Diet Therapy Books

The Baby Rules or Natural Conception and Pregnancy

2009-12-05T18:37:00.000-08:00

The Baby Rules: The Insider's Guide to Raising Your Parents

Author: Schaefer Wilson Jami

With its lighthearted approach out of the mouths of babes (literally!), this book offers an alternative to the many parenting tomes that are impossible for sleep-deprived readers to get through. As new mothers, the authors read many parenting books and were dismayed at the amount of advice that was not only intimidating, but downright dangerous. It became their mission to compile a book of easily accessible tips for new parents and caregivers with baby's safety as a priority.

Organized into categories not months (since no baby develops at the same rate, making nervous parents even more anxious!) topics include: the birth, diapering, breastfeeding, bottle-feeding and solids, burping, bath time, bedtime, walking, teething, taking care of parents, emotional development, general safety, kitchen safety, vaccines and playground safety.

New interesting book: Contemporary U S Tax Policy or True Stories

Natural Conception and Pregnancy

Author: Anne Charlish

Here at last is the complete guide to conception and pregnancy using safe, natural therapies that will compliment conventional health advice.

Teaching the Restless or Body Fascism

2009-12-04T14:26:00.000-08:00

Teaching the Restless: One School's Remarkable no-Ritalin Approach to Helping Children Learn and Succeed

Author: Chris Mercogliano

We've all read the stories about medicating hyperactive (ADHD) kids. The controversy shows no signs of ending, as parents and doctors debate the merits of diagnosing and medicating children at younger and younger ages. Chris Mercogliano has a strong opinion on the matter, and he enters the debate as an educator. In Teaching the Restless, Mercogliano issues an urgent call for a shift in how our society perceives hyperactive children—away from theories of faulty brain chemistry and toward an understanding of children's lives.

Mercogliano codirects the Albany Free School in Albany, New York. There, he and his faculty have developed numerous ways to help hyperactive children relax, focus, modulate emotional expression, make responsible choices, and forge lasting friendships—all prerequisites for learning—without assigning pathological labels to the children or resorting to the use of biopsychiatric drugs.

Teaching the Restless profiles a handful of Free School students, six boys and three girls. All were either labeled and drugged in their previous schools, or would have been had they not thrown in their lot with the Free School. While in Mercogliano's mind there is no such thing as a "typical" child, these nine kids represent the legions of children across the country—estimates currently run as high as 6 million—that have been diagnosed with learning and behavioral disorders and prescribed corresponding drugs.

Speaking both to parents who worry that their kids cannot attend classes without drugs and to educators who wonder how to best teach these hyperactive kids, Teaching the Restless should bring new hope into anovercharged debate.

"TEACHING THE RESTLESS is a very important book for our time. That we continue to prescribe drugs to our children in such massive numbers is appalling. There are no historical precendents for a society perpetrating such a travesty on its offspring. Chris Mercogliano deserves a medal for his courage and insight, as well as his years of hard work on behalf of America's children."

—Joseph Chilton Pearce, author of MAGICAL CHILD

"Take a ride with master teacher Chris Mercogliano as he writes his way straight into your heart. This powerful tale reflects his work as a master educator and writer and gives us an up-close look at what is possible for America's school children when we choose not to drug them into silence. The Albany Free School is a hermitage for children, a model to the nation of how a school environment built on love, honor, respect, and responsibility can effect profound changes in kids' lives."

—Yehudah Fine, family therapist and author of TIMES SQUARE RABBI: FINDING THE HOPE IN LOST KIDS' LIVES

"TEACHING THE RESTLESS is a finely crafted moral commentary on a society that would rather "tranquilize our children than create a more tranquil world for them to grow up in." Chris Mercogliano is a gifted writer as well as a superb observer of children's lives. Here, he offers a rich blend of insights and observations based on his own extensive teaching experience. His stories of real kids struggling against the cultural constraints on their lives, including inappropriate labeling and drugging, are deeply moving and convincing."

—Ron Miller, executive editor, Paths of Learning magazine, educational historian, author of WHAT ARE SCHOOLS FOR?

"God bless Chris Mercogliano. He has turned his lifelong commitment to the creation of free learning communities for children and families toward a passionate defense against the oppression of children by psychiatry and the schools. May his longstanding drug-free school zone in Albany extend throughout our country and the world."

—John Breeding, clinical psychologist, author of THE WILDEST COLTS MAKE THE BEST HORSES

"A wonderful contribution to the growing literature on the sad practice of labeling and drugging America's "free spirits." Chris Mercogliano sees past the scientific jargon and deficit-ridden orientation of the ADD/ADHD paradigm, and reveals with great humanistic sensibility the passionate worlds of active kids who don't fit into the tight little boxes of most American classrooms."

—Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D., author of THE MYTH OF THE A.D.D. CHILD

Publishers Weekly

Mercogliano (Making It Up As We Go Along) has 30 years of experience in a "privately funded, freedom-based inner-city" alternative school for children ages two to 14 in Albany, N.Y. Half of the 50 students have had behavioral problems in their previous schools, for which medications such as Ritalin have been prescribed or recommended. The Free School doesn't use drugs, asserting that every child is unique, and that the school must be run as a true community with the emotional health not the test scores of each child paramount. At the Free School, children choose what they want to learn and where in the school to spend their time. Freedom works: "kids learn faster and more easily when the motivation comes from inside them [and] behave better when they are expected to be responsible for themselves and for each other." This is especially true for children with a history of oppositional behavior. When a child disrupts a class or disrespects another student, anyone in the school community can convene a "Council Meeting" of the entire school to handle the problem. While teachers, parents and professionals work surreptitiously to address more fundamental problems e.g., absent parents, harsh disciplinary styles at home, etc. the school community teaches children that behavior has very real consequences. This laid-back approach to academics, where teachers wait for the right "mental weather" rather than push children to read or do math before they're ready, may be hard for some parents to accept, but Mercogliano makes a strong case against medicating these children into submission. (Jan.) Forecast: While Mercogliano is describing experiences at one particular school, parents all over will find his critique of contemporary education provocative. Beacon plans a national publicity campaign and ads in education media. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

This is Mercogliano's second book about the Albany Free School, a 50-student, independent, inner-city school for children ages two through 14 where he has taught for 30 years and been codirector since 1985. While his first book, Making It Up As We Go Along, examined the history and teaching style of the school, this book applies its core values to the 50 percent of the school's enrollment who have either used Ritalin or other behavioral medication in the past or who were slated to do so in a previous school. Mercogliano contends that children labeled as having ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) do not necessarily have organic brain abnormalities and need not be treated with drug therapy. He makes his case persuasively in a readable, anecdotal recounting of the academic year as observed through nine students. The result is an encouraging success story that demonstrates an alternative to the ever-growing use of drugs for ever-younger children and calls into question the basis for the diagnostic labeling and use of biopsychiatric pharmaceuticals in the classroom. Recommended for all public libraries.-Ari Sigal, Marion, NC Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

New interesting textbook: Harriet Jacobs or Richard Nixon

Body Fascism: Salvation in the Technology of Physical Fitness

Author: Brian Pronger

In the last three decades of the twentieth century, the physically fit body became the ideal of modern western societies. Images of lean, sculpted men and women dominate the cultural landscape and are now ubiquitous on billboards, in magazines, film, television, and video. Science and popular culture are profoundly mixed in the contemporary scene, and have lead to a host of exercising and dieting technologies that will make actual bodies fit the taught, muscular ideal. Many people desire this body and the attractiveness, health, longevity, and personal security that it represents. But, as Brian Pronger argues, this approach transforms more than the body's functions and contours; it diminishes its transcendent power, compelling it conform to a profoundly limited imagination of what the body can do.

Calling upon an impressive array of philosophers and other writers who have been critical of modern techno-scientific approaches to life, Pronger pries open the texts that form the technology of physical fitness in order to consider what they try to produce. Body Fascism views technology not simply as a tool for other projects, but as a project itself, producing its own realities that Pronger argues are ultimately nihilistic. Indeed, he says there are disquieting parallels between what technology has done to the environment and what it is doing to the body. Exploring fascinating intersections between postmodern Western and Zen approaches to life, he develops a theory of the body and of science and technology that shows how the body's energy is vulnerable to insidious forms of exploitation as well as harbouring the potential for transcendence. The sheer scope of this book makeit unique in the discipline and it will be of great interest not only to scholars of the body, society, science and technology, but also to those who are personally drawn to modern technologies of physical fitness.

The Prostate Cancer Answer Book or The Ultimate Wellness Book

2009-12-03T10:14:00.000-08:00

The Prostate Cancer Answer Book: An Unbiased Guide to Treatment Choices

Author: Marion E Morra

What do I need to know about my prostate?What does a PSA test measure, andwhen is it not "normal""What do my symptoms indicate?How do I choose the right doctor?What is the proper treatment for me?Is surgery the only option?For men and their families, here is the essential guide to the various testing procedures and treatment for prostate enlargement, infection, and cancer — the first book that enables you to fully understandyour diagnosis and the many options available. The authors of the highly respected Choices offer invaluable detailed information about: • The nature of prostate cancer• Testing procedures
• Treatment choices, including prostatectomy, hormonal manipulation, radiation seeding, cryosurgery, and more• Diet, vaccines, homepathic, and experimental treatments• Sexual activity and side effects —what to expect during treatment and recovery• Insurance and Medicare coverage• Organizations and support groups

and moreStraightforward, authoritative, based on the mostup-to-date and comprehensive research,The Prostate Cancer Answer Bookaddresses all the question you can, and should, beasking — enabling you to take knowledgeable stepstoward peace of mind and a positive outcome.

Books about: American Government or The Human Potential for Peace

The Ultimate Wellness Book: Great Tips For A Healthier Lifestyle

Author: Sherman A Moss

The Ultimate Wellness Book is a carefully designed book, which provides tips to help the reader live a healthier lifestyle. In The Ultimate Wellness Book, Sherman Moss explains the importance of establishing and maintaining a healthy diet, and exercise program. He presents the reader with a doable approach to building a life long wellness plan.

This book will challenge the reader to review their overall health. The Ultimate Wellness Book will empower the reader with new insights on health and fitness. This book provides the necessary motivation to help change and revitalize lives. Lastly, The Ultimate Wellness Book is a critical and vital tool for anyone who wants to live a more energizing life.

Women and Stress or Fitness for Travelers

2009-12-02T06:03:00.000-08:00

Women and Stress: A Practical Approach to Managing Tension

Author: Jean Lush

Jean Lush and Pam Vredevelt examine troublesome emotions and show you how to manage your own "storage pot" of tension with practical, tried and true methods gained from research, their own experiences, and pertinent case studies.

Fitness for Travelers: The Ultimate Workout Guide for the Road

Author: Suzanne Schlosberg

From the best-selling author of THE ULTIMATE WORKOUT LOG and coauthor of FITNESS FOR DUMMIES, FITNESS FOR TRAVELERS is an informative and entertaining guide for travelers who want to stay fit on the road.
It's tough enough to exercise regularly when you're at home. But when you're disoriented from jet lag, stressed out by business meetings, and daunted by unfamiliar or prehistoric exercise equipment, staying fit becomes an even bigger challenge. Suzanne Schlosberg, in conjunction with the American Council on Exercise -- the country's top workout watchdog -- tells readers how to stay fit, eat right, and feel great while traveling for business or pleasure. Schlosberg combines extensive resources with motivational advice from some of the world's busiest travelers to arm people of all fitness levels with the confidence, skills, and know-how to create their own travel fitness program. In this book, you will find

* More than 25 workouts for any location or situation

* Strategies for fitting fitness into your busy itinerary

* Resources for finding gyms, running routes, and pools around the world

* Guidance for creating your own travel workouts

* Advice for eating more healthfully on the fly

* Essential gadgets for the fit traveler's suitcase

Positive Options for Crohns Disease or Once a Month

2009-12-01T01:52:00.000-08:00

Positive Options for Crohn's Disease: Self-Help and Treatment

Author: Joan Gomez

Cases of Crohn's disease are on the rise in North America, Western Europe, and Australia. A chronic illness of the bowel, it can strike anyone, from children to older adults, with debilitating effects. This comprehensive guide covers the digestive system; possible causes, risk factors, and symptoms of Crohn's disease; diagnostic procedures; treatment; dietary concerns; prevention; and the latest research.

Book about: Professional Web APIs with PHP or Arcade Fever

Once a Month: Understanding and Treating PMS

Author: Katharina Dalton

Surveys show that 75 percent of women experience some aspect of PMS. This new edition of Once a Month discusses the most common symptoms, offers self-help strategies, and includes new information on the effects of PMS on osteoporosis.

The Japanese Bath or Authority to Heal

2009-11-29T21:41:00.000-08:00

The Japanese Bath

Author: Bruce Smith

Time to watch the moon rise over the garden--the aesthetic of the Japanese bath exquisitely captured in photgraphy and text.

Booknews

Delves into the aesthetic of bathing Japanese style, and presents lovely color photos illustrating different materials, styles, and designs of baths, bathing rooms, and gardens. There is information on selecting colors and lighting, and on planning and constructing this refuge of relaxation. Includes a glossary. The authors write on the arts and crafts movement and on Japanese aesthetics. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Interesting book: Competing on Analytics or What is Lean Six Sigma

Authority to Heal

Author: Ken Blu

Examining both contemporary healing ministries and relevant biblical texts, Ken Blue helps to answer the question, "Does God heal today?

Secrets of Pilates or Trans Fats

2009-11-28T17:30:00.000-08:00

Secrets of Pilates

Author: Cathy Meeus

Reintroduce your mind to your body and develop a healthier, more relaxed approach to life. One of the first exercise systems to acknowledge the link between mind and body, Pilates will not give you bulging biceps--or leave you feeling exhausted after each session. Instead, Pilates provides you with a balanced approach to toning your body, correcting your skeletal alignment, and improving your posture and coordination. After a brief introduction to the principles of this exercise system, this book provides the newcomer with descriptions of basic exercises, all illustrated to show precise body movements and postures. By developing mental awareness of your body, Pilates brings the mind into closer connection with the body rather than allowing the mind to control it.

Books about: Healing Ministry or New Bach Flower Therapies

Trans Fats: The Hidden Killer in Our Food

Author: Judith Shaw

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE THE FDA'S NEW LABEL LAWS GO INTO EFFECT IN 2006 Identify foods made with trans fatty acids -- the dangerous manufactured ingredient in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils Rid your diet of trans fats -- at home, in restaurants, in take out, and in packaged foods Be healthier -- and live longer

Out of the Shadows or Feng Shui Principles for Building and Remodeling

2009-02-20T14:53:00.000-08:00

Out of the Shadows: Confronting America's Mental Illness Crisis

Author: E Fuller Torrey

"Powerful. . . . The crisis [Torrey] delineates should stir any halfway sensitive human being to anger."—The New York Times Book Review

"Brilliant and remarkably detailed. . . . Dr. Torrey, our clearest and most informed voice for the mentally ill, offers his own insightful plan for a way out . . . of a healthcare scandal that remains one of America's most enduring shames."—Phil Donahue.

"If President Clinton is looking for a worthy goal to accomplish in his second term, here's one: Rescue the homeless mentally ill. It can be done. . . . Dr. E. Fuller Torrey . . . provides a five-year road map in Out of the Shadows."—New York Daily News.

"An important book . . . timely and very well written."—The New England Journal of Medicine.

"Controversial ideas, forcefully presented."—Kirkus Reviews

"Moving and vivid. . . . Torrey's powerful prescription for change challenges conventional wisdom and political correctness. His searing case examples will haunt the reader."—Laurie Flynn Executive Director National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

Virginia Galloway

This is a concise, informative exploration of the mental illness crisis in America. The author provides the startling facts of our situation as an impetus for change, then catalogues the necessary steps to change. The aim of the book is simply to answer ""Why?"" Why do our mental illness problems exist? Why does the established system not work? Why has the crisis gotten worse, instead of better? What can we do? The book is needed because the current situation is depraved, inhumane, and not functional. The book answers these questions and offers a practical outline for change. The book is a valuable resource for mental health workers and the families of the mentally ill. The book is informative and pedagogic for anyone endowed with the power to invoke change. The author is learned about the state of America's mental illness crisis and has the clarity of vision and acumen to illustrate a solution. The illustrations are sufficient, but more would be useful. The references are expansive, almost overwhelming, yet necessary for a complete understanding of the gravity of the mental illness crisis. The table of contents is adequate and the index is superb. The book is attractive. The appendix detailing the magnitude of deinstitutionalization state by state is provocative, This is a palpable exploration of America's mental illness crisis. It humanely describes the privations of our mentally ill and methodically explores the economic, ideological, and legal reasons for such a state. The provided solution to the crisis is viable and informative. This book will provide mental health workers and the families of the mentally ill with insightful knowledge and has the potential to be acatalyst for change, if read by policymakers.

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Reviewer: Virginia Galloway, BA (Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This is a concise, informative exploration of the mental illness crisis in America. The author provides the startling facts of our situation as an impetus for change, then catalogues the necessary steps to change.
Purpose: The aim of the book is simply to answer "Why?" Why do our mental illness problems exist? Why does the established system not work? Why has the crisis gotten worse, instead of better? What can we do? The book is needed because the current situation is depraved, inhumane, and not functional. The book answers these questions and offers a practical outline for change.
Audience: The book is a valuable resource for mental health workers and the families of the mentally ill. The book is informative and pedagogic for anyone endowed with the power to invoke change. The author is learned about the state of America's mental illness crisis and has the clarity of vision and acumen to illustrate a solution.
Features: The illustrations are sufficient, but more would be useful. The references are expansive, almost overwhelming, yet necessary for a complete understanding of the gravity of the mental illness crisis. The table of contents is adequate and the index is superb. The book is attractive. The appendix detailing the magnitude of deinstitutionalization state by state is provocative,
Assessment: This is a palpable exploration of America's mental illness crisis. It humanely describes the privations of our mentally ill and methodically explores the economic, ideological, and legal reasons for such a state. The provided solution to the crisis is viable and informative. This book will provide mental health workers and the families of the mentally ill with insightful knowledge and has the potential to be a catalyst for change, if read by policymakers.

Kirkus Reviews

The crisis, simply put, is that 2.2 million of the estimated 5.6 million Americans with serious mental illness are not being treated. Instead, these "walking time bombs" are often homeless in the community or incarcerated in prisons. Torrey, a clinical research psychiatrist, explores how this situation came to be and offers some radical proposals for remedying it.

Torrey ("Nowhere To Go", 1988; "Freudian Fraud", 1992, etc.) notes that for the majority of people with severe mental disorders treatments to effectively control their symptoms are already available, and with research, better ones would surely be found. To that end, he urges formation of a National Brain Research Institute. Meanwhile, however, Torrey sees much that can be done to provide humane and cost-effective services for the severely mentally ill. With numerous anecdotes and impressive statistics, he builds a dismaying picture of society's failure to care for the mentally ill. He then argues for major ideological, economic, and legal changes, as well as a change in how we think about serious mental illnesses. Too often they are seen as occupying one end of the spectrum of mental health, linked to social reform and liberal causes and thus highly politicized. Torrey asserts that when serious mental illnesses are properly viewed as neurological disorders of the brain, research funding, treatment resources, and professional expertise can be more readily obtained. To eliminate cost-shifting between levels of government, which he sees as the primary cause of the present situation, he would make the states responsible for providing services and accountable for treatment outcomes, with the federal government providing block grants. While these proposals may arouse polite debate, the legal remedies he calls for—changing the laws to permit involuntary treatment, including involuntary commitment to hospitals—raise some very troubling images and are likely to elicit loud objections.

Controversial ideas, forcefully presented.

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

1	People in the Shadows: The Many Faces of Mental Illness	1
2	Nowhere to Go: Homelessness and Mental Illness	13
3	Jails and Prisons	25
4	Walking Time Bombs: Violence and the Mentally Ill	43
5	Psychiatric Ghettos: Communities and Families	61
6	Looking Backward: Where We Have Been	81
7	New Initiatives in Funding	91
8	From Legal Folly to Common Sense: The Right to Get Well	141
9	From the Woody Allen Syndrome to Brain Disease	167
10	Looking Forward: Where We Should Be Going	193
Appendix	The Magnitude of Deinstitutionalization	205
	References	209
	Index	237

Feng Shui Principles for Building and Remodeling: Creating a Space That Meets Your Needs and Promotes Well-Being

Author: Nancilee Wydra

Designed to help both professionals and novices utilize feng shui principles, Feng Shui Principles for Building and Remodeling provides you with practical floor plans and ideas for redesigning and creating living spaces. The authors explain why certain strategies are beneficial and show you how feng shui can improve your life as well as your living quarters. You will find the more than 100 blueprints included in the book to be helpful as well as inspirational in your search for balance and happiness in your life.

Nancilee Wydra, FSII, is the author of seven previous books, including Feng Shui: The Book of Cures, Feng Shui in the Garden, and Feng Shui for Children's Spaces. Founder of the Feng Shui Institute of America, she trains, lectures, and consults nationwide.

Lenore Weiss Baigelman, AIA, FSII, is a partner in the architecture and interior design firm of Full Circle Associates, LLC, where she integrates feng shui principles into her practice. She lectures and consults nationwide.

From Lifeguard to Sun King or Beauty by Nature

2009-02-19T10:41:00.000-08:00

From Lifeguard to Sun King: The Man Behind the Banana Boat Success Story

Author: Robert Bell

From Lifeguard to Sun King is a compelling account of the life of Robert Bell; the founder of the Banana Boat sun care brand and one of America's most innovative entrepreneurs. Bell and his co-author Joe Carlen recount how and why his unique approach to product development, distribution, and marketing led him from the lifeguard chair to the throne of the "Sun King": The man who created the Sun Care industry and built a consumer products empire. However, with all its shocking and frequently humorous anecdotes, this business autobiography is about much more than dollars and cents. It is the story of a man who overcame all obstacles to reach "impossible" dreams while having plenty of laughs along the way!

Book review: On Board Medical Emergency Handbook or Working with Colour Healing

Beauty by Nature

Author: Brigitte Mars

Taking care of your self has never been so natural! Nature has and always will hold the answers to deep and radiant beauty. In Beauty By Nature author Brigitte Mars provides expert guidance to help you unveil your most beautiful self. Complete with easy-to-make recipes for luxurious hair, radiant skin, and beautiful nails that are good for you and good for the environment, this collection of useful and pleasurable health and beauty secrets is meant to be treasured. And they're fun!

Here are a few of the ways to invoke the blessings of natural beauty:

relax in soothing baths infused with fragrant essential oils
pamper yourself with moisturizers and facials made from herbs
awaken your senses with stimulating body scrubs and toners
rejuvenate with simple yoga postures and gentle acupressure
nourish yourself with energizing nutrients
maintain a healthful weight through eating the right food and herbs

Fundamentals of Spiritual Alchemy or Energy for Life

2009-02-18T06:29:00.000-08:00

Fundamentals of Spiritual Alchemy

Author: Caroline Myss

This series, recorded live at the Association for Humanistic Psychology seminar in Miami Beach, Florida, in June 2000, focuses on identifying the influences in our lives that keep us from making changes, and understanding the wisdom that the ancients of the Mystery Schools of the Middle Ages had . . . teaching the insight necessary to begin changing your “lead” issues to “gold” (changing the “bad” in our lives to “good”).
Caroline delves into this rich field of inquiry by describing how you can begin to become a “Spiritual Alchemist”—being able to change the way you look at yourself and your contract through the chakra system—universal patterns of consciousness that influence your psychological spiritual development.
As part of this fascinating discussion, Caroline even illustrates the alchemical concepts present in the story of The Wizard of Oz!

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Energy for Life: Connect with the Source

Author: Colleen Deatsman

Lightning. Water. Sunshine. Apples. All matter is composed of energy, even ourselves. So what happens when our energy dissipates, becomes stagnant, or blocked? Imbalanced energy can jeopardize our quality of life and health-leading to fatigue, depression, or chronic illness. Colleen Deatsman's proven program for energy harmony demonstrates how to reignite and fortify one's vital life force energy.

This guide to energy work is full of easy energizing techniques to clear blockages, seal energy leaks, access universal life energy, and strengthen your energy field. Guided journeys, meditations, and other exercises can help you relax, de-stress, boost your energy, improve flow, and connect with spirit guides and other divine energies. Energy for Life also includes a handy audio CD of guided meditations.

The Shangri La Diet or Massage Basics

2009-02-17T02:17:00.000-08:00

The Shangri-La Diet: The No-Hunger, Eat-Anything Weight-Loss Plan

Author: Seth Roberts

As seen in the New York Times and on Good Morning America-now updated by the author.

Imagine a diet that's as easy as "a spoonful of sugar" (or extra-light olive oil) twice a day. A diet that actually reduces appetite and cravings. A diet that's based on a wealth of scientific findings but is simple enough for anyone to stick to. A diet with results that amaze almost everyone who tries it.

Psychology professor Seth Roberts asks a simple question most weight-loss experts haven't thought to tackle: What makes people hungry? Based on a new understanding of how the human body regulates hunger, The Shangri-La Diet presents a strikingly simple and surprisingly effective way to lose weight-without giving up favorite foods.

Simple and counterintuitive, this extraordinary new diet is changing the way the world thinks about weight loss-one success story at a time.

Book review: Right from the Beginning or Law as Politics

Massage Basics: How to Treat Aches and Pains, Stress and Flagging Energy

Author: Wendy Kavanagh

Ease stress and remedy everyday aches and pains with the techniques found in this comprehensive introduction to massage. All the basics are here, as well as instruction for individual areas of the body. Experiment with massage in the comfort of your own home, and pamper family and friends. Treat headaches, digestive problems, insomnia, and even asthma. Start the morning off right with an energizing massage, and continue throughout the day with self-massage and massages for the workplace. Athletes and trainers can benefit from massage techniques for strained knees, golfer’s and tennis elbow, and repetitive strain injuries. A section on recipes for oils, lotions, and compresses makes this an all-in-one resource to massage your way to better health.

Sundial or Melatonin in Psychiatric and Neoplastic Disorders

2009-02-15T22:05:00.000-08:00

Sundial: Theoretical Relationship between Psychological Type, Talent, and Disease

Author: Barbara E Bryden

Carl Jung, the famous Swiss psychiatrist, presented the theory of psychological types to the world not long after the First World War. Almost a century later, scientific research supports this theory, showing the connection between psychological type, talent and health. With this historical perspective of contemporary medicine and psychology, the author makes the case that cognition and behavior associated with personality type relates to certain kinds of diseases. Once this relationship is understood, an individual can best determine a course for prevention and health management. This book is a fascinating read for those interested in the mind-body connection.

Book review: Nick Nairns 100 Chicken Recipes or Best of Good Living with Jane Asher

Melatonin in Psychiatric and Neoplastic Disorders, Vol. 55

Author: Mohammad Shafii

Provides psychiatrists, oncologists, endocrinologists, pediatricians, and other health professionals with a thorough examination of the most current research on the role of melatonin in psychiatric and neoplastic disorders. This unique textbook and clinical reference is divided into four sections:

• Evolutionary Development and Neurobiology of the Pineal Gland& mdash;discusses the synthesis of melatonin and the anatomy of the pineal gland
• Melatonin in Psychiatric Disorders in Adults& mdash;pioneers in the field of pineology outline their findings on melatonin in the areas of adult depression, sleep disorders, chronobiological mood disorders, bipolar disorders, eating disorders, panic disorders, shift work maladaptation, and jet lag.
• Melatonin in Children and Adolescents& mdash;examines the pineal gland and melatonin in healthy children and adolescents and reviews recent studies on serum and urine melatonin in major depression
• Melatonin and Neoplastic Disorders& mdash;examines melatonin& rsquo;s potential as an antioxidant in cancer cells and its diagnostic and therapeutic value in oncology

The final chapter looks at the role that mindful meditation plays in increasing nocturnal serum melatonin and examines meditation& rsquo;s potential as an adjunct treatment for breast, prostate, and gastrointestinal tract cancers or as a preventive measure for high-risk individuals.

With the expert knowledge and current research presented in Melatonin in Psychiatric and Neoplastic Disorders, clinicians can provide accurate information to their patients on melatonin's role in health and disease.

Giridhar G. Reddy

This book on the role of melatonin in psychiatric and neoplastic disorders is edited and written by prominent researchers in their respective fields from universities in the United States and Canada. The purpose is to review the current state of knowledge about the hormone melatonin and its potential role in psychiatric disorders such as depression, sleep and eating disorders, and the possible role of melatonin in neoplastic disorders. The primary audience includes adult, child, and adolescent psychiatrists, oncologists, endocrinologists, pediatricians, and other health professionals. Appropriate figures, graphs, and tables are included to illustrate the text. The article references are extensive and up-to-date. Melatonin is a hormone secreted by the pineal gland. Receptors for melatonin are found not only in the brain but also in cells in other parts of the body. This book reviews the role melatonin plays in psychiatric disorders such as major depression, sleep disorders, chronobiological mood disorders, bipolar disorders, eating disorders, panic disorders, shift-work maladaptation, and jet lag. The possible role of melatonin in neoplastic disorders is also reviewed. Melatonin has been found to have antioxidant properties and thus could play a protective function in cancers of the breast, prostate, and gastrointestinal tract. This book provides a comprehensive update on this topic and is essential reading for all clinicians.

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Reviewer: Giridhar G. Reddy, MD (Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This book on the role of melatonin in psychiatric and neoplastic disorders is edited and written by prominent researchers in their respective fields from universities in the United States and Canada.
Purpose: The purpose is to review the current state of knowledge about the hormone melatonin and its potential role in psychiatric disorders such as depression, sleep and eating disorders, and the possible role of melatonin in neoplastic disorders.
Audience: The primary audience includes adult, child, and adolescent psychiatrists, oncologists, endocrinologists, pediatricians, and other health professionals.
Features: Appropriate figures, graphs, and tables are included to illustrate the text. The article references are extensive and up-to-date.
Assessment: Melatonin is a hormone secreted by the pineal gland. Receptors for melatonin are found not only in the brain but also in cells in other parts of the body. This book reviews the role melatonin plays in psychiatric disorders such as major depression, sleep disorders, chronobiological mood disorders, bipolar disorders, eating disorders, panic disorders, shift-work maladaptation, and jet lag. The possible role of melatonin in neoplastic disorders is also reviewed. Melatonin has been found to have antioxidant properties and thus could play a protective function in cancers of the breast, prostate, and gastrointestinal tract. This book provides a comprehensive update on this topic and is essential reading for all clinicians.

Booknews

A text and clinical reference which examines the most current research on the role of melatonin in psychiatric and neoplastic disorders. Eleven contributions are divided into four major sections to discuss evolutionary development and neurobiology of the pineal gland; melatonin in psychiatric disorders in adults, children, and adolescents; and melatonin and neoplastic disorders. The final chapter looks at the role that mindful meditation plays in increasing nocturnal serum melatonin and examines meditation's potential as an adjunct for the treatment and prevention of cancer. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Rating

5 Stars! from Doody

Muscletown USA or Mouse Models of Human Blood Cancers

2009-02-14T17:52:00.000-08:00

Muscletown USA: Bob Hoffman and the Manly Culture of York Barbell

Author: John D Fair

From the 1930s to the 1980s, the capital of weightlifting in America was York, Pennsylvania, the home of the York Barbell Company. Bob Hoffman, the founder of York Barbell, propagated an ideology of success for Americans seeking physical improvement. Often called the "Father of World Weightlifting," Hoffman was a pioneer in marketing barbells and health foods. He popularized weight training and inaugurated a golden age of American weightlifting. Muscletown USA--part biography, part business history, and part sports history--chronicles how Hoffman made York the mecca of manly culture for millions of followers worldwide.Hoffman created his so-called muscle empire out of an oil-burner business that he started in the early 1920s. Within a decade, his passion for sport exceeded his need to produce oil burners and by the outset of the Depression he began manufacturing barbells at the factory. He soon discovered a willing public of aspiring weightlifters like himself who would buy not only barbells but also health and fitness products. Hoffman soon recruited a remarkable group of athletes, whom he tagged his "York Gang." He gave these men jobs in the factory, where they trained for national and international meets. Gradually, Hoffman emerged as one of the most prominent muscle peddlers in America, using his fame and fortune to promote competitive weightlifting, bodybuilding, and powerlifting. Muscletown USA reveals other innovations in which Hoffman played a major role, including weight training for athletes, health foods, bottled spring water, isometrics, and women's weightlifting. Even anabolic steroids, first used by weightlifters in the early 1960s, were a direct outgrowth of thefitness culture spawned by Hoffman.Meticulously researched and engagingly written, Fair's book will appeal to a wide range of readers, including anyone fascinated by American sports history and the iron game.

John D. Fair is professor of history and chair of the Department of History and Geography at Georgia College & State University in Milledgville, Georgia. He is the author of two books on modern British history. He has competed in more than fifty Olympic and powerlifting meets, coached several teams, taught weight-training classes, staged meets, been a national referee, served on the national weightlifting committee, and even judged a Mr. America contest.

Booknews

A cultural history of the golden age of weightlifting, a phenomenon largely created by Bob Hoffman (1897-1985), whose promotion of a remarkable group of weightlifters known as the York gang sparked an American fascination with the sport that lasted well into the 1960s. The author focuses on the gender constructs surrounding weightlifting during that era and how the sport contributed to traditional constructs of masculinity. Excellent b&w illustrations of the era's finest athletes, including John Grimek's classic Grecian pillar pose<- ->"the greatest muscle picture ever shown." Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Book about: Dietetics or Welcome to Hospitality

Mouse Models of Human Blood Cancers: Basic Research and Pre-Clinical Applications

Author: Shaoguang Li

In this book, Dr. Li and his author team plan to emphasize why mouse models are useful in vivo systems for understanding disease mechanisms and developing therapeutic strategies in blood cancers. The authors do not intend to cover all types of blood cancers; instead, they will focus on some major ones such as leukemias and lymphomas. However, the authors will try to cover as much as they can the cancer types and point out that many blood cancers need to be studied in mouse disease models although they are still not available at present. A major focus in the book will be to show what we can or cannot learn from mouse disease models and to also show the critical contributions of mouse models in therapeutic drug development.

African American Womens Health and Social Issues or New Medicines

2009-02-13T13:40:00.000-08:00

African American Women's Health and Social Issues

Author: Catherine Fisher Collins

Written by a team of experts, including doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists, and chemists, this updated edition of this handbook focuses on the diseases that pose the greatest threat to African American women today. Topics include African American women and heart disease, sickle cell, breast cancer, diabetes, HIV and AIDS, as well as mental illness. Social issues that affect health are examined, including poverty, homelessness, stress, racism, sexism, and treatment disparities.

	Introduction : commentary on the health and social status of African American women	1
1	African American women and heart disease	12
2	Breast cancer in African American women	36
3	Understanding sickle cell disease in African American women	46
4	Sickle cell disease : what's going on? : insights for women	65
5	Diabetes and African American women	82
6	HIV/AIDS : confronting the health risk factors	93
7	Social construction and social transmission of HIV/AIDS	109
8	Allowing illness in order to heal : sojourning the African American woman and the AIDS pandemic	130
9	African American women and depression	142
10	Homeless women : caught in a web of poverty	158
11	Informed decisions : paving the way to informed consent	177
12	Women in the shadows : seeking health, seeking self	189
13	Women of color and the roots of coping : a literary perspective	199

Look this: Human Resource Management or New Sources of Development Finance

New Medicines: How Drugs Are Created, Approved, Marketed and Sold

Author: Bernice Schacter

Today, most people use prescription medications. Every year, the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry produces new medicines that treat everything from arthritis to AIDS, from high cholesterol to depression. But, despite recent controversies regarding the safety of drugs, consumers know little about the medications that they ingest and inject. How are these new medicines invented? How do consumers know that drugs are safe and effective? How are they tested? Who regulates their production - and who watches the regulators? How do drug companies produce the vast quantities needed for the marketplace, and why do they market their drugs as they do? The New Medicines leads the reader through the maze of the modern drug industry - from bench to bedside - and provides consumers with a step-by-step understanding of how new medicines are created, approved, marketed, and sold.

Penis Pain a Medical Dictionary Bibliography and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References or Women Confront Cancer

2009-02-12T09:28:00.000-08:00

Penis Pain - a Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References

Author: Icon Health Publications

This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to penis pain. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to penis pain.If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages.

Forward
Chapter 1. Studies on Penis Pain
Overview
Federally Funded Research on Penis Pain
The National Library of Medicine: PubMed
Chapter 2. Patents on Penis Pain
Overview
Patents on Penis Pain
Patent Applications on Penis Pain
Keeping Current
Appendix A. Physician Resources
Overview
NIH Guidelines
NIH Databases
Other Commercial Databases
Appendix B. Patient Resources
Overview
Patient Guideline Sources
Finding Associations
Appendix C. Finding Medical Libraries
Overview
Preparation
Finding a Local Medical Library
Medical Libraries in the U.S. and Canada
ONLINE GLOSSARIES
Online Dictionary Directories
PENIS PAIN DICTIONARY
INDEX

Interesting textbook: Understanding Cosmetic Procedures or Beauty Secrets of India

Women Confront Cancer: Twenty-One Leaders Making Medical History by Choosing Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Author: Margaret J Wooddell

"An outstanding contribution to the international debate over breast cancer. Women Confront Cancer not only focuses on exciting new non-conventional treatment options, but allows outspoken women cancer patients to describe their experiences and ordeals in their own words. A landmard in the struggle for patient autonomy."
--Ralph Moss, Ph.D., author of The Cancer Industry

"Without telling us what we ought to do, these women make it clear what we can do: Remember that miracles do occur and that no one, not even orthodox medicine, has all the answers."
--Susun S. Weed, author of Breast Cancer? Breast Health!, The Wise Woman Way.

"Women Confront Cancer offers more than case stories of hope triumphing over despair, more than options, alternatives and resources. Its message about individuality, empowerment and leadership makes it must reading for every woman diagnosed with cancer. Its quiet demand for medical freedom of choice and for a patient-driven shift in oncologic policy should be heard by every professional in the cancer field. If ever there was a time for this book, it is now."
--Susan Silberstein, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Center for Advancement in Cancer Education

Each year hundreds of thousands of women are diagnosed with cancer, and more and more frequently, women are turning to alternative treatments to take control of their illnesses and their lives. Information, however, has been scarce for women navigating through conventional and unconventional medicine. Research funding continues to support traditional cancer therapies. Women Confront Cancer declares the need for new, less toxic therapies anddiagnostic procedures.

For the first time, Women Confront Cancer unites the voices of women leaders who have breast, cervical, ovarian, and other cancers. Documenting the decision process, the choices, and the dilemmas these women faced as they chose alternative and complementary cancer treatments, a powerful unity emerges, pointing the way to the future of the diagnosis and treatment of cancer by less toxic methods. Ann Frahm, the author of A Cancer Battle Plan, Susan Moss, the author of Keep Your Breasts, and Cathy Hitchcock, coauthor of Breast Cancer, are only three of the leaders who relate their personal experiences with cancer. All of the women featured in Women Confront Cancer share how and why they created treatment programs that combine the best of conventional and unconventional approaches, and how it has improved their health and their lives.

A call for patients' rights, for policy reform in cancer research, for better information about both conventional and alternative medicine, Women Confront Cancer will be both a source of inspiration for women who have cancer and an aid for them in creating their own approach to healing.

* Did you know that October is [ NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH ] and pink is the color that symbolizes breast cancer awareness?

Kathleen O'Connell

This is a collection of different women's experienceswith conventional and alternative/complementary medicine. The purposeis to present stories and information regarding patients' experienceswith breast cancer with conventional and alternative/complementarymedicine. This is a worthy objective. The personal stories at timesseemed more emotional than objective. This book is targeted at alarge audience of patients, doctors, health professionals, andadvocates, according to the editors. The contributors interviewed thepatients and did not attach any follow-up documentation of data thatshould be available to the medical community, Medical, psychosocial,and political aspects of breast cancer care are discussed. The bestaspects of the book are the personal reflections. The women seem quitecompassionate. The main shortcoming is the misleading data onconventional medical intervention. Alternative/complementary therapiescan be presented in a positive way alongside modern, conventionalmedicine. The women's stories about their breast cancer experiencesportray conventional medicine in a very negative light. The concludingchapter attempts to analyze both aspects of breast care, but it is notenough. Women need to decide on their care with strong, accurateinformation. My fear is that women will not heed the warnings againstusing this book for medical advice. It needs added accurateresearch-based information to back up each chaptertopic.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Kathleen O'Connell, MSW (Northwestern Memorial Hospital)
Description: This is a collection of different women's experiences with conventional and alternative/complementary medicine.
Purpose: The purpose is to present stories and information regarding patients' experiences with breast cancer with conventional and alternative/complementary medicine. This is a worthy objective. The personal stories at times seemed more emotional than objective.
Audience: This book is targeted at a large audience of patients, doctors, health professionals, and advocates, according to the editors. The contributors interviewed the patients and did not attach any follow-up documentation of data that should be available to the medical community,
Features: Medical, psychosocial, and political aspects of breast cancer care are discussed. The best aspects of the book are the personal reflections. The women seem quite compassionate. The main shortcoming is the misleading data on conventional medical intervention. Alternative/complementary therapies can be presented in a positive way alongside modern, conventional medicine.
Assessment: The women's stories about their breast cancer experiences portray conventional medicine in a very negative light. The concluding chapter attempts to analyze both aspects of breast care, but it is not enough. Women need to decide on their care with strong, accurate information. My fear is that women will not heed the warnings against using this book for medical advice. It needs added accurate research-based information to back up each chapter topic.

Library Journal

A collection of profiles of women with breast and other cancers, this work stems from research funded by the National Cancer Institute to study the public's understanding of science. The selected women represent "the opinion leaders in the intersecting worlds of cancer, advocacy, the women's health movement and alternative/complementary medicine." Informal and open-ended interviews, based on a uniform series of questions, include personal experiences, how decisions were made, what role science or other factors played, advice for other women, and personal opinions on cancer research and publicly funded organizations. Written by a research biochemist (Wooddell) and a professor of anthropology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Hess), the book is informative but easy to read and even personable. Often-quoted references include Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book (LJ 6/1/95) and Susan Weed's Breast Cancer? Breast Health! The Wise Woman Way (Ash Tree, 1996). As a call for patients' rights and partnership in medical care, this work is recommended for public libraries and consumer health collections.--Virginia Lingle, Hershey Medical Ctr. Lib., Pennsylvania State Univ., Hershey

What People Are Saying

Susun S. Weed
Without telling us what we ought to do, these women make it clear what we can do: Remember that miracles do occur and that no one, not even orthodox medicine, has all the answers. (Susun S. Weed, author of Breast Cancer? Breast Health!, The Wise Woman Way.)

Ralph Moss
An outstanding contribution to the international debate over breast cancer. Women Confront Cancer not only focuses on exciting new non-conventional treatment options, but allows outspoken women cancer patients to describe their experiences and ordeals in their own words. A landmard in the struggle for patient autonomy.
— Ralph Moss, Ph.D., author of The Cancer Industry

Susan Silberstein
Women Confront Cancer offers more than case stories of hope triumphing over despair, more than options, alternatives and resources. Its message about individuality, empowerment and leadership makes it must reading for every woman diagnosed with cancer. Its quiet demand for medical freedom of choice and for a patient-driven shift in oncologic policy should be heard by every professional in the cancer field. If ever there was a time for this book, it is now."
— Susan Silberstein, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Center for Advancement in Cancer Education

Rating

2 Stars from Doody

Rising from the Dead or Radical Ecopsychology

2009-02-11T05:15:00.000-08:00

Rising from the Dead: Stories of Women's Spiritual Journeys to Sobriety

Author: Patricia D Nanoff

Help bridge the gap between the non-religious recovering community and the religious community

Rising from the Dead: Stories of Women's Spiritual Journeys to Sobriety details the recovery stories of alcoholic women in long-term sobriety and the role spirituality has played in transforming their life histories into healing narratives. This powerful book guides helping professionals to an understanding of how the 12-step spirituality practiced by women in long-term sobriety has helped them through difficult life experiences and how the stories of those experiences can act as a rich resource for communities of faith.

The stories told in Rising from the Dead demonstrate the catastrophic nature of alcoholism, illustrating models of therapeutic listening and pastoral counseling that can help pastors, pastoral counselors, and chaplains working in the Christian community assist those who suffer from addiction. The book examines barriers that are specific to helping professionals and pastoral counselors, offering suggestions for the use of story in pastoral ministry and strategies for counseling. It includes practical applications for constructing a spiritual life story and suggested journal questions.

Rising from the Dead examines:

• Narrative construction
• Stories as sacred containers
• Stories from a therapeutic perspective
• Shame and guilt
• Threshold experiences
• Finding a path through Christian traditions
• God language
• Constructing a life story and a soul story
• And much more

Rising from the Dead: Sobriety Narratives and Sacramental Encounters is a comprehensive professional resource for pastors, pastoral counselors, chaplains, parish nurses, and seminary faculty teaching in the area of addiction ministry.

What People Are Saying

James B. Nelson
Repeatedly etched throughout these women's stories are the themes of new life, new community, and new visions of the sacred, and Nanoff weaves these themes into an effective demonstration of narrative counseling. Particularly compelling is her understanding of healing from shame as a deeply incarnational process grounded in spiritual community. . . . A SPLENDID RESOURCE FOR BOTH THERAPISTS AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS—and it is a joyful celebration of true resurrection in recovering women. (James B. Nelson, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Christian Ethics, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities; Author, Thirst: God and the Alcoholic Experience)

Katherine van Wormer
HIGHLY EFFECTIVE IN REVEALING THE POWER OF REDEMPTION AND THE JOY OF HEALING. The women's stories are compelling as well as empowering to the reader. . . . MUST READING FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PRACTITIONERS, whether they are of the 12 Step tradition or as myself, of the harm reduction school; PASTORAL COUNSELORS WILL FIND MUCH OF VALUE HERE. Nanoff writes with conviction yet not dogmatically from the perspective of a feminist Christian theologian and clinical social worker as she takes us into the world of women who have found a 'pathway from hell to redemption.' Nanoff, through her skillful editing of interviews with women in recovery, maps the territory of their journeys so that others might follow the same path and find hope even in the most depressing of circumstances. Women battling the throes of addiction willing to embark on a spiritual journey will find many gems in this delightful volume on spiritual growth and recovery. Social work educators will find much of interest here for use in their teaching. Pastors will certainly want to keep copies on hand to share with members of the congregation dealing with issues related to alcoholism and drug use. Because the book is relevant to women's issues, counselors in women's shelters might well keep a supply on hand to share with residents who so often have a history of alcohol problems. (Katherine van Wormer, MSSW, PhD, Professor of Social Work, University of Northern Iowa; Co-Author of Addiction Treatment: A Strengths Perspective)

Acknowledgments
Part One: We Come to Tell Our Story
Chapter 1. A Conversation in Ordinary Time
Chapter 2. Entering Sacred Space
Part Two: We Come to Break the Bread
Chapter 3. From Story to Theory
Chapter 4. Descending into Hell: Shame and Guilt
Part Three: We Come to Know Our Rising from the Dead
Chapter 5. Standing Between Sin and Grace
Chapter 6. Navigating within Traditions
Chapter 7. To Speak Rightly of God
Chapter 8. Radical Brokenness and Radical Relationship
Chapter 9. On the Road to Emmaus
Chapter 10. More Conversations in Ordinary Time
Appendix
Notes

Handbook on Dementia Caregiving or Appetite and Food Intake

2009-02-10T01:03:00.000-08:00

Handbook on Dementia Caregiving: Evidence-Based Interventions for Family Caregivers

Author: Richard Schulz

This collection provides a comprehensive analysis of intervention approaches to dementia caregiving. It reviews the existing knowledge and provides a conceptual framework for organizing caregiver interventions of all types. Of special interest is the design of an intervention study for a culturally diverse community. The volume concludes with a discussion of how to translate intervention research into public policy, with an assessment of the future of caregiving and caregiving intervention research.

	Contributors
	Introduction and Overview
1	The Extent and Impact of Dementia Care: Unique Challenges Experienced by Family Caregivers	1
2	Understanding the Interventions Process: A Theoretical/Conceptual Framework for Intervention Approaches to Caregiving	33
3	Interventions for In-Home Caregivers: A Review of Research 1990 to Present	61
4	The Pragmatics of Implementing Intervention Studies in the Community	127
5	Development and Implementation of Intervention Strategies for Culturally Diverse Caregiving Populations	151
6	Measurement Issues in Intervention Research	187
7	Identifying Mechanisms of Action: Why and How Does Intervention Work?	225
8	From Intervention Studies to Public Policy: Translating Research into Practice	249
9	Future Directions in Caregiving: Implications for Intervention Research	283
	Index	320

Interesting book: Quick and Easy Cooking or Asian Diet

Appetite and Food Intake: Behavioral and Physiological Considerations

Author: Ruth BS Harris

Providing a unique integrative approach, Appetite and Food Intake: Behavioral and Physiological Considerations reviews the current status of basic and applied research, while considering behavioral and physiological influences on obesity and the regulation of food intake. Each covered topic is discussed in paired chapters that present the subject from the perspectives of basic scientists using animal models and clinical scientists studying humans. Chapters include coverage of eating motivation, orosensory properties of food, influence of the GI tract on food intake, and post absorptive factors. The book also covers macronutrients, micronutrients, and meal patterning.

Cuerpo limpio mente clara or Sibling Loss

2009-02-08T20:52:00.000-08:00

Cuerpo limpio, mente clara: el programa de purificacion eficaz (Clear Body, Clear Mind)

Author: L Ron Hubbard

What keeps you from thinking clearly?

Do you sometimes feel tired or drained of energy for no apparent reason? Have you ever felt wooden or lifeless? Do you feel less alert and aware than you used to?

The truth is, our world is swimming in toxic substances that destroy life. Extensive studies show that pollutants, drugs and chemical residues remain in a person's body. These can dull the senses, cloud up thinking and even cause a wide range of illnesses. And worse, they block any stable advancement in mental or spiritual well-being.

There is a solution. In Clear Body Clear Mind, L. Ron Hubbard details his monumental breakthroughs and the resulting Purification program the only effective program that eliminates the devastating effects of drugs and toxins. Hundreds of thousands have done this program and lived happier, more perceptive and aware lives.

Publishers Weekly

"The planet has hit a barrier which prevents any widespread social progress drugs and other biochemical substances," warns L. Ron Hubbard in Clear Body Clear Mind: The Effective Purification Program (originally published in 1990). Hubbard outline a detoxification program aimed at eliminating the build-up of destructive chemicals in the body (including narcotics, prescription drugs, pesticides and preservatives). The program stresses exercises, sauna visits, vitamin supplements and plenty of water and fresh vegetables. The book also includes testimony from people who've successfully completed the program. (June) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Criticas

Arguing that the body stores toxic residues that affect health and mental performance, New York Times best-selling author Hubbard proposes a detoxification program that combines balanced nutrition with exercise, daily doses of niacin, and sauna sessions to release the toxins. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

The late founder of the Church of Scientology and author of phenomenal best seller Dianetics (Bridge, 1950) created the detoxification regimen of running, saunas, natural oils, and specific vitamins and minerals that is clearly presented in this book. Included in the book are numerous testimonies from people who used this regimen to recover from substance abuse, radiation illness, Agent Orange-related diseases, and more. Still, readers should know that Hubbard's advocacy of megavitamins to detoxify the body has not been medically proven and is considered a controversial regimen by the regular medical community. Notwithstanding the footnoting (of common as well as technical terms--meant to promote accessibility but maddening to literate readers), a ``bibliography'' consisting of items available from Bridge (the official Church publisher), and a biographical note which virtually canonizes Hubbard, this title would be appropriate for large general-audience collections with subject demand in alternative therapies or Scientology.-- Judith Eannarino, George Wash ington Univ. Lib., Washington, D.C.

What People Are Saying

Wheeler
William E. Wheeler, Ph.D. Registered Dietitian & Former White House Staff Nutritionist
I highly recommend the Clear Body, Clear Mind method of detoxification. It sets the standard.

Go to: Deliciosas Frutas Tropicales or Ice Crop

Sibling Loss

Author: Joanna H Fanos

This is a superb book. It is based on extensive interviews, careful and complete mastery of existing literature, and the research of others. It is a significant contribution to our understanding of mourning, childhood and adolescent psychology, and of specific diseases, particularly cystic fibrosis.

	Foreword
	Preface
Ch. 1	The Problem	1
Ch. 2	The Family Setting	23
Ch. 3	The Sibling Relationship	34
Ch. 4	The Sibling's View of the Illness	45
Ch. 5	The Ordeal	57
Ch. 6	The Aftermath	70
Ch. 7	The Next Year	80
Ch. 8	Fear	91
Ch. 9	Waiting	103
Ch. 10	Guilt	113
Ch. 11	Resolution	126
Ch. 12	Recommendations	136
	Appendix: Methods	145
	References	163
	Author Index	173
	Subject Index	177

Confessions of an English Opium Eater or Emotional Healing with Homeopathy

2009-02-07T16:40:00.000-08:00

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

Author: Thomas de Quincey

Impressive account — admired for its introspective penetration and journalistic astuteness — of author's early years as a precocious student of Greek and Latin, his adventures among the outcasts and prostitutes of London, studies at Oxford University, introduction to opium in 1804 and his longterm involvement with the drug.

Interesting textbook: El Ciclo de Capital aventurado

Emotional Healing with Homeopathy: Treating the Effects of Trauma

Author: Peter Chappell

When an individual has not resolved a negative experience, the stored trauma may lead to such physical problems as high blood pressure, asthma, headaches, gastritis, addictive behavior, and learning disabilities. This book adds form and substance to homeopathic healing, aligning older theories in the Organon with modern psychological theory about how disease takes hold in our body.

The Everything Birthing Book or Angel Medicine

2009-02-06T06:22:00.000-08:00

The Everything Birthing Book

Author: Paula Ford Martin

Becoming a new parent is one of the most rewarding and joyous experiences in life, but naturally you have some fears and concerns about the birthing process. The Everything Birthing Book sets your mind at ease by providing you with a vast amount of available birthing options and guiding you toward making the most informed decision that's best for you and your unborn child.

Filled with expert advice and invaluable tips, this accessible guide looks at everything from Lamaze and water birth to managing pain and choosing a birthplace. The Everything(r) Birthing Book is your all-in-one reference to determine the healthiest way to bring your new baby into the world.

Learn all about:

The risks and benefits of various techniques
The Bradley and Leboyer Methods
Techniques that involve both parents
Ways to relax and enjoy the experience

Whether you're a first-time parent or a seasoned veteran, The Everything(r) Birthing Book is your straightforward approach to making the choices that are right for you and safest for your child.

Author Bio:Paula Ford-Martin is the author of The Everything(r) Pregnancy Book, 2nd Edition and The Everything(r) Diabetes Book. She is a member of the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) and has written extensively on the topics of both traditional and alternative medicine. She lives in Warwick, RI.

Interesting book: Diplomas and Thatch Houses or Role of Policymakers in Business Cycle Fluctuations

Angel Medicine: How to Heal the Body and Mind with the Help of the Angels

Author: Doreen Virtu

While researching her book Angel Medicine, Doreen Virtue uncovered methods used in the ancient healing temples of Atlantis. She began taking her audience members through a meditation so that they could experience a vicarious trip to an Atlantean healing temple. The results were so powerful that audiences began asking her to record the meditation.
The Angel Medicine CD is a deep-clearing meditation, designed to release stored emotional pain. Working with the archangels, you’ll be able to cut etheric cords to painful relationships, release past-life traumas and troublesome vows of poverty or suffering, open your chakras with the help of the Atlantean crystal healing bed, and increase your desire to exercise and eat healthfully. Beautiful music by Angel Earth evokes the sounds of angelic healing.
These meditations are discussed in the book Angel Medicine, and it is highly recommended that readers use this CD as an accompaniment to that work.

I Have Heard You Calling in the Night or Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005

2009-02-05T02:10:00.000-08:00

I Have Heard You Calling in the Night

Author: Thomas Healy

It seems now like a different me, the years I spent with Martin, a Doberman dog, and before he came, another me; and it is a new me now, once again, writing this. I would have been dead long ago had I continued to live the way I had before he came.

I think someone would have murdered me, given how I drank and the dives that I drank in and that I was an aggressive, angry man. I had no money and no friends. I didn’t care, I couldn’t have.

Thomas Healy was a drunk, a fighter, sometimes a writer, often unemployed, no stranger to the police. His life was going nowhere but downhill. Then one day he bought a pup—a Doberman. He called him Martin. Gradually man and dog became unshakable allies, the closest of comrades, the best of friends. They took long walks together, they vacationed together, they even went to church together.

Martin, in more ways than one, saved Thomas Healy’s life.

Written with unadulterated candor and profound love, this soulful memoir gets at the heart of the intense bond between people and dogs.

Publishers Weekly

Novelist Healy was a raging, brawling drunk until, on a whim, he adopted a Doberman pinscher puppy he named Martin. He nursed Martin through illness and wounds; Martin in turn stood guard over him while he lay passed out in fields. Their bond, and the slight but persistent duty of caring for Martin enabled Healy to very fitfully begin to recover from his alcoholism and propensity to violence and gently nudged him toward an understanding of himself and God. Healy embeds the story in a memoir of his life in the slums of Glasgow, his relationship with his parents, his conflicted attitude toward the church and his many loves, from a youthful encounter with a whore with a heart of gold to a mature affair with a boss who fired him after he makes clear that Martin is more important to him than she is. "It was not right that a man should need a dog as much as I had needed him," Healy acknowledges, but he makes no apologies that "for whatever reason, my best pal possessed four legs instead of two." In Healy's heartfelt prose, this eccentric friendship becomes the core of a moving meditation on the mysterious nature of redemption. (Oct.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Part Angela's Ashes, part A Million Little Pieces, Healy's memoir of sin and redemption through dog companionship tells a story far larger than its 208 pages would indicate. As a young man, Scotsman Healy seems headed for prison or violent death owing to his drinking and brawling. But then he meets Martin, a Doberman Pinscher pup that he pays 50 pounds for on a whim. What Healy receives in return from this extraordinary dog is invaluable. Not only does Martin help Healy regain some dignity and regard for his own life, but he also helps guide him through a series of adventures and romances. Even in death Martin helps Healy grow to be a better person. Healy sometimes brags about the women he beds, but mercifully his tale is free of explicit sex or violence. And while his is not a humorous book, it offers some amusing moments. More important, Healy's memoir manages to do what all the best books do: leave you wanting more. Recommended for all public libraries. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 6/1/06.]-Alicia Graybill, Southeast Lib. Syst., Lincoln, NB Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

Glasgow-based novelist Healy makes his U.S. debut with an ode to his dog, "a gift from God, to keep me in the world."The author spent his early adult years roaming around Scotland, drinking, brawling, writing short stories, drinking, generally batching it, and, oh yes, drinking. Then, on a lark, he adopted a Doberman named Martin. This slender volume, marked by blunt, unadorned prose, is a paean to the dog whose devotion and dependence transformed his life. Healy got serious about earning money, so that he could pay Martin's veterinarian bills, and he gradually ditched the bottle. Though he wouldn't get sober until after Martin's death, Healy credits the dog with starting him on the path to sobriety: "I wanted to keep him and I could not have kept him had I continued to drink the way I had." The author and his elderly mother bonded over Martin. He began attending mass as a result of their more comfortable relationship and, over the years, gained strength from his Catholic faith. (The book takes its title from a Christian psalm.) Healy even embarked on a ten-day silent retreat at a monastery. The silence proved challenging only when he ran across a monk who used to tend bar at one of his hangouts. Dog-lovers who found Marley & Me too saccharine will welcome this darker-hued appreciation of a canine friend.

Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2005

Author: United States Government Printing Offic

Provides authoritative advice about how good dietary habits can promote health and reduce risk for major chronic diseases. Gives action steps to reach achievable goals in weight control, stronger muscle and bones, and balanced nutrition to help prevent chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and some cancers.

Fit Over 40 for Dummies or A Potters Notes on Tai Chi Chuan

2009-02-03T21:59:00.000-08:00

Fit Over 40 for Dummies

Author: Betsy Nagelsen McCormack

Tired of feeling tired all the time? Do you find yourself thinking wistfully of the days when your belt-size was less than your age...your dress size less than your kid’s last birthday? Remember when the only spare tire you had to worry about was the one in your trunk? Do you find yourself gasping for breath at the top of the basement stairs? If any of this sounds familiar, then you’re ready for an over 40 fitness plan. And Fit Over 40 For Dummies is the place to start.

Your complete guide to being fit and fabulous over 40, it shows you step-by-step how to set up a personalized fitness routine and stick to it, no matter what your age, weight, or athletic ability. Packed with practical know-how and inspiring anecdotes it shows you how to:

Lose weight and inches from your waistline
Boost your energy levels
Lower or prevent high blood pressure
Reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes
Improve your muscle tone
Give your skin a healthy glow
Have a more vibrant sex life
Rebound from life-changing events more quickly
Get fitter than couch potatoes half your age
Live a longer, healthier life

Combing her own experiences with the latest scientific research, retired women’s tennis pro, Betsy Nagelsen McCormack explores what it takes to be fit over forty. And, step-by-step, she shows you how to:

Assess your fitness level
Eat right for maximum fitness
Choose and buying exercise equipment
Select the right gym
Develop a balanced program of aerobics, weight training and stretching
Integrate exercise into your daily routine
Prevent andworking around common injuries and ailments
Explore sports, outdoor activities, and more

Stop thinking about how great it would be to feel twenty-five again and do something about it. Fit Over 40 For Dummies helps you get on the road to health and well-being.

A Potter's Notes on Tai Chi Chuan

Author: Margy Emerson

Margy Emerson draws on sixteen years as a professional potter and nine years studying Tai Chi to show what the process of making art and the practice of moving meditation have in common - and what they can teach us about an approach to life.

The Power of Makeup or Why Does Everything Have to Be Perfect

2009-02-02T17:47:00.000-08:00

The Power of Makeup: Looking Your Level Best at Every Age

Author: Trish McEvoy

Trish McEvoy has created one of today's most successful skin care and makeup brands by relying on her instincts and the feedback of thousands of women who attend her workshops. the dream that has fueled her success has always been to teach every woman she meets how to look her personal best. now she presents her revolutionary new system that will help you define your makeup style and organize your makeup routine to fit your busy life, no matter what your age or ethnic background. Trish McEvoy: The Power of Makeup will arm you with the tools and knowledge you need to be your own makeup expert.

What's Your Level?

Level One: Makeup is not a driving passion in your life. You live in casual clothing, and you love the natural, simple look. Trish will help you find the bare necessities you need.

Level Two: For you, makeup is a lot like putting on clothes; it's an everyday essential. You wear makeup like a second skin. You feel more comfortable and confident with how you look in makeup than without it. Trish will help you refine your look.

Level Three: For you, makeup is a means of expression. You like to play and have fun with it, and you're game to try false eyelashes and other high-impact effects. Trish will show you how to pull out all the stops for your most glamorous look.

Once you know your level, Trish will tell you everything you need to know about selecting and applying your makeup, adjusting it for casual and formal occasions, and finding and organizing the tools you need. Learn the difference between sheer, shimmer, and matte and what each of these textures can do for your look. Get ready to dive into Trish'sstep-by-step application technique for each level, complete with clear, easy-to-understand instructions and, of course, Trish's secret tips. This is a book to cuddle up with; just like a friend who knows the secrets of the trade, Trish can help you look younger, understand the basics of skin care, and get the most out of your experience at any makeup counter.

In Trish McEvoy: The Power of Makeup, Trish McEvoy will give you the power to define your personal make-up style so that you have the confident glow a woman has when she knows she looks her level best every day.

Why Does Everything Have to Be Perfect?

Author: Lynn Shackman

Bad thoughts that won't go away...repetitive actions...feelings of guilt and shame...

Are you overwhelmed by a need to "get it right"? Do continual "what-ifs" prevent you from making decisions? Do you check again and again to see if the door is locked? Are your thoughts and habits causing you anxiety, guilt, or shame?

If so, you're not alone. You may be suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder, a very specific and largely biochemical problem that affects over 5 million Americans. Now this compassionate, informative guide helps you break the tyranny of obsession and compulsions, providing the latest facts on why OCD occurs, its symptoms, and the breakthrough treatments that can dramatically improve the lives of OCD sufferers. Find out about:

How to determine if you have OCD—and whether your problem is severe enough to warrant professional help
How diet, stress, and other lifestyle conditions can trigger the symptoms of OCD
The two most highly effective forms of treatment—and how to decide what's best for you
The latest news in alternative therapies, including yoga, biofeedback, and herbal therapy, plus cutting-edge research that promises freedom from the chains of OCD forever

Every Body Has Parasites or The Dana Guide to Brain Health

2009-02-01T13:35:00.000-08:00

Every Body Has Parasites: If You're Alive, You're at Risk!

Author: Valerie Saxion

Readers discover how to protect against ever becoming a parasitic host as well as the keys to eliminating any parasites that may have gained entrance.

New interesting textbook: Reinventing Marxism or Urban Economics

The Dana Guide to Brain Health: A Practical Family Reference from Medical Experts

Author: Floyd E Bloom

A child crashes to the ground from the monkey bars head-first. A high school student prepares for months to take the SAT. A grandmother slowly slips away from her family through the deadly progression of Alzheimer’s Disease. Whether we realize it or not, the importance of brain health to our daily lives goes far beyond just being able to walk and talk. The Dana Guide to Brain Health offers the first comprehensive home medical reference book on the brain, providing an unparalleled, authoritative guide to improving the fitness of our brains and, ultimately, enriching our lives.

With contributions from over one hundred of the most prominent scientists and clinicians in the United States, The Dana Guide to Brain Health is an extensive and wholly accessible manual on the workings of the human brain. This richly illustrated volume contains a wealth of facts and advice, on simple yet effective ways to take care of our brains; the intimate connection between brain health and body health; brain development from the prenatal period through adulthood; and how we learn, remember, and imagine.

The brain is far too important to be excluded any longer from our daily health concerns. The Dana Guide to Brain Health remedies this oversight with a clearly written, definitive map to our brains that reveals how we can take care of them in order to sustain a long and rich life.

Using Our Heads: A Foreword by William SafireIntroduction: Welcome to Your BrainHow to Read this BookContributorsYour Brain: A Primer Part I. Understanding Your Brain1. How to Think About the Brain2. How We Know: Learning the Secrets of the Brain3. Basic Brain Care: Protecting Your Mental Capital4. The Brain-Body Loop Part II. Your Brain Through Life5. Prenatal Development6. Brain Development in Childhood7. The Adolescent Brain8. The Brain in Adult Life and Normal Aging Part III. The Healthy Brain9. The Body Manager B1 The Major Senses: Sight, Hearing, Taste, Smell, and Touch B2 Body Regulation B3 Basic Drives: Eating, Sleeping, and Sex B4 Movement, Balance, and Coordination B5 Pain Perception B6 Consciousness 10. Emotions and Social Function B7 Emotions B8 Inhibition and Control B9 Temperament B10 Attention and Motivation 11. Learning, Thinking, and Remembering B11 Decision Making and Planning B12 Intelligence B13 Learning and Memory B14 Speech, Language, and Reading B15 Visualization and Navigation B16 Creativity, Talents, and Skills Part IV. Conditions of the Brain and Nervous System 12. Conditions That Appear in Childhood C1 Dyslexia C2 Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder C3 Mental Retardation C4 Cerebral Palsy C5 Autism C6 Metabolic Diseases C7 Neurofibromatosis C8 Hydrocephalus C9 Spina Bifida C10 Tumors of Childhood 13. Disorders of the Senses and Body Function C11 Sleep Disorders C12 Narcolepsy C13 Epilepsy and Seizures C14 Dizziness and Vertigo C15 Seeing Problems C16 Hearing Problems C17 Smelling and Tasting Problems C18Autonomous Disorders C19 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 14. Emotional and Control Disorders C20 Depression C21 Anxiety and Panic C22 Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder) C23 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder C24 Bipolar Disorder C25 Schizophrenia C26 Borderline Personality Disorder C27 Eating Disorders C28 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder C29 Substance Abuse and Addiction C30 Alcoholism C31 Violence and Aggression C32 Suicidal Feelings 15. Infectious and Autoimmune Disorders C33 Multiple Sclerosis C34 Shingles/Herpes Zoster C35 Neurological Complications of AIDS C36 Lyme Disease C37 Meningitis C38 Viral Encephalitis C39 Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease C40 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 16. Disorder of Movement and Muscles C41 Parkinson's Disease C42 Parkinsonism Plus C43 Tremors C44 Dystonia, Spasms, and Cramps C45 Tourette's Syndrom and Tics C46 Ataxia C47 Huntington's Disease C48 Peripheral Neuropathy C49 Guillain-Barre Syndrome C50 Bell's Palsy C51 Myopathies C52 Myasthenia Gravis C53 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 17. Pain C54 Headache C55 Migraines C56 Back Pain and Disk Disease C57 Chronic Pain C58 Trigeminal Neuralgia 18. Nervous System Injuries C59 Ischemic Stroke C60 Hemorrhagic Stroke C61 Brain Trauma, Concussion, and Coma C62 Spinal Cord Injury C63 Paraneoplastic Syndromes C64 Brain Tumors C65 Nutritional Disorders C66 Chemicals and the Nervous System 19. Disorders of Thinking and Remembering C67 Alzheimer's Disease C68 Amnesias C69 Dementia C70 Trouble with Speech and Language C71 Apraxias C72 Agnosias Glossary Appendix A: Drugs Used to Treat the Brain and Nervous SystemAppendix B: Suggested ReadingAppendix C: Resource GroupsThe Dana Alliance for Brain InitiativesThe European Dana Alliance for the BrainAbout the EditorsIndex

Glad Day Daily Affirmations or Deadly Harvest

2009-01-31T09:23:00.000-08:00

Glad Day Daily Affirmations: Daily Meditations for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender People

Author: Joan Larkin

With this inspiring book of meditations, every day brings a reminder of "the wholeness and beauty of our nature, of the glad spirit that dances in each one of us. "

Addressing the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, Glad Day speaks to the issues that touch everyone, regardless of sexual orientation: change, fear, self-disclosure, faith in a power greater than ourselves, success and failure, openness to ourselves and others. Written with a poet's grace, these daily meditations are interwoven with reference to the transforming experiences of coming out and of recovery. As the meditations foster a "daily conversation with the Spirit," they lovingly conjure the mutual trust and compassion that lead to a rich, fulfilling life.

New interesting book: Tai CHI according to the I Ching or Scale down Live It up Wellness Workbook

Deadly Harvest: The Intimate Relationship Between Our Health and Our Food

Author: Geoff Bond

With a record number of overweight people and an alarming increase in degenerative diseases, many of us find ourselves turning to meds or fad diets in an efforf to drop excess pounds or recover our health. Since most drugs come with dangerous side effects, modifying our diet would seem relatively safe and simple. But what if our foods were doing more harm than good, and fad diets only made matters worse? Deadly Harvest is an important groundbreaking book that examines how the foods we eat today have little in common with the foods of our ancestors, and why this fact is so important to our health, it also offers a proven program to enhance health, combat illness, and improve longevity.

Author Geoff Bond is a nutritional anthropologist who has for years studied both foods of the past and our prehistoric eating habits. Based upon the latest scientific research and studies of primitive tribal lifestyles, Bond first explains the actual diet that our ancestors followed-a diet that was and still is in harmony with the human species. He then describes how most of the foods in today's diets disrupt our biochemistry and digestive system, leading to health disorders such as allergies, arthritis, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis, obesity, and more. Most important, he explains the appropriate measures we can take to avoid these diseases-and even beat them back-through healthy eating. Contrary to what many people believe, the disorders that plague our society are not inevitable, but are the unfortunate result of modern dietary choices. Deadly Harvest not only explains why these problems have arisen, but offers a blueprint for improving our diet, our health, and our qualify oflife.

About the Author:
Geoff Bond lectures extensively both in America and Europe

Library Journal

While Bond (Natural Eating: Nutritional Anthropology-Eating in Harmony with Our Genetic Programming) holds a physical science degree and completed postgraduate professional qualifications in applied sciences, his biography lists no qualifications in nutritional science. This is troubling in a book on nutritional anthropology, in which the author attempts to develop his argument for a return to a "naturally adapted feeding pattern" coined "The Savanna Model." Bond's advice to consume a diet low in animal and trans fats, to reduce salt and sugar intake, to stop smoking, and to exercise aligns with the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans. However, Bond also recommends avoiding many perfectly nutritious foods, including soy, dried beans, peanut butter, skim milk, raisins, oats, brown rice, and popcorn. According to the author, "nature did not design our digestive systems to cope with starches, dairy, and sugary fruits." Eliminating major food groups such as whole grains and low-fat dairy foods is not based on sound science and could lead to deficiencies in iron, B vitamins, calcium, and Vitamin D. Overall, this book intertwines sound nutritional advice with potentially harmful misinformation. Not recommended.-Robin Sabo, Central Michigan Univ. Lib., Mount Pleasant Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.

Acknowledgments     vii
Introduction     1
What is Nutritional Anthropology?     5
The Farming Revolution and Its Consequences     25
How We Eat and Its Consequences     51
The Science I: Population Studies and Biochemical Clues     85
The Science II: Digestive System and Dietary Clues     113
The Owner's Manual     137
Eating the "Savanna Model" Way     161
The Savanna Model Lifestyle     189
Disease and the Bond Effect     229
Conclusion     275
Resources     279
References     283
Index     319

Bad Boys and Tough Tattoos or The Body Code

2009-01-30T05:11:00.000-08:00

Bad Boys and Tough Tattoos: A Social History of the Tattoo with Gangs, Sailors and Street-Corner Punks, 1950-1965

Author: Samuel M Steward

Explore the dark subculture of 1950s tattoos!

In the early 1950s, when tattoos were the indelible mark of a lowlife, an erudite professor of English--a friend of Gertrude Stein, Thomas Mann, Andre Gide, and Thornton Wilder--abandoned his job to become a tattoo artist (and incidentally a researcher for Alfred Kinsey). Bad Boys and Tough Tattoos tells the story of his years working in a squalid arcade on Chicago's tough State Street. During that time he left his mark on a hundred thousand people, from youthful sailors who flaunted their tattoos as a rite of manhood to executives who had to hide their passion for well-ornamented flesh.

Bad Boys and Tough Tattoos is anything but politically correct. The gritty, film-noir details of Skid Row life are rendered with unflinching honesty and furtive tenderness. His lascivious relish for the young sailors swaggering or staggering in for a new tattoo does not blind him to the sordidness of the world they inhabited. From studly nineteen-year-olds who traded blow jobs for tattoos to hard-bitten dykes who scared the sailors out of the shop, the clientele was seedy at best: sailors, con men, drunks, hustlers, and Hells Angels.

These days, when tattoo art is sported by millionaires and the middle class as well as by gang members and punk rockers, the sheer squalor of Bad Boys and Tough Tattoos is a revelation. However much tattoo culture has changed, the advice and information is still sound:

how to select a good tattoo artist
what to expect during a tattooing session
how to ensure the artist uses sterile needles and other safety precautions
how to care for a new tattoo
why peopleget tattoos--25 sexual motivations for body art

More than a history of the art or a roster of famous--and infamous--tattoo customers and artists, Bad Boys and Tough Tattoos is a raunchy, provocative look at a forgotten subculture.

Booknews

Subtitled A social history of the tattoo with gangs, sailors, and street-corner punks, 1950-1965. Nearly 40 years ago, the author gave up his career as an English professor to become a tattoo artist. At the urging of his friend Dr. Alfred Kinsey, he kept a daily journal for many years about his experiences, from which this anecdotal analysis is derived. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Interesting textbook: Profiting with Forex or Power Play

The Body Code: A Personal Wellness and Weight Loss Plan at the World Famous Green Valley Spa

Author: Jay Cooper

If you've ever tried a trendy new diet and found it impossible to stick to....If you've wondered why the steak-and-salad regimen that worked miracles for your friend actually put three unwanted pounds on you....you're about to find out what will work. You can lose weight and achieve optimal health by unlocking The Body Code.

At the renowned Green Valley Spa, nutritionist Jay Cooper has developed a remarkable quartet of customized wellness plans, with amazing results for thousands of satisfied clients. Now you can embark on a food and fitness program that is as individual as you are.

What type are you?

Jay Cooper explains how to eat and exercise for each of the four human genetic types:

The Warrior Type: rectangular or chesty build; extroverted, energetic, and practical
The Nurturer Type: curvy, pear-shaped build; compassionate, selfless, and magnetic
The Communicator Type: lanky or rangy build with long limbs; lively, creative, and unpredictable
The Visionary Type: naturally thin, youthful build; calm, reserved, and intellectual

Once you've identified your type (by simply answering a series of questions about your body shape, exercise tendencies, and preferred foods), you can begin a lifetime of energy-balancing strategies and diet solutions that are just right for you.

Discover the exclusive breakthrough plan from the Green Valley Spa—and enjoy the rejuvenating powers of Jay Cooper's expertise—with The Body Code.

Black America Body Beautiful or Fat History

2009-01-29T00:59:00.000-08:00

Black America, Body Beautiful: How the African American Image is Changing Fashion, Fitness, and Other Industries

Author: Eric J Bailey

Despite all the medical and media attention focused on the rate of overweight and obesity in the African American population, African American images and body types are greatly influencing changes in the fashion, fitness, advertising, television and movie industries. This is because "overweight," like beauty, can be in the eye of the beholder. Most research studies investigating attitudes about body image and body type among African Americans have shown they are more satisfied with their bodies than are their white counterparts. Most black women, for example, are of course concerned with how they look but do not judge themselves in terms of their weight and do not believe they are valued mostly on the basis of their bodies. Black teen girls most often say being thick and curvaceous with large hips and ample thighs is seen as the most desirable body shape. Thus, there appears to be a wider range of acceptable body shapes and weights, and a more flexible standard of attractiveness, among black Americans as compared to whites. And that fact is not being lost on leaders of industries that might profit from understanding this wider range of beauty, as well as playing to it. Voluptuous supermodel Tyra Banks is just one African American who's broken the mold in that industry. The effects have been seen right down to department and local clothes stores, where lines of larger and plus size fashions are expanding, becoming more colorful and more ornate. In the fitness industry, health gurus Madonna Grimes and Billy Blanks have been revolutionizing how people get fit and how fitness needs to be redeveloped for the African American population. Advertising has taken a similar turn, not the least ofwhich has been Dove and Nike's major promotional campaigns in 2005 with plus-sized actresses. In movies and on television shows, the African American "beautiful body" image has also followed suit. In this book, Anthropologist Eric Bailey introduces and explains the self-acceptance and body image satisfaction of African Americans, and traces how that has spurred changes in industry.

Book about: Leap of Faith or Fate of Liberty

Fat History: Bodies and Beauty in the Modern West

Author: Peter N Stearns

A Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History

"Stearns looks to explain why America is the fattest, and France the thinnest, nation in the West. In his view, 'dieting was ideally suited to an American need for an implicit but vigorous moral counterweight to consumer indulgence.' At the turn of the century, obesity was suddenly regarded as unhealthy and unpatriotic. Good American citizens should be fit, and a generation of fad diet experts sprung up to guide."
--Elaine Showalter,Times Literary Supplement

"Offers new, reliable information and insights."
--The Nation

"Explores the interaction of weight-control cultures with gender, class, and ethnicity issues. A meaty study of historical facts and fears about fat."
--Booklist

The modern struggle against fat cuts deeply and pervasively into American culture, as evidenced by the compulsion to stay thin, or at least to profess a desire to become thin. Dieting, weight consciousness and widespread hostility to obesity form one of the fundamental themes of modern life in countries around the world. Yet, for example, while the French are renowned for their delight in all things gustatory, they are significantly trimmer and less diet-obsessed than Americans.

Fat History explores the meaning of fat and anti-fat in modern Western society, focusing on the uniquely moral component of dieting in America. Tracing how standards of beauty and physical morality have been radically transformed over the past century in the United States and France, Peter N. Stearns illustrates how the contemporary obsession with fat arose in tandem with the dramatic growth in consumer culture, women'sincreasing equality, and changes in women's sexual and maternal roles. Contrary to popular belief, fashion and nutrition have played only a secondary role in spurring the American aversion to fat, while the French distaste for obesity can be traced to different origins altogether.

Filled with narrative anecdotes and rooted in Stearns' trademark use of engaging original sources--from Ebony and Gourmet to The Journal of the American Medical Association and popularized accounts of French doctors--Fat History explores fat's transformation from a symbol of health and well-being to a sign of moral, psychological, and physical disorder.

Nation

Offers new, reliable information and insights.

Journal of American History

Provides an innovative explanation of the modern preoccupation with dieting that fundamentally revises our understanding of the timing, intensity, and significance of the modern American culture of weight loss.

Publishers Weekly

In the realm of books on America's obsession with fat, Stearns's new hypothesis is a refreshing counter to the current denunciations of the patriarchy with a broader sociological and historical approach. The author's measured, scholarly tone can be a bit dry, however. Drawing from magazine articles, advertisements and doctors' recommendations, Stearns (a history professor and dean at Carnegie Mellon University) attempts to explain why, while dieting less than Americans, the French have more success keeping their weight down. He attributes the disparity to the equating of thinness with moral rectitude in the United States, where increasing indulgence in other areas (such as sex and consumerism) has left the population with a guilt complex and a penchant for snacking. By contrast, the French aesthetic approach treats food as a culinary art, to be taken in small amounts and enjoyed for its subtle flavor: "France had no equivalents of rural Americana's pie-eating contests." While his argument is interesting, readers may wonder why Stearns does not adequately address the American perception that French thinness is the consequence of too much caffeine and nicotine. Nor does he compare the occurrence of eating disorders in the two nations, a test with real potential for bolstering his assertion that Americans view "diet more as combat than a matter of simple restraint." Illustrated. (June)

Booknews

Explores the meaning of fat and antifat in modern Western society, focusing on the uniquely moral component of dieting in America and comparing American and French attitudes toward food and dieting. Traces how Western standards of beauty and physical morality have changed over the past 100 years, illustrating how the contemporary obsession with fat arose in tandem with the growth of consumer culture, women's equality, and changes in women's sexual and maternal roles. Includes b&w photos and illustrations from popular magazines. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

The Nation

Offers new, reliable information and insights.

Kirkus Reviews

This leftist academic examination of our collective fascination with dieting depicts it as a manifestation of capitalist consumer culture duking it out with the secular remnants of puritanism.

Stearns, founding editor of the Journal of Social History and a historian at Carnegie Mellon University (Millennium III, Century XXI, 1996, etc.) approaches our concern over personal poundage as a construct that, exceeding the demands of fashion or good health, can be understood only in larger cultural terms. We Americans relish the consumer goods with which we surround ourselves but feel a mite guilty about indulging in them. So we have contrived a way to—literally and figuratively—have our cake and eat it too: We diet. Focusing intensely on limiting caloric intake lets us feel virtuous and self-controlled even as we ignore our profligacy as consumers. We are not all equally affected; notably, from the 1920s to the 1960s "weight morality bore disproportionately on women precisely because of their growing independence, or seeming independence, from other standards." In France, the other society considered, Stearns does not detect a view of weight loss as a moral crusade or fat as an outward sign of guilt. For Americans, rewards (a better job or social life) will come when they become thin and healthy; for the French, being thin and healthy is the reward. Interesting as the cross-cultural comparison is, one senses that its neat findings slight some untidy questions. For example, why does Stearns focus on the gender of the target of antifat comments but not on that of their source? To what extent are unattainable standards of slenderness invaluable in allowing people to devote a portion of each crowded day to self- absorption? Does that count as an expression of guilt?

Those who agree with Stearns's premise from the first page will readily accept his illustrations as proof. Others may see this as an interesting study that suggests the complexity of a phenomenon more convincingly than it accounts for it.

What People Are Saying

Elaine Showalter
Stearns looks to explain why America is the fattest, and France the thinnest, nation in the West. In his view, 'dieting was ideally suited to an American need for an implicit but vigorous moral counterweight to consumer indulgence.' At the turn of the century, obesity was suddenly regarded as unhealthy and unpatriotic. Good American citizens should be fit, and a generation of fad diet experts sprung up to guide.
— Times Literary Supplement

	New Preface
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Pt. I	American Fat
1	The Turning Point	3
2	The Medical Path: Physicians and Faddists	25
3	Fat as a Turn-of-the-Century Target: Why?	48
Pt. II	Intensification of the Culture, 1920-1990s: Expiation and Its Limits
4	The Misogynist Phase: 1920s-1960s	71
5	Stepping up the Pace: Old Motives, New Methods	98
6	Fat City: American Weight Gains in the Twentieth Century	127
Pt. III	The French Regime
7	The Evolution of Weight Control in France	153
8	The French Regime	187
9	Atlantic Crisscross: The Franco-American Contrasts	217
10	Conclusion: The Fat's in the Fire	247
	Notes	261
	Index	289

Sewing or Spiritual Roots of Yoga

2009-01-27T20:48:00.000-08:00

Sewing (Pattern Companion Series)

Author: Sterling Publishing Company

This is for the seamstress who knows her way around a needle and thread, but wants more great projects and new techniques to add to her repertory. Anyone with some experience will find something to delight, instruct, challenge, and inspire--whether it's surmounting a frustrating fitting problem, finding the perfect present, or discovering an ingenious way to make use of vintage linens. Four information-rich sections feature fabulous accessories, eye-catching wome's clothing, handsome children's wear, and baby gifts and toys, while the introduction covers everything from tools to measurement charts. Sew an Asian-style eyeglass case, monogrammed memory album, jointed teddy bear, doll's clothes, bibs and burp cloths, a girl's floral dress, chenille jacket, and many other lovely things.

Book about: Dead Certain or Mission Accomplished Or How We Won the War in Iraq

Spiritual Roots of Yoga: Royal Path to Freedom

Author: Ravi Ravindra

Rather than a hatha how-to guide with asanas and step-by-step instructions, The Spiritual Roots of Yoga explains yoga's origin and underlying philosophy. The book dives straight to the heart of the yogic tradition embodied in the figure of Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita, an understanding broadened through an examination of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra. It then provides the framework for an accessible comparison between yoga and Christian, Buddhist, and other systems of thought. The author of several acclaimed interfaith studies, Ravi Ravindra writes from a deep understanding of not only the philosophy but the context from which yoga evolved, as well as its standing within the community of religious thought and practice, offering practitioners and other spiritual pilgrims a deeper appreciation of the tradition.

Complete Massage Course or Yoga for a Healthy Body

2009-01-26T16:36:00.000-08:00

Complete Massage Course

Author: Nicola Stewart

From quick massages that aid relaxation to healing massages that target everyday ailments, this all-embracing guide has it all.

With 75 treatments for general well-being and beyond, The Complete Massage Course really lives up to its name—and helps anyone find and learn the right massage for his or her needs. Fifteen of the most popular therapies—including Swedish, Shiatsu, Thai, Reflexology, Indian Head, Tui Na, Acupressure, and Ayurvedic—appear in step-by-step color photographs, along with detailed instructions and full introductions that explain their philosophy and purpose, benefits, possible contraindications, and related applications. Massages for pregnancy, babies, partners, sports injuries…they’re all here. Icons at the start of each one indicate how long it will take, what to wear, what (if any) oils to use, and what conditions it relieves. In addition, dozens of others types receive more concise coverage, and a fully cross-referenced Symptoms Index provides fuss-free, easy guidance.

Book review: Cura integrante del comportamento: Trattamenti che funzionano nella regolazione di pronto intervento

Yoga for a Healthy Body: A Step-by-Step Guide Combine Exercies and Meditation 20-Minute Workouts

Author: Imelda Maguir

There are many benefits of taking up yoga; increased flexibility and fitness, improved breathing, and a greater peace of mind can all be achieved through regular practice. Yoga for a Healthy Body explains the philosophy behind what is much more than an exercise regime, while giving practical, easy-to-follow advise on simple routines you can practice on your own at home. Using step-by-step photography readers are guided through a sequence of poses to suit both the beginner and the expert. There are also 20-minute sequences, which give the maximum yoga benefits for those who never have time to get to a class.

Way We Look or Borgs Perceived Exertion and Pain Scales

2009-01-25T12:24:00.000-08:00

Way We Look: Dress and Aesthetics

Author: Marilyn Revell Delong

This classic text explains and applies the basic elements of design and aesthetics for a variety of apparel professionals. Using her own theory of the Apparel-Body-Construct—the look or appearance of the body, clothing, and accessories as a unit—the author defines aesthetics in the context of understanding how we perceive dress and our reactions to it.

• Your Aesthetic Response
• Perception: Interpretation of Form and Meaning
• Studying the Aesthetic Response
• Observing the Space of the Apparel-Body-Construct
• The Body as a Pre-existing Structure
• Materials of the Apparel-Body-Construct
• Visual Definition within the Apparel-Body-Construct
• Organizing the Apparel-Body-Construct
• Interpreting the Apparel-Body-Construct
• Evaluation within the Aesthetic Framework

Book review: Moonlight Magnolias and Madness Insanity in South Carolina from the Colonial Period to the Progressive Era or Jonny Bowdens Shape up Workbook

Borg's Perceived Exertion and Pain Scales

Author: Gunnar Borg

Borg's Perceived Exertion and Pain Scales begins with an overview and history to introduce readers to the field of perceived exertion. The book then covers principles of scaling and applications of both the RPE and the CR10 scaling methods. This text discusses the fundamental bases of perceived exertion, presents information on uses and misuses of the scales, and provides guidance and direction on how and when to measure subjective somatic symptoms. A special appendix in the back of the book includes tear-out cards containing three RPE scales and three CR10 scales. A scale and instructions for how the scale is used are printed on each two-sided card.

Edward M. Heath

This is a new edition of a book on perceived exertion and pain scales written by the developer of the scales himself. It is a compilation of the development, proper use (including validity and reliability), and research using the Borg ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) scale and the Borg category-ratio (CR10) scale. The purpose is to present two scales: the Borg RPE scale and the Borg CR10 scale. The emphasis is on viewing humans as a psychosomatic whole and using human perception as a diagnostic instrument. In view of the common use of these scales in clinical, research, and everyday settings, the objectives of the book are certainly worthwhile. With the use of numerous investigations, and the insight only the developer of the scales can give, the author more than meets his objectives. He has written a book that truly targets a large audience that includes exercise scientists, physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, physical education teachers, exercise supervisors, and coaches and athletes. As the developer of the scales and the first author on more than 50 articles and chapters that pertain to the scales, Borg is the most credible author available to write this kind of book. This book is well presented with numerous helpful figures throughout. Two unique features add to its appeal. Gray boxes of text appear throughout the book that provide interesting stories and insights from the author. The perforated scales and instructions on thick paper located in the appendix are also useful. This book is an essential resource for anyone who regularly uses the Borg RPE or the Borg CR10 scale. The explanations of the development and the appropriateness of use give better insight into whythe scales are used and how they can be better used.

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Reviewer: Edward M. Heath, PhD (Utah State University College of Education & Human Services)
Description: This is a new edition of a book on perceived exertion and pain scales written by the developer of the scales himself. It is a compilation of the development, proper use (including validity and reliability), and research using the Borg ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) scale and the Borg category-ratio (CR10) scale.
Purpose: The purpose is to present two scales: the Borg RPE scale and the Borg CR10 scale. The emphasis is on viewing humans as a psychosomatic whole and using human perception as a diagnostic instrument. In view of the common use of these scales in clinical, research, and everyday settings, the objectives of the book are certainly worthwhile. With the use of numerous investigations, and the insight only the developer of the scales can give, the author more than meets his objectives.
Audience: He has written a book that truly targets a large audience that includes exercise scientists, physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, physical education teachers, exercise supervisors, and coaches and athletes. As the developer of the scales and the first author on more than 50 articles and chapters that pertain to the scales, Borg is the most credible author available to write this kind of book.
Features: This book is well presented with numerous helpful figures throughout. Two unique features add to its appeal. Gray boxes of text appear throughout the book that provide interesting stories and insights from the author. The perforated scales and instructions on thick paper located in the appendix are also useful.
Assessment: This book is an essential resource for anyone who regularly uses the Borg RPE or the Borg CR10 scale. The explanations of the development and the appropriateness of use give better insight into why the scales are used and how they can be better used.

Booknews

A theoretical and methodological guide to the field of perceived exertion (subjective somatic symptoms). Thirteen chapters compile information on the background, construction, and use of RPE and CR10 scaling methods, as well as different situations in which scaling is important, and some physiological correlates to perception.

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

Good Housekeeping Smart Carb Suppers or Quick Low Carb

2009-01-24T08:10:00.000-08:00

Good Housekeeping Smart Carb Suppers: Delicious and Healthy Meals

Author: Good Housekeeping

Low Carbs? No Carbs? Go SMART CARBS, with the food experts at Good Housekeeping. With 75 complete meal menus, packaged in the same attractive spiral, lay-flat hardcover format as Blend It!, here's a healthy and original approach to this hotter-then-hot diet plan.
The low-carb life just keeps getting more and more popular, but many dieters aren't sure how to make the switch. What will they be allowed to eat? Will they feel hungry? Will they be forced to consume a dinner that consists only of beef with a side of beef? Good Housekeeping offers help, with healthy suppers that don't sacrifice variety or flavor. Choose from meat, poultry, fish, and eggs, cheese and vegetable selections--all main dishes accompanied by appropriate carb-balanced sides. The number of carbs per recipe is 20 grams or lower, with a recommended meal's total never exceeding a 28-gram carb count.
But what truly makes Smart Carb Suppers unique, and sets it apart from any other book on the subject, is its organization. The recipes for each meal all appear on the same spread, a design that proved very successful for Pierre Franey's 60 Minute Gourmet cookbook. Fifty-five of these delicious meals feature two recipes per dinner, and 20 have three recipes.
Best of all, the experts from the world's best test kitchens provide welcome information on good carbs and bad carbs, what you need to know about diet plans, and other important nutrition and health information.

Look this: Fusioni ed aquisizioni da A alla Z

Quick Low-Carb: 60 Recipes for a Healthy Fuss-Free Diet

Author: Elaine Gardner

A comprehensive table outlines the carbohydrate content and glycaemic index of many basic foods and provides an at-a-glance guide to essential dietary information. In addition, complete nutritional information accompanies every recipe. Together, these for

Womans Guide to Heart Attack Recovery or Rational Phytotherapy

2009-01-23T03:58:00.000-08:00

Woman's Guide to Heart Attack Recovery: How to Survive, Thrive, and Protect Your Heart

Author: Harvey M Kramer

This book helps heart attack survivors empower themselves by learning as much as they can about their hearts, heart attack treatments they might have undergone, the keys to recuperation, and what to do in the event of another heart attack. Chapters on high blood pressure, diabetes, weight control, diet and exercise address these specific issues.

Interesting book: Arcos de Oro al este:McDonald en Asia Oriental

Rational Phytotherapy: A Reference Guide for Physicians and Pharmacists

Author: Mark Blumenthal

This book is a practice-oriented introduction into phytotherapy. Methodically classified by organic systems and fields of application, it offers a quick insight into dosage, form of application and effects of the most important herbal remedies. Only those herbal remedies that are of pharmacological and clinical efficiency have been considered. The authors are highly experienced in the field of postgraduate medical education, and, with this work, present an indispensable reference book for the medical practice. All practitioners and pharmacists interested in treatment with herbal remedies should have this book at their disposal.

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Reviewer: Joseph Boullata, PharmD (Temple University School of Pharmacy)
Description: The 5th edition of this well-recognized text (previous edition, 1999), translated from the original German, provides a detailed description of plant-derived medicines by organ system, after a valuable overview chapter. All the major herbals are discussed in a methodical fashion, with ample use of tables, diagrams, and color figures.
Purpose: The purpose of this book is to provide readers with complete descriptions and documentation of available safety and efficacy information on plant-derived medicines. The book meets this objective, even including valuable comments on clinical trials.
Audience: This text is targeted at practicing pharmacists and physicians, but could be useful for students or clinicians in training. It has been prepared by recognized authorities in the field.
Features: The book's nine chapters include a review of medicinal plants and phytotherapy, followed by chapters on the central nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive and urinary-gynecologic systems, and additional topics. Chapters are further subdivided into sections based on a single herbal medicines, or specific disorders. Discussion of an herbal includes botanical descriptions, constituents, analysis and pharmacokinetics as well as pharmacology/toxicology, indications and contraindications based on clinical trial data. Much is based on the well-regulated German herbal products.
Assessment: Given the complete revision of this edition consistent with the continuing emergence of data in the field, it replaces any previous editions. The book contains pharmaceutically and clinically important information on many of the common herbal medicines seen in practice.

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

Stress Related Disorders Sourcebook or Shots in the Dark

2009-01-21T23:46:00.000-08:00

Stress-Related Disorders Sourcebook

Author: Amy L Sutton

Nearly half of U.S. adults report concern about the stress in their lives, with work and money leading the list of major stressors. Stress is sometimes caused by traumatic events such as death, divorce, or mass disaster, but it often develops due to everyday frustrations with career, financial difficulties, technology, or caregiving. Stress impacts both physical and mental health by contributing to such problems as sleeplessness, reduced immunity, diabetes, depression, and anxiety. In severe cases, untreated or chronic stress may even lead to substance abuse, posttraumatic stress disorder, or suicide.

Stress-Related Disorders Sourcebook, Second Edition provides information about the origins and types of stress and describes physical and mental health disorders that may develop during and after stressful situations. Readers will learn about the link between stress and chronic pain, cardiovascular disease, and digestive disorders. The Sourcebook also discusses how stress contributes to mental health problems, including depression, anxiety disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, and addition to tobacco, alcohol, and drugs. Information about trauma, loss, and grief is presented, along with comprehensive facts about stress management techniques, such as relaxation training, meditation, exercise, and anger management. Tips on helping children and teens cope with stress are also offered, along with a glossary of related terms and a directory of resources.

Savannah Schroll Guz Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information - School Library Journal

Divided into six thematic categories and 62 chapters, this excellent resource has been revised to include the field's newest data. American-centered statistics have been collected from nearly 20 government agencies to illustrate explanatory text. The issues explored include genetic predispositions to stress, exacerbating environmental factors, diverse physical consequences, and management techniques. Sutton (Fitness and Exercise Sourcebook) astutely incorporates a conceptual overview of stress and its promotion of illness. The book concludes with a ten-page list of federal and private-sector organizations supporting stress education. Although intended for professionals, it is accessible to the lay reader. Highly recommended for medical and psychiatric collections.

Look this: Legendary Illinois Cookbook or Real Fast Indian Food

Shots in the Dark: The Wayward Search for an AIDS Vaccine

Author: Jon Cohen

When scientists proved in 1984 that HIV causes AIDS, a vaccine race spun into action. But the race to develop an AIDS vaccine now more closely resembles a crawl. Jon Cohen elucidates the forces that have hindered the search: unforeseen scientific obstacles, clashing personalities, the uncertain marketplace, haphazard political organization, and serious ethical dilemmas. "Richly documented" (Washington Post). "Cohen's description of events is gripping, ... but his most valuable contribution is his prescription for advancing the effort to develop a vaccine" (Scientific American).

Robert Gallo

[A]n important book not only for the now but for the future of this epidemic and those to come.

Seth Berkley

Meticulously researched, cogently argued, and highly readable...the most important AIDS book since...And the Band Played On.

Barry R. Bloom

[Cohen's] intimate knowledge of the thinking and personalities of the major players,... uniquely captures the real drama of science.

Publishers Weekly

In 1984, overzealous scientists proclaimed they would develop an AIDS vaccine in a mere two years. Now, 16 years later, researchers are still battling the bureaucracy and each other to decide which potential vaccines should be tested and who should pay for the testing. Although Cohen, a veteran science writer (who presently writes for Talk magazine) originally intended to document one year of the vaccine search effort, he quickly realized that "one year doesn't mean anything to AIDS vaccine researchers." Because of a lack of leadership, organization, funding and urgency, it may take a year for some scientists just to raise enough funding to subsidize their work. As Cohen notes, many of the major pharmaceutical companies--frightened by the liabilities and low profit margins of vaccine research--have pulled out, leaving scientists to vie for limited government support. Unfortunately, the researchers controlling the federal purse strings, though distinguished, often harbor conventional views about how to approach vaccine research. Therefore, innovative approaches, such as engineering or deleting viral proteins and genes, are often disregarded as either too elaborate or too risky to warrant funding. The competition for grants promotes rivalry among scientists, a rivalry that Clinton hoped to quell when he announced his vision of a "Manhattan Project" for AIDS in 1992. Although the project never materialized, there has been a recent increase in federal funding for AIDS research that Cohen hopes will inspire the testing of promising vaccines. An insightful glimpse of a fractured but important process, this highly readable, thorough account may engage and spur AIDS activists and scientists to form a united front against a pervasive disease. 8 pages of photos not seen by PW. First serial to The Sciences; 5-city author tour. (Jan.) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

While popular fear and urgency has declined since the early years of the AIDS epidemic, the success of various treatments in improving the quality and duration of the lives of AIDS patients may only have lulled the public into a false sense of security. Already there is evidence that the virus has developed resistance to certain drugs, and in many parts of the world it still rages unchecked. Ten years ago, science reporter Cohen (Science and Talk magazines) began this book intending to document the story of the discovery of an AIDS cure. Today, his story is instead a chronicle of the failure to do so, owing to a combination of bad scientific research, haphazard leadership, and obstructive political and economic agendas. The author's exhaustive sources include scientific literature, company reports, and hundreds of personal interviews. Despite this book's harsh criticisms, Cohen's purpose is not to muckrake but to issue a wakeup call. This engaging story with a vital message is recommended for all libraries.--Gregg Sapp, SUNY at Albany Science Lib. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Booknews

Based on the complex technical, political, and ethical barriers to developing an AIDS vaccine which he chronicles, a California writer for magazine advocates a coordinated Manhattan Project- type effort by basic and applied researchers, business interests, and US government policymakers. Cohen concludes on the semi-hopeful note that, unlike the situation a decade ago, the world is now watching. Includes a glossary of medical terms. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Talk Magazine

Cohen offers an accessible history of the now fractured state of AIDS research and the latest developments.

Scientific American - Nancy Padian

Jon Cohen brilliantly describes the inextricable weave of science, politics, legalities, ethics and business that, like a dysfuctional family, seems to have repelled the very cooperation that a successful vaccine effort needs most...Cohen's description of events is gripping, even whe he layus out the intricacies of molecular genetics, but his most valuable contribution is his prescription for advancing the effort to develop a vaccine.

What People Are Saying

Bill Gates
A wake-up call, a must-read for policy makers, scientific leaders and everyone who is working to stop AIDS.
—Bill Gates Sr., Co-Chair and CEO, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Barry R. Bloom
This book reveals in a clear and powerful way the intellectual challenges AIDS vaccines pose for the scientific community.
—Barry R. Bloom, Dean, Harvard School of Public Health; Chairman of the UNAIDS Vaccine Advisory Committee

Robert Gallo
An important book not only for the now but for the future of this epidemic and those to come.
—Dr. Robert Gallo, professor and director, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland

Seth Berkley
This is the most important AIDS book since Randy Shilts sounded the alarm in And The Band Played On.
—Seth Berkley, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

	Acknowledgments	ix
	Prologue	xv
Chapter 1	Fast Predictions	3
Chapter 2	The Next Breakthrough	16
Chapter 3	Empiricists Versus Reductionists	43
Chapter 4	Moving into Humans	64
Chapter 5	Animal Illogic	78
Chapter 6	Market Forces	102
Chapter 7	Unwanted: Dead or Alive	119
Chapter 8	All MicroGeneSys's Men	139
Chapter 9	A Manhattan Project for AIDS	175
Chapter 10	The Dairymaids of AIDS	200
Chapter 11	Perpetual Uncertainty	227
Chapter 12	New World Order	258
Chapter 13	Running in Place	295
Chapter 14	Better Ways	317
Chapter 15	Disparate Measures	333
	Epilogue	358
	Postscript: Breaking the Silence	361
	Notes	370
	Glossary	419
	Acronyms	428
	Index	430

Wilderness 911 A Step by Step Guide for Medical Emergencies and Improvised Care in the Backcountry or The Health Professionals Guide to Dietary Supplements

2009-01-20T19:34:00.000-08:00

Wilderness 911: A Step-by-Step Guide for Medical Emergencies and Improvised Care in the Backcountry

Author: Eric A Weiss

"Wilderness 911" takes all back country travelers from the basics of first aid to more advanced wilderness medicine with straightforward, step-by-step instructions. Readers will learn how to improvise with such items as dental floss, duct tape, honey, and plastic wrap. 6 photos, 80 illustrations.

Library Journal

Auerbach, former editor of Journal of Wilderness Medicine and author of several outdoor medicine books, has updated his classic text, first published in 1986, with instructions for handling almost any medical problem likely to arise. Divided into five sections, this book covers basic first aid, major medical emergencies, minor problems, those specific to particular environments such as high altitude or underwater settings, and miscellaneous topics like transporting the injured and performing procedures. Appendixes include medication dosages and conversion tables. Weiss, an emergency medicine physician and medical editor for Backpacker magazine, has written a compact guide for remote situations where professional medical care is not readily available, diagnosis must be rapid, and treatment may have to be improvised using whatever materials are at hand. Part 1 covers basic techniques such as CPR; Part 2, specific injuries or illnesses. For each problem Weiss lists signs and symptoms, general treatment guidelines, "when to worry" icons recommending prompt evacuation, and "backcountry tips" showing how to use what you have as makeshift medical supplies. Appendixes cover medications, evacuation of the injured, and what to include in a wilderness first-aid kit. Both physicians emphasize the need for preparation and prevention before embarking on any outdoor travel. Auerbach includes topics not covered in the shorter Weiss book, but in general they include much the same material. Both are well illustrated with excellent line drawings demonstrating techniques. (Indexes not seen.)--Anne C. Tomlin, Auburn Memorial Hosp. Lib., NY

Interesting book: Restaurant Recipes of the Ozarks Missouri or Make Mine Vodka

The Health Professionals Guide to Dietary Supplements

Author: Shawn Talbott

This quick-glance reference helps students and health professionals educate themselves and their patients/clients about the scientific evidence for and against more than 120 popular dietary supplements. Supplements are logically grouped into 12 chapters based on their primary desired effect, such as weight loss, joint support, and sports performance enhancement. The authors give each supplement a one-to-five-star rating based on the level of scientific substantiation for each of its major claimed effects. The book highlights crucial safety issues regarding each supplement and sets forth recommended dosages for particular effects. A quick-reference appendix lists all the supplements alphabetically with their star ratings.

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Reviewer:Paul R Hutson, Pharm.D., M.S.(University of Wisconsin)
Description:This is an up-to-date summary and assessment of clinical studies of dietary supplements. Although the list of supplements is not exhaustive, the authors succeed in addressing those that are both most likely to have therapeutic benefit and to be accessible to most patients. The book is divided into rational groupings of supplements as chapters (e.g., "Heart Health Supplements") that contain short monographs of individual supplements. These monographs include a short overview, a summary of the scientific support for common applications, safety, and common doses. Each monograph begins with a qualitative rating of the quality of the evidence for the applications presented, and ends with separate clinical trial references and in some cases suggestions for additional reading.
Purpose:The purpose is to provide a synopsis of clinical studies of the more commonly used dietary supplements. The stated goal is to enable healthcare professionals to converse with patients or clients about the clinical evidence supporting or refuting the use of single dietary supplements. In reviewing the more than 120 supplements, the authors provide some discrimination in identifying applications of supplements that do not appear at this time to have strong merit. A strength of the book is the reference of foreign studies (e.g., German or Chinese) for supplements that do not yet have a clinical trial record in the English literature.
Audience:Although the book is intended as a tool for healthcare professionals to improve their appreciation of the peer-reviewed clinical researchliterature on dietary supplements, in fact, it appears most helpful for nutritionists, sports trainers, and nurses. Inadequate evaluation is provided for pharmacists to weigh the merits of specific combinations or criteria for product selection. Physicians are provided with little if any guidance on the added benefit of supplements with respect to prescribed medications, nor are they given specific monitoring or counseling guidelines.
Features:The scope of dietary supplements addressed is very practical. Coverage of the various uses of supplements is also generally complete, with qualitative assessments of the relative merits of the supplement in the monograph introduction and text. The text is not data-rich, with numbers found almost exclusively in the presentation of doses. There are no tables comparing the effects of similar or complementary therapies to obtain a quantitative understanding of the likely treatment effect. The authors reflect the level of scientific evidence with their overall ranking for various applications. Information that is not consistently presented that would be helpful in patient counseling includes laboratory and clinical monitoring criteria and time points for assessing benefit and/or toxicity of the supplement, particularly if combined with prescription drugs.
Assessment:This is an excellent source of summaries of clinical trials of single-agent dietary supplements in a host of applications. It provides the motivated practitioner with current citations of relevant clinical trials that can be consulted if additional details or information is needed. Other resources may be more helpful, depending on the information required. The Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database (Pharmacist's Letter, 2006) also provides grouping of supplements by indication, and an index of the known ingredients of combination products. Monographs available in the online version address the relative merits of supplements for various applications. However, this guide is a good value and a very helpful resource for many healthcare professionals who are seeking a readable, organized summary of the utility, common doses, and safety issues associated with common dietary supplements.

Standing Pilates or The Zone

2009-01-18T09:29:00.000-08:00

Standing Pilates: Strengthen and Tone Your Body Wherever You Are

Author: Joan Breibart

Perform Pilates postures just about anywhere— and get faster results!

Joseph Pilates's revolutionary methods of strengthening, toning, and even lengthening the body have become hugely popular all around the world. Now, in Standing Pilates, celebrated Pilates expert Joan Breibart takes Pilates off the floor, showing you step by step how to perform classic postures while standing or sitting.

Breibart, the creator of the first Pilates exercise video, has transformed traditional Pilates floor exercises into a new workout that frees you to perform postures any time, anywhere, without mats, balls, or workout gear. This groundbreaking new method uses your own body weight to help you achieve faster, longer-lasting results. You get clear instruction on how to increase your focus, develop proper form, and strengthen and tone your body more easily and efficiently. Plus, Breibart gives you valuable tips on improving your technique, making modifications to the postures, and varying each exercise to take things up a notch. No matter your current fitness level, Standing Pilates is the revolutionary new way to reshape your body and reach your fitness goals in less time. This exciting new book:

• Features black-and-white photographs throughout that fully illustrate each exercise

• Explains how to exercise smarter to get the body you want

• Provides fundamentals and foundations for retraining your brain to move your body correctly to improve your balance and form

• Presents testimonials from fitness professionals on the benefits of Standing Pilates

• Includes up-to-date contact lists forcertified Pilates instructors, those also certified in Standing Pilates, and Pilates Certifying Studios

New interesting textbook: I Lost My Love in Baghdad or This Common Secret

The Zone: A Dietary Road Map (1 CD)

Author: Barry Sears

DID YOU KNOW THAT EATING FAT DOES NOT MAKE YOU FAT'Did you realize that eating fat-free carbohydrates can make you fat? Have you noticed that Americans are getting fatter in spite of eating less fat and more carbohydrates? Enter The Zone and discover the truth about your body's ability to burn fat and how to achieve lasting weight loss, great health, and peak athletic, mental, and emotional performance.In this scientific and revolutionary work based on Nobel Prize-winning research, Dr. Barry Sears, a medical visionary and former M.I.T. researcher, prescribes a new, effective, and easy-to-follow dietary program based on the vital connection between food and hormones. The Zone is based upon Dr. Sears' research showing that to achieve total balance in your life and health, you are required to regulate, through your diet, those hormones that control virtually all human body functions. With lists of good and bad carbohydrates, The Zone provides all you need to get your body in balance, so it will not only burn fat, but reduce the likelihood of disease.Once you enter The Zone, you will come to realize that food is more than a source of pleasure or a means to appease hunger. It is a powerful medicine and your ticket to a state of ultimate body balance, strength, and greater health. And your own journey toward exceptional well-being can begin with your next meal.

Yesterdays Tomorrow or Healing Sun

2009-01-17T22:18:00.000-08:00

Yesterday's Tomorrow: Recovery Meditations for Hard Cases

Author: Barry B Longyear

At last, a meditation book that shows why and, more importantly, how recovery works written in no-nonsense language by a "hard case" who's been there -- and been there, and been there.

Barry L. has been clean and sober for more than 14 years, but there was a time when his multiple trips through relapse, detox, and treatment made sobriety seem an impossibility. Now he's written a meditation book especially for "hard cases" like himself; those who struggle with the spiritual side of the program and have had a hard time staying sober. Here is blunt, bare-knuckle writing that tells it like it is.

Know a few hard cases who just don't seem to get the program? They'll benefit from this book.

Book about: Tax Funded Politics or Marketing Management

Healing Sun: Sunlight and Health in the 21st Century

Author: Richard Hobday

The human race evolved under the sun, and for thousands of years lived in harmony with its heat and light. Yet over the last fifty years we have lost this close contact with the sun and its healing powers. We have become afraid of it. However the sun is central to our well being and health. The light and heat from the sun are indispensable to all nature. Humanity is also part of nature and needs sunlight for health and well being, for vitality and happiness. This book explains how and why we should welcome sunlight back into our lives -- safely! It shows how sunlight was used to prevent and cure diseases in the past, and how it can heal us and help us in the future.

Alzheimers A to Z or The Breast Cancer Book

2009-01-17T13:07:00.000-08:00

Alzheimer's A to Z

Author: Jytte Lokvig

There are plenty of books about Alzheimer's disease-good books that can tell you what it is, what might cause it, and how it's treated. But few of them go on to tell you how to be the best caregiver you can be for a loved one with Alzheimer's. This book, written by an experienced caregiver and a physician specializing in Alzheimer's treatment, does both. Each section of this easy-to-read, alphabetically organized guide shares a wealth of practical knowledge and friendly, compassionate advice. The conversational articles will help you creatively solve everyday problems while still validating your loved one and providing them with rewarding day-to-day experiences. Browse the topics that interest you most or read the book straight through; as you care for your loved one with Alzheimer's, you'll find this book to be a constant and dependable source of encouragement and support.

	Foreword	ix
	Preface	xi
	Acknowledgments	xiii
	Introduction	1
A3
	Acceptance	3
	Activities	4
	Affection	6
	Age	6
	Aggression	7
	Agitation	9
	Alternative Remedies	10
	Alzheimer's Disease	13
	Alzheimer's Medications	17
	Appetite	19
	Attitude	20
B22
	Baby Talk	22
	Bathroom	23
	Bath Time	24
	Birthdays	26
	Body Language	27
C29
	Care Facilities	29
	Celebrations	33
	Children	34
	Choices	35
	Coaching	35
	Communication	38
	Compliments	39
	Comprehension	40
	Confusion	41
	Conversations	41
	Counseling	44
	Crowds	45
	Cursing	46
D48
	Day Care	48
	Death and Dying	49
	Dementia	52
	Dental Health	54
	Depression	55
	Diet and Nutrition	56
	Dignity	58
	Discussions	59
	Diversions	60
	Dressing	62
	Driving	64
E66
	Eating	66
	Emergency Pack	68
	Empathy	68
	Environment	70
	Exercise	71
	Eye and Sight Health	75
F77
	Family	77
	Fixations	78
	Foot Care	79
	Forgetfulness	80
	Forgiveness	80
	Friends	82
	Future	83
G85
	Games	85
	Gardening	86
	Going Home	87
	Guilt	89
H91
	Hallucinations	91
	Health	91
	Hearing Health	96
	Hoarding	96
	Home Help	97
	Home Safety	99
	Honesty	101
	Hospital	103
	Humor	106
I108
	Identification	108
	Incontinence	108
	Independence	112
J113
	Journals	113
K114
	Kitchen	114
L117
	Laughter	117
	Listening	118
	Love	119
	Loving Lies	119
M122
	Massage	122
	Medication	123
	Memories	124
	Money	126
	Movies	127
	Music	128
N131
	Neighborhood Flyer	131
	Normal	133
O135
	Obsessive Behavior	135
	Outings	136
P141
	Pacing	141
	Pain	142
	Paperwork	143
	Personal Space	144
	Pets	147
	Pills	148
	Privacy	149
	Projects	150
Q156
	Questions	156
R158
	Reactions	158
	Reading	160
	Reality	161
	Recording Memories	163
	Repetitions	163
	Respite	164
	Restaurants	166
	Routines	167
S169
	Safe Return	169
	Sexuality	169
	Share Care	172
	Signs	173
	Singing	175
	Stress	175
	Sundowning	176
	Support Groups	177
T179
	Telephone	179
	Television	181
	Transitions	181
U184
	Undressing	184
V186
	Validation	186
	Videos	187
	Visitors	189
	Vitamins	190
W192
	Walking	192
	Wandering	193
	Word Games	195
	Word Substitutions	197
X199
	X-Ray	199
Y200
Z201
	Zany	201
	Zippers	202
	Zoos	202
	Yeast Infections	200
	Resources	205
	References	211

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The Breast Cancer Book: What You Need to Know to Make Informed Decisions (Yale University Press Health and Wellnes Series)

Author: Ruth H Grobstein

A diagnosis of breast cancer is among the most frightening moments in a person’s life—so frightening that even to formulate questions for the doctor may seem impossible. This helpful book is written as a guide for women and men facing breast cancer and for their caring families and friends. It is also written for women who have not been diagnosed with breast cancer but are concerned that they may be.
Drawing on her many years of experience with breast cancer patients, Dr. Ruth H. Grobstein provides exactly the information they want and need in order to make the best health decisions. Her jargon-free book deals with general issues of interest to all women—mammography, hormone replacement therapy, risk factors for breast cancer, and more—as well as the numerous issues that patients diagnosed with breast cancer confront. Her book will be an indispensable companion, providing reliable information for patients on the journey through a sometimes confusing and impersonal medical system.

Library Journal

Breast cancer remains a hot topic, with computer-aided screening and aromatase inhibitors making news. Yet women face the same challenges when confronted with a positive diagnosis: what do they need to know, and what decisions do they need to make? Grobstein (founding director, Ida M. and Cecil H. Green Cancer Ctr., CA) tries to make those choices less daunting by providing a detailed approach to treatment options, with sidebars and lists of things to "Remember." Recent books have taken patients through the process and beyond (e.g., Carolyn M. Kaelin's Living Through Breast Cancer), but Grobstein's work, part of Yale's prestigious "Health & Wellness" series, limits itself to immediate treatment and a brief transition period. The highlight, which will distinguish the book from its peers, is Grobstein's "Decision Trees": similar to genealogy charts, these illustrations depict the various processes of the breast cancer experience, breaking them down to their component parts. Most women will find them exceedingly valuable in figuring out their next move. Featured throughout, these trees are also reproduced on perforated pages at the end of the text for personal use. Librarians, take heed. This reasonably priced, informative text is highly recommended for patient health collections. (Index not seen.)-Bette-Lee Fox, Library Journal Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

At A Glance Nutrition Counter or Yoga in Bed

2009-01-17T00:55:00.000-08:00

At-A-Glance Nutrition Counter

Author: Patricia Hausman

A straightforward guide that can help you plan your eating and get you on the road to healthful eating and living. This helpful, up-to-date guide includes all the information you need to determine calories, fat content, carbohydrate content, sodium level, fiber amount, and vitamin and mineral content for brand name foods, fast foods, ethnic specialities, health foods, beverages and much more. It also features a comprehensive Food Rating System that interprets the data instantly and works at a glance.

Books about: Southern Cook Book of Fine Old Recipes or Sugar Pie and Jelly Roll

Yoga in Bed: 20 Asanas to do in Your Pajamas

Author: Edward Vilga

Yoga has been shown to promote flexibility, deep relaxation, strength, balance, coordination, and a general sense of well being. But for many busy people, joining a yoga class may be an unrealistic goal. Illustrated with lively color photographs, YOGA IN BED—a concept developed by an overworked yoga instructor who had no time to practice on his own—offers gentle stretches and guided meditations that can fit into anyone’s schedule. Author and teacher Edward Vilga’s goal is to make the practice of yoga accessible and fun, and he’s chosen and named poses, from “Breakfast Bend” to “Winding Down Twist,” that are within the range of most healthy individuals, and easy to do in the comfort and privacy of home.

	Disclaimer	7
	Preface	8
	Introduction	14
	Morning Poses: Invigorate Your am!	20
	Swinging into Motion	23
	Sunrise Stretch	24
	Twist & Sigh	26
	Breakfast Bend	28
	Morning Roll	30
	Alarm Clock Rock	32
	Let Your Head Go	36
	Accepting the Unknown	40
	Shoulder Circles	42
	Lift Your Heart	44
	Wake-Up Spiral	46
	Easing into the Day	48
	I'm a Little Tea Pot Stretch	52
	Morning Juicer	54
	Sun Celebration	58
	Rising Lion	60
	Breath of Fire	62
	Coffee Cup Meditation	64
	Nap Your Way to Nirvana	66
	Tips for Napping	70
	Evening Poses: Ease into Dreamland	72
	Shifting into Sleep Mode	73
	Winding Down Twist	74
	Relax and Restore	76
	Child's Pose	77
	Floating Off to Dreamland	80
	Nighttime Goddess Stretch	82
	Upside Down Relaxation	85
	Bedtime Bending	88
	Clearing Your Mind	90
	Rub the Slate Clean	90
	Massage Your Mind	92
	Blissful Breath	94
	Final Twist	96
	Rock-a-bye Roll	98
	Chill Out Meditation	100
	OM! Yoga While Asleep	105
Appendix	The Yoga of Sleep	106
	Overcoming Insomnia & Other Sleep Disorders	112

Somersize Cocktails or Yes You Can Stop Smoking

2009-01-16T15:44:00.000-08:00

Somersize Cocktails: 30 Mouthwatering Recipes for Beautiful Drinks with All the Taste and None of the Guilt

Author: Suzanne Somers

Be the toast of the town at your next party!

Scintillating cocktails...a swank soiree...the tone is set for a sexy event. From flirty, fruity martinis to elegant champagne-infused cocktails to decadent after-dinner dessert drinks, Suzanne Somers presents thirty innovative recipes to dazzle your guests. And if you're one of the millions of people trying to cut down on sugar, the bonus is that these drinks can be made with SomerSweet, Suzanne's revolutionary sweetener with less than one gram of carbohydrates and zero sugars per serving. Finally you have a healthy choice, but when you're serving Suzanne's delicious drinks, your guests will never know the difference! In Somersize Cocktails, there are luscious libations to liven up any event, including:

Dirty Jalapeno Martini

Ginger Lime Cooler

Blended Citrus Lavender Smoothie

Ruby Red Greyhound

Berry Chocolate Martini

Tangerine Pomegranate Fizz

Watermelon Mojito

Whether you're one of the countless people on Suzanne's Somersize program or you're just trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle, now you can indulge (responsibly!) in these drinks that are easy to make, fun to serve, and won't cause a sugar overload.

Suzanne also includes recipes for fun virgin beverages so that you can enjoy all of the variety and joy of the cocktail hour without alcohol. Full of beautiful photos and thirty recipes ranging from elegant classics to unique concoctions, Somersize Cocktails is a must-have for anyone who wants to shake up their next event or simply enjoy a perfectly made cocktail.

Interesting book: Elementi essenziali delle statistiche d'impresa

Yes! You Can Stop Smoking: Even if You Don't Want To

Author: David C Jones

There's never a good time to stop smoking. It's the nature of nicotine addiction to keep you hooked. You do not have to wait for that elusive right moment or until you're ready to quit. That time will never come. With proper help you can put your cigarettes down and recover from nicotine addiction. You too can live happy joyous and free without the need to smoke.

Jnana Yoga or The Psychology of Eating and Drinking

2009-01-16T04:32:00.000-08:00

Jnana-Yoga

Author: Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda, India's first spiritual and cultural ambassador to the West, came to represent the religions of India at the World Parliament of Religions, held at Chicago in connection with the World's Fair (Columbian Exposition) of 1893. His message of the unity of humankind and harmony of religions was embraced by the public and press of the time as representing the essence of the Parliament. The Swami wished to create a bridge between the East and the West by bringing to America the gift of India's ancient spirituality, in exchange for the scientific and industrial outlook of the West. After four years of traveling and teaching in America and Europe, the Swami returned to India, where he is revered as a "Patriot Saint." The government of India has declared his birthday a national holiday. In 1976 on the occasion of the American Bicentennial, Swami Vivekananda was honored by the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery as one who came to America from abroad during the past 200 years and made a significant impact on its spiritual development.

Upon his return to India, Swami Vivekananda founded The Ramakrishna Order of India in the name of his teacher, Sri Ramakrishna, who is regarded as the Prophet of Harmony of Religions. The Order is the pre-eminent religious organization of modern India. More than 1000 monks of the Order serve throughout the world. While in the West the work is mainly in the form of conducting worship, teaching, writing and lecturing, in India the Order is widely known for its vast charitable activities -- running hospitals and schools, rural uplift, and extensive relief work in times of emergency. The Swamis of the Order work tirelessly in the spirit of "Service of God in Man," regarding the service of all people as a veritable form of worship.

The Centers of the Order in America, often referred to by such names as Ramakrishna or Vivekananda Centers, or Vedanta Societies, were first organized by Swami Vivekananda for the propagation of the Swami's teachings. Today there are Centers in many of America's major cities, including New York, Boston, Providence, Chicago, St. Louis, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Berkeley, Sacramento, and Hollywood. Because of their belief in the underlying truth of all religions, the Centers of the Ramakrishna Order are at the forefront of the Interfaith Movement. (Publisher's comments written by Swami Adiswarananda, Spiritual Leader, Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center of New York).

What People Are Saying

William James
The man [Vivekananda] is simply a wonder for oratorical power....the Swami is an honor to humanity.

Jawaharlal Nehru
His whole life and teaching inspired my generation......he brought his great spirituality to bear upon his patriotism and thus his message was not confined to India only, but was for the whole world. I pay my homage to his memory.

Mahatma Gandhi
My homage and respect to the very revered memory of Swami Vivekananda..after having gone through [his works], the love that I had for my country became a thousandfold.

S Radhakrishnan
This book brings together the main teachings of Swami Vivekananda in an easily accessible and readable form. I hope that in these days of uncertainty and confusion of mind Vivekananda's teachings may prove an enlightenment to many troubled souls.
— (S. Radhakrishnan, author, philosopher, and former Vice-president of the Indian Republic)

Chistopher Isherwood
[Vivekananda is] one of the very greatest historical figures that India has ever produced. When one sees the full range of his mind, one is astounded.

F. S.C. Northrop
To convey Hindu meanings in English words is exceedingly difficult. The difficulty arises from the fact that the reader inevitably reads modern western, rather than ancient Hindu, meanings into the English words. The problem of any expositor or translator, therefore, is that of so wording the English translation of the Hindu doctrines that the Western philosophical or psychological meanings of the English words will not be introduced to the reader. Especially in his exposition of Jnana-Yoga, Vivekananda showed himself to be the expert in this.

William James
William James

The man [Vivekananda] is simply a wonder for oratorical power . . . the Swami is an honor to humanity.

Romain Rolland
Romain Rolland on Swami Vivekananda (from the back cover).

His words are great music, phrases in the style of Beethoven, stirring rhythms like the march of Handel choruses. I cannot touch these sayings of his, scattered as they are through the pages of books at thirty years' distance, without receiving a thrill through my body, like an electric shock. And what shocks, what transports, must have been produced when in burning words they issued from the lips of the hero!

S. Radhakrishnan
S. Radhakrishnan, author, philosopher, and former Vice-president of the Indian Republic

This book brings together the main teachings of Swami Vivekananda in an easily accessible and readable form. I hope that in these days of uncertainty and confusion of mind Vivekananda's teachings may prove an enlightenment to many troubled souls.

Christopher Isherwood
Christopher Isherwood, author

[Vivekananda is] one of the very greatest historical figures that India has ever produced. When one sees the full range of his mind, one is astounded.

Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru

His whole life and teaching inspired my generation . . . . he brought his great spirituality to bear upon his patriotism and thus his message was not confined to India only, but was for the whole world. I pay my homage to his memory.

Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi

My homage and respect to the very revered memory of Swami Vivekananda . . . after having gone through [his works], the love that I had for my country became a thousandfold.

F.S.C. S. C. Northrop
F.S.C. Northrop, Yale University

To convey Hindu meanings in English words is exceedingly difficult. The difficulty arises from the fact that the reader inevitably reads modern western, rather than ancient Hindu, meanings into the English words. The problem of any expositor or translator, therefore, is that of so wording the English translation of the Hindu doctrines that the Western philosophical or psychological meanings of the English words will not be introduced to the reader. Especially in his exposition of Jnana-Yoga, Vivekananda showed himself to be the expert in this.

The Psychology of Eating and Drinking

Author: Alexandra Logu

Our fascination with eating and drinking behaviors and their causes has resulted in a huge industry of food-related pop science. Every bookstore, every magazine stand, every grocery store checkout counter is filled with publications about how to get your child to eat vegetables, how to tell if someone has an eating disorder or, most commonly, how to lose weight. But the degree to which any of these is based on scientific research is very limited. In contrast to the literature for the general reader, the scientific research on eating and drinking behaviors is usually too technical for the general reader.The Psychology of Eating and Drinking is a unique volume; a textbook that can be comprehended by the general educated reader. Just as in her past editions of this book, Alexandra Logue grounds her investigation into the complex interactions between our physiology, our surroundings, and our eating and drinking habits in laboratory research and up-to-date scientific information. The chapters move from the general---hunger and thirst, taste and smell, and eating behaviors---to the more specialized---overeating and overdrinking, anorexia and bulimia, and alcohol use. In each case, Logue provides a brief synopsis of the most historically influential scientific research and then relates this history to the most up to date advances. This method provides the reader with a general introduction to the physiology of sensations related to eating and drinking and how these sensations are influenced by the individual's social surroundings. The Psychology of Eating and Drinking provides the general reader and student with a biological and psychological framework to understand hisor her eating behaviors.

Coping with a Picky Eater or Enigma of Health

2009-01-15T18:16:00.000-08:00

Coping with a Picky Eater: A Guide for the Perplexed Parent

Author: William G Wilkoff

End the Food Wars!

Do you feel as if you're running a restaurant instead of cooking dinner for a family? Are you tired of dumping plates of uneaten food in the garbage? Then you must read Coping with a Picky Eater. This fresh, practical, and realistic guide explains to parents how they can avoid mealtime battles with kids aged one to six years, using sensible strategies that will establish a lifetime of healthful eating habits.

With cases ranging from the toddler who eats only peanut butter and jelly on white bread to the six-year-old who insists on scrambled eggs and cheese at every meal, pediatrician William G. Wilkoff, M.D., has been counseling picky eaters and their concerned parents for more than twenty years. Debunking common myths and soothing parents' fears, Dr. Wilkoff covers such practical matters as:

providing appropriate nutritional guidelines for youngsters one to six, including serving sizes;
dealing with nutritional saboteurs -- from indulgent grandparents to accommodating (or impatient) caregivers;
resisting the temptation to "whip up" special orders that disrupt family meals and give the picky eater control over the family dynamic.

Dr. Wilkoff shows that by establishing reasonable rules when children are young, parents can not only eliminate daily fights about food, but also reduce the possibility of eating disorders later in life.

What People Are Saying

Kitty Broihier
Almost every child goes through a picky-eating phase at one time or another. This no-nonsense book helps remove some of the anxiety that adults experience during these phases, and provides parents and caretakers with plenty of practical advice on coping with picky eaters.

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Enigma of Health: The Art of Healing in a Scientific Age

Author: Hans Georg Gadamer

“This is an extraordinarily thoughtful and insightful analysis of major contemporary problems dealing with the physician-patient relationship and the attitudes of society toward health, illness, and death. I know of no work that attempts to do what Gadamer does here. The book will serve educators in the humanities—especially those in philosophy, psychology, and sociology—as well as many persons in the health professions. I would be pleased if its message were absorbed by every student and practitioner of medicine.”—Victor Vaughan, M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine

Booknews

German philosopher Gadamer explores the ethical and humanist issues raised by the technological successes of modern medicine. He argues that medicine is not only a science but an art of hermeneutic relevance requiring practical judgment and personal interpretation. First published as Uber die Verborgenheit der Gesundheit in 1993. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. No bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Preface
1	Theory, Technology, Praxis	1
2	Apologia for the Art of Healing	31
3	The Problem of Intelligence	45
4	The Experience of Death	61
5	Bodily Experience and the Limits of Objectification	70
6	Between Nature and Art	83
7	Philosophy and Practical Medicine	92
8	On the Enigmatic Character of Health	103
9	Authority and Critical Freedom	117
10	Treatment and Dialogue	125
11	Life and Soul	141
12	Anxiety and Anxieties	152
13	Hermeneutics and Psychiatry	163
	Index	175

Here and Now or One Year to a Successful Massage Therapy Practice

2009-01-15T09:04:00.000-08:00

Here and Now: Inspiring Stories of Cancer Survivors

Author: Elena Dorfman

Facing cancer is a life-changing event, one that prompts soul-searching and a reevaluation of all that one holds to be true. In the years following their own cancer treatments, authors Elena Dorfman and Heidi Schultz Adams were left wondering, What difference has cancer made in other people's lives? What does it mean to survive a life-threatening illness? In Here and Now, Dorfman and Adams offer photographic portraits and personal stories of 38 people — of all ages and from all walks of life — who have confronted cancer at some point in their lives. Their stories explore both the universal questions raised by a cancer diagnosis, and how their unique answers to those questions shaped each survivor into who they are today. Here and Now is a beautiful volume that will provide comfort and insight to everyone from the recently diagnosed to the 20-year survivor, eloquently demonstrating how seemingly insurmountable adversity can bring forth surprising courage and strength, both in us and those around us.

Library Journal

The theory behind support groups is that sharing your experiences with others who have "been there" is mutually beneficial. Here & Now is a collection of narratives from men, women, and children of various ages, ethnicities, and backgrounds (including well-known actors, authors, and musicians) who describe their cancers and the ways they coped (or didn't) with a life-altering diagnosis. The authors (a photographer/author and a writer, respectively) are both cancer survivors. The portraits are unflinchingly direct, from the graphic descriptions of the cancers themselves (from breast cancer to leukemia to rhabdomyosarcoma) to the straightforward reactions to it: "I sold mugs that said, `Fuck Cancer.' " Many discuss complementary and alternative therapies, being in denial and being in control, wanting a better life and not fearing death. The narratives are mostly upbeat; lots are downright scary ("I had to have my ovaries, uterus, fallopian tubes, cervix, and bladder removed"). For some cancer survivors (or "graduates"), this may be just too much. Others will find intriguing information, especially the options some people chose. There are similar books from breast cancer patients (e.g., Barbara Delinsky's Uplift), but this title is rare for its inclusion of so many forms of the disease. Libraries should certainly acquire. Bette-Lee Fox, "Library Journal" Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

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One Year to a Successful Massage Therapy Practice

Author: Laura Allen

One Year to a Successful Massage Therapy Practice is designed for all massage practitioners, whether they are beginning their business or need to revitalize it. This new text utilizes no-cost and low-cost marketing methods in a week-to-week planning format. Readers are encouraged to be pro-active in their business and perform the activities set forth in each chapter, then journal their results. At the end of one year, the practitioner will have a documented, successful business plan.

CHAPTER 11:Join a Professional Association
CHAPTER 12:Join the Chamber of Commerce
CHAPTER 13:Payment Options for Your Clients
CHAPTER 14:Your Mailing List
CHAPTER 15:A Grand Opening
CHAPTER 16:Get Involved In Your Community
CHAPTER 17:Community Service
CHAPTER 18:Mutual Referral Relationships
CHAPTER 19:Partners in Advertising
CHAPTER 20:Publishing a Newsletter
CHAPTER 21:Inexpensive Advertising On the Radio
CHAPTER 22:The Awesome Power of the Internet
CHAPTER 23:Rescheduling Clients
CHAPTER 24:Take A Survey
CHAPTER25:Two-fers
CHAPTER 26:Host a Holistic Health Fair
CHAPTER 27:Have a Mentor, Be a Mentor
CHAPTER 28:Your Automobile
CHAPTER 29:Bartering for Advertising
CHAPTER 30:Retailing
CHAPTER 31:Everybody Loves a Parade
CHAPTER 32:Have Table, Will Travel
CHAPTER 33:The Magnificent Massage Chair
CHAPTER 34:Adopt-a-Highway
CHAPTER 35:Host a Free Seminar
CHAPTER 36:Newsworthy Events and Press Releases
CHAPTER 37:Promotional Giveaways
CHAPTER 38:Do Something Unusual!
CHAPTER 39:Share Your Space
CHAPTER 40:The Power of the Hand Written Note
CHAPTER 41:Massage Parties
CHAPTER 42:Public Access Television
CHAPTER 43:Monday Morning Scheduling Blitz
CHAPTER 44:Advertising in Unusual Places
CHAPTER 45:Conducting Research Projects
CHAPTER 46:Get a Grant for Doing Massage
CHAPTER 47:Getting Published
CHAPTER 48:Marketing to Athletes
CHAPTER 49:Start Your Own Support Group for Massage Therapists
CHAPTER 50:Be On Call
CHAPTER 51:Continuing Your Marketing Education
CHAPTER 52:Taking Stock: The Year in Review

Part IV: Trip Tips: Resources for Massage Therapists

Introduction to the Appendices

Appendix I: State Massage Therapy Boards

Appendix II: Massage and Bodywork Associations

Appendix III: Marketing Materials for Massage Therapists

Appendix IV: Internet Resources for Marketing Massage

Appendix V: Marketing Calendar

Appendix VI: Recommened Books About Marketing

Index

Thin Commandments or Complete Form and Qigong Taijiquan Classical Yang Style

2009-01-14T20:52:00.000-08:00

Thin Commandments: The Ten No-Fail Strategies for Permanent Weight Loss

Author: Stephen Gullo

Bestselling author of Thin Tastes Better, Dr. Stephen Gullo lets you in on his unique program that has a success rate almost 15 times higher than the national average and has helped patients lose more than 100 pounds and maintain the weight loss for more than 5 years. At Dr. Gullo's Institute for Health and Weight Sciences in New York City, patients wait up to 6 months for an appointment and pay over $1,000 an hour for the secrets he imparts in this book.

Dr. Gullo's program, incorporating his more than 25 years of clinical experience, features The Ten Thin Commandments that govern all eating habits and his easy-to-follow "ABC Diet" plan.

In Part One, Dr. Gullo shares his Thin Commandments, including:
Think historically, not just calorically-identify trigger foods that can undermine weight loss
Slips should teach you, not defeat you-uncover the "24-hour secret" and never gain weight from bingeing again
Success is about substitution, not denial-discover the 10 most common diet-busting foods and their satisfying substitutes

In Part Two, Dr. Gullo outlines his simple ABC Diet plan. He takes the guesswork out of dieting and offers a three-step program, which begins with a 10-day turbocharge plan that helps melt away pounds quickly and easily. The ABC Diet is complete with menu plans and shopping lists.

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Complete Form and Qigong Taijiquan, Classical Yang Style

Author: Jwing Ming Yang

The complete Taiji book from America's best-known teacher! A traditional step-by-step guide to a healthy body and relaxed mind.
-- Learn fundamental stances, moving drills, and breathing patterns
-- Discover how to feel and direct your Qi
-- Achieve vibrant health and true mind/body synthesis

Contains the complete Long Form and Taiji Qigong set.

Yoga over 50 or Conditioning for Dance

2009-01-14T10:40:00.000-08:00

Yoga over 50: The Way to Vitality, Health and Energy in Later Life

Author: Mary Stewart

TEN MINUTES A DAY CAN TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE

As our bodies begin to show the signs of daily wear and tear, and workout programs which once seemed effective no longer meet our changing needs, yoga can be the ideal exercise. Low impact and non-competitive, invigorating rather than exhausting, and with an emphasis on keeping the body supple and the mind relaxed and focused, the ancient discipline of yoga can be practiced at any time of life. The programs in Yoga Over 50 feature:

* Step-by-step descriptions of yoga positions for active and resting poses

* Programs suited to varying degrees of fitness, experience, and flexibility

* Exercises to relieve specific problems, including headache, stiffness, and insomnia Whether you're looking for an alternative to more strenuous exercise, or a gentle yet efficient way to stay fit, Yoga Over 50 will enable you to reach new levels of physical vitality and mental clarity.

Conditioning for Dance

Author: Eric Franklin

Conditioning for Dance improves your technique and performance in all dance forms by strengthening the body's core while improving your coordination, balance, alignment, and flexibility. The result is more lift without tension, deeper pliés, higher jumps with less effort, tighter turns, and improved extension and turnout.The innovative, proven techniques in this book will help you execute key movements better as you · strengthen the muscles you use in dance by performing exercises with elastic resistance bands;· start and move in proper alignment using imagery; · improve your balance and release tension through playful exercises with small balls; · develop leg and torso power that translates to higher jumps and tighter turns; and · optimize your flexibility through touch, movement awareness, and imagery.Conditioning for Dance features 102 imagery illustrations paired with dance-specific exercises to help you maximize body–mind conditioning. The book culminates with a 20-minute, full-body barre workout routine designed to help you warm up, condition, and refine your dance technique. By working the muscles through movements and ranges of motion that approximate the demands of your chosen dance form, you directly enrich your performance capabilities. And as you strengthen the body's core, stretch to gain just the right amount of flexibility, and incorporate the power of the mind, you unleash your full artistic and physical potential. From the PublisherAbout the AuthorEric Franklin has more than 20 years' experience as a dancer and choreographer. In addition to earning a BFA from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and a BS from the University of Zurich, he has studied and trained with some of the top movement imagery specialists around the world and used this training as a professional dancer in New York.Franklin has shared imaging techniques in his teaching since 1986. He is founder and director of the Institute for Movement Imagery Education and is a guest professor at the Universities of Bern, Vienna, Dresden Linz, and Salzburg. Most recently he has taught at the Royal Ballet School in London and at the Royal Academy of Dance in Dublin. Franklin has been on the faculty of the American Dance Festival since 1991 and teaches at universities, dance centers, and dance festivals in the United States and throughout Europe.Franklin is author of Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery and Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance. He also coauthored the bestselling book Breakdance, which received a New York City Public Library Prize in 1984. He is a member of the International Association of Dance Medicine and Science.Franklin lives near Zurich, Switzerland, with his wife, Gabriela, and their two children.

Library Journal

Franklin (Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery; Relax Your Neck, Liberate Your Shoulders) has formulated a conditioning manual for dancers that focuses on imagery, balance, flexibility, alignment, and strength. Franklin is founder and director of the Institute for Movement Imagery Education and has taught at the Royal Ballet School in London. Here he advocates the use of elastic resistance bands and balls to develop strength and includes an elastic resistance band and barre workout. Some chapter titles are "Strengthening the Center," "Reflexive Balance," and "Improving Turns, Jumps and Turnouts." Exercises are presented in a straightforward, step-by-step manner, accompanied by 102 illustrations that aid in visualizing one's skeleton and musculature. Dancers looking for more range of movement, power, or a way to address a specific problem will find this text valuable. Readers interested in kinesiology and sports medicine will also appreciate it. Recommended for larger public and academic libraries.-Barbara Kundanis, Batavia P.L., IL Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Miladys Guide to Owning and Operating a Nail Salon or Weight Wisdom

2009-01-13T23:29:00.000-08:00

Milady's Guide to Owning and Operating a Nail Salon

Author: Joanne L Wiggins

This tape provides specific business references for every aspect of the nail service industry.

	Preface
	Introduction	1
Ch. 1	Preplanning	5
Ch. 2	Starting Out	22
Ch. 3	Employees	47
Ch. 4	Salon Operations	68
Ch. 5	Personal Development	83
Ch. 6	Business Development	89
Ch. 7	Health and Safety	107
Ch. 8	Services	114
	Appendix A: Associations	137
	Appendix B: Individual State Offices for Developmental Assistance	139
	Appendix C: State Boards of Cosmetology	144
	Index	145

Books about: Banquet or How to Cook

Weight Wisdom: Affirmations to Free You from Food and Body Concerns

Author: Kathleen Burns Kingsbury

Therapists Kathleen Burns Kingsbury and Mary Ellen Williams have treated hundreds of eating disordered people in their many years of practice, from slender seven-year-old Madeline who "feels fat," to Clare, an overwhelmed mother who can only cope with stress by bingeing three times a day.

In Weight Wisdom, they draw on their vast experience to illuminate a clear and practical path to recovery, offering a unique collection of daily affirmations that focus on the irrational beliefs, thoughts, and fears behind eating disordered behavior. In this powerful guide, Kingsbury and Williams equip readers with simple reflections, vignettes, and everyday analogies that they have successfully used with their own clients to counter destructive feelings and shatter distorted ideas of food and weight. Pithy and positive statements replace compulsive, perfectionist rules with new strategies to cope with blame, guilt, vulnerability, and self-criticism. Concrete activities help people with eating problems get offthe scale, get in touch with their feelings, and make friends with their bodies. Written by experienced therapists who understand the needs and fears of people with eating problems, the book is a refreshing guide to lasting change and recovery.

How Everyday Products Make People Sick or Secret Agents

2009-01-13T14:17:00.000-08:00

How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace

Author: Paul D Blanc

This book reveals the hidden health dangers in many of the seemingly innocent products we encounter every day--a tube of glue in a kitchen drawer, a bottle of bleach in the laundry room, a rayon scarf on a closet shelf, a brass knob on the front door, a wood plank on an outdoor deck. A compelling exposé, written by a physician with extensive experience in public health and illustrated with disturbing case histories, How Everyday Products Make People Sick is a rich and meticulously documented account of injury and illness across different time periods, places, and technologies. It presents a picture not of one exceptional or corrupt industry but rather of how run-of-the-mill manufacturing processes and consumer marketing expose workers and the general public alike to toxic hazards. More troubling still, even when such hazards are recognized, calls for their control are routinely ignored. Written for a wide audience, it offers a critical and disquieting perspective on the relationship between industrial development and its adverse health consequences.
Among the surprisingly common hazards discussed in How Everyday Products Make People Sick:
* Glue and rubber cement
* Chlorine bleach
* Rayon and other synthetic textiles
* Welding and other metal fumes
* Wood preservatives
* Gasoline additives

Library Journal

Blanc (medicine, Univ. of California, San Francisco) has written a scathing account of how industry toxins and factory processes have systematically poisoned large portions of the human population. He documents hazards generated as new products and processes birth chemicals that sicken workers and environments, and castigates governments and businesses that have historically denied, ignored, or weakened protections for workers. Examples include London's "killer fog" of 1952, which took more than 3500 lives, and moving parts in factories that have killed or maimed thousands. Blanc provides case studies from Europe and the United States about specific products, such as glue and rubber cement, shoes, phosphorus matches, asbestos, and rayon. He uses solid facts and a dry wit to expose continuing abuses to humans and the planet. Government agencies and politicians are condemned as too weak, prone to undue influence, and ignorant of the threats posed by emerging chemical toxins that may be more deadly than biological weapons. An outstanding text for students of occupational health issues. Janet M. Schneider, James A. Haley Veterans' Hosp. Lib., Tampa Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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Secret Agents: The Menace of Emerging Infections

Author: Madeline Drexler

As timely as it is urgent, this well-researched book from veteran science journalist Madeline Drexler delivers a compelling report on today's most ominous infectious disease threats. She focuses on a different danger in each chapter-from the looming risk of lethal influenza to in-depth information on the public health perils posed by bioterrorism. With a novelist's descriptive eye and a thriller writer's sense of tension, she warns us that the most ceaselessly creative bioterrorist is still Mother Nature, whose microbial operatives are all around us, ready to pounce when conditions are right.

author of Big Shot: Passion, Politics, and the Struggle for an AIDS Vaccine - Patricia Thomas

Like a painting by Hieronymus Bosch, Secret Agents is a panorama teeming with miniatures that make the blood run cold. An authoritative book for an anxious age.

former Director, Central Intelligence Agency, attorney at law - James Woolsey

Madeline Drexler stuns the reader, and rightly so, in this superbly written and alarming book.

M.D., Deputy Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies - Thomas Inglesby

A highly compelling narrative.

Ph.D., Director, University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy and co-author of Living Terrors - Michael Osterholm

Secret Agents skillfully captures the frontline experience in the battle between humans and deadly, ever-changing microbes. This book is hard to put down.

Washington Post

Any outbreak of unknown cause is a mystery waiting to be solved, and the best outbreak stories have the quality of a good detective yarn. Drexler pieces together the interplay of bungles, the barriers of ego and ambition, and the lucky breaks. Well-written, well-researched ... a fine and valuable effort.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Drexler's crystal-clear prose reads like a conversation with a master storyteller. This book will amaze and delight anyone fascinated by scientific mysteries.

USA Today

Drexler's gripping book is an especially readable account of the dangerous common ground where man and microbes meet. Richly researched and written in simple, conversational language.

National Journal

..well-researched and well-written ... Drexler writes convincingly and engagingly ... Secret Agents is at once alarming and enlightening, and Drexler has provided a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history and nature of infectious disease.

Science

...a lively and well-researched story.,,,,,,Drexler provides a well-organized and detailed account of several major outbreaks of infectious diseases (predominantly in the United States) and the issues associated with them.

Cleveland Plain Dealer

In a volume written for the educated layman, Drexler does an admirable job of explaining the threats from our food supply, the overuse of antibiotics, exotic viruses such as Ebola, the woeful state of the world's public-health systems and bioterrorism. ... Drexler is a clear and concise writer who avoids sensationalism despite the nature of the subject. She is particularly good at drawing little portraits of the book's heroes, the scientists and medical workers who track and battle the new diseases.

New York Times Book Review

...an authoritative, well-paced, vividly written book that will scare the pants off you. It's so up-to-date it includes even the recent anthrax attacks...All in all, Drexler has produced a fascinating book that everyone (except perhaps serious hypochondriacs) ought to read.

Baltimore Sun

Secret Agents takes its place as a must-read for the latest on this crucial health issue. ... authoritative, compelling..vivid...Drexler's chapters read like dispatches from a war.

Drexler's fine book ought to be required reading for citizens and public leaders the world over.

Town & Village

...fascinating narratives of the detective work in unraveling nature's secrets.

Booklist

...a fascinating, thought-provoking book... A substantial contribution to public information about infectious diseases.

Publishers Weekly

...engrossing overview... Drexler is skilled at making the biology of pathogens accessible to general readers. ...as bioterrorism (which Drexler addresses) becomes a growing threat, her calls for funding public health organizations and global disease-fighting coalitions are worth reiterating.

Medscape

Secret Agents, the most recent addition to a decade-long list of books devoted to emerging infections, deserves special praise. ... All observations are accurate, original, and infectiously insightful. Indeed, this book is a most enjoyable read; it should be informative for infectious diseases cognoscenti as well as an excellent introduction for an initiative audience wishing to learn about the newest health threats. ...

The book reads like a perfect multicourse meal, attractively presented and served with the right amount of clinically correct, surprisingly up-to-date information on dozens of conditions. Drexler's Dorothy Parker-like bon mots and asides are the perfect sauces to compliment the feast. ... Secret Agents is a most delightful read, and, like other very special treats, it should be read slowly, savored, and remembered.

Biodefense Quarterly

Ms. Drexler provides a description of bacteria and viruses suitable for the lay audience, while being provocative, honest, and forward-looking in her views on disease and public health.

Library Journal

"The most menacing bioterrorist is Mother Nature herself," declares science journalist Drexler. She backs up her argument with stories of infectious microorganisms from ancient plagues to HIV. Antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis, newly recognized infectious agents like Creutzfeldt-Jakob-causing prions, and predictions of a postantibiotic era create a chilling story of a future in which surgery is no longer safe and treatments for even the simplest infectious diseases are no longer available. Drexler includes chapters on food-borne and insect-borne disease, the 1918 flu pandemic, and bioterrorism. One of the most interesting chapters is on the possible connection between infectious agents and chronic diseases like heart disease and schizophrenia. Though similar in scope to Philip Tierno's Germs (LJ 1/02), this book focuses more on general public health issues and less on day-to-day actions that individuals can take to prevent illness. Most public libraries will want both because of the current interest in bioterrorism. Elizabeth Williams, Fresno City Coll. Lib., CA Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

American Cancer Societys Complete Guide to Prostate Cancer or Menopause Bible

2009-01-13T02:06:00.000-08:00

American Cancer Society's Complete Guide to Prostate Cancer

Author: David G Bostwick

"This comprehensive guide provides the latest information about symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options as well as practical advice about coping with the healthcare system, insurance providers, and the emotional aspects of the disease. . . . An excellent title."
--Library Journal, May 1, 2005

Written by the top experts in the field, this essential guide provides you with up-to-date, evidence-based information about every aspect of prostate cancer, from who is at risk, to diagnostic tests and treatment, to living well after treatment. American Cancer Society’s Complete Guide to Prostate Cancer explores:

The latest advances in prevention, early detection, and treatment
The range of treatment options available and their advantages, expected outcomes, and potential side effects
How to cope with emotional stresses and potential physical side effects such as incontinence and erectile dysfunction
How to maintain quality of life, sexuality, and relationships
Practical issues like managing medical records, work, and insurance

Highlighted by personal stories from people affected by prostate cancer, American Cancer Society’s Complete Guide to Prostate Cancer also addresses follow-up care, the risk of recurrence, and scientific advances andpromising research. A special section helps loved ones understand, cope, and provide support.

David G. Bostwick, M.D., MBA, is a clinical professor of pathology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and medical director of Bostwick Laboratories in Richmond.

E. David Crawford, M.D., is the associate director of the University ofColorado ComprehensiveCancer Center in Aurora. He is also professor of surgery and radiation oncology and head of urologic oncology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Aurora.

Celestia S. Higano, M.D., is an oncology specialist at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and is an associate professor of the department of medicine and the department of urology at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle.

Mack Roach III, M.D., is a professor of radiation oncology and urology and director of clinicalresearch in radiation oncology at the University of California at San Francisco.

Library Journal

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common type of cancer among men, killing some 42,000 every year. Two new guides seek to provide the latest information on the disease and the treatments available. Written by leading medical experts, the American Cancer Society's Complete Guide is an accessible and comprehensive survey that describes PCa and explains who is at risk, backing up its discussions with statistics. Symptoms, early detection, and what to expect when seeing a doctor are also addressed. Confusing diagnostic medical terminology and acronyms are explained in the text and conveniently repeated in the glossary. The volume also outlines treatment options-e.g., watchful waiting, hormonal therapy, radiation and brachytherapy, surgery, and cryotherapy-and details the combination of factors that predict outcomes. There is advice on how to manage the medical establishment, deal with insurance, assure emotional support for the patient and his family, and contact support groups. Bubley (genitourinary oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Ctr., Boston) explains how, owing to increased public awareness and improved screening tests, PCa is more often detected at its earliest and most treatable stages. With over 25 years' experience in conventional and experimental prostate cancer therapies, Bubley clearly discusses the natural remedies and alternative medicines that can complicate treatment and may have adverse consequences if the doctor is not kept informed of their use. Bubley hopes his overview will open and encourage patient/physician dialog about treatment options and possible changes in diet and lifestyle to help maintain wellness and improve prostate health. Both guides are good choices for consumer health collections, but if funds are limited, stick to the excellent American Cancer Society title.-James Swanton, Harlem Hosp. Lib., New York Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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Menopause Bible: Taking Charge of the Change

Author: Robin N Phillips

An illustrated and comprehensive handbook for women on coping physically, mentally and emotionally with "the change".

The hormonal changes in women during menopause have a dramatic impact on physical, mental, and emotional health. Although menopause is universal for women, no two go through it the same way.

The Menopause Bible is a contemporary reference book that explains what it is, what happens, what can be done to minimize its effects, and how to maintain optimal health. The book is designed to help all women whether choosing a drug-free transition or medical intervention.

The book covers every aspect of menopause:

Why and how menopause occurs

Symptoms of menopause

Specific related health issues such as osteoporosis

Sexual health and techniques

Drug and alternative treatments

Positive impact of proper diet and exercise

Regular health monitoring.

In-depth and up-to-date information on the controversial hormone replacement therapy (HRT) includes the risk factors, who can benefit, recommended monitoring procedures, and courses of treatment. While women with menopausal difficulties were once treated solely with HRT, now there are a number of options, including alternative treatments such as herbal replacement supplements.

Illustrated with full-color anatomical drawings and helpful photographs, The Menopause Bible enables a woman to take active control of her overall health at a critical time in her life.

Monsters under the Bed and Other Childhood Fears or An Invitation to Wellness

2009-01-12T16:53:00.000-08:00

Monsters under the Bed and Other Childhood Fears: Helping Your Child Overcome Anxieties, Fears, and Phobias

Author: Stephen W Garber PhD

"Mommeeee, Daddeeee. . . I'm scared." What parent hasn't heard this at one time or another and been unsure of how to respond? All children are afraid of something at every stage of their lives. It's normal for an infant to be wary of strangers, for a small child to feel nervous around a big dog, or for a teenager to suffer from stage fright. But there are steps parents can take to make certain their child outgrows these developmental fears in a healthy way. This book teaches them to do just that. Monsters Under the Bed introduces parents to the fears common in children from infancy through adolescence, including fear of social events, cars, airplanes, heights, enclosed spaces, insects, and the weather, among others. It covers vital information on each, including how to tell the difference between a normal fear and a phobia, what not to do with a frightened child, how to desensitize a child to his or her fear, how to overcome a fear that has lasted too long, and how and when to respond to a child's fear. By implementing the easy-to-use strategies in Monsters Under the Bed parents can help children quell current fears and also develop coping skills for managing the new fears and anxieties that can emerge as a child grows. During the past twenty-one years, the authors - a behavioral psychologist, an educational consultant, and a former teacher - have developed the most comprehensive and practical system to date for teaching parents how to help their children overcome their physical, mental, and emotional reactions to fear. Here, the authors provide parents with the same hands-on approach that they have shared in their previous books, Good Behavior and If Your Child Is Hyperactive, Inattentive, Impulsive, Distractible. . . Helping the ADD/Hyperactive Child. Although Monsters Under the Bed is based on sound philosophy and research, it is not merely theory-oriented. It is a tool that can be used daily for understanding, minimizing, preventing, and overcoming your chi

Library Journal

Coping with children's fears has long been a challenge to parents, and the authors deal directly and practically with the subject. Following opening chapters on understanding and identifying a child's fear and some overall guidelines on teaching basic relaxation techniques, the authors introduce their basic plan for overcoming fear through imagination, information, observation, and exposure. Subsequent chapters apply these four techniques to specific fears, including fear of separation, animals, storms, and transportation, as well as fear of school, medicine, and death. Chapters are very specific in suggestions for helping children, and include lists of children's books, suggestions for ``positive self-talk,'' and more. Finally, the authors offer guidelines for seeking further help if the fear does not subside. Recommended for parenting collections.-- Kay Brodie, Chesapeake Coll., Wye Mills, Md.

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An Invitation to Wellness: Making Healthy Choices (with 1Pass Instant Access to HealthNOW, InfoTrac and Lab Booklet)

Author: Dianne Hales

AN INVITATION TO WELLNESS presents the dimensions of wellness within a manageable 15 chapters. This new text teaches students that wellness is about taking responsibility and making healthy choices. There is a strong emphasis on behavior change, including "The Wellness Coach" lists, "Making Healthy Choices" and "Your Action Plan" sections, and the "Wellness Journal. " From the engaging writing to the practical pedagogy, students are given the tools they need to understand the importance of good health, as well as how the topics relate to their own lives, which also help students see the relevance for why they are taking the course. Additionally, there are a series of teaching and learning resources that stand above the rest. Included is the new HealthNOW online assessment resource that will help students understand their knowledge of the material and provide interactive study tools that will engage them in the material. From the text, to the classroom, to the household, AN INVITATION TO WELLNESS will match the course objectives and drive students to live a healthy lifestyle.

1. An Invitation to Wellness. 2. Making Healthy Changes. 3. The Joy of Fitness. 4. Improving Your Cardiorespiratory Fitness. 5. Strengthening Your Muscles. 6. Staying Flexible. 7. Surviving and Thriving. 8. Making Healthy Food Choices. 9. Taking Control of Your Weight. 10. Keeping Your Heart Healthy. 11. Preventing Cancer and Other Illnesses. 12. Taking Care of Yourself. 13. Avoiding Substance Abuse. 14. Protecting Your Sexual Health. 15. Protecting Your Safety and Environment.

Breaking Free from Depression or The Nutrition Solution

2009-01-12T05:40:00.000-08:00

Breaking Free from Depression: A Balanced Biblical Strategy for Emotional Freedom

Author: Linda Mintl

No one is exempt from occasional gloomy feelings. But when depression hits, you can identify the roots and change your negative thinking. God does not want you depressed. He wants you experiencing great joy! Everyone needs help now and then. Whether you are a teen, adult or senior, this message brings new hope.

The Nutrition Solution: A Guide to Your Metabolic Type

Author: Harold J Kristal

What constitutes healthy eating, and a healthy weight, has become a hugely complex—and too often vexing—question for those looking to discover, attain, and maintain their ideal weight. The Nutrition Solution takes a fresh approach. Based on the idea that no single diet is universally applicable, the book first shows readers how to determine their body type. Next, Dr. Kristal, who runs a nutritional clinic, outlines the appropriate diet for each type, including which foods to include and which to avoid. Dr. Kristal worked extensively with William Wolcott, the originator of metabolic typing, and draws on scientific studies to show struggling dieters the way to practical, healthful eating for each metabolic type. Included are detailed strategies for finding freedom from out-of-control food cravings—the downfall of many a dieter.

The Stem Cell Dilemma or Endometriosis For Dummies

2009-01-11T19:29:00.000-08:00

The Stem Cell Dilemma: Beacons of Hope or Harbingers of Doom?

Author: Leo Furcht

Today's scientists are showing us how stem cells create and repair the human body. Unlocking these secrets has become the new Holy Grail of biomedical research. But behind that search lies a sharp divide. Stem cells offer the hope of creating or repairing tissues lost to age, disease, and injury. Yet because of this ability, stem cells hold the potential to incite an international biological arms race. THE STEM CELL DILEMMA will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about stem cells: what they are, how they work, and why their use has become so controversial. We are standing at a scientific crossroads, the likes of which the world has never seen. It is a moment that will change forever the practice of medicine and the future of life as we know it.

Kirkus Reviews

Timely, levelheaded investigation of stem-cell medicine. Stem cells possess the power to regenerate and repair body tissue, Furcht and Hoffman (both: Laboratory Medicine and Pathology/Univ. of Minnesota Medical School) remind us. Some of that power has been tapped, for instance, in countering bone-marrow failure. But stem cells' theoretical potential to regenerate and restore all of the body's tissues, particularly via embryonic stem cells, will be fully realized, if ever, only after extensive research. Nothing is starry-eyed in this plainspoken, well-tuned text. Although researchers are unveiling the mystery of stem cells everyday, and much lies in the province of possibility, the authors aver that those possibilities are based on good science, which they capably explicate for the reader. Their treatment of the stem-cell issue is thoroughgoing, acknowledging that embryonic stem-cell research raises bioethical as well as biological questions, and that economic considerations play a role in its development. They treat the ethical issue with respect, applying a cross-cultural perspective to everything from designer babies to the commodification of life. They make a case for continued research with some intelligent form of governance: "Ethical lines move all the time within the polity, subject to the dynamics of the polity-that is, politics." The denial of federal funds, they fear, will contribute to the brain drain of researchers from the United States, despite infusions of state, philanthropic and venture capital. They also warn of the technology's dual use: "To understand the immune system enough to re-create it is to possess the potential biological power of annihilation"-a threat onlyknowledge can check. Noting that the biorevolution gives humankind a potentially vast power to expand the boundaries of life, the authors ask, "Are we . . . prepared to understand that power, seize it, and use it wisely?" Their cogent survey gives readers the tools to address that daunting question. First printing of 20,000

Foreword   Brock Reeve     xi
Preface     xxi
Timeline     xxxi
Glossary     xliii
Prologue: Into the Cave     lvii
Agents of Hope     1
Diseases and Cancers of the Blood
Heart Disease
Diabetes and Other Autoimmune Diseases
Spinal Cord Injury and Nervous System Diseases
Universal Donor Cells
Architects of Development     35
Stem Cells 101
A Brief History of Regenerative Science
Closing the "Regeneration Gap"
The Genetics of Stem Cells
Cellular Aging and Immortality
Gastrulation and a Womb with a View
The Future of Regeneration
Challengers of Ethics     75
Metaphorically Speaking
Clarifying Cloning
Designer Babies
Using Surplus Embryos
Life and Death on the Moral Compass
Bioethics Commissions
Barometers of Politics     115
Public Opinion and Corn-Pone Politics
Cloning and the United Nations
Stem Cells and the Law
Are Humans Patentable?
American Exceptionalism
Objects of Competition     145
Is America Losing Its Edge?
Clusters of Innovation
California
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Competitors Abroad
England
Singapore
South Korea
China
Patient Advocacy Goes Global
Free Exchange of Stem Cell Know-How
Harbingers of Destruction     195
Immunity in the Age of Bioterrorism
Military Research and Development
A Matter of National Security
An Immune System in aBottle
Project BioShield
The Future of Immunity
Theoretical Possibilities of Death
Controlling the Power of Stem Cells
Epilogue: Beyond the Darkness     233
Acknowledgments     243
Bibliography     245
Index     271

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Endometriosis For Dummies

Author: Joseph Krotec MD

Get the empowering info that puts you in control

Take charge and take comfort in knowing how to live well with endometriosis

Diagnosing and living with endometriosis isn't easy, but this disease doesn't have to rule your life. This book helps you find out and recognize typical symptoms. Plus, you'll get up-to-date info on traditional and alternative treatments -- ranging from medications and surgeries to acupuncture and massages. The authors provide plenty of compassionate advice on dealing with the pain and emotional issues, so you can enjoy life.

Discover how to
* Evaluate treatment options
* Enhance your chances of getting pregnant
* Manage the pain
* Make lifestyle changes to minimize symptoms
* Deal with the emotional and financial challenges

Skin Aging Handbook or Major Herbs of Ayurveda

2009-01-11T10:17:00.000-08:00

Skin Aging Handbook: An Integrated Approach to Biochemistry and Product Development

Author: Nava Dayan

Anti-aging products are undergoing exceptional growth in the cosmetics industry far beyond that of general cosmetics. This book is the only available text that assembles the key pieces developers need to produce new breakthroughs for a growing market that demands quicker and more effective results. It also focuses much needed attention on the biochemical and clinical differences between Caucasian and other skin types.

Beginning with detailed descriptions of the forces driving the anti-aging market, this unique book provides readers with all the tools necessary to further research, develop, market, and sell novel products. Recent discoveries on the molecular level and novel methods of skin aging assessment are detailed, as well as the state of the rapidly changing global regulatory environment. The formulation approaches of major cosmetics companies are presented, as are their techniques for measuring skin aging in vitro and in vivo, both on the molecular and clinical levels.
• Unique title with no competition.
• International contributors and no restriction in market.
• Covers skin types beyond Caucasian.
• Anti-aging is by far the fastest growing segment of cosmetics market

Preface: Long Term Stress and Skin Aging Part I: Sociological Implications, Market View and IT Frontiers Aging Skin in Socio-cultural Perspective Robert L. Rubinstein and Sarah Canham Market Evolution of Topical Anti-aging Treatments Ni'Kita Wilson Computer Based Age Progression Methodologies Andreas Lanitis Part II: Biochemical, Pharmacological and Ethnicity Aspects Structural and Biochemical Changes in Aging Skin and Their Implications on Skin Permeability Barrier Rashmi Thakur, Priya Batheja, Diksha Kaushik, and Bozena Michniak Changes in Epidermal Lipids and Sebum Secretion with Aging Philip W. Wertz Skin disorders of Inflammation and Immune Suppression in Young and Elder: A Special Role for Mast Cells Moran Elishmereni and Francesca Levi-Schaffer Cellular Senescence and Skin Aging Elena Dellambra and Goberdhan P. Dimri Prevention and Treatment of Aging Skin with Topical Anti-oxidants Karen E. Burke Skin Aging in the Asian Population Helen Knaggs Part III: Product Development The Use of Natural Compounds and Botanicals in the Development of Anti-aging Skin Care Products Cindy K. Angerhofer, Daniel Maes, and Paolo U. Giacomoni Approaches to the Development of Cosmetic Products to Counter Effects of Skin Aging G.K. Menon, L. Dryer, and R. Kalafsky The Design and Development of Anti-aging Skin Care Formulations Domnica Cernasov Part IV: Testing Methodologies In Vitro Methods to Screen Materials for Anti-aging Effects Robert W. Holtz Clinical Testing to Uphold an Anti-aging Claim Toni Miller Part V: RegulatoryAspects Cosmetic Anti-aging Formulations - International Regulations Azalea P. Rosholt Strategic Regulatory Planning - Key to Success in Anti-aging Cosmetic Product Development Wen Schroeder Glossary

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Major Herbs of Ayurveda

Author: Elizabeth M Williamson

This unique, clinical reference features comprehensive and detailed profiles of 50 key herbs used in Ayurvedic medicine. Coverage of each herb includes a discussion of its historical context, habitat, botanical description, major chemical constituents, medical usage, safety profile, dosage, regulatory status, and Ayurvedic properties. It also features full-color photos of each plant, describes which part of the plant is used, and illustrates the dried herbal preparation. Each herb's ethnobotanical usage and ethnoveterinary usage are also presented for a clear understanding of how the herb is used in various contexts.
• Complete information on the unique uses of Ayrurvedic herbs is provided, including new information on certain herbs not covered in any other resource.
• Descriptions of the ethnobotanical and medicinal uses of herbs present a traditional and historical context for their uses.
• In-depth coverage of chemical constituents is provided.
• The specific Ayurvedic properties of herbs are described, as well as how they are used by Ayurvedic practitioners, shedding light on an approach that is increasing in popularity.
• Full-color illustrations of each herb offer cues for visual recognition of the plant.
• Safety considerations enable readers to apply theoretical knowledge to clinical practice, including toxicity data on certain herbs.
• Primary sources are well-referenced throughout the book, highlighting original, authentic research and scientific findings.

Yoga for Transformation or The Premature Menopause Book

2009-01-10T22:05:00.000-08:00

Yoga for Transformation: Ancient Teachings and Practices for Healing the Body, Mind, and Heart

Author: Gary Kraftsow

While there is no denying yoga's popularity as a form of physical exercise, the other life-enhancing aspects of this tradition remain obscure to many Westerners. In Yoga for Transformation, Gary Kraftsow introduces techniques that treat not only the physical body but also the emotions, mind, heart, and soul of the practitioner-the places where real transformation can take place. There are breathing techniques to control energy levels, exercises to train and sharpen the intellect, and meditative practices to help increase self-awareness. With more than 350 black and white photographs throughout, this unique and accessible book is dedicated to strengthening the whole self-body, mind, and spirit.

"Gary Kraftsow . . . will inspire every Yoga enthusiast." (T. K. V. Desikachar)

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The Premature Menopause Book: When the Change of Life Comes Too Early

Author: Kathryn Petras

WHY NOW? WHY ME?

Today, millions of women in their twenties and thirties, many of whom are just beginning to plan a family, are receiving the shocking news that their reproductive years are already over. They are in premature menopause -- menopause years before its time. Whether due to an autoimmune disorder, surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, or the often undiagnosed condition known as Premature Ovarian Failure (POF), premature menopause is common, increasing -- and almost always traumatic.

If you are one of the women experiencing early menopause, you have hundreds of questions, but have probably found few answers...until now. The Premature Menopause Book is the first book focusing on this difficult transition -- written by a woman who faced the same questions: What can I do about it? Do I need hormones? How can I have a baby despite this condition? How can I feel like "me" again?

The Premature Menopause Book provides the latest information on health and emotional issues, explores all of your options, lists resources, websites and support groups, shares the experiences and advice of women going through this experience, answers frequently asked questions and offers the support and understanding you need.

Library Journal

Diagnosed with premature menopause at age 38, Petras has written the book that she wished had been available to her at that traumatic time. Well researched, engrossing, and easy to understand, this book will be invaluable to the millions of women in their twenties and thirties who share Petras's experience, answering the questions women ask when faced with the physical and emotional consequences of early menopause and the reality that their ability to reproduce might be over. In addition to a thorough discussion of the pathophysiology and emotional aspects of premature menopause, this book includes chapters on hormone replacement and other pharmacologic therapies, diet (including vitamins and natural supplements), and exercise, as well as choosing the right doctor. Personal accounts from women dealing with premature menopause coupled with Petras's references to her own experiences should help empower women. Appended to the text is information about support groups and web sites. A worthwhile addition to consumer health collections.--Linda M.G. Katz, MCP Hahnemann Univ., Philadelphia Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

For women in their 20s and 30s who are already facing menopause, a thorough discussion of issues and treatments, along with plenty of support from those who've been there. Petras herself was diagnosed with premature menopause at age 38 (before she•d had children) and went through what turned out to be an all too common ordeal: insensitive, inaccurate, unhelpful medical care, a myriad of vague and distressing symptoms, emotional crises brought about by the early end to her reproductive years, a bewildered spouse. She hopes here to help others avoid as much of the confusion (if not the pain) as possible. Petras first explains "The Symptoms and Signs That Can Tip You Off and the Tests You Should Ask Your Doctor For." She then describes the physiology of early menopause (what isn't working and why) and considers "Why Me? Dealing With the Emotional Realities of Premature Menopause." She covers the issues of hormone replacement therapy (generally, Petras thinks it's appropriate here), vitamin and other supplements, and finding good medical care, and she looks at the possibilities of having a baby (egg donors, surrogates, and adoption are discussed). Throughout, Petras refers frequently to her own and others• experiences (she is now part of an extensive support network). Included are lists of medical resources and support organizations. Sound advice and information for those facing a similar diagnosis.

The Ultimate Body Rolling Workout or Making Kind Choices

2009-01-10T11:54:00.000-08:00

The Ultimate Body Rolling Workout: The Revolutionary Way to Tone, Lengthen, and Realign Your Body

Author: Yamuna Zak

Get rolling! Your body will ask for more.

Created by veteran yoga teacher Yamuna Zake, body rolling is a revolutionary fitness technique that uses six- to ten-inch inflatable balls to strengthen, tone, and realign the body, while providing sensations that can surpass the bliss of a massage. Now, in the first book devoted to body rolling, Zake shares the routines that she has imparted to thousands of clients across the country, and shows you how to get on the ball--and get the body you’ve always wanted.

The next step for fans of yoga and Pilates, body rolling is the ultimate way to streamline your figure and promote physical wellbeing without the bulked-up results of conventional workout methods. Like yoga and Pilates, these easy-to-follow, fully illustrated routines will condition and lengthen your muscles, improve core strength, and enhance posture, flexibility, and balance. But unlike those practices, body rolling also realigns your spine and joints, relieving pain and muscle tension and providing a workout, a massage, and a chiropractic session all at once. The routines can be combined for a full body workout, or abbreviated for instant relief—to ease shoulder tightness after a long workday or to enhance bedtime relaxation. The result: You will be not only stronger and more fit with a long, lean shape—you’ll stand taller, you’ll move more easily, and best of all, you’ll feel terrific.

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Making Kind Choices: Everyday Ways to Enhance Your Life Through Earth and Animal Friendly Living

Author: Ingrid Newkirk

Choosing a compassionate lifestyle that makes you feel good and positively impacts on the environment and on animals has never been easier. In this practical and accessible handbook, loaded with resources for all products that are mentioned, Ingrid Newkirk presents fabulous options that will not only enhance your life, but those of your neighbors, your community, animals, and the earth itself. From comfortable home furnishings, to delicious foods, to fashionable clothing there are a myriad of choices to be made that can have a lasting positive effect on the well-being of animals and the environment, including:- recognizing hidden animal ingredients in cosmetics and household products- raising ecologically aware and animal-friendly kids- creating healthy, environmentally-friendly meals for everyday and special occasions- dressing with style without using leather or other animal products- dealing kindly with mice, insects, and other 'pests' in home or garden- adopting the right animal companion for you- volunteering and investing in eco- and animal-friendly companies- traveling with Eco-consciousness

Eat Drink and Be Mindful or The Sociopath Next Door

2009-01-10T00:41:00.000-08:00

Eat, Drink and Be Mindful

Author: Susan Albers

In the rush of everyday life, most people have difficulty finding ways to give their relationship with food the full attention it deserves. Demanding diets saddle you with guilt about your appetite, but overeating and mindless snacking prove ultimately unsatisfying as well. Mindful eating is a whole new way of looking at food. Instead of rushing through meals, mindful eating emphasizes slowing down and savoring what you eat.

This workbook, by the author of Eating Mindfully, includes mindfulness tips, activities, and checklists to help you start a mindful eating program, evaluate your progress, and discover a healthier and richer relationship with food.

• Become aware of hunger cues
• Make wise food choices
• End emotional eating
• Practice self-acceptance and compassion
• Be in the moment at mealtime

"This book could be a godsend for anyone suffering from lifelong issues around eating, weight, and appearance. It presents a sane and novel approach to finding a balanced relationship to food, eating, and your body through mindfulness. The book is written by someone with obvious depth of experience and savvy who is definitely on your side, whatever your difficulties or challenges. Eat, Drink, and Be Mindful may be just what the doctor ordered, or would have but couldn't-until now."
-Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., author of Full Catastrophe Living, Arriving at Your Own Door, and Coming to Our Senses

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The Sociopath Next Door

Author: Martha Stout

Who is the devil you know?

Is it your lying, cheating ex-husband?
Your sadistic high school gym teacher?
Your boss who loves to humiliate people in meetings?
The colleague who stole your idea and passed it off as her own?

In the pages of The Sociopath Next Door, you will realize that your ex was not just misunderstood. He’s a sociopath. And your boss, teacher, and colleague? They may be sociopaths too.

We are accustomed to think of sociopaths as violent criminals, but in The Sociopath Next Door, Harvard psychologist Martha Stout reveals that a shocking 4 percent of ordinary people—one in twenty-five—has an often undetected mental disorder, the chief symptom of which is that that person possesses no conscience. He or she has no ability whatsoever to feel shame, guilt, or remorse. One in twenty-five everyday Americans, therefore, is secretly a sociopath. They could be your colleague, your neighbor, even family. And they can do literally anything at all and feel absolutely no guilt.

How do we recognize the remorseless? One of their chief characteristics is a kind of glow or charisma that makes sociopaths more charming or interesting than the other people around them. They’re more spontaneous, more intense, more complex, or even sexier than everyone else, making them tricky to identify and leaving us easily seduced. Fundamentally, sociopaths are different because they cannot love. Sociopaths learn early on to show sham emotion, but underneath they are indifferent to others’ suffering. They live to dominate and thrill to win.

The fact is, we all almost certainly know at least one ormore sociopaths already. Part of the urgency in reading The Sociopath Next Door is the moment when we suddenly recognize that someone we know—someone we worked for, or were involved with, or voted for—is a sociopath. But what do we do with that knowledge? To arm us against the sociopath, Dr. Stout teaches us to question authority, suspect flattery, and beware the pity play. Above all, she writes, when a sociopath is beckoning, do not join the game.

It is the ruthless versus the rest of us, and The Sociopath Next Door will show you how to recognize and defeat the devil you know.

Newsweek

"One in 25 Americans is a sociopath-- no conscience, no guilt. It could be your mean boss or your crazy ex. [The Sociopath Next Door] is an easy-to-follow guide for spotting them."

The Washington Post - Martha Scout

In summary, I recommend this book, especially to those who think they may be vulnerable to sociopaths. It contains good stories, useful advice and clinical and scientific nuggets

Publishers Weekly

Harvard Medical School psychiatrist Stout says that as many as 4% of the population are conscienceless sociopaths who have no empathy or affectionate feelings for humans or animals. As Stout (The Myth of Sanity) explains, a sociopath is defined as someone who displays at least three of seven distinguishing characteristics, such as deceitfulness, impulsivity and a lack of remorse. Such people often have a superficial charm, which they exercise ruthlessly in order to get what they want. Stout argues that the development of sociopathy is due half to genetics and half to nongenetic influences that have not been clearly identified. The author offers three examples of such people, including Skip, the handsome, brilliant, superrich boy who enjoyed stabbing bullfrogs near his family's summer home, and Doreen, who lied about her credentials to get work at a psychiatric institute, manipulated her colleagues and, most cruelly, a patient. Dramatic as these tales are, they are composites, and while Stout is a good writer and her exploration of sociopaths can be arresting, this book occasionally appeals to readers' paranoia, as the book's title and its guidelines for dealing with sociopaths indicate. (Feb. 8) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Stout (clinical psychiatry, Harvard Medical Sch.; The Myth of Sanity: Divided Consciousness and the Promise of Awareness) offers a novel perspective on sociopaths, i.e., people who have no conscience. Not only does she provide case studies and references to standard literature like Hervey Cleckley's The Mask of Sanity, but she also fashions the book in self-help mode. Her decision to do this stems from an alarming American Psychiatric Association statistic contending that four percent of the U.S. population-or one person in 25-is sociopathic. That makes it likely that everyone has encountered at least one sociopath. Accordingly, Stout provides self-defense measures in the form of "Thirteen Rules for Dealing with Sociopaths in Everyday Life"; moreover, she supplies provocative discussion about the role of conscience in the "normal" world. Highly recommended for all public libraries and for university libraries with large psychology collections. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 10/1/04; see also the Q&A with Stout at left.]-Lynne F. Maxwell, Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law Lib., PA Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

From the author of The Myth of Sanity (2001), a remarkable philosophical examination of the phenomenon of sociopathy and its everyday manifestations. Readers eager for a tabloid-ready survey of serial killers, however, will be disappointed. Instead, Stout (Psychiatry/Harvard Medical School) busies herself with exploring the workaday lives and motivations of those garden-variety sociopaths who are content with inflicting petty tyrannies and small miseries. As a practicing therapist, she writes, she has spent the past 25 years aiding the survivors of psychological trauma, most of them "controlled and psychologically shattered by individual human perpetrators, often sociopaths." Antisocial personality disorder, it turns out, occurs in around four percent of the population, so it's not too surprising that treating their victims has kept Stout quite busy for the past quarter-century. Employing vivid composite character sketches, the author introduces us to such unsavory characters as a psychiatric administrator who specializes in ingratiating herself with her office staff while making her patients feel crazier; a captain of industry who killed frogs as a child and is now convinced he can outsmart the SEC; and a lazy ladies' man who marries purely to gain access to his new wife's house and pool. These portraits make a striking impact, and readers with unpleasant neighbors or colleagues may find themselves paying close attention to Stout's sociopathic-behavior checklist and suggested coping strategies. In addition to introducing these everyday psychopaths, the author examines why the rest of us let them get away with murder. She extensively considers the presence or absence of conscience, aswell as our discomfort with questioning those seen as being in power. Stout also ponders our willingness to quash our inner voice when voting for leaders who espouse violence and war as a solution to global problems-pointed stuff in a post-9/11 political climate. Deeply thought-provoking and unexpectedly lyrical. Agent: Susan Lee Cohen

Why People Dont Heal and How They Can or Positive Options for Colorectal Cancer

2009-01-09T15:29:00.000-08:00

Why People Don't Heal and How They Can

Author: Caroline Myss

For more than fifteen years, Caroline Myss has studied why some people heal, while others do not. In her previous book, Anatomy of the Spirit, Dr. Myss illuminated the hidden interactions of belief and body, soul and cell to show how, as she inimitably puts it, "your biography becomes your biology." In this new book, she builds on her earlier teachings of the seven different energy centers of the body to provide a vital self-healing program for physical and spiritual disorders. With her characteristic no-nonsense style and high-voltage storytelling, she exposes and explodes the five myths about healing, explains the cultural and individual contexts in which people become physically and spiritually ill and invested in "woundology," and teaches new methods of working with the challenges that the seven energy centers embody.

Both visionary and practical, Why People Don't Heal and How They Can presents a bold new account of the development of human consciousness and spirituality over the ages, and examines the dynamic global transformation of attitudes about healing. To help you get and stay on the path to wellness, Dr. Myss provides rituals and prayers for gaining a symbolic perspective on your life issues; for bolstering your personal power; and for connecting with a universal divine energy. Dr. Myss's breakthrough views on energy medicine and her active approach to healing life issues and physical illness will help you overcome the mental blocks that keep you from becoming well.

Library Journal

Myss is a medical intuitive, a person who "sees" illnesses in the body by intuitive means. Here she writes about healing, the various attempts people make to do it, and why they get "stuck." A global thinker, Myss looks at the entire civilization and at "astrological ages" when discussing healing. She also explains the influence of chakras and astrological ages on healing. At the heart of the book is Myss's challenge to five myths that stand in the way of healing: My life is defined by my wound (perhaps the most original concept here); being healthy means being alone; feeling pain means being destroyed; all illness is the result of negativity; and true change is impossible. Myss believes that giving up these myths leads one closer to healing. Many will think her concepts too far out to be of use; others will see her as visionary. The latter will be looking for this book wherever New Age titles circulate well.

-- Barbara O'Hara, Free Library of Philadelphia

Library Journal

-- Barbara O'Hara, Free Library of Philadelphia

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Positive Options for Colorectal Cancer: Self-Help and Treatment

Author: Carol Ann Larson

Colorectal cancer develops slowly over a period of several years, undetected, usually as polyps. It is a preventable and treatable disease if caught in time, yet most know little about how to read its symptoms. Written for the layperson, this book covers all the uncomfortable questions and answers about the disease, from prevention and warning signs, to screening and diagnosis techniques, to making decisions and developing treatment plans. Also included are positive stories about life after cancer by 12 survivors.

Foreword....................viii
Acknowledgments....................x
Introduction....................1
Chapter 1: Facing the Unknown....................5
What Is Colorectal Cancer?....................5
Warning Signs....................7
Paying Attention to Symptoms....................7
Basic Screening Tests for Colorectal Cancer....................11
Missed Signals....................15
Risk Factors for Colorectal Cancer....................16
The Role of Stress....................17
The Role of Genetics....................18
Positive Options for Facing the Unknown....................22
Chapter 2: Gathering Information....................24
Additional Tests for Colorectal Cancer....................25
Stages of Colorectal Cancer....................27
Adjusting to New Test Results....................28
Questions from Colorectal Cancer Patients....................30
Myths and Misinformation....................33
Positive Options when Gathering Information....................35
Chapter 3: Working with Medical Professionals to Develop a Health Plan....................37
Legal and Financial Concerns....................38
Managing Medical Records....................40
Finding a Good Doctor....................41
How to Get the Best Results when Working with Doctors and Nurses....................43
Learning the Language of Medicine Land....................46
What We Would Like to Say to Doctors....................47
Positive Options for Working with Medical Professionals to Develop a Health Plan....................48
Chapter 4: Dealing with Your Feelings....................49
Coping with aDiagnosis of Cancer....................49
Anger as a Catalyst....................50
Denial as a Form of Protection....................51
Bargaining for Time....................54
Sorrow vs Depression....................56
Finding the Right Support Group....................56
Ways You Can Get What You Need from Others....................59
Positive Options for Dealing with Your Feelings....................61
Chapter 5: Making Decisions about Treatment....................63
Basic Information about Chemotherapy....................64
An Oncologist Answers Questions about Chemotherapy....................69
Basic Information about Radiation Therapy....................70
My Experience with Radiation Therapy....................75
Preparing for the Side Effects of Chemotherapy and Radiation....................78
Questionable Treatments....................79
Positive Options for Making Decisions about Treatments....................81
Chapter 6: Coping with Surgery: Plain Talk about a Complicated Subject....................83
When Is Surgery Necessary?....................83
Temporary Ostomies....................86
First Aid: The Enterostomal Nurses....................87
Suggestions for Your Hospital Stay....................89
What Should You Take to the Hospital?....................90
The Operating Room....................92
The Recovery Room....................93
Positive Options for Coping with Surgery....................94
Chapter 7: The First Six Weeks after Surgery....................96
What to Expect Once You're Home....................96
Follow-Up to Surgery....................99
Special Problems....................100
Steps to Healing: Being Helped by Complementary Therapies....................101
Positive Options after Surgery....................105
Chapter 8: The Challenges of Chemotherapy....................106
Returning to Chemotherapy....................106
Traveling the Chemotherapy Highway....................107
Things That Help....................110
Dan's Story....................114
Positive Options for Going Through Chemotherapy....................117
Chapter 9: Possible Complications after Treatment....................119
Ileostomies and Colostomies....................120
Recurrences of Cancer....................128
Positive Options for Dealing with Complications after Treatments....................129
Chapter 10: Lessons Learned from Surviving Cancer....................131
Begin with Realistic Expectations....................132
Learn When to Ask for Help....................132
Reduce Unnecessary Stress....................133
Make a Comeback from Cancer with Good Nutrition and Exercise....................134
Expect to Encounter Some Potholes of Depression....................136
Remember to Laugh....................137
Explore the Private Roads of Sexuality....................137
Finding Meaning after Cancer....................138
Positive Options after Surviving Cancer....................140
References....................141
Resources....................142
Index....................148

Diabetes Survival Guide or Herbal Medicine Healing and Cancer

2009-01-09T03:17:00.000-08:00

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

Author: Stanley Mirsky

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Herbal Medicine, Healing and Cancer

Author: Donald Yanc

More and more people who have been diagnosed with cancer or related illnesses embrace alternative medicines, and seek out holistic practitioners who use vitamins, herbs, nutrition, homeopathy, and acupuncture to treat the disease. This long-awaited book by Donald Yance--one of the nation's most respected herbalists--is a major contribution to the literature of natural healing and cancer.

Donald Yance, C.N., M.H., is a certified nutritionist and clinical master herbalist who specializes in nutritional and herbal approaches to cancer, AIDS, heart disease, and other chronic health conditions. He has written for several nutritional/herbal journals and has been a contributing writer for a number of books on healing.

Arlene Valentine is a freelance writer based in Connecticut.

Library Journal

A certified nutritionist and master herbalist, Yance here touches on the very broad areas of herbs, natural healing, and cancer. While critical of the established medical community for its attitude toward natural healing, whose scientific basis he tries to explain with extensive references, he nevertheless combines conventional therapies with herbs, nutritional supplements, and lifestyle changes to achieve the best results. Yance covers many topics but not in enough depth to make this book useful for lay readers, except for the sample recipes and coverage of the natural ways to relieve the side effects of chemotherapy. The chapters on the chemical composition of herbs and supplements are more suitable for medical doctors, herbalists, and nutritionists. Recommended for specialized collections of herbal medicine.--Lily Liu, Arkansas Children's Hosp. Lib., Little Rock Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Curas Naturales or Survival of the Sickest

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

Curas Naturales: Mas de 1000 Metodos y Remedios de la Medicina Alternativa

Author: Abel Delgado

A unque muchas veces no nos damos cuenta, estamos rodeados por medicinas poderosas. Están en nuestros alimentos, las plantas, en aceites, y, sobre todo, en nuestras mentes. Han existido por miles de años, dando resultados tanto para faraones y princesas como para esgrimidores y químicos. Se trata de los múltiples métodos de curación natural llamados colectivamente la "medicina alternativa". Después de años de investigación, nosotros los editores de la revista de salud Prevention hemos identificado los 8 métodos más efectivos y fáciles que cualquiera puede usar en su propio hagar para tratar enfermedades.

Y aquí se los presentamos, tratados con lujo de detalles para que usted conozca sus orígenes y cómo usarlos. Además, contando con la asesoría de docenas de expertos, aplicamos estos métodos a los 25 problemas de salud más comunes, entre ellos la cardiopatía, el colesterol alto, la depresión, problemas de nervios y el sobrepeso.

En total, Curas Naturales le brinda más de 100 remedios, como por ejemplo:
- Alimentos: La fruta secreta que remedia los resfriados (página 148)
- Aromaterapia: Los aceites para la indigestión (página 136)
- Hierbas: Las plantas que ayudan a tratar la diabetes (página 120)
- Homeopatía: Los remedios que combaten la gripe (página 131)
- Jugos: La bebida refrescante para infecciones (página 141)
- Masajes: La técnica antiarrugas para revitalizar la piel (página103)
- Relajamiento y meditación: Cómo meditar para adelgazar (página 152)
- Vitaminas y minerales: Una receta para bajar el colesterol (página 114)

¡Y mucho más! Aproveche ahora estas terapias alternativas para cuidarse naturalmente y gozar de buena salud por el resto de su vida.

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Survival of the Sickest

Author: Sharon Moalem

Was diabetes evolution's response to the last Ice Age? Did a deadly genetic disease help our ancestors survive the bubonic plagues of Europe? Will a visit to the tanning salon help lower your cholesterol? Why do we age? Why are some people immune to HIV? Can your genes be turned on—or off?

Survival of the Sickest is fi lled with fascinating insights and cutting-edge research, presented in a way that is both accessible and utterly absorbing. This is a book about the interconnectedness of all life on earth—and especially what that means for us. Read it. You're already living it.

Treating Alcohol Dependence or Good Death

2009-01-08T06:52:00.000-08:00

Treating Alcohol Dependence: A Coping Skills Training Guide

Author: Peter M Monti Phd

Now in a revised and expanded second edition, this book presents a straightforward, multi-session coping skills training program that has been proven effective in helping alcohol-dependent individuals. The volume provides everything needed to implement the program, including a clear theoretical and empirical rationale, step-by-step session guidelines, helpful clinical pointers, and over 40 reproducible client handouts, assessment instruments, and therapist forms. Sessions focus on developing key interpersonal and intrapersonal skills to help participants learn positive strategies for coping with the everyday demands of life and resisting the urge to drink. Updated throughout to reflect current ideas and research findings on addictive behavior change, the protocols in the second edition have been reorganized and streamlined for greater applicability in today's managed care settings. Two entirely new chapters provide guidelines for conducting cue exposure treatment and addressing dual diagnosis issues, with particular attention to tobacco dependence. Of special value for practitioners, the new 8 ½" x 11" format makes it easier than ever to reproduce and use the practical materials in the book.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Gary B Kaniuk, Psy.D. (Cermak Health Services)
Description: This is a detailed coping skills training guide for addressing alcohol dependent clients. It includes training to deal with interpersonal skills, intrapersonal skills, and coping with urges. This second edition addresses changes in the field including health maintenance organizations, pharmacological treatments for alcohol dependence, motivation enhancement strategies which prepare clients for change, and dual-diagnosis. The first edition was published in 1989.
Purpose: According to the authors, the book presents a cognitive-social learning perspective on alcohol abuse and dependence. The authors believe that clients who learn a variety of alternative coping techniques to address the demands of everyday living will be better able to resist alcohol. These are worthy objectives because so many people suffer from alcoholism and treatment in 28 day programs is becoming less and less common. The book meets the author's objectives.
Audience: The authors do not specifically say whom the target audience is but it is obvious that it is written for the practitioner who treats alcohol-dependent individuals. I believe that the book is a pragmatic guide for the practitioner in the field. The authors are credible authorities.
Features: This book is a skills training manual for treating alcohol-dependent individuals. The skills are thoroughly described including rationale, modeling, role play, and practice exercise. The book helps the practitioner to teach practical coping skills to the client. It is very readable and covers a wide variety of areas within interpersonal, intrapersonal, and urge coping domains.
Assessment: The book is excellent because it is a step-by-step training guide. It would be of great help for the novice therapist but has enough ideas for even the most seasoned veteran. This second edition does justify replacing the previous edition given that the first one was published over a decade ago and that there are new issues which have arisen. The influence of managed care, reduction of 28-day programs, pharmacological treatment strategies, and dual diagnosis concerns are variables which have influenced the way we do our work.

Booknews

Provides session-by-session instructions for therapists who wish to apply a coping skills training approach to the treatment of alcohol dependence. Skills for coping with specific drinking triggers, communicating effectively, and making general lifestyle modifications are outlined. The second edition adds guidelines for conducting cue exposure treatment and addressing dual diagnosis issues. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Booknews

Presents the Brown University/Providence VA treatment program for addictive behaviors. The principles are presented in specific step-by- step detail. Cloth edition ($35.00) not seen. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Rating

5 Stars! from Doody

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Good Death: Challenges, Choices and Care Options

Author: Charles Meyer

If you could choose how you want to die, what would you want most to make it more comfortable? Based on his experience as a chaplain and on a survey of people in workshops across the country, Meyers lists four top choices: quick, painless, at home, and with family around.

But as the author points out so clearly, these are not what most seriously ill people experience. He takes a good hard look at present practices and the alternatives. A change of mentality is needed, Meyers asserts; we need to get away from thinking that if we have the technology, we are required to use it (what he calls the technological imperative). We need to relearn how to die naturally. We can choose.

In a very practical presentation that offers clear and concise explanations of terms, situations, and options, the author maintains that patients with a terminal illness have the right to choose comfort care over aggressive care. Individuals and families need to plan ahead, to make provisions for good deathcare and a good death. "Everything should be aimed at meeting the patient's definition of comfort, dignity, safety, and quality.

Specific topics include: changes that have taken place in healthcare; facts, terminology, and myths about how we die; alternatives such as hospice and home care, and complementary medicine; euthanasia: "obviating the need"; the role of spirituality; and concrete steps to take to assure, as far as possible, a good death.

Ideal for all who are engaged in pastoral care and ministry to the sick, especially chaplains and hospital staff, hospices, retirement/healthcare homes; social workers; lay visitors; and family members of persons in a terminal condition. Recommended reading foranyone who wants or needs information on this important topic.

The Runners Handbook or Sugar Bust for Life With the Brennans Part II

2009-01-07T20:41:00.000-08:00

The Runner's Handbook: The Bestselling Classic Fitness Guide for Beginner and Intermediate Runners

Author: Bob Glover

If you're a runner, or would like to be one, The Runner's Handbook will answer all your questions about the sport. Fitness expert Bob Glover--who has trained thousands of runners--shows you how to:

Get motivated and stick to a routine
Devise a training program
Compete in races and marathons
Choose the best shoes, clothing, and accessories
Maintain good health and nutrition, with tips for stress and weight management
Integrate cross-training into your routine
Minimize and treat injuries
and much more.

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Sugar Bust for Life!... With the Brennans Part II

Author: Ellen C Brennan

The original Sugar Bust For Life! (ISBN 0966351908) was also published as Sugar Less For Life!...With The Brennans (ISBN 0966351916). The contents of these two books are the same.

Sugar Bust For Life!...With The Brennans Part II also serves as a second part to Sugar Less For Life!...With The Brennans. There will be no Part II to Sugar Less For Life!...With The Brennans.

What People Are Saying

FROM THE AUTHORS:

We have mastered the easy, healthful lifestyle found in Sugar Bust For Life!...With The Brennans Part II. With many dining opportunities, we understand the challenge and the difficulties of following a low sugar way of life as well as the difficulties of abiding by most weight loss programs. In particular, we recognize the torment in resisting favorite foods as well as the associated guilt and dread of excess pounds.

In an effort to answer the most common questions a low sugar way of eating raises, we have done all the work for you in our latest cookbook and companion guide. We have created and revised many recipes, researched products for an extensive shopper's brand name guide and wine list as well as offer a fourteen day menu planner and tips for success. In Part II, you can learn easily how to read a label in order to avoid the many unacceptable "hidden" ingredients found in the popular foods we eat.

Our low sugar lifestyle makes us feel good and it makes us feel even better to know that we are helping you improve your eating habits, too. We have made no attempt to answer or address medical questions. Please be sure to check with your own doctors for medical answers.

Our Sugar Bust For Life!...With The Brennans Part II includes both delicious recipes and all the information you will need to lose weight and lead a healthy lifestyle -- so, what are you waiting for? Start today!

Bon Appetit!
Ellen and Ted Brennan

Table of Contents:

Depression or Diabetes Mellitus

2009-01-07T11:29:00.000-08:00

Depression: The Way Out of Your Prison

Author: Dorothy Row
First published in 1983 when it won the MIND Book of the Year Award, this best-selling book has help thousands of people leave behind the prison of depression. Dorothy Rowe gives depressed people a way of understanding their depression, which matches their experience and enables them to take charge of their life and change it. She shows that depression is not an illness or a mental disorder, but a defense against pain and fear, which we can be used whenever we suffer a disaster and discover that our life is not what we thought it was.

Depression is an unwanted consequence of how we see ourselves and the world. By understanding how we have interpreted events in our life, we can choose to change our interpretations and thus create for ourselves a happier, more fulfilling life.

Depression: The Way Out of Your Prison is for depressed people, and for all professionals and non-professionals who work with depressed people.

Look this: Ambush Alley or The Reapers Line
Diabetes Mellitus: What Every African American Man and Woman Should Know

Author: James W Reed
The particular challenges that diabetes presents African Americans with are discussed in this medical guide that highlights how cultural differences, including heredity and diet, impact the prevalence of diabetes in the black community. Information on how the disease works, how it is treated, and how to handle the emotional challenges that accompany a chronic disease is provided. Preventative steps, disease management, exercise and diet, and proper medication are covered for those who suffer from the disease.

Treating Epilepsy Naturally or The Selfish Brain

2009-01-06T23:18:00.000-08:00

Treating Epilepsy Naturally: A Guide to Alternative and Adjunct Therapies

Author: Patricia A Murphy
Hard-to-find information on epilepsy, presented by an author living successfully with the condition
Drugs commonly used to treat epilepsy have some extremely harmful side effects. Treating Epilepsy Naturally is an empathetic, practical, empowering look at treatment options, lifestyle choices, and ways of living well. Written by an author who has been successfully living with it herself for most of her adult life, this comprehensive guide offers alternative treatments to replace and to complement traditional therapies and sound advice to find the right health practitioner for you.
Patricia A. Murphy, former vice president of the Epilepsy Advocacy Council of Long Island, currently edits the Epilepsy Wellness Newsletter, a publication providing alternative health information for people with seizure disorders.

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The Selfish Brain: Learning from Addiction

Author: Robert L DuPont MD
In this country, drug addiction and alcoholism have reached crisis proportions. The grim statistics illuminate the size of this crisis. More than 30 million Americans alive today will become addicted. The use of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs causes one out of every four deaths in the United States. Illegal drug use now costs the nation & #36;67 billion a year.
The Selfish Brain: Learning From Addiction takes a comprehensive, no-holds-barred look at the easy path to drug addiction and the tough road to recovery. Written in an easy-to-understand style, this book can help people confront addiction in their own lives and in their families by exploring the biological roots of addiction and the way addicts are allowed to deny their addiction by compassionate, well-meaning people. Based on his experience as a specialist on addiction and as a policymaker, former drug czar Robert L. DuPont, M.D., advocates & ldquo;tough-love& rdquo; measures to strip away the denial that allows addicts to remain trapped in their destructive habit and place them on the road to recovery. He examines treatment options, especially 12-step programs, which he believes are the most effective path to recovery. Powerful and often controversial, The Selfish Brain provides an honest examination of an insidious, destructive disease.

Table of Contents:
Foreword by Betty Ford. Thinking About Addiction. Addiction to alcohol and other drugs. A world history of drug abuse. The contemporary scene. The Brain and Addiction. The brain: target organ of addiction. Gateway drugs: alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine. Heroin and other drugs of abuse. Overcoming Addiction. The addict& rsquo;s career. Codependence: the mirror of addiction. Preventing addiction. Intervention and treatment. 12-step programs: a modern miracle. Tough policy choices to prevent addiction. The future of addiction. A personal footnote. Drug facts. Bibliotherapy. Appendix 1: 12-step fellowship and other mutual-aid group descriptions. Appendix 2: Resources. Index.

A Different Kind of Perfect or Families Living with Chronic Illness and Disability

2009-01-06T13:05:00.000-08:00

A Different Kind of Perfect: The Story of Parents' Choices and a Special Child's Blessings

Author: George Michael Lan
A Different Kind of Perfect is a story about parents choosing a child with Down syndrome and the implications of that choice. It's a story about faith and blessings in an imperfect world that craves and idealizes perfection. It's also a story about finding God's perfection through love. Written with an honest voice, George Michael Lane draws the reader into his family's personal story. The struggle with whether or not to terminate the pregnancy is honest and will hit a nerve with a contemporary audience.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements     vii
Life, Love, and Discernment
"God's little downs"     15
Keep it or kill it?     21
Norma McCowey, aka Jane Roe     27
The pastor's visit     35
Tough facts     43
Meeting with the abortionist     53
Giving God permission     59
Love in quiet surprises     65
Saint Joseph's-in-the-hills     69
In the dark woods     75
Be still and know that I am God     83
A winner never quits; a quitter never wins     89
Coming to a dead end     95
Where are you asking us to go with you, Lord?     101
Game six-ghosts of past failures     105
"Those feelings and hunches that are God"     109
The ball that got away     115
Tomorrow's child     117
Welcome to Holland
Choosing love     139
Crossing home     143
"Miss Amy's" heart surgery     147
Life goes on     155
"A gift that keeps on giving"     169
"Children are not things to be molded but people to be unfolded"     175
It's the journey, not the destination     189
Naked to the world     193
A mother's daughter     199
Peter, Paul, and Mary     211
God's Perfection
A different kind of perfect     227
A perfect day     235
Good giving and perfect gifts     239
Epilogue     245
Post epilogue     247
Letter to amy's teacher     251
Special needs trust     259
Bibliography     261
Interesting textbook: Management Information Systems or Dragons with Clay Feet
Families Living with Chronic Illness and Disability: Interventions, Challenges, and Opportunities

Author: Paul W Power
To help families manage an intense medical-related event, Power and Dell Orto propose that a family-oriented life and living perspective should be combined with a family intervention philosophy. Stressing acknowledgment of the adverse effects of the illness and an affirmation approach to family struggle and opportunities, the authors explore issues relevant to treatment, family adaptation, quality of life, and family survival. A unique feature of the text includes the organization of the chapters around thought-provoking personal statements followed by questions/experiential tasks designed to stimulate thought and discussion.

This book is must reading for health and allied health professionals including physicians, nurses, rehabilitation counselors, social workers, psychologists, and family advocates and will serve as a useful textbook for professionals-in-training.

Doody Review Services
Reviewer: Amy D. Shaver, MS, RN (SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica-Rome)
Description: This book provides a thorough discussion of family dynamics that affect the rehabilitation process of a person who has become disabled. The authors work with a basic philosophy throughout the book of the family as a unit. A variety of issues that are commonly faced by patients in rehabilitation and their families are reviewed.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide healthcare professionals with a functional method for assisting families as they adapt to an acute or chronic rehabilitation process of a member who is disabled. The authors' intent is to have the family become a helping resource in this process. The authors recognize the research and knowledge already explored related to illness and disability but also recognize the further need to promote the family unit as a primary force in recovery and adaptation. In meeting their goals, the authors present a variety of situations that may lead to a disability. A focus on how healthcare professionals can work with families during the rehabilitation period is provided with a practice approach from a theoretical perspective.
Audience: The book is written for "health, allied health, and other professionals". Included in this group are physicians, nurses, rehabilitation counselors, social workers, psychologists, family advocates, physical and occupational therapists, clergy, peer counselors, and speech pathologists as well as those in training, according to the authors. The authors are credible authorities. Paul Power is an emeritus professor of counseling who has written other books that focus on this topic. Arthur Dell Orto is a professor and program director of rehabilitation counseling in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences at Boston University.
Features: The book begins with a discussion on family dynamics related to illness and disability from the perspective of stages of adjustment that the whole family will experience. Included always is the perspective of the person who has the disability. The importance of a thorough family assessment initially is emphasized for successful interventions during the rehabilitation process. The relationship among members of the family as well as the relationship between the healthcare professionals and the family is presented as key to achieving management and adjustment goals. The book presents aspects of disability from a birth defect to an accident in a child or adult as well as disabilities that occur from chronic disease processes. The last section of the book looks at the selected family issues related to alcohol use, challenges of care giving, and dealing with loss and grief. An effort is made to assist healthcare provider in helping the family cope with the realities of the disability, promoting rehabilitation and adjustment while accepting limitations and even the possibility of death. Each chapter has a case study related to the chapter's focus, followed by reflection questions. This is an excellent way for healthcare providers to reflect on their own values related to disability and family. These case studies bring the theory to life. The third section of the book is "Selected Family Issues." Although the issues of alcohol use, respite care, and loss and grief are important, it seems that their inclusion to the exclusion of other issues gives them a greater importance. This may well be the intent of the authors however it leaves the reader looking for more at the end of the book.
Assessment: The authors have successfully presented the many issues related to the rehabilitation process, from addressing a variety of age ranges to how families may react to each of these different situations. The language is clear and the flow of the book is smooth and sensible for use in practice. Family issues and rehabilitation issues are presented as parts of larger textbooks, such as Allender and Spradley, Community Health Nursing, Concepts and Practice, 5th ed. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001) and Black and Hawks, Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical Management for Positive Outcomes, 7th ed. (Elsevier, 2005). However, these do not provide the comprehensive look at the importance of family in the rehabilitation process that is found in this book. This book also provides healthcare professionals or students with theoretical and practical methods related to the topic. It would be well worth reading for anyone in healthcare working with patients with disabilities and their families.
Rating
4 Stars! from Doody

Stressed Out Girls or Nutrients for Neuropathy

2009-01-06T01:52:00.000-08:00

Stressed-Out Girls: Helping Them Thrive in the Age of Pressure

Author: Roni Cohen Sandler
How the achievement frenzy is harming today's teenage girls

Increased competition and an emphasis on excelling at all costs is creating debilitating pressure for adolescent girls. Based on clinical work, interviews, and a comprehensive survey of 3,000 teens, Dr. Cohen-Sandler gives concerned parents and teachers invaluable insights into what makes girls particularly vulnerable to harmful stress, the knowledge to identify those at greatest risk, and practical strategies to reduce their stress, build resiliency, and bolster self-confidence.

Go to: Second Life For Dummies or Information Architecture for the World Wide Web
Nutrients for Neuropathy

Author: John A Senneff
Here is a new, natural approach for dealing with this painful and debilitating condition. You will read how you can reduce or perhaps even eliminate the need for expensive medications with their unwelcome side effects. Written by the author of the much acclaimed Numb Toes books on peripheral neuropathy, Nutrients for Neuropathy is full of clinical studies and references, yet written in the reader-friendly style of those two books. Everything is covered in this science-based guide: The most bio-available nutrient supplement forms. Suggested dosages and best times to take. Safe upper limits and possible drug interactions. A specific nutrient supplement program. And much, much more.

Eros Consciousness and Kundalini or The Psychology and Physiology of Breathing

2009-01-05T16:41:00.000-08:00

Eros, Consciousness, and Kundalini: Deepening Sensuality through Tantric Celibacy and Spiritual Intimacy

Author: Stuart Sovatsky
Exercises based on yoga and chakra meditation teach you to transform sexual energy into spiritual and erotic fulfillment.
• Perfect for deepening a life partnership, gaining mastery over one's body, or healing the emotional scars of sexual abuse.
• Well-illustrated positions and techniques.
In this extraordinary celebration of the erotic, Dr. Stuart Sovatsky introduces us to the Tantric art of sexual sublimation, in which sexual energy is redirected toward achieving higher awareness and an erotic satisfaction far beyond that possible through sexual intercourse. The potential reasons for exploring Tantric celibacy are many--including the desire to deepen a life partnership, to gain a new level of mastery over one's body, to heal the emotional scars of sexual abuse, to practice safe sex, or to explore the intimate relationship between spirituality and sexuality.
Exercises based on yoga, kundalini, and chakra meditation make Eros, Consciousness, and Kundalini a practical guide to the world of Tantric celibacy. By transcending the boundaries of conventional sexuality, one can learn to harness the divine energy--glimpsed for only an instant by most people--that is at the heart of all erotic yearning.
This is the new edition of the book Passions of Innocence.

What People Are Saying
Georg Feuerstein
Tantra is widely and grossly misunderstood in the West. In Eros, Consciousness, and Kundalini Dr. Sovatsky provides a much-needed corrective, revealing Tantra's most powerful aspect: the conversion of sexual energy into a higher consciousness-altering vitality. (Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D., author of Sacred Sexuality)

Table of Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: There Are Untold Possibilities
A Most Unusual Invitation
The Possibilities Begin to Unfold
Celibacy Becomes Provocative: The Tantric Spin
The Tantric Paradox of an Erotic Celibacy
Reclaiming Your Vulnerabilities Through Tantra
1. From Harry's Bar to the Mysteries Tantric sublimation
The Sublimative Sex Drive
Going All the Way with Tantric Celibacy
2. Eros as Mystery: The Key to Furthering Our Erotic Liberation
The Sexo-Political Burlesque
More Mystery, Less Liberation and Rules
Mystery's Inquisition
Sharing the Wonder
Beyond the Limitations: Can the Sense of Mystery Free Us?
Entering the Mystery: From Cynical to Meditative-Knowing
3. Mysteries Meet: The Celibate Encounter
Tantric Celibacy in the Great Anonymous of Modern Culture
The Shared-Gender Mystery
The Prosthesis of an Owned Sexuality
Homosexual Mystery
4. Choosing Tantric Sublimation
Why You Might Choose Brahmacharya
5. The Ars Erotica of Yoga
Meditation: The Silent Partner to Conventional Sex
Meditation Follows the Mystery: The Yogic "All" in Going All the Way
A Moment of Silence
The Yogic Anatomy of Human Potentialities
6. Yoga Practice as Ars Erotica
The Practices
7. Relational Worship
The Great Gesture
Nyasa
Mystery of Balance
Pranic Mirroring
The Singular Celibate Kiss
Breathing Mystery
Mantra Chanting
Ritual Worship of Mystery
Problems, Difficulties, and Other Knots
8. Grounding in the Ordinary: Tantric Relating in Everyday Life
Spoken Passion
Commitment and Marriage When Eros Is Mystery
Creating New Life: The Passions of Fertility
The Way of Solitary Celibacy
Epilogue
An Open Ending
Appendix 1 What Every Teenager Should Know About Tantric Sublimmation
The Core of Your Body: The Yogic Spinal Pathway
Brahmacharya and Emotional and Spiritual Growth
Appendix 2 The Future of a Mystery: Toward an Ecology of the Erotic
The Contemporary Sexual Scene
Toward an Ecology of the Erotic
The Fourfold Mapping of the Erotic Mystery
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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The Psychology and Physiology of Breathing: In Behavioral Medicine, Clinical Psychology, and Psychiatry

Author: Robert Fried
Many somatic, affective, and psychopathological conditions have been linked to hypoxia caused by cerain breathing characteristics. In this practical guidebook, Robert Fried draws on his years of pioneering research to provide a systematic assessment of the roles breathing and hyperventilation play in medical and emotional health. Fried utilizes an innovative multivariate experimental strategy that incorporates multiple physiological measurements to associate hyperventilation syndrome with a variey of medical conditions. With the application of both traditional and the latest sophisticated physiological evaluation and methods, the author details step-by-step treatments for psychosomatic disorders--such as hypertension, migraines, and colitis, for organic disorders; and for psychological disorders--including anxiety, panic, and depression. He explains how nonmedication techniques such as yoga, meditation, exercise, relaxation and biofeedback can be used in combination with pharmacological and psychiatric therapies to normalize health. Recent advances in diagnosic instrumentation, including infrared capnometry, oximetry, and computerized assessment of psychophysiological modalities are described in simplified terms accessible to all practitioners in the health sciences.
The Psychology and Physiology of Breathing is a highly readable and useful resource for clinicians and researchers in the behavioral sciences.
Booknews
Aside from "take a deep breath and try to relax," or instructions given to women in labor, conventional medicine does not take much heed of the role of breathing in health and illness; yet its centrality to both physical and emotional functioning is emphasized by many philosophic and healing traditions. Fried has written on the subject before for both professional and lay audiences; this work is for practitioners, and it extends his previous writings to specific protocols for clinical psychophysiology and psychiatry. Coverage includes details of the anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system; capnometry and the computerized psychophysiological profile; functional relationships between hyperventilation and the endocrine, cardiovascular, and nervous systems; respiration, hyperventilation, and mental disorders; and various kinds of physiological feedback and breathing training. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Clear Body Clear Mind or The Complete Guide to Walking

2009-01-05T04:29:00.000-08:00

Clear Body, Clear Mind: The Effective Purification Program

Author: L Ron Hubbard
What keeps you from thinking clearly?
Do you sometimes feel tired or drained of energy for no apparent reason? Have you ever felt wooden or lifeless? Do you feel less alert and aware than you used to?
The truth is, our world is swimming in toxic substances that destroy life. Extensive studies show that pollutants, drugs and chemical residues remain in a person's body. These can dull the senses, cloud up thinking and even cause a wide range of illnesses. And worse, they block any stable advancement in mental or spiritual well-being.
There is a solution. In Clear Body Clear Mind, L. Ron Hubbard details his monumental breakthroughs and the resulting Purification program the only effective program that eliminates the devastating effects of drugs and toxins. Hundreds of thousands have done this program and lived happier, more perceptive and aware lives.
Publishers Weekly
"The planet has hit a barrier which prevents any widespread social progress drugs and other biochemical substances," warns L. Ron Hubbard in Clear Body Clear Mind: The Effective Purification Program (originally published in 1990). Hubbard outline a detoxification program aimed at eliminating the build-up of destructive chemicals in the body (including narcotics, prescription drugs, pesticides and preservatives). The program stresses exercises, sauna visits, vitamin supplements and plenty of water and fresh vegetables. The book also includes testimony from people who've successfully completed the program. (June) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
Library Journal
The late founder of the Church of Scientology and author of phenomenal best seller Dianetics (Bridge, 1950) created the detoxification regimen of running, saunas, natural oils, and specific vitamins and minerals that is clearly presented in this book. Included in the book are numerous testimonies from people who used this regimen to recover from substance abuse, radiation illness, Agent Orange-related diseases, and more. Still, readers should know that Hubbard's advocacy of megavitamins to detoxify the body has not been medically proven and is considered a controversial regimen by the regular medical community. Notwithstanding the footnoting (of common as well as technical terms--meant to promote accessibility but maddening to literate readers), a ``bibliography'' consisting of items available from Bridge (the official Church publisher), and a biographical note which virtually canonizes Hubbard, this title would be appropriate for large general-audience collections with subject demand in alternative therapies or Scientology.-- Judith Eannarino, George Wash ington Univ. Lib., Washington, D.C.
What People Are Saying
Wheeler
William E. Wheeler, Ph.D. Registered Dietitian & Former White House Staff Nutritionist
I highly recommend the Clear Body, Clear Mind method of detoxification. It sets the standard.

Book about: El Salto Radical: una Lección Personal en Mando Extremo
The Complete Guide to Walking: For Health, Weight Loss, and Fitness

Author: Mark Fenton
Working out has never been easier. All that’s needed to get fit is one’s own two feet, along with a copy of Mark Fenton’s The Complete Guide to Walking. In this fully revised edition of his classic, Fenton speaks to modern concerns, such as walking to prevent and control diabetes, motivating families to walk together, finding the best walking spots nationwide, and using new technology to get fit faster and more safely.

Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga or Eating in the Light of the Moon

2009-01-04T19:17:00.000-08:00

Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga: A Practical Guide to Healing Body, Mind, and Spirit

Author: Deepak Chopra
The remarkable benefits of yoga, which include improved flexibility, balance, muscle tone, endurance, and vitality, only hint at the extraordinary power of this deeply spiritual practice. When adhered to and practiced mindfully, yoga can unlock readers’ full creative potential, their capacity for love and compassion, and ability to find success in all areas of their lives. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga brings spirituality back to yoga. It shows how the Seven Spiritual Laws play a crucial role in yoga’s path to enlightenment while providing readers with a wealth of meditation techniques, mantras, breathing exercises, and yoga poses. Whether a newcomer to yoga or an experienced practitioner, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga is a portal to yoga’s deeper spiritual dimension and a beautiful step to a happier, more harmonious, and more abundant life.

Publishers Weekly
"Just as no one would argue that gravity applies only to England because Sir Isaac Newton was British or that Einstein's theory of relativity was relevant only in Germany... the principles of yoga are not limited by time or space," say Chopra, author of The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, and Simon, medical director for the Chopra Center. Their guide is written in such a clear, sensible way that those new to yoga will wonder why they've not tried it before. Seasoned practitioners will find themselves reinvigorated and may learn a new breathing technique or meditation. Starting with descriptions of the two most popular frameworks, Shankara and Patanjali, the authors then list the seven laws of spirituality that neatly correspond to the seven days of the week. Extensive explanations of several types of meditation-chakra, so hum breath technique, awareness, attention/intention-are followed by the most common breathing exercises and thorough instructions for a variety of asanas (poses). Photographs complete the instructional portion of the book, making it especially useful for beginners. The final pages bring the program together with a suggested routine that combines all of the above into a perfect blend of theory and practice. (July) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
Library Journal
While most current guides focus on yoga's asana (physical practice), this concise book emphasizes its spiritual aspects. Chopra (Ageless Body, Timeless Mind) and Simon (medical director, Chopra Ctr.) are both pioneers in the field of holistic health, having mixed Western medicine with natural Eastern healing traditions. They lucidly explain the complexities of Vedic science and discuss how to apply its spiritual aspects to a yoga routine. Their overriding message is that if practitioners combine the components of a good yoga practice-breathing, meditation, postures (illustrated with photographs), bandhas (means of breath control), and Chopra's seven spiritual laws, they are promised physical, emotional, and spiritual rewards. Good for both beginners and advanced students, this is an excellent choice for most yoga collections.-Dede Fellrath, Tampa Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Books about: Chia or Cooking with Cast Iron
Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Let Go of Compulsive Eating Through Metaphor and Storytelling

Author: Anita A Johnston
Much like Clarissa Pinkola-Estes in Women Who Run With the Wolves, Anita Johnston uses metaphor and storytelling to show women how to reconnect with their inherent inner wisdom. By weaving practical insights and exercises through a rich tapestry of ancient tales, multicultural myths, legends, fairy tales, and folktales, she teaches women how to find the metaphors hidden in their own life stories, in their dreams, in their bodies, and in their relationship with food so they can break free from compulsive eating and food obsessions. Eating in the Light of the Moon takes readers on a journey to freedom from food, fat, and dieting by helping them to understand the root issues that lie beneath disordered eating habits, and develop the life skills necessary for recovery from disordered eating; learn the difference between physical and emotional hunger; understand how to read body signals so that they can eat when they're hungry and stop when full; use dreams to gain insight and direction; understand how their menstrual cycle can help them gain the awareness they need to break free of disordered eating behaviors; improve their communication with themselves and others by using words instead of food for expression; and much more.

Take Care of Yourself or Why We Buy

2009-01-04T08:06:00.000-08:00

Take Care of Yourself: The Complete Illustrated Guide to Medical Self-Care

Author: James F Fries
Take Care of Yourself is the world's best-selling health guide, and the only one that has been found to help reduce visits to the doctor and save money. Covering nearly 200 health-care problems and symptoms, it is easy to use, even in a crisis. Readers can locate their symptoms in the easily navigable guide and find a complete explanation of likely causes and possible home remedies. Diagrams show how to recognize problems, and, in many cases, treat them quickly, and the decision charts advise when exactly it's time to see a doctor. This comprehensive guide also covers emergencies, health problem prevention, the 20 things everyone should keep in a home pharmacy, and how to work best with a doctor. Revised and updated, it remains the most comprehensive and dependable self-care guide, and is essential for every home.

Look this: Best of the Best from Virginia Cookbook II or Lantern Vegan Family Cookbook
Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping

Author: Paco Underhill
Is there a method to our madness when it comes to shopping? Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as "a Sherlock Holmes for retailers," author and research company CEO Paco Underhill answers with a definitive "yes" in this witty, eye-opening report on our ever-evolving consumer culture. Why We Buy is based on hard data gleaned from thousands of hours of field research -- in shopping malls, department stores, and supermarkets across America. With his team of sleuths tracking our every move, from sweater displays at the mall to the beverage cooler at the drugstore, Paco Underhill lays bare the struggle among merchants, marketers, and increasingly knowledgeable consumers for control.
In his quest to discover what makes the contemporary consumer tick, Underhill explains the shopping phenomena that often go unnoticed by retailers and shoppers alike, including:

How a well-placed shopping basket can turn a small purchase into a significant sale

What the "butt-brush factor" is and how it can make sales plummet

How working women have altered the way supermarkets are designed

How the "boomerang effect" makes product placement ever more challenging

What kinds of signage and packaging turn browsers into buyers
For those in retailing and marketing, Why We Buy is a remarkably fresh guide, offering creative and insightful tips on how to adapt to the changing customer. For the general public, Why We Buy is a funny and sometimes disconcerting look at our favorite pastime.

CBS News's 48 Hours - Dan Rather
Meet a man who probably knows more than you do about the urge to splurge.
Todd Pruzan
By the fourth chapter of Paco Underhill's engrossing new study of our shopping behavior, Why We Buy, you'll have noticed that the author is something of a semiotics master, and probably a bit off his nut. Underhill describes a "eureka moment" that occurred on a sultry August night as he listened to a Yanks game while screening hours of silent, grainy videotape from a drugstore's wall-mounted camera: "I was...witnessing a shopper trying to juggle several small bottles and boxes without dropping one. That's when it dawned on me: The poor guy needed a basket."
Underhill's taste for shopping porn comes in handy at Envirosell, his Manhattan retail-design consultancy, where he's spent more than 20 years interviewing customers (and scrutinizing them from behind potted plants) in order to teach stores, both real and virtual, how to be nicer to us so we'll buy more, and with more pleasure. And his first book -- probably the first book -- on the sociology and psychology of shopping comes as a revelation. Underhill does for the American store what Jane Jacobs did for the American city: He tells us not how retail spaces manipulate us so much as how they fail and succeed at stimulating us.
Why We Buy divulges more about your behavior than you may know yourself: How you ignore items shoved onto the bottom shelf. How you like touching the merchandise, whether it's paperbacks or underwear. How you vacate a store after getting bumped in a narrow aisle (the "butt-brush" factor). But if you think you'll feel silly upon learning that Underhill may have trained a camera on your consumerist ass as you tried to cram it into a pair of Gap khakis, take heart: It's the retailers and product marketers who really look ridiculous. For his research usually yields deceptively simple results -- the kind of thing that should make store planners clap their palms to their foreheads -- and Why We Buy documents their sins with gleeful astonishment. There's the maternity store with aisles too small to handle baby strollers, so its stock doesn't sell. There's the supermarket that shelves its kiddie popcorn at adult-eye level, so it doesn't sell. There's the pound-foolish mattress outlet displaying a $2,000 model without sheets or pillows, so customers can't test-drive it...and it doesn't sell.
Underhill has an inquisitive worldview and a winning voice that reinforces his irrefutable logic. For a book categorized as "psychology/business," Why We Buy is surprisingly well written, even weaving in wry cinema verite: "Stand over here. Behind the underwear. What do you see? A couple?...Hold on -- what's he saying?" The author treads thin ice just once, when he complains that entertainment media "do a fairly poor job of creating packages with the merchandising function in mind." But books and CDs have more emotional value than vacuum cleaners or Big Macs; yes, covers are hard to read from across the store, but we keep these "packages" forever. (Such disappointing logic seems to inform the book's drab but easy-to-read jacket design. Would we really enjoy shopping more if all books looked this dull?)
Still, Why We Buy is immensely valuable for its numerous lessons, which seem obvious only once we understand what we want out of shopping. It's great that someone has explained our habits to us. Now, if only the stores would pay more attention.
&151; Salon
Fortune
...[S]crupulously maps the familiar realm of retail...
The New York Times Book Review - Patricia T. O'Conner
...Here is a book that gives smart shopping the respect it deserves....Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping is a testament to the nobility, the courage...of the average shopper....In the end, we learn, there's more to the retail experience than trading money for goods.
Paula Dempsey, DePaul University Library, Chicago - Library Journal
The title for this treatment of marketing research in the retail setting is misleading. Underhill, founder of the behavioral research company Envirosell, summarizes some of the firm's conclusions about the interaction between consumers and products and consumers and commercial spaces. He lays claim to the research techniques of urban anthropology, but his casual, self-congratulatory tone and loose organization make the book inappropriate for academic use. Underhill breezes through anecdotes about how observing the mundane details of shopping improves retail sales, but there is limited grounding in the framework of his "science." Given the lack of recent titles on the topic, this is recommended for large collections with an emphasis on retailing.
Fortune
...[S]crupulously maps the familiar realm of retail...
The New York Times Book Review - Patricia T. O'Conner
...[H]ere is a book that gives [smart shopping] the respect it deserves....Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping is a testament to the nobility, the courage...of the average shopper....In the end, we learn, there's more to the retail experience than trading money for goods.
Business Week - Green
Why We Buy is useful as a how-to for retailers, but shoppers will discover a Vance Packard for our times, on the trail of our century's hidden persuaders.
Kirkus Reviews
Shopping is one of the defining qualities of modern civilization, but this author convincingly argues that consumers may have a greater impact on the act of shopping than shopping has on them. Just as social scientists study people in natural conditions, Underhill studies consumers in retail environments. He's no academic, however, but a "real-world" consultant with such clients as McDonald's, General Mills, and the US Postal Service. Although Underhill's work involves a certain amount of intuition and creative thinking, it's primarily based on hard evidence: the measurements accumulated by teams of trackers working on the floors and behind the scenes of retail establishments. Details gathered from observation of consumers pinpoint problems with products, shelving, signage, register lines, and other factors. Such monitoring prompted one of the author's key insights—that any space in which people are likely to be jostled from behind can lead to shopper discomfort (dubbed "butt sensitivity"). The solution: wider aisles. Underhill explores both similarities and differentiating features in the shopping experiences of varied groups, including the distinctive ways in which men and women browse and make purchasing decisions. His dissection of the retail industry finds much to criticize, but the book also dignifies shopping as a central focus of human activity. The author's company, whose work is cited throughout, has earned its way by spotting flaws and advising retail owners on how to fix them, not merely to boost profits, but because the profits come from improving the quality of the shopping experience for customers. Underhill also analyzes the emerging arena of onlineshopping, offering tips for improved performance. Sales here will accelerate, the author believes, but they don't fundamentally threaten the future of old-fashioned human sales interactions. A strong portrait of consumers as the most efficient arbiters of what to sell and how to sell it. (Author tour)

What People Are Saying
Faith Popcorn
The Dalai Lama said, `Shopping is the museum of the twentieth century.' Paco Underhill explains why. Brilliantly.
— (Faith Popcorn, author and future forecaster)

M. G. Lord
In Why We Buy, Paco Underhill, who invented the science of shopping, turns state's evidence, alerting consumers to the traps retailers set for them. The book is always eye-opening, sometimes chilling, often funny and never dull. It will change the way you experience department stores, supermarkets, even racks of men's underwear — behind which one of Underhill's researchers may be taking notes on your behavior.
— (M. G. Lord, author of Forever Barbie)

Michael Gould
Why We Buy is a funny and insightful book for people on both sides of the retail counter.
— (Michael Gould, CEO, Bloomingdales)

Robin Lewis
Paco Underhill has turned the retail store into a very enlightening entertaining theater where all the customers are actors. Paco's work is brilliant, fun, and informative.
— (Robin Lewis, vice president and group executive editor, Fairchild Publications)

Marc Winkelman
As The Hidden Persuaders did for the 1950s, Why We Buy, defines the American consumer entering the twenty-first century.

Resistance Band Workout or Dieting Causes Brain Damage

2009-01-03T21:54:00.000-08:00

Resistance Band Workout: A Simple Way to Tone and Strengthen Your Muscles

Author: James Milligan
The first full Resistance Band workout book—the revolutionary stress-free way to a healthy body.

Highly effective, superbly portable, easy to store, and astonishingly inexpensive: no wonder exercisers looking for great results increasingly select resistance bands for their strength training. This rubber band-like piece of equipment works every bit as well as weights for toning muscles—and even better for stretching them. And there’s no need to go to the gym to use these powerful tools. With the incredible range of carefully photographed routines shown here (all conveniently color-coded for level, to match the color-coded bands), it’s simple to target every area of the body. Legs, arms, chest, abs: it’s all covered, with accurate body maps that show the muscle groups each exercise works on. Pick and choose from the wide array and put them together for a complete workout. Try resisted squats, hip extensions, shoulder presses, frontal raises, triceps push-downs, as well as warm-ups and cool-downs;, moves for alignment and posture; anywhere routines; and sports specific exercises. You’ll get awesome results.

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Dieting Causes Brain Damage

Author: Bradley Trevor Greiv
The biggest name in gift books is getting smallerїand you can, too. Bradley Trevor Greive, the 280-pound publishing giant, has started slimming down while coming to grips with the bloated eating habits and health beliefs of our modern world.
With his trademark wit and humorous animal photographs, BTG explains that the true motivation for losing excess weight and keeping it off is purely to enjoy a better quality of life, to get the most out of our brief time on this earth.
Dieting Causes Brain Damage identifies the most common causes of weight gain as well as the perils of extreme dieting, suggesting that the number-one lesson is to "Keep your mouth shut." This reduces the number of calories consumed and stops you from constantly whining and making excuses about your appearance.
You don't need a PhD., millions of dollars, plastic surgery, a library of fad diet books, or a Day-Glo Lycra bodysuit to get into shape. Eating well, enjoying quality sleep, and getting a little exercise is the key to weight loss and personal health and fitness.
This wonderful gift book is for anyone who would like to be in better shape and could use a few laughs along the wayїa uniquely refreshing guide to looking, feeling, and living well that is free from false promises, tasteless recipes, and leg warmers.

Kundalini Yoga or The Longevity Bible

2009-01-03T12:42:00.000-08:00

Kundalini Yoga: The Flow of Eternal Power

Author: Shakti Parwha Kaur Khalsa
Taught for thousands of years--and revealed to the West in recent decades by the master Yogi Bhajan--Kundalini Yoga is suprisingly simple to learn. And practiced regularly, it can strengthen the nervous system, balance the glandular system, and harness the energy of the mind and emotion as well as the body. While general yoga technique focuses on exercise postures and breathing, Kundalini takes yoga concepts a step further by integrating them into everyday life activities. This definitive guide, fully illustrated with photographs, is an accessible introduction to this ancient practice, with information on poses and positions, diet and lifestyle, breathing and stretching techniques, chanting and meditation exercises, and general guidelines that can help anyone--beginner or advanced--gain the greatest benefit from yogic practice.

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The Longevity Bible: 8 Essential Strategies for Keeping Your Mind Sharp and Your Body Young

Author: Gary Small
Now in paperback: "A genuinely holistic blueprint for a healthy, happy, and long life"
The old saying goes that "living well is the best revenge." In recent years that's come to signify conspicuous consumption rather than aging with good health, vitality, and a keen mind—but all the luxury in the world won't make up for an existence that's lacking those three things. In The Longevity Bible, expert Dr. Gary Small offers scientifically proven—yet still fun and exciting—ways to keep the brain, body, and attitude young and vital well into our sixties, seventies, and beyond.
Gary Small, M.D., is the director of the UCLA Memory and Aging Research Center. He lectures extensively all over the world, and often appears on national television shows including 20/20, Good Morning America, Today, CNN, NBC Nightly News, and CBS News. Together with her husband, Dr. Small, Gigi Vorgan also wrote The Memory Bible and The Memory Prescription. Small and Vorgan live in Los Angeles.

Five Spirits or The Caregivers Survival Handbook

2009-01-03T00:31:00.000-08:00

Five Spirits: Alchemical Acupuncture for Psychological and Spiritual Healing

Author: Lorie Eve Dechar
The Five Spirits are the Taoist map of the human psyche. The system provides a mythical view of the nervous system and forms the basis of Chinese medical psychology. It also describes a precise and efficient technology for spiritual transformation, the process through which a human being rediscovers their essential wholeness and innate connection to the divine.
The Five Spirits can be understood as the Taoist version of the Chakra System of Vedic India. Like the chakras, the spirits exist as centers of consciousness in the subtle body rather than as structures in the physical body. Just as each chakra relates to a particular level of consciousness, each spirit relates to a particular aspect of human awareness, a particular vibration or frequency of psychic energy. An understanding of the Five Spirits is the key that opens the doorway to the mysteries of Taoist psycho-spiritual alchemy. By taking advantage of the discoveries of Western archetypal psychology and new discoveries about the mind and nervous system, we can decipher the Five Spirits and reorganize the system in a way that has proven to be clinically invaluable in treating psychosomatic, emotional, and psychospiritual distress.
Library Journal
In her first book, Dechar aims to identify the essential tenets of acupuncture and Chinese medicine, melding the mythic practices with the philosophy and techniques taught to modern practitioners. Central to her practice, as illustrated here, is her notion of "Alchemical Acupuncture"-the blending of acupuncture, the Five Spirits of traditional Chinese medicine, and the psychosomatic healing of Taoist psychology. Dechar presents case studies throughout, illustrating principles from her practice. She strives not to translate Chinese medicine into a Western form of understanding but instead supports Western expansion of consciousness to allow for an understanding of this type of reality. Her depth of understanding is evident, and this impressive goal may best be placed into the hands of existing practitioners. Dechar's book is admirable in its scope but difficult in its detail. The concepts are explained well, but the average consumer may find it all a bit overwhelming. Recommended for public libraries and alternative medicine collections and highly recommended for students in the field.-Andy Wickens, King Cty. Lib. Syst., WA Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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The Caregiver's Survival Handbook: How to Care for Your Aging Parent Without Losing Yourself

Author: Alexis Abramson
One in four families in the U.S. is caring for parents or other senior relatives-and 72% of the primary caregivers in these families are women. This book is written for those 16 million women who are part of the "sandwich generation"-caught between the needs of their elderly relatives and their young families. These women often feel invisible, their own needs unobserved and unappreciated by those around them.

The Caregiver's Survival Handbook not only offers practical caregiving advice for these women, but also helps them deal with the emotional concerns they face:

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Dealing with changing parent/child roles
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Fostering aging parents' independence
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Asking for, and getting, help from siblings and other family members
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Balancing work, family, and caregiving duties
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Finding time for themselves in the middle of it all

New Fibromyalgia Remedy or The Tapping Cure

2009-01-02T14:19:00.000-08:00

New Fibromyalgia Remedy: Stop Your Pain Now with an Anti-Viral Regimen

Author: Daniel C Dantini
Debilitating pain and tenderness in muscles, ligaments, and tendons are the typical symptoms of fibromyalgia, and this guide by a medical researcher of the disease dismisses traditional treatment—heat, exercise, and rest—in favor of antiviral medications that often provide immediate relief and eventual complete recovery. Offering new hope for advances in treatment, the discussion covers the difficulty of diagnosing fibromyalgia, the overlaps with chronic fatigue syndrome, the unrelatedness of arthritis, and the possibility that food allergies may trigger attacks. Patient success stories along the way encourage readers while data samples, references, and appendices provide clinical details.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments     v
Introduction     vii
Fibromyalgia - My Story     1
Understanding Fibromyalgia     12
Getting a Diagnosis     32
Linking Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Delayed Food Allergies to Fibromyalgia     48
Temporary Remedies     64
The Dantini Method     80
Patient Data Sample     96
Blood Testing Information for Doctors     106
Resources     111
Glossary     115
Index     125
About the Author     137
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The Tapping Cure: A Revolutionary System for Rapid Relief from Phobias, Anxiety, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and More

Author: Roberta Temes
The Tapping Cure is an astoundingly easy and somewhat mystifying process that offers great results in the treatment of a variety of psychological problems. It takes only a few minutes, requires no medication and no talk therapy, and can completely erase a full range of negative emotions—from phobia, to trauma, to performance anxiety—in just a single session. In The Tapping Cure Dr. Temes, a seasoned psychotherapist, teaches readers how to tap themselves to eradicate their own symptoms. It is the first book of its kind to give precise instructions on where the tapping should occur—e.g., on the collarbone, under the eye, on the pinky—without resorting to mystical explanations, unscientific paradigms, and complicated pseudo-psychoanalytic rationalizations. The Tapping Cure is sure to help a great many people—psychological sufferers, the worried-well, and therapists with increasing numbers of patients requesting the treatment, which is fast becoming known in mainstream circles just like other once fringe therapies before it.
Library Journal
Psychotherapist and hypnotist Temes (The Complete Idiot's Guide to Hypnosis) teaches readers how to eliminate the symptoms of ailments ranging from addiction to post-traumatic stress via "tapping." She offers an introduction to this self-administered technique, traces its history, pinpoints 14 tapping spots (e.g., collarbone, temples), and discusses how corresponding phraseology can be integrated. Stories of patients she claims have experienced its benefits are intermingled throughout. Temes admits that tapping has not been rigorously tested in accepted empirical studies and that there are no solid research data to account for why it seems to work; she also wisely states that it is not a replacement for medical treatment. Instead, she says, tapping may best be used to supplement standard medical protocols when guided by professionals further trained in the technique. Although Temes's book provides a broader frame of reference to and includes more of the medical skepticism surrounding this technique than Fred Gallo and Harry Vincenzi's Energy Tapping, this book is cautiously recommended for only a sound, established psychiatry and general medicine collection in larger public libraries.-Dale Farris, Groves, TX Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

IBS or NOLS Wilderness Medicine 4th Edition

2009-01-01T05:53:00.000-08:00

IBS: Food, Facts & Recipes: The Power of Food

Author: Tracy Parker
Irritable Bowel Syndrome affects 1 in 5 people around the world and is second only to the common cold as a cause of workplace absenteeism. Tracy Parker, a dietician who has spent six years in scientific research on IBS, has found that diet and lifestyle changes are the most effective ways of getting it under control. Along with extensive practical advice on what to eat and what to avoid, she offers in-depth scientific information on the causes and symptoms of the disease, how it’s diagnosed, and the dangers of leaving it untreated. To make her advice practically effortless to follow, there are 50 delicious, nutritious recipes, along with simple suggestions for relieving stress and getting support from family and friends.

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NOLS Wilderness Medicine, 4th Edition

Author: Tod Schimelpfenig
This revised edition of NOLS Wilderness First Aid reflects the changing field of wilderness medicine. Designed as a field textbook for the NOLS wilderness first aid curriculum, it helps train outdoor leaders to prevent, recognize, and treat common medical problems and to stabilize a severely ill or injured patient for evacuation. A vital resource for outdoor enthusiasts, this book covers fundamental topics in first aid--patient assessment, shock, soft tissue injury, burns, fractures and dislocations, and chest, head, and abdominal injury. It explains how to handle environmental problems posed by heat, cold, water, altitude, and poisonous plants and animals. Also discussed are issues related to expedition medicine as well as leadership, teamwork, and communication for rescue groups. While risk can be minimized through good judgment, skills, and experience, being prepared for emergencies in the wild is an essential component of good outdoor leadership.
About the Author: A wilderness educator since 1973, Tod Schimelpfenig is the curriculum director for the NOLS Wilderness Medical Institute. He lives in Lander, Wyoming.

	Introduction	vii
1	Understanding Depression	1
2	Identifying Depression and Suicide Risk	20
3	Biblical Truth Regarding Depression	34
4	The Body and Depression	48
5	The Mind and Emotions	68
6	Breaking Free Summary	89
	Final Thoughts--The Hope	92
	Notes	96

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The Baby Rules or Natural Conception and Pregnancy

The Baby Rules: The Insider's Guide to Raising Your Parents

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Teaching the Restless or Body Fascism

Teaching the Restless: One School's Remarkable no-Ritalin Approach to Helping Children Learn and Succeed

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The Prostate Cancer Answer Book: An Unbiased Guide to Treatment Choices

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Positive Options for Crohns Disease or Once a Month

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The Japanese Bath or Authority to Heal

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Secrets of Pilates or Trans Fats

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Out of the Shadows or Feng Shui Principles for Building and Remodeling

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Virginia Galloway

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From Lifeguard to Sun King or Beauty by Nature

From Lifeguard to Sun King: The Man Behind the Banana Boat Success Story

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Fundamentals of Spiritual Alchemy or Energy for Life

Fundamentals of Spiritual Alchemy

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Sundial or Melatonin in Psychiatric and Neoplastic Disorders

Sundial: Theoretical Relationship between Psychological Type, Talent, and Disease

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Giridhar G. Reddy

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Muscletown USA or Mouse Models of Human Blood Cancers

Muscletown USA: Bob Hoffman and the Manly Culture of York Barbell

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African American Womens Health and Social Issues or New Medicines

African American Women's Health and Social Issues

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Penis Pain a Medical Dictionary Bibliography and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References or Women Confront Cancer

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Women Confront Cancer: Twenty-One Leaders Making Medical History by Choosing Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Kathleen O'Connell

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Rising from the Dead or Radical Ecopsychology

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Handbook on Dementia Caregiving or Appetite and Food Intake

Handbook on Dementia Caregiving: Evidence-Based Interventions for Family Caregivers

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Appetite and Food Intake: Behavioral and Physiological Considerations

Cuerpo limpio mente clara or Sibling Loss

Cuerpo limpio, mente clara: el programa de purificacion eficaz (Clear Body, Clear Mind)

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