Newly revised and updated, Mayo Clinic Drs. Farraye and Kane pull from clinical trials and tap the latest data to offer clear advice and compassionate solutions. You'll learn the science of its underlying causes and how it strikes, how to change your lifestyle to improve your health, what medications to discuss with your doctor, alternative therapies to consider, surprising ways the disease can affect other parts of the body, the cancer connection, when to have surgery, and how the condition can affect fertility, pregnancy, and children.