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Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster shows how to use mind-body techniques to reduce anxiety, use 23-50% less pain medication and heal faster. Documented by research, it is recommended by hospitals in the US, including Brigham and Women's Hospital, which is a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital and NYU Langone Medical Center in New York. It also includes chapters about using mind-body techniques to reduce the side-effects of chemotherapy, how to prepare children for surgery and vitamins to speed healing. An updated edition was published in 2012.
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"Gynecologic oncology patients leaving the hospital in 3-4 days after a total abdominal hysterectomy-a day or two less than usual. These are the effects anesthesiologist Jean Henney, MD, says she has seen since instituting Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster, a psychological preparation for surgery. Dr. Henney has championed this program at the Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Santa Clara, California."
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"Many hospitals in the Boston area are using Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster, the mind-body program, largely because patients are demanding it. Some patients get the book and relaxation CD and follow the program on their own and others take part in group or private one-hour workshops. Hospital staff and their patients who use the techniques report that before and after surgery patients feel more
Boston Globe