tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90243819853324881092023-06-20T21:14:09.681-07:00Women's Health BooksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024381985332488109.post-61293141248006377812009-12-05T17:13:00.000-08:002009-12-05T17:24:45.645-08:00Breaking the Silence or Sacred Cow Mad Cow<h4>Breaking the Silence: Inspirational Stories of Black Cancer Survivors </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Karin L Stanford</strong> <p><p>Cancer survivors, their family members, and their friends will find comfort in these inspirational stories told by black cancer patients. Covering every facet of the disease as it affects a person's life, including diagnosis, treatment, family involvement, spiritual strength, and healing, these stories, poems, journal entries, and letters address such complex issues as coping with the shock of the initial diagnosis, deciding among various forms of treatments, and dealing with conflicting emotions of anger, sadness, and hope. Helping to heal the mind, body, and spirit, these courageous and thoughtful reflections seek to lighten the burden that all cancer survivors and those who care for them must bear. Celebrated poet and cancer survivor Nikki Giovanni contributes a moving introduction to these inspirational pieces.<br> </p><br><br> <p>New interesting textbook: <strong><a href="http://first-aid-book.blogspot.com">Raising a Moody Child or Surviving the Teenage Hormone Takeover</a></strong> <h4>Sacred Cow, Mad Cow: A History of Food Fears </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Madeleine Ferrieres</strong> <p><p><P>Contemporary concerns about food such as those stemming from mad cow disease, salmonella, and other potential food-related dangers are hardly new-humans have long been wary of what they eat. Beyond the fundamental fear of hunger, societies have sought to protect themselves from rotten, impure, or unhealthy food. From the markets of medieval Europe to the slaughterhouses of twentieth-century Chicago, Madeleine Ferrières traces the origins of present-day behavior toward what we eat as she explores the panics, myths, and ever-shifting attitudes regarding food and its safety. She demonstrates that food fears have been inspired not only by safety concerns but also by cultural, political, and religious prejudices. <P>Flour from human bones and pâté from dead cats are just two of the more unappetizing recipes that have scared consumers away from certain foods. Ferrières considers the roots of these and other rumors, illuminating how societies have assessed and attempted to regulate the risks of eating. She documents the bizarre and commonsensical attempts by European towns to ensure the quality of beef and pork, ranging from tighter controls on butchers to prohibiting Jews and menstruating women from handling meat. Examining the spread of Hungarian cattle disease, which ravaged the livestock of seventeenth-century Europe, Ferrières recounts the development of safety methods that became the Western model for fighting animal diseases. <P>Ferrières discusses a wealth of crucial and curious food-related incidents, trends, and beliefs, including European explorers' shocked responses to the foodways of the New World; how some foods deemed unsafe for therich were seen as perfectly suitable for the poor; the potato's negative reputation; the fierce legal battles between seventeenth-century French bread bakers and innkeepers; the role of the medical profession in food regulation; and how modern consumerism changed the way we eat. Drawing on history, folklore, agriculture, and anthropology, Ferrières tells us how our decisions about what <I>not</I> to eat reflect who we are. <P> </p><h4>Kirkus Reviews</h4><p>An impressively researched addition to the Arts and Traditions of the Table series. French historian Ferrieres (Social History/Univ. of Avignon) has dug deep and wide in her exploration of anxieties about food: agricultural statistics, medical and veterinary journals, public health records, royal decrees, city and town ordinances and cookery manuals. Human fears about food, she notes, fall into two categories: concern about quantity and worry over quality. Her focus here is on the latter. Although she discusses Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act, she gives the United States relatively short shrift, for Ferrieres's emphasis is on European, especially French, history. Her research turns up some fascinating facts, such as that in 14th-century Europe, horror of leprosy led to the erroneous belief that one could get it by consuming "leprous pork"; later, cabbage, cheese, beer and gamay grapes were also suspect. One bizarre tale involves a lawsuit in 1668 between Paris bakers and innkeepers in which bakery bread was alleged to be unhealthy because it was made with yeast; to settle the question, doctors weighed in, as did public prosecutors, judges, police and even parliament. European reactions-suspicion, aversion, phobia-of unfamiliar foods encountered in the New World are explored, as are some wild food rumors; e.g., English porter is made stronger than European beers by the addition of a skinned dog to the vat. She shows how food fears changed as industrialization distanced the consumer from the producer, examines the gap between scientific knowledge and political power in response to food risks and looks at the role of individual responsibility forfood safety. A densely written, scholarly work, not especially accessible but filled with choice nuggets of food lore, culinary information and social history. </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024381985332488109.post-20962387123957335612009-12-04T13:12:00.000-08:002009-12-04T13:23:40.273-08:00John Barleycorn or Cooking for Life<h4>John Barleycorn </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Jack London</strong> <p><p>It all came to me one election day. It was on a warm California afternoon and I had ridden down into the Valley of the Moon from the ranch to the little village to vote Yes and No to a host of proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State of California. </p><h4>Upton Sinclair</h4><p>Assuredly one of the most useful, as well as one of the most entertaining books ever penned by a man. </p><br><br> <p>Book review: <strong><a href="http://brownies-biscuits.blogspot.com">The Perfect Cocktail or Idaho a la Carte</a></strong> <h4>Cooking for Life: Recipes for Healthy Living (Volume 1) </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Avera McKennan Foundation</strong> <p><p>For those who have experienced cancer or want to take preventative steps, understanding healthy eating habits are vital. With the guidance of Cooking For Life, Volume 1, creating or maintaining a healthy diet can be easy. This cookbook focuses on preparing healthy meals for you and your family. </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024381985332488109.post-56990921638916856982009-12-03T09:11:00.000-08:002009-12-03T09:22:32.146-08:00Home Spa Feet or Inward Bound<h4>Home Spa Feet </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Tracey Kelly</strong> <p><p>A collection of instant, everyday cures for the feet, perfect to relieve aches and pains but also useful as part of an all-over beauty treatment. </p><br><br> <p><h5>Table of Contents:</h5><TABLE><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Firm footing</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">6</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Focus on feet</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">8</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Perfect posture</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">10</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Pilates arch strengthener</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">12</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Flexible feet</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">14</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Healthy circulation</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">16</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Foot massage basics</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">18</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Restorative reflexology</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">20</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Home spa treatments</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">22</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Setting the scene</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">24</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Daily warm-up for feet</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">26</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Instant foot revitalizer</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">28</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Hard skin softeners</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">30</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Essential stress-relievers</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">32</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Post-workout pummelling</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">34</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Immunity-boosting acupressure</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">36</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Beautifying pedicure</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">38</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Calming bedtime massage</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">40</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Rejuvenating recipes</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">42</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Botanical foot baths</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">44</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Smoothing foot scrubs</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">46</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Stimulating aromatherapy oils</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">48</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Herbal foot creams</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">50</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Soothing foot powders</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">52</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Nourishing masks</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">54</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Antibacterial boosters</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">56</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Hypertension reliever</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">58</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Rich lavender moisturizer</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">60</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Scented foot sprays</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">62</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Index</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">64</TD></TABLE> <p>Books about: <strong><a href="http://financial-accounting-books.blogspot.com/2009/12/only-paranoid-survive-or-fate-of-africa.html">Only the Paranoid Survive or The Fate of Africa</a></strong> <h4>Inward Bound </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Sam Keen</strong> <p><p>In this book, Sam Keen guides us on an enlightening journey across the emotional landscape of our own inner psyches. Using self-tests and practical advice, Inward Bound teachers us to master the art of emotional literacy -- how to understand what our minds and bodies are really telling us through the ups and downs of our emotions.<p> Paying special attention to "negative" emotions such as fatigue, depression, grief, and especially boredom -- the undiagnosed disease from which most "normal" people suffer -- Keen shows us how the low periods in our lives can actually be the impetus for the most profound and lasting change. While most people deny emotional lows in the hopes that they will go away; eat, drink, or tranquilize themselves; take mood elevators; or otherwise fill their time with empty activities, Keen instead teachers us how to re-vision negative emotions as positive way stations on the path to self-discovery.<p> In Inward Bound, Keen shows us how to recover the full spectrum of our feelings and points the reader on a journey to greater health, intimacy, vitality, and a renewed joy in life. </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024381985332488109.post-14268769775630598472009-12-02T05:10:00.000-08:002009-12-02T05:21:21.405-08:00Alimentos Que Eliminan la Artritis or Masaje para tu bebe<h4>Alimentos Que Eliminan la Artritis </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Lauri M Aesoph</strong> <p><p>This completely revised and updated version offers a detailed, easy-to-follow program for treating arthritis at home to relieve, or even reverse, most cases of osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis without expensive drugs or equipment. The key is to substitute "restorative foods" for certain inflammation-generating foods stimulating the healing powers of the body and practicing easy-to-do exercises for increased flexibility. </p><br><br> <p>New interesting textbook: <strong><a href="http://financial-law-textbook.blogspot.com">Cost Management Problem Solving Guide or Understanding Media Economics</a></strong> <h4>Masaje para tu bebe: Segun la tradicion ayurvedica </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Kiran Vyas</strong> <p><p><P>Manual ilustrado para mejorar el bienestar del bebé a través del masaje de tradición ayurvédica.<br><b><br></b>Ilustrado con numerosas fotografías, este volumen muestra en detalle, paso a paso, cómo prepararse para dar un masaje al bebé y cómo aplicarlo adecuadamente en cada parte de su cuerpo.<br>Tradición milenaria que tiene su origen en la India, el masaje de los bebés y los niños es una disciplina ampliamente practicada que se ha venido transmitiendo de generación en generación. Derivado de la tradición ayurvédica, permite una estrecha comunicación con el bebé y contribuye eficazmente a su bienestar general: le facilita un mejor sueño, le ayuda a adquirir una mejor conciencia de su propio cuerpo, le procura una excelente estimulación sensorial y le proporciona una gran tranquilidad y relax.</p> </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024381985332488109.post-9220099999978969212009-12-01T01:09:00.000-08:002009-12-01T01:20:10.772-08:00Overweight Kids or Healing Alternatives for Beginners<h4>Overweight Kids </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Linda Mintl</strong> <p><p><p><strong>Raising Healthy Kids in an Unhealthy World</strong> teaches parents how to raise healthy kids in an over scheduled, fast-food, video-game world by making simple choices, easy changes and instilling good habits that will improve everyone's life today and forever. </p> <p>This positive, practical, and inspirational guide will help parents find spiritual and behavioral solutions to help their kids achieve and maintain a healthy weight. Acclaimed specialist, Dr. Linda Mintle, gives parents the information and encouragement they need to raise happy, healthy kids. As childhood obesity rises to epidemic proportions, every parent is faced with challenges that werenot an issue a decade ago. Dr. Mintle addresses the toxic environment that impacts every family - overscheduling, eating on the run, sedentary options instead of active play, even school systems that no longer include physical activity. She then presents real life solutions that have immediate and long-term results for every family.</p> </p><br><br> <p>Book review: <strong><a href="http://easy-cooking-book.blogspot.com">Cultivating Coffee or Barbacoa</a></strong> <h4>Healing Alternatives for Beginners </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Kay Henrion</strong> <p><p><P>Many years ago, my family manufactured over-the-counter healing pharmaceuticals. We eventually sold the rights, but the result is that I have always been interested in alternative healing methods. And if you are interested in discovering what such methods are all about, I would like to recommend <i>Healing Alternatives for Beginners.</i> This book was written by Kay Henrion who is an advanced registered nurse. She has more than 24 years of experience in the nursing field. Even though she is very familiar with common medical practices, she also knows the complementary systems she describes in this book.<P>There are two broad styles of alternative healing. Those that affect you from the inside and those that work from the outside. Two of the basic methods of healing from within are visualization and meditation. In this book you will not only learn how to use these techniques, but you also will learn how to apply them to healing.<P>The methods of healing that affect you from the outside are far more numerous. In this book you'll learn about how to heal with color. For example, did you know that using an emerald green light can help a cut to heal? You'll also learn about the qualities of various foods and how you can use them to get healthy and stay healthy. Of course, you'll also learn about using herbs to heal and the entire medical system know as homeopathy (the medical system of choice of the royal family of England) which uses tiny amounts of medicinal substances to initiate healing.<P>This book is filled with wise advice that can get you started on a lifetime of good health. You'll even learn how to recognize and beat stress, one of the leading causes of disease.<P>If you'relooking to discover the secrets of true optimum health, this book is the place to start.<P> </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024381985332488109.post-90248075065150077812009-11-29T21:08:00.000-08:002009-11-29T21:19:00.473-08:00The South Beach Heart Program or How to Cook for People with Diabetes<h4>The South Beach Heart Program: The 4-Step Plan that Can Save Your Life </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Arthur Agatston</strong> <p><p>This year more than 1 million Americans will have a heart attack or stroke, making heart disease the leading cause of death in men and women in this country. But thanks to his aggressive prevention approach to treating heart disease, renowned cardiologist Dr. Arthur Agatston, creator of the Agatston Score for measuring coronary calcium, rarely sees a heart attack or stroke in his practice.<br> Now in his most passionate book yet, Dr. Agatston champions a revolution in cardiac care that will empower people to save their own lives. <br> Just as millions of people have successfully adopted Dr. Agatston’s South Beach Diet, now millions can lead longer and healthier lives thanks to his South Beach Heart Pogram. Living without heart disease is clearly within our reach. </p><br><br> <p>See also: <strong><a href="http://finance-investing-books.blogspot.com/2009/11/mentoring-101-or-understanding-business.html">Mentoring 101 or Understanding Business</a></strong> <h4>How to Cook for People with Diabetes </h4> <p>Author: <strong>American Diabetes Association</strong> <p><p><p>Proper cooking techniques to help people with diabetes and those who cook for them spend less time in the kitchen and more time enjoying their meals.</p> </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024381985332488109.post-10539784770959283942009-11-28T17:07:00.000-08:002009-11-28T17:17:52.721-08:00Healing Skin Disorders or Nonprescription Drug Therapy<h4>Healing Skin Disorders: Natural Treatments for Dermatological Conditions </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Andrew Gaeddert</strong> <p><p><P>Gaeddert's approach to healing combines dermatological diagnosis with essential fatty acids, diet, supplements, and Chinese herbal medicine. The book features suggestions for promoting overall skin health, case studies, self-care strategies, and professional treatments presented in an accessible A-to-Z format. Also included are a workbook, a question and answer section, a description of acupuncture points, and a range of resources. Chapters cover such topics as tips for health and skin, herbs and nutrients, symptoms and treatments, acupoints, and digestive clearing diets. </p><br><br> <p>New interesting book: <strong><a href="http://safety-book.blogspot.com">Healing Anxiety Naturally or Tao and Tai Chi Kung</a></strong> <h4>Nonprescription Drug Therapy </h4> <p>Author: <strong></strong> <p><p>Condition oriented and organized by body system, this quick reference is an excellent tool for point-of-care patient counseling on OTC products, offering the most current facts on conditions patients may choose to self-treat and appropriate nonprescription pharmacotherapy. Chapters include CNS, dermatologic, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, nutritional, ophthalmic, oral cavity, podiatric, respiratory, and women's health conditions. Coverage of each condition includes etiology, symptoms, treatment, and patient counseling. A Patient Interview section assists in determining whether nonprescription medication, nondrug therapy, or physician referral is appropriate. Patient Information boxes provide instructions on use of OTC products. </p><h4>Doody Review Services</h4><p><b>Reviewer:</b>Richard P Berardi, BSc, MHA(Temple University Hospital)<BR><b>Description:</b>This is a complete guide to over the counter drug therapy. The tables and charts are very helpful in determining proper therapy.<BR><b>Purpose:</b>The purpose is to provide healthcare professionals and consumers with a publication that will aid them in making appropriate, well informed decisions in the treatment of their conditions. The book is worthwhile and helps to fill a gap between online publications and existing publications.<BR><b>Audience:</b>The book is written for the practitioner in the ambulatory setting. The author suggests it is designed for the healthcare practitioner, but it is appropriate for the pharmacist. <BR><b>Features:</b>The book provides an overview of specific conditions and applicable drug therapies. The concise format in which the information is presented, with consistent subject breaks, are its best attributes. One shortcoming of a print resource is the volatility of product change or market variation.<BR><b>Assessment:</b>The book provides good value for the areas covered. It is concise and formatted effectively for the healthcare provider. It would be even better it if the content were expanded to include more categories of information. </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024381985332488109.post-68884271606329883252009-11-27T13:05:00.000-08:002009-11-27T13:16:41.445-08:00Allergy Asthma Relief or Mommy Im Hungry<h4>Allergy & Asthma Relief: The Breakthrough Approach to Ending the Attacks and Feeling Great - All the Time! </h4> <p>Author: <strong>William E Berger</strong> <p><p>This practical action guide features the BreatheEasy Planan 8week program that puts you back in control of your life. The Plan features seven simple steps that show how to create an arsenal for relief, increase your resistance, adapt your home, and eat to beat allergies and asthma. </p><br><br> <p>Book review: <strong><a href="http://vitamins-book.blogspot.com">Pilates or The Memory Advantage</a></strong> <h4>Mommy, I'm Hungry!: Good Eating for Little Ones from Pregnancy to Age 5 </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Jeanne Warren Lindsay</strong> <p><p>Discussing all areas of feeding children—from deciding between bottle or breast feeding to identifying food allergies—this sourcebook incorporates expert advice and first-hand experiences on how to raise healthy kids. Guidelines for addressing children who won’t eat, fighting obesity and childhood diabetes, and budgeting properly are applied to all ages—from prenatal care to toddlers and preschoolers. A section with recipes for healthy snacks and meals that children can prepare with their parents is also included. </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024381985332488109.post-9420816499689414692009-11-26T09:04:00.000-08:002009-11-26T09:15:30.241-08:00Embellish Chic or Journey through the Dying Process<h4>Embellish Chic: Detailing Ready-to-Wear </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Connie Long</strong> <p><p>Designed for readers with little sewing experience, Embellish Chic is the perfect introduction to customizing clothing with style. The book covers simple techniques for adding glamour, whimsy, or character to ordinary fashions, showing how to re-create high-end looks with a minimum of time and effort. Sewing maven Connie Long explains a general technique followed by specific applications, demonstrating how to use a range of materials — hand or machine beading, fringed trim, lace, ribbons, couched cords, appliques, and borders — to transform basic garments into boutique-worthy dazzlers. Color photos and illustrations are featured throughout. </p><br><br> <p>Book about: <strong><a href="http://fr-livres-fr.blogspot.com">Les concepts dans la Direction Stratégique et la Politique D'affaires</a></strong> <h4>Journey through the Dying Process: Caring for a Loved One at the End of Life </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Fairview Health Services Staff</strong> <p><p>This saddle-stitched booklet guides readers through the medical decisions they may have to make when a loved one is dying. </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024381985332488109.post-89972822986159836092009-11-25T05:03:00.000-08:002009-11-25T05:14:21.145-08:00Vegetarianism or Tamilee Webbs Defy Gravity Workout<h4>Vegetarianism: A History </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Colin Spencer</strong> <p><p><P>Colin Spencer provides an in-depth account of vegetarianism. From prehistory to the present, he discusses those who came to vegetarianism by choice, from the religions who preach it such as Hinduism and Seventh-Day Adventism, to the individuals who practice it, including Leonardo da Vinci and, ironically, Adolf Hitler. Throughout history, vegetarians have been maligned and persecuted by their meat-eating brethren. Spencer looks at the psychology of abstention, the ideas behind a meat-free diet, as well as the environmental effects of meat production and the implications of genetic engineering. Although the vegetarian movement dates back to 600 B.C., it is only now becoming a practice valued by many who previously would have wondered, "Where's the beef?" </p><br><br> <p>Look this: <strong><a href="http://buecher-2009.blogspot.com">Das Schaffen Wirksamer Mannschaften: Ein Guide für Mitglieder und Führer</a></strong> <h4>Tamilee Webb's Defy Gravity Workout: The Revolutionary Workout Program that Lifts and Tones Your Entire Body </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Tamilee Webb</strong> <p> and/or stickers showing their discounted price. More about bargain books</p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024381985332488109.post-3249447432971524592009-02-21T07:15:00.000-08:002009-02-21T07:22:15.095-08:00One Hundred Strength Exercises or Do I Know You<h4>One Hundred Strength Exercises: A Guide for Exercise and Sport </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Ed McNeely</strong> <p><p>This book covers how to begin a strengthening program and how to progress in it, and includes clear instructions on how to strengthen every major muscle group in the body. </p><br><br> <p>Go to: <strong><a href="http://credit-books.blogspot.com">Elementi essenziali delle politiche comparative</a></strong> <h4>Do I Know You?: Family's Journey Through Aging and Alzheimer's </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Bette Ann Moskowitz</strong> <p><p>How can one become a parent to one's parent? Moskowitz probes the heart of our culture--one that refuses to comprehend the inevitable process of aging. </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024381985332488109.post-47674330069372651012009-02-20T03:13:00.000-08:002009-02-20T03:20:59.773-08:00El Gran Libro Del Yoga or Dangerous Doses<h4>El Gran Libro Del Yoga </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Ramiro A Call</strong> <p><p>Bien sea como medicina natural con sus propios metodos preventivos, terapeuticos y recuperativos, bien como actitud vital para alcanzar el equilibrio y la elevacion espiritual, el yoga representa uno de los mas importantes legados que la milenaria cultura india ha transmitido a Occidente. </p><br><br> <p><h5>Table of Contents:</h5><TABLE><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Introduccion</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">11</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Parte 1</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">La disciplina del yoga</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"></TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">1</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">El yoga y su alcance</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">21</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">2</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">El yoga fisico y el yoga mental</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">41</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Parte 2</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">La practica del yoga</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"></TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">3</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">La practica del hatha-yoga o yoga fisico</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">61</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">4</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">La practica del yoga mental</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">201</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Apendice I</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">225</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Apendice II</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">233</TD></TABLE> <p>New interesting textbook: <strong><a href="http://women-health-book.blogspot.com">Losing Weight When Diets Fail or Diagnosis</a></strong> <h4>Dangerous Doses: How Counterfeiters Are Contaminating America's Drug Supply </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Katherine Eban</strong> <p><p><p>In the tradition of the great investigative classics, Dangerous Doses exposes the dark side of America's pharmaceutical trade. Stolen, compromised, and counterfeit medicine increasingly makes its way into a poorly regulated distribution system-where it may reach unsuspecting patients who stake their lives on its effectiveness. <br><br>Katherine Eban's hard-hitting exploration of America's secret ring of drug counterfeiters takes us to Florida, where tireless investigators follow the trail of medicine stolen in a seemingly minor break-in as it funnels into a sprawling national network of drug polluters. Their pursuit stretches from a strip joint in South Miami to the halls of Congress as they battle entrenched political interests and uncover an increasing threat to America's health. <br><br>With the conscience of a crusading reporter, Eban has crafted a riveting narrative that shows how, when we most need protection, we may be most at risk. <br><br> </p><h4>Publishers Weekly</h4><p>It's hard to imagine that, with the U.S. government's oversight of the development and production of pharmaceuticals, the pills you get from your pharmacist may be counterfeit. But according to medical reporter Eban, those pills often pass through dozens of hands, exchanged in dark parking lots and the backrooms of strip clubs for thousands of dollars in cash, possibly resold and relabeled several times. It might contain a twentieth of the dosage written on the label, or nothing but tap water. Eban, formerly with the New York Times, follows a group of five investigators to reveal how pervasive a problem drug counterfeiting is in the U. S. Operation Stone Cold, as the South Florida investigation was called, comprised a hodgepodge of pharmacists and policemen who shared a fanatical devotion to stopping adulterated drugs from reaching the public, despite uninterested supervisors, understaffed regulatory agencies and state laws that made offenses almost impossible to prosecute. The book reads like a good novel, though the cast of villains is so dizzying and the timeline so complicated that the action is sometimes hard to follow. Unfortunately there is no happy ending the fight to protect the domestic drug supply continues. If this book receives wide attention, it could deal another blow to an already reeling pharmaceutical industry and users of prescription drugs will be wary after reading it. (May) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information. </p><h4>The Nation</h4><p>Katherine Eban combines investigative diligence, a natural story teller's gift for narrative, and a consumer advocate's practical prescriptions for what to do about the counterfeit drugs that may have contaminated the supply at your local drug store. The result: A rare literary event -- muckraking with a human face.<br> —<i>Victor Navasky, Publisher and Editorial Director</i> </p><h4>Boston Globe</h4><p>In a style reminiscent of some of the best detective storytellers, Eban takes us breathlessly through robberies, back-room deals, cluttered and dirty warehouses, crooked dealers, sociopathic profiteers, shell companies, and state and federal laws so porous that convicted felons can become prescription-drug brokers<br> </p><h4>Publishers Weekly</h4><p>The book reads like a good novel....If this book receives wide attention, it could deal another blow to an already reeling pharmaceutical industry and users of prescription drugs will be wary after reading it.<br> </p><h4>Newark Star-Ledger</h4><p>Katherine Eban's expose on the poorly regulated prescription drug distribution system will have you calling your doctor to check your meds. To put it simply, she's done her homework on a terribly neglected system. " -- Razor magazine<br>"In "Dangerous Doses," Katherine Eban showed how vulnerable America's drug supply is to counterfeiters. With such dangers lurking, it often seemed as if the real world trumped fiction this year<br> </p><h4>Washington Post Book World</h4><p>Warning: Katherine Eban's <i>Dangerous Doses</i> can give you headaches, raise your blood pressure and provoke anxiety. In extreme cases, it can leave you staring at a bottle of medicine and wondering: What do these pills really contain? ... In her vibrant tale, Eban introduces us to these people and makes the message clear: It shouldn't happen to anyone, and it could happen to you." <br> </p><h4>Kirkus</h4><p>An investigative journalist digs into the chilling story of how degraded, expired, contaminated and diluted medicines are being sold to American pharmacies and hospitals. The result is a story rich in distinctive characters whose actions range form courageous to outrageous. Vivid writing and impressive documentation in a powerful indictment of a system in need of immediate repair." <br> </p><h4>salon.com</h4><p>An exposé that wades into more rank Florida unseemliness than a Carl Hiaasen novel, and easily boasts three times the number of sleazebag villains.<br> </p><h4>New York Sun</h4><p>A riveting tale. "Dangerous Doses" is part detective story, part pharmacological primer.<br> </p><h4>US News and World Report</h4><p>A riveting account of a 2 1/2-year investigation in south Florida . . . . As Eban recounts, the scam was broken wide open by a ''ragtag'' group of seasoned investigators who seem as if they were cast right out of an episode of <i>The Wire</i>." <br> —<i>Bernadine Healy</i> </p><h4>Library Journal</h4><p>Americans pay top dollar to ensure that their prescription medications are safe, yet few realize that the current distribution process involves middlemen who open the way for criminal counterfeiting. Lax law enforcement and weak penalties have allowed counterfeiters to dilute or change the contents of the drugs and resell them for significant profit. Investigative medical reporter Eban spent more than two years conducting research and interviews to measure this problem fully. She follows the work of "the Horsemen"-a group of five dedicated drug inspectors and law enforcement officers in Florida who have diligently tried to put a stop to drug counterfeiting. The Horsemen have had many victories, but there is still a lot of work to be done. Few books have been written about this frightening topic, so Eban's expos will make a valuable addition to any library. Highly recommended. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 1/05.]-Tina Neville, Univ. of South Florida at St. Petersburg Lib. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information. </p><h4>Kirkus Reviews</h4><p>An investigative journalist digs into the chilling story of how degraded, expired, contaminated and diluted medicines are being sold to American pharmacies and hospitals. Eban, a Rhodes scholar whose work has appeared in the New York Times, New York Observer, The Nation and other publications, spent two and a half years interviewing numerous government investigators and regulators, pharmaceutical wholesalers, doctors and patients, and reviewing surveillance videos, investigative reports, court records and other documents. The result is a story rich in distinctive characters whose actions range from courageous to outrageous. Fortunately, the author has provided an annotated list of the major players in her enormous cast. The story begins with a 2002 break-in at a pharmaceutical warehouse in Florida and follows investigators as they pursue those trafficking in counterfeit drugs. What Eban found was that large volumes of drugs made by U.S. pharmaceutical companies don't flow directly from manufacturer to hospital or pharmacy but are sold and resold in a gray market without a paper trail or with phony papers that obscure their origin. To become a pharmaceutical wholesaler in Florida requires only a refrigerator, an air conditioner, a security alarm, $200 for a security bond and $700 for a license. Aided by lax regulations, holders of these licenses, many of them criminal kingpins and street thugs, make fortunes trading in adulterated and counterfeit drugs. Eban shows the tragic results through her stories of patients whose lives have been affected by bogus medicines they believed were legitimate. Even more disturbing is what she reveals about the weakness of federal oversight in thedistribution of pharmaceuticals. Her concluding two-page summary of the steps consumers can take to protect themselves from counterfeit drugs is little comfort. Vivid writing and impressive documentation in a powerful indictment of a system in need of immediate repair. </p><h4>What People Are Saying</h4><p><strong>Buzz Bissinger</strong><br>This is a book that comes along so rarely in non-fiction -- brilliantly reported, written with the pace of a potboiler and harrowing in its societal repercussions. In <i>Dangerous Doses,</i> Katherine Eban takes us on a journey into the underbelly of the pharmaceutical industry so spooky and strange and sinister and deadly, you will have a hard time believing it is true. But it is, every word, which only makes <i>Dangerous Doses</i> shine even more.</p><br><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024381985332488109.post-49420700284103063602009-02-18T23:12:00.000-08:002009-02-18T23:19:34.485-08:00Barnes and Noble Basics Migraines or Perfect Body Styling<h4>Barnes and Noble Basics Migraines </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Joan Raymond</strong> <p><p>It's not just another headache: when a migraine strikes, life stops while you deal with the blinding pain, sometimes accompanied by debilitating nausea, impaired sight, and sensitivity to light, sound, and smell. Unfortunately, many of the recommended cures just don't work. Find out exactly what a migraine is (and isn't) using the checklist of symptoms, and how to find relief. What are the newest remedies and who can they help? Does what you eat make a difference? Do hormone levels help cause migraines? And, why do women experience these killer headaches so much more than men? You'll see how to get the right diagnosis, and be your own best advocate. There's no need to suffer anymore, because this advice offers a variety of solutions to help you feel better.<br> <p><h5>Table of Contents:</h5><TABLE><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Foreword</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">6</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Chapter 1</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Getting the Diagnosis</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">7</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Experiencing the symptoms</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">8</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Seeing your doctor</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">10</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Similarities to other disorders</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">12</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Getting the diagnosis</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">14</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Keeping a headache journal</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">16</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">What is a migraine?</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">18</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Why me, why now?</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">20</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">You are not alone</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">22</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Migraine 911</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">24</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Helpful resources</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">26</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Chapter 2</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Migraine Explained</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">27</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Unraveling the mystery</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">28</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Headache vs. migraine pain</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">30</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The four stages of a migraine</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">32</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The prodrome</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">34</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The awe of the aura</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">36</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The big pain</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">38</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The postdrome phase</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">40</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Types of migraine</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">42</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Helpful resources</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">44</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Chapter 3</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Treatments for Migraines</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">45</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Goal-oriented treatment</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">46</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Migraine management</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">48</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Treating migraine pain</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">50</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Interrupting a migraine</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">52</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Preventing migraines</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">54</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Prevention medication primer</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">56</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The rebound headache</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">58</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Managing without drugs</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">60</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Your treatment plan</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">62</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Treatment guidelines</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">64</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Helpful resources</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">66</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Chapter 4</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Women and Migraines</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">67</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Hormones and headaches</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">68</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Treating menstrual migraines</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">70</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Magnesium therapy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">72</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Hormonal therapy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">74</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Risks of hormonal therapy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">76</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Helpful resources</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">78</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Chapter 5</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Children and Migraines</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">79</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Headache in children</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">80</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Migraine symptoms</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">82</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">What the doctor needs to know</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">84</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Getting a physical</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">86</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">When the diagnosis is migraine</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">88</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">A personal treatment plan</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">90</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Other strategies</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">92</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Helpful resources</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">94</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Chapter 6</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Putting Together your Team</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">95</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Your primary care doctor</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">96</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Neurologist</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">98</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Ophthalmologist</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">100</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Your advocate</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">102</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">How to be a smart patient</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">104</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Support groups</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">106</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Helpful resources</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">108</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Chapter 7</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Using the Internet</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">109</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Top migraine sites for laypeople</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">110</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">General migraine health sites</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">112</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Top medical research sites</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">114</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Alternative approaches</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">116</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Surfing for a specialist</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">118</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Online support</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">120</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Evaluating a Web site</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">122</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Helpful resources</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">124</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Chapter 8</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Role of Nutrition</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">125</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Food fundamentals</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">126</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Trigger foods</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">128</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Caffeine and alcohol</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">130</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The elimination diet</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">132</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Improving the odds</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">134</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Eating for your health</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">136</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Helpful resources</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">140</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Chapter 9</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Complementary Therapies</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">141</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Stress management</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">142</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Biofeedback</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">144</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Meditation</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">146</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The complementary approach</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">148</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">What to expect</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">150</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Herbs and vitamins</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">152</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Acupuncture</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">154</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Yoga, the "mindful" exercise</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">156</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Chiropractic therapy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">158</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Massage and bodywork</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">160</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Helpful resources</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">162</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Chapter 10</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Cutting-edge Research</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">163</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Improved triptans</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">164</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Old drugs, new uses</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">166</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Botox for migraines</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">168</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Joining a clinical trial</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">170</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Helpful resources</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">172</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Chapter 11</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Stress and the Migraine</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">173</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">What is stress?</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">174</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Chronic stress</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">176</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Assault on mind and body</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">178</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Smart coping strategies</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">180</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Take a stress inventory</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">182</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Learning to relax</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">184</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Your partner's concerns</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">186</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Talking about it</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">188</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Finding a support group</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">190</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Migraine and the job</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">192</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Managing the inconveniences</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">194</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Helpful resources</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">196</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Chapter 12</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Living with Migraines</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">197</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Life with a chronic illness</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">198</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Making the transition</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">200</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Stages of adjustment</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">202</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Beyond acceptance</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">204</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Beginning the journey</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">206</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Dealing with setbacks</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">208</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Helpful resources</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">210</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Glossary</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">211</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Index</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">218</TD></TABLE> <p>Look this: <strong><a href="http://homeopathy-book.blogspot.com/2009/02/strength-training-for-women-or-medical.html">Strength Training For Women or Medical Emergencies in Child Care Settings</a></strong> <h4>Perfect Body Styling </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Heiko Czichoschewski</strong> <p><p>If you want a well-shaped body, not a bulked-up, hardcore look, here’s a gentle, simple way to look svelte and feel great. Special exercises target specific muscles with light to medium weights, combined with techniques to improve cardiovascular health. Tips on diet and body care enhance your training and lessen the time it takes. If you already enjoy an endurance sport, subtle changes in your play, 30 minutes a day, three or four times a week, will speed you to your goals. Soon you’ll be stronger and more resistant to pain and injury, especially sedentary work-related sprains and strains. Best of all: ways to make body styling last so you don’t get bored just when things really start to work. <P> </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024381985332488109.post-77520098220428138022009-02-17T19:08:00.000-08:002009-02-17T19:15:25.794-08:0050 Secrets of the Worlds Longest Living People or Dying Time<h4>50 Secrets of the World's Longest Living People </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Sally Bear</strong> <p><p><P>Today we are living longer than ever before, and a few of us can expect to live to 100 or more. But many people feel that they will inevitably suffer the diseases of old age in their final years. Pharmaceutical companies have spent billions of dollars trying to find a cure for the "diseases of aging"—they may have found ways to stem some of the symptoms, but they have yet to find a panacea. Yet there are places in the world where, all along, people have commonly lived to 100 or more without suffering so much as a headache. How do they do it? The answer is simple: through sound dietary habits and balanced, healthy lifestyles. The 50 Secrets of the World's Longest Living People looks at the nutrition and lifestyle mores of the world's five most remarkable longevity hotspots—Okinawa, Japan; Bama, China; Campodimele, Italy; Symi, Greece; and Hunza, Pakistan—and explains how we too can incorporate the wisdom of these people into our everyday lives. It offers each of the secrets in detail, provides delicious, authentic recipes, and outlines a simple-to-master plan for putting it all together and living your best, and longest, life. </p><br><br> <p><h5>Table of Contents:</h5><TABLE><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Preface</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">xi</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Introduction</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">xiii</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Part 1</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The World's Five Longevity Hot Spots</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"></TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">1</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Okinawa-Island of World-Record Longevity</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">1</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">2</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Symi-Home of Truly Ancient Greeks</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">9</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">3</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Campodimele-Village of Eternal Youth</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">17</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">4</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Hunza-"Happy Land of Just Enough"</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">27</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">5</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Bama-Where Longevity Medicine Grows</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">39</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Part 2</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Fifty Secrets</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"></TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">1</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Eat Until You Are Only Eight Parts Full</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">49</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">2</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Consume Five to Seven Servings of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables a Day</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">53</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">3</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Choose Buckwheat, Brown Rice, and Other Whole Grains</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">59</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">4</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Eat Sprouted Wheat Bread</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">66</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">5</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Use Hemp</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">67</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">6</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Eat Meat as a Treat</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">69</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">7</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Prepare Your Meat Right</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">76</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">8</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Choose Organic Goat's and Sheep's Cheese</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">79</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">9</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Be Full of Beans</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">86</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">10</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Have a Good Egg</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">87</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">11</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Find Good Fats in Fish</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">91</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">12</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Have a Handful of Nuts and Seeds Daily</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">97</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">13</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Choose the Wonder Oil-Extra-Virgin Olive Oil</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">104</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">14</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Beware of Fats in Disguise</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">106</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">15</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Use Garlic and Onions-Nature's Healers</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">110</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">16</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Discover the Power of Crunchy Vegetables</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">112</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">17</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Keep Aging Away with a Salad a Day</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">115</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">18</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Give Thanks for Sweet Potatoes</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">118</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">19</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Enjoy Pizza ... Guilt Free</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">120</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">20</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Snack on Apricots and Apricot Kernels</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">123</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">21</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Find Long Life in a Bowl of Berries</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">125</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">22</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Have Yogurt for Very Friendly Bacteria</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">128</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">23</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Eat Fermented Foods</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">134</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">24</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Choose Soy-the Traditional Way</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">138</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">25</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Sprout Your Own Superfoods</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">141</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">26</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Eat Magical Mushrooms</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">143</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">27</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Remember Your Herbs</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">146</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">28</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Don't Pass the Salt</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">148</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">29</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Go Organic and Avoid "Frankenfoods"</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">152</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">30</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Chew</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">157</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">31</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Beware the Pastry Counter</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">160</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">32</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Have a Glass of Red Wine with Dinner</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">165</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">33</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Make Time for Tea-Green Tea</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">168</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">34</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Drink Water-the Most Essential Nutrient</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">171</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">35</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Combine Your Foods</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">173</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">36</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Spring-Clean with Juices and Saunas</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">177</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">37</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Supplement Your Diet</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">182</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">38</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Exercise, Exercise, Exercise</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">192</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">39</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Get Your Daily Dose of Sunshine</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">197</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">40</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Jog Your Memory</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">200</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">41</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Breathe-and Hum</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">202</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">42</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Sit Still and Do Nothing</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">205</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">43</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Have Faith</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">208</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">44</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Laugh It Off</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">210</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">45</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Sing in the Shower</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">213</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">46</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Give Help to Others</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">215</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">47</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Marry-or Get a Dog</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">217</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">48</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Invite a Friend</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">219</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">49</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Avoid the SAD-the Standard American Diet</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">221</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">50</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Sleep</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">223</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Part 3</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Putting It All Together</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"></TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Secrets of Living Long in Summary</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">229</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Aging Substances to Avoid</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">231</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Tips for Using the Secrets</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">237</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Recipes</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">243</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Acknowledgments</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">267</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Endnotes</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">269</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Index</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">279</TD></TABLE> <p>Read also <strong><a href="http://computer-animation-book.blogspot.com">Multithreaded Programming with Java Technology or The Essential Guide to Digital Set Top Boxes and Interactive TV</a></strong> <h4>Dying Time: Practical Wisdom for the Dying and Their Caregivers </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Joan Furman</strong> <p><p>"One of the best books available on caring for the dying, The Dying Time combines deep insight and down-to-earth practicality. All caregivers need to know what's between these covers. This book demystifies the process of death, yet honors the sacredness of life's final transition. Highly recommended." <br>Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Prayer Is Good Medicine<br><br>"Living until we die can be difficult. This book can guide you through that time. It is practical, spiritual, and filled with wisdom."<br>Bernie S. Siegel, M.D., author of Love, Medicine, and Miracles<br><br>Here is a comprehensive and thorough handbook for the dying and their caregivers. Joan Furman and David McNabb walk the reader through the dying time, providing details on how to make the environment conducive to peace and tranquillity, give physical care, understand and respond to the emotional and spiritual crises that naturally occur, and stay healthy as a caregiver. They answer with honesty and sensitivity the questions most frequently asked, such as what actually happens at the time of death. The book also deals with arranging for a meaningful memorial service and handling grief for those who are left behind. And it offers guided imagery for coping with pain and suggests literature and music to ease the passage of those whose health is irreversibly failing. </p><h4>Library Journal</h4><p>In writing his guide, Klein draws on his extensive experience as a family therapist as well as his personal relationship with his 90-year-old father and the recent death of his mother. His examples and recommendations are both intriguing to read and practical. Klein explains recurring themes that confront adult children of aging parents, such as managing communication, unresolved feelings, emotional sensitivity, and the well-being of the caregiver. Later he recaps the five stages of dying identified by Elizabeth Kbler-Ross. Klein writes with empathy and ease, succeeding in presenting ideas to assist and encourage the growing number of us who want to accept the change from child to loving caregiver with courage and grace. Once the reader adjusts to its upbeat tone, The Dying Time offers hope and a unique point of view. Furman (holistic nursing, Vanderbilt Univ.) is a nurse practioner who has witnessed more than 1000 deaths; McNabb is a lawyer and AIDS activist. Hopeful in the extreme, this duo views death as "the last dance of life...not an end, but a new beginning." Cynics may challenge Furman's belief that she knows "that life continues after the death of the body," and some might say that she states the obvious when advising choosing music for the sickroom that avoids sudden tempo changes or gets "spooky or loud." However, suggestions abound for the mental, spiritual, and physical peace of both the dying and the caregiver. Many lists outline practical steps that can ease daily stress, including tips on how to write an obituary, scripts for creative imagery, and a foot reflexology chart. Touching personal stories are also included. Overall, the messages in this concise little book are practical, clear, and comforting. Well suited for the general reader, both books are recommended for all public libraries.Catherine T. Charvat, John Marshall Lib., Alexandria, Va. </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024381985332488109.post-41237992363097113262009-02-16T15:06:00.000-08:002009-02-16T15:13:54.645-08:00Drug Therapy and Mood Disorders or Body Brilliance<h4>Drug Therapy and Mood Disorders </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Joan Esherick</strong> <p><p><P>Everyone experiences the "blues" now and then as well as times of joy and self-confidence. Most people even experience mood swings-times when they move quickly from feelings like joy to opposite feelings like sorrow. But what happens when normal moods become so extreme that a person can't think, feel, or act appropriately? What if a person is so "up" he does foolish, even dangerous, things? What if he's so "down" he can barely get out of bed?<P>The U.S. Surgeon General reports that, at any one time, between 10 and 15 percent of the adolescent population in the United States suffers from major depression. That's one in ten teens! According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 20 to 40 percent of those will develop bipolar disorder (manic depression) within five years.<P>Often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, mood disorders present major challenges, such as increased risk for illness, higher probability of social and interpersonal problems, and greater likelihood of substance abuse for those who suffer with them. Mood disorders, when left untreated, can even be fatal: seven percent of adolescents with major depressive disorder commit suicide.<P>What are mood disorders, and how can they be treated? Using numerous case studies and sidebars, and written in language that is easy to understand, Drug Therapy and Mood Disorders takes a comprehensive look at the causes and symptoms of mood disorders. In its pages, you will learn about the methods for diagnosis and treatment, specific drugs used to treat mood disorders, and alternative treatment strategies. Along the way, you will discover that mood disorders, though serious and challenging, are treatable, and help can be found. </p><h4>Cathi I. White - Children's Literature</h4><p>Everyone experiences certain "ups" and "downs" in life, but what if those times become more frequent until one can hardly function or act appropriately? What if the changes from joy to sorrow happen more often and to the extreme so that those moods affect how one acts toward others? It could be possible that a person in these situations may be suffering from a mood disorder. A mood disorder is a "condition rooted in the brain that causes disturbances in a way that a person thinks, feels, or acts, but especially affects the person's moods." This detailed, well-written and very comprehensive book explores the aspects of mood disorders in adolescents. The reader will learn about the history of mood disorders, how they are treated, the drugs available and how they can help, and also the possible risks and side effects from taking these drugs. Real case studies are given as examples to let the reader know that they are not the only one who may be going through what they are experiencing. Adolescents will know that there is help they can get from various sources such as those listed in the back of the book. This enlightening book is also jam packed with photographs, charts, and glossaries. This educational book, part of the "Psychiatric Disorders: Drugs and Psychology for the Mind and Body" series helps the reader to be well informed, in simple language, about mood disorders. 2004, Mason Crest Publishers, Ages 12 up.</p><br><br> <p><h5>Table of Contents:</h5><P>Introduction 7<br>Foreword 9<br>Defining Mood Disorders 11<br>The History and Development of Mood Disorder Drugs 31<br>How Mood Disorder Drugs Work 47<br>Drug Treatments 67<br>Real People with Mood Disorders 83<br>Risks and Side Effects 99<br>Alternative and Supplementary Treatments 111<br>Further Reading 123<br>For More Information 124<br>Index 127 <p>Interesting book: <strong><a href="http://les-meilleurs-livres.blogspot.com">Planification de Site</a></strong> <h4>Body Brilliance: Mastering Your Five Vital Intelligences </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Alan Davidson</strong> <p><p>This book is a warm, funny, encouraging, compassionate and deeply personal guide to waking your spirit fully in your body. It engages your "five essential intelligences"—physical, mental, emotional, moral and spiritual—and develops them fully. You feel a high level of energy when your potential is being fully expressed in one of these areas; it's important to your happiness to identify and improve the areas in which your energy feels low or weak. <p> <i>Body Brilliance</i> is filled with inspiring stories. It tells the surprising details of people who exemplified peak development in one form or another: Olympians Jesse Owens and Wilma Rudolph for physical intelligence; Albert Einstein for mental intelligence, and Rumi and his teacher Shams for spiritual intelligence. It provides powerful yet simple ways in which you can fully engage each level, by finding the wisdom that your body is trying to communicate with you—and then living that wisdom in powerful experience through your body. It teaches you to pay attention to your unique individual patterns, listening deeply to your body's messages. <p> <i>Body Brilliance</i> is also full of practical exercises to awaken each level, and to encourage you to find your personal levels of peak expression in that domain. When you wake up fully in your body, and harmonize all five layers, you discover a result that is more than the sum of the parts; you fall deeply in love with being alive, and infatuated with being fully present in your life. <p> <b>About the Author</b><br> Alan Davidson, RMT, is the owner and director of Essential Touch Therapies in Houston, Texas. He has a B.S. from University of Houston, with an emphasis on psychology, sociology, philosophy, and religion. Alan is fascinated with the intersection of bodywork, psychology, ritual, and spiritual practice. He has taught massage, meditation, yoga, aromatherapy, and human transformation since 1990 and is a certified Nia White Belt. Alan is currently on the teaching staff at Source Vital College of Holistic Studies and NiaMoves Studio. You can see more about him, and subscribe to his health newsletter, at www.throughyourbody.com.</p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024381985332488109.post-85554886376254070462009-02-14T22:51:00.000-08:002009-02-14T22:58:11.650-08:00One Hundred Stretches or Breast Health and Common Breast Problems<h4>One Hundred Stretches: Head to Toe Stretches for Exercises and Sports </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Jim Brown</strong> <p><p>Stretching is an essential first-step for sports and activities of all kinds. One Hundred Stretches covers every part of the body from feet to head. </p><br><br> <p>Book review: <strong><a href="http://book-science-computer.blogspot.com/2009/02/introduction-to-e-business-or-big.html">An Introduction to e Business or Big Basics Book of Windows 98</a></strong> <h4>Breast Health and Common Breast Problems: A Practical Approach </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Pamela S Ganschow</strong> <p><p><P>Breast Health and Common Breast Problems will serve as a valuable tool for assessing and managing common breast problems and as a sensitive guide to understanding unanticipated perceptions and challenges when advising women about breast cancer risk, prevention, and benign breast disease. </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024381985332488109.post-46129375191514155532009-02-13T18:49:00.000-08:002009-02-13T18:56:35.917-08:00Animals in Translation or Under an Equatorial Sky<h4>Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Temple Grandin</strong> <p><p><P>How is Animals in Translation different from every other animal book ever published'Animals in Translation is like no other animal book because of Temple Grandin. As an animal scientist and a person with autism, her professional training and personal history have created a perspective like no other thinker in the field, and this is her exciting, groundbreaking view of the intersection of autism and animal. </p><h4>Publishers Weekly</h4><p>Philosophers and scientists have long wondered what goes on in the minds of animals, and this fascinating study gives a wealth of illuminating insights into that mystery. Grandin, an animal behavior expert specializing in the design of humane slaughter systems, is autistic, and she contends that animals resemble autistic people in that they think visually rather than linguistically and perceive the world as a jumble of mesmerizing details rather than a coherent whole. Animals-cows, say, on their way through a chute-are thus easily spooked by novelties that humans see as trivialities, such as high-pitched noises, drafts and dangling clothes. Other animals accomplish feats of obsessive concentration; squirrels really do remember where each acorn is buried. The portrait she paints of the mammalian mind is both alien and familiar; she shows that beasts are capable of sadistic cruelty, remorse, superstition and surprising discernment (in one experiment, pigeons were taught to distinguish between early period Picasso and Monet). Grandin (Thinking in Pictures) and Johnson (coauthor of Shadow Syndromes) deploy a simple, lucid style to synthesize a vast amount of research in neurology, cognitive psychology and evolutionary biology, supplementing it with Grandin's firsthand observations of animal behavior and her own experiences with autism, engaging anecdotes about how animals interact with each other and their masters, and tips on how to pick and train house pets. The result is a lively and absorbing look at the world from animals' point of view. (Jan.) Forecast: Anyone who's enjoyed the work of Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson-and especially those who liked it but felt it a bit warm and fuzzy in spots-should appreciate this valuable, rigorous book. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information. </p><h4>Entertainment Weekly</h4><p>"Neurology has Oliver Sachs, nature has Annie Dillard, and the lucky animal world has Grandin, a master intermediary between humans and our fellow beasts . . . At once hilarious, fascinating, and just plain weird, Animals is one of those rare books that elicits a 'wow' on almost every page. A." </p><h4>The New York Times Book Review</h4><p>"Inspiring . . . Crammed with facts and anecdotes about Temple Grandin's favorite subject: the senses, brains, emotions, and amazing talents of animals." </p><h4>the Oprah Magazine O</h4><p>"Grandin's focus in Animals in Translation is not on all the 'normal' things autistics and animals can't do but on the unexpected, extraordinary, invaluable things they can." </p><h4>Library Journal</h4><p>A high-functioning autistic, Grandin (animal science, Colorado Sate Univ., Thinking in Pictures) has spent a lifetime empathizing with animals. She has also served as a consultant to farmers, ranchers, and slaughterhouses, helping them understand animals and their behavior in order to make their care (and/or slaughter) more humane. Grandin's new book on animal behavior draws on her experiences as both a scientist and an autistic person. Her compelling thesis is that there is a lot we still don't know about animal thought and learning but that her condition provides her with an insight into the issues that other people lack. Autism, Grandin argues, closely mimics the psychological condition of animals, in part because both lack facility with language. Indeed, she asserts that animals are autistic savants whose intelligence is unseen by most people. Grandin deals with wildlife only in passing, but she details some interesting laboratory studies using wild animals. A provocative title for universities and larger public libraries. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 9/1/04.]-Alvin Hutchinson, Smithsonian Inst. Libs., Washington, DC Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information. </p><br><br> <p>Interesting textbook: <strong><a href="http://vegetarian-books.blogspot.com/2009/02/natural-food-cookery-or-tassajara.html">Natural Food Cookery or Tassajara Dinner and Desserts</a></strong> <h4>Under an Equatorial Sky </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Rebekah Trittipo</strong> <p><p>Question: What do you get when you drop a 40-something soccer Mom into the Brazilian Amazon jungle?Answer: An adventure of a lifetime. The Jungle Marathon of 2003 was a foot race that tested the limits of Rebekah Trittipoe. Never before had she run so far for so long. This wife and mother of two went to the jungle to compete in the inaugural Jungle Marathon, a self-sufficient, seven day race covering 250 km of sweltering jungle. With a week's worth of supplies strapped to her back, her journey began with a single step. The race thrust Trittipoe head first into a novel experience: six stages over a period of seven days, oppressive heat and humidity, poisonous snakes and spiders, chest-deep swamp crossings, swinging from jungle hammocks, relentless terrain, shoe-sucking mud and stalking jaguars. Far from her Virginia home, Rebekah found herself running with-and against-competitors from around the world through the harsh equatorial jungle. This book is about that race. It is a story of extreme sport. It is a story of highs and lows. It is a story of failure and success. It is a story of sustaining faith. It is a story meant to encourage, inspire and motivate. It is a story for the runner and non-runner, man and woman, adult and child. It is a story for you. </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024381985332488109.post-87791670111295198812009-02-11T15:16:00.000-08:002009-02-11T15:42:00.271-08:00Understanding Cosmetic Procedures or Beauty Secrets of India<h4>Understanding Cosmetic Procedures: Surgical and Non-Surgical </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Efrain Arroyav</strong> <p><p>Understanding Cosmetic Procedures: Surgical and Non-Surgical is a book that is the first of its kind, focusing specifically on the growing popularity of a new breed of beauty specialists, the Skin Care Specialist. There is ever increasing interest from the baby boomer generation in looking and feeling younger, which in turn increases the demand for aesthetic procedures. The Skin Care Specialist is the answer to that demand. Skin Care Specialists provide pre and post-operative skin care as well as being able to offer many spa-type skin care procedures. Written in easily understandable terms, the reader will develop an understanding of both surgical and non-surgical aesthetic procedures without feeling overwhelmed. This book addresses all aspects of aesthetic medicine and will become and invaluable resource for the new learner, practicing professional, and curious individual considering an aesthetic procedure. </p><br><br> <p>Interesting book: <strong><a href="http://quick-cooking-book.blogspot.com/2009/02/cabernet-sauvigon-or-plants_11.html">Cabernet Sauvigon or Plants</a></strong> <h4>Beauty Secrets of India: From AyurVedic Techniques to Exotic Adornments </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Monisha Bharadwaj</strong> <p><p>With its friendly and informative approach, Beauty Secrets of India leads the reader into a rich and enticing world. The author, born and raised in Bombay, captures this romantic realm with a personal, easygoing style that includes family recipes. In the process, she shows Western women how to look and feel vibrant, healthy, and ravishing. Blending Ayurvedic techniques with other natural systems, this book encourages women to find simple ways to refresh and pamper themselves on a regular basis. Folk sayings, snippets of poetry, and tales of legendary Indian beauties adorn the text, combining a deeper sense of India's ageless knowledge with a contemporary approach to physical and spiritual beauty. </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024381985332488109.post-89191634039614913432009-02-10T11:14:00.000-08:002009-02-10T11:21:29.480-08:00Fluent Bodies or Your Child and Epilepsy A Guide to Living Well<h4>Fluent Bodies: Ayurvedic Remedies for Postcolonial Imbalance </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Jean M Langford</strong> <p><p>Fluent Bodies examines the modernization of the indigenous healing practice Ayurveda in India. Combining contemporary ethnography with a study of key historical moments as glimpsed through early-twentieth-century texts, Jean M. Langford argues that as Ayurveda evolved from an eclectic set of healing practices into a sign of Indian national culture, it was reimagined as a healing force not simply for bodily disorders but for colonial and postcolonial ills.<p> Interweaving theory with narrative, Langford explores the strategies of contemporary practitioners who reconfigure Ayurvedic knowledge through institutions and technologies such as hospitals, anatomy labs, clinical trials, and sonograms. She shows how practitioners appropriate, transform, or circumvent the knowledge practices implicit in these institutions and technologies, destabilizing such categories as medicine, culture, science, symptom, and self, even as they deploy them in clinical practice. Ultimately, this study points to the future of Ayurveda in a transnational era as a remedy not only for the wounds of colonialism but also for an imagined cultural emptiness at the heart of global modernity. </p><h4>What People Are Saying</h4><p><strong>Vincanne Adams</strong><br>This rich study incorporates a wide range of contemporary and historical materials to make wonderful theoretical interventions into the literature on Ayurveda and India. Langford pulls the reader into a new understanding of the nuanced relationships between history, nation, modernity, clinical debate, and the practices of Ayurveda. <br>— Vincanne Adams, author of <I>Doctors for Democracy: Health Professionals in the Nepal Revolution</i> </p><br><p><strong>Lawrence Cohen</strong><br>This is an important, ethnographically compelling work. Langford's insights will substantially change the field of studying Ayurveda. <br>— Lawrence Cohen, author of <I>No Aging in India: Alzheimer's, the Bad Family, and Other Modern Things</i> </p><br><br><br> <p>Interesting textbook: <strong><a href="http://practical-politics-books.blogspot.com">Outsourcing America or Rome from the Ground Up</a></strong> <h4>Your Child and Epilepsy: A Guide to Living Well </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Robert J Gumnit</strong> <p><p>The author of Living Well with Epilepsy provides information to help parents understand their childrens' epilepsy, suggestions on how to evaluate health care, to find better care if necessary, and advice on how to help children with epilepsy to develop self-confidence and self-motivation. </p><br><br> <p><h5>Table of Contents:</h5><table><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Preface</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"></TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Acknowledgments</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"></TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">1</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Your Child Can Live Successfully with Epilepsy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">1</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">2</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Your Child and Epilepsy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">7</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">3</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Understanding Epilepsy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">13</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">4</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Causes and Diagnosis of Epilepsy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">19</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">5</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Holistic Approach to Epilepsy Treatment</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">25</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">6</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Finding Your Way to High Quality Care</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">29</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">7</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Being an Effective Member of Your Child's Health Care Team</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">39</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">8</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Importance of Early and Accurate Diagnosis</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">47</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">9</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Antiepileptic Medications: The First Choice to Control Epilepsy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">55</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">10</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Surgical Options for Children with Epilepsy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">71</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">11</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">First Aid for Seizures</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">81</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">12</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Seizures in Newborns</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">87</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">13</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Seizures in Infants</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">93</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">14</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Seizures in Childhood</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">101</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">15</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Treating Seizures in Adolescence</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">109</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">16</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Living Well with Epilepsy: The Preschool Years</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">115</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">17</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Living Well with Epilepsy: The Elementary School Years</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">119</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">18</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Living Well with Epilepsy - Adolescence</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">127</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">19</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Living Well with Epilepsy - The Young Adult</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">135</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">20</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Are Seizures Really the Problem?</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">141</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">21</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Sexuality, Sex, and Birth Control</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">145</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">22</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Sleep, Nutrition, and the Ketogenic Diet</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">151</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">23</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Driving and Epilepsy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">157</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">24</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Instructions for Babysitters</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">161</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">25</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Residential Facilities</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">167</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">26</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Is It Time to Change Physicians?</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">171</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">27</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Career Choices for People with Epilepsy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">177</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">28</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Protecting Your Child's Legal Rights</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">183</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">29</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Obtaining Health Insurance</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">195</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">30</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Where to Turn When You Need Help</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">203</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">31</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Keeping Hope Alive Through Research</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">211</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Appendix One. First Aid for Epilepsy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">223</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Appendix Two. Driving and Epilepsy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">225</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Appendix Three. Other Useful Books</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">231</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Index</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">233</TD></table> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024381985332488109.post-81463847382797813562009-02-09T07:12:00.000-08:002009-02-09T07:19:45.118-08:00Marching to a Different Tune or This Thing Called You<h4>Marching to a Different Tune: Diary about an ADHD Boy </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Jacky Fletcher</strong> <p><p>Written by the mother of Stefan, a boy diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Marching to a Different Tune is a day-by-day, moment-by-moment account of how his unusual and difficult behaviour affects and disrupts their family life inside and outside the home. Jacky Fletcher describes the struggles, embarrassments and triumphs her family experiences throughout a four year period of Stefan's childhood. The diary ends with an expression of the family's love for Stefan - as he approaches adolescence, they will learn new ways to cope with the challenges of his behaviour, applying the knowledge they have gained through experience. Families whose lives have been touched by ADHD will recognise much in this touching and honest story; which brings the reader into the reality of life with ADHD. </p><br><br> <p>Interesting book: <strong><a href="http://political-parties-books.blogspot.com">Gods Heart Has No Borders or The Foundations of Modern Political Thought</a></strong> <h4>This Thing Called You </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Ernest Holmes</strong> <p><p>The inspiration of Ernest Holmes has reached hundreds of thousands of readers through his classic works, many of which are just now becoming available in paperback. <br> Originally published in the first half of the twentieth century, these meditative, concise volumes have never previously appeared in paperback. Whether a newcomer to the philosophy Holmes founded or a veteran reader, you will find great power and practicality in the words that render Holmes one of the most celebrated and beloved mystical teachers of the past hundred years. </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024381985332488109.post-70226443480582298272009-02-08T03:11:00.000-08:002009-02-08T03:18:12.900-08:00Tao in Ten or Coming Clean<h4>Tao in Ten </h4> <p>Author: <strong>C Alexander Simpkins</strong> <p><p><i>Tao in Ten</i> is a simple, enlightened guide to living a life of balance and harmony. It includes ten simple lessons, eachinspired by a principle of Taoism, which helps readers explore Taoist ideas, exercies, and meditations. Each lesson is demonstrated through Taoist exercises-some physical, some mental, and some spiritual. Readers will discover wu-wei, the act of nonaction; yin and yang, elements that are at once opposite yet the same; chi, our vital life energy; martial arts, as a means to nurture inner strength; as well as many other Taoist concepts. <P>Author Biography: <i>Drs. C. Alexander PH.D and Annellen Simpkins Ph.D</i> live in San Diego and are both psychologists who have specialized in studies of the mind. They have devoted many years to the study of hypnosis and have taught meditation skills to people of all ages. </p><br><br> <p>Book about: <strong><a href="http://body-care-books.blogspot.com/2009/02/complete-guide-to-family-health.html">Complete Guide to Family Health Nutrition Fitness or Faith and Health</a></strong> <h4>Coming Clean: Overcoming Addiction Without Treatment </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Robert Granfield</strong> <p><p><p>Despite the widely accepted view that formal treatment and twelve-step groups are essential for overcoming dependencies on alcohol and drugs, each year large numbers of former addicts quietly recover on their own, without any formal treatment or participation in self-help groups at all.</p> <p><b>Coming Clean</b> explores the untold stories of untreated addicts who have recovered from a lifestyle of excessive and compulsive substance use without professional assistance. Based on 46 in-depth interviews with formerly addicted individuals, this controversial volume examines their reasons for avoiding treatment, the strategies they employed to break away from their dependencies, the circumstances that facilitated untreated recovery, and the implications of recovery without treatment for treatment professionals as well as for prevention and drug policy.</p> <p>Because of the pervasive belief that addiction is a disease requiring formal intervention, few training programs for physicians, social workers, psychologists, and other health professionals explore the phenomenon of natural recovery from addiction. <b>Coming Clean</b> offers insights for treatment professionals of how recovery without treatment can work and how candidates for this approach can be identified. A detailed appendix outlines specific strategies which will be of interest to addicted individuals themselves who wish to attempt the process of recovery without treatment.</p><br> </p><br><br> <p><h5>Table of Contents:</h5><TABLE><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Foreword</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"></TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Preface</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"></TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Acknowledgments</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"></TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 1</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Recovery without Treatment: An Introduction</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">1</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Pt. 1</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Perspectives on Natural Recovery</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"></TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 2</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Slippin' into Darkness: Narratives of Use and Addiction</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">33</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 3</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Process of Recovery without Treatment</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">61</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 4</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Circumventing Treatment and Salvaging the Self: Natural as Cultural Resistance</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">99</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 5</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Social Context of Recovery without Treatment</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">130</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Pt. 2</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Implications of Natural Recovery</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"></TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 6</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Lessons for Practitioners from Self-Remitters</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">159</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 7</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Conclusion: Addiction, Society, and Social Policy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">191</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Appendix</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Implementing Natural Recovery: Suggestions for Personal Change</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">223</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Notes</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">251</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Index</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">289</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">About the Authors</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">295</TD></TABLE> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024381985332488109.post-83795600306746564172009-02-06T23:10:00.000-08:002009-02-06T23:16:50.651-08:00Trying to Give Ease or Into the Shadows<h4>Trying to Give Ease: Tommie Bass and the Story of Herbal Medicine </h4> <p>Author: <strong>John K Crellin</strong> <p><p>The authors here focus on the life, practices, and accumulated knowledge of the late Appalachian herbalist "Tommie" Bass. "This book merits praise as one of the best investigations of an herbalist and his context in the literature of folk medicine and as a powerful synthesis of important historical, social, and psychological factors in general folk medicine".--NEWSLETTER OF THE NORTH CAROLINA FOLK SOCIETY. 352 pp.</p><h4>Booknews</h4><p>Reprint of the 1989 work published as </Herbal Medicine Past and Present; v.1: Trying to Give Ease/>. See adjacent reference to v.2 </A reference guide.../>. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. </p><h4>Bulletin of the History of Medicine</h4><p>What is uncovered in <i>Trying to Give Ease</i> is the practice of an empirical healer who held to no particular theory of medicine but implicitly followed diverse (often antiquated) principles such as humoralism and the notion of the body as a thermodynamic engine. . . . [T]here can be little doubt that Tommie Bass has left an impress upon the community he served. . . . [B]ecause of the unique and valuable perspective given to its subject, this book deserves to be on the shelves of those interested in the history of America's vegetable materia medica.</p><h4>Appalachian Journal</h4><p><i>Trying to Give Ease</i> and <i>A Reference Guide to Medicinal Plants</i> are two of the best resources I've come across. I highly recommend <i>Trying to Give Ease</i> for anyone interested in the study of mountain culture, public health, or the interactions of humans and plants.</p><h4>Journal of Ethnopharmacology</h4><p>[V]ery pleasant to read. . . . The description and illumination of the special example [of] <i>Tommie Bass</i> might raise (critical) questions in the minds of those responsible for research into and organization of health care as well as in each individual reader.</p><br><br> <p>Interesting textbook: <strong><a href="http://graphics-software-books.blogspot.com">The Absolute Beginners Guide to Internet Wealth or Google SketchUp For Dummies</a></strong> <h4>Into the Shadows: A Journey of Faith and Love into Alzheimer's </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Robert F DeHaan</strong> <p><p><p>Husband tells story of caring for his wife who is struggling with Alzheimer's. In this intimate and moving chronicle, Robert DeHaan combines his finely honed skills as a professional psychologist with his unwavering Christian faith to show that the love and grace of God are far greater than this terrible disease. <p>Book offers message of hope to one in four adults affected by Alzheimer's, either as caregivers, relatives or friends. Insightful, sensitive, loving and God-honoring account of his wife's journey into Alzheimer's disease.<br> <br> <br><b>About the Author</b><p>Robert F. DeHaan is a graduate of Calvin College and the University of Chicato. He served for 12 years as professor of the Psychology Dept. of Hope College in Holland, MI prior to establishing the Philadelphia Urban Semester of the Great Lakes College Association.</p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024381985332488109.post-46747457508723160432009-02-05T19:08:00.000-08:002009-02-05T19:15:29.434-08:00No More Allergies or Extension<h4>No More Allergies: Identifying and Eliminating Allergies and Sensitivity Reactions to Everything in Your Environment </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Gary Null</strong> <p><p>Null redefines a health problem that afflicts 40 million Americans: More than mere hay fever, contemporary allergic reactions include chronic fatigue syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, and even HIV infection. These conditions, he explains, occur when our immune systems break down. This ground-breaking book now prescribes effective solutions. </p><br><br> <p>Look this: <strong><a href="http://cakes-books.blogspot.com">2009 Play With Your Food Wall Calendar or 2009 Wine Lovers Page A Day Calendar</a></strong> <h4>ExTension: The 20-Minute-a-Day, Yoga-Based Program to Relax, Release and Rejuvenate the Average Stressed-Out Over-35-Year-Old Body </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Sam Dworkis</strong> <p><p>Perfect for anyone who feels too out of shape or old to exercise, this simple sequence of yoga exercises that can be tailored to individual fitness levels works every muscle, relieves tension, reduces stress, increases energy, and improves posture, balance, and concentration in 20 minutes a day. </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024381985332488109.post-83365329483480092392009-02-04T15:07:00.000-08:002009-02-04T15:14:00.481-08:00The Fat Gram Guide to Restaurant Food or Low Carb Baking and Dessert Cookbook<h4>The Fat-Gram Guide to Restaurant Food </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Joseph C Piscatella</strong> <p><p>You can't cut fat if you don't know where it is, and now Joseph C. Piscatella, author of <i>Don't Eat Your Heart Out Cookbook </i>and other diet and health books, with over 2 million copies in print continues his quest to make fat-reduction easier to implement. <i>The Fat-Gram Guide to Restaurant Food</i> gives the fat-grams, calories, and percentage of calories from fat for over 3,500 of the most commonly ordered restaurant dishes. It includes fast-food offerings by franchise, and it is the only guide to sit-down restaurant meals. Here are breakfasts, from McDonaldís Pancakes to Sausage McMuffin. (Choose the pancakes.) Lunches and brunches. And of course all manner of dinner foods, from beef to fish, Mexican to Japanese. <br><br>In addition to its convenient alphabetical listings, the guide provides Joe Piscatella's own strategy for making smarter choices in restaurants. And he should know. A tireless speaker and promoter for his books, he is on the road 100 days out of the year, eating out during every one of them. </p><br><br> <p><h5>Table of Contents:</h5>INTRODUCTION<P> THE RESTAURANT GUIDE<P> APPETIZERS AND SNACKS<P> BEVERAGES<P> Alcoholic Beverages<P> Beer, Ale, and Malt Liquor<P> Distilled Liquor<P> Liqueurs<P> Wines<P> Non Alcoholic Beverages<P> Drink Mixers<P> Nonalcoholic Beer<P> Soft Drinks<P> Chocolate/Cocoa Drinks<P> Coffee & Coffee Beverages<P> Fruit Drinks<P> Fruit Juices<P> Milk <P> Milk Drinks<P> Tea<P> Vegetable Juices<P> BREADS, CRACKERS, AND ROLLS<P> BREAKFAST FOODS<P> CHEESE & CHEESE DISHES<P> DESSERTS & TOPPINGS<P> Nondairy Desserts<P> Toppings<P> EGGS & EGG DISHES<P> GARNISHES & ENTR <p>New interesting textbook: <strong><a href="http://berichtbuch.blogspot.com">Das Informelle Lernen: Die Natürlichen Pfade wieder zu entdecken, Die Neuerung und Leistung Begeistern</a></strong> <h4>Low-Carb Baking and Dessert Cookbook </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Mary Dan Eades MD</strong> <p><p>Scrumptious, easy-to-make low-carb breads, pastries, and confections from a chef who is revolutionizing low-carb cooking and eating<br><br>"Ursula has worked tirelessly to develop scores of recipes for breads, biscuits, pastries, cookies, pies, cakes, candy, and confections that are not merely low-carb, they’re delicious to boot! Her culinary alchemy gives us all a leg up on the learning curve to make luscious low-carb treats that, if we use them wisely, will make it that much easier to stick to the low-carb plan for life."<br> <br>–From the Foreword by Dr. Mary Dan Eades, M.D.<br> <br>coauthor of The Low-Carb Comfort Food Cookbook<br><br>In The Low-Carb Baking and Dessert Cookbook, low-carb chef par excellence Ursula Solom–the ingenious chef who is revolutionizing the way the low-carb world cooks–proves that you don’t have to sacrifice the delights of your favorite high-carb treats to live a low-carb lifestyle.<br><br>From Basic White Bread, Date Bread, Peanut Butter Chocolate Muffins, Honey Spice Cookies, and Macadamia Nut Biscotti to Strawberry Soufflé, Tiramisu, and Praline Truffles, The Low-Carb Baking and Dessert Cookbook is packed with more than 200 easy-to-prepare recipes for savory treats and scrumptious sweets that will satisfy your high-carb cravings while helping you slim down, shape up, and realize all the benefits of low-carb living.<br> </p><h4>Library Journal</h4><p>Despite the recent glut of low-carb cookbooks, few have focused only on baking and desserts, so this title might fill a special niche. However, not surprisingly, low-carb baking is not particularly easy. Solom, coauthor with Mary Dan Eades and Michael Eades of The Low-Carb Comfort Food Cookbook, uses a variety of special ingredients to adapt baked goods to a low-carb program, from soy protein powder and almond meal to vital wheat gluten, sugar-free chocolate, and xylitol, an expensive "sugar alcohol" that, Solom notes, may have undesirable side effects. Many of the recipes have lengthy ingredients lists, and while some of them may be healthful, they don't have much appeal as a sweet treat (Soy Grit Cookies, anyone?). Unlike those with wheat allergies and the like who must monitor their diets carefully or suffer often severe consequences, most Atkins fans may not want to spend hours in the kitchen making breads and desserts when low-carb baked goods are increasingly available in supermarkets. For special collections. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information. </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024381985332488109.post-46148236032367144472009-02-03T11:05:00.000-08:002009-02-03T11:12:24.868-08:00A Heartsongs Collection or Hot Flashes Hormones and Your Health<h4>A Heartsongs Collection: Heartsongs and Journey through Heartsongs (Unabridged) </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Mattie JT Stepanek</strong> <p><p>The Heartsongs Collection combines both of Mattie Stepanek's volumes of poetry into one audiobook.<p>Mattie J.T. Stepanek began writing poetry at the age of three. In Heartsongs, Mattie explores the uncensored reality of living with a rare form of muscular dystrophy and with the grief associated with the loss of his three siblings to the same life-threatening condition. Heartsongs is a collection of the early poems and artwork of this gifted, courageous, award-winning poet.<p>He takes us on a Journey Through Heartsongs with more of his moving poems. <p>The Heartsongs Collection will be read by Mattie himself. </p><br><br> <p>Interesting book: <strong><a href="http://barbecue-cooking.blogspot.com">Wagon Wheel Kitchens or Just the Two of Us</a></strong> <h4>Hot Flashes, Hormones, and Your Health: Breakthrough Findings to Help You Sail Through Menopause </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Joanne E Manson</strong> <p><p><p><b>What you should know about menopausal hormone therapy--from the renowned Harvard doctor who is one of the pioneers conducting the latest research in the field</b></p><p>Recent news stories on the safety of menopausal hormone therapy (also known as hormone replacement therapy, or HRT) have raised public awareness and sparked a national debate. Now learn the facts about this controversial treatment for menopause--from the field's go-to expert.</p><p><i>Hot Flashes, Hormones, and Your Health</i> explains the changes that occur during menopause. It also provides you with state-of-the-art information to help you make informed decisions about hormone therapy and other options for treating symptoms of menopause. The cutting-edge research and advice presented in this book will help you determine whether to start hormone therapy, or, if you are already taking hormones, whether you should continue to do so. This book will help you work more effectively with your health care provider to make the best decisions about your medical care. If you have taken hormones in the past, <i>Hot Flashes, Hormones, and Your Health</i> will also be useful in understanding the overall health effects of this treatment.</p> <p>So, if you are debating whether to start, continue, or stop hormone therapy, <i>Hot Flashes, Hormones, and Your Health</i> has the answers you need:</p><ul><li>The latest scientific evidence on the benefits and risks of managing menopause with hormone therapy <li>Expert guidance in determining whether or not hormone therapy is the right choice for you, and, if it is, when to start, when to stop, and what type to use<li>The truth about bioidentical hormones<li>Healthful and effectiveoptions for women who cannot-or prefer not to-use hormone therapy</ul><p><p><b>JoAnn E. Manson, M.D.</b>, is a professor of medicine and the Elizabeth F. Brigham Professor of Women's Health at Harvard Medical School, Chief of Preventive Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and codirector of the Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology. The only person to have served as a lead investigator on two of the most influential studies of women's health ever conducted--the Women's Health Initiative and the Harvard Nurses' Health Study--Dr. Manson is widely recognized as one of the world's leading authorities on women's health.</p><p><b>Shari S. Bassuk, Sc.D.</b>, is an epidemiologist and science writer at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston who frequently collaborates with Dr. Manson.</p> </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0