Do You Remember Me or Longevity Bible

Do You Remember Me?: A Father, a Daughter, and a Search for the Self

Author: Judith Levin

In her award-winning Harmful to Minors, Judith Levine radically disturbed our fixed ideas about childhood. Now, the poignantly personal Do You Remember Me? tackles the other end of life. The book is both the memoir of a daughter coming to terms with a difficult father who is sinking into dementia and an insightful exploration of the ways we think about disability, aging, and the self as it resides in the body and the world.

In prose that is unsentimental yet moving, serious yet darkly funny, complex in emotion and ideas yet spare in diction, Levine reassembles her father's personal and professional history even as he is losing track of it. She unpeels the layers of his complicated personality and uncovers information that surprises even her mother, to whom her father has been married for more than sixty years.

As her father deteriorates, the family consensus about who he was and is and how best to care for him constantly threatens to collapse. Levine recounts the painful discussions, mad outbursts, and gingerly negotiations, and dissects the shifting alliances among family, friends, and a changing guard of hired caretakers. Spending more and more time with her father, she confronts a relationship that has long felt bereft of love. By caring for his needs, she learns to care about and, slowly, to love him.

While Levine chronicles these developments, she looks outside her family for the sources of their perceptions and expectations, deftly weaving politics, science, history, and philosophy into their personal story. A memoir opens up to become a critique of our culture's attitudes toward the old and demented. A claustrophobic account of Alzheimer's is transformedinto a complex lesson about love, duty, and community.

What creates a self and keeps it whole? Levine insists that only the collaboration of others can safeguard her father's self against the riddling of his brain. Embracing interdependence and vulnerability, not autonomy and productivity, as the seminal elements of our humanity, Levine challenges herself and her readers to find new meaning, even hope, in one man's mortality and our own.

Publishers Weekly

Unsentimental and unsparing, this work studies in unnerving detail what happens when the mind begins to separate from the body and how our society has no model for coping with such fragmentation. Everything disintegrates for Levine's father, a psychologist and liberal political activist, after his Alzheimer's diagnosis. He can no longer comprehend books and magazines, and continues to flirt with women but cannot be intimate with his wife of 59 years. Levine, a natural storyteller and author of the controversial Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex, presents more than a tale about one man's disease and its impact on his family; she also examines how society separates itself from those who can no longer think clearly. She explicates the mind/body issues inherent in Alzheimer's from multiple perspectives, invoking a host of psychologists and scientists. She makes herself examine her relationship with her father (which has always been fraught) and her mother (whom she resents for leaving her ill father for another man). Statistics explicate Alzheimer's prevalence (10% of those over 65 have it; 50% of those over 85), but Levine delves beyond the numbers, examining the socio-political psychology of Alzheimer's treatment and what happens to those who fall prey to it. As her father worsens, Levine gets closer to him. This is a daughter's poignant homage to a father she came to know best after he lost his mind, but it's also a searing indictment of how America treats its disabled and a cautionary tale for aging baby boomers. Agent, Joy Harris. (May 11) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

This sensitive, insightful memoir of a daughter coping with her father's Alzheimer's is reminiscent of Carol Wolfe Konek's Daddyboy. Unlike Sue Miller (The Story of My Father) and Eleanor Cooney (Death in Slow Motion), Levine (Harmful to Minors) is not her parent's primary caregiver, yet her account, like theirs, depicts the toll a loved one's dementia takes on family and friends. Over a period of 12 years, Levine helped her mother care for her father. The experience caused her to reflect on the meaning of self in a culture that emphasizes cognition and rationality at the expense of emotions and relationships. As her father deteriorated, first mentally and later physically, the stress of caregiving led to the collapse of her mother's health and her parents' separation after 50 years of marriage. Levine became her father's advocate and attempted to establish a new relationship with the man who abused her physically and emotionally as a child and an adolescent. Though she provides dates, Levine's nonlinear narrative style (using flashbacks to illuminate the present) may be distracting to readers initially, which unfortunately diminishes the power of her message. Recommended for large public libraries. Lucille M. Boone, San Jose P.L., CA Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

A tenaciously engaged memoir from Levine (Harmful to Minors, 2002, etc.) about her relationship with her parents as her father drifts deeper and deeper into Alzheimer's. It starts with Lillian and Stan Levine's 50th wedding anniversary party, as Stan rambles on and on and on. "For those who do not know what is happening to him, the party is Dad's coming out as a dement," writes his daughter. For his family-feisty, contentious, left-wing, New York Jewish intellectuals among whom the brain reigns supreme-it is the cruel reality. But in the bigger picture, reactions to Stan's ailment reflect our hyper-cognitive society, she argues: "We consider dementia not just a disease, but a living death." Delving into the literature of Alzheimer's for answers and writing with a sure hand on unstable ground, Levine explores the disease's social effects. "More than social normality comes with language; personhood does," and as the first goes, so, our society deems, does the latter. Once, "the aged lived among us all, ill or hale, helpful or inconvenient, respected or humiliated in differing measure." That is often no longer the case; we have systematically "stripped elderly people of the roles that had sustained meaning in their lives through mandatory retirement, social isolation, and the disintegration of traditional family ties." After her mother starts to crumble under the responsibility, starting a new relationship as the old one slips away, Levine must confront the idea of putting her father into a nursing home. Her narrative is emotional as well as intellectual: she grapples with her feelings for her father, who was an overbearing, provocative (and occasionally violent) lord of misrule; sheconsiders and rejects taking him under her own care; she jousts with her mother over her seeming abandonment of her husband. It is a maddening, very human dance, and Levine gets it down just right. Roiling, confrontational family portrait.

Table of Contents:

	Prelude	1
1.	Anger	11
2.	Mind	29
3.	Acquaintance	51
4.	Quarantine	71
5.	Care	103
6.	Body	131
7.	Dis/loyalty	153
8.	Decompensation	173
9.	Decisions	211
10.	Family	249
11.	Himself	281
	Reading List	302
	Acknowledgments	309

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Longevity Bible: 8 Essential Strategies for Keeping Your Mind Sharp & Your Body Young

Author: Gary Small

From the author of The Memory Bible and The Memory Prescription, Dr. Gary Small's exciting, all-encompassing formula for living a longer and better life

Bestselling author and expert on aging Dr. Gary Small show us how to live longer, stronger, better lives in his new book, The Longevity Bible, by following simple guidelines such as a positive attitude, gratifying relationships, and lifelong education.

Comprised of advice on memory fitness, healthy diet, physical conditioning, and stress reduction, The Longevity Bible follows the stories of four typical readers in different stages of their lives, and how those lives are improved with his plans.

Publishers Weekly

Small (The Memory Bible; The Memory Prescription), chief of the UCLA Memory and Aging Research Center, offers eight essentials (positive outlook, mental and physical exercise, acceptance of change, are three) in this manual for a better, longer life. He takes a holistic approach to body and brain fitness, covering everything from meditation to diet and skillful makeup application. While his "essentials" likely won't be anything new to reasonably self-aware readers, the author does provide thought-provoking questionnaires, helpful step-by-step approaches to achieving various goals and detailed anecdotes about patients who have benefited from UCLA's programs. Information gleaned from UCLA's research lends credibility, and a section called Putting It All Together makes self-improvement efforts manageable, not overwhelming. The chapters that focus on memory are the most detailed; they include helpful tricks and challenging games that will surely inspire an increase in sales of crossword-puzzle books. Perhaps in recognition of the book's ambitiousness, a nine-page list of additional resources will prove handy for those who wish to further investigate some of the topics touched upon in the book. (June) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Aging baby boomers are inundated with all sorts of resources advising them on how to live longer, happier, and healthier lives. This latest self-help book by neuroscientist Small (chief, UCLA Memory & Aging Research Ctr.; The Memory Bible) tackles both mind and body well-being in later life. His eight strategies for quality longevity include the usual suspects, e.g., keeping mentally and physically fit, maintaining healthy social and sexual relationships, keeping a positive attitude, avoiding stress, and following a low-fat diet rich in protein and antioxidants. Information is presented in concise, readable portions and is backed by summaries of relevant scientific research. While most of the material is available elsewhere (e.g., Gary Null's Ultimate Anti-Aging Program; Andrew Weil's Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being), Small's upbeat attitude; readable text; and abundance of lists, questionnaires, quizzes, puzzles, case studies, and recipes are informative and fun and encourage readers to apply his recommendations to their own lives. The bibliography references scientific literature only. A good choice for all consumer health and aging collections.-Karen McNally Bensing, Benjamin Rose Lib., Cleveland Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Appetites or Yoga for Living

Appetites: On the Search for True Nourishment

Author: Geneen Roth

Geneen Roth's When Food Is Love profoundly explored the relationship between eating and intimacy in women's lives. Her rejection of convention in dieting practices has motivated hundreds of thousands of women to think more deeply about, and alter their relationship to, eating and food. When Food Is Love became a bestseller - but in the wake of that success, Roth found herself in an unexpected position: she descended into a long illness, losing what she thought she could never live without - her health, her hair, and even her best friend. In Appetites: On the Search for True Nourishment, Geneen Roth explores, with great insight and clarity, the process of questioning what was at the core of her own life, her ultimate return to good health, and the new and unexpected ways she found to nourish herself and those she has loved and worked with. Over the course of this journey, Roth looked deeply into women's friendships and what happens when they change; the longing for success and affirmation for one's work; the conflicting emotions a woman can have when she considers whether or not to have a child; the longing for a safe place to live and build toward the future. She writes, "Appetites is the story of friends and women with whom I've worked as they've questioned the meaning of success, thinness, friendship, and fulfillment ... Why, I asked myself, is an embarrassment of riches embarrassing? Why do most women feel they will lose friends as they lose weight? ... What feels good about feeling bad? And where do we turn for nourishment when it's not in the places we thought it would be?"

Publishers Weekly

That some of us overeat in order to feed a spiritual rather than physical hunger isn't a new idea, but perhaps no one has chatted it up with as much panache as Roth (When Food Is Love). In her earnest new book, this popular workshop guru focuses on the ersatz bliss of overeating but also expands her vision to question "the meaning of success, thinness, friendships, and fulfillment." Drawing on much personal anecdote-her hair loss following illness; her ties to her best friend; her worries about another's health, etc.-she charms readers toward realizing that true happiness comes not from a sleek body, wealth or indeed any external attribute but from a sense of inner worth. There's nothing new in that idea either, but Roth presents it, as usual, in just the right mix of confession, sass and style. (Apr.)

Library Journal

After 20 years of therapy and 13 years of "spiritual practice," diet guru Roth (When Food Is Love, Dutton, 1991) shares 243 pages of inspirational insights about self-esteem. "You are the feast," she concludes, having recounted at length her own tribulations brought on by an illness she will not name that caused her to lose her hair-a crowning blow. She was thus forced to reevaluate her own advice to those she had counseled about appearance and self-esteem. Roth continues to give lectures and workshops; to assist the reader, she offers her business address and telephone and FAX numbers at the end of the book. Though full of New Age platitudes, her work nonetheless has a following. For Roth's fans.-Cynthia Harrison, George Washington Univ., Washington, D.C.

BookList

Roth speaks of issues that, chauvinism aside, only women can truly understand and identify with. In the past, her books were about food, weight, dieting, and the almost universal obsession that women have with their bodies and self-esteem. Now her canvas of introspection and discussion has expanded: eight chapters examine the nature of women's friendships, the craving to be famous, the longing for safety, and the search for a parallel life (or the perfect fantasy), among other topics. Based on intensely personal experiences, written with intensely emotional and intellectually probing prose, Roth's book pushes far beyond the issue of weight to ask what will make women happy. Her not-so-easy answers, divined from decades of therapy, of experiential beingness, of Buddhist practice, will speak to many.

Kirkus Reviews

A dubious exploration of appetite as a metaphor in women's lives, from the author of When Food Is Love (1991), who conducts workshops on women, food, and self-esteem.

According to Roth, women desire obsessively—a perfect body, success, love—instead of embracing themselves as they are and appreciating what they already have. A woman who overeats, for example, may be trying to fill a void within herself, not realizing that she already has what she needs. Roth gives examples from her own life: Having obtained what she thought she wanted—fame, a good man, a thin body, a life in scenic northern California—she still wasn't happy. Then she developed chronic fatigue syndrome and a vitamin deficiency that caused her hair to fall out, all of which made her realize that she should have appreciated her health while she had it. A series of chance disasters—an earthquake, a fire that nearly burned her house down—led her to understand that everything she has could easily be taken away, that her deepest satisfaction must come from herself. Though witty and lucid about her personal experience, Roth does, unfortunately, lapse into the occasional New Age, pseudo-Buddhist truism. Nor is it always obvious how particular parts of the narrative fit into her overall argument. Worse, the author can be downright maudlin: Anthropomorphic paeans to her cat's capacity for enlightened contentment, though mitigated by moments of self-mockery, get embarrassing after awhile.

Roth's lack of self-consciousness about her own privilege is an even larger problem. It is easy enough to preach about finding happiness within yourself when you have what you always wanted from the world. But those who haven't found love, fame, rewarding work, or money may be less than sympathetic to the spiritual struggles of the "woman who has everything" and still isn't satisfied.

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Yoga for Living: Feel Confident

Author: Uma Dinsmore Tuli

An upbeat, modern approach to help bring balance and health to one's life.

In today's hectic, fast-paced world, millions of people are beginning to discover the health benefits of the ancient discipline of yoga . To help focus this new awareness, DK presents Yoga For Living, a new series that targets some of today's most common health problems, shows how to reduce stress, and how to live easier and feel better.

The Yoga Biomedical Trust is a charitable organization established in 1983 to promote and advance the study and practice of, and research into, the therapeutic effects of yoga as a means of improving the mental, physical, and spiritual health of the community.

Health Basics or Losing 100 Pounds Naturally

Health Basics: A Doctor's Plainspoken Advice about how Your Body Works and What to Do when It Doesn't

Author: Michael S Richardson

Would you like to know how your body functions, what happens in sickness and how to optimize your chances for better health? Become an informed participant in your health care by getting the answers to hundreds of questions like these: What are the proven health benefits of exercise? Why don't doctors like high-protein diets? How much alcohol is too much? What is cancer, anyway? What is a nutritional supplement, and why do doctors sigh when I ask? How can I get what I want from my visit to the doctor? Why does my heart skip like that? Why is my cholesterol high when I eat like a rabbit? When should I call 911 instead of a doctor's office? Why can't I stop coughing? Why do I have heartburn and when should I see a doctor? How can I control my bladder better? What is really known about estrogen? How can I relieve my PMS?

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Losing 100 Pounds Naturally: Personal Insight from a Christian Physician

Author: Jean Ronel Corbier

Losing 100 Pounds is a personal insight from a Christian physician.  Chapter One opens with Dr. Jean-Ronel Corbier's gone and unhappy days of being overweight.  The chapter emphasizes a call to live like you recommend.  He says," I was more than 100 pounds overweight, and believe me, I was unhappy.  As a physician who spends a great deal of time convincing patients of the importance of health and nutrition, I was not a good role model."

            In Chapter 2, he vivifies lifestyle as a strategic avenue to losing and managing weight.  He even employs a style that makes necessary comparisons between lifestyles in two different continents, which he has lived.  Noteworthy, is how lifestyles on these continents affect weight management.

            Chapters 4, 5, 6, and 7 carefully address the effects of obesity and how these effects could be reversed.  Of paramount importance is the RESTORATION MODEL (Chapter 6).  Dr. Jean-Ronel Corbier and his wife Dr. Michelle Corbier developed this model of health and healing that is dynamic, comprehensive, and integrative.  This model centers on thorough comprehension of the biopsychosociospriritual factors.  These are unambiguous factors that consider the psychological, social, and spiritual causes of obesity, not just the biological factors.

            Ufomadu Consulting & Publishing is proud to publish such a great book that is written to make life better for human race.  Check this book out and tell others about it.

Flat Feet or The Healthy Prostate

Flat Feet: A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References

Author: ICON Health Publications

This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to flat feet. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to flat feet.If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages.

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The Healthy Prostate: A Doctor's Comprehensive Program for Preventing and Treating Common Problems

Author: Arnold Fox

This breakthrough book is a medical doctor's proven prescription for a healthy prostate. Arnold Fox, M.D., who has successfully treated prostate problems for over forty years, speaks directly to your vital concerns, including:

• Early symptoms of prostate problems and what to do about each type
• The full range of traditional and alternative treatments available, notably the best drug-free, nonsurgical options
• Easy-to-understand, step-by-step treatment plans for each type of problem
• The pros and cons of common medications
• Innovative treatments such as hyperthermia and cryosurgery
• Checklists and brief quizzes to accurately assess your health status
• A detailed prevention program to maintain your good health
• Important questions to ask your doctor now

Table of Contents:

	Introduction
1	The Prostate - An Overview of the "Unknown" Gland	1
2	What Can Go Wrong - and Why	10
3	How Prostate Problems Are Diagnosed	29
4	Medicines for the Prostate	52
5	Surgeries for the Prostate	72
6	Other Standard Treatments for Prostate Problems	102
7	Alternative Approaches to Treating the Prostate	123
8	If the Diagnosis Is Cancer	135
9	Dealing with the Serious Side Effects of Prostate Problems	158
10	Honest Talk from Men Who Have Been through It	173
11	The Healthy Prostate Program, Part I: Prevention	187
12	The Healthy Prostate Program, Part II: Treatment	202
13	The Latest Word on Treating the Prostate	221
	Appendix: Sources for More Information	225
	Notes	228
	Glossary	233
	For Further Reading	236
	Index	239

The Healthy Guide to Unhealthy Living or Better Back

The Healthy Guide to Unhealthy Living: How to Survive Your Bad Habits

Author: David J Clayton

STRAIGHT TALK FROM A DOCTOR ON HOW TO MINIMIZE THE DAMAGE FROM THE UNHEALTHY LIFESTYLE CHOICES WE ALL KNOW WE SHOULDN'T MAKE -- BUT DO ANYWAY

There are thousands of books out there on how to live a healthy life, but let's be honest: most of us don't want to live a healthy life -- we want to know how to live our unhealthy lives better. The Healthy Guide to Unhealthy Living is a straightforward and honest guide to maintaining the fast-paced lifestyle you're accustomed to, without giving up all the bad habits that come along with it.

Whether you stayed up all night prepping for that early presentation or want to lose ten pounds fast for a high school reunion, whether you drank too much last night or wound up in an unfamiliar bed this morning, here's the practical advice you need for minimizing the damage and moving on with your life. A few of the issues addressed in this book include:

• Drinking and drugs: From easing the hangover pain to kicking a drug habit
• Sex: Pregnancy, STDs, and why you shouldn't believe everything you read on the Internet
• Pushing the limits: Sleepless nights, stress, and unavoidable life-related anxieties
• Everyday habits: Smoking, fast food, all-nighters, and the rest of those New Year's resolutions you haven't gotten around to yet

Whether you indulge yourself in Vegas or your own backyard, when it comes to your health, it's easy to assume the worst. But even if you don't live a completely virtuous life, The Healthy Guide to Unhealthy Living says that if you make some smart choices, you can avoid major worries or embarrassment.While this book won't take the place of your own doctor, it will give you some shortcuts to healthier habits and better living -- like safer sex and better sex, or a healthier diet and a better body -- that might become habits you can live with.

Publishers Weekly

New York City physician Clayton has put together a guidebook that should be a godsend for young adults with fast-paced, hard-partying lifestyles. He addresses popular vices from smoking, drinking and junk food bingeing to having multiple sex partners and doing recreational drugs. Clayton's view is that it's possible to reduce the negative side effects of such behaviors and minimize the risks associated with occasional poor choices. Naturally, he advocates making healthy choices to begin with, but being an urban 30-something himself, he realizes that since this won't always happen, it's better to be armed with the facts-and some great tips for damage control. Want to avoid a hangover? Lower the risks of smoking? Concoct a "morning after" pill? Avoid testing positive for drugs on a job interview? Clayton explains all in intelligent but easygoing language, as well as ways to deal with work stress, problems with sexual performance, STDs and dieting. Using real life examples and maintaining a sense of humor throughout, Clayton is the kind of unshockable, practical-but hip-doctor that any young person would be delighted-and relieved-to consult. Agents, Emily Nurkin and Laura Yorke. (Jan.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

There are many guides to healthy living written for people over 40-Jeanne Wei and Sue Levkoff's Aging Well: The Complete Guide to Physical and Emotional Health; James Fries's Living Well: Taking Care of Yourself in the Middle and Later Years. Clayton, however, targets young professionals and provides practical, compassionate, nonjudgmental advice on how to make intelligent risk-reducing lifestyle choices. This approach shines in the chapters on alcohol abuse, diets, sexual performance improvement, and unwise sexual choices. Clayton wisely discourages tobacco and drug abuse (illegal and prescription); both conventional and complementary medicine therapies are discussed. Bad habits not mentioned include unsafe driving (and other potentially injurious actions) and unhealthy eating habits that contribute to cancer and cardiovascular diseases. A breezy, late-night comedy delivery is interspersed with some complex medical explanations. Overall, this is a relatively quick, informative read, though a list of resources is noticeably lacking. Best placed in urban public and consumer health libraries where interest warrants.-Janice Flahiff, Medical Univ. Lib. of Ohio, Toledo Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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Better Back

Author: John Tanner

Offering authoritative, constructive advice and information on this worldwide health problem, Better Back assesses a wide variety of available treatments and gives a detailed overview of the solutions to back pain. Explaining how the back works and outlining the many causes of pain, this is the ideal guide for anyone with a bad back pain who wants to take an active role in their own health care.

Author Biography: Dr. John Tanner is a private practitioner of orthopedics and sports medicine, with special interests in back injuries and their treatment. He is on the council of the Society of Orthopedic Medicine and the Institute of Orthopedic Medicine.

Belleza universal or YMCA Healthy Back Book

Belleza universal: La guнa de belleza de Miss Universo

Author: Cara Birnbaum

El concurso de Miss Universo representa el ideal internacional de la belleza, y esta guía única sobre belleza tiene todos los secretos que solos las miembros de este exclusivo club pueden dar. La periodista especializada en belleza Cara Birnbaum y varias ganadoras de concursos anteriores le traen consejos, ideas y secretos que las han hecho únicas y llevado al pináculo de la belleza.

Las ex Miss Universo compartirán sus regimenes de belleza al igual que los profesionales que trabajan con las concursantes para que obtengan esa apariencia de Miss Universo. Aquellas lectoras que tienen horarios estrictos se beneficiaran de los consejos que las llevaran de una apariencia rutinaria hasta el glamour en cuestion de minutos.

Ya que el concurso Miss Universo es reconocido internacionalmente, todas las razas, los colores de piel, tipos de cabello y de cuerpo se incluyen en este libro. Anteriores reinas del concurso hablan de como el cuidado personal y los regimenes cambian con el tiempo para mantener esa fantastica apariencia.

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YMCA Healthy Back Book

Author: YMCA of the USA

Now you can learn how to overcome back pain with the YMCA Healthy Back Book. Developed by the world leader in back care education, this medically sound and easy-to-follow back program will help you

• understand the causes of back pain and various treatment options,
• learn how to exercise to help prevent painful back problems, and
• discover ways to reduce back pain when it occurs.

This book contains the most up-to-date, practical information available from the YMCA - an organization that has helped over 300,000 people find relief from back pain. Featuring more than 80 full-color illustrations, a reader-friendly format, and 29 proven back exercises, the YMCA Healthy Back Book will help you conquer back problems and return to an active lifestyle.

Library Journal

Since ``back pain is one of the most costly ailments of working-age adults,'' this book guides the average person through 20 fundamental exercises that assist in reducing and avoiding back pain. Reviewed by a panel of fitness and rehabilitation medicine experts, it suggests stress reduction and weight-control techniques to improve back health and recommends the least stressful ways to perform the daily activities of sitting, standing, sleeping, and driving. A discussion of warning signs indicating the need to seek professional help, risk factors for back pain, and a guided tour of the back's anatomy complete the book. Numerous well-prepared illustrations, large type, and an easy-to-understand writing style contribute to the readability of the book, a major strength. Balanced, thorough, and credible, this is similar in content to Stephen Hochschuler's Back in Shape ( LJ 1/91), but its presentation is more effective. Recommended for public libraries.-- Mary Prottmsman, Medical Lib., Enterprise, Ala.

Feel Good or Is it Just a Phase

Feel Good: Little Changes to Simplify Your Complicated Life

Author: Pamela Allardic

Acknowledging that women all over the world lead busy lives and feel too stressed to relax, this book offers small ideas for doing something about the chaos. Combining practical suggestions with mind-boosting tips and good commonsense advice, it guides women through the process of streamlining their complicated lives, one day at a time. This collection of feel-good ideas includes mini-essays, recipes, remedies, quick fixes, and mantras and covers such topics as finding the inner artist, taking a mental bath, eating chocolate to increase euphoria, accepting imperfections, putting an end to the phrase “I'm so tired,” and much more. The overarching message is that feeling good has less to do with what happens to a person and more to do with what she thinks and does about it, so even little changes can make a big difference to how one deals with life's irritations. Finally here is a book that says no matter how busy women are, they're never too busy to feel good.

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Is it "Just a Phase"?

Author: Susan Anderson Swedo

Is It "Just a Phase"? examines the challenges a child faces from toddlerhood through adolescence and provides guidelines for determining when a behavior is a cause for concern and when it is merely a developmental phase. Part I covers the problem phases of development - thumb sucking, bed-wetting, and sleep problems - and offers parents practical guidelines to implement at home as well as information on how to use the help of the child's teacher or pediatrician. Part II considers the medical and psychiatric disorders - anxiety, depression, and school problems - that affect a child's behavior when it's more than "just a phase." It includes diagnostic checklists so that parents can accurately assess the nature and severity of their child's symptoms. Is It "Just a Phase"? also prepares parents to make well-informed decisions about difficult choices - such as whether or not to treat their child's hyperactivity with medication and when to hospitalize a depressed adolescent. It provides accurate explanations of why behavior problems occur, shares the latest advances in the diagnosis and treatment of childhood disorders, and helps readers cope with the many challenges of raising a school-aged child. Because when parents are concerned about their child, it's never "just a phase."

Publishers Weekly

Parents concerned by the behavior of an overactive, shy or disobedient child, or troubled by their child's bedwetting or eating problems, can find reassuring, practical advice in this accessible handbook. Swedo, head of behavioral pediatrics at the National Institutes of Mental Health, and Leonard, a child psychiatrist and professor at Brown University School of Medicine, combine their expertise to aid parents in helping their toddler or teen through difficult stages in development. Each chapter in Part 1 includes brief stories that illustrate particular behaviors, such as eating problems, thumb-sucking or moodiness, in both a normal child and a problem child. The stories are followed by suggestions on what parents can do to help, and what help they can expect from teachers and doctors. Part 2 focuses on those problem behaviors that are not merely passing phases but symptoms of psychiatric disorders requiring therapeutic intervention. Such conditions as anxiety disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder are explained in clear language. Brief sets of questions assist parents in deciding whether their child fits the description or may have some related condition; the authors then discuss therapy options and offer a resource list of professional organizations. (Oct.)

Table of Contents:

	Introduction
Ch. 1	"My Son Is Always 'On the Go' - He Exhausts Me!": Excessive activity during childhood
Ch. 2	"My Daughter Is Such a Picky Eater": Feeding difficulties and obesity
Ch. 3	"My Son Is So Naughty - He Never Does What I Ask Him to Do": Disobedience, stubbornness, and other behavior difficulties
Ch. 4	"My Daughter Refuses to Go to School": Fear of leaving home and fear of attending school
Ch. 5	"My Six-Year-Old Still Sucks His Thumb - Is It Really Just a Bad Habit?": Thumb-sucking, nail-biting, knuckle-cracking ...
Ch. 6	"My Eight-Year-Old Still Wets the Bed": Bed-wetting (enuresis)
Ch. 7	"My Daughter Is Afraid of the Dark": Childhood fears
Ch. 8	"My Son Worries Too Much": Childhood anxieties
Ch. 9	"My Daughter Is Too Shy": Shyness and introversion
Ch. 10	"My Son Won't Have Anything to Do with Me": Social isolation and withdrawal, particularly during adolescence
Ch. 11	"My Daughter Is in Such a Bad Mood These Days": Excessive moodiness
Ch. 12	"I'm So Worried About My Child's Behavior - This Can't Be 'Just a Phase'": Introduction to part II
Ch. 13	"I Know My Son is Hyper - But Is He Hyperactive?": Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Ch. 14	"My Daughter Studies All the Time, But She Still Gets Failing Grades": Attention deficit disorder and learning disabilities
Ch. 15	"My Son Has So Many Little Nervous Habits - Like Blinking Too Much and Clearing His Throat": Tic disorders and Tourette disorder
Ch. 16	"My Child Is Plagued by Scary Thoughts and Silly Rituals": Obsessive-compulsive disorder and related disorders
Ch. 17	"My Son's Never Been a Problem Before, But Over the Past Week, He's Become Impossible": PANDAS
Ch. 18	"My Daughter Is Terrified to Let Me Go Out at Night, or Even to Go into Another Room Without Her": Separation anxiety disorder
Ch. 19	"My Son Is So Nervous and Tense That He's Making Me Anxious": Generalized anxiety disorder
Ch. 20	"My Daughter Is So Painfully Shy, She Won't Even Order Her Own Ice Cream": Selective mutism and social phobia
Ch. 21	"My Daughter Is So Sad and Blue - She Never Smiles or Laughs Anymore": Depression and bipolar disorder
Ch. 22	"My Son Sleeps All Weekend and Still Can't Wake Up on Time on Monday Morning": Sleep disorders and seasonal affective disorder
Ch. 23	"My Daughter Is Obsessed with Her Weight": Eating disorders: obesity, anorexia, and bulimia
Ch. 24	"My Son Is Drinking and Using Drugs": Alcoholism and drug abuse
	Acknowledgments
	Index
	About the Authors

You Are Not What You Weigh or Twenty Four Hours a Day Journal

You Are Not What You Weigh: Escaping the Lie and Living the Truth, Vol. 1

Author: Lisa Bever

Bevere offers hope to women of all ages as she reveals the secrets she used to get her weight under control--by asking God to fashion her once again, starting with love and peace.

Books about: Saltwater Fish or Vegetable Identifier

Twenty-Four Hours a Day - Journal: A Meditation Book and Journal for Daily Reflection

Author: Richmond Walker

Since 1954, readers have turned to Twenty-Four Hours a Day for spiritual guidance in living "one day at a time." Now available in a journal format, this classic meditation text provides the inspirational framework for your personal book of prayer and reflection.

The Art of Caregiving or Managing Menopause Beautifully

The Art of Caregiving: How to Lend Support and Encouragement to Those with Cancer

Author: Michael S Barry

Helps caregivers find new joy in caring for those they love by equipping them with unique tools for supporting those with serious illness and through developing a mindset of joy.

Interesting book: One Pot Wonders or Damon Lee Fowlers New Southern Kitchen

Managing Menopause Beautifully: Physically, Emotionally, and Sexually

Author: Dona Caine Francis

Some 38 million girls were born in the United States between 1946 and 1964, and now about 2 million of them each year are entering the menopausal phase of life. But these Baby Boomers are not docile, do-as-they-are-told, ask-no-questions women. They insist on full information, options, and participation in the decision-making process regarding how they will navigate this potentially challenging phase. In this breakthrough book, Dona Caine-Francis offers a reader-friendly primer on everything women need to know to remain physically, emotionally, and sexually vibrant before, during and after menopause. A certified sex therapist and psychiatric nurse practitioner, Caine-Francis challenges women to consider the menopausal years an era of opportunity, a chance to seize the day and "reinvent" the self in three dimensions - physically, emotionally, and sexually. *This book, be forewarned, contains adult material. Special features here include vignettes from therapy sessions for menopausal women and their partners, explanations of the five myths of menopause, a review of hormone therapy of all kinds, complementary and alternative medicine, insights into romance at midlife, and a chapter devoted to partners of these women to share an understanding and suggestions to keep the fires flamed. Strategies for sexual well-being of menopausal women may otherwise and elsewhere be neglected, but Caine-Francis provides a focus to such strategies here and offers practical solutions to enhance sexual connections with partners.

Table of Contents:

Foreword Judy Kuriansky Kuriansky, Judy

1 Menopause: Physical, Emotional, and Sexual Reinvention 1

2 Menopause Basics: What Is Happening to My Body? 8

3 The Changing Body of the Perimenopausal and Menopausal Woman 23

4 Hormone Therapy 38

5 Reinvent the Physical You 60

6 Reinvent the Emotional You 73

7 Complementary and Alternative Strategies for the Midlife Woman 95

8 Sexual Revitalization 110

9 Romeo Meets Juliet at Age 55 177

App. A Coping Techniques for Today's Busy Woman 183

App. B Negative Coping Skills 185

App. C Scale of Relationship Intimacy 186

App. D Resource Web Sites 188

Notes 191

Index 199

Atkins Diabetes Revolution or Psychobiology of Physical Activity

Atkins Diabetes Revolution: The Groundbreaking Approach to Preventing and Controlling Type 2 Diabetes

Author: Robert C Atkins

Atkins Diabetes Revolution will help you:

• Find out if you have the metabolic syndrome
• Identify your risk for diabetes as soon as possible
• Make permanent lifestyle changes to normalize the underlying metabolic imbalances that lead to Type 2 diabetes
• Reduce your chances of suffering a heart attack, stroke, and even some cancers
• Reduce your risk of heart disease by lowering your triglycerides while increasing your HDL ("good") cholesterol

Read by Sara Krieger

Publishers Weekly

Having been marketed to millions as a weight-loss solution, the Atkins diet is now presented as a means of preventing type 2 diabetes, a disease whose rates are skyrocketing, thanks to the prevalence of risk factors such as obesity and high lipid and blood sugar levels. The authors clearly outline their interpretation of the path to diabetes, arguing that carbs cause blood sugar spikes, triggering the release of more insulin-the hormone that regulates blood sugar-than the cells need. Blood sugar ends up stored as fat and the body's cells start responding more slowly to the insulin, which leads to elevated blood sugar levels. But the tone the authors adopt when touting their low-carb, high-protein, high-fat approach may arouse some skepticism and even fear. "In the end, only you can decide what's best for your health," they warn. "You can choose the Atkins approach and improve your health, or you can choose the ADA [American Diabetes Association] approach and descend into more and more medications and poor health." While studies now demonstrate low-carb dieting can lead to weight loss and cholesterol control over the short term, experts tend to agree that diets that demonize one food group aren't easy to stick to over the long haul. Still, the work includes valuable nutritional information and sounds a needed alarm about the diabetes epidemic. (On sale Aug. 3) Forecast: With national TV, radio and print ads, as well as online promotions, this latest Atkins guide should have no trouble climbing bestseller lists. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

See also: Plain Lives in a Golden Age or Travel Perspectives

Psychobiology of Physical Activity

Author: Edmund O Acevedo

Psychobiology of Physical Activity fills a void in the scientific literature by addressing psychobiologic factors as they relate to exercise and sport. As the first resource of its kind, it sparks greater interest in the integration of topics in the growing area known as the psychobiology of physical activity. The text defines and expands the field by covering various disciplines, including psychophysiology, psychoneuroendocrinology, psychoimmunology, neuroscience, physiological psychology, and behavioral genetics.

The edited volume consists of 17 chapters written by internationally renowned scholars who consistently present a multilevel integrative approach to the study of human behavior in exercise and sport. The contributors share their cutting-edge research findings from diverse perspectives in chapters on physical activity and the brain, cognition, emotion, stress, pain, and human performance.

Part I, Introduction, traces the history of psychobiological investigations in the fields of sport and exercise psychology and reviews what is currently known about the workings of the central nervous system during physical activity.

Part II, Physical Activity and Cognition, examines recent evidence on the role of physical activity and fitness in preserving cognitive function in the aging human brain and the effects of exercise on neurogenesis, the formation of new neurons.

Part III, Physical Activity and Emotion, discusses the effects of exercise on emotion from multiple levels: the level of the synapse, the level of the human brain, and the level of the body as an integrated self-protecting system.

Part IV, Physical Activity and Psychosomatic Health, analyzes the role of exercise on central and peripheral factors related to cardiovascular and neuroendocrine stress reactivity, the function of the immune system, and pain.

Part V, Psychobiology of Human Performance, focuses on factors influencing human performance in competitive settings, including attention and cognition, biofeedback, and mental imagery.

As a professional reference, the book provides researchers and scholars with a valuable summary of cutting-edge research and up-to-date information. As a textbook, it challenges researchers and graduate students with an integrated approach to the study of human behavior in exercise and sport. In addition, Psychobiology of Physical Activity translates for sophisticated practitioners-such as clinical exercise physiologists-psychobiologic research into practice in the areas of exercise and sport.

Table of Contents:

Part I: Introduction

Healing Yoga or Promoting the Health of Adolescents

Healing Yoga: The Panchatattva Way

Author: Swami Ambikananda Saraswati

Healing Yoga is the first fully illustrated book to outline the connection between yoga and the chakras, the body's vital energy centers where our spiritual and physical well-being dovetail. Practicing this form of yoga, according to the author, maximizes the benefits of restoring balance and harmony and maintaining vitality. Detailed in full-color photos are the asanas, breathwork, mudras, visualizations, and mantras which connect to each chakra. These color photographs throughout the book make the yoga positions easy to follow and understand. Healing Yoga also includes a section on yoga for specific ailments, including migraines, high blood pressure, and depression. The author, a highly regarded Hindu monk, has been teaching yoga for more than twenty-five years.

New interesting book: Comptabilité internationale

Promoting the Health of Adolescents: New Directions for the Twenty-First Century

Author: Susan G Millstein

Chronic diseases and premature death can often be linked to social, environmental, and behavioral factors that are subject to modification, especially during adolescence when many habits--both good and bad--are formed. In order to effectively encourage good health-related behaviors among adolescents, health providers need an integrated understanding of the many factors involved. This volume fills that need by providing the most comprehensive, up-to-date review of the pertinent issues, including in-depth discussions on adolescent sexuality, substance abuse, the future of adolescent health promotion, and the relationship between socioeconomic status and health-related behaviors. The outstanding group of contributors represents a wide variety of disciplines and offers proven techniques and approaches that can help future adults enjoy longer, safer, more productive lives. With an emphasis on practical solutions, Promoting the Health of Adolescents will be of value to health and social scientists, health care providers, educators, and administrators who plan and implement programs for adolescent health.

"Editors Millstein, Petersen, and Nightingale have pulled together the work of an impressive group of contributors, both scholars and clinicians, to review the current understanding of health-promotion efforts among adolescents. The result is an interesting, well-integrated work that will be of value to researchers, clinicians, and public health practitioners concerned with the health needs of young people." --The New England Journal of Medicine
"For adolescents, the future is now. The well-edited essays in this book set forth in clear, crisp prose a set of insights andpractical real-world suggestions to make the now of adolescence the foundation for a healthy adult future. And for those who wish to probe more deeply, there are plenty of citations and references that support the conclusions and recommendations of the distinguished contributors of this pathbreaking volume." --Joseph A. Califano Jr., Chairman and President, Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Columbia University
"Required reading for anyone who has been waiting for a more comprehensive view and understanding of adolescent health." --William Julius Wilson, Lucy Flower University Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, University of Chicago
"This is essential reading for all who are concerned about adolescents in general and their health problems in particular. The authors do a masterful job of drawing out the policy directions suggested by a rich synthesis of knowledge." --Ray Marshall, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
"An excellent series of insightful essays....All of the chapters are quite informative and well written and carefully summarize the current research literature in each area. Each essay provides the reader with a critical analysis of current status and future needs....Provides useful concrete suggestions for health promotion....An excellent resource....Millstein et al. have created an insightful book to guide us into the future....[It] should find a place on the shelf of any health care professional who sees adolescents and on the reading list of preventive medicine courses required for today's medical students....Presents a new synthesis of the complex issues involved in the multidisciplinary approach necessary in the 1990s to promote the health of adolescents effectively." --American Journal of Preventive Medicine
"The contributors represent a wide variety of disciplines and offer proven techniques and approaches that can help future adults enjoy longer, safer, more productive lives."--Adolescence
"This volume can serve as a useful resource for those interested in adolescent health promotion. For the novice, the chapters serve as a helpful review. ... The volume will serve to both organize and generate ideas for applied health promotion and empirical research. The volume confronts an interesting and worthy topic, and in so doing represents a progressive shift away from a specific disease model of adolescent health to a more inclusive biopsychosoical model." -- Contemporary Psychology
"The editors of this timely and well-written book challenge us to look at health promotion for adolescents from several vantage points....There are excellent commentaries from both the physician and nursing perspectives, which discuss the controversies....There is a consistency of style and clarity throughout, making the book easily readable. The authors discuss all the topics intelligently with appropriate content to maintain interest. A comprehensive bibliography is placed at the end of each chapter....The topics are relevant to family practice-primary care specialties....For a family medicine faculty member responsible for adolescent curriculum, this book is stimulating and challenging, with an intelligent, organized style....It is recommended for health professionals with interests in teaching, research, and health policy for adolescents and their families." --William Shore, M.D., Family Medicine
"The audience for this reference is anyone who works with youths, with a focus on health professionals....The editors bring together experts from diverse disciplines such as anthropology, health policy, medicine, and nutrition, while maintaining textual coherence throughout....Efforts to address the impact of poverty and minority status relative to each health issue make this a particularly useful and timely reference....Overall, this book is highly readable..." --Sharon L. Hoerr, RD, Ph.D., Michigan State University, Journal of Nutrition Education

Table of Contents:

	Contributors
1	Adolescent Heath Promotion: Rationale, Goals, and Objectives	3
2	Adolescent Development: Health Risks and Opportunities for Health Promotion	13
3	The Influence of Economic Factors on Health-Related Behaviors in Adolescents	38
4	Health Promotion for Minority Adolescents: Cultural Considerations	58
5	The Social World of Adolescents: Families, Peers, Schools, and the Community	73
6	A View of Health from the Adolescent's Perspective	97
7	Health-Enhancing and Health-Compromising Lifestyles	119
	The Adolescent, Health, and Society: From the Perspective of the Physician	146
	The Adolescent, Health, and Society: From the Perspective of the Nurse	151
8	Promoting Positive Mental Health during Adolescence	159
9	"Sex Is a Gamble, Kissing Is a Game": Adolescent Sexuality and Health Promotion	180
10	Promoting Healthful Diet and Physical Activity	209
11	Promoting Oral Health in Adolescents	242
12	Promoting Healthy Alternatives to Substance Abuse	260
13	The Control of Violence and the Promotion of Nonviolence in Adolescents	285
14	Promoting Safety in Adolescents	305
	Topical Areas of Interest for Promoting Health: From the Perspective of the Physician	328
	Topical Areas of Interest for Promoting Health: From the Perspective of the Nurse	333
15	From Causal Description to Causal Explanation: Improving Three Already Good Evaluations of Adolescent Health Programs	339
16	Adolescent Health Promotion in the Twenty-first Century: Current Frontiers and Future Directions	375
	Index	389

Cultivating the Energy of Life or How We Heal

Cultivating the Energy of Life

Author: Hua Yang Liu

Here is the Hui-ming Ching, a classic Taoist manual on the circulation of internal energy by means of meditation and the inspiration for many techniques of Qigong. It is one of the few Taoist treatises to describe the landmarks of spiritual development and document the process of spiritual transformation from start to finish.

Book review: Creating Cool MINDSTORMS NXT Robots or C Programming in Easy Steps

How We Heal: Understanding the Mind-Body-Spirit Connection

Author: Douglas W Morrison

Unlike health books that cover only nutrition and lifestyle factors, or books that deal with consciousness, spirituality, personal growth, and metaphysical considerations outside the realm of the physical, How We Heal addresses healing in the broadest conceivable context. It presents this whole range of topics in a coherent, comprehensive manner that introduces the novice reader to Body Electronics, iridology, sclerology, and other alternative health modalities. Author Douglas Morrison explores the physical factors — sleep, water, exercise, and detrimental influences such as amalgam dental fillings, root canals, fluoride, electromagnetic fields, vaccinations, drugs — that influence health and explains why it’s necessary to integrate them with the hidden patterns of thought, word, and emotion that make healing possible. Through the use of analogies and practical examples, the book helps readers embrace this new way of seeing their own reality. Diagrams and illustrations throughout help further illuminate these potentially life-changing concepts.

Table of Contents:

	List of Figures	xxv
	Foreword	xxvii
	Preface to the Revised Edition	xxxiii
	Preface	xxxvii
	Prologue	xxxix
Part 1	Health and Healing
1	Coming Out of the Shadows to a Different Way of Looking at Reality	3
	Chasing Shadows	3
	Trying to Explain Shadows Solely in Terms of Shadows	5
	In Search of This "Something Else"	5
	On Scars Disappearing	6
	The Analogy of the Overhead Projector	7
2	A Basic Model to Consider	13
	The Physical, Emotional, and Mental Bodies	14
	The Formation of Crystals	22
	Moving Back Towards Freedom and Health	23
	The Underlying Pattern of Perfection and How It Is Obscured	26
	Resistance, Health, and Consciousness Change	30
3	The Great Paradox of Healing	35
	The Willingness to Not Heal and the Desire to Heal	36
	Desire and Attachment	36
	Commitment	37
	The Great Paradox	38
	Attachment: The Myth of Sisyphus	38
4	The Nature of Resistance	41
	Resistance and Judgment	42
	Resistance and Awareness	42
	Freedom and Awareness	44
	Reactive Mechanisms	44
	Overcoming Resistance	46
	Layers of Resistance	48
	Freedom from Resistance	54
	"Quantum Leap"	54
5	The Requirements of Health and Healing	57
	Love, Which Melts Resistance	57
	Forgiveness	60
	Gratitude	60
	Faith	61
	Nutrition	64
	Elimination	64
	Exercise	64
	Sleep	66
	Light and Darkness	70
	Air and Breathing	71
	Water	72
	In Conclusion: Taking Individual Responsibility	91
	Prayer	92
6	The Healing Crisis	93
	What to Expect	94
	Balance, Regeneration, and Degeneration	96
	Going through the Healing Crisis	99
	Thought, Energy, and Matter	100
Part 2	Nutrition
7	Dietary Reform: Some Basic Concepts to Master	105
	Attitude toward Dietary Reform	106
	Principles for Success in Dietary Reform	107
8	Passing the Test of Reality: The Work of Dr. Weston A. Price, D.D.S	113
	Introduction	113
	Dental Caries, Other Degeneration, and Nutrition	115
	Nutrition and Future Generations-Intercepted Heredity	117
	More on Dental Caries and Nutrition	118
	Towards a Sufficient Diet	119
	Common Factors in the Sufficient Diet	121
	Making Use of Price's Ideas	125
	The Choice to Follow a Vegan Diet	128
	Conclusion	131
9	Getting the Most Out of Our Food	133
	Food Quality	134
	Food Quantity	139
	Frequency, Timing, and Food Combinations	141
	Assimilation of Nutrients	144
	Conclusion	153
10	Essential Nutrients and Their Sources	155
	On Humankind's Natural Diet	155
	Nutrition and Elimination	156
	Essential Nutrients	158
	Synthetic versus Natural Supplements	170
	Light, Oxygen, and Electrons	171
11	Avoiding Detrimental Food Choices	177
	Refined, Skeletonized, or Processed Foods	177
	Other Things to Avoid	189
12	Principles of Eating Wisely and Well	195
	Think and Feel about Foods	195
	Natural Instincts	196
	Eat Whole and Natural Foods	197
	Eat Organic and/or Biodynamically-Produced Foods	197
	Use Fermented Foods	198
	Eat Fresh Foods	198
	Eat Mostly Local Foods in Season	199
	Eat Raw Foods	200
	Use Good Quality Salt	201
	Deactivate Phytic Acid and Enzyme Inhibitors	202
	Eat Leafy Greens	203
	Combine EFAs and Sulfur Proteins	203
	Make Soups from Bones and Organs	204
	Use Healthy Methods of Food Preservation	204
	Eat Foods That Have a Good Historical Track Record	204
	Use Only the Best Types of Cookware	205
	Use Only the Best Methods of Cooking	205
13	The Use of Supplements	207
	Diet versus Supplements	207
	The Most Essential Supplements	208
	Other Supplements and Aids	212
	Beneficial Health Practices	217
14	Degenerative Diseases	221
	Modern Medicine	222
	Numerous Factors in Degenerative Disease	223
	Individual Constitution and Past Health History	224
	Toxic Environment and Toxic Attitude	224
	Other Toxins We Can Avoid	226
	Conclusion	238
Part 3	Body Electronics Fundamentals
15	The Basic Theory of Body Electronics	245
	Healing Includes Dissolving Crystals	245
	Nutrient Saturation Begins the Process	246
	Body Electronics and Crystals	247
	Accelerating the Process with Body Electronics	248
	Dissolving the Crystals to Bring Change of Consciousness	248
16	The Practice of Body Electronics	251
	The Basics	251
	A Basic Sequence of Points	259
	Situations Where Body Electronics Has Been Effective	275
	Contraindications for Body Electronics	276
	Conclusion: Healing as a Spiral	280
17	Individual Responsibility and the Pointholdee	283
	Being Active and Being Receptive	284
	Maintain a State of Love and Forgiveness	285
	Discipline the Body	288
	Maintain a State of Enthusiasm	289
	Encompass Both Sides of Dualities	290
	Look for Our Own Resistances	292
18	Putting It Down in Writing	295
	The Power of the Written Word	296
	Making the List	297
	Moving from Success to Success	297
	Expanding Our Vision	298
	Keeping It Secret	299
	Starting with a Personal Mission Statement	300
19	Considerations for Body Electronics Facilitators	303
	The Facilitator's Role	303
	More on Individual Responsibility	307
	What the Facilitator Works With	308
	Giving and Receiving Blessings	318
Part 4	Outer Manifestation and Inner Essence
20	Iridology and Sclerology	325
	Iridology	326
	Uses of Iridology in Healing Work	350
	Sclerology	355
	Iridology and Sclerology	362
21	Biological Transmutations	363
	Endothermal and Exothermal Reactions	363
	Hormones and the Endocrine System	364
	Amino Acids and Protein Digestion	365
	Bacteria, Algae, and Mushrooms	366
	Minerals	367
	Monopoles	368
	Hydrogen and Oxygen	368
	The Role of Consciousness	369
	Conclusion	370
22	Back to Health: Monopoles, Melanin, and Uncreation	371
	Inner Essence and Outer Manifestation	371
	Thought, Word, and Emotion	372
	Faith, Will, and Desire	373
	Scalar Waves and Composite Waves	374
	Monopoles	374
	The Melanin-Protein Complex	376
	What Melanin Does	378
	How Melanin-Protein Complex Interferes with Monopoles	380
	Perception and Reality Altered	381
	Process of Creation	382
	Process of Uncreation	382
	The Overhead Projector Revisited	383
	Free within the Hologram	384
	Bound within the Hologram	385
	Melanin-Protein Complex an Effect of Our Resistance	386
	Encompassment and Exclusion	387
23	Self-medication and the Comfort Zone	389
	The Scale of Emotions Revisited	390
	Self-Medication	406
	In Conclusion: Redefining Our Relationship with Pain	417
24	The Possibility of Healing	421
Appendix 1	On Enzymes: Condensed Summary and Conclusions	425
Appendix 2	Biological Transmutations	433
Appendix 3	Encompassment and Exclusion	437
	Chapter Notes	451
	Bibliography	473
	Resources and Suppliers	479
	Index	481
	About the Author	495

Tai Chi for Every Body or The Detox Mono Diet

Tai Chi for Every Body: Easy Low-Impact Exercised for Every Age

Author: Eva Koskuba

Feel healthier and more energized in just 20 minutes a day!

Tai Chi, a gentle form of exercise that has been practiced in China for hundreds of years, is often referred to as "meditation in motion." Its slow and graceful movements make it accessible to all ages, regardless of fitness level. Tai Chi for Every Body, with its handy easel format, provides you with simple exercises that will revitalize both your body and spirit. With expert instructions from Tai Chi masters Eva and Karel Koskuba, you can discover new ways to...

• Relieve stress
• Ease sore joints and tone muscles
• Build up strength and flexibility
• Improve balance and circulation
• Achieve better posture
• Have a longer, more active life

Book review: Tax Research or Public Education

The Detox Mono Diet: The Miracle Grape Cure and Other Cleansing Diets

Author: Christopher Vasey

HEALTH / NUTRITION

“Detoxification is the missing link in Western nutrition. So many people and so many health conditions can benefit from the approach found in Dr. Vasey’s The Detox Mono Diet.”
--Elson M. Haas, M.D., The Detox Doc, author of The New Detox Diet and Staying Healthy with Nutrition

The grape cure, the lemon cure, the maple syrup cure, and the apple diet are all variations of mono diets that are based on restricting food intake to one food for a period of time. Using the famous Grape Cure pioneered by Johanna Brandt as his model, Christopher Vasey demonstrates why these restricted diets are so effective in healing illness and restoring optimum health. Despite the different nutritive qualities of the chosen food, all these diets work the same way: They help the body “burn” the waste products it contains to cleanse the internal cellular environment. They also keep the body’s eliminatory organs open in order to prevent the buildup of toxins. While these cures are responsible for healing people of many serious illnesses, including cancer, their principal use lies in the way they naturally enhance the body’s health by eliminating waste products and preventing the body from absorbing toxins during this process.

The Detox Mono Diet is a practical guide that provides all the information necessary for following a detoxification regimen. To make the application most successful, the author explains how to interpret your body’s reactions in a way that will allow you to adapt the cure to match your specific physiological needs, making your return to optimum healtha unique journey.

Christopher Vasey, N.D., is a naturopath specializing in detoxification and rejuvenation. He is the author of The Water Prescription and the bestselling The Acid-Alkaline Diet for Optimum Health. He lives near Montreux, Switzerland.

The 20 30 Fat Fiber Diet Plan or 14 Day Herbal Cleansing

The 20/30 Fat & Fiber Diet Plan: The Weight-Reducing, Health-Promoting Nutrition System for Life

Author: Gabe Mirkin

Discover the healthy way to eat right and lose weight!

Stop worrying about what to leave off your plate and add the all-important ingredient for any super-effective diet: fiber. Doctors and nutritionists agree that a low-fat, high-fiber diet will help you shed weight, prevent disease, and improve overall health quickly and easily. Building on these principles of healthy eating, this safe, proven, and easy-to-manage program fits any lifestyle and includes:

• More than 100 delicious high-fiber, low-fat recipes

• content listings for more than 5,000 favorite foods

• a handy plastic counter wheel to help you track your daily fat and fiber intake and figure out what you can eat freely and what you should cut back on or avoid.

The 20/30 Fat & Fiber Diet Plan will dramatically improve how you look and, more importantly, how you feel--and get you started on a lifetime of healthy living.

 

New interesting book: Nutrition and Food Services for Integrated Health Care or The Livebait Cookbook

14-Day Herbal Cleansing

Author: Laurel Vukovic

14-Day Herbal Cleansing is a powerful two-week body purification program that cleanses your system as it boosts your immune power, helping your body create an "inner shield" to block out the harmful toxins that lead to health breakdowns and disease. Combining an enjoyable diet with nutritional advice, detoxifying herbal treatments, light exercise and stretching, this revitalizing program is an all-natural alternative to dangerous drugs, expensive treatments, or difficult regimens for preventing and healing dozens of health conditions, including allergies, arthritis, asthma, cancer, clogged arteries, depression, diabetes, digestive disorders, excess weight, fatigue, headaches, heart disease, hypertension, hypoglycemia, insomnia, lung disease, premature aging, and skin disorders. Let 14-Day Herbal Cleansing help you experience a "total healing" that helps your body achieve its natural balance ... one of complete well-being and vitality of body, mind, and spirit!

The Ethical Use of Touch in Psychotherapy or Cancer

The Ethical Use of Touch in Psychotherapy

Author: Jim Struv

Is ethical touch an oxymoron? Is the bias against touch in psychotherapy justified? Can the recovery process be complete without healing touch? Mental health professionals are entrusted with the awesome responsibility of providing appropriate treatment for clients in a safe environment that nurtures trust, a necessary ingredient for optimum movement through the therapeutic process. Though treatment approaches vary, most modalities are verbally based and, in theory, exclude physical contact. Fearing that any form of touch would likely lead to sexual feelings or interaction, clinicians tend to shy away from the topic. In The Ethical Use of Touch in Psychotherapy, however, authors Mic Hunter and Jim Struve skillfully demonstrate that touch--a most basic human need--is intrinsic to the healing process along with talk-therapy, regardless of the practitioner's theoretical orientation. While the use of touch is a given in other health care settings, it remains a benefit denied as taboo in psychotherapeutic relationships, due to transgressors whose unscrupulous use of a valuable technique have marred its reputation. This book encourages readers to conduct a meaningful self-reflection and explore possible misconceptions related to touch in order to rejuvenate its acceptance. Based on years of sound research and clinical experience, The Ethical Use of Touch in Psychotherapy promises to enrich clinical discussion and stimulate further empirical research. This insightful and progressive presentation is a must read for clinicians, interns, and advanced students, as well as lay readers interested in the dynamics and innovations in psychotherapy.

Booknews

Urges mental-health practitioners to reassess their traditional reluctance to include physical touch in the therapeutic process for fear of arousing sexual feelings. Promotes the use of touch as an adjunct to talk therapy no matter what the theoretical orientation of the treatment provider. Covers the foundations and historical background, clinical applications, and materials and training aids. Paper edition (unseen), $24.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Pt. I	Foundations and Historical Background	1
1	The Physiology of Touch	3
2	The Influence of Touch on Socialization	16
3	Traditions of Touch Within Various Cultures	43
4	Traditions of Touch in Psychotherapy	51
Pt. II	Clinical Application of Touch in Psychotherapy	73
5	Power Dynamics That Effect the Use of Touch in Therapy	75
6	Functions of Touch in Psychotherapy	96
7	The Dynamics of Touch When Applied in Psychotherapy	111
8	Guidelines for Using Touch in Psychotherapy	136
9	A Continuum of Touch	159
10	Specific Techniques and Case Examples Involving the Use of Touch	177
11	The Use of Touch in Various Modalities and With Specific Populations	204
12	The Use of Bodyworkers as an Adjunct to Psychotherapy	219
Pt. III	Materials and Training Aids	229
13	Erotic Issues Within the Psychotherapy Relationship	231
14	Examining Personal Views on the Use of Touch in Psychotherapy	262
	References	275
	Index	288
	About the Authors	299

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Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology (Single Volume) & CD-ROM

Author: Vincent T DeVita

Acclaimed by the worldwide medical community as the standard-setting oncology reference, Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology is now in its Sixth Edition. This thoroughly revised and updated classic reflects the latest breakthroughs in every aspect of oncology, from molecular biology, to multimodality treatment, to new data on cancer prevention by drugs and diet. This edition places increased emphasis on the role of molecular biology in cancer diagnosis and treatment. In light of the growing clinical importance of biological therapy, a new section on Pharmacology of Cancer Biotherapeutics has been added. Chapters describe new radiotherapy techniques such as intensity-modulated radiation therapy and innovative surgical techniques such as radiofrequency ablation of tumors, isolation-perfusion for visceral cancers, and image-guided surgery. Rehabilitation is integrated into each of this edition's chapters on organ-specific cancers. Also included are new chapters on information systems in oncology, particularly on accessing information from the World Wide Web.

This edition now includes a CD-ROM bound into the book: The CD-ROM has advanced search capabilities and gives you full text, high-quality video and color slides not found in the book, direct links to PubMed, and links to our new oncology portal. The CD-ROM is also available separately.

FEATURES:

• Major emphasis on the role of molecular biology in cancer diagnosis and treatment -- both in general principle and in each organ-specific cancer.
• Expanded emphasis on the text's hallmark -- the integrated and balanced use of "all aspects of oncology for the treatment of individual patients by stage of disease."
• New section on the Pharmacology of Cancer biotherapeutics details the importance of these new agents as effective treatments in cancer management.
• The latest on cancer prevention--including new and updated information on drugs and diet--enables you to prescribe effective measures for keeping patients healthy.
• New chapters on innovative surgical and radiotherapeutic techniques, including "Management of Peritoneal Carcinomas," "Isolation-Perfusion for the Treatment of Visceral Cancers," "Image-Guided Surgery," and "Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy" -- ensure your conversancy with cutting-edge developments.
• New, stronger focus on supportive care and care of the terminally ill deepens your understanding of these important and specialized aspects of treatment.
• New chapters on information systems in oncology emphasize accessing information from the Internet to help you stay as current and knowledgeable as possible.
• CD-ROM IN THE BACK OF THE BOOK! The accompanying CD-ROM has advanced search capabilities and gives you full text, high-quality video and color slides not found in the book, direct links to PubMed, and links to our new oncology portal -- LWWoncology.com.

Al B. Benson III

This is the fifth edition of this comprehensive textbook of oncology, updating the previous edition published in 1993. The purpose is to provide comprehensive and current information concerning the full range of modern cancer patient management for all the oncologic diseases, plus descriptions of the biology and developing areas of oncology. Practicing oncology physicians, including medical, radiation, and surgical oncologists, are the audience. The book consists of 68 chapters, with up to nine sections in each, written by 290 contributors. The text has now been organized into four parts, the first and newest of which is ""Essentials of Modern Oncologic Science,"" focusing on molecular biology, signal transduction and immunology. Part 2, ""Principles of Oncology,"" further expands on concepts of molecular biology and discusses etiology, epidemiology, cancer management, pharmacology, and clinical trial design. ""Practice of Oncology"" is the third part and provides details of cancers of organ systems, with a focus on coordination of medical, radiation, and surgical oncology treatments by stage. Prevention, imaging techniques, specialized technologies, supportive care, societal issues, and unproven alternative methods are also discussed. Part 4 includes newer approaches to cancer treatment, such as gene therapy, cancer vaccines, antiangiogenic therapy, and radiation therapeutic strategies. The three internationally prominent editors are authorities in laboratory and clinical oncology and represent the three dominant modalities of medical, radiation, and surgical oncology. The reorganization of the text into four parts and the increase in the number of contributors has resulted in awelcome expansion of topics beyond those available in the otherwise excellent fourth edition. The three new chapters in Part 1 covering the essentials of oncology biology are of particular importance to the practicing oncologist, given the rapid developments in molecular biology and immunology. Indeed, this emphasis on molecular biology and the effect on oncologic principals and practice are woven throughout the succeeding three parts of the book. New chapters on cancer prevention, ethics, quality of life, healthcare reform, and regulatory issues are critical additions to the book. Concluding chapters offer excellent insight as to the evolving developments in cancer therapy.

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Reviewer: Al B. Benson III, MD (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine)
Description: The seventh edition of this book is perhaps the most comprehensive textbook providing a thorough review of the extensive field of oncology. As such it incorporates principles of laboratory science, and the gamut of clinical science from prevention through treatment, embracing all disciplines while providing a taste of the future. The new edition is an exhaustive effort to incorporate comprehensiveness, particularly in Part 3, Practice of Oncology, while, remarkably, containing the most up-to-date information at the time of publication.
Purpose: The authors champion their purpose to provide oncologists from all disciplines with the most current scientific advances that address the overall context of oncologic clinical practice by providing a guide to patient management and by incorporating the most critical references from the literature. Breathtaking advances in modern oncology have mandated that a textbook which strives to be both comprehensive and current must be frequently updated. With this seventh edition, the authors have succeeded.
Audience: The book provides extensive detail with lengthy references most appropriate for the practicing oncologist or oncologist in training. The authoritative and comprehensive chapters are coauthored by the appropriate multidisciplinary team, thus providing an excellent resource regardless of the oncology subspecialty. This new edition has been edited by the same physicians since the inception of the textbook in 1982. They continue to assemble a superb group of contributors that number 355 in total.
Features: Although it is a challenge to produce a state-of-the-art textbook given the lengthy publication process, this edition has succeeded in showcasing the most recent advances in oncology. For example, Section 7, Cancer of the Colon, discusses the most recent clinical trials addressing both adjuvant and advanced disease treatment reflecting the rapid evolution of new therapies for this disease. This edition is divided into four parts. Part I, Molecular Biology of Cancer, is notable for its presentation of advances in genomics and proteomics with an emphasis on laboratory research and clinical application. Important basic mechanisms, including angiogenesis and apoptosis, are well constructed to provide critical background information relative to emerging treatments in cancer medicine. Part 2, Principles of Oncology, focuses on the etiology of cancer including viruses, chemical factors, tobacco, and physical factors. Detailed chapters also review principles of important disciplines including surgery, radiation oncology, and medical oncology. The sections on pharmacology of cancer chemotherapy are notable particularly for chapters not only discussing important classes of agents but also highlighting the emerging role of pharmacogenomics. Part 3, Practice of Oncology, represents an integrated approach to the appropriate management of cancer patients. It reviews strategies of cancer prevention, screening, diagnostics, treatments, modalities, and symptom control. The increased emphasis on supportive treatments to improve quality of life is an essential component of this part. Social issues in oncology are discussed in multiple sections, including ethics, economics, regulatory issues, international variations, information systems, and complementary therapies. Part 4, Newer Approaches in Cancer Therapy, includes exciting research areas such as anti-angiogenesis, molecular treatments, and gene therapy. The nearly 3,000-page text is produced in black and white with just a few pages of color plates in the melanoma chapter; however, the extensive use of comprehensive tables, figures and drawings are important to provide summaries and clarity.
Assessment: The seventh edition has succeeded in maintaining its status as the premiere oncology textbook in the world. The editors continue to demonstrate great skill in assembling an excellent group of authors who are capable of treating each subject with considerable expertise emphasizing multidisciplinary, state-of-the-art concepts encompassing the entire spectrum of the science of oncology from the most basic of laboratory observations to end-of-life care.

Booknews

This famous classic has gained a worldwide reputation as the source of definitive clinical information in the treatment of cancer. Four sections present the essentials of molecular biology, signal transduction, and immunology; updated information on the cell cycle, cytogenetics, the metastatic process, causes of cancer, and the principles of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery, as well as those related to molecular pathology, cancer genetics, and biologic therapy; chapters on cancers of individual organ systems, cancer prevention, imaging techniques, and supportive and palliative care; and newer approaches in cancer treatment, including cancer vaccines, gene therapy, and immunotoxin therapy. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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