Preventing and Reversing Arthritis Naturally or The Edison Gene

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.

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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.

Table of Contents:

	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

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.

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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

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.)

Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information

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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

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

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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.

Table of Contents:

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

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

Table of Contents:

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

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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.