This book is a surgical text not for the physicians but for the patients. It is a book that lets patients learn the questions to ask their surgeons. In addition it becomes a must book for family members who need to know about the ramifications of undergoing surgery. Dr. Berman makes surgery understandable and readable and his book is undeniably informative and readable. It prepares the patients and family member in understanding what goes on in the operating room. What is a suture what are...

Dr. Joel Berman uses his broad medical experience as a surgeon to focus on alternative, preventive approaches to conquering cancer. He describes how 90 percent of all cancers can be attributed to environmental factors. He believes the way to combat and conquer cancer is by combining the best of alternative measures and traditional scientific approaches to achieve optimum outcome.