Highlights from the Print Collection: The First Year - Prostate Cancer

Each month the Health and Education Resource Center highlights a title from the print collection.  This month's featured title is The First Year: Prostate Cancer.  As part of the "First Year" series, this book's format is unique.  It is divided into chapters for time period since diagnosis - by day for the first week, by week for the next three weeks, and by month for the next eleven months.  The chapters are short as well.  Many are only a few pages long.  The author even goes so far as to summarize each chapter in a single sentence.  All of this does not me

  • To decrease the risk of hospital infections, remember to ask visitors as well as hospital staff to clean their hands.

  • Calcium, exercise, and quitting smoking can all help improve bone density and prevent osteoporosis.

  • Many people with high blood pressure don’t know they have it, even though about 1/3 of American adults do. (American Heart Association)

  • Dietary fiber slows sugar absorption, which can improve insulin levels.