Pocdoc: Pocket Doctor

This easy-to-read, easy-to-carry book helps you partner with your health care team to make better informed decisions for a better, longer, and happier life.

Unlike other self-help books, PocDoc is designed to be short, easily portable, and easily understood.

Within the book are also pages for recording your personal medical informationwhich can be removed and carried with you at all times. PocDoc will teach you which simple changes can markedly decrease your risk of heart attack, cancer, and strokewhich, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, account for half of all deaths in the United States.

In cooperation with your personal physician, PocDoc can enhance, lengthen, and improve your quality of life with just a few truly easy-to-follow lifestyle changes and periodic doctor visits.

By following a healthy diet, exercise, certain medications, screening tests, and vaccinations, anyone can maximize his or her life. The tools offered in PocDoc will help you make the best choices to increase your chances of seeing more birthdays, graduations, weddings, and holidays.

By following the tips inside this book, you will enjoy more of your life, family, and friends.