Weight Control Books

Good Carb Meals in Minutes or My Loved One Is Dying

2009-12-05T19:07:00.000-08:00

Good-Carb Meals in Minutes: A Three-Stage Plan to Permanent Weight Loss

Author: Linda Gassenheimer

People have realized that to lose weight you don't have to cut out carbs completely. Linda Gassesheimer, an experienced nutritionist and health writer, not only offers you fantastic meals containing good carbs, but also handy hints on ingredients, shopping lists and helpful advice.

New interesting textbook: Marketing or Business Etiquette

My Loved One Is Dying

Author: John E Biegert

For times that call for contemplation or prayer, for times of difficulty or worry, for times of joy and happiness, for special occasions or special events, these booklets can help you find the rights words, the meaningful thought, the comforting reflection. For the cost of a greeting card, each Looking Up booklet provides 24 pages of insight, wisdom, meditation, direction, comfort, and prayer. Useful booklet for pastors and caregivers, or from friend to friend. Looking Up conveys caring in exceptional ways.

Keys to Parenting the Child with Autism or Ask a Nurse

2009-12-04T14:56:00.000-08:00

Keys to Parenting the Child with Autism

Author: Marlene Targ Brill

Autism is a developmental disorder that affects a child's communication, behavior, and social skills. This new edition has been updated to reflect current trends and technologies used in diagnosing and treating autism. Parents will find balanced and up-to-date information on therapy, education, health care, and other areas. Books in Barron's easy-to-read series of Parenting Keys contain advice and information on a wide range of child-related subjects, written by experts in psychology, physical health, education, and social and personal development. Parenting Keys help parents raise healthy, happy, productive, and well-adjusted children in the demanding contemporary environment.

PART ONE—UNDERSTANDING AUTISM
What Is the Child with Autism Like?
Diagnosing the Signs
What Causes Autism?
How Young Children Develop
Development with Autism
Mental Abilities
Why Be Informed?
PART TWO—ADJUSTING TO A CHILD WITH AUTISM
Dealing with Your Feelings
You and Your Partner
Sisters and Brothers
Making Each Family Member Special
A Note to Grandparents
Dealing with Other Family, Friends, and Strangers
PART THREE—FAMILY SUPPORTS
Building a Support System
Searching for Professional Support
Respite and Day Care
Deciding to Have Another Child
Working with the Medical Community
PART FOUR—THE TOTAL CHILD
Your Child's Overall Health
Diet, Medications, and Vitamins
Helping Your Young Child Progress
Behavior Management
Treatments and Trends
PART FIVE—YOUR CHILD AT SCHOOL
Your Child's Legal Right to Education
Parent Rights
School Assessment
Individualized Plans
Early Intervention and Preschool
Motivate Your Child to Learn
Is Inclusion the Best Choice?
Communication
PART SIX—YOUR CHILD GROWING OLDER
Developing Acceptable Interests
Friendships
Adolescence and Sexuality
Thinking Ahead
Work Options
Housing
Government Financial Aid
Financial and Estate Planning
Maintaining a Healthy Distance
Questions and Answers
Glossary
APPENDIX
Developmental Symptoms of Autism
What Others Want to Know About Your Child
Tips to Encourage Sleep and Toilet Routines
Suggested Reading
Resources
Index

Interesting book: Sex Health and Long Life or Chasing Life

Ask a Nurse: From Home Remedies to Hospital Care

Author: American Association of Colleges of Nursing

Hands-on help from the

experts on the front lines

Whether you call your doctor's office with a problem, make a visit, or are treated in a hospital, chances are a nurse will answer your questions, skillfully directing you to the care you need. That's because nurses provide more hands-on care than any other health care professional. Ask a Nurse draws on the collective expertise of more than 550 nursing schools and 100 practicing nurses nationwide to bring you treatment advice for a wide range of physical complaints, from acne to heartburn to wheezing. This exhaustive resource includes

A comprehensive A-to-Z directory that answers questions about common ailments
Separate sections on health issues unique to men, women, and children
A complete guide to consumer rights

Plus advice on choosing a reliable pharmacist, putting together a home medical kit, making a hospital stay more comfortable, and more!

Every piece of advice was written by dedicated professionals who spend their days either caring for patients or training other nurses how to do so. They can tell you what works and what doesn't; when you need a doctor's care and what you can treat yourself. There is no better resource for practical health advice, so go ahead, ask a nurse!

Nine Day Inner Cleansing and Blood Wash for Renewed Youthfulness and Health or Diagnosis Autism

2009-12-03T10:45:00.000-08:00

Nine-Day Inner Cleansing and Blood Wash for Renewed Youthfulness and Health

Author: I E Gaumont

Here, says the author, is a guide for those people all over the world who are afflicted with crippling arthritis, degenerative diabetes, and a host of other serious diseases and common ailments. He reports that this guide to healthful living contains all of the latest discoveries and therapies by doctors, scientists, and nutritionists which can bring you relief from aches and pains, and in many cases a complete recovery from illness!

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Diagnosis Autism: Now What?

Author: Lawrence P Kaplan

Diagnosis Autism: Now What? presents ten crucial steps, which enables parents and others who care for children with Autism to improve treatment results for the child. The material covers everything from monitoring a child's development to the process of decision-making with the entire treatment intervention team. From choosing a primary care physician to negotiating a partnership with the doctor, this book explains the crucial importance of intensive early education and how to find the resources and help currently available.

Midwest Book Review

Diagnosis Autism: Now What? 10 Steps to Improve Treatment Outcomes is a guide written particularly for parents confronted with the unique challenges of raising an autistic child. Each of the ten steps is discussed and supported with the latest research and understanding of the nature of autism and successful means of treating it with the aid of a physician. Diagnosis Autism focuses above all on cultivating a strong family-physician bond in the best interests of an autistic child; thus the steps range from 'Monitor and Chart Your Child's Development' and 'Organize Information for Physician Interview' to 'Formulate Questions for Physician Appointment', 'Initiate Treatment and Program Approaches', 'Listen and Be Open Minded', and 'Review, Negotiate & Follow Through'. Diagnosis Autism is not a complete instructional manual on autism and how to treat it, but rather focuses upon the most difficult and challenging issues that parents and physicians have to deal with, and the common situations and misunderstandings that can crop up over sensitive issues. Highly recommended for families with an autistic child or adolescent member.

Library Journal

Kaplan (executive director, Special Abilities Inc.), himself the parent of an autistic child, promotes strong connections between parents of autistic children and their physicians for the sake of both early diagnosis and monitoring the child's progress. To that end, he prescribes ten steps, including preparation, research, intervention, and negotiation, but fails to provide information that would make this book truly useful to parents. For example, while one section features a list of therapies along with brief descriptions, it does not contain any qualitative discussion or generally accepted outcomes. The section on research is especially weak, lacking any valuable information specific to researching autism on the Internet, let alone in print. Hampered by too general information, this is not recommended. For a better single-volume work on autism, see journalist Mitzi Waltz's Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Understanding the Diagnosis and Getting Help.-Corey Seeman, Univ. of Toledo Libs. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Feed Your Kids Bright or The Female Athletes Body

2009-12-02T06:34:00.000-08:00

Feed Your Kids Bright

Author: Francine Princ

Raise your child's I.Q. to its inherent potential and dramatically improve school performance. Here's the revolutionary eating plan that shows you how. Delight your kids with more than 80 "bright" recipes.

For every parent, the revolutionary new eating plans in Feed Your Kids Bright will help turn problem kids around, transform dull kids to bright kids and bright kids to brighter kids. It supplies all the nutrients essential to kids' peak brainpower from preconception through pregnancy and breastfeeding and up to adolescence. Based on a unique list of The 265 Best Foods for Kids' Brains, it features inspired recipes for healthful versions of the junk foods kids love: burgers, frozen dinners, chicken nuggets, ice cream, thick shakes, and many, many more. Best of all, you don't have to make separate meals for the kids, since this ingenious—and utterly delicious—eating plan is as right for adults as it's bright for kids.

Publishers Weekly

Cerebral allergens, preclinical pellagra, brain ``brown out,'' goitrogens: it's enough to turn any parent's blood cold. Can the ``wrong'' foods hurt a child's brain? Can the ``right'' foods increase an IQ? Readers should proceed with caution through this minefield of sensational, suggestive material aimed at anxious parents who are determined to raise the smartest kid on the block. The Princes (he's a biochemist; they both write diet books) warn that ``your child could become hyperactive'' from salicylates that, purportedly, sharply reduce the amounts of vitamin C as well as other nutrients in children's brains. The authors discuss a child whose violent temper tantrums were traced to a lack of zinc. Does that mean every child's tantrums are caused by zinc deficiency? If children are badly nourished, their IQ rises when they eat proper food, as Head Start and other programs prove, but that doesn't mean a basically healthy child will also gain 35 points with an improved diet, as the authors imply. The Princes present important research, a sensible diet plan and lots of nutritious recipes, all of which are highly commendable. But the premise of their work remains specious and questionable although undoubtedly marketable. Better Homes and Gardens Book Club and Prentice-Hall Book Clubs alternates; author tour. (February)

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The Female Athlete's Body: How to Prevent and Treat Sports Injuries in Women and Girls

Author: Gloria Beim

The first authoritative guide for keeping female athletes healthy and injury free

Women's and girls' participation in sports grows exponentially every year, and everyone knows that women's bodies are constructed differently from men's, yet there have been no books on sports injury and health specific to a female athlete's needs.

Until now.

In The Female Athlete's Body Book, Dr. Gloria Beim--orthopedic surgeon, physician for the U.S. National Track Cycling Team, and accomplished athlete--presents the first authoritative sourcebook for every female athlete who wants to get in the game and stay there. She provides sound advice on an array of concerns including:

How to minimize injury while enhancing sports performance
Nutrition and training for top performance and lifelong health
The specific needs of younger, pregnant, and mature athletes
How to fight menstrual problems, bone loss, and eating disorders
What to do when an injury occurs

Gloria Beim, M.D. is an orthopedic surgeon and a physician for the U.S. National Track Cycling Team. She has been widely published in professional journals and has appeared on "Dateline NBC."

Ruth Winter is an award winning health writer, a contributor to major magazines, and the author of 34 popular health books.

Health Magazine

...handy reference...Don't miss the appendix of exercises to strengthen your most vulnerable body parts.

	Introduction	1
1	Basketball: Hooping It Up	11
2	Soccer: Getting a Kick	21
3	Volleyball: Net Gain	35
4	Softball: Getting to Home Plate Safely	41
5	Tennis and Racquetball: Courting Fun	49
6	Lacrosse and Field Hockey: High-Speed Goals	65
7	Skiing and Snowboarding: Hot Sports in the Cold	71
8	Ice Skating and Ice Hockey: Ice Maidens	89
9	Swimming: Wet and Wonderful	101
10	Scuba Diving: Exploring Another World	115
11	Biking: Popular Pedal Pushing	127
12	Rock Climbing: Upscale	147
13	Walking and Running: On Your Feet	167
14	Golf: In the Swing of Things	187
15	Weight Training: Gaining Strength	199
16	Gymnastics and Cheerleading: Twist, Tumble, and Shout	205
17	Girls on the Go	217
18	Pregnant Athletes: Baby on Board	225
19	Mature Athletes: Never Too Old to Play	237
20	Nutrition for the Female Athlete	251
21	Upper Body Injury and Therapy: Neck, Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist, and Hand Injuries	271
22	Lower Body Injury and Therapy: Hip, Knee, Leg, Ankle, and Foot Injuries	303
23	Conditioning Exercises	331
	Index	355

Flexitest or Illness and the Limits of Expression

2009-12-01T02:22:00.000-08:00

Flexitest: An Innovative Flexibility Assessment Method

Author: Claudio Gil Soares de Araujo

A simple, easy-to-learn grading system that simultaneously measures and evaluates the flexibility of 20 different joints during individual movements. Now you will be able to really evaluate, rather than just measure, flexibility for individuals of all age groups and physical activity levels.

Claudio Gil Soares de Araъjo, a Brazilian sports medicine physician with a PhD in physiology, has spent more than 20 years developing and perfecting the Flexitest method. This concise resource clearly explains how to use Flexitest in different settings, with valuable coverage of data acquisition, analysis, and statistics.

The book is organized into three parts and includes the following features:

* More than 100 accurate photographs of the assessment of 20 joint movements
* Numerous figures and tables presenting the flexogram and flexindex data
* Supplemental photographs, video, and other materials available via the author's Web site for viewing or downloading

Flexitest includes an 18-point classification system that makes it easy to compare and contrast different flexibility assessment techniques; it will appeal to any professional whose job involves flexibility assessment. The author discusses how to determine a global index of body flexibility, called Flexindex, using the assessment of different joints. He presents normative and statistical information for male and female subjects ranging in age from 5 to 85 and the Flexitest profiles of more than 400 athletes from a variety of sports.

You'll also find a self-evaluation test, a review of contemporary flexibility testing methods, variables affecting flexibility assessments, and a rationale for the use of Flexitest based on several controlled studies.

The information presented in Flexitest: An Innovative Flexibility Assessment Method is clear enough for practitioners to begin using the technique immediately, yet it is detailed enough to meet the scientific needs of researchers.

About the Author

Claudio Gil Soares de Araъjo, MD, MSc, PhD, is a professor at Gama Filho University and medical director of CLINIMEX in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A practicing physician in exercise and sports medicine who is dedicated to productive research, he has used Flexitest on more than 4,000 subjects in his practice since 1979.

Dr. Araъjo has worked in supervised exercise programs and cardiopulmonary exercise testing since the 1980s. He also coordinated the medical evaluation of the Brazilian athletes during the 1988 and 1996 Olympic Games.

He earned his MD, MSc, and PhD from the University Federal Rio de Janeiro. As part of his medical training, he was a research fellow in cardiorespiratory and exercise areas in 1979 at McMaster University in Canada. Dr. Araъjo is an American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) fellow, committee member, and presenter at ACSM annual meetings.

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Illness and the Limits of Expression

Author: Kathlyn Conway

A sophisticated literary, psychoanalytic, and philosophical treatise on illness and narrative form, Illness and the Limits of Expression investigates the failings of standard survivor literature by asking how language can be used to express the catastrophic experience of disease. While battling three bouts of cancer herself, Kathlyn Conway became familiar with the "success" narratives of disability and sickness---stories of the woman who still looked beautiful after three successive treatments or the man who ran five miles a day during chemotherapy---all of which emphasized victory born of hope and positive thinking.

Believing that such upbeat accounts insufficiently portrayed the intense emotional strain, physical deterioration, and mental terror brought about by illness, Conway began to investigate the far less popular nontriumphalist genres of illness literature---by authors such as Virginia Woolf, Joan Didion, and Susan Sontag. Instead of shying away from the uglier sides of illness, these writers explore how disease and devastation separate us from ourselves and why much can be learned about identity and language by noting this division.

Through her readings of both sets of narratives, Conway shows how difficult it is to express the reality of serious illness or injury, but she also argues that by wrestling with this challenge, writers can offer a better picture of the complex relationship between body and mind.

Kathlyn Conway is a practicing psychotherapist and the author of Ordinary Life: A Memoir of Illness. She lives in New York City with her husband and two children.

"This is a wonderful book, whose message is extremely important but all too rarelyheard: most published accounts of illness gloss over its difficulties and horror. People struggling with serious illness and disability deserve more. With clear writing and sound scholarship, Illness and the Limits of Expression takes on this challenge and should be read by both scholarly and general audiences."
---Emily Abel, University of California, Los Angeles

The Diabetics Book or Salud Natural despues del Parto

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

The Diabetic's Book: All Your Questions Answerable

Author: June Biermann

In the completely revised and updated fourth edition of The Diabetic's Book, June Biermann and Barbara Toohey present the latest information on effective diabetes therapies and scientific advances. With their characteristically personal and upbeat writing style, the authors guide diabetics and their families by showing them how to handle real-life issues often neglected in books about diabetes. Both Type I and Type II diabetics learn how to select a doctor; cope with insurance and HMO's; deal with interpersonal relations and work situations; and rebuild their lives by coming to terms with the demands of the disease. Included in this edition are diet techniques based on the recently revised American Diabetes Association's nutrition guidelines; a section on health insurance; information on new oral hypoglycemic pills and pill therapies; and emerging possibilities for a cure. In addition, there is a special supplement on the low-carbohydrate diet that many people find to be the fastest, most effective and pleasant way for Type II diabetics to lose weight, and for both types to achieve normal blood-sugar levels. This perennial bestseller has proven itself to be a reliable, practical, comforting, and honest guide to living the good life with diabetes. Now it is better than ever.

Library Journal

If diabetes is ``the original do-it-yourself disease,'' then this book, a revision of the original ( LJ 11/1/81), containing a substantial amount of new material, is an outstanding do-it-yourself guide for both newly diagnosed and long-standing diabetics of all ages. Biermann, herself a diabetic, and Toohey offer a wealth of information in an expanded question-and- answer format. Emphasizing that virtually all complications of diabetes can be prevented by maintenance of proper blood-sugar levels, they discuss the kinds and actions of insulin now available; eating in fast-food restaurants; why insulin cannot be taken as a pill; and the emotional effects of living with a chronic disease. Sections for insulin-dependent and nondependent diabetics, as well as for families and friends of diabetics, are amply illustrated, and references to both consumer and professional literature on diabetes are cited. Highly recommended. -- Karen McNally Bensing, The Benjamin Rose Inst. Lib., Cleveland

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Salud Natural despues del Parto

Author: Aviva Jill Romm

"Destinado a tener una amplia aceptación, por su consejo compasivo y sabio. Gracias Aviva, por tanta información vital en un volumen"
Jeannine Parvati Baker, autora de Prenatal Yoga and Natural Childbirth
(Yoga Prenatal y Nacimiento Natural)

"Finalmente, un libro que habla de un aspecto del nacimiento que ha sido olvidado en el mundo occidental. Este libro debería ser una contribución valiosa, no sólo para las mujeres, sino para toda la familia".
Mary Bove, N.D., autora de An Enciclopedia of Natural Healing for Children and Infants
(Una Enciclopedia de Curación Natural para Niños e infantes).

"Este es un libro excelente y muy necesario, que debería ayudar y apoyar a todas las madres en posparto".
Suzanne Arms, ganadora del premio de fotografía periodística y autora de Immaculate Deception II: Myth, Magic and Birth
(Inmaculada Decepción II: Mito, Magia y Nacimiento)

Las nuevas madres necesitan de su propio cuidado y apoyo especial igual que sus nuevos bebés para ajustarse a los innumerables cambios que enfrentan después del nacimiento: cambios en la imagen de su cuerpo, estilo de vida, arreglos en el trabajo y relaciones. Ahora la partera, especialista herbolaria y madre de cuatro, Aviva Jill Romm cmparte sus años de experiencia y nos ilustra en cómo hacer de esta transición crucial de vida un suceso suave y feliz.

Aviva ofrece soluciones a situaciones que pueden paracer completamente abrumadoras cómo tener el suficiente descanso al construir un círculo de apoyo de su familia y amigas;cómo recargar su espíritu con baños sanadores; y cómo recobrar su fuerza y tono de su abdomen y del área pélvica, con ejercicios de yoga postnatales. Proporcionando 80 remedios herbales fáciles de hacer, para sanar y restaurar la vitalidad se su cuerpo y estimular la producción de leche Aviva lleva su consejo a través del primer año completo, incluyendo pautas de cómo calmar a bebés molestos y cómo recobrar su vida sexual de las madres.

Salud Natural después del Parto proporciona el apoyo que a menudo les falta a las nuevas madres ayuda tanto a las madres que se quedan en casa, como a aquellas que regresarán a sus trabajos poco después del parto. Escrito con humory compasión por alguien que en realidad entiende el viaje, Aviva Romm ofrece una sabiduría práctica y estrategias concretas, para negociar con el hermoso per demandante camino de la maternedad, mientras mantiene un fuerte sentido de su propio yo.

Aviva Jill Romm es una partera profesional certificada, practicante herbolaria y la presidenta del Gremio Americano de Herbolarios. Sus hijos ahora tienen 17, 14, 10 y 8 años de edad. Sus libros anteriores incluyen The Natural Pregnancy Book (El libro del Embarazo Natural), Vaccinations: A Thoughtful Parent's Guide (Vacunas: Una Guía para Padres Inteligentes), y Naturally Healthy Babies and Children (Bebés y Niños Naturalmente Saludables). Ella vive con su familia en Georgia.

Aviva Jill Romm is a certified professional midwife, practicing herbalist, and the former president of the American Herbalists Guild. She is the author of The Natural Pregnancy Book, The Pocket Guide to Midwifery Care, and Naturally Healthy Babies and Children as well as coauthor of ADHD Alternatives. She lives with her family in Georgia.

Introduction
ONE
The Birth of a Mother
Birth: Only the Beginning
What Is the Postpartum?
Postnatal Care
The Fourth Trimester
Signs and Guideposts
Honoring Our Range of Emotions
Being a Mother Is Second Nature, Isn’t It?
Realistic Expectations
The Feminine Mystique Revisited
Sacrifice and Empowerment
Developing Confidence
Mothering Archetypes
TWO
New-Mother Care around the World
Postpartum USA: Immediately after Birth
Immediately after Birth: A Glimpse at Traditions
Lying-In
Rites of Passage
Postpartum Family Support
Heat and Healing
Massage
Wrapping the Belly
Herbs
Bathing
Nutrition
Visitors
Mother-Baby
Men and Postpartum Care
Bringing the Best to the West
THREE
Preparing for the Postpartum before Baby Is Born
Late Pregnancy Health Is the Foundation for a Healthy Birth Recovery
The Needs of New Mothers
Creating a Support Circle
Breast Feeding
Maternity and Paternity Leaves
Creating a Postpartum Sanctuary
Drawing from a Full Well
FOUR
The First Days after Birth
The Birth Setting and Postpartum Experience
Bonding
Physical Changes in the Days after Birth
Herbal Baths
The Shape of Your Body
Healing from a Cesarean
Your Digestive System
When Your Milk Comes In
Breast-Feeding Challenges in the First Days
Sore Nipples
Difficulty Nursing
Insufficient Breast Milk
Breast-Feeding Support in the Days after Birth
If You Aren’t Breast-Feeding
Reflecting on YourBirth
A Difficult Birth
Emotional Highs and Lows
Body Tonics
Exercise
Sex after Birth
Your Healthy Newborn
Signs of Illness in the Newborn
Babies in Need of Special Care
Getting Enough Rest
Visitors, Visitors, and More Visitors
New-Mama Nutrition
The Partner Relationship
Older Children
FIVE
The Next Six Weeks
More Body Changes
Where Did Everybody Go . . . or Yes, You Still Need Help around the House
Reinventing Yourself as a Mother
More Birth Reflections
Further Breast-Feeding Adventures
Herbs and Breast Feeding
The Magic of Your Baby
Fussy Babies
Infant Massage
Sleeping Arrangements
Getting Around with Baby
More Exercises for Loving Your Post-Birth Body
Back into the Swing of Things
Working and Breast-Feeding
Breast Pumps, Nursing, and Making It Work
Relationship Challenges and Triumphs
Sex in the Weeks after Birth
Baby Blues
Postpartum Depression
The Light at the End of the Tunnel
SIX
Nutrition for New Mothers
Not Pregnant Anymore: What You Need Now
Lactation and Nutrition
Planning a Healthy Diet
SEVEN
Into the First Year
Wondering Who You Are
“I Feel Like I Can’t Get Anything Done”
Your Body
Motherhood and Your Career
Teething Baby, Sleepless Nights
Still Nursing
New-Mother Moods
Isolation and Social Networks
Postpartum Depression
Parenting Issues
Relationships, Sexuality, Fertility, and Birth Control
EIGHT
Replenishing Yourself
New-Mother Meditations
New-Mother Checklist
Creating Time to Nurture Yourself
Your Pelvic Floor
Free-Movement Dance
Postnatal Yoga
Fabulous Healing Baths
Shower Spa
Simple Pleasures for Your Hair and Body
Creating a Home Spa
Quiet Time Alone
Exploring Your Creativity
Keeping a Journal
Be Gentle with Yourself: Embrace and Enjoy Your Baby
APPENDIX 1
Herbal Preparations
Purchasing Herbs
Herbal Preparation
Forms of Preparation
APPENDIX 2
Resources
Herbs and Herbal Supplies, Books, Support and Information Groups, Educational
Programs, and Additional Health Supplies
Support and Resource Organizations
Educational Resources and Magazines
Miscellaneous Products
Bulk Herbs, Herbal Products, Books, and Supplies
Bibliography
Index

Food Enzymes for Health and Longevity or Lilias Yoga Complete

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

FOOD ENZYMES FOR HEALTH AND LONGEVITY

Author: Edward Howell

Revised and enlarged 2nd edition, this book includes much of the research material utilized by Dr. Howell to develop the "food enzyme concept." It also includes hundreds of references to support the conclusions and sets forth a number of principles.

Interesting textbook: From Product Description to Cost or The Structure of Womens Nonprofit Organizations

Lilias Yoga Complete: A Full Course for Beginning and Advanced Students

Author: Lilias Folan

Now available on CD, this perennial favorite with over 50,000 copies in print includes a comprehensive course for students of any level by yoga guru Lilias Folan

Yoga Journal reports that nearly 15 million U.S. adults currently practice yoga, and more than 35 million Americans intend to try yoga in the next twelve months. Now, Lilias Folan, America’s best-known yoga teacher, presents a complete conditioning program for those who want to bring the enjoyment, relaxation, and health benefits of yoga into their lives. Step by step, Lilias guides you through the art of total mind-body wellness.
The CD for beginning students provides an easy-to-follow low impact introduction to Hatha Yoga, including a coordinated series of warm-up stretches, special morning and evening exercises, and a half-hour yoga class.
As you gain experience, the additional CDs will take you further into the yoga experience with:
• A carefully structured guide to classic yoga postures
• Breathing and relaxation techniques
• More morning and evening exercises
• An expanded daily yoga class
• An hour long weekend workout

Healing the Hidden Self or Balanced Healing

2009-02-20T15:24:00.000-08:00

Healing the Hidden Self

Author: Barbara Shlemon Ryan

Focusing on healing for the seven major stages of human development-Prenatal, Birth, Infancy, Childhood, Adolescence, Early Adulthood, and Seasoned Citizens-Barbara Shlemon Ryan describes how long-lasting hurt can occur in one or more stages of life, and how this hurt can manifest itself in another stage.

With a new preface, a new epilogue, and chapters focusing on each stage of development, Ryan offers examples of the types of problems encountered in each stage. A prayer at the end of each chapter helps initiate the healing process. Healing the Hidden Self emphasizes the importance of inner healing for all who seek a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ and with others. Its practical, how-to approach makes it an invaluable resource.

After more than 100,000 copies sold, this revised edition updates the 1982 original using new examples, references, and insights gained through Barbara Shlemon Ryan's Beloved Ministry.

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Balanced Healing: Combining Modern Medicine with Safe & Effective Alternative

Author: Larry H Altshuler

Balanced Healing arms readers with ailment-specific information that will help them make intelligent choices for a bias-free, balanced approach to health and healing.

Library Journal

Altshuler, a board-certified physician, incorporated alternative medicine treatments into his practice 25 years ago and received advanced training in several alternative therapies. His book is an attempt to present a balanced overview of the best of conventional and alternative healing therapies. After weighing the pros and cons of modern medicine vs. integrative medicine, the author shows how the two medical styles can be combined to treat 100 common ailments. The entries in this A-to-Z section include common symptoms, recommendations, and treatment plans. Altshuler cautions readers to remember that patients are different and that one therapy combination may not work for all. He also advises readers to work closely with a medical professional when using combined therapies. Two appendixes provide a list of alternative methods and procedures and alternative medicine products. Altshuler's experience with both types of therapies and his balanced approach make this book a valuable addition to any consumer health library or consumer health collection.-Marge Kars, Bronson Methodist Hosp. Lib., Kalamazoo, MI Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

The Smart Womens Guide to Pain Free Periods or What to Eat When You Cant Eat Anything

2009-02-19T11:11:00.000-08:00

The Smart Women's Guide to Pain-Free Periods

Author: Linda Woolven

An unabashed guide to symptom-free, drug-free periods

For the 30 to 40 percent of women afflicted with PMS, traditional medicine can offer no genuine cures, only hormones, anti-depressants, and temporary pain-killers. Offering a practical, easy-to-implement plan for recovery from even the most debilitating forms of PMS, herbalist Linda Woolven outlines a natural powerhouse regimen of herbs, vitamins, minerals, and nutritional changes. A comprehensive guide to every aspect of women's menstrual and sexual health, the book also addresses menopause and osteoporosis. Combining scientific research and clinical experience with clear practical guidelines, this is an essential how-to health book for women of all ages.

Linda Woolven (Toronto, ON, Canada) is the author of The Vegetarian Passport Cookbook

(978-1-555041-331-1) and Healthy Herbs (978-1-555041-329-8).

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What to Eat When You Can't Eat Anything: The Complete Allergy Cookbook

Author: Chupi Sweetman

Living with food allergies and intolerances used to mean one had to stick to a restrictive, often tasteless, and sometimes downright unpleasant diet—but not anymore. In What to Eat When You Can't Eat Anything, Chupi and Luke Sweetman, who had to rethink the way they ate because of their own food challenges, offer over 120 healthful and delicious dishes that put the joy back into eating. These mouth-watering recipes accompanied by 40 stunning photographs—covering breakfast to dessert—are perfect for all types of food sensitivities, from wheat, sugar, and yeast to dairy products, gluten, and artificial additives, and best of all, they allow readers to indulge in many of the everyday foods that we all know and love. With the collaboration of Patricia Quinn—one of Ireland's best-respected nutritionists—this book is filled with important information and sound advice on specific food allergies and intolerances, what foods and ingredients to stock, how to buy them, and much more. What to Eat When You Can't Eat Anything is guaranteed to add fun—and great taste—to every food-sensitive diet.

Caregiving Zone or Bipolar Disorders A Guide to Helping Children Adolescents

2009-02-18T06:59:00.000-08:00

Caregiving Zone

Author: Peggy Flynn

Coping with illness and dying is a challenge. How do we allocate resources? What are the rights and responsibilities of the sick and those tending them? Can the burdens of caregiving be blessings in disguise?

In The Caregiving Zone, Peggy Flynn, founder and director of The Good Death Institute, describes the everyday challenges of caregiving. She encourages us to think about illness and death as incontrovertible realities that can be anticipated and made less burdensome for everyone involved. "Death is hard, but it doesn't have to be hideous."

Using personal stories and reflections, Ms. Flynn illuminates life "in the Zone" with understanding and empathy. She suggests that individuals and families "take charge of the inevitable" by confronting their fears and preparing for illness and death before events overtake them. She envisions "a program designed for families or groups of friends who want to be proactive about the inevitable."

The Caregiving Zone illustrates how both giving and receiving care can provide opportunities and rewards in addition to burdens. Sometimes, with insight, information and compassion, the benefits can outweigh the costs.

Interesting textbook: Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management or Financial Sector Transformation

Bipolar Disorders A Guide to Helping Children & Adolescents

Author: Mitzi Waltz

Until recently, bipolar disorders were almost never diagnosed in children and rarely recognized in adolescents, even though between 20 and 40 percent of the two million or more adults diagnosed with bipolar disorders in the United States experienced the onset of illness in their teen years or before. Psychiatrists now recognize that manic depression has frequently been misdiagnosed as ADHD (or oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, or depression). According to recent data, 23 percent of children currently diagnosed with ADHD will evenutally be diagnosed as having a bipolar disorder. As many as a million children in the US alone may have childhood-onset bipolar disorder.

Bipolar disorders are different in children than in adults. There are some diagnostic criteria unique to children. Some reckless behavior is limited by being a child and being under adult control. Families and communities pay a heavy toll when this disorder is not recognized and treated. Suicide is a possible outcome, as are school failure, limited job prospects, legal difficulties, and hospitalizations. Understanding and recognizing the differences in the illness for children and adolescents is key for concerned parents and professionals.

Bipolar Disorders covers the range of topics that parents need to know about in order to help their children:

Description of the range of bipolar disorders
Diagnostic criteria, current and proposed, including comparisons to common misdiagnoses
Family life with bipolar disorders, including recognizing and preventing mood swings, safety, and support
Medications, with special attention to the physiology and responses of children and adolescents
Therapeutic interventions in various "talk therapies"
Other interventions, such as improving sleep patterns, preventing seasonal mood swings, diet, and supplements
Insurance issues
school, including special education system and 504 Plans or EIPs

As author Mitzi Waltz notes, "With early intervention, the possibilities for these kids are limitless."

Booknews

An excellent plain-language guide for parents of children and adolescents with bipolar disorders, explaining diagnosis and common misdiagnoses, medications and responses, therapeutic interventions, and alternative therapies. Gives advice on family life and support, and discusses insurance issues and working within the educational system. Material is detailed yet easy to understand. Includes an extensive list of resources such as groups and agencies, publications, web sites, mail order pharmacies, and alternative medicine resources. The author is a journalist and mother of a daughter with the disorder. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

DK Living or Firm Abs Flat Stomach

2009-02-17T02:47:00.000-08:00

DK Living: Classic Makeup and Beauty

Author: Mary Quant

DK Living is an exciting series of quality paperbacks designed to help readers make the most of life. Each book is filled with expert, user-friendly information on a particular subject and packed with ideas. Includes clear, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.

Go to: Identity Lessons or Passionate Sage

Firm Abs, Flat Stomach

Author: Anne Marie Millard

Get the body you’ve always wanted in just 30 days! With this fully illustrated day-by-day program, you can get a flat stomach, lose inches, and feel great. Designed for people of all levels of fitness, this fast and effective method consists of routines that will fit into even the busiest lifestyle. Begin by assessing your shape and goals, and calculate your personal daily caloric intake. Guidelines for healthy eating help you adjust your diet to the program and for life. Burn calories and tone muscles with progressively more challenging workouts that alternate between aerobic and resistance exercises. A maintenance program enables you to keep your fabulous new shape, and pre- and post-natal plans help you regain your figure after pregnancy.

Color and Personality or Navaho Symbols of Healing

2009-02-15T22:35:00.000-08:00

Color And Personality

Author: Audrey Karger

This study of color is based on the research findings of scientists and psychologists dating back to the early days of Egypt, Babylon, India and China. Includes a chapter on the human aura, the physical effects of color, personality and character analysis through color, chromotherapy and more.

Books about: In the Open or Transformation through Bodywork

Navaho Symbols of Healing: A Jungian Exploration of Ritual, Image, and Medicine

Author: Donald Sandner

In this original and superbly researched work, a Jungian-trained psychiatrist explores ancient Navaho methods of healing--methods that use ritual and vibrant imagery to bring the psyche into harmony with the natural forces that surround it. Through his interactions with Navaho medicine men, Sandner conveys the rigors of their training and the complexities of their purification and evocation rites, including the use of sand paintings as healing mandalas and the esoteric meaning of the pollen path.

Presents the basic principles of Navaho healing:
Return to the origins
Confrontation and manipulation of evil
Death and rebirth
Restoration of the universe

Challenges Western medicine in its search for a more holistic and humane healing art.

Cloth edition of this title was published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Smile or 30 Day Bootcamp

2009-02-14T18:23:00.000-08:00

Smile!: The Ultimate Guide to Achieving Smile Beauty

Author: Jonathan B Levin

A perfect smile is the latest, hottest, must-have accessory. It's bright, it's white, and just flashing it makes anyone feel like a celebrity. And now, it's easier to get than ever before. With over 20 years of experience, Jonathan Levine, creator of GoSMILE and aesthetic dentist to the stars, offers readers a groundbreaking program to help improve and care for their smiles. Complete with home tips, guidance on how to find the right dentist, nutritional advice, the psychology behind the right smile, and much more, readers will have more reason than ever to flash their smile!

Books about: Programming Logic for Business or Accounting Principles Chapters 1 13

30-Day Bootcamp: Your Ultimate Weight Loss Plan

Author: Valerie Orsoni Vauthey

30-Day BootCamp: Your Ultimate Weight Loss Plan gives readers the information they need to make wise decisions when it comes to health, fitness, nutrition, and weight loss. There are no potions, pills, powders, or unruly dietary restrictions. And best of all, there's no counting!

A butt-kicking program without the 5 am start!
Author Valerie Orsoni-Vauthey, assisted by her certified weight loss coaches at MyPrivateCoach, provides healthy steps to fast, effective, and permanent weight loss:
-Nutritional tips and secrets to help you slim down and shape-up
-Meal plans specifically balanced for proper nutrition
-Daily exercise drills you can do almost anywhere to tone and firm your muscles
-Recipes and meal plans for all preferences, including vegan and vegetarian dishes, light meals, party dishes, and restaurant suggestions

Complete with everything you need to make your weight loss journey as easy as possible, 30-Day BootCamp: Your Ultimate Weight Loss Plan is the ultimate guide to healthy eating for lifelong fitness!

Delmars Integrative Herb Guide for Nurses or Tylers Honest Herbal

2009-02-13T14:11:00.000-08:00

Delmar's Integrative Herb Guide for Nurses

Author: Martha Libster

Delmar's Integrative Herb Guide for Nurses is the first book to present the ways nurses can successfully integrate herbs into a caring practice alongside more conventional biomedical therapies. Herbs were once a major source of the remedies used in healing. The development of synthetic drugs during the twentieth century largely replaced the use of herbal therapies in nursing practice. This trend is beginning to change again, however, as nurses now encounter patients turned health care consumers who actively seek alternatives to biomedicine, such as herbal therapies. Today's nurse is also becoming more aware of a larger demographic group of patients who continue to use generations-old, plant-based remedies. The guide begins with an introduction to medicinal plants and includes a brief overview of botany, safe use information, and suggestions on how to use the guide in practice. The main body of the guide includes twelve chapters profiling fifty-eight common herbs. Each chapter contains practical information on how to integrate plant-based therapies into patient care. The guide concludes by showing nurses ways they can learn more about the use of plant therapies in holistic practice and includes a sample curriculum for a thirty-two week introductory course on the integrative use of plant therapies.

Look this: Pilaf Pozole and Pad Thai or Bread Reflections and Family Distractions

Tyler's Honest Herbal

Author: Steven Foster

Viewing herbs from a scientific standpoint, the authors of Tyler's Honest Herbal assess our most important herbs based on available scientific information. Each write-up includes descriptive information on the source of the plant, its traditional uses, and an evaluation of the relevant and current literature which helps support or disprove intended uses of the plant. This new edition of Tyler's classic The Honest Herbal provides you with the following features not found in any of the previous editions: research and information about cat's claw, celery, garcinia, grape seed, kava, pygeum, and wild yam; what you need to know about the latest clinical trials on many bestselling herbs, including black cohosh, echinacea, garlic, ginkgo, ginseng, St. John's wort, and saw palmetto; and hundreds of new, supporting references from scientific studies on herbs and other dietary supplements.

Joan M. Stachnik

This is a compilation of reviews on the therapeutic use of common herbs. The purpose is to provide healthcare professionals and consumers with accurate and unbiased information on the actions and uses of common herbs, to allow for their safe and effective use. Given the recent increase in the use of herbs and natural products by both clinicians and consumers, authoritative information on these products is greatly needed. This book is intended for use by any individual who is interested in the therapeutic use of herbs. It is written in language understandable to both trained healthcare professionals and consumers. The authors are well-recognized authorities in the field of herbal and natural products, and have provided the reader not only with scientific data on herbs, but also with their insight and judgment on the validity of the use of herbs in the treatment of various conditions. Summaries of published scientific information on the therapeutic use of herbs are provided, along with commentary on the validity of their use. Each monograph includes a description of the plant or source, known active ingredients, and proposed pharmacologic action. In addition, there is a summary chart of all the herbals included in the book, listing the common name, source, plant part used, principal use, and a rating of safety and efficacy. The book also includes a chapter on laws and regulations governing herbals and on the ""pros and cons"" of herbal use. This fourth edition is a welcome addition to the references available on herbal products. The authors use their expertise to give the reader an unbiased evaluation of commonly used herbals. This reference can be of use to both healthcareprofessionals and consumers as a common sense guide to herbal products.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Joan Stachnik, PharmD, BCPS (University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy)
Description: This is a compilation of reviews on the therapeutic use of common herbs.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide healthcare professionals and consumers with accurate and unbiased information on the actions and uses of common herbs, to allow for their safe and effective use. Given the recent increase in the use of herbs and natural products by both clinicians and consumers, authoritative information on these products is greatly needed.
Audience: This book is intended for use by any individual who is interested in the therapeutic use of herbs. It is written in language understandable to both trained healthcare professionals and consumers. The authors are well-recognized authorities in the field of herbal and natural products, and have provided the reader not only with scientific data on herbs, but also with their insight and judgment on the validity of the use of herbs in the treatment of various conditions.
Features: Summaries of published scientific information on the therapeutic use of herbs are provided, along with commentary on the validity of their use. Each monograph includes a description of the plant or source, known active ingredients, and proposed pharmacologic action. In addition, there is a summary chart of all the herbals included in the book, listing the common name, source, plant part used, principal use, and a rating of safety and efficacy. The book also includes a chapter on laws and regulations governing herbals and on the "pros and cons" of herbal use.
Assessment: This fourth edition is a welcome addition to the references available on herbal products. The authors use their expertise to give the reader an unbiased evaluation of commonly used herbals. This reference can be of use to both healthcare professionals and consumers as a common sense guide to herbal products.

Library Journal

Originally published as The Honest Herbal in 1982, Tyler's Honest Herbal is still the classic herbal guide for consumers and health practitioners alike, fully referenced with the latest peer-reviewed scientific data. As in previous editions, great emphasis is placed on safety concerns when taking herbs. Tyler's Herbs of Choice, a new edition of the 1994 Herbs of Choice, discusses the therapeutic application of herbal remedies for over 100 health problems. Objective and scientifically sound, it augments Tyler's Honest Herbal, although the titles do not need to be bought together. An added bonus is the useful chapter on "Herbal Regulations," as reliable and understandable information on this topic is hard to find. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Booknews

"Researchers, get busy!" and "caveat emptor" are the messages of this iteration (last, 1993; first, 1982) by herbalists Tyler (pharmacognosy, Purdue U.) and Foster, as they cull herbs' healing virtues from the hype. Alphabetical entries from alfalfa to yucca provide: a brief description, proper nomenclature, plant from which derived, comments on usage, accessible discussion of the chemistry/pharmacology of its active components, evaluation of probable utility, and references. A 16-page summary chart may alone be worth the price. No illustrations, though. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

Preface	xi
Preface to The New Honest Herbal	xv
Preface to The Honest Herbal, Third Edition	xvii
Preface to Tyler's Honest Herbal, Fourth Edition	xix
Pros and Cons	1
Laws and Regulations	9
HERBS AND RELATED REMEDIES
Alfalfa	23
Aloe	27
Angelica	33
Apricot Pits (Laetrile)	35
Arnica	39
Barberry	43
Bayberry	47
Betony	49
Black Cohosh	51
Blue Cohosh	55
Boneset	57
Borage	59
Bran	63
Broom	67
Buchu	69
Burdock	71
Butcher's-Broom	73
Caffeine-Containing Plants	77
Calamus	83
Calendula	85
Canaigre	87
Capsicum	89
Catnip	93
Cat's Claw	97
Celery Seed	101
The Chamomiles and Yarrow	105
Chaparral	109
Chickweed	113
Chicory	115
Coltsfoot	119
Comfrey	121
Cranberry	127
Cucurbita	131
Damiana	135
Dandelion	137
Devil's Claw	139
Dong Quai	141
Echinacea	143
Ephedra (Ma Huang)	147
Evening Primrose	151
Eyebright	155
Fennel	157
Fenugreek	159
Feverfew	161
Fo-Ti (He-Shou-Wu)	163
Garcinia	167
Garlic and Other Alliums	171
Gentian	177
Ginger	181
Ginkgo	183
Ginseng and Related Herbs	187
Goldenseal	195
Gotu Kola	199
Grape Seed Extract	201
Hawthorn	205
Hibiscus	209
Honey	211
Hops	215
Horehound	217
Horsetail	219
Hydrangea	221
Hyssop	223
Jojoba Oil	225
Juniper	227
Kava	229
Kelp	233
Lettuce Opium	237
Licorice	241
Life Root	245
Linden Flowers	247
Lobelia	249
Lovage	251
Milk Thistle	253
Mistletoe	257
Mormon Tea	261
Muira Puama	263
Mullein	265
Myrrh	267
Nettle	269
New Zealand Green-Lipped Mussel	273
Papaya	279
Parsley	281
Passion Flower	283
Pau d'Arco	287
Pennyroyal	291
Peppermint	293
Pokeroot	297
Pollen	299
Propolis	303
Pygeum	307
Raspberry	311
Red Bush Tea	313
Red Clover	315
Rose Hips	319
Rosemary	321
Royal Jelly	323
Rue	325
Sage	327
St. John's Wort	331
Sarsaparilla	335
Sassafras	337
Savory	341
Saw Palmetto	343
Schisandra	347
Scullcap	349
Senega Snakeroot	353
Senna	355
Spirulina	359
Suma	363
Tansy	367
Tea Tree	369
L-Tryptophan	371
Uva Ursi	375
Valerian	377
Wild Yam	381
Witch Hazel	383
Wormwood	387
Yellow Dock	391
Yohimbe	393
Yucca	397
Summarized Evaluation of Herbal Remedies	399
Summary Chart	401
Index	419

Medieval Herbals or Oasis

2009-02-12T09:58:00.000-08:00

Medieval Herbals: The Illustrative Traditions

Author: Minta Collins

Medieval Herbals: The Illustrative Traditions is a new, wide-ranging and generously illustrated study of manuscript herbals produced between 600 - 1450. The book examines the two principal herbal traditions of Classical descent: the Dioscorides manuscripts in Greek, Arabic, and Latin and the Latin Herbarius of Apulcius Platonicus. It shows how, from 1300, the illustrations of the de herbis Traetatus treatises, the first of which was British Library, MS. Egerton 747, showed a new observation of nature, paving the way in the fifteenth century for French Livres des Simples and the magnificent plant paintings of later Italian Herbals. Medieval Herbals provides one of the few syntheses in English of existing research on the subject and also addresses issues of dating, location, production and ownership of the individual codices. Minta Collins demonstrates how many herbals were not only codices for medical scholars but expensively illustrated books for bibliophiles, of equal interest to students of manuscripts, to historians of medicine and botany, and to art historians.

Book review: Mining Cultures or Information Systems Today

Oasis: A Spa for Body and Soul

Author: Eva Marie Everson

A warm relaxing bubble bath. Exquisitely scented candles. Your favorite music. Big soft fluffy towels. Creamy moisturizers. What are you waiting for?

It's so easy to let the busyness of life distract you from taking good care of yourself. Your body and your soul need daily care. Oasis will help you restore order, beauty, and vitality with fresh ideas that regenerate and replenish your outward appearance as well as your inner being. It goes beyond beauty tips to help you nourish your spirit. God designed you to be beautiful, and Oasis will help you understand and enhance that God-given beauty-inside and out.

A Note from the Author     9
The Body Beautiful     13
Bath and Shower Products     25
Naptime, Bedtime, and Time Away     33
Spas and Salons     51
Massage     67
Skin Protection     79
Skin Exfoliation     95
Moisturizer     107
The Face     119
Eyes, the Window to the Soul     133
The Old Kisser     147
Hands and Feet     161
Fragrance     177
Fashion     187
Staying Fit for the Journey     205
A Final Word about the Body Beautiful     215
Notes     217

Active Wellness or Wiccan Wellness Book

2009-02-11T05:46:00.000-08:00

Active Wellness: Feel Good For Life

Author: Gayle Reichler

Healthy living is easy when it is satisfying to your body, mind, and spirit. In Active Wellness, Gayle Reichler provides the tools to incorporate healthy living into your busy schedule. With seven simple steps -- from eating and exercise plans that you personalize to ways to change those less-than-healthy habits to celebrating and maintaining your success -- the Active Wellness Program gives you the keys to a lifetime of health.

	Author's Note	xi
	Introduction and My Story	xiii
Step 1	Mentally Preparing Yourself for the Wellness Journey	1
Step 2	Forming New Healthy Habits and Conquering Triggers That Sabotage Your Success	19
Step 3	Getting Started with Your Personal Eating Plan: Rethinking Food, Fat, and Calories	47
Step 4	Putting Your Eating Plan into Practice Anywhere	97
Step 5	Your Personal Physical Fitness Plan	133
Step 6	Ways to Manage Stress	171
Step 7	Maintaining Active Wellness for a Lifetime	205
	Appendix 1	219
	Appendix 2	239
	Bibliography	242
	Index	247

Look this: California State of Mind or On the Cutting Edge of Globalization

Wiccan Wellness Book: Natural Healthcare for Mind, Body, and Spirit

Author: Laura Perry

This book offers a holistic approach to healthcare that emphasizes prayer, worship, and positive visualization in the healing process. It is for anyone who feels a responsibility to use methods of healthcare that respect the Earth. It provides a practical selection of holistic healthcare methods, including herbal remedies, exercise (such as yoga and Tai Chi), Reiki, homeopathy, massage, chiropractic, and information about how to maintain healthy surroundings using feng shui and other energy-based techniques. You will learn how to keep in tune with the many facets of your health through a body/mind/spirit health journal. Sections focusing on environmental health and natural healthcare methods will help you get a good grip on practical measures for optimum health. And finally, a collection of rituals for body, mind, and spirit combines spirituality and health into one holistic, attainable goal.

Nutraceutical Proteins and Peptides in Health and Disease or Stalking Harassment and Murder in the Workplace

2009-02-10T01:34:00.000-08:00

Nutraceutical Proteins and Peptides in Health and Disease

Author: Yoshinori Min

This is the first book to cover bioactive proteins and peptides in the area of nutraceuticals and functional foods, providing state-of-the-art information. It examines recent advancements in the field and the biological activities associated with them. It explores the beneficial health effects of peptides, including antimicrobial and antioxidant properties, and discusses hypoallergenic foods such as milk proteins, egg proteins, soybeans, and rice seeds. The book also considers modern approaches to bioactive proteins and peptides. Edited by international experts in the field, this is an ideal reference for biochemists, nutritional scientists, food scientists, and health professionals.

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Stalking, Harassment, and Murder in the Workplace: Guidelines for Protection and Prevention

Author: Bernadette H Schell

Researched and written by two specialists in human resource management and workplace law, respectively here is sensible, practical advice on how to recognize, understand, cope with, and prevent a major and still growing crime in today's organizations. Their "red flag" indicators that a stalking crime is being committed, plus detailed analyses of the literature, court cases, and accounts by victims themselves, are specially designed and presented to help organizational managers create and implement successful anti-stalking and anti-harassment programs in their organizations. Schell and Lanteigne's narrative case studies make clear how victims act and react, and provide insight into the minds of stalkers. An important contribution to our understanding of a growing, extremely dangerous "happening," and an essential resource for executives and managers who have to cope with it.

Booknews

Lays out the facts of crimes committed against people in work environments and discusses ways to prevent them. Analyzes the literature, court cases, and findings on stalking and gives advice on implementing anti-stalking, anti-harassment programs in an organization. Explains how stalking impacts targets and how stalkers think and behave, then discusses law enforcement and legal approaches for dealing with stalking, and presents microsystem and macrosystem approaches for dealing with workplace violence and stalking. Schell is affiliated with Laurentian University, Canada; Lanteigne is a lawyer focusing on issues surrounding violence in organizations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Stalking: A Defining and Overview of the Problem
Stalking: The Business and Organizational Curse of the 1990s and the New Millennium
Stalking: An Overview of the Problem
The Process of Stalking: How It Impacts on Targets, and How Stalkers Think and Behave
Understanding the Impact of Stalking on Targets
Understanding How Stalkers Think and Behave
Stalking: Law Enforcement and Legal Approaches for Dealing with the Crime
Law Enforcement Approaches for Dealing with Stalking
Legal Approaches for Dealing with Stalking
Microsystem and Macrosystem Approaches for Dealing with Workplace Violence and Stalking
Recognizing the "Red Flags" of Stalking and of False Victimization Cases
Guidelines for Treating Various Stalkers' Symptoms
Organizational Strategies for Dealing with Workplace Violence and Stalking
Index

Naked Weightlifting or Sham

2009-02-08T21:22:00.000-08:00

Naked Weightlifting: The Bare Essentials of Weight-Training

Author: Stephanie Jones

Naked Weightlifting is NOT about lifting weights without clothing (but I bet you took a second look). The definition of naked is "without extra or embellishment" while the definition of weightlifting is "the lifting of heavy weights as an exercise in a prescribed manner." Naked Weightlifting is another way of saying weightlifting made simple or without an overload of information. Pictures speak a thousand words especially when instructing individuals on how "to do" something like weightlifting.

The author put herself in the shoes of individuals who have never lifted weights before to those who have many years of experience weight training. The book is designed to show pictures of start and finish positions of over 100 weightlifting exercises that cover all body parts from abdominals to triceps (arms) accompanied with a basic description of how to execute those exercises. There are no opinions, nutritional advice or workout programs in this book, only how to do them properly and a spreadsheet for individuals to log their progress as a workbook.

Stephanie Jones was born and raised in Southern California where she was introduced to weightlifting by her sister and learned from one of Rachael McLish's bodybuilding books. She has over 15 years of weightlifting experience and is also a certified personal weight trainer. She has trained with individuals such as Ross Bonfiglio who held the Mr. Venture title in Ventura California in the 80's to professional bodyguards of celebrities like Sylvester Stallone. She has appeared several times with Peter Nielsen of Peter Principles which airs on the local NBC Detroit stations. She has never competed in any type of fitness competition as shebelieves the only person to compete with is herself. To continually drive for self improvement is the constant key to success.

Stephanie is also a mother of a 3 year old daughter who already has a set of 3lb dumbbells.

Books about: Parties with Pizazz or Chicken and Poultry Bible

Sham: How the Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless

Author: Steve Salerno

Self-help: To millions of Americans it seems like a godsend. To many others it seems like a joke. But as investigative reporter Steve Salerno reveals in this groundbreaking book, it’s neither—in fact it’s much worse than a joke. Going deep inside the Self-Help and Actualization Movement (fittingly, the words form the acronym SHAM), Salerno offers the first serious exposé of this multibillion-dollar industry and the real damage it is doing—not just to its paying customers, but to all of American society.
Based on the author’s extensive reporting—and the inside look at the industry he got while working at a leading “lifestyle” publisher—SHAM shows how thinly credentialed “experts” now dispense advice on everything from mental health to relationships to diet to personal finance to business strategy. Americans spend upward of $8 billion every year on self-help programs and products. And those staggering financial costs are actually the least of our worries.
SHAM demonstrates how the self-help movement’s core philosophies have infected virtually every aspect of American life—the home, the workplace, the schools, and more. And Salerno exposes the downside of being uplifted, showing how the “empowering” message that dominates self-help today proves just as damaging as the blame-shifting rhetoric of self-help’s “Recovery” movement.
SHAM also reveals:
• How self-help gurus conduct extensive market research to reach the same customers over and over—without ever helping them
• The inside story on the most notoriousgurus—from Dr. Phil to Dr. Laura, from Tony Robbins to John Gray
• How your company might be wasting money on motivational speakers, “executive coaches,” and other quick fixes that often hurt quality, productivity, and morale
• How the Recovery movement has eradicated notions of personal responsibility by labeling just about anything—from drug abuse to “sex addiction” to shoplifting—a dysfunction or disease
• How Americans blindly accept that twelve-step programs offer the only hope of treating addiction, when in fact these programs can do more harm than good
• How the self-help movement inspired the disastrous emphasis on self-esteem in our schools
• How self-help rhetoric has pushed people away from proven medical treatments by persuading them that they can cure themselves through sheer application of will
As Salerno shows, to describe self-help as a waste of time and money vastly understates its collateral damage. And with SHAM, the self-help industry has finally been called to account for the damage it has done.
Also available as an eBook

Publishers Weekly

You! Yes, you! Are you addicted to self-help books? Do you require "empowerment" to reverse your "victimhood"? If so, relax-you're far from alone. The Self-Help and Actualization Movement (the titular SHAM) is, according to Salerno, an $8-billion-a-year industry that depends on legions of repeat customers. Salerno presents a carefully researched-and devastating-expos on SHAM's predatory and fraudulent practices and its corrosive effects on society. As former editor of Men's Health magazine's books program, Salerno knows the terrain from the inside. With judicious delight, he exposes the grandiloquent bluster and blithe hypocrisy of Dr. Phil (who, psychologists say, shames rather than helps his guests) and Dr. Laura (the preacher of family values who didn't know when her own mother was murdered), among many others. He cites examples of junk science, such as Tony Robbins's talk of "the energy frequency of foods," and charges that untested alternative medicine draws people away from proven medical treatments. In addition to detailing the raw facts, Salerno excels at pinpointing the self-abnegating strategy the self-help industry employs: namely, tearing you down in the name of building you up. And the positivity yields questionable results in any case. The self-help industry should not be dismissed as "silly but benign," says Salerno, and he documents how it has undermined psychology, education and health care in this blistering critique. (June 28) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Salerno, a freelance feature writer, essayist, and investigative reporter whose work has been featured in Harper's, the New York Times Magazine, and the Washington Post, minces no words in this evisceration of the self-help and actualization movement (SHAM). He takes on contemporary gurus like Dr. Phil McGraw, Tony Robbins, John Gray, and Dr. Laura Schlessinger-anyone, in fact, who dispenses popular advice or advocates psychological or alternative medical self-help (even 12-step programs take a hit). Ultimately, Salerno argues that SHAM, a multibillion-dollar industry, has fostered a culture of victimization that discourages people from taking responsibility for their lives, thereby undermining the character of our nation. This conclusion would have been much more persuasive if he had dispensed with the vitriol. Wendy Kaminer's I'm Dysfunctional, You're Dysfunctional: The Recovery Movement and Other Self-Help Fashions is a more effective critique; Salerno's book is recommended only for large public libraries.-Lynne F. Maxwell, Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law Lib., PA Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Tattoo Road Trip Two Weeks in Samoa or Cancer Combat

2009-02-07T17:10:00.000-08:00

Tattoo Road Trip Two Weeks in Samoa

Author: Bob Baxter

A witty yet informative text, with lots of travel tips and pictures, focuses on the art of the tattoo that the authors found in this Pacific Island paradise. Join the adventure as these two take to the road at the very birthplace of Polynesian tattooing, beautiful Samoa. Armed with laptop and camera, Baxter and Clark documented their two-week odyssey from Apia to Saleapaga, and from thatched-roofed huts to the legendary mansion of Robert Louis Stevenson. The book displays this unspoiled home of turquoise reefs, volcanic beaches, misty green waterfalls, and vermilion sunsets, where hand-tapped tribal tattoos are still a normal form of body art and ritual. You will learn the local customs, meet legendary artists, and visit secluded beaches, including the secret coronation ceremony at Faleasela. White-knuckle surprises await you as Baxter and Clark take the back roads, eat fruit right off the tree, slog through rain forests, wade into coral-strewn tide pools, and suck up gallons of beer because it's not a good idea to drink the water. You will even learn to tie a lavalava so it won't fall off in the crosswalk! This entertaining trip to a jewel of the Pacific will confirm the belief that Polynesian life has it right, right down to the tattoos!

Cancer Combat: Cancer Survivors Share Their Guerrilla Tactics to Help You Win the Fight of Your Life

Author: Dean King

Here's what you need to know to fight—and win—the battle against cancer.

A diagnosis of cancer is a call to arms, rallying the patient, family, friends, and medical team. In this important book, cancer survivors from around the country bring you into their lives, sharing their secret tactics for day-to-day survival to help you fight the battle of your life—and win.

In their own words, more than 80 cancer survivors, including students, athletes, actors, teachers, moms and dads—along with their favorite medical professionals—provide a valuable, intimate briefing on the fight ahead, from diagnosis to post-recovery. In Cancer Combat you will discover advice you cannot get elsewhere, the inside story from these veterans—how they felt and what they did to survive. Find out about:

How to get what you need from your medical team
Coping with hair loss, no appetite, mouth sores
Making your hospital room a home away from home
Holding it together—work, dating, family, intimacy
Maintaining your dignity—coping at the sperm bank
Keeping your kids on track—carpooling, little league games, home-cooked meals
Bills—where to look for help and how to get it
Information, support organizations, books, and much more

Cancer Combat, a book written by and for cancer fighters, teaches patients how they can fight back and win. This is a book with real, practical advice. It is a book that provides support. It isa book with attitude. And it is a book about entering the battle of your life and coming out a winner. Cancer Combat is the first book that presents winning techniques from cancer survivors n positive, hard-hitting anecdotes. This approach forms an upbeat sense of community in which the patient, friends, and family can take comfort and from which they can gain strength and confidence, and will generate the necessary will to survive and help prepare for battle.

Here, in brief anecdotes told firsthand, are the successful tactics used by more than 90 action-oriented people to defeat cancer. These smart, tough cancer fighters offer their personal stories which are gritty, often funny, and always on the money. The anecdotes address such subjects as when to turn to your nurse instead of your doctor, how to maintain your sex life when you look and feel rotten, and how to find an ally at your insurance company. Sidebars interspersed throughout the book will feature advice, suggestions, and stores from cancer care social workers, nurses, priests, rabbis and other spiritual mentors as well as encouraging facts and light-hearted suggestions, such as great funny movies to rent during treatment.

Fighting against cancer means refusing to quit, refusing to lose, and doing anything to win. This book will help every cancer patient to throw off feelings of victimization and despair, accept reality, and then fight the battle of their lives. —>

Library Journal

For newly diagnosed cancer patients, one of the most important things to realize is the wide range of options available for fighting this disease. Unlike other consumer health titles, this work does not endorse or recommend specific doctors, treatment plans, or institutions; rather, it presents practical advice and information in the form of anecdotes from cancer survivors. Taking a specific and detailed approach to their subject, the authors, who themselves have had cancer, emphasize positive thinking and the importance of building a team of friends and family members to assist patients in their personal war. Their message is clear: patients can emerge from this disease stronger and wiser, but it takes time, organization, and optimism. Organized into four sections, chapters discuss such topics as the first diagnosis, breaking the news to others, coping with fear, and rebuilding one's life after remission. The stories collected here will inspire those readers feeling isolated and wanting to know how others handled this situation. Recommended for consumer health collections.Janet M. Coggan, Univ. of Florida Libs., Gainesville

Meditation or Out of the Nightmare

2009-02-06T06:53:00.000-08:00

Meditation: Live Better: Exercises and Inspirations for Well-Being

Author: Bill Anderton

Based on principles drawn from Indian, Tibetan and Japanese traditions, Meditation gives key pointers on how to get the most out of meditation practice.

Book about: Smoothies Blends and Shakes or Cooking from the Heart

Out of the Nightmare: Recovery from Depression and Suicidal Pain

Author: David L Conroy

Out of the Nightmare.

An all-out assault on the barriers that stand between you and recovery from depression and suicidal pain.

. decomposes recovery from depression into recovery from envy, shame, self-pity, grandiosity, fear, stigma, social abuse, and the double binds and vicious circles of the mythology of suicide.

...a drug-free approach to getting better and staying better.

This book provides counselors with a bold new non-technical framework that is free from the prejudices that deter the suicidal from seeking help. It provides those who have lost a loved one to suicide with a broad array of new conceptual tools to understand the tragedy and to find help for stuck positions of bereavement. Most importantly, it provides all those who suffer from depression with hundreds of resources to find their way out of the nightmare.

Colon and Rectal Cancer or My Yoga Journal

2009-02-05T02:41:00.000-08:00

Colon and Rectal Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide for Patients and Families

Author: Lorraine Johnston

The fourth most common cancer, colon and rectal cancer is diagnosed in 130,000 new cases in the U.S. each year. As with many other cancers, the treatment environment is evolving. As a patient (or the family researcher) you need up-to-date and in-depth information to participate wisely in treatment decisions.

Colon & Rectal Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide for Patients & Families includes:

Characteristics of colon cancer, staging, suspected causes, and factors in prognoses
Current treatment options
Clinical trials and promising future treatments
Coping with medical tests, symptoms, and treatments
Recognizing and minimizing the impact of treatment on sexual function, libido, and fertility
Caring for and adjusting to an ostomy, whether temporary or permanent
Emotional responses to diagnosis, treatment, remission, and all other aspects of dealing with the condition. Stories from those living with colon cancer are included.

Author Lorraine Johnston, with her background in life sciences, emphasizes using knowledge to dispel fear. Those who read this book will encounter medical facts simply explained, advice to ease their daily life, and tools to be a strong advocate for themselves or a family member.

Library Journal

In her latest guide, medical writer Johnston takes a sweeping look at the clinical, financial, social, and research aspects of colon and rectal cancer. Unfortunately, owing to the vast amount of information amassed here, basic definitions and crucial explanations often lack clarity. Part of the problem is that the book lacks a streamlined approach to presenting data; chapters encompass far too many topics grouped under one broad subject. For example, "Modes of Treatment" lumps together the surgical, chemical, biological, radiological and stage/treatment fundamentals for both rectal and colon cancer. The result is a profusion of technical terms that are inadequately explained and poorly organized. Finally, as in her previous book, Non-Hodgkins Lymphomas: Making Sense of Diagnosis, Treatment, and Options (LJ 5/1/99), Johnston provides ineffective Medline search strategies that yield over 1000 citations--which is sure to overwhelm and frustrate a novice (or sick) searcher. A better alternative would be the American Cancer Society: Colorectal Cancer (Random, 1999) by Bernard Levin. Not recommended.--Gail Hendler, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr., New York Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

What People Are Saying

Lorraine Johnston
Author's comments on Library Journal's review of Colon and Rectal Cancer: a Comprehensive Guide for Patients & Families
It is unfortunate that Ms. Hendler of Library Journal found parts of our book confusing, as many colorectal cancer experts, patients, and survivors reviewed our book prior to publication and had the final word on how it was written. Our book contains as-we-go explanations and a glossary.

New interesting textbook: Project Study Guide or IPsec Virtual Private Network Fundamentals

My Yoga Journal

Author: Moran

This is your yoga journal, a place to reflect upon your yoga practice and better understand the physical and spiritual blessings yoga provides: strength, self-control, poise -- even spiritual enlightenment. Inside you'll find encouragement, thought-provoking prompts, and plenty of pages to write on, all designed to help you enrich the physical experience of yoga and become more fully conscious, aware, and alive. Relax. Breathe. And write. The physical, mental, and spiritual benefits will astonish you.

Organ Transplants or Spacious Body

2009-02-03T22:29:00.000-08:00

Organ Transplants: Making the Most of Your Gift of Life

Author: Robert Finn

Over 64,000 people in the US are living in limbo, awaiting an organ transplant.

The good news about organ transplants is that they are becoming fairly routine surgical procedures. The even better news is that they do work miracles. People who have been in ill health for years often describe a feeling of being reborn after a transplant.

However, those families who have been told that a loved one needs a transplant to live are thrust into a strange land. Patients and families worry that no organ will be available to them. They may fear the surgery or what living with someone else's organ will feel like. They may have only a foggy idea of what staying with an immunosuppressive therapy regime after the operation will entail.

Organ Transplants: Making the Most of Your Gift of Life describes:

Deciding whether to have a transplant and choosing a transplant team
The importance of the screening interview
What factors go into determining a match, and what to do while waiting
Detailed information on heart and lung, liver, kidney and pancreas, and other transplants
Anti-rejection drugs and living with a transplant
Emotional responses and support
Specific situations such as living donors, transplants in children, meeting the donor family, etc.

Robert Finn, medical and scientific journalist and author, has interviewed dozens of patients, family members, medical caregivers, and transplant activists to present your family with the latest facts about transplantation--as well as the stories behind those facts.

	Foreword	ix
	Preface	xi
1.	Considering a Transplant	1
2.	The System	17
3.	The Wait	46
4.	Heart and Lung Transplants	62
5.	Liver Transplants	83
6.	Kidney and Pancreas Transplants	94
7.	Other Transplants	107
8.	Anti-Rejection Drugs	115
9.	Living with a Transplant	143
10.	Emotional Responses	159
11.	Family and Support	175
12.	Transplants in Children	198
13.	Living Donors	209
14.	Donors and Recipients	230
15.	Financial Issues	246
16.	Traveling for Treatment	266
17.	The Future of Transplantation	270
	Resources	281
	Notes	295
	Index	299

Spacious Body: Explorations in Somatic Ontology

Author: Jeffrey Maitland

In Spacious Body, Jeffrey Maitland brings his knowledge and personal experience of Buddhism, phenomenology, alchemy, psychoanalysis, and the bodywork system of Rolfing to bear in forging concepts adequate to an understanding of embodied experience.

Cosmetology Career Starter 2e or Child Obesity

2009-02-02T18:17:00.000-08:00

Cosmetology Career Starter 2e

Author: Lorraine Korman

Cosmetology is packed with information on the hottest careers for beauty professionals, including what to expect from each, and how to select a career path. This book covers training programs on the high school/vocational school and postsecondary levels, what's required to get a license, interviews with top beauty professionals in every specialty, and advice on what it takes to make it in the real world of cosmetology. The appendices at the back of the book not only list the most important organizations in the field but also point readers toward helpful resources, all of which have been completely updated for this, the second edition.

Child Obesity: A Parent's Guide to a Fit, Trim, and Happy Child

Author: Goutham Rao

Is your child overweight? Do you worry about the effects of excess weight on the health and self-esteem of your family's youngest and most vulnerable members? If so, you're not alone. Weight problems among children have now reached epidemic proportions. And it's no wonder. High-calorie fast foods and soft drinks are everywhere, and they are heavily promoted in many of the 40,000 television commercials that kids watch every year.

A nationally recognized expert on child obesity, Dr. Goutham Rao uses the latest and best medical evidence available to show you how to help your child avoid or overcome this prevalent and dangerous health problem.

In the first part of his easy-to-read and informative book, Dr. Rao gives you the knowledge you need to understand the scope of the problem. He identifies the five principal culprits for obesity among children: soft drinks ("liquid candy"); fast food; television and video games; the inactivity of youngsters both at school and at play; and the changing patterns of family behavior, which have led to irregular meal times and the over-consumption of "convenience" foods.

In the second half of the book, Dr. Rao carefully explains a rational approach to helping your child achieve or maintain a healthy weight, including the science of changing people's behavior. You will also find several typical stories of overweight children, ranging from a heavy thirteen-month infant boy to a sixteen-year-old obese and self-conscious girl. With the help of their parents these children managed to achieve a healthy weight by following simple, practical advice without resorting to gimmicks or "miracle cures."

Dr. Rao makes it clear that despite all the talk about "low-carb" and other fad diets, there are no magic bullets for treating childhood obesity. But the good news is that armed with the right information and recommendations, parents can reverse this dangerous trend and succeed in helping their children become fit, trim, and happy.

What People Are Saying

Jeff Susman
"Finally, straight talk about child obesity without the hype! An accurate appraisal of this epidemic-and what we as parents can do to raise healthy and active children."
—MD, Professor and Chair, Family Medicine University of Cincinnati; Editor, Journal of Family Practice

Lynne E. Nield
"Dr. Rao's new book Child Obesity is full of useful scientific and practical information and is told in a light, easygoing manner. This book will not only help parents of obese children, but is a must-read for all parents who want to create a healthy home environment for their family."
—MD, Pediatric Cardiologist, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

Raj Bhopal
"As a public health epidemiologist working on adult heart disease and diabetes, I am convinced that these problems start in childhood. Obesity in childhood is preventable and the current epidemic is a disaster. Parents will welcome this guidance on how to protect their children from the effects of our obesogenic environment."
—CBE, MD, DSc (hon), Bruce and John Usher Professor of Public Health University of Edinburgh

6 Weeks to a Hollywood Body or 100 Simple Secrets of Healthy People

2009-02-01T14:05:00.000-08:00

6 Weeks to a Hollywood Body: Look Fit and Feel Fabulous with the Secrets of the Stars

Author: Steve Zim

As featured in SELF and on Weekend Today

"Steve Zim's plan helped me drop my body fat more quickly than with any other program I've ever tried. I couldn't be more pleased."
--Jessica Biel, star of The Illusionist

In 6 Weeks to a Hollywood Body, the top Hollywood trainer and Weekend Today show fitness expert Steve Zim unlocks the secrets of the stars and shows you how to have a Hollywood body of your own. Want to add shape and strength to your legs? Have a great butt? Make your back and arms stronger and leaner? Develop an amazing chest or breasts? After you've completed the easy-to-follow Hollywood Body program in six short weeks, you'll be runway ready for your grand entrance and you'll look amazing and feel healthier and happier than ever before. In this book, Steve Zim reveals the three keys to his Hollywood Body system:

HOLLYWOOD NUTRITION: The easy and effective Hollywood Body way to supercharge your metabolism with protein, good carbs, and good fats

HOLLYWOOD HEART: Ramp up your cardio health and melt away fat and inches the Hollywood Body way

HOLLYWOOD SCULPT: A revolutionary set of all-new Hollywood Body exercises designed to sculpt and reshape your muscles

This proven program works no matter what your body type is. So get started--your Hollywood body awaits you!

New interesting book: Menopause with Science and Soul or Smart Nutrients

100 Simple Secrets of Healthy People: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use it

Author: David Niven

The Simple Science of a Healthy Life

From fitness to diets to emotional health and longevity, what do people who feel and look healthy do differently than those who are overtired, depressed, or out of shape? Every day we face an avalanche of studies and statistics that tell us what we should or shouldn't eat, how long we need to exercise, or how to protect ourselves from secondhand smoke and the harmful rays from the sun. Not only are these studies often contradictory, but the actual scientific information is usually inaccessible.

Moving beyond the myths and misinformation, the advice in these pages is not based on one person's opinions or one expert's study. For the first time the research available on the health of average Americans has been distilled into one hundred essential ways that we can become healthier and happier. Each of the core findings is accompanied by a real life example showing these results in action.

Eat more often. Oxford University researchers found that people who ate five or six times a day had a 5 percent lower total cholesterol than average and were 45 percent more likely to be able to sustain their target weight than people who ate once or twice a day.
Who says caffeine is bad for you? The majority of scientific evidence shows that, for a healthy adult, moderate quantities of caffeine (about three cups of coffee per day) pose no significant health risks.
Home sweet home. People who described their home lives as satisfying were 24 percent more likely to live beyond normal life expectancy, according to a UCLA study.

Surviving Mental Illness or Instructions for Geriatric Patients

2009-01-31T09:53:00.000-08:00

Surviving Mental Illness

Author: Agnes B Hatfield

In this era of revolutionary progress in the areas of science and medicine, it comes as no surprise that knowledge of the biology of mental illness and psychopharmacologic treatments has increased greatly within the past few decades. During this same time frame, however, the experiential side of mental illness has been almost completely neglected by researchers and educators. Fortunately, the trend is being reversed. Leading authorities are becoming increasingly aware that the personal experiences of people with severe and persistent mental illness can reveal the most authentic--and perhaps most helpful--information on behaviors that have long puzzled professionals in the field. This has contributed to a renewed and growing interest in learning more about the ways people experience mental illness and the process of recovery.
Leading the way in redressing the imbalance, this book examines the subjective experiences of patients with multiple diagnoses, including schizophrenia, bipolar illness, major endogenous depression, and other disorders with psychotic features and long-term disabling consequences. Numerous personal accounts are drawn from research reports, newsletters, journals, spoken reports, and observed behavior to shed light on the inner worlds of people afflicted with severe and persistent mental illness.
The volume covers a wide range of topics, starting with disturbances in the sense of self, in emotions, relationships, and behaviors, and in the ways reality is experienced by the mentally ill. In the process, some common patterns of lifetime experience are revealed even among patients with great differences in levels of functional capability and in their emotionaland rational assessment of their experience.
The final section of the book is directed toward understanding the process of acceptance, growth toward recovery, and the development of an acceptable identity and new purpose in life.
Material is presented within the conceptual framework of coping and adaptation and self theory; in addition, considerable attention is given to the patient's perception of which types of personal and professional relationships have been helpful or not helpful. As a result, the book yields important lessons--from the patients themselves--on how service providers, caregivers, and the community at large can be most helpful to those afflicted with major mental illness.
Professionals who wish to increase their capacity for empathy, develop more effective rehabilitation strategies, and advance research linking brain anomalies and patient experience will find this book illuminating. Because it illustrates in moving and powerful ways how people truly experience psychiatric disability in a society that demeans their condition and in a helping environment that only dimly understands their agony, the book will be extremely useful for psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, educators, and graduate students in psychopathology and clinical skills training.

Instructions for Geriatric Patients

Author: William A Sodeman Jr

The resource American Family Physician called "a valuable and convenient source of educational guides"
is back in an updated New Edition. All the most common diseases, conditions, and problems encountered
in outpatient geriatric care are covered by 185 information sheets. Each sheet features an overview of the problem, important points of treatment, directions on when to contact a physician, and space for customized instructions. Plus, a bonus CD-ROM offers the instruction sheets in a handy electronic format!
• Improves compliance, calms concerns, and strengthens the doctor-patient relationship.
• Examines clinical conditions such as depression, heart failure, stroke, pneumonia, anemia as well as issues such as incontinence, falls, nutrition and diets, driving, end-of-life care, living wills, and much more.
• Addresses issues specific to caregivers and anticipates difficulties they encounter.
• Features perforated pages for ease of photocopying as well as customizable PDF versions of all 185 sheets on the bonus CD-ROM.
• Allows readers to add their own instructions with additional space provided on each printed topic sheet.
• Makes information easy to grasp with a large type size and a consistent, patient-friendly format.
• More than new 35 instructions that discusses SARS, PSA testing, macular degeneration, infections in diabetics, immunizations, and much more.
• Careful scrutiny and revision of all information sheets to ensure adherence to existing standards of care.

David O. Staats

This book is a manual of information and instructions for patients and their caregivers about common illness and conditions faced by older persons. The purpose is to provide physicians information sheets they can give to their patients to supplement or reinforce discussions in the doctor's office. The audience is physicians treating older patients, the older patients themselves, and their caregivers. The large type here is just right for older persons to read. This edition comes with a CD-ROM to use in reproducing and modifying information to fit each practitioner's office. The instructions for patients provided here are superficial and often do not help practitioners or caregivers assess the most salient aspects of a given illness or condition. Some of the therapeutics discussed are out of date and no longer used. Therefore, this work is of little utility.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: David O. Staats, MD (University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center)
Description: This book provides a set of patient and caregiver information sheets for conditions and treatment affecting older persons. This is an updated version of the second edition, published in 1999, and contains revisions in a number of areas and adds 35 new topics, such as PSA screening and SARS.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide office-based medical practitioners easily reproduced sheets of patient information to give to patients. This is a worthy objective; the authors cover a wide range of conditions.
Audience: Although this book is intended for office-based practitioners, it is ultimately the patients and their caregivers for whom the information is intended.
Features: There are a wide variety of conditions addressed in this book. Medicolegal issues are also presented, as are various diagnostic tests. A really nice feature of this edition is the enclosure of a CD-ROM which can be used to reproduce the pages of the book. Practitioners can modify the text to add their own particular information:this adds to the versatility of the publication. There is a final section of anatomical charts and diagrams which are very clear and easy to understand.
Assessment: The breadth of this book is admirable; the depth is not. The information presented here is, in many cases, too simple to be of the value intended. For some of these topics, e.g. dementia, the Internet has web sites that go into elaborate detail on the condition and its care that a single sheet of paper (back and front) cannot hope to equal. If this book stimulates office physicians to develop patient education materials based on this book, it will have accomplished a lot.

Rating

2 Stars from Doody

1	Confusion	1
2	Cerebrovascular Diseases	21
3	Tremors	35
4	Sleep Disturbances	41
5	Falls and Instability	51
6	Vision	57
7	Hearing	69
8	Incontinence	77
9	Gastrointestinal Problems	91
10	Cardiovascular Problems	133
11	Pulmonary Diseases	163
12	Nutrition	177
13	Hematologic Problems	235
14	Endocrine Disease	243
15	Genitourinary Problems	251
16	Temperature Regulation	261
17	Rheumatic and Orthopedic Problems	267
18	Skin Diseases	287
19	Surgery	299
20	Infections	305
21	Paget's Disease of Bone	313
22	Legal Issues	317
23	Charts and Diagrams	321

Tai Chi Martial Applications or The Marriage of the Sun and Moon

2009-01-30T05:41:00.000-08:00

Tai Chi Martial Applications: Advanced Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan

Author: Jwing Ming Yang

For beginners of advanced tai chi players, the 24 and 48 postures.

New interesting book: Analyse d'État financier

The Marriage of the Sun and Moon: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Consciousness

Author: Andrew Weil

From the great popularizer of alternative medicine, here is a collection of essays about his travels to South America in the early 1970s in search of information on altered states of consciousness, drug use in other cultures, and other matters having to do with the complementarity of mind and body. Andrew Weil's experiences during this time laid the foundation for his mission to restore the connection between medicine and nature. In The Marriage of the Sun and Moon, now updated with a new preface by the author, the esteemed Dr. Weil ﬁrst attempts to empower patients to take fuller charge of their destinies.

Cardiovascular Disease or Depression

2009-01-29T01:29:00.000-08:00

Cardiovascular Disease: Fight It with the Blood Type Diet

Author: Peter J DAdamo

Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo, the author of the Eat Right 4 (for) Your Blood Type Diet® series, with more than two million copies in print, has now created a targeted plan for fighting arthritis and cardiovascular disease. Using specific tools not available in any other book, sufferers can find their own, individualized battle plan for defeating the pain of these debilitating diseases.

Here, D'Adamo offers individualized battle plans for preventing and treating heart conditions, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, vascular problems, and angina.

Interesting textbook: South Wind through the Kitchen or Every Day Soup

Depression: The Mood Disease

Author: Francis Mark Mondimor

Depression is a mood disorder that affects one in ten Americans in any given year. At one time too stigmatized to be mentioned in polite conversation, depression is now discussed frankly in the media, and advertisements for drug therapy appear everywhere. The third edition of this widely acclaimed book reflects changes in how mood disorders are thought about, and how they are treated.

Dr. Francis Mark Mondimore, author of the best-selling book Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for Patients and Families, here explains depression -- its causes and symptoms, and its treatment. He discusses depression in all age groups and in both sexes, as well as bipolar disorder, seasonal affective disorders, and depression that accompanies illness. This edition encompasses more than a decade of new research, advances in pharmacology, and changes in public perception.

The past ten years have seen the release of new forms of the major antidepressants as well as other promising new avenues in pharmaceutical treatments. For example "atypical" or "second generation" antidepressants, such as venlafaxine and duloxetine, provide different ways of manipulating the chemical systems in the brain concerned with mood. And there have been significant advances in the use of MAO inhibitors, now available in patch form.

Dr. Mondimore reviews these and other pharmacological therapies as part of a comprehensive approach to treatment that includes psychotherapy, family and community support, and lifestyle changes. Full of information compassionately presented, this guide provides hope and help to patients and their families.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer:Raj Tummala, MD(Rush University Medical Center)
Description:This is an easy to read consumer's guide to help patients and their families understand depression and other mood disorders.
Purpose:The purpose is to provide a comprehensive and easy to read review of depression and other mood disorders so that the patient can better understand the illness as well as the available treatment options.
Audience:This book is targeted towards patients, their families, and loved ones who want a better understanding of mood disorders. Others may also benefit from this book, including students, residents and nurses.
Features:Since the last edition of this book, there have been tremendous advances in our understanding of the biology of mood disorders as well newer treatment options. This new edition captures these advances, allowing patients and their loved ones to easily understand them. As the author states, this is not a self-help book, but an informative review that presents scientific and clinical facts in lay language. Starting with a basic chapter on mood that explains the biology, the author covers depression with the available treatment options. Information is augmented with case vignettes that explain symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. Some of the newer treatment options such as transcranial magnetic stimulation and vagal nerve stimulation are also covered along with to the standard therapies. Bipolar disorder is also covered in a similar format with case vignettes to help differentiate from pure depressive disorders. Information is augmented with tables. Differences in depressive disorders in the elderly, children,women, and stroke and pain patients are highlighted. Of particular interest to the patient is the chapter on causal factors. Advice is given to the patients and their families about the outcomes of depressive disorders and the need for appropriate treatment.
Assessment:This is a reader friendly book on depression and mood disorders written primarily for patients and their families. It explains scientific and clinical facts at a patient level helping the patient get a better bearing on the nature of depression.

Library Journal

In the style of Demitri and Janice Papolos's Overcoming Depression (Harper, 1987) but less detailed, this book presents a ``consumer's guide'' to mood or affective disorders. Mondimore discusses symptoms, proper diagnosis, treatment, causes, and advice to families along with the connection between mood disorders and seasonal affective disorder, premenstrual syndrome, panic disorders, and anorexia. But he omits mentioning the relationship between depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder. The book succeeds best as a readable, informative, comforting overview of a common illness frightening to most people. Its conciseness, however, can be dangerous; it offers no detailed list of foods incompatible with the MAO inhibitors used to treat depression, too few case studies, and little about psychotherapy. Recommended only as a supplement to the Papolos's book or similar titles.-- Janice Arenofsky, formerly with Arizona State Lib., Phoenix

Booknews

A sort of consumer's guide to the illness. Mondimore (clinical faculty, U. of North Carolina School of Medicine) explains the current state of knowledge about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of depression in clear, jargon-free language. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Preface to the Revised Edition
	Notes on Sources
	Introduction
Pt. 1	Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment
1	Mood	3
2	Depression	15
3	Treatment	42
4	Bipolar Disorder	84
Pt. 2	Variations, Causes, and Connections
5	Variations of the Mood Disorders	111
6	Casual Factors and Associations	156
Pt. 3	Getting Better
7	Advice for Mood Disorder Patients and Their Families	181
8	Summing Up and Looking Ahead	224
	Further Reading	229
	Resources	231
	Index	233

Complete Guide to Convenience Food Counts or 5K and 10K Training

2009-01-27T21:18:00.000-08:00

Complete Guide to Convenience Food Counts: Using off-the-Shelf Foods to Create Delicious, Healthy Meals

Author: Lee Ann Holzmeister

With less and less time available to cook at home, more and more people are turning to alternative sources for meals. Diabetes Convenience Food Menus is packed with helpful information such as nutrition facts on pre-prepared and packaged meals commonly available at grocery and convenience stores; how to prepare balanced, healthy meals using convenience foods; and sample menus using convenience foods.

Lea Ann Holzmeister, R.D., C.D.E., is a pediatric nutritionist and nutrition consultant at Phoenix Children's Hospital. She has published several books, including The Diabetes Carbohydrate and Fat Gram Guide.

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5K and 10K Training: Customizable Effort-Based Programs for Better Workouts and Faster Racing

Author: Brian Clark

Make your workouts count with the breakthrough system that synchronizes your energy levels with training effort. Instead of fighting your body to finish a workout just because it's written on the calendar, choose the most effective workouts from 5K and 10K Training based on your body's capacity to perform at any given time.

Effort-based training maximizes training adaptation by matching the goal of each workout with its optimal training level: hard when energy and recovery are high and easy when stress or recovery is low. Effort-based training also gives you the most control over the training process, allowing you to stay injury free while actually increasing the energy you have available for workouts. Sample programs contain a variety of schedules and detailed workouts for developing five race-specific abilities.

Run stronger and faster with more energy by using the proven system in 5K and 10K Training. With customized programs to choose from and accompanying training logs to record and evaluate your progress, this unique system is the fastest way to reach your training goals.

What People Are Saying

Amy Burfoot
Brian Clarke takes complex training systems and makes them easy to understand. His many tables and charts will guide you to your best training paces and recovery efforts, and guarantee that you find your personal best training program. (Executive Editor, Runner's World magazine; Winner, 1968 Boston Marathon)

Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis or Fat Flush Cookbook

2009-01-26T17:06:00.000-08:00

Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Author: Tammi L Shlotzhauer

A trusted guide and an invaluable resource, Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis offers practical advice for the millions of people coping with this painful disease. Now thoroughly revised and expanded, in a second edition, this book brings readers up to date with the latest methods of diagnosis and treatment.

Building on their accessible explanation of the disease and its causes, the authors describe the essential components of care: medication, joint protection, physical activity, and good nutrition. They provide a wealth of new information on medications, including biologic response--modifiers, alternative and complementary approaches, and treatments for osteoporosis (which often accompanies rheumatoid arthritis), and they describe safe and effective ways to cope with pain, stiffness, and fatigue. The book helps readers understand their own emotional responses, as well as those of family and friends, and, because the disease often entails lifestyle changes, it provides practical advice for achieving as normal a life as possible.

With the latest information on medication, nutrition, and resources (online and off), this volume is a complete and comprehensive guide to the management of a difficult disease.

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Reviewer: Ami N Mody, MD (Washington University Medical Center)
Description: This is a detailed guide for patients and families with rheumatoid arthritis describing, in simple language, what it is, its various manifestations, and what therapeutic interventions are available to treat them. The book is unique in its systematic and in-depth approach to every question. The first edition was published in 1993 and much has changed since then, especially in the field of therapeutic options, making this update quite necessary.
Purpose: The purpose, according to the authors, is to formulate a well-written, readable, comprehensive guide for patients who have rheumatoid arthritis, and for those who care about them and for them. One of the most important needs of persons living with rheumatoid arthritis is education. Informed patients and family members will be better able to deal with the disease and achieve better outcomes if they are educated about the disease, its potential complications, and its treatment. These are worthy objectives and this type of book is really needed.
Audience: According to the author, the book is written for patients with rheumatoid arthritis and for those who care for them or care about them, an appropriate audience. The authors are credible authorities.
Features: The book covers in a systematic fashion and in some detail various rheumatoid arthritis signs and symptoms and therapeutic options to treat them and includes such information as exercises that can be done at home, radiographic changes in the joints, etc. The best aspect of the book is that the language is straightforward, but the complexity of the disease is not downplayed. Excellent illustrations explain various exercises. Tables are used with great effect to convey information. It is interesting to note that questions such as the role of vitamins, spas, etc., that are frequently posed by patients but are generally not a part of routine rheumatology textbooks are included here.
Assessment: Rheumatoid arthritis is a complex disease that requires constant vigilance and significant compliance on the part of the patient and caregiver for optimal response to various therapeutic interventions. This book could prove to be invaluable in the care of the rheumatoid arthritis patients by providing a bridge between the available information and its application.

Booknews

A Johns Hopkins Health Book likely to join their incontinence monograph and others in attaining spectacular sales to patients and their families. A very common affliction (some three million American sufferers). This book deals with diagnosis, treatment, joint protection, exercise, diet, insurance, rehab. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

Fat Flush Cookbook

Author: Ann Louise Gittleman

COMPANION VOLUME TO THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE FAT FLUSH PLAN

The popular weight-loss program now has a companion cookbook

"(Ann Louise Gittleman's) rundown of the therapeutic and culinary benefits of her favorite 25 cooking herbs makes a perfect introduction to her popular nutritional philosophy."--Natural Health Magazine

The Fat Flush Cookbook contains more than 200 recipes using fat-flushing foods and featuring the thermogenic herbs and spices--including ginger, cayenne, mustard, anise, fennel, and cinnamon--introduced in the popular diet program The Fat Flush Plan. This indispensable cookbook can be used as either a standalone volume or a companion book.

This tasty, heart-smart volume includes:

Time-saving, one-dish dinners
Packable lunches
Vegetarian-friendly ideas
Recipes with delicious and unique fat burning herbs and spices
An extended list of name brands suitable for Fat Flushing

In addition, The Fat Flush Cookbook shares new research explaining why certain Fat Flush staples speed up fat loss and provide profound detoxifying benefits while protecting overall health. Key ingredients such as lean proteins, phytonutrient-dense vegetables and fruits, psyllium, lemons, flaxseed and flaxseed oil, thermogenic herbs and spices, high-protein whey, stevia, cooking broths, and more are prominently featured in these delicious recipes. Cranberries, for example, which are now ranked among the best health foods we can consume, are an essential component to the success of Fat Flushers everywhere, and The Fat Flush Cookbook provides creative ways toenjoy this delicacy--along with tips on simple ways to sneak all these staples into existing favorites without making any major adjustments.

With delicious recipes, Fat Flushing information, and meal choices to suit every lifestyle, The Fat Flush Cookbook is perfect for the millions of Fat Flushers around the country.

Publishers Weekly

A nutritionist and the author of 20 books on health and healing, Gittleman here offers a companion cookbook to her best-selling The Fat Flush Plan. The three-phase plan calls for a strict avoidance of white rice, white flour, salt and sugar (Gittleman prefers Stevia Plus when she simply can't avoid sweetness) and the embrace of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. The 200-plus recipes include dishes for each of the plan's phases (which will mean nothing to readers who don't own the original volume), from breakfasts to snacks to desserts. While the fat flush philosophy seems commonsensical, the plan itself is rigid, if not downright draconian, and the puritanical zeal with which Gittleman expounds upon fat-flushing may begin to grate on any but the truest converts. Half a grapefruit, broiled with 1 teaspoon of honey, is a "special occasions" snack, flaxseeds are everywhere and Fragrant Fat Flush Meatballs use cauliflower in place of breadcrumbs: for a foodie, this is some dispiriting stuff. Nevertheless, while the utter lack of salt does her recipes some disservice (in Phase 3 recipes, there is occasional permission for "salt to taste"), Gittleman's reliance on fresh herbs, which she cites for various healing powers, wholesome ingredients and easy cooking techniques makes her cookbook worth a look for those serious about making big diet changes. (Jan.) Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.

	Acknowledgments	iv
	Introduction	1
Chapter 1	The Fat Flush Phenomenon	3
Chapter 2	The Fat Flush Plan Evolves	7
Chapter 3	The Fat Flush Kitchen	21
Chapter 4	The Fat Flush Herbs and Spices for Weight Loss and Health	31
Chapter 5	Breakfast	41
Chapter 6	Lunch or Dinner Entrees	63
Chapter 7	Vegetables	125
Chapter 8	Snacks	159
Chapter 9	Dressings	185
Chapter 10	Condiments, Sauces, and Such	199
Chapter 11	Stocks and Soups	219
Chapter 12	Beverages	237
Chapter 13	Nourishing Sweets and Indulgences	245
Chapter 14	Resources and Support	273
	Index	277

Month of Meals or Understanding Asthma

2009-01-25T12:54:00.000-08:00

Month of Meals: Ethnic Delights

Author: American Diabetes Association

The award-winning breakfast, lunch, and dinner menu planning series has been completely revised to reflect the most recent updates in nutrition values and exchange information. What hasn't changed is that fats, calories, and exchanges are already figured for the reader--automatically.

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Understanding Asthma

Author: Phil Lieberman

Asthma affects 21.5 million Americans, and that number is on the rise. Noting that understanding and education are key to halting this rise, Dr. Phil Lieberman has written this book for families of asthma victims and for the individual sufferer. His subjects of special focus include the lungs of an asthmatic, allergies which trigger the disease, and measures used to control asthma.

The Vegetarian Factfinder or The Book of Crystal Acupuncture and Teragram Therapy Diagrams

2009-01-24T08:40:00.000-08:00

The Vegetarian Factfinder

Author: Ellen Klavan

"Mom, I think I want to become a vegetarian. But will that really help save the rain forest?" More and more children are asking such questions. The Vegetarian Factfinder defines vegetarianism and discusses why people choose such a lifestyle. The author describes the history of the vegetarian movement and the different types of vegetarian diets. Children discuss their decision not to eat meat and offer guidelines for getting along with parents and for living in a meat-eating culture. Up-to-date information on nutrition is included, as well as photos, full-color illustrations, a timeline, a map, and a chart. Teachers and librarians will find The Vegetarian Factfinder explores many topics that are part of elementary and middle school curricula.

Publishers Weekly

diet for small people on a small planet Ellen Klavan's Vegetarian Factfinder, illus. by Adrienne Hartman, explores such issues as why some people become vegetarians and how vegetarians stay healthy. Short biographies of famous vegetarians, including Pythagoras, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein and John Harvey Kellogg (the inventor of cornflakes) fit vegetarianism into the history of ideas.

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The Book of Crystal Acupuncture and Teragram Therapy Diagrams

Author: Dr Margaret Van Coops

THE BOOK OF CRYSTAL ACUPUNCTURE & TERAGRAM THERAPY DIAGRAMS
Complementary Healing Therapy has taken another step forward with Dr. Margaret Rogers Van Coops' amazingly powerful methods for controlling energy flow. This companion book to Breakthrough Therapies and to Dr. Margaret's Crystal Acupuncture and Teragram Therapy Kits clearly illustrates and describes dozens of tools and techniques for effectively treating acute and chronic conditions suffered by humans and animals. From headaches and minor injuries to major complicated illnesses, Dr. Margaret's treatments provide effective, non-invasive and inexpensive remedies to put you or your clients back into a state of positive healing. Dr. Margaret's work with her clients has further validated ancient Oriental acupuncture principles and merged them with exciting, simple methods using crystals to unblock energy flow in our Five Bodies to tone, balance and stimulate the Chi energies. Her research has carried this work into the treatment of pets and even wildlife. Whether you are a healer or a patient, you need to use this stimulating and easy-to-follow guide for recovery.

Asthma or Back to Protein

2009-01-23T04:28:00.000-08:00

Asthma

Author: Jack Canfield

Asthma is a chronic condition that affects all areas of your life--or even worse, that of your children. This book shows people how to prevent asthma flare-ups, support loved ones and not let this condition negatively affect your activities, your goals or your psychological approach to life.

In the Healthy Living series, Chicken Soup for the Soul partners with the nation's top medical experts and organizations to give emotional support and important information to people with specific medical needs. The books feature approximately twelve positive, heartwarming stories from real people, followed by relevant expert medical advice that will positively impact the reader's life. Subjects such as diet, psychological issues, family relations, and alternative therapies exist side-by-side with traditional subjects such as understanding common medical terms, the effects of treatment options, and the doctor-patient relationship. Each book contains source notes and a resources section for more information and support.

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Back to Protein: The Low Carb/No Carb Meat Cookbook

Author: Barbara Hartsock Doyen

This cookbook is for health-conscious carnivores who are tired of the vegan rhetoric.

Internet Bookwatch

With Back To Protein: The Law Carb, No Carb Meat Cookbook, Barbara Doyen offers a compendium of exciting and nutritious recipes designed for those who are on high protein diets but bored with the same old meats and are looking for something new, enjoyable, and healthy. From Mock Beef Stroganoff Stew, Saucy Hot Dogs, and Encore Chicken Egg-Drop Soup, to Sweet Peppers and Salmon, Applesauce-Baked Pork Tenderloin, and Broiled Italian Beef Burgers, Back To Protein will become a much used resource for personal menu planning and family dining!

Blessed Health or The Beginners Guide to Yoga

2009-01-22T00:17:00.000-08:00

Blessed Health: The African-American Woman's Guide to Physical and Spiritual Well-Being

Author: Dr Melody McCloud

Blessed Health offers African-American women the medical information and inspirational motivation they need to achieve total health—a healthy mind, body, and spirit.

Many black women will go to church all day every Sunday but won't take one day out of the year to get a Pap test and mammogram done. Yet that yearly doctor's visit could help save lives. Often the first people to pray when a serious illness strikes, black women may be the last to seek timely medical care. As a result, they are suffering with, and dying from, manageable illnesses such as heart disease, obesity, cancer, and diabetes more than any other group in the United States.

It doesn't have to be that way. Don't wait until a health emergency happens before turning to your faith and your physician. You can achieve optimal health by arming yourself with medical knowledge and a strong spiritual base. Research has proven that a well-nurtured spiritual self can help to replenish, rejuvenate, and safeguard your physical self.

Written by a prominent African-American OB/GYN and a highly respected journalist, Blessed Health is a personal health and spirituality guide for every stage of a black woman's life. Included here is important information on:

How your body works, and what can be done to prevent or help solve common health problems, including pelvic infections and fibroid tumors
How to find a doctor that ministers to your physical and emotional needs
How to successfully cope with illness, from a faith perspective
How spiritual wisdom and prayer can decrease the harmful effects of stress
How best to take care of your breasts and reproductive organs, anddecrease your risk of heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and cancer

and much, much more, including the latest on managing menopause.

	Introduction	xi
1	What Makes Sisters Unique?	1
	Health Concerns	3
	Distrust of Health Care Professionals	5
	Poverty and Lack of Insurance	6
	Lack of Knowledge	8
	Family Traditions	9
	The Health Care System Itself	9
	It's Time for a Change	10
	Rx: A Prescription for Your Soul	11
2	Understanding Your Body and Soul	17
	A Brief Overview of the Female Reproductive System	18
	The Brain/Body Connection	22
	Rx: A Prescription for Your Soul	25
3	Take Time to Take Stock	32
	Get in Touch with You--A Health Inventory	35
	Assessing Your Answers	43
	Checkups and Tests	51
	Age-by-Age Test Guide	59
	Rx: A Prescription for Your Soul	60
4	The Doctor's Office	73
	Are All Doctors Alike?	78
	Finding the Right Doctor	82
	Getting the Most from Doctor Visits	86
	Understanding Insurance	91
	Rx: A Prescription for Your Soul	94
5	Common Illnesses, Simple Cures	97
	Vaginitis	98
	Bladder Infections	102
	Other Minor Conditions	103
	Rx: A Prescription for Your Soul	106
6	A Woman's Body--Dealing with Serious Illness	111
	Fibroids	113
	Endometriosis	121
	Adenomyosis	125
	Pelvic Congestion Syndrome	127
	Adnexal Mass	128
	Chronic Pelvic Pain (CPP)	131
	Pelvic Relaxation	138
	Menstrual Disorders	144
	Uterine Anomalies	150
	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	150
	HIV and AIDS	163
	Cancer	172
	Rare Gynecologic Cancers	180
	Rx: A Prescription for Your Soul	181
7	If You Need Surgery	184
	Knowledge Is Power	185
	Common Surgeries	186
	Before You Consent--Seven Important Questions to Ask Your Doctor	197
	Do You Really Need a Second Opinion?	201
	Caring for the Incision	202
	Rx: A Prescription for Your Soul	202
8	Back to Basics--Nutrition and Exercise	208
	Work That Body	211
	Walking the Walk	214
	Pump It Up	217
	You Are What You Eat	218
	Rx: A Prescription for Your Soul	228
9	Caring for Your Breasts	231
	The ABCs of Breasts	232
	From Buds to Breasts	234
	A Little TLC	235
	Breast Basics	243
	Could It Be Cancer?	254
	The Facts About Cosmetic Surgery	258
	Rx: A Prescription for Your Soul	261
10	The ABCs of Pregnancy	267
	A Good Start--Preparing for Pregnancy	269
	The Expectant Mother	275
	The Anatomy of Pregnancy	278
	Testing, Testing	278
	How Your Body Changes	285
	Staying Fit	287
	Complications of Pregnancy	291
	Labor and Delivery	301
	Pregnancy after Age 35	305
	Infertility	308
	Preventing Pregnancy	312
	Rx: A Prescription for Your Soul	332
11	Managing Menopause	337
	Demystifying Menopause	339
	Signs of Menopause	341
	Raising the Stakes--The More Serious Effects of Menopause	343
	Osteoporosis--The Brittle Bone Disease	344
	The Menopause/Heart Disease Connection	347
	Managing Menopause--Is Estrogen the Solution?	348
	Rx: A Prescription for Your Soul	354
12	Not for Men Only--Diseases That Strike Sisters, Too	358
	Cardiovascular Disease	360
	Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)	362
	Coronary Artery Disease	368
	Stroke	368
	Diabetes	371
	Lung Cancer	373
	Colon Cancer	374
	Rx: A Prescription for Your Soul	377
Appendix A	The Prescription Center	385
Appendix B	Glossary	393
Appendix C	Resources	400
Appendix D	Sources	412
	Index	418

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The Beginner's Guide to Yoga

Author: Liz Lark

This attractive book’s title notwithstanding, The Beginner’s Guide to Yoga can also be used profitably by intermediate practitioners and by those seeking a brush-up yoga course after being away from it for a lengthy period. The author presents illustrated instructions on achieving asanas (positions), and provides charts to help readers measure their progress on a week-by-week basis. He also gives guidelines for making adjustments in diet and lifestyle, which are necessary for the successful practice of yoga. Central to this book is a description of the full range of asanas, starting with positions for the beginner and progressing through intermediate to advanced stages. The author also discusses meditation, stressing that yoga without meditation is not really yoga. His final chapters touch on the philosophy of yoga in daily life and yoga’s ultimate purpose, which is to lead its practitioner toward transcendence and unity with the cosmic consciousness. More than 150 color photos.

Claire Rosser - KLIATT

This is a beautifully designed book, showing various positions clearly and describing the history and practice of yoga. It is hard to imagine a beginner just getting this book and starting to practice yoga daily by looking at the pictures; almost surely, a beginner should start with a teacher and a class. At that point, however, this book could be helpful. With some familiarity with yoga by observing and copying the movements of a teacher, a beginner could then use this book to understand the principles of yoga, meditation, and specific positions more thoroughly, and to refer to the illustrations when attempting yoga alone. KLIATT Codes: JSA-Recommended for junior and senior high school students, advanced students, and adults. 2003, Barron's, 96p. illus. index., Ages 12 to adult.

Doing Things or Understanding and Treating Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

2009-01-20T20:05:00.000-08:00

Doing Things: A Guide to Programming Activities for Persons with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders

Author: Jitka M Zgola

Doing Things shows how to provide a positive environment for persons with Alzheimer's disease by offering opportunities for social interaction and constructive, enjoyable activities. Zgola outlines the ways in which a patient's functional impairment can be assessed; the strengths, weaknesses, and needs most commonly encountered among persons with Alzheimer's disease; and ways activities can be tailored to accommodate them. She offers step-by-step instructions for selecting and presenting appropriate activities and includes cooking and crafts projects, a sample exercise routine, and a sample daily schedule. The techniques she describes are designed to promote a sense of security and self-esteem, by avoiding possible sources of confusion or confrontation.

Based on the highly successful program developed at one day-care facility for persons with dementia, Doing Things offers an invaluable guide for professionals and volunteers supervising activities at day-care centers and extended-care facilities -- as well as for individuals who are caring for patients at home. Throughout, Zgola's emphasis is on treating persons who have Alzheimer's disease with empathy, courtesy, and dignity.

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Understanding and Treating Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Author: Brian B Doyl

An estimated seven million American adults have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Understanding and Treating Adults With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder provides accurate, timely information about the nature and treatment of this disorder. Written in a collegial style, this resource combines evidence-based material with clinical experience to address problems in diagnosing and treating adults with ADHD. Dr. Doyle shows how diagnostic and treatment methods in children with ADHD also apply to affected adults. He examines the role of medications, including new agents that expand the range of therapeutic choices.

Understanding the evolution of the concept and treatment of ADHD in children illuminates current thinking about the disorder in adults. Dr. Doyle presents guidelines for establishing a valid diagnosis, including clinical interviews and standardized rating scales. He covers genetic and biochemical bases of the disorder. He also addresses the special challenges of forming a therapeutic alliance& mdash;working with "coach" caregivers; cultural, ethnic, and racial issues; legal considerations; and countertransference issues.

He explores a range of options for treating adult ADHD:

• Detailed facts about using medication, with specific information on both CNS stimulants and nonstimulant medications. He also discusses highly touted medications that are actually ineffective.

• Full coverage of comprehensive treatment approaches beyond medication& mdash;focusing on cognitive behavioral therapies, among others. He uses a detailed clinical example drawn from several patients to illustrate issues involved in treating ADHD adultsover time.

• Complete review of conditions that may require treatment before ADHD can be addressed. Many ADHD adults struggle with comorbid anxiety, affective disorders, and substance abuse. Dr. Doyle explains how overlooked ADHD can complicate the treatment of other disorders. He provides strategies for the patient with medication-resistant or treatment-refractory ADHD.

The book provides in-depth discussion of such issues as the impact of ADHD in the workplace, including steps for maximizing job satisfaction; special considerations related to women; and the effect of ADHD on families. A useful appendix helps readers and patients find reliable information about ADHD on the Internet, allowing clinicians to develop an "e-prescription" to supplement medication and other interventions.

Dr. Doyle advocates the promise of enhanced life prospects for adults with ADHD that effective treatment provides. Besides addressing the special challenges of ADHD adults, Dr. Doyle conveys the rewards of working with patients who prove resourceful, creative, and persistent.

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Reviewer: Regina Lopez, MD(Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This book provides a practical approach to the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in adults and discusses the challenges clinicians encounter when treating this patient population.
Purpose: According to the author, the purpose is to provide accurate, timely information about the nature of ADHD and its treatment in adults. These objectives are worthy given the fact that a majority of the literature on ADHD is focused on children and adolescents. The author meets his objectives.
Audience: Clinicians who treat ADHD in either adults or children and adolescents would be the audience for this book. The author is a clinical professor of psychiatry and of family and community medicine at Georgetown University Medical School.
Features: The book primarily covers the diagnostic and treatment difficulties of adult ADHD. Included is a comprehensive overview of the biology of ADHD. The book also addresses the special considerations such as psychiatric comorbidities, treatment-refractory ADHD, and issues related to women and the family. The neuroanatomic and functional neuroimaging studies are covered well. The book is easy to read and understand. A unique appendix contains Internet resources and quality ratings of these web sites. The clinical examples, in my opinion, seem unnecessary. They do not contribute much to the content. Also, there are few tables and figures. Figures would better illustrate material in the biology chapter. Finally, the psychopharmacology is not thorough enough for practicing psychiatrists.
Assessment: The book is good as aconcise, practical guide to the diagnosis and treatment of adults with ADHD. It is useful in helping distinguish ADHD in adults versus children and adolescents, and it gets readers to consider special challenges in this patient population.

Healing Your Emotional Self or PDR Guide to over the Counter Drugs

2009-01-18T09:59:00.000-08:00

Healing Your Emotional Self: A Powerful Program to Help You Raise Your Self-Esteem, Quiet Your Inner Critic, and Overcome Your Shame

Author: Beverly Engel

Healing Your Emotional Self

"Emotionally abusive parents are indeed toxic parents, and they cause significant damage to their children's self-esteem, self-image, and body image. In this remarkable book, Beverly Engel shares her powerful Mirror Therapy program for helping adult survivors to overcome their shame and self-criticism, become more compassionate and accepting of themselves, and create a more posititve self-image. I strongly recommend it for anyone who was abused or neglected as a child."
—Susan Forward, Ph.D., author of Toxic Parents

"In this book, Beverly Engel documents the wide range of psychological abuses that so many children experience in growing up. Her case examples and personal accounts are poignant and powerful reminders that as adults, many of us are still limited by the defenses we formed when trying to protect ourselves in the face of the painful circumstances we found ourselves in as children. Engle's insightful questionnaires and exercises provide concrete help in the healing process, and her writing style is lively and engaging. This book is destined to positively affect many lives."
—Joyce Catlett, M.A., coauthor of Fear of Intimacy

The Emotionally Abusive Relationship

"Beverly Engel clearly and with caring offers step-by-step strategies to stop emotional abuse . . . helping both victims and abusers to identify the patterns of this painful and traumatic type of abuse."
—Marti Tamm Loring, Ph.D., author of Emotional Abuse

Loving Him without Losing You

"A powerful and practical guide to relationships that every woman shouldread."
—Barbara De Angelis, Ph.D., author of Are You the One for Me?

Acknowledgments     ix
Introduction     1
How Your Parents Shape Your Self-Esteem, Self-Image, and Body Image
Our Parents as Mirrors     9
The Seven Types of Negative Parental Mirrors     29
Your Body as a Mirror     63
How Mirror Therapy Works     77
Shattering Your Distorted Parental Mirror
Rejecting Your Parents' Negative Reflection     87
Emotionally Separating from Your Parents     104
Quieting and Countering Your Inner Critic     117
Creating a New Mirror
Looking Deeper into the Mirror: Discovering the Real You     139
Providing for Yourself What You Missed as a Child     156
Learning to Love Your Body     175
Specialized Help
If You Were Neglected, Rejected, or Abandoned: Healing the "I Am Unlovable" and "I Am Worthless" Mirrors     187
If You Were Overprotected or Emotionally Smothered: Healing the "I Am Nothing without My Parent" Mirror     204
If You Were Overly Controlled or Tyrannized: Healing the "I Am Powerless" Mirror     212
If You Had Overly Critical, Shaming, or Perfectionistic Parents: Healing the "I Am Bad," "I Am Unacceptable," and "I Am Not Good Enough" Mirrors     220
If You Had a Self-Absorbed or Narcissistic Parent: Healing the "I Don't Matter" Mirror     229
Continuing to Heal     238
Recommended Therapies     243
References     249
Recommended Reading     251
Index     255

Go to: Fatigue as a Window to the Brain or ADHD Alternatives

PDR Guide to Over-The-Counter Drugs

Author: Staff of Physicians Desk Referenc

Should you take Advil if you have an ulcer?

An antihistamine if you're taking an antidepressant?

Can you overdose on vitamin C?

For more than fifty years, doctors in all specialties have depended on the Physicians' Desk Reference® to guide them in prescribing medication for their patients. Now, for the first time, the most trusted name in medical publishing has produced a consumer guide to over-the-counter drugs that is every bit as comprehensive, authoritative, and reliable as the classic PDR.

UNIQUE FEATURES YOU'LL FIND NO WHERE ELSE
• Vitamin/mineral supplements and their recommended daily allowances
• Lactose-free, sodium-free medicines

YOU'LL ALSO FIND
• Handy comparison tables to help you select the best product for you and your family
• A list of appropriate products for a variety of illnesses
• Up-to-the-minute listings for the very latest medications
• The uses, active ingredients, proper dosages, and side effects of each medication
• Over-the-counter drugs and prescription medications to avoid in combination
• Symptoms of vitamin deficiency—and the signs of overdose
• Special cautions for seniors, expectant mothers, and infants
• And much more!

With thirty-two pages of full-color photographs!

Leslie Sansones Eat Smart Walk Strong or Dr Weinbergs Guide to the Best Health Resources on the Web

2009-01-17T22:48:00.000-08:00

Leslie Sansone's Eat Smart, Walk Strong: The Secrets to Effortless Weight Loss

Author: Leslie Sanson

There are many small ways we sabotage our health without realizing it. By recognizing these bad habits and developing good ones through small changes, we can see big results. Using her proven six-week-plan format, Leslie teaches readers how to eat healthier and smarter one habit at a time. Because we are all created differently, a quick quiz about your current eating habits will help you customize Leslie's plan to your own needs and lifestyle. Each week you will learn a different habit with numerous tips on how to apply it effectively, including:

Intentional eating-how to improve your enjoyment of food

Breakfast-why it really is the most important meal of the day

Portion control-recognizing what a normal serving size looks like

Slow eating-food choices that are sure to fire up your metabolism

Snacking-are you a traditionalist or a grazer?

Restaurant dining-six strategies that will guarantee healthier meals out

You'll also learn about special focus foods that have remarkable abilities to help you lose weight and get healthy without dieting. You'll discover smart and tasty ways to incorporate these foods into your diet, along with an extensive section of quick and easy recipes for delicious meals and snacks. At the end of each week, a progress report will help you to apply the habit of the week, track your improvement, and record the eating habits you choose to adopt along the way. Before you know it, you'll be looking better, feeling healthier, and eating smarter!

Publishers Weekly

The "secrets" revealed in this friendly volume won't surprise many readers: losing weight requires burning more calories and consuming fewer. But given that the obesity epidemic is getting, well, bigger, the helpful tips and ideas are needed, even if they aren't particularly newsworthy. Sansone, creator of the Walk Away the Pounds book and video series, begins by explaining healthy dieting habits, highlighting typical stumbling blocks and outlining her PERFECT support system (an acronym for plan, educate, repeat, flex, exercise, celebrate and transform) that details steps she believes are key to straightforward weight loss. Then she introduces a six-week plan, complete with workbook pages for each day, designed to eradicate bad habits and promote good ones. She also includes dozens of reasonably tempting recipes (e.g., Apricot Lentil Stew, Chicken Mole, and Oatmeal-Raisin Chocolate Chip Cookies) to make in conjunction with the plan. Except for the depressing suggestion that "people do best if they spend most of their exercise time on indoor walking... walking in place... in complete privacy," this is an uplifting diet guide that can help anyone currently in the nonactive population segment-as long as they stick to it. Photos. (Jan.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Book about: The Lost Language of Plants or Finding Balance

Dr. Weinberg's Guide to the Best Health Resources on the Web

Author: Harlan R Weinberg

The Internet can be a vast, intimidating place when you're looking for honest, informative medical information. Sure, you can look up thousands of sites on Google at the click of a mouse, but how do you know if the advice on a particular site is good, or, if followed, might actually worsen your condition?

Now, Harlan Weinberg, a respected critical care doctor, has taken on the challenge to provide up-to-date, helpful information for patients and their families about the resources available on the Internet, exhaustively researching the Web to provide a directory of the best medical websites. Organized by disease or condition, and covering nearly one hundred afflictions from AIDS/HIV medicine to wound care, he offers an annotated list of sites that are both reliable and easy to understand. With Dr. Weinberg's help, you can navigate the Internet with confidence and get the right advice at the right time.

Relief from IBS or Gluten Free

2009-01-17T13:37:00.000-08:00

Relief from IBS: Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Author: Elaine Fantle Shimberg

"Excellent."
WILLIAM A. WHITEHEAD, Ph.D.
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
"If you're bright, working hard, pushing fast — and feeling a debilitating ache in your gut that comes and goes — you may be one of the more than 22 million Americans, most of them women, suffering symptoms that are NOT life-threatening and CAN be relieved."
— from RELIEF FROM IBS
At last, here is a practical, straightforward guide that will help you gain mastery over the frustrations of IBS and simplify your life. Inside you'll find all the information you need, including: The various causes of IBS and how you can minimize their effects; how to identify harmful stresses in your life and significantly reduce their impact; how to design a diet that is both healthful AND pleasurable, and much more.

Book review: Le Prix les Stratégies de Mgmt pour les Décisions D'affaires

Gluten-Free: More than 125 Recipes for Delectable Sweet and Savory Baked Goods, Including Cakes, Pies, Quick Breads, Muffins, Cookies, and Other Delights

Author: Michael Cox

For celiacs who love food — a beautiful book of delectable dishes.

Millions who cannot tolerate gluten in their diet no longer have to make do with cookbooks that provide safe but unappealing recipes. With more than 100 contemporary recipes that will delight the palate, please the eye, and satisfy families and guests—celiac and nonceliac alike—Gluten-Free offers a welcome alternative. Based on mouthwatering Mediterranean cuisine, Gluten-Free includes:

Tempting recipes for every meal of the day that don't rely on specialty ingredients: appealing appetizers such as Gazpacho; lunch and light supper treats such as Chicken with Basil and Almonds; substantial dinners like Seafood Paella; and a wonderful selection of desserts, from gluten-free breads and cakes to inventive fruit combinations.
Complete nutritional information on every recipe, conveniently provided in a table in the back of the book.
Important information on celiac disease and tips on how to choose ingredients that are safe to eat.

Illustrated with beautiful full-color photographs and packed with helpful information, Gluten-Free proves it is possible for celiacs to meet dietary demands and still explore an exciting new world of food.

What People Are Saying

Leon H. Rottmann
This is an excellent work and will make a fine contribution to the literature.

Eatingwell Diabetes Cookbook or Healing Fibromyalgia

2009-01-17T01:25:00.000-08:00

Eatingwell Diabetes Cookbook: 275 Delicious Recipes and 100+ Tips for Simple, Everyday Carbohydrate Control

Author: Joyce Hendley

"The way we all should be eating."—Marion J. Franz, Certified Diabetes Educator

Rather than a cause for despair, a diabetes diagnosis can be the start of a new life for the person who embraces a better diet and healthier lifestyle. Medical experts are encouraging people with type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes to take charge of managing their condition, starting with eating well—choosing the right foods that naturally help stabilize glucose levels, thus providing long-lasting energy and vitality and, over time, a trimmer figure and a healthier outlook for the future.

Here is a cookbook destined to become a bible for the millions of households where diabetes is an everyday concern. From the award-winning kitchens of EatingWell magazine come hundreds of full-flavored, satisfying recipes the whole family can enjoy.

New Ideas: Take the best, newest scientific advice and forget the old advice of banning all sugar, eliminating all fat, and restricting eating to bland and boring food. With the right ingredients and recipes, a person with diabetes can eat better than ever.

The Right Carbs: Discover real eating satisfaction with a smart choice of carbohydrates, minimizing the problematic ingredients and emphasizing those that leading nutrition authorities are recommending.

The Right Proteins and Fats: Learn why the new approaches to eating well with diabetes mean using good fats and good protein sources to provide great flavors, positive health benefits, and freedom from hunger between meals. 10 black & white photographs, 16-page color insert, index.

New interesting textbook: Der Reichtum von Nationen

Healing Fibromyalgia: The Three-Step Solution

Author: David H Trock MD

Finally——an effective approach to fibromyalgia treatment and recovery!

"Healing Fibromyalgia is a must for the person with fibromyalgia. Dr. Trock has listened to the needs of his patients and has responded with a clear and concise book that explains the problem and provides solutions to living with fibromyalgia—highly recommended as a guide to recovery!"

—Denise L. Taylor-Moon, former Director of Outreach for the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center at the University of Michigan

Healing Fibromyalgia: The Three-Step Solution is not just another book telling you how to live with fibromyalgia—it's a guide for enjoying life fully without it. Exciting new findings and effective new therapies make it possible to eliminate the debilitating, intense pain and fatigue of fibromyalgia and reboot your life. This authoritative medical guide gives you the most current and accurate information on fibromyalgia causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Healing Fibromyalgia covers vital topics that include:

• Common triggers of fibromyalgia, including physical trauma, an infection such as Lyme disease or hepatitis C, emotional upheaval, or chronic daily stress

• Finding the right physician—one who will listen to you and work with you

• The ideal fibromyalgia work-up—your medical history and physical exam

• An integrative approach to recovery that includes traditional medicine, lifestyle modifications, and holistic care

• Pharmaceutical and nonpharmaceutical treatments, including dietary supplements, manual therapies, injectiontreatments, pain-management techniques, and alternative remedies

• Useful tools for managing your fibromyalgia

• Beneficial lifestyle changes, including exercise and nutrition dos and don'ts

• Real-life stories of people who have conquered fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia sufferers have different triggers, different combinations of symptoms, and different routes to successful treatment and healing. This guide helps you find your personal path toward real and lasting relief.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part I: The Problem.

Chapter 1. Fibromyalgia and Its Common Triggers.

Chapter 2. The Biology of Chronic Stress.

Chapter 3. Pain Generators?

Chapter 4. Sleep Matters.

Chapter 5. Why Doctors Have Failed.

Part II: The Solution.

Chapter 6. Making the correct diagnosis.

Chapter 7. The Ideal Fibromyalgia Work-up.

Chapter 8. Your Way to Recovery

Chapter 9. New treatments on the horizon.

Chapter 10. Tools for Managing Your Fibromyalgia.

Chapter 11. Putting It All Together.

Appendix A.

Appendix B.

Appendix C.

Appendix D.

Resources.

Glossary.

References.

Index.

Pregnancy For Dummies or Reconstructing Illness

2009-01-16T16:14:00.000-08:00

Pregnancy For Dummies

Author: Joanne Stone MD

Now updated--our bestselling guide to a safe and healthy pregnancy

With robust sales and its own four-part cable TV series, Pregnancy For Dummies has been a perennial favorite, giving parents-to-be authoritative, friendly, up-to-date advice on every aspect of pregnancy and childbirth. This new edition offers all of the latest information expecting parents want to know, including expanded coverage on the health and well-being of both mother and child. It takes readers through the first, second, and third trimesters, providing new and updated coverage of prenatal genetic screening and diagnosis, amniocentesis, new high-tech ultrasounds, and the revised FDA/USDA food pyramid. It also discusses the recent celebrity trend of "on-demand" cesarean sections, multiple births, what to expect in labor and delivery, postpartum care, choosing bottle or breastfeeding, preparing a home (and siblings) for a new baby, caring for preemies, and the mother's mental as well as physical health.

"A thorough, accurate, and highly informative guide."--Los Angeles Times

Joanne Stone, MD (New York, NY), and Keith Eddleman, MD (New York, NY), are Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology. They are Associate Professors at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Mary Murray (New York, NY) is an award-winning writer who has contributed to the New York Times, Allure, Longevity, and many other publications.

Reconstructing Illness: Studies in Pathography

Author: Anne Hunsaker Hunsaker Hawkins

Serious illness and mortality, those most universal, unavoidable, and frightening of human experiences, are the focus of this pioneering study, which has been hailed as a telling and provocative commentary on our times. As modern medicine has become more scientific and dispassionate, a new literary genre as emerged: pathography, the personal narrative concerning illness, treatment and sometimes death. Hawkins's sensitive reading of numerous pathographies highlights the assumptions, attitudes, and myths that people bring to the medical encounter. One factor emerges again and again in these "case studies": the tendency in contemporary medical practice to focus primarily not on the needs of the individual who is sick but on the condition that we call disease. Recommended for medical practitioners, the clergy, caregivers, students of popular culture, and the general reader, Reconstructing Illness demonstrates that "only when we hear both the doctor's and the patient's voice will we have a medicine that is truly human."

Publishers Weekly

Hawkins, an associate professor of humanities at Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine, argues convincingly that today's ``pathographies,'' or first-person written accounts of experiences with disease, are replacing the stories of religious conversion that were popular in earlier eras. She posits that each of these works chooses one of three central themes to make sense out of impending death. One theme views death and illness as a battle or journey to be undertaken; a second is framed as a quest for ``the good death''; the third posits the belief that patients can take responsibility for their own recovery. Sources such as Paul Monette's Borrowed Time and Gilda Radner's comic autobiography back up these theories, but sometimes Hawkins flits from one work to the next without lending the reader any complex understanding of them. Furthermore, the organization of the three types of pathography into separate chapters does not allow for the possibility that some books fall into more than one category. However, the observations about contemporary culture and our feelings about death and illness are plausible and intriguing, and the writing is clear. (June)

Booknews

Studies the myths, attitudes, and assumptions that inform the way we deal with illness. Begins with an analysis of a popular literary genre, recent biographies and autobiographies that describe experiences of illness, and evolves into a discussion of issues in contemporary medical practice. This second edition contains a new final chapter surveying pathographies that have appeared since the first edition (1992), and suggesting two additional illness myths. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Breast Cancer or Alzheimer Disease SourceBook

2009-01-16T05:02:00.000-08:00

Breast Cancer

Author: Jack Canfield

This new series from Chicken Soup for the Soul - inspirational stories followed by positive, practical medical advice for caregivers and patients - is the perfect blend of emotional support and vital information on breast cancer including:

understanding your diagnosis
working with your doctor
talking with friends and family
treatment options
from baldness to breastforms
emotional healing
conquering side effects
alternative therapies
finding support groups
thriving with breast cancer

Chicken Soup for the Soul partners with top doctors to give you the information you need to survive-and the positive inspiration to thrive. Each book features beautifully written stories plus information on diet, lifestyle, diagnosis, procedures, caregiving, emotional issues and alternative therapies from some of the world's foremost experts.

Library Journal

A Mayo Clinic cancer specialist stirs up information and inspiration for those diagnosed with breast cancer. Fill-in blanks make this a solid gift item. Two convenient formats in the "Chicken Soup" style. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Interesting textbook: Marketing Global

Alzheimer Disease Sourcebook

Author: Karen Bellenir

Omnigraphics' Health Reference Series is designed for the general reader seeking guidance on how to avoid serious illness by following preventive lifestyles and recognizing early warning signs. It also supports the layperson who has received a diagnosis of a serious disease or disorder as well as the family member or nonprofessional caregiver who must learn to care and to cope with the illness. Each volume in the series deals comprehensively with a particular area of medical concern and contains material found in publications issued by the National Institutes of Health and other agencies and associations. Nowhere else can general readers find this information conveniently collected, coordinated, and indexed in book form.

According to recent statistics Alzheimer disease affects more than 5 million Americans. Medical researchers do not fully understand what causes it, and there is no cure. The risk for developing Alzheimer disease increases as a person ages. About five percent of men and women between the ages of 65 and 74 have Alzheimer disease, and nearly half of those 85 and older may have it. Because the U.S. population as a whole is aging, the estimated number of affected people is expected to grow dramatically. By the year 2050, as many as 14 million people may be victims-unless medical researchers can find a means of prevention or a cure.

Alzheimer Disease Sourcebook, Fourth Edition provides updated information about Alzheimer disease and other types of dementia, including multi-infarct dementia, frontotemporal dementia, Binswanger disease, Huntington disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, and Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. It explains recent advances made in understanding thecauses of dementing disorders, improvements made in diagnostic procedures, and discoveries that have helped identify potential treatments. For people newly diagnosed with Alzheimer disease, it offers information about coping with mental changes and long-term planning. For caregivers, it offers suggestions about many practical aspects of daily life, including planning activities, managing behavior problems, and helping people with dementia maintain their skills. A glossary and directories of resources provide additional help and information.

Preface     ix
What You Need to Know about Alzheimer Disease
Questions and Answers about Alzheimer Disease     3
Alzheimer Disease Facts and Figures     11
The Brain and Alzheimer Disease: New Insights     27
Understanding Alzheimer Disease Risk Factors     47
Genetics and Alzheimer Disease     61
Can Alzheimer Disease Be Prevented?     67
Stages of Alzheimer Disease     79
Can the Progression of Alzheimer Disease Be Slowed?     85
Other Dementias and Related Disorders
Dementia: An Overview     97
Delirium Versus Dementia     129
Mild Cognitive Impairment     137
Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Multi-Infarct Dementia     141
Subcortical Dementia (Binswanger Disease)     147
Lewy Body Dementia     149
Frontotemporal Dementia     155
AIDS Dementia Complex     161
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease     169
Huntington Disease     177
Parkinson Disease     197
Down Syndrome and Dementia     203
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus     207
Cerebral Atrophy     209
Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome and Alcohol-Related Brain Damage     211
Copingwith Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias
Maintaining Cognitive Vitality as You Age     223
Memory Loss and Forgetfulness: When Should I Be Concerned?     233
Steps to Diagnosing Alzheimer Disease     241
If You Have Alzheimer Disease     247
Living with Early-Onset Alzheimer Disease     255
Nutrition for People with Alzheimer Disease     263
Driving and Alzheimer Disease     267
What Medications Are Used to Treat Alzheimer Disease     271
Alternative Treatments and Therapies for Alzheimer Disease     279
Planning Guide for Long-Term Care     285
Legal Issues in Planning for Incapacity     297
Caregiver Concerns
Alzheimer Disease: A Guide for Caregivers     309
Answers for Long-Distance Caregivers     321
Caregiver Stress     337
Home Safety for People with Alzheimer Disease     345
Depression and Alzheimer Disease     365
Activities at Home: Planning the Day for the Person with Dementia     369
Tips for Traveling with a Person with Dementia     377
Understanding and Handling Dementia-Related Behaviors     381
Understanding Alzheimer-Related Sleep Problems     393
Coping with Problems Related to Sexual Behaviors      399
Hiring In-Home Help     403
Handling Hospitalizations     411
Late-Stage Care for Alzheimer Patients     429
End-of-Life Decisions     437
Alzheimer Disease and Dementia-Related Research
Alzheimer Disease Clinical Trials     447
Studies to Detect and Monitor Alzheimer Disease     455
New Genetic Clues Regarding Dementia     463
Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Do Not Prevent Alzheimer Disease     471
Loss of Body Mass Linked to Development of Alzheimer Disease     475
Studying the Effects of Mental Exercise on Seniors' Thinking Skills     479
Study Finds Mix of Disease Processes at Work in Brains of Most People with Dementia     483
Cardiovascular Risks May Also Increase Risk for Alzheimer Disease     485
Diabetes Linked to Increased Risk of Alzheimer Disease     489
Dementia and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) May Share a Common Pathological Process     491
Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE): Phase I Results     493
Study Suggests New Treatments for Alzheimer Disease     503
Study Identifies Predictors of Alzheimer Disease Longevity     507
Brain Autopsy and Brain Tissue for Scientific Research     511
Additional Help and Information
Glossary of Terms Related to Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias     535
How to Enroll in The Safe Return Program     545
Alzheimer Disease Centers (ADCs) Program Directory     549
Directory of Resources for Additional Information about Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias     557
Additional Reading about Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias     571
Index     579

Theres Always Help Theres Always Hope or Unraveling The Add Adhd Fiasco

2009-01-15T18:47:00.000-08:00

There's Always Help: There's Always Hope: An Award-Winning Psychiatrist Shows You How to Heal Your Body, Mind, and Spirit

Author: Eve A Wood

Although surrounded by options for medical, psychological, and spiritual support, we lack a unified model of healing that can truly guide us in our journey to wellness. Thus we remain lost, suffering and confused. This book offers us hope. In it, Dr. Eve A. Wood presents an integrative approach to healing that combines traditional psychiatric practices and universal spiritual principles. By sharing her patients’ poignant, captivating, and miraculous tales of recovery to demonstrate crucial lessons, Dr. Wood demystifies the therapeutic process. She provides us with the concepts, tools, and resources we need to craft our own unique paths to personal fulfillment, joy, and health. With extraordinary reverence and compassion for the human spirit, Dr. Wood demonstrates that with time, patience, willingness, and hope, we can work through even the most impossible challenges in order to achieve emotional health and inner peace. Believing that each of us has a tale that we’re meant to live and share, Dr. Wood shows us how to find and live our own stories. Whether you suffer from a diagnosable condition, or simply want to better understand yourself, Harnessing Your Healing Potential will help you find your path to a better future.

Library Journal

A patient can heal psychologically if he or she really wants to by dealing first with bodily symptoms, then mental/emotional aspects, and then spiritual concepts and then by integrating all three. Psychologist Wood (medicine, Univ. of Arizona Program in Integrative Medicine) uses this theme to develop an approach for people who think they might have primary psychiatric conditions and don't know where to turn, though those with longstanding problems who have had no relief from their symptoms may also find this book useful. Theorizing that people can heal by seeing parts of themselves through others' stories, Wood shares tales from patients with multiple-personality, panic, obsessive-compulsive, and attention-deficit disorders. A more interesting approach would have been to track these same patients through the four-step process she advocates. Although too cerebral to effect much in the way of real spiritual change, the book is adequate as a source of pointers on gaining better mental functioning and/or emotional survival. For example, a "Feelings Vocabulary" helps distinguish "disorder feelings" from "core feelings" and is a good basic diagnostic tool. Recommended for psychology collections in larger public libraries.-Lisa Liquori, MLS, Syracuse, NY Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Look this: Savoring the Wild or Quick and Easy Low Carb Recipes

Unraveling The Add/Adhd Fiasco

Author: David B Stein

Few issues in child health are as inflammatory, contentious, and controversial as the use of Ritalin to treat ADD/ADHD. Dr. Stein shows how parents can eliminate amphetamines from their children's lives and raise healthy, drug-free kids.

A Field Guide to Ticks or Dr Bobs Guide to Optimal Health

2009-01-15T09:34:00.000-08:00

A Field Guide to Ticks: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease and Other Ailments Caused by Ticks, Scorpions, Spiders, and Mites: A Pocket R

Author: Susan Carol Hauser

Ticks are among the most feared of all eight-legged pests because they carry the debilitating Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Both diseases can cause permanent damage to the infected, and early detection is difficult. It's gotten so that in some parts of the country, folks are afraid to weed their gardens or hike in the woods. How can we regain the outdoors without putting ourselves and our children at risk? This guide provides the answers, along with vital information on other poisonous arachnids, including the black widow spider, brown recluse, scorpions, mites, and more. This book will help you: identify the species of poisonous ticks, spiders, and mites in your area; learn the warning signs of Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain fever, and other ailments; prevent contact with disease-bearing ticks; recognize and treat reactions from bites; protect and treat children and pets; sort through the myths about ticks and poisonous spiders; and more. No homeowner, suburban or rural dweller, gardener, hiker, camper, hunter, or anyone who enjoys the outdoors should be without a copy of this guide. (51/2 X 81/4, 160 pages, b&w photos, map, illustrations, charts)

Look this: German Wine Guide or Wine Spectators Ultimate Wine Tasting Kit

Dr. Bob's Guide to Optimal Health: God's Plan for a Long, Healthy Life

Author: Bob Bob DeMaria

Dr. Bob's Guide to Optimal Health is a compilation of Dr. Bob DeMaria's 30 years of experience in the wellness health field. Based on a year long pattern and wellness model lifestyle enhancement, this book provides a Bible based guide to a whole body restoration. Dr. Bob's clinical based proven experience and knowledge will create a natural desire to achieve optimal health—natures way—the way it was designed by our creator. You will rejoice with eighteen new health patterns slowly incorporated over twelve months. "Dr. Bob's natural health tips will take Christians to a higher level of optimal health This book is a must read". —Jordan Rubin, NY Times Best Selling author of The Maker's Diet

Of Course Youre Angry or Reiki para principiantes

2009-01-14T21:22:00.000-08:00

Of Course You're Angry: A Family Guide Dealing with the Emotions of Substance Abuse

Author: Garth M Rosellini

Though we may not like to admit it, all of us get angry. At times we feel irked, exasperated, irritated, resentful, even enraged. Anger is a normal and healthy human emotion; learning to acknowledge and express it appropriately, however, especially for those in early recovery, is another story.

First published in 1985, this timely revision of the best-selling Hazelden title on the nature and resolution of anger shows us how to make anger work in a positive and effective way that can ease, rather than exacerbate, the problems and challenges of early recovery.

In a friendly, nonconfrontive manner, Of Course You're Angry guides readers to discover the source of their anger and the forms it takes -- such as violence, depression, resentment, and manipulation. Authors Gayle Rosellini and Mark Worden continue by exploring various anger styles, and then provide clear, sensible, and practical guidelines for expressing anger, conquering "common conceits," and "wrangling with rancor. " Their real-life examples and down-to-earth advice for dealing with anger without fear or guilt -- and without hurting oneself or others -- offers addicts as well as their family members and friends a way passed one of the most dangerous pitfalls of early recovery.

New interesting book: Diabetes Double Quick Cookbook or Weekends Away

Reiki para principiantes: T?cnicas naturales de curaci?n

Author: David Vennells

Convierta sus manos en herramientas de curación

Reiki es un sistema de sanación a través de las manos, práctico pero a la vez profundo. Se desarrolló en Japón en 1800. Reiki para principiantes le ofrece los principios básicos para aplicar estas técnicas como una alternativa curativa, así como una herramienta de autoconocimiento y superación personal. Descubra sus misterios más escondidos, aprenda a sanar heridas y descubra su potencial para la felicidad. Aproveche las técnicas del Reiki para aprender:

Las causas y curas de enfermedades

Las doce posiciones de la mano para el Reiki

Cómo prepararse para el Reiki

Tratamientos de autocuración y para sanar a otros

Técnicas de meditación y relajación

Cómo se relaciona el Reiki y el Budísmo

Author Biography: David Vennells (Manchester, England) is a Reiki practitioner and teacher. He first experienced Reiki after suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for four years. In a very short time Reiki greatly improved his mental and physical condition and general quality of life.

Chronic Pain for Dummies or The AARP Guide to Pills

2009-01-14T11:11:00.000-08:00

Chronic Pain for Dummies

Author: Charles J Vierck Jr PhD

Proven exercises and techniques for dealing with pain

Your compassionate guide to conquering pain and living a full life

Do you suffer from chronic pain? This reassuring, practical guide helps you understand what causes pain and how to manage it with the newest pain-relieving techniques. You'll see how to track your pain triggers, weigh the benefits and risks of pain-reducing medications, improve your pain levels with diet and exercise, and determine whether surgery is right for you.

Discover how to:

Diagnose your pain
Build an anti-pain medical team
Prevent or minimize pain attacks
Explore alternative therapies
Make helpful lifestyle changes

Introduction.

Part I: Getting the Lowdown on Chronic Pain.

Chapter 1: Hurting That Doesn’t Go Away.

Chapter 2: Discovering How Pain Works.

Chapter 3: When Pain Becomes Chronic.

Part II: Detailing Some Causes of Chronic Pain.

Chapter 4: Arthritis and Its Cohorts.

Chapter 5: My Aching Back.

Chapter 6: Head Cases: Migraines and Other Types of Craniofacial Pain.

Chapter 7: The Odd Couple: Injuries and Strokes.

Chapter 8: Burn Pain.

Chapter 9: Digestive and Urinary Conditions.

Chapter 10: Reproductive Conditions.

Chapter 11: Following the Nerve Pathways: Neuralgias and Neuropathies.

Chapter 12: Cancer Pain.

Part III: Managing Your Pain Medically.

Chapter 13: Putting Together an Anti-Pain Team.

Chapter 14: Prescribing Medicines for Chronic Pain.

Chapter 15: Taking an Alternative Approach to Pain Management.

Chapter 16: Considering Surgery: The Last Resort?

Part IV: Managing Your Pain with Lifestyle.

Chapter 17: Tracking and Avoiding Pain Triggers.

Chapter 18: Nutrition and Weight Control.

Chapter 19: Getting Physical: Flexibility, Strength, Endurance, and Balance.

Chapter 20: Tackling Fatigue.

Chapter 21: Treating Pain and Stress Using the Power of Thought.

Chapter 22: Relaxing, Praying, and Creating.

Part V: Understanding PainThroughout the Life Cycle.

Chapter 23: Pain in Children.

Chapter 24: Pain and Aging.

Chapter 25: Pain at the End of Life.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 26: Ten Ways to Detect Bogus “Cures”.

Chapter 27: Ten Things to Remember about Pain and Sexuality.

Chapter 28: Ten or So Web Sources for People with Chronic Pain.

Chapter 29: Ten Things to Avoid When You Have Chronic Pain.

Index.

The AARP Guide to Pills: Essential Information on More Than 1,200 Prescription & Nonprescription Medications, Including Generics

Author: MaryAnne Hochadel

Mid-life and older Americans look first to AARP as a trusted source of the vital information that will improve their lives. Month to month and year to year, the association’s 37 million members read and rely upon its magazines, its newspapers, its book-publishing division, and its website (aarp.org). When AARP says something, they know you can take that information to the bank. That’s why book buyers will turn to this lavish manual for answers to their questions about life-saving and life-enhancing medications. The AARP Guide to Pills has been assembled with the same degree of care and concern for accuracy and ease of use that distinguishes every product that bears the AARP brand. That rigorous quality control will likewise distinguish the pill guide from the competition.
It’s the most outstanding and up-to-date guide to pills and medications ever published. The only one of its kind in full color, The AARP Guide to Pills addresses the needs and concerns of 50+ adults in incredible depth. To simplify the process of finding information about a certain drug, generic drugs are presented in a logical A-to-Z organization, with a comprehensive index that includes cross-references to related brand-name drugs. All information has been vetted by a board of content specialists, including an expert from the University of Southern California’s School of Gerontology, considered the finest in the United States.
Each entry also features a detailed, color-correct image of the pill or capsule for identification purposes, along with details on its generic name, brand name, and manufacturer; a listing of what a health-care provider should know about thecondition of anyone taking the medication; advice on what to do if you miss a dose; warnings on interactions with other drugs; and notes on potential side effects to look out for.
In their foreword and introduction, Harvard-trained doctors Jerry Avorn and William H. Thomas provide clear and comprehensive guidance on the wise use of prescription medications; how to effectively manage your drug costs; how to prepare for and derive maximum benefit from each doctor’s visit; how to talk to your physician and pharmacist; how to avoid “polypharmacy,” or overmedication; and why the appearance of generic pills can change from one prescription refill to the next.
Why this pill book?
n Each entry includes a color-correct image of the medication—unlike most books that include the images in a separate section
--Over 1,200 color images of pills—more than any other book on the market—make identifying
medications easy and minimize the risk of error...whether brand name or generic
--A bulleted list tells you what your health-care professional needs to know before you start taking a specific drug
--Important details about how and when to take a drug for maximum effectiveness
--A separate section explains exactly what to do if you miss a dose
--Content updated at press time to guarantee the most current information available
--Concise and consistent format helps readers find what they need easily
--Explains how the older body metabolizes drugs differently

Library Journal

Edited by Hochadel (PharmD, BCPS; clinical editor, Gold Standard) and written by a team of contributors that includes other doctors of pharmacy, a consumer advocate, and two Harvard-trained physicians, this full-color guide is no doubt timed to be released in tandem with the Medicare Part D commotion. A preface covers issues ranging from controlling medication risks to saving money on prescriptions to becoming a well-informed drug consumer; also included are an illustrated guide on how to navigate the text and a section on common drug/food/supplement interactions. The main portion of the text is made up of more than 1200 A-to-Z generic drug entries and is indexed by disease/disorder and again by the brand name of the drug. Each entry, which spans one and a half to two pages, is accompanied by a picture of the drug and mini-sections detailing the drug's nature, its proper administration, possible interactions and side effects, and optimal storage as well as questions to ask your doctor and what to do in the event of a missed dose. Bottom Line While the similar Physician's Desk Reference is dense and not necessarily geared toward lay readers, the AARP Guide contains information that can be easily grasped without the help of a doctor or pharmacist. It is a practical, concise, and extremely informative resource that will be of great use to patrons with drug inquiries. Suitable for many types of libraries, including public, medical, patient education, and academic, this guide should be a priority purchase.-Nicole A. Cooke, Montclair State Univ. Lib., NJ Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Why Fat Sticks or Feed Your Family Right

2009-01-13T23:59:00.000-08:00

Why Fat Sticks: An Introduction To Insulin Resistance

Author: Dr Guin Van Niekerk

DO YOU FIND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO LOSE WEIGHT?

HAVE YOU TRIED EVERY KNOWN DIET WITH NO SUCCESS?

IS YOUR HEALTH SUFFERING?

YOU COULD HAVE INSULIN RESISTANCE!

Insulin Resistance is COMMON - it may affect up to one in four people.

If you suffer from tiredness, irritability and constant cravings for sweet foods, you could have Insulin Resistance, a condition that makes it almost impossible to lose weight on conventional diets.

Insulin Resistance can not only prevent weight loss, but can also lead to conditions such as high blood pressure, cholesterol
abnormalities and Diabetes. These conditions are well-known risk factors for heart disease and strokes.

Insulin Resistance also causes Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, a condition in women that can cause infertility.

If you think that you, or someone you know, could have Insulin Resistance, act now. You can make all the difference

Feed Your Family Right!: How to Make Smart Food and Fitness Choices for a Healthy Lifestyle

Author: Elisa Zied

With nutritional guidelines and recipes designed to make family meals simple, healthy, and delicious, this indispensable guide shows how to make a nutrition plan for each member of the family, set realistic goals, achieve and maintain a healthy weight, make fitness fun, and eat healthy at home or at restaurants.

The African American Womans Guide to Successful Makeup and Skincare or Advanced Bach Flower Therapy

2009-01-13T14:47:00.000-08:00

The African American Woman's Guide to Successful Makeup and Skincare

Author: Alfred Fornay

The Ultimate Guide to Successful Makeup and Skincare for Every Woman of Color Who Wants to Look and Feel Her Best

• A complete listing of cosmetic products, tools to use, and professional techniques to design your best look

• The best products for your skin type and the best colors for your complexion

• What corrective beauty products to buy and what regular skincare regimen to follow

• Solutions to your beauty problems, including nutrition, nail care, and hair care

• Great advice from the women whose looks you love

"This is the book we’ve been waiting for. Fornay is a master."

–Susan Taylor, Essence magazine

"This wonderful book will empower you to be knowledgeable, well-groomed, confident, and successful. It’s the ultimate guide for every woman of color who wants to radiate her beauty."

–Upscale magazine

"Alfred Fornay has exemplified perfection in the beauty and fashion industry. His style, e´lan, and foresight have been emulated by countless others."

–Naomi Sims, superstar model; author, All About Health and Beauty for the Black Woman

"Before black women knew which way to turn, where to look to affirm their beauty, and find the tools to enhance their beauty, there was Alfred, setting the pace."

–Constance White, former style reporter, the New York Times; author, Style Noir

This internationally acclaimed makeup and skincare handbook and guide has shown thousands and thousands of women how to successfully present their own unique beauty.

	Foreword	v
	Preface	vi
Chapter 1	How Your Skin Protects You	1
Chapter 2	Nutrition and Your Skin	11
Chapter 3	How to Touch Your Face	21
Chapter 4	Facial Hair, Blemishes, and Other Facial Conditions	31
Chapter 5	Know Your Skin Type	41
Chapter 6	Your Skincare Regimen	49
Chapter 7	The Oily Skin Classification	57
Chapter 8	The Dry Skin Classification	63
Chapter 9	The Combination Skin Classification	69
Chapter 10	The Sensitive Skin Classification	75
Chapter 11	Coloring Your Skin	81
Chapter 12	Foundations for Your Skin Type	87
Chapter 13	Blending Your Foundation	95
Chapter 14	The Beauty of Color--Flawless Makeup Review	105
Chapter 15	Viva la Difference! Great Transformations--A Study of Skin Color and Makeup	109
Chapter 16	Face Powders	113
Chapter 17	Your Eyes and the Use of Color	119
Chapter 18	Blushers	129
Chapter 19	Your Fabulous Lips	139
Chapter 20	Your Hair	149
Chapter 21	Your Hands Are Lovely	163
Chapter 22	Quick Tips for the Look You Want	169
Chapter 23	Skincare and Grooming for Men	175
	Conclusion	180
	Acknowledgments	181
	Index	183

Advanced Bach Flower Therapy: A Scientific Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment

Author: Gotz Blom

A major advancement in the scientific use of flower essences.

• Lists 200 clinically proven combinations of Bach Flower essences for treating specific conditions.

• Targets the source of problems, not their outer manifestations.

Each of us has a unique psychic structure that affects our emotions, thoughts, and actions. We can develop harmoniously or have unbalanced reactions that can cause illness and psychosomatic conditions. The strength of Bach Flower therapy lies in its ability to treat these pathologies, restore balance, and free us from the physical manifestations of problems that are often psychic and emotional in origin. An indispensable addition to existing Bach Flower works, Advanced Bach Flower Therapy contains three significant new features that are essential for reliable diagnosis and treatment, and make practical use much easier:

• A new comprehensive, psychologically sensitive explanation for each individual remedy

• A detailed description of more than 200 proven combinations that target the source of the problem rather than simply addressing its symptoms

• A comprehensive repertory of symptoms and illnesses with extensive advice and suggestions for treatment

User-friendly and scientifically rigorous, Advanced Bach Flower Therapy is the most important tool yet for anyone wishing to develop a deeper understanding of the benefits of floral essences.

124 Prayers for Caregivers or Disabilityland

2009-01-13T02:36:00.000-08:00

124 Prayers for Caregivers

Author: Joan Guntzelman

Each of the 124 prayers in this book offers a powerful source of strength and consolation, a brief quotation from the Bible or another source, several lines of reflection, and a closing petition. While praying, we remind ourselves that God stands with us in our caregiving, and He assures us that our prayers are heard and answered.

Go to: Stretching Flexibility or When Words Are Not Enough

DisabilityLand

Author: Alan Brightman

DisabilityLand is the place where people with disabilities live, work, play, fret, hope and succeed. Or not. And where everyone else may or may not know—or care—who they are.

This collection of observations, anecdotes and questions are drawn from Dr. Alan Brightman's singular experiences in the field of disabilities for more than 3 decades. Together, Brightman's writings provide the kind of insight into the disabled experience that only someone intimately familiar with the territory and endlessly curious about its inhabitants could provide.

There is no prescribed order in the pages of DisabilityLand just as there are few predictable happenings in the real life of those who wander its terrain. Its pages consist of brief stories—some as short as 2 sentences, others as long as 3 pages—in which one life experiences another.

DisabilityLand is not about the subject of disability; it's not a study. It is instead about the unvarnished everyday-ness of disability; it's a series of rich, human, ordinary, and surprising encounters.

The Ultrasimple Diet or Help Theyre All Out to Get Me

2009-01-12T17:24:00.000-08:00

The Ultrasimple Diet: Kick-Start Your Metabolism and Safely Lose up to 10 Pounds in 7 Days

Author: Mark Hyman

IF YOU NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT FAST, BUT DON'T WANT TO DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH AND ARE TIRED OF HEARING PEOPLE TELL YOU TO JUST "EAT LESS AND EXERCISE MORE," THEN YOU NEED

THE ULTRASIMPLE DIET

Mark Hyman, M.D., the medical expert whose groundbreaking UltraMetabolism was a smash New York Times bestseller, now reveals an accelerated plan for quick, safe, and healthy weight loss--as much as 10 pounds in one week. Inside you'll find:

• a simple 7-day weight loss plan to revitalize your health,boost energy, and lose weight

• detailed instructions for exactly what to do each day--no thinking,guessing, testing, or wondering--all straight forward and something anyone can do

• precise instructions for what foods to eat, what foods to avoid, recipes, supplements, and stress reduction--exercise is optional!

• The solution to the #1 problem most dieters have: how to keep the weight off for good.

• exercise routines to suit even the busiest schedule

• pages for journal entries and checklists

The UltraSimple Diet is grounded in 21st century science and medicallyproven through years of testing on thousands of Dr. Hyman's patients.seven days from now, you could weigh up to ten pounds less, have revitalizedenergy and health, and both feel and look fantastic, all by simply trying

THE ULTRASIMPLE DIET

Join the ultrasimple diet community at ultrasimplediet.com/join.

Why The UltraSimple Diet?     9
How Toxic and Inflamed Are YOU?     29
Eliminating Toxins: The First Key to Automatic Weight Loss and Health     49
Cooling Inflammation: The Second Key to Automatic Weight Loss and Health     74
The Benefits of The UltraSimple Diet     94
Preparing for the UltraSimple Diet     112
The UltraSimple Diet - The Plan     133
The Enhanced UltraSimple Diet     177
Day 1 of The UltraSimple Diet     197
Day 2 of The UltraSimple Diet     207
Day 3 of The UltraSimple Diet     216
Day 4 of The UltraSimple Diet     225
Day 5 of The UltraSimple Diet     234
Day 6 of The UltraSimple Diet     243
Day 7 of The UltraSimple Diet     252
How to Transition Out of The UltraSimple Diet     262
Conclusion: Give Yourself an UltraMetabolism Permanently!     277
Acknowledgments     283
The Ultrasimple Diet Resources     285
About the Author     287

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Help! They're All Out to Get Me!: The Motorcyclist's Guide to Surviving the Everyday World

Author: Ralph L Angelo

Help! They're All Out to Get Me! is a book created to make the new and even the not-so-new motorcyclist a better motorcyclist. Between these covers, you will find tips and tricks that make surviving the everyday world a much easier proposition for the everyday rider. Inside, you'll find everything you need to get yourself out on the road safely as well as confidently, with recommendations for just about every conceivable occurrence that can plague you, on the open road as well as right outside your door. This book will teach you, or refresh your memory on, the little things one needs to know about motorcycling, as well as the large. Everything is covered here, from putting down your kick stand to accident management in a group ride situation. Help! They're All Out to Get Me!: The Motorcyclists' Guide to Surviving the Everyday World is truly one specialized tool that should be in every rider's toolbox!

100 Questions Answers about Kidney Cancer or Royal Path

2009-01-12T06:10:00.000-08:00

100 Questions & Answers About Kidney Cancer

Author: Steven C Campbell

There are more than 51,000 cases of kidney (renal cell) cancer in the United States each year. Whether you're a newly diagnosed cancer patient, a survivor, or a loved one of someone suffering from kidney cancer, this book offers help. The only text available to provide both the doctor's and patient's views, 100 Questions & Answers About Kidney Cancer provides practical, authoritative answers to 100 of the most common questions asked by cancer patients and survivors. Written with commentary from actual patients, this is an invaluable resource for anyone struggling with the medical, physical, and emotional turmoil of this disease.

Introduction     v
Foreword     ix
The Basics     1
Questions 1 to 4 answer basic questions about the urinary system, such as
What is kidney cancer?
Where are the kidneys located in the body?
What do the kidneys normally do?
Causes and Risk Factors for Kidney Cancer     9
Questions 5-21 discuss various types of kidney cancer and the causes
How common is kidney cancer?
Are there different types of kidney cancer?
What causes kidney cancer? Can kidney cancer be prevented?
Evaluation     35
Questions 22-33 discuss important issues in the doctor's office, such as
What are the typical signs and symptoms of kidney cancer?
What kind of doctor should I be seeing?
What tests are usually performed?
Staging of Renal Cell Carcinoma     59
Questions 34-42 deal with staging of kidney cancer and how it spreads
How is kidney cancer staged?
What does tumor grade mean?
Where does kidney cancer spread to?
Do patients die from kidney cancer?
Treatment: Localized Disease     79
Questions 43-57 answer questions regarding treatment of cancer confined to the kidney
How is kidney cancer treated?
What is a radical nephrectomy?
What is laparoscopy?
What other treatment options are there?
Treatment: Locally Advanced Disease     115
Questions 58-63 discuss treatment of locally advanced kidney cancer
What is the treatment for locally advanced (stage III) kidney cancer?
What is an adjuvant treatment?
Treatment: MetastaticDisease     127
Questions 64-71 deal with cancer that has spread beyond the kidney
What are the treatment options for metastatic kidney cancer (stage 4)?
What is the prognosis for patients with metastatic kidney cancer?
What other options are there for metastatic kidney cancer?
Immunotherapy     137
Questions 72-77 deal with the procedure of immunotherapy
What is immunotherapy?
What is a stem cell transplant?
Targeted Molecular Therapy     147
Questions 78-94 discuss various molecular treatments of kidney cancer
What is "targeted molecular" therapy?
How were the targeted molecular agents developed?
What new agents are on the horizon?
Clinical Trials     167
Questions 95-100 aim to help the kidney cancer patient navigate their way through various clinical trials and how to choose the right one
What is a clinical trial?
How do I know that someone is making sure that the clinical trials are conducted in a safe and ethical manner?
How can I learn more about clinical trials?
How can I learn more about kidney cancer?
Glossary     175
Index     183

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Royal Path: Practical Lessons on Yoga

Author: Swami Rama

Outlines the basic physical exercises, mental disciplines, and ethical commitments of raja yoga

Transforming Depression or Better Baby Food

2009-01-11T19:59:00.000-08:00

Transforming Depression: The HeartMath Solution to Feeling Overwhelmed, Sad and Stressed

Author: Doc Childr

Transforming Depressionargues that the prevalence of depression today results from the frenetic pace of modern life. A constant sense of being overwhelmed, fatigued, and stretched to the limit leads us to feelings of hopelessness and a lack of interest in normally pleasurable activities-the principal signs of depression. By using the HeartMath(r) techniques, readers will be able to tap into new reserves of energy and creativity and will find new ways to connect with the people in their lives. As a result, feelings of depression will lessen and dramatic change will take place for better health in mind and body.

Interesting textbook: L'esprit et le Coeur du Négociateur

Better Baby Food: Your Essential Guide to Nutrition,Feeding & Cooking for All Babies & Toddlers

Author: Daina Kalnins

Everyone wants their children to have the best possible diet, particularly in those all-important first years of life. But parents (especially new parents) aren't nutritional experts. So how do they know if their babies and toddlers are getting all the nourishment they need?

Now, with Better Baby Food, there's a complete, authoritative guide that takes the guesswork out feeding young children—from birth to 24 months and beyond.

Developed with the world-renowned Hospital for Sick Children, this book provides the most up-to-date, expert advice available, with easy-to-read information about every aspect of feeding young children—from breast and bottle feeding through to the introduction of solid foods. Each page is packed with tips, recommendations and common-sense guidelines for parents, including important topics such as food safety and allergies, teething and tooth care, digestive problems, essential vitamins and minerals, snacking, homemade vs. commercially prepared foods, feeding while traveling, as well as vegetarian diets.

But that's not all. In addition to its wealth of nutritional information, this book features over 220 easy-to-prepare recipes, organized by meal and recommended age range. Each recipe provides a full nutrient analysis, and has been baby- and toddler-tested to ensure maximum flavor appeal. Start the day with Baby's Fruit Smoothie or Apple Breakfast Bars. At midday try dishes such as Lunchtime Pasta and Bean Casserole or Crustless Cheese 'n Carrot Quiche and, for dinner, Fiesta Tomato Surprise or Chicken and Peach Salad. These recipes are so imaginative and delicious,you'll want to make them for your own dinner table!

Every year, 4 million babies are born in North America, creating a huge market of new parents, all of whom are looking for anything that will make their sleep-deprived lives easier. With its combination of comprehensive nutritional information and fast-and-easy recipes, Better Baby Food is the ideal resource.

E-Streams

An excellent and ideal source for parents, especially new parents.

The Heart of the Matter or Social Work in Oncology

2009-01-11T10:47:00.000-08:00

The Heart of the Matter: The African-American's Guide to Heart Disease, Heart Treatment, and Heart Wellness

Author: Herbert Stern

This seminal work on heart disease in the African American community is updated with the latest information on nutrition and dietary guidelines, heart surgery, and medication in this revised edition. As important today as it was when originally published five years ago, this informative guide provides African Americans with the most cutting-edge information on cardiovascular disease, blood lipids, and strokes, the most current and successful medications and therapies on the market, and recent developments in understanding the role that spirituality plays in recovery. Preventative techniques that address the social and cultural dynamics that affect the health of African Americans are discussed, and more than 50 heart-healthy soul food recipes are included to ensure that African Americans get—and stay—on the healthy track.

Acknowledgments     vii
Preface     ix
Heart Courage     1
Lifestyle Choices to Prevent Heart Disease     19
What Is Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)?     31
Heart Disease in Women: New Evidence, New Thinking, Brighter Future     51
Operating on the Heart     63
Early Detection of Coronary Artery Disease     79
Choosing What to Eat and Heart Healthy Recipes     91
Prevent a Heart Attack: Reduce Your Stress     135
Your Rights as a Patient     165
Afterword     169
Common Drugs Used in the Treatment of Heart Disease     171
References     175
Index     185
About the Authors     193

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Social Work in Oncology: Supporting Survivors, Families and Caregivers

Author: Marie M Lauria

Your resource for social work in the cancer field

Whether you are a new social worker or an experienced one in the oncology field, this book is a valuable reference tool. Offering a solid foundation on which to begin or build an oncology practice, this volume is rich with information.

Social Work in Oncology includes:

Discussion of the emotional and social impact of cancer on children,adults, and their families
The latest information about diagnosis and treatment
Coverage of the full range of social work interventions applied incancer care
A patient information section onidentifying, accessing, and usingsupport services

Marie M. Lauria, Elizabeth J. Clark, JoanF. Hermann, and Naomi M. Stearns

Good Nights or Homeopathy for Pregnancy Birth and Your Babys First Year

2009-01-10T22:36:00.000-08:00

Good Nights: The Happy Parents' Guide to the Family Bed (and a Peaceful Night's Sleep!)

Author: Jay Gordon

Your baby sleeps in your bed, and you love it. Except for those nagging worries about safety. ("She's so small, I'm so big!") And what your relatives are saying. ("She'll never leave your bed!") And that little foot that always ends up on your face.

Worry no more! Good Nights puts your concerns about the family bed to rest, with fun and easy-to-use guidance on safety, coping with criticism, and even keeping the spark in your marriage (albeit outside the bedroom). With warmth and humor, Dr. Jay Gordon, a nationally recognized pediatrician who has endorsed the family bed for decades, and Maria Goodavage, a former USA Today staff writer with training in sleep research, give you everything you'll need in order to thrive - and at times, simply survive - with the family bed. Good Nights provides a comprehensive look at:

- SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH - Science is uncovering a wealth of advantages, including possible protection from SIDS, for babies who share their parents' bed.

- SURPRISING BENEFITS - Parents of young babies get much more sleep with the family bed! And little ones who spend time sleeping next to parents end up more independent (you read that right!) and closer to their parents than their cribbed peers.

- SAFETY - The authors give simple-to-follow advice on how to make your family bed at least as safe as a crib.

- SOUND SLEEP - Yes, it can be had. Good Nights lets you know how to overcome the obstacles.

- SEX - Ditto.

- SAYING GOOD-BYE - Your child really will leave your bed! Good Nights helps you help your child move on when the time is right.

If you're among the record number ofparents turning to the family bed, turn to Good Nights. It's a bedside companion you won't want to be without.

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Homeopathy for Pregnancy, Birth, and Your Baby's First Year

Author: Miranda Castro

No period in a woman's life is as filled with special concerns as pregnancy and new motherhood. Among the many discomforts and ailments treatable with the homeopathic remedies explained in this book are:

For the mother: anemia, back pain, breastfeeding problems, constipation, exhaustion, hemorrhoids, insomnia, morning sickness, post-partum depression, sinusitis, varicose veins, yeast infections

For the baby: breathing difficulties, chicken pox, constipation, cough, diaper rash, diarrhea, ear infection, hiccups, mumps, sleep problems, teething pains, vomiting

In Homeopathy for Pregnancy, Birth, and Your Baby's First Year, practicing homeopath, Mirando Castro introduces readers to the many safe, effective, inexpensive, and nonmedical remedies that homeopathy has to offer women in this very important period. With reassuring, easy-to-read text, the book explains the principles of homeopathy and tells readers how to select the remedies that correlate to hundreds of common symptoms of physical and emotional distress. The book also offers natural ways to make labor and birth as relaxed as possible, using homeopathic methods.
Complete with case histories, materia medica, and supportive and helpful tips throughout, this guidebook offers a wealth of natural-health information every expentant mother should consider.

Library Journal

Written by a London-based homeopath who is the author of The Complete Homeopathy Handbook ( LJ 2/1/92) and who specializes in child care, Homeopathy for Pregnancy, Birth, and Your Baby's First Year reviews in detail homeopathic concepts, techniques, and remedies that can be applied to treatable symptoms and complaints experienced by pregnant mothers and infants. While the book focses on minor conditions that don't require a doctor's attention, such as varicose veins and breastfeeding problems, it is written as a specialized instructional manual that requires the reader either to be familiar with the principles and practice of homeopathy o r willing to devote considerable time to its study. For collections where there is a demand for homeopathic books. Information on pregnancy diagnosis, gestation, prenatal care, nutrition, hazards, and pregnancy complications comprises half of Great Expectations , a concise encyclopedia suitable for a general audience. The remaining half addresses labor, delivery, birth complications, and tests, as well as recovery and postnatal feelings. In its tone, readability, illustration, and organization, this guide compares with Lanie Carter and Lauren Ostrow's The Miracle Year ( LJ 5/1/91) . However, readers seeking detailed instructions about infant care and development should consult textbooks by such authors as Penelope Leach, Louise Ames, and William Sears, since this guide provides an overview only.-- Kathryn Hammell Carpenter, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago Lib.

The Well Fed Baby or Last Rights

2009-01-10T12:24:00.000-08:00

The Well Fed Baby: Healthy, Delicious Baby Food Recipes That You Can Make at Home

Author: O Robin Sweet

Here is you source book for feeding your baby the healthy and natural way as seen on Mothering, the television series on Fox FX, Fox Fit TV, and Fox Health Networks. From the makers of The Well Fed Baby line of organic, soy-based baby food, this book offers parents easy-to-make, all-natural recipes as an alternative to baby food. Not only are these recipes better-tasting and healthier than processed jarred baby food, they can be made at home in just minutes and at a fraction of the cost. Some of the recipes are presented by guest chefs who share with you their favorite ways to feed their little ones.

The Well Fed Baby will teach you the basics of making baby food at home, as well as the benefits of using organic foods and soy foods, and how to initiate healthy eating habits from birth. The authors guide you through the different stages of feeding your baby, from milk and strained cereal at six months to chopped foods at twelve months. Your baby will love meals such as Carrot Puree with Mint, Baked Acorn Squash and Brown Rice, and Broccoli and Chicken Dinner. And you will love knowing that you are giving the very best to your well-fed baby.

The Well-Fed Baby offers parents an alternative to jarred baby food, most of which is loaded with sweeteners. Making baby food at home is easy-almost all you need are fresh fruits and vegetables and a food processor or blender. Following Robin Sweet's recipes, the results are delicious purees of apples, mangos, bananas, carrots, and other foods that babies love. The Well-Fed Baby will be an essential purchase for expecting parents.

The Well-Fed Baby is the tie-in for a new television program by thesame name, airing Fall 1999 on Fox FX, Fox Fit TV, and brand-new Fox Health networks. Produced by author Robin Sweet, the new series will cover everything related to keeping your baby healthy: diet, exercise, and so much more. Robin Sweet will demonstrate how to make baby food at home on each episode. The author will also promote the cookbook on the air.The Well-Fed Baby offers parents an alternative to jarred baby food, most of which is loaded with sweeteners. Making baby food at home is easy-almost all you need are fresh fruits and vegetables and a food processor or blender. Following Robin Sweet's recipes, the results are delicious purees of apples, mangos, bananas, carrots, and other foods that babies love. The Well-Fed Baby will be an essential purchase for expecting parents.

Dale Atkins

A great deal of our interaction with babies centers on food. And since they thrive on good, wholesome, healthy food, why not learn the best, easiest ways to prepare food that nurtures their developing minds and bodies and spirits.

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Last Rights: Rescuing the End of Life from the Medical System

Author: Stephen P Kiernan

“Gripping…A superb resource for boomers dealing with their parents' final days…as well as for health-care professionals who need to hear this story from the other side.”

--Kirkus Reviews

With advances in medicine, technology, and daily diet and exercise practices, Americans are living longer than ever before. We have an unprecedented opportunity for meaningful closure – free of pain, among loved ones, with our affairs in order and spiritual calm attained. Instead, most of us discover that our doctor has minimal training in providing end-of-life care, and will seek to extend life no matter how painful, expensive and futile that effort might be.

In Last Rights, award-winning journalist Stephen P. Kiernan shows how patients and families can regain control of the dying process, creating familial intimacy like never before. Bolstered by both scientific research and intimate portraits of people from all walks of life, Last Rights offers a hopeful, profound vision for patients, doctors, and families: a way to honor people during their greatest vulnerability, a chance for families to reconnect, an opportunity for the medical system to treat patients with ultimate respect, a time to give comfort and compassion to those we most love.

Library Journal

Most people find it difficult to face their own mortality and that of their loved ones. This book compassionately and skillfully addresses this difficult, emotional issue. Kiernan, a journalist with the Burlington Free Press (VT), discusses the disconnect between how people want to spend their last days and how they actually end up doing so. While most desire to feel no pain, functioning mentally and physically and surrounded by family, the reality is that the majority of us will actually die in hospitals, where extreme medical interventions are undertaken at immense costs and with little regard to pain, human comfort, or the stated wishes of the dying and their families. Kiernan argues that most physicians and other healthcare professionals do not know how to deal with death because textbooks and medical schools fail to address the issue adequately. His final chapters present a broad agenda to improve end-of-life care at both the societal and the individual levels. This well-written and thoughtful book, filled with surveys, interviews, and personal portraits, is highly recommended for all public libraries and consumer health collections.-Ross Mullner, Sch. of Public Health, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

An impassioned appeal for a kinder, gentler death. George Polk Award-winner Kiernan, a reporter for the Burlington Free Press (Vermont), argues that last-ditch efforts to prolong life are leading causes of bankruptcy that also deprive the dying and their families of their dignity and peace of mind. He cautions that medical directives, which many assume will protect them from unwanted interventions, are routinely ignored by hospitals. Further, those who seek refuge in a hospice may be left out in the cold: A physician must attest that a candidate has six months to live, yet doctors are notoriously bad at estimating endpoints. Fewer Americans die of sudden illnesses or accidents, Kiernan notes. The majority linger with chronic illnesses like Alzheimer's or cancer, yet our medical system isn't equipped to handle those whose prognosis falls somewhere between "really sick" and "almost gone," nor to deal with their families, whose primary need may be respite care. The author sees some progress as hospitals begin to offer palliative measures designed to make final days more comfortable. He considers the benefits of a gradual death, which include greater intimacy with family members and time to plan for a conscious ending or to sum up a life. Kiernan tells how he and his siblings dealt with their mother's inoperable cancer, then turns the lessons they learned into a well-considered prescription for the entire population. He urges patients to fight for their right to die naturally; medical schools to devote more attention in their curriculum to the dying process; and policymakers to start making it easier for dying patients to receive adequate pain control. Gripping first-person stories andinterviews with exceptional caregivers make the human case for national reform. A superb resource for boomers dealing with their parents' final days and anxious to exert more control over their own rites of passage, as well as for health-care professionals who need to hear this story from the other side.

The Ultimate New York Body Plan or The Natural Pharmacy

2009-01-10T01:11:00.000-08:00

The Ultimate New York Body Plan

Author: David Kirsch

“When I need to get in shape fast, I know that David’s the man . . .with David, I know I’ll get some real results.”
--Heidi Klum

“I work out with David Kirsch on a regular basis, but I really see his magic when I need to get in shape quickly for a film, event, or photo shoot. He puts me on a detailed but realistic program, that includes diet, supplements and exercise. Within two weeks I see huge results and feel stronger, healthier and 100 percent better inside and out.”
--Liv Tyler, actress

“When I first contacted David, I had five weeks to get in shape for my first movie role. His attitude and take-no-prisoners approach was not only inspiring, it was actually enjoyable! It was more than a workout; it was a lifestyle change.”
--Faith Hill

The ultimate body transformation--now with more tools and inspiration to help you get the envious body you want

Personal trainer and fitness guru to the stars David Kirsch has whipped into shape some of the most famous bodies in America. Supermodels Heidi Klum and Linda Evangelista, as well as celebrities such as Liv Tyler, have turned to David for his foolproof training regimen when they needed to get to their level of optimum fitness--fast. In The Ultimate New York Body Plan, David shows you how to burn fat and get fit in only two weeks—just in time for that class reunion or anniversary cruise.

The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Alternative Treatments for Common Health Conditions

Author: Alan R Gaby

The Natural Medicine Resource You Can Trust

Imagine having the foremost experts in natural medicine providing up-to-date treatment options for your health concerns. With The Natural Pharmacy from Healthnotes, Inc., you get just that. Completely revised to include more than 500 entries, this reliable health information resource is informative and easy to navigate.

Compiled from the comprehensive Healthnotes knowledgebase, a trusted resource used by national retail grocery, health food, and pharmacy chains, and major Internet health sites' The Natural Pharmacy continues to set the standard for the latest and most scientifically accurate natural health information.

• The reliability and accuracy of Healthnotes in book form

• Revised and updated edition covering 45 new health conditions, 15 new supplements, and 24 new herbs

• Tabbed pages, quick-reference charts, and cross-references throughout

• Easy-to-find information on dosages and side effects

• With a foreword by Dr. Bob Arnot

The Psychology of Humor or The Thin Books

2009-01-09T15:59:00.000-08:00

The Psychology of Humor: An Integrative Approach

Author: Rod A Martin

Most of us laugh at something funny multiple times during a typical day. Humor serves multiple purposes and though there is a sizable and expanding research literature on the subject, the research is spread in a variety of disciplines. Until now there has been no systematic integration of that literature into a single book. The Psychology of Humor reviews the literature, integrating disperse findings from across subdisciplines in psychology, as well as related fields such as anthropology, biology, computer science, linguistics, and sociology. The book begins by defining humor, followed by a discussion of theories of humor, and then begins analyzing research findings from the various subdisciplines in psychology. Coverage includes the cognitive processes involved in humor, as well as the effects of humor on cognition, the neurobiology of humor, the social functions of humor, individual differences in personality and humor, the development of humor understanding and use over the lifespan, the association of humor with both physical and mental health, and applications of humor use in psychotherapy, education, and the workplace.

Look this: Dining Room and Banquet Management or Michael Jacksons Bar and Cocktail Companion

The Thin Books: Daily Strategies and Meditations for Fat-Free, Guilt-Free, Binge-Free Living

Author: Jeane Eddy Westin

For years, The Thin Book and The Thin Book 2 have provided readers working on weight loss with inspiring messages to boost their sagging motivation. Now, readers can find both helpful resources in one compact, comprehensive guide. The first part is a topical guide to thin living that includes effective strategies and action plans for success. The second part includes 366 daily readings to help readers build their self-esteem with positive thinking, positive feelings, and positive doing. Readers can use this book every day to enhance their total weight loss program.

Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicine or 1801 Home Remedies

2009-01-09T03:47:00.000-08:00

Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicine: Improving Health and Longevity with Native Nutrition

Author: Ronald F Schmid

This book traces the cause of many chronic health problems to our modern diet and shows how a return to traditional foods can improve one's well-being.

Modern medicine now recognizes that the present-day Western diet is responsible for many of today's chronic illnesses. Nutritionists and anthropologists have noted the decline in health that accompanies indigenous peoples' transition from traditional to modern diets. In Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicine, Ron Schmid explains how a return to a traditional diet can help you reduce your risk of heart attack by 50 percent; fight allergies, chronic fatigue, arthritis, skin problems, and headaches; recover from colds and flu in a day or two; and increase your life-expectancy. Chapters focusing on the major food groups, common diets, and health goals enable you to tailor a diet to your special needs.

New edition, previously titled Native Nutrition.

New interesting book: WPF Recipes in C 2008 or Canon EOS 1D Mark III EOS 1Ds Mark III

1,801 Home Remedies: Trustworthy Treatments for Everyday Health Problems

Author: Readers Digest

Here is a plethora of ordinary household remedies to treat over 100 common ailments and health complaints safely, effectively, and inexpensively in an easytouse AtoZ format. Treat everyday health problems with cures from a wide range of sources, all examined by a panel of leading medical doctorssurefire safe and effective treatments.

	Foreword	8
	About This Book	11
	Using Home Remedies	12
Part 1	Everyday Ailments
	Acne	30
	Age Spots	32
	Allergies	34
	Anal Itching	38
	Angina	40
	Anxiety	42
	Arthritis	45
	Asthma	51
	Special Feature: Feel-Better Baths	54
	Athlete's Foot	56
	Back Pain	59
	Bad Breath	65
	Bedwetting	68
	Belching	70
	Blisters	73
	Special Feature: Remedies from the Sea	76
	Body Odor	78
	Boils	80
	Breast Tenderness	83
	Breast-Feeding Problems	86
	Bronchitis	90
	Bruises	93
	Bursitis and Tendinitis	96
	Calluses and Corns	102
	Canker Sores	105
	Special Feature: A Gaggle of Gargles	108
	Carpal Tunnel Syndrome	110
	Chapped Lips	114
	Chicken Pox	116
	Special Feature: Healing Soups from Around the World	118
	Cold Sores	120
	Colds and Flu	123
	Colic	129
	Conjunctivitis	132
	Constipation	135
	Coughs	139
	Cuts and Scrapes	143
	Dandruff	145
	Depression	147
	Diaper Rash	151
	Diarrhea	154
	Dry Hair	158
	Dry Mouth	161
	Dry Skin	163
	Earache	166
	Earwax	169
	Eczema	171
	Eye Irritation	174
	Eyestrain	176
	Fatigue	179
	Fever	182
	Flatulence	184
	Foot Odor	187
	Special Feature: Healing Your Home	208
	Foot Pain	190
	Gout	192
	Gum Problems	195
	Hangover	197
	Head Lice	199
	Headaches	201
	Hearburn	205
	Heat Rash	210
	Hemorrhoids	212
	Hiccups	215
	High Blood Pressure	218
	High Cholesterol	222
	Hives	226
	Impotence	229
	Incontinence	233
	Indigestion	236
	Infertility	239
	Inflammatory Bowel Disease	243
	Ingrown Hairs	246
	Ingrown Toenails	248
	Insect and Spider Bites	250
	Insomnia	254
	Irritable Bowel Syndrome	258
	Jock Itch	261
	Kidney Stones	263
	Laryngitis	266
	Memory Problems	268
	Menopause Problems	272
	Menstrual Problems	275
	Morning Sickness	278
	Muscle Cramps	281
	Nail Problems	284
	Nausea	286
	Special Feature: Putting the Pressure On	288
	Neck and Shoulder Pain	290
	Nosebleed	293
	Oily Hair	295
	Oily Skin	297
	Palpitations	300
	Poison Ivy	303
	Pregnancy Complaints	306
	Premenstrual Syndrome	309
	Prostate Enlargement	311
	Psoriasis	314
	Razor Burn	317
	Restless Leg Syndrome	319
	Ringworm	321
	Rosacea	323
	Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)	325
	Shin Splints	327
	Shingles	329
	Special Feature: Teatime	338
	Sinusitis	331
	Snoring	335
	Sore Throat	340
	Splinters	343
	Sties	345
	Stress	347
	Sunburn	349
	Swimmer's Ear	351
	Teeth Grinding	353
	Teething	355
	Temporomandibular Disorder	357
	Toothache	360
	Ulcers	363
	Urinary Tract Infections	367
	Varicose Veins	370
	Warts	373
	Water Retention	376
	Wrinkles	379
	Yeast Infections	381
Part 2	20 Top Household Healers
	Aloe Vera	386
	Arnica	389
	Baking Soda	391
	Chamomile	393
	Epsom Salt	395
	Garlic	397
	Ginger	400
	Goldenseal	403
	Honey	405
	Lavender	408
	Lemon	410
	Mustard	412
	Omega-3 Fatty Acids	414
	Peppermint	417
	Petroleum Jelly	419
	Tea	421
	Vinegar	424
	Witch Hazel	427
	Yogurt	429
	Zinc	432
	Cautions and Side Effects	434
	Index	438

Qigong Teachings of a Taoist Immortal or 375 Essential Oils

2009-01-08T18:35:00.000-08:00

Qigong Teachings of a Taoist Immortal: The Eight Essential Exercises of Master Li Ching-yun

Author: Stuart Alve Olson

The first English translation of Master Li Ching-yun's teachings on the Eight Brocades, the central practice of qigong.

• Explains the physical and spiritual benefits of the Eight Brocades and offers step-by-step instructions for this powerful sequence of postures.

• 85 illustrations highlight the postures and philosophies.

• Author's commentary provides insight and depth to the original translation.

Throughout history Taoists have promoted the development and restoration of the Three Treasures-- body, breath, and spirit--through the gentle practice of qigong. At the center of the qigong practice are the Eight Brocades, a series of postures that developed during the 3,000-year Taoist quest for longevity and vitality. Now qigong expert Stuart Olson translates into English Master Li Ching-yun's treasured teachings on the Eight Brocades. One of the most famous qigong masters of this century, Master Li Ching-yun is reliably chronicled to have lived more than 250 years, during which he practiced the Eight Brocades on a daily basis. His longevity and personal endorsements attest to and validate the Eight Brocades as the quintessence of Taoist health and qigong practices.

With Master Li Ching-yun's original teachings as a guide, Stuart Olson presents an authentic yet accessible approach to this unique practice. Each exercise is accompanied by original text from Master Li, step-by-step instructions for each posture, illustrations of the positions, and insights on theory and practice. Because the Eight Brocades are the foundation of all qigong, this book provides valuable advice for all practitioners, regardless of the style they practice or the depth oftheir experience.

	Acknowledgments	xi
	Introduction	1
Part 1	The Development of Qigong: Taoist Longevity Practices and the Three Treasures	3
	Taoist Longevity Practices	4
	Arts of Nourishing Life	4
	Abdominal Breathing	8
	The Three Treasures	11
	Ching	14
	Qi	16
	Shen	21
Part 2	The Eight Brocades--The Physical Practice: The Traditional Method, with Commentaries	23
	Author's Introduction to the Eight Brocades	24
	The Development of the Eight Brocades	25
	Practicing and Finding a Teacher	27
	Li Ching-yun	30
	Li Ching-Yun's Introduction to the Original Text of the Eight Brocades	35
	The Methods of the Eight Diagram Active Kung	35
	Secrets of the Eight Brocades	40
	The First Brocade: The Heavenly Drum	50
	The Original Text	51
	Li Ching-yun's Commentary	52
	Author's Instructions	59
	The Second Brocade: Shake the Heavenly Pillar	64
	The Original Text	65
	Li Ching-yun's Commentary	66
	Author's Instructions	68
	The Third Brocade: The Red Dragon Stirs the Sea	72
	The Original Text	73
	Li Ching-yun's Commentary	74
	Author's Instructions	78
	The Fourth Brocade: Rub the Court of the Kindeys	82
	The Original Text	83
	Li Ching-yun's Commentary	84
	Author's Instructions	87
	The Fifth Brocade: the Single Pass Windlass	90
	The Original Text	91
	Li Ching-yun's Commentary	92
	Author's Instructions	94
	The Sixth Brocade: The Double Pass Windlass	96
	The Original Text	97
	Li Ching-yun's Commentary	98
	Author's Instructions	100
	The Seventh Brocade: Supporting Heaven	102
	The Original Text	103
	Li Ching-yun's Commentary	104
	Author's Instructions	105
	The Eighth Brocade: Grasping with Hooks	108
	The Original Text	109
	Li Ching-yun's Commentary	110
	Author's Instructions	111
	Concluding Exercises and Comments	115
	Concluding Exercises: The Original Text	116
	Li Ching-yun's Commentary	118
	Author's Instructions	124
	Li Ching-yun's Concluding Comments	126
Appendix to Part 2	Summary of Instructions	129
Part 3	The Lesser Heavenly Circuit--the Spiritual Practice: Three Interrelated Techniques	133
	Author's Introduction to the Lesser Heavenly Circuit	134
	Development of the Lesser Heavenly Circuit	134
	The First Regime: Externally Patting: the Eight Subtle Meridians and Twelve Cavities	140
	The Eight Subtle Meridians	143
	The Twelve Cavities--Methods for Self-Massage	151
	The Second Regime: Internally Opening: the Eight Subtle Qi Cavities	157
	The Eight Subtle Qi Cavities	161
	The Third Regime: the Lesser Heavenly Circuit	165
Appendix to Part 3	Summary of Instructions	168
	Suggested Reading	171
	About the Author	173
	Index	174

Interesting book: Hit of the Party or Cucina Fresca

375 Essential Oils

Author: Jeanne Ros

This thorough guide profiles 375 different essential oils according to botanical family, habit and growth, chemical components, and actions. Historical notes and lore, often from Chinese alchemy as well as western botanical sources, are featured. Essays on evergreens, lavender, chamomile, jasmine, and more fill out important categories. Graceful botanical illustrations illuminate the text.

The Chopra Center Herbal Handbook or Shelter from the Storm

2009-01-08T07:23:00.000-08:00

The Chopra Center Herbal Handbook: Forty Natural Prescriptions for Perfect Health

Author: David Simon MD

People around the world are increasingly working with their own bodies to restore balance. They're using medicinals found in nature to avoid the side effects of antibiotics and turning to traditions that have passed the test of time. The oldest medical system of all is Ayurveda, which dates back 5,000 years to its origins in India. In The Chopra Center Herbal Handbook, Deepak Chopra, M.D., and David Simon, M.D., draw on the forty most important herbs of Ayurveda, from aloe and amrit to ginger and winter cherry, to create a practical, popular reference book that shows how to strengthen immunity, rejuvenate the body, boost energy, and detoxify the system.

Each listing in The Chopra Center Herbal Handbook contains botanical information, scientific research, instructions on using the herb, a line drawing, precautions, and most important, the specific ailments each herb is best suited to remedy, including those involving digestion, mind and emotions, women's and men's health matters, metabolism, pain, arthritis and inflammation, circulation, and many more.

Go to: Halloween Recipes and Crafts or Eating for Lower Cholesterol

Shelter from the Storm: Caring for a Child with a Life-Threatening Condition

Author: Joanne Hilden

critically ill and unlikely to survive. A recent Harvard University study on pediatric end-of-life care has shown that the medical community is failing such children and their families. Indeed, in their effort to be ever-hopeful and cure-oriented in the face of a child's terminal illness, they neglect to advise parents on the basics of emotional support for all family members, pediatric pain medication, and the need for making plans and worst-case preparations.Based on the National Advanced Illness Coordinated Care program and the stories and advice gleaned from co-author Joanne Hilden's years of work as a pediatric oncologist, Shelter from the Storm fills this advice-and-caregiving void. A compassionate road map to what the family may have to face, what they may be asked to decide, and how they might want to involve their child in the decision-making, Shelter from the Storm will help parents and caregivers make informed, loving, and protective choices on behalf of their children in the most trying of times.

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Caring for a dying loved one is always painful, but when the patient is your child, the pain cuts deeper. Too often, there seems to be nowhere for parents to turn for help and advice on dealing with their child's condition. Hilden, a pediatric oncologist, and Tobin, author of Peaceful Dying and director of the National Advanced Illness Coordinated Care program, draw on their years of working with terminally ill patients to address the medical, emotional, spiritual, and even financial questions that parents need to consider. They offer suggestions on how to discuss death with the child and the rest of the family, and they offer narratives from parents who have gone through the experience. With a large list of resources, this compassionate guide "takes your hand and guides you down a path you don't want to walk." Recommended for most collections.-KellyJo Houtz Griffin, Eatonville, WA Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.

	A Note on Language	xi
	Foreword	xiii
	Preface	xix
	Introduction: Why This Book?	1
1	Facing Your Child's Life-Threatening Condition	17
2	Individuality of Disease, of Child and Family, and of Choice	35
3	Taking Control of Your Life	43
4	Coming to Terms	77
5	Your Spiritual Mindset	127
6	The Turning Point	137
7	Some Needed Preparation	153
8	Finding Peace	173
	Epilogue	193
	Further Resources	199
	Further Reading	201
	Acknowledgments	207
	Index	211
	About The Children's Hospital at The Cleveland Clinic	219
	About the Life Institute	220

Optimizing Strength Training or Food Combining for Health

2009-01-07T21:11:00.000-08:00

Optimizing Strength Training: Designing Nonlinear Periodization Workouts

Author: William J Kraemer

The strength training strategy of linear periodization has long been recognized as an efficient system of resistance training. But-until now-no one had researched and explored the potential benefits of a nonlinear periodization training program.

Authors William Kraemer and Steven Fleck delve into nonlinear, or undulating, periodization to examine how it can result in long-term fitness and performance gains by adding more variety to workouts and optimizing each training session. In doing so, Dr. Kraemer and Dr. Fleck pioneer this newest periodization training technique and have become the leading proponents of this unique training method. Their innovative approach to strength training is shown to facilitate the training process and enhance performance, a fact Dr. Kraemer has demonstrated in several ongoing studies with basketball teams at the University of Connecticut.

Optimizing Strength Training: Designing Nonlinear Periodization Workouts explains how nonlinear periodization works and then demonstrates how to create nonlinear periodization training programs, including programs for special populations. Readers will learn that by creating different workouts for each day, they can emphasize exclusive training styles in every workout to maximize adaptation as well as ensure adequate recovery from the rigors of training. Fitness professionals and coaches will discover that this unique training style reduces the boredom encountered when using similar workout protocols for two to four weeks at a time and therefore lends itself to creating a more satisfied client base.

Using practical and user-friendly terms, the authors provide the knowledge required forunderstanding nonlinear periodization and training principles, selecting acute program variables, and discerning the practical considerations of nonlinear periodization before undertaking training. They also provide sample workouts using nonlinear periodization methods and discuss critical assessment techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of a program and determining training readiness. Fifty case studies at the end of the text serve as an exceptional feature for grasping a realistic approach of how nonlinear periodization meets physiological and scheduling demands while achieving optimal training goals.

No other book on the market teaches how to design, implement, and assess a nonlinear workout program. With knowledge gained through Optimizing Strength Training: Designing Nonlinear Periodization Workouts, professionals, coaches, fitness enthusiasts, and students will find themselves on the cutting edge of resistance training, able to employ this unique method of training that leads to superior performance.

Preface
Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Periodization of Resistance Training
Eastern European Influence on Periodization Training
Classic Strength and Power Periodization
Efficacy of Classic Strength and Power Periodization
Nonlinear Periodization
Efficacy of Nonlinear Periodization
Efficacy of Session by Session Variation
Impetus for the Flexible Nonlinear Approach to Periodization
Summary

Chapter 2. Training Principles
Specificity
Progressive Overload
Training Frequency
Summary

Chapter 3. Acute Program Variables
Exercise Choice
Exercise Order
Number of Sets
Training Intensity
Length of Rest Periods
Summary

Chapter 4. Practical Considerations
Comparison of Periodization Models
Physiology of Nonlinear Periodization Workouts
Optimal Program Sequencing
Master Schedules
Individualization
Readiness to Train
Summary

Chapter 5. Workout Design
Base Program Phase
Exercise Stimuli
Standard Workouts
Active and Total Rest Days
Summary

Chapter 6. Assessment
Preexercise Assessments
Alternative Workouts
Evaluating Training Progress
Summary

Chapter 7. Training Tips and Tools
Training Logs
Choice of Exercise
Muscles Exercised
Muscle Soreness, Tissue Damage and Recovery
Aging Considerations
Youth Considerations
Sex Considerations
Summary

Chapter 8. Case Studies

References
Index
About the Authors

Interesting textbook: Upgrading Fixing PCs For Dummies or Blown to Bits

Food Combining for Health: Get Fit with Foods That Don't Fight

Author: Doris Grant

Over 50 years ago, Dr. William Hay concluded that the body uses acids to digest proteins and alkalis to digest starches, and that mixing the two might lead to painful indigestion and more serious problems such as ulcers, allergies, and obesity. Though criticized at the time, the Hay System has been vindicated by modern research, and provides essentially the healthy, whole-food diet of mostly alkali-forming foods such as fruits, green vegetables, and salads advocated by many leading nutritionists today.

Food Combining for Health shows how to separate incompatible foods.

Explains how the Hay System can alleviate the symptoms of chronic diseases such as arthritis and diabetes, while increasing energy and well-being in those without specific health problems.

Includes recipes and seasonal menu suggestions.

Whole Foods

Compatible food combinations are nature's way of maintaining the body's correct chemical balance. The authors offer practical suggestions and recipes for putting the principles of food combining into practice.

Fit to Fish or Teenage Waistland

2009-01-07T11:59:00.000-08:00

Fit to Fish: How to Tackle Angling Injuries

Author: Stephen L Hisey

Do you end up with a sore shoulder after casting all day? Are you tired of that nagging wrist pain? If you find yourself suffering for your sport, this book is your solution. Fit to Fish is a ground-breaking book, co-authored by a practicing orthopedic surgeon and a physical therapist who are avid fishermen and have over 25 years of combined orthopedic experience.

With easy-to-understand text and helpful photographs and illustrations, Hisey and Berend discuss common fishing-related overuse injuries, including the anatomy, symptoms, and common causes of each. Also included is treatment information that details timely self-care advice, fishing and casting modifications, bracing suggestions, equipment modifications, and appropriate exercises. Detailed exercise programs are presented at the end of each chapter to help speed recovery from injury, or maximize fishing and casting performance for the healthy angler. This valuable clinical and scientific information is destined to make your fishing experience less painful, more enjoyable, and more rewarding.

	Foreword	5
	Introduction	6
Chapter 1	Fishing and Pain	8
	Fishing and Pain: A Therapist's Story
	Fishing and Pain: A Surgeon's Tale
Chapter 2	Pain and its Origins	12
	Denial
	Pain Sensors
	Inflammation Pain
	Referred Pain
Chapter 3	Basic Concepts of Self-Treatment	16
	First Aid: P.R.I.C.E
	Friction massage
	Normal Posture and Alignment
	Stretching
	Strengthening
	Combining Treatment Methods and Progressing Rehab
Chapter 4	Shoulder Impingement Syndrome	30
	Introduction
	Symptoms
	Description
	Contributing Factors
	Casting and Fishing Modifications
	Treatment
Chapter 5	Tennis Elbow and Golfer's Elbow	48
	Introduction
	Tennis Elbow (Lateral Epicondylitis)
	Symptoms
	Description Geolfer's Elbow (Medial Epicondylitis)
	Symptoms
	Description
	General Contributing Factors for Both Areas
	Specific Causes of Tennis Elbow
	Specific Causes of Golfers Elbow
	Casting and Fishing Modifications
	Treatment
Chapter 6	Wrist Tendonitis and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome	66
	Introduction
	De Quervain's Tenosynovitis
	Symptoms
	Description Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
	Symptoms
	Description
	General Contributing Factors to Wrist Injuries
	Specific Causes of De Quervain's Syndrome
	Specific Causes of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
	Casting and Fishing Modifications
	Treatment
Chapter 7	Low-Back Pain	88
	Introduction
	Symptoms
	Description
	Contributing Factors
	Casting and Fishing Modifications
	Treatment
Chapter 8	Knee and Ankle Pain/Instability	118
	Introduction
	Knee Pain/Instability
	Symptoms
	Description
	Ankle Pain/Instability
	Symptoms
	Description
	General Contributing Factors to Both Knee and Ankle Instability
	Specific Causes of Knee Pain/Instability Specific Causes of Ankle Pain/Instability
	Casting and Fishing Modifications Treatment
Chapter 9	Last Cast	148
	Glossary	150

New interesting textbook: Little Book of Champagne or Roses Table

Teenage Waistland: A Former Fat Kid Weighs in on Living Large, Losing Weight, and How Parents Can (and Can't) Help

Author: Abby Ellin

Ellin's parents got it all wrong when it came to helping her lose weight-but what would have been right? In this fresh, frank, and funny look at childhood obesity and its treatment, she journeys through diet culture seeking a better way.

We've been inundated lately with books and articles about childhood obesity. Most offer cultural critique or nutrition and exercise advice-in tones that are alternately appalled and patronizing. Few address the psychological, medical, cultural and developmental complexities affecting overweight kids. The truth is, many parents already know that Big Macs are fattening. What they don't know is how to effectively help an often discouraged, often reluctant kid on what will be a difficult, life-long journey.

Abby Ellin, a journalist and former fat-camper whose parents' attempts to "save her" from fatness proved counterproductive, has had a lifelong interest in figuring out how they might have done it better, and an abiding compassion for overweight kids. In Teenage Waistland, she shares the story of her own adolescent struggle with food and weight, and journeys with hope, skepticism, and humor through the landscape of today's diet culture. She visits camps and community programs, and talks to experts, kids, and their parents, seeking to answer these questions: What can parents say that kids will hear? Why don't kids exercise more and eat less when they're dying to be thinner? What treatment methods actually work?

Willpower, or surrender? Shame, or inspiration? Teenage Waistland is ultimately clarifying and provocative for anyone who's ever wrestled with weight issues. One size does not fit all when it comes to weight loss, and the better we understand that, the more likely we are to be able to help our kids.

Big Apple Parent July 2005

"An insightful and compelling journey... Teenage Waistland leaves readers with a deeper understanding of childhood obesity and our diet-obsessed culture."

Publishers Weekly

Ellin, a freelance journalist and former fat-camper, wants parents of obese teens to understand a few essential points. First, there's no single answer to the obesity problem-what's right for one kid may be useless for another. Don't shame obese children by calling them fat or out of control, or by putting them on highly restricted diets while other family members munch on fried chicken. Respect "nutritionally challenged" children, and focus on the many things to love about them. Teach them about living healthy, which involves more than just knowing which foods to pick. Ellin has researched fat camps (expensive but a relief from real-world struggles), behavior modification programs (difficult to keep up), gastric bypass surgery (effective but fairly dangerous), drugs (largely ineffective) and the "size acceptance" approach (theoretically fine, but maybe they're kidding themselves). The problem with this book may be that it's a little too honest-teenage obesity is not easily solved with a Frenchwoman's recipes for diuretic leek soup. Yet the author's compassion and her willingness to share her personal life, along with the book's appendix listing helpful resources, may bring comfort to many distraught parents. (June) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

To provide insight into today's teenage obesity problem, New York Times writer Ellin reflects on her weight-obsessed childhood and adolescence. She tells rather horrifying stories of how her mother and grandmother instilled in her the need to conform to a perfect body image as an eight-year-old. Her sister, faced with the same pressure, became anorexic, while Ellin turned to overeating and food obsession. Though she was never significantly overweight, she tried "fat camps," Weight Watchers , and other methods to lose weight. Ellin includes funny yet poignant stories about weight-loss counselors so food-obsessed themselves that they couldn't possibly help the young people in their charge. Parents won't find any quick answers here, but they may find the interviews with overweight teenagers useful. Part memoir and part sociological commentary, Ellin's insightful look at how children and teenagers process the information they receive from society about body image and weight is recommended for most public libraries and consumer health collections.-Elizabeth Williams, Washoe Cty. Lib. Syst., Reno, NV Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

What People Are Saying

Emme
"Teenage Waistland is a must-read for doctors, families, clergy, and teachers. Its straight-forward perspective challenges our current views about weight loss, body image, and the manipulative societal pressures on our children."--(Emme, plus-size model)

Betsy Lerner
"Abby Ellin has written a necessary road map for parents and their children who struggle with eating issues. She is brave enough not to pretend to have answers, but smart enough to provide meaningful insights and true stories from the frontlines."--(Betsy Lerner, author of Food and Loathing)

Wendy Shanker
"Beware, Moms and Dads: this may look like a book, but it's really a mirror. Written with candor, curiosity, and compassion, Abby Ellin's Teenage Waistland reflects our own grown-up (but not always mature) issues and insecurities around body and beauty, health and happiness."--(Wendy Shanker, author of The Fat Girl's Guide to Life)

Body Intelligence or The Wine and Food Lovers Diet

2009-01-06T23:48:00.000-08:00

Body Intelligence: Lose Weight, Keep It off , and Feel Great about Your Body Without Dieting

Author: Edward Abramson

Break down your psychological and emotional barriers to losing weight

"Ed Abramson is the go-to authority onthe ‘why’ of weight gain."
--Men’s Health

Not another fad diet, Body Intelligence is a smart, safe, effective way to eat well, lose weight, andlive life to the fullest. Dr. Edward Abramson, a leading internationalexpert on eating and weight disorders, helps youidentify the emotional and psychological knots thatkeep you tied up in an unhappy cycle of dieting andguilty overeating. More important, he arms you witha simple three-step program for opening your mindand transforming your body without dieting.

Edward Abramson, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized expert on eating and weight disorders and lectures around the world. He is a professor of psychology at California State University and a former director of the Eating Disorders Center at Chico Community Hospital. Men's Health called him "the go-to authority on the 'why' of weight gain."

Go to: The Triathletes Guide to Run Training or Sacred Plant Medicine

The Wine and Food Lover's Diet: 28 Days of Delicious Weight Loss

Author: Philip Tirman

Eat good food, drink a little wine, lose weight! Sounds too good to be true? Not with The Wine and Food Lover's Diet. Created by a sports doctor with a background in nutrition, this is a diet that combines healthful eating with a love of eating. Imagine a meal of bacon-topped arugula salad, pecan-crusted chicken paired with the perfect glass of wine, and closing with chocolate soufflé or some ice cream and a cup of coffee—and then, even better, looking at the decrease on the scales the next morning. Dr. Phillip Tirman's 28-day plan sheds the pounds and the diet angst. He knows that most diets fail because they're based on restricting the foods everyone loves the most and they're impractical for today's busy lifestyles. So he has developed a lifetime eating plan based on satisfaction, not deprivation. The key to feeling slimmer and healthier? It's the surefire combo that is the foundation of the diet: one protein + two low-glycemic carbs = success. Using this formula, Dr. Tirman has created a menu plan to jump-start weight loss. He clearly and simply describes why high-glycemic carbs promote weight gain, while low-glycemic carbs do the opposite. Included are handy lists of beneficial Savvy Carbs and Super Savvy Carbs, which make it easy to tailor the diet to anyone's tastes—plus 100 really delicious recipes with wine pairing suggestions, illustrated in full color. There's also clear advice for choosing take-out foods, for selecting diet-friendly restaurant dishes, and for using the diet to lose weight or simply to keep off the pounds already lost. The Wine and Food Lover's Diet is the ultimate key to a healthier, fuller, longer, and more satisfying life.

Assessing Quality of Life in Clinical Trials or Medicinal Plants of the Southern Appalachians

2009-01-06T13:35:00.000-08:00

Assessing Quality of Life in Clinical Trials: Methods and Practice

Author: Peter M Fayers

Researchers in all clinical fields are fully aware of the importance of Quality of Life measurements in judging the efficacy of a given treatment. Psychological criteria play an important role in this evaluation. Assessment of Quality of Life in Clinical Trials: methods and practice explores the current state of the art and illustrates the benefits and potential of health related quality of life assessment in clinical trials. It covers a wide range of analytical issues, emphasizing new and innovative approaches that are of practical and clinical importance.

Interesting textbook: Hot Bodies Cool Styles or Sweet and Natural

Medicinal Plants of the Southern Appalachians

Author: Patricia Kyritsi Howell

This concise guide to medicinal plants of the Southern Appalachians includes botanical descriptions of 45 native plants, their historical and current uses in herbal practice, detailed, easy-to-follow medicine making instructions and unique recipes for syrups, liniments, digestive bitters and more.The book invites the reader to explore native plants in their wild habitats and offers step-by-step ethical harvesting guidelines while emphasizing conservation issues. The author is a well-respected medical herbalist and teacher who lives in the mountains of north Georgia. Praise for Medicinal Plants of the Southern Appalachians. "This is one volume that I want to own as we enter the post-corporate age: a priceless guide to Southern plant alchemy. This practical yet enchanting botanical brings an ancient art to modernity. These pages are as rich as the cove forests they honor. Even to peruse Howell's manual is healing, and exhilarating, not only because of the book's inherent beauty, but because it contains vital knowledge all of us will need as fossil fuels dwindle and we return to the local. One day this book may save your life." Janisse Ray, author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, Wild Card Quilt and Pinhook: Finding Wholeness in a Fragmented Land "An elegant introduction presented in a clear-as-a-bell style that educates as well as entertains." Peter Loewer, author of The Wild Gardener and Jefferson's Garden "There are many comprehensive volumes about medicinal plants in other regions of North America but none for the botanically rich southeast. Now, a widely experienced and knowledgeable herbalist has written a thorough guide to the virtues of Yellow Root, Rabbit Tobacco, Dogwood Bark, Sweet Fern and other better known herbs of the region. From Howell's book, readers can learn to use local plants safely and consciously to improve the health of their families or patients." David Winston, RH (AHG), Dean, Herbal Therapeutics School of Herbal Medicine "An excellent, much needed resource on Southeastern herbs. Well thought out and easy to follow." Tim Blakely, co-author of The Bootstrap Guide to Medicinal Herbs in the Garden, Field and Marketplace "I often remind veterinarians that the foundation of botanical medicine lies in the experience of learning all aspects of medicinal plants thoroughly. This book guides the reader out of the classroom and into the fields and forest where plants become, to the student, more tangible sources of healing. Recommended for any practitioner who wants to deepen their understanding of our native apothecary." Susan Wynn, DVM, RH (AHG), Executive Director, Veterinary Botanical Medical Assoc.

Hot Bodies Cool Styles or Sweet and Natural

2009-01-06T02:23:00.000-08:00

Hot Bodies, Cool Styles: New Techniques in Self-Adornment

Author: Ted Polhemus

The first book to reflect the global wave of enthusiasm for all forms of body decoration.

Along with tattooed celebrities like Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, men and women around the world are embracing body decoration. If Chanel jewelry is out of reach except to the few, asking for Chanel—or Gucci—tattoos has become the new craze. Nose rings have entered the boardroom, and navel piercing or tattoos at the base of the spine are de rigueur.

Ultraviolet face and hair paint, hair extensions, bleached crew cuts, henna design on hands and feet, ornaments made from found objects—the new creative options give both the single-minded makers of style and the more uncertain majority the opportunity to join in.

Ted Polhemus shows how body adornment has been natural to all peoples until the modern period, and why we are now reverting to our roots. After analyzing the various forms of decoration, he shows how we are influenced by the exotic, drawing on tribal or Far Eastern models; the naturalness of artifice and the artifice of the natural look; and how body decoration makes us masters of our own identities.

The photographs, taken by the talented young team of UZi PART B, reveal key designs and creative techniques. A practical advice section, specially commissioned from Betti Marenko, includes body preparation, healing times, and safety tips, and provides a valuable guide for those acquiring a tattoo or piercing. 200 color illustrations.

Author Biography: Ted Polhemus, a leading commentator on body image and adornment, is the author of Streetstyle. UZi PART B is the partnership of Josie Sykes and Ben Part, whose work has been commissioned by Adidas, Renault,and others.

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Sweet and Natural: More than 120 Sugar-Free and Dairy-Free Desserts

Author: Meredith McCarty

Acclaimed natural foods chef Meredith McCarty brings together simple recipes for pies, cobblers, cakes, cookies, sorbets, and fresh-fruit desserts that are both healthful and delicious. Using fresh fruit, whole-grain flours, natural sweeteners, and light vegetable oils, the recipes range from home-spun classics to spectacular newcomers, including blackberry cobbler, chocolate-pecan bourbon bundt cake, peach and cherry pie, lemon-walnut tea cake, fresh plum galette, raspberry sorbet, orange-ginger oatmeal crunch cookies, fresh strawberry compote with orange-ginger syrup, and many more.

Sweet and Natural is a must-have resource for anyone who wants or needs to eliminate unwanted fat, refined sugar, and cholesterol-and celebrate good health with great desserts.

Acknowledgments	ix
Preface	xi
Introduction	1
About the Recipes and Nutritional Analyses	7
Ingredients	10
Whole Grain Flours	10
Natural Sweeteners	16
Dairy & Its Alternatives	27
Vegetable Oils	34
Thickening Agents	39
Leavening Agents	43
Salt	46
Fruit	50
Seasonings	51
Chocolate & Carob	52
Edible Flowers	54
Appliances, Cookware, & Supplies	55
Fresh Fruit Desserts	57
Sorbets	77
Pies & Tarts	91
Crisps & Cobblers	140
Cakes, Tea Breads, & Muffins	158
Cookies	204
Puddings	225
Nut Milks, Pastes, & Creams	240
Resources	247
Bibliography	253
Index	256

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Premenopause or Spontaneous Healing

2009-01-05T17:11:00.000-08:00

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Premenopause: Balance Your Hormones and Your Life from Thirty to Fifty

Author: John R Le

A safe, revolutionary non-prescription "balance program" to restore gynecological health, energy, and sex drive--and slow the aging process before menopause, and even after.

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Spontaneous Healing: How to Discover and Enhance Your Body's Natural Ability to Maintain and Heal Itself

Author: Andrew Weil

"Memorable...Dr. Weil makes his case carefully and clearly."
—The New York Times Book Review

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"This book is destined to become a classic."
—Joan Borysenko, author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind

Drawing on fascinating case histories from his own practice as well as medical techniques he has observed in his travels around the world, Dr. Weil shows how the mechanisms of self-diagnosis and self-regeneration have worked to resolve life-threatening diseases, severe trauma, and chronic pain. But spontaneous healing is also the essential element in the maintenance of our basic daily health. The book outlines an eight-week program that each of us can use to alter our diet, avoid environmental toxins, and reduce stress in order to enhance our innate healing powers.

The best medicine does not merely combat germs or suppress symptoms, but rather works hand in hand with the body's natural defenses to manage illness. Building on this fundamental truth and tapping into the intricate interaction of mind and body, Dr. Weil arrives at a major new synthesis of conventional and alternative medical treatments. At once practical and inspirational, Spontaneous Healing gives each one of us the power and the wisdom to draw on the sources of health we hold within.

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Spontaneous Healing by Andrew Weil, M.D. provides a look at the world of alternative medicine though the eyes of a Harvard Medical School graduate. The book is chock full of testimonials from patients who recovered from their afflictions by what Weil calls spontaneous healing. Spontaneous healing occurs when conventional medicine can give no other reason for a patient's recovery. He breaks these testimonials into subchapters called "The Faces of Healing," outlining each patient's history and recovery.

Weil began his medical career receiving training in conventional medicine at one of the most respected medical schools in the nation, Harvard. Soon thereafter, he began exploring the world of alternative medicine and he liked what he saw. Weil has worked for the National Institute of Mental Health and was a research assistant in ethnopharmacology at the Harvard Botanical Museum. He traveled the world extensively collecting information about the medical properties of plants, altered states of consciousness, and healing. When the book was written, he was the Associate Director of the Division of Social Perspectives in Medicine and Director of the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona in Tucson, where he practiced natural and preventive medicine.

Chapter two, Right in My Own Backyard, describes Weil's return from his South American travels in 1973, and his settlment near Tucson, Arizona, where he lives to this day. This chapter is easily one of the most interesting, providing insight into Weil's beliefs. In this chapter, we meet kindly Dr. Robert Fulford, an unusual osteopathic physician who believes in "cranial therapy." At this time, Weil says he was prejudiced about osteopaths, and with the usual prejudices of medical doctors, considered them second-rate M.D's who "dabbled in the kind of manipulation of the body more frequently done by chiropractors." This chapter details Fulford's medical practices and how Weil was eventually won over by his techniques. At the end of the chapter, Weil states, "Dr. Fulford did not succeed with everyone, but he had a higher percentage of successful outcomes than any other practitioner I have met."

Although Weil provides detailed information supporting various types of alternative medicine, it seems the conventional medical community would not receive this book with open arms. However, Weil offers a credible look at alternative therapy that is worthwhile reading for any medical professional. For those who already support alternative medicine, the book provides valuable insight into both alternative and conventional worlds of treatment.

In various chapters Weil discusses, "Medical Pessimism," "The Healing System," "The Role of the Mind in Healing," "The Tao of Healing," "Optimizing Your Healing System," "A Healing Diet," "Protecting Yourself from Toxins," "Using Tonics," "Activity and Rest," and "Mind and Spirit." He ends the book with his "Eight Week Program for Optimal Healing Power." Here, Weil outlines his program for wellness and healing.

Some readers might be skeptical of alternative medicine, but this easy-to-read book provides solid evidence for considering alternative practices. Those who believe in alternative medicine will also find the book helpful and informative.

Publishers Weekly

As others argue the politics of health care, Weil ("Health and Healing") turns away from the usual practice of Western medicine, which is focused on alleviating symptoms rather than strengthening internal mechanisms of health, to closely consider the nature of the healing process. "At every level of biological organization, from DNA up,'' he writes, the "mechanics of self-diagnosis, self-repair and regeneration exist in us.'' To buttress his point, he cites such evidence as the placebo effect, inexplicable remissions and the commonplace repair of wounds, often marginalized by the medical community. In an effort to make the process of healing seem less obscure, Weil reports a wide range of dramatic case histories. Other sections detail various means, e.g., diet and breathing exercises, available for optimizing one's healing system, and suggestions for approaches to illnesses. Also included are an ``Eight Week Program for Optimal Healing Power'' and a guide to finding practitioners, supplies and information.

Library Journal

Arizona doctor Weil leads the movement to combine alternative forms of medicine with standard treatment.

	Introduction	3
I	The Healing System
1	Prologue in the Rain Forest	11
2	Right in My Own Backyard	25
3	Testimonials	45
4	Medical Pessimism	59
5	The Healing System	71
6	The Role of the Mind in Healing	88
7	The Tao of Healing	107
II	Optimizing the Healing System
8	Optimizing Your Healing System: An Overview	129
9	A Healing Diet	136
10	Protecting Yourself from Toxins	154
11	Using Tonics	171
12	Activity and Rest	187
13	Mind and Spirit	194
14	An Eight-Week Program for Optimal Healing Power	210
III	If You Get Sick
15	Making the Right Decisions	221
16	Considering the Alternatives	238
17	Seven Strategies of Successful Patients	248
18	Managing General Categories of Illness: Secrets of a Hygeian Practitioner	253
19	Cancer as a Special Case	267
	Afterword: Prescriptions for Society	277
	Acknowledgments	282
	Appendix: Finding Practitioners, Supplies, and Information	284
	Notes	290
	Index	299

Womens Qigong for Health and Longevity or Escape from Intimacy

2009-01-05T04:59:00.000-08:00

Women's Qigong for Health and Longevity: A Practical Guide for Women Forty and Older

Author: Deborah Davis

Here is a detailed, easy-to-use guidebook for women forty and older on how to use gentle but powerful traditional Chinese exercises, breathing techniques, massage, meditation, and vocalizations to promote health, fitness, relaxation, and mental clarity; improve stamina; and even treat specific health concerns. Acupuncturist and longtime qigong practitioner Deborah Davis explains the traditional Chinese approach to health and the various components of qigong practice; gives general health routines for women in specific age groups; and offers do-it-yourself practices and routines for specific health issues including insomnia, hypertension and heart disease, menopause, sexual vitality, breast health, breast cancer, osteoporosis, and depression.

Elizabeth J. Eastwood - Library Journal

Licensed acupuncturist Davis contributes to the burgeoning publishing area of Chinese medicine with her guide to Qigong for women over 40. In Part 1, readers take in the basics and theory of Qigong and how the practice "combines three elements-focused breathing, posture or movement, and mental concentration-to harmonize the body, mind, and spirit." Drawing on more than 20 years of experience with a special interest in treatment plans for over 30 diseases, Davis details routines for nine specific health conditions, e.g., depression, cancer, and menopause, for the age ranges of 40-49, 50-64 (perimenopause), and 65 and beyond. Readers go step by step through each movement, breathing technique, stance, or healing sound, with photographs and diagrams. Davis uses a few anecdotes from her practice to illustrate how practicing Qigong can affect a person's health. However, there is no conventional or traditional evidence given to support the claims. Although accessible, this book would best suit those who have had some experience with Qigong, as phrases such as "it's more important to move with the energy and follow your body's innate wisdom" may alienate beginners. Recommended for alternative health collections and specialized Chinese medicine collections.

Go to: Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis in Social Work Practice or Sound Doctrine

Escape from Intimacy: Untangling the ``Love'' Addictions: Sex, Romance, Relationships

Author: Anne Wilson Schaef

Schaef applies the addictions of sex, love, romance, and relationships to her broader addiction theory and clearly defines and contrasts the relationship addictions.

The Diet Survivor s Handbook or Get Fit in Bed

2009-01-04T19:47:00.000-08:00

The Diet Survivorїs Handbook: 60 Lessons in Eating, Acceptance and Self-Care

Author: Judith Matz

If you're one of the nearly 116 million Americans trying to lose weight, only to find that every diet you've tried has failed you, you are a diet survivor.

You can step off the destructive diet bandwagon and reclaim your self-esteem, positive body image and a happy, healthy life. These 60 inspiring lessons will give you the tools you need to change your relationship with food, your body and yourself.

Dieting is hazardous to your health. Diets don't work and they won't work, and yo-yo dieting will make you fatter.

This book can show you how to:
* Never diet again and allow your weight to stabilize
* Stop feeling guilty about eating the foods you love
* Free up all that mental energy to be more productive and have more fun in life
* Get in touch with physical hunger and learn to love your body

Give up the vicious cycle and stop overeating.

Judith Matz and Ellen Frankel are sisters and therapists specializing in eating problems and weight issues. Each holds a Master's degree in Social Work and has over 20 years of clinical experience in teh field of eating disorders. They are the authors of Beyond a Shadow of a Diet.

Book review: Weight Training Made Easy or Image Matters For Men

Get Fit in Bed: Tone Your Body and Calm Your Mind From the Comfort of Your Bed

Author: Genie Tartell

Here is the fitness solution many of us have been waiting for-a strengthening, conditioning, and toning program that anyone can do from the warmth and comfort of your own bed. Older folks, people recovering from surgery or injury, and expecting mothers who've been put on bed rest will especially benefit from these techniques.

A series of forty-two exercises drawn from yoga, Pilates, karate, and stretching, the routine is grouped into three sections: exercises to be done lying on your back, sides, and stomach. Regular practice will tone muscles, increase strength and endurance, calm the mind and, yes, even improve sleep! Each exercise is described in lucid detail, illustrated with a series of step-by-step photographs, and includes modification for certain health and lifestyle conditions.

Food for Life or Caregiving

2009-01-04T08:36:00.000-08:00

Food for Life: A Day-at-A-Time Guide

Author: Pamela M Smith

This devotional guide is written for individuals or small groups who desire to journey through Pamela Smith's Food for Life as an antidote to compulsive or erratic eating, crash dieting, junk-food binges, or other personal food traps.

Look this: Medicine Wheel Garden or Barbara Por Atras

Caregiving: Hospice-Proven Techniques for Healing Body and Soul

Author: Douglas C Smith

One of America's leading hospice experts offers practical, easy-to-follow advice for caregivers and a holistic approach to treating the infirm or the terminally ill. Author Douglas C. Smith organizes his material around "A Bill of Patient's Rights," a unique system he has taught to thousands throughout the country. He explains that the caregiver should enable patients to retain these rights: to be in control • to have a sense of purpose • to know the truth to be comfortable • to touch and be touched • to laugh to cry and express anger • to explore the spiritual to have a sense of family Included are easy-to-follow techniques and practical tools for improving care: assessment techniques ■ dialogues ■ meditations ■ life reviews ■ breathing exercises ■ body revitalization methods ■ ways that patients can evaluate and improve their own care ■ and many others. Filled with inspirational stories and effective guidance, Caregiving also addresses how to communicate with difficult patients and those in denial, how to facilitate non-stressful family interaction, and other important topics. It will be invaluable to parents and children caring for their elders; physicians and nurses; social workers and home health aides; members of the clergy; and all facing the challenge of enriching patients' lives and spirits. Visit us online at mcp.com/mgr/macmillan

Fantastic Food with Splenda or Anorexia Workbook

2009-01-03T22:24:00.000-08:00

Fantastic Food with Splenda: 160 Great Recipes for Meals Low in Sugar, Carbohydrates, Fat, and Calories

Author: Marlene Koch

The first of its kind cookbook expands the uses of Splenda, proving that it is versatile enough to be used in many different recipes for all types of meals.

Interesting textbook: Bluefish Cookbook or Rum Punch and Revolution

Anorexia Workbook

Author: Michelle Heffner

Use the New and Effective Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to:

Accept Your Thoughts and Change Your Behavior
Cope with Critical Self-Talk Using Powerful Mindfulness Techniques
Choose to Live a Healthy Life

Despite ever-widening media attention and public awareness of the problem, American women continue to suffer from anorexia nervosa in greater numbers than ever before. This severe psychophysiological condition-characterized by an abnormal fear of becoming obese, a persistent unwillingness to eat, and severe compulsion to lose weight-is particularly difficult to treat, often because the victims are unwilling to seek out help. This book uses innovative new techniques based on a revolutionary model of psychotherapy called acceptance and commitment therapy, or ACT, to teach readers that efforts to control and stop anorexia may do more harm than good. Instead of focusing efforts on judging impulses associated with the disorder as "bad" or "negative," this approach encourages sufferers to mindfully observe these feelings without reacting to them in a self-destructive way. Guided to this more compassionate, more receptive frame of mind, readers are coached to employ various acceptance-based coping strategies.

Structured in a logical, step-by-step progression of exercises, the workbook first focuses on providing readers with a new understanding of anorexia and the ways they might have already tried to control the problem. Then the book progresses through techniques that teach how to use mindfulness to deal with out-of-control thoughts and feelings, how to identify choice that will lead to better heath and quality of life, and how to redirect the energy formerly spent on weight loss into those actions that will heal the body and mind. Although this book is written specifically to anorexia sufferers, it includes a clear and informative chapter on when readers need to seek professional treatment as well as advice on what to look for in a therapist.

Leading researchers in acceptance and commitment therapy suggest to readers struggling with anorexia that strategies to control their disorder are themselves problems. Instead, they use the techniques of ACT to teach how better to cope with out-of-control emotions and thoughts. The goal of this book is to teach anorexia sufferers how to redirect the drive for thinness to achieve more healthful goals.

This is the only book available that addresses the particular needs of anorexics with ACT-based techniques
The authors of this book are pioneering researchers in the field of ACT, with numerous research articles to their credit

About the Authors:
Michelle Heffner, MA, was trained in the West Virginia University Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry eating disorders program. She has assessed and treated eating disorder clients in the West Virginia University Department of Psychology clinic and the West Virginia University Carruth Center for Counseling and Psychological Services.

Georg H. Eifert, Ph.D., is professor and chair of the Department of Psychology at Chapman University in Orange, California. Dr. Eifert has published widely on integrative behavioral models and treatments of anxiety and other emotional disorders and how recent advances in the field, such as acceptance and commitment therapy, can be integrated with existing behavioral interventions for clinical problems.

	Foreword: Starting from Here	vii
	Acknowledgments	ix
	Introduction	1
Part I	Understanding Anorexia
Chapter 1	What Is Anorexia?	9
Chapter 2	An Anorexia Self-Test	25
Part II	Treating Anorexia with ACT: Change What You Do, Not What You Think and Feel
Chapter 3	Accept--Choose--Take Action: The Basics of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy	35
Chapter 4	When Control Gets Out of Control	47
Chapter 5	Learning to Be a Mindful Observer	61
Chapter 6	Approach Difficult Situations with Acceptance	79
Chapter 7	Choosing Valued Directions	93
Chapter 8	Staying Committed to Valued Living	117
Chapter 9	Emily's Journey to Recovery	129
Part III	Professional Treatment Issues
Chapter 10	Professional Treatment Options	141
Chapter 11	Established Psychological Treatments For Anorexia	151
Chapter 12	Preparing for Treatment with a Therapist	159
Part IV	Additional Resources
Chapter 13	A Chapter for Loved Ones	171
Chapter 14	Assess Your Progress	185
	References	195

	Introduction	6
	Working Out Your Goals	8
	Focus on Diet	22
	The 30-Day Stomach-Toning Programme	32
	Keeping Your New Body Shape	106
	Pre- and Post-Natal Exercises	116
	Index	126
	Acknowledgments	128

	How to Use this Book: The Yoga of the Pen	1
1	The impact of yoga	9
2	The postures	29
3	Relaxation	49
4	The breathing practices	69
5	Meditation	89
6	Diet	111
7	The ethical precepts	129
	For Further Reading	149

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Stalking, Harassment, and Murder in the Workplace: Guidelines for Protection and Prevention

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Naked Weightlifting or Sham

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Sham: How the Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless

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