Description
Book SynopsisAn insider's guide to searching online, communicating with your physician, and maximizing your health from a doctor who works at Google. We've all been there. Late at night, staring into the glow of a phone trying to make sense of some health-related issue that we know nothing about. In Searching for Health, Dr. Kapil Parakh, with Anna Dirksen, brings to life knowledge he gained from working at Google and practicing medicine. Helping readers avoid common pitfalls, get the information they need, and partner effectively with their health team to figure out a path to good health together, the book distills decades of scientific research into a set of easy-to-follow tips. It also incorporates firsthand accounts of common challenges on the path to good health; an inside look at how doctors approach and assess health-related information; techniques that consumers can use to locate evidence-based information online, whether in blogs, social media postings, forums, or news stories; guidance
Table of ContentsHow to Use This Book
Prologue
Chapter 1. The First Signs of Illness
Chapter 2. Moving from Symptoms to a Diagnosis
Chapter 3. Meeting with Your Doctor about Your Diagnosis
Chapter 4. Receiving a Diagnosis
Chapter 5. Deciding on Treatment
Chapter 6. Medications
Chapter 7. Surgery
Chapter 8. Lifestyle Treatment Options
Chapter 9. Complementary and Alternative Treatments
Chapter 10. Making Tough Decisions
Afterword
Notes
Index
