Advanced Waxing and Hair Removal or Joseph H Pilates Method at Home

Advanced Waxing and Hair Removal

Author: Pamela Hill

This extensive manual provides a modernized approach to hair removal and dispels the rumors, old wives tales, and half truths about hair growth, hair removal, and the techniques that are associated with the procedures. Deigned to act as a resource for students and practicing aestheticians, Advanced Waxing and Hair Removal discusses the must-know subjects of anatomy and physiology; patient interviewing; charting; techniques; and how to grow a hair removal business; and includes patient studies, photographs and recommendations for treatment. Illustrated are the processes of hair removal by following several candidates through different hair removal techniques and provides many illustrations to observe the results. Documentation of treatment plans, interviewing techniques, and patient recommendations are made available to the reader. In addition, the book discusses the use of lasers, who can perform this procedure, how it works, and why it may be the single prong in the hair removal plan for a patient. With its simple, non-intimidating approach, this handbook provides the reader with advanced, updated, and need-to-know information about the hair removal process.

Table of Contents:

Preface     xiii
About the Authors     xv
Acknowledgments     xvii
Reviewers     xix
Introduction to Hair Removal     1
Key Terms     1
Learning Objectives     1
Introduction     2
Introduction to Hair Removal Methods     2
History and Origins of Hair Removal     7
Diseases that Increase Hair Growth     9
Training Technicians on Hair Removal Procedures     10
OSHA and Safety     16
Employment Options     17
Conclusion     26
Top 10 Tips to Take to the Clinic     26
Chapter Questions     27
Chapter References     27
Bibliography     27
Anatomy and Physiology of the Hair and Skin     29
Key Terms     29
Learning Objectives     30
Introduction     30
Skin Anatomy     32
The Layers of the Skin     33
The Skin's Pigmentation     40
The Dermis     41
Hypodermis or Subcutaneous Tissue     45
Skin Physiology     48
The Pilosebaceous Unit     52
When Hair Begins to Grow onthe Body     60
Conclusion     62
Top 10 Tips to Take to the Clinic     62
Chapter Questions     62
Chapter References     63
Bibliography     64
Hormones and Hair Growth     65
Key Terms     65
Learning Objectives     66
Introduction     66
The Endocrine System     66
The Gonads     74
Introduction to Hirsutism and Hypertrichosis     76
Hirsutism     78
Hypertrichosis     78
Hormonal Syndromes that Contribute to Excessive Hair Growth     79
Conclusion     82
Top 10 Tips to Take to the Clinic     83
Chapter Questions     83
Chapter References     84
Bibliography     84
Consultations     85
Key Terms     85
Learning Objectives     85
Introduction     86
The Office Consultation     86
Client Expectations     96
Conclusion     98
Top 10 Tips to Take to the Clinic     99
Chapter Questions     99
Bibliography     99
The Tools of the Trade      101
Key Terms     101
Learning Objectives     101
Introduction     102
The Treatment Room     102
Wax     116
Medications that Affect Hair Growth     123
Conclusion     124
Top 10 Tips to Take to the Clinic     125
Chapter Questions     125
Bibliography     125
Skin Typing and Hair Removal     127
Key Terms     127
Learning Objectives     127
Introduction     128
Fitzpatrick Skin Type     128
Hypopigmentation     137
Hyperpigmentation     137
Skin Type and Electrolysis     138
Skin Type and Waxing     139
Skin Type and Laser Hair Removal     140
Conclusion     140
Top 10 Tips to Take to the Clinic     141
Chapter Questions     141
Chapter References     142
Bibliography     142
Lasers and Hair Removal     143
Key Terms     143
Learning Objectives     143
Introduction     144
Lasers and Light Sources     145
Safety in the Laser Treatment Room      151
Patient Selection     152
Effects of Laser on Skin Type     154
The Laser Hair Removal Treatment     157
The Laser Treatment Parameters     162
Hair Growth Following Laser Treatment     165
Side Effects     167
State Licensure     168
Conclusion     169
Top 10 Tips to Take to the Clinic     169
Chapter Questions     169
Chapter References     170
Bibliography     170
Waxing Basics     171
Key Terms     171
Learning Objectives     171
Introduction     172
Hard Wax     173
Soft Wax     178
Techniques for Soft Waxing     181
Speed Waxing     184
Regrowth and Return Visits     188
Conclusion     189
Top 10 Tips to Take to the Clinic     189
Bibliography     190
Waxing Protocols     191
Key Terms     191
Learning Objectives     191
Introduction     192
Client Preparation     192
Waxing for Women     193
Waxing for Men      218
Posttreatment Care     222
Conclusion     223
Top 10 Tips to Take to the Clinic     224
Bibliography     224
Threading and Sugaring     225
Key Terms     225
Learning Objectives     225
Introduction to Threading     226
History of Threading     226
Sugaring     230
Application Techniques of Sugaring     235
Conclusion     240
Top 10 Tips to Take to the Clinic     240
Chapter Questions     240
Bibliography     241
Electrolysis     243
Key Terms     243
Learning Objectives     243
Introduction     244
History of Electrolysis     244
Electricity, Electrolysis, and Safety     246
Types of Permanent Hair Removal     250
Galvanic Electrolysis     254
Blend Method     256
Principles of Phoresis     258
Electrolysis for Different Types of Hair     262
The Treatment Process     264
Insertion Techniques     266
Conclusion     273
Top 10 Tips to Take to the Clinic      274
Chapter Questions     274
Bibliography     275
Building a Hair Removal Business     277
Key Terms     277
Learning Objectives     277
Introduction     278
Getting Your Business Started     278
Keeping Your Business Moving     287
Conclusion     298
Top 10 Tips to Take to the Clinic     299
Chapter Questions     299
Chapter References     299
Bibliography     300
Glossary     303
Index     317

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Joseph H. Pilates Method at Home: A Balance, Shape, Strength, and Fitness Program

Author: Eleanor McKenzi

First popularized in the 1920s and adopted by dance greats George Balanchine and Martha Graham, the Pilates technique is gaining worldwide recognition as an effective holistic exercise system. It combines elements of yoga and classical dance with principles of concentration and exercise that increase body awareness, release tension, and realign the body. The program is particularly popular with people who are moving away from the "no pain, no gain" mentality of the workout gym and seeking alternative methods of fitness. Pilates at Home offers readers a clear explanation of this conditioning system. Color photographs show users how to coordinate body, mind, and spirit by working with the body's muscles - not on or against them. Sections on posture, breathing, warm-up exercises, and the use of weights can be easily applied to everyday life.

Diabetes or Goal Digger Fitness

Diabetes: A Guide to Living Well

Author: Gary Arsham

Completely revised and updated to meet current ADA Clinical Practice Recommendations, this book offers patients three levels of commitment, letting them decide which level they can commit to in order to live healthier with diabetes. Topical coverage includes:

• Medications
• Cardiovascular disease
• Obesity
• Emotional issues
• Treatment plans
• And more

Ernest Lowe is a counselor, educator, producer, and television series writer. He has lived with diabetes for 45 years.

Gary Arsham, M.D., Ph.D., is a physician/educator and a member of the national boards of directors of the American Diabetes Association and the American Association of Diabetes Educators. He has lived with diabetes for more than 40 years.

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Patient guidance integrating recent developments. Published by the Diabetes Center, Inc. 13911 Ridgedale Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55343. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

LEARNING TO LIVE WELL

Willing to Live Well

Living Well At the Beginning of Diabetes

Help!

LIVING WELL WITH DIABETIC CONTROL

Diabetes--Defining the Choices

The Intensive Regimen

Living Well with Type 2 Diabetes

The Moderate Regimen

The Loose RegimenLiving Well with Insulin Reactions

LIVING WELL WITH THE KEYS TO CONTROL

Living Well with Your Food Choices

Living Actively with Diabetes

Living Well with Stress

SUPPORT FOR LIVING WELL

Living Well with Your Medical Team

Living Well with Others with Diabetes

Living Well with Yourself

LIVING WELL WITH DIABETIC COMPLICATIONS

Neutralizing the Threat of Complications

If Complications Develop

Complications Simplified

WOMEN AND CHILDREN LIVING WELL

Living Well As a Diabetic Woman, by Catherine Feste

Living Young with Diabetes

Living Well in the Future

Appendices

Index

Goal Digger Fitness: Look, Feel, and Perform Your Best with a Breakthrough 14-Day Exercise Plan Tailored to Your Goals and Your Life

Author: Eric Harr

There is a Fitness Goal Digger in each of us, a person who thrives upon movement, who is ready to set exercise goals and do what it takes to achieve them. Perhaps you consider yourself a runner, cyclist, golfer, or Rollerblader. Then again, maybe you're at the point where you just take the stairs instead of the elevator, do some yard work or vacuum the living room vigorously, and park in the farthest spot from the entrance when you shop. Whatever the case, you want to lead a reasonably active life--when you have the time and, of course, the motivation. But lately, "whenever you can" and "whenever life allows" are not as often as you'd like them to be. Goal Digger Fitness will show you how to fit exercise into the context of your everyday life. In this book, you'll find:

• A test to help you match your fitness program to your psychology, physiology, and schedule
• A three-step program to identify personal obstacles, define your goals, and execute a personalized fitness plan
• Exercise plans prescribed in 10-day doses with 4-day breaks in between
• Tips and strategies to overcome mental and physical roadblocks
• The Goal Digger Diet, with an array of healthy, tasty meals that can be prepared in less than 10 minutes

With special programs such as the Look Better Program, Feel Better Program, Perform Better Program, and Better Health Program, this superb guide will help you set and achieve your goals so that you reach your full fitness potential.

Reflexology for Womens Health or Resiliency in the Face of Disaster and Terrorism

Reflexology for Women's Health

Author: Ann Gillanders

Written by a world-renowned reflexologist, this book takes the gentle, drug-free and noninvasive alternative therapy of reflexology and shows how it can be effectively used to treat over 100 women-specific ailments. The author's approach is simple and straightforward, with clearly written text and color photographs teaching healing therapies for a whole range of common problems, both physical and psychological.

Topics addressed in Reflexology for Women's Health range in scope from PMS, cramps and stress to Candida, breast health and osteoporosis. Special chapters also cover conception and pregnancy including morning sickness and fertility boosting. Practical and helpful, Reflexology for Women's Health is also a pleasure to read and includes sidebars that provide supporting hints, tips and complementary health advice.

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Resiliency in the Face of Disaster and Terrorism: 10 Things to Do to Survive

Author: V Alex Kehayan

Addressing issues of physical and mental health, this practical pocket guide offers concrete strategies for surviving a disaster and outlines how to best sustain mental health and emotional resiliency long after the event is over. Ten streamlined chapters present a clear path of response to stressful events of any scale, from individual traumas to terrorism. Readers immediately benefit from the reassurance that comes from having a map for responding appropriately. They also learn what to say and not to say to comfort and support others, sustaining communities if catastrophe strikes. Reassuring in a time of uncertainty, this handbook empowers readers with a collection of personal tools to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from calamity.

What People Are Saying

John P. Wilson
"An incredibly useful set of practical things to do in real life situations. . . . This is a must have reference volume."
—PhD, professor and Fulbright scholar, Cleveland State University

Beverley Raphael
"Provide[s] a strong basis for both prevention of adverse outcomes and mitigation of impacts."
—MD, professor and director, Mental Health Services, New South Wales Health Department

Diana Brown
"This is a much needed inclusive book. I've never seen all this material in one place."
—LCSW, BCD, disaster mental health specialist

Barbara Varenhorst
"An essential book for everyone concerned about the safety of their families, homes, schools and communities."
—PhD, counseling psychologist and specialist in resiliency and asset building

Joseph J. Licata
"This book will certainly assist us to educate the public about the basics of disaster survival."
—coordinator, Fort Lee Office of Emergency Management

Patricia M. Berliner
"Does an excellent job of helping us to prepare ourselves, homes and loved ones for what we might someday face."
—CSJ, PhD

Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America.org
"Personal and private aspects of tragedy are explored with defined approaches written simply."
—

A Holistic Guide To Embracing Pregnancy Childbirth And Motherhood or Building for Life

A Holistic Guide To Embracing Pregnancy, Childbirth, And Motherhood

Author: Karen N Salt

The newly pregnant woman faces a multitude of changes in her mind, life, and body, some of which are addressed by traditional medical care but many of which are not. In this holistic guide, the expectant mother will find warm and reassuring advice that will help her stay calm, focused, and energized during this exciting time and beyond.Rather than treat the arrival of a baby as strictly a one-moment-in-time medical event, author Karen Salt provides advice and wisdom to "treat" the whole woman-her emotions and her physical changes-and covers the entire year-long experience of pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. Salt's holistic approach unveils for mothers-to-be the backbone of the doula role-to provide support, information, advocacy, and facilitation to women during pregnancy, labor, and early motherhood-and teaches her the many ways to use the doula philosophy to nurture herself through the process. From meditation and relaxation exercises, to fitness and nutrition advice to tips for achieving "positive energy living," this comprehensive guide puts mothers in control of their pregnancy, their birthing experience, and their approach to this wonderful and life-altering time.

Journal of Human Lactation

This refreshing, almost poetic book talks with much wisdom and sensitivity about all aspects of the journey to motherhood.
— August, 2003

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Building for Life: Designing and Understanding the Human-Nature Connection

Author: Stephen R Kellert

Sustainable design has made great strides in recent years; unfortunately, it still falls short of fully integrating nature into our built environment. Through a groundbreaking new paradigm of "restorative environmental design," award-winning author Stephen R. Kellert proposes a new architectural model of sustainability.

In Building For Life, Kellert examines the fundamental interconnectedness of people and nature, and how the loss of this connection results in a diminished quality of life.

This thoughtful new work illustrates how architects and designers can use simple methods to address our innate needs for contact with nature. Through the use of natural lighting, ventilation, and materials, as well as more unexpected methodologies-the use of metaphor, perspective, enticement, and symbol-architects can greatly enhance our daily lives. These design techniques foster intellectual development, relaxation, and physical and emotional well-being. In the works of architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Eero Saarinen, Cesar Pelli, Norman Foster, and Michael Hopkins, Kellert sees the success of these strategies and presents models for moving forward. Ultimately, Kellert views our fractured relationship with nature as a design problem rather than an unavoidable aspect of modern life, and he proposes many practical and creative solutions for cultivating a more rewarding experience of nature in our built environment.

How to Cure a Hangover or Does A Chimp Wear Clothes LE

How to Cure a Hangover: The Best Remedies from the World's Greatest Bartenders

Author: Andrew Irving

All the hangover cures recommended here have been created by the world’s leading bartenders from the 20th and 21st centuries, and all were carefully devised to revive their suffering customers. "Hair of the dog" mixtures, such as Banana Cow and Suffering Bastard, guarantee relief from overindulgence, but if Breakfast Eggnog isn’t your cup of tea, try one of the many fruity juices and smoothies. Dr. Andrew Irving also offers authoritative medical advice on the short- and long-term effects of too many rough nights. The book deals with the science of a hangover, including the role of coffee and water, plus the history of weird and wonderful hangover cures since antiquity.

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Does A Chimp Wear Clothes? LE

Author: Fred Ehrlich

Getting dressed is one of a young child's first "grown-up" experiences. Filled with fascinating facts about animals, this book explains why people need clothes to protect them and to keep them warm and healthy!

Author Biography: Fred Ehrlich, a pediatrician and child psychiatrist, has spent dozens of years advising families on the emotional and physical care of young children. He is the author of many highly acclaimed children's books. Emily Bolam's first children's book was published upon her graduation from art school. She has been creating board books and picture books ever since. She lives in Brighton, England.

Body Sculpting or Sleep

Body Sculpting: Tone and Reshape Your Body in 6 Weeks!

Author: Chrissie Gallagher Mundy

Feel great, lose weight, and reshape your body through this six-week program designed to streamline your form and keep you slim and trim. The well-illustrated and easy-to-follow exercises consist of basic, dynamic movements and draw from the most effective elements of ballet, Pilates, and weight training. The resulting mix of cardiovascular, toning, and stretching
routines provides an all-around, thorough workout. Assess your natural body type, posture, and fitness level to determine the most effective form of training, and address specific problem areas, in particular the thighs, stomach, and butt. Corrective exercises for trimming down after pregnancy and strengthening a bad back complete this simple yet highly effective plan. It's the perfect
program for those on the go.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	6
	Body sculpting basics	8
	Assessing your shape	22
	Problem areas	36
	Stomach and waist	40
	Bottom and hips	58
	Legs and thighs	76
	Arms and upper body	94
	Corrective shaping	114
	Post-natal exercises	118
	Bad backs	122
	Increased flexibility	124
	Index	126
	Acknowledgements	128

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Sleep: The Complete Guide to Sleep Disorders and a Better Night's Sleep

Author: J Paul Caldwell

Revised and updated for 2003.

Although we often take sleep for granted, each of us, at some point in our lives, has had difficulty sleeping. From young children having nightmares to seniors experiencing insomnia, sleep deprivation is a common problem across all ages. In this comprehensive book, Caldwell helps readers understand what makes or breaks a good night's sleep, and offers clear advice on how to achieve better sleep.

Sleep discusses:

• The effects of diet, exercise and sex on sleep patterns
  
• The effects of shift work, jet lag and Seasonal Affective Disorder
  
• What causes snoring and sleep apnea
  
• Sleep disorders in the most vulnerable: children and seniors
  
• Drugs and sleep -- what interferes and what helps
  
• Treatment of major kinds of sleep disorders
  
• The functions of rest, dreams and sleep
  

Complete with up-to-date case studies, diagrams and sidebars, Sleep is your guide to enjoying a healthier mind and body.

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Helps readers understand what makes or breaks a good night's sleep ... and offers clear advice on how to achieve better sleep.

Healthy Foods for Happy Kids or Promoting Physical Activity and Health in the Classroom

Healthy Foods for Happy Kids: An A-Z Nutritional Know-how

Author: Susannah Olivier

In Healthy Food for Happy Kids, nutrition author Suzannah Olivier covers the details of child nutrition and how to encourage your child to eat a healthy diet. You'll find the answers to many nutritioanl questions such as: Is my child getting enough iron? What is a portion of fruits and vegetables? How much milk does my child need? How much sugar is too much? Olivier also offers the following basic principles to get your child on the road to good nutrition and a healthy life.
• Choose at least five portions of fruits and vegetables daily.
• Always eat a healthy breakfast.
• Make snack choices nutritious.
• Offer desserts by all means, but avoid using them as a bribe to finish a meal.

The fact is, our children's health is suffering from poor nutrition. Healthy Food for Happy Kids will Help you find the right diet and the right approaches to help your children concentrate, do well at school, and resist childhood illnesses-in a nutshell, to be Happy Kids.

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Promoting Physical Activity and Health in the Classroom

Author: Robert P Pangrazi

Promoting Physical Activity and Health in the Classroom responds to the growing trend in K-6 education, where classroom teachers with no specific Physical Education training must increasingly implement activities in nontraditional settings—often with limited space, equipment, time, and planning. The book is colorful, engaging, compact, and user-friendly. Its practical organization, combined with detachable, sortable index-size cards comprising more than 260 separate activities, enables teachers to implement them immediately and provides a unique resource not previously available to instructors. Improving the Health of America’s Children, Understanding Children’s Needs and Readiness for Physical Activity, Teaching Physical Activities Safely and Effectively, Improving the Effectiveness of Instruction and Feedback, Management and Discipline in an Activity Setting, Teaching Children with Special Needs, Integrating Physical Activity and Academics, Increasing Student’s Activity Levels, Helping Students Develop Physical Fitness, Improving Students' Nutrition, Teaching Sun Safety, Promoting Children's Health Beyond the School Day. Intended for those interested in learning about how to promote physical activity and health in the classroom.

101 Reasons Why Im a Vegetarian or Natural Foot Care

101 Reasons Why I'm a Vegetarian

Author: Pamela Ric

For many years, Pamela Rice authored and produced a pamphlet entitled 101 Reasons Why I'm a Vegetarian, keeping it updated with six editions over thirteen years. Known to all who have read it as "The Mighty Convincer," the pamphlet offered pointed, bite-sized arguments for choosing the meatless diet from the perspectives of human health, animal welfare/rights, economics, and the environment. Over 180,000 copies of the pamphlet have been put into circulation. The success she gained from the pamphlet grew to the point where Ms. Rice was able to open the Vegetarian Center of NYC (the first of its kind in the nation).

Now Ms. Rice has written an expanded and fully resourced book-length version of 101 Reasons Why I'm a Vegetarian, filling out the details of her argument and providing up-to-date information, but maintaining her engaging and informed style. She covers everything from the conditions for animals on factory farms to disappearing fish stocks, lagoons of animal waste, high incidences of heart disease, colon cancer and other diseases, and other information from industry periodicals, newspapers, magazines, Web sites, and other less readily available sources.

A work of prodigious scholarship and dedication, written with wit and skill, 101 Reasons Why I'm a Vegetarian is sure to become the handy reference work for vegetarians who want to give their meat-eating friends one book that explains why they do what they do, and for meat-eaters who want to understand all the arguments for a meatless diet.

Author Bio: Aside from the Vegetarian Center, Pamela Rice is also the founder of the nonprofit VivaVegie Society and the editor of The VivaVine, both based in New York City. As president of the society, Ms. Rice, and scores of volunteers she managed, has engaged in creative methods of vegetarian outreach. Tens of thousands of copies of her pamphlet, 101 Reasons Why I'm a Vegetarian, have been distributed to passersby on New York City streets since 1991. Ms. Rice has appeared on television in the United States on several occasions and has been profiled in The New Yorker magazine.

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Expanding on her popular pamphlet of the same title, vegetarian writer/activist Rice thoroughly covers all the practical reasons to go vegetarian, including (in addition to the welfare of animals) social, medical, economic, and-especially-environmental concerns while avoiding spiritual or religious reasons. Examples of her reasons include "The Cancer connection: The `Big C' and meat" and "Fossil fuel alchemy: The oil in your meat." Rice aims to let the facts speak for themselves and not to attack anyone's eating habits or beliefs. She accomplishes this by thoroughly documenting all her 101 reasons, using respected mainstream sources, such as U.S. government reports, major newspapers, peer-reviewed journal articles, and other citations from scientists, doctors, and government officials. Although Rice jumps from topic to topic, intending to give readers the big picture, she includes a page that lists "reasons by category" as well as a comprehensive index for those interested in a specific aspect of vegetarianism. A well-written and -documented indictment of the meat industry and its impact on the world, this is an excellent source for students writing papers on or debating this topic. Recommended for all libraries.-Robert Flatley, Kutztown Univ., PA Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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Natural Foot Care: Herbal Treatments, Massage, and Exercises for Healthy Feet

Author: Stephanie L Tourles

Say good-bye to sore and irritated feet forever with this comprehensive look at foot care.

In Natural Foot Care you'll find:

* Easy recipes for moisturizing creams, relaxing soaks, and healing ointments

* Instructions and herbal remedies for an at-home pedicure

* Natural solutions to problems like corns, bunions, and cold feet

* Advice for finding shoes that really fit

* Exercises for strengthening and stretching foot muscles

* Illustrated techniques for a relaxing foot massage

Ethnic Variations in Dying Death and Grief or Mental Fitness for Life

Ethnic Variations in Dying, Death, and Grief: Diversity in Universality

Author: Donald P Irish

This volume is directed towards professionals who work in the fields concerning death and dying. These professionals must perceive the needs of people with cultural patterns which are different from the "standard and dominant" patterns in the United States and Canada. Accordingly, the book includes illustrative episodes and in-depth presentations of selected "ethnic patterns". Each of the "ethnic chapters" is written by an author who shares the cultural traditions the chapter describes. Other chapters examine multicultural issues and provide the means for personal reflection on death and dying. There are also two bibliographic sections, one general and one geared towards children. The text is divided into three sections - Cross-Cultural and Personal perspectives, Dying, Death, and Grief Among Selected Ethnic Communities, and Reflections and Conclusions. The book is aimed at those in the fields of clinical psychology, grief therapy, sociology, nursing, social and health care work.

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The strength of the book is that contributors write about their own traditions rather than reporting on studies about traditions... the reader gains a respect for the varied ways racial, ethnic, and cultural groups have learned to try to make sense of death.

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Mental Fitness for Life: 7 Steps to Healthy Aging

Author: Sandra A Cusack

This timely book, written by experts in gerontology and based on recent, solid research debunks the myth that slipping into one's dotage is inevitable for baby boomers. Authors Sandra Cusack and Wendy Thompson draw on studies from Harvard, Berkeley, UCLA, and elsewhere to show how to keep an active, alert mind throughout life. The book explains the importance of goal setting, replacing old beliefs with "power thinking," finding "new creativity," and putting together a program and strategies that lead to staying mentally fit for life.

Words That Heal the Blues or The South Beach Diet

Words That Heal the Blues: Affirmations and Meditations for Living Optimally with Mood Disorders

Author: Douglas Bloch

DOUGLAS BLOCH is a teacher and counselor who writes and speaks on topics of psychology, healing, and spirituality. He has authored 10 books including the inspirational self-help trilogy Words That Heal, Listening to Your Inner Voice, and I Am With You Always. He lives in Portland, Oregon, where he runs support groups for those healing from depression and anxiety.

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The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss

Author: Arthur Agatston

For years, cardiologist Arthur Agaston, M.D. urged his patients to lose weight for the sake of their hearts, but every diet was too hard to follow or its restrictions were too harsh. Some were downright dangerous. Nobody seemed to be able to stick with low-fat regimens for any length of time. And a diet is useless if you can't stick with it.

So Dr. Agaston developed his own. The South Beach Diet isn't complicated, and it doesn't require that you go hungry. You'll enjoy normal-size helpings of meat, poultry, and fish. You'll also eat eggs, cheese, nuts, and vegetables. Snacks are required. You'll learn to avoid the bad carbs, like white flour, white sugar, and baked potatoes. Best of all, you'll lose that stubborn belly fat first!

Dr. Agaston's diet has produced consistently dramatic results (8 to 13 pounds lost in the first 2 weeks!) and has become a media sensation in South Florida. Now you, too, can join the ranks of the fit and fabulous with The South Beach Diet.

Publishers Weekly

Despite the glitzy title, this is one of the more appealing diet books among the new "anti-carb" programs. Agatston, a doctor based at Miami Beach's Mt. Sinai Medical Center, found that his patients not only were unable to stay on various popular diets but their cholesterol and blood sugar levels remained dangerously high after trying these plans. The doctor chose to alter his own diet-first avoiding all carbohydrates and fruit and then reintroducing these foods in moderation. Feeling better and losing weight, he then consulted a nutritionist to modify his strategy to devise a sound method for his patients. The South Beach diet begins with a somewhat restrictive two-week program, generally producing a weight loss of from eight to 13 pounds. The initial phase may be difficult for those who crave bread, pasta and fruit. But there are still choices, and snacks (cheese, hummus, vegetables) are a necessary part of the diet. People shouldn't feel hungry on this part of the diet, stresses the author. The second phase offers somewhat more choices, including whole wheat bread and other selected carbohydrates. Agatston advocates combining the "bad" with the "good." For example, take whole wheat bread and dip it into olive oil, rather than using butter. Eat a very small amount of pasta with lots of vegetables, meat and healthy oils. Complete meal plans along with simple recipes comprise roughly half the book. Of course, there's no perfect diet that works for everyone but the enthusiasm of the conversational tone and the inviting manner make the book more appealing than many other diet tomes. (Apr.) Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.

How We Live Our Yoga Pa or How Not to Be My Patient

How We Live Our Yoga Pa: Personal Stories

Author: Valerie Jeremijenko

"This captivating, fresh collection of personal stories provocatively explores the question of 'what happens to a practice based on stillness and acceptance, in a world based on striving, distraction and insatiable appetites.' More than a dozen yoga practitioners shine light on their own lives to reveal a great breadth of possibilities about the reach of yoga for Americans."-Publishers Weekly, starred review

Village Voice

...space and the doctrine of fair use dictate that I urge you to buy this book and read the whole (Adrian Piper) essay, as well as the 13 other chapters by writers whose lives have been irretrievably altered by their practice of yoga. Jeremijenko, who teaches in the dance department of Virginia Commonwealth University, has done a great service in assembling this collection. Whether yoga is already part of your life or you merely feel it beckoning, How We Live Our Yoga is the perfect companion for what may well become a life-changing journey

Publishers Weekly

This captivating, fresh collection of personal stories provocatively explores the question of "what happens to a practice based on stillness and acceptance, in a world based on striving, distraction and insatiable appetites." More than a dozen yoga practitioners shine light on their own lives to reveal a great breadth of possibilities about the reach of yoga for Americans. Editor Jeremijenko has done fine work pulling together startlingly different lives that are revealed through superior, thoughtful writing. Not all the stories are glowing tributes by any means, which gives this compilation all the more credibility. Fulbright scholar Elizabeth Kadetsky's "Coming Apart in Pune" commences the collection with a less-than-flattering account of a stint in yoga guru B.K.S. Iyengar's studio in India. Indian-American poet Reetika Vazirani's poignant, ironic and hopeful "The Art of Breathing" crystallizes America's variant of yoga, detailing its strengths and weaknesses. For the estimated 15 million Americans who practice yoga, this book is a real boon. It isn't at all about how to do yoga, but it is about how to comprehend yoga in a very rich way. Lacking a glossary to explain some terms, this work is not for those with no familiarity with the world of asanas (poses). But for those with even a cursory knowledge of yoga practice, it proffers a highly interesting, refreshing and deeper gaze at an ancient gift. (Oct.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

Most yoga texts instruct readers on how to achieve postures, how to sit during meditation, and so forth. In contrast, the evocative essays assembled in this volume illustrate yoga "off the mat" that is, practicing yoga in daily life. The contributors are practitioner-writers who follow a variety of yoga paths and have published in periodicals and anthologies. They do not shy away from tough subjects: practicing celibacy as a spiritual discipline, the way we subsume cultures without according them their depth, what yoga can teach us about death, and the relationship of yoga to injury, illness, and depression. The voices are strong even when they are unsure, as in essays that question the deification of teachers and gurus. Editor Jeremijenko, a yoga teacher and professor of dance and choreography at Virginia Commonwealth University, presents vital, high-quality, writing that speaks directly. Highly recommended for all public libraries and academic libraries with movement therapy collections. Elizabeth C. Stewart, Portland, ME Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Table of Contents:

introduction Valerie Jeremijenko	1
coming apart in pune Elizabeth Kadetsky	8
brick by brick Samantha Dunn	27
the meaning of brahmacharya Adrian M. S. Piper	36
lyric yoga Stanley Plumly	57
the practice of paradox Alison West	67
balancing acts: two views on ashtanga Janet Bowdan and Roz
Peters	77
an insomniac awakes Lois Nesbitt	91
journey in yama-yama land Robert Perkins	107
the art of breathing Reetika Vazirani	120
how i became swami mommy Judith Hanson Lasater	135
journey of a lifetime Vyaas Houston	142
the guru question Jeff Martens	159
subtle alchemy Gladys Swan	173
corpse pose A. B. Emrys	181
contributors	191
acknowledgments	195

Book review: Rogovs Guide to Israeli Wines 2007 or Calico Cupboards

How Not to Be My Patient: A Physician's Secrets for Staying Healthy and Surviving Any Diagnosis

Author: Edward T Creagan

"By the time I see most of my patients, they have weeks, not months, left to live,"says Edward T. Creagan, M. D. , cancer specialist and professor, Mayo Clinic Medical School. "Let there be no doubt, they are courageous, and we have many incredible success stories that defy what we know about cancer. But truth be known, half of my patients never needed to walk into my exam room because their cancers were related to lifestyle choices they made along the way. I'm not placing blame or guilt. In this book, I will tell you what you can do, for yourself and your family, so you won't ever be my patient. "

How Not to Be My Patient teaches people how to talk so their doctors will listen. Dr. Creagan shares insights doctors are never taught in medical school-insights readers will be surprised to learn. He takes readers inside the examination room and teaches them how to make the most of their seven minutes-the average time of an office visit. Every one of us can lower our own risk of premature death and disability right now-it's never too late. But first, we need to take personal responsibility for our own health and welfare in order to decrease the risks of developing diseases, especially cancer-the most-feared disease of all.

With Dr. Creagan's prescription for prevention and survival, readers can take control of their health care, their medical records and their decision making. Dr. Creagan will also show patients how to wisely select and build partnerships with their doctors, even though today's bureaucratic strangleholds are driving doctors to retire early and forcing patients to the Internet for advice.

For those whose future includes anencounter with a life-changing illness such as cancer, heart disease or diabetes, Dr. Creagan has this empowering message: You can survive any diagnosis.

Publishers Weekly

Creagan, a cancer specialist at the highly acclaimed Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and co-writer Wendel present a hopeful yet realistic view of cancer treatment and prevention. Having treated thousands of cancer patients in the past 35 years, Creagan has seen it all. Contrary to its title, however, the book fails to reveal any truly earth-shattering secrets, but it does offer a comprehensive overview of the best ways to prevent cancer or deal with a diagnosis. Creagan stresses that a diagnosis of cancer need not be a death sentence, nor are our health destinies solely defined by heredity. A number of factors influence health, and Creagan outlines the ways to combat disease. Along with religion, spirituality and connectedness, Creagan advocates lifestyle changes, explaining that exercise, nutrition and early detection all play vital roles. The book includes a helpful section on how to communicate effectively with a physician as well as an explanatory checklist of important diagnostic tests. Becoming an "empowered" patient is crucial; Creagan suggests that all patients maintain copies of their medical records. Creagan responsibly and compassionately covers the many steps readers can take to give themselves the best odds of surviving or avoiding cancer and other diseases. (Oct.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Creagan, a Mayo Clinic cancer specialist, teams with Wendel, a consumer health information specialist, to outline how anyone can reduce the chances of being diagnosed with cancer, heart disease, stroke, and other major illnesses. Unlike other physician-written how-to-stay-healthy books, their guide addresses not only the body but the mind and spirit as well, discussing lifestyle behavioral choices, judicious health screening, and effective doctor-patient relationships for both genders at any age. Part 1 defines good health skills, such as exercise, nutrition, and eliminating negative behaviors (e.g., smoking). The authors also stress such psychosocial factors as having meaning and purpose in life. Part 2 outlines how to work with the doctor through good communication and becoming medically knowledgeable about one's health. Part 3 outlines how to survive any life-threatening diagnosis through additional measures, like a good support system, a good attitude, and appropriate complementary medicine. Incorporating patient stories, informative tables and sidebars, and encouraging "My Thoughts" at each chapter's end, the authors offer readers a sensible game plan for maintaining health and reducing their risks of life-threatening diseases. Highly recommended for all public and health consumer libraries.-Janice Flahiff, Medical Coll. of Ohio, Toledo Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Power to Heal or Osteoporosis Handbook

Power to Heal

Author: Francis MacNutt

This follow-up book to Francis MacNutt's earlier book, Healing, documents the growth of his thinking on divine healing and focuses largely on example and experience as opposed to theological inquiry. The emphasis is on physical healing, as opposed to healing of the memories..

Interesting book: The Little Book of Big Medical Emergencies or The Worlds Best Kept Diet Secrets

Osteoporosis Handbook: The Comprehensive Guide to Prevention and Treatment

Author: Sydney Lou Bonnick

Updated and Revised with the latest information for men and women.

La receta del gran medico para la diabetes or The Skiers Edge Breakthrough Techniques for Intermediate and Advanced Skiers

La receta del gran medico para la diabetes

Author: Jordan Rubin

El autor de exitos Jordan Rubin, junto al Dr. Joseph Brasco nos ensena como adoptar las 7 claves en La receta del Gran Medico para tener salud y bienestar extraordinarios para enfocarnos agresivamente en la diabetes y desarrollar un plan contra ella.

New interesting book: The Secret War with Iran or Global Drug Enforcement

The Skier's Edge: Breakthrough Techniques for Intermediate and Advanced Skiers

Author: Ron Lemaster

Explaining how skiing works, this book goes beyond simple, traditional advice to present the science of ski technique and describe the mechanics of good skiing. 80 photos.

NutriBase Guide to Fat and Cholesterol or Curaci n espont nea

NutriBase Guide to Fat and Cholesterol

Author: Nutribas

Diets high in fat and cholesterol have been directly linked to heart disease, high blood pressure, atherosclerosis, and cancer. Here's the perfect guide to help readers make smart choices in food selection. Includes listings for saturated and unsaturated fats, calories, and cholesterol.

See also: The Sociology of Health Illness and Health Care or Georgias and Timaeus

Curaciуn espontбnea (Spontaneous Healing)

Author: Andrew Weil

En este libro revolucionario el distinguido doctor Weil, educado en la Universidad de Harvard, nos explica cómo funciona nuestro sistema intrínsico de curación del organismo, su conexión vital con la mente, su organización biológica, sus métodos de autodiagnósticos, y de autoreparación y regeneración. Los casos increíbles de sus propios pacientes y también los tratamientos que el doctor ha visto durante sus viajes por el mundo, constituyen una prueba irrefutable de la existencia de la curación espontánea y de su soprendente eficacia.

Powerful Medicines or Healthy Eating During Pregnancy

Powerful Medicines: The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs

Author: Jerry Avorn

If you believe that the latest blockbuster medication is worth a premium price over your generic brand, or that doctors have access to all the information they need about a drug's safety and effectiveness each time they write a prescription, Dr. Jerry Avorn has some sobering news. Drawing on more than twenty-five years of patient care, teaching, and research at Harvard Medical School, he shares his firsthand experience of the wide gap in our knowledge of the effectiveness of one medication as compared to another. In Powerful Medicines, he reminds us that every pill we take represents a delicate compromise between the promise of healing, the risk of side effects, and an increasingly daunting price. The stakes on each front grow higher every year as new drugs with impressive power, worrisome side effects, and troubling costs are introduced.

This is a comprehensive behind-the-scenes look at issues that affect everyone: our shortage of data comparing the worth of similar drugs for the same condition; alarming lapses in the detection of lethal side effects; the underuse of life-saving medications; lavish marketing campaigns that influence what doctors prescribe; and the resulting upward spiral of costs that places vital drugs beyond the reach of many Americans.

In this engagingly written book, Dr. Avorn asks questions that will interest every consumer: How can a product judged safe by the Food and Drug Administration turn out to have unexpectedly lethal side effects? Why has the nation's drug bill been growing at nearly 20 percent per year? How can physicians and patients pick the best medication in its class? How do doctors actually make their prescribing decisions, and why dothose decisions sometimes go wrong? Why do so many Americans suffer preventable illnesses and deaths that proper drug use could have averted? How can the nation gain control over its escalating drug budget without resorting to rationing or draconian governmental controls?

Using clinical case histories taken from his own work as a practitioner, researcher, and advocate, Dr. Avorn demonstrates the impressive power of the well-conceived prescription as well as the debacles that can result when medications are misused. He describes an innovative program that employs the pharmaceutical industry's own marketing techniques to reduce use of some of the most overprescribed and overpriced products. Powerful Medicines offers timely and practical advice on how the nation can improve its drug-approval process, and how patients can work with doctors to make sure their prescriptions are safe, effective, and as affordable as possible.

This is a passionate and provocative call for action as well as a compelling work of clear-headed science.

Publishers Weekly

In this pragmatic volume, Avorn sets out an impressive plan for the American health care system to get helpful drugs to those who need them, protect patients from dangerous side effects and keep costs within reasonable limits. Avorn, chief of the division of pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, argues, "[F]or a sum no greater than our current drug budget, medications could provide all Americans with the most productive and cost-effective interventions in all of health care." Avorn claims, "[W]e waste billions of dollars a year on prescription drugs that are excessively priced, poorly prescribed, or improperly taken." To remedy this situation, reform is needed in how new drugs are approved and marketed. In addition, practicing physicians need access to state-of-the-art information about new medications, including how well they compare to established (and often cheaper) products. Computer technology, Avorn shows, can bring together the latest information on treatment options and drug contraindications. But changes in the pharmaceutical industry itself-of which Avorn does not hold a flattering view-may be necessary to eliminate pressure to prescribe the most heavily advertised and costly new product when old standbys are equally effective. Though this informative and witty book is overly long, it makes a compelling case for prescription sanity and shows how constructive change can realistically be achieved. (Aug. 20) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Avorn brings 30 years' experience as a physician and researcher to the current debate about pharmaceuticals. In the opening sections, "Benefits" and "Risks," he provides an excellent overview of the research techniques necessary to evaluate a drug's safety and effectiveness, while in "Cost" and "Information" he covers some of the same territory as Merrill Goozner's The $800 Million Pill and Stephen Ceccoli's Pill Politics regarding the development, marketing, and pricing of new drugs. Avorn's analysis, however, goes further than just criticizing the industry-he puts drug costs in the bigger picture of health resource allocation while pointing out the difficulty that both doctors and patients face in trying to find unbiased information. In the fifth and final section, he suggests more rational public policy. Avorn's coverage is thorough and his writing style engaging and even humorous. While accessible to lay readers, this title would also be an appropriate text for health sciences students. Highly recommended.-Eris Weaver, Redwood Health Lib., Petaluma, CA Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

Cogent analysis of how pharmaceutical drugs are approved, promoted, and prescribed in this country, with some well-considered recommendations for improving the present system. According to Avorn (Medicine/Harvard Medical School), Americans waste billions of dollars on prescription drugs that are overpriced, poorly prescribed, and improperly taken. He draws on his extensive experience as researcher and physician to explore the relationships between benefits, risks, and the economic impact of prescription drugs. While the FDA comes under scrutiny for its failure to properly assess the risks of such medications as the diet drug Redux and the diabetes drug Rezulin, this is not another FDA-bashing book. Avorn's picture is bigger. Through case studies, he examines decisions made by the regulatory agencies, pharmaceutical companies, health policymakers, and physicians that reveal faults in the entire system. After examining how benefits and risks are discovered and measured, he turns to the difficult question of how these are balanced against each other when making decisions about a drug's use. Avorn finds that in the real world, the major source of information about drugs is the promotion departments of pharmaceutical companies. Surrounded by "an almost suffocating plethora of information of very uneven quality," physicians have not been prepared by their medical education to deal with it. He proposes an educational outreach program based in medical schools that would send academic "detail men" to doctors' offices just as drug companies do. They would provide neutral, evidence-based assessment of drug choices so that physicians would know which treatments were more better, safer, and morecost-effective. Avorn points to Canada, Australia, and Great Britain as countries whose drug-assessment procedures we can learn from. His final chapters offer concrete, practical ideas for improving the ways in which drugs are evaluated and pertinent information about them is disseminated. Marked by solid scholarship, measured criticism, and pithy comments: an informative and highly readable study that makes a significant contribution to the ongoing discussion of an important health care issue.

New interesting textbook: Image Processing in Radiology or Marketing Research with SPSS

Healthy Eating During Pregnancy

Author: Laura Riley

Every week of your pregnancy brings phenomenal changes to you and your baby. Learn what's happening to both of you and learn about foods that help to ensure the highest level of health, helping your baby's growth and development. The authors share up-to-date information as well as a sense of wonder at the miracle of life.

More than 200 kitchen tested and approved recipes ensure great taste and success in preparing a variety of dishes.

Recipes classified by how they benefit the mom-to-be and baby, such as recipes for high iron, high fiber, high calcium, make ahead meals, and more, making it easy for mom-to-be to identify recipes most appropriate for her individual needs.

Healthy Eating During Pregnancy includes medically sound weight-management guidance and necessary nutrients as well as information on how to avoid, or cope with, morning sickness and heartburn.

In addition, advice on exercise, diabetes, food allergies, hypertension and obesity is also provided.

Table of Contents:

TRA

Heart Attack or Having a BabyWhen the Old Fashioned Way Isnt Working

Brian Turner's Favourite British Recipes

Author: Kathleen Berra

Brian Turner was born and brought up in Yorkshire, his culinary background shaped by his experience of eating and learning to cook "good English food," such as steak pudding, fish and chips, pork pies, and trifle. Now one of the country's top chefs and restaurateurs, and chairman of the Academy of Culinary Arts, he has never lost sight of the Great British traditions that formed the foundation of his career. With his typical brand of banter and good humor, he leads us through his collection of classic recipes, from Mulligatawny Soup and Welsh Rarebit to Shepherd's Pie and Spotted Dick—everything from comfort food to sophisticated dishes for modern entertaining.

Interesting book: Debating Immigration or Streetwise

Having a Baby...When the Old-Fashioned Way Isn't Working: Hope and Help for Everyone Facing Infertility

Author: Cindy Margolis

An Internet icon turns the spotlight on infertility-and inspires women who are struggling to start a family.

Cindy Margolis. listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the "most downloaded woman on the Internet," was brought down to earth when she and her husband tried to conceive. Suddenly, she was just one of the more than nine million women each year who are desperately trying to have a child. After false starts, out-of-control hormones, five invitro fertilizations, and surrogacy, Cindy and her husband traveled a long journey that resulted in three happy and healthy children.

Now Cindy helps readers navigate the world of infertility treatments and procedures. Warm, supportive, and funny, she provides the wisdom, advice, and resources that could only come from a woman who's been there, and spreads an essential message of hope.

Publishers Weekly

Tackling a delicate issue with courage, wisdom and generosity, model Margolis (Celebrity spokesperson for "National Infertility Association" Resolve) shares the personal, emotional story of her long journey to pregnancy using in vitro fertilization. An oft-avoided subject, this guide to pursuing assisted reproductive therapies (ARTs) is meant to address the "biggest hurdle" in Margolis's own story, "the lack of readily available information and resources" that leaves couples facing the emotional and practical challenges of infertility with little support. Aside from a step-by-step look at the in vitro methods that eventually yielded Margolis a successful pregnancy, the authors provide a chapter on practical concerns ("Figuring out Costs, Insurance, and What Is and Isn't Covered") and, thoughtfully, stories from couples using an array different methods (surrogacy, adoption, etc.) for dealing with infertility; further, she sprinkles her text with the addresses and web sites of helpful organizations. Personal, easy to read and possessed of a warm, welcome sense of humor, Margolis's book makes an excellent introduction for anyone facing fertility issues, putting a hopeful face on a distressing topic, providing much-needed support and pointing the way forward.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Internet Guide to Herbal Remedies or Group Psychotherapy and Recovery from Addiction

Internet Guide to Herbal Remedies

Author: David J Owen

"The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it." — Samuel Johnson
The Internet Guide to Herbal Remedies helps you find reliable online resources for the information you need about herbs used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including cancer, heart disease, depression, and AIDS. This easy-to-use consumer guide will help you steer clear of misleading— and potentially harmful— information that often amounts to nothing more than a thinly veiled product advertisement, as you search for the accurate and up-to-date news, facts, and advice that are out there— if you know where to look.
Author David J. Owen, whose previous book, The Herbal Internet Companion: Herbs and Herbal Medicine Online (Haworth) won the 2002 International Herb Association Book Award, guides you through Web sites, mailing lists, listservs, newsgroups, and databases to uncover safe and sound health information that's aimed at specific conditions and specific populations; there's even a chapter on herbs for pets! You'll find the information you need on the safety and effectiveness of herbal remedies, current laws and regulations governing their use, and the basics of botany, including how herbs are named and what parts of the plants are used.
Internet Guide to Herbal Remedies provides the information you need on:
decoding herbal product labels
general and CAM Web sites
PubMed (MEDLINE)
Google versus PubMed
Web sites that discuss side effects and herb-drug interactions
consumer awareness Web sites
Web sites for specific diseases and conditions
Web sites for specific populations
Web addresses, browsers, and navigating Websites
and much more!
Internet Guide to Herbal Remedies also includes helpful tables, figures, and screen captures from Web sites. This book is essential for anyone looking for safe and reliable information online.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer:Martha J. Greenberg, PhD(Pace University)
Description:This terrific little book is packed with useful guidance for consumers wishing to find reliable information on herbs and herbal remedies on the Internet. It discusses navigating sites, finding and using e-discussion groups, and accessing commercial and medical sites for herbal information and evidence.
Purpose:It is intended as a guide to the best online resources for herbal information. The author presents web sites, search tools, listservs, databases, and chat rooms that will help consumers (and healthcare professionals) find reliable information on safety and effectiveness of many herbs.
Audience:Consumers and healthcare professional alike are bound to find this book very useful. It is user friendly for both the novice and sophisticated Internet user. The author has expertise in library and knowledge management, holds an appointment in the UCSF School of Pharmacy, and has previously published on herbal medicine online.
Features:The book takes a simple approach to the Internet, starting with Internet basics and web navigation. Included is material on understanding web addresses and browsers, even tips to enlarge text to avoid eyestrain! The book moves through chat rooms and discussion groups into specific web sites on herbs. Medical and governmental web sites are emphasized, because of their scientific information. Herbal safety and efficacy and certain diseases and conditions where herbal treatment may be useful are included.
Assessment:I know of no other comparable resource and highly recommend this gem of a book!

Look this: Grandes Recetas Con Ajo or Flavor Chemistry of Ethnic Foods

Group Psychotherapy and Recovery from Addiction: Carrying the Message

Author: Jeffrey Roth

Learn what it's like to be a member of an addiction recovery group!

Group Psychotherapy and Recovery from Addiction: Carrying the Message is NOT a self-help book. Instead, it's a rare opportunity to sit in on a virtual therapy group and take part in a virtual Twelve Step meeting. The book's unique perspective lets you compare and contrast the experience of participating in a psychotherapy group and a Twelve Step group, including an examination of the Twelve Steps and The Twelve Traditions. The book demystifies the process of recovery, demonstrating all the important elements of the group process, including free association, resistance, transference, re-enactment, boundary management, interpretation, and confrontation.

Rather than relate shared stories of addicts in recovery or present abstract formulations on the group experience, Group Psychotherapy and Recovery from Addiction takes you inside the experiential process of recovery that can't be achieved in isolation. Your experience as a group "member" will help solve the mystery of the group process and provide you with insight into the scientific elements of recovery as the book builds a bridge between the Twelve Step programs and a psychoanalytic model of group functioning.

Group Psychotherapy and Recovery from Addiction examines:

• how the group carries the message of recovery
• the higher power of the group as a symbol of authority
• the development of prayer and meditation as group analytic functions
• addiction as a family disease
• making amends as an export process
• powerlessness and free association
• unmanageability and resistance
• surrender and transference
• inventory and re-enactments
• humility and working through
• The Twelve Steps and The Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous
• and much more!

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Patricia E. Murphy, PhD (Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This book offers a creative approach to providing information about group process in the treatment of addiction. Rather than providing information in a cognitive manner, the author invites the reader to enter into a group of first person participants.
Purpose: Arising from a theory that addiction is a disease of isolation, the book's aim is to support an understanding of the primary role of group therapy in treatment. The style of the book allows the reader to enter into a group process and to learn from experience. For those willing to engage in this type of learning, the book is a great text.
Audience: The author makes clear that this is not a self-help book. Rather, it is a book intended for the use of those who work with persons who have addictions.
Features: The book has a unique style of asking the reader to join a group. Different fonts for each participant allow a conversation without the interruption of indicating the speaker. Some who are academically inclined might prefer a book based more on research. On the other hand, the professional who might not have time to attend a recovery group could develop helpful insights from the book's informal, though well developed approach.
Assessment: At first, the varied fonts seem off-putting. The reader might not bother to go any farther than leafing or flipping through the pages. However, spending time with this group is very educational. The author's well-reasoned approach and the clear description of the application of this method of healing makes this an extraordinary book that is apt to be of interest to those with education in psychiatry as well as to those with a less technical background.

Rating

3 Stars from Doody

Table of Contents:

	Foreword
Ch. 1	Addiction as a family disease	1
Ch. 2	How the group carries the message of recovery	19
Ch. 3	Powerlessness and free association	29
Ch. 4	Unmanageability and resistance	39
Ch. 5	The higher power of the group as a symbol of authority	47
Ch. 6	Surrender and transference	59
Ch. 7	Inventory and reenactment	73
Ch. 8	Humility and working through	85
Ch. 9	Making amends as an export process	97
Ch. 10	Continuing the inventory and "self-analysis"	109
Ch. 11	The development of prayer and meditation as group analytic functions	121
Ch. 12	The twelve traditions : boundaries and containment	133
App. A	Twelve steps of alcoholics anonymous	155
App. B	Twelve traditions of alcoholics anonymous	157

Essential Guide to Nutrition and the Foods We Eat or Brand Medicine

Essential Guide to Nutrition and the Foods We Eat

Author: American Dietetic Association

From The American Dietetic Association

• Getting the most out of your daily nutritional intake...

• Finding where foods fit in the food guide pyramid...

• Comparing food labels...

• ...all in easy-to-read tables of the nutrients in 2,500 common foods we eat

The Essential Guide to Nutrition and the Foods We Eat provides the nutritional values for 2,500 common foods. Brand-name packaged foods, fast foods, fruits, and vegetables are all included in this essential guide to America's favorite foods. In easy-to-read tables, every shopper can compare foods and brand names for calories, fat, sodium, and so much more.

New interesting textbook: The Book Of Tea or House of Mondavi

Brand Medicine: The Role of Branding in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Author: Tom Blackett

As governments seek to mitigate the cost of state-subsidized healthcare, branding in the pharmaceutical industry has become a critical issue. Drugs companies must change their methods of communication and distribution--focusing more on their direct relationship with the consumer. This requires fundamental changes in consumer behavior, access to information, freedom of choice, and value for money. Brands and brand values will play a leading role in this process, as has been seen with products such as Prozac and Viagra. This book by Interbrand Newell and Sorrell, the world's leading branding consultancy, provides cutting-edge thinking on this area and lessons for anyone involved in brand development and management.

Herbs in the Treatment of Children or Getting Pregnant the Natural Way

Herbs in the Treatment of Children: Leading a Child to Health

Author: Julian P Scott

Written by a leading practitioner in the field, this clear and practical guide describes the use of key Chinese and Western herbs in the treatment of childhood illnesses, focusing on methods of treatment that lead a child back to health rather than suppress symptoms. The book examines remedies used for a wide variety of common conditions and illnesses, and explores how to break the cycle of symptoms leading to a chronic condition. It conveys a solid understanding of the particular needs and unique aspects of treating children, at a level that is accessible to both the practitioner and the interested parent.
• Presents a clear and accessible approach to the consideration of appropriate herbal remedies.
• Gives practical advice not only on remedies but other supportive measures as well.
• Discusses the causes and patterns of each illness to solidify the reader's understanding.
• Explores complications and dangers related to using herbs with children.
• Examines orthodox treatments that may be employed for each condition.

Table of Contents:

Pt. 1	Basic Concepts	1
1	Energy and Health	3
2	Energetic Patterns of Illness	13
3	Diet	21
4	Fevers and Infectious Diseases	31
5	Echo Patterns	41
6	Stages of Growth and Their Relation to Illness	47
7	Diagnosis	53
Pt. 2	Using Herbs	63
8	Administering Herbs	65
9	Materia Medica	73
Pt. 3	Treatment of Illnesses	119
10	Constipation	121
11	Chronic Diarrhea	133
12	Infantile Colic	141
13	Regurgitation and Continued Vomiting	147
14	Poor Appetite	157
15	Food Allergies	163
16	Fevers	175
17	Chronic Cough	189
18	Asthma	203
19	Acute Cough	223
20	Measles	237
21	Mumps	245
22	Whooping Cough	249
23	Immunizations	257
24	Ear Infections (Otitis Media)	265
25	Sleeping Problems	275
26	Eczema	287
App	Calcium in Food	299
	Further Reading List (Annotated)	300
	Bibliography	301

Interesting textbook: Habilidades de Delegación Clínicas:una Guía para Práctica Profesional

Getting Pregnant the Natural Way

Author: Deborah Gordon

The Wiley Women’s Natural Health Series brings together mainstream, complementary, and alternative medical approaches. These unique books offer advice and support on a wide range of topics of concern to women, including perimenopause, breast health, and menopause.

Are you experiencing infertility'Written by an authority in complementary medicine, Getting Pregnant the Natural Way is a compassionate guide that offers natural approaches to help you now. Drawing on the benefits of herbal medicine, homeopathy, nutritional therapies, and mind-body medicine in conjunction with the latest medical therapies, Dr. Deborah Gordon explains the mechanisms of fertility and the possible causes of infertility, then outlines a simple six-step program to help you:

• Prepare your body, mind, and spirit for pregnancy

• Prevent, control, or reverse conditions that impair fertility

• Improve your overall feelings of health and well-being

• Reduce stress and anxiety

• Create balance in your life

Uniquely created from a woman’s perspective, Getting Pregnant the Natural Way offers support, wisdom, and hope for you to reach your goal of a healthy pregnancy.

The Jumbled Jigsaw or John Barleycorn

The Jumbled Jigsaw: An Insider's Approach to the Treatment of Cluster Conditions in Autism

Author: Donna Williams

The Jumbled Jigsaw exposes Autism spectrum conditions not as a single entity, but as the combination of a whole range of often untreated underlying conditions. Exploring everything from mood, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and tic disorders to dependency, identity and personality issues, information processing, sensory perceptual problems and gut and immune disorders, Donna Williams demonstrates how such common conditions can combine to form a 'cluster condition' that underpins the label 'Autism Spectrum Disorder'.

The Jumbled Jigsaw empowers and challenges families to look at what they can do to alter their child's environment and address the combination of underlying issues that up the tempo of each person's 'Autism'. It provides carers with the information they need to navigate the expanding Autism 'marketplace' and demand the right tools for the job. Donna also confronts society's reluctance to embrace diversity and puts up a challenge to professionals to recognise the various, often treatable conditions that lead to an Autism spectrum diagnosis, and deliver a more effective service to those in need.

Written in a user-friendly style, this thought-provoking book is an invaluable resource for Auties, Aspies and parents, as well as professionals, policy makers and service providers.

Table of Contents:

Part 1	Getting Oriented	7
	Introduction	9
Part 2	Into the Depths	21
1	Fuel System and Electrical Problems: Health and Autism	23
2	Different Ways of Navigating the World: The System of Sensing versus Interpretation	39
3	Issues of Overload: Being Mono and Delayed Information Processing	83
4	Experiencing the World Rather Differently: Sensory-Perceptual Issues	119
5	Losing Control of One's Body: Impulse-Control Problems	143
6	Strange Emotional Spaces: Mood-Regulation Problems	159
7	Invisible Cages: Anxiety Issues	186
8	Being Joined at the Hip: Dependency Issues	231
9	Bad Parenting or Bad Match? Boundary Issues	257
10	A Matter of Perspective: Trauma, Neglect, Abuse and Grief	269
11	Who Am I and Which Side Am I On? Identity Issues	293
Part 3	The Fallout	339
12	The Fallout	341
Appendix 1	Sources of Help: Professionals, Places and Services	365
Appendix 2	Autism Spectrum Cluster Checklist	369
Appendix 3	Referral List Based on Checklist	374
	References	383
	Index	384

Interesting book: Surveillance Countermeasures or The Right Man

John Barleycorn

Author: Jack London

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.

Upton Sinclair

Assuredly one of the most useful, as well as one of the most entertaining books ever penned by a man.

The Simple Path to Health or Qi Gong For Beginners

The Simple Path to Health: A Guide to Oriental Nutrition and Well-Being

Author: Kim L

An illuminating overview of Oriental nutrition and medicine that's packed with ideas for achieving optimum health--as well as helpful diagrams and illustrations. See how to select foods to achieve balance and harmony, and try recipes for health, natural home remedies, food plans, and 7-day diet forms. With these personal and home care tips, you'll be well on your way to applying Eastern principles to everyday living.

Book review: Shapewalking or Thyroid Problems in Women and Children

Qi Gong For Beginners: Eight Easy Movements For Vibrant Health

Author: Stanley D Wilson

"Qui Gong is one of the most important movement meditation techniques. If all Americans learned just the 'Eight Silken Movements' and practiced them daily, we could reduce health costs by 50 percent...."--C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D., Founder Shealy Institute for Comprehensive Health Care, and Founding President, American Holistic Medical Association. An exercise program that can actually release blocks to healing and get you centered...in six minutes a day. The simple, no impact, but very powerful movements of Qui Gong can do that--and more, from increasing longevity to boosting the immune system. And this beautifully illustrated guide, written especially for beginners, will introduce you to this ancient art that balances and strengthens the life force. Try it, and look forward to extraordinary health benefits! 148 pages, 110 b/w photos, 4 b/w illus., 7 x 10.

Seven Secrets to Raising a Happy and Healthy Child or Tattoos Desire and Violence

Seven Secrets to Raising a Happy and Healthy Child: The Ayurvedic Approach to Parenting

Author: Joyce Golden Seyburn

Seven Secrets to Raising a Happy and Healthy Child is a timeless collection of wisdom that's nurturing to both the child and the caregiver. It's a heartfelt eye-opener based on the 5,000-year-old preventive health-care system from ancient India -- Ayurveda -- the science of life. Joyce Golden Seyburn guides you through simple practices to be performed from conception through childhood that include centering yourself while calming your baby, baby massage, and determining your baby's mind/body type (dosba in Sanskrit) after birth. This book has no age boundaries and can be easily applied to any child. Joyce reminds you of the simple, ancient Ayurvedic truth: that if a parent is happy, then the child will be happy. She writes: "A mother's happiness during pregnancy is a baby's most vital nourishment." She goes on to say: "We need to go back to fundamental values and practices that ensure preventive health and stability in the challenging times ahead." This uniquely informative book on the mind/body approach to pregnancy and parenting prepares you, as parents, for the journey of nurturing your child by giving you simple tools to use along the way.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword	ix
	Acknowledgments	xi
	Introduction	xiii
Chapter 1	Courting Creation: Keeping Mommy Balanced	1
Chapter 2	Discovering Your Baby's Mind/Body Type: Diagnosing and Working with Doshas	21
Chapter 3	Centering Time: Silent Moments and Transcending Through the Senses	47
Chapter 4	Touch Time: Massage for Your Baby and You	71
Chapter 5	Conscious Breathing and Yoga: Infant Pre-Yoga Exercises and Yoga for Pregnancy	97
Chapter 6	Nutrition: Harmonizing Your Doshas	125
Chapter 7	Nurturing Yourself and Your Newborn: Labor, Birth, and the Postpartum Period	163
	Epilogue	189
	Notes	191
	About the Author	193

New interesting book: Jungle Travel Survival or How People Heal

Tattoos, Desire and Violence: Marks of Resistance in Literature, Film and Television

Author: Karin Beeler

Whether they graphically depict an individual's or a community's beliefs, express the defiance of authority, or brand marginalized groups, tattoos are a means of interpersonal communication that dates back thousands of years. Evidence of the tattoo's place in today's popular culture is all around-in advertisements, on the stereotypical outlaw character in films and television, in supermarket machines that dispense children's wash-away tattoos, and even in the production of a tattooed Barbie doll.

This book explores the tattoo's role, primarily as an emblem of resistance and marginality, in recent literature, film, and television. The association of tattoos with victims of the Holocaust, slaves, and colonized peoples; with gangs, inmates, and other marginalized groups; and the connection of the tattoo narrative to desire and violence are discussed at length.

Karin Beeler is an associate professor in the English department at the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George, Canada. She lives in Prince George.

Look Gorgeous Always or Gua Sha

Look Gorgeous Always: Find It, Fake It, Flaunt It (52 Brilliant Ideas Series)

Author: Linda Bird

Looking beautiful comes naturally...to about one person in a thousand. The rest of us have to work at it. Look Gorgeous Always shows women how to uncover their most intoxicating, sensual, radiant selves by revealing how to walk the walk, flatter their figures, build confidence, and take good care of their bodies and souls. Among the 52 Brilliant Ideas:

- Idea #4: Lose pounds without trying
- Idea #6: Look great in photos
- Idea #10: Purify your mind
- Idea #12: Luscious lips
- Idea #22: Breathe for beauty
- Idea #26: Lighten up
- Idea #39: Playing with color

Table of Contents:

Brilliant features     xii
Introduction     xiii
Boost your body image     1
Deep cleansing     5
Water works     9
Lose pounds without trying     13
Rub it in     19
Look great in photos     23
Hands-on treatments     27
Move that body     31
Keep an eye on your eyebrows     35
Purify your mind     41
Lose 10 pounds without dieting     45
Luscious lips     49
Great gnashers     53
Detox     59
Why walking works wonders     65
Beauty and the bath     69
Enhance your eyes     73
Get more energy without more sleep     77
The sun rules     83
Feet first     87
Beat the bloat     91
Breathe for beauty     95
Get bikini fit     99
Beauty sleep     103
Beauty and the beach     109
Lighten up     113
Cellulite busting     117
Fabulous foundations     123
The power of aromatherapy     127
Boost your bust     131
Feedyour face     137
Points on posture     141
A sense of smell     145
Quick fixes     151
First impressions     155
Seduction secrets     161
Back beauty     165
Hair care     171
Playing with color     175
Sex up your legs     181
PMS busters     187
Creating curves     193
Party preening     197
Clever hair care     201
Treat yourself     207
The power of vitality     213
Water therapy     217
Get the most out of your vacation     221
Create a beauty boudoir     225
Hair conundrums     229
Spa therapy     235
Beauty A-Z     241
Where it's at...     249
Index

New interesting textbook: Yoga Basics or Lung Cancer

Gua Sha: A Traditional Technique for Modern Practice

Author: Arya Nielsen

This is the first English language book on the ancient therapeutic technique 'Gua Sha'. It is a technique commonly used in Asia and Southeast Asia by TCM practitioners, Chinese families and individuals who know and use it as part of their 'health culture'. In Gua Sha, the skin is pressured in strokes i.e. scraped (but not broken) by a blunt edge (Chinese families used a spoon). This, in Western terms, raises extravasated blood and metabolic waste which collects in muscle tissue, and encourages its departure. Gua Sha is often used to counteract muscle strain through athletic injury, back pain, and conditions beyond muscle injury alone. The result, visually, is livid discolouration of the skin which subsides in a few days, considerably faster than a bruise. For this reason practitioners in the West have been afraid of using it. However it can be a very useful technique to know how to use, and will enhance the skills of any practitioner using it while giving them another treatment method to help increase their clinical skills.This book brings the technique alive for Western practitioners, with clear discussion of how to do it - including correct technique, appropriate application, and difficulties to bear in mind - and when to use it, and superb colour illustrations and specially commissioned line drawings to demonstrate the technique. The author is an expert practitioner of 'Gua Sha'.
• There is no other book on the market which covers this very useful technique
• Practitioners will be able to learn a new technique and enhance their skills with the aid of this thorough, reliable and clear guide
• Covers aspects of the subject relevant to a wide range ofprofessionals, particularly any 'hands-on' practitioners
• Clear, colour photographs show the practitioner exactly what to expect in the way of clinical results
• Written by an expert practitioner who has carried out much research in this area and has experience of using Gua Sha in a wide variety of cases
• Includes an introduction by Ted Kaptchuk - one of the very top names in international TCM