Taylor lectured onwomen's health issues to groups of health professionalsthroughout the country. She has also written numerous articles onhealth and nutrition for the popular press. Jinoos Yazdany, MD, MPH, is a board certified internistand a Rheumatology Fellow at the University of California, SanFrancisco. She completed her undergraduate education at StanfordUniversity, where she received the Deans' Award for AcademicAchievement and graduated with Honors and Distinction. Shecompleted medical school at the University of California, LosAngeles, where she received a Humanism in Medicine award from theHealth Care Foundation of New Jersey and graduated Alpha OmegaAlpha. Dr. Yazdany also studied public health at HarvardUniversity. Her research involves examining health disparities inthe care of patients with chronic diseases. This is her firstbook.