Beauty & Grooming Books

Healthy Home or Ask Dr Weil

2009-12-05T20:27:00.000-08:00

Healthy Home: An Attic-to-Basement Guide to Toxin-Free Living

Author: Linda Mason Hunter

The Healthy Home gives a complete picture of indoor health, including a healthy home inspection checklist.

The New York Times called the book, "A sort of Whole Earth Catalog for the home, The Healthy Home has tips on soundproofing, safety, detecting carcinogens and an appendix of products and services."

Washington Post

Practical advice on making homes more healthful environments.

Interesting textbook: Sushi or 500 Low Fat Fruit and Vegetable Recipes

Ask Dr. Weil

Author: Andrew Weil

In his #1 New York Times bestsellers Spontaneous Healing and Eight Weeks to Optimum Health, Dr. Andrew Weil opened our eyes to the body's wondrous ability to heal itself naturally. And after the tremendous response he received from countless readers, he launched the Web site "Ask Dr. Weil" (www.drweil.com), which is the HotWired Network's top-rated program on the Internet. Now, in this comprehensive edition of the complete Ask Dr. Weil book series, he offers guidance on the issues that matter to us most, including

Women's Health
—How can I fight PMS naturally?
—What are the best methods of birth control?
—Which herbs help hot flashes?

Your Top Health Concerns
—Am I a chocoholic?
—Is there help for chronic fatigue syndrome?
—Does red wine really help my heart?

Natural Remedies
—What is the best cure for a hangover?
—What can I do to stop snoring?
—What is the best treatment for a bee sting?

Common Illnesses
—How can I fight Lyme disease?
—Is there a natural cure for bad breath?
—Can I fight depression without drugs?

Healthy Living
—What is the best way to quit smoking?
—Does an aspirin a day keep the doctor away?
—Is decaf healthier?

Whether you are eager to learn about the best path to recovery from illness or hoping to enhance your overall well-being, Dr. Weil's expert advice will gently guide you toward the healthier, fuller life you deserve.

Testosterone Dreams or The HRT Free Menopause Breathrough

2009-12-04T16:16:00.000-08:00

Testosterone Dreams: Rejuvenation, Aphrodisia, Doping

Author: John Hoberman

Testosterone has inspired dreams--of restored youth, recharged sexual appetites, faster running, quicker thinking, bigger muscles--since it was first synthesized in 1935. This provocative book investigates the complex, bizarre, and sometimes outrageous history of synthetic testosterone and other male hormone therapies. Exploring many little-known social arenas--both inside and outside the medical world--in which these substances are becoming increasingly available and accepted, Testosterone Dreams examines the implications and dangers of their use in professional sports, in the workplace, in our sex lives, and beyond.
Testosterone Dreams tells the story of testosterone's growing and sometimes concealed influence in our culture over the past 70 years. It explores such controversial topics as the invention and marketing of the male menopause, the disturbing history of hormonal and other medical treatments aimed at boosting or suppressing women's sexuality, and hormone doping in sporting events such as the Tour de France and the Olympics, and in Major League Baseball. It brings to light the hidden use of hormone doping by policemen, soldiers, and other workers in a variety of jobs. It also discusses the burgeoning steroid use in the gay community and its relation to AIDS, and takes a hard look at the pharmaceutical industry's promotional campaigns to create new markets for testosterone products.
Testosterone Dreams is the first book to bring together the whole story of testosterone and to consider its social and ethical implications: Where does therapy end and performance enhancement begin? How are changing medical technologies affecting how we think about our identities asmen and women and the elusive goal of "well-being"? This book will be essential reading as we move inexorably toward the wide-open, libertarian pharmacology that is now making these drug regimes available to a wider and wider clientele.

	Introduction : testosterone dreams : pharmacology and our human future	1
1	Hormone therapy and the new medical paradigm	13
2	The aphrodisiac that failed : why testosterone did not become a mass sex therapy	55
3	The mainstreaming of testosterone	119
4	"Outlaw" biomedical innovations : hormone therapy and beyond	149
5	Hormone therapy for athletes : doping as social transgression	179
6	"Let them take drugs" : public responses to doping	214
7	A war against drugs? : the politics of hormone doping in sport	239
	Epilogue : testosterone as a way of life	277

Books about: Echinacea or Yoga

The HRT-Free Menopause Breathrough: New Natural Alternatives

Author: Marilyn Glenvill

Focusing on the new discoveries recently announced in the media, HRT Free Menopause reveals what these latest studies really mean. It explores HRT and its side effects — including what the drug companies don't want you to know. The book details which tests, supplements, herbs, and foods can help women get through menopause naturally, safely, and as comfortably as possible. In clear, accessible writing, the author provides the most up-to-date, practical advice on how to eliminate night sweats, hot flashes, vaginal dryness, weight gain, and mood swings without drugs or HRT. Included as well is a discussion of the essence of so-called "natural" progesterone and the importance of soy-based phytoestrogen supplements. Glenville both outlines the underlying issues and provides specific tools for women so that they can be empowered to attain optimal health throughout menopause.

Feng Shui la Armonia de la Vida or Life Paints Its Own Span

2009-12-03T12:05:00.000-08:00

Feng Shui la Armonia de la Vida

Author: Richard Taylor

De que manera pudieras arreglar tu casa para darle prosperidad a tu vida. El Feng Shui es un antiguo metodo chino para crear equilibrio entre nuestras vidas y todo aquello que nos rodea. Esta guía práctica nos enseña como vivir en armonía con nuestro propio entorno. Puedes utilizar esta guía para diseñar tu hogar, tu oficina o cualquier espacio interior en donde andes... Buena Suerte!

(In what way do you decorate any place in which you spend a lot of time. Can you bring more peace, harmony and prosperity by rearranging your furniture, your surroundings. Feng Shui written by two experts in Spanish.)

New interesting book: Is the American Dream Killing You or Milkshake Moment

Life Paints Its Own Span

Author: Susan Bach

OVER 200 COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS
The pioneering work, Life Paints Its Own Span, with over 200 color reproductions, is a comprehensive exposition of Susan Bach's original approach to the physical and psychospiritual evaluation of spontaneous paintings and drawings by severely ill patients. At the same time, this work is a moving record of Susan Bach's own journey of discovery.

Natural Health for Kids or The Brain Disorders Sourcebook

2009-12-02T07:54:00.000-08:00

Natural Health for Kids: Complimentary Treatments for Over 50 Ailments

Author: Sarah Wilson

A child's developing body is no place for harsh prescription drugs or chemical-based over-the-counter medicines—especially when there are effective alternatives easily available. The natural world holds a wealth of beneficial remedies, and 20 of the most effective cures are explained here. Solutions for more than 50 common physical and emotional ailments—from asthma and hay fever to ringworm and sleep problems—are addressed through a thoughtful application of alternative therapies. The book clearly lays out how, when, and where each step in the treatment is to be applied, and includes warning signs that may indicate the need for professional care.

New interesting textbook: Cooking Light Pasta Cookbook or Vegan Dinner Parties

The Brain Disorders Sourcebook

Author: Roger Cicala

Complicated and wondrous in its workings, the human brain is composed of trillions of cells, each assigned to a task that gives humans the capability to live, think, and remember. When something goes wrong within the brain, or interferes with its blood flow, the consequences can be serious. The Brain Disorders Sourcebook is a complete guide to the normal functioning of the brain and what happens when problems arise.

Roger S. Cicala, M.D., is a former professor of medicine and chief resident at the University of Tennessee. He is the author of The Heart Disease Sourcebook.

Alimentos Incompatibles or Your Body Revival

2009-12-01T03:43:00.000-08:00

Alimentos Incompatibles: Como Combinar los Alimentos Para una Salud Mejor

Author: Doris Grant

Inside flap

Esta coleccion de libros, cuidadosamente seleccionados,presenta allector un abanico de titulos que tienen eldenominador comun de acercarlo a salud natural y sus beneficios. Las plantas medicinales, las flores de Bach, la reflexologia, los suplementos dieteticos,la aromaterapia, la importancia para la salud de los antioxidants o los alimentos incompatibles,son temas tratados con rigor y claridad en unas obras avaladas por el prestigio de sus respectivas areas. Asimismo, esto libros han recibido la aceptacion de lectores de todo elmundo, comolo demuestra elexito de ventas que cada uno de los titulos de esta coleccion ha conseguido desde su publicacion.

Interesting book: The Elephant and the Dragon or McIlhennys Gold

Your Body Revival: Weight Loss Straight Talk

Author: Dave Draper

Day by day you grow smarter, stronger, healthier and leaner with Your Body Revival

Points you clearly in the right direction
Motivates and stimulates with concise straight talk
Renews interest and restores confidence
Spotlights the benefits of exhilarating action
Discusses and dismisses false weight-loss approaches
Summarizes sound and basic nutritional facts
Provides a simple lean muscle, fat loss menu template
Emphasizes the vital importance of muscle and muscle building
Provides energizing exercise programs for all levels of interest

Within a few days you'll be applying yourself enthusiastically and proudly to the rhythm of Your Body Revival!

The Secret of Scent or Magic Cancer Bullet

2009-11-29T23:32:00.000-08:00

The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell

Author: Luca Turin

One man's passion for perfume leads him to explore one of the most intriguing scientific mysteries: What makes one molecule smell of garlic while another smells of rose?

In this witty, engrossing, and wildly original volume, author Luca Turin explores the two competing theories of smell. Is scent determined by molecular shape or molecular vibrations? Turin describes in fascinating detail the science, the evidence, and the often contentious debate—from the beginnings of organic chemistry to the present day—and pays homage to the scientists who went before. With its uniquely accessible and captivating approach to science via art, The Secret of Scent will appeal to anyone who has ever wondered about the most mysterious of the five senses.

Kirkus Reviews

A behind-the-scenes look at perfume research and development; a demanding course in the chemistry of fragrance; and the story behind the development of a scientific theory about how humans detect odors. Biophysicist Turin, dubbed The Emperor of Scent in Chandler Burr's 2003 biography, now serves as chief scientist of a company that creates fragrance molecules to order. He derived his still-controversial theory that a substance's odor is based on the frequencies of its molecules' vibrations from a 1977 article by R.H. Wright, who in turn derived it from Malcolm Dyson's papers of the 1920s and '30s. The author gives full credit to both men, whose work was not recognized in their lifetimes, and makes clear that he too still struggles to have his vibration theory accepted by those who believe that molecules' shape gives them their odor. Although illustrated with diagrams and drawings, the chemistry sections may still daunt some general readers. Turin's metaphors help, however. What distinguishes this account, besides the author's wit and his enthusiasm for fragrance, is his florid writing about scents. Turin has a remarkable ability to detect and describe their complexity: For him, they are not simply odors; they speak and have personality and colors. "The voice of Nombre Noir was that of a child older than its years, at once fresh, husky, modulated and faintly capricious," he rhapsodizes. "There was a knowing naivety about it which made me think of Colette's writing in her Claudine books. It brought to mind a purple ink to write love letters with." Along with lily of the valley, sandalwood and musk, however, the author provides a heavy load of aldehydes, acetophenone and proteinsemiconductors. Occasionally impenetrable, but overall a fascinating tour of the world of fragrance, provided by a knowledgeable and passionate expert.

	Nombre noir : how I got into perfume	3
	A recipe	8
	How perfumes are composed	11
	What perfumes are not about : memory and sex	14
	What perfumes are about : beauty and intelligence	16
	A visit to the perfume museum	18
	Royal fern	21
	Why 'natural' does not always mean good	23
	Why 'chemical' does not always mean bad	25
	Feynman's answer	28
	The beginnings of smell : chemical words	33
	Smell becomes perfume : chemical poems	36
	Reading the poem line by line	38
	How molecules are made	40
	A problem of nomenclature	43
	The landscape of smell	46
	A bit of biology	82
	Locks and keys	85
	Who turns the key?	87
	Membrane receptors	88
	Fishing for receptors	90
	Seeing atoms	91
	Evolution as the great locksmith	94
	The smell alphabet	97
	The primary smells	100
	The smell in the mirror	102
	Some strange clues	108
	Malcolm Dyson	114
	His big idea	118
	Molecular chords	120
	The smell of rocket fuel in the morning	121
	Robert H. Wright	126
	The revival of vibration	130
	Searching for the way it works	132
	New problems	135
	The fall of vibration	137
	Mirrors again	141
	Physics to the rescue	143
	Jaklevic and Lambe	144
	Giaever's leap	146
	The search for ripples	149
	A close brush with smell	151
	Clifton Meloan	153
	John Blaha's observation	157
	Where I come in : the polarograph	159
	Protein semiconductors	165
	The perfume guide	167
	Funding from the blue	169
	Revelation in Portugal	172
	Experiments in a locked room	175
	The future of fragrance	189
	Potato crisps and other art forms	191
	The future tout court	192

New interesting book: Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 with ASP ColdFusion and PHP or Adobe AIR

Magic Cancer Bullet: How a Tiny Orange Pill Is Rewriting Medical History

Author: Daniel Vasella

The remarkable story behind the revolutionary miracle cure for cancer, Gleevec. Novartis chairman Dr Dan Vasella describes its development and how he and Novartis orchestrated the break–neck approval and massive production of this amazing drug.

Pharmaceutical giant Novartis recently developed Gleevec, one of the first 'smart' drugs created to kill cancer cells without damaging healthy cells in the process. In early tests with a common form of leukemia and other types of cancer, Gleevec has been extraordinarily successful, and side effects have been astoundingly minimal. Gleevec communicates directly with cancer–causing chromosomes and interrupts the signal that causes excessive growth of certain white blood cells. Patients have seen their tumours shrink significantly, and some have disappeared altogether.

This is the inside story of the creation of this miracle drug, and how Novartis CEO and chairman Dan Vasella rallied the company to bring Gleevec to market in mass quantities and record time.

Publishers Weekly

Gleevec is one of the few cancer drugs hailed as a breakthrough that, so far, has largely lived up to its hype. Vasella, the CEO and chairman of pharmaceutical giant Novartis (which manufactures Gleevec), and Slater (Jack Welch & the GE Way) outline the development, remarkably successful clinical trials and accelerated production and approval process that led to the drug's speedy entry onto the market for the treatment of a rare cancer known as chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Although the story's components-devoted scientists, risk-taking executives and activist patients-lend themselves to a gripping insider narrative, the book lacks the details and depth of feeling needed to make that story come alive. Repetition and stilted writing slow the account down further. As a result, the book reads largely as an extended press release for Novartis. Things begin to pick up toward the end, particularly when Vasella defends the high cost of the drug and discusses the challenge of managing patient, media and investor expectations. Gleevec may indeed represent a new direction for cancer research, but the excitement that fact should generate is not captured here. (June) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Fit to Play Tennis or The Consumers Guide to Homeopathy

2009-11-28T19:21:00.000-08:00

Fit to Play Tennis: High Performance Training Tips

Author: Carl Petersen

This physical and mental training manual arms athletes, coaches, parents, and sports scientists with an easy-to-follow, seven-point plan to enhance performance, limit injuries, and help tennis players avoid overtraining and burnout. Delivering practical tips and techniques that integrate the numerous factors influencing tennis performances into year-round training plans and schedules, the manual outlines key strategies such as structured on-court training, guidance on smart training and playing, and survival tips for staying healthy and keeping athletes playing at the top of their game.

New interesting book: Predictably Irrational or Freakonomics

The Consumer's Guide to Homeopathy: The Definitive Resource for Understanding Homeopathic Medicine and Making It Work for You

Author: Dana Ullman

Homeopathy is one of the fastest-growing alternative medicines available today. By triggering the body's own self-healing abilities, homeopathic remedies are a safe and effective way to treat everyday ailments as well as acute and chronic symptoms of mind and body. Not surprisingly, this treatment is winning more converts every day. The Consumer's Guide to Homeopathy is the most comprehensive resource to the vast array of products and services available. Renowned homeopathic expert Dana Ullman explains in clear, nontechnical terms how homeopathy works; how to choose the correct remedy, potency, and dosage; how to obtain professional homeopathic care; and much more.

Library Journal

Relatively speaking, homeopathy is one of the more recent developments in alternative health care. It is based upon a controversial theory of "similars" developed in the 18th century by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann. Hahnemann believed that by administering highly diluted tinctures derived from herbs, minerals, and other ingredients, the body would heal itself of diseases that had symptoms similar to those caused by the medicines. The Consumer's Guide to Homeopathy, written by the author of Homeopathic Medicine for Children and Infants (LJ 7/92) and other books on the subject, is a comprehensive study of homeopathy. The emphasis here is on research, with much of the book given to discussions of scientific studies and professional procedures, including a detailed appendix of homeopathic resources, books, software, organizations, etc. Although there is information on the use of homeopathic medicines in the treatment of specific conditions, the book's format is geared toward consumer education. It answers the most common questions asked about homeopathic medicine, including myths and misconceptions, describes what to look for when choosing a homeopathic physician, and provides readers with information necessary to make intelligent choices about their treatment. Conversely, Hammond's The Complete Family Guide to Homeopathy is a richly illustrated, visually stunning encyclopedia in the DK style. The information is presented in a very accessible way, perfect for anyone interested in trying the medications for themselves. The emphasis here is on home treatment, with fully half of the book dedicated to pictorial descriptions of the remedies used, as well as 100 pages of symptoms charts used to determine which remedies may be most beneficial. For those readers interested in a do-it-yourself guide or for libraries looking for a one-volume purchase on homeopathy, Hammond's book is a must. Ullman's title, though also recommended, may better serve larger or more specialized collections.Jeffery Ingram, Newport P.L., Ore.

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
1	Homeopathy: A Modern View	3
2	Healing Disease Versus Suppressing Symptoms	17
3	The Homeopathic Renaissance	32
4	Scientific Evidence for Homeopathic Medicine	41
5	What Skeptics Say and How to Respond to Them	62
6	The Interface Between Homeopathy and Conventional Medicine	75
7	Homeopathic Self-Care: When to Use It and How to Make It Work for You	85
8	Seeking Professional Homeopathic Care	98
9	Working with Your Homeopath	123
10	Combination Homeopathic Medicines: The Single-Remedy and the Multiple-Remedy Controversy	133
11	Your Homeopathic Medicine Kit	141
12	Practical Issues in Using Homeopathic Medicines	147
	Conditions of Infants	169
	Children's Conditions	174
	Adolescent Complaints	184
	Women's Conditions	189
	Pregnant and Laboring Women	199
	Breastfeeding and Postnatal Conditions	205
	Men's Ailments	209
	Conditions of the Elderly	213
	Common Infections	223
	Headaches	233
	Digestive Disorders	240
	Skin Conditions	251
	Allergies	257
	Arthritis	264
	Insomnia	268
	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	273
	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	276
	AIDS	281
	Heart Disease	289
	Cancer	295
	Psychological Conditions	303
	Drug, Alcohol, and Nicotine Addiction	311
	Conditions of Travel and Recreation	322
	Injuries	329
	Pre- and Postsurgical Treatment	342
	Homeopathic Books: An Annotated Bibliography	353
	Homeopathic Tapes	364
	Homeopathic Software	365
	Source of Homeopathic Books, Tapes, and Software	366
	Homeopathic Organizations	366
	Sources of Homeopathic Medicines	368
	Homeopathic Training Programs	369
	Homeopathic Certification	374
	Homeopathic Journals and Newsletters	375
	Homeopathic Study Groups	379
	Homeopathic Medicines and Their Common Names	380
	Notes	385
	General Index	397
	Homeopathic Medicine Index	407

Dr Atkins New Diet Cookbook or Corazon Del Yoga

2009-02-20T16:44:00.000-08:00

Dr. Atkins' New Diet Cookbook

Author: Robert C Atkins

This book contains 250 of the most asked for recipes at the Atkins Center.

Publishers Weekly

In 1972, Atkins became a household name with his bestselling book, The Diet Revolution . In it, he claimed that to induce rapid weight loss one need only follow a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet--carbs were the culprit in keeping people overweight. Twenty years later, he published Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution , continuing to maintain that weight gain had little to do with fat intake--a controversial conviction. His latest work is a cookbook designed as a companion to the 1992 volume, and promising to provide the most ``mouth-watering meals for the most effective diet ever devised.'' In case readers are unfamiliar with his weight-loss program, Atkins describes its four stages and offers a selection of sample menus. Recipes range from the simple (hard-boiled eggs) to appetizers, salads, meats and poultry. No-holds-barred desserts call for heavy cream, eggs, sour cream and butter; despite Atkins's claims, his is not always light cooking. In the end, it's the desserts that illustrate the absurdities of the Atkins program: a recipe for cheesecake is chock full of cream cheese, eggs and creme fraiche, yet the final ingredient is 12 packets of a sugar substitute. ``Good cuisine has always rooted itself firmly in luxurious fat,'' writes Atkins in his introduction. Really? (June)

Library Journal

This complement to Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution (LJ 7/92) presents menus along with 200 recipes. Devised by Atkins Center director Fran Gare, the recipes follow the same high-protein, high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet (including the complex carbohydrates) that Atkins proposes in his previous book. Atkins maintains that his diet controls diabetes, but the Atkins diet is contrary to information given by the American Dietetic Association and the American Diabetic Association. In the ``University of California at Berkeley Wellness Letter'' (December 1992), Dr. Sheldon Margen cautions people against following this diet, arguing that it could harm some people, especially diabetics. All cheeses are allowed freely (though they are high in fat, sodium, and cholesterol), as are all meats. Several recipes for salad dressings contain raw eggs, which could lead to salmonella food poisoning. Since the recipes in this book could be dangerous if followed, it is not recommended.-Loraine F. Sweetland, Rebok Memorial Lib., Silver Spring, Md.

Look this: Comunicazioni di Digitahi

Corazon Del Yoga: Desarrollando Una Practica Personal

Author: T K V Desikachar

YOGA

EL CORAZÓN DEL YOGA

"No puedo pensar en ningún libro mejor para reomendar a un amigo que empieza a entusiamarse con el yoga, pero que está desconcertado por la abundancia de diferentes escuelas y sus enseñanzas, contradictorias a veces. Además, me vería en apuros para pensar en u libro que pudiera recomendar más ampliamente a cualquier estudiante de yoga, que busca profundizar más en esta práctica. . . . El gran regalo de El corazón del yoga no radica simplemente en la profundidad del aprendizaje de Desikachar, sino en la compasión, la gentileza, el sentido práctico y el espíritu realista que impregna este libro."
Yoga Journal

"Lea este libro de principio a fin y empezará a entender de qué se trata el yoga."
The Sunday Times

"Quienes están interesados en entender lo que es el yoga, aquellos que buscan un contexto más extenso y se enfocan en su práctica hatha, aquellos que buscan el Yoga Sutra como un guía y todos aquellos directa o indierectamente, han amado y recibido algún beneficio de Krishnamacharya o Desikachar, desearán tener este libro."
Yoga International

"Una valiosa fuente de información sobre la teoría y práctica del yoga. Indispensable para estudiantes y maestros por igual."
Indra Devi, autora de Yoga for You

Sri Tirmalai Krishnamacharya, quien vivió más de 100 años, fue uno de los más grandes yoguis de la era moderna. Los elementos de su enseñanza se handifundido por todo el mundo, gracias a los trabajos de B.K.S. Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois e Indra Devi, en sus primeros años, fueron alumnos de Krishnamacharya. Su hijo T.K.V. Desikachar vivió y estudió con él toda su vida y ahora enseña la gama total del yoga de Krishnamacharya y tiene como base las enseñanzas fundamentales de su padre, donde se sostiene que las prácticas se deben adaptar continuamente a las necesidades cambiantes del individuo, para lograr el máximo valor terapéutico.

En El corazón del yoga Desikachar ofrece una síntesis del sistema de su padre y su propio acercamiento práctico, que describe como "un programa para la espina, a cualquier nivel, físico, mental y espiritual." Este es el primer texto sobre yoga, que da una idea general de la seuencia, paso a paso, para desarrollar una práctica completa de acuerdo a los antiguos principios del yoga. Desikachar discute todos los elementos del yoga-posturas y contraposturas, respiración consciente, meditación y filosofía-y muestra al estudiante de yoga cómo debe desarrollar una práctica que se ajuste a su estado actual de salud, su edad ocupación y estilo de vida. Krishnamacharya daba al Yoga Sutra de Patañjali un valor muy alto. En este libro se incluy en su totalidad, con la traducción y comentarios de Desikachar. A la segunda edición de El corazón del Yoga se agregó el Yogañjalisaram, treinta y dos poemas compuestos por Krishnamacharya que capturan la esencia de sus enseñanzas y aún más, hacen de El corazón del yoga un hito en la transmisión del yoga, de los antiguos maestros al mundo moderno.

Un ingeniero estructural teórico, T.K.V. Desikachar vivió y estudió con su padre hasta la muerte de éste en 1989. Ha dedicado su vida a la enseñanza del yoga a personas de todas condiciones y niveles de habilidad, y en la actualidad enseña en la escuela fundada en memoria de su padre en Madrás, así como en Europa, los Estados Unidos, Australia y Nueva Zelandia.

A structural engineer by training, T. K. V. Desikachar lived and studied with his father until Krishnamacharya's death in 1989. He has devoted his life to yoga instruction for people of all backgrounds and all levels of ability and currently teaches at the school founded in his father's memory in Madras, as well as in Europe, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.

Yoga Journal

I can think of no better book to recommend to a friend beginning to be excited by yoga but bewildered by the plethora of different schools and their sometimes-conflicting teachings. In addition, I would be hard-pressed to think of a book I would recommend more highly to any yoga student seeking to deepen a yoga practice. . . . The great gift of The Heart of Yoga lies not simply in the depth of Desikachar's learning, but in the compassion, gentleness, practicality, and down-to-earth spirit that permeate the book.

Una bendición por Indra Devi
Prólogo por Vanda Scaravelli
Introducción
La vida y el yoga de Sri T. Krishnamacharya
PARTE ILA PRÁCTICA DEL YOGA
1 El yoga: concepto y significado
2 Los cimientos de la práctica del yoga
3 Los principios de la práctica de Asanas
4 La construcción cuidadosa de una práctica de yoga
5 Variaciónes de Asanas
6 Pranayama
7 Los bandhas
PARTE II LA COMPRENSIÓN DEL YOGA
8 Las cosas que ensombrecen al corazón
9 Las acciones dejan huella
10 El mundo existe para verse y descubrirse
11 Vivir en el mundo
12 El mundo existe para liberarnos
13 Las cualidades de la mente
14 Los nueve obstáculos del camino del yoga
15 Los muchos caminos del yoga
PARTE III EL YOGA SUTRA DE PATAÑJALI
PARTE IV YOGAÑJALISARAM
Apéndice 1 Textos mencionados en este libro
Apéndice 2 Práctica de cuatro secuencias generales
Guía de Pronunciación Sanskrit
Glosario
Índice

Buddhist Healing Touch or A Womans Guide to Urinary Incontinence

2009-02-19T12:32:00.000-08:00

Buddhist Healing Touch: A Self-Care Program for Pain Relief and Wellness

Author: Yen Ming Sun

An introduction to the unique healing practices of the Buddhist monks.

• Examines a wide range of specific conditions and includes detailed, illustrated instructions.

• First English translation of the most widely used book on self-massage in China and Taiwan.

When Dr. Ming-Sun Yen was sentenced to hard manual labor during China's Cultural Revolution, he served his sentence in the shadow of the Lin-Yang Shih, an ancient Buddhist temple in the mountains near Fuchow. There he witnessed the impressive healing work performed by a Buddhist monk on the Red Guard's prisoners, many of whom had sustained beatings and physical injuries. For the next three years he worked as the monk's assistant, learning techniques that had been handed down in Buddhist tradition for centuries.

In Buddhist Healing Touch, Dr. Yen teaches us how to care for ourselves naturally by using acupressure, self-massage, breathing techniques, exercises, and herbal remedies. He looks at a wide range of conditions, from abdominal cramps to sinusitis. A brief diagnostic description is provided for each condition, followed by a step-by-step guide to the most effective acupressure and massage techniques for treating it. Illustrations of the acupressure points accompany each treatment as well as tips regarding diet and relevant folk cures. Possible complications are also indicated with clear instructions for when to seek the care and advice of a qualified physician.

Book about: Fat Loss in 5 Simple Steps or At Home with Gladys Knight

A Woman's Guide to Urinary Incontinence

Author: Rene Genadry

Urinary incontinence causes discomfort and distress for millions of women, particularly those who have borne children, are postmenopausal, or have passed the age of forty. This condition can have a severe negative impact on one's quality of life, and successful treatment, while possible, is complex. Cowritten by a gynecologist and a urologist who have helped thousands of frustrated women, this new guide gives patients the information they need to understand their condition and make the right treatment decisions.

Dr. Rene Genadry and Dr. Jacek L. Mostwin explain how nerves, muscles, and other anatomical factors work in concert to control the bladder and how they can be affected by pregnancy, menopause, and aging. The authors discuss the common and uncommon causes of urinary incontinence, how the condition is evaluated and diagnosed, and how it can be treated. Drs. Genadry and Mostwin walk through the various treatment options -- including biofeedback and behavioral conditioning, pelvic floor exercises, medications, and surgery, as well as new and emerging therapies. They also discuss what to do if a particular treatment fails. The knowledge provided here gives the woman with urinary incontinence the power to choose treatments that meet her specific needs and preferences.

Friendly, accessible, and packed with valuable information, this guide is an essential resource for women who are troubled by urinary incontinence.

Lois K. Merry - Library Journal

Genadry (gynecology & obstetrics) and Mostwin (urology), professors and medical directors at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, have written an excellent resource for women with urinary incontinence and their caretakers. Wide in scope and thorough in coverage, the book describes the stages and types of incontinence, kinds of exams and tests, current drugs and methods of treatment, anticipated outcomes, and possible complications. Nonspecialists will appreciate that terms are defined within the text as well as in an eight-page glossary. The list of web sites is useful; however, in one case the authors miss an opportunity to guide readers to a site's A-to-Z topic list, instead recommending a search for two somewhat minor phrases. Line drawings illustrate the physiology of incontinence, while case examples tell of individual patients' experiences and outcomes. The book advises patients to advocate for their best individual care and emphasizes that every person's situation is unique. Conservative in their approach to treatment, Genadry and Mostwin eschew surgery in favor of less radical (and therefore reversible) cures. One of a few recent works on this topic for women, this is suitable for academic, public, or health-oriented libraries.

Preface     vii
Introduction: What Is Urinary Incontinence and What Can Be Done about It?     1
The Urinary System: Understanding How It Works     7
Stress, Urge, and Mixed: Types of Incontinence and Their Causes     16
Consulting a Doctor: How to Find the Right Physician and What You Can Expect     41
Medical Tests: Why and How Are They Done?     56
Nonsurgical Treatments: What Options Are Available?     68
Surgical Treatments: What Does Incontinence Surgery Involve?     94
Selecting Treatment: Which One Is Right for You?     125
Treatment Complications: What to Do if Something Goes Wrong     145
Summary: Taking Control of Urinary Incontinence     162
Glossary     165
Resources     173
Index     177

Pregnancy or The Easy Massage Workbook

2009-02-18T08:20:00.000-08:00

Pregnancy (Quamut)

Author: Quamut

Quamut is the fastest, most convenient way to learn how to do almost anything. From tasting wine to managing your retirement accounts, Quamut gives you reliable information in a concise chart format that you can take anywhere. Quamut charts are:

Authoritative: Written by experts in their field so you have the most reliable information available.
Clear: Our explanations take you step-by-step through everything from performing CPR to threading a needle.
Concise: You’ll learn just what you need to know—no more, no less.
Precise: Quamut charts include detailed text, photos, and illustrations to show you exactly how to do just about anything.
Portable: Your know-how goes with you wherever your projects lead.

Give your baby a healthy start.

Congratulations! Now that you’re expecting, you want to do everything you can to make sure your baby is as healthy and happy as possible. Get ready for an exciting new chapter in your life by learning:

The most important aspects of prenatal care, from week 1 to delivery
Ways to deal with common pregnancy discomforts and complications
Essential preparations for labor, childbirth, and your baby’s first days at home

Interesting textbook: Regolazioni di sicurezze in breve

The Easy Massage Workbook: The Complete Massage Class in a Book

Author: Clare Harris

Learning how to give a massage has never been easier! With the help of a 60-minute CD, plus this comprehensive workbook, it’s simple to master a variety of basic techniques (stroking, kneading, knuckling, friction) and routines. In addition to instructions for a full-body massage, there are more focused ones that relieve such common ailments as backaches, tension headaches, and eyestrain. And there’s special attention given to vulnerable groups—pregnant women, babies, and the elderly—who can benefit from the healing touch, but who must be treated with extra care. An introductory section covers all the practical preparations, and an entire chapter is devoted to choosing the right oil—complete with recipes for some of the best.

Weights for Weight Loss or Overcoming Diabetes

2009-02-17T04:08:00.000-08:00

Weights for Weight Loss: Fat-Burning and Muscle-Sculpting Exercises with Over 200 Step-by-Step Photos

Author: Ellen Barrett

Everyone knows that dieting without exercise doesn't work. But not all exercises are equally effective. Weights for Weight Loss explains why weight training is the best way to get in shape and provides readers with a comprehensive program that will guarantee success. The author dispels the five myths of weight training (fat turns to muscle, lifting makes for bulky muscles, weights are for men, it's easy to get hurt, heavier is better) and details the numerous benefits of building muscle, such as gaining more energy and a more youthful appearance, and -- most importantly -- greater fat loss with less effort. The book features exercises for all levels of fitness, from beginner to advanced.

Each exercise is clearly explained with step-by-step instructions and photos that show proper technique. Weights for Weight Loss's specialty programs include "The 10-Minute Body Blitz," which hits all the major muscle groups; "The 30-Minute Cardio Circuit," where exercises are performed at a fast pace with no rest in between; and "The 30-Minute Super Sculpt," where heavier weights are used for three sets in a row to exhaust muscles one at a time.

Overcoming Diabetes: The Complete Complementary Health Program

Author: Sarah Brewer

Internationally best-selling author Dr. Sarah Brewer presents one of the first books in an important new series: a highly authoritative, yet easy-to-follow program of complementary medicine and self-care treatments endorsed by the Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation. It’s designed to support conventional treatment for this fast-growing and debilitating disease, and teach sufferers how to alleviate symptoms and enhance their well-being. Dr. Brewer builds her pioneering approach on the premise that we all have unique requirements based on our age, gender, lifestyle, and genetic background. She offers tailor-made solutions ranging from gentle to full-strength, all featuring nutritional plans, workouts, and other lifestyle changes that will help you manage your diabetes better, significantly reduce your risk of long-term health complications, and feel better and more in control.

Introduction     06
Understanding diabetes     08
What is diabetes?     10
Type 1 diabetes     14
Type 2 diabetes     16
Diagnosing and monitoring diabetes     18
The complications of diabetes     20
Treating diabetes     24
The natural health approach     28
Complementary approaches to treatment     30
Aromatherapy     31
Herbal medicine     32
Ayurvedic medicine     34
Naturopathy     35
Homeopathy     36
Magnetic therapy     37
Reflexology     38
Yoga and qigong     40
Acupuncture     41
Meditation     43
Nutritional approaches to treatment     44
Controlling your carbs     45
Following a low-glycemic diet     47
Cutting down on salt     50
Eating more fiber     51
Eating good fats     52
Getting the benefits of fish oils     54
Eating more fruit and vegetables     56
Superfoods for diabetes     58
Supplements for diabetes     62
Lifestyle approaches totreatment     66
Smoking and alcohol     67
Getting regular exercise     68
Maintaining a healthy weight     70
The natural health guru programs     72
The natural health guru questionnaire     74
Starting the programs     77
The gentle program
Introducing the gentle program     78
Daily plans     82
Continuing the gentle program     98
The gentle program recipes
Breakfast recipes     100
Lunch recipes     102
Dinner recipes     104
Dessert recipes     108
The moderate program
Introducing the moderate program     110
Daily plans     114
Continuing the moderate program     130
The moderate program recipes
Breakfast recipes     132
Lunch recipes     134
Dinner recipes     136
Dessert recipes     141
The full-strength program
Introducing the full-strength program     142
Daily plans     146
Continuing the full-strength program     162
The full-strength program recipes
Breakfast recipes     164
Lunch recipes     166
Dinner recipes      168
Dessert and snack recipes     172
Resources     174
Index     176
Acknowledgments     180

Mindbody Cancer Wellness or HIV and Drug Free

2009-02-15T23:56:00.000-08:00

Mindbody Cancer Wellness: A Self-Help Stress Management Manual

Author: Morry D Edwards

Can "optimism" and "cancer" be uttered in the same breath?

Can "wellness" and "cancer" be lived in the same life? Can destructive and entrenched "habits of stress" be changed, even after decades?

Can one "get better" as a person during and after the life-altering experience of cancer?

Can this shattering event invite me, teach me, dare me, enable me --- to be "whole?"

If you or a loved one have been affected by cancer and its barrage of physical, emotional, and spiritual assaults, then Dr. Morry Edwards' new book MindBody Cancer Wellness A Self-Help Care Manual could be a valuable resource well worth tapping. You'll want to read it, "try" it, loan it, give it away, borrow it back, and read special pages again. And, if you sometimes feel controlled by the stress that pushes you to uncomfortable limits, you'll want this author's philosophy, if not his strategies, to seep into how you live your daily life. Why? Because Dr. Edwards' answer to all of those opening questions is a resounding YES. It is not a SIMPLISTIC YES, although he skillfully makes complex ideas quite understandable in simple, straight-forward language. Nor is it an EASY YES, since Morry challenges us to think a little differently, behave a little differently, and to appreciate our own capacities to grow as we walk with the uninvited companion of cancer. It is, however, a BELIEVABLE YES---not only because Morry carries professional credentials on his walls and more than twenty years of counseling under his belt, but also because Morry lost both of his parents to cancer and now carries them AND their optimism in his heart.

This self-care manual is intended to help readers develop skills and effectively use strategies designed to ease the stress of cancer and its treatment. It begins with basic information about the role stress plays in our lives, positively and negatively. The author translates complex information into ideas that can help anyone understand adverse stress reactions and how they can endanger the body, mind, emotions, and behavior. From this perspective, Dr. Edwards' book is scholarly. It tackles important aspects of the mind-body-spirit connection. From another view, Morry's work is a practical nuts 'n bolts approach to getting control of our fear, putting a bridle around the very real stresses that can drive us "nuts," or worse yet, make us ill and keep us unwell.

Introducing ideas like immune system "downers" and immune system "uppers," Dr. Edwards provides a comprehensive smorgasbord of relaxation strategies. In detail and with specific examples, he describes how they work, how they can be implemented, and how they can help us improve our own quality of life---as we collaborate with our medical team to strengthen our bodies' defense systems in achieving our own "wellness."

MindBody Cancer Wellness: A Self-Help Stress Management Manual is a grab-bag resource of ideas, strategies, and tools, any one of which might improve emotional and mental well-being. Don't hesitate a moment to reach into this one!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Morry Edwards, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist, who has specialized in treating people with cancer and other chronic illness for twenty-five years. A nationally certified biofeedback practitioner, he has concentrated on psychoneuroimmunology, the scientific study of the effects of psychological factors on our bodies' physical defenses. He is an advocate of the holistic approach to health and wellness and encourages patients to take an active role in their treatment.

Book about: Homeopathic Medicine or The More We Find in Each Other

HIV and Drug Free: HIV, Cancer and the Immume Systems

Author: Eileen Renders

On February 4, 2001 the Herald-Tribune newspaper published an article quoting Federal Health Officials pertaining to an amendment of their long-held policy in the treatment of AIDS virus. Their original policy and approach in 1996 was to "hit early, hit hard" with drug therapy. However just five years later when they reviewed their guidelines policy, they had much concern over their findings. Many of the drug therapy treated patients had developed nerve damage, weakened bones, unusual accumulations of fat in the neck and abdomen, diabetes and a number of other serious side effects of therapy. Many developed dangerously high levels of cholesterol and other lipids in the blood, raising concern that HIV-infected people might face another epidemic-of heart disease.

The pendulum has swung from when few therapies were available and most people died from AIDS to a time when drug cocktails are effective but creating complications. To quote Fauci, co-chairman of the Federal Health Officials panel; "We are adopting a significantly more conservative recommendation profile." Their new guidelines written by the panel now calls for waiting until the immune system shows serious signs of weakening. This new attitude spares the liver toxicity while relying more on those therapies that are exactly what Renders Wellness has always provided. Those therapies are now available for everyone!

Eileen Renders N.D. shares her successful protocol for protecting and maintaining a healthy immune system. This protocol includes antagonists to avoid, toxins and suspected carcinogens (where they are found), healthier food replacements for traditional denatured and devitalized foods, generalrecommendations and non-toxic, non-addictive specific recommendations for addressing both the symptoms and the side-effects associated with both common disorders and/or disease.

1	Alternative Medicine Opportunity	1
2	N.I.H. - National Institutes Health Provides Legitimacy To Alternative Medicine	5
3	Renders Wellness is Sub-contracted By ACMC'S HIV Consortium	7
4	Renders Wellness Creates And Implements HIV/AIDS Protocol	10
5	Immediate Problematic Findings	15
6	Initial Intake Interviews	22
7	Case Histories	27
8	General Recommendations	44
9	Specific Recommendations	51
10	Antagonists, Devitalized foods, Including Suspected Carcinogens	55
11	Healthier Food Replacements	63
12	Drugs s used in the Treatment Of HIV	66
13	Tracking Bernie's Progress	79
14	Cancer	99
15	The Immune System	110
16	Recipes	123

Living Your Destiny or Alternative Treatments for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

2009-02-14T19:44:00.000-08:00

Living Your Destiny

Author: Hal A Lingerman

Teaches you to identify and creatively harmonize your natural energies in the spirit of Pythagoras, the master teacher of ancient Greece. He describes a nine-fold spectrum of energies that can be utilized by all of us for enhanced living.

Books about: Woman in the Nineteenth Century or One Night in America

Alternative Treatments for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Insights from Practitioners and Patients

Author: Mari Skelly

Personal testimony from patients and their medical practitioners frames the resounding message of this book: there are a host of alternative therapies available to help people with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, a condition of chronic pain. An important resource for people with these conditions, this book also covers health insurance and disability benefit considerations.

Your Memory or Children With Cancer The Quality of Life

2009-02-13T15:31:00.000-08:00

Your Memory: Use It or Lose It: The Use of Mnemonic Exercises in the Fight Against alzheimer's

Author: John David Merwin

USE IT OR LOSE IT

This little volume has been designed as a self-help tool for anyone intent on improving his or her memory skills. While it is an accepted fact that physical exercise is an essential element in maintaining a healthy body, there is seldom, if ever, a suggestion that regular brain exercises might play an important role in improving memory or in restoring a healthy brain. The author draws upon his personal experience and the extensive study of memory phenomena over a span of half a century in selecting and presenting a series of exercises, which, if conscientiously followed, can achieve meaningful results. Recent clinical studies at London's University College and at the Albert Einstein Hospital in the Bronx, New York, confirm that Alzheimer's patients who are beginning to forget names can learn to remember. After just one month of training several of the patients showed considerable improvement. Many of the feats of memory, which are recommended in the later chapters of this volume, are beyond the comprehension of the uninitiated and are often referred to as miracles. They are, in fact, nothing more than the achievements of anyone who is truly determined to succeed in improving and/or restoringhis or her memory.Should the mnemonic exercises described and recommendedherein also prove helpful in improving the mental condition of persons in the early stages of Alzheimer's the author's fondest hopes will surely be realized.

Interesting book: Perl and LWP or Information Security

Children With Cancer The Quality of Life

Author: Christine Eiser

"Physicians and families have become aware that cancer has huge implications for the quality of the child's life. Children with Cancer: The Quality of Life is an attempt to describe how quality of life is affected at different stages of the disease process. Comprehensive reviews are provided of the impact on the child's physical activity, social life, and school and educational achievements. Special consideration is given to children with leukemia (one of the more common cancers) and brain tumors." Cancer not only affects the child but every member of the family. Consequently, there is coverage of cancer's effects on parents and on healthy brothers and sisters. To the extent that improvements in survival have been achieved by national and international collaboration between clinicans, it is concluded that efforts to improve the quality of these children's lives is dependent on collaboration between clinicians, nurses, and behavioral scientists at national and international levels. This book provides an impetus for such collaboration.

The Seven Key Principles of Successful Recovery or Compulsive Overeater

2009-02-12T11:19:00.000-08:00

The Seven Key Principles of Successful Recovery: The Basic Tools for Progress, Growth, and Happiness

Author: Mel B

The key principles of Alcoholics Anonymous are widely familiar as seven popular slogans: First things first. Live and let live. Easy does it. Let go and let God. One day at a time. Pass it on. Keep it simple.

This inspiring book explores the deep wisdom behind these simple sayings and shows how the underlying principles relate not only to recovery but also to living happily and well in a confusing world.

Mel B. and Bill P. offer a unique look at the historical, spiritual, and Twelve Step roots of the main principles of recovery. Full of practical help and support, this book gives readers a clear and useful sense of how these principles apply to the main goals of recovery: staying clean and sober, building emotional stability and maturity for successful living in sobriety, and finding the will and the way to get along with others and fulfill our full human potential.

Book review: End of Capitalism or Centennial Crisis

Compulsive Overeater: The Basic Text for Compulsive Overeaters

Author: Bill B

Bill B. tells the story of how he lost seventy-five pounds and maintained his weight loss for over ten years. Chapters focus on topics of real concern to us - abstinence, anger, fear and depression, relationships, and money. For those of us who struggle with compulsive overeating, Bill B. 's interpretation of the Twelve Steps and how they apply to overeating can be a valuable inspiration.

Chinese Magical Medicine or Quest for Conception

2009-02-11T07:07:00.000-08:00

Chinese Magical Medicine (Asian Religions and Cultures)

Author: Michel Strickmann

This book argues that the most profound and far-reaching effects of Buddhism on Chinese culture occurred at the level of practice, specifically in religious rituals designed to cure people of disease, demonic possession, and bad luck. This practice would leave its most lasting imprint on the liturgical tradition of Taoism. In focusing on religious practice, it provides a corrective to traditional studies of Chinese religion, which overemphasize metaphysics and spirituality.

A basic concern with healing characterizes the entire gamut of religious expression in East Asia. By concentrating on the medieval development of Chinese therapeutic ritual, the author discovers the germinal core of many still-current rituals across the social and doctrinal frontiers of Buddhism and Taoism, as well as outside the Buddhist or Taoist fold.

The book is based on close readings of liturgies written in classical Chinese. The author describes and translates many of them, analyzes their structure, and seeks out nonliturgical sources to shed further light on the politics involved in specific performances. Unlike the few previous studies of related rituals, this book combines a scholar's understanding of the structure and goals of these rites with a healthy suspicion of the practitioners’ claims to uniqueness.

Booknews

This study of healing in the Taoist tradition examines how misdeeds and demonology cause illness per classic proto-Tantric and Buddhist texts. In completing this work of a late U. of California-Berkeley professor of Chinese religions, Faure (Asian religions, Stanford U.) added extensive reference materials. Illustrations include disease- curing seals. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Look this: Simple Asian Cookery or Create a Celebration

Quest for Conception: Gender, Infertility, and Egyptian Medical Traditions

Author: Marcia Claire Inhorn

In Quest for Conception, Marcia C. Inhorn portrays the poignant struggles of poor, urban Egyptian women and their attempts to overcome infertility. The author draws upon fifteen months of fieldwork in urban Egypt to present moving stories of infertile Muslim women whose tumultuous medical pilgrimages -- or their "search for children," as they call their quests for conception -- have yet to produce the desired pregnancies. Inhorn examines the devastating impact of infertility on the lives of these women, who are threatened with divorce by their husbands, harassed by their husbands' families, and ostracized by neighbors.

Beliefs about procreation and infertility causation and cure among the Egyptian urban poor derive from a five-thousand-year history of shifting medical pluralism. Although colonially produced Western biomedicine is the dominant system in Egypt today, it represents only one of an array of therapeutic alternatives. Infertile women seek help from both "biogynecologists" (practitioners of Western biomedicine) and "ethnogynecologists" (practitioners of indigenous ethnomedicine), often using the remedies of both simultaneously. Quest for Conception examines in detail the variety of ethnomedical and biomedical treatments for infertility and concludes that treatments of both types are often ineffective and sometimes harmful. Given this untherapeutic setting, the future of infertile Egyptian women is explored in light of needed changes in reproductive health policy and the introduction of new reproductive technologies.

Quest for Conception is the first comprehensive account of non-Western women's experiences of infertility and is a novel study within the literature on Middle Eastern women.

	List of Illustrations
	List of Abbreviations
	Acknowledgments
	Notes on Transliteration
	Preface: Hind's Story
Pt. 1	Problem, Place, and Procreative Theory
Ch. 1	The Infertility Problem in Egypt	3
Ch. 2	Ancient Alexandria and Its Modern Poor	39
Ch. 3	Past and Present in Theories of Procreation	49
Pt. 2	Ethnogynecology
Ch. 4	Healers, Herbalists, and Holy Ones	81
Ch. 5	Kabsa and Threatened Fertility	111
Ch. 6	From Humidity to Sorcery	158
Ch. 7	Divinity, Profanity, and Pilgrimage	206
Pt. 3	Biogynecology
Ch. 8	Biomedical Bodies	241
Ch. 9	Untherapeutic Therapeutics	286
Ch. 10	The Injection of Spermatic Animals	318
Ch. 11	Babies of the Tubes	334
Ch. 12	Futures for the Infertile	345
	Appendix 1. Fieldwork	357
	Appendix 2. Informants	371
	Notes	379
	Glossary of Arabic Terms	395
	References	401
	Index	429

Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children or Meeting Psychosocial Needs of Women with Breast Cancer

2009-02-10T02:54:00.000-08:00

Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children

Author: National Research Council

Many of the pesticides applied to food crops in this country are present in foods and may pose risks to human health. Current regulations are intended to protect the health of the general population by controlling pesticide use. This book explores whether the present regulatory approaches adequately protect infants and children, who may differ from adults in susceptibility and in dietary exposures to pesticide residues.

The committee focuses on four major areas:

Susceptibility: Are children more susceptible or less susceptible than adults to the effects of dietary exposure to pesticides?
Exposure: What foods do infants and children eat, and which pesticides and how much of them are present in those foods? Is the current information on consumption and residues adequate to estimate exposure?
Toxicity: Are toxicity tests in laboratory animals adequate to predict toxicity in human infants and children? Do the extent and type of toxicity of some chemicals vary by species and by age?
Assessing risk: How is dietary exposure to pesticide residues associated with response? How can laboratory data on lifetime exposures of animals be used to derive meaningful estimates of risk to children? Does risk accumulate more rapidly during the early years of life?

This book will be of interest to policymakers, administrators of research in the public and private sectors, toxicologists, pediatricians and other health professionals, and the pesticide industry.

Booknews

Explores whether infants and children differ from adults in susceptibility and in dietary exposures to pesticide residues in food, and if so, whether the present regulatory approaches adequately protect them. Based on the committee's research, 1988- 93, summarizes pesticide use, data collection methods, toxicity testing, and federal regulations, emphasizing prenatal and perinatal toxicity, age-specific eating patterns, estimating pesticide residues, and mathematical risk modeling. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Meeting Psychosocial Needs of Women with Breast Cancer

Author: Maria Hewitt

In Meeting Psychosocial Needs of Women with Breast Cancer, the National Cancer Policy Board of the Institute of Medicine examines the psychosocial consequences of the cancer experience. The book focuses specifically on breast cancer in women because this group has the largest survivor population (over 2 million) and this disease is the most extensively studied cancer from the standpoint of psychosocial effects. The book characterizes the psychosocial consequences of a diagnosis of breast cancer, describes psychosocial services and how they are delivered, and evaluates their effectiveness. It assesses the status of professional education and training and applied clinical and health services research and proposes policies to improve the quality of care and quality of life for women with breast cancer and their families. Because cancer of the breast is likely a good model for cancer at other sites, recommendations for this cancer should be applicable to the psychosocial care provided generally to individuals with cancer. For breast cancer, and indeed probably for any cancer, the report finds that psychosocial services can provide significant benefits in quality of life and success in coping with serious and life-threatening disease for patients and their families.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Melody L McKinney, DNS, RN (Indiana State University)
Description: Nearly all women diagnosed with breast cancer experience psychological distress but most effectively cope and adapt to their situations. Yet, roughly 30 percent of women experience major or prolonged distress and would likely benefit from some form of psychosocial intervention. In this report by the National Cancer Policy Board of the National Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council, the psycho-oncology literature on breast cancer is reviewed for the purpose of making policy recommendations to enhance the delivery of breast cancer care. This second report of a three-part series on cancer survivorship builds on an earlier recommendation that psychosocial support services are essential to quality cancer care.
Purpose: The purpose of this report is to "characterize the psychosocial consequences of a diagnosis of breast cancer; evaluate the effectiveness of services to alleviate psychosocial distress; assess the status of current psychosocial interventions; assess the status of professional education and training and applied research; and propose policies to improve the quality of care and life for women with breast cancer and their families."
Audience: The authors anticipate the report will be useful to "stakeholders and policy makers in cancer care, women with or concerned about breast cancer, and the general public."
Features: The report contains eight chapters. Chapters one and two provide an introduction and overview of the epidemiology of breast cancer. Chapters three and four examine the psychosocial needs of women experiencing breast cancer, along with psychosocial services and providers. Chapter five reviews the literature on psychosocial intervention research. Chapters six and seven focus on the structure and delivery of psychosocial services, along with barriers and the use of services. Chapter eight examines the status of breast cancer research, suggesting future research priorities and recommendations to research sponsors.
Assessment: This well-referenced and scholarly report fulfills its purpose of illuminating the psychosocial needs of women with breast cancer and making recommendations for clinical and research priorities. A multitude of tables and figures facilitate the presentation of vast amounts of information, yet are of questionable value to the general public. Appendix A, an agenda on a past research/educational offering, seems of little current value. Appendix B provides excellent table summarizations of clinical trials in breast cancer research from 1980 to 2002. As with findings from any focused research, caution should be taken in generalizing the findings and recommendations from this report on women with breast cancer to all cancer patients and survivors.

Rating

3 Stars from Doody

	Executive summary	1
1	Introduction	11
2	Epidemiology of breast cancer	15
3	Psychosocial needs of women with breast cancer	21
4	Psychosocial services and providers	70
5	The effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for women with breast cancer	95
6	Delivering psychosocial services	133
7	Barriers to appropriate use of psychosocial services	165
8	Research	199
App. A	Meeting psychosocial needs of women with breast cancer	229
	App. B : Tables and boxes summarizing evidence from clinical trials	234

La Salud en la Mujer or Behind the Smile

2009-02-08T22:42:00.000-08:00

La Salud en la Mujer: Higiene, Prevencion y Tratamientos Naturales de las Enfermedades de la Mujer

Author: Guy Roulier

Escrito por un especialista que posee una sólida experiencia profesional.

Este libro está dirigido a todas las mujeres conscientes de que su bienestar pasa por concienciarse-ellas mismas-de su salud. Escrito por un especialista (osteópata, acupuntor, naturópata, fitoaromaterapéuta) que posee una sólida experiencia profesional, es un libro práctico que nos aportará una información objetiva sobre el conjunto de medicinas ("clásicas" y "alternativas") adaptadas a los problemas específicos femeninos.

En la primera parte, después de un breve repaso a la fisiología, el autor aborda las grandes etapas de la vida de una mujer: infancia, pubertad, embarazo, menopausia, envejecimiento... Subraya la importancia capital del terreno biológico que constituye individualidad, presenta tus tendencias y personaliza la elección de tus métodos de higiene y cuidados.

La segunda parte está dedicada a las patologías femeninas y a sus tratamientos: reglas dolorosas, problemas sexuales, amenorrea, esterilidad, malposición del útero, pérdidas, cistitis, caída de órganos, inflamaciones e infecciones, problemas circulatorios, fibromas, pólipos, enfermedades venéreas, quistes, senos, embarazo, menopausia... Para cada problema, se proponen varias soluciones y consejos prácticos.

Lejos de rechazar la medicina clásica (indipensable para detectar y tratar las afecciones graves), el autor analiza sin favorecer, las ventajas y los inconvenientes de los tratamientos alopáticos y de las medicinas benignas, ñas operaciones quirúrgicas, los medicamentos, los métodos contraceptivos clásicos o naturales... Ningún método, por bueno que sea, no es una panacea; cada uno posee su eficacia y sus límites más allá de los cuales es necesario recurrir a otras terapias. El razonamiento holístico (concepción del hombre total) es indispensable para hacer evolucionar y retroceder la enfermedad. Por último, basándose en su experiencia personal, Guy Roulier te explicará detalladamente que tratamientos puedes aplicarte tu misma. en tu casa sin riesgos: nutrición, complementos alimenticios, plantas, ejercicio físico, relajación...

Un libro que concilia las diversas corrientes de la medicina, desdramatiza la enfermedad y proporciona a cada mujer los medios para vivir mejor su feminidad.

	Introduccion	11
Parte 1	Fisiologia, Enfermedades Y Salud	13
Capitulo I	De la salud a la enfermedad	15
	Aprende a conocer el terreno	18
	Tu eres Yin o Yang?	19
	Los cuatro humores de Hipocrates	22
Biotipo 1	Linfatico (mujer de agua)	22
Biotipo 2	Sanguineo (mujer de aire)	23
Biotipo 3	Biliosa (mujer de fuego)	23
Biotipo 4	Nervioso (mujer de tierra)	24
	Resumen natural de salud	26
	Los grandes principios de la medicina natural	26
	La energia de la vida	26
	Las fuentes de tu energia	28
	El organismo es un todo	28
	El equilibrio de los tres pilares de la salud	30
	Tu psique: la predominancia del espiritu	31
	Tu psique: el papel de la mecanica	32
	Tu laboratorio interno: la bioquimica	32
	Los mecanismos naturales de defensa	32
	La homeostasis o la inteligencia del cuerpo	32
	La resistencia a las agresiones	33
	Del desequilibrio a la enfermedad	35
	La enfermedad evoluciona por niveles	35
	Saber reconocer los signos de alerta	35
Capitulo II	De la enfermedad a la salud: los metodos naturales	39
	El laboratorio interno: la bioquimica	41
	La alimentacion: la salud en tu plato	41
	Los complementos alimenticios	42
	Las plantas de la salud	43
	Los aceites esenciales (A.E.)	46
	La homeopatia	49
	La organoterapia	50
	La oligoterapia	50
	Las recetas para la salud	50
	Los metodos que tratan el cuerpo: la energia y la materia	51
	La acupuntura tradicional	51
	La osteopatia ginecologica: aspectos fundamentales	53
	Las reflexoterapias	54
	Manten y mejora tu fisico	55
	Las tecnicas de la mente	59
Capitulo III	El aparato genital femenino y el proceso de procreacion	61
	Organos genitales externos	61
	Organos genitales internos	62
	La vagina	62
	El utero	62
	Los ligamentos suspensores del utero	64
	Las trompas u oviductos	65
	Los ovarios	65
	Los nervios de la esfera genital	65
	Dolores de origen ginecologico	67
	Los ritmos de la mujer	67
	El ciclo femenino	68
	La fecundacion	73
Capitulo IV	Las etapas en la vida de una mujer: higiene y cuidados naturales	77
	La infancia	77
	Las infecciones mas frecuentes	77
	La importancia de la informacion sexual	79
	La pubertad, centro de la vida femenina	80
	La entrada en funcionamiento de las hormonas	80
	La primera regla	80
	Los problemas de la pubertad	81
	El embarazo	82
	Del huevo al embrion	82
	Los problemas del embarazo	83
	Elimina los factores de riesgo	84
	Tu cuerpo durante el embarazo	84
	La preparacion al parto y el parto	87
	Despues del parto	88
	El amamantamiento maternal	88
	El aspecto fisico	88
	El aspecto psicologico	89
	La premenopausia	90
	La menopausia	90
	Los arranques de calor	91
	Problemas nerviosos y de caracter	92
	La alteracion de la piel y del pelo	93
	La modificacion de los organos sexuales	93
	Despues de la menopausia: control	93
	Como retrasar el envejecimiento	94
	Plan de lucha contra el envejecimiento	95
	Osteoporosis y desmineralizacion	97
	Causas y consecuencias	97
	Luchar contra la osteoporis y la compresion	97
Capitulo V	La relacion sexual y la contracepcion	101
	Una pieza en cuatro actos	101
	Desarrollo aconsejable	101
	Lo que se debe saber	102
	Los problemas sexuales	103
	El vaginismo: bloqueo espasmodico	104
	La dispareunia: la relacion dolorosa	105
	La sequedad vaginal	106
	La disfuncion orgasmica: la frigidez	107
	Los metodos contraceptivos clasicos y naturales	108
	Los procedimientos mecanicos	109
	Procedimientos quimicos: la pildora anticonceptiva	109
	Los procedimientos naturales	111
	Los otros metodos	112
Parte 2	Las Medicinas Alternativas	115
	Esterilidad y metodos naturales	117
	Esterilidad o hipofertilidad?	117
	Las correcciones naturales de la esterilidad	117
	Amenorrea o ausencia de reglas	120
	Causas	120
	Cuidados naturales	121
	Las reglas dolorosas o sindrome premenstrual	121
	Varias causas y problemas	122
	El tratamiento natural tambien es complejo	122
	Las perdidas normales y anormales	123
	Las perdidas transparentes y blancas	123
	Las perdidas de sangre: metrorragias	124
	La posicion defectuosa del utero	125
	La anteversion	126
	La retroversion	126
	Tratamiento	126
	La caida de organos	129
	Prolapsos o ptosis	129
	Tratamiento natural	131
	Prolapsos de segundo y tercer grado	133
	Endometriosis: dolores e infecundidad	133
	El aborto natural	135
	Los problemas circulatorios	137
	Las varices	137
	Los edemas de origen linfatico	139
	Las inflamaciones e infecciones genitourinarias	141
	La jungla intestinal: una flora equilibrada	141
	La intoxicacion y las infecciones	142
	El estres y las infecciones	144
	Las zonas problematicas	144
	Las cistitis	145
	Las verdaderas cistitis	145
	Las cistalgias o pseudocistitis	146
	Las ETS (enfermedades de transmision sexual)	148
	La blenorragia	149
	La sifilis	150
	El herpes genital (y otras localizaciones)	150
	El SIDA (o Sindrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida)	151
	Los tumores benignos	152
	Los fibromas	152
	Los polipos	153
	Los quistes del ovario	153
	El tratamiento natural de los fibromas y quistes funcionales	154
	El seno: afecciones benignas	156
	Los dolores del seno	156
	Las perdidas	157
	Cuidados e higiene natural	157
	Los tumores malignos del aparato genital	158
	Los factores que favorecen el cancer	159
	Prevencion, deteccion, tratamientos	160
	Tratamientos medicos	161
	Metodos naturales y cancer	162

Behind the Smile: My Journey Out of Postpartum Depression

Author: Marie Osmond

"I was sitting on the kitchen floor, heaving in sobs, and all I could think was: 'This can't possibly be me.'" In a candid account, Marie Osmond, beloved actress, singing star, and television personality, discloses her heartwrenching battle with postpartum depression and the private pain behind her public persona. Sinking fast into numbing despair after the birth of her last baby, Marie Osmond joined the thousands of women each year who suffer from an illness not often discussed openly. Now she tells her inspiring story...

Behind the Smile

At age thirty-nine, known for her signature smile and upbeat attitude, Marie Osmond was living what seemed to be the picture-perfect life. She was beautiful, talented, happily married, co-hosting the successful Donny and Marie Show, and pregnant with her seventh child. What could go wrong-so wrong that it would send her on a tearful flight away from her home and make national headlines?

What went wrong was postpartum depression (PPD). Behind the Smile bravely and honesty reveals Marie Osmond's difficult road back from PPD and speaks out for other women who have experienced PPD's debilitating effects. Writing in her wonderfully vivacious voice-and sharing sixteen pages of private family photos-Marie describes her childhood in the famous Osmond family, her own career, and the births and adoptions of her beloved children. For the first time, she unveils her closely guarded home life to reach out to other women who are struggling.

But in Behind the Smile, Marie does more than tell a personal story of courage and triumph. Along with Dr. Judith Moore, who helped diagnose and treat her problem, she includes real help for women suffering from PPD. Readers will learn about the tests for PPD, where to find medical treatment, and what safe, natural therapies and diet guidelines can help rebalance the body's hormones. By sharing her healing journey and inspirational words, Marie Osmond gives others hope. By including Dr. Moore's wise advice, she provides a shining path for them to begin the journey too.

"I knew I had to leave until I could come to terms with what was happening to me.

"I couldn't let my children continue to see me this way.

"I walked down the stairs and put my precious newborn baby into the nanny's arms. I put three blank checks and my credit cards in her hand, saying, 'Please understand that I couldn't do this if I didn't have you here. I can't stay. There is something wrong, really wrong with me, and I have to leave until I figure it out. Brian is at this number. Call him. He'll come home.'

"I have no idea how my feet carried me to the car. I turned the key in the ignition, put the car in reverse, and backed down the driveway. When I shifted the gears into drive, something overpowering moved inside of me, from the deepest part of my soul. My body was racked with hysterical crying, and I began to understand for the first time why a person would want to take her own life."

Good Life or Aesthetics and Cosmetic Surgery for Darker Skin Types

2009-02-07T18:31:00.000-08:00

Good Life: Psychoanalytic Reflections on Love, Ethics, Creativity, and Spirituality

Author: Jeffrey B Rubin

Explores how psychoanalysis can nurture and vitalize, rather than only focusing on affliction and neuroses.

Aesthetics and Cosmetic Surgery for Darker Skin Types

Author: Pearl Grimes

This unique book is the only comprehensive guide to both surgical and nonsurgical cosmetic treatment of patients with darker skin pigmentation, including patients of African, Asian, and Latin descent. It is authored by a wide range of international experts in this field from all continents and edited by a world-renowned researcher and academician on the topic of pigmentation disorders. Practical, concise chapters cover all common surgical and nonsurgical treatment approaches and address the broad range of cosmetic issues facing patients with darker skin pigmentation. More than 350 full-color illustrations complement the text.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer:Patricia Wong, MD(Stanford University Medical Center)
Description:Dermatologists performing cosmetic procedures and treating various skin conditions in individuals with darker skin types must take into account the structural and cellular differences in darker skin pigmentation. This book provides recommendations for therapy as well as precautions and also includes good basic dermatology information that doesn't necessarily pertain to just ethnic skin types.
Purpose:The purpose is to educate dermatologists on how to treat patients with darker skin.
Audience:The audience is dermatologists.
Features:Dermal filler injections, how a blepharoplasty is performed, and how to inject Botox are illustrated in photographs. There are many color photographs of good quality throughout the book, but some are referred to incorrectly in the text. For example, in the discussion on where to inject Botox in order to raise the eyebrows, the book refers to a photograph showing injections in the glabellar area to decrease frown lines. The plastic surgery chapters point out the anatomic differences in Asian eye shapes versus Caucasian eye shapes and the factors dermatologists should consider when trying to achieve a wider eye look.
Assessment:This is a good basic dermatology book with an emphasis on treating darker skin types. Procedures such as chemical peels, laser, surgery, etc., are succinctly described and a summary of the author's experiences treating darker skinned individuals follows the descriptions.

Like a Fish in Water or Herbs

2009-02-06T08:13:00.000-08:00

Like a Fish in Water: Yoga for Children

Author: Isabelle Koch

• A playful introduction to the practice of yoga for the health and well-being of your child.

• Includes step-by-step instructions for more than 20 postures, as well as information on breathing and relaxation exercises.

• Each posture is demonstrated by a child whose image is magically woven into full-color illustrations.

• An invitation for children, ages three and up, to experience the healthy benefits of yoga.

In this exuberant and colorful book, author and illustrator Isabelle Koch introduces children to hatha yoga, inviting them into a world of good health and vitality through her use of playful analogies and whimsical illustrations. Like a Fish in Water provides step-by-step instructions for more than 20 yoga postures and the basics of breathing, as well as a variety of relaxation exercises. Each posture is demonstrated by a child whose image is magically woven into the brightly colored backgrounds and accompanied by text that clearly and simply guides the child through the movements, using language accessible to everyone.

Daily yoga practice can provide an island of calm in today's hectic world in which children are continuously bombarded with stimuli. Yoga fosters both physical and emotional health, sharpens focus, and improves attention span. Like a Fish in Water offers parents a perfect opportunity to spend time with their children, while engaging in a healthy and enjoyable activity. So whether it is used to get the day off to a positive start or to wind it down toward a peaceful end, Koch's book and the instruction it offers is ideal for parents, teachers, and, most importantly, children.

Children's Literature

In the preface by Laurent de Brunhoff, his first paragraph provides a good summary: "The practice of Yoga provides mental peace and, at the same time, a consciousness of one's own body. Certain postures develop suppleness and balance, others strengthen muscles." Like me, Laurent started Yoga well into middle age. If I had any idea of the benefits, I would have started much earlier in life and that is why I am delighted to see several good books available for young readers. In this one as with The Kids' Yoga Book of Feelings by Mary Humphry, there is emphasis on the importance of breathing when doing a pose. The introduction provides a little history but not really sufficient to understand the basis of Yoga and what the Mudras really are. Each pose is demonstrated in an illustration and the text explains how to do it and why it is good for the body and mind. The photographs of the girl in the poses are superimposed on backgrounds that have been created by the author. These illustrations have a childlike quality. The twenty described are known by various names and there seems to be a mixture of the Sanskrit and English. The text is fairly complex and the closing section addressing breathing and relaxation exercises is printed in black on a purple background, making it almost impossible to read. The layout and text are not nearly as child friendly as Humphry's book, but a good teacher or parent could use both effectively. Reviewer: Marilyn Courtot

Interesting textbook: NYPD or Friction

Herbs: Partners in Life: Healing, Gardening, and Cooking with Wild Plants

Author: Adele G Dawson

Adele Dawson's classic guide to the seasonal use of herbs for food, drink, and medicine.

• Clear directions for growing and using many wild and cultivated herbs.

• Detailed pen-and-ink drawings help readers identify 70 herbs.

With irresistible enthusiasm and an endless store of knowledge about the plant kingdom, herbalist Adele Dawson traces the human-plant relationship through the seasons, providing practical and enlightening information about every aspect of herbalism, including spring foraging, summer gourmet gardening, the preparation of remedies in autumn, and the brewing of healing potions in winter. The mysteries of preparing infusions, decoctions, tinctures, and essences are unraveled through the author's clear and cohesive chapters on how to identify, collect, and preserve herbs. Detailed pen-and-ink drawings show the essential elements of flower and leaf anatomy as well as 70 wild and cultivated plants in their budding, blossoming, and dormant stages. Sprinkled throughout the text are recipes for impromptu wild feasts such as milkweed buds tempura, directions for soothing hand lotions of marigold and milk, and an enormous variety of medicinal and culinary teas. In equal measure an herbal encyclopedia, a health-food cookbook, and a nature guide, this book deserves a place on the reference shelf of both the new and experienced herbalist.

Making Scents

A book with substance written by a true herbalist.

Foreword by Rosemary Gladstar
Preface
Introduction
Part I
1. Why Should We Use Herbs
2. Identification of Herbs
3. Where to Get Herbs
4. What Shall We Do with These Herbs?
5. Herbalists Mentioned in Part II
Part II
6. Salute Spring
7. Summer: Gourmet Gardening
8. Autumn: Battening Down
9. Winter: Season of Tisanes
10. The Armchair Herbalist
11. The History of Herbs
12. Honey and Vinegar
Appendix I Alphabetical Lists of Herbs
Appendix II The Language of Herbalists
Appendix III List of Vitamins and Their Effects
Appendix IV Sources of Herb Seeds and Plants
Bibliography
Index

Adele G. Dawson was a renowned herbal elder and wise woman who lived in the hills of Vermont.

Healthy Beauty or Caregiving

2009-02-05T04:01:00.000-08:00

Healthy Beauty: Using Nature's Secrets to Look Great and Feel Terrific

Author: Letha Hadady

Learn the secrets to staying radiant, youthful, and beautiful. . . naturally

"The first book of its kind . . . an international beauty recipe of tried-and-true home preparations blended with the most modern, technologically advanced products on the market today . . . truly a celebration of beauty in all its diversity. "
–From the Foreword by Clif deRaita, National Director of Makeup at Georgette Klinger, Inc.

"I very much enjoyed reading Healthy Beauty and I learned a great deal. The timely information and spiritual aspects of the book will be appreciated now more than ever. "
–Michael York, actor, producer, and author

"This book is touched by genius. Letha Hadady has a great sense of beauty in everything she does. "
–Gad Cohen, celebrity stylist featured in Glamour, Vogue, and Cosmopolitan

"Healthy Beauty is fabulous! A must for anyone interested in beauty."
–Marietta Carter-Narcisse, Hollywood makeup expert featured in In Style

"There is a radiance that glows from within: it is the radiance of intent, passion, wholeness, and harmony with life. Letha Hadady lights the spark of that radiance with her book. In Healthy Beauty, we can be confident of finding beauty elixirs to create not only the face we present to the world, but the peace of mind we need in the quiet of our lives."
–Isisara Bey, Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Sony Music Entertainment

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Beauty Now and Forever
PART I: HEALTHY NARCISSISM
Your Mirror Image
Lola's Way
Stress Fighters
Your Seasons of Beauty
PART II: YOUR NEW BODY
Your Walk
Spot Slimming
Your Body Beautiful
Fragrance from Inside Out
Pretty Hands and Feet
PART III: BEAUTIFUL YOU
Sexy Hair Shines from Within
Alluring Eyes
Your Flawless Complexion
Out, Out Damned Spots
Your Best Face Forward
Style Genius
Your Voice Tells a Story
PART IV: BEAUTY KARMA
Beauty Survival Skills
Looking Young, Feel Young
An Annotated Resource Guide
Index

New interesting book: My Life as a Spy or Sex Science and Stem Cells

Caregiving: The Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss, and Renewal

Author: Beth Witrogen McLeod

Helping your family and loved ones when they need you most

"Caregiving has a big heart–on a much-needed topic. A rare book of spiritual and practical wisdom."–Sue Benderauthor of Plain and Simple and Everyday Sacred

"A poignant, wise, and in-the-trenches view of caregiving that is both practical and spiritual, especially of value to midlife adults."–Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D., author of Goddesses in Everywoman and Close to the Bone

"Lovely. . . . Beth McLeod’s experience and wisdom shine through as she shares her heartfelt journey of loss, surrender, hope, and healing."–David Simon, M.D. medical director, the Chopra Center for Well Being, author of Vital Energy and Return to Wholeness

Sooner or later it will touch us all: A family member or loved one becomes ill or disabled, and we step in to help. This is caregiving, and in this powerful, unique book, prizewinning writer and advocate Beth Witrogen McLeod leads us through the caregiving journey with unflinching authority and compassion. Framed by the author's personal odyssey as a caregiver and richly informed by the inspiring and poignant tales of others, Caregiving explores medical and financial problems, all aspects of spirituality, and such issues as depression, stress, housing, home care, and end-of-life concerns. A rare blend of powerful storytelling and practical information, Caregiving is a revelation.

Total Heart Health for Women Workbook or Walking the World in Wonder

2009-02-03T23:50:00.000-08:00

Total Heart Health for Women Workbook: Achieving a Total Heart Health Lifestyle in 90 Days

Author: Jo Beth Young

The Total Heart Health for Women Workbook teaches women the unique connection between the physical heart and the spiritual heart by identifying medical facts vital to the health of a woman's physical heart, and biblical truths vital to the health of a woman's spiritual heart. It presents practical steps for applying the truths of Scripture to their walk with Christ and it encourages readers as they change unhealthy behavior patterns and replace them with a healthy behavior.

The Total Heart Health for Women Workbook presents the reader with a 90-Day Challenge, designed to help them embark on a lifestyle transformation. The reader will be encouraged to sift out old, bad habits and replace them with new, healthy habits. It will also challenge them to work out and fine-tune the good habits they have established.

It takes 21 days to break an existing behavior, 40 days to establish new behavior, and 90 days to transform the new behavior into a lifestyle. This workbook will guide, challenge, and motivate through it all.

Go to: Ten Natural Remedies That Can Save Your Life or Massage and Bodywork

Walking the World in Wonder: A Children's Herbal

Author: Ellen Evert Hopman

Introduce children to the magic of using herbs for healing, cooking, and nature crafts and inspire a lifelong interest in the natural world.

• Designed especially for children ages five to ten.

• A hands-on book for children, filled with fun, easy-to-follow activities.

Walking the World in Wonder covers the medicinal and magical uses of sixty-seven common herbs. Each herb playfully introduces itself and talks about its habitat and many uses. With fun, easy-to-follow activities, herbalist Ellen Evert Hopman teaches children basic herbal skills and invites them to make a sunflower seed mosaic, sew a catnip-filled mouse, and dig for Jerusalem artichoke roots. The book also includes simple recipes that children can use, with adult supervision, to treat minor ailments--peppermint tea to soothe a troubled tummy or horse chestnut salve to heal a scraped knee. Children gain a sense of self-sufficiency and awe for the earth's treasures by eating wild nettle greens, sprinkling a sandwich with nasturtium flowers, making strawberry honey, and learning to season food with dill they've gathered themselves. Parents and teachers will appreciate how these earth-centered activities are placed within a broader social and environmental context. Sixty-seven full-color photographs enable children, parents, and teachers to identify these herbs during walks and field trips. Walking the World in Wonder gives children a direct and joyous experience of their connection to the natural world and inspires a lifelong interest in their own health and that of the planet.

Herb Network

Not only is this book beautiful, my kids love it! That is the whole point of the book, introducing children to herbs. Beginning with a few pages of information for parents, the book is laid out to make finding and gathering herbs fun! What a wonderful concept.

Children's Book Watch

Kids ages 5-10 and their parents will find Walking The World In Wonder an inviting survey of the medicinal and magical uses of over sixty common herbs. Each herb introduces itself and talks about its uses, with activities reinforcing the lessons on basic herbal skills, along with simple recipes kids can use.

A Note to Parents and Teachers
Introduction
The Wheel of the Year
Autumn
Barberry, Burdock, Fennel, Juniper, Oak, Partridgeberry, Walnut, Wintergreen
Winter
Bayberry, Holly, Mistletoe, Pine
Spring
Birch, Chives, Curled Dock, Dandelion, Ferns, Hawthorn Tree, Hemlock Tree, Horsetail, Lamb's-quarters, Maple Tree, Milkweed, Plantain, Pokeweed, Stinging Nettle, Wild Strawberry, Trillium, Violet, Yarrow
Summer
Basil, Bee Balm, Blueberry, Calendula, Wild Carrot, Catnip, Chamomile, Cinquefoil, Club Moss, Coltsfoot, Comfrey, Daisy, Daylily, Dill, Echinacea, Elderberry, Ginger, Goldenrod, Jerusalem Artichoke, Lavender, Lemon Balm, Marjoram, Mint, Nasturtium, Parsley, Poplar, Purslane, Raspberry, Red Clover, Rose, Rosemary, Sage, Staghorn Sumac, Sunflower, Thyme, Willow, Witch Hazel
Epilogue
Bibliography
Resources

Ellen Evert Hopman is a Druid priestess, master herbalist, and lay homeopath who holds an M.Ed. in mental health counseling. She is a founding member and co-chief of the Order of the White Oak (Ord na Darach Gile), serves on the Grey Council of Mages and Sages, and is a professor of Wortcunning at the Grey School of Wizardry. She is the author of A Druid’s Herbal for the Sacred Earth Year; Walking the World in Wonder; Being a Pagan, Tree Medicine, Tree Magic; and Priestess of the Forest. She lives in Massachusetts.

Ten Years Younger or Cross Training For Dummies

2009-02-02T19:38:00.000-08:00

Ten Years Younger: The Amazing Ten Week Plan to Look Better, Feel Better, and Turn Back the Clock

Author: Steven MD Masley

How would you like to look and feel ten years younger in just ten weeks time?

Studies show that Americans on the whole are aging faster than ever with conditions like diabetes, cancer, and heart disease occurring increasingly earlier on in life-along with everyday age indicators like wrinkles and love handles. Now, Dr. Steven Masley, former medical director of the prestigious Pritikin Longevity Center and a pioneer in anti-aging medicine, delivers a breakthrough plan to turn back the clock, inside and out-no matter what your age!

Originally featured on the Discovery Channel, the Ten Years Younger Program is designed to combat the roots of accelerated aging. Poor nutrition, toxins in the environment, stress, and exposure to free radicals all make us old before our time, along with a little-known aging culprit: low- and no-carb diets. As Dr. Masley shows, low-carb diets deprive the body of anti-aging phytonutrients and fiber, accelerate osteoporosis, and damage brain cells. So the first secret of turning back time is: Eat your carbs!

Each week, Ten Years Younger guides you through an age-busting combination of cutting-edge nutritional choices, relaxation techniques to reduce the aging effects of stress, and simple workouts designed to build lean muscle and trim and tone your body from head to toe. By following the plan for just ten weeks, you will:
Achieve significant weight loss-up to twenty-five pounds
Boost your energy levels
Rejuvenate your skin
Enhance brain function
Prevent and reverse the onset of diabetes and heart disease
Lower your cholesterol and blood pressure
Improve sexual vitality

With tools to helpyou assess how your body is really aging, weekly shopping lists and meal plans, and over 100 delicious recipes packed with antioxidants and anti-aging nutrients, Ten Years Younger is the healthiest, safest, and fastest way to take off the years-no surgery required!

New interesting textbook: Generational Accounting or Public Speaking

Cross Training For Dummies

Author: Ryan

Anyone can get into a fitness rut. You could be exercising regularly but feeling unmotivated about your current routine. Or you could be enjoying your workouts but not getting the results you really want. You can even be on health club hiatus and looking for a way to get back into exercise-mode. Whatever your situation, cross-training is a practical solution. Cross-training is a well-rounded way of approaching exercise. It allows you to vary your workouts so you can inject a little excitement into your fitness routine, while you receive better results out of your exercise plan.

If you have a real thirst for fitness knowledge then Cross-Training For Dummies is for you. Whether you just want to use cross-training as a way to spice up a dull workout routine or you’re looking to develop specific skills that will enhance your performance in a specific activity or sport, this book can get you on track.

Cross-Training For Dummies will keep you motivated, intere sted, strong, and injury-free as you strive to improve your level of fitness. From savvy tips that’ll turbo charge your workouts to great advice on weight lifting, fitness activities, and team sports, this book has just what you need to advance to a higher level of fitness. Cross-Training For Dummies also covers topics hat will help you to:

• Assess your fitness level

• Set personalized exercise goals

• Have fun with individual and team sports

• Incorporate kickboxing, Pilates, spinning, and other cutting-edge workouts into you routine

• Understand the five elements of fitness

Challenging your body to new fitness levels is hard work, but the results are well worth it. Cross-Training For Dummies will help you understand how cross-training works and show you how to put together a well-balanced training program that will keep you happy and healthy.

Introduction.
PART I: Wake Up Your Workouts.
Chapter 1: Your Ever-Changing Body.
Chapter 2: A Rock-Hard Rear Is Not Enough.
Chapter 3: Variety Is the Spice of Life.
PART II: Let's Get Specific.
Chapter 4: Get A Goal (Be Smart Before You Start).
Chapter 5: Weak? Who Me? Just Test Me!
Chapter 6: Huffin' and Puffin' Cardio.
Chapter 7: Gruntin' and Groanin': Muscle Strength, Stamina, Power, and Flexibility.
PART III: Cross-Training Plans.
Chapter 8: How to Follow the Plans.
Chapter 9: Base Fitness Plan.
Chapter 10: Weight Loss Plan.
Chapter 11: Athletic Plan.
Chapter 12: Mix-n-Match Plan.
PART IV: Fabulous Moves.
Chapter 13: Technique, Technique, Technique.
Chapter 14: Your Weight Lifting Questions Answered.
Chapter 15: Warm-ups and Stretches.
Chapter 16: Basic Moves Revisited.
Chapter 17: Simple Muscle Moves.
Chapter 18: Multimuscle Moves.
Chapter 19: Key Gym Equipment.
Chapter 20: Power Moves.
Chapter 21: Fast, Tricky Moves.
PART V: Move That Body!
Chapter 22: The Solo Sporting Life.
Chapter 23: Movin' to the Groove.
Chapter 24: Strutting Your Stuff on the Field.
PART VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 25: Ten Things You Should Know about Muscles.
Chapter 26: Ten Ways To Maximize Rest Days.
Chapter 27: Ten Ways to Stick to It.
Chapter 28: Ten Great Bench Stretches.
PART VII: Appendixes.
Appendix A: Glossary.
Appendix B: Resources.
Appendix C: Workout Logs.
Index.
Book Registration Information.

Lying in Weight or Get Fit Stay Fit

2009-02-01T15:26:00.000-08:00

Lying in Weight: The Hidden Epidemic of Eating Disorders in Adult Women

Author: Trisha Gura

It is commonly held that the sufferers of anorexia nervosa and bulimia are angst-ridden teenage girls who impose unrealistic beauty standards on their still-developing bodies. In Lying in Weight, Gura explodes the myths that adolescence is the only time of life that these disorders manifest and that women who achieve a normal weight after contending with eating disorders are "cured." Shockingly, tens of millions of American women -- overlooked by the medical and mental health communities because they're older than 25 and understudied -- suffer from "food issues" that can be linked to any number of disruptive changes and challenges throughout their lives. These triggers -- marriage, the birth of a child, menopause, stress from child rearing, marital difficulties and depression -- bring about emotional, psychological and medical problems that play out under the radar in women who live in the throes of food obsessions.

Interesting book: Between Existentialism and Marxism or Fear No Evil The Classic Memoir of One Mans Triumph over a Police State

Get Fit, Stay Fit

Author: William E Prentic

This brief, user-friendly text is designed for students with little or no background in developing a personal fitness program. Topics covered in Get Fit, Stay Fit include principles of cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, limiting body fat, and nutrition. Key points have been emphasized to explain why certain aspects of physical fitness should be important to individuals, and how to become an informed consumer of physical fitness equipment and services

1	Getting Fit: Why Should You Care?	1
2	Creating a Healthy Lifestyle	13
3	Starting Your Own Fitness Program	39
4	Developing Cardiorespiratory Fitness	53
5	Improving Muscular Strength, Endurance, and Power	77
6	Increasing Flexibility Through Stretching	117
7	Limiting Your Body Fat Through Diet and Exercise	137
8	Eating Right	173
9	Becoming a Wise Consumer	203
10	Practicing Safe Fitness	217
	Appendix A Food Composition Table	230

Warming up to Living Foods or Cancer Talk

2009-01-31T11:14:00.000-08:00

Warming up to Living Foods

Author: Elysa Markowitz

A raw foods diet doesn't have to be cold. Living foods expert Elysa Markowitz shows how to warm raw foods and still preserve their vital enzymes. She includes recipes for dishes that are spicy, flavorful, and supremely good for you, many of which have been featured on her Los Angeles television show Elysa's Raw and Wild Food Show. A week-long menu planner will help you organize your ingredients so you'll have everything ready when you need it.

New interesting textbook: Noni Natures Amazing Healer or Mastering Your Diabetes

Cancer Talk: Voices of Hope and Endurance from the Group Room, the World's Largest Cancer Support Group

Author: Selma R Schimmel

For the first time, Cancer Talk provides a support group in a book.

Research shows that cancer patients who attend support groups can survive longer and lead fuller lives than patients receiving medical treatment alone. Cancer Talk, based on "The Group Room®," the nation's only talk-radio cancer support show, brings hope, information, and inspiration to everyone affected by cancer. Show host Selma Schimmel, a cancer advocate and longtime survivor, has gathered the voices of cancer patients and survivors, family and friends, physicians, therapists, and other healthcare professionals to create an invaluable guide to help you:

Deal with the wide range of emotions a cancer diagnosis provokes
Cope with relationships, intimacy, and physical changes
Optimize the doctor-patient relationship and navigate treatment options
Handle the side effects of treatment
Understand legal, workplace, and insurance issues
Live with and beyond cancer

Anyone whose life has been touched by cancer will find new support from the intimate and empowering voices of the only real experts out there—the people who live with cancer.

Library Journal

Terrified. Angry. Confused. Lost. Alone. All aptly describe one's reaction after a cancer diagnosis. Author Schimmel was diagnosed with breast cancer 16 years ago and felt that cancer patients needed more than the patronizing, often paternalistic attitude of some doctors. She founded Vital Options, a nationwide communications organization that offers information, support, and advocacy through a radio talk show, "The Group Room®." The words of cancer patients, family members, physicians, and therapists along with commentary from Schimmel comprises Cancer Talk. The book is divided into four main categories, "Handling the Medical Aspects of Cancer," "Dealing with Your Emotions," "The Legal and Social Aspects of Cancer," and "Beyond Cancer," and discusses cancer in young adults and children, the needs of caregivers, and negotiating the maze of managed care, among other issues. Each chapter ends with a bulleted list of things to do, and a resource list concludes the book. People undergoing cancer treatment and their families will find this (and its radio show sire) an invaluable source of information, advice, encouragement, and comfort. Highly recommended for public libraries and patient health collections. [The reviewer is no relation to coauthor Fox.--Ed.]--Bette-Lee Fox, "Library Journal" Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

USA Today - Katy Kelly

This worst thing about this book is that someday you will need it. You, or someone you care about, will be diagnosed with cancer. The best thing about htis book is that it will help. A lot. Cancer Talk is about hope, endurance and survival...There is no question that cancer is a difficult journey, but this book lets readers know they are not travelling alone.

Kirkus Reviews

Advice and support from those with cancer, based on "The Group Room," a talk-radio cancer support show. Schimmel, the show's host, was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 28 (16 years ago), shortly after her mother's death from ovarian cancer. She and Fox (The Arthritis Cure, etc.) include advice from those with the disease, from their families and friends, from physicians and therapists—all of which is carefully selected and clearly presented, and all of which reflects Schimmel's down-to-earth approach. Her own diagnosis and treatment were delayed by poor medical care—it was then, she says, that she first understood the difference between being a passive patient and being an active medical consumer. As there were many cancer deaths in her family, "I had absolutely no role models for survival." Her goal here is not so much to give exact medical advice as to give some reassurance and "some sense of direction out of the haze." She succeeds, sometimes with pointers on getting the best medical care (having an advocate with you at all appointments; getting into a clinical trial), sometimes with support in negotiating fear, sadness, and grief. Schimmel compassionately offers help for those facing imminent mortality, including psychological support, with ideas for symptom and pain control. An up-to-date resource list is included. (Radio satellite tour)

A Guys Gotta Eat or Triumph Over Hepatitis C

2009-01-30T07:02:00.000-08:00

A Guy's Gotta Eat: The Regular's Guy's Guide to Eating Smart

Author: Russ Klettk

Millions of modern American men want to eat better but don't have the time to count calories. They are turned off by the prospect of forever giving up burgers and fries and confused by the media's conflicting health-related messages. A Guy's Gotta Eat proves that healthy eating is a surprisingly easy option. Self-taught nutritionist and weekend warrior triathlete Russ Klettke, along with sports nutritionist Deanna Conte, provide all the tips and tools men need to start eating better, from nutrition facts to advice about cooking for a hot date. Included are shopping lists of the 60 grocery items every man should have in his kitchen—and "combinations" (rather than traditional recipes) which make whipping up good, healthy food easier than ever. The authors make smart eating automatic and simple, whether one is cooking at home or dining out. Loosely based on the immensely popular Zone diet and focusing on fruits, vegetables, proteins, and "good" carbs, A Guy's Gotta Eat is a whole-life guide for men who say, "I should eat better but don't know how."

	Foreword	ix
	Introduction: Take Back the Plate	xv
Part I.	Get Smart	1
1	A guy's gotta manage his weight	3
2	A guy's gotta be a caveman	23
3	A guy's gotta play in the ballpark	37
4	A guy's gotta eat simple and fast	67
5	A guy's gotta respect his vices	79
6	A guy's gotta eat like a guy	87
7	A guy's gotta eat foods that taste good	99
Part II.	Get Equipped	119
8	A guy's gotta prep his kitchen	121
9	A guy's gotta buy groceries (but not very often)	129
Part III.	Get to Work	139
10	A guy's gotta master a few basics in the kitchen	141
11	A guy's gotta make a meal in less than fifteen minutes	149
12	A guy's gotta cook for a date	183
13	A guy's gotta barbecue	215
Part IV.	Get Outta the House	241
14	A guy's gotta eat out	243
	Bibliography	273
	Acknowledgments	279
	Index	281

New interesting book: Hauptsache der Immobilien-Finanz

Triumph Over Hepatitis C: An Alternative Medicine Solution

Author: Lloyd Wright

Revised and Expanded Third Edition.

Triumph Over Hepatitis C, An Alternative Medicine Solution 2002 Revised and Expanded Edition contains my story of how I contracted hepatitis C from blood transfusions in 1979 and the graphic turbo charged events that followed.

I document my encounters with the medical community and their failure to deal with this virus. In this new expanded edition I document the horrific injustices I encountered and expose the fact that this same set of circumstances still plague the medical community today eight years later.

After speaking with over 50,000 people who have hepatitis c, speaking at several universities and conventions and speaking on numerous radio shows, I still encounter the same lack of knowledge about hepatitis c both in American society and the medical community.

I have answered the most frequently asked questions encountered over the past 3 Ѕ years of constant contact with the infected.

There are several new chapters that detail the long-term effects of interferon.

In Part 2, I detail the exact program that I used to treat the virus after interferon failed.

My blood tests and liver biopsy are included as well as my herb schedule which tells how and when to best take the suggested herbs, supplements and glandulars.

This illustrated edition includes many new testimonials and research by many Medical Doctors who know that interferon is a drug looking for a disease to cure and hepatitis c is not it.

About the Author

I contracted hepatitis c in 1979 from 4 blood transfusions. After 15 years of misdiagnoses I was finally diagnosed by mistake. My doctor told me that interferon was an 80% cure and it was my only hope. After interferon failed Idecided I was not finished yet. I was given 3 to 5 years to live. That was 8 years ago.

After curing myself from this tragic virus, I wrote my first book, Triumph Over Hepatitis C, and discovered that thousands of people had similar experiences as I did.

Thousands called and emailed to find out just what to do. I then began to supply people with the same items I used to get well at wholesale prices.

This was never my intent; it just developed and has saved the lives of many.

People who have been bed ridden for years get up and go back to work.

People from all over the world come to me just to say thank you for having their lives back. It is just overwhelming.

I then published Hepatitis C Free, Alternative Medicine VS. The Drug Industry, The People Speak. This is a book of testimonials, a cross section of over 50,000 emails and letters from people who did some of what was in my first book. Many have been blessed from my experience and I continue to help every person I can.

6 Weeks to a Hollywood Body or Nutrition

2009-01-29T02:50:00.000-08:00

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

Author: Mark Laska

As featured in SELF and on Weekend Today

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

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

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

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

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

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

New interesting textbook: Beating IT Risks or Private Sector Involvement in the EMU

Nutrition: The Cancer Answer II

Author: Maureen Kennedy Salaman

It will take the cancer establishment 20 year to catch up with the truths contained in these pages. The great tragedy is that tens of millions of Americans, who were alive when this book was begun and who would have benefited from it.

Living with Hepatitis B or First Year Prostate Cancer

2009-01-27T22:38:00.000-08:00

Living with Hepatitis B

Author: Gregory T Everson

A new book from the authors of the bestselling Living with Hepatitis C. Chronic hepatitis B, a condition that currently affects 1.25 to 1.5 million Americans, is a serious progressive disease that can lead to cirrhosis, liver cancer, the need for liver transplantation and death. According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than 200,000 Americans of all ages are infected each year with the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Sufferers of acute hepatitis B can become jaundiced, severely fatigued and too ill to work. Although most recover, some will experience acute liver failure, need emergent liver transplantation or die. Experts estimate that up to 10 percent of infected adults and 25 percent of infected children under the age of five will develop chronic hepatitis B. Now the team that wrote the bestselling Living with Hepatitis C brings to hepatitis B sufferers the same authoritative information, expert answers, practical guidance, hope and inspiration. Living with Hepatitis B explains in everyday language• the nature of the disease and its effects on your body • how to recognize early warning symptoms • what you should do if you get infected • the HBV vaccine: is it safe, is it effective? • how to avoid infecting others, how to understand blood tests, nutrition tips, treatment options, research trends and more. The first, most comprehensive and authoritative guide to HBV for the general public, Living with Hepatitis B is sure to become a classic.

Author Biography: Gregory T. Everson, M.D., one of the country's leading hepatologists, is a recognized expert on the treatment and cure of hepatitis. He is director of hepatology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Hedy Weinberg is an award-winning writer and essayist. Diagnosed with hepatitis in 1993, she brings to the reader personal understanding of how patients feel and what they want and need to know.

	Preface	ix
	Foreword	xi
	Acknowledgments	xiii
1.	What Is Hepatitis B? An Introduction	1
2.	When You Have Hepatitis B: Understanding the Diagnosis: Blood Tests and Biopsies	18
3.	Why Me? What About Them? How You Got Infected and How To Avoid Infecting Others	38
4.	Learning About Your Liver: Your Body's Chemical Factory: Liver Facts and Liver Disease Symptoms	53
5.	Taking Care of Yourself Nutritionally: Guidelines for Healthy Nutrition in Liver Disease	78
6.	Taking Care of Yourself Emotionally: Emotional Challenges of Chronic Illness	99
7.	Taking Care of Yourself Financially: An Overview	118
8.	Treatment for Hepatitis B: Interferon, Lamivudine, and Adefovir	139
9.	Liver Transplants: A Miracle of Modern Medicine	175
10.	Liver Cancer: Are You at Risk?	198
11.	HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, and Delta Co-Infection: Triple Trouble	210
12.	Children with Hepatitis B: A Growing Problem	229
13.	Research Trends: Hope for the Future	253
	Resources	267
	Bibliography	272
	Index	291

Look this: Passion and Principle or Eyes off the Prize

First Year--Prostate Cancer: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed (First Year Series)

Author: Christopher Lukas

Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in American men—about 1 in 6 will be diagnosed in his lifetime—but fortunately it is also one of the most treatable cancers. From the first moment of his diagnosis, author Christopher Lukas took charge and educated himself on every aspect of his condition. Now, as a "patient-expert," he guides those newly diagnosed step-by-step through their first year with prostate cancer. Lukas provides crucial information about the nature of the disease, treatment options, diet, exercise, social concerns, emotional issues, networking with others, and much more. The First Year®-Prostate Cancer will be an essential resource for everyone who wants 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.

Top 100 Herbal Remedies or Pilates for Beginners

2009-01-26T18:27:00.000-08:00

Top 100 Herbal Remedies: Safe, Effective Remedies for 100 Common Ailments

Author: Anne McIntyr

From Aloe Vera to Wild Oats, this attractively illustrated compendium provides expert advice on how to use the 100 best herbal remedies, along with a thorough introduction to the benefits of herbal medicine and advice on self-treatment. Find out how to help heal colds and flu, minor cuts and bruises, and muscle cramps and migraines. The ailments are grouped by body system, and each includes guidance on the most effective therapies, including simple infusions, tinctures, and creams. There's something for allergies, insomnia, poor appetite, digestive problems, heartburn, and many more problems. An easy-to-read table gives standard dosages for both adults and children, and each entry discusses the parts of the herb used, its properties and actions, and indications and contraindications.

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Pilates for Beginners

Author: Roger Brignell

((category)) BODY/MIND/SPIRIT Start creating a new you today. Feel fit in mind and body with Pilates, one of the fastest-growing and most popular exercise techniques in the world. Practice it regularly to become stronger, leaner, and more flexible, as well as to look and feel great. Soon the stresses and strains of everyday life will affect you less and put you more in control, yet relaxed at the same time. Even your usual aches and pains will lessen. This series of exercises--with every movement you'll make illustrated and explained--gradually shapes and tones muscles, and enhances posture and well-being. You may recognize elements of yoga, dance movements, everyday exercises from the gym, and childhood gymnastics. Anyone can begin right away.

Being Positive or A Million Little Pieces

2009-01-25T14:15:00.000-08:00

Being Positive: The Lives of Men and Women with HIV

Author: Robert Klitzman

The clearest picture we have of what life is like for men and women who have been diagnosed HIV positive, based upon unique in-depth interviews and remarkable for its candor. An unforgettable picture of what extremity looks like and how it is dealt with. --Clifford Geertz

Journal of the American Medical Association

Being Positive provides many important lessons and messages for health care workers as they try to fit into the priorities and actual lives of people living with the virus. The title symbolizes both HIV positivity and the attitude of those affected. Dr Klitzman's stories reveal not only appropriate coping mechanisms, but actual psychological, social, and spiritual growth resulting from the struggle his subjects have faced in getting on with their lives...in being able to both be positive and be HIV positive.

Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy

What distinguishes this series of narratives from others is the observation and reflection on...experiences of those...represented in the book.

Library Journal

Parts of this book are difficult to read. Included here are stories of people rejected by their family, living on the streets, neglecting their children, drinking too much, shooting up too much, and not caring nearly enough. But there are inspirational stories as well. Psychiatrist Klitzman (In a House of Dreams and Glass, LJ 3/1/95), who conducted in-depth interviews with people who contracted HIV through sexual contact or IV drug use, noticed six patterns of how they deal with their HIV status: the alternative culture of HIV social organizations, spirituality, focused work and volunteerism, turning to their families, minimizing their illness or denying it, and seeking relief of stress through drugs and alcohol. Some souls try all six. An insightful work; recommended for medical and academic libraries.Lee Arnold, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Booknews

In-depth interviews with a broad cross-sections of people with HIV provide a compassionate portrait of their losses, strengths, and attitudes, and their ability to finding meaning in life. Looks at patterns of spiritual beliefs, work and volunteer activities, and family relations through perspectives from anthropology, existential psychiatry, and depth psychology. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

What People Are Saying

Fenton Johnson
I know of no higher praise than to name a book necessary. Being Positive is that and more.
— author of Geography of the Heart.

Clifford Geertz
An unforgettable picture of what extremity looks like...intense.

Interesting book: Hard up and Hungry or Insatiable

A Million Little Pieces

Author: James Frey

“The most lacerating tale of drug addiction since William S. Burroughs’ Junky.” —The Boston Globe

“Again and again, the book delivers recollections that leave the reader winded and unsteady. James Frey’s staggering recovery memoir could well be seen as the final word on the topic.”—San Francisco Chronicle

“A brutal, beautifully written memoir.”—The Denver Post

“Gripping . . . A great story . . . You can’t help but cheer his victory.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review

Entertainment Weekly

[A] thoroughly engrossing memoir...

The San Francisco Chronicle

[I]t gives away nothing to say that he finds himself whole at the end of A Million Little Pieces. How that came to be would be a first-rate tale of suspense, if it weren't drawn so hideously from an actual life.—James Sullivan

Publishers Weekly

For as long as he can remember, Frey has had within him something that he calls "the Fury," a bottomless source of anger and rage that he has kept at bay since he was 10 by obliterating his consciousness with alcohol and drugs. When this memoir begins, the author is 23 and is wanted in three states. He has a raw hole in his cheek big enough to stick a finger through, he's missing four teeth, he's covered with spit blood and vomit, and without ID or any idea where the airplane he finds himself on is heading. It turns out his parents have sent him to a drug rehab center in Minnesota. From the start, Frey refuses to surrender his problem to a 12-step program or to victimize himself by calling his addictions a disease. He demands to be held fully accountable for the person he is and the person he may become. If Frey is a victim, he comes to realize, it's due to nothing but his own bad decisions. Wyman's reading of Frey's terse, raw prose is ideal. His unforgettable performance of Frey's anesthesia-free dental visit will be recalled by listeners with every future dentist appointment. His lump-in-the-throat contained intensity, wherein he neither sobs nor howls with rage but appears a breath away from both, gives listeners a palpable glimpse of the power of addiction and the struggle for recovery. Simultaneous release with the Doubleday hardcover (Forecasts, Mar. 10). (May) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Frey wakes up on an airplane with four broken teeth, a broken nose, a massive cut on his cheek, and unsure where he is or where he's going. Where he ends up is a residential treatment center based in Minnesota. This is the story of his experiences in that center as an addict and alcoholic. Listeners will meet the residents, including some who helped Frey continue his treatment and his work toward sobriety. The author's tale is brutal and honest, providing a realistic view of the life of an addict, something not for the faint of heart. It's full of profanity and graphic depictions of violence and drug use. In fact, Frey's description of the repair of his teeth without painkillers or anesthesia may keep people from ever going to the dentist again. That said, this presentation, read by Oliver Wyman, is an important addition for all library collections. Organizations that provide support for substance abusers, counseling centers, and prison libraries also should consider purchase.-Danna Bell-Russel, Library of Congress Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

Adult/High School-Frey's high school and college years are a blur of alcohol and drugs, culminating in a full-fledged crack addiction at age 23. As the book begins, his fed-up friends have convinced an airline to let him on the plane and shipped him off to his parents, who promptly put him in Hazelden, the rehabilitation clinic with the greatest success rate, 20 percent. Frey doesn't shy away from the gory details of addiction and recovery; all of the bodily fluids make major appearances here. What really separates this title from other rehab memoirs, apart from the author's young age, is his literary prowess. He doesn't rely on traditional indentation, punctuation, or capitalization, which adds to the nearly poetic, impressionistic detail of parts of the story. Readers cannot help but feel his sickness, pain, and anger, which is evident through his language. Ken Kesey's One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (Viking, 1962) seems an apt comparison for this work-Frey maintains his principles and does not respect authority at all if it doesn't follow his beliefs. And fellow addicts are as much, if not more, help to him than the clinicians who are trying to preach the 12 steps, which he does not intend to follow in his path to sobriety. This book is highly recommended for teens interested in the darker side of human existence.-Jamie Watson, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

Frey's lacerating, intimate debut chronicles his recovery from multiple addictions with adrenal rage and sprawling prose. After ten years of alcoholism and three years of crack addiction, the 23-year-old author awakens from a blackout aboard a Chicago-bound airplane, "covered with a colorful mixture of spit, snot, urine, vomit and blood." While intoxicated, he learns, he had fallen from a fire escape and damaged his teeth and face. His family persuades him to enter a Minnesota clinic, described as "the oldest Residential Drug and Alcohol Facility in the World." Frey's enormous alcohol habit, combined with his use of "Cocaine . . . Pills, acid, mushrooms, meth, PCP and glue," make this a very rough ride, with the DTs quickly setting in: "The bugs crawl onto my skin and they start biting me and I try to kill them." Frey captures with often discomforting acuity the daily grind and painful reacquaintance with human sensation that occur in long-term detox; for example, he must undergo reconstructive dental surgery without anesthetic, an ordeal rendered in excruciating detail. Very gradually, he confronts the "demons" that compelled him towards epic chemical abuse, although it takes him longer to recognize his own culpability in self-destructive acts. He effectively portrays the volatile yet loyal relationships of people in recovery as he forms bonds with a damaged young woman, an addicted mobster, and an alcoholic judge. Although he rejects the familiar 12-step program of AA, he finds strength in the principles of Taoism and (somewhat to his surprise) in the unflinching support of family, friends, and therapists, who help him avoid a relapse. Our acerbic narrator conveys urgency and youthfulspirit with an angry, clinical tone and some initially off-putting prose tics--irregular paragraph breaks, unpunctuated dialogue, scattered capitalization, few commas--that ultimately create striking accruals of verisimilitude and plausible human portraits. Startling, at times pretentious in its self-regard, but ultimately breathtaking: 'The Lost Weekend' for the under-25 set.

Miladys Situational Problems for the Cosmetology Student or Energetic Approaches to Emotional Healing

2009-01-24T10:01:00.000-08:00

Milady's Situational Problems for the Cosmetology Student

Author: Catherine Frangi

Situational Problems for Cosmetology Students tests students' knowledge of how they should apply the information they have learned to real-life situations. While the Exam Review gauges their recollection of information, this text asks that they apply that knowledge to situations that more closely reflect what they are likely to encounter as a salon employee, demonstrating that they know how to use the information they have learned. The questions are more complex than Exam Review questions, often describing a salon stylist or other professional who has a client with a combination of conditions, problems, or attitudes. The student will have to take many factors into account to achieve the desired results, both from a technical and a communication perspective.

Energetic Approaches to Emotional Healing

Author: Dorothea Hover Kramer

Written by two nurses who are also well established psychotherapists and teachers of energy healing principles, the work applies energetic concepts to relationships, family life, and bonding. In addition to describing current understandings of the human energy system, the book cites methods of assessment, identifies steps of a transformational healing process, and emphasizes self-care for the practioner and client. It further identifies specific approaches to working with clients suffering from grief, depression, trauma, abuse, and serious, long term illness. Excercises, intervention, and imagery are presented throughout along with fascinating case examples.

	Authors' Introduction
Sect. I	An Expanded View of Healing	1
Sect. II	The Nature of Human Energy	35
Sect. III	Concepts of Energy Healing	81
Sect. IV	Energetic Interventions for Emotional Dysfunction	131
Sect. V	Development of the Caregiver	185
	Listing of Exercises Presented in this Book	217
App. A	Selected Programs in Energy Healing	219
App. B	Sample Psychoenergetic Intake Sheet	225
App. C	Sample Informed Consent Form	227
App. D	Code of Ethics for Transformational Healers	229
	Glossary of Energy-Related Terms	232
	Index	235

Manic Depression and Creativity or The Fast Food Craze

2009-01-23T05:49:00.000-08:00

Manic Depression and Creativity

Author: D Jablow Hershman

In this study, the often turbulent lives and careers of Isaac Newton, Charles Dickens, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Vincent van Gogh are examined in an effort to explain and illustrate the role of manic depression in the creative lives of talented people. Manic Depression and Creativity demonstrates how manic-depressive disorder often becomes the essential difference between talent and genius, and offers valuable insights into the many obstacles and problems this illness poses for highly creative people in all fields, from scientists to film stars to rock musicians. Investigating the inspiration that is sparked and fed by mania, and the overwhelming creative "blocks" brought on by depression, Hershman and Lieb explode the popular myth that suffering is essential to creativity and suggest ways that can alleviate the extreme "highs" and "lows" of this disease. Indeed, with effective treatment, manic depressives can control their lives and increase their productivity.

Virginia Galloway

The profound contribution to civilization by persons with manic depression is illustrated in this book.. Hershman's Brotherhood of Tyrants: Manic Depression and Absolute Power is the companion volume. Although many books about depression do exist, few books speak of manic depression and its multifarious benefits to society. This book provides an insightful, comprehensive. and valuable analysis of manic depression's impact on some of civilization's most influential and creative individuals. This book serves as a valuable tool for mental health professionals and lay public interested in an awareness of manic depression and its effects on some of the most creative individuals ever known. The authors are credible: Hershman is an artist and novelist and Dr. Lieb is a psychiatrist. The companion volume is also co-written by Hershman and Lieb. This text provides a thoughtful analysis of genius followed by a clinically accurate yet understandable description of manic depression. The lives and careers of Newton, Dickens, Beethoven, and van Gogh are examined to explain and illustrate the role of manic depression in creative persons and thus, the contribution of manic depression to society. In a forceful summation, the authors argue for increased education, awareness, and treatment to decrease suffering and possibly increase productivity in people with manic depression. Black and white portraits are provided. A table delineating manic versus depressive symptoms and traits is conscientiously provided for the less psychiatrically astute audience. While the biographies are provided to explain the impact of manic depression, they are somewhat extensive in theirdetails. This book elucidates the positive as well as deleterious effects of manic depression on the lives of some of history's most creative and influential persons. It is an interesting and informative book that is a welcome addition to current literature.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Virginia Galloway, BA (Rush University Medical Center)
Description: The profound contribution to civilization by persons with manic depression is illustrated in this book.. Hershman's Brotherhood of Tyrants: Manic Depression and Absolute Power is the companion volume.
Purpose: Although many books about depression do exist, few books speak of manic depression and its multifarious benefits to society. This book provides an insightful, comprehensive. and valuable analysis of manic depression's impact on some of civilization's most influential and creative individuals.
Audience: This book serves as a valuable tool for mental health professionals and lay public interested in an awareness of manic depression and its effects on some of the most creative individuals ever known. The authors are credible: Hershman is an artist and novelist and Dr. Lieb is a psychiatrist. The companion volume is also co-written by Hershman and Lieb.
Features: This text provides a thoughtful analysis of genius followed by a clinically accurate yet understandable description of manic depression. The lives and careers of Newton, Dickens, Beethoven, and van Gogh are examined to explain and illustrate the role of manic depression in creative persons and thus, the contribution of manic depression to society. In a forceful summation, the authors argue for increased education, awareness, and treatment to decrease suffering and possibly increase productivity in people with manic depression. Black and white portraits are provided. A table delineating manic versus depressive symptoms and traits is conscientiously provided for the less psychiatrically astute audience. While the biographies are provided to explain the impact of manic depression, they are somewhat extensive in their details.
Assessment: This book elucidates the positive as well as deleterious effects of manic depression on the lives of some of history's most creative and influential persons. It is an interesting and informative book that is a welcome addition to current literature.

Booknews

A fascinating look at the personal and creative lives of four major talents tormented by manic-depression (Dickens, Newton, Beethoven, and Van Gogh), probing the stereotype of the mad genius and the role depression has often played in turning talent into genius. Explains how the disorder can be used as a positive factor in the creative artist's life, and suggests ways to alleviate the extreme highs and lows of the disorder. For general readers. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Healthline Magazine - Paul Insel, Ph.D.

In this accessible and engaging set of biographies and self-help narrative, Lieb and Hershman expertly discount the myth that suffering is essential to creativity. They discuss combating the dark forces of manic depression and explain how this disorder can be used as a positive force in the creative artist's life, suggesting ways to alleviate the extreme "highs" and "lows" of the disease. With effective treatment, manic-depressives can control their lives and increase their productivity.

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

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The Fast Food Craze: Wreaking Havoc on Our Bodies and Our Animals

Author: Tina Volp

A hopeful, eye-opening book by first-time author, Tina Volpe, The Fast Food Craze discusses the fast food giants and how their business decisions affect animals in the slaughterhouses, our health, and will encourage readers to stop and think: Why are we eating animals?

The book includes quotes as far back as 400 B.C., references to philosophies of M. Ghandi and Buddha, and a look at the characteristics and admirable qualities of the factory farmed animals in a natural environment.

Readers have a chance to explore vegetarianism, our treatment of animals, and the importance of making healthful decisions.

Prolonging Health or AyurVedic Guide to Diet and Weight Loss

2009-01-22T01:37:00.000-08:00

Prolonging Health: Mastering the 10 Factors of Longevity

Author: J E Williams

Aging doesn't have to mean failing physical health, declining mental acuity, disease, frailty, and life in a nursing home. You can extend your good health as you grow older by using the best of natural medicine.

In Prolonging Health, Dr. James Williams, O.M.D. shows that there's no reason you can't live to well over 100 years--enjoying good health all the while.

Based on the latest medical findings, Dr. Williams presents a practical, 10-point plan to prolong your health by understanding and changing the ten major causes of aging.

He shows how to:

strengthen your heart
revitalize your brain
rebalance your hormones
repair your DNA
prevent degenerative disease
detoxify your cells
avoid insulin resistance

This definitive guide to longevity includes more than 90 self-help tips, a special discussion on "Aging and the Brain," and specific points for having an informed talk about aging with your health-care provider. Dr. Williams, author of Viral Immunity, says, "One thing is certain: the better your health, the longer you will live, and live well."

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AyurVedic Guide to Diet and Weight Loss: The Sattva Program

Author: Scott Gerson

This extraordinary book presents a time-tested, simple, and medically sensible approach to weight loss and maintenance. As botha qualified MD and trained Ayurvedic physician with many years of experience in a clinical setting applying both Western and Ayurvedic approaches.

Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities or Layayoga

2009-01-20T21:25:00.000-08:00

Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities: A Guide to the Medical Literature

Author: Henci Goer

Anyone working to improve the childbearing experience and help women avoid unnecessary intervention has encountered numerous "obstetric myths" or "old doctors' tales." And while the evidence in the medical literature may be solidly, often unequivocably, against whatever "the doctor said," without access to that evidence, the pregnant woman is quite reasonably going to follow her doctor. This book is an attempt to make the medical literature on a variety of key obstetric issues accessible to people who lack the time, expertise, access, or proximity to a medical library to research concerns on their own. This compact, accurate, yet understandable reference is designed for people without medical training and organized for easy access.

	Foreword
	Acknowledgments
1	Introduction	1
2	The Nature of Evidence: How to Read the Medical Literature	7
Pt. I	The Cesarean Epidemic
3	The Cesarean Rate	21
4	Vaginal Birth After Cesarean	41
5	Labor Dystocia, Failure to Progress, Cephalopelvic Disproportion, and Active Management	83
6	Breech Presentation	107
7	Fetal Distress and Electronic Fetal Monitoring	131
Pt. II	Pregnancy and Labor Management
8	Gestational Diabetes	157
9	Postdates Pregnancy: Induction Versus Watching and Waiting	179
10	Premature Rupture of Membranes at Term	203
11	IVs Versus Eating and Drinking in Labor	221
12	Amniotomy	239
13	Epidural Anesthesia	249
14	Episiotomy	275
Pt. III	The Case for an Alternative System
15	Midwives	297
16	The Freestanding Birth Center	319
17	Home Birth	331
18	The Nature of Evidence (Reprise): Why the Gap Between Belief and Reality?	349
	Glossary
	Index

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Layayoga: The Definitive Guide to the Chakras and Kundalini

Author: Shyam Sundar Goswami

The most comprehensive guide to chakra meditation and the ancient spiritual science of layayoga ever created.

• One of the great works on yoga, available for the first time in the United States.

• Full-color plates illustrate each chakra.

With the growing interest in energy medicine in the West, the ancient Hindu tradition of chakra meditation has become increasingly important to both healers and spiritual seekers. While new to us, the chakras have long been studied in the East, with the spiritual science of layayoga having the profoundest knowledge of these energy centers. The fundamental aspect of layayoga is the arousing of dormant energy within the body through concentration and breathing exercises and the movement of this energy through the chakras to achieve supreme consciousness. Unlike kundalini yoga, which starts with the lower chakras and moves energy upward, layayoga meditation starts with the Sahasrara, the spiritual chakra that crowns the aura, and brings energy down to spiritualize each chakra in turn. Layayoga has long been viewed as the most comprehensive and deeply researched examination of the chakras available in the West. Its detailed, illustrated look at each of the chakras and the various meditations and mantras that go with them makes it a must for serious students of yoga.

What People Are Saying

Georg Feuerstein
An extraordinary volume ... the last word on the chakras and kundalini. (Georg Feuerstein, author of Lucid Waking)

Mosbys Handbook of Herbs and Supplements and Their Therapeutic Uses or Real People Need Real Food

2009-01-18T11:20:00.000-08:00

Mosby's Handbook of Herbs and Supplements and Their Therapeutic Uses

Author: HealthGate Data Corporation

This handy reference provides quick information on herbs and supplements--including 85 herbs, 80 supplements, and 75 conditions. Extremely thorough, it offers reliable references and a unique system that rates the current knowledge of therapeutic efficacy for each herb/supplement used in a particular treatment. Content is consistently structured and features an Appendix on Clinically Tested Brands at the end of the book.
• A logical and consistent organization enables the reader to quickly consult the efficacy of herbal use to treat a specific condition.
• Evidence-based content includes a unique system that rates the current, scientific knowledge of therapeutic efficacy for each herb/supplement used in a particular treatment.
• Helpful Appendix describes clinically tested brands.
• References do not rely heavily on one source.

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Real People Need Real Food: A Guide to Healthy Eating for Families Living in a Fast Food World

Author: Laura Einbinder

Are you confused by food labels, diet myths, and nutritional supplements? Real People Need Real Food is an easy-to-digest guide to avoiding food fads, intensive diets, or fast-food meals and eating wholesome, great-tasting food with joy and gusto.

The old saying, "You are what you eat," rings true for Laura Einbinder and Kate Scarlata, both registered dietitians who utilize their professional experience and personal journeys to teach you how to choose healthy, additive-free foods that will not only make you feel more energetic and balanced but will also lower your risk of illness.

Along with a multitude of recipes, useful charts, objectives, and reading recommendations, Einbinder and Scarlata promote a new awareness of the many obstacles that stand in the way of American families achieving optimal eating habits. In this practical, illuminating guide, you will learn how to:

Decipher food labels and current scientific research
Choose the right nutritional supplement
Streamline your meal planning from grocery shopping to creating family friendly menus
Discover the role mindless eating plays in weight management
Enjoy exercise as a pleasurable family activity

Real People Need Real Food provides all the essential tools you need to make the necessary food and lifestyle changes that will bring you and your family to significantly better overall health.

Maximize Your Vitality and Potency or Dont Worry He Wont Get Far on Foot

2009-01-18T00:09:00.000-08:00

Maximize Your Vitality and Potency: For Men over 40

Author: Jonathan V Wright

A book all about natural testosterone.

Library Journal

Wright (Natural Hormone Replacement for Women Over 40, Smart Pub., 1997) proposes that many symptoms of aging can be significantly lessened by appropriate replacement of testosterone. Like other recent writers (Jed Diamond, Male Menopause, LJ 7/98; Charles Inlander, Men's Health and Wellness Encyclopedia, LJ 5/1/98), Wright favors the term "male menopause" for the climacteric. Like Eugene Shippen (The Testosterone Syndrome, LJ 4/1/98), Wright reviews the clinical research of the last 60 years and concludes that critical sex hormone imbalances occur in both sexes in midlife and that natural testosterone therapy is beneficial in treating a number of symptoms and diseases long thought part of the normal aging process: heart disease, prostate disease, muscle and bone weakness, depression, high cholesterol, weight gain, and diminished mental acuity, as well as sexual libido and performance. Wright includes more than most readers may want to know about testosterone; Shippen covers essentially the same ground and is probably the better purchase.--James Swanton, Harlem Hosp. Lib., New York

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

Author: John F Callahan

Is it possible to find humor — corrosive, taboo-shattering, laugh-till-you-cry humor — in the story of a 38-year-old- cartoonist who's both a quadriplegic and a recovering alcoholic? The answer is yes, if the cartoonist is John Callahan — whose infamous work has graced the pages of Omni, Penthouse, and The New Yorker — and if he's telling it in his own words and pictures. But Callahan's uncensored account of his troubled — and sometimes impossible — life is also genuinely inspiring. Without self-pity or self-righteousness, this liberating book tells us how a quadriplegic with a healthy libido has sex, what it's like to live in the exitless maze of the welfare system, where a cartoonist finds his comedy, and how a man with no reason to believe in anything discovers his own brand of faith.

S. Gross

John Callahan doesn't need feet to go far. He does it with guts, brains, fingers, and a wonderful sick sense of humor.—National Lampoon

What People Are Saying

P.J. O'Rourke
When people laugh like hell and then say "that's not funny," you can be pretty sure they're talking about John Callahan.—(P.J. O'Rourke, author of Holidays in Hell)

Roy Blount, Jr.
Actually Callahan goes too far, and he'll take you with him… He'll move muscles you don't know you have.
—(Roy Blount, Jr.)

Desperately Seeking Snoozin or Healers Way

2009-01-17T14:57:00.000-08:00

Desperately Seeking Snoozin': The Insomnia Cure from Awake to Zzzzz

Author: John Wiedman

John Wiedman is neither a doctor nor a therapist, but the years he has spent in the trenches of insomnia, fighting for an elusive good night's sleep, has made him an expert in the war against sleepless nights. In conversational tones, John talks about how he has overcome a sleeping disorder that affects about one-third of the adult population in America and lays out a blueprint showing how sufferers don't have to spend their nights tossing and turning and their days struggling to stay awake. John uses his "on-the-job" experience to guide readers through a program that will help them develop healthy habits that promote a restful and peaceful night of slumber. Desperately Seeking Snoozing is the one book that can boast that it will put you to sleep. The book is now being recommended by over forty sleep clinics in the United States and Canada for their insomnia patients.

Excerpts of Comments by Insomniacs and Sleep Professionals

"My family and friends can't believe that I can sleep! I almost can't believe it!...I'm alive again!" Holly Boettcher, Insomniac, Appleton, WI
A book that every insomniac should read"- Dr. Peter Hauri, Director of the Insomnia Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN-considered by many to be the world's leading authority on insomnia.
"What an educational & entertaining read it was. You're quite the character. Once I started it I couldn't put it down. I loved it!" Lisa Nasu, Insomniac, Tokyo, Japan
"An in-depth journey into the life of the insomnia patient. Truly exceptional and insightful." Dr. Alan Arrington, Director, The Crestwood Center for Sleep Disorders, Huntsville, AL
"I put the principles to work and I now am able to get to sleep without medications or any other 'cures,'" Jodi Judson, Insomniac, Nashville, TN
"I almost didn't want the book to end... The book was well written, comforting, compassionate, clear and funny. When dealing with something as serious as insomnia, a sense of humor is a good coping mechanism. I've never read a book on insomnia that was written that way before. Most were boring and left me feeling hopeless. It was also obvious the books that I had read were not written by anyone that has ever suffered sleep problems before." Meg Kampen, Insomniac, Washington State
"I highly recommend it to anyone struggling with insomnia." Richard G. Copen, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist Clinical Director, Insomnia Clinic Sparrow Sleep Center, Lansing, MI
"I have started using some of the suggestions in your book and already am seeing an improvement. After all the years of not getting enough sleep I had started thinking that this was as good as it gets. That you were suppose to feel like a zombie all day. I'm sure if I stick with the book it will only get better." Insomniac, Mississippi
"Thank you so much for sharing your experiences. It has been a G-dsend. I plan to tell my friends, there's hope." J. Alexander, Insomniac
"Wonderful book! It corresponds very nicely with the approach that I am following at the Duke Sleep Disorders clinic here in North Carolina. I have had good results with the program, and I am finding your book to be a marvelous support." Eric, Insomniac, North Carolina
"From the first contact I had with your book, I can say I am seduced by its humour, simplicity, modesty and maybe most important its humanity. Your idea of writing about your experience in order to share it with others and bringing this adventure to a happy end is also something I find exciting." Insomniac, Belgium
"An excellent resource that I will recommend to all my patients with insomnia. I think the patient can really relate to this book and say to themselves, 'This is excactly what I am going through.'" Ron Fossececo, RRT, RPSGT, Prog. Coordinator, Sleep Center of Southern Colorado at Parkview
"The title is fabulous and your humor injected into the book was great." Insomniac
"I am still having continuing success. I only had one episode of insomnia through the summer. I was afraid that once I started back to work (teaching school) I may revert to my insomniac behavior. However, School has been going on for a month and I have enjoyed a full six to eight hours of sleep every night." Insomniac, Oklahoma
".... As for your book.... Wonderful! I really enjoyed reading it. You're personal style and insight is very entertaining and informative. You present your ideas in a natural, sincere style that I find refreshing. I can certainly relate to your experiences, and this makes your book especially enjoyable, as opposed to some doctor writing about a topic with no real firsthand knowledge. You've covered just about all the bases in your search for an answer, and I'm sure anyone else with similar problems will appreciate the benefit of your experience. There are so many things that can contribute to sleep problems, and I think your coverage of all the things you looked at can be quite helpful to someone starting to look for his own answers to his individual situation.... Your recommendations for a sleep journal are excellent. This is essential for anyone to get a handle on what's going on. I think in the book you should stress this even more, and present it as REQUIRED. A lot of what we deal with can only be spotted by looking at longer term trends and there is nobody that can remember all the details. A journal chronicling daily events, diet, schedules, etc. is absolutely necessary.... Overall Great Work! I wish you the best of luck in pursuing this project...and I look forward to buying a first edition!...." --Insomniac-Pennsylvania
"...I have read your book several times and want to keep reading it to get it firmly implanted in my 63 year old head. I can tell you the book is GREAT...I have not taken myself off the 50 mgs of Trazadone yet, but hope to get up the nerve to do so soon. You have a great sense of humor and I can relate to much of what you say." --Insomniac-Washington
"I have just finished reading your manuscript, and I must say I am impressed, overwhelmed, inspired, envious, and outright awed by your product. As is inescapable for an author, you have bared your heart and soul to your reader, an incredibly unselfish (and frightening) act... What you have done is offered all of us a blueprint for a plan to overcome any behavioral problem we may have...I know the Lord sent me your manuscript for a reason. Isn't it amazing how He uses each one of us?!" --Anonymous
"I have done extensive work on developing a plan. Out of five nights, I have had two nights where I slept but awoke every hour on the hour, but still felt more rested than I had for a long time. Another night I slept through from 1:30 until 7, which was my wake up time. Last night I abandoned most of my program and as you can imagine, I needed a sleeping pill to get to sleep. So it was a short lesson in discipline, and I am back on track." --Insomniac- British Columbia
"Just finished the book. It was great...This was well written, funny, compassionate, and uncluttered... Your advice, although I've encountered it before, is certainly based on good research. I've tried much of it at one time or another, with varying results, but I lacked the discipline to do it right, as you have done... But you have inspired me to give it another try! And I am very excited. (So excited, I won't fall asleep tonight.)" --Insomniac- California
"This is a prototype for the modern self help book...I can't wait to prescribe it for my patients-young and old." Steven N. Rice, M.D., A.B.P.N. (Board Certified in Psychiatry) Psychiatry Geriatric, Adult & Adolescent (Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept of Psychiatry, UT Memphis)

Library Journal

First-time authors Jacobs and Wiedman bring two complementary and responsible viewpoints to the topic of insomnia. Both have suffered from insomnia, write extensively about the ineffectiveness and sometime harmful consequences of sleeping pills, and suggest starting treatment by keeping a sleep diary. Jacobs, a professor at Harvard Medical School and founder of the Behavioral Medicine Insomnia Program, promotes a drug-free program of healthy sleep patterns based on biofeedback, relaxation, positive thinking, and good sleep habits. Wiedman, a mortgage broker by trade, suggests a very simple three-step plan. While the two books offer similar information, Jacobs's scholarly manner will satisfy those looking for an authoritative answer, while Wiedman's more informal approach will appeal to readers seeking something more personal; Wiedman also includes an excellent annotated list of Internet resources. Both titles are highly recommended for growing consumer health collections, but librarians should be aware that other recent works on this topic by Theresa DiGeronimo, Jodi Mindell, and Gary Zammit (LJ 6/1/97) may already be on the shelves.--Kelly Hensley, East Tennessee State Univ. Lib., Johnson City

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Healers Way: Bringing Hands-on Compassion to a Love-Starved World

Author: Earnest Larsen

First new book in 5 years from one of major proponents of the 12-step recovery counseling world. A 7-step process of healing based on the revelation that we are all wounded healers, the process of living is wounding in one way or another, & recognition of such aids us in completing the cycle, healing ourselves & others.

Publishers Weekly

Is there a secret to healing others and ourselves? Larsen, originator of the process known as Stage II recovery from addictive behaviors, replies that although there is no shortcut to recovery, at the root of all human well-being is the question of "love or love denied." Love denied leaves a wound that continues to cause pain in different forms throughout a person's life. Writing with his sister Hegarty, Larsen breaks down the healing process, or "hoop" of recovery, into seven steps. We must make sure our basic physical needs are met; then we get lost, get hurt and get stuck. Only then can we get called, get up and finally get going. By telling the stories of people in different stages of recovery, Larsen seeks to demonstrate that "the hoop" is universal. The book's loose organization, colloquial style, frequent changes of metaphor (on one page we go from bent trees to a bend in the road then the "shark bite... taken out of our soul") and digressions make it hard to follow. Nevertheless, Larsen has a solid understanding of human emotions gained through years of counseling experience, and his conception of recovery is a valuable tool for both healers and those in need of healing. (Sept.)

Frumpy to Foxy in 15 Minutes Flat or Getting Started in A A

2009-01-17T02:46:00.000-08:00

Frumpy to Foxy in 15 Minutes Flat: Style Advice for Every Woman

Author: Elycia Rubin

Frumpiness is a fact of life...frizzy hair days, blotchy skin days, big and bloated days. But women everywhere can take solace in the fact that they're not the only ones who get "the frumps"-EVERYONE does! Women's magazines have built an enormous business around this fact, from Glamour's catty "Dos and Don'ts" feature to the recent Star magazine cover feature on "Stars Without Makeup."

Elycia Rubin and Rita Mauceri to the rescue! Contrasting frumpy "before" illustrations and commentary with the foxy "after" pics, Elycia and Rita show you how to avoid looking frumpy in all situations.

Frumpy to Foxy in 15 Minutes Flat, will show women how to ditch the frumpies and drape themselves in foxy for every life situation, from working out to going out.

So what are you waiting for? Let Elycia and Rita help you get foxified!

Getting Started in A. A.

Author: Hamilton B

The tradition and wisdom associated with the Twelve Step AA program has been captured in this comprehensive guide. Practical suggestions for staying sober; summaries of AA principles, concepts, and slogans; and a historical overview help the reader understand the spirit of the program.

Kicking Butts or Reinventing Yourself with the Duchess of York

2009-01-16T17:34:00.000-08:00

Kicking Butts: You Can Quit Smoking, One Step at a Time

Author: American Cancer Society

Help for your pursuit of a smoke-free life

Kicking Butts helps you turn the tables and kick cigarettes out ofyour life. Simple, practical, and specific strategies allow you tocreate quitting plans that make the most sense for you and offerthe best possible chances of long-term success. With a friendly, easy-to-follow format, Kicking Butts encourages you at every turn,offering motivating, practical quit tips throughout the book.Written by the experts at the American Cancer Society, this book gives you the best methods to quit smoking.

American Cancer Society is a trusted provider of unbiased general information and personalized cancer-related health information and guidance. Its goals emphasize prevention, early detection, and screening; comprehensive treatment information that can help patients make informed decisions; practical answers to patients' questions about work, insurance, money, and planning for the future; and strategies for coping with the physical symptoms and emotional effects of cancer.

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Reinventing Yourself with the Duchess of York: Inspiring Stories and Strategies for Changing Your Weight and Your Life

Author: Sarah Ferguson

Are you ready to change your life? Join Sarah, The Duchess of York on an inspiring journey to help you rediscover -- and achieve -- your true goals.

Today, The Duchess of York is a confident, single working mother of two girls. But, as most of the world knows, that wasn't always the case. Once targeted by the international press, The Duchess has learned one of life's great lessons: how to uncover what you want out of life and get it. She reveals how the ups and downs of her life — including her divorce, her financial problems, and the deaths of those close to her — have made her a stronger, wiser person and a better mother.

In the first chapter, "Transforming My Life," The Duchess explores how, when and why she decided to take charge and reinvent her life. In the chapters that follow, readers will discover how they, too, can change their own lives. The book provides a series of self-assessment quizzes and questionnaires, as well as concrete steps you can take to initiate change. Throughout, The Duchess offers her insights, including how each chapter topic relates to her life and what she has learned from others.

Reinventing Yourself with The Duchess of York supplies a blueprint for action for anyone seeking to change her life. In an easy-to-follow format, the book provides concrete information and advice on how to use an eight-step plan to achieve your goals — whether it's losing weight, getting fit, or simply improving your health. Reinventing Yourself also explains how to apply the plan to other areas of life, including changing careers, starting over after divorce, and more.

To help inspire you toward your goals, Reinventing Yourself also includes heartwarming and motivating profiles of women who have redefined their lives: Weight Watchers Leaders, real women who have lost weight and transformed their lives in countless ways. In interviews with The Duchess and profiles throughout, these women explore how to make the best of your circumstances, live a happier, healthier life, and change your destiny.

Naturally Healthy Hair or Home Health Care Provider

2009-01-16T06:23:00.000-08:00

Naturally Healthy Hair: Herbal Treatments and Daily Care for Fabulous Hair

Author: Mary Beth Janssen

Internationally acclaimed hair designer Mary Beth Janssen offers a natural, holistic approach to hair care following the principles of Ayurveda. Janssen includes techniques for encouraging hair growth, formulas for creating botanical and herb hair preparations, and healthful approaches to cut, color, and styling.

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Home Health Care Provider: A Guide to Essential Skills

Author: Emily Prieto

This book is designed to foster quality care to home care recipients. It is written for companions, home health aides, and other care givers who deliver non-medical home care. Prieto provides information, tips, and techniques on personal care routines as well as additional responsibilities that are often necessary in this work, including home safety and maintenance, meal planning, errand running, caring for couples, and making use of recreational time. Going beyond standard nurses' aide training manuals, the book focuses on the psycho-social needs of home care recipients, stressing the need to maintain the house as a home and sustaining the recipient's way of life throughout caregiving situations. Prieto stresses interpersonal skills that benefit recipient and caregiver, creating a systematic, easy-to-follow plan for delivering quality service and maintaining, or improving, quality of life.

Reiki or Feed Your Genes Right

2009-01-15T20:08:00.000-08:00

Reiki: The Legacy of Dr. Usui

Author: Frank Arjava Petter

Rediscovered documents on the origins and developments of the Reiki system, as well as new aspects of the Reiki energy.

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Feed Your Genes Right: Eat to Turn Off Disease-Causing Genes and Slow Down Aging

Author: Jack Challem

In Feed Your Genes Right, renowned nutrition expert Jack Challem translates the hugely exciting science of nutrigenomics--which explores the link between nutrition and our own DNA--into practical eating plans and nutritional supplement recommendations for maximizing one's genetic inheritance, slowing the aging process, and reducing the chances of disease. After describing how food and nutrients can help repair flawed or damaged genes, Challem offers specific plans--complete with delicious carb-smart recipes--that target two dozen common or inherited diseases and conditions, including arthritis, cancer, diabetes, fatigue, gluten intolerance, heart disease, and obesity.

Healing Kitchen or Carbohydrate Fiber and Sugar Counter

2009-01-15T10:55:00.000-08:00

Healing Kitchen: From Tea Tin to Fruit Basket, Breadbox to Veggie Bin-How to Unlock the Power of Foods that Heal

Author: Ellen Michaud

More than 350 ways to unlock the curative powers of foods are presented in this down-to-earth guide to physical well-being. Backed by scientific studies, the pragmatic tips can turn any kitchen into the preventative and healing center of the home. Organized by how foods are stored, such as the Tea Tin, the Vegetable Bin, the Breadbox, and the Freezer, cutting-edge information on 120 different foods is presented. From information on virus-fighting apricots and natural anxiety-relieving tea to stomachache-quelling honey and natural cleaning products, this reference explains why and how these everyday ingredients heal the mind, body, and spirit. Consumer-oriented information on buying, storing, and using each food is offered, as well as 165 recipes that detail simple and delicious ways to create a healthy diet using these powerfoods.

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Carbohydrate, Fiber, and Sugar Counter

Author: Annette B Natow

You don't have to be an elite athlete to eat like one -- their peak performance secret is carbohydrates, the pure energy source that keeps active people going strong. In this one-of-a-kind nutrition counter, discover the surprising benefits of carbohydrates, fiber, and sugar -- and boost your energy for everyday living with this powerful trio.

Bestselling authors and nutrition experts Annette B. Natow and Jo-Ann Heslin shatter the myths surrounding:

CARBOHYDRATES -- Learn why they are essential for weight maintenance and good health -- and which foods provide the best fuel for fast-paced living.

FIBER -- Raise your daily intake with this essential guide; fiber may help cut the risk for cancer, lower cholesterol, aid in weight loss, and ease gastrointestinal problems.

SUGAR -- Current research has revealed its unexpected benefits -- find out how sugar can fit into a healthy diet.

This unrivaled counter includes 15,000 entries of brand name and generic foods (no repeated listings as in other guides), portion sizes, and caloric counts, to help ensure you're getting the best nutrition for the best food sources. Get ready to energize your life with this essential guide!

Tourettes Syndrome or Taste of Heritage

2009-01-14T22:43:00.000-08:00

Tourette's Syndrome: Finding Answers and Getting Help

Author: Mitzi Waltz

Tourette's syndrome is a neurological disorder usually diagnosed in childhood. It is characterized by tics: physical jerks and involuntary vocalizations. Some people with Tourette's also have other brain-based disorders, particularly attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Tourette's syndrome can be a minor challenge or a truly devastating disability. People with Tourette's often experience anxiety, embarrassment, sometimes even harassment. Their symptoms and the misguided reactions of others can prevent them from having a normal childhood, building good relationships, achieving their best in school, or finding meaningful employment. The effects of this disruption can be painful and lifelong.

The good news is that Tourette's is very treatable and sometimes subsides with age. With prompt, consistent intervention, most people with Tourette's can wrest back control of their lives.

	Preface
1	Introduction to Tourette's Syndrome	1
	Tics and Tourette's syndrome	1
	The history of Tourette's syndrome	2
	Signs and symptoms	3
	Causes of tics	8
	What doesn't cause tics	19
	Facing Tourette's syndrome	21
2	Diagnosis	22
	Getting started	22
	Finding an expert	23
	Accessing an expert	26
	Meeting an expert	31
	Defining Tourette's syndrome	32
	Subtypes of Tourette's syndrome	35
	Differential diagnosis	38
	What to do with a diagnosis	45
3	Related Conditions	47
	Obsessive-compulsive disorder	47
	Another way of looking at TS	63
4	Growing Up with Tourette's Syndrome	64
	Kids and TS	64
	TS and child development	73
	Effective parenting	74
	Sibling issues	82
	Building a support system	83
	Hopes and fears	88
5	Living with Tourette's Syndrome	90
	Common problems	90
	Special issues	103
	Building a support system	110
	It's your life	111
6	Medical Care	112
	History of TS treatment	112
	Medication basics	114
	Blood tests	121
	Neuroleptics	125
	Other medications for TS	139
	Surgical options	141
	Treatment for PANDAS	142
	Medications for related conditions	143
	Medication interactions	158
	Medication side effects	160
	Hospitals and treatment centers	165
	Growing and changing	173
7	Other Interventions	174
	Complementary therapies	174
	Alternative treatments	174
	Evaluating complementary/alternative interventions	175
	Adjunctive/complementary treatment systems	178
	Supplements and herbal remedies	186
	Immune system support	191
	Probiotics	197
	Talk therapy	198
	Neurobiofeedback	203
	Stress reduction	204
	Fixing sleep problems	206
	Dietary changes	210
	Exploring your alternatives	211
8	School Issues	212
	Tourette's syndrome goes to school	212
	Defining the problem	214
	Special school problems	216
	Designing a program	228
	Special education for students with TS	229
	Placement decisions	242
	Monitoring school progress	258
	GED programs	259
	Taking on the school system	260
	Extended school year services	264
	Education in Canada	265
	Education in the UK	266
	Education in Australia	268
	Education in New Zealand	269
	Graduation and beyond	269
	Transition to adulthood	270
9	Healthcare and Insurance	275
	Private insurance: the American way	275
	Fighting denial of care	285
	Getting coverage for new treatments	291
	Public healthcare in the US	291
	Other public assistance for the disabled	298
	Indirect financial help	299
	Health Canada	301
	Benefits in the UK	303
	Benefits in the Republic of Ireland	304
	Benefits in Australia	305
	Benefits in New Zealand	306
	Alternatives to insurance	307
	Advocating for change	311
	Afterword	312
	A. Resources	315
B	Tourette's Syndrome Genetics	365
C	Diagnostic Tests for TS and Related Disorders	368
	Notes	374
	Index	381

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Taste of Heritage: Crow Indian Recipes and Herbal Medicines

Author: Alma Hogan Snell

Drawing on the knowledge and wisdom of countless generations of Crow Indian women, the well-known speaker and teacher Alma Hogan Snell presents an indispensable guide to the traditional lore, culinary uses, and healing properties of native foods. A Taste of Heritage imparts the lore of ages along with the traditional Crow philosophy of healing and detailed practical advice for finding and harvesting plants: from the key to creating irresistible dishes of cattails and dandelions, salsify and Juneberries, antelope meat and buffalo hooves, to the secret of using plants to enhance beauty and incite love. Snell describes the age-old practice of turning wildflowers and garden plants into balms and remedies for such ailments and injuries as snakebite, headache, leg cramps, swollen joints, asthma, and sores. She brings to bear not only her lifetime of experience but also the invaluable lessons of her grandmother, the legendary medicine woman Pretty Shield. With life-enhancing recipes for everything from soups, teas, and breads to poultices, aphrodisiacs, and fertility aids, A Taste of Heritage is above all a fascinating cultural document certain to enrich the reader’s relationship with the natural world. A partial list of recipes: Wild Bitterroot SauceWild Carrot PuddingCattail BiscuitsDandelion SoupSalsify Oyster StewBalapia (Berry Pudding)Juneberry PieChokecherry CakeWild Mint TeaBitterberry LemonadeWheel BreadBoiled HoovesBill’s Mother’s Antelope RoastStuffed TroutElk RoastStuffed EggsOld-Time Moose RoastWild Turnip PorridgeWild Turnip BreadFresh Wild SaladBuffalo Cattail StewGround Tomato SaladGooseberryPuddingBearberry ButterSpicy Dried Plum CakeBuffaloberry Jelly

Diabetic Desserts or Everything Alzheimers Book

2009-01-14T12:31:00.000-08:00

Diabetic Desserts

Author: Betty Wedman St Louis

More than 80 delicious easy-to-follow recipes for cookies, cakes, pies, pastries, puddings, breads, and beverages, all within diabetes nutrition guidelines.

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Everything Alzheimer's Book

Author: Carolyn Dean

If you or someone you love has Alzheimer's, you know what a scary disease it can be and how it can radically change a family's lifestyle. Now, with The Everything Alzheimer's Book, you can equip yourself with the information and expert advice you need to alleviate your fears and better prepare for the future. This reassuring book, by Dr. Carolyn Dean, provides authoritative information on the disease, its symptoms, current treatments, and effective management. From understanding tests and getting the right treatment to dealing with symptoms and promoting independence, you'll learn all you need to make the best choices for you and your family. With The Everything Alzheimer's Book in hand, you'll have all the tools you need to deal with the symptoms of Alzheimer's and manage its impact on your lifestyle.

Shamans and Shamanism or Lunch Lessons

2009-01-14T01:20:00.000-08:00

Shamans and Shamanism

Author: John Lee Maddox

Compares the development of the shaman, or medicine man, among tribal societies. A go-between for man and the spirit world, the shaman explains and resolves issues surrounding misfortunes, bodily ailments, and death. In drawing from tribal societies around the world, the author discusses causes (ill winds, evils spirits) and cures (exorcism, enchanted drinks).

Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children

Author: Ann Cooper

Remember how simple school lunches used to be? You'd have something from every major food group, run around the playground for a while, and you looked and felt fine. But today it's not so simple. Schools are actually feeding the American crisis of childhood obesity and malnutrition. Most cafeterias serve a veritable buffet of processed, fried, and sugary foods, and although many schools have attempted to improve, they are still not measuring up: 78 percent of the school lunch programs in America do not meet the USDA's nutritional guidelines.

Chef Ann Cooper has emerged as one of the nation's most influential and most respected advocates for changing how our kids eat. In fact, she is something of a renegade lunch lady, minus the hairnet and scooper of mashed potatoes. Ann has worked to transform cafeterias into culinary classrooms. In Lunch Lessons, she and Lisa Holmes spell out how parents and school employees can help instill healthy habits in children.

They explain the basics of good childhood nutrition and suggest dozens of tasty, home-tested recipes for breakfast, lunch, and snacks. The pages are also packed with recommendations on how to eliminate potential hazards from the home, bring gardening and composting into daily life, and how to support businesses that provide local, organic food.

Yet learning about nutrition and changing the way you run your home will not cure the plague of obesity and poor health for this generation of children. Only parental activism can spark widespread change. With inspirational examples and analysis, Lunch Lessons is more than just a recipe book—it gives readers the tools to transform the waychildren everywhere interact with food.

Library Journal

Trained chefs Cooper (Bitter Harvest) and Holmes (In Mother's Kitchen) explain the vital role of good nutrition in children's well-being in this informative and alarming examination of the unhealthy offerings of most school lunch programs. As school cafeterias have increasingly been inundated with corporate-sponsored fast food, childhood obesity rates have soared, and there have been greater behavioral problems in the classroom. Cooper and Holmes provide a clear guide for understanding children's nutritional needs and convincingly argue for the benefits of meals containing locally grown organic whole foods in reasonable, kid-sized portions. They supply numerous encouraging examples of forward-thinking schools that have successfully transformed their lunchroom menus and developed hands-on programs to educate children about balanced nutrition, healthy eating habits, and sustainable farming. Like Eric Schlosser's more broadly focused Fast Food Nation, this book, which includes two chapters of nutritious recipes and a resource guide, delivers a much-needed wake-up call regarding America's poor eating habits. Especially useful for parents, teachers, or school administrators working to improve childhood nutrition; highly recommended for most public libraries.-Ingrid Levin, Florida Atlantic Univ. Libs., Jupiter Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Handbook of Tai Chi Chuan Exercises or Natural Therapy for Your Liver

2009-01-13T16:08:00.000-08:00

Handbook of T'ai Chi Ch'uan Exercises

Author: Zhang Fuxing

HANDBOOK OF TAI CHI CH'UAN incorporates all three forms of T'ai Chi Ch'uan exercises, derived from the Yang style - Short Form, Long Form, and Push Hands. Along with more than 600 illustrations, Zhang provides easy-to-understand descriptions of the postures and movements used in each form. Two charts are included to show the foot position and body orientation for both the Short and Long Forms.

People of any age can reap the benefits of T'ai Chi Ch'uan. Use this practical, thorough, and accessible guidebook to learn the fitness art of T'ai Chi Ch'uan and make it part of your daily life.

Natural Therapy for Your Liver: Herbs and Other Natural Remedies for a Healthy Liver

Author: Christopher Hobbs

Written by one of the world's most prominent herbalists, Natural Therapy for Your Liver offers practical, up-to-date information about effective ways to regain and maintain optimal liver health. As liver disease has skyrocketed to the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, this timely guide is needed more than ever. The book details: clinically tested herbal remedies for a variety of liver-related ailments, from hepatitis C and cirrhosis to acne and PMS; therapeutic liver flushes, cleanses, and other natural methods for maintaining liver health; specific dietary recommendations for ten different liver-related disorders, and much more.

Author Biography: Christopher Hobbs, L.Ac., is a master herbalist and botanist. The founder of Rainbow Light Herbal Extracts, he is a consultant to the herb industry and practices acupuncture and phytotherapy in Santa Cruz, California.

Life Skills or Art of True Healing

2009-01-13T03:56:00.000-08:00

Life Skills: 225 Ready-to-Use Health Activities for Success and Well-Being (Grades 6-12)

Author: Sandra McTavish

Life Skills is a practical resource that gives teachers 225 ready-to-use worksheets that cover a wide variety of key life skills. The book addresses topics such as drug and alcohol use, sex, relationships, stress, food-related issues, and self-esteem. Life Skills is an easy-to-use, time-saving book that is designed for grades 6-12 and helpful for both new and seasoned teachers. For quick access and easy use, the worksheets are organized into eight sections and are printed in a large 8 1/2” x 11” format that folds flat for photocopying. Here’s an overview of what you’ll find in each section:

Drugs, Alcohol, and Smoking: Trends in smoking, second-hand smoke, reasons why people smoke and ways to help people quit, facts about drug use, the classification of different drugs, alcoholism, fetal alcohol syndrome, as well as drinking and driving.

Sex and Sex-Related Issues: Male and female sex organs, why people have sex, facts and myths, birth control, options after getting pregnant, sexually transmitted diseases, homosexuality, infertility options, sexual harassment, and date rape.

Love, Relationships, Marriage, and Family: The role of friends in our lives, negative aspects of cliques, dating and love, love and infatuation, qualities in an ideal mate, problems in marriage, why marriages end, family life cycles, and nontraditional families.

Life Skills: High and low self-esteem, long and short range goals, learning assertive behavior, dealing with difficult people, conflict resolution, what makes a good leader, effective communication and time managementskills, and problems with violence.

Stress: What makes you stressed?, reactions to stress, coping with stress, suicide, death, and dying.

Food and Food Related Issues: Improving eating habits, the food pyramid, information about calories, water, vitamins, protein, carbohydrates, fiber, fat, additives, and eating disorders.

Know Your Body and Body Image: Body image and type, the functions of differnet organs, body parts, body systems and terminology, viruses and bacteria, basic first aid, diagnosing and solving emergency problems, fitness habits, and four components of fitness.

Self Esteem and Knowing Yourself: Favorite things, handwriting, personality type, birth order, highs and lows, and five senses.

	About the Author	v
	About This Book	vii
Section 1	Drugs, Alcohol, and Smoking
1	Word Association	2
2	What Drug Am I?	3
3	Trends in Tobacco Use	4
4	Time Line: A Short History of Tobacco and Cigarette Use	5
5	Thoughts About Secondhand Smoke	6
6	Young Kids and Smoking	7
7	Show Me the Money	8
8	Getting Tough on Smoking: An Editorial	9
9	Antismoking Slogans	10
10	You Be the Judge	11
11	Classifying the Types of Drugs	12
12	The Types-of-Drugs Chart	13
13	Facts and Myths on Drug Use	14
14	Time Line: History of Drug Regulations in the United States	15
15	Drug Use and Different Ages	16
16	The Drug-Use Continuum	17
17	The Marijuana Expert	18
18	To Legalize or Not to Legalize?	19
19	A Venn Diagram Comparing Tobacco and Marijuana	20
20	Caffeine	21
21	The Truth About Anabolic Steroids	22
22	Tic-Tac Drugs: Teacher Page	23
22a	Tic-Tac Drugs: Student Page	24
23	The Effects of Alcohol	25
24	Is Drinking a Problem for You?	26
25	Reasons, Reasons, Reasons	27
26	The Staircase of Decisions with Drinking	28
27	The Gray of Alcoholism	29
28	Thoughts About Drinking and Driving	30
29	A Letter from a Child with FAS	31
30	Express Yourself	32
31	Word Removal	33
Section 2	Sex and Sex-Related Issues
32	Words and Slang	36
33	Facts and Myths About Sex	37
34	Reasons Why People Have Sex	38
35	Sexuality Throughout Our Lifetime	39
36	The Four Phases of Sexual Intercourse	40
37	Male versus Female	41
38	The Birth Control Chart	42
39	Birth Control Crossword	43
40	No Condom, No Sex: Talking to Your Partner About Condoms	44
41	Dr. Birth Control	45
42	Some Thoughts on Abstinence	46
42a	The Some-Thoughts-on-Abstinence Chart	47
43	What Should Vanessa Do?	48
44	Facts About Adoption	49
45	What to Avoid During Pregnancy	50
46	Stages in the Womb	51
47	STI Unscramble	52
48	Dr. STI	53
49	Ways of Acquiring HIV	54
50	Attitudes About AIDS: We've Come a Long Way Since the 1980s	55
51	A Poem About an AIDS Victim	56
52	Facts About Homosexuality	57
53	Options for Couples Who Want a Child (But Are Having Infertility Problems)	58
54	Surrogate Rights	59
55	Sexual Harassment Facts	60
56	Sexual Harassment or Not Sexual Harassment?	61
57	Date Rape	62
58	Date-Rape Decisions	63
59	Finish the Story	64
60	Dear Rudy ...	65
61	Sex Jeopardy	66
62	It Takes Three	67
63	Alphabet Soup	68
Section 3	Love, Relationships, Marriage, and Family
64	A Relationship Balloon Tree	70
65	The Relationship Chart	71
66	Circle of Friends	72
67	Different Friends, Different Occasions	73
68	All About Cliques	74
69	Break the Clique	75
70	Finish the Sentences on Dating	76
71	The Singles Ads	77
72	How Do Couples Meet?	78
73	Steps in a Relationship	79
74	Is It Love or Infatuation?	80
75	Love Quotations	81
76	Sternberg's Love Triangle Theory: Worksheet	82
77	Sternberg's Love Triangle Theory: Worksheet 2	83
78	Sternberg's Love Triangle Theory: Worksheet 3	84
79	What Type of Lover Are You?	85
80	What Matters to You?	86
81	Qualities You Seek in a Mate	87
82	To Live Together or Not to Live Together	88
83	Marriage Quotations	89
84	Marriage Vows	90
85	A Marriage Check-off List	91
86	How Expensive Is It?	92
87	Talk-Show Marriage Talk	93
88	Can These Marriages Be Saved?	94
89	Why Do Relationships End?	95
90	Looking at the Family	96
91	Family Challenges	97
92	If Parenthood Required a License ...	98
93	Stages in the Family Life Cycle	99
94	Who's in What Stage of the Family Life Cycle?	100
Section 4	Life Skills
95	Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs	102
96	Maslow's Needs and You	103
97	A Goal Chart	104
98	High and Low Self-Esteem	105
99	Improving Your Self-Esteem	106
100	Peer Pressure and You	107
101	Learning Assertiveness	108
102	More on Assertiveness	109
103	Dealing with Difficult People	110
104	Conflict Outcomes	111
105	The Steps in Decision Making	112
106	Good Leader, Weak Leader (Part 1)	113
106a	Good Leader, Weak Leader (Part 2)	114
107	Wawa Island: A Team-Building Activity	115
108	Are You an Effective Communicator?	117
109	Name That Communication Blocker	118
110	Techniques for Saying No	119
111	Communication Scenarios	120
112	What Are They Really Saying?	121
113	A Paired Listening Exercise: Teacher Page	122
113a	A Paired Listening Exercise: Student Page, Script	123
113b	A Paired Listening Exercise: Student Page, Script B	124
114	Help Fatima Manage Her Time	125
115	Help Fatima Manage Her Time (Part 2)	126
116	Managing Your Time)	127
117	Managing Your Time (Part 2)	128
118	What Do You Do?	129
119	Fatima's Errands: A Time Management Activity	130
120	Types of Violence	131
121	Is Your School Violent?	132
122	Top 10 Pieces of Advice to Live By	133
123	Advice in Code	134
Section 5	Stress
124	Are You Vulnerable to Stress?	136
125	The Life Change Index	137
126	What Is Their Life Change Index?	138
127	Good Stress versus Bad Stress	139
128	Top 10 Sources of Stress	140
129	Stress in Various Aspects of Your Life	141
130	Three Generations of Stress	142
131	Long-Term Stress versus Short-Term Stress	143
132	ZZZzzz: Sleep Patterns	144
133	Sources-of-Stress Game	145
134	The Four Stages of Stress	146
135	Fight or Flight	147
136	Those Stressful Reactions	148
137	Reacting to Stressful Situations	149
138	Relaxation Bingo	150
139	Getting Physical	151
140	Support Systems	152
141	How Can You Help Your Stressed Friend?	153
142	A Suicide Awareness Quiz	154
143	Dealing with a Grieving Friend	155
144	Thoughts on Death and Dying	156
145	The Five Stages of Grief	157
146	Which Stage of Grief (in Dying Patients)?	158
Section 6	Food and Food-Related Issues
147	Food Associations	160
148	A Healthy-Eating Report Card	161
149	An Eating-Habits Survey	162
150	Favorite Food	163
151	A Food Pyramid Puzzle	164
152	Factors Affecting Your Food Choices	165
153	"Weight" and See	166
154	A Day in the Life of Your Stomach	167
155	Calorie Calculations	168
156	What to Know About H[subscript 2]O	169
157	Let's Learn About Vitamins	170
158	Cholesterol: Fact or Fiction	171
159	Protein Fill-in-the-Blanks	172
160	All You Ever Wanted to Know About Fiber	173
161	Fat Habits and You	174
162	Fat Classification	175
163	Fat Reduction	176
164	Crazy About Carbohydrates	177
165	Our Addiction to Additives	178
166	Food Categories	179
167	Just Because It's a Salad Doesn't Mean It's Healthy	180
168	Can You Help These Eaters?	181
169	An Eating Disorder True-False Quiz	182
170	Name That Disorder	183
171	Signs of an Eating Disorder	184
172	The Dos and Don'ts of Helping Someone with an Eating Disorder	185
173	The Food-Vocabulary Word Game	186
Section 7	Your Body and Body Image
174	What Is Your Body Type?	188
175	Calculate Your BMI	189
176	Body Image and You	190
176a	Body Image and You: Questions	191
177	Body Image and the Sexes	192
178	Cosmetic Plastic Surgery	193
179	Body-Parts Connections	194
180	Body-Parts Vocabulary	195
181	Muscle Word Search	196
182	Right Muscle, Right Exercise	197
183	The Human Skeleton Crossword	198
184	Female Reproductive System Vocabulary	199
185	Male Reproductive System Vocabulary	200
186	The Respiratory System Matching Exercise	201
187	The Digestion Puzzle	202
188	The Sun and Your Skin	203
189	Genetics and Your Health	204
190	Dr. Doctor's Magic Square	205
191	What Makes You Ill?	206
192	Five Diseases and Conditions That May Affect Teens	207
193	Basic First-Aid Crossword	208
194	Diagnose the Emergency	209
195	Preventing Cardiovascular Disease	210
196	A Fitness Survey	211
197	Components of Fitness	212
198	Anaerobic Energy, Aerobic Energy, and DOM	213
199	Keeping Fit Without Doing Aerobics	214
Section 8	Self-Esteem and Knowing Yourself
200	What's in a Name?	216
201	I Am	217
202	Graffiti You	218
203	The YOU Report Card	219
204	What You Like to Do	220
205	You Are Where You Live	221
206	What Would They Say About You?	222
207	Backing It Up with Examples	223
208	How Have These Outside Factors Shaped You?	224
209	Personality and You	225
210	Personality and Physical, Mental, and Social Health	226
211	What's Your Personality?	227
212	A, B, C, D Personality Types	228
213	Birth Order and Personality	229
214	Handwriting and Your Personality	230
215	Astrological Signs and Your Personality	231
216	What Do You Value?	232
217	What Are Your Values ...?	233
218	A Values Auction	234
219	Weaknesses	235
220	A Few of Your Favorite Things	236
221	Using Your Five Senses	237
222	Highs/Lows and You	238
223	A Room with a Clue	239
224	Cartoons, Colors, and Cars	240
225	If ...	241
	Answer Key	243
	Bibliography	261

Interesting textbook: Stop Living Life Like an Emergency or Embracing Our Mortality

Art of True Healing: The Unlimited Power of Prayer and Visualization

Author: Israel Regardi

Centering around a very powerful meditation exercise called the Middle Pillar, through which one can stimulate body, mind, and spirit all together, The Art of True Healing teaches readers to focus energy in a variety of ways for improving their health, success, and ability to help others.

Essential Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition or Improving Care for the End of Life

2009-01-12T18:44:00.000-08:00

Essential Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Author: Stefano Guandalini

A practical and concise guide to gastrointestinal, hepatic, and nutrition disorders in the pediatric patient. Featuring a large amount of tables, lists, and other summary features, this book provides practitioners and residents with a quick but substantial reference. Includes a drug formulary for common prescriptions.

Stefano Guandalini, MD
Director, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology
University of Chicago Children’s Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Chicago School of Medicine
Chicago, IL

Dr. Guandalini directs the pediatric GI division for a large academic medical center and is one of the best-known pediatric GI specialists in the world. He is immediate past president of the European Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology. He has published innumerable original research articles in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and has been published in the academically rigorous and highly selective Journal of Clinical Investigation.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Essam Imseis, M.D. (Ochsner Clinic Foundation)
Description: This book provides a concise summary of common gastrointestinal signs and symptoms, gastrointestinal disease, liver disease, pancreatic disease, and pharmacotherapy and nutrition in the pediatric patient.
Purpose: The purpose is to offer a comprehensive, yet succinct, presentation of most of the disorders of pediatric gastroenterology. This is a worthy objective since the pediatrician often has a large volume of information to master with new information available every day. The author meets the objectives by providing a quick, easy to read book with lots of information for clinicians.
Audience: The audience includes general pediatric residents as well as general pediatricians who require quick valuable information in an easy to read format.
Features: The book covers a variety of topics in pediatric gastroenterology, including signs and symptoms of disease, gastrointestinal disease, liver disease, pancreatic disease, and pharmacotherapy. The book contains an excellent summary of several topics, including pancreatitis and neonatal jaundice. The chapter on recurrent abdominal pain and irritable bowel syndrome is very useful. Each chapter had clear, concise information that would be valuable to general pediatricians.
Assessment: This book is valuable to general pediatricians or pediatric residents in the outpatient setting since it provides a good base of knowledge on most pediatric gastroenterology topics in a very concise, easy to read format. Numerous tables and figures in each chapter provide information on symptoms and signs of specific illness, diagnostic work-up, and treatment. These figures and tables are extremely useful and packed with information, and glancing at these alone can provide a significant amount of background on a particular topic.

Rating

3 Stars from Doody

I	Approach to gastrointestinal signs, symptoms, and tests	1
1	Recurrent vomiting	3
2	Acute diarrhea	15
3	Chronic and intractable diarrhea	25
4	Failure to thrive/malnutrition	47
5	Constipation	69
6	Recurrent abdominal pain and irritable bowel syndrome	77
7	Intestinal obstruction	95
8	Jaundice in the newborn and young infant	111
9	Portal hypertension and ascites	123
10	Interpretation of some common GI tests and procedures	133
II	Gastrointestinal disorders	141
11	Achalasia	143
12	Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis	153
13	Gastroesophageal reflux	157
14	Cow's milk allergy	175
15	Gastrointestinal and feeding problems of the neurologically handicapped child	193
16	Eosinophilic gastroenteropathy	209
17	Helicobacter pylori gastritis and gastroduodenal ulcers	213
18	Celiac disease	221
19	Short gut syndrome	231
20	Small bowel bacterial overgrowth	241
21	Crohn's disease and indeterminate colitis	251
22	Ulcerative colitis	261
23	Clinical management of gastrointestinal polyps in children	269
24	Intussusception	277
25	Appendicitis	281
III	Liver and pancreatic disorders	291
26	Acute and recurrent pancreatitis	293
27	Viral hepatitis	307
28	Liver transplantation : indication, modalities, and medical follow-up	319
29	Approach to the asymptomatic child with protracted hypertransaminasemia	335
IV	Pharmacotherapy and nutrition	345
30	Commonly employed drugs : dosage recommendations and side effects	347
31	Medical nutrition therapy in the pediatric patient	389

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Improving Care for the End of Life: A Sourcebook for Health Care Managers and Clinicians

Author: Joanne Lynn

Health care professionals seeking to improve the quality of life for those living with serious illness and nearing the end of life will find exactly what their organization needs in the second edition of this acclaimed book by Dr. Joanne Lynn and her colleagues. Improving Care for the End of Life provides expert guidance on how to make significant improvements now, at all levels of the health care system from the bedside and the hospital to the health care policy and legislative arenas by using the rapid-cycle breakthrough approach to change. The ideas are proven, and the stories of teams that have put them to use will inspire and enlighten.
New to the second edition: New chapters to address issues of growing interest such as continuity of care, and the special needs of dementia patients and their loved ones. Details on trajectories of care and how these affect decisions at the end of life Updated and expanded information on pain management, advance care planning, ventilator withdrawal, depression and delirium, advanced heart and lung disease, and more Scores of new insights, measurement approaches, and tips based on the experiences of hundreds of improvement teams nationwide Thoroughly updated references
The sourcebook speaks to all managers of health care systems serving people with serious illnesses, including doctors in offices, nurse managers on hospital units, social workers in long-term care facilities, administrators of home care and hospice agencies, hospital chaplains, directors of volunteer services, and others.

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Reviewer:Susan A Jessell, MSN,CRNP,ACHPN(Western Pennsylvania Hospital)
Description:First published in 2000, this is a sourcebook for organizations interested in improving end of life care. From instruction in the rapid cycle approach to quality improvement to tips on getting things started, this book is a wealth of information on specifically what can be done to improve end of life care in many different patient populations.
Purpose:The purpose is to give readers the best available advice on how to make improvements in the healthcare systems in which they work. The book does this through examples of models of programs across the country including a compendium of resources and samples of data collection instruments. There are also examples of what did not work.
Audience:This book would be most helpful not only to those in end of life care looking for ways to enhance and improve existing programs, but also for those who are creating programs in palliative care or hospice. Nurse managers, administrators of home care and hospice agencies, and medical directors will find real guidance.
Features:The four parts cover quality improvement methods based on the rapid-cycle breakthrough approach with many examples of how practices were improved. The second part deals with changes that families and patients think are most important or would most benefit from. Part 3 describes the role of palliative care services and their financing with strategies for improving these areas. Part 4 addresses specific disease systems and ways to address and improve services and medical management in the patient population of Alzheimer's, end stageheart disease, dementia, and others. The list of resources at the end of each chapter is helpful. This updated edition has new chapters on continuity of care and expanded information on pain management, advanced care planning, and more.
Assessment:This is a book that will be referenced often for its innovative ideas, resources, and usable tools.

Raw Food Primer or The Patients Voice Experiences of Illness

2009-01-12T07:31:00.000-08:00

Raw Food Primer

Author: Suzanne Ferrara

Eating is more than just taking nutrients in. It's also pleasure, communion, and the taste of life. With the blossoming of raw food as an artistic cuisine, eating is also about discovering intense natural flavors and enticing high palate food lovers to explore new/old ways to eat. As the raw food movement enters the culinary mainstream, Chef Alex is right here to help with The Raw Food Primer as a starter kit. Those who try these succulent recipes will enjoy deep comfort, great nutrition, and fresh paths to glowing health.

For many, raw food is already a way of life. But when we try to explain it to friends, family or students who don't yet know the pleasures and the benefits of eating "raw", they may say, "You can't keep up your energy with raw carrots" or "Yuck! That sounds really boring" or "I can't give up my pasta!" To answer such remarks, Chef Alex has written The Raw Food Primer. She gently introduces "first timers" to the concept of raw foods and a vegetarian diet. Encouraging them to add raw food slowly to their diet, she avoids a zealous approach that may frighten off people curious about "uncooking" but not quite ready to give raw cuisine a full embrace. With her charming, low-pressure style, Ferrara eases the reader into true eagerness to try tasty raw dishes and reap the health benefits like more energy. Many people who have gone raw report that they have a leaner structure, clearer skin and eyes, and they no longer experience problems with allergies or fatigue.

The Raw Food Primer is perfect for curious students of this revolutionary food experience or the more experienced raw foodist — or anyone who merely appreciates delicious food. And priced $19.95 (a full $10 off similar-seeming books) they can afford Chef Alex's guidance to begin a raw or modified raw diet.

About the Author

Suzanne Alexander Ferrara is a raw food chef, specializing in training restaurant owners and "private citizens" in the preparation and joys of raw food and is a food columnist. Before becoming a raw food chef she owned and operated a restaurant, a snack bar, and health food store. A talented painter and a sculptor, she has had sixteen solo art exhibitions and illustrated The Raw Food Cookbook with 25 original paintings. She recently developed recipes for Roxanne's Restaurant in Larkspur, California. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Chef Alex now resides chiefly in Little Rock, Arkansas.

The Patient's Voice: Experiences of Illness

Author: Jeanine Young Mason

Do you need to add caring to your course? Do your students need to become more aware of the process patients and families go through as they adapt to an illness or death?

Sixteen contemporary autobiographical case studies written by children and adults who have experienced psychiatric and physical illnesses are contained in this extraordinary text. Each case study begins with a brief description of the patient's clinical situation. Chapters are followed by points for discussion and study questions to further direct the exploration of the accounts and enhance students' critical thinking skills.

Cheryl Laskowski

This is a compilation of narratives where the authors write autobiographically about their experiences with physical and mental illness. The purpose is to increase healthcare providers' sensitivity to and compassion for the suffering of others. Further, the text is meant to assist healthcare providers in practically and politically dealing with conditions impacting on vulnerable individuals. The editor describes this text as being geared to ""students in nursing, medicine, and allied health."" This is an appropriate audience for the book. The doctorally prepared editor, who works as an associate professor of nursing at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) and who is a regular contributor to the journal CNS, is a credible authority on the subject matter. Further, the authors of each chapter are credible, having lived the experience of the illness about which they are writing. The book features a table of contents that includes a title, the chapter author's name, and a quote taken directly from the chapter. A special feature of the text is the critical thinking exercise located at the end of each chapter, designed to assist the reader in critically analyzing the narrative accounts. This is a powerful text that includes 16 autobiographical accounts of illness narratives. Each chapter explores a different dimension of the illness experience. The text would be beneficial for individual purchase. Because the text highlights human responses to illness, it would be especially suitable for purchase by nurses and for use in schools of nursing.

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Reviewer: Cheryl Laskowski, DNS, RN, CS (Daemen College)
Description: This is a compilation of narratives where the authors write autobiographically about their experiences with physical and mental illness.
Purpose: The purpose is to increase healthcare providers' sensitivity to and compassion for the suffering of others. Further, the text is meant to assist healthcare providers in practically and politically dealing with conditions impacting on vulnerable individuals.
Audience: The editor describes this text as being geared to "students in nursing, medicine, and allied health." This is an appropriate audience for the book. The doctorally prepared editor, who works as an associate professor of nursing at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) and who is a regular contributor to the journal CNS, is a credible authority on the subject matter. Further, the authors of each chapter are credible, having lived the experience of the illness about which they are writing.
Features: The book features a table of contents that includes a title, the chapter author's name, and a quote taken directly from the chapter. A special feature of the text is the critical thinking exercise located at the end of each chapter, designed to assist the reader in critically analyzing the narrative accounts.
Assessment: This is a powerful text that includes 16 autobiographical accounts of illness narratives. Each chapter explores a different dimension of the illness experience. The text would be beneficial for individual purchase. Because the text highlights human responses to illness, it would be especially suitable for purchase by nurses and for use in schools of nursing.

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

Built for Sex or Living with a Black Dog

2009-01-11T21:19:00.000-08:00

Built for Sex: The Complete Fitness and Nutrition Program for Maximum Performance

Author: Scott Hays

A simple to follow food-and-fitness plan for men, designed to increase sexual drive and pleasure—and turn any man into a great lover

Not every man wants to exercise. But just about every man wants to experience increased sexual performance and pleasure. Now that is not only possible but easily attainable, thanks to the 4-step physical and nutritional fitness plan in Built for Sex.

This simple but revolutionary program is anchored in a series of scientific studies that prove conclusively that men who commit to a moderate amount of exercise four times a week can expect substantial sexual benefits.

Exercise alone will improve blood flow and boost testosterone levels to deliver increased sexual endurance, strength, and flexibility; but attention to proper foods, herbs, vitamins, and supplements can actually enhance those benefits, transforming a man into a veritable lovemaking machine—someone who is indeed "built for sex."

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Living with a Black Dog: His Name Is Depression

Author: Matthew Johnston

Living with a Black Dog is perhaps the most useful book ever created about depression. In simple text and strongly supportive illustrations, this slim volume examines, explains, and demystifies one of the most widespread and debilitating problems afflicting modern society.

Whether you've struggled with your own Black Dog for years, wondered why you're feeling sort of "ruff" lately, or known someone shadowed by a dark canine, Living with a Black Dog is for you. Artist and writer Matthew Johnstone, a depression sufferer himself, delivers a moving and uplifting insight into life with this unsavory companion. Even better, the book shows the strength and support to be found within and around us to tame this shaggy beast and ultimately bring it to heel.

Johnstone's book doesn't pretend to have all the answers. It doesn't resort to simple "dog tricks" for dealing with depression. But Living with a Black Dog does deliver understanding, hope, and the assurance that Black Dog days are not forever.

Dougs Miracle or Male Sexual Dysfunction

2009-01-11T12:07:00.000-08:00

Doug's Miracle: A Familys Journey with Cancer

Author: Welch

In the span of a year, the Welch family endured a tumultuous journey through cancer, addiction and death. Their story is chronicled in emails to family and friends that evolved from news of medical battles to letters that expressed grace in death, joy in life, and faith in the goodness of God. This family's story of survival also offers practical advice on how friends, religious institutions, and the medical community can provide meaning and useful support those facing crisis.

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Male Sexual Dysfunction: Pathophysiology and Treatment

Author: Fouad R Kandeel

Divided into four sections dedicated to normal sexual function, pathophysiology, assessment, and treatment, Male Sexual Dysfunction: Pathology and Treatment presents over 45 chapters written by more than 60 leading experts in the top tiers of andrology, endocrinology, psychology, and urology. Based on recently published research, this source summarizes the physiological controls of normal male sexual function, pathophysiological changes that can trigger sexual dysfunction, and current guidelines for the assessment and treatment of patients affected by these conditions.

Transition to Vegetarianism or Mental Health Problems and HIV Infection

2009-01-10T23:56:00.000-08:00

Transition to Vegetarianism: An Evolutionary Step

Author: Rudolph Ballentin

This book explores the health issues surrounding vegetarianism and helps the aspiring vegetarian make the transition in a way that provides the greatest benefits. Well-researched and easy-to-read, this is an excellent resource for both seasoned and would-be vegetarians.

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In Transition To Vegetarianism: An Evolutionary Step, Doctor Rudolpf Ballentine presents an informed and persuasive survey of the value and reasoning to a vegetarian diet. Dr. Ballentine's informative text is laced with health relevant information such as meat-eaters having three times as many heart attacks as vegetarians, that a vegetarian diet decreases osteoporosis dramatically, that in endurance tests vegetarians had more than twice the stamina and strength of meat- eaters, and that the vegetarian diet is a time-honored technique for promoting alertness and clarity of consciousness. Ideal for the non-specialist general reader, Transition To Vegetarianism covers red meat, poultry, fish, and the question of milk and eggs in a vegetarian diet. If you are considering the pros and cons of a vegetarian diet for yourself, begin with reading Dr. Rudolf Ballentine's Transition To Vegetarianism.

C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D., Founder and Past President, American Holistic Medical Association - C. Norman Shealy

A Scholarly and rational approach...This is the finest vegetarian book to date.

Deepak Chopra

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Radical Healing is a stunning achievement. By integrating the major healing and wisdom traditions, Dr. Ballentine extends the horizons of our understanding of health.

Albert I. Mendeloff, M.D. Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - Albert I. Mendeloff

This easy-to-read. . . paperback should be of real value to nutritionists and to the well-educated public considering the possible advantages of a lactovegetarian diet. It is highly recommended.

John Feltzman, Managing Editor of Prevention Magazine - John Feltzman

A useful and thorough guide, designed for real people in real-life situations.

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Mental Health Problems and HIV Infection

Author: Jose Catalan

Mental Health Problems and HIV Infection provides an up-to-date overview of the mental health consequences and of the kind of psychological, psychopharmaological and community forms of intervention available to deal with the adverse psychological effects of HIV infection. Divided into three parts, the book examines psychological and brain-related consequences of HIV infection, key areas of intervention, and three areas of controversial debate: euthanasia, psychoimmunology and complementary therapies. Assuming no specialist psychological, psychiatric or medical knowledge, this book is important reading for caregivers and healthcare workers to HIV positive individuals and their families, nurses, psychologists and counselors.

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about Pediatric Fibromyalgia or Glaucoma

2009-01-10T13:45:00.000-08:00

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about Pediatric Fibromyalgia

Author: R Paul St Amand

In a sequel to their bestselling book What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Fibromyalgia, Dr. R. Paul St. Amand, M.D., and Claudia Craig Marek have written a groundbreaking guide to pediatric fibromyalgia, an often-misdiagnosed illness that affects millions of American children.

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Glaucoma: A Patient's Guide to the Disease

Author: Graham E Trop

Primary or chronic open angle glaucoma is a painless condition usually associated with high pressure in the eye. It affects approximately four per cent of all people over the age of fifty. Untreated, glaucoma is a major cause of blindness worldwide.

The second edition of Glaucoma: A Patient's Guide to the Disease, published in 2001, offered essential information about glaucoma and its treatment, presented in a simple question and answer format to allow patients to participate actively in the decision-making process along the road to successful maintenance of their vision. The third edition adds to and augments the previous edition by introducing important updates on new medical and surgical treatments and information on the latest techniques used to diagnose and follow glaucoma.

Graham E. Trope provides the answers to dozens of commonly asked questions in sections headed 'All About Glaucoma,' 'Tests for Glaucoma,' and 'All About Treatment.' Also included are discussions of possible complications, detailed illustrations, and a listing of glaucoma societies in Canada, the United States, and United Kingdom. This valuable guide is an essential reference not only for patients but also for all health-care professionals, including general practitioners and optometrists.

Supercharging Quantum Touch or The Endometriosis SourceBook

2009-01-10T02:32:00.000-08:00

Supercharging Quantum Touch: Advanced Techniques

Author: Alain Herriott

Quantum-Touch teaches ways to focus and amplify life-force energy (chi) through simple breathing and body awareness exercises. The result stimulates the subject’s biological intelligence to do whatever healing it deems necessary in everything from major immune disorders to chronic pain to emotional disturbances. In Supercharging Quantum-Touch, prominent teacher Alain Herriott takes students and followers of Quantum-Touch beyond the basics, sharing the techniques used by the best, most effective practitioners.

From the hundreds of workshops he’s conducted around the world, Herriott has gathered questions that he addresses here in a direct way that refines, clarifies, broadens, and deepens the work. The book begins by walking readers through the basic attributes of the best practitioners. Bit by bit, more techniques are added and “stacked” or laid out to create a step-by-step approach to work on anything a client needs, including (though not limited to) general pain, physical imbalances, and emotional issues. Strategies for perceiving energy more clearly are also included. Written in a very accessible style, Supercharging Quantum-Touch gives readers the confidence they need to work in this increasingly popular—and important—healing art.

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The Endometriosis SourceBook

Author: Mary Lou Ballweg

The Endometriosis Sourcebook is the definitive resource for the millions of sufferers urgently seeking up-to-date, authoritative information. It covers everything women need to know, including the latest research, treatments, nutrition and advice.

If I Live to Be 100 or Coping with Chronic Illness

2009-01-09T17:20:00.000-08:00

If I Live to Be 100: Lessons from the Centenarians

Author: Neenah Ellis

If I Live to Be 100 is based on One Hundred Years of Stories, a series of profiles of American centenarians, which Ellis produced and which aired in 2000 on NPR's Morning Edition. There are now more 100-year-olds alive than at any other time in history, and longevity studies are finding many of them are active, healthy and engaged with the world around them. Neenah Ellis set out to meet these people and to hear what insights, memories, wisdom and just plain common sense tips they have to offer. What she's found will surprise you. The original radio profiles will be intercut with Ellis's reading of her book. If I Live to be 100 is not simply a transcript of the radio series, but about how the experience of meeting and talking with these amazing centenarians affected the author.

Publishers Weekly

For the National Public Radio series One Hundred Years of Stories, broadcast two years ago, Ellis interviewed Americans at least 100 years old some of them ailing or confused in their thinking, others completely coherent, lively and full of fascinating tales from the past and insightful wisdom gleaned from a century of living. The poignancy of a prolific writer and Hollywood veteran who can't remember enough to participate in the interview is offset by a woman who lives alone, still rows her own boat and occasionally skinny-dips, and by a man who marries for the third time at 103. Ellis reveals little of her own life here, and withholds any intimate introspection when, for example, a 101-year-old law professor describes his regret at spending so much time on his work rather than having a family and points out that Ellis's childless lifestyle is similar. On the other hand, she abandons straight journalism by indulging in a long tangent about "limbic resonance," or getting absorbed in someone's telling of a story. She concludes that "emotional connection with another person is all that will make you happy," but she tells readers this rather than letting her interviewees speak for themselves. If Ellis had stuck with the subjects' own voices and fleshed out their stories in more detail, this might have been a powerful oral history of America in the 20th century. Instead, it reads like a radio show brief quotes with a few sound bites of editorialization. Agent, Jonathon Lazear. (Sept.) Forecast: National publicity, a radio campaign and NPR sponsorship and author interviews will put this book on older readers' radar. It should sell well as a gift book come the holidays. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

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Coping with Chronic Illness: Overcoming Powerlessness

Author: Judith Fitzgerald Miller

Completely rewritten to include the most recent research and nursing strategies, the 3rd edition expands nurses' perceptions of persons with long-term health problems in a way that emphasizes patient and family power resources. The book includes nursing assessment, diagnosis, interventions, conceptual models, and related research.

Booknews

Examines theories related to coping and powerlessness, and presents creative nursing strategies and a prototypical plan for decreasing powerlessness in chronically ill people and their families. This third edition is rewritten to include the most recent research and nursing strategies, with an emphasis on patient and family power resources. New to this edition are chapters on stress and coping, chronic sorrow, courage in chronic illness, and empowering people with AIDS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Pt. I	Current Status	1
1	Client Power Resources	3
2	Analysis of Coping with Illness	21
3	Development of the Concept of Powerlessness: A Nursing Diagnosis	55
Pt. II	Vulnerabilities Across the Life Span	89
4	Stress and Coping: Psychoneuroimmunology	91
5	Chronic Sorrow in Long-Term Illness Across the Life Span	125
6	Courage in Young Adults with Long-Term Health Concerns	145
7	Middlescent Obese Women: Overcoming Powerlessness	165
8	Powerlessness in Elderly Persons: Preventing Hopelessness	191
Pt. III	Coping with Specific Chronic Health Problems	213
9	Powerlessness in Persons with End-Stage Renal Disease	215
10	Profiles of Locus of Control and Coping in Persons with Peripheral Vascular Disease	247
11	Energy Deficits in Chronically Ill Persons with Arthritis: Fatigue	265
12	Adjustment, Coping Resources, and Care of the Client with Multiple Sclerosis	293
13	Coping with Chronic Lung Disease: Maintaining Quality of Life	327
14	Empowering Persons Affected by Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome	377
Pt. IV	Selected Nursing Strategies	435
15	Literature: A Dimension of Nursing Therapeutics	437
16	Imagery as a Means of Coping	467
17	Facilitating Behavior Change in Chronically Ill Persons	481
18	Enhancing Self-Esteem	505
19	Inspiring Hope	523
	Index	547

Reflexology or Therapeutic Touch

2009-01-09T05:08:00.000-08:00

Reflexology: Healing at Your Fingertips

Author: Barbara Kunz

The first fully illustrated guide on the ancient art of reflexology, this book explains how reflexology works pressure applied to "reflex" points on the hands and feet restore corresponding body parts by stimulating natural self healing powers and how to do it. Reflexology features step-by-step sequences, incredible photographic foot and hand reflex charts, and unique computergenerated artworks to show which reflexes to press and which techniques to use. Visualizations and mediations are suggested throughout, to enhance the healing treatments. Reflexology is an invaluable guide for home users or reflexology students.

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Therapeutic Touch

Author: Janet Macra

A comprehensive instruction guide to the gentle, powerful, non-invasive healing technique being used increasingly both inside and outside the medical profession. Available to anyone searching to help others in pain.

Publishers Weekly

This is a clear and concise introduction to therapeutic touch, a healing art based on the ancient practice of lying on hands. Although still considered experimental, therapeutic touch is used in many hospitals alongside more conventional medicine to alleviate a variety of injuries and illnesses. Macrae, who taught nursing at New York University, gives a balanced presentation of theory and practice. The theory is based on the concept of an energy field surrounding the bodymuch as a gravitational field surrounds objects. When a person is ill, the flow of energy around his body is congested or obstructed. A trained practitioner can feel these blockages and use his hands to help clear them and to redirect the patient's energy flow to a more healthy pattern. Readers are encourage to try to cure their friends' headaches; helpful illustrations are included. (February)

Library Journal

Healing by physical contact has been part of medical practice throughout history. Macrae, a registered nurse who has instructed health professionals and laypersons in the art of therapeutic touch, describes methods for assessing the client and using the universal life force in everyone to initiate healing. The concept of wholeness is important in this therapy, and these noninvasive treatments make them a reassuring adjunct to traditional medicine for disorders, chronic diseases, and wounds and injuries. Low-key in approach, this book is recommended for libraries with collections in holistic medicine. Karen McNally Bensing, Metropolitan General Hospital Lib., Cleveland

Yoga Chick or Add Success Stories

2009-01-08T19:56:00.000-08:00

Yoga Chick: A Hip Guide to Everything Om

Author: Bess Gallanis

Roll out your mat, breathe deeply, and chant "Om." A book of portable calm for the girl on the go, YOGA CHICK holds the key to balancing mind, body, and spirit. Its six unique, fully illustrated sessions will help you build strength and flexibility, and its easy-to-follow practices will help you relieve stress, increase energy, and manage your moods.

Throughout this handy book, wellness tips, breathing exercises, and relaxation techniques give you much-needed breaks from a hectic day, while hearty recipes and bite-size guides to chakras and aromatherapy nourish the soul. For both beginners and blossoming yoginis, Yoga Chick is all you need for total well-being.

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Add Success Stories: A Guide to Fulfillment for Families with Attention Deficit Disorder

Author: Thom Hartmann

From the author of Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception and Focus Your Energy come inspiring real life stories which show how people with ADD can succeed in school, at work, and in relationships. "An excellent book. Inspiring and validating; I recommend it highly!"--Edward Hallowell, M.D., coauthor of Driven to Distraction.

100 Q As about Liver Cancer or Thai Massage

2009-01-08T08:43:00.000-08:00

100 Q&A's about Liver Cancer

Author: Ghassan K Abou Alfa

Written by two prominent physicians at Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center and filled with insider advice from actual patients, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of this frightening disease.

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Thai Massage: A Traditional Medical Technique

Author: Richard Gold

This practical and highly illustrated introduction to the principles and techniques of Thai massage discusses the theories of Thai medicine and its Chinese and Ayurvedic influences. It offers clear and easy-to-follow descriptions for all Thai massage techniques accompanied by full color photographs and drawings, with arrows to indicate direction of movement. Basic explanations describe how massage therapists can use elements of these techniques and apply them immediately in their own practice. The book includes a DVD with 45 minutes of video showing techniques and routines in real time, to demonstrate appropriate pacing.

Gives clear and easy-to-follow descriptions for each technique.

Techniques can be used alone, in conjunction with other forms of massage, or to facilitate Yoga and other meditation practices.

Clinically valuable and practical explanations of how to use elements of the procedures make it easy for therapists to enrich their practice with these techniques -- whether applying all of the methods, or starting with stretches alone.

Features an icon throughout the text that calls attention to precautions therapists must be aware of for safe and effective sessions.

Includes a 45-minute DVD presenting video of techniques and routines in real time, to demonstrate proper pacing.

Photographs, drawings, and illustrations of techniques are now in full color, for greater clarity of concepts.

More historical background provides a deeper understanding of this ancient medical art.

An accompanying DVD offers a 45-minute video of a Thai massage session in real time - demonstrating procedures with proper pacing. The visualapproach along with its step-by-step narration helps viewers understand how the concepts discussed in the book translate to actual practice. The book also includes DVD icons that indicate which techniques are demonstrated on the DVD.

Increased coverage of body mechanics helps readers understand the difference between correct and incorrect technique.

Legends below the photographs provide specific information on the muscles being pressed or stretched with each technique to help therapists understand how this art of Asian healing corresponds to Western anatomy. A new Muscle Atlas appendix helps to further identify muscles mentioned in these legends.

A new chapter, Correlations to Yoga, outlines the correlations between specific Thai massage procedures and yoga postures to help therapists incorporate Yoga into their practices.

A new chapter, Suggested Sequences, provides guidelines for 60-, 90-, and 120-minute sessions - taking the guesswork out of planning Thai massage sessions.

Prayerwalk or Before the Heart Attacks

2009-01-07T22:32:00.000-08:00

PrayerWalk: Becoming a Woman of Prayer, Strength, and Discipline

Author: Janet Holm McHenry

Challenge your body. Feed your spirit. Change the world.
Ask any Christian woman about her most recent New Years resolutions, and youll likely find that exercise regularly and pray more were at the top of her list. We all long to look and feel our best, to live actively and healthfully. More than that, we desire to connect intimately with our God. Yet physical health and spiritual growth often take a backseat to the urgent demands of grocery shopping and bill paying, time with family and friends, and long hours at the office.
Its Time to Exercise Your Prayer Life.
Three years ago, author Janet Holm McHenry suffered from depression, weight gain, and exhaustion. Then she began a prayerwalk routine that not only transformed her life but also profoundly impacted the lives of those around her.
Learn how you, too, can set out on a journey to increased energy, better health, and greater joyand experience a rich, full prayer ministry that will have a lasting impact on your loved ones and communityin PrayerWalk.

Prayerwalking makes so much sense, youll wonder why you havent been doing it all your life! Heather and David Kopp, coauthors of the Praying the Bible series

Honest, humorous, and insightful, PrayerWalk will encourage your heart.
Linda Dillow, author of Intimate Issues

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Before the Heart Attacks: A Revolutionary Approach to Detecting, Preventing, and Even Reversing Heart Dise

Author: H Robert Superko

Heart attacks are preventable-fatalities from heart attacks should be virtually unheard of-and heart disease can be controlled, possibly even reversed, says renowned researcher and cardiologist H. Robert Superko, M.D. In his groundbreaking work, Before the Heart Attacks, Dr. Superko for the first time outlines his innovative program to the public, including:
• Information about new blood tests that predict true risk of heart attack.
• Dr. Superko's Personal Risk Self-Assessment quiz
• Individualized diet and exercise program as well as an assessment of supplements.

The Plume edition includes a new afterword focusing on the latest developments in non-invasive testing, the most recent advanced hormone replacement therapy, genetics, and complementary medicine.

How to Treat Arthritis with Sex and Alcohol and Other Breakthroughs and Alternatives or Yoga for Real People

2009-01-07T13:20:00.000-08:00

How to Treat Arthritis with Sex and Alcohol and Other Breakthroughs and Alternatives

Author: MD F Multz

This is a light hearted but thorough review of both complementary and conventional treatments for arthritis. It includes new observations on the biologic benefits of sex and alcohol. And it describes new medications that halt the progress of rheumatoid arthritis and explains how each type of treatment fits in the overall management of arthritis.

It introduces the scientific evidence that shows how sex and alcohol reduce the pain, swelling and inflammation of arthritis. Other alternative therapies discussed include some old ones and some new ones that have scientific documentation of effectiveness.

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Yoga for Real People: A Year of Classes

Author: Jan Baker

For anyone intimidated by crowded yoga classes, complicated textbooks, headstands, or simply touching their toes, Yoga for Real People offers a year of classes that progress from beginning to intermediate to advanced levels of practice. A down-to-earth guide for yoga teachers and students alike, this book is illustrated throughout with more than 160 photographs correctly demonstrating 100 poses.

Each lesson begins with a discussion of an important yogic concept, before presenting a posture to build flexibility and strength, followed by a meditation to inspire mental relaxation and spiritual growth. As students build a routine, they learn to first "do" the postures, then "experience" the postures, and finally "become" the postures. The appendix includes a complete list of the postures along with a helpful summary of the benefits.

Jan Baker's gentle and encouraging style teaches readers how to listen to their bodies, how to stretch without strain, and, most of all, how to find joy in all things. As she writes in the introduction, "If you want to live longer, be healthier, more peaceful - yoga has the answer. How long does it take to accomplish this? That's up to you."

Belly Dancing for Fitness or Employment for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome or Non Verbal Learning Disability

2009-01-07T01:08:00.000-08:00

Belly Dancing for Fitness: The Ultimate Dance Workout that Unleashes Your Creative Spirit

Author: Tamalyn Dallal

Start with a healthy aerobic workout. Add the fun of dancing. Spice things up with exotic music, the twirl of silk, and the rhythmic clapping of finger cymbals. Top it off with a path to rediscovering one's feminine nature and creative spirit, and you have Belly Dancing for Fitness.

Many women find belly dancing the most enjoyable way to get in shape while simultaneously getting in touch with their bodies and tapping their spirituality. Belly Dancing for Fitness shows how this alternative dance-exercise can be as easy and fulfilling as yoga. Belly dancing includes floor gymnastics, back bends, poses, and stretches. The book also outlines how to synchronize one's breathing and coordinate the mind and body.

Drawing from her years of experience as a world-famous teacher and performer, the author discusses the history and culture of belly dancing. She then carefully leads the reader through each skill level of this increasingly popular exercise art form.

Books about: The Choice or One That Got Away

Employment for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome or Non-Verbal Learning Disability

Author: Yvona Fast

Yvona Fast lives in Lake Clear, New York. She has NLD and has worked as a librarian and missionary and is now a freelance writer. Her invited contributors are experts in their field.

	List of Tables	8
	Acknowledgements	9
	Disclaimer	9
	Introduction	11
Pt. I	Career Voices
1	I Should Have Listened	35
2	The Lawyer	39
3	The Long Road	43
4	The Research Associate	48
5	The Professor	52
6	For the Love of Books	60
7	Try, Try Again	66
8	The Corporate Backpacker	71
9	Teaching	78
10	The Prodigal Son	82
11	The Eccentric	89
12	The Transcriptionist	94
13	Great Expectations	99
14	Survival in the Workplace	108
15	The Salesman	115
16	The Graduate	122
17	In Pursuit of Approval	126
18	The Entrepreneur	130
Pt. II	Career Strategies
19	Career Planning for the AS/NLD Individual	137
20	Career Counseling for the NLD/AS World	156
21	Transitioning from School to Work	165
22	A Short Intro to Job Hunting	171
23	Presenting Yourself in Print	173
24	Showcase Your Work: Using a Professional Portfolio to Advance your Career	175
25	Presenting Yourself in Person	180
26	How to Survive the Job Interview	187
27	Questions to Ask at the Job Interview	191
28	The Employer's Perspective on Hiring People with NLD/AS	193
29	Your First Hundred Days	200
30	Work Issues	207
31	Major Hurdles: Sociability and Communication	218
32	More Hurdles	232
33	A Few Lists	246
34	Disclosing: If, When, and How to Do It	250
35	Some Commandments for an Employer who is Working with an NLD Employee	257
36	Strategies for Successful Employment	259
37	Workplace Bullying and the NLD/AS Individual	262
38	You Have a Bad Attitude	281
39	Vocational Rehabilitation Programs and the NLD/AS Individual	284
40	I Have a Dream	295
41	Individual Employee Plan	297
42	Career Choices	300
Pt. III	Resources
	Disability Resources	305
	Career Resources	320
	Bibliography	328
	Subject Index	330
	Author Index	336

Permanence or The Yoga Minibook for Weight Loss

2009-01-06T14:57:00.000-08:00

Permanence: Tattoo Portraits by Kip Fulbeck

Author: Kip Fulbeck

Once a fringe phenomenon, tattooing is now a full-blown cultural fact. More than 40 million people in the U.S. alone have tattoos, all with unique stories about why they chose to indelibly mark their bodies. Permanence combines photographic tattoo portraits with these stories, told in the subjects' own words and handwriting. Kip Fulbeck brings together young and old of all races, religions, and political persuasions—from celebrities to suburban moms to Hells Angels. Including interviews with celebrity tattooers Kat Von D and Oliver Peck (Miami Ink), hardcore legend Evan Seinfeld, and some regular folks, Permanence is an entertaining and enlightening portrait of the tattooed population today.

Look this: New Orleans Program or Gourmet to Go

The Yoga Minibook for Weight Loss: A Specialized Program for a Thinner, Leaner You

Author: Elaine Gavalas

When cardio alone just doesn't cut it...

Give yoga a try! This targeted program combines traditional hatha poses with short bursts of aerobic exercise, specially designed to melt off extra pounds and boost muscle tone. Step-by-step illustrated instructions guide you through powerful asanas specifically selected to:

Burn calories and lose weight
Strengthen and sculpt your abs
Boost metabolism and banish cellulite
Tone your body from head to toe
Improve cardiovascular fitness and flexibility

So grab this book and head to the gym, the park, or even your living room. You'll start feeling slimmer and stronger before you know it. Namaste!

The Checklist or CHI Kung for Health and Vitality

2009-01-06T03:44:00.000-08:00

The Checklist: What You and Your Family Need to Know to Prevent Disease and Live a Long and Healthy Life

Author: Manny Alvarez

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Foreword   Michael F. Roizen, M.D.   Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.     xiii
Introduction     xv
A Prenatal Preface (for the Mother-to-Be)     1
Think ahead
Nine months and counting
The three major prenatal problems
Fasten your seat belts
The Most Important Years of Your Life (The First Decade: Ages 0 to 9)     17
To Breast-feed or Not
Cord blood
Beyond the "baby blues"
To cut or not?
SIDS
Food allergies
Loading the virus protection program
Childproofing the home
Vaccines
Infectious diseases
Autism
A whole lot going on betweeen the A and the D Problems "down there"
It's all in your hands-parenting
Life Is Beautiful (The Second Decade: Ages 10 to 19)     55
Ah-choo
Asthma
Acne
Our supersized kids (obesity)
The best measure of weight (BMI)
Dental Health
Turning obesity on its head (bulimia)
Too thin (anorexia)
Depression
Substance Abuse
Cigarette smoking
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
The kissing disease-mononucleosis
What's next
Welcome to the Real World (The Third Decade: Ages 20 to 29)     99
Geek lifestyle
Debilitating headaches
Baby time-or not
Kicking the habit
Common skin conditions
Autoimmune but (thankfully) not automatic
The long winding road (gastrointestinal disorders)
Three decades down, the number left is up to you
Living Responsibility (The Fourth Decade: Ages 30 to 39)     131
Nutrition
How to eat
Supplements
Skin health andcancer
A little gland with a big job
Bladder infections
Are you collecting stones?
Gynecological problems (for women only)
Cervical cancer
Infertility
Joints-the first to go
Rheumatoid arthritis
Fibromyalgia
Multiple sclerosis (MS)
Looking toward the next decade
The Cadillac Years (The Fifth Decade: Ages 40 to 49)     163
Dr. Manny's Freedom Diet Plan
To sweeten (artificially)-or not?
Exercise
Doing it-or not (lack of libido and other sexual problems)
E.D. education
Breast cancer
Mental health
Bipolar disorder
Streeeeeess
The silent killer
Testing, testing
The big five-oh
Keeping Up with the Joneses (The Sixth Decade: Ages 50 to 59)     191
The changes
"Machopause"
Healthy metabolism
The storage sack (gallbladder)
Prostate health (for men only)
Cancer of the blood
A cancer of the defense system
The shakilng palsy
Diabetes again
The wonders of plastic
Testing continued
Picking the fruit
We've Only Just Begun (The Seventh Decade: Ages 60 to 69)     223
The big ticker (heart disease)
A heart test for venusians
Know these symptoms (stroke)
Until your last breath (lung cancer)
Gallbladder cancer
Week bones (osteoporosis)
What did you say? (Hearing loss)
I say, can you see? (Vision problems)
Eye care
Pancreatic cancer
Colon cancer
Keeping up
The Beauty of Age (The Eighth Decade and Beyond: Ages 70 to 100)     259
The bottle is still more than half full
Macular degeneration
The big slowdown
Alzheimer's
Ovarian cancer
Pneumonia
Living Long     279
The Master Checklist of Tests and Vaccinations     281
Sources and Resources     301
Index     305

New interesting textbook: Health from Gods Garden or Nutrition for Health Fitness and Sport

CHI Kung for Health and Vitality: A Practical Approach to the Art of Energy

Author: Wong Kiew Kit

The benefits of the Chinese art of Chi Kung are increasingly recognized for enhancing fitness in mind and body, developing vitality for sports and sex, and helping in the cure of stress as well as degenerative and chronic diseases. This lucid, easy-to-understand guide, by the internationally acknowledged Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit, shows how we can all benefit from Chi Kung's energy-cultivating techniques. It offers an enjoyable and fulfilling programme of exercise for beginners and practitioners alike to enhance physical, mental and spiritual well-being. Packed with clear illustrations, it includes: unique sequences of dynamic exercise, planning your own fitness programme, techniques for curing illness, and Chi Kung for sports and the martial arts.

Scattered Minds or Escape Your Shape

2009-01-05T18:31:00.000-08:00

Scattered Minds: Hope and Help for Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Author: Lenard Adler

A practical, authoritative book on an increasingly talked-about condition that affects more than 8 million American adults.

Dr. Lenard Adler, director of the Adult ADHD Program at New York University School of Medicine, presents the latest findings on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. In Scattered Minds, he reveals hidden warning signs, debunks common misconceptions, and offers information on obtaining an accurate diagnosis, along with treatment options that include cutting-edge medications and proven coping strategies. Includes a screening quiz.

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Escape Your Shape: How to Work Out Smarter, Not Harder

Author: Edward J Jackowski

The Individualized Fitness Prescription for Your Body Type

Do you wonder why the latest fitness fad doesn't work for you? Have you lifted weights for months, dreaming of toned, defined muscles, with no results? Have you exercised regularly for months -- or even years -- without seeing any changes in your body? If you answered yes to any of these questions, chances are your exercise routine is incomplete and wrong for your body type.

Everyone -- men and women alike -- has a natural shape:

Hourglass® Spoon® Ruler® Cone®

And there's a right and a wrong way to exercise for each. By exercising right for your body type you'll finally see stubborn problem areas start to change in a matter of weeks -- the kind of change that will motivate you to continue until you meet your goals and beyond.

You don't need to buy expensive equipment or devote hours a day to this program. Whether you're twenty-two or seventy-two, a regular at the gym or making a serious commitment to exercise for the first time in your life, the man Fit magazine calls the "Shape Master" puts the most important tool for success in your hands: a detailed step-by-step workout for your body type that you can perform anywhere. With consistent workouts fueled by quantifiable results, you will dramatically change your body for the better and for the rest of your life.

Vegout or Family Guide to Surviving Stroke and Communications Disorders

2009-01-05T06:19:00.000-08:00

Vegout: Vegetarian Guide to Denver and Salt Lake City

Author: Andrea Mather

$12.95 t
U.S.

Regional/Travel

"Finally a dining guide to meet the needs of vegetarians, vegans, and veg-friendly people! This excellent guide leaves us hungry for editions targeting other regions of the country." -Susan Tauster, Group Publisher Vegetarian Times

"This guide is just what the health-conscious person needs when dining out." -John McDougall, M.D., founder of The McDougall Wellness Center

". . . the definitive resource for finding restaurants, salad bars, farmers markets, grocers and cafes that specialize in vegetarian or even the more strict vegan cuisine." -USA Today

About the Author

Andrea Mather is a freelance writer and editor living in Denver. She has served as executive editor for the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in Lenox, Massachusetts, and as managing editor for Vegetarian Times magazine.

vegoutguide.com

Library Journal

Part of a series launched in 2003 (for a list of available and forthcoming titles, see www.vegoutguide.com), these vegetarian guides to Chicago and Denver/Salt Lake City include restaurants, fast-food joints, cafes, and salad bars along with appendixes that list juice bars and farmers' and natural markets. In addition to basic information such as address, web site, price, hours, and parking, the entries provided for each of the more than 140 restaurants listed in these 8 1/2" by 3 1/2" guidebooks also include a narrative describing the restaurant's ambience and its featured dishes, an overall rating from one to four stars, and the type of menu, from full-with vegetarian/vegan choices-to vegetarian or vegan only (fewer than 20 percent of the entries). The excellent narrative in particular will be useful in helping readers decide where to eat. A foldout map indicates the location of each establishment, but those unfamiliar with the city may have to consult a detailed street map. Recommended for public libraries located in or near the city covered.-John McCormick, Plymouth State Univ., NH Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Look this: The Presidential Difference Leadership Style from Fdr to George W Bush or God and Ronald Reagan

Family Guide to Surviving Stroke and Communications Disorders

Author: Dennis C Tanner

The Family Guide to Surviving Stroke and Communication Disorders, Second Edition is a comprehensive guide for families of stroke survivors, speech-language pathologists and rehabilitation specialists, and counselors who respond to the needs of stroke survivors and their families. Through nontechnical terms, two short stories, case studies, questions and answers, and examples, this book engages all readers on a journey toward understanding, healing, and persevering after a stroke. The Second Edition has been updated to include examples of the courage, determination, and resourcefulness of actual stroke survivors and their families when meeting the challenges of this major life-altering event. This is an invaluable guide to survival for all family members, caregivers, and loved ones who have been affected by stroke.

The Second Edition Includes: Murphy's Inner World of Aphasia: Beth's Story, A new chapter: Profiles in Recovery, Updated information about the "big three" stroke-related communication disorders: aphasia, apraxia of speech, and the dysarthias, Improved illustrations of the brain, A poem: "The Silent Tongue (aphasia)" by Kathleen Gerety, RN, The Aphasic Patient's Bill of Rights.

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Reviewer:Tamara Stone, MS, CCC-SLP(Communication Consultations)
Description:This book provides families information to assist them in understanding and supporting family members who are stroke survivors. This is an update of the original edition, published in 1997.
Purpose:The author provides this book to educate families about the various and significant impairments to thinking and communication following a stroke. Families will find information on numerous topics related to communication after a stroke. This second edition includes updated information on aphasia, dysarthria, and apraxia, and profiles of stroke survivors and their families. It is written in an easy to follow format allowing readers to pick and choose pertinent topics. The author has created a family guide worth adding to the library of speech-language pathologists working with stroke survivors.
Audience:This would be particularly useful to families and caregivers of stroke survivors with long-term communication deficits.
Features:In addition to short informational sections on various aspects of stroke survival, the book includes a section addressing questions frequently asked by those caring for loved ones affected by stroke, family profiles, and information related to dignity and emotional needs of stroke survivors, as well as a resource list of support organizations.
Assessment:Speech-language pathologists will find the information supports the communication treatment provided to patients and reinforces key techniques caregivers and families can use to facilitate communication while maintaining the dignity of their loved one. The authordoes an excellent job of providing a handbook that will educate families of our communication-challenged patients.

Acknowledgments     ix
Preface     xi
About the Author     xv
Murphy's Inner World of Aphasia: A Short Story     xvii
Stroke and the Ability to Communicate     1
The Talking Animal     3
The Brain and the Power of Speech     5
The Brain Operates Holistically     6
The Special Case of Left-Handed People     9
Speech and Language Centers of the Brain     11
Blood Supply to the Brain     14
Strokes     15
Loss of Language     19
The "Big Three" Communication Disorders     21
Aphasia: More Than a Speech Disorder     22
Aphasia Disrupts All Avenues of Communication     27
Three General Types of Reading Problems     27
Most Aphasic Individuals Write Like They Speak     29
Simple Arithmetic Impairment in Aphasia     29
Use and Understanding of Gestures     31
Broca's Aphasia     32
Automatic Speech     33
Wernicke's Aphasia     36
Types of Naming Mistakes: Rhyme and Reason     40
Awareness of Naming Mistakes and the Ability to Correct Them     42
Motor Speech Disorders     43
Apraxia of Speech: A Tangled Tongue     44
The Speech-Programming Computer     44
Dysarthria: The Paralyzed Tongue     52
The Muscle-Regulating Computers     53
The Coordinating Computer     54
Other Computer Malfunctions     55
Complications     57
Exaggerated Emotions     57
Panic Attacks     60
Difficulty Shifting Thoughts     62
Echoed Speech     63
Perceptual Disorders     64
Loss of Half the World     67
Eating Problems     68
Loss of Awareness     73
Coma     74
Disorientation     76
Confusion or Aphasic Naming Errors     77
Memory Problems     77
Attention     78
Storage     78
Recall     79
Human Memory Banks and Libraries     80
Amnesia Before and After the Stroke     83
Accurate Diagnosis of Memory Deficits     83
Behavioral Problems     84
Improving Awareness     85
Reality Orientation     87
Thinking Without Language     89
What Is Thinking?      90
Problem-Solving and Free-Floating Thought     91
Units of Thought     91
Images     92
Words     93
Other Kinds of Thinking     94
Higher Level Thinking     94
Mr. Robinson     95
Depression and the Stroke Survivor     97
More Than Sadness     97
Crying and the Nature of Depression     98
Feelings of Guilt and Worthlessness     101
Self-Esteem     102
The Patient's Self-Concept: Images and Definitions     103
Improving Body Image     105
The Value of Praise     106
Allow a Wide Range of Emotional Expression     107
Label the Disorders     108
Time Structuring     109
Counseling     109
Positive and Constructive Attitudes     110
Positive Environments     111
Antidepressant Medications     113
Anxiety and the Stroke Survivor     115
Fight or Flight Response     116
Anxiety Levels: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly     117
Anxiety and the Stroke Patient     119
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions     120
Approach-Approach Conflicts     120
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflicts     121
Simple Approach-Avoidance Conflicts     122
Double Approach-Avoidance Conflicts     123
Coping with Anxiety     125
Avoidance     126
Escape     127
Ego Restriction     128
Defense Mechanisms     130
Calming the Seas     131
Maintaining Relationships     135
Bridging Troubled Waters     135
The Stroke Survivor's Perspective     136
Nonverbal Communication     137
Personal Space     139
Personal Territory     140
Touching     141
Body Language     142
Family Dynamics     143
Give and Take     144
Communication and Money     145
Communication and Social Activities     146
Communication and Family Routines     147
Intimate Communication     148
Accepting Unwanted Change     151
Dimensions of Loss     152
Psychological Separation     152
Loss of Objects     154
Loss of Self     155
The Process of Accepting Unwanted Change     156
The Road to Acceptance     157
'I Don't Believe It."     159
"Why Me?"     160
Grieving Depression     163
Acceptance     164
Helping the Grieving Process     165
Allow Control     165
Provide Perspective     165
Acknowledge the Losses     166
Listen Quietly     166
Avoid Rewarding Denial     166
Do Not Punish Anger     167
Avoid Bargaining     167
Do Not Provide Secondary Gains     167
Avoid Early Distractions     168
Provide Companionship during Depression     168
Speech and Language Rehabilitation     171
Re-ha-bil-i-ta-tion (re'ha-bil-i-ta-shun): The Therapeutic Restoration of Abilities to Optimal Levels Following an Injury     171
Self-Healing     172
Competent Clinicians     173
Certificates of Clinical Competence     173
The Value of Therapy     174
Evaluating Communication Disorders in the Stroke Patient     176
Categories and Labels     178
Formal Speech and Language Testing     179
Testing for Dysarthria     180
Testing for Apraxia of Speech     181
Testing for Aphasia     181
Testing for Swallowing Problems     183
Additional Evaluation Information     183
Philosophy of Treatment     184
The Role of the Speech-Language Clinician     186
Therapy for the Dysarthrias     188
Therapy for Apraxia of Speech     192
Therapy for Aphasia     193
Therapy for Swallowing Problems     197
The Aphasic Patient's Bill of Rights     199
Questions and Answers     203
Profiles in Recovery     217
Stroke Survivor "Christine," Husband "Darrel," and Son "Alan" Emotional Lability     217
Stroke Survivor "Allison" and Husband "Stephen" Homonymous Hemianopsia and Visual Neglect     221
Grandfather "Earnest" and his Extended Family Religious Healing Ceremony     223
Multiple Stroke Survivor "Verne" and Wife "Nancy" Memory Problems and Higher Level Mental Processing Deficits     225
Stroke Survivor "Joan" and Husband "Carl" Post-Stroke Clinical Depression-Anxiety Disorder     228
Stroke Victor "LeRoy" Acceptance     231
The Silent Tongue (aphasia)     233
Murphy's Inner World of Aphasia: "Beth's Story"     234
Resources
Aphasia Support Group Resources     241
Aphasia Support Groups and Associations     241
Glossary     271
Index     279

The Aging Spine or Miniature Editions Pilates for Dummies

2009-01-04T21:08:00.000-08:00

The Aging Spine: Water Exercise & Treatment Principles

Author: Martha Whit

In The Aging Spine, White combines the expertise in aquatic and occupational therapy with the latest in scientific data. The result is a well-researched and comprehensive guide in the management of back pain. In a conversational and educational tone, the author employs graphs, illustrations and pictures to walk the individual through a progressive water exercise program.

In outlining various causes of lower-back pain, White gives the reader the tools to get their life back on track. This practical guide is a well-written "must read" for anyone suffering with back pain.

Interesting textbook: M724 Jolly Holidays or Secrets to Great Health

Miniature Editions Pilates for Dummies: Tone Your ABS, Arms, Legs, and More!

Author: Ellie Herman

Developed by Joseph Pilates during World War I, Pilates is a conditioning regimen that tones the body, improves posture, increases flexibility, and improves well-being. This miniature primer reviews its philosophy, history, and benefits, with illustrations of basic, intermediate, and advanced movements.

1	Psychoanalysis and creative living	9
2	Values and ethics in psychoanalysis	25
3	Psychoanalysis at play in the garden of love	45
4	There's more than meets the I : psychoanalytic reflections on spirituality	61
5	Psychoanalysis and the good life	87

	Acknowledgments	vii
Chapter 1	Understanding Yoga	1
Chapter 2	Before You Begin	17
Chapter 3	Yoga Power Workout	35
Chapter 4	Yoga for Abdominals	91
Chapter 5	Yoga for Toning	117
Chapter 6	Gentle Yoga	145
Chapter 7	Yoga Food	171
	Index	191

Beauty & Grooming Books

Healthy Home or Ask Dr Weil

Healthy Home: An Attic-to-Basement Guide to Toxin-Free Living

Washington Post

Ask Dr. Weil

Testosterone Dreams or The HRT Free Menopause Breathrough

Testosterone Dreams: Rejuvenation, Aphrodisia, Doping

Table of Contents:

The HRT-Free Menopause Breathrough: New Natural Alternatives

Feng Shui la Armonia de la Vida or Life Paints Its Own Span

Feng Shui la Armonia de la Vida

Life Paints Its Own Span

Natural Health for Kids or The Brain Disorders Sourcebook

Natural Health for Kids: Complimentary Treatments for Over 50 Ailments

The Brain Disorders Sourcebook

Alimentos Incompatibles or Your Body Revival

Alimentos Incompatibles: Como Combinar los Alimentos Para una Salud Mejor

Your Body Revival: Weight Loss Straight Talk

The Secret of Scent or Magic Cancer Bullet

The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell

Kirkus Reviews

Table of Contents:

Magic Cancer Bullet: How a Tiny Orange Pill Is Rewriting Medical History

Publishers Weekly

Fit to Play Tennis or The Consumers Guide to Homeopathy

Fit to Play Tennis: High Performance Training Tips

The Consumer's Guide to Homeopathy: The Definitive Resource for Understanding Homeopathic Medicine and Making It Work for You

Library Journal

Table of Contents:

Dr Atkins New Diet Cookbook or Corazon Del Yoga

Dr. Atkins' New Diet Cookbook

Publishers Weekly

Library Journal

Corazon Del Yoga: Desarrollando Una Practica Personal

Yoga Journal

Table of Contents:

Buddhist Healing Touch or A Womans Guide to Urinary Incontinence

Buddhist Healing Touch: A Self-Care Program for Pain Relief and Wellness

A Woman's Guide to Urinary Incontinence

Lois K. Merry - Library Journal

Table of Contents:

Pregnancy or The Easy Massage Workbook

Pregnancy (Quamut)

The Easy Massage Workbook: The Complete Massage Class in a Book

Weights for Weight Loss or Overcoming Diabetes

Weights for Weight Loss: Fat-Burning and Muscle-Sculpting Exercises with Over 200 Step-by-Step Photos

Overcoming Diabetes: The Complete Complementary Health Program

Table of Contents:

Mindbody Cancer Wellness or HIV and Drug Free

Mindbody Cancer Wellness: A Self-Help Stress Management Manual

HIV and Drug Free: HIV, Cancer and the Immume Systems

Table of Contents:

Living Your Destiny or Alternative Treatments for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Living Your Destiny

Alternative Treatments for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Insights from Practitioners and Patients

Your Memory or Children With Cancer The Quality of Life

Your Memory: Use It or Lose It: The Use of Mnemonic Exercises in the Fight Against alzheimer's

Children With Cancer The Quality of Life

The Seven Key Principles of Successful Recovery or Compulsive Overeater

The Seven Key Principles of Successful Recovery: The Basic Tools for Progress, Growth, and Happiness

Compulsive Overeater: The Basic Text for Compulsive Overeaters

Chinese Magical Medicine or Quest for Conception

Chinese Magical Medicine (Asian Religions and Cultures)

Booknews

Quest for Conception: Gender, Infertility, and Egyptian Medical Traditions

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Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children or Meeting Psychosocial Needs of Women with Breast Cancer

Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children

Booknews

Meeting Psychosocial Needs of Women with Breast Cancer

Doody Review Services

Rating

Table of Contents:

La Salud en la Mujer or Behind the Smile

La Salud en la Mujer: Higiene, Prevencion y Tratamientos Naturales de las Enfermedades de la Mujer

Table of Contents:

Behind the Smile: My Journey Out of Postpartum Depression

Good Life or Aesthetics and Cosmetic Surgery for Darker Skin Types

Good Life: Psychoanalytic Reflections on Love, Ethics, Creativity, and Spirituality

Table of Contents: