Caregiving Books

Do You Remember Me or Longevity Bible

2009-12-05T18:44:00.000-08:00

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.

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

2009-12-04T14:43:00.000-08:00

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

2009-12-03T10:42:00.000-08:00

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?

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

2009-12-02T06:40:00.000-08:00

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.

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

	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

2009-12-01T02:39:00.000-08:00

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

2009-11-29T22:38:00.000-08:00

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

2009-11-28T18:37:00.000-08:00

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.)

	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

2009-11-27T14:36:00.000-08:00

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

2009-11-26T10:35:00.000-08:00

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.

Atkins Diabetes Revolution or Psychobiology of Physical Activity

2009-11-25T06:33:00.000-08:00

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.

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.

Healing Yoga or Promoting the Health of Adolescents

2009-02-21T08:45:00.000-08:00

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

	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

2009-02-20T04:44:00.000-08:00

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.

	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

2009-02-19T00:43:00.000-08:00

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

2009-02-17T20:38:00.000-08:00

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

2009-02-16T16:37:00.000-08:00

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.

	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

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.

Doody Review Services

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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4 Stars! from Doody

Menopause For Dummies or Improving Sports Performance in Middle and Long Distance Running

2009-02-15T00:21:00.000-08:00

Menopause For Dummies

Author: Jones

Although menopause is a natural and inevitable stage in every woman’s life, its physical, mental, and emotional manifestations can vary greatly from one person to the next. Add to this all of the conflicting “expert” information about the benefits, risks, and side effects to which women are exposed on a daily basis, and it’s easy to see why most find it difficult to make informed choices about how to deal with their menopausal symptoms.

Authored by a team of acknowledged experts in treating menopausal symptoms, Menopause For Dummies arms you with all the information you need to stay in control every step of the way. In plain English, it explains the role menopause plays in a variety of common health problems, such as osteoporosis, stroke, and heart disease. It walks you through proven measures for minimizing your risk of developing complications through including diet and exercise, stress management, hormone replacement, and other techniques. And it arms you with authoritative, up-to-the-minute coverage of:

• Premenopause how to identify it and what it means

• The stages of menopause

• How menopause can affect your body, emotions, and libido

• The latest facts about hormone replacement therapy

• The pros and cons of various alternative treatments

• The best ways of handling hot flashes

• Easing symptoms with diet and exercise

• Preventing bone loss

• Helpful lifestyle changes

With Menopause For Dummies in your corner you’ll have a kinder, gentler “change of life.”

Introduction     1
About This Book     2
Foolish Assumptions     2
How This Book Is Organized     3
The Main Facts about Menopause     3
The Effects of Menopause on Your Body and Mind     4
Treating the Effects     4
Lifestyle Issues for Menopause and Beyond     4
The Part of Tens     5
The Appendixes     5
Conventions Used in This Book     5
Icons Used in This Book     6
Where to Go from Here     6
The Main Facts about Menopause     7
Mapping Out Menopause     9
Defining Menopause     9
Getting the terminology right     10
Approaching the change: Perimenopause     11
Menstruating no more: Menopause     12
Getting past menopause: Postmenopause     12
Anticipating Menopause     13
Transitioning to Menopause     13
Starting out     14
Identifying symptoms     14
Calling in the professionals     15
Seeing it through to the end     15
Treating Menopause     15
Promoting Longevity     16
Talking Biology and Psychology: YourMind and Body on Menopause     17
Setting the Stage     18
Making the Menstrual Cycle and Hormone Connection     19
Surveying the Role of Hormones     21
Linking your brain and body     22
Explaining estrogen     23
Promoting progesterone     24
Investigating androgens     25
Understanding the Stages of Menopause     26
Previewing perimenopause     26
Meeting menopause     28
Seeking Out Support     29
Fooling Mother Nature: Early Menopause     31
Understanding the Lingo     32
Induced menopause     32
Premature ovarian failure     33
Coping with Sudden Change     34
Knowing when you hit menopause     34
Getting the help you need for your body and mind     35
Prepping for Surgical Menopause     36
Taking Advantage of Assisted Living     37
Estrogen alone     37
Combination therapy     38
Alternatives to HT     39
Finding Support: Birds of a Feather     40
Getting In Sync with the Symptoms     41
Kicking Things Off with Perimenopausal Symptoms     42
Getting physical     42
Playing head games     46
Visiting the Menopausal Symptoms     48
Figuring out the physical facts     48
Discovering that it's more than skin deep     50
Understanding That It's Not Your Imagination     51
The Effects of Menopause on Your Body and Mind     53
The Business of Your Bones     55
Homing In on Bone Health     56
Growing big bones and strong bones     56
Understanding peak bone density     56
Keeping Pace with Bone Reconstruction     57
Making the calcium connection     58
Recognizing the role of sex hormones     60
Boning Up on Osteoporosis     60
Linking osteoporosis and women     61
Defining and diagnosing osteoporosis     61
Looking at causes     63
Avoiding the effects     63
Preventing Osteoporosis by Managing Your Risk Factors     66
Blaming your genes: Genetic factors and family background     67
Reviewing your personal health history     67
Looking to your lifestyle     69
Finding Out Whether You Have Osteoporosis     73
Doing the DEXA     74
Opting for another type of test     75
Treating Osteoporosis     76
Battling bone loss with medication     76
Using hormones     77
Getting a Handle on Heart Health     79
Keeping Up with All Things Cardio     80
Revealing estradiol's role in heart health     80
Linking cardiovascular disease and the menopausal woman     80
Considering Cholesterol     82
Breaking down the types of cholesterol     82
Decoding your numbers     83
Looking at the factors     84
Regulating estrogen's role     84
Connecting the dots between cholesterol and cardiovascular disease     85
Understanding Cardiovascular Diseases     87
Containing coronary artery disease     87
Avoiding angina     87
Holding off heart attacks     89
Fending off hypertension     89
Staving off stroke     90
Checking Out Your Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease     91
Being Smart about Your Heart     93
Weighing an ounce of prevention     93
Treating what ails you     94
Dealing with Vaginal and Urinary Changes     95
Understanding the Normalcy of Vaginal and Urinary Changes     95
Talking Shop with Your Doc     96
Overcoming Vaginal Changes     97
Understanding what vaginal atrophy is and what it isn't     97
Looking at what less estrogen means for your vagina     98
Doing something about vaginal atrophy     98
Talking about Urinary Problems     99
Getting a grip on types of urinary problems     100
Tracking urinary-tract infections     101
Covering interstitial cystitis     102
Encountering incontinence     104
Examining Your Skin and Hair on Menopause     107
Getting the Skinny on Skin     108
Making the skin and hormone connection     108
Shining a light on the sun's dangers     109
Preventing premature skin aging     112
Handling Hairy Issues     112
Losing it - your hair, that is     113
Taking care of your hair     113
Maintaining Your Sex Life Through Menopause     115
Looking at Menopause and Your Libido     116
Letting your feelings be your guide     116
Turning up the heat     117
Dealing with a lowered libido     118
Talking Turkey about Testosterone     121
Keeping Sex Sexy     121
Flirting with Fertility     124
Staying fertile after all these years     124
Taking one more chance on the stork     125
Taking the good with the bad     127
Mental and Emotional Issues     129
Understanding the Mental and Emotional Stresses of Menopause     130
Finding the link to menopause     130
Separating menopausal symptoms from psychological disorders     131
Deciding Whether You're Depressed     131
Understanding the differences     131
Knowing the signs     133
Dealing with the Head Games     133
Knowing the symptoms     133
Looking at the research     134
Beating the memory game     135
Straightening Out the Commotions with Your Emotions     136
Feeling your way through the symptoms     137
Understanding the physiology and getting relief     138
Managing life changes     139
Treating the Effects     141
The Basics of Hormone Therapy     143
Defining Hormone Therapy     143
Slaying the symptoms     145
Preventing serious health problems with hormone therapy     145
Ticking Through the Therapies     146
Unopposed estrogen therapy     147
Combination therapy     149
Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMs)     151
Prescribing Pills, Patches, and Pomades     153
Popping pills     153
Pasting on a patch     153
Applying creams     154
Slipping on a ring     155
Searching for Sources     156
Synthetic versus natural hormones     156
Estrogen     156
Progestin     158
Combinations of estrogen and progestin     158
Androgens     159
Doing the Dosing     159
Understanding Hormone Therapy and Your Heart     161
Meeting the Players: Hormones and Your Heart     162
The star: Estrogen     162
The supporting actor: Progesterone     163
The assistant: Testosterone     163
Understanding the Difference Between Hormones and Hormone Therapy     163
Using estrogen plus progestin     164
Taking unopposed estrogen     165
Identifying the Heart Disease Culprit     165
Considering the age of menopause     165
Factoring in other factors     166
Skimming the Fat: Hormone Therapy and Your Blood     167
Combating hypertension     167
Cleaning out clots and clogs     168
Oiling the Pump: HT and Your Heart     170
Slowing the pace     170
Keeping angina away     170
Avoiding the big one     171
Checking Out Hormone Therapy and Breast Cancer     173
Beginning with Breast Basics     173
Defining Breast Cancer     174
Taking Care of Your Breasts     175
Examining your breasts every month     175
Making time for mammograms     176
Determining Estrogen's Role     176
Checking the Link between HT and Breast Cancer     177
Assessing Your Risks     178
Recognizing risks you can't control     179
Recognizing risks you can control     180
Using Hormones as Therapy     181
Counting the ways     182
Reviewing the risks and benefits     182
Choosing Your HT Regimen     183
Reviewing Reproductive Cancers and Hormone Therapy     185
Colorectal Cancer     185
Recognizing the signs     187
Finding out for sure: Screenings and tests     187
Determining the role of hormone therapy     189
Assessing your risks     189
Endometrial (Uterine) Cancer     189
Recognizing the signs     191
Finding out for sure: Tests     191
Determining the role of hormone therapy     192
Assessing your risks     192
Ovarian Cancer     193
Cancers Unaffected by Hormone Therapy     195
Vaginal and vulvar cancers     195
Cervical cancer     196
Considering Hormone Therapy and Other Health Conditions     197
Dealing with Deep Vein Thrombosis     197
Recognizing the signs     198
Determining the role of hormones     198
Dissecting Diabetes     199
Recognizing the signs     200
Determining the role of hormones     200
Facing the Facts about Fibromyalgia     201
Recognizing the signs     201
Determining the role of hormones     202
Getting the Goods on Gallbladder Disease     202
Recognizing the signs     202
Determining the role of hormones     203
Thinking about Your Thyroid     203
Recognizing the signs     203
Determining the role of hormones      204
Looking at Lupus     204
Recognizing the signs     205
Determining the role of hormones     205
Monitoring Migraines     206
Recognizing the signs     206
Determining the role of hormones     206
Considering Cognition     207
Recognizing the signs     207
Determining the role of hormones     207
Making the Decision about Hormone Therapy     209
Outlining Attitudes about HT     209
Taking Everything into Consideration     210
Weighing the Benefits and Risks of HT     212
Rounding up the benefits     212
Corralling the risks     214
Getting to the Heart of Cardiac Health     214
Going along on estrogen alone     215
Assessing Your Personal Risk     217
Summing Up the Studies     218
Presenting the Options for Perimenopause     219
The lifestyle solution     219
The herbal solution     220
The HT solution     220
Quitting HT     220
Recognizing Whether HT Is for You     221
Deciding that HT may not be for you     221
Thinking you may be ready for HT      222
Taking an Alternate Route: Non-Hormone Therapies     225
Weighing the Pros and Cons of Herbs     226
Considering conventional concerns     227
Seeking safety in herbal therapy     227
Relieving Your Symptoms with Plants     228
Cataloging herbal therapies by symptom     228
Getting the scoop on individual herbs     229
Getting Touchy about Acupuncture     233
Soothing Symptoms with Mind-Body Therapies     234
Tuning in to biofeedback     234
Getting your yoga groove on     234
Slip Sliding Away with Topical Treatments     235
Offering Options for Bone and Heart Health     235
Battling bone loss with medication     235
Controlling cardiovascular disease     236
Lifestyle Issues for Menopause and Beyond     239
Eating for the Change     241
Eating to Promote Good Health     242
Getting the right mix of nutrients     244
Rethinking how you eat     248
Eating to Prevent or Contain Problems     249
Strengthening your bones     251
Pumping up your cardiovascular system     253
Weighing in on the Weight Issue     254
How much weight is too much?     254
Eating to control body weight     256
Focusing on Fitness     261
Recognizing the Benefits of Exercise     261
Tweaking your attitude     262
Flashing less - sleeping more     262
Shedding pounds     263
Keeping your heart healthy     263
Shoring up your bones     264
Doing without diabetes     265
Steering clear of colon cancer     265
Sharpening your memory     265
Living long and prospering     265
Focusing on Fitness Fundamentals     266
Getting started     266
Fitting in fitness     267
Planning your program     267
Scheduling fitness fun time     268
Flexing through stretching     270
Warming up and cooling down     271
Exercises for Women with Osteoporosis     274
Strengthening bones and toning muscle     275
Adding balance to your routine     280
Exercises to Protect Your Heart     281
Working on and working up to heart health     281
Walking for fun and fitness     282
Enjoying a New Lease on Life     285
Going from Menopause to Infinity     286
Working and Playing Well with Others     287
Managing a family     287
You and your partner     288
Caring for aging parents     289
Retiring Gracefully (or Not)     290
Taking care of your body on the job     290
Looking before you leap     291
Finding Your Spirit in Whatever You Do     292
Appreciating the upside     292
Seeing things in a new light     293
Living Happily Ever After     295
The Part of Tens     297
Ten Menopause Myths Exposed     299
You're Too Young to Be Menopausal in Your 30s and 40s     299
Menopause Is a Medical Condition That Must Be Treated with Medicine     300
Menopause Isn't a Disease, So There's No Need to See a Doctor     301
You Lose the Urge to Have Sex after the Change     302
Irregular Vaginal Bleeding Always Means Cancer     303
Humps Accompany Old Age - End of Story     303
Only HRT Can Relieve the Symptoms     304
Women Don't Need to Worry about Heart Attacks     304
Most Women Get Really Depressed During Menopause     305
You'll Break a Bone If You Exercise Too Hard      305
A Blood Test Can Determine Whether You're Going Through Menopause     306
Ten Medical Tests for Menopausal Women     307
Pelvic Exam and Pap Smear     307
Rectal Exam     308
Colonoscopy     308
Bone-Density Screening     309
Mammogram     309
Cholesterol Screening     309
Fasting Blood-Glucose Test     310
Thyroid Screening     310
Ovarian Hormone Screening     310
Stress Test     311
Ten Terrific Fitness Programs for Menopausal Women     313
Core Strength Training     313
Walking     314
Elliptical Training     315
Running     315
Swimming     315
Cycling     316
Yoga     316
T'ai Chi     317
Pilates     317
Water Aerobics     317
Ten Powerhouse Foods for Menopausal Women     319
Soy Joy     319
Nuts to You     320
Catch of the Day     320
I Yam What I Yam     321
The Berry Blues     321
Flax Flying     322
Orange You Glad...     322
Tea for You     323
It's Easy Eating Greens     323
Yo! Yogurt!     323
Appendixes     325
Glossary     327
Resources     335
Fabulous Books about Menopause, Health, Fitness, and Related Issues     335
Wonderful Web Sites for Women     337
American Herbalist Guild     337
Yoga.com     338
Dietary Guidelines for Americans     338
FitDay.com     338
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Clearinghouse     338
National Osteoporosis Foundation     339
National Women's Health Information Center     339
North American Menopause Society     339
Third Age     339
WebMD     340
Women and Cardiovascular Disease     340
Women's Cancer Network     340
The Study Sites     340
Women's Health Initiative     341
The Nurses' Health Study     341
Kronos Early Estrogen Prevention Study     341
The Framingham Heart Study     341
Index     343

Book about: Coffee Recent Developments or Orvis Cookbook

Improving Sports Performance in Middle and Long-Distance Running: A Scientific Approach to Race Preparation

Author: David A Wilkinson

Addresses the physiological demands of middle and long-distance running presenting contemporary research on running and sporting performance which will be invaluable for athletes, coaches and sports science students. Rather than laying down another training doctrine for athletes and coaches to follow rigidly, it aims to provide prescriptive, sports-specific advice as far as is presently possible to enable all athletes to optimise their sporting performance. It addresses the physiological demands of middle and long distance running, presenting contemporary research on running. It also covers the limitations to running performance; the application of this knowledge to training and preparation for performance; methods by which the runner, coach and sports scientist can assess and monitor running performance; and special considerations for optimising performance including nutritional and environmental issues.

This is the first book in the 'Improving Sports Performance' series. It draws on the expertise of applied exercise physiologists who have direct experience of working with elite performers and coaches. The book is aimed at three groups of people. First, sports participants aspiring to improve their personal performance through a more complete understanding of the application of science. Second, coaches of such athletes who wish to complement the art of coaching by basing their training programmes upon rational scientific principles. Third, sports science and physical education students with an interest in implementing the theoretical background of their course in an applied sporting context.

Ispeek at Home or Students Guide to Hist and Philosophy Yoga

2009-02-13T20:20:00.000-08:00

ISPEEK at Home: Over 1300 Visual Communication Images

Author: Janet Dixon

The collection of 1300 picture symbols in ISPEEK at Home provides an easy-to-use and enjoyable tool for overcoming communication difficulties in children with autistic spectrum disorders.

The CD-ROM contains symbols for a wide range of situations typically encountered in the home and beyond, from feelings and facial expressions - common problem areas for people with autism - to health and hygiene and holidays. It also provides useful word templates to inspire parents and carers in putting together daily schedules, as well as PDF samples to assist them in setting up visual aids for children with autism, helping them to interact better with their home environment.

These bright, contemporary and culturally various symbols will be a welcome communication aid for parents, carers and other professionals working with people on the autism spectrum at home.

Students Guide to/Hist and Philosophy Yoga

Author: Peter Connolly

The word 'yoga' conjures up in the minds of many Westerners images of people performing exercises and adopting unusual, sometimes contortive, postures. Such exercises and postures do have a place within the practice of yoga, but it is much more than that. Indeed, the early literature on yoga describes and defines it as a form of mental rather than physical discipline. Yoga is also associated with the Indian subcontinent and the religions of Hinduism and Buddhism. This book therefore concentrates on the evolution of yoga in the context of Indian culture, though the final chapters also explore some of its links with non-Indian mystical traditions and some of its developments outside of India during the modern period.

The book is aimed at both university students taking courses in Comparative Religion and Philosophy and practitioners of yoga who seek to go beyond the activity and explore its spiritual dimensions. Hence, it presents yoga in the context of its historical evolution in India and seeks to explain the nature of its associations with various metaphysical doctrines. The work also draws upon a number of conceptual schemes designed to facilitate comparative study. Some of these are employed throughout the book so as to link the material from each chapter together within a common framework.

Peter Connolly received his PhD from the University of Lancaster and has taught Indian religion and philosophy on BA and MA courses for over 20 years and has worked with various yoga organisations throughout that time, offering a variety of lectures and short courses. From the late 1960s until the mid 1980s he studied and practised a variety of meditational techniques, ranging from thedevotional style of the Divine Light Mission and the Radha Soami Satsang to Tibetan Lam Rim and the more austere approach of Theravada insight meditation as well as some shamanistic methods. He has also trained in both Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and hypnosis, both of which offer an interesting perspective on the psychology of yoga and offer a range of valuable resources to yoga teachers.

Prayer Stress and Our Inner Wounds or Great with Child

2009-02-12T16:10:00.000-08:00

Prayer, Stress and Our Inner Wounds

Author: Flora Slosson Wuellner

This book offers practical ways by which prayer can help us experience inner healing. The reader learns how to cooperate with God. The emphasis is upon the grace of God's love rather than rigid discipline and techniques.

Book review: Cabernet Sauvigon or Plants

Great with Child: Reflections on Faith, Fullness, and Becoming a Mother

Author: Debra Rienstra

Written during the months before and after the birth of the author's third child, Great with Child is an honest, funny, and passionate portrait of the everyday developments and profound transformations of motherhood. From the first tiny pinprick of a thought in her mind that maybe-just maybe-it was the right time for another baby, through the emotional dramas of pregnancy and birth, and on into the seamless string of sleepless nights that compose her son's first year, Rienstra beautifully depicts the difficulty and dignity of becoming a mother.

Through recounting the details of her own story-the sonograms, the labor pains, nursing in the middle of the night-Rienstra lays bare how motherhood can alter and deepen a woman's views on just about everything else. Allusions to a wide array of sources, including the biblical Psalms, the poetry of Lucille Clifton, Jewish feminist midrash, and a Better Homes and Gardens baby book from 1953, weave through the narrative, illuminating the way that this primal experience colors and informs women's lives. The book is a rare glimpse into the mind and heart of a mother.

Author Biography: Debra Rienstra is a professor of English at Calvin College.

Publishers Weekly

What happens between the moment a pregnancy is planned and the baby's first birthday? Rienstra, a poet who teaches at Calvin College, decided to write about these events in her own life, and, as she does so, her identities as a poet, scholar, Christian and white, middle-class millennial mom shape and inform her story. In the early chapters, for example, Rienstra writes beautifully about "womb hunger," incorporating images from the Bible and contemporary poetry into her reflections. And her membership in a brave new generation of mothers is evident in the way she takes for granted the store-bought pregnancy tests that work less than two weeks after conception. Rienstra admirably cites medical, sociological, historical, theological and literary texts, and in doing so provides valuable context for her experience. The book's greatest strength, however, is that she never strays far from her own narrative. Though she spent more than a year revising her manuscript, each chapter reflects her thoughts and feelings as the events she describes unfolded. As such, her memoir tells the truth in a way that few books about parenthood do. Rather than recounting her story long after it happened and/or interpreting it to support a particular parenting philosophy, she simply records how things felt as they occurred. A new or expectant mother is much more likely to find herself, and thereby solace, in these pages than in how-to books written by those for whom the sleeplessness and tumult of infant care is a distant memory. (Apr.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

While Rienstra (English, Calvin Coll.) covers familiar terrain in her memoir of the months before and after the birth of her third child, she maintains a different voice by approaching pregnancy through a religious (mainly Protestant) lens. Often, she explores the social and historical baggage that has grown out of various biblical assertions about the female body and bearing children. Sometimes academic, sometimes poetic, her tone is uneven, leading to some confusion about her actual stance on particular issues, abortion especially. Readers will wonder whether they are being presented with subtle pro-life propaganda or heady theology; more importantly, it is not clear whether she is arguing that as a woman of faith in the 21st century, she feels pulled in many directions. For larger public libraries and those with a strong spiritual reading audience. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Memory Trauma Treatment and the Law or Havens

2009-02-10T12:45:00.000-08:00

Memory, Trauma Treatment, and the Law

Author: Daniel P Brown

This book is designed to be a one-stop text for clinicians and experimentalists who wish to understand the workings of memory in and out of the therapeutic arena. In addition, it will guide attorneys and judges in litigating and resolving hundreds of cases now in the courts concerning memory and the use of hypnosis to recover memory. The authors critically review memory research, trauma treatment, and legal cases pertaining to the false memory controversy. They discuss current memory science and research with both children and adults, pointing out where findings are and are not generalizable to trauma memories recovered in psychotherapy. This is an essential reference on memory for all clinicians, researchers, attorneys, and judges.

	About the Authors
	Acknowledgments
1	The False Memory Debate	1
2	The Contours of the False Memory Controversy	21
3	The Nature of Memory	66
4	Laboratory Simulation Studies on Memory for Negative Emotional Events	99
5	Personal Memories	116
6	Memory for Events of Impact	140
7	Trauma Memory	154
8	Misinformation Suggestibility	212
9	Interrogatory Suggestion and Coercive Persuasion	252
10	Hypnosis and Memory: Analysis and Critique of Research	286
11	A Critical Evaluation of Research on Emotion and Memory	356
12	The False Logic of the False Memory Controversy and the Irrational Element in Scientific Research on Memory	382
13	Phase-Oriented Trauma Treatment	436
14	Trauma Treatment and the Standard of Care	498
15	Suing Therapists	524
16	Repressed Memory and the Law	578
17	Distinguishing between True and False Memories	613
18	Hypnosis and the Law	635
	Bibliography	675
	Name Index	739
	Subject Index	759

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Havens: Stories of True Community Healing

Author: Leonard A Jason

For good reasons, Americans are growing concerned about the cost of health care and housing. There are many reasons why people need care-the addiction of a teenage child or spouse, an elderly relative in need of nursing home care, a psychological disorder, or a chronic medical condition--but even moderately successful institutional solutions for these problems are often too costly to be truly helpful. The cost of healthcare is so high it can result in homelessness. Leonard Jason and Martin Perdoux show us a relatively low-cost and effective solution growing in neighborhoods across the country: true community. People are moving in together to meet each other's needs and, in the process, create a much higher quality of life than they would find in an institution. People living together in these healing communities include the elderly, recovering alcoholics and drug addicts, and people suffering from mental illness, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, AIDS, or Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. These communities offer them a way to recover the caring, structure, direction, and respect that a strong family can provide. The authors of this work show us how communities created out of necessity by their members constitute a more sustained, natural means to healing.

Medical Decisions Estrogen and Aging or Set Me Adrift in the Sea of Faith

2009-02-09T08:43:00.000-08:00

Medical Decisions, Estrogen and Aging

Author: Jay Schulkin

The decision making process that underlies ovarian hormone therapy (HT) is fallible. The question is whether or not physicians should suggest; should one take estrogen or progestin or some other combination of related hormones to women during the menopausal period, when women are deciding about whether to go on hormone therapy for diverse reasons. This decision affects many women in this country and around the world, and is an important factor serving to show what forces influence medical decision-making.

Two recent large-scale studies, one here (Women's Health Initiative or WHI) and the other in Great Britain, cast a negative light on the use of hormone therapy. Both have received considerable attention in the media. Thus, the decision for women to go on hormone therapy (HT) remains controversial. There is an historical oscillation of beliefs related in part to expectations of the medicinal value of HT over longer-term use beyond the initial peri-menonpausal period. Studies thought to resolve issues surrounding the efficacy of HT were perhaps over-stated. Confusion still permeates the decision making with regard to HT. Over zealous advertising, and exaggerated understanding of the results (negative or positive) undermines patient and physician decision making.

Set Me Adrift in the Sea of Faith: The Faith Renewing Story of an Alzheimer Patient's Daughter

Author: Judith Ames David

What do you do when someone you love begins to deteriorate mentally right before your eyes? Do you direct your anger toward God or do you cry out to God for help? Probably you do both. In Set Me Adrift in the Sea of Faith, the reader is a fellow traveler on the journey of a daughter who witnesses her mother's mental decline from the slow but insidious progression of Alzheimer's disease. This real life story shows the emotional and spiritual impact of anyone dealing with any life-changing situation over which they have no control. Most of all, Set Me Adrift in the Sea of Faith will lessen your grief by knowing that someone else truly understands. Judith's personal struggle brought her back to church after a 34 year absence. Most importantly, it taught her to seek the love and guidance of the Lord. What at first seemed to be the most devastating challenge in life resulted in the most precious gift a mother could give a child-her salvation.

Foreword     11
The Dance     13
Seeds of Faith     18
Signs of Decline     25
Awakened     30
A Moving Experience     36
The Fragment of a Shell     43
A Time of Loss     48
Tears, Prayers, and Learning to Cope     55
God's Loving Gifts     61
A Place of Refuge and Hope     68
Special Moments     71
Nursing Home Angels     75
A Bit of Humor     80
Lines from the All School Play     85
Wrestling with Guilt     88
Spiritual Growth     95
A Season to Remember     100
Letting Go     104
Saying Goodbye     111
Remembering Margaret     117
A New Beginning     120
Set Me Adrift     125

The Bowel Book or Coping with an Anxious or Depressed Child

2009-02-08T04:41:00.000-08:00

The Bowel Book: A Self-Help Guide for Sufferers

Author: Michael Levitt

It seems nowadays that we are happy to discuss almost every aspect of our health and reveal to doctors, pyschologists, phone-in hosts and their audiences--in fact almost anyone who will listen--our most personal and intimate problems. There remains one last taboo--one last subject for which people will suffer in silence: problems relating to their bowels. This relutance is seen by many within the medical profession as being a significant cause of the increase in bowel cancer within the developing world. The Bowel Book is a frank, entertaining, and accessible book offering advice on these on these and related problems, from the view of a medical specialist with many years of experience dealing with these problems. The book provides advice on every type of problem such as haemorroids, irritable bowel syndrome, constipation, and colitis. Most importantly, it highlights the early warning signals of such life threatening illnesses such as bowel cancer. Along the way it discusses and assesses alternative treatments such as colonic irrigation, and controversially contests some of the widely held views on the benefits of high-fiber diets.

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Reviewer: Willem J.S. de Villiers, MD, PhD (University of Kentucky College of Medicine)
Description: This authors provide practical advice for a number of common GI conditions that many people suffer from but find difficult to discuss or seek treatment for. They also provide information on warning signs and symptoms that should require early medical evaluation.
Purpose: The book is directed at the lay public and attempts to provide information regarding common GI conditions in a light-hearted, yet factually correct manner. It is well-written and fulfills the objective of informing the lay public of GI problems that cause them significant distress yet are considered socially taboo to discuss.
Audience: While targeted at the lay public, this book will provide much useful information for students, residents, and other practitioners to share with their patients. Dr. Levitt is a well-regarded authority in the GI community and has contributed chapters on common GI symptoms in authoritative GI textbooks.
Features: The book covers several common GI symptoms including incontinence and constipation, rectal bleeding and pain, and irritable bowel syndrome and diverticular disease, as well as more serious conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer. It does this in a light-hearted, easily-digestible fashion without trivializing the importance of the symptoms. His humorous tone is refreshing, such as the seven effective steps to achieving highly effective bowel habits. The recapitulation of key points at the end of each chapter enhances its impact. The book does not offer much information on nutrition and alternative therapies, and unfortunately, it is not visually appealing.
Assessment: This short, personal treatise on common GI symptoms for the lay public is informative, factual, thorough, and easy to ready. It is a welcome addition to the literature and will find a place in gastroenterologists' waiting rooms, hospital patient libraries, and health sections in book stores.

Rating

3 Stars from Doody

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Coping with an Anxious or Depressed Child: A Guide for Parents and Carers

Author: Sam Cartwright Hatton

Does your child suffer from anxiety or depression? Are you at a loss as to what to do about it? This navigational tool, written by eminent clinical psychologist Sam Cartwright-Hatton, will tell you how to give your child the best chance of recovery, as well as offer insight into the often complicated systems of mental healthcare.

Series Foreword     ix
Is this book for you?     1
Who is this book for?     1
What are anxiety and depression?     1
What this book covers     5
Section 1
Are anxiety and depression common in childhood, and will they grow out of it?     11
How common are anxiety and depression in childhood?     11
Will they grow out of it?     12
Are anxiety and depression harmful for my child?     12
What is the outlook for my child?     13
What causes anxiety and depression in children and adolescents?     17
Genetics and personality     17
Learning     19
Whose fault is it that my child is like this?     22
Psychological treatments for anxious and depressed children     25
Information on different professionals you may come across     25
How to get help     28
What sort of treatment will my child be offered?     32
Medications for anxious and depressed children     39
Drugs just for anxiety     40
Drugs that work for both depression and anxiety     41
What are the circumstances in which doctors can prescribe medication for my child?     43
What are the side effects of these medications?     44
What should I do when my child wants to come off medication?     44
Other things to note about medication     45
A note on herbal remedies     45
Section 2
A few basics that can make all the difference     49
Diet     49
Sleep     51
Routines     53
Exercise     54
'Pleasure and Mastery'     55
A stable, safe, predictable(ish) home life     59
The Seven Confident Thoughts     59
Special Time     60
Happy Family Times     62
Communicating well within your family     63
Boosting your child's self-esteem and confidence     69
Play to your child's strengths     70
Push them to try new things     70
Making sure your child gets a confidence boost every week     73
On their best behaviour: getting your kids to do what you want without tears and tantrums     75
Getting more good behaviour     75
Praise     78
Rewards and bribes     80
The magic of star charts     88
On their best behaviour: getting your kids to do what you want without tears and tantrums     95
Getting less bad behaviour and less anxious behaviour     95
Ignoring     96
Dealing with dangerous and destructive behaviours: Time Out     101
Dealing with non-compliances: Consequences     105
Dealing with fears and worries     111
Fears     112
Worries     119
Facing facts     133
Your own state of mind     133
Marital discord     137
What schools and teachers can do to help     139
How to get school on your side     140
Who do I talk to?     140
What do I tell them?     140
What about bullying?     147
Who to talk to if school are unhelpful     148
A final note - how can you help school to help your child?     150
Rounding up     153
Appendix     155
Index     161

Is Weight Loss Surgery Right for You or Huntingtons Disease

2009-02-07T00:40:00.000-08:00

Is Weight Loss Surgery Right for You?

Author: Robin F Appl

Obesity has quickly become an American epidemic. If you are suffering from significant overweight and the problems that go along with it, you may be contemplating weight loss surgery.
The decision to pursue weight loss surgery should not be taken lightly. There are many factors to consider. This book contains all the need-to-know information about weight loss surgery and how to decide whether or not it is right for you. Is Weight Loss Surgery Right for You? helps guide you through the decision-making process by providing information on the various types of bariatric surgery available, their respective risks and benefits, the professional consultations and evaluations you will need to go through prior to surgery, as well as what to expect post-operatively. It also contains written exercises you can complete at home in order to help you work through any anxious feelings you may have as a result of your considering surgery.
If you are interested in weight loss surgery as a way to improve your quality of life, both physically and emotionally, this book will ensure that you have all the tools necessary to make the best decisions.

Huntington's Disease

Author: Oliver W J Quarrell

Huntington's disease is a genetically inherited condition which results in severe nerve-cell damage in the brain. The hereditary and debilitative nature of the disease means that many people are involved either directly or indirectly by this condition. The recent identification of the faulty gene involved has made the diagnosis of this condition simpler. The majority of people develop the disease between the ages of 35 and 55 years, so for those aware of their genetic risk there are dilemmas to consider - should you have a test to see if you have the gene? Should you start a family?
The new edition of this successful book specifically designed for families of patients with Huntington's disease has been expanded to include a number of important new developments in research and clinical practice that have occurred in the field in recent years. While there are no drugs currently available that slow down or reverse the neurodegenerative process in Huntington's Disease, there is growing data on the use of existing treatments to manage movement disorder, irritability and depression associated with the condition, which are covered here. This edition also includes completely new chapters covering juvenile Huntington's disease and late-stage Huntington's disease, and a fully updated Appendix of relevant patients' organizations.

Yoga Basics or Lung Cancer

2009-02-05T20:39:00.000-08:00

Yoga Basics

Author: C Alexander Simpkins

Yoga Basics offers a comprehensive introduction to yoga including its philosophy, history, and different branches. The book serves as a guide for readers interested in this ancient form of stretching and movement. Instructions on basic elements like breathing and postures are complimented by a set of routines that promote health and well-being while developing flexibility and strength. The authors discuss meditation and relaxation techniques and provide the reader with a solid foundation for future practice.

Author Bio:

Psychologists C. Alexander Simpkins and Annellen Simpkins have studied Eastern philosophy and martial arts for over thirty years. They have written numerous books including a series on meditation, Principles of Meditation, Living Meditation, and Meditation from Thought to Action: a historical and practical book on Zen entitled Zen Around the World; and the Simple series on different Eastern philosophies: Simple Zen, Simple Taoism, Simple Confucianism, Simple Buddhism, and Simple Tibetan Buddhism.

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Lung Cancer: Making Sense of Diagnosis

Author: Lorraine Johnston

Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer in the US, with over 170,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Despite this, it receives little attention from the media and little sympathy from the public. Those with lung cancer suffer more blame and stigma than other cancer patients, even though 50 percent of them are former smokers or have never smoked. Treatments for lung cancer can significantly impact quality of life, and the prognosis for some types and stages of lung cancer, using standard treatments, can be daunting.

In straightforward language, Lung Cancer: Making Sense of Diagnosis, Treatment & Options addresses medical, emotional, and support needs, often in the words of patients and families themselves.

	Preface
1	Symptoms of Lung Cancer	1
2	Diagnosis and Staging	17
3	Finding the Right Treatment Team	44
4	Interacting with Medical Personnel	57
5	What Is Lung Cancer?	71
6	Prognosis	86
7	Types of Treatment	102
8	Treating Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer	122
9	Treating Small Cell Lung Cancer	130
10	Experiencing Hospitalization	134
11	Experiencing Chemotherapy	152
12	Experiencing Radiotherapy	164
13	Adverse Effects of Treatment	175
14	Sexuality and Fertility	214
15	Stress and Stress Reduction	222
16	Getting Support	249
17	Finances, Employment, and Record Keeping	279
18	After Treatment Ends	296
19	Recurrence of Disease	315
20	Clinical Trials	327
21	If All Treatments Have Failed	349
22	Researching Your Illness	361
23	The Future of Therapy	383
	A.: Resources	409
	B.: Tests and Procedures	437
	C.: Test Results	466
	D.: Chemotherapy Drugs and Regimens	470
	E.: Experimental Prognostic Markers	474
	Notes	477
	Glossary	481
	Index	495

Gymnastics Conditioning for the Legs and Ankles or The Alzheimers Health Care Handbook

2009-02-04T16:37:00.000-08:00

Gymnastics Conditioning for the Legs and Ankles

Author: Karen M Goeller

These exercises help to strengthen the gymnast's legs so that she can land with control and decrease the chance of injury to the lower body upon these landings.

Some exercises specifically concentrate on the landing technique while others help develop strength.

Keep in mind, that these exercises should be incorporated into a balanced training program, to include general and sport-specific conditioning, speed, endurance, flexibility, and of course, skills, combinations, and routines.

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The Alzheimer's Health Care Handbook: How to Get the Best Medical Care for Your Relative with Alzheimer's Disease, In and Out of the Hospital

Author: Mary Mittelman

The health care of a family member with Alzheimer's disease—from routine doctors' visits to hospitalization and recovery—can prove daunting for even the most knowledgeable and dedicated caregiver. How to Get the Best Medical Care for Your Relative with Alzheimer's Disease offers readers clear explanations and sensitive advice about how to meet the needs of their loved ones with Alzheimer's both inside and outside of a hospital—and meet their own needs as well. Mittelman and Epstein draw on both professional knowledge and personal experience: In addition to their notable medical and research backgrounds, both authors have cared for a parent with dementia. How to Get the Best Medical Care for Your Relative with Alzheimer's Disease is a valuable resource with specific, practical, and sensitive advice not only for family members, but also for health-care providers and all others involved in the care of the growing population of Alzheimer's patients.

Library Journal

The healthcare system is not geared to treating patients with memory disorders who also suffer from physical ailments, write Mittelman, a psychiatry professor and director of psychosocial research and support at the NYU Silberstein Institute of Aging and Dementia Research, and Epstein, a social worker and private counselor at the NYU Aging and Dementia Center. Their readable guide offers a wealth of useful advice for caregivers on such essential topics as choosing a primary-care physician, preparing the individual with memory loss for a doctor's appointment, coping with emergencies and emergency room treatments, making decisions about treatment options and end-of-life care, and acting as an advocate for an ill family member. The authors devote much of their book to coping with hospitalizations that often worsen dementia symptoms even in people with mild memory loss and includes practical ways to reassure and help the ill person deal with unfamiliar routines, surroundings, and procedures. Each chapter includes short case histories and brief glossaries. In the appendix, readers will find a "Profile of a Person with Memory Impairment," a form that documents essential insurance and medical information, emergency contacts, and a list of behaviors the individual may exhibit because of memory loss. Much of the excellent information here is not available elsewhere, making this an essential addition to consumer health collections. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Looking after or Skin

2009-02-03T12:36:00.000-08:00

Looking After: A Son's Memoir

Author: John Daniel

Vagabond and spiritual seeker, wife and mother and former labor organizer, Zilla Daniel led a full and varied life. But in the fall of 1988, troubled with the onset of Alzheimer's, she comes to Portland, Oregon, to live with her son and his wife. Evolving slowly into the unfamiliar, she watches the dogwood outside their kitchen window, reads poetry, asks and re-asks the names of birds. Uneasy in his role as caregiver, and coping with his own depression, John Daniel struggles with guilt, embarrassment, and anger over his mother's transformation. As she loses her memory, Daniel delves into his own, uncovering both the root of his depression and the medicine for its cure in fragmented, long-dormant recollections of his childhood and youth. Mother and son journey through difficult and mysterious terrain, ultimately divining a path to each other. "Whatever she recognized, whatever she perceived, whatever she sensed, she faced the good world she had loved... The world flowed in through her window, flowed into her open eyes whatever they saw, even as she flowed forth to join the world from the personhood of her many days." Combining graceful prose with the tenacity of a lifelong seeker, John Daniel pays tribute to the life of a remarkable woman and depicts the burdens and unexpected blessings of caring for her. In the midst of daily tension and occasional despair, Daniel comprehends - then shares with us - Zilla's "deep smile of the spirit."

Publishers Weekly

In 1988, at the age of 80, Zilla, the author's independent, adventurous mother, became unable to continue living alone on the Maine seacoast and relocated to her son's home in Portland. Daniel, a poet (Common Ground), essayist (The Trail Home) and teacher, here relates the four difficult years he and his wife, Marilyn, spent caring for Zilla, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. In graceful, poignant prose, he describes how his mother, a former labor organizer and spiritual seeker who traveled to ashrams in India, declined into an increasingly helpless old woman. The author is at his best when recounting his sometimes fruitful attempts to communicate with Zilla and in describing the strain caretaking put on his marriage. His mother died in 1992. Daniel also recalls events from his childhood in an attempt to fight an ongoing depression. Although some of his memories are interesting, accounts of his LSD trips are repetitive, and his relentless introspection grows tiresome. (Oct.)

Library Journal

Ostensibly, this memoir focuses on the last four years in the long, adventurous life of the physically and mentally failing Zilla Daniel while in the care of the author, her son. John himself is struggling with a midlife depression that is constantly clouding his prospects, after years of drifting and substance abuse. Daniel (who has produced two books of poetry as well as an increasingly influential body of environmental journalism) leaves no doubt here that he can breathe new life into the familiar metaphors of received wisdom. Just as the possible meanings of the title broaden as the narrative progresses, the book itself covers more territory, above and beneath its trendy surface appeal (aging-parent problem, Alzheimer's, cascadia, hippiedom revisited, cats, and New Age psychodynamics). Underpinning the narrative is nothing less than a running essay on the nature of memory, culminating in the author's willingnessafter closely witnessing his mother's mental declineto abandon his previous notions of memory as a necessary determinant of human worth. Recommended for public and academic libraries.John Dye, Panhandle State Univ., Goodwell, Okla.

Kirkus Reviews

Frankly autotherapeutic and, after a writerly start, wildly in need of pruning—though capable of uncommon felicity in rendering the nuances of a mother's dementia.

Daniel, nature poet and essayist (The Trail Home, 1992), spirals through the streams of his self-consciousness in search of a sense of unity. He obsesses insistently, over his unhappy childhood, his protracted coming of age in the psychedelic counterculture, and his bittersweet challenge as caretaker of his fading, octogenarian mother, Zilla; and he is often too tortured to sustain the micro-mastery of capturing Zilla's surprise on looking down and seeing food on her plate midway through a meal, her stillness as "less like peace and more like vacancy," the cost to a marriage (the utter forfeiture of spontaneity) endemic to the territory of those attending an afflicted parent. Luckily, Zilla too was a seeker of unity—and a feisty one—who went from commune to ashram in her 70s, and the spiritual affinity between mother and son was among the reciprocities that bonded them during her four years in his Oregon home. Aware enough to take pleasure in Daniel's poetry readings, she was also still alert enough to suffer from a knowledge of her failing body. Like her creeping deafness, it became his burden also. "I knew she was blameless, and yet I blamed her"—universal enough, but then there's more—"because she was what I got for a child." Daniel juxtaposes his despair over Zilla with his stillborn hopes for progeny—one among many bitter second guesses—until he relaxes into an aptly delineated epiphany: now 45, "I've reached limits I'm unlikely to transcend."

In his relentless indulgence in self-examination, Daniel wears out his welcome long before the book's end, but his talent for fastidious apprehension cannot be dismissed.

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Skin: A Natural History

Author: Nina G Jablonski

We expose it, cover it, paint it, tattoo it, scar it, and pierce it. Our intimate connection with the world, skin protects us while advertising our health, our identity, and our individuality. This dazzling synthetic overview, written with a poetic touch and taking many intriguing side excursions, is a complete guidebook to the pliable covering that makes us who we are. Skin: A Natural History celebrates the evolution of three unique attributes of human skin: its naked sweatiness, its distinctive sepia rainbow of colors, and its remarkable range of decorations. Jablonski begins with a look at skin's structure and functions and then tours its three-hundred-million-year evolution, delving into such topics as the importance of touch and how the skin reflects and affects emotions. She examines the modern human obsession with age-related changes in skin, especially wrinkles. She then turns to skin as a canvas for self-expression, exploring our use of cosmetics, body paint, tattooing, and scarification. Skin: A Natural History places the rich cultural canvas of skin within its broader biological context for the first time, and the result is a tremendously engaging look at ourselves.

Publishers Weekly

This amply illustrated rhapsody to the body's largest and most visible organ showcases skin's versatility, importance in human biology and uniqueness: human skin is hairless and sweaty, has evolved in a spectrum of colors and is a billboard for self-expression. Penn State's anthropology chair, Jablonski nimbly interprets scientific data for a lay audience, and her geeky love for her discipline is often infectious. At her most compelling, Jablonski demonstrates that our hairlessness didn't evolve after humans adopted clothing or because our distant hominid relatives splashed through an aquatic phase like dolphins and whales; rather, it's inextricably linked to our abundance of sweat glands. Similarly intriguing are the notions that indigenous people of the hot tropics are tall and lean because mammals with a high ratio of skin surface area to body weight keep cool in intense heat, and that women have lighter skin color than men because females need to maximize vitamin D production during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Much less successful is a chapter entitled "Wear and Tear," which briefly discusses but sheds little light on such skin conditions as birthmarks, scabs, burns and acne, and serves up the same visual guide to checking moles for melanoma that is found in countless doctors' offices. Color and b&w illus. (Oct.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

The most elementary anatomy or biology presentation teaches that skin is the body's largest organ. Drawing on this fact, Jablonski (anthropology, Pennsylvania State Univ.; ed., The First Americans: The Pleistocene Colonization of the New World), who taught human anatomy for many years, provides a guidebook (her term) replete with topics "that have most engaged [her] in [her] work over the years." The result is a marvelous exploration of the organ we ignore until an abnormality prompts us to seek professional help. The chapters skillfully lead from one topic to the next and cover the history and physiology of skin, sweating, color, touch, tattoos and painting, and more. Jablonski's writing is clear; her enthusiasm for the topic, evident. Illustrations appropriately support discussions. Skin's mix of science, society/culture, and anthropology makes it easily read by and useful for all patrons. Highly recommended for all collections.-Michael D. Cramer, Schwarz BioSciences, RTP, NC Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Free Money and Services for Seniors and Their Families or ColorSmart

2009-02-02T08:34:00.000-08:00

Free Money and Services for Seniors and Their Families

Author: Laurie Blum

OVER 1,000 SOURCES OF FREE DOLLARS AND ASSISTANCE FOR SENIORS

Millions of dollars of services are available to help seniors and their caregivers get the top quality care they need for free or at a minimal cost. Many people with needs just like yours are already receiving free money and services for medical treatment, meals, long-term specialized care, and at-home assistance. But in order to get these benefits, you have to locate and tap into the government, community, and private agencies that offer them.

Leading free money expert Laurie Blum shows you how to navigate the bureaucratic maze. She provides:

Over 1,000 sources of free financial aid, complete with contact names, addresses, and phone and fax numbers
Listings of hundreds of government, community, and private organizations that provide nonfinancial assistance
Clear step-by-step instructions for assessing your needs, evaluating services, working with caregivers, and making legal arrangements
Smart ways to choose at-home and alternative housing for self-sufficient seniors or those needing special care

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ColorSmart: How to Use Color to Enhance Your Business and Personal Life

Author: Mimi Cooper

Over the years, Mimi Cooper has given her innovative insights to many Fortune 500 companies. So who is Ms. Cooper's latest high-profile, fast-forward client?

YOU!

Filled with insider secrets that are both fun and fascinating, this is the book that reveals what only the top experts know about color. ColorSmart explains how color impacts all of us and shows you how to use that information. Discover:

How to identify and make the most of your own color profile—are you Color Forward, Color Prudent, or Color Loyal?
Our unconscious reactions to color
What colors to use for business presentations to create enthusiasm for your ideas
How to use color to sell a house at the best price
Where the most "in" colors of the moment really come from

So What Can I Eat or Beyond Aspirin

2009-02-01T04:31:00.000-08:00

So What Can I Eat!: How to Make Sense of the New Dietary Guidelines for Americans and Make Them Your Own

Author: Elisa Zied

A blueprint for developing a nutritious, balanced eating plan for life

Every day, readers are presented with conflicting information about food, nutrition, and how to eat properly. Now, Elisa Zied, a highly visible spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, clarifies the new U.S. Dietary Guidelines and provides a clear plan for developing a nutritious, balanced, and sustainable eating-plan for life–whether the goal is to lose weight, have more energy, or manage or prevent diet-related conditions. The book’s helpful menu plans and many delicious recipes will allow readers to enjoy eating without feeling deprived.

Publishers Weekly

For befuddled readers wanting to "clarify the often conflicting information you hear every day about food and nutrition," this book will serve as a usable resource in the pursuit of better health. Zied, who says, "I'm a registered dietitian, not a food cop," reveals a list of changes to the guidelines of yore, pointing out, for instance, the addition of "discretionary calories," which can be used on treats or second helpings. But there's a lot of information here, and the book's seven-step plan for determining actual versus necessary calorie intake, which requires some work, may deter casual dieters. Many of the book's assertions aren't surprising (a balanced diet plus exercise equals better health; moderation is key), but discussions of RDIs (Reference Daily Intakes, a set of references regarding the recommended dietary allowances for essential vitamins and minerals) and common terms on food labels (e.g., what makes a food "low calorie") may offer new insights even to super-healthy sorts. Those readers will also benefit from the detailed shopping list, menu plans, suggestions for dining out and host of recipes designed to aid in better health through education and practice. (Mar.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Forty years ago, everyone knew that eating healthy meant consuming balanced portions from each of the four food groups and cutting calories to lose weight. Today, we have a food pyramid with steps running up one side; the supermarkets are crammed with low-fat, low-carb, low-sugar concoctions; and yet we as a country are fatter than ever. What happened? These two books try to cut through the confusion to map out the basic facts of human nutrition and weight control. Dietitian Zied (spokesperson, American Dietetic Assn.) and science writer Winter (A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients) take a scientific approach, explaining the new U.S. dietary guidelines and demonstrating how the revised food pyramid can be adapted for each individual. Tables show age and activity levels for determining one's optimal caloric intake, and different foods are analyzed for the development of a personal menu plan. Light (former director, USDA Dietary Guidance & Nutrition Education Research), on the other hand, forgoes the technical stuff, opting instead for a flexible diet and exercise schedule. She also realistically addresses eating out and on the run. Both books include menus and recipes, and both provide useful tips for trimming empty calories from one's intake. Both emphasize the necessity of exercise, but neither mandates specific activities. Either would be a good choice for public libraries, depending on the education level of their clientele.-Susan B. Hagloch, formerly with the Tuscarawas Cty. P.L., New Philadelphia, OH Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Beyond Aspirin: Nature's Answer to Arthritis, Cancer and Alzheimer's Disease

Author: Thomas M Newmark

The 20th century was the "Aspirin Century" because of the widespread use of this common drug in treating everything from headache to heart disease. Now, as we enter the next millenium, we move "Beyond Aspirin" to an exciting new world of safe and natural methods to control the inflammation that lies at the root of many deadly diseases.

This book is a guide to one of the most remarkable medical breakthroughs in recent history. Research now shows that inhibition of the "COX-2" enzyme significantly reduces the inflammation that is currently linked with arthritis, colon and other cancers, and Alzheimer's disease. While the conventional pharmaceutical approach to some of these situations is to prescribe drugs known as "super-aspirins," Beyond Aspirin presents a powerful case for the superiority of a safe, full-spectrum herbal approach to COX-2 inhibition.

What People Are Saying

Suzanne Somers
. . . [this book] only speaks the truth, and [this] truth has been a steady contribution to my good health and a major influence in my life.
— (Suzanne Somers, author of the New York Times bestseller, Suzanne Somers' Get Skinny on Fabulous Food)

Andrew Weil
A comprehensive review of natural approaches to inflammatory disorders—useful information for doctors and patients alike.
— (Andrew Weil, M.D., best-selling author of Optimal Healing)

Menopause or Garlic

2009-01-31T00:29:00.000-08:00

Menopause

Author: Neil C Boland

Menopause is a very complex and confusing subject.It's about time truly authoritative experts wrote a readable, comprehensive, up-to-date, and understandable 2006 guidebook not for other doctors, but for the menopausal woman herself. Finally! .....entertaining, creatively and insightfully written, devoid of sleep-inducing academic boring monotony, and from a menopausal woman's point of view. Indeed, this is the first book written for women which clearly separates fact from fiction now four years post-WHI study. It includes very important new 2006 findings on menopause. This book is written because of INTENSE AND OVERWHELMING DEMAND women have for accurate information.

Since the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Study was published in July 2002, the world of health care decision making has been turned upside down. The clanking of trash cans was deafening worldwide when millions of women tossed their hormonal medications. Immediately, physicians' phones rang off the hook. A panic-striken confused public of sleep-deprived, anxious menopausal women began to descend on doctors' consultation rooms waving hand fans searching for answers.

The perfect Category Five Menopausal Storm had been set into motion. Three conspiring fronts had converged simultaneously:1) an Internet information savvy baby boomer generation just starting menopause, 2) the premature release of a well done but flawed landmark study on menopause, and 3) a journalistic media hell bent on lightening-like dissemination of the scariest information possible for maximum shock effect.

Menopausal women are sick and tired of getting health care information from the media. MENOPAUSE, JUST THEFACTS, MA'AM is a book written just for these women. Dr. Neil C. Boland is a board-certified seasoned practicing Ob/Gyn Physician and Menopausal Medicine Specialist. Linda LaVelle is a practicing aesthetician of the highest caliber who is menopausal herself. She shares her personal and professional experiences in a delightfully humorous style. It's really about time! Website:

justthefactsmaam.net .

Garlic: Nature's Original Remedy

Author: Stephen Fulder

Garlic has been renowned for centuries as a healing food. Now current scientific and clinical research is showing garlic to be an effective preventive against cardiovascular disease, cancer, and bacterial and fungal infections. Stephen Fulder and John Blackwood investigate the latest research on garlic, explaining how it works and how to get the most benefit from it. They discuss garlic preparations and dosages, and evaluate the products currently on the market. Detailing the history and lore of garlic from its earliest known use in ancient Egypt to its modern revival, Garlic is the complete guide to this remarkable natural medicine.

Updated edition of the bestseller.

Acknowledgments
Authors' Note
1 Garlic Presented
2 Garlic Planted
3 Garlic Past
4 Garlic Prescribed
5 Garlic Probed
6 Garlic Proved: Against Infections
7 Garlic Proved: In the Circulation
8 Garlic Purifier
9 Garlic Pesticide
10 Garlic Products
11 Garlic Preparations
12 Garlic Prospect
Recommended Reading
Index

Stephen Fulder, Ph.D., studied biochemistry and chemical pharmacology at Oxford University. His numerous books include An End to Ageing? and The Book of Ginseng. He is currently working to establish a medicinal plants industry in Israel.

The late John Blackwood was an author, poet, and garlic lover who specialized in historical research.

30 Day Revitalization Plan or Coping with Vision Loss

2009-01-29T20:28:00.000-08:00

30-Day Revitalization Plan: Total Rejuvenation for Body and Mind

Author: Miriam E Atkins

A beautiful, illustrated short-cut guide to good health that is like having a personal trainer in your own home, every day.

Written for those who never seem to find the time to take control of their mental, physical, and spiritual lives, this 30-day plan addresses the total person and covers emotional as well as physical health. The rejuvenation starts with a 7-day plan to purify and detoxify the system, accompanied by detailed advice on meditation, aromatherapy, exercise, stretching, weight training, home spa treatments, and nutrition. Readers can choose what they need from a wide range of options and traditions, and create a personalized program that focuses on specific issues--such as stress or weight-gain-as well as overall reconditioning. In addition, there are three meal-a-day menu suggestions as well as ideas for snacks. The meals are nutritionally balanced and include delicious "good-carb" recipes.

Interesting textbook: International Business or Using Financial Accounting

Coping with Vision Loss: Maximizing What You Can See and Do

Author: Bill G Chapman

This book begins with a promise: people with severe vision loss can be trained and equipped to function as sighted. The author, himself legally blind for 30 years, fulfills that promise with precise information and guidance on improving life through visual rehabilitation. The book explains fundamental facts about eyes and vision, including the causes and varieties of blindness, and then moves on to the new skills the partially sighted person must learn. Specific approaches and devices are covered in depth, including "eccentric viewing" and driving with telescopic glasses, and the visual and electronic aids that can help overcome the effects of vision loss. In spite of his own limited vision (20/240), Dr. Chapman uses a computer without a voice synthesizer, watches TV, and even drives, and he shows readers how to do the same.

List of Illustrations....................xiv
Acknowledgments....................xvi
Foreword....................xvii
Introduction....................1
PART I: Vision and the Human Eye Chapter 1: Visual Acuity....................8
Chapter 2: Understanding the Eye....................22
Chapter 3: How We See....................35
Chapter 4: Eye Fatigue and Pain....................43
PART II: Other Things to Know Chapter 5: Emotional Issues....................48
Chapter 6: Doctors....................57
Chapter 7: Perks and Privileges....................67
PART III: Major Causes of Vision Loss Chapter 8: Cataracts....................74
Chapter 9: Diabetic Retinopathy....................79
Chapter 10: Glaucoma....................83
Chapter 11: Macular Degeneration....................89
Chapter 12: Retinitis Pigmentosa....................102
PART IV: Coping Techniques and Equipment Chapter 13: The First Principle: Get Closer....................110
Chapter 14: Eccentric Viewing....................114
Chapter 15: Scanning....................123
Chapter 16: Light....................126
Chapter 17: Contrast Enhancement....................132
Chapter 18: Talking Appliances and Large-Print Products....................135
Chapter 19: Magnification: Make It Bigger....................136
Chapter 20: Low-Vision Aids and Their Use....................139
Chapter 21: How Much Magnification?....................160
Chapter 22: Video Visual Aids....................163
Chapter 23: Elvis andJordy....................169
Chapter 24: Aids for the Computer User....................172
Chapter 25: Special Aids for Field Loss....................176
Chapter 26: Aids for Driving....................179
Chapter 27: Aids for Watching Television....................184
Chapter 28: Aids for Writing....................188
Chapter 29: Handling Money....................190
Chapter 30: Playing Cards (and Analyzing Visual Tasks)....................192
Chapter 31: Reading a Watch....................195
Chapter 32: A Survival Kit....................196
PART V: Specialized Knowledge and Skills Chapter 33: Education....................200
Chapter 34: Driving with Telescopic Glasses: An Introduction....................222
Chapter 35: Driving with Telescopic Glasses: A Training Program....................235
Chapter 36: Misconceptions about Driving with Telescopic Glasses....................249
Epilogue....................262
Appendix A: An Eye Test Chart....................263
Appendix B: Sources of Help....................264
Appendix C: Instructions for Building a Plate Light....................271
Endnotes....................273
Bibliography....................274
Index....................276

What Every Home Owner Needs to Know about Mold and What to Do about It or Babyproofing Bible

2009-01-28T16:26:00.000-08:00

What Every Home Owner Needs to Know about Mold and What to Do about It

Author: Vicki Lankarg

The complete guide to dealing with mold in your home--the asbestos of the new millennium

Toxic mold infestations in the home have been brought to the forefront of public awareness. Erin Brockovich's struggle to fight this health crisis and Ed McMahon's experience of this problem in his own home have further publicized the fact that mold has been linked to a host of serious health problems. Yet there are no standards for acceptable indoors mold levels and no laws requiring home sellers to disclose mold problems.

Written by award-winning reporter Vicki Lankarge, this is the first complete home owner's/home buyer's guide to dealing with mold. Clearly and concisely, Lankarge acquaints readers with the latest findings about mold infestation and arms them with everything they need to know to:

Successfully detect the presence of mold
Prevent, control, or eliminate mold
Deal with mold-related health problems
Understand mold's legal implications
Work with insurance companies on mold-related cases

Book about: Entrenamiento Imperioso

Babyproofing Bible: The Exceedingly Thorough Guide to Keeping Your Child Safe, from Crib to Kitchen to Car to Yard

Author: Jennifer Bright Reich

Easy techniques to keep your baby safe!

More than just a guide to safety locks, stove guards, and baby gates, this book features 320 pages packed with hundreds of tips from parents, healthcare and child care workers, safety experts, and safety organizations. The Babyproofing Bible targets each room in the home, as well as the yard, car, playground, grocery store, and friends' and grandparents' houses. Taking a trip? This thorough guide will help protect children on a plane, in a restaurant, at a lake or in a pool, or at an amusement park. Get useful advice on how to properly install car seats, create an ID kit for children, and determine which plants in one's home and yard are poisonous.

An indispensable guide for parents, grandparents, and caregivers, The Babyproofing Bible provides how-to tips—the majority of which take less than 10 minutes—and is geared toward children from birth through age three.

Hundreds of tips that work as hard as new parents do
Dozens of "everyday experts"—including pediatricians and nurses, kindergarten teachers, daycare workers and babysitters—who share their hard-won wisdom and proven tips, here, for the first time
Organized by room, activity, and age, so it's very user-friendly
Great gift book for grandparents, in-laws, and single dads

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Healthy Exchanges Diabetic Desserts Cookbook

2009-01-27T12:25:00.000-08:00

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Seven Proven Steps to Less Pain and More Energy

Author: Fred Friedberg

If you're struggling with fibromyalgia or CFS, this book can help you. It offers an evidence-based improvement program that can help you achieve a healthy balance between activity, rest, and leisure-a balance that can significantly reduce pain and fatigue and increase your energy. In this book, author Fred Friedberg, a clinical psychologist and a leading researcher in chronic fatigue, first explains how lifestyle impacts the severity and persistence of fibromyalgia and CFS. He then goes on to show how the seven step lifestyle balance program can help you to function and feel better.

In step one, you'll learn how to use active relaxation techniques to lessen ongoing stress. Better sleep, anger management, and activity pacing make up steps two, three, and four. Step five focuses on overcoming worry and guilt, and you'll learn how low-effort pleasurable activities can ease pain and fatigue in step six. Finally, in step seven, the importance of finding and maintaining personal support is covered. This effective lifestyle-focused program has brought relief to many others like you who have struggled with these misunderstood illnesses-illnesses that modern medicine cannot cure. You can start on the path to a better quality of life today!

Interesting book: Moms Updated Quick Meals Recipe Box or Vivir Bien

Healthy Exchanges Diabetic Desserts Cookbook

Author: JoAnna M Lund

Good news for diabetics and those looking for preventive dietary measures: you can have your dessert and eat it too! Along with the latest information on diabetes and pre-diabetes, this cookbook has recipes for more than 200 scrumptious desserts, from Butterscotch Pecan Parfait to Rocky Road Pistachio Pie. Both easy-to-make and mouth-watering, here are puddings, pies, cakes, cheesecakes, cobblers, cookies, brownies, and breads ...with little to no sugar or fat.

Bouncing Back from Pregnancy or Water Learning

2009-01-26T08:23:00.000-08:00

Bouncing Back from Pregnancy: The Body by God Plan for Getting Your Body and Life Back AFter Baby Arrives

Author: Sheri Lerner

If you're pregnant or have recently had a child, if you feel overwhelmed with the task of motherhood or have low energy levels, this book can help. Dr. Sheri Lerner guides you through a God-focused program that is based on Body by God, developed by her husband, New York Times best-selling author, Dr. Ben Lerner. This nutrition, exercise, stress, and time management program can easily be tailored for your lifestyle.

In Bouncing Back from Pregnancy, you'll not only learn about fitness after the baby arrives but also what you can do during your pregnancy to help you bounce back more quickly.

Water Learning

Author: Susan J Gross

If you're looking for a book that combines great fun with solid learning, then look no further! Water Learning contains fun-filled water activities that help children develop cognition, perceptual-motor abilities, physical fitness, social interaction skills, and self-esteem. Even though all of the 95 activities use water in some way, this book includes 51 activities in which a pool is not necessary, making this a wonderful resource for any setting. This book is not a "how to swim" book, but rather a guide filled with activities that can be

an integral part of physical, occupational, or recreational therapy;

integrated into traditional aquatic programs; and

used at home under the guidance of parents.

With this book, any adult can be a water learning facilitator. Using a movement exploration format and a problem-solving approach, the activities have success integrated into them. These activities are easy to stage, practical, and engaging; they also enhance the growth and development of all elementary-age children, particularly those with special needs.

In part I, you learn how water can both stimulate and enhance a child's growth and development. The author presents guidelines for establishing a safe, problem-solving learning environment and outlines how water learning can help children with special needs. You also learn how to set up and initiate a safe, fun, and effective water learning program.

Part II presents water activities for the pool as well as for places where pools are not available. An activity finder provides an index to help you locate activities specific to the learning needs of the child. Alsoincluded is an equipment index so you can quickly locate activities that use the equipment that you have available. Part II also explores planning and assessment issues that you will find useful in individualizing activities for different children.

Water Learning is a great tool to use whether you're a parent, a classroom teacher, a therapist, or swimming instructor. With its easy-to-use format, its adaptability and multiple uses, and its engaging and fun activities, Water Learning is an ideal resource to help children develop the cognition, motor skills, and abilities they need.

Activity Finder

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. Foundations of Water Learning
Chapter 1. Introducing Children to Water Learning
Chapter 2. Implementing Water Learning
Chapter 3. Considering Health and Safety

Part II. Water Learning Activities
Chapter 4. Water Learning Activities for the Nonpool Environment
Chapter 5. Water Learning Activities for the Pool Environment
Chapter 6. Planning and Assessment

Resources
About the Author

I Need to Be Safe or Making Sense of Menopause

2009-01-25T04:21:00.000-08:00

I Need to Be Safe: I'm Worth It!: How to Protect Your Child from Danger

Author: Janet Goliger

Whether or not you have taken self-defense classes before, this book will give you and your child the tools to be more aware and ready to take action. Children are invaluable and precious. The fact is children are small, they are weaker than their attackers, and they are vulnerable. However, they are not defenseless if we arm them with the appropriate tools. The key to our children's safety is to give them those specific survival tools so that they never enter that car, never grab that hand, and so they know how to get away before they are grabbed. This book, which includes specific photos, shows you how to teach your children to defend themselves in any threatening situation while learning in a non-threatening environment. Give them the opportunity to be our future.

Interesting textbook: Managerial Ethics or Reflections

Making Sense of Menopause: Over 150 Women and Experts Share Their Wisdom, Experience, and Commonsense Advice

Author: Faye Kitchener Con

As comforting as a talk with a good friend, Making Sense of Menopause is the prime-of-life guide that women have been waiting for. Combining the most up-to-date medical information with the experience and advice of dozens of women who have been there, Cone answers all the questions many women are too embarrassed - or may not know enough - to ask, such as:

When will I start menopause, and how will I know when it happens?
What can I do about a hot flash that strikes in the middle of the night? Or in the middle of a meeting?
How do I make the decision for or against hormone replacement therapy?
What do alternative treatments like homeopathy, acupuncture, or herbal medicine have to offer?
How to men really feel about menopause?

Best Low Carb Cookbook or All about Osteoarthritis

2009-01-24T00:19:00.000-08:00

Best Low Carb Cookbook

Author: Robert Ros

An outstanding collection of more than 475 low carb recipes.

By now all of us are aware of the low carb phenomenon and how enthusiastically it has been embraced by the general population. There are several popular low carb diet plans available and everyone seems to have their favorite. While the popular diet books contain loads of information on why and how low carb diets work, they fall short when it comes to recipes.

Delicious food that is easy to prepare and follows the low carb philosophy is the key to these diets. After the initial delight of consuming previously forbidden foods, like meat and cheese, recipes that are interesting and flavorful are crucial to staying on a low carb diet.

With more than 475 recipes to choose from, The Best Low-carb Cookbook provides literally a different dish to have every day for the next year, such as:

Mushroom Sun-Dried Tomato Cheese Pate

Seafood Garlic Antipasto

Chicken Salad with Tarragon and Pecans

Mussels with Sweet Bell Peppers and Garlic

Curried Red Pepper Chicken

Oriental Beef Bundles in Lettuce

Bistecca alla Florentine

Company Pork Roast with Fruit Stuffing.

Each recipe has a complete nutritional breakdown that includes the carbohydrate count.

Book about: Asthma or Back to Protein

All about Osteoarthritis: The Definitive Resource for Arthritis Patients and Their Families

Author: Nancy E Lan

Osteoarthritis afflicts about 25 million people in the United States--two-thirds of all people over 65--and the numbers will only grow in the coming years as baby boomers age. Yet few who suffer from this disease know much about it--how to relieve the pain, what exercises might help lessen their suffering, how to cut down on visits to the doctor.
In All About Osteoarthritis, two leading authorities on the disease--Nancy E. Lane and Daniel J. Wallace--join forces to provide the most up-to-date and comprehensive discussion of osteoarthritis available, explaining what osteoarthritis is, how patients can help themselves, and how to find the best resources to manage the disorder. The authors offer information in a clear and accessible style, with detailed illustrations showing how key joints--knees, hips, fingers, backs, hands, and necks--degenerate. They take readers through the steps of diagnosis, how the body is affected, and ways to manage the disease. In user-friendly language, they describe all of the established treatment options, including new medications and their side effects, and help readers determine when surgery may be necessary. The authors also examine alternative treatments, clarifying which work, which may work, and which definitely do not. And they outline recent advances in the field and discuss where these breakthroughs may lead us.
While osteoarthritis most acutely affects the elderly, it starts years before, and many people suffer the aches and pains of the condition well before old age. For aging baby boomers, much can be done before osteoarthritis becomes chronic and debilitating. This comprehensive guide will provide an excellent resource for patientsand their families, caregivers, and medical professionals.

	Preface
Pt. I	Introduction and Definitions	1
1	What Is Osteoarthritis?	6
2	The History of Osteoarthritis	9
3	Who Gets Osteoarthritis?	11
Pt. II	Boning Up on the Musculoskeletal System	23
4	Bone: A Living Tissue	25
5	Cartilage and Its Accomplices: The Body's Shock Absorbers	30
6	What Causes Osteoarthritis?	36
Pt. III	How Does a Doctor Evaluate Osteoarthritis?	39
7	What Happens at a Musculoskeletal Examination?	41
8	How Is Osteoarthritis Diagnosed?	47
9	The Many Faces of Osteoarthritis: Specialized Forms	53
10	How Can I Be Sure It's Really Osteoarthritis?	61
Pt. IV	How and Where can the Body be Affected by Osteoarthritis?	67
11	The Upper Body and Extremities	69
12	The Spine: Its Nooks and Tingles	80
13	The Lower Body: Undoings at Our Underpinnings	98
Pt. V	The Management of Osteoarthritis	117
14	You Can Conquer Osteoarthritis	119
15	Living Well with Osteoarthritis	127
16	Exercises to Improve Osteoarthritis	137
17	How Osteoarthritis Medications Are Tested	156
18	Medications that Work for Osteoarthritis	163
19	Local Medical Therapies	169
20	But Doctor, I'm in Pain!	175
21	When Do We Operate?	183
22	Alternative Therapies: Do They Work?	191
23	I Have Osteoarthritis: Who Should I Go to for Treatment?	197
24	Special Cases: Osteoarthritis from Childhood Events and During Pregnancy	203
Pt. VI	Outcome and Future Directions	209
25	Can Or Should I Work?	211
26	Prognosis	217
27	New directions: Is There Hope for a Cure?	222
	App. 1: Glossary	225
	App. 2: Resources	235
	Index	243

The Official Patients Sourcebook on Parkinsons Disease or A Drinking Life

2009-01-22T20:18:00.000-08:00

The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Parkinson's Disease: A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age

Author: James N Parker

This book has been created for patients who have decided to make education and research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it also gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to parkinson's disease (also Drug-Induced Parkinsonism; Paralysis Agitans; Parkinsonism; Postencephalitic Parkinsonism; Secondary Parkinsonism; Shaking palsy), from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on parkinson's disease. Given patients' increasing sophistication in using the Internet, abundant references to reliable Internet-based resources are provided throughout this sourcebook. Where possible, guidance is provided on how to obtain free-of-charge, primary research results as well as more detailed information via the Internet. E-book and electronic versions of this sourcebook are fully interactive with each of the Internet sites mentioned (clicking on a hyperlink automatically opens your browser to the site indicated). Hard-copy users of this sourcebook can type cited Web addresses directly into their browsers to obtain access to the corresponding sites. In addition to extensive references accessible via the Internet, chapters include glossaries of technical or uncommon terms.

Introduction
Overview
Organization
Scope
Moving Forward
PART I: THE ESSENTIALS
Chapter 1. The Essentials on Parkinson's Disease: Guidelines
Overview
What Is Parkinson's Disease?
What Causes the Disease?
Who Gets Parkinson's Disease?
What Are the Early Symptoms?
What Are the Major Symptoms of the Disease?
Are There Other Symptoms?
What Are the Other Forms of Parkinsonism?
How Do Doctors Diagnose Parkinson's Disease?
How Is the Disease Treated?
Levodopa
Other Available Medications for Managing Disease Symptoms
Is Surgery Ever Used to Treat Parkinson's Disease?
Can Diet or Exercise Programs Help Relieve Symptoms?
What Are the Benefits of Support Groups?
Can Scientists Predict or Prevent Parkinson's Disease?
What Research Is Being Done?
What Is the Role of the NINDS?
What Can I Do to Help?
Information Resources
More Guideline Sources
Vocabulary Builder
Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance
Overview
Associations and Parkinson's Disease
Finding Associations
Finding Doctors
Finding a Neurologist
Selecting Your Doctor
Working with Your Doctor
Broader Health-Related Resources
Vocabulary Builder
Chapter 3. Clinical Trials and Parkinson's Disease
Overview
Recent Trials on Parkinson's Disease
Benefits and Risks
Keeping Current on Clinical Trials
General References
Vocabulary Builder
PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL
Chapter 4. Studies on Parkinson's Disease
Overview
The Combined Health Information Database
Federally Funded Research on Parkinson's Disease
E-Journals: PubMed Central
The National Library of Medicine: PubMed
Vocabulary Builder
Chapter 5. Books on Parkinson's Disease
Overview
Book Summaries: Federal Agencies
The National Library of Medicine Book Index
Chapters on Parkinson's Disease
General Home References
Vocabulary Builder
Chapter 6. Multimedia on Parkinson's Disease
Overview
Bibliography: Multimedia on Parkinson's Disease
Chapter 7. Physician Guidelines and Databases
Overview
NIH Guidelines
NIH Databases
Other Commercial Databases
The Genome Project and Parkinson's Disease
Specialized References
Vocabulary Builder
Chapter 8. Dissertations on Parkinson's Disease
Overview
Dissertations on Parkinson's Disease
Keeping Current
Vocabulary Builder
PART III. APPENDICES
Appendix A. Researching Your Medications
Overview
Your Medications: The Basics
Learning More about Your Medications
Commercial Databases
Contraindications and Interactions (Hidden Dangers)
A Final Warning
General References
Vocabulary Builder
Appendix B. Researching Alternative Medicine
Overview
What Is CAM?
What Are the Domains of Alternative Medicine?
Can Alternatives Affect My Treatment?
Finding CAM References on Parkinson's Disease
Additional Web Resources
General References
Vocabulary Builder
Appendix C. Researching Nutrition
Overview
Food and Nutrition: General Principles
Finding Studies on Parkinson's Disease
Federal Resources on Nutrition
Additional Web Resources
Vocabulary Builder
Appendix D. Finding Medical Libraries
Overview
Preparation
Finding a Local Medical Library
Medical Libraries in the U.S. and Canada
Appendix E. Your Rights and Insurance
Overview
Your Rights as a Patient
Patient Responsibilities
Choosing an Insurance Plan
Medicare and Medicaid
NORD's Medication Assistance Programs
Additional Resources
Vocabulary Builder
ONLINE GLOSSARIES
Online Dictionary Directories
PARKINSON'S DISEASE GLOSSARY
General Dictionaries and Glossaries
INDEX

Books about: Best Cellar or The Wicked West

A Drinking Life: A Memoir

Author: Pete Hamill

Rugged prose and a rare attention to telling detail have long distinguished Pete Hamill's unique brand of journalism and his universally well received fiction. Twenty years after his last drink, he examines the years he spent as a full-time member of the drinking culture. The result is A Drinking Life, a stirring and exhilarating memoir float is his most personal writing to date. The eldest son of Irish immigrants, Hamill learned from his Brooklyn upbringing during the Depression and World War II that drinking was an essential part of being a man; he only had to accompany his father up the street to the warm, amber-colored world of Gallagher's bar to see that drinking was what men did. It played a crucial role in mourning the death of relatives or the loss of a job, in celebrations of all kinds, even in religion. In the navy and the world of newspapers, he learned that bonds of friendship, romance, and professional camaraderie were sealed with drink. It was later that he discovered that drink had the power to destroy those very bonds and corrode any writer's most valuable tools: clarity, consciousness, memory. It was almost too late when he left drinking behind forever. Neither sentimental nor self-righteous, this is a seasoned writer's vivid portrait of the first four decades of his life and the slow, steady way that alcohol became an essential part of that life. Along the way, he summons the mood of a time and a place gone forever, with the bittersweet fondness of a lifetime New Yorker. It is his best work yet.

Vincent Patrick

Pete Hamill's 30 years of writing come to fruition in "A Drinking Life." It is constructed seamlessly, with the pacing and eye for telling detail learned as a novelist and the hard, spare prose of a fine journalist. -- New York Times

Publishers Weekly

Hamill's autobiography entails his long odyssey to sobriety. This is not a jeremiad condemning drink, however, but a thoughtful, funny, street-smart reflection on its consequences. To understand Hamill ( Loving Women ), one must know his immigrant parents: Anne, gentle and fair; Billy, one-legged and alcoholic. The first offspring of this union--Republicans in Belfast, Democrats in Brooklyn--Hamill has a special gift for relating the events of his childhood. He recreates a time extinct, a Brooklyn of trolley cars, Dodgers, pails of beer and pals like No Toes Nocera. He recalls such adventures as the Dodgers' 1941 pennant and viewing the liner Normandie lying on its side in the Hudson River. We partake in the glory of V-J day and learn what life in Hamill's neighborhood was centered on: ``Part of being a man was to drink.'' Puberty hits him and booze helps him to overcome his sexual shyness. But Hamill's childhood ended early. After dropping out of high school he lived on his own, working at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and drinking with his workmates. Wanting more, he studied art, soon meeting a nude model named Laura who was a lot different from the neighborhood girls, those ``noble defenders of the holy hymen.'' And escape was always on Hamill's mind. First it was the Navy, then Mexico, but it was always the same--drinking nights which today he can't remember. There were fist-fights and jail time in Mexico and he learned that ``drinking could be a huge fuck you to Authority.'' Back home with a job at the New York Post , he mastered his trade at the Page One bar every morning, drinking with other reporters. Much time was spent in saloons away from his wife and two daughters and he remembers the taunts of his childhood, ``Your old man's an Irish drunk!'' Then one New Year's Eve 20 years ago he noticed all the drunkenness and had his last vodka. When asked why, he said, ``I have no talent for it.'' It may be the only talent Hamill lacks. Author tour. (Jan.)

Library Journal

The author of seven novels (e.g, Loving Women , LJ 4/1/89), Hamill has put in over 30 years as a reporter, primarily at the New York Post , where he was recently named, fired, and then rehired as editor-in-chief. Here he ranges from his Depression-era childhood to his years on the beat and as a recovering alcoholic. When the time comes, he'll be on the Today show to plug his book.

BookList

Malt may do more than Milton to justify God's ways to man, but quaffing mead was not ex-imbiber Hamill's means to metaphysical understanding. It enabled him to defy Authority and partake in a rite of male conviviality. By the end of his boozing days, in the early 1970s, he says he felt more like a wisecracking performer than a liver of life, and so abruptly knocked off the sauce. But his is hardly a story of battling the bottle, a part of his day as natural as sunset; rather, it's another tale of growing up in Brooklyn's evening days, the era of Ebbets Field. That's a tired subject, unless it is done as well as this. Hamill recalls his passages of adolescence--from fighting to fornicating to working to trying to love his father--with an eye of practiced unsentimentality expressed in robust, exclamatory style. Maybe sinking a few drinks per diem isn't the world's best idea, but when a wizened newspaper reporter like Hamill (now editor of the "New York Post") owns up to it and the troubles it begets, it makes great, gritty copy. Drink up!

Lifestyle Fitness Coaching or Cigarette Papers

2009-01-21T16:16:00.000-08:00

Lifestyle Fitness Coaching

Author: James Gavin

Lifestyle fitness coaching is an emerging field in the health and fitness industry. Centered on an ongoing and guided process of dialogue, Lifestyle Fitness Coaching offers a systematic approach to help fitness professionals understand their clients' needs, interests, and personal orientations and use the information to direct clients toward achieving their health and personal goals.

Lifestyle Fitness Coaching contains detailed information on coaching dialogues between the health fitness professional and the client, addressing issues such as the types of questions to ask, how to provide feedback effectively, and how to make referrals. The text includes useful information for guiding program development and learning activities that help readers understand the material and relate it to their situations. In addition, an accompanying CD-ROM contains a Matching Activities and Personal Styles (MAPS) Inventory, a validated questionnaire that clients complete to identify their likes and dislikes. The MAPS Inventory software then generates a report that coaches and clients can use to guide the coaching process.
Lifestyle Fitness Coaching presents the necessary skills for professional development and offers a methodology for gathering and analyzing personal information about clients that enables coaches to engage in dialogue about the means and ends of clients' sport and fitness programming.

With this text, professionals can do the following:
· Learn the building blocks of information and skills for developing a career as a lifestyle fitness coach
· Appreciate the skills and coaching processes necessary for communicating with clients
· Engage clients in an ongoing process of dialogue informed by comprehensive fitness-related data concerning clients' needs, interests, and background
· Reinforce their understanding and practice their application of the skills presented
· Help clients develop profiles of personal style and related exercise options

This text teaches health fitness professionals how to step into the arena of lifestyle fitness coaching to motivate, guide, inform, and support their clients' personal change processes. The book delineates the bounds of care and advice that coaches should give and helps coaches aid clients in strategizing, planning, and implementing self-change and personal improvement programs. Issues are explored including the coaching relationship; goals, boundaries, and ethics in coaching; coaching stages and processes; and coaching skills. The book also examines assessments, applications, and opportunities and directions in lifestyle fitness coaching.
As such, Lifestyle Fitness Coaching is an invaluable resource for health fitness professionals who want to expand their skills and move toward more enriching and rewarding interactions with their clients.

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Cigarette Papers

Author: Stanton A Glantz

Around-the-clock tobacco talks, multibillion-dollar lawsuits against the major cigarette companies, and legislative wrangling over how much to tax a pack of cigarettes--these are some of the most recent episodes in the war against the tobacco companies. The Cigarette Papers shows what started it all: revelations that tobacco companies had long known the grave dangers of smoking, and did nothing about it.
In May 1994 a box containing 4,000 pages of internal tobacco industry documents arrived at the office of Professor Stanton Glantz at the University of California, San Francisco. The anonymous source of these "cigarette papers" was identified only as "Mr. Butts." These documents provide a shocking inside account of the activities of one tobacco company, Brown & Williamson, over more than thirty years. Quoting extensively from the documents themselves and analyzing what they reveal, The Cigarette Papers shows what the tobacco companies have known and galvanizes us to take action.

Library Journal

Two recent releases chronicle the history of the current political status of the controversial tobacco industry from different vantage points. Kluger's (The Paper, LJ 10/15/87) Ashes to Ashes is riveting and highly readable despite its length. From the Native American usage of tobacco through the lawsuits of the 1990s, Kluger follows the industry's agricultural and labor practices, technical advances, and marketing campaigns; he also considers research on tobacco's deleterious health effects and the tobacco control movement. Significant personalities and events such as the invention of the cigarette-rolling machine are featured. An extensive bibliography is provided, and a lengthy list of the Phillip Morris executives (and ex-executives!) are interviewed. Suitable for readers of high school age on up, this book belongs in every library. Much more scholarly, The Cigarette Papers focuses more on one companyBrown & Williamsonand one issuehealth effects. In 1994, Glantz received an anonymous package containing thousands of pages of internal documents from Brown & Williamson. The author's analysis of these indicate that, public statements to the contrary, the company did indeed know about the health and safety effects of their products and actively sought to suppress the information. The documents, made available by the University of California via the Internet (http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco), are quoted extensively. Also included is a statement by Brown & Williamson in response to the 1995 publication of some of these data in the Journal of the American Medical Association. This work is extemely thorough and at times makes for tedious reading. Recommended for academic and large public libraries.Eris Weaver, Marin Inst. for the Prevention of Alcohol & Other Drug Problems, Rohnert, Cal.

Booknews

Examines 30 years' worth of secret internal tobacco industry documents from one tobacco company, plus other material subpoenaed by Congress, quoting extensively from the documents and adding background and context to demonstrate that the industry has known for decades that smoking is addictive and causes disease and death. Discusses agricultural chemicals and additives, legal concerns facing the industry, and the nonsmokers' rights movement. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Kirkus Reviews

An eye-opening exposé of the workings of the tobacco industry, based on the leaked internal documents of a leading cigarette company.

The setup is that of a thriller: In the spring of 1994 an express-mail box filled with 4,000 pages of tobacco-company documents turns up on the doorstep of longtime industry critic Glantz (Medicine/Univ. of California, San Francisco); the return address read "Mr. Butts," the name of the fast-talking cigarette from Doonesbury. Glantz assembles a team of medical doctors and policy analysts to comb through the papers, which he lodges in the special collections division of the university library so that Brown & Williamson, the tobacco company in question, cannot block public access to them. The documents are astonishing, describing research projects with codenames like ARIEL (which sought ways to boost the nicotine kick of a cigarette), giving a behind-the-scenes look at the company's maneuverings around various lawsuits and congressional inquiries, and showing beyond any doubt that B&W, at least, was well aware of the cancerous effects of smoking decades ago, although it continues to maintain that "causation has not been proved" and that nicotine is not addictive. (Smokers may also be interested to know of B&W's experiments with various additives, including benzo(a)pyrene, cocoa, and deer tongue, a plant substance known to cause liver damage in test animals.) The editors' commentary helps make sense of the often arcane papers, which are couched in the language of law, chemistry, and medicine; even with their help, however, this makes for tough slogging.

"Stall any disclosure by industry as long as possible," one B&W memo urges. Difficult as it is to work one's way through this book, the labor yields disclosures of the sort that doubtless makes for an industry insider's worst nightmare—revelations that will add new fuel to the widening debate about smoking.

	List of Illustrations
	Foreword
	Preface
1	Looking through a Keyhole at the Tobacco Industry	1
2	Smoking and Disease: The Tobacco Industry's Earliest Responses	25
3	Addiction and Cigarettes as Nicotine Delivery Devices	58
4	The Search for a "Safe" Cigarette	108
5	Public Relations in the "Safe" Cigarette Era	171
6	Agricultural Chemicals and Cigarette Additives	201
7	Legal Concerns Facing the Industry	235
8	Lawyer Management of Scientific Research	288
9	Stonewalling: Politics and Public Relations	339
10	Environmental Tobacco Smoke and the Nonsmokers' Rights Movement	391
11	Where Do We Go from Here?	436
	Statements by Brown and Williamson	443
	List of Available Documents	447
	About the Authors	495
	Document Index	499
	Name Index	502
	Subject Index	512

Preparing for the Practical Exam or Women in Therapy

2009-01-20T12:14:00.000-08:00

Preparing for the Practical Exam: Nail Technology

Author: Beborah Beatty

Preparing for the Practical Exam: Nail Technology provides clear, detailed information on all procedures required by state boards for the practical exam. Not all state boards require that procedures be performed the same way, and this book provides options, so that students can be prepared for their particular state's methods. Information on how to pack equipment is included. The author has contacted all state boards in order to make this workbook appropriate for all situations.

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Women in Therapy

Author: Harriet Lerner

In clear, lively prose, Harriet Lerner takes a bold look at women and the psychotherapists who work with them.

What People Are Saying

Maggie Scarf
"The cover should be stamped in bold letters: Not for professionals only. I recommend it highly, for all women and for the men who care for and about them."

Fatigue as a Window to the Brain or ADHD Alternatives

2009-01-18T05:10:00.000-08:00

Fatigue as a Window to the Brain

Author: John DeLuca

Although fatigue has been actively investigated for more than 100 years, we have progressed little in either its theoretical or practical understanding. Fatigue has been considered to be both a symptom and an illness. Fatigue is a primary reason for patient visits to the physician's office, but it is difficult to measure and offers doctors little important information for diagnosis. Fatigue as a Window to the Brain gathers experts on a wide variety of disorders to consider what the presence of fatigue tells us about how the brain works -- more specifically, to identify the neural mechanisms potentially responsible for fatigue. The book looks at many of the major conditions in which fatigue is observed, with the hope that patterns may emerge that will suggest paths for future research. It will be of interest to neuroscientists, clinical researchers, and physicians and other clinicians.

After discussing the nature of fatigue -- its history and epidemiology and its assessment, measurement, and interpretation -- the book turns to specific conditions associated with fatigue. It considers neurological conditions, including multiple sclerosis and stroke; psychiatric conditions as well as the overall treatment of fatigue in psychiatry; and general medical conditions, including HIV, heart disease, lupus, cancer, and others. The book then offers an overview of treatment approaches. It concludes with a definition of fatigue -- both "primary" and "secondary" -- and suggestions for future study.

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ADHD Alternatives: A Natural Approach to Treating Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Author: Aviva Romm

A holistic approach to treating ADHD by Aviva Jill Romm, a professional midwife and acting president of the American Herbalist Guild, and Tracy Romm, director of a high school for gifted students, where there is a large population of students diagnosed as ADHD.

Change Your Food Change Your Mood or 100 Questions Answers About Sleep and Sleep Disorders

2009-01-17T18:08:00.000-08:00

Change Your Food, Change Your Mood

Author: Janet Maccaro

Our moods affect our creativity, our productivity, our ability to be intimate...even how we give and receive love. When we are happy, we create a magnetizing effect, drawing people toward us. Conversely, a bad mood drives everything and everyone far from our lives.

In Change Your Food, Change Your Mood, you have a valuable tool to help you learn how to stabilize your moods simply by changing the foods you eat. Learn how, what, and when to eat for energy, focus, and an uplifted outlook.

About the Author:
Janet Maccaro, PhD, CNC, is a respected lecturer, author, and radio/television personality

Introduction     1
How Food Affects Your Mood
The Mind-Body Connection     5
Chemicals and the Brain     5
Emotions and the immune system     5
Moods and amino acids     7
Identifying Emotional Disorders     8
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)     8
Social anxiety disorder     10
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)     11
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)     12
Panic disorder     13
The Medication Maze     14
Brain Food for Your Mood     15
Hormones and Your Diet     17
PMS: The Period Before Your Period     17
PMS diet protocol     18
After the Fall: Cravings, Calories, and Hormones     20
Natural supplements     21
On to menopause     23
Hormones From Plants in Your Diet     24
Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy     25
Stress and Your Diet     29
How Stress Affects Your Body     29
How Stress Affects Your Brain     30
Addressing Adrenal Exhaustion-Diet and Lifestyle     32
Symptoms     33
Protocols     33
Fatigue and Your Diet     35
Take a Look at Sugar     35
A Hidden Cause of Fatigue     38
Food Allergies and Fatigue     39
Juicing     41
Supplementation     41
Tired and Toxic?     42
Detoxification     42
Insomnia and Your Diet     44
Natural Sleep Aids     45
Depression and Your Diet     47
Bring on the Protein     49
Amino Acids: The Natural Tranquilizers     52
The Big B Connection     54
Other Supplements     56
GABA     56
Liquid serotonin     57
Magnesium gelcaps     57
Brain Link and Anxiety Control 24     57
How to Feel Your Best
The Feel-Good Diet Program     61
Meal Plan     61
Recommended Supplements     63
Mind Medicines     64
GABA     64
Magnesium     66
Progesterone     68
Other amino acids     68
Brain Balancers     68
Omega-3 fatty acids and your moods     69
Other brain/mood helpers     69
Hormone Helpers     70
PMS program     71
Menopausal program     71
Stress Busters     73
Stress busters from nature     75
Stress-busting drugs vs. herbs     77
Sleep Inducers     77
Foods to avoid before bedtime     78
Foods that promote restful sleep     81
Other sleep-promoting strategies     83
Energy Boosters     86
Protein = Energy     87
Nutrition for Adrenal Exhaustion     88
Mood Enhancers     89
Mood food: carbs     89
Mood foods that provide folic acid     90
Mood foods that provide magnesium     90
Mood foods that provide niacin     90
Mood foods that provide zinc     90
Mood foods are low in sodium     90
Mood foods in moderation     91
Feed Your Mind With Positive Food     91
Food Sources for Selected Vitamins, Minerals, and Other Nutrients     93
Food Sources of Calcium     93
Nondairy Food Sources of Calcium     94
Food Sources of Magnesium     96
Food Sources of Potassium     97
Food Sources of Iron     99
Sodium in Foods     101
Food Sources of Vitamin C      111
Food Sources of Vitamin A     112
Food Sources of Vitamin E     113
Carbohydrate Content of Selected Foods     115
Food Sources of Dietary Fiber     125
Dietary Sources of Protein     127
Sugars in Selected Foods     128
Product Sources     141
Dr. Janet's Balanced by Nature Products     141
Tranquility     141
Safe Passage     142
Women's Balance Formula (Progesterone cream)     143
Dr. Janet's Glucosamine Cream     144
Pain and Stress Center Products     144
Notes     145

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100 Questions & Answers About Sleep and Sleep Disorders

Author: Sudhansu Chokroverty

Whether you're a newly diagnosed patient with a sleep disorder, or are a friend or relative of someone suffering from a sleep disorder, this book offers help. This book gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions. Written by an expert on the subject, with insider commentary from actual patients, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone struggling with the medical, psychological, or emotional turmoil of this condition.

Eating Thin for Life or The New Living Heart Diet

2009-01-17T09:07:00.000-08:00

Eating Thin for Life: Food Secrets & Recipes from People Who Have Lost Weight & Kept It Off

Author: Anne M Fletcher

In Eating Thin For Life, the real experts-hundreds of people from all walks of life who have shed unwanted pounds permanently-reveal how they manage their food lives: in the kitchen, at the table and in restaurants. From these 'masters' of weight loss, you'll learn how to enjoy food without being a slave to calorie counting. How to handle the tough times, from quitting smoking to having babies to dealing with pushy people. In short, you'll learn how these 'masters of weight control' get themselves to do the things we all know we should do-but can't seem to get ourselves to do-to lose weight permanently. Plus: --An easy weight-loss plan: 21 days of breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks from the masters. --122 of the masters' favorite low-fat recipes-from Pineapple Right-side-Up Coffee Cake to Oven-Fried Chicken to Rich Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Sauce.

Publishers Weekly

Following up on her bestselling Thin for Life, Fletcher records and organizes the experiences of 200 men and women who have successfully maintained over a number of years a significant weight loss (an average of 64 pounds). Fletcher calls her subjects, who have kept off 20 or more pounds for more than 10 years, masters. In Part I, she catalogues the strategies they have used to hold on to their weight loss, offering five main 'food secrets,'" e.g., 'Want To Be Thin More Than You Want to Eat the `Wrong' Foods'; 'Fix Your Full Button.' Each tip is fleshed out with stories from 'the masters' demonstrating how it has helped them.

The second section offers 21 days of menus for low-fat, reduced-calorie dishes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert, as well as snacks. Part III offers 100 recipes (with food counts) from the masters for recipes that have become mainstays on their tables. Included are recipes for Meatballs with Parsley and Sage, mixing ground round steak with grated potatoes; Crepes with Chicken and Mushroom Filling; Sweet Potato Puff with bananas; Deep Dish Pumpkin Pie, with a graham-cracker crust. The accompanying list, 'Tricks of the Low-Fat Cooking Trade,' is particularly helpful. As both inspiration and practical guide, this volume is likely to prove a great ally to readers who know that keeping off the pounds they lose is the larger part of a weight loss campaign.

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I had all but given up until I discovered your book. Now I'm encouraged to try again. -- Columbus, Ohio

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The New Living Heart Diet

Author: Michael E Debakey

More than ten years ago, a team of heart specialists and dietitians at Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, created the Living Heart Diet for their patients. Their best-selling book explained the relationship between nutrition and heart disease and helped change America's eating habits. Updated and completely revised, The New Living Heart Diet incorporates the latest information on how to minimize your risk factors for coronary heart disease and reflects changes in our tastes and eating habits. Drawing on recent research in health and nutrition, the New Living Heart Diet helps you make food and lifestyle choices to control blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels, blood pressure, weight, and diabetes. It clarifies information about vitamins and minerals, interprets the new nutrition labels, and explains how to select among the array of foods in supermarkets. Also included is a special chapter on vegetarian eating. More than 300 new or revised recipes - along with breakfast, lunch, dinner, and holiday menus - are provided to make healthy cooking and eating convenient. The recipes and menus have easy-to-understand nutrient analyses and feature traditional American as well as international dishes. From the detailed guides for selecting food when eating out to the comprehensive tables describing the nutrient content of common foods, the New Living Heart Diet makes it easy for readers to enjoy delicious, healthy eating every day.

Publishers Weekly

Completely revised since its bestselling original 1984 edition, this cookbook from a team of heart specialists at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas includes new information about risk factors for coronary heart disease and the most recent dietary recommendations for preventing it. The first half relates such health considerations as cholesterol, diabetes and blood pressure to diet; menus and 300-plus recipes with complete nutritional analyses constitute the second half. The dense format and even-tone prose detract from the book's value and diminish the potential impact of fresh data, e.g., a diet that is low in fat (30% or less of the total daily calorie intake), saturated fat and cholesterol but that contains lean beef lowers blood cholesterol as effectively as a diet free of red meat. This workmanlike approach will help readers make changes for a more healthful diet, but in recent years, others have come up with more appetizing, interesting low-fat fare. (Jan.)

	About the Authors	7
	Acknowledgments	9
	Preface	11
1	Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease	13
2	The Living Heart Diet in Preventing and Treating High Cholesterol and Triglyceride Levels	31
3	The Living Heart Diet in Weight Control	67
4	The Living Heart Diet in Preventing and Treating High Blood Pressure	89
5	The Living Heart Diet in Managing Diabetes	110
6	The Living Heart Diet for Vegetarians	116
7	The Living Heart Diet Guide to Selecting Food in Supermarkets	128
8	The Living Heart Diet Guide to Selecting Food When Eating Out	152
9	The Living Heart Diet Guide to Vitamins and Minerals	169
	The Living Heart Diet Menus	186
	The Living Heart Diet Recipes	203
	App. Food Groups and Serving Sizes	345
	App. Estimating Calorie Needs	356
	App. MEDFICTS: An Assessment Tool	360
	App. Recipe Substitutions to Lower Fat and/or Cholesterol	362
	App. Substitutes for Missing Ingredients	363
	App. Weights and Approximate Volumes of Selected Foods	363
	App. Conversion Tables	366
	App. Fat Replacers and Sweetening Agents	367
	App. Alcoholic Beverages	370
	App. Nutrient Content of Common Foods	372
	Subject Index	403
	Recipe Index	408
	Order Form for Other Books in This Series	415

Dr Atkins New Diet Cookbook or Vitamins Herbs Minerals and Supplements

2009-01-16T21:05:00.000-08:00

Dr. Atkins' New Diet Cookbook

Author: Robert C Atkins

This book contains 250 of the most asked for recipes at the Atkins Center.

Publishers Weekly

In 1972, Atkins became a household name with his bestselling book, The Diet Revolution . In it, he claimed that to induce rapid weight loss one need only follow a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet--carbs were the culprit in keeping people overweight. Twenty years later, he published Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution , continuing to maintain that weight gain had little to do with fat intake--a controversial conviction. His latest work is a cookbook designed as a companion to the 1992 volume, and promising to provide the most ``mouth-watering meals for the most effective diet ever devised.'' In case readers are unfamiliar with his weight-loss program, Atkins describes its four stages and offers a selection of sample menus. Recipes range from the simple (hard-boiled eggs) to appetizers, salads, meats and poultry. No-holds-barred desserts call for heavy cream, eggs, sour cream and butter; despite Atkins's claims, his is not always light cooking. In the end, it's the desserts that illustrate the absurdities of the Atkins program: a recipe for cheesecake is chock full of cream cheese, eggs and creme fraiche, yet the final ingredient is 12 packets of a sugar substitute. ``Good cuisine has always rooted itself firmly in luxurious fat,'' writes Atkins in his introduction. Really? (June)

Library Journal

This complement to Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution (LJ 7/92) presents menus along with 200 recipes. Devised by Atkins Center director Fran Gare, the recipes follow the same high-protein, high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet (including the complex carbohydrates) that Atkins proposes in his previous book. Atkins maintains that his diet controls diabetes, but the Atkins diet is contrary to information given by the American Dietetic Association and the American Diabetic Association. In the ``University of California at Berkeley Wellness Letter'' (December 1992), Dr. Sheldon Margen cautions people against following this diet, arguing that it could harm some people, especially diabetics. All cheeses are allowed freely (though they are high in fat, sodium, and cholesterol), as are all meats. Several recipes for salad dressings contain raw eggs, which could lead to salmonella food poisoning. Since the recipes in this book could be dangerous if followed, it is not recommended.-Loraine F. Sweetland, Rebok Memorial Lib., Silver Spring, Md.

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Vitamins, Herbs, Minerals, and Supplements: The Complete Guide

Author: H Winter Griffith

Easy-to-use charts show how to use vitamins, herbs, minerals, and supplements correctly and safely.

Curaci n emocional or Expecting Fitness

2009-01-16T12:03:00.000-08:00

Curaciуn emocional: Acabar con el estrйs, la ansiedad y la depresiуn sin fбrmarcos ni psicoanбlisis

Author: David Servan Schreiber

Seven natural treatments for stress-related disorders are presented in this guide to help readers move beyond traditional drugs and therapy by tapping into the emotional brain's self-healing processes. This ability to self-treat, rather than fall into a trap of drug prescriptions and therapy, originated with the emotional brain from which instincts, strengths, and innate identity originate. Benefits of alternative treatments such as acupuncture, dawn simulation, heart coherence, and nutrition for anxiety and depression are also documented, as are the reasons that they remain poorly understood and largely excluded from mainstream medicine and psychiatry.

El cerebro emocional es la fuente misma de nuestra identidad y de los valores que dan sentido a la vida. Se presenta en este libro un nuevo método que utiliza el cerebro emocional como medicina, sin medicamentos ni psicoterapias interminables. Presentados son siete métodos de curación particularmente eficaces, algunos de ellos totalmente desconocidos por el público en general: integración neuroemocional mediante movimientos oculares, regularización del ritmo cardíaco para controlar las emociones, sincronización de los relojes biológicos, acupuntura, ejercicio físico, aportación de ácidos grasos omega-3 y técnicas de comunicación afectiva.

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Expecting Fitness: How to Modify and Enjoy Your Exercise Program Throughout Your Pregnancy

Author: Birgitta Gallo

Current research has proven that it is not only safe for pregnant women to exercise, it is absolutely beneficial. Even if you are considered a high-risk pregnancy or are restricted to bed rest, you can and should exercise during this crucial time. This book includes specially designed exercises just for you.

Among the benefits of exercise and proper nutrition during pregnancy:
-Shorter, less painful labor
-Fewer birth defects
-Less excess weight gain
-Ease of regaining pre-pregnancy figure
-Healthier, calmer, and more intelligent babies

Birgitta Gallo's Expecting Fitness doesn't lead you through some leg lifts. It shows you how to modify your current sports activities-including tennis, golf, aerobics, swimming, even kickboxing-safely throughout your pregnancy. It also includes nutritional guidelines, relaxation and breathing techniques, and an illustrated guide to the changes the pregnant body goes through. It is a unique and comprehensive guide for any woman who wants to give her baby the best possible start in life.

Low Carb Juices and Smoothies or Pocket Guide to Macrobiotics

2009-01-16T01:02:00.000-08:00

Low-Carb Juices and Smoothies: 50 Delicious Low-Carbohydrate Recipes

Author: Amanda Cross

Although fruit and vegetable juices offer many healthful benefits, most people don't realize that they can be high in carbohydates--and to those on low-carb diets, this can spell disaster. But worry not, carb watchers: these 50 recipes are delicious, healthy, and low in carbs. The secret using is using the right fruits and vegetables, and here you can find lists of them to use in creating your own delectable treats. Delight in a refreshing Grapefruit and Cucumber Crush or a snappy Blueberry and Mint Smoothie. Containing detailed analysis of carbs, calories, and vitamins, these thirst-quenchers will nourish and satisfy you while keeping carbs at bay.

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Pocket Guide to Macrobiotics

Author: Carl Ferr

Illuminating ... concise ... instructive ... The Crossing Press Pocket Series are little books packed with lots of valuable information. This comprehensive series explores today's vast universe of natural health, personal growth and spirituality in a clear, easy-to-use format. Pocket Guides are ideal introductions for the expanding consumer interest in improving health, quieting the mind, and healing the spirit. Pocket Guides also make the perfect gift. Attractive, space-efficient displays are available, free with low minimum orders.

Babycare Before Birth or Winter Blues

2009-01-15T14:59:00.000-08:00

Babycare Before Birth

Author: Zita West

The prenatal program that gives your baby the best start in life!

Showing how a woman can make a dramatic difference to an unborn baby's health, well-being, and development by making small adjustments to diet and lifestyle. This amazing book explains how to give your baby the best possible start in life.

Discusses nutritional basics, long-term health issues, and environmental hazards
Pinpoints when a woman can maximize her baby's chance of healthy development

Looks at multiple pregnancies and the symptoms and illnesses of pregnancy

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Winter Blues: Everything You Need to Know to Beat Seasonal Affective Disorder

Author: Norman E Rosenthal

Dr. Norman E. Rosenthal's indispensable guide for readers who suffer from the "winter blues" is now more useful than ever. This authoritative book presents a wealth of new information on remedies for seasonal affective disorder (SAD), including recent advances in light therapy, research on the effectiveness of antidepressants, and new recipes to counterbalance unhealthy winter food cravings. Dr. Rosenthal distinguishes among various degrees of the disorder, ranging from winter blues to full-blown SAD; provides a self-test that readers can use to evaluate their own seasonal mood changes; and offers helpful advice, coping tips, and resources.

Pt. I	Seasonal syndromes
1	Introduction : discovering SAD	3
2	All about SAD	18
3	How seasonal are you?	51
4	What causes SAD?	61
5	SAD in children and adolescents	81
6	"Summer SAD" and other seasonal afflictions	95
Pt. II	Treatments
7	Light therapy	113
8	Beyond light therapy : other ways to help yourself	166
9	Psychotherapy and SAD	190
10	Antidepressant medications	209
11	A step-by-step guide through the revolving year	225
12	"How can I help?" : advice for family and friends	247
Pt. III	Celebrating the seasons
13	A brief history of seasonal time	255
14	Polar tales	260
15	SAD through the ages	264
16	Creating with the seasons	275
17	Words for all seasons	284
18	Winter light : life beyond SAD	294
	Afterword : the end of an era, 1979-1999	307
Pt. IV	Resources
	Where to get further help for seasonal problems	311
	Dietary advice, menus, and recipes	315
	Further reading	341
App. A	Daily mood log	347
App. B	Core belief worksheet	349

Thriving with Heart Disease or Detox in a Weekend

2009-01-15T05:57:00.000-08:00

Thriving with Heart Disease: The Leading Authority on the Emotional Effects of Heart Disease Tells You and Your Family How to Heal and Reclaim Your Lives

Author: Wayne M Sotil

Not only can you survive with heart disease, you can actually thrive with it -- for many, many years to come.

If you are one of the 61 million Americans diagnosed with heart disease -- whether you've had a heart attack or surgery, or you have high blood pressure or angina -- you can learn how to handle its psychological side effects with the lifesaving strategies in this book.

Acclaimed cardiac psychologist Wayne M. Sotile, Ph.D., reveals what every heart patient needs to know: how you feel about the illness and how you cope with it can determine how fully you recover. Dr. Sotile teaches you how to achieve emotional well-being over the four basic stages of recovery, during which you and your family learn to accept the disease, grasp what's involved in treatment and recovery, and learn to work together as a team. You will also learn to create and adapt to a "new normal" way of life and make a commitment to living with the illness, not in spite of it.

Written with reassuring warmth, sensitivity, and humor, Thriving with Heart Disease is your guide to creating the robust, healthy life you were meant to lead, surrounded by the people you love.

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Detox in a Weekend: An Easy-to-Follow Diet and Health Plan

Author: Maggie Pannell

Taking a weekend detox programme is the perfect solution for those who want to clean and rejuvenate their system but do not have the time to follow a longer-term body-cleansing course. Packed with expert advice and guidance, this comprehensive new book contains everything you need to know in order to detox safely and effectively over a short period.

Hand Reflexology or Beyond Pritikin

2009-01-14T17:55:00.000-08:00

Hand Reflexology: Key to Perfect Health

Author: Mildred Carter

Now you can achieve lasting relief from aches, pains, and illness by unlocking the healing energies already present within your body -- quickly and easily, with the help of the centuries-old secrets of reflex massage.

Hand Reflexology guides you step-by-step through the simple finger-pressure techniques that send soothing relief surging to the sources of pain and discomfort.

This modern health classic helps you access the reflex centers where pain begins, and shows you how to make it disappear with a touch of a finger -- all without resorting to expensive drugs, difficult therapies or invasive surgery. You'll also learn how to apply these health-restoring therapies to other adults, small children, even pets.

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Beyond Pritikin: A Total Nutrition Program for Weight Loss, Longtivity, and Good Health

Author: Ann Louise Gittleman

Americans have never been more health- and diet- conscious than they are today, yet the percentage of overweight Americans is greater than ever before. Coult the fat-free, carbohydrate-rich diet often promoted for weight loss and health actually be causing sugar cravings, weight gain, fatigue, and other serious problems? Beyond Pritikin, based on a revolutionary dietary model using healthful essential fats and lower carbohydrate intake, is a complete lifestyle regimen for health, weight loss, and longevity. In this updated program, informed by the latest scientific research, Ann Louise Gittleman, former director of nutrition at the Pritikin Longevity Center in Santa Monica, tells you how to lower cholesterol, revitalize your immune system, control weight, and slow the aging process - the major health concerns of our time. Beyond Pritikin includes:

The complete guide to the essential fats: how they work, and what foods and dietary supplements contain them
How carbohydrates, when not balanced in the diet by sufficient protein and fat, stimulate insulin production - which promotes the storage of body fat
Fat-burning nutrients - natural substances that boost the body's ability to burn fat
A two-week "fat flush" to help detoxify your body and jump-start weight loss
A 21-day eating program for natural weight loss - including balanced meal plans and delicious recipes to satisfy every taste
Advice on how to purchase, store, and prepare foods on the Beyond Pritikin Diet Plan
Plus vital information on the benefits of foods once considered "bad," the dangers of some "heart-healthy" foods, and much more!

Herbal Therapy and Supplements or The Lighter the Berry

2009-01-14T07:53:00.000-08:00

Herbal Therapy and Supplements: A Scientific and Traditional Approach

Author: Merrily A Kuhn

This unique, portable clinical reference provides easily-accessible and clinically relevant monographs of herbs, spices, and aromatherapy oils for use by health care providers. The monographs, similar to those presented in nurses' drug handbooks, contain information on the health risks of taking these substances with over-the-counter and prescription drugs, a behavior that is increasing among the general public. Assessment guidelines help providers monitor side effects, toxicity, and drug-herb/drug-spice interaction. Specifics of monographs include action, current use, pharmacokinetics, toxicity, contraindications, side effects, long term safety, use in pregnancy/lactation and use for children. Appendices provide drug-herb interaction tables, contraindicated herbs, a listing of 'do not take together' herbs, and a listing by use/indication. Each monograph includes line drawings of each herb, and extensive reference and research listings.

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Reviewer: Edilma L. Yearwood, PhD, RN, CS (Pace University)
Description: This is an easy to use handbook on herbal products and supplements commonly used in the U.S. and Canada. Information on each product is presented in a monograph form.
Purpose: The authors have succeeded in developing a manageable, current, and easy to carry reference book for use by clinicians. The content on herbs and supplements is well organized, thorough, and comprehensive.
Audience: This is a timely reference for healthcare professionals who work with individuals who use herbal products and supplements. The authors are a nurse with a PhD in physiology and an herbalist. They state that one of their goals is to provide traditional information as well as available scientific data on the products described. Both students and experienced practitioners will find this book helpful in their practice with a variety of clients.
Features: Each herbal monograph and supplement includes the name of the product, description of the plant, action, ingredients, traditional and current use, available forms, dosage, contraindications, and side effects. Another positive feature is the inclusion of a bibliography at the end of each monograph. Appendixes list herbs or supplements that may be used in specific medical conditions and the herbs that are contraindicated in pregnancy and breast feeding. There is also a list of commonly used abbreviations and a glossary.
Assessment: This is an excellent reference for providers who prescribe these products or who work with clients who use herbal products. The authors have included known research and scientific information on products whenever possible. Well written, easy to access, and current in its information. this is a must have for providers.

Rating

5 Stars! from Doody

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The Lighter the Berry: Race, Color and Gender in the Lives of African American and Mexican Women

Author: Margaret L Hunter

Women and the Politics of Skin Tone tackles the hidden yet painful issue of colorism in the African American and Mexican American communities. Beginning with a historical discussion of slavery and colonization in the Americas, the book quickly moves forward to a contemporary analysis of how skin color continues to plague people of color today. Margaret Hunter describes how colorism leads to discrimination resulting in lower levels of education, lower incomes, and lower status husbands. In addition to issues of color, Hunter also investigates the growing phenomenon of cosmetic surgery to Anglicize facial features such as noses and lips.

In startling interviews with African American and Mexican American women, Margaret Hunter also presents the voices of women of color who describe the personal, and often private pain of colorism in their own lives. Light-skinned women gain advantages in terms of beauty status and romantic relationships, while dark-skinned women ae typically viewed as more authentic members of their own racial/ethnic groups. This is the first book to explore this well-known, yet rarely discussed phenomenon.

Living with Hearing Loss or Secrets of a Good Nights Sleep

2009-01-13T20:51:00.000-08:00

Living with Hearing Loss

Author: Marcia B Dugan

Living with Hearing Loss suggests strategies for dealing with everyday situations and emergencies. Chapters on speechreading, oral interpreters, assertive communication, and tips for improving communication will enable hard of hearing people to adapt and cope with most situations at work, at home, and while traveling. By following the advice in this helpful book, hard of hearing people will notice significant improvement in the quality of their lives.

	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Hearing Loss: The Early Signs	1
2	What Is Hearing Loss?	4
3	Myths about Hearing Loss: Fact and Fiction	7
4	How Your Hearing Loss Affects Your Family and Friends	11
5	How the Ear Works	14
6	Types of Hearing Loss	17
7	Causes of Hearing Loss	20
8	Effect of Medication on Hearing Loss	22
9	Noise	25
10	Tinnitus	27
11	What to Do If You Suspect a Hearing Loss	32
12	Understanding Your Hearing Evaluation	34
13	Choosing a Hearing Aid Dispenser	39
14	Will a Hearing Aid Help?	41
15	Types of Hearing Aids	43
16	The Importance of Fitting Hearing Aids	49
17	Purchasing a Hearing Aid	52
18	When Hearing Aids Are Not Enough	57
19	Hearing the Doorbell, Telephone, and Fire Alarm	66
20	Hearing on the Telephone	69
21	Cochlear Implants	76
22	Speechreading	80
23	Will an Oral Interpreter Help?	82
24	Assertive Communication	85
25	Tips for Improving Communication	88
26	Rearranging Your Home Environment	91
27	Living Alone	93
28	The International Symbol of Access for Hearing Loss	97
29	What Are Your Legal Rights?	98
30	Hearing in Restaurants	102
31	Hearing in Theaters and Movies	106
32	Hearing in Places of Worship	109
33	Hearing in the Hospital	111
34	Hearing When Traveling	117
35	Hearing in the Courtroom	122
36	Volunteering or Returning to Work	125
37	A New Friend: The Internet	128
38	Hearing Loss and Eldercare	132
39	Overcoming Psychosocial Effects of Hearing Loss	135
40	Healthy Living/Managing Stress	141
41	What Is SHHH?	147
42	Some Final Words	150
	Glossary	153
App. A	Information Resources on Hearing Loss	161
App. B	Statistics on Hearing Loss in the Aging Population	169
	Index	171

Secrets of a Good Night's Sleep

Author: John Selby

If you have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, you're not alone. Almost one-third of the adult population shares your problem. Now John Selby, a clinical psychologist who has helped hundreds of insomniacs-including himself-gives you his Secrets of a God Night's Sleep. You'll discover some fascinating facts about sleep, why it becomes a problem, and how you can overcome those sleepless nights. Learn:

Why you lie awake when you long for sleep
Why you wake up in the middle of the night
The surprising sexual dimensions of sleep
How to break the anxiety/worry habit
How to adjust your bed for total relaxation
Magic bedtime rituals to induce sleep
Fabulous fantasies and techniqiues to put you in dreamland and much, much more!

Chronic Candidiasis or Senior Fitness

2009-01-13T11:50:00.000-08:00

Chronic Candidiasis

Author: Michael T Murray ND

Stop Candida Yeast Infections—Naturally!
Are you one of the millions of people affected by chronic candidiasis—the yeast syndrome? Often mistaken for other maladies, the yeast syndrome can lead to headaches, sore muscles, general fatigue, low resistance to colds and viruses, and other problems in both men and women.
Of the two most common prescription treatments, one can inflict severe liver damage and the other is safe but of only limited effectiveness. Fortunately, there are potent natural alternatives. They’re clearly explained here by Dr. Michael T. Murray, co-author of the bestselling Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine. You will learn how to:
·Determine if you suffer from candida yeast syndrome
·Follow Dr. Murray’s seven step program for combating candidiasis
·Adjust you daily diet to control candida growth
·Supplement your meals with nourishing vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants
·Strengthen your immune system to help resist candidiasis and many other invasive disorders
·And much more!
Discover how to overcome yeast syndrome and keep it from coming back—naturally!

Contents
Before You Read On
1. An Overview of Chronic Candidiasis (the Yeast Syndrome)
The Yeast Syndrome
What Causes Chronic Candidiasis?
A Vicious Cycle
The Candida Questionnaire
Diagnosis of the Yeast Syndrome
The Comprehensive Stool and Digestive Analysis
Measuring Antibody or Antigen Levels
Syndromes Related to the Yeast Syndrome
Final Comments
2. Antibiotics and the Yeast Syndrome
Dependence Upon Antibiotics
Alternatives to Antibiotics
Bladder Infections
Antibiotics and Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
Treating Upper Respiratory Infections Naturally
Acne
Final Comments
3. Enhancing Digestive Secretions
The Pancreas
Final Comments
4. Dietary Factors
Sugar and the Yeast Syndrome
Milk and Dairy Products
Mold- and Yeast-Containing Foods
Food Allergies
Signs and Symptoms of Food Allergies
Other Factors Triggering Food Allergies
Diagnosis of Food Allergy
Dealing with Food Allergies
The Candida Control Diet
Final Comments
5. Nutritional Supplementation
Taking a High-Quality Multiple Vitamin and Mineral Supplement
Taking Extra Antioxidants
Taking One Tablespoon of Flaxseed Oil Daily
Final Comments
6. Enhancing Immunity
What Is the Immune System?
Immune Function and Chronic Candidiasis
Restoring Proper Immune Function
The Influence of Mood and Attitude on Immune Function
The Influence of Lifestyle on Immune Function
Diet and Immune Function
Poor Diet Resulting in Nutrient Deficiency
Enhancing Thymus Gland Activity
Plant-Based Medicines
Final Comments
7. PromotingDetoxification
The Importance of the Liver
The Liver and Immune Function
Damage to the Liver and Chronic Candidiasis
Supporting the Liver
Supporting Detoxification by Promoting Elimination
Final Comments
8. Probiotics
Historical Perspective
Available Forms of Probiotics
Principle Uses of Probiotics
Promoting a Healthy Intestinal Environment
Post-Antibiotic Therapy
Fructo-Oligosaccharides
Final Comments
9. Natural and Prescription Anti-Yeast Agents
Natural Anti-Yeast Agents
Prescription Anti-Yeast Therapies
Final Comments
10. Special Concerns for Women: Vaginal Yeast Infections, Vulvodynia, and Premenstrual Syndrome
Vaginal Yeast Infections
Vulvodynia
Premenstrual Syndrome
Final Comments
11. Putting It All Together
References
Index

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Senior Fitness

Author: Ruth E Heidrich

Currently Not Available for PurchaseNearing 70, Ruth Heidrich has the bone mass density of a woman in her early thirties and a resting heart rate of 44. Not only that, but she has survived breast cancer for over twenty years and recovered from several accidents that have broken limbs and stopped her (temporarily) doing from what she loves best—keeping fit and being positive.

In Senior Fitness, the "other" Dr. Ruth demonstrates that the senior years don't have to filled with aches and pains. She shows how to dramatically reduce the risk of prostate cancer, varicose veins, osteoporosis, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, Alzheimer's, and a host of other ailments and diseases that can affect older people. Full of detailed medical information, Senior Fitness shows you how you can eat healthfully, stay fit, and maintain a positive and go-getting attitude to life, maintaining and even increasing physical and sexual fitness well into your latter decades. Part compendium of vital information for your vital signs and part inspiring handbook for taking control of your health and well-being, Senior Fitness is the perfect companion for all those seeking to make life after 60 full of life and dynamism.

Author Bio:Ruth Heidrich received her Ph.D. in Health Management in 1993 and is the author of A Race For Life (Lantern Books, 2000) and The Race For Life Cookbook. She is a certified fitness trainer and holds three world records for fitness for her age group at the renowned Cooper Clinic in Dallas, Texas. She still actively competes in marathons and triathlons, having won more than 800 trophies and medals since her diagnosis of breast cancer in 1982 at the age of 47. With Terry Shintani, M.D., she co-hosts the radio show "Nutrition & You" on KWAI-AM in Hawaii. She is the founding member and past president of the Vegetarian Society of Hawaii and past president of the Mid-Pacific Road Runners Club. She has won eight gold medals in the Senior Olympics in Hawaii, Arizona, and Nevada.

Wheat Free Worry Free or Living with Hepatitis C for Dummies

2009-01-12T23:48:00.000-08:00

Wheat-Free, Worry-Free: The Art of Happy, Healthy Gluten-Free Living

Author: Danna Korn

Wheat-Free, Worry-Free is a practical, comprehensive, and inspirational guide to living a wheat-free, gluten-free lifestyle. Millions of people are choosing to eliminate wheat and gluten from their diets due to medical conditions such as celiac disease (sprue), gluten intolerance, wheat allergies, and autoimmune disorders. Others believe that dietary intervention programs are effective in reducing or eliminating behaviors associated with autism, ADD, ADHD, and related syndromes. And yet still others are eliminating wheat or gluten from their diets for personal reasons.

Wheat-Free, Worry-Free answers the many questions that people have concerning the unique challenges faced by those on a wheat-free or gluten-free diet. It helps take the fear out of eating, and teaches and encourages people to deal with the wheat-free or gluten-free lifestyle in an optimistic yet realistic manner. Loaded with practical tips, recipes, menu suggestions, and ideas for traveling and eating out, it also delves into emotional issues, and the psychological implications of dietary restrictions.

This work includes extensive research on several medical conditions that require a wheat-free or gluten-free lifestyle; in-depth nutritional information; and a comprehensive, up-to-date Resource Directory that lists contact information for hundreds of companies providing products and services for those interested in exploring this diet. With its humorous, easy-to-read approach, Wheat-Free, Worry-Free is the perfect book for anyone interested in leading a happy, healthy, wheat-free, gluten-free life!

	Foreword	ix
	Acknowledgments	xi
	Introduction: Living and Loving the Wheat-Free/Gluten-Free Lifestyle	xiii
Part I	Is This Diet for You?	1
Chapter 1	Going Wheat-Free/Gluten-Free: Usually a Matter of Chance, Not Choice	3
Chapter 2	Digestion 101: Eating Isn't Supposed to Hurt	11
Chapter 3	Celiac Disease--Not You? You Might Want to Think Again	27
Chapter 4	Associated Conditions: Is Gluten Putting You at Risk?	53
Chapter 5	Wheat, Gluten, and Behavior: The Bagel Made Me Do It!	75
Chapter 6	Talking to Your Doctor: Discussing Diarrhea and Other Fates Worse Than Death	87
Chapter 7	Complementary Medicine: Unconventional Approaches Might Be Right for You	103
Part II	Weaning from Wheat and Bootin' Gluten: How, What, and Where to Eat	111
Chapter 8	What Can You Eat? Safe, Forbidden, and Questionable Ingredients	113
Chapter 9	Grains: Everything You Need to Know and Didn't Even Know to Ask	147
Chapter 10	Ready, Set, Shop! Preparing Your Kitchen and Stocking Your Shelves	161
Chapter 11	Menu Planning and Cooking: The Wheat-Free/Gluten-Free Chef	181
Chapter 12	Sumptuous Solutions for Special Diets: Recipes by Connie Sarros	199
Chapter 13	Venturing Out of the House: Restaurant Realities and Travel Tips	219
Part III	Wheat-Free Isn't Always Worry-Free: Dealing with the Emotions Behind the Diet	231
Chapter 14	Emotional Devotionals: Mastering the Ups and Downs of the Diet	233
Chapter 15	Deal with It, Don't Dwell on It: Lessons in Life(style)	247
Chapter 16	Family, Friends, and Strangers: Talking to Others about the Diet	263
Chapter 17	Kid Conundrums and Answers to the Rest of Your Questions	273
	Tech Talk: Medical, Nutritional, and Scientific Details	295
	Nutritional Requirements and the Wheat-Free/Gluten-Free Diet	297
	Diabetic and Wheat-Free/Gluten-Free: Carbohydrate Exchange Information	324
	Blood Tests for Celiac Disease	327
	Research Update: Wheat and Gluten May Be in Your Future	333
	Endnotes	341
	Advisors	343
	Resource Directory	349
	Index	375
	About the Author	393

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Living with Hepatitis C for Dummies (For Dummies Series)

Author: Gina Pollichino RN

A comprehensive, empathetic guide for anyone suffering from this serious liver disease

Approximately 4 million Americans and 170 million people worldwide suffer from hepatitis C, a viral liver disease that is treatable but not curable. It accounts for more than 40 percent of U.S. liver disease deaths–about 8,000 to 10,000 people annually–and is the most common reason for liver transplantation. This compassionate guide explains how hepatitis C affects the liver and the body and provides solid advice on today’s treatment options–from drugs (and their side effects) to transplants and alternative therapies–as well as tips on dealing with the emotional and financial burdens the disease brings with it.

Nina L Paul, PhD (New York, NY) earned her doctorate in infectious disease epidemiology and immunology from Yale University. She has researched viruses (human immunodeficiency virus and others) and the immune system.

Great Physicians RX for Weight Loss or The Book of Kimono

2009-01-12T14:46:00.000-08:00

Great Physician's RX for Weight Loss

Author: Jordan Rubin

Bestselling author Jordan Rubin, along with David Remedios, M.D., shows how to adopt the 7 Keys in The Great Physician's Rx for Health and Wellness to create a healthier lifestyle that leads naturally to weight loss.

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The Book of Kimono: The Complete Guide to Style and Wear

Author: Norio Yamanaka

This practical and attractive book makes available for the first time the basic knowledge and vocabulary needed to select and put on a kimono and obi.
Whether for women or men, all kimono are cut and sewn essentially from a single pattern, but a number of variations must be considered, depending on the occasion. Guidelines are given to making these choices, and the way to dress in a kimono, from the preliminaries to tieing the bustle sash, is described in detail and fully illustrated. For women, there are formal kimono, obi and accessories, and the lightweight summer yukata; for men, the yukata and the ceremonial ensemble of kimono, haori coat and hakama skirt. Children's kimono for festive events are also described.
Kimono fashions have evolved over the centuries in response to varied influences. Today modern innovations are making the wearing of kimono at home and elsewhere an attractive alternative to Western garments. These are included here, along with a discussion of aesthetics, the history of the kimono, and the meaning that kimono culture can have for wearers and admirers throughout the world.

Eat Drink and Weigh Less or Beyond the 120 Year Diet

2009-01-12T03:43:00.000-08:00

Eat, Drink, and Weigh Less: A Flexible and Delicious Way to Shrink Your Waist Without Going Hungry

Author: Mollie Katzen

From the dream team of Dr. Walter C. Willett , bestselling author of Eat, Drink and Be Healthy, and Mollie Katzen, author of the four million-copy bestselling Moosewood Cookbook, comes a new approach to weight loss...

Eat, Drink, and Weigh Less offers a medically sound, extremely effective program that shows people how they can lose weight by adding delicious food to their diet and making simple changes in what they eat throughout the day. It's flexible and adaptable -- and it really works. It features a powerful way to chart your progress called the Body Score. The more you raise your Body Score, the more you will lower your weight! A quiz at the beginning of the book helps readers determine their Body Score; the chapters that follow explain easy dietary and behavioral steps readers can take to improve their scores.

While the concept is simple, the science behind it is not. It represents years of top research conducted by Dr. Walter C. Willett, the head of Harvard School of Public Health's Department of Nutrition, including the famous Nurses' Health Study. This study scored each of its over 84,000 participants on food choices, exercise schedule, and body mass -- resulting in a number that accurately determined the nurses' risk of heart disease.

Now, for the first time, Dr. Willett has teamed up with mega-bestselling cookbook author Mollie Katzen to adapt a similar, much easier scoring system to create a user-friendly diet plan with fail-safe results. If you can raise your score, you will lower your weight -- all while eating delicious, easy-to-prepare foods.

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Beyond the 120 Year Diet: How to Double Your Vital Years

Author: Roy Walford MD

According to Dr. Roy Walford, there's no need for plastic surgery or obsessive exercising to escape the effects of time. He argues that longevity can be significantly increased by a diet that contains all the required nutrients but about a third fewer calories. In this completely revised edition of The 120 Year Diet, Dr. Walford explains - and backs up his explanation with laboratory evidence - why he believes that the anti-aging diet can preserve one's vital, productive years and extend the human life span to well beyond its present maximum. A perfect companion to the author's The Anti-Aging Plan, this book also includes 20 days of varied high-nutrition menus that contain fewer than 1,500 calories a day.

Happy Hours or Healing Power of Water

2009-01-11T17:42:00.000-08:00

Happy Hours: Alcohol in a Woman's Life

Author: Devon Jersild

When her sister lay in an emergency ward in an alcoholic stupor, author Devon Jersild was advised to cut herself off from her sister and prepare for her death. Unwilling to give up contact or hope, she set out to learn more about the ways women drink, and what they need to recover. In this important book, she not only explores the forces that influence a woman's drinking but also delivers a wake-up call to women who are in the dark about the effects of drinking. And the facts are startling:

Women get addicted to alcohol more quickly than men
At one drink a day, a woman's risk of breast cancer increases by 10%. At four drinks a day, her risk increases by as much as 40%
Female alcoholics are twice as likely to die as male alcoholics in the same age group—and male alcoholics die at three times the rate of the general population
Women alcoholics are more likely than male alcoholics to have a mental health disorder
The rate of alcoholics among girls and young women is rising.

Combining up-to-the-minute research culled from treatment specialists, physicians, scientific studies, therapists, and counselors with dramatic, true stories of women battling alcoholism, Happy Hours tells every woman what she needs to know about drinking—and tells it straight.

Robin Morgan

Female alcoholics endure greater censure than male alcoholics but receive less help; most treatments are structured for men, though women inhabit a different reality and their addictions can have markedly different causes (and cures. By adding sociocultural contexts of gender and race to psychological and physiological frameworks, Happy Hours is the most thorough exploration of this subject to date. These women's stories are profoundly moving, and Devon Jersild writes in a style at once scholarly yet accessible, unflinching yet compassionate, objective yet courageously personal. The result is a major contribution to our understanding of women, addictions, and the interaction between them.

Publishers Weekly

After a slow start filled with tedious statistics, this noteworthy examination of women and alcohol delivers compelling personal stories that illuminate previously neglected aspects of this devastating social problem. Jersild observes that, as for many other health-related issues, most research on and treatment for alcoholism have been based on male-only models. Alcoholics Anonymous, the most widespread (and, generally most respected) long-term sobriety program, was founded by and designed for "white, Protestant, mostly upper-middle-class men," says Jersild, a freelance writer. While its 12-step disease-model approach deliberately avoids cultural and gender-specific issues, Jersild points out many obstacles to recovery that, she claims, apply only or primarily to women. For example, she contends that the AA tenet of "accepting powerlessness" is based on the "assumption... that alcoholics are self-centered, self-aggrandizing and controlling," while women, Jersild asserts, more often have felt nothing but powerless in society and with their mates, and "need a recovery program that shores up their sense of self." Additionally, these women often have unique shame issues involving sexuality and may be victims of physical abuse. Motivated by "self-loathing," they need, she says, to focus on therapy for childhood traumas, gaining financial independence from men and caring for (and keeping custody of) their children. Jersild offers hope in the form of some treatment programs that are tailored to what she says are the specific needs of women, Native Americans and African-Americans. Agent, Elaine Markson. (Jan.) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

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Healing Power of Water

Author: Masaru Emoto

Caroline Myss, author of Sacred Contracts, calls Dr. Emoto, “magnificent…genius…His research in spiritual consciousness is positively masterful.”

This book will transform your world view. Dr. Masaru Emoto’s first book, The Hidden Message in Water, told about his discovery that crystals formed in frozen water revealed changes when specific, concentrated thoughts were directed toward them. He also found that water from clear springs and water that has been exposed to loving words showed brilliant, complex and colourful snowflake patters. In contrast, polluted water, or water exposed to negative though formed incomplete, asymmetrical patterns with dull colors.

The implications of this research creates a new awareness of how we can positively impact the Earth and our own personal world. This book takes you further and deeper into how you can affect your own personal healing by reading it.

The House on Beartown Road or Advanced First Aid Afloat

2009-01-11T08:40:00.000-08:00

The House on Beartown Road: A Memoir of Learning and Forgetting

Author: Elizabeth Cohen

In this beautiful book, Elizabeth Cohen gives us a true and moving portrait of the love and courage of a family.

Elizabeth, a member of the "sandwich generation"—people caught in the middle, simultaneously caring for their children and for their aging parents—is the mother of Ava and the daughter of Daddy, and responsible for both. Hers is the story of a woman's struggle to keep her family whole, to raise her child in a house of laughter and love, and to keep her father from hiding the house keys in his slippers.

In this story full of everyday triumphs, first steps, and elderly confusion, Ava, a baby, finds each new picture, each new word, each new song, something to learn greedily, joyfully. Daddy is a man in his twilight years for whom time moves slowly and lessons are not learned but quietly, frustratingly forgotten. Elizabeth, a suddenly single mother with a career and a mortgage and a hamper of laundry, finds her world spiraling out of control yet full of beauty. Faced with mounting disasters, she chooses to confront life head-on.

Written in wonderful prose and imbued with an unquenchable spirit, The House on Beartown Road takes us on a journey through the remarkable landscape that is family.

The New York Times

Instead of molding all this into 270 pages of scathing retribution or bitter self-pity, Cohen has written a frank, funny and unexploitative memoir. She is not shy about detailing her father's Alzheimer's, but she's equally intent on illuminating his dignity. Indeed, the disease's cruel habit of eating away at memory made her determined to understand better the man who now depends on her for his existence. And though she doesn't glamorize Alzheimer's, she's not blind to its occasional heartbreaking beauty. — Maggie Jones

The Washington Post

Cohen's perspective on this painful experience is clearsighted, and her choices were guided by love. Her memoir is a potent articulation of the ties between one generation and the next. — Jane Ciabattari

Publishers Weekly

In this moving yet unsentimental memoir, Cohen chronicles the year her aging father, Sanford, suffering from mid-to-late-stage Alzheimer's, came to live with her and her baby, Ava, in a New York State farmhouse. The three endure a cold winter, Ava's teething and the ravages of Alzheimer's. Sanford, a retired economics professor, retains his physical health while his mind deteriorates, a process Cohen-a Binghamton Press and Sun-Bulletin reporter-describes in detail and with compassion, even as he loses the ability to know her ("I am having something of a blackout. Perhaps you can remind me who you are?"). Ava learns to walk and talk while Sanford forgets how to climb stairs and struggles with his vocabulary (when he can't remember the word "water," he substitutes "the liquid substance from the spigot"). "Daddy walks around now this way, dropping pieces of language behind him, the baby following, picking them up." Naturally, life's difficult. Sanford misses his wife, who lives with Cohen's sister on the other side of the country; Cohen's husband abandons them early on and she struggles to find help from local social services. Even though "each day arches numerous times toward disaster," the trio survives, even thrives. Cohen takes pleasure in her daughter, outings in parks, friends' and neighbors' generosity and the "memory project"-her attempt to catalogue her father's stories from his childhood, war years in the Pacific and teaching career. With splashes of humor and occasional-and understandable-self-pity, Cohen's fluid prose lifts her forceful story to a higher level, making it a tribute to her father and her family. (Apr.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Cohen suddenly finds herself part of the "sandwich generation"-adults caring for their aging parents while simultaneously rearing their own children. Her situation is even more complicated: as an older mother, her own child is only nine months old at the time her father, diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, comes to live with her family and shortly after that her husband leaves. Cohen is a journalist in the nearby town, but the old farmhouse way out in the country, on Beartown Road, suddenly becomes more of a liability than a luxury. The author crafts a workable albeit chaotic environment out of the growing vocabulary and motor skills of her daughter, Ava, and the faltering neurological network and failing memory that is replacing the economics professor she calls Dad. What should be a terribly sad story becomes a testament to the power of familial love and responsibility. The many tragedies of Alzheimer's are offset by Cohen's indomitable spirit and a few triumphs along the way, all related in her eloquent prose. Bernadette Dunne is masterful at moving among Elizabeth, Ava, and Sanford Cohen; her reading elevates this memoir to a superlative listening experience. Highly recommended for all public libraries.-Gloria Maxwell, Penn Valley Community Coll., Kansas City, MO Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

Lyrical, gripping tale of the year Cohen's life went to hell. One minute she was living an idyll, lazing through her days as a rural-upstate New York reporter and nights in a secluded farmhouse with a loving husband and infant daughter; the next, her Alzheimer's-afflicted father had moved in, her husband had moved across the country to shack up with an 18-year-old, and winter buried the house in snow. Cohen and her youthful husband had been a Manhattan couple with an active social life. After the move to Beartown Road and Dad's appearance, her city sophistication was entirely irrelevant in the endless battle to keep her father and daughter fed, dry, and safe, to get through the winter without freezing to death (apparently a surprisingly easy thing to do in a civilized North American town), neglecting her family, or losing her job. Cohen takes what could be a self-indulgent sob story and turns it into the stuff of high adventure. When she lies to her father about the eldercare group he attends, telling him he is the group's teacher, the reader prays the fiction will hold so that she can go to work secure in the knowledge that he won't accidentally burn the house down while smoking unattended. When neighbors plow her driveway after big snowfalls, we're swept with gratitude for the author's sake. Cohen frames the whole of her messy, absorbing year in the framework of how we learn and forget. As her daughter gains words, her father loses them. As her daughter acquires motor skills, her father stumbles. As she describes the waxing of her daughter's personality and the waning of her father's, the fact he cannot remember her name or learn her daughter's, Cohen manages never to resort tosentimentality. The adventure and peril of everyday living captured in language that's light, beautiful, and razor-sharp. Agent: David Black

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Advanced First Aid Afloat

Author: Peter F Eastman

Over the years since its first publication in 1972, more than 25,000 bluewater sailors have looked to this book when injury or illness struck at sea. Virtually every accident or ailment that might happen when professional medical care is unavailable is squarely faced and dealt with, using layman's language and step-by-step instructions that allay panic and calmly take the reader from diagnosis, through treatment, to followup care. The book has been revised for this fourth edition to include the latest methods of treatment and the most appropriate modern drugs and dosages.

Diagrams inside the front and back covers quickly point the reader to the section of the book that should be consulted. Each section starts with a short account of a possible accident or sickness that might occur on a voyage, and then lists the primary steps to be taken by the caregiver. Photographs and diagrams accompany many of the descriptions of procedures. If further treatment is required when the ship reaches the shore, this is also listed.

There are separate chapters devoted to preparing a crew and the boat's medical chest for long cruises, including lists of drugs for which you will need a prescription. A number of chapters deal with children, whose needs are often unique.

Booknews

First published in 1972, this indispensable handbook addresses virtually every accident or ailment that might occur when professional medical help is unavailable at sea, with clear instructions in layman's language on the best course of action to take. This new edition includes updated methods of treatment and the most appropriate drugs and dosages. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Menopause the Natural Way or Strength Training Deck

2009-01-10T20:39:00.000-08:00

Menopause the Natural Way

Author: Molly Sipl

Make menopause a change for the better!

Are you entering menopause? Would you like to be prepared for it when it arrives? Whether the change of life is upon you or years away, now is the best time to find out all you can about this natural life process. The more you know, the better you can take care of yourself. And the healthier you are, the easier your menopause is likely to be.

Written by two authorities in complementary medicine and women’s health issues, Menopause the Natural Way is a compassionate guide that combines mainstream and alternative medical approaches into a simple, six-step program that helps you create a healthy and empowering passage through menopause. You’ll learn about:

• Using a journal as a valuable tool for managing your menopause

• Nutrition and menopause–foods and vitamins for your body’s changing needs

• Using herbs to balance your body and to treat and reverse symptoms

• Pleasurable exercises proven to reduce menopause symptoms and promote health–from yoga and tai chi to aerobic and weight-bearing routines

• Managing stress known to trigger menopause symptoms

• Rebalancing your hormones through natural and medical hormone therapy

Uniquely created from a woman’s perspective, Menopause the Natural Way offers you a supportive, natural, noninvasive way to manage your menopause while feeling great.

Introduction.
Welcome to Menopause.
Signs of Menopause.
Creating a Healthy and Empowering Passage through Menopause: Getting Started On the Six-Step Healthy Menopause Program.
Step 1: Nutrients and Menopause--Vitamins, Minerals, and Special Nutrients.
Step 2: Diet and Menopause--The Way to Eat.
Step 3: Herbs and Menopause.
Step 4: Exercise and Menopause.
Step 5: Stress Management and Menopause.
Step 6: Hormone Replacement Therapy.
Staying Healthy as You Age.
Glossary.
Sources.
Resources.
Index.

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Strength Training Deck

Author: Joan Pagano

Shape up without bulking up, and get a strong, feminine body, in the gym or at home. The Strength Training for Women Deck includes workouts that will boost your metabolism, so you can burn calories even when not working out. The information in this deck is clear and concise. It combines straightforward information with a fresh, clean design in a portable, easy-to-access format.

Floral Acupuncture or The Bloodless Revolution

2009-01-10T10:37:00.000-08:00

Floral Acupuncture: Applying the Flower Essences of Dr. Bach to Acupuncture Sites

Author: Deborah Craydon

DEBORAH CRAYDON is a flower essence practitioner and the president of Flora Corona, a producer of Californian and Hawaiian flower essences, gem elixirs, and light elixirs. She lives with her family in Mount Shasta, California.
WARREN BELLOWS is a licensed acupuncturist and has a private practice where he has a studenttraining program. He lives in Sebastopol, California.

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The Bloodless Revolution: A Cultural History of Vegetarianism from 1600 to Modern Times

Author: Tristram Stuart

"Magnificently detailed and wide-ranging."—Steven Shapin, The New Yorker

Hailed by critics on both sides of the Atlantic, The Bloodless Revolution is a pioneering history of puritanical revolutionaries, European Hinduphiles, and visionary scientists who embraced radical ideas from the East and conspired to overthrow Western society's voracious hunger for meat. At the heart of this compelling history are the stories of John Zephaniah Holwell, survivor of the Black Hole of Calcutta, and John Stewart and John Oswald, who traveled to India in the eighteenth century, converted to the animal-friendly tenets of Hinduism, and returned to Europe to spread the word. Leading figures of the Enlightenment—among them Rousseau, Voltaire, and Benjamin Franklin—gave intellectual backing to the vegetarians, sowing the seeds for everything from Victorian soup kitchens to contemporary animal rights and environmentalism.

Spanning across three centuries with reverberations to our current world, The Bloodless Revolution is a stunning debut from a young historian with enormous talent and promise, "draw[ing] the different strands of the subject together in a way that has never been done before" (Keith Thomas, author of Man and the Natural World). 24 pages of illustrations.

The Washington Post - Mark Kurlansky

Tristram Stuart's thought-provoking book is not a global history of this taboo. Instead, it revolves around the vegetarian movement that began in 17th-century England -- the name first came into use in the 1840s -- and that remains strong today. But there is nothing narrow about the author's focus. Both scholarly and entertaining, The Bloodless Revolution is a huge feast of ideas -- ideas from India and France and America, from ancient Greece and Thoreau and Emerson, from Rousseau, Hobbes, the Kabbalah, the Old Testament, Descartes and Darwin, to name just a few of the better-known sources that weigh in on the meatless diet.

Publishers Weekly

The word "vegetarian" wasn't coined until the 1840s, but Stuart's magisterial social history demonstrates how deeply seated the vegetarian impulse has been in Western culture since the 17th century. Thinkers such as Francis Bacon and Thomas Bushell contended that a vegetarian diet provided a key not only to long life but also to spiritual perfection: God had permitted Adam and Eve to eat only plants, fruits and seeds, and doing so could restore humankind to Edenic wholeness with nature. Seventeenth- and 18th-century travelers to India introduced the Hindu idea of ahimsa (the preservation of all life) as an ideal for a slaughter-free society. Stuart follows the development of vegetarianism through its Romantic proponents Shelley and Rousseau and on into the 19th century, when doctors proffered scientific evidence that human teeth and intestines were more similar to those of herbivores than of carnivores. Looking at literary culture, Stuart notes that Samuel Richardson, Mary Shelley and Jane Austen included vegetarian characters in their novels. Stuart offers a masterful social and cultural history of a movement that changed the ways people think about the food they eat. 24 pages of color illus., b&w illus. throughout. (Jan.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Kristin Whitehair - Library Journal

In his first book, historian and freelance writer Stuart explores the advocacy of vegetarianism by numerous individuals and groups in the West from 1600 to the present. Examining various vegetarian practices, he identifies common trends and beliefs while doing important work in highlighting connections between vegetarian advocates and political and social trends. Stuart also profiles influential individuals in the movement, providing historical context; for example, he thoroughly examines the beliefs and impact of 18th-century British vegetarian George Cheyne. Overall, this work is extensively researched and includes detailed descriptions of ideological arguments advocating vegetarianism. Though Stuart himself does not aim to promote vegetarianism, a pro-vegetarian viewpoint is evident throughout. With 24 pages of color illustrations; suitable for undergraduate and graduate readers.

Kirkus Reviews

An epic of non-carnivorous restraint. Stuart, a young British scholar, offers portraits of often little-known figures who would not eat anything with a mother or a face, and he blends these character studies with smart analyses of historical trends and the transmission of ideas. The earliest vegetarians in this account, from the 17th century, were mostly driven by religious ideas, though often with a strong scientific bent. For instance, Thomas Bushell, a disciple of the natural philosopher Francis Bacon, reasoned that, according to the Bible, humans lived to be 900 years old until after the Flood, when God gave them permission to eat meat, after which they started dying off at age 70; logic demanded that vegetarians therefore could live, if not to 900, to at least some greater age. To Judeo-Christian religious impulses, complicated by widespread contact with Hindu and other Indian ideas after the 17th century, were added ethical and proto-ecological arguments, with some maintaining that it was simply wrong to eat things that demonstrably had consciousness, and that creating feed for livestock was a wanton waste of natural resources. All these arguments are with us today, Stuart notes. Along the way, he identifies founding fathers of the self-help movement, including perhaps the first diet doctor in history. He looks into the ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, moved by the rigor of Linnean science to argue that because women had only two breasts, as compared to, say, a wolf's many teats, our kind is likely not innately carnivorous: "Breasts," writes Stuart, "were not just symbols of gentle nourishment and innocence, they bore scientific testimony to humanity's original herbivorous nature."And he examines the effects of Darwinian theory on various strains of vegetarian thought, one of them the ideology propounded by Adolf Hitler, who seems to have thought that eating meat could "purify" him of any Jewishness flowing through his veins. Culinary and cultural history intertwined: readable, and endlessly interesting.

List of Illustrations     ix
Acknowledgements     xv
Introduction     xvii
Grass Roots
Bushell's Bushel, Bacon's Bacon and The Great Instauration     3
John Robins: The Shakers' God     15
Roger Crab: Levelling the Food Chain     26
Pythagoras and the Sages of India     39
'This proud and troublesome Thing, called Man': Thomas Tryon, the Brahmin of Britain     60
John Evelyn: Salvation in a Salad     78
The Kabbala Stripped Naked     89
Men should be Friends even to Brute Beasts: Isaac Newton and the Origins of Pagan Theology     97
Atheists, Deists and the Turkish Spy     115
Meatless Medicine
Dieting with Dr Descartes     131
Tooth and Nail: Pierre Gassendi and the Human Appendix     138
The Mitre and the Microscope: Philippe Hecquet's Catholic Fast Food     151
Dr Cheyne's Sensible Diet     163
Clarissa's Calories     181
Rousseau and the Bosoms of Nature     194
The Counter-Vegetarian Mascot: Pope's Happy Lamb     215
Antonio Cocchi and the Cure for Scurvy     227
The Sparing Diet: Scotland's Vegetarian Dynasty     236
Romantic Dinners
Diet and Diplomacy: EatingBeef in the Land of the Holy Cow     259
John Zephaniah Holwell: Voltaire's Hindu Prophet     275
The Cry of Nature: Killing in the Name of Animal Rights in the French Revolution     295
The Marquis de Valady faces the Guillotine     313
Bloodless Brothers     331
John 'Walking' Stewart and the Utility of Death     347
To Kill a Cat: Joseph Ritson's Politics of Atheism     361
Shelley and The Return to Nature     372
The Malthusian Tragedy: Feeding the World     399
Epilogue. Vegetarianism and the Politics of Ecology: Thoreau, Gandhi and Hitler     418
Abbreviations     448
Bibliography     450
Notes     518
Index     608

Botanical Safety Handbook or Underage and Overweight

2009-01-09T23:36:00.000-08:00

Botanical Safety Handbook: Guidelines for the Safe Use and Labeling for Herbs in Commerce

Author: Michael McGuffin

The consumption of herbal products continues to increase, with anestimated sales growth of 10-15% per year projected through the end of the 1990s. As more and more consumers use herbs, it becomes that much more important to ensure that the herbs are used properly and safely.

While herbs generally have a safe consumption history, information relevant to specific herbs and particular populations has not been easily available. The Botanical Safety Handbook provides readily accessible safety data in an easy-to-use classification system for more than 600 commonly sold herbs. The handbook also features additional information regarding international regulatory status, standard dosage, and certain common toxicity concerns. The editors of this book are among the most respected leaders in the herbal products industry.

Their experience includes years of clinical practice, manufacturing and industry governance, and significant writing and lecturing about herbs.

The Botanical Safety Handbook is for manufacturers of herbal products, health professionals who prescribe herbal remedies, and the consumer. This is a valuable resource for the safe dispensation of herbal products, and will help ensure the safe consumption of herbs through the 1990s and beyond.

Booknews

Provides readily accessible safety data for some 600 commonly sold herbs. Plants are listed by genus, with alternate names and common names included. Each entry lists the part of the plant used and what it is commonly used for, its active ingredient(s), its safety classification, a notice regarding possible dangers, and additional notes. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Underage and Overweight: America's Childhood Obesity Epidemic--What Every Parent Needs to Know

Author: Frances M Berg

New paperback version of the acclaimed study on childhood obesity.

May 11, 2004 - New York Times

Offers much valuable advice on how parents and communities can address the problem.

Aug 2004 - Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Informative, easy-to-read ... provides useful tips for developing healthy habits ... while challenging parents... Presents a new perspective on how to solve the obesity crisis along with the tools needed to develop wellness in children of all sizes.

March 2004 - Contemporary Pediatrics

Clearly written ... Covers a range of useful information ... the root causes of obesity ... the lure and danger of fad diets and other quick-fix solutions... Sets up a seven-step guide to maintaining healthy weight.

Doody Reviews

I found the overall practical presentation in this book very helpful...The information on anorexia and bulimia is very good. Targets nutritionists and providers, but it also would be useful for parents.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Ann M McCarthy, PhD (C), MSN, BSN, (Northern Navajo Medical Center)
Description: This book provides a good overview of all key aspects of childhood obesity: underactivity, overeating, anorexia, and bulimia. The 7-step program is very useful and simple with good applicability.
Purpose: The purpose is to present a practical method of intervening in order to address childhood obesity on an individual level. There clearly is a need for this approach and the book meets its objectives.
Audience: The author targets nutritionists and providers, but it also would be useful for parents because it is simply written. The author is credible in her knowledge of the subject matter.
Features: An overview of obesity and its causes is presented, followed by the 7-step program. The information on anorexia and bulimia is very good and the 7-step program is presented in a simple way.
Assessment: As someone in a busy pediatric practice who has limited time to offer education during the course of a clinic visit, but who sees many children with this problem, I found the overall practical presentation in this book very helpful.

Library Journal

The obesity epidemic among children and teens has been a major news topic. With its psychosocial and health consequences-as well as the intense pressure to be slim-it is no wonder that parents struggle to cope with their children's weight issues. Berg, a nutritionist specializing in weight control, has written a reassuring, practical book that will help both parents and children lead healthier lives. She analyzes the current data and the diets that many people follow. While admitting that many Americans lead less active lives than they should and consume too much fat and sugar, she notes that most dieters fail and end up weighing more than they did before dieting. She suggests that, since people come in a variety of shapes and sizes, parents should accept this and embark, along with their children, on a healthy lifestyle that includes exercise and eating a variety of foods in moderation. A sensible diet, appropriate exercise, and a positive body image will help all children lead happy, healthy lives. Berg's positive, encouraging tone is a refreshing response to more alarmist titles like Eric Schlosser's scathing Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, Greg Critser's Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World, and popular fad diet books that urge people to lose weight immediately via drastic diet changes. Highly recommended.-Barbara M. Bibel, Oakland P.L., CA Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

The Little Book of Quick Fixes for Eco Conscious Cleaning or Working Alone

2009-01-09T14:35:00.000-08:00

The Little Book of Quick Fixes for Eco Conscious Cleaning

Author: Bridget Bodoano

In this handy book of instant cleaning fixes, Bridget Bodoano details all the essential kit needed ? and how to use it ? to keep homes looking spic and span. Whether it's a speedy flick round with a duster before the dinner guests arrive, a regular weekend clean-up, or a full-on cleaning blitz, this book gives the lowdown on all those useful short-cuts and tricks to make cleaning less of a time-consuming chore.

Working Alone: Tips and Techniques for Solo Building

Author: John Carroll

-- Discusses all aspects of laying foundations, raising walls, and more for small or one-person crews

Library Journal

Carpenters will be enthusiastic about both these new efforts. Together they make a complete package for anyone interested in building. Spence has produced a hefty textbook-style guide to carpentry that covers the entire process of building from planning through finishing. The scope is impressive--704 pages and 2300 black-and-white photographs and drawings, building codes, foundations, framing, doors and windows, exterior finishing, cabinet construction, and tools. Newer techniques, such as steel framing and popular trends, like post-and-beam construction, are covered in separate sections. The comprehensive safety section is outstanding. Many of the processes are way beyond the comfort zone of the average do-it-yourselfer; however, there is something here for everyone, beginner to expert. Most do-it-yourselfers have encountered jobs where they could have used three or four hands; Carroll, a solo homebuilder, has come to their rescue with a slim volume that shows many of the tricks he uses to safely and efficiently complete work on his own. Readers who have completed projects will be suprised at how much easier their projects would have been had they known Carroll's techniques. Using straightforward text and line-drawings, he shares a variety of tips and labor-saving techniques for masonry, framing, siding installation, measuring, and hanging drywall. He shows how to cope with problems such as the collapse of the overextended tape measure. There really isn't anything else like this book on the market. Spence's title will get greater use in the library because it is a more general reference title; but both are excellent and will appeal to both do-it-yourselfers and professionals. Recommended for larger public library collections.--Jonathan N. Hershey, Akron-Summit Cty. P.L., Akron, OH Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Infant Care or Teach Only Love

2009-01-09T02:33:00.000-08:00

Infant Care (Quamut)

Author: Quamut

Quamut is the fastest, most convenient way to learn how to do almost anything. From tasting wine to managing your retirement accounts, Quamut gives you reliable information in a concise chart format that you can take anywhere. Quamut charts are:

Authoritative: Written by experts in their field so you have the most reliable information available.
Clear: Our explanations take you step-by-step through everything from performing CPR to threading a needle.
Concise: You’ll learn just what you need to know—no more, no less.
Precise: Quamut charts include detailed text, photos, and illustrations to show you exactly how to do just about anything.
Portable: Your know-how goes with you wherever your projects lead.

A new bundle of joy! Now what?

Nothing in life is as miraculous, or as overwhelming, as a new baby. Make the transition home easy and comfortable, both for your little one and yourself, by knowing how to:

Buy the supplies you need and babyproof your home in advance
Feed, breastfeed, bathe, dress, change, and hold your baby
Address common infant health issues and recognize more serious ones

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Teach Only Love: The 12 Principles of Attitudinal Healing

Author: Gerald G Jampolsky

In 1975, Jerry Jampolsky cofounded the Center for Attitudinal Healing in Tiburon, California, where people with life-threatening illnesses practice peace of mind as an instrument of transformation. Based on the healing power of love and forgiveness, the 12 principles developed at the center, and explained in this book, embrace the idea that total giving and total acceptance are crucial to the healing process and that attitudinal healing can lead to harmony, joy, and life without fear.

The Handbook of Posttraumatic Growth Research and Practice or Cosmetic Formulation of Skin Care Products

2009-01-08T17:32:00.000-08:00

The Handbook of Posttraumatic Growth Research and Practice

Author: Lawrence G Calhoun

Posttraumatic growth is an area in which investigations are now being undertaken in many different parts of the world. The view that individuals can be changed--sometimes in radically good ways--by their struggle with trauma is ancient and widespread. However, the systematic focus by scholars and clinicians on the possibilities for growth from the struggle with crisis is relatively recent. There are now a growing number of studies and scholarly papers on the antecedents, correlates, and consequences of posttraumatic growth, and there are also theoretical models that can help guide the research further. It is clear, however, that this phenomenon is not yet well understood.

The Handbook of Posttraumatic Growth: Research and Practice provides both clinicians and researchers with a comprehensive and up-to-date view of what has been done so far. In addition, it uses the foundations of what has been done to provide suggestions for the next useful steps to take in understanding posttraumatic growth. The book offers contributions of important and influential scholars representing a wide array of perspectives of posttraumatic growth. This volume serves as an impetus for additional work, both in the academic aspects and in the possibilities for clinical applications of posttraumatic growth.

This Handbook will appeal to students, practitioners, and researchers working in a broad array of disciplines and human services.

1	The foundations of posttraumatic growth : an expanded framework	1
2	Relationships between posttraumatic growth and resilience : recovery, resistance, and reconfiguration	24
3	Measurement issues in assessing growth following stressful life experiences	47
4	Re-storying loss : fostering growth in the posttraumatic narrative	68
5	Schema-change perspectives on posttraumatic growth	81
6	Posttraumatic growth and other outcomes of major loss in the context of complex family lives	100
7	Spirituality : a pathway to posttraumatic growth or decline?	121
8	Posttraumatic growth after cancer	138
9	Bereavement and posttraumatic growth	176
10	Posttraumatic growth after war	197
11	Positive changes attributed to the challenge of HIV/AIDS	214
12	Posttraumatic growth in disaster and emergency work	225
13	Growing out of ashes : posttraumatic growth among Holocaust child survivors	248
14	Resilience and posttraumatic growth in children	264
15	Expert companions : posttraumatic growth in clinical practice	291
16	The link between posttraumatic growth and forgiveness : an intuitive truth	311
17	Posttraumatic growth and psychotherapy	334
18	Resilience and posttraumatic growth : a constructive narrative perspective	355

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Cosmetic Formulation of Skin Care Products

Author: Zoe Diana Draelos

Specifically written to meet the needs of the cosmetic chemist and engineer, this reference outlines the latest technologies and issues pertinent to the development novel skin care products including advances in formulation and development, raw materials and active ingredients, compound testing, and clinical assessment. Organized by product category, then by body application area, this guide supplies all one needs to know to create effective skin care products for men and women in a diverse range of ethnic populations.

Fit Pregnancy For Dummies or Redeeming the Past

2009-01-08T06:30:00.000-08:00

Fit Pregnancy For Dummies

Author: Catherine Cram MS

Are you intrigued by the idea of working out during pregnancy, but think it can’t be safe? Are you unsure how the words fit and pregnancy actually make sense in the same sentence? If so, you’ve come to the right place. This easy-to-follow guide shows you how you can be fit and pregnant, whether you’re new to exercise or have been working out for years, and whether you’re in your second week of pregnancy or your 32nd.

Fit Pregnancy For Dummies is for you if you’re pregnant, if you’re thinking about becoming pregnant, and You want to be as fit and healthy as you can be — whatever your current fitness level — without in any way jeopardizing your health or the health of your baby. This guide gives you the straight facts on:

• Staying safe when you exercise

• Developing a plan with your health provider

• Choosing the right equipment

• Modifying your routine for each trimester

• Eating well for nine months and beyond

From yoga and swimming to weight training, aerobics, and much more, you’ll see how to get started with a fun, step-by-step fitness routine that will make your entire pregnancy easier to manage. Postpartum expert and prenatal fitness class instructor Catherine Cram and fitness expert Tere Stouffer Drenth give you the scoop on the activities that work best for pregnant women and how to set up a routine that works best for you. You’ll understand how a fit pregnancy helps you with delivery and postpartum shape-up. Plus, you get expert advice on activities to avoid, eating well, and stayingmotivated during and after your pregnancy, as well as:

• Dressing comfortably for your workout

• Warming up and stretching to increase flexibility and avoid injury

• Modifying your exercise routine

• Staying fit after giving birth

• Finding the time for exercise and motherhood

Complete with special tips on exercising indoors, staying motivated, getting your family hooked on fitness, and helping your child grow up healthy and fit, Fit Pregnancy For Dummies is the key to exercising safely and staying fit throughout your pregnancy and beyond!

Book review: Contabilidade financeira e Administrativa

Redeeming the Past: Recovering from the Memories that Cause Our Pain

Author: David A Seamands

The memory is a complex function that's often at the center of deep-rooted emotional problems. The memory is also where the Holy Spirit can begin the healing process. A great resource for anyone.

Chapter 1	The Mystery of Memory	7
Chapter 2	What Is Healing of Memories?	21
Chapter 3	Why Do Some Memories Need Healing?	31
Chapter 4	Creating the Atmosphere for Healing	41
Chapter 5	Biblical Foundations for Memory Healing	59
Chapter 6	Indications for the Healing of Memories	77
Chapter 7	Distorted Concepts of God	93
Chapter 8	Difficulties from the Distortions about God	105
Chapter 9	Preparing the Prayer Time	123
Chapter 10	Conducting the Prayer Time	139
Chapter 11	Healing Memories of Sexual Traumas	163
Chapter 12	Follow-up, Cautions, and Conclusions	181

	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

1	Introduction	1
2	Is weight loss surgery right for you?	3
3	Weight loss surgery procedures : what you need to know	44
4	Navigating the system	61
5	What to expect after surgery	81

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Health Basics or Losing 100 Pounds Naturally

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

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The Healthy Guide to Unhealthy Living or Better Back

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Belleza universal or YMCA Healthy Back Book

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Feel Good: Little Changes to Simplify Your Complicated Life

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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

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Atkins Diabetes Revolution or Psychobiology of Physical Activity

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

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Healing Yoga: The Panchatattva Way

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Cultivating the Energy of Life

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The Ethical Use of Touch in Psychotherapy

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