Heinermans Encyclopedia of Healing Herbs and Spices or Ultimate Fitness through Martial Arts

Heinerman's Encyclopedia of Healing Herbs and Spices

Author: John Heinerman

In the tradition of his other bestselling health guides, Heinerman's Encyclopedia of Healing Juices and Heinerman's New Encyclopedia of Fruits and Vegetables, renowned medical expert John Heinerman, Ph.D. now shows you how to harness the amazing healing power of common herbs and spices to reverse illness and restore vitality! From Agave for stomach problems and Allspice for toothaches to Yohimbine to rejuvenate your sex life and Yucca for arthritis relief, you'll discover hundreds of all-natural remedies for over 100 health conditions. Best of all, these herbs and spices are completely safe, effective, and readily available from your local grocer or health food store. In fact, you may find many of them in your kitchen cabinets right now. Plus, the Encyclopedia also includes scores of intriguing case histories that illustrate the many uses of these healers in a variety of cultures through the ages ... listings of herbs and spices and the conditions they offer relief from ... and step-by-step recommendations for using these natural remedies most effectively.

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"John Heinerman is a world-traveled researcher, author and lecturer who seems to know more about his subject than most of his colleagues. His large size paperback bustles with fascinating anecdotes, personal observations and quotes from experts. . . . It's a well-organized lively book for believers.

Interesting book: Healing Power of Hado or Self Help Way to Treat Colitis and Other IBS Conditions Second Edition

Ultimate Fitness through Martial Arts

Author: Sang H Kim

Ultimate Fitness through Martial Arts is a one-stop reference for martial arts students, instructors and coaches that includes over 200 new and traditional martial arts exercises, games and drills for developing speed, power, flexibility, timing, coordination, agility, balance, and mental strength. Save hours of workout time by doing only the exercises that produce maximum results. Learn to plan your personal workout and track your progress in every area.

* Variations for individuals, partners and groups
* Detailed explanations of fitness concepts
* Injury prevention
* Diet and nutrition
* Beginner, intermediate and black belt workout plans
* Exercise cautions
* Martial arts applications for all exercises
* Instructor guidelines
* Organized for easy reference
* over 200 photos

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This book provides exercises geared toward all ability levels in the martial arts. The author, who boasts 30 years of experience in this discipline, contributes chapters on balance, speed, endurance, strength, and coordination and timing. While some of the routines can be performed individually, a number of exercises require a partner. The consistently arranged listings for each routine include correct execution, main benefits, martial arts benefits, and cautions. Recommended for general exercise and sports collections.-- J. Sara Paulk, Concord P.L., N.H.

Table of Contents:

The Quest
What is Fitness
Maintaining Fitness
Exercise Methodology
Warm-ups
Your Personalized Workout

Power
What is It?
How does it Apply to Martial Arts
Where does it Come From?
Exercises
Cautions
Tracking Your Progress
Instructor Notes
(all attribute chapters follow this format)

Speed

Perception

Coordination

Balance

Agility

Flexibility

Endurance

Accuracy

Timing

Mental Strength

Nutrition
The Components of Good Nutrition
Nutritional Concerns of Athletes

Injury Prevention
Safety in the Training Area
How does it Apply to Martial Arts
Before you Begin
During your Workout
Working with a Partner
Staying Fit
Overuse Injuries

Sample Workouts
Designing your Personalized Workout
Using the Sample Plans
Sample Plans
Glossary

Gary Nulls Ultimate Anti Aging Program or Hot Plants

Gary Null's Ultimate Anti-Aging Program

Author: Gary Null PhD

Anti-aging theories may look good on paper, but is it possible to reverse or stop the aging process in real people? Gary Null, America's leading expert on alternative health, wanted results that could be measured by actual life experience, and could make individuals look and feel young and energtic. So he asked over 1,000 volunteers to help him try out his comprehensive four-part anti-aging program based on the most recent scientific findings on staying young. Three years later, the same men and women who participated in his study experienced dramatic results that were documented in the PBS special, How To Live Forever.

In concise clear language, Gary Null brings you the same plan that changed the bodies and mental outlook of the participants who used it first. Gary Null's Ultimate Anti-Aging Program begins begins by teaching you the very best and safest ways to detoxify your body from the poison's that accumulate and force it to age. You'll then learn how to fortify your immune system through nutrition and diet, to fight cancer, arthritis, heart disease and dozens of other ailments -naturally and without prescription drugs. Next, instead of losing your hight or becoming dangerously frail, you will find out how to effectively build body mass and strengthen bones. Finally, Gary Null explains how to use the mind-body connection to conquer stress, banish depression, and find joy in each new day.

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Though not a medical doctor, Null (Get Healthy Now) has authored many health books on subjects ranging from allergies to Native American healing. Central to this program is the author's conviction that aging results from the toxic effects of free radicals, molecules that have unpaired electrons that damage the body when they try to steal electrons from other cells. Eliminating or reducing toxins and stress from one's diet and environment can lessen the number of free radicals and thus slow, and even reverse, the aging process. Null advocates an exercise program and an organic vegetarian diet in conjunction with herb and vitamin supplements to detoxify the body. Lacking in both scientific data to support many of his claims and step-by-step directions to implement them, Null's "program," narrated by Robert Deyan, is mostly a description of the possible ways to treat a copious number of medical conditions. Also, an annotated listing of the supposed medical benefits of various natural substances and treatments, included on the last two tapes, is quite unsuitable for audio. Not recommended.--Beth Farrell, Portage Cty. Dist. Lib., OH Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

Interesting textbook: Consultar Processo em Ação

Hot Plants: Nature's Proven Sex Boosters for Men and Women

Author: Chris Kilham

In the wake of Viagra's enormous popularity, the international market has been inundated by a blizzard of purported natural sex enhancers. Some of these products are nothing but hype, yet others contain proven agents that enhance libido, improve sexual function, and increase pleasure. These bona fide sex-boosters can be found in Hot Plants.

From the ancient rainforests of Malaysia, to remote mountains in Siberia, medicine hunter Chris Kilham has scoured the globe in search of effective, sex-enhancing plants. Hot Plants, Nature’s Proven Sex Boosters For Men And Women, contains a lively account of those adventurous travels, with valuable information that you can use to boost your sex life.

These natural agents of desire include Tongkat Ali, maca, yohimbe, catuaba, ashwagandha, horny goat weed, zallouh root, Rhodiola rosea, Red ginseng, Siberian ginseng and chocolate. Medicine Hunter Chris Kilham draws upon history, legend and keen research, as he weaves tales of remarkable people, exotic locations, and his extensive investigations into the science and uses of the hot plants. Learn which plants increase libido in both men and women, improve erectile function in men, put more fire into your sex life, and significantly boost your pleasure.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments	xi
	Foreword	xiii
	Introduction: Nature's Agents of Desire	1
	The Oldest Forest: Tongkat Ali	7
	From Russia with Love: Rhodiola rosea	31
	Heart of Darkness: Pausinystalia yohimbe	51
	The Ferocious Yin Yang: Horny Goat Weed	71
	The Gods Make Love: Ashwagandha	89
	Hot and Damp Places: Catuaba	109
	The Perfumed Garden: Zallouh, Ferulis harmonis	127
	High Plains Aphrodisiac: Maca	145
	Tao of Sex: Siberian Ginseng and Red Ginseng	165
	The Love Drug: Chocolate	181
	Hot Plants Resources	199

Green Barley Essence or Body Wisdom

Green Barley Essence (Good Health Guide)

Author: Yoshihide Hagiwara

The all-natural "fast food".

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Body Wisdom: Light Touch for Optimal Health

Author: Sharon Giammatteo

Sharon Giammatteo teaches readers a self-healing method that can return life to areas deadened by shock or trauma. The technique is based on the Neurofascial Process, a calculated laying on of hands and subsequent release of emotional and physical pain. The author widens her scope to include any pain, strain, or fracture, and extensive illustrations make the process simple and rewarding.

Yoga Zone Introduction to Yoga or The Uses of Wild Plants

Yoga Zone Introduction to Yoga: A Beginner's Guide to Health, Fitness, and Relaxation

Author: Alan Finger

Let the modern authority on yoga guide you on the most important journey you'll ever take.

As people search for inner peace amid increasingly hectic lives, the practice of yoga continues to gain popularity. Yoga means to yoke, or to bring together, the various aspects of the self—body, mind, and spirit—and while the physical and mental benefits of yoga are truly astounding, to many people the idea of yoga is intimidating. In fact, nothing could be easier than starting a yoga practice, and Yoga Zone Introduction to Yoga is the perfect guide.

In the first section, Yoga Master Alan Finger offers a brief history of the different types of yoga and how they are practiced in the West, including an explanation of the ISHTA yoga that Alan created and that is taught at Yoga Zone. You'll learn about the benefits of yoga and how to prepare for a practice with different breathing exercises. Next Alan outlines two series of beginner postures, accompanying each pose with detailed instructions on how to achieve it, along with tips and modifications for various fitness levels. All the exercises are fully illustrated and the text is instructional yet friendly, in the tradition of a Yoga Zone studio class. Following the postures, there's a special section on relaxation and meditation, cornerstones of any yoga practice. Packed with personality and full of valuable information, Yoga Zone Introduction to Yoga will introduce you to a life of unlimited possibilities and infinite joy.

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These two titles address the benefits of practicing yoga. Finger's Yoga ZoneR Introduction to Yoga takes a broader approach. Creator of the ISHTA yoga taught at his New York City-based Yoga ZoneR studios, Finger explains his program and offers a brief history of different types of yoga. Outlines of two series of beginners' programs are well illustrated with photos of poses and accompanied by detailed instructions, tips, and variations. A section covers relaxation and meditation and breathing techniques. Healing Mudras has a much narrower focus. Mudras, in Buddhism and Hinduism, are symbolic gestures involving hands, fingers, and arms that are used in ceremonies and dance or seen in artwork. Mesko, a former dancer and certified yoga therapist, takes a mindful and introspective approach combining movement with chants in order to achieve specific self-affirming goals. All 52 mudras are demonstrated with photos of the author, along with instructions for breathing, eye movements, and mantras, which spoken aloud impart greater mental and physical energy and a healing quality. Experienced yoga students seeking to move beyond the basic postures or individuals with physical limitations will find this guide useful. Both titles are easy to follow and understand. However, since a number of introductory yoga books are already available, Finger's is an optional purchase. Because it concentrates on a very specific aspect of yoga practice, Mesko's guide is a preferred choice for a wellness collection or public library with a limited budget seeking to round out its yoga collection.--Deborah Anne Broocker, Georgia Perimeter Coll., Dunwoody Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

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The Uses of Wild Plants: Using and Growing the Wild Plants of the United States and Canada

Author: Frank Tozer

A must-have for foragers, botanists, herbalists, gardeners, permaculturists, and anyone who wants to learn more about wild plants, this insightful guide provides interesting and valuable uses for more than 1200 species in 500 genera of wild plants found throughout North America and beyond.

The Uses of Wild Plants provides a survey of how plants have been used for food, drink, medicine, fuel, clothing, intoxicants, and more throughout history. Each listing includes a detailed description and drawing to aid in identifying these valuable plants in your garden and in the wild.

Greenthumbs will learn cultivation techniques for the most significant of these plants, and their uses in the garden. Tozer foresees a future where plants are an integral part of an ecologically sustainable society. They will provide renewable sources of energy, fertilizer, chemicals, building materials, and more, and will give us the means to clean our waterways and groundwater, desalinate soil, recover valuable nutrients from waste, and maybe even help to slow global warming.

Mind Your Heart or Diabetes Survival Guide

Mind Your Heart: A Mind/Body Approach to Stress Management, Exercise, and Nutrition for Heart Health

Author: Aggie Casey

Prevent, Control, and Manage Heart Disease with This Personalized Mind/Body Program.

Based on the innovative Cardiac Wellness Program at the world-renowned Mind/Body Medical Institute, founded by pioneering physician and researcher Herbert Benson, M.D., Mind Your Heart offers a balanced and holistic approach to heart health that combines lifestyle changes with cutting-edge medical procedures. With this program, you can lower your blood pressure and cholesterol, lose weight, increase physical fitness, and help prevent and manage heart disease.

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Diabetes Survival Guide: Understanding the Facts about Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

Author: Stanley Mirsky

“This is a must-read book or all diabetics.”
–Derek LeRoith, M.D., chief of endocrinology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine


The number of diabetics in the United States has increased 61 percent in the last decade. Now this classic, accessible guide has been completely revised with the latest medical findings and facts on diagnosis and treatment. Written by a leading diabetes specialist, Diabetes Survival Guide provides invaluable support, answers a variety of questions, and includes new information on

• prediabetes: early warning signs for the millions at high risk for developing the disease
• the Metabolic Syndrome: risk factors that, along with genetic predisposition, sow the seeds of diabetes
• prevention: good news about the benefits of cinnamon, coffee, chocolate, black pepper, and other common foods and drinks
• diet: sensible, easy—to-follow suggestions about what, when, and how much to eat (and the choices are delicious!)
• new drugs: inhaled insulin powder, combination pills, insulin that lasts twenty-four hours, fast-acting “designer” insulin, and other milestones
• cutting-edge equipment: state-of-the-art insulin pumps, glucose monitors, and pen injectors
• complications: innovations for preventing heart disease, kidney failure, neuropathy of the feet and legs, and loss of vision
• stem cell research: the imminent possibility of using stem cells as a source of insulin-producing beta cells
• surgical options: transplantation techniques

If you’re a diabetic or care about someone who is, this comprehensive guide and daily companionbelongs front and center on your bookshelf and in your life.

“In this succinct and thoughtful volume, Dr. Mirsky provides useful lessons to all patients struggling to understand diabetes and live long, healthy lives.”
——C. Ronald Kahn, M.D., president, the Joslin Diabetes Center

“This book contains all the right questions and superb answers from the expert who happens to by my physician.”
——Mary Tyler Moore

Fundamentals of Pap Test Cytology or Sports Nutrition

Fundamentals of Pap Test Cytology

Author: Rana S Hoda

Fundamentals of Pap Test Cytology is intended as a practical primer on the Pap test. Using bold text, tables, and highlighted areas, this book offers readers a user-friendly text on Pap test fundamentals so readers may find specific information effortlessly. This book begins with a basic dictionary of terms, principles, and anatomy before detailing such issues as the Bethesda System, liquid-based and physiological cytology, reactive changes, human papillomavirus, and atypical squamous cells. The authors also discuss low-grade and high-grade squamous intra-epithelial lesions, invasive squamous carcinoma, endocervical and endometrial lesions, metastatic tumors, therapy-related changes, and the newest techniques in screening and managing Pap tests.

Fundamentals of Pap Test Cytology will be an incredibly useful tool for cytotechnologists and cytopathologists, as well as those in training.  Readers preparing for various proficiency and licensing examinations will also find helpful information throughout this volume.

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Reviewer:Xiao Yun Wang, BS, MD(University of Kansas Medical Center)
Description:This concise and compact paperback details the clinical and laboratory aspects of the Pap test as it is used today. It employs an outline format with interspersed black-and-white images, tables, and figures, to present the topic in a user-friendly manner.
Purpose:As stated in the preface, the authors intend this to be a basic practical primer of the Pap test that also functions as a quick reference guide. Clinical information, such as the diagnostic implications of various lesions, is provided. In addition, the authors hope that the book may help those who plan to take proficiency and licensing examinations.
Audience:The audience includes all who are involved in evaluating the Pap test, cytotechnologists and cytopathologists, as well as those who are in training.
Features:The book is divided into brief chapters, each only 3 to 17 pages long. Traditional topics, such as the Bethesda System, liquid-based and conventional cytology, human papillomavirus and molecular identification techniques, and squamous and glandular lesions of the cervix, make up the bulk of the book. Each chapter is organized into sections that feature clinical information, diagnostic cytologic features and variations, benign and neoplastic mimickers, differential diagnosis, and management issues. Images, some with histologic correlation, and tables and figures are placed appropriately throughout. Although the images are black and white, they are of high quality and illustrate the topic with clarity. Two novel chapters ("A Short Dictionary of the Pap Test" and"Analogies in the Pap Test: Of Cornflakes and Raisins") may benefit those new to the subject. They succinctly define key words and phrases that are often thrown about by veteran cytologists. Another strong point is Appendix 1, which is an image overview of the cells of the Pap test. These are different from the slides in the main text; thus providing a second view.
Assessment:This is an excellent quick reference for anyone involved or interested in gynecologic cytology. It is packed with useful information, organized in a very accessible manner, which makes it an ideal benchside reference for cytopathologists and cytotechnologists at all levels of training.

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Sports Nutrition: Fats and Proteins

Author: Judy A Driskell

Sports Nutrition: Fats and Proteins is a nuts and bolts reference guide to help athletes, coaches, and trainers make educated dietary choices to yield optimal performance. Written by experts from several disciplines, this volume addresses the quality, quantity, and type of fat and protein intake as it relates to exercise and sports. It presents comprehensive information on lipids and fatty acids, including omegas-3 and -6 and alpha-linoleic acid; protein and amino acid supplements such as creatine, glutamine, and whey, and soy proteins; and other beneficial compounds. It also provides the recommended dietary proportions of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, making it a valuable reference guide.

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Reviewer:Jamie A. Cooper, MS(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Description:This book provides information about how fats, proteins, and select protein supplements impact physical performance.
Purpose:The purpose is to provide information about how these nutrients may or may not be beneficial for physical performance. Proper nutrition and macronutrient intake is an essential component for optimal physical performance and this book provides scientific and research-based information that is essential for people interested in the sports nutrition field.
Audience:According to the editor, this book is intended to provide information for professionals in sports medicine, fitness, and sports nutrition, as well as researchers, students, dietitians, and other health practitioners. While there is useful information for athletes and coaches, the scientific nature of this book makes it more appropriate for researchers and those in a health or science-related profession.
Features:This book focuses on different types of fats and proteins and some supplements. For each type of nutrient, the authors address the digestion, absorption, and function in the body. In addition, published research and literature is used to examine how these nutrients affect physical performance in terms of aerobic capacity and endurance and muscle mass and strength. Finally, they provide recommendations for amount and timing of nutrient intake to obtain optimal physical performance. While some supplements are covered, this book is not designed as a supplement guide for the many ergogenic aids available on the market today.
Assessment:Whilesome of the nutrients covered do not appear to have a huge impact on physical performance, this book does provide a comprehensive overview of any beneficial or negative impact the nutrients may have on physical performance.

Table of Contents:

Preface     xi
The Editor     xiii
Contributors     xv
Introduction
Introduction to Sports Nutrition: Fats and Proteins   John J.B. Anderson     3
Fats
Total Fats, Saturated Fats, and Cholesterol   Heather E. Rasmussen   Ji-Young Lee     15
Medium-Chain Triglycerides   Wayne E. Billon     37
Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids   Karina R. Lora   Nancy M. Lewis     63
Conjugated Linoleic Acid   Celeste G. Koster   Martha A. Belury     89
Octacosanol and Wheat Germ Oil   Susan H. Mitmesser     99
Proteins
Protein: Quantity and Quality   Mark A. Tarnopolsky   Brian W. Timmons     109
Whey, Casein, and Soy Proteins   Brian S. Snyder   Mark D. Haub     143
Creatine   Richard B. Kreider     165
Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate   Catherine G.R. Jackson     187
Carnitine   Sara Chelland Campbell   Robert J. Moffatt     201
[beta]-Hydroxy-[beta]-Methylbutyrate   Steven L. Nissen     221
Branched-Chain Amino Acids   Michael Gleeson     243
Glutamine   Satya S. Jonnalagadda     261
Other Individual Amino Acids   Neal F. Spruce   C. Alan Titchenal     279
Recommended Intakes of the Energy-Yielding Nutrients
Recommended Proportions of Carbohydrates to Fats to Proteins in Diets   Henry C. Lukaski     357
Index     373

Men and the War on Obesity or A Fit and Well Way of Life

Men and the War on Obesity: A Sociological Study

Author: Lee F Monaghan

According to official statistics, nearly two thirds of men in Britain are overweight or obese. Men and the War on Obesity offers a timely, critical and original take on the obesity debate, bringing male bodies into the frame and questioning the claim from public health that millions of people are unhealthy because they are 'overweight' or 'obese'. It focuses upon everyday men, who, according to medicalized ideas of appropriate weight for height and like most men in developed nations, are too heavy.

This challenging work redresses the gender bias in the existing literature and questions the degradation of big bodies as part of the widely declared war on fat.

Interesting book: Cyberethics or Simply Visual Basic 2008

A Fit and Well Way of Life

Author: Gwen Robbins

Offering twelve chapters with brief coverage of health Topics, this book is designed for course that is primarily classroom lecture; students are expected to pursue self-guided fitness outside of class, such as seep activity logs and complete lab assignments. Complements a fitness course that is broader in scope and incorporates self-management principles and stress management to build healthy habits. Ideal for a fitness or wellness course with limited credit hours. Offers behavior change strategies throughout and many lab activities offered in the book and even more available online.

Table of Contents:

1: Understanding Wellness

2: Changing Behavior

3: Developing and Assessing Physical Fitness

4 : Maximizing Cardiorespiratory Fitness

5: Developing Flexibility

6: Developing Muscular Fitness

7: Exploring Special Exercise Considerations

8: Preventing Common Injuries and Caring for the Lower Back

9: Maximizing Heart Health

10: Coping with Stress

11: Eating for Wellness

12: Achieving a Healthy Weight

Promoting Self Change From Addictive Behaviors or Control Your Blood Pressure

Promoting Self-Change From Addictive Behaviors

Author: Harald Klingemann

Many are addicted. Few are treated. Yet many who are not treated recover. Promoting Self-Change from Addictive Behaviors examines natural recovery as a clinical phenomenon, a field of inquiry, and a vital component of therapy. It also brings clinicians and counselors to a new understanding of addiction and recovery.

One of the few books on the topic, this updated edition offers alternatives to disease models of addiction by exploring personal pathways to recovery. Focusing on alcohol and drug problems, it provides a literature review of 40 years of studies on self-change with particular emphasis on the current decade and methodological issues (starting with how much or how little treatment constitutes "treatment"). The 24 experts keep the coverage consistently readable, and dozens of brief narratives from individuals who have successfully recovered from an addictive behavior without formal help lend valuable personal perspectives.

More of the book's key features: Core factors in self-change, from cognitive processes to social issues; Case examples of natural recovery from smoking, binge eating, problem gambling, and criminal behavior; Redefining the role of treatment in changing addictive behaviors; Cross-cultural, community, and prevention perspectives on promoting self-change; "Self-change toolbox" chapter offering assessment tools, recovery strategies, web links, and other online resources.

With Promoting Self-Change from Addictive Behaviors, health care professionals and researchers (from psychologists and social workers to nurses, sociologists, and physicians) can find more effective methods to fit client needs, and develop new insights into therecovery process. Public health workers and policymakers will also find informative strategies for tapping this rich therapeutic resource.

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Reviewer:Gary B Kaniuk, Psy.D.(Cermak Health Services)
Description:This discussion of how individuals recover from addictive behaviors using self-change strategies delves into what actually constitutes &quto;treatment,&quto; and how addicted people have recovered on their own without a formal program.
Purpose:According to the editors, this book &quto;examines natural recovery as a clinical phenomenon, a field of inquiry, and a vital component of therapy. It also brings clinicians and counselors to a new understanding of addiction and recovery.&quto; In the foreword, Howard J. Shaffer, Harvard Medical School, notes that the earlier book (Promoting Self-Change from Problem Substance Abuse (Springer, 2001)) was a landmark in the field, &quto;and this book updates, integrates, and solidifies the best science on this topic.&quto;
Audience:It is intended for use as a reference by researchers, healthcare practitioners, public health specialists, and alcohol and drug policy makers. The editors and contributors represent institutions of higher learning and addiction centers from countries around the world, including the U.S., Sweden, Germany, Canada, Poland, and Spain.
Features:After chapters presenting an overview and a review of the literature, the book ends with a &quto;Self-Change Toolbox,&quto; which provides information regarding assessment instruments and relevant websites. Throughout the book there are excerpts from those who have recovered using self-change methods, a powerful addition. Interesting tables and figures also enhance the presentation. One of the editors, Linda Carter Sobell, notes: &quto;Ifsubstance use problems are viewed as lying along a continuum ranging from no problems to mild problems to severe problems, rather than as dichotomous (i.e. alcoholic versus not alcoholic, drug addict versus not drug addict) it has profound implications for how one views and treats such individuals. One implication is that there are multiple pathways to recovery, including self-change, a pathway that has largely been ignored by the addiction field.&quto;
Assessment:This excellent book highlights an approach that is not talked about much in the addictions field. Given that there are many people struggling with addiction, it is important to learn different ways of changing and overcoming. This book provides just that.

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Control Your Blood Pressure (52 Brilliant Ideas)

Author: Rob Hicks

High blood pressure affects nearly one in three women and two in five men. It is a major contributor to strokes and heart disease, yet rarely presents any symptoms-and one may not even know there is a problem until it's too late. With practical advice and sensible solutions, Control Your Blood Pressure will help readers learn how to recognize risk factors, lower their numbers, and increase their health.

Total Heart Health for Women or Bugs Bites and Bowels

Total Heart Health for Women: A Life-Enriching Plan for Physical and Spiritual Well-Being

Author: Ed Young

In the age of the "extreme makeover," women have a unique set of pressures and expectations, but more often than not, it's about transforming the ouside in a vein attempt to heal the inside. Obviously, women are not being healed. Total Heart Health for Women explores the undeniable link between ourphysical bodies and our spiritual state of mind. Women need to reclaim their identities in Christ and learn to be cherished and wholly loved by their Maker. In Total Heart Health for Women, well-known author and pastor, Ed Young, and his wife, Jo Beth Young, team up with two of the country's leading physicians for the world-renown Texas Heart Institute, Dr. J. Michael Duncan and Dr. Richard Leachman, to bring women the guidance they so desperately need to achieve total heart health in their lives. With practical health and fitness tips, smart recipes and strategies for an authentic spiritual life, women will learn to get heart healthy by honoring Christ physically and spiritually with their total hearts.

Table of Contents:

Contents

Introduction: Woman to Woman You can have a healthy heart lifestyle in 90 days!....................vii
1. The Heart of the Matter It's your total heart, not just the parts, that matters....................1
Part 1: The Unique Beauty of a Woman's Heart 2. The Wonder of a Woman's Heart Your heart isn't on your sleeve; it's everywhere!....................13
3. What's So Special About Your Heart? It pumps blood just like a man's but is affected by different hormones....................23
4. Your Heart Connection with God You have the same spiritual capacity as a man but a different concept of God....................33
Part 2: The Enemies of a Woman's Heart 5. Your Heart Is a Target God wants you to enjoy a rich, full life; but someone else has other plans....................45
6. Heart Health-A Real Life-and-Death Matter If you're not heart savvy, "love handles" are just the tip of the iceberg....................53
7. Resist the Assault on Your Spiritual Heart Turn from fear and resignation, and your life will light up with hope....................63
8. Are You Eating to Live or Living to Eat? The path to a healthy physical heart goes through your stomach....................75
9. Calories: Are They Friend or Foe? Achieving healthy energy balance is all about healthy calorie balance....................87
10. Four Health Trends That Can Hurt Your Heart Just because "everybody's doing it" doesn't mean it's right for you....................97
11. Five Fears That Will Erode Your Faith If you can trust God for anything, why can't you trust Him for everything?....................107
12. Unblocking the Flow to YourSpiritual Heart Five areas where you may be in need of "spiritual angioplasty."....................117
Part 3: The Ongoing Health of a Woman's Heart 13. Energy from the Proper Fuels How to get more bounce in your step with less jiggle everywhere else....................129
14. Adding Fire to Dietary Fuels Cholesterol, fiber, vitamins, minerals-and what they mean in your daily diet....................141
15. Spiritual Energy for Every Hour of the Day Enjoy God as you never have before, no matter how tough your life is....................151
16. Heart Exercise for Fun and Personal Profit Careful planning and variety are the keys to your "energy-out" program....................161
17. Are You Getting Daily Spiritual Workouts? A healthy spiritual heart needs exercise as much as it needs fuel....................175
18. Be Your Own Diet Guru Which of today's flashy pop diets are best for you? None of them!....................185
19. Get Your Guidance from the Guardian of Your Heart Which of today's pop psychologists should you follow? None of them!....................193
20. Are You Ready for the 90-Day Challenge? Is "next Monday" a good time for you to start transforming your life?....................201
Total Heart Health Journal....................208
21. Physical Energy In: Menus and Recipes Twenty-one days of easy, healthy weight-loss menus for you and your family....................211
22. Spiritual Energy In: 90 Days with God's Word Bible passages you can "feed on" during your 90-Day Challenge....................235
Notes....................237

Look this: Northwest Homegrown Cookbook Series or Simple Cuisine

Bugs, Bites and Bowels: The Essential Guide to Travel Health

Author: Jane Jane Wilson Howarth

This exhaustive travel health manual is written by Dr. Jane Wilson- Howarth, a doctor, mother, intrepid traveler and widely published journalist. She gives helpful advice on all aspects of traveling, from what to expect and pre-trip vaccinations to the hazards of heat and sun in deserts and jungles and of cold and exposure in mountains and caves. In this fully updated edition, there is information on the latest Malaria treatments, on growing concerns for travelers such as deep vein thrombosis, or "economy class syndrome," and sections covering travel health for groups with special requirements, such as epilepsy sufferers, diabetics, families with children and the elderly. The usefulness of natural remedies is assessed, and in a feature unique among travel health guides, responsible tourism is covered. Tables help readers match disease to country, while special sections cover skin infections, the risks of sunburn, and even the psychological effects of becoming an expatriate. There is advice on how to treat bites and stings and information on accidents, first aid, common ailments and what to do if travelers get home and need treatment. It's invaluable on any trip, be it a drive to a local beach or a trek through the Sahara.

If Your Child is Bipolar or Dairy Free and Delicious

If Your Child is Bipolar: The Parent -to-Parent Guide to Living with and Loving a Biopolar Chid

Author: Cindy Singer

This extremely practical and supportive guide empowers parents as they struggle with a child who may be bipolar. The authors' own family experiences, stories from hundreds of other parents of bipolar children, and input from a wide range of mental health professionals provide parents with specific information to deal with the everyday but incredibly challenging issues confronting the entire family. Among the helpful topics included are how to explore the possibility that a child's problem behaviors are a sign of mental illness; finding a mental healthcare professional who can make a diagnosis; understanding what a diagnosis is and isn't; learning parenting strategies to control a child's behavior at home, at school, and in social situations; and balancing the needs of a bipolar child with the needs of everyone else in the family.

Author Biography: Cindy Singer is the founder of MASK (Mothers of Asperger's Syndrome Kids) and an active participant in Mothers of Bipolars (affectionately known as "The MOB"). Sheryl Gurrentz is the author of The Guilt-Free Guide to Your New Life as a Mom, a National Parenting Publications Gold Parenting Resource Award winner. They both live in Denver, Colorado.

Interesting textbook: Radical Son or Culture War

Dairy-Free and Delicious

Author: Brenda Davis

If you suffer from lactose intolerance or a milk allergy, this book will show you how to enjoy all the richness and flavors of your favorite comfort foods—without dairy products. Acclaimed vegan cookbook authors, Joanne Stepaniak & Bryanna Clark Grogan, present over 100 easy-to-prepare, delicious recipes. Nutrition expert Brenda Davis, R.D., explains the cause and symptoms of lactase intolerance and milk allergy, with home tests to determine whether you have an allergy and your level of sensitivity. Includes new sources for calcium, tips on building strong bones, and tables listing the lactase content of foods.

LA Shape Diet or Gestational Diabetes

L.A. Shape Diet: The 14-Day Total Weight Loss Plan

Author: David Heber

Change your shape for life -- with a new breakthrough personalized protein prescription that has worked for thousands of people!

Dr. David Heber's groundbreaking book What Color Is Your Diet? introduced us to the Color Code -- building a healthy diet based on colorful fruits and vegetables. Now, his life-changing book The L.A. Shape Diet combines the sound nutritional basis of the Color Code with his newest research from the UCLA Center for Nutrition, which shows you how to analyze your body shape, personal protein needs, and metabolism not only to lose weight -- but also to change your body shape.

Dr. Heber maintains that everyone is born with a particular shape -- and this shape makes a huge difference in how you should approach weight loss. He teaches the difference between the shape you can change and the shape you cannot, and how to do this with the right amount of dietary protein (and most Americans, women especially, eat too little protein). Then Dr. Heber helps you build your own ideal diet, starting with protein, then 7 colorful servings of fruits and vegetables (providing 25 grams of filling fiber), and finally whole grains.

In a world of dietary fads and "one size fits all" pseudo-miracle diets, The L.A. Shape Diet is the most effective, easy-to-follow, scientifically sound dietary plan you'll find.

Read also The Acid Alkaline Diet for Optimum Health or Cracking the Cancer Code

Gestational Diabetes: What to Expect

Author: American Diabetes Association

Gestational diabetes is a rare and little-understood form of diabetes. It only appears in pregnancy and usually disappears afterward, but proper self-care during pregnancy is still crucial. Gestational Diabetes: What to Expect, a comprehensive guide for the woman with gestational diabetes, explains the proper elements of self-care, including nutritious meal planning, proper insulin therapy, and accurate blood sugar monitoring.

Healthy Kids or SuperFoods

Healthy Kids

Author: Marilu Henner

We all want our children to be fit and healthy, but the current invasion of fast food, sugary snacks, and oversize portions are creating an epidemic of overweight, inactive, and unhealthy kids. The powerful influences of the fast-food industry, omnipresent junk food advertising, and the vicious cycle of TV, computer games, and Internet addictions only make our children more susceptible to a sedentary lifestyle and a lifetime of bad habits and obesity. Now, health pioneer and dedicated mom Marilu Henner says it's time to say good-bye to sugarcoated cereals, artificially colored cheese puffs, oceans of sugary soft drinks, nutritionally deficient school lunches, and fastfood supermeals!

As Marilu explains, parents who want the best for their children need to feed them fresh, whole foods to grow by. In Healthy Kids she shows you how to create a healthy, balanced lifestyle for your kids and how to make the transition from dairy-, fat-, sugar-, and chemical-laden foods to the vibrant, natural, nourishing foods we were all meant to eat.

Healthy Kids offers a proven plan to help parents and kids alike learn to eat healthier and feel better. Inspiring and enjoyable to read, it features:

• More than 100 mouthwatering recipes your children will love

• Helpful, creative suggestions on getting your child into the habit of exercise

• Scores of tips on transitioning from dead food to live food

• A special For Kids Only section with fabulous food-based puzzles, games, and challenges

• Age-specificrecommendations for what foods your children might like

• Timesaving shopping lists and helpful food preparation charts

• Expert advice from pediatricians, physical trainers, teachers, and expert nutritionists on all aspects of nourishing your family

As Marilu says, Healthy Food = Healthy Children. And Healthy Kids provides the essential information on creating a lifetime of nutritional eating habits for your growing children.

Interesting textbook: Wests Business Law with Online Research Guide or Reforming Infrastructure

SuperFoods: Nutrient Dense Foods to Protect Your Health

Author: Michael Van Straten

The cookery book that combines recipes using delicious natural ingredients with a guide to the therapeutic properties of common foods to improve your health. A range of common disorders (allergies, cancer, circulatory, digestive and respiratory problems, fatigue, stress, skin conditions etc.) and the foods which have been shown to assist each of these conditions is described. The system of 'harmonious eating' will be useful to those who need to control their weight. Michael Van Straten is Britain's leading practitioner of alternative medicine.

The Potent Self or 365 Activities for Fitness Food and Fun for the Whole Family

The Potent Self: A Study of Spontaneity and Compulsion

Author: Moshe Feldenkrais

Moshe Feldenkrais, D.Sc., a visionary scientist who pioneered the field of mind-body education and therapy, has inspired countless people worldwide. His ability to translate his theories on human function into action resulted in the creation of his technique, now known as the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education. In The Potent Self, Feldenkrais delves deeply into the relationship between faulty posture, pain, and the underlying emotional mechanisms that lead to compulsive and dependent human behavior. He shares remarkable insights into resistance, motivation, habit formation, and the place of sex in full human potential. The Potent Self offers Feldenkrais' vision of how to achieve physical and mental wellness through the development of authentic maturity. This edition includes and extensive Forward by Mark Reese, a longtime student of Feldenkrais, in which Reese discusses many of the important ideas in the book and places them in the context of Feldenkrais' life and the intellectual and historical milieu of his time.

Book review: L'essentiel de Soins infirmiers du Leadership & la Direction

365 Activities for Fitness, Food, and Fun for the Whole Family

Author: Julia Sweet

365 Activities for Fitness, Food, and Fun for the Whole Family features activities that will hoist young spuds off the couch and get them participating in games, exercises, and healthy recipes they will love. Best of all, the activities are designed to be fun for the whole family, strengthening family bonds as well as improving everyone's health.

Julia E. Sweet is a certified aerobics instructor, children's fitness instructor, personal trainer, and weight training instructor. She performs in fitness videos and is the mother of two.

MS Workbook or Intuitive Wellness

MS Workbook: Living Fully with Multiple Sclerosis

Author: Robert T Fraser

Multiple sclerosis (MS) can be a terrifying diagnosis for anyone to face. But, as with many other potentially devastating problems, MS can be best controlled and best lived with when sufferers balance prudent lifestyle changes with effective treatment-and these sorts of choices require sound and current information. This workbook, written by a team of doctors and psychologists from the renowned Western MS Center at the University of Washington School of Medicine, is the first available for people with MS. It covers a wide variety of problems, everything from symptom management to sexual function to career opportunities to spirituality.

A team of doctors and psychologists from the Western Multiple Sclerosis Center, the largest MS rehabilitation center in the country, offer this groundbreaking workbook for helping people with MS manage every aspect of their lives, covering topics ranging from managing medical and psychological symptoms to improving their sex lives, from budgeting their finances to exploring employment opportunities.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword	ix
	Acknowledgments	xi
	Introduction	1
Chapter 1	Optimizing Your Medical Management	3
Chapter 2	Getting Things Done: Managing Your Time and Energy	23
Chapter 3	Perspectives on Psychotherapy	35
Chapter 4	Health-Promoting Behaviors	47
Chapter 5	Managing Depression, Anxiety, and Your Emotional Challenges	65
Chapter 6	Alternative Therapy Considerations	87
Chapter 7	Employment Strategies and Community Resources	95
Chapter 8	Disclosure to Employer and Using Job Accommodations	105
Chapter 9	Dealing with Health Insurance and Financial Concerns	117
Chapter 10	Help with Cognitive Problems: Using Neuropsychological Information Effectively	129
Chapter 11	Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income: How to Jump Through Hoops Without Stumbling	143
Chapter 12	The Caring Experience: Developing a Partnership	159
Chapter 13	Living with Multiple Sclerosis: The Connection to Spirituality	173
Chapter 14	Optimizing Your Love and Sex Life	181
Chapter 15	Tapping Available Community Resources	193
Appendix A	Work Experience Survey	203
Appendix B	U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards	209
Appendix C	Employer Incentives for Hiring a Worker with a Disability	213
Appendix D-1	Important Federal Regulations Relating to Multiple Sclerosis and Claims for Disability Benefits from the Social Security Administration	215
Appendix D-2	General Considerations for Medical Reports in a Social Security Claim	219
Appendix D-3	The Daily Activity Questionnaire	223
Appendix D-4	Document the Impact of Your Multiple Sclerosis with Diary and Worksheets	229
	Resources	237
	References	239

New interesting book: At A Glance Nutrition Counter or Yoga in Bed

Intuitive Wellness: Using Your Body's Inner Wisdom to Heal

Author: Laura Alden Kamm

Twenty years ago, Laura Alden Kamm recovered from a near-death experience with the amazing new ability to telepathically scan the structure of a person's body and see inner disturbances in intricate detail. Kamm also had the ability to see Kirlian fields -- the electromagnetic energies that pulse around all organic matter. She has since created educational programs to train others in the intuitive way to prevent or reverse disease.

Kamm shows us how to become our own healers by both preventing disease before it manifests physically and treating existing conditions. Clearly explaining both ancient and newly developing philosophies that guide her work, she offers quick, simple, and practical exercises that help readers learn about their unique energy systems, develop confidence in their intuition, and resolve emotional and physical pain.

When Youre a Parent With Diabetes or New Light on Alcoholism

When You're a Parent With Diabetes: A Real Life Guide to Staying Healthy While Raising a Family

Author: Kathryn Gregorio Palmer

Finding the time and energy to maintain a healthy diet and exercise program is a challenge for any parent–but it can be a matter of life and death for parents with diabetes. Diabetes in pregnancy, if poorly controlled, can increase the risk of miscarriage, birth defects, and prematurity. Mood swings and personality changes during a parent’s spells of low blood sugar can frighten young children. And even on good days, it can be difficult for a parent to remember to check their glucose levels in the haste of getting the kids off to school.

From the psychological to the medical to the purely practical, Kathryn Gregorio Palmer guides parents with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes through the ups and downs of staying healthy while raising a family. Helpful for adoptive and stepparents as well as moms and dads, the book

answers questions such as:

• What are the risks of being pregnant with diabetes?

• Will I have the energy to handle a rambunctious child?

• Where can I hide my juice boxes so the kids don’t accidentally drink them all?

A mother of two, Palmer blends her own experience with expert advice and tips from other parents to create a compassionate and useful handbook that parents with diabetes will find indispensable.

Table of Contents:

Table of Contents:

Foreword by Florence M. Brown, MD

Preface by Jane K. Dickinson, RN, PhD, CDE

Introduction

Chapter 1: Preparing for Parenthood

Chapter 2: Becoming a Parent

Chapter 3: The First Year of Parenthood

Chapter 4: The Preschool Years

Chapter 5: The School Years and Beyond

Chapter 6: At Any Age

Chapter 7: Keeping Your Eye on the Prize

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New Light on Alcoholism: God, Sam Shoemaker, and A.A. (Second Edition)

Author: Dick B

A comprehensive history and analysis of the all-but-forgotten specific contributions to A.A. spiritual principles and practices by New York's famous Episcopal preacher, the Rev. Dr. Samuel M. Shoemaker, Jr.--dubbed by Bill W. a "co-founder" of Alcoholics Anonymous and credited by Bill as the well-spring of A.A.'s spiritual recovery ideas.

This title is particularly vital to an understanding of A.A.'s spiritual program of recovery. In the earliest days of A.A., Bill Wilson defined spirituality as dependence upon our Creator. And this is precisely what the pioneers did to recover. They prayed to God, using the Lord's Prayer in Matthew, Chapter 6. They sought God first, following the teachings in Matthew 6:33. They accepted the necessity for doing the will of God, as mandated in Matthew 6:10 and Matthew 7:23. And there was no more dedicated Bible teacher for Bill Wilson and for other AAs through his books than the Rev. Samuel M. Shoemaker, Jr., rector of Calvary Episcopal Church in New York. You can find Shoemaker language in the Twelve Steps of A.A. You can find Shoemaker language in A.A.'s Big Book. You can hear it in the meetings. Yet few know that it came from Shoemaker. This book shows the specific items A.A. borrowed, covers the books and teachings of Sam, describes in detail the relationship between Bill Wilson and Sam, and shows the direct impact that Sam had on A.A. as he spoke at two of its International Conventions, wrote for its Grapevine, and kept in regular touch with Wilson from the very first of Bill's sobriety. It is not without accuracy that Bill called Sam a "co-founder" of A.A. and a wellspring of its ideas. They were close friends and mutually respected each other. To the extent that Bill actually asked Sam Shoemaker to write the Twelve Steps. Thus if you wish to understand A.A. talk, ideas, and literature, you will profit from reading this much-revised book about Sam and A.A. It is the up-dated product of 9 years of extensive research.

What People Are Saying

Norman Vincent Peale
Study the impact of Sam Shoemaker on the early years of AA-...a great communicator, an excellent preacher, a talented counselor - loved & respected by all.

Steal My Art or Homeopathic Methodology

Steal My Art: The Life and Times of T'ai Chi Master

Author: Stuart Alve Olson

Now 101 years old, Master T. T. Liang came to the U.S. from Taiwan in the 1960s to introduce t'ai chi to America. His life story is full of the stuff that makes a great martial arts adventure: a career as a high-ranking government official, street fights and shootouts, opium dens and prostitutes, mystical martial arts masters and monks—the story of a life lived to the absolute maximum. Twenty-five photographs add to the captivating life story of this great t'ai chi master.

Interesting textbook: Methods of Moments and Semiparametric Methods for Limited Dependent and Variable Models or Race Class Gender

Homeopathic Methodology: Repertory, Case Taking, and Case Analysis -- An Introductory Homeopathic

Author: Todd Row

As one begins to learn the homeopathic methodology, repertorising is a difficult, if not ominous endeavor. This book helps to sort out the many nuances of old, and clarify much of the "older" jargon. It explains to the novice homeopath just how to begin taking a case and using the Repertory in practical terms. The author presents the subject in a very logical and understandable sequence. A subject that is normally difficult to master is easily grasped with the help of this book.

Nursing Homes or Mindbody Prescription

Nursing Homes: The Family's Journey

Author: Peter S Silin

Being the family member of someone in a nursing home is part of a difficult and painful process that begins long before a loved one enters the home. Focusing on the psychological, emotional, and social aspects of that process, Nursing Homes: The Family's Journey gives family members important practical advice and emotional support, and it explains the intricacies of care and nursing homes.

Peter S. Silin approaches his subject with compassion and sensitivity, guiding readers through the entire process. Section one helps caregivers cope with difficult decisions and deal with the emotional issues that arise. Section two describes nursing homes and how they work, and it outlines how to choose a home. Section three explains how to prepare for the day a relative moves into a nursing home and suggests ways to help the resident settle in. The fourth section focuses on the family member's role in solving problems, obtaining quality care, and visiting, and it offers advice about how to deal with death and dying. After each chapter are real-life vignettes written by caregivers which help validate and support the reader.

In assisting their loved ones through the transition to life in a nursing home, one of the greatest obstacles families face is a dearth of practical information and sympathetic experience. This book will help fill the gap for family members and their infirm relatives, as well as for social workers and family therapists. It will also be a valuable tool for nursing home administrators and care staff.

Los Angeles Times

Among the most valuable chapters in this book is one titled "Making a Home Better", which includes wonderful advice on how a loved one can influence what goes on inside a nursing home...His inclusion of real-life stories from the families he's encountered over 20 years anchors the book compassionately.

Booknews

...Gives family members practical advice and emotional support when facing the decision to place a relative in a nursing home and presents voices and stories of family caregivers struggling with the nursing home decision. There is material on talking about care with the relative needing care, caring at home versus finding a nursing home, and a detailed overview of a typical day in a nursing home. There is also discussion of guilt, loss, and grief, visiting, and working with other families to improve a nursing home. Includes a list of US state ombudsperson offices, and a questionnaire for assessing a nursing home. Silin is a geriatric social worker and principal of a geriatric care management company in Canada.

Peter S. Belson

This is a terrific book that will be of immense comfort and benefit to those who read it. Families dealing with aging and chronic illness need concrete information, decision support and clear, empathic guidance to face and accept the storm of emotions that accompany these issues. Peter Silin's book does all of that, in a calm, forthright and sometimes humorous manner that goes directly to the often unspoken pain that complicates the process of choice. The inclusion of the stories from support group members is invaluable. I enthusiastically recommend this work to clients and fellow care management professionals.

William H. Thomas

These true stories speak with power and passion.

Lilian Wells

The information in Nursing Homes is of excellent quality. The vignettes are a powerful supplement to each section. Silin's style is informal and easy to read but based on sound theoretical principles, research, and 'best practices' in gerontology.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Myra A Aud, PhD, RN (University of Missouri-Columbia)
Description: This book speaks directly to families who are faced with decisions about nursing home placement. It discusses a variety of issues related to nursing home placement decisions and supplements that discussion with narratives from family caregivers of their experiences.
Purpose: The purpose is to assist family caregivers who are faced with the prospect of nursing home placement for an elderly relative. The book includes information about choosing a nursing home, making the transition into the nursing home, and assuring quality care after admission. This information is needed by family caregivers who are often simply told by healthcare providers to "go and find a nursing home." The author has provided important information to help them in that search and also to cope with the feelings surrounding the placement of a relative in a nursing home.
Audience: Throughout the book, the author is speaking directly to family members: spouses, sons, daughters. Although this book is written especially for families, it would be valuable reading for geriatric social workers, clergy, nurses, and long-term care administrators. The author's experience as a geriatric social worker establishes his credibility. In the preface he describes listening to family members in a support group setting and at other times as they described their experiences placing relatives in nursing homes.
Features: The book includes topics related to making decisions about care for an elderly relative, choosing a nursing home, making the actual transition into the nursing home, and assuring quality care after admission. In addition to providing factual information about long-term care and the process of decision making, the author addresses the feelings that family members experience and how to cope with those feelings. The attention to the feelings of the family members, and the author's concern for the family members, are especially valuable features of this book. The size of the potential audience is increased by the author's inclusion of information about both the Canadian and U.S. long-term care systems. The appendixes include questionnaires to assist families in evaluating different nursing homes.
Assessment: I was very impressed with the insertion of narratives from family members between the chapters. Hearing directly of the experiences of family caregivers reinforces the material and makes the chapter's information more immediate and less didactic. The content of the chapters is excellent and should be useful for families. Reading it I could identify advice that I have shared with families struggling with decisions about nursing home placement. Although I have read other books about nursing home placement and nursing home quality, this book stands out for its focus on the feelings of the families at this stressful time.

Booknews

Gives family members practical advice and emotional support when facing the decision to place a relative in a nursing home and presents voices and stories of family caregivers struggling with the nursing home decision. There is material on talking about care with the relative needing care, caring at home versus finding a nursing home, and a detailed overview of a typical day in a nursing home. There is also discussion of guilt, loss, and grief, visiting, and working with other families to improve a nursing home. Includes a list of US state ombudsperson offices, and a questionnaire for assessing a nursing home. Silin is a geriatric social worker and principal of a geriatric care management company in Canada. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Rating

5 Stars! from Doody

Look this: Sandra Day OConnor or God in the White House

Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain

Author: John E Sarno

Pain disorders have reached epidemic proportion in the United States. At the same time, pioneering physicians like Dr. Sarno have identified the primary role emotions play in causing illness. As a result, we stand on the brink of beign able to understand and treat many disorders withou drugs, physical therapy, or sugery.

The Mindbody Prescription teaches you:

• How emotions stimulate the brain to produce physical symptions
• How TMS -- Tension Myositis Syndrome -- a a major cause of back, neck, shoulder, and limb pain
How repressed emotions can lead to petpic ulcers, colitis, tension and migraine headaches, hay fever, and a host of other ailments How new, sometimes disabling pain conditioins like RSD -- Repetitive Stress Disorders - carpal tunnel syndrome, fibromyalgia, andpost-polio syndrome are all part of TMS, and can be treated successfully How understanding the way you mind and body interact can produce record results.

Your mind and body are one, inextricably linked. You are stronger than you know and have more power over your body than you probably realize. But you must learn how to tap that wonderful potential. That is the goal of The Mindbody Prescription: to provide you with a powerful weapon in the war on pain and disability.

What People Are Saying

Anne Bancroft
"John Sarno has changed my life and the lives of all the people to whom I have recommended him. He was healing patients with the mindbody connection long before anyone else I know. He is a true miracle worker."




Howard Stern
"My life before Dr. Sarno was filled with excruciating back and shoulder pain. For twenty years I also suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder and thought my back pain was due to my height or some sort of spine problem and that my OCD was a chemical imbalance and only treatable with medication. But all my thoughts were wrong. Imagine the miracle in my life when in a matter of weeks my back pain disappeared. Imagine my shock when I applied Dr. Sarno's principles and never suffered a single symptom again. Quite simply -- I owe Dr. Sarno a lot."




John Stossel
"For fifteen years, my life revolved around my back. I took time off from work, conducted meetings lying on the floor, and slept with ice bags. Could this be psychogenic? I had considered Dr. Sarno's idea preposterous, but ten years ago I was talked into seeing him. I haven't had back problems since. If Dr. Sarno is right about other psychogenic pain, America is wasting billions of dollars. What a tragedy." -- Correspondent, 20/20




Benjamin J. Sadock
"Dr. Sarno describes in clearly written and understandable language how emotions influence and cause illness... He has cured thousands with debilitating chronic back pain and now offers curative approaches to other painful conditions... I recommend this book highly." -- Professor and vice chairman, Department of Psychiatry, NYU Medical Center

The Fashion System or Chronic Pain and the Family

The Fashion System

Author: Roland Barthes

In his consideration of the language of the fashion magazine--the structural analysis of descriptions of women's clothing by writers about fashion--Barthes gives us a brief history of semiology. At the same time, he identifies economics as the underlying reason for the luxuriant prose of the fashion magazine: "Calculating, industrial society is obliged to form consumers who don't calculate; if clothing's producers and consumers had the same consciousness, clothing would be bought (and produced) only at the very slow rate of its dilapidation."

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Chronic Pain and the Family: A New Guide (Family Health Guides Series)

Author: Julie K Silver

Chronic pain is the leading cause of disability in the United States, affecting as many as 48 million people in this country alone. It can demoralize and depress both patient and family, especially when there is no effective pain control and no hope for relief. Improperly managed, chronic pain can lead to substance abuse (usually painkillers) and to acute psychological and emotional distress. Pain begets stress and stress begets pain in a wretched downward spiral.

Silver reviews the causes and characteristics of chronic pain and explores its impact on individual family relationships and on the extended family, covering such issues as employment, parenting, childbearing and inheritance, and emotional health. Silver treats aspects of chronic pain not covered in a typical office visit: how men and women differ in their experience of chronic pain, the effect of chronic pain on a toddler's behavior or an older child's performance in school, the risks of dependence on and addiction to pain medications, and practical ways for relatives beyond the immediate family circle to offer help and support to the person in pain.

Table of Contents:

1	What is chronic pain?	1
2	Effect on the couple	20
3	Intimacy and sexual activity	35
4	Work issues	45
5	Childbearing and inheritance	57
6	Growing up with a parent in pain	64
7	Chronic pain in children	75
8	The extended family	86
9	Emotional changes and depression	95
10	Medication dependence and addiction	104
11	Diagnosing chronic pain conditions	118
12	Traditional treatment options	124
13	Complementary and alternative medicine	139

The Patient from Hell or The Great Physicians Rx for Depression and Anxiety

The Patient from Hell: How I Worked with My Doctors to Get the Best of Modern Medicine and How You Can Too

Author: Stephen Schneider

Threatened with a rare and life-threatening cancer, a scientist works with his doctors to make decisions in the face of uncertainty

Journal of the American Medical Association

"Compelling...offers a number of positive and useful messages for patients enduring chemotherapy, radiation, and other cancer treatment."

MacLean's

"An emotional account of the pain and fear [Schneider] felt while he was ill."

Publishers Weekly

Schneider, a climate scientist at Stanford and a MacArthur fellow, brought skills rooted in the uncertainty of his own field to bear on the treatments he received for mantle cell lymphoma, a rare condition for which treatments were relatively new. With his wife, Terry, also a scientist, he learned as much as possible about the protocol he had been assigned and read up on his oncologist, a leader in this type of cancer, Dr. Sandra Horning. Schneider gives a detailed account of the painful and otherwise unpleasant side effects of the chemotherapy, radiation and bone-marrow transplant he endured in a determined effort to arrest the disease. From the beginning, the author researched probabilities and outcomes and sought to modify decisions made by his physicians. Most importantly, after some resistance, Dr. Horning agreed to use Rituxan for Schneider as maintenance therapy to prolong his remission. Although the author's scientific language can be daunting, patients will relate to his arguments for the importance of patient advocates, individualization of treatments and the negative role bottom-line accounting plays in medical judgments made by HMOs. (Oct.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Look this: Imperial Hubris or Who Let the Dogs In

The Great Physician's Rx for Depression and Anxiety

Author: Jordan Rubin

A total lifestyle program for the health of the spirit, mind, and body.

According to the latest government statistics, around 19 million Americans suffer from clinical depression. Depression and anxiety affect your thoughts, moods, feelings, behavior, sleep, eating habits, career, sex life, and relationships with your family and friends. Why are so many people depressed and anxious about the present or the future?

The yoke around our necks these days is our complicated, hyper-speed, shop-until-we-drop, always-on-the-go lives. Too many physicians, when facing a patient complaining about feeling depressed, reach for their prescription pads to solve the problem. Instead, this total lifestyle program for the health of the body, mind, and spirit is more comprehensive than a prescription for antidepressants. This plan is based on the Seven Keys to unlock your God-given health potential from The Great Physician's Rx for Health and Wellness but targeted specifically for depression and anxiety.

Table of Contents:

Contents

Introduction: Down for the Count....................v
Key #1: Eat to Live....................1
Key #2: Supplement Your Diet with Whole Food Nutritionals, Living Nutrients, and Superfoods....................32
Key #3: Practice Advanced Hygiene....................41
Key #4: Condition Your Body with Exercise and Body Therapies....................48
Key #5: Reduce Toxins in Your Environment....................57
Key #6: Avoid Deadly Emotions....................63
Key #7: Live a Life of Prayer and Purpose....................69
The Great Physician's Rx for Depression and Anxiety Battle Plan....................74
Notes....................97
About the Authors....................101

The First Year Parkinsons Disease or Endometriosis

The First Year Parkinson's Disease: The Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed

Author: Jackie Hunt Christensen

Parkinson's disease—a chronic disorder that causes a progressive loss of nerve cell function in the part of the brain that controls muscle movement—is an incurable neurological condition with debilitating symptoms. Over 1.5 million Americans are affected, and the numbers continue to grow. From the first moment of her Parkinson's diagnosis, author Jackie Christensen took charge and educated herself on every aspect of her condition. Now, as a "patient-expert," she guides those newly diagnosed step by step through their first year with Parkinson's. She provides crucial information about the nature of the disease, treatment options, diet, exercise, charts and tables, social concerns, emotional issues, networking with others, and much more. The First Year—Parkinson's Disease will be an invaluable guide for all those who want to be an informed, active participant in the management of their condition.

Library Journal

These two volumes continue the "First Year" series written by the diagnosed for the newly diagnosed (see also Type 2 Diabetes, Hepatitis C, and Fibroids). Chapters are chronologically arranged: days one through seven after the diagnosis, the remaining weeks of the first month, then monthly for the remainder of the year. Each chapter contains a learning section (factual aspects of diagnosis, treatment, nutrition, support, and clinical trials) and a living section (practical tips and anecdotes on family/social issues, diagnosis and treatment, and financial matters). Both books are written accessibly and compassionately and stress patient empowerment. Although their content is medically sound and fairly comprehensive, it is more shallow than introductive in that it glosses over topics without giving much indication of their complexity or depth. For instance, in Prostate Cancer, there is no mention of how and why biopsies are not 100 percent accurate. While both books have a table of contents and plans for an index, topics are often scattered (e.g., "PSA testing" in Prostate Cancer and "caregivers" in Parkinson's Disease). Unfortunately, too, glossary definitions tend toward the technical, with terms like genetic transmission and biochemical changes, and resource sections lack effective organization and key governmental resources (e.g., MedlinePlus). These are marginal purchases for consumer health collections, especially those that have Nutan Sharma and Elaine Richman's Parkinson's Disease and the Family: A New Guide and American Cancer Society's Complete Guide to Prostate Cancer, edited by David G. Bostwick and others. (Indexes, illustrations, and diagrams not seen.)-Janice Flahiff, Medical Univ. Lib. of Ohio, Toledo Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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Endometriosis: The Complete Reference for Taking Charge of Your Health

Author: Mary Lou Ballweg

Bestselling health authors present must-have information for managing endometriosis

Endometriosis is a serious disease associated with pain, immune dysfunction, infertility, cancer, and autoimmune diseases that can be managed only through active, informed decision making. Developed by the Endometriosis Association, Endometriosis provides new information on treatments and lifestyle changes that gives women with endometriosis and their families the tools they need to successfully manage the disease.

This authoritative guide contains groundbreaking new discoveries on endometriosis and its relationship to autoimmune problems, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and other poorly understood diseases.

Endometriosis also includes new information on:

• Cutting-Edge Therapies for Pain Relief
• New Information on Nutrition and Alternative Treatments
• The Latest Research on Medical Therapies
• Special Sections on Menopause, Teens with Endo, Cancer, and Environmental Toxins

Mary Lou Ballweg is the founder, president, and executive director of the Endometriosis Association and was the lead author on its two previous books on the subject. The Endometriosis Association was founded 23 years ago and now has groups and members worldwide.

The Art of Getting Well or Managing Chronic Illness

The Art of Getting Well: Maximizing Health and Well-Being When You Have a Chronic Illness

Author: David Spero

A majority of chronic illnesses have no medical cure. The best therapy, asserts the author, is self-care. This comprehensive guide suggests healthy behaviors and holistic approaches while acknowledging the barriers people face in applying them.

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Spero, a practicing nurse who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis over a decade ago, presents an accessible, practical and encouraging self-care manual for the chronically ill. Spero's five-step plan for assisting with physical recovery slowing down, making positive changes, maintaining a support network, learning to value one's body and taking some responsibility for improvement may well be useful for the healthy and ill alike. Each step is presented in detail and is interwoven with both the author's personal experiences and those of other patients. Spero describes how a 53-year-old woman diagnosed with severe hypertension made two job changes in order to find work that not only was less stressful, but also gave her greater satisfaction. He provides many examples of the benefits of building a wide support network: relying on several rather than one "helper" actually gave patients more independence. Of particular interest is the list of "twenty-four reasons to live," which suggests creative ideas to lift depression, such as getting a pet, spending more time in nature and developing new hobbies. The author is careful to stress the importance of health professionals but is convinced that caring for oneself emotionally enhances medical treatment. (May) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Table of Contents:

Contents

Foreword....................vi
Important Note....................vii
Preface....................viii
Chapter 1 Studies Show Life Is Hard....................1
Chapter 2 Slow Down or Crash....................18
Chapter 3 Make a Change, Any Change....................33
Chapter 4 All the Help We Can Get....................50
Chapter 5 Twenty-Four Reasons to Live....................73
Chapter 6 Growing Up Under Fire....................90
Chapter 7 Your Body-Love It or Leave It....................108
Chapter 8 The Art of Getting Well....................124
Chapter 9 Your Self-Care Plan....................139
Chapter 10 Beyond Self-Care....................156
Self-Help....................169
References....................181
Resources....................202

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Managing Chronic Illness: Using the Four-Phase Treatment Approach: A Mental Health Professional's Guide to Helping Chronically Ill People

Author: Patricia A Fennell

A pioneering book to help maximize the quality of life for chronically ill patients Written by a leading authority on chronic illness treatment and management, Managing Chronic Illness Using the Four-Phase Treatment Approach provides evidence-based practice guidelines for clinicians to help their clients with debilitating health problems embrace a new "normal," understand the cyclical nature of their illness, and function at the highest level possible.
Patricia Fennell's groundbreaking model for understanding chronic illness identifies and describes four broad phases experienced by the chronically ill: crisis, stabilization, resolution, and integration. Using a broad array of case histories, Fennell vividly illustrates what clients need at each phase and how to assess and respond to them compassionately. Fennell also suggests how clinicians may best use their own changing experiences in their work to help clients transition through the four phases.
The goal of the "Four-Phase Model" is to maximize a client's quality of life without offering false hope for a cure, making it an effective treatment strategy for diverse client populations, including people with physiological diseases; patients whose lives are being prolonged by modern medicine; and people who suffer from addiction, post-traumatic stress syndrome, intractable pain, and post-rape and abuse conditions.
Complete with detailed treatment protocols for documenting a client's symptoms and quality of life at each phase, Managing Chronic Illness Using the Four-Phase Treatment Approach is a highly practical book for everyone working with chronically ill clients.

Freedoms after 50 or Robotics in Urologic Surgery

Freedoms after 50

Author: Sue Patton Thoel

Freedoms After 50 is a lighthearted yet meaningful exploration of the liberties women over 50 have gained through experience, awareness, and lives well lived. Inspirational and even provocative, it delivers Sue Patton Thoele's simple yet profound human truths with warmth, whimsy, and power.

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Robotics in Urologic Surgery

Author: Joseph A Smith Jr

This new reference is devoted to the exploding area of robotic-assisted urologic surgery. It covers setting up robotics and instrumentation, as well as adapting laparoscopic equipment to this exciting new technology. It also guides you through a full range of robotic procedures including prostatectomy, which is experiencing significant success and patient satisfaction by using robotic technology, as well as nephrectomy, adrenalectomy, vasovasostomy, and pediatric procedures. Full color illustrations help familiarize you with the latest surgical techniques and instrumentation.

• Learn about the indications for robotic urologic surgery and the potential improvements in patient outcomes.
  
• Covers all urologic procedures that are adaptable to robotic technology with chapters on cystectomy, nephrectomy, prostatectomy, vasovasostomy, and adrenalectomy.
  
• Offers full color images of procedures to enhance surgical concepts.

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Reviewer:Edouard Trabulsi, MS(Thomas Jefferson University Jefferson Medical College)
Description:The 20 chapters in this book, written by prominent minimally invasive surgeons from the U.S. and Europe, highlight the field of robotic surgery in urologic practice.
Purpose:The authors wish to expose readers to the breadth of experience of robotic surgery for urologic procedures, and to explain the history and development of the currently available technologies. The chapters explain technical aspects of robotic urologic procedures, with significant graphics, including drawings and operative photographs. The authors also highlight the published literature demonstrating functional results as well as operative parameters and complications of the various procedures. The book appears all-inclusive, covering all aspects of this exploding field, as well as projected future developments.
Audience:Novice robotic surgeons, as well as trainees in medical school, their residencies, and fellowships are the intended audience. The book describes the steps necessary to start a successful program, including the importance of a dedicated surgical team, and devotes several chapters to specific, technical operating room nuances to help novices succeed.
Features:The majority of the book focuses on robotic prostatectomy, accounting for 12 of the 20 chapters. This is not surprising, considering robotic prostatectomy is the most commonly performed robotic procedure in urology. The remaining chapters cover the history of robotics in urology, the use of robotics in surgical procedures of the kidney and bladder, and pediatric robotic surgery andnonurologic robotic surgery. The final chapter highlights some of the financial considerations of this expensive technology. The chapters on the whole are well written and comprehensive, and the illustrations are a strong point, with excellent color pictures. There is considerable overlap among the chapters, however, particularly with the robotic prostate chapter. Additionally, the quality of the chapters is uneven, with some very brief, and others redundant.
Assessment:The book works well as a snapshot of the available technology and its current and future applicability to the practice of urology. The field of robotic surgery is exploding, and this book captures the growth curve we are witnessing before our eyes.

100 Blessings Every Day or Miladys Professional Instructor for Cosmetology Barber Styling and Nail Technology

100 Blessings Every Day: Daily Twelve Step Recovery Affirmations, Exercises for Personal Growth and Renewal Reflecting Seasons of the Jewish Year

Author: Kerry M Olitzky

Recovery is a conscious choice from moment to moment, day in and day out. In this helpful and healing book of daily recovery meditations, found in the Bible and Jewish tradition, Kerry Olitzky gives us words to live by day after day, throughout the annual cycle of holiday observances and special times of the Jewish calendar. Its "exercises" help us move from thinking to doing.

"The calendar may not always be in sync with the seasons of our own life. We have crises, passages, get stuck along the way....For all of us, our lives re_ect the calendar of the Jewish people wandering through the barren desert, the midbar, laboring to the way home to the Promised Land." - from One Hundred Blessings Every Day

"I love the format of One Hundred Blessings Every Day and the way you have tied recovery principles to use on a day-to-day basis." - Harriet Rosetto, Director, Gateways Beit T'shuvah

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Milady's Professional Instructor for Cosmetology, Barber-Styling, and Nail Technology

Author: Linda J How

This specialized book was designed to aid instructors in better preparing themselves for effectiveness, successful teaching in the cosmetology field. Designed for use in all teacher training courses, this manual provides up-to-date, valuable tips for successful teaching. ALSO AVAILABLE Workbook, ISBN: 1-56253-232-4 Exam Review, ISBN: 1-56253-315-0 INSTUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS CALL CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO ORDER Instructor's Guide, ISBN: 1-56253-233-2

Diabetic Meals in 30 Minutes Or Less or Mens Health Total Body Workout Poster Book

Diabetic Meals in 30 Minutes--Or Less!

Author: Robyn Webb

Quick and Nutritional Meals for People with Diabetes

This new edition shows you how to prepare great-tastingmeals specifically for people with diabetes, in 30 minutes or less.Each recipe now adheres to the new nutrition guidelines of theAmerican Diabetes Association and is guaranteed to be low insaturated fat. Whether you're looking forappetizers, desserts, soups, salads, or entrees, Diabetic Mealsin 30 Minutes—Or Less! offers more than 140 great-tasting andfast recipes.

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Men's Health Total Body Workout Poster Book: Sculpt an Amazing Physique in as Little as 20 Minutes a Day

Author: Mens Health

Men's Health Total Body Workout Poster Book

Sculpt an Amazing Physique in as Little as 20 Minutes a Day!

A different kind of pinup

Men's Health magazine's legendary workout posters have appeared on some of the finest walls in America, from the home gyms of the rich and famous to the dorm rooms of the young and ambitious. Wherever muscle is built, wherever a man's thoughts turn to exercise and self-improvement, that's where you'll find these posters.

Now, for the first time, Men's Health has collected 24 posters in one book. Inside, you'll find:

• Super-effective total-body muscle-building routines for both beginner and advanced exercisers

• A total-body fat-loss workout to take inches off your waist in just 4 weeks

• Turn on the Power!, a 6-month program to add hundreds of pounds to your bench press, squat, and deadlift

• Six 20-minute workouts showing you how to pump up, lean out, or even fix a bad back in less time than it takes to watch your favorite sitcom

• An all-ab workout featuring eight unique exercises we bet you've never tried

• Our Total-Body Workout series, with 10 posters full of fresh, innovative exercises to add solid muscle to your chest, back, shoulders, and biceps

Every fully illustrated poster features easy-to-follow, simple-to-understand exercise routines designed by the top trainers and strength coaches in the world.

So what are you waiting for? With 24 classic workouts to choose from, you'll never run out of exciting, effective new routines to help make you leaner, stronger, and healthier--guaranteed!