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We all hope for long, happy, healthy lives. We want to spend as few as possible of our final years racked by disease and pain. Do we have any control over how long and how healthy we live? This book says yes, we do. Medical advances have dramatically reduced deaths from infectious diseases. Genetics aside, today, many of the diseases that challenge us in our late age come as a consequence of lifestyle choices. Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and many forms of cancer don't have to make our advanced years full of suffering and debilitation. After more than three decades as a geriatrician in private practice, David Bernstein, M.D., provides a formula to prevent or diminish the kinds of diseases many of today's seniors face. Dr. Bernstein's third book, The Power of 5, uses anecdotes describing good - and not so good - examples of patients in his practice.