MAYO CLINIC ON PROSTATE HEALTH

Although a 5-hour infomercial for the Mayo Clinic, this audiobook provides facts worth the time of any man over 50. The preferred media would be a CD, so health professionals could prescribe appropriate sections (or tracks) for patient instruction and informed consent. For example, prostatitis sufferers might want to skip hearing about advanced prostate cancer or drugs for impotence. If Recorded Books picked a British reader to make a Minnesota institution sound more learned, Simon Prebble's skill with medical lingo (even generic drug names) proves that the publisher succeeded. To aid the nonscientist wanting technical information, Prebble makes the pronunciation crisp and moderates the pace without detracting from the production. J.A.H. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine [Published: FEB/ MAR 02]