| Booklist Praises New Titles on LASIK and Macular Degeneration |
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The library trade journal, Booklist, gives high marks to two recently published titles. Of LASIK—A Guide to Laser Vision, the journal recommended the book, saying it was “Clear in both text and illustrations.” In another review, Booklist called The Macular Degeneration Source Book “…an understandable and practical account of a condition becoming more prevalent among us as life spans increase.” |
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| Dr. Paul Ruggieri Signed for Third Book |
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Paul Ruggieri, M.D., has just been signed for a third consumer health title—Thyroid Disorders-—A Patient’s Guide to Treatment. Ruggieri is also the author of The Surgery Handbook and Colon and Rectal Cancer, both Addicus publications. |
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| Breast Cancer Book Headed for 10th Printing |
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Straight Talk About Breast Cancer, first published in 1994, is undergoing revision and updating. The new edition will be released in the late spring. The first edition has nearly 50,000 copies in print. |
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| Author on NBC Nightly News and Today Show |
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Interview segments with Rod Colvin, author of the new release, Prescription Drug Addiction—The Hidden Epidemic, recently aired on the NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw and the on the Today Show. According to Colvin, “Prescription drug abuse is one of the nation’s most serious drug problems. It’s also one of the least understood drug problems.” |
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| Three New Health Titles Scheduled for Spring |
| Three consumer health titles are scheduled for release in the Spring. They are: The Fertility Handbook—A Guide to Getting Pregnant, Exercising Through Your Pregnancy, and Coronary Heart Disease—A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment. |
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| Back to Press |
| The fourth printing of The Stroke Recovery Book has just rolled off the press. The author is Kip Burkman, M.D., a rehabilitation physician. |
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