Men's Diseases Books

Supermarket Guide or Smart Guide to Yoga

2009-12-05T18:04:00.000-08:00

Supermarket Guide: Food Choices for You and Your Family

Author: Mary Abbott Hess

Shop smart with Americas foremost nutrition experts The American Dietetic Association takes you aisle-by-aisle through the supermarket, showing you how to make informed decisions about the food you buy for yourself and your family. Not just a guide to low-fat and fat-free items, this book gives you tips on reading labels and choosing foods that best fit your healthy eating planfollowing the ADA philosophy that all foods can fit. Learn the nutritional differences between fresh, frozen, and canned vegetables; how to compare presweetened, wholegrain, granola, and hot cereals; how to find the freshest seafood; and more! This handy guide also provides tips on food safety and stretching your grocery dollars.

Smart Guide to Yoga

Author: Stephanie Levin Gervasi

Smart Advice on how yoga can enhance emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being

Smart Ways to relieve stress, strengthen your body, prevent and treat illness, and boost your stamina and energy

Smart Tips on what yoga style is right for you, with step-by-step instructions on the poses that best suit your lifestyle and goals

Smart Strategies to release physical tension and mental stress with the slow, gentle movements, poses, and breathing techniques of hatha yoga
Smart Insights into the six branches of yoga, each a different experience in movement and meditation
Smart Advice on yoga as alternative medicine to heal heart disease, chronic pain, arthritis, and other illnesses
Smart Tips on finding a class and teacher that best suit your needs and will help you develop your own yoga practice
Quick reading and easy referencing with lots of photos, a comprehensive index, and loads of sidebars and sources

Smart Guides take readers seriously. They satisfy even the most curious person's desire to know the essentials about any of a wide range of topics—from vitamins to mutual funds to stress relief.

It's all about good reading and expert information. The choice is yours. Stephanie Levin-Gervasi is a writer specializing in health and family matters. She is the author of The Back Pain Sourcebook and has practiced yoga for more than twenty years. She lives in San Francisco.

Baby Proofing Basics or Mens Cancers

2009-12-04T14:03:00.000-08:00

Baby Proofing Basics: How to Keep Your Child Safe

Author: Vicki Lansky

This practical guide contains childproofing tips for every room in the house and for outdoors, backyard, beach, camping, hiking, and travel of all kinds. It provides illustrations and information on children's safety at playtime, mealtime, and holidays, as well as teaching youngsters about everyday dangers and dealing safely with pets. Also included is an invaluable chapter on poison prevention and what to do if poisoning actually occurs.

1.	Baby Proofing Room by Room	1
	Kitchen
	Bathroom
	Nursery
	Rest of House
2.	Outdoor Safety	49
	Ah, Nature
	In Your Own Backyard
	At the Beach
	Camping and Hiking
3.	Travel	67
	Going by Car
	Going Shopping
	Traffic
	Getting There by Air
4.	Safety in Play	82
	Toys
	Arts and Crafts
5.	Special Times	91
	Birthdays
	Halloween
	Christmas Time
	Other Holidays
6.	Childproofing Your Child	105
	At Mealtime
	Clothing
	Teaching about Dangers
	Pets
7.	Poison Prevention	119
	Toxic and Non-toxic Plants & Products
	Index	127

Go to: The Boys Beer Book or Seasonal Country Kitchen

Men's Cancers: How to Prevent Them, How to Treat Them, How to Beat Them

Author: Pamela J Haylock

This book provides all the information men need to make informed decisions about their healthcare. It covers the prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment, and recurrence of all the most common men's cancers. It also explores sexual changes related to cancer and other crucial issues.

Library Journal

The distinguishing quality of this lay reader's guide to men's cancers is that it is written by nurses who recognize the need for medical expertise with an emphasis on patient education in a clear, plainly written text. Under the direction of editor Haylock (Women's Cancers), the contributors explain prevention and treatment options for common male cancers: lung, prostate, and colon. The causes and nature of cancer as well as risk analysis, genetic testing and counseling, and treatment options are explained in order to provide a good understanding of what lies ahead for a cancer diagnosis and therapy. The nurse perspective of this book provides the advice, comfort, and detail that addresses the concerns of men facing a cancer journey. While Charles N. Inlander's The People's Medical Society Men's Health and Wellness Encyclopedia (LJ 5/1/98) and Men's Fitness Magazine's Complete Guide to Health and Well-Being (LJ 5/1/96) treat men's health issues generally, and prostate cancer is singled out in such excellent books as Allen E. Salowe's Prostate Cancer (LJ 1/98) and Robert Buckman's What You Really Need To Know About Cancer (LJ 9/15/97), this volume is unique in restricting itself to cancers in the male. Recommended as a complete guide to survivorship strategies.--James Swanton, Harlem Hosp. Lib., New York Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

Tending Adams Garden or Walking for Fun and Fitness

2009-12-03T10:01:00.000-08:00

Tending Adam's Garden: Evolving the Cognitive Immune Self

Author: Irun R Cohen

Tending Adam's Garden describes and explains the way in which our immune system works from a novel perspective. The book uses metaphors and examples to bring the immune system to life, and explores the fundamental miracle of nature. Written in plain language for a broad audience, this book encompasses much more than just immunology, exploring more fundamental matters such as causality, information, energy, evolution, cognition and individuality, as well as the strategy of the immune system and its role in health and disease.

Key Features:

Provides a unique perspective on the immune system from one of the keenest scientific and philosophical brains in the world
Uses metaphors and case histories to explore themes in an accessible manner
Written in plain language requiring no specialized vocabulary or specific scientific background in the subject

New England Journal of Medicine

Beyond the philosophy and polemics, Cohen offers a creative and provocative reading of contemporary immunology, one that may well guide the discipline as it seeks solutions to its paradoxes, and he creates models for restoring its increasingly complex components into a coherent whole.

Yair Neuman

Cohen's Book is an excellent and genuine scientific work...The book is written in clear and non-technical language,and different audiences may find it relevant for their own fields of interest.

Books about: Vietnam or The Grimke Sisters from South Carolina

Walking for Fun and Fitness

Author: Jerald Hawkins

This textbook is designed for college and University programs, health promotion programs, health/fitness clubs or anyone who wants to start an effective walking program. The text is divided into three parts: Part One is an introduction to walking, which discusses the why's; Part Two, fun and fitness through walking, discusses the how to's; and Part Three, maximizing your walking program, discussing injury prevention, nutrition and weight management. Individuals will discover if the knowledge gained and the motivation techniques are utilized, walking will be fun and fitness will come.

	Preface	vii
	Dedication	viii
	Acknowledgments	viii
	About the Authors	viii
Part 1	Introduction to Walking
1	Introduction	1
2	Walking: Nature's Most Perfect Exercise?	9
3	Why Walking?	13
Part 2	Fun and Fitness Through Walking
4	Exercise Principles and Fitness Walking	19
5	Proper Walking Technique	27
6	Preparing to Walk	35
7	Making the "Do It!" Principle Work for You	47
8	Prevention and Care of Injuries	61
Part 3	Maximizing Your Walking Program
9	Nutrition	69
10	Weight Management	81
11	Resources for the Fitness Walker	95
Appendices	Worksheets	99
A	Calculating Target Heart Rate Range	101
B	Personal Walking Accountability Plan	103
C	Estimating Your Daily Energy Expenditure	105
D	Walking Logs	107
	Index	119

Natural Healing for Headaches or From the Heart

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

Natural Healing for Headaches: High-Powered Cures for Ending Pain

Author: Eva Urbaniak

Now, millions of people who suffer from chronic headaches can end pain forever with natural, safe, drug-free treatments.

Go to: Food Culture in Southeast Asia or Con El Reloj a Favor

From the Heart: A Woman's Guide to Living Well with Heart Disease

Author: Kathy Kastan

After undergoing emergency bypass surgery at age forty-two, Kathy Kastan found her world shifting in unexpected ways. Everything-her sense of well being, her relationships, her daily routine, even her body image-seemed to change. Doctors could help her recover physically, but she had to find new ways to recover emotionally and re-create a happy, healthy life. The first book written for women dealing with the emotional repercussions of heart disease, From the Heart will guide women forward with optimism and courage, addressing such questions as: How do you regain a strong self-image? Grapple with your fears? Talk to the people you love about your illness? And learn to trust your body again? Combining Kastan’s personal experience and expertise as a therapist with stories from scores of other women with heart disease, this invaluable resource will help women reduce stress, give up hard-to- break habits, adapt to new lifestyles-and thrive again.

Miami Herald

Offers tips on facing denial, helping children cope and reducing stress. The author, a clinical social worker, feeds off her experiences with emergency bypass surgery to guide other women forward with optimism and courage.

Townsend Letter

Kathy Kastan's book will undoubtedly be helpful . . . [The] stories are effective in illustrating the need for patient advocacy . . . Many women can benefit from this informative book.

Consumer Connections

An empowered guide on how women can gradually regain their strength and thrive with heart disease. The advice provided is insightful and laid out in concise and realistic terms for the reader . . . The testimonials by other women with heart disease are an additional bonus to the book . . . Recommended.

Barbara M. Bibel - Library Journal

Kastan was a seemingly healthy 42-year-old woman when she suddenly required emergency bypass surgery that left her with debilitating chronic chest pain. Luckily, WomenHeart: The National Coalition of Women with Heart Disease was there to refer her to a women's heart center, which helped her get proper medication, rehabilitation, and support. Now the president of that organization, Kastan felt that doctors healed her body well but provided no tools for dealing with the emotional aspects of her heart disease. To fill that gap, the author discusses what happens once a woman is home from the hospital. Setting realistic expectations, communicating with family and friends, and dealing with depression, changed body image, and sexuality are important. Navigating the healthcare system, adjusting work conditions, and strengthening relationships with family and friends are vital. Including quotes from 100 female patients, family members, and health professionals describing the recovery process, this first book to deal specifically with the emotional aspects of heart disease in women is highly recommended for public and consumer health libraries.

What People Are Saying

Kathy Smith
For the millions of women who have heart disease-and the millions of people who love them.... an important and empowering book. (Kathy Smith, author of Kathy Smith's Flex Appeal: Look Great and Feel Sexy at Any Age)

Wayne M. Sotile
...Filled with practical advice and touching glimpses into the lives of women living with heart disease.... a book that can make a difference. (Wayne M. Sotile, Ph.D., author of Thriving with Heart Disease)

Nanette K. Wenger
From the Heart is an invaluable contribution to the literature on healing women's hearts-and should be spectacularly helpful to women heart patients. (Nanette K. Wenger, M.D., Professor of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Chief of Cardiology, Grady Memorial Hospital)

Debora Yost
From the Heart is an inspiration.... a must-read for anyone touched by this frightening disease. (Debora Yost, author, Heal Your Heart with Wine and Chocolate)

Phyllis Greenberger
[Includes] invaluable advice, empowering women to move ahead with confidence and enjoy life again. (Phyllis Greenberger, MSW, President and CEO, The Society for Women's Health Research)

Elizabeth Nabel
Insightful, articulate, and touching, From the Heart is a powerful message of hope. (Elizabeth Nabel, M.D., Former Chief of Cardiology, University of Michigan)

Foreword   Nanette K. Wenger, MD     ix
Introduction: A New Beginning: From Nightmare to Daybreak-My Story     xi
Beginning the Recovery Process: The First Steps     1
Finding Balance: What Happens When You Go Home     3
Checking Your Emotional Pulse: What about Your Mental Health?     19
Getting the Help You Need     39
Following Your Doctor's Orders: Those Pesky Risk Factors     55
Rebuilding Your Sense of Self     83
Body Image and the Sexual Self: Relaxation and Renewal     85
Coping with Change: Your Family     105
Strengthening Relationships: Friends and Society     131
Negotiating the Outer World     153
Managing Your Work Life: Facing the Challenge     155
Negotiating the Health-care System     185
Becoming an Advocate for Change: The Bigger Picture     205
Recommended Reading     231
Resources     233
Acknowledgments     253
Index     257

Phosphatidylserine or Choosing a Path

2009-12-01T01:59:00.000-08:00

Phosphatidylserine (Good Health Guide)

Author: Paris M Kidd

The nutrient building black that accelerates all brain functions.

Book about: First Break All The Rules or The Tipping Point

Choosing a Path

Author: Swami Rama

Describes a range of spiritual disciplines to help you choose the one most appropriate.

Winning the Food Fight or Yoga and the Hindu Tradition

2009-11-29T21:58:00.000-08:00

Winning the Food Fight: A Thoughtful Parent's Guide to Introducing Variety into Your Child's Diet

Author: Natalie Rigal

PARENTING / NUTRITION

“Well researched and thoughtfully presented, Natalie Rigal has given us wonderful ideas for the all-important task of nourishing our children. She shows us how to naturally and gracefully work with young ones so eating becomes both an exploration and a pleasure. Bravo!”
--Marc David, author of The Slow Down Diet

“Food is not just our fuel, it’s also the raw material of our bodies and our brains--and particularly that of our children. Natalie Rigal’s book provides a great insight into how to help children discover and learn to love foods that are actually good for them!”
--Thom Hartmann, author of The Edison Gene and Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception

One of the most common problems faced by parents is how to inspire their children to taste a new food--to try just one bite! Natalie Rigal, a child psychologist who has extensively researched questions of taste, explains the often complex attitudes children bring with them to the dinner table and offers parents creative ways to get children to approach eating with the same curiosity and enthusiasm they display toward other activities. Using experiences with her own two children, as well as the latest research in the field, she shows that children’s tastes often manifest at a very young age and are connected to an intricate combination of family habits and social influences. She reveals why most children prefer sweet foods to salty ones, familiar foods to new ones, and why children often prefer the meals they share with their grandparents and friends over those with their parents and siblings--andwhat parents can do about this.

Rigal explains that the aversion children express to most foods can be overcome by learning how to speak with them about what they are going to be eating--not just its flavor, but its consistency, appearance, and the sound it makes when eaten. She shows that encouraging a child’s natural instinct to experiment can provide the inspiration needed to try even those vegetables that are most universally loathed by children. Finding pleasure in eating has been shown to be the secret to why "French women don’t get fat.” It is also the secret gateway to getting your children to eat the nutritious foods they need.

NATALIE RIGAL is senior lecturer at the University of Paris at Nanterre, where she teaches developmental child psychology. She is one of the foremost researchers in the psychology of taste. She lives in Paris.

Natalie Rigal is senior lecturer at the University of Paris at Nanterre, where she teaches developmental child psychology. She lives in Paris.

Interesting book: Its Your Ship or 8th Habit Personal Workbook

Yoga and the Hindu Tradition

Author: Jean Varenn

A popular and critical success when it first appeared in France, Yoga and the Hindu Tradition has freed Yoga from the common misconceptions of the recent Yoga vogue. Jean Varenne, the distinguished French Orientalist, presents the theory of classical Yoga, in all its richness, as a method—a concrete way to reach the Absolute through spiritual exercises—which makes possible the transition from existence to essence.
This excellent translation, including line drawings and charts, a glossary of technical terms, and a complete translation of the Yoga Darshana Upanishad, begins with a brief description of the metaphysical and religious history on which Yoga is based. Varenne discusses the theoretical conception of Yoga as the search for liberating knowledge, concluding with a brief indication of the physical practices and extra Yogic themes such as Kundalini and Tantrism. It is the author's hope that "those who read [this book] will come to realize that it is in fact dishonest to reduce Yoga to some sort of physical training, or to just an occult doctrine; it is a 'world view' a Weltanschauung that comprehends reality in its totality."
"The straightforward, well-organized presentation makes the book itself a microcosm of what Varenne singles out as a dominant feature of classical Hindu thought—a bringing of the complex and multitudinous into a unity."—Judith Guttman, Yoga Journal

List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
Part One. Man and the Universe
1. The Cosmic Order
2. Man as Analogue
3. Sarvam Duhkham
Part Two. In Search of the Absolute
4. Knowledge
5. The Migratory Bird
6. From Yogas to Yoga
Part Three. The Royal Art
7. Taming the Body
8. Dissolving the Mind
9. Seeing God Face to Face
Part Four. The Eternal Feminine
10. The Divine Couple
11. The Subtle Body
12. The Power of the Serpent
Conclusion
Yoga Darshana Upanishad
Notes
Glossary
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index

Belleza de pies a cabeza or Path of Fire and Light

2009-11-28T17:57:00.000-08:00

Belleza de pies a cabeza: La guia completa para lograr su look ideal (The Complete Beauty Bible)

Author: Paula Begoun

In Paula Begoun's signature no-nonsense style, the nationally known "Cosmetics Cop" offers unbiased evaluations of popular brand-name cosmetics, plus expert advice to help readers choose and use products for their own personal-best looks. This Spanish edition of The Complete Beauty Bible stands alone as the most up-to-date, exhaustively researched book of its kind.

Path of Fire and Light: Volume II, A Practical Companion to Volume I

Author: Swami Rama

An inspiriting guide to the systematic science of the path to meditation. Shows how to understand the mind.

Prenatal Yoga for Conception Pregnancy and Birth or Complete Natural Medicine Guide to Breast Cancer

2009-11-27T13:56:00.000-08:00

Prenatal Yoga for Conception, Pregnancy and Birth

Author: Francoise Barbira Freedman

Classic yoga postures that tone, align, strengthen, prepare and relax the body for conception, all three stages of pregnancy and the birth itself.

Book review: A Normal Country or Economic Crisis and Policy Choice

Complete Natural Medicine Guide to Breast Cancer: A Practical Manual for Understanding, Prevention and Care

Author: Sat Dharam Kaur

Despite the risk of developing breast cancer, many women still have a limited knowledge of its causes and prevention. The Complete Natural Medicine Guide to Breast Cancer uses the most recent research studies and clinical evidence to explain the causes of breast cancer and techniques for its prevention.

Some of the topics covered are:

Comprehensive explanations for the causes of breast cancer -- hereditary, hormonal, environmental

Identifiable environmental risks

Self help detoxification programs, diet plans and herbal recommendations

Natural medicine strategies which complement conventional medical treatments and promote recovery

Psychological support

Protective factors are highlighted and valuable exercises and worksheets for breast care are included, such as The Breast Health Balance Sheet, an extensive questionnaire that helps to determine risk factors.

Written in an empathetic and accessible style, The Complete Natural Medicine Guide to Breast Cancer is an excellent resource for women seeking breast cancer information.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Robert E Burke, MSN, MPS, BSN (Pace University)
Description: This book provides women of all ages with the necessary tools to understand the basics of breast health and disease in order to promote healthy living.
Purpose: The book was written in the belief that the better we understand the origins of breast cancer, the better our ability to prevent it. Although the emphasis of this book is on breast health, the underlying content challenges the women and healthcare professionals who read it to become more aware of their bodies and how they live their lives in order to promote healthy living. The author's objectives are realistic and important. This book balances the viewpoints of Western biomedicine with naturopathic medicine's perspectives to provide a unique approach to approaching breast cancer, its prevention, and treatment.
Audience: The author states that this book is written for women. In the preface, Dr. Carolyn Dean goes further and states that the book is meant to be an indispensable resource and companion for all women, in poor or good health. This book may also be helpful to healthcare professionals who are interested in understanding the naturopathic approach to breast health promotion and disease prevention. The author is a naturopathic doctor who specializes in the prevention and treatment of breast cancer. She maintains a private practice in Ontario and lectures on breast health and stress management at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine. She has taught the Healthy Breast Program since 1996 and Kundalini yoga since 1979.
Features: The first few chapter focus on the risks of developing breast cancer, a basic overview of breast anatomy and physiology and the role of hormones and the environment on the body. This is followed by strategies that promote healthy living through diet, nutrition, and supplementation, and maintaining psychological health. Information is provided on Western biomedical and complementary therapeutic approaches to dealing with breast cancer alone and/or in combination with one another. The book also provides numerous exercises, charts, checklists, and worksheets to aid readers while they progress through the chapters. In addition, a list of resources and suggestions for further reading provides the reader with avenues to keep learning. As the guide for health promotion and disease prevention it is meant to be, I found very few shortcomings. Throughout the book, there are many interesting facts and preventative notes listed in the margins. This is unique and allows readers to gain pearls of information as they skim through the book.
Assessment: This book does an excellent job reviewing the basics of breast health and disease. The strategies for promoting healthy living, including the exercises, charts, checklists, and worksheets make this an interactive book that empowers readers to become more proactive in promoting healthy living in their lives.

Library Journal

A naturopathic doctor presents therapies to complement traditional treatment. Lots of boxes, headnotes, and factoids in chapters such as "Understanding the Hormone Puzzle" and "Detoxifying Our Bodies." Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

What People Are Saying

I highly recommend that every woman and every library get a copy.

Rating

3 Stars from Doody

The Thinking Persons Guide to Diabetes or DX RX

2009-11-26T09:54:00.000-08:00

The Thinking Person's Guide to Diabetes: The Draznin Plan

Author: Boris Draznin

Based on his successful treatment of thousands of diabetic patients for over 30 years, Dr. Draznin has developed a specific and easy-to-follow plan that combines increased physical activity with critical dietary restrictions. His scientific expertise as one of the nation's leading diabetologists shines through in his descriptions of how body weight is regulated and what we can do to impact these regulatory mechanisms. Dr. Draznin's clinical experience is evident in his inclusion of real life cases as well as his emphasis on practical advice.

Ch. 1	A Letter to My Reader	1
Ch. 2	An Introductory Case	9
Ch. 3	Our Weight in Numbers	17
Ch. 4	The Law of Conservation of Energy	31
Ch. 5	The Draznin Mile: A New Concept of Exercise	41
Ch. 6	Insulin, Production and Storage of Energy, and Regulation of Weight	53
Ch. 7	A Person does not Lose Weight by Diet Alone	69
Ch. 8	A Tale of Two Brothers	83
Ch. 9	Treatment of Obesity	95
Ch. 10	The Draznin Calorie: A Better Way to Diet	113
Ch. 11	Practical Advice	123
Ch. 12	Case Studies and a Treatment Plan for Mr. K	147
Ch. 13	Recommendations Based on Ten Draznin Rules of Life	167
Ch. 14	Frequently Asked Questions	173
	Index	185

Look this: State Corporate Crime or Globalizing Democracy and Human Rights

DX/RX: Palliative Cancer Care

Author: Vivek Tim Malhotra

Tightly organized into a super-condensed outline-bulleted format, this handy, pocket-sized manual details precise, up-to-date information for assessing and managing pain, fatigue, nausea, GI problems, depression, and other common symptoms in the cancer patient. Throughout the book, tables and figures summarize important clinical data and current professional society recommendations, while salient references direct readers to additional information. Current, quick, and concise, for instant access on the ward or in the clinic!

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Toby C Campbell, MD(Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine)
Description: The authors have written a pocket-sized book for basic, rapid reference for symptom management in cancer patients.
Purpose: This book is part of series which focuses on the practical management of common malignancies. The authors target an audience of practicing oncologists or "anyone involved with the care of cancer patients." Many oncologists certainly could benefit from improved symptom management, communication, and other aspects of palliative care.
Audience: "[This] series of handbooks focusing on the practical management of common malignancies...is recommended...to anyone involved with the care of cancer patients," according to the editors in the preface. This book is introductory in content, informal in voice, superficial in depth, and appropriate for students, housestaff, or practitioners. The authors are part of the pain and palliative care service at Memorial Sloan Kettering, a respected oncologic institution.
Features: This is a concise reference on a variety of issues facing cancer patients as they near the end of life. The authors address a variety of common symptoms, including pain, neuropathic pain, nausea, constipation, bowel obstruction, dyspnea, depression, and fatigue. The authors also deal with communication barriers, physician stress, medication management, opioid conversions, and pain procedures. The index is accurate and easy to search. The book is introductory in scope and curious readers or experienced providers may find it too basic.
Assessment: The book will have a limited audience,but it is useful as an introduction to some of the issues in palliative medicine. The structure and organization of the chapters is disjointed, but the index is readily searchable. The book uses quotations from pop culture (often with unclear relation to the text) and thus may appeal to students, but may offend older readers. I am unaware of other pocket-sized books oriented towards palliative care explicitly for cancer patients and, as such, the book is unique. There are several other portable palliative care reference books which contain more in-depth information.

Inside Tai Chi or Dealing with Dementia

2009-11-25T05:53:00.000-08:00

Inside Tai Chi: Hints, Tips, Training and Process for Students and Teachers

Author: John Loupos

Preparing you for what to expect in your Tai Chi journey, this book offers practical advice, observations, and training exercises for anyone on the path.

Book about: Thin for Good or Pr cticas hol sticas para la salud

Dealing with Dementia: A Guide to Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias

Author: Brian Draper

This work examines dementia with a special focus on Alzheimer's disease. A down-to-earth, comprehensive, and compassionate resource, this guide provides guidance for anyone struggling to come to terms with a diagnosis of dementia for themselves or a loved one. Filled with practical advice on drug treatments, complementary therapies, and residential or respite care, this guide is an invaluable tool for anyone worried about the effects of aging on the mind.

Four Way Burn or Maps to Ecstacy

2009-02-21T08:05:00.000-08:00

Four Way Burn: The All-in-One Workout for: Toned Muscles Increased Flexibility Stronger Core Improved Cardio Function

Author: Ralf Hennig

Get fit in just 20 minutes, three times per week, with a program that combines cardio, strength, flexibility, and core training, from the conditioning coach and personal trainer to former president Bill Clinton.

As one of the top fitness trainers in America, Ralf Hennig has been called upon to design fitness programs for some of the nation's most prominent and busiest individuals, among them: former president Clinton and Citigroup chairman emeritus Sanford Weill. For the first time ever, his unique and superbly effective fitness program is available to everyone.

No more balancing schedules for cardio and strength training; and no more warming up and stretching afterward! In Four Way Burn, readers will learn Ralf's all-in-one workout for improving strength, flexibility, balance, agility, and hand-eye coordination.

Using a weighted ball (like a medicine ball), readers of any fitness level are led through Ralf's workout cycles. Suitable for couch potatoes and performance athletes alike, Four Way Burn includes a general program for all readers as well as personalized routines for readers who want to lose weight, travel often, suffer from back problems, or who are looking to boost their performance while cycling, running, golfing, or playing tennis.

"[Ralf] is incredibly dedicated to creating a better way of life."—Sanford Weill, chairman emeritus of Citigroup

Foreword   Bill Clinton     ix
Acknowledgments     xi
Introduction     xiii
Four Way Burn: Conditioning for Life
A Balanced Approach to Wellness and Fitness     3
Four Way Burn Will Change Your Life     15
Progressive Cycles Move You to Success
The First Cycle     27
The Second Cycle     45
The Third Cycle     58
The Fourth Cycle     70
Adapting Four Way Burn for Your Needs
Stay On Track While You're Traveling     87
Lose Weight with Four Way Burn     105
The Right Moves Can Bring Back Your Strong, Flexible Back     117
Using Four Way Burn for Peak Sports Performance
Get Ready for Walking and Running with Four Way Burn     147
Good Form Keeps a Cyclist's Body Rolling Along     174
Golf: Complex Moves Require Thorough Conditioning     199
Increase Control and Power on the Tennis Court     226
Appendix     247
Index     257

New interesting book: Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns or CINEMA 4D

Maps to Ecstacy: A Healing Journey for the Untamed Spirit

Author: Gabrielle Roth

In this revised edition of Maps to Ecstacy, Gabrielle Roth expands on the themes that have guided her: ways of transforming daily life into sacred art. Her work in teaching movement has been described as a marriage of art and healing.

Each chapter initiates readers into one of the five sacred powers necessary for survival and reveals the five life cycles that lead to enlightenment. The creative process brings readers in touch with these five sacred powers by freeing the body to experience the power of being, expressing the heart to experience the power of loving, emptying the mind to experience the power of self-knowledge, awakening the soul to experience the power of seeing, and embodying the spirit to experience the power of healing.

Roth shows readers how to awaken latent shamanic powers; reconnect to primal knowledge through exercises, dance, song, poetry, meditation, theatre, and ritual; and incorporate these principles into contemporary life.

What People Are Saying

Lynn Andrews
A wonderful and inspiring book that can lead people to a new level of understanding and give them the courage to follow their dreams.

Natalie Goldberg
She might dance on the path, but she also rocks on the page.

Brooke Medicine Eagle
Gabrielle Roth's book is a joy, a truly moving experience from a very fine teacher. It is both fun to read and immensely instructive. Don't expect to finish the book in a couple of sittings -- keep it around and work with it over time like an old friend. Five stars for Gabrielle Roth and Maps to Ecstasy

Im Like So Fat or Cults

2009-02-20T04:04:00.000-08:00

I'm, Like, So Fat!: Helping Your Teen Make Healthy Choices about Eating and Exercise in a Weight-Obsessed World

Author: Dianne Neumark Sztainer

Hit the gym for a workout--but sit for hours at your computer. Supersize your value meals--but downsize your waistline. Today's media-saturated teenagers are bombarded with mixed messages that distort their self-image and lead many to overeat and others to starve themselves. When "I feel fat" becomes a teen's common refrain, how can worried parents respond constructively? With "I'm, Like, SO Fat!" Dr. Dianne Neumark-Sztainer shows parents how to strike the difficult balance between bolstering self-esteem and offering constructive advice. Drawing on her landmark study, Project EAT (Eating Among Teens), and her experience as a mother of four, Neumark-Sztainer offers a wealth of science-based, practical ideas for instilling healthy eating and exercise habits, educating teens about nutrition and portion size, and talking about body image. Here is a rock-solid foundation that parents everywhere can build on to help their teens stay fit, eat well, and feel good about their looks in a world where too-perfect bodies are used to sell everything from cosmetic surgery to fast food.

Library Journal

Health It is indeed a weight-obsessed world when even Cookie Monster comes under fire for his eating habits. In this thorough and sensible book, Neumark-Sztainer (epidemiology, Univ. of Minnesota) shows parents how to help their teens make wise food choices-now and in the future. With the blunt advice that one should never "go on a diet," the author stresses lifestyle changes, not quick fixes. Parents can be positive role models by providing healthy breakfasts and dinners, reducing kids' time watching TV images of thin people, and helping kids make wise choices of food on the go. Teens need to know (and they don't) what a portion is, what a calorie is, and why these are important. The approach here is practical and not authoritarian; the author knows it's difficult to ask teens to give up fries and large sodas; she knows families eat out, but it doesn't need to be a high-fat, high-calorie experience. There's nothing here about the new food pyramid, and low-carb diets that label whole food groups as bad are not seen as helpful. James Lock and Daniel La Grange's Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder focuses more on disorders; this book stresses health. Excellent for public libraries.-Linda Beck, Indian Valley P.L., Telford, PA Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

I. What Are We Up Against...and How Did We Get Here, Anyway?
1. If It's Not One Thing, It's Another: Dealing with a Spectrum of Weight-Related Problems
2. Our Susceptible Teens: What We Know about Causes and Contributing Factors
II. How Can We Protect Our Teens When Society Pushes Fat but Promotes Thin?
3. Parents Matter (a Lot)
4. Friends, Fashions, and Fads
5. Physical Activity: A Big Part of the Answer...in Moderation
6. The Great Diet Debate
7. The Four Cornerstones of Healthy Weight and Body Image
III. What and How Much Should Teenagers Eat?
8. "I Know How to Diet...I Just Don't Know How to Eat": What Teens Need to Know about Nutrition
9. Portion Control and Calorie Counting: Teaching Teens to Pay Attention without Obsessing
10. Vegetarianism: Doing It Right-for Your Teen and Your Family
IV. How Can We Make a Difference at Home...and Away?
11. Family Meals in a Fast-Food World
12. Eating Out: When Cooking Just Isn't Going to Happen
13. Fluent in the F Words: Talking with Teens about Food, Fat, and Other Touchy Topics
V. What Can We Do When Problems Come Up?
14. Helping an Overweight Teen Be Healthy and Happy
15. How to Spot the Signs of an Eating Disorder and What You Can Do to Help
*Resources for Parents and Teens

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Cults: Faith, Healing, and Coercion

Author: Marc Galanter

From the mass weddings of Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church to the ritual suicides at Heaven's Gate, charismatic cults and their devotees have become facts of American life. Using material gleaned from twenty-five years of direct encounters with cults and their detractors, as well as extensive research, Marc Galanter offers the most extensive psychological analysis of these organizations available. Cults explores not only how members feel and think at all stages of their involvement, but also how larger social and psychological forces reinforce individual commitment within the cults.

The Uncomplicated Guide to Diabetes Complications or Eating for Hormonal Balance Journal

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

The Uncomplicated Guide to Diabetes Complications

Author: American Diabetes Association

The Uncomplicated Guide to Diabetes Complications helps you understand the complications of diabetes, what they mean, and what treatments are available. This updated second edition includes information on the newest medications and recommendations from the recently completed Diabetes Prevention Program.

Library Journal

Insulin and antibiotics have significantly prolonged the lives of people with diabetes, but longer life spans also allow many diabetics to develop complications of the disease. It is those complications that are addressed here. A question-and-answer format combined with case histories takes the reader through complications of the heart, nerves, feet, eyes, skin, and kidneys. Additional sections discuss psychosocial complications, sexual health, and obesity and physical inactivity. Medical terms and procedures are clearly defined and explained throughout the text. This is an excellent reference focusing on education and self-care, which complements The Johns Hopkins's Guide to Diabetes (LJ 7/97) and the American Diabetes Association Complete Guide to Diabetes (LJ 8/96). Essential for all consumer health collections.--Kate Kelly, Treadwell Lib., Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

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Eating for Hormonal Balance Journal

Author: Sonia Gaemi

With ever-expanding media attention from films like Super Size Me and books like Fast Food Nation-not to mention the daily refrain of TV news anchors and newspaper columnists-it's pretty clear that American's suffer from poor eating habits. In addition to shortening your life, eating unwisely can also lead to a host of health problems, including imbalances in the endocrine system. Research suggests that most women will suffer from some debilitating hormonal problem at some point in their lives, and that the incidence of these problems increases dramatically for women over the age of fifty. The best way to avoid becoming part of these grim statistics is to make gradual changes to your lifestyle and diet-especially by including phytohormone-rich colored vegetables among those you eat each day.The good news is that studies have revealed a technique that can dramtically increase your chances of success when you try improve your diet for better hormonal balance. That technique is the keeping of a daily record of what you eat, a food diary.This book, the journal companion to Sonia Gaemi's breakthrough book Eating Wisely for Hormonal Balance, leads you through the steps of starting and sticking to a food diary. Working directly in the journal's ample lined space, you'll learn how to become your own food and lifestyle coach, guiding yourself to make healthier choices every day. The journal also includes new and useful information to help you cleanse your system of toxins, plan menus, and choose foods that will increase your physical and emotional health. The nutritional plan and journaling technique in this book, working together, will maximize your chances for achieving a lighter and livelier new life. With this easy-to-use journal, the author of Eating Wisely for Hormonal Balance guides readers through the steps of keeping a food diary to help regulate hormones, cleanse the body of toxins, and prevent or relieve symptoms rooted in unhealthy eating.

Belleza al minuto or Everything Sugar Free Cookbook

2009-02-17T19:58:00.000-08:00

Belleza al minuto

Author: Rona Berg

Belleza al minuto es una guia indispensable, e innovadora hacia el glamour para la mujer actual. Indexado por problema y solucion y empacado con remedios, este libro incluye consejos para el sauna, para liberar la tension, un rostro en 20 segundos, en 2 minutos o en 5 minutos. Una herramienta indispensable para todas las mujeres, repleta de consejos e ideas sobre como obtener un Nuevo "look" cada dia.

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Everything Sugar-Free Cookbook

Author: Nancy T Maar

If you think you can't indulge your love of sweets because you must limit your sugar intake, think again. The Everything Sugar-Free Cookbook contains 300 scrumptious recipes that are fun to make, including:

New York-Style Cheesecake
Banana Brownies
Orange Mousse with Blueberries
Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries
Family Ice Cream
Strawberry-Stuffed French Toast
Sweet Tea Sauce

Whether you want to start the day off with a healthy breakfast or treat yourself to a decadent midnight snack, this cookbook has all you need to lead a sugar-free lifestyle. Each recipe has complete nutritional information so you can plan well-rounded meals. Get ready to enjoy la dolce vita-without the sugar!

Fit in 15 or Rethinking Pasteurs Germ Theory 2 Ed

2009-02-16T15:57:00.000-08:00

Fit in 15: Easy 15-Minute Morning Workouts That Balance Cardio, Strength, and Flexibility

Author: Steve Stiefel

People buy exercise equipment, join gyms, and sign up for classes, but they still don't exercise. They simply can't find the time. So author Steve Stiefel has developed a totally unique, full-body fitness program that even the busiest person can work into a morning schedule. The Fit in 15 program takes less time than waiting in line for coffee, yet it has the power to transform one's total fitness. Unlike exercise equipment or repetitive workout routines that overemphasize one aspect of fitness, the Fit in 15 program varies 15-minute workouts on different days of the week in order to develop all elements of a healthy, shapely body: Monday and Friday cover cardio, Tuesday and Thursday are devoted to strength, Wednesday addresses flexibility, Sunday adds mind/body awareness and Saturday is left open for the reader to choose a workout that targets an area needing extra attention, such as muscle building, core strengthening, or fat burning. Fit in 15 provides a fun and flexible "7 days/7 workouts" plan that lets readers choose from 55 specially designed 15-minute workouts.

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Rethinking Pasteur's Germ Theory 2 Ed: How to Maintain Your Optimal Health

Author: Nancy Appleton

Rethinking Pasteur's Germ Theory is more than a history of medical science. Throughout the book, practicing nutritionist Dr. Nancy Appleton applies the findings of these researchers to a greater understanding of our own bodies. This reader-friendly guide shows us how to preserve our well-being through our attitude, environment, and diet. Common foods to avoid for particular body constitutions and a series of health-promoting food plans are outlined. Appleton provides information and practical advice that will educate and motivate the reader to achieve an optimal state of health.

	Introduction: How the Curse of Louis Pasteur Affects Your Health and What to Do	ix
1	Some Startling Statistics	1
2	Good Health: A Balancing Act	9
3	Claude Bernard and the Interior Environment	25
4	Louis Pasteur's Germ Theory of Disease	31
5	Antoine Bechamp and the Pleomorphic Theory of Disease	43
6	Walter B. Cannon's Theory of Homeostasis	55
7	Melvin E. Page and Body Chemistry	71
8	Other Scientists Who Viewed Disease Pleomorphically	83
9	Gaston Naessens and the Somatid Theory of Disease	95
10	The Consequences of Germ Theory	107
11	Lifting the Curse of Louis Pasteur	123
Appendix A	Bringing the Body Back to Homeostasis	131
Appendix B	Glossary	151
	Notes	161
	Selected Bibliography	179
	Index	193

Boosting Your Digestive Health or Midwifery Mind and Spirit

2009-02-14T23:41:00.000-08:00

Boosting Your Digestive Health: Through Conventional and Alternative Methods

Author: Mark Kan

Nearly everybody experiences occasional discomfort caused by digestion disorders. This book will give you a better understanding regarding which symptoms to look out for as potentially serious, and when to seek professional help. A team of experts offers guidance on a wide range of medicines, treatments, and therapies from both conventional and alternative medicine. They give valuable advice on general diet and lifestyle issues that promote optimal digestive health. Covering all options for treatment, they draw their recommendations from conventional medicine, nutritional science, herbal remedies, and established alternative therapies.

	Foreword	6
	Introduction	8
Part 1	Understanding Digestive Health	11
	The Digestive System	12
	The mind
	The mouth
	The esophagus
	The stomach
	The small intestine
	Gut-associated lymphatic tissue
	The pancreas
	The liver and gallbladder
	The large intestine
	The anus
	What can go wrong
	Signs and Symptoms	22
	Difficulty swallowing
	Chest pain and heartburn
	Bloating and flatulence
	Indigestion
	Nausea and vomiting
	Abdominal pain
	Diarrhea
	Constipation
	Bleeding
	Changes in weight
	When to seek professional advice
	Conditions	36
	Gastroesophageal reflux disease
	Ulcers and stomach pain
	Parasites and other infections
	Dysbiosis
	Leaky gut syndrome
	Food allergies and intolerance
	Irritable bowel syndrome
	Celiac disease
	Inflammatory bowel disease
	Diverticular disease
	Gallbladder and liver disease
	Cancers of the digestive system
	Tests for the Digestive System	64
	Blood
	Urine
	Stool
	CDSA
	Intestinal permeability
	X-rays
	CT scan
	MRI
	Ultrasound
	Endoscopy and colonoscopy
	The acid test
	Allergy and immunity
	Secretory immunoglobulin A testing
	Gluten intolerance
	Candida albicans
	Lactose intolerance
	Vega and other electroacupuncture testing
	Applied kinesiology
Part 2	Options for Health	73
	Lifestyle Changes	74
	What to eat
	Fiber
	Energy
	Carbohydrates
	Proteins
	Fats
	Serving size
	How many calories do you need?
	What to avoid
	Relaxing and managing stress
	Meditation
	Exercise
	Posture
	Simple Remedies	100
	Make food your medicine
	Juicing
	Supplements
	Vitamins and minerals
	Herbal medicine
	Homeopathy
	Over-the-counter medicines
	Prescription medicines
	Therapies	124
	Acupuncture and acupressure
	Herbal medicine
	Homeopathy
	Naturopathy
	Clinical nutrition
	Mind-body medicine
	Orthodox medicine
	Integrated medicine
	Useful Organizations	140
	Bibliography	141
	Index	142

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Midwifery, Mind And Spirit

Author: Jennifer Hall

* A unique and useful resource for practitioners, lecturers and students who wish to examine the issues surrounding the spiritual aspects of midwifery and implement them into clinical practice * This practice and research-based text draws on a wide range of literature in nursing and other disciplines in addition to that of midwifery * Reflective exercises and questions encourage midwives to develop their professional understanding of spiritual care

Nanotechnology in Cancer Therapeutics or Phytopharmaceuticals in Cancer Chemoprevention

2009-02-13T19:39:00.000-08:00

Nanotechnology in Cancer Therapeutics

Author: Mansoor M Amiji

Encouraging communication between clinical investigators and nanoscientists, Nanotechnology for Cancer Therapy focuses specifically on effective and promising nanoscience and nanotechnology strategies for imaging and treating cancer. Among the various approaches considered, nanotechnology offers the best promise for the targeted delivery of drugs and genes to a tumor site and for alleviating side effects of chemotherapeutic agents. Renowned industrial and academic researchers describe the advantages of nanoparticles as sensing, delivery, image enhancement agents for cancer treatments, and various types of useful nanoparticles such as polymeric nanoparticles and dendrimers.

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Phytopharmaceuticals in Cancer Chemoprevention

Author: Laurie Kelly

This book focuses on the role of natural supplements in cancer prevention and therapy. The first section covers cancer epidemiology, cancer statistics and current therapies and potential toxicities involved with existing cancer drugs. The second section discusses the pathophysiology of cancer including mechanistic and molecular aspects of cancer biology, etiology of breast cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, tobacco and cancer, gastrointestinal tract cancers and various risk factors related to obesity, exercise and aging. The third section covers phytopharmaceuticals and focuses on cancer health risk factors and the protective abilities of the various natural products.

Dietas y Recetas de Maria Antonieta or Sage

2009-02-12T15:30:00.000-08:00

Dietas y Recetas de Maria Antonieta

Author: Maria Antonieta Collins

En este libro, la autora intenta ayudar a todos los que padecen el calvario de la gordura desde la perspectiva de su propia experiencia. En primer lugar, se refiere a los componentes adictivos en el acto de comer. Comenta los síntomas y conductas más comunes en las personas involucradas en este problema, las actitudes personales de autocomplacencia y autoengaño, las principales causas de los repetidos fracasos al seguir una dieta y el eterno deambular por consultorios de profesionales -y no tan profesionales- que se dedican a resolver este problema.

María Antonieta afirma que no son las dietas las que fracasan sino nosotros. Lo crucial para tener éxito en la odisea para bajar de peso radica en la decisión personal y en la cabal comprensión de lo que ha llevado a cada persona hasta tal punto de sobrepeso. Resalta que lo importante no es bajar de peso sino el posterior mantenimiento en un peso adecuado, y para ello ofrece consejos prácticos de suma utilidad además de una gran variedad de recetas para comer bien y bajar, de peso.

Publishers Weekly

Often putting her personal health at risk, celebrity Univision journalist Collins has tried everything in her long and constant struggle to lose weight and maintain it, from the latest and most popular diets and medications to special and costly treatments like acupuncture and body wraps. Having maintained her weight for over a year now, she tells her personal story and shares her hard-earned tips for winning the weight-loss battle. This is a frank, humorous, and informative book on a topic of great interest to most Hispanic/ Latina women. Collins draws examples from her personal experience to point out the dangers, myths, and general misinformation that prevail about weight loss. Along the way, she also gives readers a glimpse into the world of Univision, sharing stories about the personal weight management programs of other well-known personalities such as Jorge Ramos, Maria Elena Salinas, and Don Francisco. Even though she uses several sayings and colloquialisms from her native Mexico, she often provides explanatory comments for the non-Mexican reader. The easy and nutritious sample diets and recipes use measurements in kilos and liters, but many recent Hispanic immigrants will be familiar with these measuring systems. Highly recommended for all public libraries and bookstores. Yolanda Cuesta, Sacramento, CA Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Sage: The Genus Salvia

Author: Spiridon E Kintzios

Sage, the genus Salvia is one of the most famous and used herbs in the world. This volume, containing twenty chapters written by the leading experts in the field, presents a comprehensive coverage on all aspects of Salvia. Topics covered include the presentation of the (approximately 400) most known Salvia species; the distribution of the genus; its chemotaxonomy, ecophysiology, cultivation technology and breeding methods; information on the extraction, isolation, characterisation and structure of a large number of bioactive components the various pharmacological properties of the species; the share of Salvia products in the aromatherapy and natural cosmetics market; biotechnological techniques; and commercial aspects. This comprehensive volume on Salvia should be of interest to everyone involved in medicinal and aromatic plant applications and research.

Booknews

Scholars of botany, medicine, biotechnology, and related fields explore the constituents and processes by which members of one of the most widely spread and used plant genus can be turned into commercial products. After listing the 400 or so best known species and identifying their folklore and cosmetic use, they cover botany, chemical constituents, cultivation and breeding, pharmacology, biotechnology, commercial aspects, and general issues. Among specific topics are salvianolic acids and related compounds, genetic improvements of cultivated species, antioxidants from , rosmarinic acid production, and the production of oil in Mediterranean countries. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

El Ajo or Whole Food Facts

2009-02-10T12:05:00.000-08:00

El Ajo: Un Remedio Natural

Author: PH D Fulder

Durante diglos se ha dicho que el ajo da energía y es un alimento curativo. Fulder y Blackwood analizan su historia, desde sus usos tradicionales en el antiguo Egipto hasta la popularidad que ha adquirido en la actualidad como valiosa planta farmacéutica. Ponen especial atención en las incestigaciones científicas y clínicas actuales relacionadas con la eficacia del ajo conta enfermedades cardiovasculares, infecciones, candida y como preventivo del cáncer. Los autores abordan el tema de las preparaciones de ajo y su dosificación haciendo una evaluación de los productos a base de ajo aue se pueden adquirir comercialmente. Emocionante y fidedigno, este libro es el más amplio que se ha publicado acerca de esta notable medicina natural.

Stephen Fulder es médico investigador con grado de maestría en bioquímica y doctorado en el campo de la investigación del envejecimiento. Entre sus numerosos libros se encuentran: The Handbook of Complementary Medicine, un guía de referencia para médicos profesionales; The Tao of Medicine, guía de las hierbas orientales; y How to Survive Medical Treatment, un enfoque holístico hacia los tratamientos médicos convencionales. En la actualidad se dedica al establecimineto de una industria de plantas medicinales en Israel.

John Blackwood es escritor, poeta y amante del ajo, su especialidad es la incestigación histórica. Vive en Oxford, Inglaterra.

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

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

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Whole Food Facts: The Complete Reference Guide

Author: Evelyn Roehl

This easy-to-read compendium is an indispensable guide to meal planning, cooking, and shopping for both the beginning and the experienced whole food cook. From amazake and arugula to shiitake and teff, Evelyn Roehl offers the most up-to-date information on buying and cooking with whole foods. The familiar as well as the exotic in fruits and vegetables, dairy products, grains and legumes, oils, and sweeteners are discussed in detail in this A-Z reference guide no kitchen should be without.

Updated and enlarged edition.

With more natural foods and organic produce in supermarkets, the new USDA Food Pyramid Guide, and recently published information on the value of nutrients and specialty diets, more health-conscious consumers are seeking information on selecting, preparing, and storing whole foods.

The author provides comprehensive nutritional charts and a complete discussion of diets, including vegetarian, macrobiotic, and the new USDA-recommended diet.

A special chapter on nutrients answers the frequently-asked questions What is it?, How do I use it?, How nutritious is it?, and Where does it come from?.

Jewish Paths toward Healing and Wholeness or Understanding Crohn Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

2009-02-09T08:03:00.000-08:00

Jewish Paths toward Healing and Wholeness: A Personal Guide to Dealing with Suffering

Author: Kerry M Olitzky

"Why me?"

Why do I suffer?

How can I heal?

"Spiritual suffering must be differentiated from physical pain, although the two are intertwined in such a way that it is nearly impossible to distinguish one from the other. We suffer spiritually when we do not grow from our illness, when we do not learn from the experience of physical and emotional pain."
-from the Introduction

Too many of us faced with bodily illness, whether our own pain or that of a loved one, feel lost. What do I do? How do I handle it? This inspiring guide helps us find the ways to deal with and heal from our suffering.

By sharing with us prayers, psalms, meditations and rituals-as well as insights gained from his own experience-Rabbi Kerry Olitzky helps us understand how, when we are confronted with suffering, we can take steps to heal the soul, a vital counterpart to healing the body.

This book helps us initiate a new kind of healing dialogue with God, and shows us the way to restoring our faith and enriching our spirit.

Understanding Crohn Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Author: Ronald S Vender

Zonderman, Jon is a medical writer and a freelance journalist. He is the author of Beyond the Crime Lab: The New Science of Investigation, as well as a number of books for children and young adults.

Vender, M.D., Ronald S. is the Chief of Gastroenterology at the Hospital of St. Raphael in New Haven, Connecticut, and Clinical Associate Professor of Gastroenterology at the Yale University School of Medicine. Zonderman has been under Vender's care for eleven years.

Practical Taoism or The Nutritional Psychology of Childhood

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

Practical Taoism

Author: Thomas F Cleary

This extraordinary collection of teachings and commentaries illuminates the many profound mysteries of inner alchemy, one of the most important dimensions of the Taoist tradition. The science of inner alchemy consists of meditation practices that enable the individual to have a more intimate, energizing, and inspiring relationship with life. Although these techniques are described in the sourcebooks of ancient Taoism, they are often couched in cryptic symbolic language, making it difficult for today's seekers t put these teachings into practice. Some classical Taoist writers, however, did adopt a more explicit manner of expression. Practical Taoism is a collection of writings from these more accessible commentators on the traditional alchemical texts, compiled by a seventh-generation master of the Northern Branch of the Complete Reality School of Taoism known as the Preserver of Truth.

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The Nutritional Psychology of Childhood

Author: Robert Drewett

The Nutritional Psychology of Childhood is a systematic account of research on the psychological aspects of nutrition in children from birth to adolescence. It deals with two major themes: the development of eating and the effects of malnutrition on the developing child. Robert Drewett discusses the developmental problems that arise with eating and food intake, including nursing and weaning in infancy, the handling of solids and the development of food choice and eating habits. Nutritional problems are considered in children born preterm or small for gestational age, or whose growth is poor, in children who are iron deficient or more generally malnourished, and in children with physical illnesses or disabilities, including phenylketonuria and cerebral palsy. The development of eating disorders and obesity are also considered. Drawing on research from both developing and industrialized countries, this book will be of interest to students, researchers and professionals in psychology, nutrition and child health.

List of illustrations and table     ix
Preface     xi
Introduction     1
Introduction     1
Growth and development     3
Energy balance     9
The development of feeding behaviour: infancy     18
Human lactation and the structure of infant feeding     18
Taste and flavour sensitivity     21
The control of energy intake in infancy     25
Feeding problems in milk-fed infants     28
Breast-feeding, health and cognitive development     33
The development of feeding behaviour: weaning onwards     43
Weaning and the development of independent eating skills     43
Food choice and neophobia     49
Food preferences     54
Feeding problems from weaning     60
Born too small or born too soon     69
Growth before birth     69
The development of children born too small     72
The development of children born too soon     83
Nutritional deficiencies     88
Iron deficiency     88
The development of iron deficient children     91
Protein-energy malnutrition     97
Secular trends in intelligence     106
Nutritional aspects of some physical conditions     110
Phenylketonuria     110
Other genetic disorders     117
Cerebral palsy     120
Failure to thrive     123
Criteria for failure to thrive and its epidemiology     123
Explanations of failure to thrive     129
Developmental delay and later cognitive outcomes     140
Other outcomes     144
Adiposity and obesity     148
Adiposity and its correlates     148
The genetics of obesity     158
The development of adiposity     163
Treatment and prevention     178
Adolescence and the eating disorders     186
Eating disorders     186
Body image and dieting     195
Genetic and other risk factors     202
Intergenerational aspects of eating disorders     209
Some concluding thoughts     214
References     221
Index     274

The Family Pharmacist or Hearing Aids Political Distortion

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

The Family Pharmacist

Author: Lisa M Chavis

Your Pharmacist. A leading pharmacist gives concerned parents quick, straightforward, and accurate answers on assessing their child's medical condition, deciding when to see a doctor, dosage and safety recommendations for over-the-counter and prescription medicines, and determining what natural choices are available.

In an easy-to-follow A-Z format, The Family Pharmacist covers the treatment of such common childhood ailments as:

Acne - ADHD - Bee Stings - Chicken Pox - Childhood Obesity - Fever - Flu - Food & Drug Allergies - Gingivitis - Head Lice - Lyme Disease - Measles & Mumps - Pink Eye - Rashes - Strep Throat - Sunburn - Teething - Urinary Tract Infections - Vomiting - and more

Hearing Aids & Political Distortion

Author: Floyd Rinehart

Ever wonder why many hearing aids are bought but not used? Does the hearing aid industry rely too heavily on salesmanship and not enough on the technology itself? Hearing Aids & Political Distortion by author Floyd Rinehart provides an up-close look at the hearing aid industry, and uncovers some unsetting facts. Rinehart describes troubling events and encounters during his six years of experiences in university research followed by twenty-eight years in the hearing aid business. Hearing Aids & Political Distortion is a poignant, true life story illustrating that corruption knows no bounds.

The Hurried Woman Syndrome or Magic Shop

2009-02-05T19:58:00.000-08:00

The Hurried Woman Syndrome: A Seven-Step Program to Conquer Fatigue, Control Weight, and Restore Passion to Your Relationship

Author: Brent W Bost

Explains how women can overcome the physical and emotional fallout of living in a hurry-up world. Also called predepression, hurried women syndrome affects 30 million women annually in the United States. The Hurried Woman Syndrome offers the first integrated program for overcoming the symptoms that could lead to full-blown clinical depression.

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Magic Shop: Healing with the Imagination

Author: Helen Graham

These visualization techniques teach you how to discover your personal symbolism; highlight the attitudes and behaviors that predispose you to certain illnesses; gain insight into and access the healing energies of your body; tune into early warning signs of illness and prevent it at the outset.

Grow Your Own Pharmacy or Tinnitus

2009-02-04T15:57:00.000-08:00

Grow Your Own Pharmacy

Author: Linda Gray

Building on the concept that the natural environment provides everything necessary to produce the vitamins and minerals for healthy bodies, minds, and souls, this book gives readers detailed instructions todetermine what they personally need, and information for both growing and using those items. Recommended daily vitamins are listed, with a chart showing, at a glance, what foods are required to fill the daily need. Details on planning, planting, growing, and harvesting vegetables, herbs, and plants are provided, and additionally, recipes and meal ideas are included, along with an herbal tea checklist for alleviating symptoms of illness and lists of edible flowers with vitamin content. A valuable tool for guidance through the mountain of available health information, this guide helps to sort information for practical, everyday use.

Tinnitus: Questions and Answers

Author: Jack A Vernon

Tinnitus patients have questions that most often their doctors and audiologists can't answer. The disorder is not taught in medical schools and a single front runner of a treatment has not emerged. Tinnitus patients typically do not know where to go for help. Thousands resort to chatting on the Internet about their condition. Thousands of others have written to the American Tinnitus Association and to Dr. Jack Vernon for help, compassion, wisdom, and answers. This book is a reflection of Dr. Vernon's 30-year dedication to this problem. His optimism for the condition and willingness to try out new ideas has pushed the mysterious disorder of tinnitus into a national and NIH-funded spotlight. Tinnitus: Questions and Answers focuses on the most frequently asked questions about tinnitus. The questions in this book are from patients. The answers are written for patients and for interested health care providers too. The book covers causes, treatments, and other topics with a format similar to the Q&A column in Tinnitus Today, ATA's quarterly journal.

Neale Donald Walsch on Holistic Living or The Body Sculpting Bible Swimsuit Workout

2009-02-03T11:55:00.000-08:00

Neale Donald Walsch on Holistic Living: Applications for Living

Author: Neale Donald Walsch

I have learned about life that when we live wholly, we live holy. I have been searching for ways to live my life as a whole person, as an integrated being, for twenty-five years. The first thing I came to understand was that, if I am to live an integrated life, I must become far more integrated with my environment. That is, I must become one with it, and treat it as if it were a part of me, not something from which I was separate, and which was separate from me.

Holistic living means being aware that I am part of a whole system, a whole idea, a whole reality, and that everything I think, say, and do affects that reality-indeed, at some level, creates it.

Are we able to coexist with nature, the universe, and our fellow human beings? Can we live lives that are joyous, harmonious, and largely pain-free? Do we have the ability to tell the truth and change what doesn't work?

Neale Donald Walsch thinks so. Living well--physically, mentally, and spiritually-is within our grasp, should we choose to do so. Here are some practical and inspirational ideas for achieving those goals.

Spiritual Frontiers Journal

These small volumes (5x7-1/2) are packed with wisdom. Recommended.

New interesting textbook: The Evolution of Economic Thought or The Prehistoric Exploration and Colonisation of the Pacific

The Body Sculpting Bible Swimsuit Workout: Men's Edition

Author: James Villepigu

Whether you summer in South Beach or on the Jersey Shore, it's never too early to get ready for hot fun in the summertime.

Building on the amazing success of his best-selling book The Body Sculpting Bible for Men, James Villepigue will get you ready for the beach fast with The Body Sculpting Bible Swimsuit Edition. He's designed a very specific, targeted workout plan that's guaranteed to put you in the best beach shape of your life!

Special exercises will show you how to:

* Build powerful biceps
* Sculpt chiseled abs
* Achieve well-defined pecs
* Plus diet tips, workout plans, meal schedules, and more

The Body Sculpting Bible Swimsuit Edition for Men will make you confident, strong, fit, and toned!

Epilepsy or Youve Gotta Fight Back Winning with serious illness injury or disability

2009-02-02T07:53:00.000-08:00

Epilepsy: A Guide to Balancing Your Life

Author: Ilo E Leppik

People diagnosed with epilepsy face many difficulties and lifestyle changes, but a proper understanding of the disease is a vital first step toward maintaining a normal life. Written in simple terms, this invaluable resource answers commonly asked questions about epilepsy and explains how it is diagnosed and treated, both with medications and other treatment options. Filled with helpful tables and illustrations, the guide offers current, reliable information on diet, surgical treatments, pregnancy, sports, and much more.

You've Gotta Fight Back! Winning with serious illness, injury, or disability

Author: Dirk Chase Eldredg

The heart of this book consists of thirteen, riveting, in-depth stories of people who fought back with courage, humor, and a positive attitude. In doing so, they have provided valuable guidance for you, the readers of this inspiring work.

The seriously ill, their friends and family will gain priceless advice on coping, dealing with depression,
how to partner with the medical profession, the tremendous value of self-help groups and the vital importance of attitude.
Those with disabilities will learn how others have successfully played the hand they were dealt and managed to live successful, fulfilling lives. The disabled and those with serious illnesses can learn from each other. There are no silver bullets buried in these pages,
just the sound, useable experience of others.
Caregivers, be they family, friends, or health professionals will gain great insight from the in-depth stories of survivors, the bereaved, and those who died with grace and even style.

"This book helps sufferers and caregivers alike to make sense of their situation, to avoid the mistakes while copying the successful strategies of these very real people."

-Bob Rich, PhD, author of Cancer: A Personal Challenge

"Far from a mere theoretical discourse and despite its potentially morbid topic, it brims with life: real cases, real people, real triumphs over a variety of illnesses and the distress they cause. A treasure trove of celebrated stories of survival and passages from the memoirs of those who made it." -Sam Vaknin, PhD, author of Malignant Self Love

Contents Foreword....................iii
Preface....................iii
Chapter 1 - Attitude is Everything....................1
Chapter 2 - Mindset Over Matter....................15
Chapter 3 - Caring For And About Your Caregivers....................29
Chapter 4 - You Reap What You Sow....................59
Chapter 5 - The Medical Event As A New Beginning....................69
Chapter 6 - Starting Over....................81
Chapter 7 - Fight Back From the Leading Edge....................103
Chapter 8 - Beating the Odds From The Leading Edge....................113
Chapter 9 - Just Where is The Leading Edge?....................125
Chapter 10 - Happy Trails to You....................135
Chapter 11 - Golden Years Tarnished....................153
Chapter 12 - Anne's Journey....................161
Chapter 13 - Independence Day....................181
Chapter 14 - Do What You Do Best....................193
Chapter 15 - Inch by Inch, Life's a Cinch....................215
Chapter 16 - The Mutual Nourishment of Helping Others....................235
End Notes....................261
About The Author....................269
Index....................271

Menopause with Science and Soul or Smart Nutrients

2009-02-01T03:51:00.000-08:00

Menopause with Science and Soul: A Guidebook for Navigating the Journey

Author: Judith Boic

Integrating modern medicine and ancient spiritual wisdom, Menopause with Science and Soul is an intelligent and thoughtful companion to navigating the menopausal journey. Drawing from the latest medical studies, naturopath Dr. Judith Boice advises women on practical concerns such as bone health, phytoestrogens, diet and exercise, and hormone replacement therapy, and offers stories, interviews, and rituals to nurture women's mental and emotional health. Essays and poetry from sixteen prominent writers celebrate the broad spectrum of women's menopausal experiences and honor diverse spiritual approaches to this significant life passage. Whether you're struggling with hot flashes or reveling in an unexpected rebirth of creativity, this comprehensive guide provides the scientific and soul-centered support you need.

About the Author:
Judith Boice, ND, Lac, is a speaker, naturapathic physician, and acupuncturist who conducts trainings and public lectures on menopause and women's health issues throughout the United States

Interesting textbook: A Behavioral Approach to Asset Pricing or Superior Supervision

Smart Nutrients: Prevent and Treat Alzheimer's and Senility, Enhance Brain Function and Longevity

Author: Abram Hoffer

Once, senility -- the slow deterioration of mental capacity -- was considered to be an irreversible death sentence. Today, scientific evidence shows that targeted nutritional therapy can be used to fight a variety of diseases affecting the brain, including Alzheimer's, arteriosclerosis, and chronic malnutrition. In this book, acclaimed medical researcher Dr. Abram Hoffer and holistic health writer Dr. Morton Walker present a program of diet and supplementation specifically developed to prevent or reverse senility. They also provide an invaluable guide for all people who wish to achieve optimum health for their thought processes and memory.

Newly updated, Smart Nutrients provides a detailed account of the most important breakthrough nutrients currently being studied. These nutrients include niacin and vitamin C, as well as minerals such as zinc, chromium and many others -- each of which plays a crucial role in the maintenance of mental health and the treatment of specific diseases. As the link between our mental clarity and our nutritional intake becomes more apparent, scientists are providing us with vital information that can be used today to insure a better health tomorrow. Smart Nutrients represents an important bridge to a more fulfilling future.

About the Author

Dr. Abram Hoffer is a founding father of orthomolecular medicine. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and his M.D. from the University of Toronto. For over forty-five years, Dr. Hoffer's discoveries have been instrumentsal in establishing links between malnutrition and mental illness, in diagnosing schizophrenia, in using niacin to lower serum cholesterol, and in substituting nutritional therapy for drugs in the treatment of disease.

After leaving his highly successful seventeen-year practice of podiatric medicine, Dr. Morton Walker established himself as a major author in the self-help and holistic health fields. Dr. Walker is an award-winning professional medical writer who has written over seventy-five books as well as hundreds of magazine articles.

Book Reader

Anyone interested in preserving their life and health will wish to have this extraordinary study.

Preventing and Reversing Arthritis Naturally or The Edison Gene

2009-01-30T23:49:00.000-08:00

Preventing and Reversing Arthritis Naturally: The Untold Story

Author: Raquel Martin

A comprehensive self-help program designed to prevent and reverse degenerative inflammatory diseases without drugs and their unwelcome side effects.

• The program in this book is designed to help millions who suffer from chronic arthritis pain to heal, rather than to just medicate their symptoms.

• Takes a holistic approach to finding the causes of arthritis pain and offers a self-help treatment program designed to heal the body from the inside out by incorporating medicinal herbs, nutritional supplements, exercise, diet, and chiropractic care.

• Raquel Martin is the author of the bestselling book The Estrogen Alternative.

Each year thousands of people struggling with the debilitating effects of arthritis hear their doctors say that they will just have to learn to live with the pain. After experiencing this firsthand, Raquel Martin was determined to find a better way. Together with Dr. Karen Romano, Martin developed a comprehensive self-help program designed to prevent and reverse degenerative inflammatory disease without drugs and their unwelcome or dangerous side effects. The authors show readers how to address the causes rather than medicate the symptoms of arthritis by implementing holistic lifestyle changes--from medicinal herbs, nutritional supplements, and natural hormone therapy to whole foods, exercise, and chiropractic care. Thoroughly researched and clearly presented, Preventing and Reversing Arthritis Naturally guides readers through the labyrinth of recent medical studies related to the effects and treatment of this disease. In addition, it discusses the exclusion of alternative therapies from most insurance coverage andprovides advice on the action consumers can take to address this.

Part practical medical resource, part encouraging guide, Preventing and Reversing Arthritis Naturally will inspire all readers to take charge of all aspects of their health.

Go to: Barbecues or Accounting for Taste

The Edison Gene: ADHD and the Gift of the Hunter Child

Author: Thom Hartmann

HEALTH / PARENTING

“Thom Hartmann demonstrates that ADHD can be associated with creativity, high achievement, and a most successful adaptive style.”
Edward Hallowell, M.D., author of Driven to Distraction

“Once again, with tireless scholarship and a bit of poetry, Thom Hartmann helps take us to the edge of knowing ourselves, our brains, and our world.”
John J. Ratey, M.D., author of A User’s Guide to the Brain

Thomas Edison was expelled from school for behavior that today would label him as having Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), but his mother understood how to salvage his self-esteem and prepare him for a lifetime of success. In The Edison Gene Thom Hartmann shows that the creativity, impulsiveness, and distractibility that are characteristic of ADHD are not signs of a disorder at all, but instead are components of a highly adaptive skill set utilized by our hunting and gathering ancestors. These characteristics have been critical to the survival and development of our modern civilization and will be vital as humanity faces new challenges in the future.

Hartmann, creator of the “hunter versus farmer” theory of ADHD, examines the latest discoveries confirming the existence of an ADHD gene and the global catastrophe 40,000 years ago that triggered its development. Citing examples of significant innovators in our modern era, he argues that the children who possess the “Edison gene” have neurology that is wired to give them brilliant success as innovators, inventors, explorers, and entrepreneurs. He offers concretestrategies for helping Edison-gene children reach their full potential and shows that rather than being “problems,” such children are a vital gift to our society and the world.

THOM HARTMANN is the award-winning, bestselling author of over a dozen books, including Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception and The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight. A former psychotherapist and founder of the Hunter School, a residential and day school for children with ADHD, he lives in central Vermont.

Thom Hartmann is the award-winning, bestselling author of over a dozen books, including The Edison Gene, The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight, and Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception. His groundbreaking work in ADD/ADHD and psychotherapy has been featured in TIME magazine, the New York Times, and in media around the world. He lives in Oregon.

M.D. Edward Hallowell, M.D.

Thom Hartmann demonstrates that ADHD can be associated with creativity, high achievement, and a most successful adaptive style.
— author of Driven to Distraction

Ph.D. Stephen Larsen, Ph.D.

Thom Hartmann is truly a visionary pathfinder in our sometimes confusing, labyrinthine world.
— coauthor of Joseph Campbell: A Fire in the Mind

Publishers Weekly

In his new work, the author, a former psychotherapist who has written previously on attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perspective), recommends techniques for raising children diagnosed with this condition. Although many of the specific strategies will be very useful to parents raising ADHD children, too much of the text is devoted to complex genetic and evolutionary theory. According to Hartmann, ADHD is a trait (referred to here as the Edison gene, because the inventor Thomas Edison is believed to have had the trait) rather than a disorder, because it once provided useful skills for functioning in a hunter-gatherer society. The hunter abilities contrasted sharply with the farmer trait, which carried the skills required in farming societies. For example, hunter children have a short attention span, beneficial in a dangerous world where the environment had to be constantly monitored. The innovative but impatient hunter child is usually placed in special ed classes and is looked on as a disciplinary problem; but Hartman believes that ADHD children should be thought of separately. He provides specific guidelines for parents, partly based on the work of Alfred Adler, which encourage mutual respect between parent and child. Hartmann is not an advocate of drug therapy, and he argues for educational reform and alternative schools or home schooling as better learning situations for ADHD children. Hartmann believes that creative outside-the-box thinking, characteristic of those with ADHD, is a real asset to solving many of the world's serious problems. (Oct.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

	Foreword
	Introduction : a new view for our children	1
1	The world of the Edison-gene child	25
2	The dawn of civilization	32
3	Three ways humans were killed off by weather	39
4	Anatomy of a diagnosis	53
5	The mystery of novelty-seeking behavior	58
6	Genes move around and turn on and off	63
7	Other genes and influences	69
8	Scientists find the "adaptive" Edison gene	74
9	The ADHD gene and the dawn of human civilization	83
10	Brain development and the Edison-gene child	90
11	The Edison gene, drugs, exercise, and nutrition	117
12	Providing discipline and structure for the Edison-gene child	137
13	Alfred Adler's principles for raising children	154
14	Educating the Edison-gene child	171
15	Edison-gene girls and women	194
16	Spirituality and the Edison-gene child	205
17	How Edison-gene children may change the world	227
18	Is human evolution finally over?	234
19	One generation to save the world	240
	Afterword : Yesterday's child by Janie Bowman	244

The Wheel of Health or The Passionate Mind

2009-01-29T19:47:00.000-08:00

The Wheel of Health: The Sources of Long Life and Health Among the Hunza

Author: G T Wrench

The Hunza people of northern Pakistan commonly live to be 100 or older. In an eye-opening work that extols the virtues of simple living, Dr. Wrench details how the Hunzas' diet and methods of food cultivation and soil preservation offer an effective approach to holistic health and disease prevention.

Interesting textbook: Strategic Management in Telecommunications or Managerial Economics and Business Strategy

The Passionate Mind: A Manual for Living Creatively with One's Self

Author: Joel Kramer

In The Passionate Mind, Joel Kramer asserts that "what we believe determines much of what we think and do: the way we move, the way we respond to people, how we think of ourselves, how we see the world in general." His basic message, stated in short, clear prose, is that passion is to be found only in the present moment, and mainly through becoming aware of the thoughts flowing through our minds, and through the primal process of observing our thoughts, they begin to self-correct. From the author of The Guru Papers, The Passionate Mind is a wonderful journey for anyone seeking to discover how to look at oneself.

Los Angeles Times

"Intriguing topic discussed with eloquence.... Stimulating and mind-stretching.... Subjects of elemental and universal interest: belief, pleasure, freedom, fear, death, time, analysis and the unconscious, images, love, sexuality, meditation, evolution"

New York Culture Review

"A manual of magnitude for today's living" -- New York Culture Review

Marin Independent Journal

"A passionate and fascinating thinker" - Marin Independent Journal

What People Are Saying

Alan Watts
Joel Kramer, in his own unique way, shares direct ways of helping you to experience being both the Known and the Knower.

Anais Nin
The Passionate Mind held my interest throughout, which for me is unusual. It presents basic verities in a way that anyone could assimilate, with beauty and simplicity.

Gordon Sherman
Perhaps Joel Kramer's singular merit lies in his content which is so unusual, so startling, as to grip the mind and shake its foundations. He deals with simple, even commonplace subjects which have been abused again and again. Only he brings fresh impact to their understanding. Former Chairman of the Board of California School of Professional Psychology

Looks or Body By God

2009-01-28T15:46:00.000-08:00

Looks: Why They Matter More Than You Ever Imagined

Author: Gordon Patzer

We all know one hard and undeniable truth: Physical beauty comes with tremendous power, and tremendous benefits. Those who possess it are generally luckier in love, more likely to be popular, and more apt to get better grades in school. But very few of us realize just how much looks affect every aspect of our lives. Recent studies document that people blessed with good looks earn about 10% more than their average-looking colleagues. They are also more likely to get hired and promoted at work. What exactly is this "physical attractiveness" phenomenon and how does it affect each and every one of us?

Dr. Gordon L. Patzer has devoted the last 30 years to investigating this unsettling phenomenon for both women and men, and how it touches every part of our lives. In Looks, he reveals not only its impact on romance, but also on family dynamics, performance in school, career, courtroom proceedings, politics and government. Looks is the first book to explore how the power of beauty affects both sexes and how the rise of reality TV shows, cosmetic surgery, and celebrity culture have contributed to our culture's overall obsession with being beautiful.

Unflinching and topical, Looks uncovers the sometimes ugly truth about beauty and its profound effects on all our lives.

Publishers Weekly

Here is a book whose title says it all. Written by an academic expert on "lookism" who is also director and founder of the Appearance Phenomenon Institute, this volume is an exhaustive examination of how the handily summarized "PA" (for personal attractiveness) gets you everywhere, from the better job and the better spouse to the better verdict at your criminal trial. Beginning with early evidence of lookism in history, Patzer analyzes preferential treatment given to pretty people from beautiful babyhood onward. While consumers of women's magazines might not find as much new information as other readers, Patzer refers to dozens of studies, articles and investigation to prove his thesis. Yet Patzer's volume doesn't offer much in the way of solutions, apparently because you've either got it or you don't. While Patzer does criticize the overzealousness of the media, reality television and unethical plastic surgeons, he only devotes one chapter to personal affirmations to help deal with and fight back on image obsession. Although he concludes by proclaiming the reader's newfound awareness of lookism's pervasiveness is a step forward, one can't help seeing the weakness in a conclusion that leaves the reader with little more than a well-argued reminder of our culture's shallow side. (Jan.)

Body By God: The Owner's Manual for Maximized Living

Author: Ben Lerner

Body by God is the ultimate body "owner's manual," full of tools for protecting, maintaining, and strengthening our divinely designed bodies.

In the human body, God created a perfect design, equipped with all the organs, tissues, and cells necessary for health, production, and reproduction. The problem, asserts Dr. Ben Lerner, is when we as humans interfere with God's design for our bodies. Junk food, high-stress living, and neglecting exercise are just a few of the things we do to hinder our bodies' performance.

In Body by God, Dr. Lerner offers a comprehensive plan for getting in touch with our bodies in four areas: nutrition, exercise, stress management, and time management. His "5-in-5" plan is designed to instill the good habits that will lead to optimum health benefits. Readers will learn how to get in shape with 10-minute workouts, reprogram the way they react to stress, and more. "Owner's Manual Tips" give specific ways to apply the material to real life. Our bodies are "fearfully and wonderfully made." With the help of Body by God, readers will learn how to achieve the highest level of performance from God's handiwork.

The Age Free Zone or Your Heart

2009-01-27T11:44:00.000-08:00

The Age-Free Zone

Author: Barry Sears

Enter The Age–Free Zone...

You have the power to reverse aging –– beginning with your next meal!

Ask yourself these life–changing questions:

Is it too late to reverse aging?
What type of diet will increase my sexual energy and desire?
Can I make my hormones work more effectively?
Do high–carbohydrate diets accelerate aging?
How can I reduce free–radical–induced aging?
How does stress reduce brain longevity?
No one wants to get old or show the signs of age. In this breakthrough book Dr. Barry Sears goes beyond looking at food simply as a source of calories and explains the incredibly powerful biological effects it has on your hormones. In addition to unravelling the mysteries of your hormones and their role in aging, Dr. Sears reveals the essential dietary information you need to start your own age–reversal journey.
Begin your age–free lifestyle today!
The Age–Free Zone includes:
A week of Age–Free Zone meals for men and women
Age–Free Zone meals for the business traveller
Age–Free Zone meals in fast–food restaurants
A simple, at–home Age–Free Zone exercise program

Books about: Merry Christmas from the South or Very Cranberry

Your Heart: An Owner's Guide

Author: John Elelfteriades

Despite great progress in prevention and treatment, heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States. An estimated one in six Americans will develop some kind of cardiac problem in their lifetime, and each year nearly three-quarters of a million people die from heart disease. Faced with these statistics, Americans naturally have many questions about risk factors, warning signs, treatment options, and numerous other concerns.

This comprehensive guide makes crucial, potentially life-saving information about the heart easily accessible. Based on decades of hands-on experience in treating patients, the authors-a cardiothoracic surgeon and a cardiologist, both affiliated with Yale University School of Medicine-address specific questions that they hear virtually every day from the people in their care. Simulating an office visit with heart specialists, the book uses an easy-to-follow format that allows readers to find answers quickly. Numerous professional medical drawings and actual operating-room photographs illustrate important facts and concepts.

From well-known problems such as hypertension, high cholesterol, and angina, to lesser-known conditions such as valvular heart disease, rheumatic fever, and arrhythmia, the authors provide clear, up-to-date, fact-based medical information, while avoiding confusing jargon as well as fad therapies. They also discuss tests and diagnoses; lifestyle changes to avoid or to live with heart disease; medications and therapies; and surgical procedures such as bypass grafting, valve replacement, and heart transplants, among other treatments. A special section is devoted to women and their hearts.

This superb all-in-one popular reference book on the heart will be a welcome resource for heart patients, their families, healthcare providers, and anyone concerned about a healthy lifestyle.

Acknowledgments     9
Foreword     11
Preface     13
Introduction to the Heart     17
Coronary Artery Disease     25
Heart Failure     41
Arrhythmias     55
Valvular Heart Disease     75
Hypertension, High Cholesterol, and Arteriosclerosis     89
Heart Attacks     121
Tests and Diagnoses     131
Living with Heart Disease: Lifestyle Changes That Protect Your Heart     151
Treatment: Medications, Therapies, and Procedures     161
Rheumatic Fever, Aneurysms, and Cardiac Tumors     201
So You Need Heart Surgery     221
Surgical Procedures     267
After Surgery     333
Heart Disease in Women     355
Afterword     373
Glossary     375
List of Case Vignettes     383
Lists of Illustrations and Tables     385
Notes     391
Index     395

The Dependent Patient or Homeopathy for Children

2009-01-26T07:43:00.000-08:00

The Dependent Patient: A Practitioner's Guide

Author: Robert F Bornstein

The author presents an integrated approach to dependency in its healthy and unhealthy forms, drawing upon the major theoretical models. Diagnosis, assessment and different approaches to treatment are covered. A valuable resource for any practitioner who works in an inpatient, outpatient, rehabilitation, or day/treatment/partial hospitalization setting, regardless of the practitioner's background and level of training.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Nicholas Greco IV, M.S., BCETS, CATSM, CCRA (Abbott Laboratories)
Description: This book delves into an all too common occurrence in clinical practice:the dependent personality. As the environment is ever-changing, the clinician needs to have the needed skills and resources to effectively treat and manage these unique clinical challenges.
Purpose: This book is about working effectively with dependent patients as dependency is an important factor in clinical practice. It is also about building up one's armamentarium of knowledge and skills to effectively and individualistically adapt to various patients and situations. The book meets the author's objectives as well as the needs of the field itself.
Audience: Clearly, seasoned clinicians will benefit the most, along with those in graduate level training. The book has the ability to cross over disciplines such as medicine, social work, and nursing. The author is credible, and the reader can easily note the amount of clinical knowledge the author brings forth in his writing.
Features: One would expect nothing less than a detailed discussion of theories, assessment methods, and useful treatment approaches; however, the author gives the reader the clinical edge in understanding and acknowledging the presence and prevalence of the dependent personality. Highlights include chapters on Dependency Across the Life Span, Diagnosis, Assessment, and Approaches to Treatment. The author has a good writing style and is able to convey multiple messages well.
Assessment: This book has such a utility for the field that it deserves to be read and placed on all clinicians' shelves! Strongly recommended.

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

Ch. 1	Conceptualizing dependency	3
Ch. 2	Quantifying dependency	21
Ch. 3	Dependency across the life span	39
Ch. 4	Context-specific deficits and strengths	57
Ch. 5	Healthy and unhealthy dependency	73
Ch. 6	Diagnosis	91
Ch. 7	Assessment	111
Ch. 8	Approaches to treatment	131
Ch. 9	An integrated treatment model	151
Ch. 10	Specialized treatment issues	173

Book about: Rome Wasnt Burnt in a Day or The Price of Fire

Homeopathy for Children

Author: Gabrielle Pinto

Homoeopathy is now widely accepted as a potent form of medicine both by the medical profession and by natural therapists. Homoeopathic remedies are safe, natural, fast-acting and effective.

This comprehensive reference book, written by two leading homoeopaths, is for all parents who wish to treat their children in first aid situations and for the common complaints and diseases of childhood.

On Their Own or Treatment of Anxiety and Panic with Bach Flower Remedies

2009-01-25T03:41:00.000-08:00

On Their Own: Creating an Independent Future for Your Adult Child with Learning Disabilities and ADHD: A Family Guide

Author: Anne Ford

An indispensable guide to the special challenges faced by parents of learning-disabled children as they enter adulthood, by the author of Laughing Allegra, a leading activist and parent of an adult child with LD.

In 2003 Anne Ford (great-granddaughter of Henry Ford) published Laughing Allegra, about the struggles of raising her learning-disabled daughter, and received a flood of letters from parents of children with LD, ADD, and ADHD, many expressing concerns about what to do as their children age.

On Their Own is an invaluable road map to ease these parents' fears and answer their questions, especially the one that haunts them daily: Will or can their child be on their own, and how? In a candid, sympathetic style, laced with real-life stories, the book covers such topics as:
• Social skills and dating
• Staying healthy
• Sibling relationships
• Interaction with employers and co-workers
• Job hunting
• Finding the right college or trade school
• Estate planning

Also included are a comprehensive resource guide and exclusive interviews with prominent professionals who have surmounted their learning disabilities: CEO's Sir Richard Branson, John Chambers, David Neeleman, and Charles Schwab, and former governor Gaston Caperton.

Foreword   Sally Shaywitz, M. D     vii
Introduction: "Now What Do I Do?"     xiii
The Adult with Learning Disabilities
"So What Is It?"     3
Signs and Symptoms     9
Allegra: A Portrait of My Daughter     17
Relationships
The Parent-Child Bond: Learning to Let Go     27
Brothers and Sisters     39
Friends     48
Dating     64
Marriage and Parenting     72
After High-School Graduation Day: The College Student with LD and ADHD
Is College an Option?     81
Before Graduation Day: Transitions from High School     85
The Fearful Student: Finding Your Child's Interests     93
LD, ADHD, and the SAT     98
How to Find the Right College     104
Financial Aid     112
The GED: A Second Chance     119
The College Student with LD or ADHD     123
The Helicopter Parent     130
On the Job: Employing the Adult with LD and ADHD
Defining Success     135
Business 101     143
"Show Me Spark!": Corporate America and the Adult with LD     158
Motivation     165
Managing on Their Own: Life Concerns for the Adult with LD and ADHD
Staying Healthy     177
Medication and ADHD     200
The Fine Print     208
Estate Planning     214
Interviews: Advice for Parents from Prominent People with LD
Introduction   Betsy Morris     225
Sir Richard Branson, Chairman and CEO, Virgin Group     228
Gaston Caperton, President, College Board, former Governor of West Virginia     236
John Chambers, President and CEO, Cisco Systems     245
David Neeleman, Founder and CEO, JetBlue Airways     257
Charles Schwab, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Charles Schwab & Co.     264
Epilogue     274
Acknowledgments     279
Resource Guide     281
Index     297

Book review: I Take a Deeep Breath or Reiki for First Aid

Treatment of Anxiety and Panic with Bach Flower Remedies: God's Own Medicine

Author: Estella Ritter

Book Title The Treatment of Anxiety & Panic with Bach Flower Remedies The AuthorEstella Ritter, B.F.R.P.
Book Category Self Help, Alternative Medicine Book Description Practical, comprehensive help for stress related anxiety and
anxiety disorders.

Anxiety being the main mental health concern for women, and second only to substance abuse in men, The Treatment of Anxiety & Panic with Bach Flower Remedies offers both a practical and comprehensive guide to everyone struggling with panic attacks, anxiety attacks, social fears, generalized anxiety, or obsessive compulsive behaviors.Representing a fluid, self-directed process to emotional healing the goal of the technique is to present a very contemporary, user-friendly, and immediate response to emotional distress.Working by specifically targeting every type of negative state of mind reveals an amazing, subtle energy approach that is neither created in the language of pop culture, nor new age therapy.By explaining step-by-step how to use one of the most effective healing tools nature has provided to us, this book in a non-clinical voice, addresses the debilitating impact of anxiety, and shows how to effectively overcome anxiety driven symptoms in order to achieve a lasting recovery. Rather than just covering up and continuing to suppress emotional difficulties with drugs, this book supplies the tools needed to manage anxiety, and after that to resolve emotional problems
The information can be used to develop one's own self-help program, or, as an adjunct to other healing modalities, the technique will reliably deliver clarity and a lifetime of emotional assistance.

I Take a Deeep Breath or Reiki for First Aid

2009-01-23T23:39:00.000-08:00

I Take a Deeep Breath

Author: Sharon R Penchina

I Take a DEEEP Breath! encourages children to take a deep breath in-accessing their own courage, strength and inner peaceand then breath out fears and doubts in order to face challenges they may encounter throughout their lives. A powerful coping mechanism as well as the perfect starting place for children to learn breath education, this book is the first step to good health! Narrated by an adorable young child the CD engages children with its delightful melody and interactive verse. Narration of I Take a DEEEP Breath! book.

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REIKI - FOR FIRST AID: REIKI TREATMENT AS ACCOMPAN

Author: Walter Lubeck

Reiki For First Aid offers much practical advice for applying Reiki in everyday health care. It includes Reiki treatments for over forty types of illness, supplemented with natural healing applications. For the first time, the relationship between Reiki and nutrition is presented in detail.

Water Fun or Successful Programs for Fitness and Health Clubs

2009-01-22T19:37:00.000-08:00

Water Fun: 116 Fitness and Swimming Activities for All Ages

Author: Terri Lees

Swimming participation in the United States rose to 58 million in 2005, according to the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association. A popular activity for both fun and fitness, swimming is now easier to learn, enjoy, and use as exercise with Water Fun. Including more than 100 stunts, skills, games, and workouts that may be tailored to meet specific needs, this book has something for every age and skill level.

To help beginners gain confidence in the water, basic water exercises that may be performed in a vertical position are provided, along with workout options that do not require participants to be fully submerged in the water. Water Fun also includes activities for exercisers who want to transition from water exercise to swimming. Athletes, along with instructors, coaches, and athletic trainers, will also find sport-specific and cross-training activities to enhance their conditioning regimens.

With a complete collection of individual and group activities that require little, if any, equipment, Water Fun has everything water exercisers need to become more comfortable and skilled in the water.

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Successful Programs for Fitness and Health Clubs: 101 Programming Ideas

Author: Sandy Coffman

In today's world, a club needs to offer more than state-of-the-art equipment and certified fitness instructors to recruit and retain members. You need something that will appeal to your members and keep them coming back. In Successful Programs for Fitness and Health Clubs: 101 Profitable Ideas, you will learn how to utilize programming to meet your strategic and financial goals. Written by internationally-respected programming consultant Sandy Coffman, this book will teach you exactly what programming is and how to make it work for you.

Successful Programs for Fitness and Health Clubs: 101 Profitable Ideas presents more than 100 ready-to-use programs for use in fitness centers, group exercise studios, pools, gyms, and classrooms. The programs are designed to get hundreds of new members involved immediately. But the text is far more than just a program recipe book. Coffman addresses the challenges faced in programming, including teaching skills, communication skills, marketing techniques, and follow-up procedures. Her advice will help you design programs that unite members with common interests and abilities and foster a sense of belonging and commitment. Such programming leads to increased participation, reduced attrition, greater retention, more referrals, less downtime, and improved staff productivity.

The text will first lay the foundation for programming by presenting the key principles and concepts that need to be considered. Part I explores

• the five steps to programming success,

• the 10 keys to member retention,

• hiring and training the right people,

• why a programdirector is needed,

• internal and external promotions, and

• niche marketing.

By understanding and using the information in Part I, you can successfully implement the programs in Part II. Here you will find 101 actual programs, with numerous variations-including ideas for court sports, group exercise, and programs aimed at adults, families, kids, seniors, and women, covering a broad range of fitness levels, from beginners and intermediates to advanced participants. It also includes programming for specific time frames, such as the holiday season, spring, or summer. An activity finder located in the front of the text makes it easy to find programs based on criteria ranging from the type of activity or member to the type of special event.

In addition to providing vital information for planning your programs, Successful Programs for Fitness and Health Clubs: 101 Profitable Ideas comes with a CD-ROM containing more than 60 files that will help you create support materials to get your programs started. You will find printable quizzes, flyers, score cards, invitations, scoring systems, round robin tournament schedules, and logos-most of which can be customized to include information specific to your facility, such as logo, contact names, dates, times, and more. Additional files provide templates to create T-shirts, buttons, and other promotional pieces. Headings and icons in the text indicate when to refer to the CD-ROM for certain materials.

When it comes to enhancing your club offerings, follow the expert programming advice from Sandy Coffman. With it you will be able to create, implement, and deliver successful programs that will attract and retain new members and ultimately make your club a greater success.

Program Finder
Items on CD-ROM
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments

Part I. Programming Overview

Chapter 1. Programming and Retention
Do you know the five steps to programming success? What about the 10 keys to retention? This chapter will answer those questions and show you the steps your members must go through to be fully retained.

Chapter 2. Hiring and Training the Right People
Good employees need more than a degree or certification. They need to have a good personality and a willingness to improve their communication skills. This chapter shows you who to hire and how to train them to improve their professional personality.

Chapter 3. Program Director
Does your facility need a program director? You bet! This chapter shows you the role of the program director, looks at the four types of members the program director needs to know about, and shows you how to complete a program study analysis.

Chapter 4. Promotions
Your customers need to know about your programs-promotion is the key! This chapter looks at the internal and external promotions you can do to make sure everyone knows what's happening at your facility.

Chapter 5. Niche Marketing
Every member is different and looking for something unique out of his or her experience at your facility. This chapter identifies the different niche markets and how to tailor your programming to each market. We also look at niche markets throughout the day and year.

Part II. Programs and Programming Ideas

Chapter 6. Court Sports
Volleyball, racquetball, tennis, and wallyball. What do they have in common? They are all court sports. This chapter gives you lots ofprograms for your court sports.

Chapter 7. In and Around the Fitness Center
Cardio and weight training can be much more than putting a client on a treadmill or setting up a lifting schedule. Here, you'll find lots of unique ideas for keeping your members coming back for more.

Chapter 8. Group Exercise
Our group exercise programs give our clients a great opportunity to form friendships and social outlets, both of which are key to retention. In this chapter, you'll find a new twist on cycling, step, and other group exercise classes.

Chapter 9. Aquatics
Do you use your pool for lap swimming only? If so, you're missing out on lots of programming opportunities. This chapter gives you ideas of classes you may want to further develop at your facility.

Chapter 10. Baby Boomers and Beyond
The older members of your facility offer a unique challenge for programming. You'll find lots of great ideas in this chapter for programs on tennis, cardio, and other fitness and social programs.

Chapter 11. Youth and Teens
How do you get the youngest members of your facility involved and on the track to lifelong fitness? This chapter offers many programs and programming ideas to keep the kids coming back for more!

Chapter 12. Specialty Programs
Open houses, holiday programs, and DJ nights are just a few of the unique ideas you can implement to round out your yearly calendar of programming events. If you need a seasonal, annual, or one-time programming idea, look in this chapter.

Afterword
Index
CD-ROM Installation Instructions
About the Author

Take Your Pediatrician with You or The Breast Cancer Prevention Diet

2009-01-21T15:36:00.000-08:00

Take Your Pediatrician with You: Keeping Your Child Healthy at Home and on the Road

Author: Christopher S Ryder

It's three o'clock in the morning and your child is screaming in pain. To make matters worse, you and your family are vacationing in a strange city. What should you do? Call the front desk? Your family pediatrician? An ambulance?

From in-flight earaches to strep throat, from poison ivy to insect bites, illness and injury are common and unwelcome traveling companions. You need to know when to treat your child yourself and when to seek professional medical care. This compact handbook tells you how to decide and then puts crucial information for preventing and treating acute childhood illnesses and injuries at your fingertips.

In Take Your Pediatrician with You, Dr. Christopher Ryder offers expert advice on keeping children safe and healthy at home and on the road. He includes detailed instructions for creating a children's medical care kit to use at home or while traveling. Also included are descriptions of common childhood illnesses and summer woes; travel tips; accident prevention; and guidelines for emergency care. A chapter on international adoption guides parents through the process of bringing a child home safely.

As well as a reassuring travel companion, this valuable resource will become the "turn-to" guide at home and in childcare centers.

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The Breast Cancer Prevention Diet: The Powerful Foods That Will Keep You Well

Author: Bob Arnot

Just in time for Breast Cancer Awareness Month comes this breakthrough new diet, compiled by the chief medical correspondent for NBC, designed to help to fight the dreaded disease that strikes one in nine women.

Library Journal

The chief medical correspondent for NBC News sets up three diets--standard, advanced, and long-term--for women seeking to avoid or to battle breast cancer.

Acknowledgments	ix
PART ONE NUTRITION AND BREAST CANCER
Introduction	3
What Makes Breast Cancer Grow	17
How Foods Can Prevent Breast Cancer	31
PART TWO 12 STEPS TO PREVENT BREAST CANCER
Step 1: Block the Estrogen Receptor	49
Step 2: Change Fats	67
Omega-9 Fats	79
Omega-3 Fats	82
Step 3: Make Good Estrogens	92
Step 4: Lower Insulin	96
Step 5: Drop Glucose Overload	100
Step 6: Increase Fiber	113
Step 7: Lower Oxidative Load	123
Step 8: Avoid Chemical Estrogens	137
Step 9: Decrease Body Fat	144
Step 10: Limit Alcohol	148
Step 11: Increase Vitamin D	150
Step 12: Exercise	153
PART THREE BREAST CANCER PREVENTION PLANS
Road Map to Breast Cancer Prevention Plans	159
Breast Cancer Prevention Plan for Women with High
Estrogen Levels (Before Menopause)	161
Breast Cancer Prevention Plan for Women with Low Estrogen
Levels (After Menopause)	167
Breast Cancer Prevention Plan for Breast Cancer Survivors	175
Intensive Intervention Supplements	183
Daughters: Intergenerational Breast Cancer Prevention	187
Healthy Cuisines	201
Meal Plans	207
Close	222
Appendix: Genistein Values	225
Selected References	229
Index	251

Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen or Nail Structure and Product Chemistry Simplified

2009-01-20T11:34:00.000-08:00

Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen: Nature, Knowledge, Imagery in an Ancient Chinese Medical Text, with an Appendix, the Doctrine of the Five Periods and Six QI in the Huang Di Nei Jing SU Wen

Author: Paul U U Unschuld

The Huang Di nei jing su wen, known familiarly as the Su wen, is a seminal text of ancient Chinese medicine, yet until now there has been no comprehensive, detailed analysis of its development and contents. At last Paul U. Unschuld offers entry into this still-vital artifact of China's cultural and intellectual past.

Unschuld traces the history of the Su wen to its origins in the final centuries B.C.E., when numerous authors wrote short medical essays to explain the foundations of human health and illness on the basis of the newly developed vessel theory. He examines the meaning of the title and the way the work has been received throughout Chinese medical history, both before and after the eleventh century when the text as it is known today emerged. Unschuld's survey of the contents includes illuminating discussions of the yin-yang and five-agents doctrines, the perception of the human body and its organs, qi and blood, pathogenic agents, concepts of disease and diagnosis, and a variety of therapies, including the new technique of acupuncture. An extensive appendix, furthermore, offers a detailed introduction to the complicated climatological theories of Wu yun liu qi ("five periods and six qi"), which were added to the Su wen by Wang Bing in the Tang era.
In an epilogue, Unschuld writes about the break with tradition and innovative style of thought represented by the Su wen. For the first time, health care took the form of "medicine," in that it focused on environmental conditions, climatic agents, and behavior as causal in the emergence of disease and on the importance of natural laws in explaining illness. Unschuld points out that much of what we surmise about the humanorganism is simply a projection, reflecting dominant values and social goals, and he constructs a hypothesis to explain the formation and acceptance of basic notions of health and disease in a given society. Reading the Su wen, he says, not only offers a better understanding of the roots of Chinese medicine as an integrated aspect of Chinese civilization; it also provides a much needed starting point for discussions of the differences and parallels between European and Chinese ways of dealing with illness and the risk of early death.

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Nail Structure and Product Chemistry Simplified

Author: Douglas Schoon

There's only one place to find easy-to-understand, fact-based information about natural or artificial nails. Nail Structure & Product Chemistry, 2E is the only book of its kind available for those interested in learning more about this interesting topic. Easy-to-read and understand, this text brings together authoritative information from diverse fields including dermatology; toxicology; anatomy and physiology; chemistry; physics; and materials science. Authored by a leading research scientist in this field, the text serves as an informational guide for anyone interested in learning more about how and why professional nail products work; how to troubleshoot, understand and solve most common salon problems; why products sometimes don't work and how to avoid these problems; how to avoid product-related skin allergies; and more. The text contains an in-depth study of the natural nail, its various parts, and how they function together. In addition, it covers a wide range of topics helpful to the salon professional, including how to give clients trouble-free nails/services; nail polishes and treatments; the use of electric files; understanding and avoiding skin allergies; improving ventilation; and much, much more. This updated text includes discussions of new products, services, problems and misunderstandings in the filed and is a must-have resource for anyone interested in learning more about the science and technology of nails.

Chapter 1: Fingernail Anatomy

Chapter 2: Nail Unit Growth and Function

Chapter 3: Understanding The Hand

Chapter 4: Tramua and Damage

Chapter 5: The Abnormal Nail

Chapter 6: The Principles of Nail Product Chemistry

Chapter 7: Adhesives and Adhesion

Chapter 8: Product Chemistry Essentials

Chapter 9: Liquid and Powder Product Chemistry

Chapter 10: UV Gel and Wrap Chemistry

Chapter 11: The Safe Salon

Chapter 12: The Healthy Salon

Chapter 13: Sanitation and Disinfection: The New Reality

Chapter 14: Every Breath You Take

Chapter 15: Clearing the Air

Chapter 16: Nails Around the World

Chapter 17: Special Topics

The Yale Guide to Childrens Nutrition or Welcome Home

2009-01-18T04:30:00.000-08:00

The Yale Guide to Children's Nutrition

Author: William V Tamborlan

What is the healthiest diet for an infant? What constitutes a nutritious school lunch? How do I deal with my adolescent's eating needs and habits? Will my children receive proper nutrients if they are sick, very athletic, or vegetarians? This authoritative resource answers these and dozens of other questions, not only presenting the latest scientific knowledge about nutrition but also providing recipes from famous chefs for delicious and healthy dishes. The book, written by physicians and dietitians at the Yale University School of Medicine, an international leader in pediatric teaching, research, and clinical care, as well as by dietitians, nurses, and social workers at the Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital, is the most authoritative, comprehensive, and informative guide to childhood nutrition ever produced.

Publishers Weekly

Authoritative advice from a team of experts, mostly pediatric specialists and nutritionists, makes this a reassuring handbook for concerned parents. Coverage is comprehensive, with topics ranging from breast-feeding infants to stoking adolescent athletes. The book is broken into six sections that can be read or consulted in any order: From Infancy to Adolescence, which treats developmental nutrition; Common Concerns, which tackles such issues as proper weight gain and dealing with picky eaters; Beyond the Basics, which addresses special problems, such as feeding children with diabetes, cystic fibrosis or food allergies; Building Blocks for Good Nutrition; Eating In, Eating Out, which proffers practical advice on school lunches and fast foods; and Recipes, which provides 69 recipes from assorted restaurant chefs, complete with preparation times and nutritional analyses. While some food combinations, such as pasta with shrimp and zucchini, or yellow turnips with shallots, seem of questionable appeal to kids, and the recipes for Vegetarian Lasagna and Sweet Corn Ravioli are rather time-consuming for busy parents, most dishes are fairly uncomplicated and have whole-family appealwitness the Banana-Split Pancakes and Pizza Presto. The liberal use of tables, charts and lists makes all the helpful data relatively digestible. BOMC and Children's BOMC selections. (Mar.)

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More than 100 physicians, dietitians, nurses, and social workers from the Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital worked together to produce this authoritative guide on children's nutrition. In addition to offering practical advice regarding nutritional requirements for children of all ages, this valuable resource dispels common myths and answers dozens of questions covering a range of topics, including childhood obesity, food allergies, vegetarianism, and nutrition for young athletes. The authors also discuss nutritional management of common childhood health problems, including gastrointestinal and metabolic disorders, as well as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Each of the important building blocks for good nutritionprotein, carbohydrates, fats and cholesterol, vitamins and minerals, fiber, salt, and wateris covered in depth; this gives the reader a good sense of the role and importance of each in a child's growth and development. Throughout the text, the authors provide helpful hints for selecting foods and preparing snacks/meals, reinforcing the message that there is no such thing as a "bad" food and that balance is the key to good nutrition. The book concludes with a selection of recipes from nationally recognized chefs. Comprehensive in its coverage, well organized, and easily understood, this book is highly recommended for any consumer health collection. [BOMC and Children's BOMC selections; March is National Nutrition Month.Ed.]Sue Hollander, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago Lib. of the Health Sciences, Rockford

What People Are Saying

Ronald E. Kleinman
"A well-balanced approach to understanding children's nutritional needs." -- Massachusetts General Hospital

Jane E. Brody
"This book, replete with recipes that have both child appeal provided by some of the best chefs in the United States and wisdom provided by some of the leading scientists in the field of children's health, can help you develop and execute guidelines that can be readily incorporated into family life." -- from the foreword

Kathleen M. Rasmussen
"A redable and comprehensive guide to nutrition for children. I would be pleased to give it as a gift to the parents of a young child." -- Cornell University

Welcome Home: Following Your Soul's Journey Home

Author: Sandra Ingerman

Sandra Ingerman's deeply moveing debut, Soul Retrieval, captivated readers with its introduction of shamanic journeying, an ancient tradition of healig. With the characteristic warmth, passion, and authenticcity that have earned her worldwide recognition, Ingerman now continues to share her lifework with Welcome Home, an empowering action plan for creating a more positive future by truly letting go of blame and guilt.

Library Journal

The author is a shamanic healer who journeys on behalf of her clients in order to facilitate healing. A book on what to do after one has been through a healing crisis is badly needed; unfortunately, this isn't it. While this is what Ingerman purports to do here she misses the mark entirely, treating the reader to self-indulgent accounts from her own private journal as well as those of her clients in a tone usually reserved for young children. She exhorts us to take responsibility for ourselves and the future but fails to provide any guidelines as to how to go about it. The work is also repetitive and badly written and edited. Not recommended.-- Marilyn E. Schafer, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic Coll., Toronto

The Good Carbohydrate Revolution or Eight Weeks to Optimum Health New Edition Updated and Expanded

2009-01-17T17:28:00.000-08:00

The Good Carbohydrate Revolution: A Proven Program for Low-Maintenance Weight Loss and Optimum Health

Author: Terry Shintani

Forget everything you've learned about low-carb and carb-free diets!
A SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN BREAKTHROUGH IN NUTRITIONAL WEIGHT-LOSS RESEARCH THAT CAN HELP YOU TO LOSE WEIGHT AND CONTROL YOUR BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS BY EATING MORE OF THE RIGHT KIND OF CARBOHYDRATES.

In his bestselling book The HawaiiDiet™, Dr. Terry Shintani showed readers how they could eat nearly twice as much food as they usually do and still lose weight. Now, as a much-needed voice of reason amid today's clamor of weight-loss programs that eliminate carbohydrates from the diet in favor of protein-only foods, Dr. Shintani returns with a revolutionary approach to weight-maintenance and total-body health.

Here, you'll learn how to:

• Identify the "good" carbohydrates, from whole-grain pasta and pita bread to sweet potatoes and brown rice, as well as an array of vitamin-rich fruits and vegetables

• Lower your cholesterol and blood pressure, and control your blood sugar levels to help prevent the onset of osteoporosis, cancer, stroke, and other serious illnesses

• Design a delicious, affordable 21-day meal plan to get you started on the path toward weight loss and total-body wellness

...and much more. Whether you're seeking permanent weight loss, lower cholesterol, or a crash-course in good nutrition, The Good Carbohydrate Revolution promises to make eating well -- and staying well -- easier to achieve than ever before.

1	You Can Benefit from the Good Carbohydrate Plan	1
2	Carbohydrates and You	14
3	How the Good Carbohydrate Plan Works	28
4	Fiber: The Other Good Carbohydrate	49
5	The Anatomy of Good and Bad Carbohydrates	60
6	How to Find Good Carbohydrates	76
7	The Good Carbohydrate Plan Pyramid	96
8	Losing Weight the Good Carbohydrate Way	114
9	Burn Your Carbohydrate and Fat Away	126
10	The Good Carbohydrate Plan	135
11	How to Put the Good Carbohydrate Plan into Action	155
12	Good Carbohydrate Plan Recipes	208
13	Tailoring the Good Carbohydrate Plan for You	310
14	What About Protein?	322
15	Fat and Cholesterol Facts	344
16	Supplements for Health, Blood Sugar and Cholesterol Control	355
	Epilogue	362
Appendix A	The Carbohydrate Quotient	363
Appendix B	Structure and Digestion of Carbohydrates	382
	References	387
	Index	417

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Eight Weeks to Optimum Health, New Edition, Updated and Expanded: A Proven Program for Taking Full Advantage of Your Body's Natural Healing Power

Author: Andrew Weil

Now expanded and updated: One of America's most brilliant and respected doctors gives us his famous program for improving and maintaining health—already the program of choice for hundreds of thousands.
Eight Weeks to Optimum Health focuses all of Andrew Weil's expertise in both conventional and alternative medicine on a practical week-by-week, step-by-step plan, covering diet, exercise, lifestyle, stress, and environment. And he shows how his program can be tailored to the specific needs of pregnant women, senior citizens, overweight people, and those at risk for cancer, among others.
Dr. Weil has added the most up-to-date findings on such vital subjects as cholesterol, antioxidants, trans fats, toxic residues in the food supply, soy products, and vitamins and supplements.
Preventive in the broadest sense, straightforward, and encouraging, Eight Weeks to Optimum Health has proved to be, and in this updated version will continue to be, and essential audiobook.

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Action Plan for Diabetes or Migraine

2009-01-17T08:26:00.000-08:00

Action Plan for Diabetes

Author: Darryl E Barnes

Take control of your blood sugar with Action Plan for Diabetes. This complete guide to managing and preventing complications associated with the disease can significantly decrease your chances of needing insulin injections. This exercisebased plan can be tailored to your body's needs to boost your energy level, help you lose weight, and make you feel stronger than you have in years.

A complete, effective program that allows you to enjoy a healthier, more active lifestyle, Action Plan for Diabetes explains how to build strength, flexibility, and endurance while monitoring and maintaining appropriate blood sugar levels and body weight. It also presents dietary guidelines and the pros and cons of supplements and medications so that you can balance your nutritional needs and exercise to combat swings in blood sugar levels.

Developed with the American College of Sports Medicine, Action Plan for Diabetes presents a proven system with all the essential information you need to safely and effectively manage type 1 and type 2 diabetes and prediabetes for the long term. Action Plan for Diabetes will help you do more than survive; you will thrive and feel better than you ever thought possible!

Author Bio:Darryl Barnes, MD, is a consultant and instructor with the department of family medicine and musculoskeletal clinic at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He specializes in total care of physically active people, including those with diabetes. He is a family physician with certified added qualifications (CAQ) in primary care sports medicine and is the team physician for all teams at Rochester Community Technical College and for Minnesota Chill, a U.S. professional volleyball team.

Dr. Barnes has lectured on diabetes, nutrition, and athletics on behalf of the Mayo Clinic and was on the medical staff for the 25th Ironman Triathlon World Championship in 2003. He is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, American Academy of Family Physicians, and American Medical Association.

Dr. Barnes lives in Rochester, Minnesota, with his wife, Aimee. He enjoys running, fishing, and playing golf in his spare time.

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) is more than the world's leader in the scientific and medical aspects of sports and exercise; it is an association of people and professions exploring the use of medicine and exercise to make life healthier for all people.

Since 1954, ACSM has been committed to the promotion of physical activity and the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of sportsrelated injuries. With more than 20,000 international, national, and regional chapter members in 80 countries, ACSM is internationally known as the leading source of stateoftheart research and information on sports medicine and exercise science. Through ACSM, health and fitness professionals representing a variety of disciplines work to improve the quality of life for people around the world through health and fitness research, education, and advocacy. A large part of ACSM's mission is devoted to public awareness and education about the positive aspects of physical activity for people of all ages, from all walks of life. ACSM's physicians, researchers, and educators have created tools to help people lead healthier liveswhether they're looking to start an exercise program or avoid and treat sports injuries. ACSM's National Center is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, widely recognized as the amateur sports capitol of the nation. Contact ACSM by phone at 3176379200, or visit the Web site at www.acsm.org for detailed department and staff information and facts on health and fitness, nutrition, sportspecific training and injuries, and more.

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
Ch 1	Understanding diabetes	1
Ch 2	Making glucose control your goal	13
Ch 3	Planning your lifestyle	23
Ch 4	Making exercise work for you	37
Ch 5	Eating well and controlling your weight	81
Ch 6	Putting your plan together	103
Ch 7	Monitoring you progress and responding to change	115
Ch 8	Taking medications and supplements	125
Ch 9	Maintaining long-term control	133
	References	139
	Index	143
	About the author	151
	About the ACSM	153

Migraine: The Complete Guide

Author: American Council for Headache Education

This ground-breaking resource for people with migraines contains the most up-to-date information on breakthrough drug therapies and specific techniques to help control migraines.

Library Journal

These two books aim to help migraine sufferers regain control of their lives. Each achieves this goal by thoroughly discussing the diagnosis, treatment, and impact of environmental factors and lifestyle on migraines, and each combines input from medical professionals with a readable style. Written by two experienced journalists in the health field in conjunction with The American Council on Headache Education, Migraine: The Complete Guide covers topics not found in Managing Your Migraine: migraine demographics, migraine in men and children, and coping with family, school, office, traveling, and health insurance. The strength of Managing Your Migraine lies in its emphasis on research and the provision of a thorough bibliography. The citations are primarily from professional books and journals published between 1987 and 1992. Burks, who has a master's in counseling, encourages a continuous process of keeping up with the latest research and promotes the use of libraries, health agencies, and periodical subscriptions to do so. She also places a greater emphasis on diet, devoting two chapters to the topic, with appendixes of recipes and food charts. While both books discuss the latest drug, Imitrex, Burks provides more practical information for its use and details potential problems caused by nonmigraine drugs. With 23 million Americans suffering from migraines, including 20 percent of all U.S. women, there is room for both these reasonably priced books in all public and consumer health education libraries.-Mary Prottsman, Medical Lib., Enterprise, Ala.

Complete Guide to Herbal Medicines or 8 Minutes in the Morning for Extra Easy Weight Loss

2009-01-16T20:24:00.000-08:00

Complete Guide to Herbal Medicines

Author: Charles W Fetrow

Each year, more than sixty million Americans use herbal remedies and other types of alternative medical care. In fact, more people seek help from alternative health-care providers than from conventional health-care practitioners....

-- Dr. Simeon Margolis

The Complete Guide to Herbal Medicines is the first scientific quick-reference book compiled by two trained, experienced clinical pharmacists. In clear, everyday language, they share the most up-to-the-minute, reliable, and accessible information available on more than three hundred herbal medicines. You'll find:

* a complete, dependable overview of herbal medicines

* what the scientific research shows

* a glossary of medical terms

* what happens when herbs interact with drugs

* references to key scientific studies

* and much, much more.

No other guide gives you such a complete directory of herbal medicines, or such detailed, practical advice about each one. To expand your knowledge and interest in herbal medicines, you should have The Complete Guide to Herbal Medicines

Joanne K. Singleton

The authors define this book as an herbal home reference. In a quick-read format, the pros and cons of using over 300 herbs and related substances are presented. The purpose is to provide the general public with scientific facts about herbs and related substances. This is a needed book based on the increasing tendency of patients to self-treat with herbs and related substances as well as the potential for interaction with prescribed drugs. The objective of providing the general public with scientific facts about the included herbs and related substances is questionable, absent the scientific references neded to support the assertions made by the authors. This book is intended for the general public. The authors have appropriate credentials and experience to make them credible authorities on this topic. Over 300 herbs and related substances are included. Folklore of the herb, along with brief information on common dose, side effects, interactions, uses of the herb, points to remember, and research on the herb are included. This book is adapted from the authors' Professional Handbook of Complementary & Alternative Medicine and they claim it contains the same unbiased and extensively referenced information. While this could be a very useful book for the general public, it has fallen short of the authors' objective because they do not substantiate the scientific support for the assertions made on the pros and cons of the herbs and related substances included.

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Reviewer: Joanne K. Singleton, PhD, RN, CS (Pace University)
Description: The authors define this book as an herbal home reference. In a quick-read format, the pros and cons of using over 300 herbs and related substances are presented.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide the general public with scientific facts about herbs and related substances. This is a needed book based on the increasing tendency of patients to self-treat with herbs and related substances as well as the potential for interaction with prescribed drugs. The objective of providing the general public with scientific facts about the included herbs and related substances is questionable, absent the scientific references neded to support the assertions made by the authors.
Audience: This book is intended for the general public. The authors have appropriate credentials and experience to make them credible authorities on this topic.
Features: Over 300 herbs and related substances are included. Folklore of the herb, along with brief information on common dose, side effects, interactions, uses of the herb, points to remember, and research on the herb are included. This book is adapted from the authors' Professional Handbook of Complementary & Alternative Medicine and they claim it contains the same unbiased and extensively referenced information.
Assessment: While this could be a very useful book for the general public, it has fallen short of the authors' objective because they do not substantiate the scientific support for the assertions made on the pros and cons of the herbs and related substances included.

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The authors<-->both PharmDs and with current or past posts at Duquesne University & St. Francis Medical Center, Pittsburgh<-->co-authored the . Here they responsibly popularize a topic that doctors usually dismiss as new age nonsense. Each of some 300 herbs is covered by: an introduction; common doses; side effects; interactions; cautions; alternate names; research findings, however few; and a bibliography. No endorsements, many warnings. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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2 Stars from Doody

Forewords & Introductions

The Complete Guide to Herbal Medicines is based on The Professional's Handbook of Complementary & Alternative Medicines, a book we wrote because we sensed that health care practitioners sorely needed reliable information on alternative medicine. As clinical pharmacists, we get many questions about drugs from health care practitioners. Over time, we were fielding an incredible number of questions about herbal mediicines...

...That book was so warmly received that the publisher asked us to adapt it for consumers. The result, The Complete Guide to Herbal Medicines, contains the same referenced, unbiased information as our first book but is written in language that anyone can understand.

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From Chapter 1: Understanding and Using Herbal Medicines

Most people are familiar with herbs as foods -- for example, basil and oregano in sauces, parsley as a garnish. However, for thousands of years many cultures around the world have used herbs and plants not just to eat but to treat illness. Archaeological evidence shows that even prehistoric man used plants to heal. Today, the World Health Orgamization estimates that 80ő of the world's population uses some form of herbal medicine.

Many of the drugs now prescribed come from plants that ancient cultures used medicinally. (The word drug comes from the Old Dutch word drogge, meaning "to dry," because pharmacists, doctors, and ancient healers often dried plants to use as medicines.) About one-fourth of all conventional pharmaceuticals -- including roughly 120 of the most commonly prescribed modem drugs -- contain at least one active ingredient derived from plants. The rest are chemically synthesized. (See Common drugs made from plants.)

Common drugs made from plants
Many drugs in common use today have botanical origins. Here's a selected list.
* Aspirin (salicylic acid) -- from white willow bark and meadow sweet plant
* Atropine, used to treat irregular heartbeat -- from belladonna leaves
* Colchicine, used for gout -- from autumn crocus
* Digoxin (Lanoxin), the most widely prescribed heart medication -- from foxglove, a poisonous plant
* Ephedrine, used to widen or relax the airways -- from the ephedra plant
* Morphine and codeine, potent narcotics -- from the opium poppy Paclitaxel Taxol), used to treat metastatic ovarian cancer -- from the yew tree
* Quinine, adrug for malaria -- from cinchona bark
* Vinblastine (Velban) and vincristine (Oncovin), anticancer drugs -- from periwinkle
Potentially dangerous herbs
Herbs can harm as well as heal. The herbs below may pose special risks.
* Bloodroot, promoted as an expectorant purgative, stimulant and plaque and cavity preventer, is used in such a range of doses that it can be dangerous. It has caused death when used to induce vomiting.
* Chan su, a topical aphrodisiac also known as stone, love stone, and rockhard, has been fatal when mistakenly ingested.
* Chaparral tea, claimed to be an antioxidant and pain reliever, has caused liver failure, necessitating liver transplantation.
* Coltsfoot, used for respiratory problem has caused liver problems.
* Comfrey, used to promote wound healing (and formerly to relieve ulcers of the bowel, stomach, liver, and gallbladder), has caused liver problems and cancer.
* Indian herbal tonics can lead to lead poisoning.
* Jin bu huan, an ancient Chinese sedative and analgesic, contains morphine-like substances and has caused hepatitis.
* Kambucha tea, made from mushroom cultures and used as a cure-all, has caused death from a blood acid disorder.
* Lobelia, used to treat respiratory congestion, has led to respiratory paralysis and death.
* Ma huang, or ephedra, an ingredient in many diet pills, can cause psychotic behavior, seizures, irregular heartbeats, heart attack, stroke, and death. It's also sold under such names as Herbal Ecstasy, Cloud 9, and Ultimate Xphoria to induce a 'high' associated with illegal drugs.
* Pennyroyal, used to induce menstruation and treat colds, fevers, and the flu, has caused liver failure, kidney failure, coma, and death.
* Sassafras, used as a diuretic and a treatment for skin disorders and rheumatism, has caused liver damage. It has also been linked to narcotic poisoning and miscarriage. The Food and Drug Administration has banned sassafras volatile oil and the component safrole as food additives and flavor enhancers.
* Yohimbe bark, used as an aphrodisiac and hallucinogen, has caused psychotic behavior.
Misleading claims
The herbs below have been misrepresented as cures for serious illnesses.
* Mistletoe has been falsely touted as a cure for cancer.
* Pau d'Arco tea has been falsely touted as a cure for cancer and AIDS.

Some herbs and plants have value not just for their active ingredients but for other substances they contain, such as:

* minerals

* vitamins

* volatile oils (used in aromatherapy)

* glycosides (sugar derivatives)

* allkaloids (bitter organic bases containing nitrogen)

* bioflavonoids (colorless substances that help maintain collagen and blood vessels).

In the United States, many traditional health care providers lack knowledge about herbal remedies, and their patients may be reluctant to reveal their use of such remedies. But renewed interest in all forms of alternative medicine has led consumers, health care providers, and drug researchers to reexamine herbal remedies. Medicinal herbs have been touted in magazines, books, and television shows, sometimes with advocates making amazing claims for their benefits.

Unfortunately, herbs don't have magical or mystical properties. Like all drugs, they must be taken in the right doses for the right length of time-and for the right purpose -- to produce a benefit. While some herbs are safe and effective, others can cause lasting harm and even death. (See Potentially dangerous herbs.)

Still other herbs are neither harmful nor effective.

History of herbal medicine

Herbal medicine, also called phytotherapy or phytomedicine, has been practiced since the beginning of recorded history. Specific remedies have been handed down from generation to generation.

In ancient times, medicinal plants were chosen for their color or the shape of their leaves. For example, heart-shaped leaves were used for heart problems, while plants with red flowers were used to treat bleeding disorders. This primitive approach is called the Doctrine of Signatures. Practitioners determined the best use for each plant by trial and error.

The formal study of herbs, called herbology, dates back to the ancient cultures of the Middle East, Greece, China, and India. These cultures revered the power of nature and developed herbal remedies based on the plants found in their home environments. Written evidence of the medicinal use of herbs has been found on Mesopotamian clay tablets and ancient Egyptian papyrus.

The first known compilation of herbal remedies was ordered by the king of Sumeria around 2000 B.C. and included 250 medicinal substances, including garlic. Ancient Greece and Rome produced their own compilations, including De Materia Medica, written in the I 1st century A.D. Of the 950 medicinal products described in this work, 600 come from plants and the rest from animal or mineral sources.

The Arabs added their own discoveries to the Greco-Roman texts, resulting in a compilation of more than 2,000 substances. Eventually, this work was reintroduced to Europe by Christian doctors traveling with the Crusaders. Herbal therapy is also a major component of India's Ayurvedic medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, Native American medicine, homeopathy, and naturopathy.

In the United States, herbal remedies handed down from European settlers and learned from Native Americans were a mainstay of medical care until the early 1900s. The rise of technology and the biomedical approach to health care eventually led to the decline of herbal medicine.

The herbal revival that we're seeing today has several causes:

* general disillusionment with modern medicine

* the high cost and side effects of prescription drugs

* widespread availability of herbal medicines

* the belief that natural remedies are superior to manmade drugs.

Regulating herbal medicine

In the 19th century, many fake remedies were sold to gullible, desperate Americans. The federal government finally took action against disreputable purveyors of phony remedies by passing the Food and Drug Act of 1906. This law addressed problems of mislabeling and adulteration of plant remedies -- but not safety and effectiveness.

Today, herbal remedies remain largely unregulated. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates herbal products only as dietary supplements, not drugs. This means that the FDA can recall herbal products that are shown to be harmful, but manufacturers aren't required to provide information about their products' contents or side effects or to prove their safety or efficacy. They need only provide "reasonable assurance" that the product contains no harmful ingredients.

What's more, although manufacturers can't claim a particular product cures or prevents a specific disease, they can make any other claim about the supposed benefits without providing supporting evidence. They need only add the following disclaimer: "This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease."

In essence, herbal remedies in the United States are sold on a buyer-beware basis. This highlights the importance of learning everything you can about any herbal products you plan to use.

European standards

In Europe, where millions of people use herbal and homeopathic remedies, governments and the scientific community are much more open to natural remedies, especially those with a long history of use. In Great Britain and France, traditional medicines that have been used for years with no serious side effects are approved for use under the "doctrine of reasonable certainty" when scientific evidence is lacking.

The European Economic Community has established guidelines that standardize the quality, dosage, and production of herbal remedies. These guidelines are based on the World Health Organization's Guidelines for the Assessment of Herbal Medicines, a 1991 publication that addressed concerns about the safety and effectiveness of herbal medicines.

Therapeutic uses of herbs

A plant's leaves, flowers, stems, berries, seeds, fruit, bark, roots, or any other part may be used for medicinal purposes. Most herbal remedies are used to treat minor health problems, such as nausea, colds, cough, flu, headache, aches and pains, stomach and intestinal disorders (such as constipation and diarrhea), menstrual cramps, insomnia, skin disorders, and dandruff.

Some herbalists have reported success in treating certain chronic conditions, including peptic ulcers, inflammation of the colon, rheumatoid arthritis, high blood pressure, and respiratory problems. Some use herbal remedies for illnesses usually treated only with prescription drugs, such as heart failure.

However, if you have a serious disorder and are considering an herbal remedy, don't discontinue ongoing medical treatment. Also be sure to tell your health care practitioner about any prescribed drugs you're taking, because these may interact with herbal remedies. (See Taking herbal remedies safely, pages 6 and 7.)

Research on herbal remedies

Numerous studies on herbal remedies have been done in Europe and Asia. European studies have shown benefits from such herbs as ginkgo, bilberry extract, and milk thistle in treating various chronic disorders. Chinese researchers have extensively studied many herbs, such as ginseng, fresh ginger rhizome, foxglove, licorice root, and wild chrysanthemum. Indian researchers using modem scientific methods have recently studied various Ayurvedic, herbs, including Indian gooseberry and turmeric.

Taking herbal remedies safely
Many people take for granted the safety of the drugs and foods they buy. But unlike drugs, herbal remedies aren't reviewed by any government agency for quality, dosage, safety, or efficacy. If you're thinking about taking an herb, know that the vast majority of botanical products sold in the United States haven't been scientifically tested. Their alleged benefits are based largely on word-of-mouth.
How herbal products are regulated
The Food and Drug Administration regulates herbal products as food supplements, not drugs. The labels on these products don't tell you about their ingredients, risks, side effects, or possible harmful interactions with other substances. Nor do they guarantee that the herb is in a form your body can absorb or that the recommended dosage has been tested on animals or humans.
Also, herbal products may contain ingredients other than those indicated on the label. For example, Siberian ginseng capsules were found to contain a weed full of male hormone-like chemicals. What's more, the amount of active ingredient in an herb varies from brand to brand and possibly from bottle to bottle within a particular brand.
To help prevent problems caused by herbal medicine, follow these guidelines.
General precautions
* Check with your health care practitioner before using any herbal product especially if you're taking a prescription drug. Tell your practitioner about all drugs you're taking, including nonprescription medications and vitamins. Many herbal remedies can interact with other drugs.
* Make sure your health care practitioner is aware of your medical history, including allergies.
* When taking an herb, follow the instructions exactly. If you take too much of an herb or take it inappropriately, you may get no benefit from taking it -- or put yourself at risk for potentially dangerous side effects.
* Never ignore symptoms you're experiencing. Contact your health care practitioner if you experience side effects of an herbal agent or if you have other health concerns that would normally require medical attention.
* Be sure to call your health care practitioner if you experience abdominal cramping, abnormal bleeding or bruising, changes in your pulse or heart rhythm; vision changes, dizziness or fainting; hair loss; hallucinations, inability to concentrate or other mental changes, hives, itching, rash, or other allergic symptoms, appetite loss, or dramatic weight loss.
* Don't use herbal agents to delay seeking more appropriate therapy. Keep in mind that herbs aren't necessarily a substitute for proven medical therapy.
* If you're a parent or other caregiver, consider each of the preceding precautions before giving herbal medicines to a child or an elderly debilitated person.
* Discontinue herbs at least 2 weeks before before surgery. They can interfere with anesthesia and cause heart and blood vessel problems.
When to avoid herbs
* Avoid herbal preparations if you're pregnant or breast-feeding. Most herbs' effects on the fetus are unknown. If you're a woman of childbearing age, use birth control when taking herbs.
* Don't use herbs for serious or potentially serious medical conditions, such as heart disease or bleeding disorders.
* Never let other people take your herbs or other medicine. Store herbal agents out of reach of children and pets.
* If you have questions about the herb you're taking, seek advice from a qualified health care provider. If your practitioner isn't knowledgeable about herbs, ask for a referral to someone who is.
Buying herbal products
* Be wary of products that promise to cure specific health problems.
* Read labels carefully when buying herbal products. Check for the term standardized on the label. Standardized means that the dose of medicine in each tablet or capsule in that package is the same. Also make sure the label states specific percentages, amounts, and strengths of active ingredients.
* Avoid herbal "cocktails" that contain more than one ingredient. Experts know little about the effects of combining herbs.
* Buy your herbs from reputable companies. Avoid products sold through magazines, brochures, the broadcast media, or the Internet.
* Consider buying organically grown herbs. Some people believe herbs that grow naturally in the wild are subject to contamination from pesticides, polluted water, and automobile exhaust fumes.
* Remember that the clerk at the health food store is a salesperson, not a trained health care practitioner.

The United States lags behind other countries in herbal medicine research for several reasons. Until the Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM) was established in 1992, such research lacked federal support. Also, pharmaceutical companies have no financial incentive to develop herb-based drugs because botanical products can't be patented. That means the companies could never recoup their research investment.

The inherent difficulty in studying herbs according to Western pharmaceutical standards has posed another obstacle to herbal research. Western standards favor isolating a single active ingredient. However, herbs may contain several active ingredients that work together to produce a specific effect.

Although large gaps remain in research, many clinical trials of herbs used as medication are currently underway. Since 1995, the OAM has collected more than 60,000 research citations on complementary and alternative health care practices, including 2,500 clinical trials that have been compiled in a computer database system.

Forms of herbal preparations

Herbs come in various forms, depending on their medicinal purpose and the body system involved. You can buy herbs individually or in mixtures formulated for specific conditions. Herbs may be prepared as tinctures or extracts, capsules or tablets, lozenges, teas, juices, vapor treatments, or bath products. Some herbs are applied topically with a poultice or compress. Others are rubbed into the skin as an oil, an ointment, or a salve.

Tinctures and extracts

An herb placed in alcohol or liquid glycerin is called a tincture or an extract. (Tinctures contain more alcohol than extracts.) Alcohol draws out the herb's active properties, concentrating them and helping to preserve them. Alcohol is cheap, is easily absorbed by the body, and allows the herb's full taste to come through. Alcohol-based tinctures and extracts have an indefinite shelf life.

Liquid glycerin extracts, called glycerites, are an alternative to alcohol extracts and preferred by some people. Most glycerites taste sweet and feel warm on the tongue. They're processed by the body as fat, not sugar -- important to diabetics and others who must limit sugar intake.

Glycerin extracts have certain drawbacks. Taking more than 1 ounce (30 milliliters) of glycerin can have a laxative effect. Also, glycerin isn't an efficient solvent for some herbs that contain resins and gums. Such herbs need alcohol for extraction.

Extracts should contain at least 60% glycerin with 40% water to ensure preservation. Glycerin-based extracts have shorter shelf-lives than alcohol-based extracts. An extract that contains citric acid can last for more than 2 years if stored properly.

Tinctures or extracts may be taken as drops in a tea, diluted in spring water, used in a compress, or applied during body massage. If the tincture's alcohol content is a concern -- for example, if the remedy is meant for a child -- a few drops may be placed in one-quarter cup (60 milliliters) of very hot water and left to stand for 5 minutes. As the tincture stands, most of the alcohol evaporates and the mixture becomes cool enough to drink.

To make an herbal tincture, a glass bottle or jar is filled with herbal parts (cut fresh herbs or crumbled dry herbs), pure spirits, such as vodka, are added, and the container is sealed and placed in a warm area (70° to 80° F [21° to 26.6° C]) for 2 weeks. The mixture should be shaken daily. After 2 weeks, the herbs can be strained out and the residue squeezed out.

Extracts are made with alcohol or water to bring out the herb's essence. (The product label should indicate which base was used.) Extracts have the same advantages and disadvantages as tinctures but are more concentrated and therefore more cost-effective. Because of their strong herbal taste, they're usually diluted in juice or water.

Capsules and tablets

Capsules and tablets contain the ground or powdered form of the raw herb. They are easier to transport and typically are tasteless. The capsule or tablet should be made within 24 hours of milling the herb because herbs degrade quickly.

The best products use fresh herbs, which should be indicated on the label. Capsules can be a hard gel or soft gel made of animal or vegetable gelatin. Most people find capsules easier to swallow than tablets.

Both capsules and tablets may contain a large amount of filler, such as soy or millet powder. Filler makes the herb hard to identify in the powdered form, and an herb of poorer quality may be substituted without your knowledge. Tablets also may contain a binder, such as magnesium stearate or dicalcium. phosphate, which in turn may contain lead. Binders help the herb absorb water and break down more readily for easy absorption in the body.

Capsules or tablets can be swallowed whole, as indicated, or can be mixed with a spoonful of cream-style cereal or applesauce. They also may be dissolved in sweet fruit juice.

Lozenges

Herbal lozenges are nutrient-rich, naturally sweetened preparations that dissolve in the mouth. They come in various formulas, such as cough suppressant, decongestant, or cold-fighting. Most lozenges are boosted with natural vitamin C. The horehound lozenge, one type that has become popular, is used to relieve coughs and minor throat irritation.

Lozenges should be taken as directed by a health care practitioner or herbalist. For self-treatment, follow the directions on the package.

Teas

Herbal teas can be made from most herbs. Teas are used for a wide range of purposes, with formulations aimed at specific conditions or desired effects.

Usually, you prepare the tea by infusion or decoction. Decoction is preferred for denser plant materials, such as roots or bark. To prepare an infusion, let the dried herb steep in hot water for 3 to 5 minutes. To make a decoction, put the herb in a rolling boil of water for 15 to 20 minutes. You may steep teas in a muslin or conventional tea bag or tea ball or use them in their loose form for their fragrant, aromatic flavor.

Some teas taste bitter because they contain alkaloids (for example, goldenseal root) or highly astringent tannins (for example, oak bark). You may want to add honey to sweeten the tea, but don't give honey to a child younger than 18 months because of the risk of infant botulism.

For an infant, you may mix the tea with breast milk or formula and then put it into a bottle, an eyedropper, or an empty syringe (without a needle) and gently squirt the tea into the infant's mouth. Caution: If you're breast-feeding and taking an adult dose of an herbal remedy, keep in mind that the herb may pass through your breast milk to your child. Also remember that, as with any drug, you must use care when deciding whether to give these medicines to an infant or a child.

The Chinese teach that the heat of the water and the taste of the herb enhance its effectiveness. Steeping an herb in hot water draws out its therapeutic essence. With dried herbs, you'll probably want to use 2 heaping tablespoons of herb for every cup of tea, unless the product label directs otherwise. Place the dried herbs in a china or glass teapot or cup (plastic or metal containers aren't suitable for steeping). Immerse in 8 ounces (237 milliliters) of freshly boiled water for each cup and cover.

When using leaf or flower herbs, steep for 5 to 10 minutes. With roots or bark, simmer or boil for 10 minutes, and then steep for 5 minutes longer. After steeping, strain the tea and let it cool to a comfortable temperature before drinking. If you're going to place a tincture or extract in the tea, let the cup of hot water sit for 5 minutes so the alcohol will evaporate. You can drink herbal teas hot, cold, or iced, depending on the purpose and instructions.

When using fresh herbs, remember that three parts of a fresh herb generally equal one part of a dried herb. Bark, root, seeds, and resins must be powdered (to break down the cell walls) before they're added to water. Seeds should be slightly bruised to release the volatile oils. You may infuse an aromatic herb in a pot with a tight lid to reduce the loss of volatile oil through evaporation. Because roots, wood, bark, nuts, and certain seeds are tough, they should be boiled in water to release their properties.

Juices

Juices are made by washing fresh herbs under cold running water, cutting them with scissors into suitable pieces, and running them through a juice extractor until they turn into a liquid. Usually, herbal juices are taken by placing a few drops in tea or spring water. They also may be applied externally by dabbing them on the affected body part.

Ideally, you should drink fresh juices immediately after extraction. However, you also may store them in a small glass bottle, corked tightly, and refrigerate for several days to minimize breakdown of ingredients.

Vapor and inhalation treatments

Many herbalists recommend herbal vapor and inhalation treatments for respiratory and sinus conditions. The treatment helps open congested sinuses and lung passages, promote mucus discharge, and ease breathing.

One inhalation method requires a sink and an herbal oil. Fill the sink with very hot water and add 2 to 5 drops of the herbal oil. Let the hot water trickle into the sink to keep the water steaming. As the mixture becomes diluted, you may need to add a few more drops of the herbal oil. Then inhale the steam for 5 minutes.

Another method involves heating a large, wide pot of water, adding a handful of dried or fresh herbs, and bringing the pot to a boil. After the herbs have simmered for 5 minutes, remove the pot from the heat and place it on a trivet to cool slightly. (If you're using an aromatic oil, first heat the water to just short of boiling and then remove it from the heat.) With the pot on a trivet, add 4 to 5 drops of the oil. Then drape a towel over your head to form a tent and lean over the pot, inhaling the steam for 5 minutes. Remember, though -- if the vapor is too hot, it can burn your nasal passages.

Herbal baths

An herb that's in a soluble agent, such as baking soda or aloe gel, may be dissolved in hot bath water. An herb in an oatmeal-type preparation may be finely-milled or whirled it into a powder in a blender. You may also bag fresh or dried herbs in a square of cheesecloth or place them in a washcloth and tie the cloth securely. The goal is maximum release of the herbal essence without having parts of the herb floating in the bath water. Full baths require about 6 ounces (170 grams) of dried or fresh herbs.

As the tub fills with water, place the bagged herbs under a forceful stream of comfortably hot water, and then drag them through the bath water to better distribute the herbal essence. Squeezing the bag releases a rich stream of essence that you can direct to the affected body part. You may also gently rub the bag over itching skin. Caution: Herbs with pointy or rough edges may be too irritating to use this way.

You can also add an herbal infusion to bath water. To make the infusion, soak 6 tablespoons (57 grams) of dried or fresh herbs overnight in 3 cups (710 milliliters) of hot water. The next morning, pour the strained infusion directly into the bath water.

Poultices and compresses

A poultice is a moist paste made from crushed herbs that's applied directly to the affected area, or wrapped in cloth to keep it in place and then applied. Poultices are useful for treating bruises, wounds, and abscesses.

Use only fresh herbs for poultices. One preparation method involves wrapping the herbs in a clean white cloth (such as gauze, linen, cotton, or muslin), folding the cloth several times, and crushing the herbs to a pulp with a rolling pin. (Pulping the herb directly onto the poultice cloth helps retain its juices and makes the poultice more effective.) Then expose the pulp and apply it to the affected area. To trap the herbal juices and hold them in place, wrap the entire area with a woolen cloth or towel. This type of poultice can remain in place overnight.

You can also prepare the herbs by placing them in a steamer, colander, strainer, or sieve over a pot of rapidly boiling water and allowing the steam to penetrate and wilt the herbs. After 5 minutes, spread the softened, warmed herbs on a clean white cloth (such as loosely woven cheesecloth) and apply the cloth to the affected area. To help retain the heat, wrap the poultice with a woolen cloth or towel. You can leave this type of poultice on for 20 minutes or overnight if you find the wrap comforting and soothing.

Compresses are effective for bleeding, bruises, muscle cramps, and headaches. They may be hot or cold, depending on the herb and the purpose for using it. To make a compress soak a soft cloth in a strong herbal tea, a tincture or glycerite, an oil, or aromatic water. Then wring it out and apply it to the affected area. You may use a bandage or plastic wrap to hold the compress in place.

Oils, ointments, salves, and rubs

Herbal oils usually are expressed from the peels of lemons, oranges, or other citrus fruits. Because they may irritate the skin, they're commonly diluted in fatty oils or water before being topically applied. Essential oils are used in massage and aromatherapy. They may be diluted to prevent skin irritation.

To make an herbal oil, wash fresh herbs and let them dry overnight. Then slice the herbs (or crumble them if you're using dry herbs), place them in a glass bottle or jar, and cover them with about I inch (2.5 cm) of fight virgin olive oil, almond oil, or sunflower oil. Cover the container tightly and let it stand in a warm area, such as on a stove or in the sunshine, for 2 weeks. Strain the oil before use.

Herbal ointments, salves, and rubs are applied topically for a variety of conditions. Examples include:

* calendula ointment for broken skin and wounds

* goldenseal applied to infections, rashes, and skin irritations

* aloe vera gel for minor burns

* heat-producing herbs for muscle aches and strains.

Commercial varieties of ointments, salves, and rubs usually are more appealing than homemade concoctions.

You can make an ointment in a ceramic or glass double boiler by heating 2 ounces (60 milliliters) of vegetable lanolin or beeswax until it liquefies. Once the lanolin or wax melts, add 80 to 120 drops of tincture and mix the compound together. Then pour the formula into a glass container and refrigerate it until it hardens. You can substitute a strong herbal tea made from fresh or dried herbs for a store-bought tincture.

Visiting an herbalist

If you decide to visit an herbalist, expect to start with an evaluation, including a review of your medical history. The herbalist may check your pulse and tongue to assess you and may perform a more thorough physical examination. Some herbalists assess the iris, a technique known as iridology, to aid diagnosis. This procedure involves correlating minute markings on the iris with specific parts of the body.

Most herbalists also ask if you're taking prescription or nonprescription drugs to avoid an interaction with an herb or to prevent a cumulative effect

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4 Stars! from Doody

	Introduction	vii
Part 1	Understanding Teenage Moods
Chapter 1	From Sadness to Suicidality: The Spectrum of Teen Depression	3
Chapter 2	Causes and Treatments of Depression	13
Chapter 3	Seeking Professional Help for Your Teen	25
Chapter 4	What Is Normal for Adolescents?	33
Part 2	The L.E.A.P. Approach
Chapter 5	L.E.A.P.: A Problem-Solving Approach	43
Chapter 6	The L.E.A.P. Program in Action	53
Part 3	The L.E.A.P. Approach and Your Teen
Chapter 7	Lights, Camera, Action!	65
Chapter 8	Healthy Habits	73
Chapter 9	Depressive Thinking	83
Chapter 10	The Angry, Depressed Child	93
Chapter 11	Anxiety and Depression	103
Chapter 12	Depression and the Family (Part 1)	113
Chapter 13	Depression and the Family (Part 2)	125
Chapter 14	Suicidal Behavior and Other Crises	135
Chapter 15	Medications and Depression	145
Chapter 16	Dealing with the School	159
Chapter 17	Dealing with Peers	169
Chapter 18	The Future	179
	Bibliography	189
	Resources	191
	Index	195

Gotti Diet or Dr Golem

2009-01-16T00:21:00.000-08:00

Gotti Diet: How I Took Control of My Body, Lost 80 Pounds, and Discovered How to Stay Fit Forever

Author: Frank Gotti Agnello

Yo, when I was thirteen, I weighed 255 pounds and already had high blood pressure. My family doctor told me I was "morbidly obese." I had a problem. I liked to eat . . . and eat . . . and eat. But when Mom told me that the whole family was going to be on a reality TV show called Growing Up Gotti, I finally made the decision to change. No way did I want to be seen as the Fatty Gotti by the entire world.

With the support of my mother, my doctor, and my lacrosse team coach, I got to work. I learned all about food, dieting, and exercise, and created a program for myself based on common sense, portion control, and moderation. And the results were great! I lost eighty pounds in the first year! Once the weight started coming off, I started working out, turning fat into muscle and toning up. I also did aerobic exercise and found stamina on the lacrosse field that I never had before. Now friends come to me for advice on starting their own diets and exercise programs.

So listen up -- here, in this book, is all the information you need to get started -- my program of portion control, fat and calorie counters, great-tasting healthy food recipes, and exercise. It's the program that turned the Fatty Gotti into the Hottie Gotti.

Interesting book: The Courage to Laugh or Generation XL

Dr. Golem: How to Think about Medicine

Author: Harry Collins

A creature of Jewish mythology, a golem is an animated being made by man from clay and water who knows neither his own strength nor the extent of his ignorance. Like science and technology, the subjects of Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch's previous volumes, medicine is also a golem, and this Dr. Golem should not be blamed for its mistakes—they are, after all, our mistakes. The problem lies in its well-meaning clumsiness.

Dr. Golem explores some of the mysteries and complexities of medicine while untangling the inherent conundrums of scientific research and highlighting its vagaries. Driven by the question of what to do in the face of the fallibility of medicine, Dr. Golem encourages a more inquisitive attitude toward the explanations and accounts offered by medical science. In eight chapters devoted to case studies of modern medicine, Collins and Pinch consider the prevalence of tonsillectomies, the placebo effect and randomized control trials, bogus doctors, CPR, the efficacy of Vitamin C in fighting cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, AIDS cures, and vaccination. They also examine the tension between the conflicting faces of medicine: medicine as science versus medicine as a source of succor; the interests of an individual versus the interests of a group; and the benefits in the short term versus success rates in the long term. Throughout, Collins and Pinch remind readers that medical science is an economic as well as a social consideration, encapsulated for the authors in the timeless struggle to balance the good health of the many—with vaccinations, for instance—with the good health of a few—those who have adverse reactions tothe vaccine.

In an age when the deaths of research subjects, the early termination of clinical trials, and the research guidelines for stem cells are front-page news, Dr. Golem is a timely analysis of the limitations of medicine that never loses sight of its strengths.

Diabetic Meals in 30 Minutes or Less or Normal Children Have Problems Too

2009-01-15T14:18:00.000-08:00

Diabetic Meals in 30 Minutes--or Less!

Author: Robyn Webb

More than 100 quick-and-easy filling recipes that will fill fit nicely into a healthy meal plan.

New interesting textbook: In Praise of Poteen or Riesling Renaissance

Normal Children Have Problems, Too: How Parents Can Understand And Help

Author: Stanley K Turecki

Lack of friends * poor self-image * sibling rivalry * hyperactivity * sadness and fearfulness * eating problems * nervous habits * aggressive behavior * defiance * sleep problems * lying * learning disabilities. . .

Even normal children can have problems.

And parents can help them.

That is the powerful assurance Dr. Stanley Turecki offers parents in this compassionate and practical book. Whatever the situation, Dr. Turecki shows you:

A new way to understand your child's difficulties and gain insights into causes and solutions
How to discuss problems without destructive arguments and win your child's cooperation
How to strengthen self-esteem by making the most of your child's individual temperament
How to improve discipline by focusing on planning and prevention rather than punishment
How to collaborate with teachers about school problems
What to do if you are told that your child should be tested for ADD or placed on medication
When to seek professional help

Including vivid vignettes illustrating a wide range of problems and how they were successfully resolved, this award-winning book is destined to become a parenting classic.

Booknews

Provides a framework for a workable system migration from old IS systems to new, based on incremental modifications that allow organizations to control costs and risks. Focusing on data migration, the authors outline techniques for designing, developing, testing, and deploying a new system using an 11-step method. Includes case studies, diagrams, checklists, and a chapter describing useful migration tools. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The Hollywood Trainer Weight Loss Plan or What in the World Are Your Kids Doing Online

2009-01-15T05:17:00.000-08:00

The Hollywood Trainer Weight-Loss Plan: 21 Days to Make Healthy Living a Lifetime Habit

Author: Jeanette Jenkins

It takes twenty-one days to establish a habit or to break a self-defeating behavior. And the 21-day program in The Hollywood Trainer Weight-Loss Plan provides the means and motivation to help anyone on their journey toward a lifetime of healthy habits. Informed by Jenkins's "7 Simple Steps for Success," the book features:

- useful questionnaires and self-tests that guide readers to determine and commit to their health goals;
- a 21-day plan that includes menus and a flexible exercise program, plus daily encouragement, insights, and motivation;
- no-nonsense nutritional information, as well as recipes and food hints and tips that assist readers in making the best nutritional choices;
- clearly illustrated exercises that show readers which routines are best for their individual needs; and
- sample forms to help readers create their own daily journal and food and exercise logs.

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What in the World Are Your Kids Doing Online?: How to Understand the Electronic World Your Children Live In

Author: Barbara Melton

Texting. Blogging. IMing. Technology that has become second nature to our children remains uncharted territory for many parents. What in the World Are Your Kids Doing Online? tells you everything you need to know to navigate the parenting issues technology raises, and arms you with the tools you need to protect your children.

This comprehensive, all-purpose guide shows you how to keep up with the latest in computer technology and the Internet—even if you’re a techno-illiterate.

You’ll also learn how to:

protect your child from cyber-bullies and sexual predators

monitor your child’s online activity

recognize the danger signs in your child’s use of chat rooms and socializing sites such as MySpace

decode the secret language of texting, instant messaging, e-mail, and chat rooms

keep your “Cyber-kid” healthy and fit

teach your child good on-line study skills

help your child build healthy friendships and dating relationships, both on- and off-line

gear your rules about the Internet to your child’s age and developmental stage

know when to turn the computer off

Includes information on how the cyber world affects children with special needs, learning disorders, and emotional disorders.

Publishers Weekly

Educators Melton and Shankle offer a reasonable, nonalarmist guide for concerned parents in helping their kids navigate the wonders and perils of the cyberworld. The authors downplay the dangers of Internet predators (the statistics are actually low), while they emphasize the importance of establishing a healthy balance of virtual and real-time activities for growing kids. Cellphones, instant text messaging, online surfing (Web sites, chat rooms, blogs) and dating aren't going to go away, and the authors give a crash course in what children are bombarded with daily, in school and elsewhere. Establishing an honor system with kids is crucial: "Keep the lines of communication open" is an often repeated dictum. The authors consider the cyberworld from the perspectives of both kids (establishing e-mail etiquette and coping with bullying, for example) and adults (inserting filters and monitors), but most helpful is the section on how intensive engagement with the cyberworld affects a child's development, from early youth to the teen years. The authors do sing the benefits of using the Internet for research and global communication, especially for special-needs kids; however, they convincingly stress moderation and firm parental involvement. (Aug.)

Strength and Courage for Caregivers or Dieta de sirope de arce y zumo de limon

2009-01-14T17:15:00.000-08:00

Strength and Courage for Caregivers: 30 Hope-Filled Morning and Evening Reflections

Author: Terry Hargrav

Over forty million people in the United States care for a family member who is ill, disabled, or dying. Yet each one of them can feel completely isolated from anyone who understands the taxing daily work that they do. Now Dr. Terry Hargrave, a professor of counseling and a caregiver himself, has written a devotional that reaches out with help, encouragement, and the power of scriptural promise.

Strength and Courage for Caregivers offers you thirty devotions, each one divided into two parts. For the morning, there is a reading and your prayer for the day, from which you can draw strength throughout the hours. The evening passage contains your promisethe reassurance that Gods hand is on you as you perform this important task set before you.

Filled with empathy, practical advice, and personal reflections from Dr. Hargraves own work as a caregiver, this book provides you with daily help and hope.

Interesting book: Salsa Soul and Spirit or Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Dieta de sirope de arce y zumo de limon

Author: Stanley Burroughs

La dieta de sirope de arce y zumo de limón nos descubre de forma sencilla la causa y la manera de solucionar prácticamente todos los trastornos físicos, sea cual sea su nombre. La eliminación de la toxemia, causante de la mayoría de las enfermedades, es, para Stanley Burroughs, el único camino hacia la salud. Su sistema curativo, que abarca todo el campo de las experiencias humanas, física, mental y espiritualmente, no sólo purifica la sangre y regenera el organismo, también proporciona alegría y ganas de vivir. La dieta de sirope de arce y zumo de limón viene sometiéndose a prueba desde 1940 en todo el mundo y se ha considerado la más exitosa en su género

Therapeutic Nutrition or Palliative Medicine

2009-01-14T07:13:00.000-08:00

Therapeutic Nutrition: A Guide to Patient Education

Author: Springhous

This handbook provides essential information on therapeutic nutrition and contains Fact Sheets that health care providers can reproduce and give to patients. The Fact Sheets include 16 specific diets for medical conditions, as well as information such as the "food pyramid," recommended dietary allowances, and realistic tips for making healthy nutritional choices. Each Fact Sheet is prefaced by an overview that offers guidelines on nutritional interventions and patient education. The book also includes discussions on nutritional controversies and eating disorders and a list of additional resources. The spiral binding and flip-chart format enable health care providers to find and reproduce patient handouts quickly.

Books about: Sam Houston or The Handbook of Municipal Bonds

Palliative Medicine

Author: T Declan Walsh

As a palliative medicine physician, you struggle every day to make your patients as comfortable as possible in the face of physically and psychologically devastating circumstances. This new reference equips you with all of today's best international approaches for meeting these complex and multifaceted challenges. In print and online, it brings you the world's most comprehensive, state-of-the-art coverage of your field. You'll find the answers to the most difficult questions you face every day...so you can provide every patient with the relief they need.

Equips you to provide today's most effective palliation for terminal malignant diseases • end-stage renal, cardiovascular, respiratory, and liver disorders • progressive neurological conditions • and HIV/AIDS.
Covers your complete range of clinical challenges with in-depth discussions of patient evaluation and outcome assessment • ethical issues • communication • cultural and psychosocial issues • research in palliative medicine • principles of drug use • symptom control • nutrition • disease-modifying palliation • rehabilitation • and special interventions.
Helps you implement unparalleled expertise and global best practices with advice from a matchless international author team.
Provides in-depth guidance on meeting the specific needs of pediatric and geriatric patients.
Assists you in skillfully navigating professional issues in palliative medicine such as education and training • administration • and the role of allied health professionals.
Includes just enough pathophysiologyso you can understand the "whys" of effective decision making, as well as the "how tos."
Offers a user-friendly, full-color layout for ease of reference, including color-coded topic areas, mini chapter outlines, decision trees, and treatment algorithms.
Comes with access to the complete contents of the book online, for convenient, rapid consultation from any computer.
Includes regular online updates to keep you current for years to come—plus links to Medline and CrossRef abstracts, a fully searchable drug database, outcome assessment tools, downloadable illustrations, and more.

Your purchase entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. If the next edition is published less than one year after your purchase, you will be entitled to online access for one year from your date of purchase. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should access to the web site be discontinued.

AyurVeda and Marma Therapy or The Peace of Mind Prescription

2009-01-13T20:11:00.000-08:00

AyurVeda and Marma Therapy: Energy Points in Yogic Healing

Author: Avinash Lel

This is the first book on marma therapy published in the West. It clearly describes the 107 main marma points in location, properties and usage. It explains in detail how to treat them with many methods including massage, aromas, herbs and yoga practices. Ayurveda and Marma Therapy is an essential reference guide for all students of Yoga, Ayurveda, massage or natural healing.

The Peace of Mind Prescription: An Authoritative Guide to Finding the Most Effective Treatment for Anxiety and Depression

Author: Dennis S Charney

The Ultimate Guide to Identifying, Treating, and Overcoming Depression and Anxiety

Two world-renowned psychiatrists have created a comprehensive and empowering guide to the science and treatment of anxiety and depression. At the heart of their message is the idea that treatment can and must be tailored to the individual and that armed with the right information, patients can get the support they need from their health-care providers.

Practical and authoritative, The Peace of Mind Prescription has been unanimously praised as a valuable resource that offers hope to millions of sufferers.

Dennis S. Charney, M.D., is the Dean of Research and the Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Professor in the departments of psychiatry, neuroscience, and pharmacology and biochemistry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Charles B. Nemeroff, M.D., Ph.D., is the Reunette W. Harris Professor and chairman of the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Emory University's School of Medicine.

Health Hazards Manual for Artists or HOW TO FIND WORK THAT WORKS FOR PE

2009-01-13T11:09:00.000-08:00

Health Hazards Manual for Artists

Author: Michael McCann

This fully revised edition of the practical classic on health hazards for artists is available yet again, with all pertinent information on safety and labeling and new chemicals brought absolutely up to date. It clearly highlights the potential dangers for artists in such fields as: painting, photography, ceramics, sculpture, printmaking, woodworking, textiles, and many more. It also has an important - and newly revised - section on health hazards for children working with art materials. And Dr. McCann presents the latest principles governing the labeling of products. This important book belongs in every studio, in every art class, in every art-reference library. (6 X 9, 144 pages, diagrams, charts)

	Preface to Fourth Edition
	Preface to First Edition
Pt. 1	How Art Materials Affect You
1	What is the Problem?	3
2	Risk Factors	8
3	Effects of Art Materials on the Body	12
4	Solvents and Aerosol Sprays	20
5	Acids and Alkalis	25
Pt. 2	Hazards of Various Media
6	Painting and Drawing	29
7	Printmaking	33
8	Ceramics	38
9	Stone, Plaster, Clay, and Wax Sculpture	41
10	Woodworking	44
11	Plastics Sculpture	46
12	Metalworking	51
13	Welding	55
14	Jewelry and Enameling	57
15	Stained Glass and Glassblowing	59
16	Textile Arts	62
17	Photography	65
18	Commercial Art	68
19	Children and Art Materials	72
Pt. 3	Safety in the Studio
20	Know Your Materials	79
21	Substitution of Safer Materials and Processes	85
22	Ventilation	87
23	Storage, Handling, and Housekeeping	92
24	Fire Prevention	96
25	Personal Protective Equipment	101
26	How to Get Help	107
	Appendix 1 Occupational Health Clinics - 1993	111
	Appendix 2 Safety Supply Sources - 1993	118
	Bibliography	120

Book review: Miracle Cures or Teen People Celebrity Beauty Guide

HOW TO FIND WORK THAT WORKS FOR PE

Author: Gail Hawkins

Gail Hawkins is an experienced vocational consultant based in Toronto. Formerly Director of the Kerry's Place Autism Services, in 1995 she founded Mission Possible, the first agency in North America to find avenues to employment specifically for people with Asperger Syndrome.

Detox Solution or The Complete up to Date Fat Book

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

Detox Solution: The Missing Link to Radiant Health, Abundant Energy, Ideal Weight and Peace of Mind

Author: Patricia Fitzgerald

The number and amount of toxins in the environment is at an all-time high, and the American Cancer Institute links three-quarters of all cancer cases to environmental factors. This book offers consumers a way to effectively fight the ill effects of these toxins and live a healthier life. In addition to listing the toxins that are found in such everyday sources as food, cosmetics, and cleaning products, this guide offers nontoxic alternatives. Toxic influences on the mind and spirit are also explored and suggestions for achieving emotional balance round out this whole-health plan. Knowing the risks and rewards of a less toxic lifestyle empowers consumers to make the choices that result in not only better physical health, but in improved emotional health as well.

Life- and health-enhancing topics include: • Why the need to detox is greater than ever in the 21st century
• How toxins in the environment affect our health • Simple solutions to counteract the negative effects of toxins
• Where to find organic food that is inexpensive and convenient
• Why the cosmetic counter can be a potent source of toxins
• How to safely detoxify the home environment • How indigestion contributes to toxic overload in the body
• The scientific link between disease and toxicity
• What detox aids can be found right in the kitchen
• Which herbs are safe to aid in cleansing the body
• What type of exercise boosts the body’s natural detox
• The detoxification properties of vitamins,minerals, and phytonutrients
• How detoxification aids in weight loss

The Seattle Times

Fitzgerald's book contains good nutritional information and explores more of the emotional connections to losing touch with one's body.

HerbNet Press

Very good reference book on a variety of cleansing programs that can help problems like weight issues, arthritis, asthma and more.

Townsend Letter

Ms. Fitzgerald has written a very good guide to what may be a primary way to prevent illness in this new century.

Explore Publications

Make the decision to detoxify your life and use this comprehensive book as your guide. Enjoy greater health!

Why the need to detox is greater than ever in the 21st century
How toxins in the environment affect our health
Simple solutions to counteract the negative effects of toxins
Where to find organic food that is inexpensive and convenient
Why the cosmetic counter can be a potent source of toxins
How to safely detoxify the home environment
How indigestion contributes to toxic overload in the body
The scientific link between disease and toxicity
What detox aids can be found right in the kitchen
Which herbs are safe to aid in cleansing the body
What type of exercise boosts the body's natural detox
The detoxification properties of vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients
How detoxification aids in weight loss

Interesting book: Signage and Wayfinding Design or Discrete Mathematics with Applications

The Complete up-to-Date Fat Book: Reduce The Fat In Your Diet With This Guide To The Fat, Calories, and Fat Percentages In Your Food

Author: Karen J Bellerson

With more than 2.5 million copies sold, The Complete & Up-to-Date Fat Book is the most comprehensive resource of its kind.

An invaluable tool for any health-conscious consumer, this revised edition of The Complete & Up-to-Date Fat Book lists fat and calorie information for more than 30,000 foods, including the percentage of calories derived from fat. This comprehensive guide helps you make healthier meal choices by listing the fat content of favorite foods you find at the grocery store-health foods, frozen entrees, prepared mixes, and kosher foods-as well as of meals at all the most popular fast-food restaurants. The introduction outlines strategies for healthy eating and offers tips for cutting excess fat from your diet, showing how anyone can lose weight and stay healthy with a diet low in fat.

If Your Adolescent Has an Eating Disorder or Womans Yoga Book

2009-01-12T14:05:00.000-08:00

If Your Adolescent Has an Eating Disorder: An Essential Resource for Parents

Author: B Timothy Walsh

This is an authoritative guide to understanding and helping a teenager with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. It is designed for parents of teens who have recently been diagnosed with an eating disorder, or who are at risk of developing one, and for other adults, such as teachers and guidance counselors, who are regularly in contact with at-risk adolescents. The book combines the latest scientific expertise available--including the newest treatments and most up-to-date research findings on eating disorders--with the practical wisdom of parents who have raised teenagers with anorexia or bulimia.
In clear and accessible language, Dr. B. Timothy Walsh and V. L. Cameron explain exactly what eating disorders are and describe their characteristics, as well as signs and symptoms. They outline the right way to go about getting a diagnosis if you suspect your child may have an eating disorder, about when and where to get treatment, and about how to navigate the healthcare system. There is also advice on how to handle everyday life--both at home and at school--once your child is diagnosed, and on how to communicate with your teen. Complete with red flags to look out for and warnings on the dangers of doing nothing, this book will help parents and other adults face and deal effectively with adolescent eating disorders before they become life-threatening.

Interesting textbook: The Minnesota Homegrown Cookbook or High Crimes and Misdemeanors

Woman's Yoga Book: Asana and Pranayama for All Phases of the Menstrual Cycle

Author: Bobby Clennell

In The Woman's Yoga Book, senior Iyengar Yoga teacher Bobby Clennell offers a comprehensive program of asana (yoga poses) and pranayama (breathing techniques) designed to support menstrual health from menarche to menopause, along with nutritional and lifestyle information for those times off the yoga mat. With over 30 years of teaching experience, she encourages women to draw on the strength that comes from practicing women’s yoga. A former professional animator, Bobby Clennell has used her skill in rendering 735 illustrations that teach right along with her text.

Unhappy Teenagers or Body

2009-01-12T03:03:00.000-08:00

Unhappy Teenagers: A Way for Parents and Teachers to Reach Them

Author: William Glasser

In his decades as a therapist, Dr. William Glasser hasoften counseled parents and teenagers. His advice has healed shattered families and changed lives. Now, in his first book on the lessons he has learned, he asks parents to reject the "common sense" that tells them to "lay down the law," ground teens, or try to coerce them into changing behavior. These strategies have never worked, asserts Dr. Glasser, and never will. Instead, he offers a different approach based upon Choice Theory.

Glasser spells out the seven deadly habits parents practice and then shows them how to accomplish their goals by changing their own behavior. Above all, he helps parents keep their relationship with their child strong, especially in times of crisis. Through Choice Theory and real-life examples, Dr. Glasser provides a ground-breaking method that any parent can use with confidence and love.

Books about: Napa County Wineries California or Shags Around the World in 80 Drinks

Body: How to Tune in to Your Body and Improve Your Health

Author: Caroline M Sutherland

This book is dedicated to bringing you the pearls of "physical body wisdom," distilled into an easy-to follow formula. From cover to cover, Caroline Sutherland takes you on an "edge-of-your-seat" journey into understanding the terrain of the physical, emotional, and spiritual components of vibrant health. Weaving her compelling story as a medical intuitive into fascinating case histories; as well as topics such as menopause, children, the elderly, and much more, Caroline explains how to "hone" your instincts and demystify your physical body processes.

If you've ever wondered why you gain weight, retain fluid, feel jittery, get headaches, have joint stiffness, lack energy, or have digestive problems and/or memory loss -- and want to know what to do about it -- then this book is the key to finding out the truth of your own health equation.

	Foreword	ix
	Foreword	xi
	Acknowledgments	xiii
Part I	The Gift of Medical Intuition
Chapter 1	What Is Medical Intuition?	3
Chapter 2	My Story	11
Chapter 3	Breaking Through and Seeing Beyond	21
Part II	The Body Knows
Chapter 4	Recognizing Key Body Systems	35
Chapter 5	Candida Yeast and Food Allergies	47
Chapter 6	Weight Issues	63
Chapter 7	Understanding Addictions	83
Chapter 8	Bones and Skeletons	91
Chapter 9	Environmental Factors	95
Part III	Special Cases
Chapter 10	Simple Body Imbalances	117
Chapter 11	Vegetarianism and Your Health	127
Chapter 12	Serious Illnesses	133
Chapter 13	Extremely Challenging Cases	143
Part IV	Tuning In to the Emotions and Spirit
Chapter 14	Emotions and the Immune System	155
Chapter 15	Catalysts and Forgiveness	169
Part V	Putting It All Together to Heal Your Family and Yourself
Chapter 16	Honing Your Own Intuition	195
Chapter 17	Developing Intuitive Accuracy	201
Chapter 18	Tuning in to Your Children	219
Chapter 19	Special Concerns for Teenagers	231
Chapter 20	Women's Issues	235
Chapter 21	Health and the Elderly	243
Chapter 22	Reaching the Higher Octave	249
	Appendix
	A Basic Food Plan	259
	Food Families	277
	Hidden Food Sources	284
	Sample Carbohydrate Grams	288
	Common Allergens--and Where They're Located	292
	Suggested Reading	295
	Caroline Sutherland's Products	297
	Self-Help Resources	301
	About the Author	311

Runners World Complete Book of Beginning Running or Sculpt Your Body with Balls and Bands

2009-01-11T17:02:00.000-08:00

Runner's World Complete Book of Beginning Running

Author: Amby Burfoot

Finally the first Runner's World book for beginning runners! The newest addition to the heralded Runner's World series focuses exclusively on the concerns of the tens of thousands of new runners who take up the sport every year.

Recognizing that newcomers to a sport need all the help they can get, Runner's World now devotes an entire book to guiding the beginning runner through those challenging first days, weeks, and months. Peppered throughout with motivating tips and advice from those who have been there, this much-needed volume presents a can't-fail program that is sure to help new runners feel and look better and have more energy and less stress. Inside you'll find:
o Information on nutrition and how to adjust your diet to fit your new running lifestyle o Training advice, including how to use cross-training, stretching, and strength exercises to keep enthusiasm up, weight down, and fitness at an optimum level o A special section for women runners

Written by the executive editor of Runner's World magazine and covering every problem the new runner may encounter-from choosing the right shoes to preventing injury to preparing for a race-this authoritative volume provides all the information and inspiration any novice requires to turn running into a healthy, lifetime pursuit.

Books about: The Fighting 69th or What Does China Think

Sculpt Your Body with Balls and Bands: Shed Pounds and Get Firm in 12 Minutes a Day (With Your 3-Week Plan for Fast, Easy Weight Loss)

Author: Denise Austin

Denise Austin-star of Lifetime Television's The Daily Workout as well as Fit & Lite, television's #1 exercise program-has always been in the vanguard of the exercise revolution. Now she has come out with another sensational breakthrough: the first book that combines two powerful, proven tools-the exercise ball and resistance band-to give you the safest, most effective method of body shaping, muscle toning, and weight loss.

Denise shares compelling new research that shows performing exercise routines on a fitness ball will help you strengthen and tone muscles while enhancing your flexibility, balance, and coordination. Best of all, the effort to hold a position on a wobbly ball is great for a lean and strong core, the key to healthier posture, improved energy and better-fitting clothes!

Denise also uses elastic workout bands of increasing levels of resistance to provide the simplest, safest, most efficient way to sculpt and reshape your body. Long a favorite of fitness professionals, these bands eliminate the problem of momentum and make it easier to get the most out of the return part of the movement than either free weights or machines.

Now you can get the benefits of both tools at the same time. Denise Austin shows the most effective best band/ball exercises that target the abs, thighs, waist, butt, and upper arms, as well as sharing rejuvenating, body-shaping, 12-minute workouts in several key disciplines: Pilates, yoga, cardio, and balance/stretching. Each day during her three-week plan, Denise will motivate readers with an inspiring before-and-after story, with photos, of a fan's success; an at-a-glance, 12-minute workout guide; afull-menu plan of delicious, less-than-12-minute meals (with 20 pages of new recipes from Denise's kitchen); and "Denise's Wisdom," an inspiring tip or thought for the day.

Understanding Teenage Depression or Extreme Bodies

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

Understanding Teenage Depression: A Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management

Author: Maureen Empfield

Based on the latest scientific findings, a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and treatment of teenage depression.

Each year thousands of American teenagers are diagnosed with clinical depression. If ignored, poorly treated, or left untreated, it can be a devastating illness for adolescents and their families. Drawing on her many years of experience as a pychiatrist working with teenagers, Dr. Maureen Empfield answers the questions parents and teens have about depression, providing detailed information on:
*Identifying the different types of depression
*How depression is diagnosed
*Which teenagers are most at risk
*Suicide
*The effect of depression on other teenage problems
*How depression is treated and by whom
*The drugs used to treat teenage depression - what they are and how they work
*When a teenager needs to be hospitalized for depression
*and more

Understanding Teenage Depression provides the latest scientific findings on this serious condition, and the most up to date information on its treatment. The book includes numerous vignettes drawn from Dr. Empfield's clinical practice as well as first person accounts from teenagers who have themselves suffered from depression. Understanding Teenage Depression is a book that anyone who's been touched by this disease - whether parents, teachers, family members or teens themselves - will find invaluable.

Publishers Weekly

Psychiatrist Empfield and coauthor Bakalar present an informative summary of the causes and treatments of adolescent depression, a problem that is on the rise. Since the 1950s, the suicide rate among all teenagers has increased by almost 25% (even higher for black male adolescents); it is the third leading cause of adolescent deaths, just behind car accidents and homicides. They discuss the importance of understanding and addressing depression, a potentially devastating illness that can damage teens' developmental progress and affect their ability to attend school, maintain friendships or pursue everyday tasks. Noting that many medical disorders can cause symptoms similar to those of depression and that some depression indicators—sleeping a lot, moodiness or changes in weight—are common in normal teenagers, they outline the ways in which clinical depression is diagnosed. Empfield and Bakalar discuss risk factors, such as a depressed parent, as well as the issue of suicide (including a list of warning signs). The authors emphasize that depression is a treatable illness. Finding the right therapist and prescribing effective medication is crucial, since untreated depression can leave lasting emotional scars and may lead to more frequent and more severe episodes of depression in adulthood. This is a comprehensive and informative book on an urgent public health matter. (Sept. 14)

Extreme Bodies: The Use and Abuse of Bodies in Art

Author: Francesca Alfano Miglietti

This thought-provoking volume presents an original, theoretical reflection on the use of the body in art. It analyses the ways in which the body has always been manipulated: from its relationship with cultural, religious and political institutions to current trends of self-decoration mutation.

The first section focuses on images of the body as it has endured extreme hardship, a kind of iconography of pain. The second section looks at how bodies have been altered as they have been controlled, from prisoners' scars to the effects of electroshock therapy, and even the subtle, psychological effects of the continuous surveillance and data gathering of today. The book concludes with an analysis of some of the major practices of body alteration, bordering on self-mutation (and mutilation), via plastic surgery, transplants and implants to the point that there is a generation today incapable of distinguishing between real forms and a manipulated reality.

The Spiritual Dimension of Therapeutic Touch or Spa Bodywork

2009-01-10T19:58:00.000-08:00

The Spiritual Dimension of Therapeutic Touch

Author: Dora Kunz

HEALTH

Therapeutic Touch is a powerful technique for rebalancing the body’s energy through touch, visualization, and spiritual acceptance of life’s inevitable cycle. Developed by Dora Kunz (1904–1999), medical intuitive and fifth generation clairvoyant, and Dolores Krieger, pioneer researcher on the dynamics of healing, this extraordinary method has put authentic healing into the hands of health care providers. It has been taught in hospitals and at universities to tens of thousands of health care professionals since 1972.

This book examines the dynamic interrelationship between healer and patient and the vital role of expanded levels of consciousness as they relate to the healing process. It provides an intimate glimpse into the life work of Dora Kunz in an engaging series of her never-before-transcribed lectures and case studies, accompanied by insightful commentary from Dolores Krieger. During their years of shared research and healing practice, the authors found illness to be rooted in specific subtle energy imbalances. They developed a transpersonal energetic approach to healing physical pain using centering and self-awareness practices. The practices and exercises they share in The Spiritual Dimension of Therapeutic Touch will help practitioners achieve the sensitivity and spiritual empathy necessary to effectively access and respond to energy imbalances in themselves and in their patients, to promote physical healing as well as mental and spiritual peace.

DORA KUNZ, former president of the Theosophical Society of America, was the author of The Personal Aura, editor of Spiritual Aspects of the Healing Arts,and coauthor of The Chakras and the Human Energy Fields. DOLORES KRIEGER, Ph.D., R.N., is the author of The Therapeutic Touch, Accepting Your Power to Heal, and Therapeutic Touch Inner Workbook and is a professor emerita of nursing science at New York University.

Dora Kunz, former president of the Theosophical Society of America, was the author of The Personal Aura and Spiritual Aspects of the Healing Arts and coauthor of The Chakras and the Human Energy Fields.

Dolores Krieger, Ph.D., R.N., is the author of The Therapeutic Touch, Accepting Your Power to Heal, and Therapeutic Touch Inner Workbook and is a professor emerita of nursing science at New York University.

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Spa Bodywork: A Guide for Massage Therapists

Author: Anne Williams

The ability to deliver an exceptional and satisfying spa treatment is a special skill for which massage therapists are particularly well suited. Knowledge of spa treatments not only allows massage therapists to offer their clients more options; it gives them a competitive advantage when seeking work in the spa industry. This textbook guides the massage therapist through each step of delivering a treatment--from a consideration of the indications and contraindications to scope of practice issues, the supplies needed, how to set up the room and practical tips on the specific steps involved. It also provides ideas for massage therapists on how to integrate massage techniques, spa products and enhancing accents, to create and deliver unique services. While wet-room equipment and techniques are discussed throughout the book, the focus is on the delivery of spa treatments in a dry-room setting. This approach allows for the use of spa services in a variety of settings such as a classroom, private practice, and massage clinic or day spa without the need for expensive wet-room equipment.

Ch. 1	Overview of the spa industry	3
Ch. 2	Preparation for spa treatment delivery	15
Ch. 3	Foundation skills for spa treatment delivery	39
Ch. 4	Water therapies	61
Ch. 5	Introduction to aromatherapy for spa	73
Ch. 6	Exfoliation treatments	101
Ch. 7	Body wraps	121
Ch. 8	Spa foot treatments	145
Ch. 9	Fangotherapy	171
Ch. 10	Thalassotherapy	193
Ch. 11	Introduction to ayurveda for spa	209
Ch. 12	Stone massage	243
Ch. 13	Treatment design and the signature spa treatment	265
Ch. 14	Careers in spa	283

Healing into Life and Death or Condicion Fisica para Vivir Mejor

2009-01-10T09:57:00.000-08:00

Healing into Life and Death

Author: Stephen B Levin

In Healing Into Life And Death, Stephen Levine deals directly with the choice and application of treatment, offering original techniques for working with pain and grief, and discusses the development of a merciful awareness as a means of healing, as well as how to encourage others to do the same.

Library Journal

While working with the terminally ill, Levine, director of the Hanuman Foundation's Dying Project, discovered an interesting phenomenon. In preparing for death, many were being healed. Levine also noticed that those who became physically well were often in better health than they had been before. Further study lead him to conclude that the physical healing was a by-product of a new balance of mind and heart. Vivid case histories of patients are used to illustrate how individuals learned to let go, become open to life, and stop struggling against illness, pain, and death. Levine discusses meditation and how to use it to ``heal into life and death.'' This approach is certainly not for everyone, but for many terminally ill patients and their families it may offer new hope and peace. Mary L. Kirk, Unv. of North Carolina at Wilmington Lib.

Condicion Fisica para Vivir Mejor: Cambie su Mente y su Cuerpo en 12 Semanas

Author: Bill Phillips

Menciónele el nombre de Bill Phillips a cualquier persona que haya seguido su método, y verá cómo se le ilumina el rostro con apreciación y respeto. Estas personas son:

Los miles de hombres y mujeres que leen su revista en busca de información clara y directa sobre el aconclicionamiento físico, la nutrición y cómo vivir una vida llena de fortaleza.
Atletas profesionales como John Elway, Karl Malone, Mike Piazza, y Terrell Davis, entre otros, quienes han sido aconsejados por Phillips acerca de cómo mejorar su energía y renclimiento.
Aquellos que alguna vez se vieron afectados por la obesidad, el alcoholismo, y alimentos que han puesto sus vidas en peligro, y que aceptaron el reto de Bill Phillips. Con su ayuda, lograron retomar el control sobre sus cuerpos y sus vidas.

Cuando usted comience a poner en práctica toda la información que hay en este libro, podrá probarse a si mismo que un cambio tan fenomenal como éste, también está a su alcance. Y, descubrirá que Condición Fisica para Vivir Mejor es mucho más que un libro de acondicionamiento físico -- es el camino hacia una vida mejor -- una vida llena de momentos apremiantes, una vida más espectacular de lo que jamás se haya imaginado.

En 12 semanas, usted también sabrá -- no sólo creeá pero sabrá -- que la transformación a la cual habrá sometido su cuerpo no es más que un ejemplo del poder que usted tiene para transformar toda su vida.

En un lenguaje sencillo y descomplicado, BillPhillips lo guiará, paso a paso, por el programa integral de Body-for-LIFE, mostrándole:

Cómo perder peso e incrementar su fuerza haciendo menos ejercicio, no m6ás.
Cómo encontrar una fuente interminable de energía viviendo con una mente positiva.
Cómo crear mas tiempo para las cosas importantes de la vida.
Cómo reemplazar horas de ejercicios aeróbicos con sólo minutos de entrenamiento con pesas, logrando asombrosos resultados.
Cómo progresar continuamente, con la Técnica del Punto Más Alto!
Cómo alimentar sus músculos mientras quema grasa, utilizando el Método de Alimentación para Vivir Mejor.
Cómo miles de personas ordinarias se han convertido en personas extraordinarias y cómo usted también puede lograrlo.
Cómo controlar su cuerpo y su vida, de una vez por todas.

Los principios de Body-for-LIFE son sorprendentemente sencillos pero increíblemente poderosos. Entonces déjese llevar por el poder cle la información que hay en este libro. Convierta su mente, su cuerpo, y su vida en algo mejor cle lo que jamás se hubiera imaginado. Todo eso, en tan sólo 12 semanas.

Bernadette Lopez-Fitzsimmons, Manhattan Coll. Lib., Riverdale, NY Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information. - Criticas

Through his body-for-life fitness program, best-selling author and fitness guru Bill Phillips encourages readers to think differently about their bodies. In a friendly, conversational tone, Phillips helps readers choose optimal fitness goals that they can achieve in 12 weeks. He provides testimonies of people who successfully changed their looks and lifestyles, along with their before-and-after photographs. Phillips then refutes widespread exercise and nutrition myths, such as the common misperception that weight training makes women muscular or that overeating indicates a weak will. He bases his program on weight training and a balanced diet of six small meals a day plus supplements. Philips explains such well-known basics as alternately exercising lower- and upper-body muscle groups and resting for one minute between sets. He also discusses nutrition, providing lists of recommended carbohydrates, proteins, and vegetables. These chapters include charts and progress reports from the author's fitness diary, a day- by-day breakdown of the 12-week program, and summary boxes highlighting the most salient points. Phillips helps readers maintain momentum by concentrating on progress rather than perfection. The book concludes with five appendixes that feature a Q&A section, a glossary of fitness jargon, an exercise guide with photographs, progress reports that readers can photocopy, and real-life success stories. A New York Times best seller, this attractive manual is highly recommended for public libraries and bookstores.

Chakra Healing or New Wine

2009-01-09T22:56:00.000-08:00

Chakra Healing (1 Cassette)

Author: Rosalyn L Bruyer

Exercises and meditations to use and balance Chakra energies for greater health and vitalityRosalyn L. Bruyere spent seven years at UCLA collaborating with Dr. Valerie Hunt on a project to find scientific documentation of human energy fields. This study provided evidence that not only do Chakra energies exist, but that they are connected in a very real way to our sensations, feelings and thoughts. This program includes exercises and meditations that help you come to a new understanding of how the body functions and how you can participate in your own healing.

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New Wine: The Spiritual Roots of the Twelve Step Miracle

Author: Mel B

This compelling retrospective brings together the cultural currents of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, vividly showing the influences of Carl Jung, the Oxford Group, Emmet Fox, old-time and modern religion, and more. A revealing portrait of A. A. 's distillation of a "new wine of the spirit. "

Carbohydrate Addicts Cookbook or La soluci n definitiva al sobrepeso

2009-01-09T13:54:00.000-08:00

Carbohydrate Addict's Cookbook: 250 All-New U Low-Carb/U Recipes That Will Cut Your Cravings and Keep You Slim for Life

Author: Richard F Heller

#1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Carbohydrate Addicts LifeSpan Program and The Carbohydrate Addicts Diet

Lose weight and cut your cravings with the first cookbook from the worlds #1 authorities on carbohydrate addiction and weight loss

With 250 all-new mouthwatering low-carb recipes from Drs. Richard and Rachael Heller, the #1 New York Times bestselling authors and pioneers in carbohydrate-smart dieting, it is now easier than ever to shed those extra pounds permanently. Unlike many low-carb and low-fat cookbooks, which skimp on taste, The Carbohydrate Addicts Cookbook seizes on the dynamic flavors of a rich crop of foods, from tasty appetizers and hearty soups to succulent seafood and sinfully delicious salads, from vegetarian alternatives to traditional, down-home beef and poultry dishes and easy-to-make breakfasts. With a special section on "Quick Fix Dishes and Snacks," this is the one low-carb cookbook you will rely on every day.

•Herbed Cheese Dip • Hearty Breakfast Quiche • Mushrooms Allegro

Dijon Creme in Salmon Rolls • Curried Eggs • Baked Buffalo Wings

•Beefy Cream Cheese Roll-Up • Breakfast Delhi Delight • Peking Stir-Fried Beef

•Far East Beef Teriyaki • Paprika Pork Chops • Shanghai Pork Roast • Spicy Chicken

•Chicken Breast Apollo • Country Baked Chicken • Chicken in Cream Sauce

•Crustless Chicken Pot Pie • Breakfast Pockets • Island Lime Chicken

•Curried Basil Chicken • Baked Salmon with Herbs • Bounty of the Sea

•Steamed Mussels Peppercorn • Cheesy Broccoli Casserole

•Manhattan Mushroom Salad • Far East Tofu

•"Ham" and Cheese with Tofu • ParsleyButtered "Steaks"

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La soluciуn definitiva al sobrepeso (The Ultimate Weight Solution)

Author: Phil McGraw

Quienes enfrentan los problemas del sobrepeso anhelan librarse de la pesada carga fнsica y emocional que representan pero no tienen las herramientas suficientes ni la orientaciуn adecuada para lograrlo, la mayorнa de las veces pasan de una dieta a otra sin obtener buenos resultados y acrecentando sus malestares fнsicos y emocionales. Con La soluciуn definitiva al sobrepeso el doctor Phil McGraw ofrece un programa comprobable para perder peso en forma permanente y empezar a vivir con pasiуn y poder renovados. Basa su propuesta en el seguimiento correcto de siete claves, que йl nombra llaves hacia la pйrdida de peso permanente, las cuales consisten en:

• Mentalidad adecuada: disposiciуn para lograr nuestros propуsitos.
• Alivio de sentimientos: busca el control emocional y la confianza en nosotros mismos.
• Ambiente a prueba de fracasos: Orientado a la creaciуn de un espacio en el cual las tentaciones u oportunidades de comer en exceso sean borradas del entorno.
• Control sobre la comida y sobre el hбbito de comer compulsivamente: aprender a reprogramar nuestro comportamiento e identificar nuestros malos hбbitos.
• Costo de respuesta alto, nutriciуn de beneficios altos: abrir la puerta al conocimiento del equilibrio nutricional, de nuestro cuerpo y su funcionamiento.
• Ejercicio intencional: estrategia de ejercicios con el mбximo de resultados para mantenerse en forma y perder peso.
• Tu cнrculo de apoyo: Alcanzar la energнa motivadora rodeбndote de personas que apoyen tus esfuerzos para combatir el sobrepeso.

Las recomendaciones del doctor Phil son distintas de cualquier dieta o programa de reducciуn de peso que existen en el mercado, por su acertada combinaciуn de comprobaciуn cientнfica y enfoque motivacional, las 7 llaves desafнan y vencen las puertas que bloquean el paso hacia la pйrdida de peso y el bienestar permanentes.

Traditional Reiki for Our Times or Touch

2009-01-09T01:53:00.000-08:00

Traditional Reiki for Our Times: Practical Methods for Personal and Planetary Healing

Author: Amy Zaffarano Rowland

A comprehensive training manual for the introductory levels of this popular healing therapy.

• Takes the reader step-by-step through traditional Reiki level I and II classes, with comprehensive instruction in the basic hand positions.

• Includes photographs and medical illustrations.

• Discusses Reiki's origin and purpose, the attunement process, and the many scenarios in which Reiki can provide appropriate healing support.

Reiki, a touch therapy used to recharge and rebalance the body's energy, is quickly joining other complementary therapies like acupuncture and massage in such conventional settings as hospitals, hospices, and psychotherapy practice. An ancient hands-on healing art with origins in the Tibetan sutras, Reiki is a means for both active self-care and administering to others.

This comprehensive book takes the reader step by step through traditional Reiki level I and II classes, discussing Reiki's origins and purpose, describing the attunement process by which a student is imbued with the power to channel life-force energy, and illustrating the many scenarios in which Reiki is an appropriate support for healing. Comprehensive instruction in the basic hand positions and extra positions used in administering Reiki are accompanied by photographs and medical illustrations. Considerations for establishing a professional practice and opportunities for further learning in both traditional Reiki (level III) and nontraditional schools complete the discussion, making this the first book to serve as both an extensive training manual for students and compelling reading for those considering taking a Reiki class.

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Touch

Author: Tiffany Field

The first sensory input in life comes from the sense of touch while a baby is still in the womb, and touch continues to be the primary means of learning about the world throughout infancy, well into childhood. Touch is critical for children's growth, development, and health, as well as for adults' physical and mental well-being. Yet American society, claims Tiffany Field, is dangerously touch-deprived.

Field, a leading authority on touch and touch therapy, begins this accessible book with an overview of the sociology and anthropology of touching and the basic psychophysical properties of touch. She then reports recent research results on the value of touch therapies, such as massage therapy, for various conditions, including asthma, cancer, autism, and eating disorders. She emphasizes the need for a change in societal attitudes toward touching, particularly among those who work with children.

Library Journal

As director of the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine, Field has extensively studied and documented touch. In this book-length essay on the importance of touch, she argues that while skin is the largest sense organ of the body, it is taken for granted and overlooked in terms of research; it is also our most social sense in that it usually involves another person. Field discusses different kinds of touch e.g., tickling, inappropriate touching, touch that is relaxing as well as anthropological findings. For example, various studies show that Americans are some of the least tactile people in the world. Field goes on to suggest that many of the problem behaviors we see in this country might be traced to the absence of touch, or, as she characterizes it, to "touch hunger." In her enthusiasm for her subject, she offers a few observations that strain credulity, as when she suggests that a fetus may turn out to be a good swimmer because of being stimulated in the womb by massage. Descriptions of the results of touch deprivation, the mechanics of how touch operates in the body, and various touch therapies and their benefits, especially in terms of pain reduction, are detailed. An interesting, well-written book with an extensive bibliography; recommended for public and academic libraries. Margaret Cardwell, Christian Brothers Univ., Memphis, TN Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Prevention in Clinical Oral Health Care or Lupus Handbook For Women

2009-01-08T16:51:00.000-08:00

Prevention in Clinical Oral Health Care

Author: David P Cappelli

This book focuses on oral health promotion and the impact of systemic disease in the development of oral disease, as well as how to introduce, apply, and communicate prevention to a patient with a defined risk profile. Prevention in Clinical Oral Health Care integrates preventive approaches into clinical practice, and is a valuable tool for all health care professionals to integrate oral health prevention as a component of their overall preventive message to the patient.
• Discusses risk-based approaches to prevent problems such as caries, periodontal disease, and oral cancer.
• Topics are written at a level that can be understood by both practicing dental health team members and by dental hygiene and dental students so strategies can be applied to better understand the patient's risk for oral disease and how to prevent future disease.
• Identifies the barriers, oral health care needs, and preventive strategies for special populations such as children, the elderly, and the physically or mentally disabled.
• Explores the development of a culturally sensitive dental practice and strategies to make the dental environment more welcoming to individuals with different cultural backgrounds.
• Discusses how to gather patient information, the synthesis of the patient's data, and the application of the information collected in order to evaluate the patient's risk for disease.

Look this: Inside or Diversity Amid Globalization

Lupus Handbook For Women

Author: Robin Dibner

A complete Guide for Women with Lupus

The Lupus Handbook for women provides all the information a woman needs to understand the disease, its diagnosis, and the treatment. It will answer her questions and help her to work with her doctor in managing the disease.

Rheumatologist Dr. Robin J. Dibner, in clear and supportive terms, tells women what they need to know, including:

* What lupus is, how it affects the body, and why women are particularly vulnerable to it (90 percent of Americans with lupus are women)

* The three different types of lupus (discoid lupus, systemic lupus erythematosus [SLE], and drug-induced lupus)

* How to get a correct diagnosis and understand the tests (because the symptoms are often mistaken for those of other illnesses, it can take three to five years to get a definitive diagnosis)

* The pros and cons of the various conventional drugs and therapies

* What the new, experimental treatments are, whom they are for, and what their risks and benefits are

* How to use stress control, diet, and exercise to prevent flare-ups and maintain health

* How to keep lupus from interfering with a normal dating and sex life and with the development of healthy relationships

* How to have a safe, though high-risk, pregnancy

The Lupus Handbook for Women also includes information on the major lupus research centers, support groups, and other sources of help and information.

Contents
Introduction
1 What Is Lupus?
2 Getting a Correct Diagnosis: Understanding the Tests and the Numbers
3 What Can Go Wrong
4 Treatments for Lupus
5 Managing Your Health
6 Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle
7 Love and Lupus
8 Pregnancy: The Odds Are in Your Favor
9 Living with Lupus
Resources
Bibliography
Index

An Encyclopedia of Natural Healing for Children or Better than I Ever Expected

2009-01-08T05:50:00.000-08:00

An Encyclopedia of Natural Healing for Children

Author: Mary Bov

Treat common childhood ailments safely and naturally. This comprehensive, user-friendly volume by one of the nation's most highly trained medical herbalists has all the information that concerned parents need to safeguard and improve the health of their children. An Encyclopedia of Natural Healing for Children and Infants features new material on topics of particular interest to today's health-conscious parent, such as environmental allergies and the use of antibiotics.

Mary Bove, N.D., is a world-renowned herbalist and educator with a private practice in family medicine and natural childbirth in Brattleboro, Vermont.

	Introduction: The Herbal Approach to Healing	1
Pt. I	Using Herbal Remedies for Infants and Children	9
Pt. II	Work with the Young Immune System	23
Pt. III	Nutrition for Infants and Children	43
Pt. IV	Common Childhood Illnesses	77
Pt. V	The Child's Herbal Medicine Chest	209
Pt. VI	The Herbal Pharmacy	255
Pt. VII	Appendices	279
	Bibliography	289
	Index	291

Better than I Ever Expected: Straight Talk about Sex after 60

Author: Joan Pric

Better Than I Ever Expected is a warm, witty, and honest book that contends with the challenges and celebrates the delights of older-life sexuality. It asserts that women over sixty are at the top of their game when it comes to enjoying sex.

Joan Price's woman-to-woman straight talk transcends the self-help style of other books in this field. Yes, there are challenges to sex after menopause and beyond, says Price, but there are also creative solutions. She is on a mission to let women her age and older know that they can, in fact, have the best sex of their lives. Price gets personal and stays positive, combining her own story with candid comments, tips, and sassy tales from sexually seasoned women. She acknowledges the gritty issues that older women confront in their sexual lives, noting that it's not easy, but it certainly isn't over.

At age 61, Price is newly engaged to the man she's been looking for her whole life. Her discovery of how great "well-seasoned" sex can be was the inspiration for this book. Sidebars present candid and friendly sex tips; fitness, exercise, and lifestyle information; and women's erotic vignettes—both real-life experiences and fantasies.

Library Journal

Our third senior sexpert, health writer Price focuses on a smaller number of women of the 1960s "love generation" who are still having happy and wonderful sex. Drawing on data from emailed questionnaires and telephone interviews, the author shares personal stories and a wealth of insightful information about having good sex; dating; staying sexy; coping with hormonal, physical, and medical problems (including vaginal atrophy); and keeping erotic warmth alive in a long-term marriage. Many of these women have been adventurous and continue to be-their stories are not for the monogamy-at-all-costs crowd. Yet this is the book's strength: reassuring senior-aged women who feel abandoned by the numerous "coupled through life" books (and perhaps distanced from "vanilla" friends) that they are not freakish or alone. One quibble: it could've been more inclusive about safe(r) sex, though there's an excellent reading list and even footnotes. For large collections. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Grow Young with HGH or Judes Herbal Home Remedies

2009-01-07T19:48:00.000-08:00

Grow Young with HGH: The Amazing Medically Proven Plan to Reverse Aging

Author: Ronald Klatz

"Want to be healthy, vital , alert, and active on your 100th birthday? Then you must read this book."
--Dr. Bob Goldman, president, National Academy of Sports Medicine

Discover the Age-Reversing Benefits of Human Growth Hormone

Lose Fat, Gain Muscle
Increase Energy Level
Increase Immune Function
Enhance Sexual Performance
Increase Cardiac Output
Improve Skin Elasticity
Remove Wrinkles
Eliminate Cellulite
Improve Vision
Increase Memory Retention
Improve Quality of Sleep
Increase Exercise Performance
Lower Blood Pressure
Improve Cholesterol Profile
Increase Bone Mass
Quicken Wound Healing

Total Health

A pratical guide to gaining all the benefits of HGH through diet, exercise, nutrients, supplements, and hormone replacement therapies.

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
1	No More Grumpy Old Men (or Women)	3
2	The Story of Growth Hormone	16
3	GH Therapy in 202 Aging Adults	30
4	The Biology of Growth Hormone	39
5	A Disease Called Aging	49
6	The Global Impact of Growth Hormone: Case Studies	64
7	Immune Rejuvenation: The Key to Longevity	77
8	The Medical Miracle	85
9	Losing Fat, Gaining Muscle	103
10	Losing Wrinkles, Growing Hair	115
11	GH and Sex: The Hard Facts	122
12	Powering the Brain	132
13	Determining Your Need: A Self-Test	153
14	Finding an Anti-Aging Doctor	166
15	Replenishing the Hormones	174
16	Growth Hormone Naturally: A Guide to GH-Releasing Nutrients and Drugs	198
17	Maximizing the Effect: Diet and Nutrition	226
18	Maximizing the Effect: Exercise and Strength	249
19	A Shot at Youth	274
20	Minimizing Side Effects	282
21	Growth Hormone: The Next Generation	290
	Epilogue: Bridges to Immortality	307
	Afterword	313
App	Resources for HGH and Anti-Aging Therapies	315
App	Physicians Who Specialize in Anti-Aging Medicine	317
App	Pharmaceutical Manufacturers of HGH	320
App	Suppliers of GH-Releasers, Secretagogues, and Anti-Aging Nutrients	321
App	American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine Survey	323
	Bibliography	325
	Index	357

Interesting textbook: Tudo Tenho de Conhecer sobre o Fabrico eu Erudito na Garagem de Joe (Fabrico de Classe Mundial Feito Simples)

Jude's Herbal Home Remedies: Natural Health, Beauty & Home-Care Secrets

Author: Jude Todd

Would you like to save the world while you make your life better and put money in your pocket? Does this sound too good to be true? It's not. And the proof can be found in Jude's Herbal Home Remedies by Jude C. Williams.

So how can this book make your life better? Among the more than 800 remedies in this book are ways to quickly and easy perform tasks that used to take a long time. Need to clean some chrome? Don't go to the store for a cleaner when a lemon will do the job. Out of laundry bleach? Use vinegar instead. Did you forget the bug spray for your picnic? Just put some fresh basil on the table.

Can this really save you money? Absolutely. Think of all the cosmetics you use. Inexpensive, common products can replace them all, from lipstick to dandruff shampoo. And forget buying all of those expensive, over-the-counter medicines when the herbs and treatments listed in this book cost only pennies per dose.

How can the ideas in Jude's Herbal Home Remedies save the world? By using natural plants instead of dangerous pesticides and cleaners you will be preventing the pollution that is choking the planet.

Jude's Herbal Home Remedies shows you how to value tradition and use the best possible remedy for any reason. Often, that may be a plant in your back yard. You'll feel better, you'll have more money, and the planet will be safer when you get this book.

The Practice of Aromatherapy or Gildas Disease

2009-01-07T10:32:00.000-08:00

The Practice of Aromatherapy: A Classic Compendium of Plant Medicines and Their Healing Properties

Author: Jean Valnet

This classic manual provides detailed evidence for the efficacy of plant medicine. Valnet effectively bridgesthe gap between the tradition of healing with herbs and the advances of modern medicine, showing, in scientific terms, why plant medicine works, and making an impassioned plea for curtailing our use of dangerous chemical therapies.

Foreword
English and Botanical Names of Plants
Part One
1 The Healing Power of Plants
2 The Facts About Essential Oils
3 Nature's Antiseptics
4 Some Drawbacks of Modern Medication
5 A Multitude of Uses
Part Two
1 (A) Essences Classified by their Principal Properties
(B) Principal Indications
2 Studies of Individual Essences; Botanic Name and Genus; Principal Known Constituents; Properties; Indications; Methods of Use; Formulae and Recipes, Ancient and Modern; Additional Notes
3 Therapeutic Index of Ailments and the Aromatic Essences used in their Treatment
4 Some Formulae for Prescriptions in Current Use
5 Some Case Histories: Essences used on their own and in association with Phytotherapy (herbalism), Clay, Trace Elements, Fresh Cells and Diet
6 Some Fromulae for Medicinal Wines and Vinegars, Elixirs and Compound Preparations, Medicinal Wines
7 How to Gather and Preserve Aromatic Plants, Using Plants in Infusions or Decoctions, Definitions of the Various Methods of Preparing Plants, and their Uses
8 Conclusions
9 Glossary of Medical Terms used in this Book
Appendices
Bibliography
Where to obtain Essential Oils

A medical doctor and practitioner of aromatherapy for more than 30 years, Jean Valnet is regarded as one of the world's foremost authorities on essential oil therapy.

Robert B. Tisserand is often called the father of modern aromatherapy, as it was he who brought the practice into popularity with the publication of this book. He lecturesaround the world, and has been actively engaged in teaching and writing about aromatherapy for twenty years. He is also the author of The Practice of Aromatherapy.

Book review: TCP IP JumpStart or Cisco QOS Exam Certification Guide

Gilda's Disease: Personal Experiences and a Medical Perspective on Ovarian Cancer

Author: M Steven Piver

The first book on ovarian cancer for the general reader, this is a comprehensive, compassionate look at a disease millions of people first became aware of with the tragic death of comedienne Gilda Radner in 1989. Dr. Piver, a leading cancer surgeon, discusses the causes of ovarian cancer, preventative measures, classic signs and symptoms, diagnostic tests and genetic screening, the different types of ovarian cancer, the four stages in the disease's progression, and the most effective treatments. Gene Wilder's intimate commentary, letters from Gilda's fans, and excerpts from her book, It's Always Something, bring a personal perspective to Dr. Piver's expert medical advice.

This remarkable collaboration will help women feel more hopeful, and less scared and alone, when faced with ovarian cancer.

Chicago Tribune

This touching book should be of great help to women with ovarian cancer and to their closest friends and family.

Ladies Home Journal

Ovarian cancer is not so silent. Gilda's Disease gives worried women a clear, specific update on the illness's risk factors, causes, stages, treatments and the tests that can diagnose it. This book also cites a study showing that symptoms do, in fact, appear early.

Publishers Weekly

After the death of comedienne Gilda Radner from ovarian cancer in 1989, her husband, Gene Wilder, contacted Piver, chief of gynecological oncology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y., to learn more about the disease that killed his wife. In this overview of ovarian cancer, Piver outlines known causes, preventive measures, symptoms and available treatments for this disease. Interspersed with the medical information are excerpts from Radner's book, It's Always Something, written when she was under treatment; personal comments by Wilder; and letters from other women who have been treated for this condition. Because in its early stages, ovarian cancer can be symptom-free, this straightforward, textbook-like presentation is useful. Photos not seen by PW. (Sept.) FYI: All royalties will be contributed to two agencies for women with ovarian cancer: Gilda's Club and the Gilda Radner Familial Ovarian Cancer Registry.

The Essence and Applications of Taijiquan or Revitalize Your Hormones

2009-01-06T22:31:00.000-08:00

The Essence and Applications of Taijiquan

Author: Louis Swaim

The publication in 1934 of Yang Chengfu's book, Essence and Applications of Taijiquan (Taijiquan Tiyong Quanshu) marked a milestone in the modern evolution of the art of taijiquan. Using what is best-termed demonstration narrative, the author presents form postures and suggested applications from his own perspective, as he performed them. This methodology renders Yang Chengfu's direct, hands-on teaching of the art with such immediacy and liveliness that the reader experiences the master№s teaching much as his students did.

This English translation finally makes Yang Chengfu's classic work available to taijiquan enthusiasts in the West. It includes notes and commentary that clarify the author's frequent classical and literary turns of phrase and elucidate the philosophical and political underpinnings that shape the text. The translator investigates and compares several early taijiquan books in order to help explain the roles played by two of Yang Chengfu's students, Dong Yingjie and Zheng Manqing, in bringing Yang Chengfu's words and teachings into print.

Serious students of taijiquan, and those wishing to deepen their knowledge of taijiquan history and theory, will find this seminal work indispensable to their study and practice.

Revitalize Your Hormones: Dr. Dale's 7 Steps to a Happier, Healthier, and Sexier You

Author: Theresa Dal

"Contrary to popular belief, radiant health and positive aging are your birthright. Dr. Dale's natural healing protocol gives you all the tools you need to manage your health destiny for maximum mind-body balance and well-being."

—Dr. Earl Mindell

"I have seen Dr. Theresa Dale's program give relief to hundreds of my patients and a new outlook on life to so many women. I offer it to all of my patients without reservation."

—Christine Staub, m.d.

A scientifically proven, 100 percent natural way to restore your body's hormonal balance and to become the beautiful, sexy, vibrant woman you were meant to be

Hormone replacement therapy is highly controversial, and many women refuse it. But that doesn't mean you have to learn to live with hot flashes, diminished libido, and all the other so-called normal symptoms of aging. Optimum health, energy, sex drive, and happiness can be yours. Revitalize Your Hormones shows you how to have them all safely and naturally—without risky hormone replacement treatments.

World-renowned naturopathic physician Dr. Theresa Dale explains that, no matter what your age, your body already knows how to produce optimal amounts of hormones—it's all a matter of stimulating it to do so. More importantly, Dr. Dale arms you with a scientifically proven, 7-step program for hormone rejuvenation developed and refined over her twenty years of research and clinical experience. An easy, enjoyable, 100 percent natural approach to restoring your body's hormonal balance and reversing the appearance of aging, the program includes:

• A hormone-revitalizing diet and nutritional programincluding many scrumptious recipes

• A whole-body detoxification program

• A personal biological age assessment quiz

• Expert guidelines on hormone rejuvenation and healing through homeopathy

• Step-by-step action plans to help you gauge your progress and stay on track

Let Dr. Dale show you how to help your body do what it was designed to do—and start looking and feeling your best.

Miracle Juices or Conceptions and Misconceptions

2009-01-06T12:30:00.000-08:00

Miracle Juices: Hangover Cures: Juices for Speedy Recovery (Miracle Juices Series)

Author: Hamlyn

Last night's indulgence results in today's headache and queasiness. But the bad feelings caused by one type of drink can be cured by an entirely different kind: juices that settle the stomach and rehydrate the body. Here is exactly why that hangover happens, and helpful hints to alleviate the pain. Then, choose from a selection of the healthy potions to start the healing process. Can't function, and hurt from head to toe? Down an Acher Shaker of strawberries, pineapple, and banana. It's already high in revitalizing potassium, but a spoonful of blackstrap molasses will boost the vitamin content even more. A Pick-Me-Up of carrots, tart apple, and fresh root ginger relieves nausea. Try the Mind Bath, with lettuce to ease that pounding head. Each one makes the "morning after" just a little bit better.

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Conceptions and Misconceptions: The Informed Consumer's Guide Through the Maze of In Vitro Fertilization and Other Assisted Reproduction Techniques

Author: David R Meldrum

Fully updated to include the latest scientific advancements, Conceptions and Misconceptions is a guided tour through the complex world of infertility treatments and clinics. Respected fertility specialists provide valuable knowledge to consumers about the proper diagnosis and treatment of infertility problems. They explore basic fertility enhancement methods, alternative treatments, and guide the reader through assisted reproduction techniques. This book helps demystify the "alphabet soup" of assisted reproduction. A new chapter explores alternative infertility treatments, including Chinese medicine, and the authors also provide tips for evaluating infertility programs.

Women Weight and Hormones or Hooked

2009-01-06T01:28:00.000-08:00

Women, Weight and Hormones

Author: Elizabeth Lee Vliet

Hormones. Weight gain. Women's fat-storing bodies vs. men's fat-burning metabolism. What's the difference? Why do women struggle with weight issues so much? This book is a well-researched look at the issues.

Publishers Weekly

Vliet (Screaming to Be Heard: Hormone Connections Women Suspect... and Doctors Still Ignore) is the founder and director of HER Place, which has several medical centers specializing in hormone evaluations for menopausal women. Very detailed and somewhat overwritten for women just interested in losing weight, her second book presents an array of information on hormone found in the body. Vliet explains how estrogen and progesterone levels change and interact at midlife to slow female metabolism, which may lead to weight gain. But, she argues, a combination of hormonal balance, healthy eating, exercise and improved self-esteem can reverse this pattern. Before Vliet gets to the cornerstone of her "meal action plan" (MAP), which will interest many women, the reader must plow through complicated explanations of the biological changes that occur before, during and after menopause. Vliet believes that women should be tested for hormone levels in their 20s and 30s, so that these baseline results can be used to adjust levels at midlife to prevent excessive weight gain. (She advocates hormonal supplements based on individual need.) Based on her daily dietary recommendations of 35% protein, 30% fat and 35% carbohydrates, Vliet provides 14 days of MAP meal plans. Although much of her diet and exercise advice will be helpful to overweight women, her hormonal plan, advocated at HER Place centers, is complex and theoretical. (Nov.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

Why do women seem to have a harder time losing weight than men? Why is it even more difficult as we age? Is losing weight really as simple as eating less and exercising more? Yes and no. Vliet (Screaming To Be Heard), a physician specializing in women's health and preventive and climacteric medicine, here describes the different hormones that affect women before and after menopause. Some estrogens produced before menopause are largely unavailable in hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Too much estrone and not enough estradiol or imbalances in progestone, testosterone, and thyroid can result in weight gain, depression, and other difficulties. Vliet discusses the popular HRT drugs and weight-loss programs that fail to target these imbalances or make them worse. After describing the various hormones in detail with case histories, she recommends a battery of blood tests to pinpoint one's chemical profile, a consultation with a doctor (preferably an endocrinologist) to achieve the right balance, and a diet and exercise plan to take advantage of the better physiological climate thus engendered. Although this book is too technical for most lay readers, Vliet's thesis contains a core of good sense that might well benefit motivated readers. For libraries serving an educated clientele. Susan B. Hagloch, Tuscarawas Cty. P.L., New Philadelphia, OH Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

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Hooked: Five Addicts Challenge Our Misguided Drug Rehab System

Author: Lonny Shavelson

"The human face of drug addiction has been lost in a blizzard of statistics, stereotypes, and hyped-up media images. In Hooked, Lonny Shavelson takes a powerful and unprecedented journey into the lives of addicts struggling to get clean. Shavelson, a noted physician, photographer, and journalist, trailed five addicts for two years through different California drug rehabilitation programs, some voluntary and others court-mandated. On a gripping trek, he follows addicts behind the closed doors of rehabilitation centers, doctors' offices, and judges' chambers, and, often, back to the street." "Defying expectations about drug treatment and how it works, Hooked highlights the links between drug addiction, mental illness, and trauma, including child abuse - links that are too often overlooked by current treatment efforts. Shavelson argues for an integrated approach to drug treatment that addresses the root causes of drug abuse, not just its outward behaviors." "The topic of drug addiction touches almost every family, and Shavelson explores it with the same sensitivity and insight he brought to his previous book on physician-assisted suicide."--BOOK JACKET.

Journal of the American Medical Association - Barry Liskow

Shavelson has provided a valuable service to his community, profession, and the five troubled friends he made in writing this book. He has given those entrapped in a web of addiction, poverty, homelessness, mental illness, and uncoordinated care a face and a voice. Both the faces and voices insist that they not be abandoned to the current well-meaning but all too often ineffective system for helping them recover from the their disease of addiction and its consequences.

Booknews

Shavelson is a physician and journalist who followed five addicts through various drug rehabilitation programs in California. Their stories, often told in their own words and punctuated by b&w photos Shavelson took as the five traversed the system and the streets, highlight the links between drug addiction, mental illness, and trauma, including child abuse. Shavelson argues for an integrated approach to drug treatment that addresses the fundamental causes of drug abuse, not just its outward symptoms and behaviors. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Put on Your Pearls Girls or Como Vencer la Depresion

2009-01-05T16:27:00.000-08:00

Put on Your Pearls Girls

Author: Lulu Guinness

For many years, one of the most popular features of the coveted Lulu Guinness handbags have been the phrases embroidered on the front. Complementing her uniquely imaginative designs, these cheeky glamour-girl aphorisms are inspired pick-me-ups that bring an irresistible touch of levity to women's accessories. Put on Your Pearls Girls is one of Lulu's own favorite expressions—and sums up her philosophy for when a blue mood hits. "Put on your pearls girls" captures the spirit of this book perfectly.

Drawing her inspiration from Louise Brooks, Coco Chanel, and other style icons, Lulu offers this delightful and inspiring book of style advice and encouragement, from gentle proddings ("A moment on the lips. ..") to the powerful positive reinforcement that only this fashion maven can give. In the form of a glamorously drawn alter ego, Lulu Guinness takes the reader through day and evening, floating along on a sea of beauty, humor, and flair. The result, in the tradition of Diana Vreeland's famed "Why Don't You's?" is a collection of whimsical but heartfelt edicts that every woman can live by.

Publishers Weekly

Fashion designer Guinness has come up with a nifty acronym for remembering how to dress and act in life: PEARLS, which stands for poised, elegant, attractive, radiant, ladylike, sophisticated. This hybrid self-help handbook and fashion advice guide centered around that theme is long on cute illustrations and short on original advice, but lovers of Guinness s feminine, 1950s style won t mind. Whimsical text flows across most pages, imparting life wisdom ( beauty comes from the heart not a jar ; be who you were meant to be not who others think you ought to be ; trust your instinct ; follow your dreams ) and style tips ( emphasize your favourite [sic] features ; powder your nose ; create a style that is uniquely yours don t be a slave to fashion ). Although cliches like there are days when only chocolate will hit the spot, but before you eat the whole box, remember a moment on the lips is a lifetime on the hips don t do much to hook readers in; what does captivate are Welch s adorable drawings of a dark-haired woman (presumably Guinness) living it up in black dresses, heels and, of course, pearls. These charming illustrations alone will make readers want to breeze through life with style and graceful optimism. (Apr.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Interesting book: The Wellness Book or Natural Choices for Womens Health

Como Vencer la Depresion

Author: Tim LaHay

The problem of depression has provoked an alarming crisis in our society. Dr. LaHaye presents a new method to have victory over this problem and writes about the causes of depression and also about the cure.

The Diet Detectives Calorie Bargain Bible or A Flat Stomach ASAP

2009-01-05T04:25:00.000-08:00

The Diet Detective's Calorie Bargain Bible: More than 1,000 Calorie Bargains, in the Supermarket, Kitchen, Office, Restaurants, Movies, Special Occasions and More

Author: Charles Stuart Platkin

THE ULTIMATE DIETER'S REFERENCE GUIDE!

The Diet Detective returns, sharing his secrets for turning your favorite foods into "Calorie Bargains," with his easy-to-follow reference guide for healthy eating.

In The Diet Detective's Count Down, public health advocate Charles Stuart Platkin broke down thousands of popular foods into their "exercise equivalents" -- the time it took to walk, run, swim, bike, or dance off their calories. Now, the Diet Detective takes his philosophy one step further -- separating truth from myth, dispelling misconceptions, and giving you the best choices for meals and snacks, anytime, anywhere. From your favorite restaurants to the aisles of the grocery store, no food has escaped Platkin's scrutiny.

We look for bargains everywhere. What if we were as cost conscious about our calorie consumption as we are about our spending? How can we be sure we're making good use of the foods we consume? The answer: Look for Calorie Bargains.

The Diet Detective's Calorie Bargain Bible is the ultimate dieter's reference guide. It's dieting made easy -- with the information that readers crave, can have fun with, and can put into practice immediately.

ContentsIntroductionPART ONE / Find Your Calorie Bargains What's a Calorie Anyway? Take the Three-Day Food ChallengeThe Power of One What Makes It Difficult for You to Eat Healthfully'A Final Word about Using The Diet Detective's Calorie Bargain BiblePART TWO / What to Eat When You're Eating OutThe Basics Restaurant ShockersRestaurant Calorie Rip-offs Fast Food Casual Dining Family Dining Coffeehouses Deli Food Convenience Stores Bar Food At the Stadium At the Movies Appetizers Sandwiches Mexican FoodItalian FoodChinese FoodSteak Houses Seafood Japanese Food DessertsPART THREE / At the Supermarket The Basics: What's Healthy and What's NotOrganic Foods Omega-3 Basics Keeping Healthy Foods Healthy Wonder Foods: Fruits Wonder Foods: Veggies Super Spices Whole Grains Sources of ProteinEggsFrozen Meals Soups Hot DogsCookies, Crackers, and ChipsCondiments ChocolateIce CreamFood Fads, Facts, and FictionPART FOUR / At Home and in the KitchenKitchen Tools Preparation and Stocking the KitchenSecrets of Eating Healthy at HomeFast and Healthy Home CookingBreakfastBurgersSaladsSaucesBarbecues and PicnicsBrown-bag Lunches PART FIVE / Holidays and Other Special Occasions Halloween ChoicesThanksgiving DinnerChristmas and Other Holiday PartiesAt the MallSports and TV Watching.The Big GameFueling for a Job InterviewAt the OfficeWedding Day Romantic Dinner for TwoTravelingWhen You're Flying Eating after DarkAcknowledgments

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A Flat Stomach ASAP: The Breakthrough Plan for the Look You Want in Just Six Weeks

Author: Ellington Darden

A GREAT BODY BEGINS WITH A FLAT STOMACH

The secret to losing waistline pounds and inches quickly is ASAP, an acronym for Awareness, Science, Application, and Persistence. This successful method for achieving a lean body and a flat stomach includes a powerful new concept called superhydration. It's a fact: drinking large amounts of water daily synergizes your eating and exercising, accelerating fat loss and stomach flattening. Now nationally renowned fitness expert Ellington Darden brings you the program that tells you how to reshape, tighten, and shrink your stomach the way top competitors do -- and to do it faster than you dreamed possible. With step-by-step instructions, Dr. Darden details a method that can help you lose from 7 to 11 pounds of fat and 2 1/2 inches from your midsection in as little as two weeks -- and see even more dramatic results in six weeks. Discover:

The no-fad eating plan based around five daily "minimeals"
Exactly how to superhydrate to accelerate weight loss
The super-slow style of strength training that brings super-fast results -- in less than thirty minutes a session.

Designed specifically for busy people, A FLAT STOMACH ASAP is your daily plan of action -- whether at the gym or at home, with or without equipment -- to get the look you want as soon as possible.

Dry or Lean Mommy

2009-01-04T19:24:00.000-08:00

Dry: A Memoir

Author: Augusten Burroughs

From the bestselling author of Running with Scissors comes Dry—the hilarious, moving, and no less bizarre account of what happened next.You may not know it, but you've met Augusten Burroughs. You've seen him on the street, in bars, on the subway, at restaurants: a twenty-something guy, nice suit, works in advertising. Regular. Ordinary. But when the ordinary person had to drinks, Augusten was circling the drain by having twelve; when the ordinary person went home at midnight, Augusten never went home at all. Loud, distracting ties, automated wake-up calls, and cologne on the tongue could only hide so much for so long. At the request (well, it wasn't really a request) of his employers, Augusten landed in rehab, where his dreams of group therapy with Robert Downey, Jr., are immediately dashed by the grim reality of fluorescent lighting and paper hospital slippers. But when Augusten is forced to examine himself, something actually starts to click, and that's when he finds himself in the worst trouble of all. Because when his thirty days are up, he has to return to his same drunken Manhattan life—and live it sober. What follows is a memoir that's as moving as it is funny, as heartbreaking as it is real. Dry is the story of love, loss, and Starbucks as a higher power.

The New York Times

Mr. Burroughs remains ebulliently glib when it's useful, as befits his advertising skills. But Dry also deals with two deaths: his lover's and, very nearly, his own. These are no laughing matters, but Mr. Burroughs remains adept at mixing comedy and calamity. — Janet Maslin

Publishers Weekly

Imagine coming home to find hundreds of empty scotch bottles and 1,452 empty beer bottles in your apartment. This is what Burroughs (Running with Scissors) encountered upon returning from Minnesota's Proud Institute (supposedly the gay alcohol rehab choice). "The truly odd part is that I really don't know how they got there," admits Burroughs in this autobiographical tale of being a prodigy with an extremely successful career in advertising and a drive to get as wasted as possible as often as possible. Burroughs's telling of the tale alternates among hilarious, pathetic, existential and hopeful. It is an earnest and cautionary tale of calamity, brimming with Sedaris-like darkly comic quips: "Making alcoholic friends is as easy as making sea monkeys." Burroughs's slight Southern accent and gentle yet glib delivery should summon empathy on the listener's part that may have been lost with another reader. From Minnesota, Burroughs returns to New York and participates in Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Like James Frey in the similar yet very different book, A Million Little Pieces (see audio review, below), Burroughs believes that when rehab is over, he must walk into a bar to see if he can resist the temptation to drink. Though not a technique condoned by A.A., it certainly makes for a fascinating listening experience. Simultaneous release with the St. Martin's hardcover (Forecasts, Apr. 21). (June) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Burroughs's memoir of his troubled childhood, Running with Scissors, which was recently issued in paperback, captured considerable attention and even had a run on the New York Times's best sellers list. This sequel is an account of his early adult life as an advertising executive in New York City attempting to recover from alcoholism. He begins his advertising career as a 19-year-old with intelligence and a flair for writing but no education past elementary school. But scars remain from the years with his alcoholic father, his lunatic mother, and her wacky psychiatrist, and drinking slowly becomes the focus of his life. Consuming prodigious amounts of alcohol often leaves him hung over and reeking, causing his employer to urge him to attend rehab for a month. He chooses a hospital for gays in Minnesota and, after a week or so, begins to gain some insight about his drinking. After rehab, he returns to his apartment and begins to gather up the 27 large garbage bags of liquor bottles he has accumulated. With irreverent and humorous touches, Burroughs manages to personalize the difficulties of recovery without ever lapsing into sentimentality. This heartfelt memoir will interest readers who enjoyed his debut and those wanting new insights into addiction and recovery. Recommended for large public libraries.-Nancy R. Ives, SUNY at Geneseo Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

Like the alcohol he so enjoys, Burroughs's story of getting dry will go straight into your bloodstream and leave you buzzing, exhilarated, and wiped out. Burroughs is a malcontented, successful advertising copywriter: in his 20s, gay, living in Manhattan, and owner of a childhood that the word "nightmare" doesn't even begin to cover (as described in Running With Scissors, 2002). Burroughs is an alcoholic, a true-blue, two-fisted, drink-till-you-see-the-spiders-on-the-wall alcoholic. He is not, as he would say, the man you'd want operating the cotton gin—he is funny and dark. This is his story of trying to keep the next drink from coming. Declaring he's "vain and shallow"—"If I were straight, I am certain I would be one of those guys who goes to wet T-shirt contests and votes with great enthusiasm"—he's quick to strike a pose to admire his silhouette; but in his own half-mad way, he's an original, a step aslant of the cutting edge, and wonderfully capable of expressing the miseries and sublimities of detox. It starts with his agreement—dry out, or get fired—to enter rehab; he chooses a gay clinic in Minnesota: "a rehab hospital run by fags will be hip. Plus there's the possibility of good music and sex." Reality quickly intrudes when the clinic staff checks him for cologne ("Oh, you'd be surprised by the things alcoholics will try and sneak in here to drink") and proceeds along a circuitous path thereafter, with plenty of opportunities for cliffhanging—bad decisions in his love life; a coworker trying to sabotage his efforts to reform; AA abandonment; his best friend's death; the "alcoholic terrorist" in his head—weaving in and out of gallows humor and ahoned starkness. In the end, it's all up to Burroughs, and to give the end away would be criminal, for this memoir operates on a high level of involvement and suspense. Didn't think you'd ever feel even an ounce of sympathy for—let alone root for—a drunken adman, did you? Meet Mr. Burroughs. Agent: Christopher Schelling/Ralph M. Vicinanza Ltd.

What People Are Saying

Robert Sabuda
From the master pop-up artist:
I'll never complain about having a "tough day" again.... This memoir is so brutal, yet funny -- it should be required reading for anyone touched by the specter of substance abuse.

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Lean Mommy: Bond with Your Baby and Get Fit with the Stroller Strides Program

Author: Lisa Druxman

Lisa Druxman, a certified personal
trainer and fitness professional,
knows one of the challenges new
moms face: How do I get back
into shape after giving birth?
After Lisa gave birth to her first
child, she developed exercises
that she could do with her baby,
using power walks, the stroller,
and exercise tubing. Now she
brings the proven techniques of
Stroller Strides to moms everywhere, with a total f tness
program for pre- and postnatal fitness and nutrition.
In addition to stroller-based workouts, Lisa outlines
front-pack carrier workouts and eating plans to combat
post-baby weight gain, energy loss, and mood swings.
LEAN MOMMY gives moms the ability to have it all:
satisfying workouts, real results, and bonding time
with baby.

Introduction: A Mom, a Baby, and a Mission     xi
Your Post-Baby Body     1
What You Think About the Way You Look     13
Know Thyself     23
Nuts and Bolts Fitness     41
Moms on the Move     53
The Lean Mommy Plan     71
The Stroller Workout     81
The Baby Weight Workout     107
The Mom-Has-Just-a-Minute Workout     125
The Stretching Workout     147
What You Eat     161
How to Eat     171
Be an Opti-Mom     185
Troubleshooting Tough Times     197
Your Lean Future     207
Resources     209
Index     215
About the Authors     221

Simple Steps to Total Health or Scissors and Comb Haircutting

2009-01-04T08:22:00.000-08:00

Simple Steps to Total Health

Author: Andreas Moritz

By nature, your physical body is designed to be healthy and vital throughout life. Unhealthy eating habits and lifestyle choices, however, lead to numerous health conditions that prevent you from enjoying life to the fullest. In Simple Steps to Total Health, the authors bring to light the most common cause of disease, which is the build-up of toxins and residues from improperly digested foods that inhibit various organs and systems from performing their normal functions. This guidebook for total health provides you with simple but highly effective approaches for internal cleansing, hydration, nutrition and living habits.
The book's three parts cover the essentials of total health - Good Internal Hygiene, Healthy Nutrition and Balanced Lifestyle. Learn about the most common disease-causing foods, dietary habits and influences responsible for the occurrence of chronic illnesses, including those affecting the blood vessels, heart, liver, intestinal organs, lungs, kidneys, joints, bones, nervous system and sense organs.
To be able to live a healthy life, you must align your internal biological rhythms with the larger rhythms of nature. Find out more about this and many other important topics in Simple Steps to Total Health. This is a "must-have" book for anyone who is interested in using a natural, drug-free approach to restoring total health.

Go to: Dynamic Workplace or Merchandise Buying and Management

Scissors and Comb Haircutting: A Cut-by-Cut Guide for Home Haircutters

Author: Bob Ohnstad

This in-depth guide to giving precision haircuts includes photos and illustrations to show how each cut is done. Basic and children's haircuts are covered. Information on safe, efficient tool handling and hair basics are provided.

What to Do when the Shit Hits the Fan or Only Diet There Is

2009-01-03T22:21:00.000-08:00

What to Do When the Shit Hits the Fan

Author: Dave Black

Would you know how to prepare for an unforeseen emergency, or handle an unexpected disaster? With real-world considerations in mind, disaster preparedness consultant David Black shows us how to stay alive when tragedy strikes. His step-by-step actions can help us make it safely through a variety of crises, from catastrophic weather to terrorism to civil unrest. Black presents tailor-made plans for individuals, businesses, organizations, small groups, and communities to follow, in all regions of the country and broken down by type of emergency and environment. In addition, he provides a hierarchy for response including communication, healthcare, food, water, and shelter in the absence of institutions and commercially available services and supplies.

Book about: Natural Therapies for Emphysema and COPD or Allergy Cooking with Ease

Only Diet There Is

Author: Sondra Ray

You can create the physical being you desire by focusing on the incredible power of the mind in transforming attitudes about eating and the myriad experiences encountered around the subject.

Going Bridal or Bach Flower Remedies

2009-01-03T13:19:00.000-08:00

Going Bridal: How to Get Married without Losing Your Mind

Author: Li Robbins

Witty, one-of-a-kind wedding book keeps the bride from going bonkers!

What causes a seemingly normal, well-adjusted woman to become obsessed and emotionally unstable after her boyfriend pops the question?

She's obviously gone bridal! Going Bridal is an actual syndrome, coined by journalist Li Robbins, who in these pages takes a sharp and witty look at what makes a bride go nuts and explains how to prevent emotional overload from spoiling the Big Day.

Filled with helpful, humorous stories from brides who have, regretfully, experienced Going Bridal firsthand as well as those who have narrowly escaped a memorable meltdown, this fun, chatty guide puts it all in perspective. Before it's too late, brides on the brink learn to identify and treat the four major causes of their condition, which include:

Family-induced freak-outs
Vendor-induced high-decibel venting
Fiancé (oh, yeah, whatshisname)-induced fits
Friend-induced frenzy

Forget the place settings and the perfect dress; this unique bridal guide focuses on the key ingredient for a successful wedding day--a sane and centered bride!

Li Robbins is a freelance writer and radio producer who lives in Toronto. She enjoyed every minute of her wedding day, without . . . Going Bridal!

New York Daily News

WHADDAYA MEAN YOU DON'T MAKE CHOCOLATE CAKE? AND WHERE'S MY %&$@! VEIL?! " If this sounds like you now that you're planning a wedding, you may want to take a breath, count to 10 and get this book. How do you not snap at the co-worker who barely congratulates you? How do you salve the wounds inflicted by not picking one of your friends as a bridesmaid? Robbins talks you through the rigors of nuptial stress, going beyond the crises of planning into more subtle social realms.

Bach Flower Remedies

Author: Edward Bach

An overview of the natural remedies that have become legendary for their effective treatment of common conditions.

10 Minutes 10 Years or Spirit Medicine

2009-01-03T01:18:00.000-08:00

10 Minutes/10 Years: Your Definitive Guide to a Beautiful and Youthful Appearance

Author: Frederic Brandt

If you find yourself lost and alone in the skin-care aisle; if you're thinking of going under the knife, but hoping you won't have to; if you need specific, detailed information about how to get rid of the bags under your eyes or those ever-deepening furrows in your brow; if you've gone to your girlfriends, women's magazines, cosmetics counters, facialists, and plastic surgeons and gotten lots of conflicting answers; then Dr. Fredric Brandt's simple, streamlined system is for you. With 10 Minutes/10 Years, one of the world's most famous cosmetic dermatologists offers a breakthrough skin-care program that will take you only ten minutes a day -- and will reverse your skin's aging process by ten years.

There is a skin-care revolution taking place; the days of washing your face with soap and water and slapping on some cream are long gone. But this means that skin care isn't simple anymore. As new products appear, seemingly overnight, it becomes harder to know what's right for your skin. With warmth and humor, Dr. Brandt cuts through the information overload to provide concrete information and advice for women of all ages and of every skin type. He helps you determine who to go to and who not to go to as well as what to ask.

10 Minutes/10 Years is a uniquely formatted, problem/solution-driven guidebook that reveals many unknown threats to the skin which age it before its time, such as sugar and diet (Chapter 3). Need to know about the brown spots on your cheeks? Turn to Chapter 6. Sick of your drooping chin? Read Chapter 14. Driven to despair by your thinning hair? Look at Chapter 19. But before you decide what system you need, consult Chapter 4 for a comprehensive listof the best products, treatments, and procedures available. Dr. Brandt explains what they are and how they work -- from the least invasive, over-the-counter creams to the most cutting-edge injectibles. Once you understand the basics, you can move on to your specific area of concern in the book's final section, which offers precise information for every skin type.

There is no one-shot solution -- we are constantly aging, and we have to keep maintaining ourselves. 10 Minutes/10 Years is Dr. Brandt's targeted approach to this maintenance. His system has already helped thousands of people look younger, and now readers will have their own one-way ticket back to a youthful appearance.

Look this: Condoleezza Rice or Haunted by Combat

Spirit Medicine: A Guide to Healing in the Sacred Garden

Author: Hank Wesselman

The rediscovery that each one of us can achieve the direct, transformative connection with the sacred realms lies right at the heart of the spiritual reawakening sweeping the Western world-a phenomenon explored by anthropologist Hank Wesselman, Ph.D., in his widely read book The Journey to the Sacred Garden. In Spirit Medicine, Dr. Wesselman is joined by his wife, transpersonal medical practitioner Jill Kuykendall, RPT., to present us with a cross-cultural consideration of illness, healing, and health care from the ancient wisdom of the traditional peoples. Spirit Medicine opens a window into a universal worldview that will help you:

• understand the classic causes of illness--an essential step in true healing;
• work with the four levels of spiritual healing;
• expand your connections to inner sources of wisdom and power; and
• deepen your contacts with your helping spirits and healing masters.

Spirit Medicine will provide you with the singular key to success that energy medicine by itself lacks. It will also provide you with a perspective derived from the Hawaiian kahuna tradition in which knowledge of the soul cluster, as well as the multileveled nature of reality, forms the foundation. Included is an experiential CD of shamanic drumming and rattling to be used with specific exercises and meditations designed to enhance your healing practice for yourself and others.
Spirit Medicine reconsiders and reworks the time-tested techniques pioneered by the shamans of the indigenous peoples, providing nontribal Westerners with extraordinarily effective insights into healing and problem solving.

The Healing Power of Naturefoods Volume 1 or Essential Oils Handbook

2009-01-02T15:17:00.000-08:00

The Healing Power of Naturefoods, Volume 1: 50 Revitalizing Superfoods and Lifestyle Choices That Promote Vibrant Health

Author: Susan Smith Jones

Think Health, Whole Foods, and
Simple Lifestyle Choices . . .

. . . that’s the basic premise behind this informative book! While we all know that healthy eating is one of the main keys to a long life, few of us understand which specific foods and other lifestyle choices can help protect the body and cultivate optimal health.
This book combines the latest research on the “HOT” 50 superfoods that prevent the most common age-related illnesses, with essential information on the healing power of raw foods; sleep; pH balance; water; exercise; and a positive, grateful attitude. It offers you a comprehensive understanding of the amazing health potential of plant-based foods and shows you how to enjoy a level of health and vitality you never dreamed possible.

. . . PLUS, Susan brings you easy-to-prepare, nutritious, delicious recipes!

Interesting book: Occasions or Recipes from Central Market

Essential Oils Handbook: All the Oils You Will Ever Need for Health, Vitality and Well-Being

Author: Jennie Harding

Whether it’s rosemary oil for sore muscles or ylang-ylang to calm the mind, aromatic oils play a major role in today’s holistic approach to health. They’re used in massage, in aromatherapy, and to create a positive ambience at home and at work. This attractive new addition to the Essential Handbook series is both a reference and a guide to these oils and their life-enhancing properties. The main attraction is a directory of 100 oils, complete with a discussion of the benefits of each for body, mind, and spirit, and suggestions on how it can be used. Gorgeous photographs showcase the plants that yield each oil, and an introductory section describes their traditional applications in different cultures around the world.

	Preface
1	Touch Hunger	1
2	Touch as Communication	19
3	Touch in Development	33
4	Touch Deprivation	59
5	Touch Messages to the Brain	75
6	Touch Therapies	91
7	Infant Massage	117
8	Massage Therapy for Children, Adolescents, and Adults	131
	Notes	155
	Index	175

Men's Diseases Books

Supermarket Guide or Smart Guide to Yoga

Supermarket Guide: Food Choices for You and Your Family

Table of Contents:

Smart Guide to Yoga

Baby Proofing Basics or Mens Cancers

Baby Proofing Basics: How to Keep Your Child Safe

Table of Contents:

Men's Cancers: How to Prevent Them, How to Treat Them, How to Beat Them

Library Journal

Tending Adams Garden or Walking for Fun and Fitness

Tending Adam's Garden: Evolving the Cognitive Immune Self

New England Journal of Medicine

Yair Neuman

Walking for Fun and Fitness

Table of Contents:

Natural Healing for Headaches or From the Heart

Natural Healing for Headaches: High-Powered Cures for Ending Pain

From the Heart: A Woman's Guide to Living Well with Heart Disease

Miami Herald

Townsend Letter

Consumer Connections

Barbara M. Bibel - Library Journal

What People Are Saying

Table of Contents:

Phosphatidylserine or Choosing a Path

Phosphatidylserine (Good Health Guide)

Choosing a Path

Winning the Food Fight or Yoga and the Hindu Tradition

Winning the Food Fight: A Thoughtful Parent's Guide to Introducing Variety into Your Child's Diet

Yoga and the Hindu Tradition

Table of Contents:

Belleza de pies a cabeza or Path of Fire and Light

Belleza de pies a cabeza: La guia completa para lograr su look ideal (The Complete Beauty Bible)

Path of Fire and Light: Volume II, A Practical Companion to Volume I

Prenatal Yoga for Conception Pregnancy and Birth or Complete Natural Medicine Guide to Breast Cancer

Prenatal Yoga for Conception, Pregnancy and Birth

Complete Natural Medicine Guide to Breast Cancer: A Practical Manual for Understanding, Prevention and Care

Doody Review Services

Library Journal

What People Are Saying

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The Thinking Persons Guide to Diabetes or DX RX

The Thinking Person's Guide to Diabetes: The Draznin Plan

Table of Contents:

DX/RX: Palliative Cancer Care

Doody Review Services

Inside Tai Chi or Dealing with Dementia

Inside Tai Chi: Hints, Tips, Training and Process for Students and Teachers

Dealing with Dementia: A Guide to Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias

Four Way Burn or Maps to Ecstacy

Four Way Burn: The All-in-One Workout for: Toned Muscles Increased Flexibility Stronger Core Improved Cardio Function

Table of Contents:

Maps to Ecstacy: A Healing Journey for the Untamed Spirit

What People Are Saying

Im Like So Fat or Cults

I'm, Like, So Fat!: Helping Your Teen Make Healthy Choices about Eating and Exercise in a Weight-Obsessed World

Library Journal

Table of Contents:

Look this: Women at War or Publics and Counterpublics

Cults: Faith, Healing, and Coercion

The Uncomplicated Guide to Diabetes Complications or Eating for Hormonal Balance Journal

The Uncomplicated Guide to Diabetes Complications

Library Journal

Eating for Hormonal Balance Journal

Belleza al minuto or Everything Sugar Free Cookbook

Belleza al minuto

Everything Sugar-Free Cookbook

Fit in 15 or Rethinking Pasteurs Germ Theory 2 Ed

Fit in 15: Easy 15-Minute Morning Workouts That Balance Cardio, Strength, and Flexibility

Rethinking Pasteur's Germ Theory 2 Ed: How to Maintain Your Optimal Health

Table of Contents:

Boosting Your Digestive Health or Midwifery Mind and Spirit

Boosting Your Digestive Health: Through Conventional and Alternative Methods

Table of Contents:

Midwifery, Mind And Spirit

Nanotechnology in Cancer Therapeutics or Phytopharmaceuticals in Cancer Chemoprevention

Nanotechnology in Cancer Therapeutics

Phytopharmaceuticals in Cancer Chemoprevention

Dietas y Recetas de Maria Antonieta or Sage