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Author Barry Cohen, MD, Appears on ABC Nightly News
	Cardiologist Dr. Barry Cohen, Morristown , NJ , appeared on the ABC Nightly News on Valentine's Day. Dr. Cohen was part of a team that saved the life of 4l-year-old Christine Newport, who had suffered a heart attack. Dr. Cohen says it took three electrical shocks before the ER staff could get the woman's heart beating again. However, she was in danger of irreversible brain damage due to lack of blood flow to the brain. The ER staff used technology to cool the woman's body temperature, preserving her brain. A month later, Newport is at home with her family. Dr. Cohen is author of Coronary Heart Disease--A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment.

Library Journal and Consumer Connection Recommend Peyronie’s Book
	The September 15, 2007 issue of Library Journal carries a review of Understanding Peyronie’s Disease—A Treatment Guide for Curvature of the Penis, which is just off the press. The reviewer, a librarian from University of Toledo Health Science Center Library says, "This guide is readable and concisely written and would serve as a good discussion starter with health-care providers…Recommended for public and consumer health libraries…" Understanding Peyronie's Disease has also received a strong review from the Consumer Connection, a publication of the Medical Library Association. The reviewer said, "(Dr.) Levine provides a well organized and no-nonsense narrative that answers the questions that many are afraid to ask, and some that patients may not know they need to ask. This book is both informational and educational in tone and is highly recommended for all libraries—public, hospital, university, and consumer."

Books Back to Press
	Two titles have gone back to press this Fall. They include Overcoming Metabolic Syndrome and Prescription Drug Addiction, Second Edition.

New Edition Scheduled for Prescription Drug Addiction
	A third edition of Prescription Drug Addiction is scheduled for release in the Spring 2008. The newest edition will be titled Overcoming Prescription Drug Addiction. The first edition of the book was published in 1995.The book has a popular companion web site: www.prescriptiondrugaddiction.com Prescription drug addiction is now one of the nation's most serious drug problems, ranking second only to the use of marijuana.

The New Fibromyalgia Remedy is Off the Presses
	Dr. Daniel Dantini, the author of The New Fibromyalgia Remedy, has successfully treated nearly 10,000 patients over the last two decades. He's convinced that viruses are the cause of fibromyalgia, a painful and often debilitating disease. Approximately 4 to 6 million Americans have fibromyalgia.