Saturday, February 21, 2009

Sports Medicine Essentials or My Personal Path to Wellness

Sports Medicine Essentials: Core Concepts in Athletic Training & Fitness In

Author: Jim Clover

Sports Medicine Essentials: Core Concepts in Athletic Training, Second Edition introduces students to potential careers in the Sports Medicine field, from Fitness Instructor to Athletic Trainer. This comprehensive text surveys a broad scope of knowledge related to the Sports Medicine field, encompassing fitness assessment, conditioning, emergency preparedness, injury management, therapeutic modalities, nutrition, ethical and legal considerations and much more. To help introduce students to an array of exciting careers, it features enrichment activities that include researching the cost of sports medicine supplies, demonstrate taping techniques, and the forming of a safety committee to devise a plan to minimize risk to a team, athletes or clients. This complete resource is a fantastic introduction for any program.

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Reviewer:Scott Morrison, B.S., M.Ed.(Pennsylvania State Univ Coll of Health & Human Development)
Description:This is an update of an introductory text for high school or college students interested in athletic training with 25 comprehensive and easy to follow chapters. The first edition was published in 2001.
Purpose:The author's stated purpose is to &quto;provide students with the skills and knowledge they need to establish a career path in sports medicine, in roles such as athletic trainer, physical therapist, personal trainer or medical salesperson.&quto; The author is very effective at addressing these objectives, by discussing each of the various components of athletic training in the 25 chapters. Other books have focused on similar objectives, yet the author of this book acknowledges in greater detail crossover areas to personal training and sales.
Audience:The author intends this book for high school students interested in developing a foundation to pursue a career in athletic training as well as college students as a text for introductory coursework. However, it is more appropriate for high school students because it may be too basic in scope to address the needs of collegiate athletic training programs. The author has valuable experience meeting the needs of both student groups with his 20 years of experience in educating and mentoring athletic training students.
Features:The book follows a logical progression that allows the reader to become familiar with the field of athletic training by introducing more difficult topics as the student progresses through the chapters. Nine chapters cover injury prevention,assessment, and evaluation, five chapters relate to management in athletic training, five chapters cover strength and conditioning, three chapters detail emergency situations, and finally three chapters cover therapeutic exercise. At the end of each chapter are a summary and student enrichment activities to reinforce the key points of each chapter. Ample illustrations and color pictures help students who are visual learners. One omission that stood out was the lack of discussion on the inflammatory response to tissue injury. The book provides a rudimentary explanation of the various tissues found in the body, a perfect introduction to explain the basics of the process of inflammation.
Assessment:This is an excellent book for high school students interested in exploring athletic training as a career. Compared to other books such as Fundamentals of Athletic Training, 2nd edition, Cartwright and Pitney (Human Kinetics, 2005), this book covers the field in greater breadth and depth. The second edition was necessary to reflect changes and developments in education and to update the chapters to reflect the latest techniques.



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My Personal Path to Wellness: A Journal for Living Creatively with Chronic Illness

Author: Graham Kerr

The host of "Cooking Light" and the Former "Galloping Gourmet" shares his secrets for healthy living

Changing health habits is challenging when there are so many easy ways to veer off course. Celebrity chef Graham Kerr and his wife, Treena, have made it easier to make healthy choices and lifestyle changes by showing readers where to start and what to do.

This journal combines the expert advice of 130 health professionals--from cardiologists to fitness experts--with the practical features of a logbook. Readers can record blood pressure, carb intake, exercise, blood sugar, stress, and more. Each expert presents three important health tips and insights for living healthy.

Graham Kerr (Mt. Vernon, WA) is a world-renowned chef and award-winning author. Host of "The Gathering Place" and former "Galloping Gourmet" star, Graham has published 23 books, with more than 14 million sold.



Friday, February 20, 2009

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or Ramy Gafnis Beauty Therapy

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Survival Guide for Family and Friends

Author: Roy Cohen

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can tear apart a family. Often family and friends have tried to "stop" a loved one's OCD--with little success. This is the first book specifically for the family and friends of someone with OCD.

"In this quick and easy fast tract era, it's not so easy to reflect back to the basics of family life. Families especially are led to believe if something's wrong, somehow it's their fault. This loving book is an inspiration and will be considered way ahead of it's time in years to come. "
-----Janet Greeson Ph. D.

What People Are Saying

Janet Greeson
In this quick and easy fast tracked era, it's not so easy to reflect back to the basics of family life. Families especially are led to believe if something's wrong, somehow it's their fault. This loving book is an inspiration and will be considered way ahead of its time in years to come.
—Janet Greeson, PhD., author of It's Not What You're Eating, It's What's Eating You




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Ramy Gafni's Beauty Therapy: The Ultimate Guide to Looking and Feeling Great while Living with Cancer

Author: Ramy Gafni

In this beautiful, unique book, Gafni offers practical solutions for overcoming and managing the major dermatologic damage done by cancer treatment. Step-by-step instructions are included.

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Concerns over chemotherapy take many forms, but loss of hair and changes in complexion rank way up there. Gafni, a professional makeup artist, offers tips for women, men, and teens on reviving skin quality and dealing with lost eyebrows and scalp that is dry as well as bald. His advice also covers radiation-induced skin problems. People without cancer will probably learn a thing or two. For all collections. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.



Thursday, February 19, 2009

Eat Smart Play Hard or Improve Your Mood with Food

Eat Smart, Play Hard: Customized Food Plans for All Your Sports and Fitness Pursuits

Author: Liz Applegat

Get the Power You Need-- When You Need It!

If you play sports or exercise regularly, you need to eat differently than the average Jane of Joe. You need to fuel up with foods that maximize your effort and minimize your recovery time. You need to know how much to eat and when, which is why you need the cutting-edge advice and programs offered in Eat Smart, Play Hard.

Exciting advances in sports nutrition have made fueling for exercise easier and more fun. Research now shows that many delicious foods-- chocolate and steak, to name just two-- can boost performance as well as fight disease. Expert nutritionist Liz Applegate, Ph.D., tells you exactly what to eat before, during, and after your hard play to achieve the most powerful fitness results possible. You'll also discover:

* The most effective ways to trim fat and build muscle
* 41 natural superfoods that pack the biggest health advantage
* The latest on sports drinks, energy bars, and gels, along with a comparison of brands
* Which popular nutritional supplements work, and which ones don't
* Detailed diet plans tailored to your sport of choice-- cycling, golf, or running

Today, a growing number of active people are exercising for fitness and fun. To get the most out of your workouts, you need the right fuel at the right time. You need Eat Smart, Play Hard.



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Improve Your Mood with Food: A Guide to Fighting Fatigue, Anxiety, Stress, and Depression Through Food

Author: Alexandra Massey

A simple, accessible, jargon-free guide to improving mood and relieving stress through diet.  Includes menus, shopping guides, and meal plans.  Happy foods include parsley, figs & honey.



Tuesday, February 17, 2009

What Your Doctor Hasnt Told You and the Health Store Clerk Doesnt Know or Zone Meals in Seconds

What Your Doctor Hasn't Told You and the Health Store Clerk Doesn't Know

Author: Edward L Schneider

Sleep problems? Low libido? Prostate health? Joint, neck and back pain? As you may know, conventional medicine often tosses up its hands when faced with these and other chronic health problems, or offers "solutions" that are expensive or cause serious side effects. As a result, millions of Americans turn to alternative medicine for answers. This can be a smart move, because alternative medicine offers real hope for many chronic ailments. But where can you find trustworthy, unbiased advice in this bewildering and largely unregulated field? How do you know what's effective and safe? Dr. Edward Schneider, a leading researcher, clinician, and author of What Your Doctor Hasn't Told You And The Health Store Clerk Doesn't Know: The Truth About Alternative Treatments and What Works comes to the rescue with an overview of the latest scientific research and clinical studies on a host of alternative treatments and offers a proven formula for the best integrative therapy available.

DID YOU KNOW?

- Did you know that most aspects of the alternative medicine industry are not regulated?
- Did you know that the safest and most effective treatment for an enlarged prostate may be an herbal remedy?
- Did you know that studies show that acupuncture can help ease arthritis?
- Did you know that the most scientifically proven treatment for sleep disorders is not a prescription pill?
- Did you know that some antioxidant supplements can actually increase your risk of cancer?

Many of these questions can be surprising if you are not familiar with the latest medical research on alternative treatments. Dr Schneider puts answers to all of your alternative treatment questions in one easy-to-read guide. From supplements, herbs, homeopathy, cognitive behavior therapy, aromatherapy, acupuncture to biofeedback, meditation, yoga, and more, What Your Doctor Hasn't Told You And Your Health Store Clerk Doesn't Know provides readers with a discerning guide to the myriad alternative therapies that are available to treat the most common health issues.

Publishers Weekly

Aging boomers eager for answers to health-care questions couldn't ask for a better guide to the best treatments than Schneider, a practicing clinician and dean emeritus of USC's Andrus Gerontology Center. Evaluating the latest medical research on topics ranging from arthritis, depression, menopause and male libido to heart disease, brain function and cancer, Schneider (The Longevity Quotient) outlines his recommendations for a combination of conventional and alternative treatments. Though recent studies have shown that some of the supplements that he and others advocate (saw palmetto for prostate problems and glucosamine and chondroitin for joint pain) can be ineffective, the use of these are, in general, just a small part of Schneider's comprehensive wellness program. All chapters are easy to navigate and well organized, and feature not only useful "to dos" but a number of "how tos" (relaxation response for sleeplessness, for example). When dealing with insomnia, he suggests an exercise program and good "sleep hygiene" (firm mattress, no caffeine) and discusses various nonaddictive prescription drugs (including dosage and side effects). Overall, Schneider's balanced view of integrative therapies and his great fund of practical and medical advice are both reassuring and invigorating. (June) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Researcher and clinician Schneider (gerontology, dean emeritus, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles) and coauthor Hirschman (The Chronic Pain Solution) focus on 11 common disorders and perform a sort of consumer-oriented meta-analysis, distilling research to highlight the most promising alternative treatments for each. They resist the temptation to provide a single answer, instead drawing on degrees of efficacy (highly recommended, recommended, acceptable, do not use) based on the quality of research available and the strength of the results. In doing so, they not only offer sound clinical information but also teach basic critical analysis of research literature. Ginseng is "good," right? Surprise-it depends. This is refreshingly reality-based medicine. Dosage levels are included for recommended therapies, and the authors conclude with a "Top Ten" list of recommendations for general good health. The only drawbacks are the limited number of conditions researched and the exclusion of some therapies (e.g., remote prayer, acupressure, shamanic healing). Highly recommended for public libraries, though one has to wonder who asks a clerk for medical advice.-Andy Wickens, King Cty. Lib. Syst., Seattle Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.



Interesting book: The Microsoft Case or Data Compression

Zone Meals in Seconds: 150 Fast and Delicious Recipes for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Author: Barry Sears

A quick, easy, family-friendly cookbook for the millions of Zone households around the world.

Millions of people worldwide have discovered the incredible weight-loss and health benefits of living in the Zone. For almost 10 years, Lynn and Barry Sears have maintained a completely Zone-friendly kitchen. With two daughters - one a finicky first-grader and one a vegetarian teenager - Lynn has had to use all of her creative and culinary skills to keep her family healthy and happy. Zone Meals in Seconds combines Lynn's hard-won wisdom and valuable experience with Barry's Zone expertise and medical knowledge in the first-ever family-friendly Zone book. From quick and easy family dinner recipes and snack tips, to advice on packing school lunches and surviving backyard barbecues, this book is a must-have for people who want to experience the incredible benefits of the Zone but need help answering the all-important question, 'What do I eat?'Written with the help of an experienced chef and recipe developer, Zone Meals in Seconds offers more than 200 fast and family-tested recipes for Zone-approved breakfasts, lunches, and dinners.



Table of Contents:
Acknowledgmentsix
Introduction1
1Getting Started9
2Zoning Your Kitchen23
3Breakfasts49
4Lunches91
5Dinners127
6Snacks175
7The Kids' Zone209
8The Can-Do Zone217
9Slow Cooking in the Zone295
10Special Occasions in the Zone347
Afterword: Now You Can Do It361
Appendix AContinuing Support363
Appendix BFood Block Guide365
Appendix CCalculation of Your Daily Protein Requirements377
Appendix DCalculation of Percent Body Fat379
Index393

Monday, February 16, 2009

The Last Well Person or Charting A Course to Wellness

The Last Well Person: How to Stay Well Despite the Health-Care System

Author: Nortin M Hadler

Have you had it with celebrity gurus offering miracle cures? Are you sick of being treated like a diseased time bomb? Finally, someone has the courage to address the tough questions about our health care. In The Last Well Person Dr Nortin Hadler cuts through the medical white noise with his trademark tough love: Heart bypass surgery: Usually a waste of money, time, and energy, Treatment for prostate cancer: Does more harm than good, Testing for breast cancer: Not always effective, Chronic pain: See your therapist, not your pharmacist.

Dr Hadler skewers a self-serving medical industry and shows that constant monitoring and unnecessary intervention turn healthy people into patients. Sick with worry, we are a culture panicked over unfounded illnesses. The Last Well Person offers practical solutions on to, cs including aging, obesity, diabetes, and back problems. If you're not afraid of seeing conventional wisdom overturned by hard facts, if you're ready to educate yourself and trust your own judgment, you are ready for Dr Hadler.

About the Author:
Nortin M. Hadler has lectured widely in North America and abroad and testified before the U.S. Congress and U.S. Social Security Board



Table of Contents:
Pt. 1The Methuselah complex9
1Interventional cardiology and kindred delusions17
2Fats, fads, and fate35
3You and your colon65
4Breast cancer and how the women's movement got it wrong77
5Prostate envy92
Pt. 2Worried sick101
6Musculoskeletal predicaments107
7Medicalization of the "worried well"128
8Turning aging into a disease146
9Health hazards in the hateful job166
10Why are alternative and complementary therapies thriving?177
Epilogue : a ripe old age201

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Charting A Course to Wellness: Creative Ways of Living with Heart Disease

Author: Graham Kerr

The host of "Cooking Light" and the former "Galloping Gourmet" shares his secrets for healthy living

Part autobiography, part cookbook, part inspiration, this book shows how to create a healthy lifestyle and a new way of eating. Celebrity chef and world famous nutrition and healthy eating expert Graham Kerr and wife Treena describe their 33-year journey from an indulgent, destructive lifestyle to one that is healthy and healing, a change made necessary by Treena's heart attack and diabetes.

Readers can use a food preference list to include foods they love in the recipes from the Kerr kitchen. There are 300 great-tasting fruit and vegetable recipes, and 180 recipes from Graham Kerr's highly popular public television show, "The Gathering Place."

Graham Kerr (Mt. Vernon, WA) is a world-renowned chef and award-winning author. Host of "The Gathering Place" and former "Galloping Gourmet" star, Graham has published 23 books, with more than 14 million sold.

Library Journal

Former Galloping Gourmet star Graham Kerr and his wife, Treena, recount their transition to a healthy lifestyle. When Graham first started in television cooking, he and Treena searched for interesting recipes and ate "sumptuous," unhealthy restaurant fare that elevated their cholesterol, blood sugar, and blood pressure. Ultimately, Treena developed diabetes after suffering a stroke and a heart attack. Dismayed by the "don'ts" and limitations in most recommended diets, the Kerrs educated themselves and developed the recipes and lifestyle options presented here, focusing on small, positive changes that can lead to major health improvements. They do an excellent job of describing the nine stages of change, illustrating the emotional phases necessary to commit to a new, healthier lifestyle and maintain it. Food Preference Sheets allow users to select from tastes, aromas, colors, and textures that appeal to them most, so that they can tailor a diet to their own wants and choices. Included here are almost 400 recipes, many of them vegetarian and all of them using easy-to-find ingredients and simple instructions. Readers will empathize with the Kerrs' experiences and find useful information in their novel and engaging collaboration. Recommended for all consumer health collections.-Janet M. Schneider, James A. Haley Veterans Hosp., Tampa Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.



Sunday, February 15, 2009

Phase 2 Low Carb Recipes or Yoga in Modern India the Body between Science and Philosophy

Phase 2 Low-Carb Recipes

Author: Tricia Laning

Easy-to-prepare recipes-each with 8 grams or fewer net carbs-that will provide the variety sought in low carb meals.

Introductory chapter features low-carb menus and lists of "free foods."

Suggested shopping list, daily food journal, and the carb values of common foods.

Deliciously satisfying recipes for main dishes, soups and salads, sides, and desserts.

Recipes include nutrition information plus preparation and cook times.

All recipes are tested and approved by the Better Homes and Gardens® Test Kitchen.



Table of Contents:
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Interesting book: Debating Immigration or Streetwise

Yoga in Modern India - The Body Between Science and Philosophy

Author: Joseph S Alter

Yoga has come to be an icon of Indian culture and civilization, and it is widely regarded as being timeless and unchanging. Based on extensive ethnographic research and an analysis of both ancient and modern texts, Yoga in Modern India challenges this popular view by examining the history of yoga, focusing on its emergence in modern India and its dramatically changing form and significance in the twentieth century. Joseph Alter argues that yoga's transformation into a popular activity idolized for its health value is based on modern ideas about science and medicine.

Alter centers his analysis on an interpretation of the seminal work of Swami Kuvalayananda, one of the chief architects of the Yoga Renaissance in the early twentieth century. From this point of orientation he explores current interpretations of yoga and considers how practitioners of yogic medicine and fitness combine the ideas of biology, physiology, and anatomy with those of metaphysics, transcendence, and magical power.

The first serious ethnographic history of modern yoga in India, this fluently written book is must reading not only for students and scholars but also practitioners who seek a deeper understanding of how yoga developed over time into the exceedingly popular phenomenon it is today.



Friday, February 13, 2009

Pregnancy Nutrition or Psychology of Medicine and Surgery

Pregnancy Nutrition: Good Health for You and Your Baby

Author: The American Dietetic Association

Quick Answers for a Healthy Start A healthy pregnancy starts with a well-balanced diet, but theres much more to know. For example: True or False?

  1. You need to eat an extra 500 calories a day when pregnant.
  2. Iron needs triple during pregnancy.
  3. A high-fiber diet is important during pregnancy.
Answers:
  1. False. Pregnant women require 300 extra calories a day and nursing women need an extra 500 calories a day. Youll find more on calories and weight gain in Chapter 1 and nutrition tips while breast-feeding in Chapter 9.
  2. False. Your need for iron doubles during pregnancy. Still, it can be difficult to get this much iron from food alone. Thats why you should read more about iron in Chapter 3.
  3. True. Fiber helps prevent constipation, a common occurrence during pregnancy. Learn tips for managing constipation, morning sickness, and other discomforts of pregnancy in Chapter 7.
From the latest information on vitamin and mineral supplements and exercise to advice on losing weight after your baby is born, this handy book covers it all.



Table of Contents:
Introductionvii
Chapter 1Weight Gain: How Much is Enough?1
Weighing In on Pregnancy
Counting on Calories
Chapter 2Fueling a Healthy Pregnancy5
Carbohydrates
Fiber: A Complex Issue
Protein
Fat
Chapter 3Vitamins and Minerals: The Supporting Cast15
Vital Vitamins
Must-Have Minerals
About Vitamin and Mineral Supplements
Chapter 4What's to Drink?29
Fluids for Two
Lowdown on Caffeine
Alcohol Matters
Lead: A Heavy Metal
Chapter 5An Eating Guide for Pregnancy35
Pyramid for Pregnancy
Eating on the Run
Chapter 6An Active Pregnancy45
Physical Activity Tips
Special Concerns
Chapter 7Managing the Discomforts of Pregnancy49
Morning Sickness
Heartburn
Constipation
Hemorrhoids
Swelling
Food Aversions
Chapter 8Special Concerns During Pregnancy55
Food Safety
The Vegetarian Mom-to-Be
Special Health Conditions During Pregnancy
Chapter 9Postpartum Nutrition61
Weighing In on Weight Control
Weight Loss Readiness
Before Your Next Baby
Appendix 1Your Daily Food Checklist67
Appendix 2Sample Daily Meal Plans71
Appendix 3Delicious and Nutritious Recipes75
Index83

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Psychology of Medicine and Surgery: (Clinical Psychology and Personality Series) A Guide for Psychologists, Counsellors, Nurses and Doctors

Author: Peter Salmon

There is now a substantial body of psychological knowledge, based on research and clinical experience, which supports and guides best practice in dealing with health- and illness-related behaviour. Peter Salmon offers a strong conceptual framework which unifies this knowledge within clinical contexts and problems. Based on the author's special interests in acute physical illness and surgery, this text shows how the beliefs, emotions and behaviour of individuals (both lay people and health professionals) can have a profound effect on the processes of understanding, communication and coping in the course of diagnosis and treatment. Peter Salmon, a senior figure in clinical health psychology, has extensive experience of training medical and health care professionals, and of dealing with patients and families. His book offers
* A focus on acute illness and surgery, in contrast to the many other books which deal with chronic illness and health promotion
* An introduction to psychological concepts and models, situated within the clinical reality of presentation, diagnosis, communication, treatment, and the patient-professional relationship
* Guidance on evaluation of research and clinical practice which will help to inform a better understanding of behaviour and relationships in acute illness and surgery and wider medical contexts.
Students and professionals in clinical health psychology, health care and medicine should read this book for an accessible, authoritative account of how psychological knowledge can help them, why people feel and behave as they do, and which medical situations can be enlightened and facilitated by the integration of psychological principles intotherapeutic practice. This book appears in The Wiley Series in Clinical Psychology Series Editor: J. Mark G. Williams University of Wales, Bangor, UK

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Salmon (clinical psychology, U. of Liverpool) explains how the beliefs, emotions, and behavior of both lay people and health professionals can have a profound effect on the process of understanding, communicating, and coping in the course of diagnosis and treatment. Focusing on acute illness and surgery rather than the chronic illness and health promotion covered in many books, he introduces psychological concepts and models how they and methods for evaluating research and clinical practice. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)



Thursday, February 12, 2009

Down Syndrome or Living with Germs

Down Syndrome: The Facts

Author: Mark Selikowitz

Dr. Mark Selikowitz, a consultant paediatrician, has drawn on his extensive experience with children with Down syndrome to write this sympathetic and authoritative book, widely regarded as the definitive guide for parents. In this new edition, he looks at the many new opportunities that have appeared over the past few years in the educational, social, and employment spheres for people with Down syndrome. These have been accompanied by favorable changes in community attitudes. A particularly encouraging development is the greater attention paid to the wishes of people with Down syndrome.
The book offers advice and reassurance to these people and provides an essential guide to their parents and the many health workers who come in contact with Down syndrome children and adults.

"Excellent book. Its open and sensitive approach is aimed principallu at parents. However the breadth and depth of coverage is such that it will be of interest to most professionals working in this field. All the important areas are covered, including some such as marriage and procreation, which are not always considered. The issues are presented in a clear factual manner, emphasising at all times the characteristics that people with Down Syndrome have in common with all people - their individuality, dignity, right of choice and potential to benefit from appropriate opportunity"--Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (on the first edition)

William I. Cohen

Dr. Selikowitz has updated his 1990 book designed for parents of children with Down syndrome. This book is notable in that it covers the whole life span, from infancy to adulthood and deals with the developmental, educational, and social-sexual needs of individuals with Down syndrome as well as their medical needs. "The author successfully meets his objective of providing a concise, readable discussion of Down syndrome and its impact on the child and family in an upbeat, positive manner. This book will be especially useful to new parents of a child with Down syndrome, although it does present excellent information about the needs of adolescents and adults as well. "Designed for parents, this book certainly has the potential to be useful to a variety of other professionals, such as medical students, educators, early intervention providers, and social workers. The medical material is well presented, in a fashion that is clear and free of jargon. The author is a recognized authority on this subject; he speaks authoritatively and compassionately. "There are a few figures to illustrate some of the genetics of Down syndrome. Most of the illustrations are pictures of individuals with Down syndrome. I think more of these would be helpful to parents, to see the child in his or her natural environment. The book is small in size and is very inviting; it is easy to read and does not overwhelm the reader. The absence of references is a minor fault, overcome by the names and addresses of a variety of national organizations that can provide current information. "This concise, appealing book is encyclopedic in breadth, yet it never overwhelms the reader with too much detail. It is current, witha good description of the alternative (controversial) therapies that are currently the rage around the world. This book should be available in every obstetric department and every public library.

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Reviewer: William I. Cohen, MD (Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh)
Description: Dr. Selikowitz has updated his 1990 book designed for parents of children with Down syndrome. This book is notable in that it covers the whole life span, from infancy to adulthood and deals with the developmental, educational, and social-sexual needs of individuals with Down syndrome as well as their medical needs.
Purpose: The author successfully meets his objective of providing a concise, readable discussion of Down syndrome and its impact on the child and family in an upbeat, positive manner. This book will be especially useful to new parents of a child with Down syndrome, although it does present excellent information about the needs of adolescents and adults as well.
Audience: Designed for parents, this book certainly has the potential to be useful to a variety of other professionals, such as medical students, educators, early intervention providers, and social workers. The medical material is well presented, in a fashion that is clear and free of jargon. The author is a recognized authority on this subject; he speaks authoritatively and compassionately.
Features: There are a few figures to illustrate some of the genetics of Down syndrome. Most of the illustrations are pictures of individuals with Down syndrome. I think more of these would be helpful to parents, to see the child in his or her natural environment. The book is small in size and is very inviting; it is easy to read and does not overwhelm the reader. The absence of references is a minor fault, overcome by the names and addresses of a variety of national organizations that can provide current information.
Assessment: This concise, appealing book is encyclopedic in breadth, yet it never overwhelms the reader with too much detail. It is current, with a good description of the alternative (controversial) therapies that are currently the rage around the world. This book should be available in every obstetric department and every public library.

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody




Table of Contents:
1The first days are the hardest1
2Coping with family and friends12
3What is Down syndrome?24
4How Down syndrome comes about31
5Your child's development41
6Your child's health63
7The heart83
8Your child's behaviour91
9A guide to services102
10Assessment109
11Early intervention and pre-school groups118
12Which school?129
13Adolescence138
14Adulthood149
15Controversial treatments169
16Future pregnancies176
Conclusion186
Appendix: Useful addresses187
Index188

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Living with Germs: In Health and Disease

Author: John Playfair

The word germ is defined as 'a microbe that causes disease'. The vast majority of microbes do not infect us at all: it is pathogens that make us ill. These include bacteria, viruses, protozoa, fungi, worms, and prions. Living with Germs not only looks at all of these in detail, but also at the defense mechanisms by which we come to terms with pathogens, whether by eliminating them, stopping them from eliminating us, or simply learning to live with them. This is the first book to look at the subject of immunology in a relevant and approachable style. Using anecdotal and autobiographical material, John Playfair has produced a lively, well-written, and up-to-date look at immunology. Timely and topical, this will appeal to all those who want to know the facts behind the 'germ' scare stories.



Tuesday, February 10, 2009

The Physicians Guide to Depression and Bi Polar Disorders or Caring for Our Elders

The Physician's Guide to Depression and Bi-Polar Disorders

Author: Dwight L Evans

A Clinically-Oriented, Prescriptive Guide to Diagnosing and Treating Mood Disorders

Depression is very common in chronic medical illness, hindering recovery, increasing functional impairment, contributing to the costs of treating disease and worsening prognosis. In addition, symptoms of depression are often indistinguishable from symptoms of co-occurring illnesses. It is imperative that clinicians acquire a more precise understanding of how depression and other chronic medical conditions impact each other, and how the treatments for each may influence the other.

This book describes the epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of comorbid depression and bipolar disorder with specific illnesses. It informs physicians about what patients need for optimum outcomes, and gives practical ideas on communicating with patients and instilling hope.

This wealth of practical information on treating mood disorders and comorbid physical illness over the long term and avoiding relapses can be immediately utilized to enrich patient care.

This is the first step-by-step mood disorder guidebook designed specifically for physician use:

  • Helps physicians detect, diagnose, and treat depression and bipolar disorders in a concise, results-oriented way. Also helps physicians understand the issues and concerns of their patients for more effective and patient-centered care.

  • Provides a clinically rigorous method for quickly and accurately linking symptoms to each disorder.

  • Offers clear, up-to-date information on psychotropic drugs--with definitive instructions on the use of these antidepressants and mood stabilizers in the treatmentof disorders, including dosage guidelines.

  • Covers mood disorders as primary illnesses.

  • Focuses also on how mood disorders affect the diagnosis, treatment, and course of specific medical illnesses.
From Diagnosis to Treatment and Patient Management – A Unique Physician’s Guide to Depression and Bipolar Illness

Dwight L. Evans, MD
Ruth Meltzer Professor and Chairman
Department of Psychiatry
Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine and Neuroscience
University of Pennsylvania Health System

Dennis S. Charney, MD
Dean for Academic and Scientific Affairs for Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Senior Vice President for Health Sciences of The Mount Sinai Medical Center
Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Professor
Departments of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, and & Biological Chemistry
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, based in Chicago, Illinois, is the nation's leading patient-directed organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses -- depression and bipolar disorder.

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Reviewer: Regina Lopez, MD(Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This guide primarily focuses on the relationship between comorbid depression and specific medical conditions. It also provides brief overviews of depression and bipolar disorder.
Purpose: The editors' purpose is to clearly describe the state of current knowledge for each medical disorder discussed, and to stimulate future inquiries where gaps in understanding exist. These are extremely worthy objectives given the impact depression and medical conditions have on one another. Also, mood disorders are often overlooked in the primary care setting. The objectives are clearly met.
Audience: The book is written for a broad audience, including psychiatrists, psychologists, and other healthcare professionals who treat patients with mental and behavioral health disorders, as well as physicians in virtually all medical and surgical specialties and researchers in the biomedical sciences. The first section is oriented towards those not specifically trained in the mental health field.
Features: The first section covers general information on the prevalence, diagnosis, and psychopharmacologic and psychotherapeutic treatment of depression and bipolar disorder in adults, adolescents, and children. The subsequent sections cover the epidemiology, underlying biologic and physiologic mechanisms, diagnosis, and treatment of comorbid depression and specific medical disorders. The final section covers special topics, such as complementary and alternative medical approaches to mood disorder treatment. The best feature is that the book provides the most up-to-dateliterature on the subject matter in an organized and readable manner. In some chapters, trials are summarized in a table format. The diagnostic dilemmas of comorbid depression and specific medical conditions are also discussed.
Assessment: This is a useful and needed book in the field of psychiatry. It underscores the importance of a psychiatrist's role in inquiring about medical illness and preventative healthcare in our patient population. Also, the book stresses the importance of screening for mood disorders in all other clinical settings.



Interesting book: Volkswirtschaft: Eine Zeitgenössische Einführung

Caring for Our Elders: Multicultural Experiences with Nursing Home Placement

Author: Patricia Kolb

Almost forty percent of American adults age sixty-five and over spend some time in a nursing home, and residents in nursing homes will be increasingly diverse racially and ethnically because of changing demographics. The decision to place a family member in a nursing home is often extremely difficult, especially when the family belongs to a group with a strong tradition of filial responsibility. Despite these realities, little has been written about the stresses families of diverse cultural backgrounds experience in making this challenging decision.

This book describes the experiences of seventy-five African American and Afro-Caribbean, white Jewish, and Latina/o residents and their relatives and friends who have been their caregivers. Integrating original qualitative research with quantitative data and theoretical perspectives and findings from other studies, Patricia Kolb not only presents new perspectives on how caregiving varies across racial and ethnic backgrounds but also dispels numerous stereotypes about nursing home placement among diverse groups.



Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction1
Ch. 1The Need for Nursing Home Placement7
Ch. 2Research Studies About Caregiving by Family and Friends25
Ch. 3Earlier Years: Life Within Families and Communities46
Ch. 4Changing Health, Changing Relationships69
Ch. 5The Placement Process: Decisions and Transitions80
Ch. 6Settling In: Adjusting to the Changes104
Ch. 7Continuing to Care for Relatives in the Nursing Home121
Ch. 8Who Helps Residents and Their Relatives?134
References171
Index185

Monday, February 9, 2009

Weve Been Waiting For You or Personality Guided Therapy in Behavioral Medicine

We've Been Waiting For You

Author: Carolyn Arends

In this wonderfully warm gift book, well-known music artist Carolyn Arends celebrates the joys, mysteries, anxieties, and anticipation experienced by all women on the journey from pregnancy to birth. Perfect for both new and expectant moms, this full-color gift book is divided into a two sections: We've Been Waiting for You (the pregnancy) and We're So Glad You Came (the birth).

Through a mix of short stories, newly written song lyrics, poetry, photography, and Scripture, women will savor the sometimes funny, often emotive, yet always real themes within this book such as:

  • Great Expectations (I think we may be pregnant...)
  • Riding the Roller Coaster (the first trimester)
  • Are We There Yet? (the second trimester)

  • The Home Stretch (the third trimester)

  • Labor of Love (delivery)

  • Let's Go Home (baby)

Included in this gift book is a special CD from this talented singer / songwriter featuring two songs (We've Been Waiting for You and Be God's) celebrating the indescribable gift of a newborn baby



Look this: Die Mikrowirtschaft Heute

Personality-Guided Therapy in Behavioral Medicine

Author: Robert G Harper

Robert G. Harper's current position is with the Menninger Department of Psychiatry, at Baylor College of Medicine, where he is associate professor and conducts research and provides training in a behavioral medicine/neuropsychology predoctoral internship position.



Table of Contents:
Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Behavioral Medicine3
Ch. 1Behavioral Medicine Theory and Medical Disease19
Ch. 2Schizoid Personality47
Ch. 3Paranoid Personality65
Ch. 4Schizotypal Personality91
Ch. 5Histrionic Personality111
Ch. 6Narcissistic Personality133
Ch. 7Antisocial Personality157
Ch. 8Borderline Personality179
Ch. 9Dependent Personality207
Ch. 10Avoidant Personality229
Ch. 11Compulsive Personality251
Ch. 12Personality Disorders Not Otherwise Specified277
Ch. 13Future Directions319
References327
Author Index343
Subject Index349
About the Author359

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis or Nearly Departed

Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Author: Tammi L Shlotzhauer

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

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

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

Doody Review Services

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

Booknews

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

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody




Look this: Obesity Prevention and Public Health or Great Chicken Cookbook for People with Diabetes

Nearly Departed: Or, My Family and Other Foreigners

Author: Brenda Cullerton

Adarkly hilarious memoir about the final passage in the lives of the author's wildly eccentric parents -- a journey to the impenetrably remote and foreign land of her own backyard

Brenda Cullerton's parents were always a bit strange. Her mother gardened in curlers, pop-it beads, and black baggy underwear and was so afraid of lightning that she slept in rubber boots. Her greatest disappointment in life was the fact that her husband became a wealthy businessman, an entrepreneur who eventually took to hiding wads of cash in the toes of moldy old shoes in the barn. This was a family to escape from -- and Brenda did. But when she starts making trips home to care for her mother and father in their last year, Brenda finds that advancing age and illness have made their earlier behaviors seem downright normal. She also finds a concrete wall dividing her mother's house in two, a brother living in a tar-paper shack on the lawn, a seventy-one-year-old pot-smoking uncle planning to shoot Canada geese down at the pond, and a barefoot caregiver/nurse from Ghana who weeds with a very large machete and dreams of hunting local "bush meat." After years of traveling the world, Brenda Cullerton comes home to the strangest land she's ever visited and discovers that it is loving, not leaving, that saves her. Equal parts humor and heart-break, The Nearly Departed is a love letter to parents, family, and home -- however strange they may be.

author of THINK OF ENGLAND and IN THE GLOAMING - Alice Elliott Dark

A Triumph of compassion. . . . This is a wise and fascinating book.

author of RUNNING WITH SCISSORS - Augusten Burroughs

Hilarious and charming and loony and quite nearly perfect.

The Miami Herald, 5/18/03

.. is wildly humorous, bracing, even embracing...a tone-perfect sense of anecdote, and a commodious and forgiving heart...

O Magazine

A wise, courageous, brutally honest and darkly hilarious memoir . . . about all the ways shame mutilates the spirit and how love can help us let it go.

Publishers Weekly

Advertising slogan writer Cullerton tells the unexpectedly funny story of her "nearly departed," "brilliantly impaired" family. Picture her mom wearing "three pairs of glasses, one on top of the other," gardening in her Connecticut yard in her underwear. Or her formerly globe-trotting playboy dad, now bedridden, hurling curses worthy of a Tourette's sufferer, demanding his soda. As Cullerton meditates on her dotty family's eccentricities, she realizes there's a method to their madnesses. From her 71-year-old pot-smoking Uncle Larry, who "could be Hunter Thompson's version of a gonzo Santa Claus," to her ditsy Aunt Janet, who can't understand why the chickens in the butcher shop only have two legs, there's a desperate drive in all of them to escape the mediocrity of sameness, refusing to celebrate holidays and anniversaries ("commercial events invented by `Hellmark' ") or to live in the houses they actually own (more than one sleeps in the car with one hand on the wheel). While the anecdotes are amusing-e.g., her mother believes Barney is black, not purple; she parks in handicapped spaces, telling her daughter to limp as they leave-there's no mistaking it was often painful being raised by such people. Cullerton's mom enjoyed being difficult, seeing herself like sand irritating an oyster's membrane. But as this memoir shows, from such grit come pearls. By the time both parents are finally "departed," Cullerton begins to realize they haven't quite gone; they're with her, in her, still. Photos. (May 2) Forecast: Early attention, including a luncheon for the New York-based media, should get this book moving. Cullerton has connections to magazines, which should help, along with the cartoony jacket art. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Having an odd relative or two is part of most people's lives and is usually a source of both irritation and humor. For fashion writer Cullerton (Geoffrey Beene), it is all that and more. Although she lived in a seemingly normal home in suburban Connecticut, her family was more than a little eccentric. Her mother favored wearing three pairs of glasses, each on top of the other, and used to garden in a pair of baggy black underpants and a lace bra. Her father hid cash in pairs of old shoes, while her brother set up living quarters in a tar-paper shack in his parents' backyard. This memoir contains many amusing anecdotes about these and other characters in Cullerton's life but does not stop at mere storytelling. Cullerton writes from the perspective of an adult whose parents are now aging and becoming feeble. She asks poignant questions of herself that reveal her love for the strange people she calls her own and the heartbreak they have caused her. This is a cut above the average memoir, as it leads the reader to introspection, especially regarding the meaning of family. For larger public libraries where memoirs are popular.-Deborah Bigelow, Leonia P.L., NJ Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

Magazine journalist Cullerton's debut excavates the emotional rubble left in the wake of her family's passage through life. First there is a lull, when readers might mistake this memoir for a piece of comic absurdism: the final, even odder years of two already eccentric parents and a select cast of strange characters who live with them on the family property in Connecticut. Cullerton's mother, given to gardening in her black lace underwear in suburban New England, had always been a step out of the frame, with a wicked tongue that neatly cut people down to size. Today she is a caricature of herself; what was once vital is now purely intolerant when not purely unhinged. Cullerton's father had once seemed urbane, but his "stealthlike humor [and] light, deft touch" have degenerated into "a heavy-handed coarseness, a vulgarity, that made me cringe." Their daughter visits often as they dwindle toward their graves, scraping away the overburden until it bleeds, to arrive at "a place where there are no metaphors . . . the subconscious ceases to exist": her childhood. She gathers episodes, develops themes, puzzles them into an unsettling picture of fear, desertion, grief, and isolation. And it gives her dreadful pause, for she learned early the survival mechanism of flight and disappearance. "What if fear, rage, arrogance, and despair, like my genetic dispositions for alcoholism, osteoporosis, strokes, and cancer, are hardwired into my brain?" she asks. There is evidence of this, but also evidence that she's identified the enemy and taken countermeasures. Yet Cullerton's own internal wilderness is clearly far from tamed, and though it is full of hazards, she notes that "the edge is what keeps us onour toes." Yes, her parents were only human-"unbearably alive," she says-but that doesn't mean they should not have come with warning labels: Exposure to the contents herein is dangerous to your health. A history that comes alive as discomfiting flashes, then in great fearful helpings.



Table of Contents:
Prologue3
Seven months earlier
"I have been in tens and tens of houses since aff-rica."7
"Chop! chop! wicky! wicky!"15
"Wahoo! wah! the indian will never die!"21
"Terror is your family crest."29
"I'm a cripple. i'm entitled."37
"I am a stubborn prick."47
"You're nothing but a depraved sadist!"55
"Only the nouveaux swim in pools."71
"Only lazy slobs sit on lawn mowers!"83
"Don't look! avert thine eyes."99
"Handicapped? what jackass invented that one?"115
"So this is how it feels to be famous?"125
"Why does your father want to kill kenny?"139
"I believe miss sewell is down here in my bushes."147
"Bend, you fool!"165
"Please, don't tell me. i don't want to know."173
The departures
Dad--june 1998191
Mom--august 1998203
The house--january 1999211
A family update: september 2002219

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Obesity Prevention and Public Health or Great Chicken Cookbook for People with Diabetes

Obesity Prevention and Public Health

Author: David Crawford

More than 22 million children under five are now obese or overweight. Globally, an estimated 10% of school-aged children, between five and 17 years old, are overweight or obese, and the situation is getting worse. Although recognised clinically for some time as an important condition that increases risk of ill-health in affected individuals, it is only recently, that obesity has been recognised as a population-wide problem that requires preventive action. Obesity is a major contributor to diseases and disability, the associated health costs are enormous, obesity has already reached epidemic proportions in many countries, and incidence is continuing to increase in children and adults. Disturbingly the epidemic is not confined to developed countries, with many developing countries and those in transition affected. While recognised as a major population health problem, our understanding of the causes of the epidemic is poor, there has been relatively little population-based research that has focused on the prevention of unhealthy weight gain, and as a consequence knowledge regarding how and where best to intervene is limited. This book draws together the existing literature and expertise and with a view to helping set the agenda for public health action. The book is divided into three sections. Part 1 provides an overview of the context of the problem. It examines the epidemiology of obesity, the role of behavioural factors, socio-cultural factors and environmental factors in the obesity epidemic. Part 2 reviews interventions across a range of key settings and in different population groups - drawing on existing research that has aimed to increase physical activity, promote healthyeating and prevent obesity at a population level. Given how little research there is that has specifically examined the effectiveness of interventions aimed at preventing obesity per se, Part 3 explores potential opportunities to prevent obesity

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Patrick L Remington, MD, MPH (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Description: This book presents a scholarly review of the causes of the obesity epidemic in the U.S., and practical strategies for healthcare leaders to consider for the future.
Purpose: The aim of this book is to provide public health professionals with a state-of-the-science overview of the causes of the obesity epidemic and a case for prevention and control. The factors that have caused the obesity epidemic:fundamental changes in society that have led to declines in physical activity and changes in diet:will not be easy to modify. The authors present a clear description of what is known about the causes of the epidemic, and a cogent review of possible solutions.
Audience: This book is written for a broad audience. Students, researchers, teachers, clinicians, and public health practitioners will find it clear, concise, and easy to read. The author has brought together over 25 national experts who bring a diversity of experience and expertise in the causes and consequences of obesity.
Features: The authors present a thorough review of the factors that have contributed to the increasing rates of obesity. They also identify prevention and control strategies that work and save money. However, there is little discussion about the real-life barriers that confront communities who attempt to implement these programs. Who will pay for worksite interventions? K-12 physical education works, but schools are eliminating programs due to funding shortfalls. Fast food industry marketing promotes unhealthy eating but what can be done about it? Topics are repeated in several chapters (e.g., definitions of obesity). This is bothersome when reading the book cover to cover, but permits each chapter to stand on its own.
Assessment: The authors present an excellent overview of the causes, consequences, and possible solutions to the worldwide obesity epidemic. Reading this book is the first step in confronting one of the most daunting public health problems of the 21st century. The challenge will be to find innovative strategies to translate what is known about improving diet and increasing physical activity into practice.

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody




Books about: How to Fold Napkins or Nutrition for Foodservice Managers

Great Chicken Cookbook for People with Diabetes

Author: Beryl M Marton

Now you can have chicken any way they want it! Cookbook author beryl M. Marton has drawn on the flavors and cooking techniques from a variety of ethnic traditions go put together the very first chicken cookbook, with 150+ recipes for people with diabetes.

Beryl M. Marton is a successful cookbook author, co-owner of a gourmet food manufacturer and distributor, a former food consultant and stylist, and a former director of various cooking schools.



Thursday, February 5, 2009

The Melatonin Miracle or 100 Questions and Answers about Menopause

The Melatonin Miracle: Nature's Disease-Fighting, Sex-Enhancing, Age-Reversing Hormone

Author: Walter Pierpaoli

A revolutionary medical breakthrough suggests that aging is actually a preventable disease, and two key scientists at the center of this groundbreaking research are now going public for the first time.


For centuries scientists have labored to identify and reverse the cause of aging, and now that effort has converged on one gland, one hormone, and one laboratory. The gland is the pineal -- our body's natural timekeeper. The hormone is melatonin -- the pineal's messenger. The laboratory is headed by authors Drs. Pierpaoli and Regelson -- who explain how to use melatonin to "reset" our biological clocks in order to live longer, healthier lives.


More than just a promise to look younger, The Melatonin Miracle actually tells us how to grow younger. All we need to do to turn back the hands of time is simply restore the melatonin levels of our youth. By readjusting our "clocks," we c an actually slow the process of aging, as well as strengthen our immune system, thereby heightening our resistance to disease and even prolonging our sexual vitality.


Practical, informative, and intriguing, The Melatonin Miracle also addresses other research that suggests that melatonin is a safe, non-addictive sleep agent, lowers cholesterol, and helps relieve stress.



Go to: American National Security or The Green State

100 Questions and Answers about Menopause

Author: Ivy M Alexander

The only volume available to provide the doctor's and patient's view.

This book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of Menopause. The only volume available to provide the doctor's and patient's view.



Wednesday, February 4, 2009

The Fasting Handbook or Beauty and the Budget

The Fasting Handbook: Dining from an Empty Bowl

Author: Jeremy Safron

JEREMY SAFRON is the founder of Loving Foods and a consultant and adviser to several raw restaurants around the United States. His other books include THE RAW TRUTH and Dragon Yoga. As a livingfoods health practitioner, Safron has educated and assisted many people in healing and changing their lives with raw foods. He lives in Hawaii.



Interesting textbook: What Your Doctor and Your Pastor Want You to Know about Depression or The Stuntwomans Workout

Beauty and the Budget

Author: Sandi Brenner

A beauty reference manual with over 2300 tips, ideas and recipes for head to toe makeovers and beauty treatments. This book incorporates tricks the pros and top models use today with folk remedies and beauty routines used for centuries. Increase self confidence and look great even if you have little time or money to spend. Create inexpensive (or free) custom products tailored for you that work just as well as the enticing, expensive store bought or spa treatments. Use the tips and advice to solve beauty problems like flat hair, frizzies, dandruff, skin problems, acne, wrinkles, bloating, etc. Make your own custom cleansers, scrubs, masks, lotions, conditioners, styling products, powders and more. Learn techniques for makeup, hair styles, skin and hair care, hair coloring, hand, foot and dental care. Know important information regarding your voice, posture, skin tone and aromatherapy. Simple diet techniques that improve skin and hair, and the truth about losing weight. Written with the busy woman in mind without the hype and egos of Hollywood experts and marketers. This book is a straightforward resource guide without lots of filler words that you will refer to over and over again.



Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Your Perfectly Pampered Pregnancy or Driving With Care

Your Perfectly Pampered Pregnancy: An Expectant Mom's Guide to Health, Beauty, Lifestyle, and Self Care for 9 Months and Beyond

Author: Colette Bouchez

The moment a pregnancy is announced, all eyes are on baby. But what about Mom? Not only is her body changing, everything about her lifestyle is turning upside down.

A revolutionary new kind of self-help guide, Your Perfectly Pampered Pregnancy puts Mom at center stage, with hundreds of tips on how to have the healthiest, most vibrant pregnancy possible.

Culling advice from top medical, beauty, and style sources worldwide , award-winning health reporter Colette Bouchez delivers sound medical advice as well as beauty and lifestyle tips to keep Mom happy and healthy, ensuring baby will be healthier and happier as well.

Highlights include:

*The five most common pregnancy complaints—and how to beat them
*The beauty, hair, and skin care products that are safe to use—and what to avoid
*How to choose maternity clothes without losing your sense of style
*Natural and relaxing ways to beat stress, overcome sleep problems, and handle pregnancy fears
*How to treat painful—and often embarrassing—pregnancy problems naturally and easily, and how to know when it’s time to seek a doctor’s help
*Advice on how to blend your career obligations with impending motherhood—and look and feel great while doing it!
*How to make pregnant sex the best sex of your life

Written in the caring, one-on-one tone of a best friend, Your Perfectly Pampered Pregnancy is a unique (and long overdue) addition to the booming baby category.

Publishers Weekly

With this volume, Bouchez (Getting Pregnant) aims to fill one of the few holes left in the ever-expanding pregnancy book category by giving instructions for pampering a woman heavy with child. She points out that as mothers "concentrate on doing everything for our baby, too often, it seems, we can begin to lost sight of ourselves." But a good way to have a happy, healthy pregnancy is to "be kind to yourself, stay in touch with who you are, and treat yourself with the loving care and respect that you deserve." To that end, Bouchez guides readers through treating the common complaints of pregnancy, maintaining a sense of style and being a "hot mamma," enjoying sex and more. Friendly "real life" and "mother knows best" sidebars offer down-to-earth advice; quotations from experts (like the editors of Natural Health and Good Housekeeping) lend an air of authority. This is, however, more than just a pampering book-it gives a reassuring sense of what a woman can expect from pregnancy and advice for taking wonderful care of herself through it all.

Library Journal

With this collection of ideas about self-care during pregnancy, Bouchez (The V Zone) strives to reach the readers of titles like What To Expect When You're Expecting and The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy. When it comes to details about the physiological challenges of pregnancy and postpartum living, she succeeds, making good use of her extensive research. However, she provides conflicting information on other topics, such as fish consumption during pregnancy. The topically organized work features drop-in quotes from celebrities on appearance and fitness during pregnancy, as well as chapters on makeup, exercise, stress, employment, and sex. Its frank, if sometimes cute, discussion of pregnancy may be appreciated by public library patrons. An optional purchase for larger collections.-Jennifer Burek Pierce, Indiana Univ. SLIS, Indianapolis Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.



Book review: Diseasing of America or Helping Your Child Cope with Depression and Suicidal Thoughts

Driving With Care: Impaired Driving Offender Treatment

Author: Kenneth W Wanberg

This sequel is a 21-session, 42 hour program including 10 manual guided therapy projects.  Level II Therapy assists in developing individualized treatment plans.  It is designed for clients with higher levels of AOD disruption and psychosocial problems who need intervention over longer periods of time.  The program builds on the core concepts and ideas of DWC Education with a more intensive and therapeutic approach.  The primary objectives are preventing recidivism and relapse with the overarching goal of developing strategies for responsible living and change.



Table of Contents:
Session 1: Program Orientation: Understanding and Engaging the Change Process Session 2: Program Orientation: In-Depth Assessment and Targets and Tools for Change Session 3: Pathways to AOD Outcomes and Addiction Session 4: Reviewing Your Problem Outcome Symptoms and Patterns Session 5: Managing AOD Cravings and Urges Session 6: Skills in Cognitive Self-Control: Recognizing and Changing Negative Thoughts Session 7: Skills in Cognitive Self-Control: Recognizing and Changing Error in Thinking Session 8: Skills in Cognitive Self-Control: Managing Stress and Depression Session 9: Skills in Cognitive Self-Control: Recognizing and Managing Anger Session 10: Social and Relationship Skills Building: Learning Communication Tools and Skills Session 11: Social and Relationship Skills Building: Starting a Conversation Session 12: Social and Relationship Skills Building: Giving and Receiving Positive Reinforcement Session 13: Social and Relationship Skills Building: Learning Problem Solving Session 14: Social and Relationship Skills Building: Assertiveness Skills Session 15: Social and Relationship Skills Building: Practice Refusal Skills Session 16: Social and Relationship Skills Building: Developing and Keeping Intimate Relationships Session 17: Strengthening Recidivism and Relapse Prevention Skills Session 18: Relapse and Recidivism Prevention: Your Relapse Recidivism Prevention Plan and Lifestyle Balance Session 19: Community Responsibility Skills: Strengthening Character and Prosocial Values and Behavior Session 20: Community ResponsibilitySkills: Understanding and Practice Empathy Session 21: Community Responsibility and Relationship Skills: Resolving Conflicts and Negotiation Skill Development

Monday, February 2, 2009

Hope for Families of Children with Cancer or Eat Fit Be Fit

Hope for Families of Children with Cancer

Author: Johnnathan Ward

Im sorry to tell you thisyour child has cancer.

Each year in America those devastating words thrust parents of more than 12,000 children and adolescents into a frightening, dark tunneldramatically changing the dynamics of each family. Because childhood cancer attacks quickly and unexpectedly, parents reel, bombarded with information regarding treatments, tests and decisionsas parents echo, Ive never felt so alone. I feel like Im in a fog.

From the initial diagnosis and throughout the daunting journey the twelve chapters and resources in Hope for Families of Children with Cancer weave advice, support and hope from fellow travelers and professionals who come alongside through encouraging short stories, refreshing helpful hints and inspiring scriptures and prayers.

Many weary parents pull apart as communication breaks downsometimes far apart. An added study, Youniquely Made helps family members appreciate different personalities and methods of coping. Overwhelmed families find comfort and courage as writers deal with the struggles parents face balancing needs of their child; family ( the setaside spouses and the invisible onessiblings); and selfthe caregiverthe new normal of childhood cancer.



Table of Contents:
Dedication     vii
Preface: Hope     xi
Acknowledgments: Thank You!     xv
God's Coincidence?     1
I'm Sorry to Tell You This     7
What Do I Do Now?     21
Caring for Your Unique Child     29
Making Your Hospital Room Home     47
Forewarned Is Forearmed     57
Caring for the Caregiver     65
Family Flocks     85
Siblings: The Well Ones     97
Friends: The Family You Choose     111
Hospital Hospital-ity     121
You're Not Alone     137
Afterword: Preparing for the Journey     149
You-niquely Made Personality Study     155
Bibliography     171
Recommended Inspirational Reading     175
Organizations & Websites     179
Topical Index     185
Scripture Reference     197
About the Authors     201
For More Info     204

Book review: Vos Rôles et Responsabilités Comme un Membre du conseil d'administration, Vol.2

Eat Fit, Be Fit: Health and Weight Management Solutions

Author: Linda Arpino

This unique resource offers solutions for health and weight management by providing simple-to-read facts about eating better, controlling blood sugar, being healthy, and managing weight. Designed to help busy people cut through all of the confusing nutrition information available today, Eat Fit, Be Fit contains hundreds of recipes of "super foods" that make you feel great and curb your appetite without having to supersize portions. Special features of the text include guidelines for health, weight management, exercise, grocery shopping, and reading food labels. The nutrition principles presented discuss the impact stress has on hormones that cause overeating, and emphasize the importance of not eating on the run to aid in digestion. Also explained is the role of phytochemicals (plant based nutrients) in reducing the risk for cancer and fiber's impact on the heart, disease, diabetes, and cancer. Whether you are overweight or a finicky eater, young or old, this book has something for everyone. Eat Fit, Be Fit offers a well-rounded approach to healthy eating for the entire family, and its easy recipes for health and weight management will make all the difference for long term health.



Sunday, February 1, 2009

Healing Herbs of the Upper Rio Grande or Adams Navel

Healing Herbs of the Upper Rio Grande: Traditional Medicine of the Southwest

Author: LSM Curtin

This is the landmark ethnobotanical book by L.M.S. Curtin, who learned herbal medicine firsthand from Spanish and Native American folk healers, midwives, and elders. Revised and up-dated by eminent herbalist Michael Moore, this is a fascinating and useful guide for anyone interested in traditional healing methods.



Go to: Purba or Allergy Cuisine

Adam's Navel: A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Form

Author: Michael Sims

In this amusing and brilliantly conceived book, Michael Sims introduces you to your body. Moving from head to toe, Sims blends cultural history with evolutionary theory to produce a wonderfully original narrative in which he analyzes the visible parts of the body. In this fascinating brew of science and storytelling, readers encounter not only accessible explanations of the mechanics of their anatomy, but also the layers of mythology, religious lore, history, Darwinian theory, and popular culture that have helped to shape our understanding of any given body part. A titillating and unique book, Adam's Navel is learned and entertaining, a marvelous lens through which to study the form we all inhabit-but may not really understand.

The New York Times

This is an entertaining, witty and erudite jackdaw's nest of a book. Sims seems not only to have read everything, the trivial as well as the lofty, but to have remembered all of it. The range of reference is dizzying. If at times he sounds like the worst bore in the bar, he will quickly re-grab the reader's flagging attention with some new bizarre fact or fragment of arcana. — John Banville

The Washington Post

A quite remarkable compendium of fact, fantasy, myth and personal musings on the topic of the human body.—Judith Warner

Publishers Weekly

Sims's scattered thoughts while lying flat on his back, recovering from surgery on a dislocated cervical disc, were the origins of this delightful tour of our various body parts, from head to toe. It focuses on the outer body, and there's plenty to dwell upon with regard to eyes and ears and even the belly button. (The book's title derives from a centuries-old debate over whether Adam and Eve had navels since, not having emerged from a womb, they had no umbilical cord.) After an overture considering the skin, the book explores the head, the arms and torso, and the lower extremities (including genitals), each with its own set of colorful expressions and artistic interpretations. There's an entertaining fact on nearly every page, covering a wide range of subjects, from why human hair appears to grow after death to what French kissing was called in France (they considered it Italian). Historical sources reveal the roots of Barbie and Charles Atlas and the damage a lifetime of trumpet playing did to Louis Armstrong's lips, with some figures-including Charles Darwin and 19th-century criminologist Cesare Lombroso, who claimed he could identify the physical characteristics of the criminal classes-coming in for regular attention. Sims (Darwin's Orchestra: An Almanac of Nature in History and the Arts) marshals his disparate stories and facts into a cohesive whole with frequent humorous asides and poetic waxings. It all adds up to a rollicking "fantastic voyage" over the surface of the body. 15 line illus. not seen by PW. (On sale July 28) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Sims (Darwin's Orchestra), who has written about science, culture, and the arts for various publications, here systematically assesses the exterior parts of the human form from head to toe, starting with the head and hair, then moving to the face, eyes, ears, nose, lips, and so forth. He reviews the etymology of the words we use to name the parts of the body; explores the history, mythology, and social lore associated with each body part; and cites references to body parts in literature and popular culture. The book is certainly entertaining but ultimately not much more; it includes little scientific examination and little about cultures beyond the United States and Western Europe. Recommended for large public libraries.-Michael D. Cramer, Schwarz BioSciences, RTP, NC Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

A lighthearted exploration of the human body, drawing on myth, religion, art, pop culture, history, biology, and any other -ology that suits the purpose here: to delight, astound, and inform. After opening with an overture to the skin, journalist Sims (Darwin's Orchestra, not reviewed) divides the body into three regions: head and face, arms and torso, and lastly (and rather oddly), genitals and legs. For each part he entwines physiology and culture, elucidating how a part functions, what it has come to mean, how it has entered our language and literature. Anecdotes abound. The examination of hair covers not just its structure but its symbolic power as displayed by Samson, Rastafarian dreadlocks, Veronica Lake's peekaboo hairstyle, its use in witchcraft, and its treatment in etiquette guides. The mouth leads Sims into dissertations on the smile and the kiss, tales of Louis Armstrong's painfully split lips, and the roles of the tongue in tasting and talking. From his chapter on the hand, we learn about the evolution of the handshake and the many ways in which the thumb turns up in figures of speech, with some fingerprinting history and palm-reading lore thrown in. Bellybutton lint, navel-gazing, and controversy over the proper depiction of the bellies of Adam and Eve are considered in the chapter on navels. And so it goes, as Sims works his way from top to toe. His route need not be the one taken by the reader, however, for this can be opened at any page, so densely packed with fascinating information that it is probably best read in small chunks. Choice tidbits include the fact that the Komachi Hair Company in Japan sells a pubic wig called the Night Flower, that certain chimpanzees holdhands and kiss, or that Houdini could pick a lock with his toes. Sources include Seinfeld episodes, Michelangelo's paintings, and the writings of Stephen Jay Gould. Great fun. Agent: Heide Lange/Sanford J. Greenburger



Table of Contents:
Introduction: The Form Complete1
Overture: Skin Deep9
Pt. 1Headquarters
1The Not-Quite-Naked Ape21
2Face-to-Face44
3The Vigilant Eye56
4Lend Me Your Ears80
5A Ridiculous Organ94
6The Archaic Smile102
Pt. 2The Weight of the World
7Arms and the Man137
8The Monkey's Paw147
9Madonna del Latte187
10Adam's Navel213
Pt. 3A Leg to Stand On
11Privy Members229
12Our Steed the Leg269
Acknowledgments311
Selected Bibliography and Further Reading315
Index328