Medications Books: January 2009

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Hawaiian Lomilomi or We Are Not Alone

Hawaiian Lomilomi: Big Island Massage

Author: Nancy S Kahalewai

This extraordinary overview of traditional and contemporary lomi-lomi massage offers a unique opportunity for readers to discover the value and wisdom of Hawaiian cultural healing practices. Richly illustrated, this book provides an intimate and easy to digest portrait of lomi-lomi from the perspective of the Hawaiian people. It contains new photos and a thorough presentation of many popular techniques, including the use of hot stones, plant medicines, and salt water. This new second edition is the only comprehensive source in print today on this unique Hawaiian art.

March/April 2005 - Massage Magazine

"Each of us can benefit from the Hawaiian philosophy of aloha that flows throughout this book. It is one you will want for your desktop, for it gives an in-depth review of some of the hottest topics in Hawaiian healing arts and culture."

September 1, 2004) - Hawaii Island Journal

"Kahalewai's entire approach to lomilomi . . . is one of reverence and respect. This book isn't just for people who are interested in lomilomi massage-it's a book for everybody who loves Hawaii."

Book review: Strategische Stellenbesetzung: Ein Umfassendes System für die Wirksame Belegschaft-Planung

We Are Not Alone: Learning to Live with Chronic Illness

Author: Sefra Kobrin Pitzel

This is an essential layperson-Ys guide to coping with chronic illness-- or the 50 million Americans who suffer from diseases such as arthritis, diabetes, and multiple sclerosis, and for the people who care for them.

With firsthand insights of one who has been there, Sefra Pitzele details every phase, from the frightening onset of disease through the process of readjustment to the successful adaptation to new norms. She addresses the issues that most concern the chronically ill: dealing with relationships; participating in sexual activities; helping your doctor help you; managing pain and depression; maintaining humor and dignity; more. She details adaptive living strategies from new ways to shop and cook to ingenious modifications at home and at work. There are nationwide listings of helpful organizations, support groups, products, and services. 44,000 copies in print.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Heart Smart or 90 Days to Stress Free Living

Heart Smart: A Cardiologists 5-Step Plan for Detecting, Preventing, and Even Reversing Heart Disease

Author: Matthew S Devan

"This is an important book addressing key health considerations relevant to every family in America. I urge every adult to read Heart Smart and every cardiologist's office to stock it and recommend it to their patients."
—From the Foreword by James Rippe, M.D. coauthor of Weight Watchers Weight Loss That Lasts

"Dr. DeVane has written an owner's manual for the heart that everyone should read. In Heart Smart, Dr. DeVane interprets the latest research studies and explains in simple terms how they should be applied to improve your cardiac health. He gives the inside scoop on cutting-edge heart tests and tells you which ones you should insist your doctors order. If you are looking to take control of your heart health, Heart Smart is the book for you."
—Byron K. Lee, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine University of California, San Francisco, Division of Cardiology

"Dr. DeVane has somehow managed to summarize the most up-to-date cardiac preventive measures in the medical literature in a concise, easy-to-read guide. Our jobs will be easier and our patients' lives healthier if those at risk take the time to read Dr. DeVane's enlightening book."
—Lisa Saff-Koche, M.D., Director of Tampa General Hospital; Cardiac Rehabilitation and Cardiovascular Prevention Specialist at Florida Cardiovascular Institute

"Heart Smart should be read by anyone who has been diagnosed with heart disease as well as those who want to prevent it. The book is written in a down- to-earth style that any reader can easily understand. I highly recommend it!"
—Neal White, M.D., Director of Invasive and Interventional Cardiology at the Bay AreaHeart Institute

	Introduction : the heart smart advantage	1
1	Heart attack : know the warning signs to save your life	9
2	The ultimate chest pain guide : when should you worry?	17
3	Attack of the killer plaque : coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis	29
4	Traditional cardiac risk factors : the big picture	41
5	Watch out for the "big five" killers : hypertension, the "new" diabetes, smoking, obesity, and a sedentary lifestyle	49
6	Taking aim at HDL, LDL, and triglycerides : a new look at some old foes	77
7	Digging deeper into your risk : inflammation, infection and beyond : which emerging factors should you be tested for?	113
8	The truth about stress tests : what they can and can't tell you about your cardiac risk	133
9	The cutting edge of cardiology : take advantage of the latest imaging and stress tests to find out your risk	143
10	Cardiac risk assessment tools	169
11	Kick off your heart smart program : 101 things you can do now to prevent a heart attack	185
12	Exercise : a priority for heart health	191
13	What can I eat? : the heart smart approach to nutrition, dieting, heart-healthy "superfoods," and supplements	205
14	Aspirin and cholesterol-lowering drugs : heart medications to save your life	233
	Conclusion : no more excuses, live heart smart	249

90 Days to Stress-Free Living: A Day-by-Day Health Plan, Including Exercises, Diet, and Relaxation Techniques

Author: C Norman Shealy

Experts will tell you that good health is your natural state, but stress can upset the balance between your genetic health code and your social environment. To return to your natural state of health, take the Personal Stress Assessment Test and identify your specific problem areas. Then start the day-by-day health plan with a variety of exercises--both at-home workouts and at-your-work quick destressors, designed to transform your life in only 90 days. The techniques for diet and relaxation are simple and original, introducing you to a new, enjoyable way to remove stress-building foods and activities and replace them with ways to eat and work in peace and calm even in the midst of people who are notorious for driving you crazy. Take control. No matter if you've spent years building up habits that produce stress, you can turn your mind and body into an oasis of calm in minutes a day.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Yoga for Suits or Optimum Nutrition for the Mind

Yoga for Suits: 30 No-Sweat Power Poses to Do in Pinstripes

Author: Edward Vilga

A mid-afternoon latte isn't the only way to re-charge at work. Yoga for Suits provides more than 33 exhilarating alternatives! So free those scrunched up shoulders, unfrazzle that frizzled brain, and go from fuzzy to focused. Edward Vilga, a certified yoga teacher and private trainer to many high-powered New Yorkers, explains how.

In Yoga for Suits, Vilga has assembled a terrific collection of yoga stretches and breathing exercises. The ones he has chosen here have several distinct "pluses":

They can be done in business attire-in the typical office or cubicle-without yoga props.

They aren't sweat-inducing, so no need for a post-session shower.

They can be done by almost anyone. Vilga includes suggested modifications for the less flexible.

They work fast, elevating mood while lowering blood pressure and heart rate. Just a few of these poses can make a big difference in attitude and energy levels.
Vilga explains how to do each pose step-by-step, and accompanies his directions with beautiful, full-color photographs. The photos make the yoga moves easy to learn, and the book's "lay-flat" binding makes the book especially easy to use. Yoga for Suits is a great way to revitalize. It provides needed zip almost as quickly as a cup of java, but without the inevitable post-caffeine energy plunge.

New interesting book: Secure Coding in C and C or Edisons Eve

Optimum Nutrition for the Mind

Author: Patrick Holford

How we think and feel is directly affected by what we take into our bodies. Although it may seem strange, eating the right food has been proven to boost IQ, improve mood and emotional stability, sharpen the memory, and keep the mind young. Similarly, the harmful things we take into our bodies, or anti-nutrients -- including oxidants, alcohol, sugar, and stimulants -- negatively impact mental health. These are the main issues world-renowned author Patrick Holford discusses in Optimum Nutrition for the Mind. The book is broken down into eight parts. Part 1 provides "food for thought" -- what are the best foods to eat and which nutrients are most beneficial. Part 2 discusses how to protect the brain from becoming polluted and how to identify and avoid "brain allergies." Part 3 teaches readers how to boost their intelligence, enhance their memories, beat the blues, solve sleep problems, and more. Part 4 turns to mental illness, Part 5 to depression and schizophrenia, and Parts 6 and 7 to mental health in the young and old, respectively. These parts include information on identifying and understanding specific problems and how to treat them naturally and effectively. Part 8 provides a complete action plan for regaining and maintaining good mental health. The book closes with a helpful Resources section that provides readers with useful addresses. From boosting one's memories, solving depression, and beating addictions to overcoming eating disorders, preventing age-related memory decline, and balancing out mood swings, Optimum Nutrition for the Mind covers a wide range of important topics and will be of interest to anyone who wants to think and feel great.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Ganele a la Glucosa or Discover Meditation

Ganele a la Glucosa (Prevention's The Sugar Solution)

Author: Staff of Prevention Magazine Editors

Dramatically improve your health by getting your blood sugar into balance in just 1 month-and keep it there for life!

Besides the millions of Americans with Type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes, there are more suffering from a host of symptoms that are often difficult to diagnose but are actually caused by blood sugar imbalances: fatigue, forgetfulness, inability to lose weight, fading eyesight, insomnia, depression. Fortunately, it's easy to reverse these symptoms once you control your blood sugar with this book's 30-day plan for blood-sugar balancing-without drugs or injections.

Take control of your health and well-being and in the process lose weight, gain more energy, sharpen your memory, and protect yourself against life-threatening illnesses like heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. By eating The Sugar Solution way-mastering the glycemic index; learning what foods to combine; discovering the best herbs and supplements to take; engaging in regular, moderate walking and strength-training; and learning how to control stress-you will take back control of your blood sugar-and your health.

Look this: Theme Birthday Parties for Children or If I Can Cook You Know God Can

Discover Meditation: A First-Step Handbook to Better Health

Author: Doriel Hall

One in a series of beginner health guides, Discover Meditation offers you a wide-ranging overview of mental disciplines - from Christian meditation to Eastern mantras. It explains how meditation promotes self-healing by bringing the body into a state of balance and shows how the technique has been used for centuries as a tool to alter consciousness and overcome physical pain.

Monday, January 26, 2009

Body Art Book Gift Set or Top 100 Zone Foods

Body Art Book & Gift Set

Author: Adrienne Burk

Create beautiful body art using our temporary tattoos, body jewels, and inspiring patterns!

Decorating your body with any kind of art is a great form of self expression. You can easily alter your appearance by trying these dazzling body jewels and artistic temporary tattoos. Then check the colorfully photographed book for information about other forms of skin adornments – from mehndi to bindi dots – and become inspired by the meaning behind certain symbols. Look through the stunning patterns that can be traced on to your skin and make them your own.

This superb gift set contains:

2 temporary tattoos for arm- or ankle-bands
2 large temporary tattoos, perfect for the back or shoulder
2 sheets of smaller temporary tattoos
Adhesive body jewels
64-page, all-in-color Body Art book
35 design patterns

Top 100 Zone Foods: The Zone Food Science Ranking System

Author: Barry Sears

With his number one New York Times bestseller The Zone, Dr. Barry Sears revolutionized nutritional thinking around the world. Now in The Top 100 Zone Foods he shows you how to incorporate the absolute best Zone foods into your diet. Using his new Zone Food Science Ranking System, Dr. Sears has analyzed thousands of foods to find the best proteins, carbohydrates, fats, and spices on earth. The Top 100 Zone Foods will introduce you to the exquisite flavors of Zone-perfect dishes such as Pork Tenderloin with Apple Compote, Kodiak Trout with Green Beans, Mediterranean Mushroom Gratin, and Broiled Tuna Steak with Dill Sauce and Fruit -- and you'll reap the rewards of high-performance living at the same time.

The Top 100 Zone Foods features:

The world's healthiest fruits, vegetables, meats, fish, and spices ranked according to nutritive value
100 delicious, easy-to-prepare Zone-balanced recipes, including Zone food block information
A Day in the Zone, complete with typical delicious meals and their timing

Live in the Zone -- and enjoy improved health, vitality, and strength!

	Introduction	ix
1	Making the Top 100	1
2	Your Zone Primer	8
3	The Healthiest Foods in the World	19
4	The Top 100 Zone Foods	32
5	Eating Out or Dining In	254
6	Zone Supplements	261
7	Food and Hormones	267
8	The Zone vs. Other Diets	274
9	Motivation for a Lifetime in the Zone	281
	Appendixes
A	Technical Support	285
B	All About Carbohydrates	287
C	Using Zone Food Blocks for Making Zone Meals	296
D	Zone Diet Validation Studies	303
E	References	307
	Index	314

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Aging in the Church or Alpha Lipoic Acid

Aging in the Church: How Social Relationships Affect Health

Author: Neal M Kraus

Agrowing number of studies indicate that social ties that are formed by older people in the church have a significant positive impact on their physical and mental health. Aging in the Church by Neal Krause constitutes the first attempt to provide a comprehensive assessment of the various types of relationships that stem from church involvement.

Through his thorough investigation of the underlying links between these relationships and the ways they relate to attributes like forgiveness, hope, gratitude, and altruism, Krause hopes to explain why older adults who are involved in religious activities tend to enjoy better physical and mental health than those who are not involved in religious communities. Going well beyond merely reviewing the existing research on this subject, Aging in the Church provides a blueprint for taking research on church-based social relationships and health to the next level by identifying conceptual and methodological issues that investigators will have to confront as they delve more deeply into these connections.

About the Author:
Neal M. Krause is a professor in the School of Public Health and a research professor in the Institute of Gerontology at the University of Michigan

Acknowledgments     vii
Social Relationships in the Church and Health: Problems and Prospects     3
Religion and Health: What We Know and What We Need to Do Next     4
Setting Boundaries on the Study of Church-Based Social Ties and Health     9
Why Research on Church-Based Social Ties and Health in Late Life Is Important     11
Overview of the Chapters That Follow     28
Conclusions     31
Church-Based Social Support: Getting Help during Difficult Times     33
Conceptualizing and Measuring Informal Church-Based Social Support     35
Stress-Induced Psychosocial Deficits     39
Mobilizing Support from Fellow Church Members     44
Exploring the Benefits of Church-Based Social Support     46
Sharpening the Theoretical Underpinnings of Church-Based Social Support     53
Less Familiar Dimensions of Church-Based Social Support     65
Bringing Different Kinds of Stressors to the Foreground     70
Conceptual and Methodological Challenges     75
Conclusions     78
Church-Based Companion Friends     79
Identifying the Basic Nature of Close Companion Friends     80
Measuring Close Companion Friendships at Church     85
Linking Close CompanionFriendships with Health and Well-Being     91
Close Companion Friends in Late Life     102
Close Companion Friends and Health: A Preliminary Empirical Examination     103
Conceptual and Methodological Challenges     106
Conclusions     112
Social Relationships That Arise from Formal Roles in the Church     113
Formal Relationships with the Clergy     113
Bible Study Groups and Prayer Groups     127
Formal Relationships in Church Volunteer Programs     134
Formal Assistance for the Homebound     145
Conclusions     151
Negative Interaction in the Church: Exploring the Dark Side of Religion     155
Measuring Negative Interaction in the Church     157
Prior Research on Negative Interaction in the Church, Health, and Well-Being     160
Negative Interaction in the Church and Health: Examining Conceptual Linkages     162
Negative Interaction with the Clergy     169
Negative Interaction in the Church during Late Life     171
Conceptual and Methodological Challenges     173
Conclusions     185
Exploring the Pervasive Influence of Social Structural Factors     187
A Strategy for Studying Social Structural Variations in Church-Based Social Ties and Health     189
Variations by Race: Studying Older African Americans     192
Gender, Church-Based Social Ties, and Health in Late Life     203
Church-Based Social Ties and Health: Variations by Socioeconomic Status     216
Conclusions     229
Conclusions: Taking a Broader Perspective and Identifying Next Steps     232
Core Religious Beliefs and Church-Based Social Relationships     235
General Conceptual and Methodological Challenges     239
Casting a Broader Net: Delving into the Dark Morass of Subjectivity     261
Technical Details of the Religion, Aging, and Health (RAH) Survey     267
References     271
Index     303

Alpha Lipoic Acid: Nature's Ultimate Antioxidant

Author: Allan E Sosin

Used for years throughout Europe, Alpha Lipoic Acid--an antioxidant coenzyme--is one of nature's most potent weapons against disease. Manufactured in the body and found in many foods, it has produced great results in the prevention and treatment of diabetes, cataracts, heart disease, liver ailments, cancer, kidney stones, and other illnesses. Now, readers can discover its life-enhancing benefits.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Normal Childbirth or Healing from the inside out

Normal Childbirth: Evidence and Debate

Author: Susan Down

This new edition builds on the strengths of the popular first edition, with updated national and international data, and the most recent debate around the controversial area of childbirth. With the increasing risk of litigation, there can be a tendency to classify women as 'at risk' if they present with even a hint of a problem. This is a contentious area and midwives need to be aware of the wide parameters of 'normal' in order to practise autonomously, effectively and safely. This book provides an evidence-based source for all midwives and other health professionals with an interest normal birth.

Explores the wider range of normal childbirth that is unique to individual mothers and babies

Challenges the assumptions underpinning current beliefs and attitudes

Updated statistics, both national and international

Latest research and debate

Books about: Theodore Roosevelt or The Cuckoos Egg

Healing from the inside out: A Natural Health Program That Reveals the True Source of Your Symptoms

Author: Karla Dougherty

No doctor can ever understand your body as well as you. And from understanding comes the self-awareness and responsible self-care that produces long-lasting good health. To help you take charge of your body's well-being, clinical nutritionist Adele Puhn, author of the New York Times bestseller The 5-Day Miracle Diet, has written this comprehensive guide to the sources of—and remedies for—many, perhaps all, of your health problems. An abused digestive tract allows toxins and bacteria to leak through its weakened walls into the bloodstream and wreak havoc throughout the body. An overtaxed liver, unable to perform its vital filtering and metabolic functions, leaves the body toxic and vulnerable.

Healing from the Inside Out tells you how to heal these conditions and repair the damage they have caused in all parts of the body—featuring more than fifty fully detailed and carefully structured preventive and rescue regimens—wholesome diets, appropriate potencies of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, herbal remedies, and more—all designed to heal and invigorate the body.

- Gastro-intestinal tract: Crohn's disease, colitis, ulcers, gallbladder disease, hiatal hernia, irritable bowl syndrome
- Heart and circulation: angina, arrhythmia, high cholesterol, hypertension
- Muscles, joints, and skeleton: chronic back pain, fibromyalgia, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis
- Skin and hair: dandruff, hair loss, psoriasis
- Endocrine system: hypoglycemia, hyperthyroidism, kidney stones, diabetes
- Emotions: depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, stress, hyperactivity
- Breathing: asthma, chronicbronchitis, sinusitis
And much more, including case histories and a guide to complementary heath organizations.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

When Children Die or The Healthy Boomer

When Children Die: Improving Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and Their Families

Author: Marilyn J Field

"When Children Die examines what we know about the needs of these children and their families, the extent to which such needs are - and are not - being met, and what can be done to provide more competent, compassionate, and consistent care. The book offers recommendations for involving child patients in treatment decisions, strengthening the organization and delivery of services, reducing financial barriers to care, developing support programs for bereaved families, training health professionals, expanding the knowledge base to guide clinicians and families, and more. It argues that taking these steps will improve the care of children who survive as well as those who do not - and will likewise help all families who suffer with their seriously ill or injured child." Featuring illustrative cases, the book discusses patterns of childhood death and explores the basic elements of physical, emotional, spiritual, and practical care for children and families experiencing a child's life-threatening illness or injury.

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Reviewers
	Summary	1
1	Introduction	19
2	Patterns of Childhood Death in America	41
3	Pathways to a Child's Death	72
4	Communication, Goal Setting, and Care Planning	104
5	Care and Caring from Diagnosis Through Death and Bereavement	141
6	Providing, Organizing, and Improving Care	180
7	Financing of Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and their Families	234
8	Ethical and Legal Issues	293
9	Educating Health Care Professionals	328
10	Directions for Research	350
	References	392
App. A	Study Origins and Activities	445
App. B	Prognostication Scores	449
App. C	Assessing Health-Related Quality of Life in End-of-Life Care for Children and Adolescents	476
App. D	Cultural Dimensions of Care At Life's End for Children and Their Families	509
App. E	Bereavement Experiences After the Death of a Child	553
App. F	End-of-Life Care in Emergency Medical Services for Children	580
App. G	Education in Pediatric Palliative Care	599
App. H	Progress in Pediatric Palliative Care in New York State - A Demonstration Project	638
App. I	Committee Biographical Statements	665
	Index	671

Go to: Changing Lanes in China or Making Career Decisions That Count

The Healthy Boomer: A No-Nonsense Midlife Health Guide for Women and Men

Author: Peggy Edwards

In North America, some eighty-eight million boomers are facing the physical and personal challenges of midlife. But midlife can also be a time of tremendous vitality, confidence, and joy.

In this comprehensive guide, three experts in midlife health draw on interviews, the latest research, and their own expertise to help men, women, and couples on the journey from midlife turbulence to midlife mastery.

The Healthy Boomer provides easy-to-use decision-making tools, accurate information, and practical advice on such topics as:

The male and female menopause; how to make a decision about hormone replacement therapy; alternative health care; preventing heart disease, cancer, and osteoporosis; prostate health and impotence; healthy relationships and great sex in midlife; anti-aging techniques; weight control, exercise, and healthy eating; the importance of spiritual well-being; handling midlife stress; what to do if you can't remember names any more.

For the many North American boomers who are experiencing midlife challenges, The Healthy Boomer is required and reassuring reading.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Is It Hot in Here Or Is It Me The Complete Guide to Menopause or Alzheimers Disease

Is It Hot in Here? Or Is It Me? The Complete Guide to Menopause

Author: Pat Wingert

At last, a deeply optimistic guide to all the long, often mysterious years of menopause • the role of hormones and the controversy over hormone therapy • the truth about hot flashes . . . and how to deal with one in the middle of a meeting • the impact on sexuality and how to counteract that wavering libido. There are chapters on memory (how to protect it), moods (how to ride them out), and sleep (how to get what you need). And finally, why this period can be a natural springboard to staying healthy, feeling great, and looking beautiful for that next act in your life.

Publishers Weekly

Workman's enviable success with the classic pregnancy "bible" What to Expect When You're Expecting has no doubt sparked this guide, which claims to do for those at midlife what Heidi Murkoff's series has done for pregnant women. The company has tapped two respected Newsweek health writers for this map to everything a woman might encounter before, during and after menopause. An attractive, user-friendly format with sidebars, charts, illustrations and q&as guides readers through hundreds of pages of material. Chapters progress from the basics (types of menopause, onset and duration, testing); hormonal changes and their impact on sleep, sex, moods and memory; and lifestyle (diet, exercise, stress); to heart and bone health, cancer, treatment options and medications. As Wingert and Kantrowitz point out, we've come a long way from when symptoms associated with menopause included "uncontrollable peevishness" and "perversion of moral instincts," yet many women remain reticent about their experiences, fear aging and feel incapable of the new challenges presented by their bodies along with the rest of their obligations. Such readers will welcome Wingert and Kantrowitz's inclusion of suggestions for self-care and their positive focus on what, they say, can be a healthy and productive time in a woman's life. (Feb.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Menopause is a natural part of a woman's life cycle. Although most women go through it with few difficulties, for others the "change of life" is a debilitating experience. Baby boomer women reaching midlife are eager to manage their own menopausal experience, and Wingert and Kantrowitz, who cover women's issues for Newsweek, offer an in-depth guide to major menopausal complaints: hot flashes, sleep disorders, sexual dysfunction, bleeding, and mood and memory changes. There is also information on midlife health issues like osteoporosis, heart disease, and cancer, as well as evidence-based discussions of available treatment options. Q&A sections, case studies, material on what to tell your daughter, memory tests, and "Looking Good" beauty tips, combined with the writers' reader-friendly, authoritative tone, make this book an outstanding addition to menopause and midlife health collections. Highly recommended for all health and women's health collections. (Resources, appendixes, and indexes not seen.)-Karen Bensing, Benjamin Rose Lib., Cleveland Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

What People Are Saying

“Required reading for women wanting to maximize the second half of their lives . . . up-to-date, readable, and comprehensive.” —Wulf H. Utian, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Director and President, The North American Menopause Society

Foreword   Bernadine Healy, M.D.     v
Why We Wrote This Book     xi
The Basics     1
What's Happening?     3
Mirror images: the beginning and end of menstruation
When does the menopause transition begin?
The stages of menopause
The different kinds of menopause (natural, induced, early)
Menopause in the animal world
How long does it take? Can it be temporary?
Hormones and your reproductive life
Are you out of eggs?
What's normal and what's not
Do menopause tests work?
Can menopause be reversed?
The pill and perimenopause
Late pregnancies
Estrogen in your body after menopause
An ending and a beginning
The Hormone Question     25
All about estrogen
A primer: pills, creams, patches, shots, bioidenticals
A history of hormone therapy and how it came to be part of every doctor's arsenal
The importance of the Women's Health Initiative
The dilemma of contradicting studies
How to understand news about medical research
Why you might still want to try hormones and what you need to know to make your decision
When is the best time to start hormones?
Hormone therapy and cancer: What are the risks?
Does estrogen cause weight gain or make you look younger?
Alternative treatments that might help and some that don't
Plus: Case studies of five women who made the decision
What You're Feeling Now     53
Hot Flashes     55
How and why you get them
Anatomy of a flash
Why some women are frequent flashers and othersnever break a sweat
How to feel better with and without drugs
Hot flash fashions
Do fat women flash more than skinny ones?
What if it's not menopause?
How long will a hot flash last?
How hot is a hot flash?
Why do you shiver afterwards?
The "emergency" kit every working menopausal woman should keep in her desk drawer
Tracking triggers
Does exercise help or hurt?
Can antidepressants work?
Relief without an Rx
Sleep     71
Why insomnia often strikes now
The role of estrogen
Snoring: a sign of trouble?
Common sleep disorders
How to finally get the rest you need
Setting the mood for sleep
Why a glass of wine before bed won't do the trick
Foods that can keep you up and ones that make you sleepy
Is it depression?
Sex before bed (or not)
Why you're beating a path to the bathroom
Keeping a sleep diary
Physical problems that rob you of sleep
Hot and cold couples
The role of exercise
Sleeping pills and natural remedies
Sex     93
The rise and fall of libido
How to improve your sex life
Body changes that can make sex more painful
Getting expert help
Sex toys and where to buy them
Hormone therapy and libido
Why orgasm can be elusive
New thinking on women and sexual dysfunction
What you need to know about testosterone
Could Viagra be the answer?
Better-than-ever orgasms
The thrill is gone, and that's fine with me
How to fix lubrication problems
The connection between allergies and vaginal dryness
Vaginal estrogen cream and your partner
Alternative treatments
Yeast infections and how to fight them
Starting to date again
Why contraception and safe sex still matter
The right way to Kegel
Bleeding during sex
The depression-sex connection
Hysterectomy and sex drive
Chemo and libido
Sex after radiation
What's in the medicine chest?
What if it's his problem, not yours?
What you need to know about sexually transmitted diseases
Bleeding     135
Irregular bleeding and how you know when you need to go to the doctor
What does heavy bleeding really mean?
Causes of irregular bleeding
Could it be cancer?
Fibroids and how to treat them
What you can expect at the doctor's office
How to talk to your doctor about bleeding problems
What you should know about the newest procedures and medications
Should you worry about anemia?
Is the pill the answer?
Nonhormonal treatments that may work
Sex and bleeding
The pros and cons of hysterectomies
Should you try and keep your ovaries?
Why your uterus may be falling and what to do about it
Postmenopausal bleeding: a primer
Aches and Pains     161
A top-to-bottom compendium
Menstrual migraines and morning headaches: What they mean and new treatments for both
Burning mouth syndrome
What your gums reveal about your hormone levels
Thyroid problems: too much and too little
Can low thyroid make you fat?
To treat or not to treat: the debate over thyroid therapy
Torn rotator cuff
Frozen shoulder
Breast tenderness
Morning stiffness
Joints 101
Beating arthritis
Talking to your doctor about incontinence
Foot problems and buying shoes that fit
Moods and Emotions     193
Singing the menopause blues?
The hormone/mood connection
The depression spectrum
Lowering your risk for mood disorders
PMS, perimenopause, and depression: Are they linked?
Hot flashes, sleep, and mood
The role of stress and how to manage it
Toxic marriages
Cultural influences on mood at menopause
Thyroid disease and depression
The science of happiness
Evaluating different treatments
Can you Botox your troubles away?
Rx: a new job?
Help! Antidepressants are killing my libido
Can hormone therapy help?
Could progesterone be the problem?
Bipolar disorder and hormone therapy
Anxiety disorders at midlife
Why you may be more vulnerable to panic attacks
Could it be more than depression?
Late-onset schizophrenia
Will schizophrenia worsen?
Thinking and Memory     227
The anatomy of your brain at midlife
Types of memory problems
Feeling out-to-lunch during the menopause transition
What is Alzheimer's?
Depression and memory
Common causes of memory loss
Hot flashes and concentration
ADD in adults
Chemo brain
Losing your car keys: a sign of Alzheimer's?
The role of stress
Hormones and dementia: what we've learned from the Women's Health Initiative
Reading problems
Surgical menopause and memory
Maintain your brain
Strategies for improving memory
How exercise helps your body and your mind
What's diet got to do with it?
The importance of being social
Mind games
Staying Healthy Forever     251
Bones     253
Estrogen loss and weak bones
Getting your daughter to build bone mass now
Getting tested
Who's at greatest risk for osteoporosis?
Calcium: from food or supplements?
Why vitamin D matters
You can be too thin
The role of race and ethnicity
Teeth and bones
Inside your medicine chest: medications for bone health
Do statins and cancer drugs protect bones?
Concern about radiation
Alternative treatments
Is heredity destiny?
Exercises to strengthen your bones and improve flexibility and balance
Eyes and Ears     293
When did the menu print get so small, and why is everybody mumbling?
Dry eyes
Estrogen, testosterone, and your eyes
Buying reading glasses that don't look frumpy: a guide
Behind your specs: makeup tips
Do you need bifocals?
Why nighttime driving has gotten harder
Sun exposure and eye health
Preserving your vision as you get older
Hormone therapy and hearing loss
How loud is too loud?
Alternatives to visible hearing aids
Turn down your iPod!
Heart     315
The #1 killer of women
Why your symptoms may be different from his
Cholesterol 101
Risk factors for heart disease
Estimating your risk and how to lower it
The controversial role of hormone therapy
Using the new food labels
Antioxidants and free radicals
Exercise, exercise, exercise
How heart disease affects your whole body
Cancer     335
What you need to know about breast, ovarian, endomentrial, cervical, lung, colorectal, bladder, vulvar, vaginal cancer
Keeping an eye out for symptoms
Hormones and cancer: where they meet
Cancer detectives: maximizing the benefits of mammograms, Pap tests, colonoscopies
The effect of menopause and age on your risk profile
Why pregnancy and breast feeding protect against breast cancer
Does the pill make a difference?
Is hormone therapy an option after cancer?
Hormone therapy and cancer: a mixed bag
What you should know about breast self-examinations
When is it a tumor and when is it just a cyst?
What you can do to improve your odds
Lowering your risk by losing weight
The pros and cons of progesterone
The search for an effective ovarian cancer screen
The cervical cancer vaccine and what it means for you
Dealing with menopause and cancer at the same time
Diet and Exercise     377
Does BMI matter?
Good fats and bad fats
Can supplements keep you healthy?
Why your belly is suddenly bigger
Battling bloated portions
Dairy and dieting
Vegetarians and menopause
The myths and realities: from blueberries to chocolate
How to lose weight at midlife
Exercises and recipes to keep you fit and strong into your 80s and beyond
Looking Good     423
Aging skin
Looking younger longer
Assessing sun damage
Smoking and premature aging
Are high-priced skin creams worth the extra money?
Adult acne
Hormone therapy and wrinkles
Makeup tips
Nail health
Fixing varicose veins
Bust boosters
Buying a bra that really fits
Less hair on your head, more on your chin: what to do
Endnote     447
Appendix I     451
Appendix II     477
Acknowledgments     491
Index     499

Go to: Plimoth Colony Cook Book or A Slice of Kentucky

Alzheimer's Disease: A Guide for Families and Caregivers

Author: Lenore Powell

When people suffer from Alzheimer's disease, their family and friends usually must care for them and make decisions on their behalf, tasks that can be emotionally and physically draining. Backed by solid medical information about the specifics of the disease-from early signs, testing, and diagnosis to treatments and long-term care-this comprehensive guide will help family and caregivers alike be better prepared for the unique challenges ahead of them. An invaluable resource, Alzheimer's Disease explains how to cope with the many feelings provoked by the disease and provides practical care advice including ways to communicate and to make life safe and comfortable for the Alzheimer's patient.

New York Times

Excellent.... Indispensable.

American Journal of Psychiatry

A wonderful primer, an introduction for families new to Alzheimer's disease.... Captures the full impact of the illness on caregivers and...provides valuable assistance and direction.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Breaking the Chains of Cocaine or Integral Yoga Hatha

Breaking the Chains of Cocaine: Black Male Addiction and Recovery

Author: Oliver J Johnson

Addresses the problem of cocaine addiction from an African American frame of reference.

Interesting textbook: Chicks Battle the Dudes or In Nirmalas Kitchen

Integral Yoga Hatha

Author: Swami Satchidananda

First published in 1970, this large format Hatha Yoga instruction guide is now recognized as a classic in its field. Over 160 large photographs show Hatha expert Sri Swami Satchidananda performing more than 80 postures, breathing practices, relaxation, cleansing and concentration techniques. Instructions are easy to follow and describe how the body and mind benefit from each pose. Practice routines for beginning, intermediate and advanced students are suggested.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Growing up with Divorce or Inner Focus Outer Power

Growing up with Divorce: Helping Your Child Avoid Immediate and Later Emotional Problems

Author: Neil Kalter

THE CLASSIC WORK ON HELPING CHILDREN OVERCOME THE TRAUMA OF DIVORCE

For many years, Growing Up With Divorce has offered divorced parents transformative insight, solace, and practical guidance on how to help their children cope with the stresses caused by marital separation.

Every child is unique, yet there are certain common reactions to the stresses of divorce — anger, a sense of divided loyalties, lasting intimacy issues. Dr. Neil Kalter explains that, for children, divorce is not a single event but is comprised of "a series of events that occur over many years." Identifying three stages of divorce, Dr. Kalter cites the particular struggles associated with each stage and explains how gender as well as cognitive, emotional, and social development also affect how children react.

Dispensing sage advice on everything from understanding and minimizing the anxieties that underlie various troublesome behaviors to smoothing out your child's transitions between her two households to incorporating a new spouse into your family, Dr. Kalter gives parents and the professionals who treat divorced families an indispensable guide to navigating the difficulties of divorce.

Inner Focus Outer Power: Mind/Body Exercises for Strength Beauty and Health

Author: Eric Franklin

The mental technique of imagery—demonstrated, for example, when a dancer pictures a sunflower reaching toward the sun as he/she stretches upward—is thoroughly explained in this guide to daily stress-relieving routines. Movement, coordination, flexibility, and posture are discussed as external characteristics that can be improved significantly with a strong inner focus, and the same conclusion is reached in chapters on the benefits of good mental health for circulation, breathing, and even individual body cells. Practical advice proceeds from this background information, including how to choose and use an assortment of personal mental images, how to use tricks such as "mental recycling," and how to set up an imagined "portable fitness studio" during stress-inducing dead time waiting in line, climbing stairs, sitting in an airplane seat, talking on the telephone, or running the vacuum cleaner.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Fat So or Carb Wars

Fat!So?: Because You Don't Have to Apologize for Your Size

Author: Marilyn Wann

In this hilarious and eye-opening book, fat and proud activist/zinester Marilyn Wann takes on America's biggest fear--worse than the fear of public speaking or nuclear weapons--the fear of fat.

Michelle Goldberg

Marilyn Wann must be one of the bravest women in the country. This 270-pound world traveler, aviator, Ivy League graduate and journalist is the Abbie Hoffman of fat power, a movement that seems all the more courageous for its utter lack of hipster cachet. By loudly and boldly proclaiming her message of fat pride in her irreverent hot-pink zine Fat!So? on talk radio and now in a book, Wann has shamelessly flouted our culture's most potent remaining taboo. She revels in her body, in fat culture, fat clothes, fat sex and fat community with a breezy confidence that's almost impossible for a typical neurotically weight-obsessed reader (i.e., me) to fathom.

Lots of writers like to pretend they're spurning cultural rules -- witness the floods of prose about sex work, incest, heroin addiction, s/m and mental illness. But in reality, copping to any of these things is as likely to increase a scribe's social status as it is to render him a pariah. Fat is different. Fat people don't even have subcultural coolness as a comfort. Not fitting into society's weight ideal really is likely to exclude one from both the mainstream and from the radical chic elite. Despite the recent flippant headline in W magazine, "Living Large: Fat Is Back," being a size 22 -- or a size 10, for that matter -- is far from fashionable.

Not that you would know that, though, from reading Fat!So? -- whose tireless cheerleading often succeeds in making it seem OK to be big. Wann forgoes the angsty musings of more "serious" books about appearance anxiety like the essay collections "Minding the Body" and "Beauty Secrets." Instead, Fat!So? is relentlessly fun, with features like a Venus of Willendorf paper doll (replete with nine cute cut-out outfits), silly songs and poems, even "Heroes and Villains of Fat History" trading cards. Section titles include "You, Too, Can be Flabulous!" "Why You Should Dye Your Hair Hot Pink" and "The Joys of Fat Sex."

It's not all frivolous, though. There are somber chapters about fat teenagers who commit suicide and battle stories from Fat!So? readers that are full of loneliness, shame and frustration. Some people will probably be surprised by the amount of good health information in the book, too. Like Laura Fraser's wonderful, muckraking anti-diet-industry book, Losing It, Fat!So? makes a convincing case that most attempts at radical weight loss are futile. She urges readers to eat well and exercise regularly in the hope of getting healthy, not thin. Wann says she works out three times a week, and there's even a chapter written with her personal trainer, herself a size 14.

Perhaps the most refreshing part of the book is Wann's "Anatomy Lessons," photographs of nine different bellies, chins, upper arms or butts. Except for those who frequent nude beaches or spend a lot of time in health club locker rooms, most of us hardly ever see what real people's naked bodies look like. These pictures are calming and reassuring, though they can also defeat Wann's purpose. Sadly, instead of realizing that all kinds of bodies can be beautiful, I found myself thinking, "Well, at least I'm not that fat."

That may be the biggest problem with Fat!So? -- it's so ahead of its time that Wann's positivity can seem like wishful thinking. She calls on fat people to reclaim the word "fatso," just as gays have taken back the word "queer." "You're not overweight, not plump, not bloated," Wann writes. "You're fat! Combine the word fat with other words in new and unusual ways: sexy fat, fat and fabulous, fat pride. Use fat in a sentence: 'You're looking good. Are you getting fat?' 'I met a handsome fat man the other day.' 'Gee, I wish I could be fat like her.'" Learning to love fat is easier said than done, though, and it takes tremendous courage to remain impervious to the vicious loathing of an entire culture. Wann has that courage. Reading Fat!So? probably won't make you love your body. But it might inspire you to hate it a little bit less. -- Salon

Kyle K. Norris

Fat!So? is recommended for anyone who has ever felt uncomfortable in their own skin for whatever reason. Wann's flabbulous (her coinage) attitude has the capability to both completely alter one's self-perception and radically shift society's perspective on body image form one of hatred into one of acceptance and celebration. -- ForeWord Magazine

School Library Journal

YA-The pervasiveness and dangers of anorexia, bulimia, and other eating disorders are undeniable; recent articles on the subject have appeared in periodicals ranging from People to the Journal of the American Medical Association. Wann, a 5'4", 275-pound Californian, states unequivocally that America needs an attitude adjustment. Fear of fat, she says, supports a $40 billion a year diet industry, destroys both relationships and self-esteem, and engenders "loathing on a national level." Her revolutionary idea? Eat right, exercise, and stop worrying about weight. Being thin doesn't automatically equate with either health or happiness, the author reminds readers. She includes information from physicians, health experts, and medical journals to support her assertion that fitness contributes more to longevity than the "the f-word." The book, named after her Web site and her zine, is an engaging blend of fact and humor. Charts, graphics, photos ("visual counterpropaganda"), testimonials, quotes, ideas for sassy comebacks, and much more can help teens of all sizes reevaluate their view of the "flabulous." Fat! So? is irreverent and thought provoking, informative and fun.-Dori DeSpain, Herndon Fortnightly Library, Fairfax County, VA Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

INTRODUCTION	9
What Are You So Afraid Of?	13
Quiz: Are You a Fatso?	15
Why I Encourage You to Use the F-Word	18
ANATOMY LESSON #1: THE BUTT	22
What Do You Like About Being Fat?	24
Love in the Time of Size 18: Alexis Neptune	25
Little Lost Pound o'Fat Sees the World	26
The FAT!SO? Manifesto	28
Talk Radio & You	31
She Likes It!: Boanne	34
But What About Your Health?	35
What's In a Word?: Donna Marsh	42
Fat Kills: Betty Rose Dudley	42
A Happy Ending: Dawn Falkowich	44
300,000	44
Another Number	46
Anatomy Is Destiny	47
The Little Black Dress: Audra Spurlock	49
A Letter to FAT!SO?: Bethany Johnson	50
The Cutoff Point	50
Oh, Yeah?	54
Celebrity WastingSyndrome	56
My Personal Trainer Can Beat Up Your Personal Trainer	56
Cinder Says	61
Break the Connection	61
What Being Fat Has Taught Me: Nicole M. Nicholson	63
A Talk Show By Any Other Name	63
What Can You Do?	64
ANATOMY LESSON #2: THE BELLY	66
Self-Hate Crimes	68
The Search for the Cure	69
A Brief Timeline: Prescription Diet Drugs	71
The Same Old Song	74
The Battle of the Pseudosciences	75
Skeptical But Equal	78
The Soap Lady: Lynn McAfee	81
Beating a Horse of a Different Color	82
Fat Is Not a Cloaking Device!	83
Gab Café Success Story #1: The Newlyweds	85
The Wash & Chop Way	87
Diet Doublespeak	88
How to Tell When You're on a Diet	89
First Strike	90
The Cyrano Syndrome	91
Opportunity Cost	92
Yeah, Right!	94
Eat Like a Bird	96
Genetic Curses: Emily Ivie	96
Notes from a Young Zine Editor	97
Cottage Cheese Cuisine	98
Gab Café Success Story #2: The Angry Young Woman	100
Why Not Just Needlepoint?	103
Everyone Needs a Hobby	105
The Dance of Happiness: Yalith Fonfa	107
ANATOMY LESSON #3: THE CHIN	108
It Ain't Necessarily So	110
It's Hereditary	113
Deserts: Kristine Durden	116
Children Can Be So Cruel	117
A Normal Childhood: Tracy Pekar-Rogers	120
The Weight Question	121
He Ain't Heavy, He's Samoan	123
BMI: Bold & Meaningful Information About Fat: Sondra
Solovay	125
They Called Me Hank	127
Generation XXX	128
Cut & Paste Project #2: Venus of Willendorf Paper Doll	129
My Size: Debora Iyall	150
Shopping With Mom: Johanne Blank	152
Gab Café Success Story #3: The Entrepeneur	154
Thank You, Barbie!	155
Why You Should Dye Your Hair Hot Pink	156
ANATOMY LESSON #4: THE UPPER ARM	158
Muumuu-of-the-Month Club (A Fatlin Mint Exclusive)	160
When In Russia	161
A Good Fat Rant: Joanna Iovino	163
Fat Phrasebook	164
Roseanne Sighting	166
Calling All Fat Men	167
By Any Means Necessary	168
Join the Air Force, See the Scales: Porter Bennefield	170
Tales of a Fat Lad: Charles Van Dyke	171
Cut & Paste Project #3: Dial-A-Clue	173
Flirting 101	175
The Joys of Fat Sex	177
A New Position on Fat Jokes: Cynthia Meier	179
In Praise of Appetites	180
Aunt Agony	182
You, Too, Can Be Flabulous!	184
Shelf Life	185
FAT!SO? Trading Cards: The Heroes & Villains of Fat
History	189
Contributors	195
Notes	199
Index	204
About the Author	208

Interesting textbook: Your Special Wedding Toasts or Everything Thai Cookbook

Carb Wars: Sugar is the New Fat

Author: Judy Barnes Baker

You don't have to compromise on taste in order to cut down on sugar and starch. Carb Wars is filled with delicious low-carb recipes that let you indulge your cravings while still maintaining a healthful life-style. This is food too good to resist and now you don't have to!

Love and Survival or Shaking Medicine

Love and Survival: 8 Pathways to Intimacy and Health

Author: Dean Ornish

The Medical Basis for the Healing Power of Intimacy

We all know that intimacy improves the quality of our lives. Yet most people don't realize how much it can increase the quality of our lives -- our survival.

In this New York Timesworld-renowned physician Dean Ornish, M.D., writes, "I am not aware of any other factor in medicine that has a greater impact on our survival than the healing power of love and intimacy. Not diet, not smoking, not exercise, not stress, not genetics, not drugs, not surgery."

He reveals that the real epidemic in modern culture is not only physical heart disease but also what he calls spiritual heart disease: loneliness, isolation, alienation, and depression. He shows how the very defenses that we think protect us from emotional pain are often the same ones that actually heighten our pain and threaten our survival. Dr. Ornish outlines eight pathways to intimacy and healing that have made a profound difference in his life and in the life of millions of others in turning sadness into happiness, suffering into joy.

Chicago Tribune - Marion Woodman

The Medical Basis for the Healing Power of Intimacy

We all know that intimacy improves the quality of our lives. Yet most people don't realize how much it can increase the quality of our lives — our survival. In The New York Times, world-renowned physician Dean Ornish, M.D., wrote, "I am not aware of any other factor in medicine that has a greater impact on our survival than the healing power of love and intimacy. Not diet, not smoking, not exercise, not stress, not genetics, not drugs, not surgery."

Newsweek

Revolutionary results...Dr. Ornish's work could change the lives of millions.

Newsweek

Revolutionary results...Dr. Ornish's work could change the lives of millions.

Dr. Marion Woodman

The Medical Basis for the Healing Power of Intimacy

We all know that intimacy improves the quality of our lives. Yet most people don't realize how much it can increase the quality of our lives -- our survival. In The New York Times, world-renowned physician Dean Ornish, M.D., wrote, "I am not aware of any other factor in medicine that has a greater impact on our survival than the healing power of love and intimacy. Not diet, not smoking, not exercise, not stress, not genetics, not drugs, not surgery."

Kirkus Reviews

Ornish, the bestselling author known for using diet, exercise, and stress management to treat heart disease Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease now insists that the most powerful influences on health are love and intimacy. The founder of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute near San Francisco says he knows of no other factor—"not diet, not smoking, not exercise, not stress, not genetics, not drugs, not surgery—that has such a major impact on our quality of life, incidence of illness, and premature death from all causes." After backing up this claim with an impressive review of the literature supporting the healing role of social support and intimacy and the health-damaging consequences of loneliness and isolation, Ornish looks inward and describes his own personal journey to greater openness. He follows these self-revelations with a discussion of intimacy-enhancing strategies. In what is the book's least cohesive chapter, he presents a standard exercise in communication skills and briefly discusses the value of human touch, the meaning of commitment, the practice of meditation, and the role of spiritual practices and psychotherapy in developing the sense of self that is a prerequisite to achieving intimacy. Ornish then inserts a lengthy illustrative anecdote: the case of a patient whose heart disease begins to reverse after he accepts Ornish's urging to open his heart and give up his anger. The second and more compelling half of the book consists of Ornish's conversations on the role of love and intimacy in health and disease with a broad spectrum of thoughtful men and women with different perspectives: a yogi, an intuitive healer, atheologian, a sociologist, a psychologist, and many scientists and physicians.

What People Are Saying

"Revolutionary results....Dr. Ornish's work could change the lives of millions."

John Gray
"Relationships bring freedom and joy. InLove & Survival, Dr. Dean Ornish powerfully demonstrates that intimacy also can heal. I am thrilled about this book!"

Daniel Goleman
"Love & Survivalis an emotionally intelligent guide to good health and well-being. Everyone should read it."

Andrew Weil
"Dr. Dean Ornish, who was the first to prove the reversal of heart disease by changing lifestyle, now turns his attention to the heart in a more profound sense and identifies love and intimacy as the most powerful healing forces that exist. I could not agree more. This book is filled with sparkling insights and practical wisdom about protecting health and enhancing wellness by attending the nourishment of our real hearts."

Andrew Weil, M.D.
The most important book ever written about love and health.

John Gray, Ph.D.
Dr. Dean Ornish powerfuly demonstrates that intimacy also canheal. I am thrilled about this book! -- Author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.
An emotionally intelligent guide to good health and well-beng. Everyone should read it. -- Author of Emotional Intelligence and science correspondent to The New York Times

Books about: Orígenes Sociales de Dictadura y Democracia:Señor y Campesino en la Fabricación del Mundo Moderno

Shaking Medicine: The Healing Power of Ecstatic Movement

Author: Bradford P Keeney

INDIGENOUS CULTURES / HEALING

“Indigenous wisdom knows that ‘to live is to move.’ To awaken from our deep slumber means our bones will be rattled, and we’ll be shaken to the core. In this invitation into very ancient medicine, we hear the voices of the elders issuing a timely wake-up call, accessible to the modern world through Bradford Keeney, their brother and representative in the West.”
--Malidoma Somé, Ph.D., elder, teacher, and author of Healing Wisdom of Africa and Of Water and the Spirit

Shaking Medicine reintroduces the oldest medicine on Earth--the ecstatic shaking of the human body. Most people’s worst fear is losing control--of their circumstances, of their emotions, and especially of their bodies. Yet in order to achieve the transcendent state necessary to experience deep healing, we must surrender control. Examining cultural traditions from around the world where shaking has been used as a form of healing--from the Shakers and Quakers of New England to the shaking medicine of Japan, India, the Caribbean, the Kalahari, and the Indian Shakers of the Pacific Northwest--Bradford Keeney shows how shaking can bring profound therapeutic benefits.

Keeney investigates the full spectrum of the healing cycle that occurs when moving from ecstatic arousal to deep trance relaxation. He explains how the alternating movement produced while shaking brings all the body’s energetic systems into balance. He includes practical exercises in how to shake for physical therapeutic benefit, and he shows how these techniques lead ultimately to the shaking medicine that both enables andenhances spiritual attunement. The book also includes a 40-minute CD of ecstatic drumming music to use while shaking.

BRADFORD KEENEY, Ph.D., is an internationally renowned scholar, therapist, and shaman who has led expeditions throughout the world to study cultural healing practices. He is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Rock Art Research Institute, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the author of Bushman Shaman: Awakening the Spirit through Ecstatic Dance, Shamanic Christianity: The Direct Experience of Mystical Communion, and the editor of the Profiles of Healing series.

Pronunciation Guide

Foreword
By the Bushman Elders

1    The Shake
       Rediscovering the Oldest and Newest Cure on Earth

2    The Cycle of Healing
        Ecstatic Arousal and Deep Relaxation

3    The World’s First Shakers
        The Kalahari Bushman Shamans

4    The Last Taboo
        Why Did the Quakers Stop Quaking and the Shakers Stop Shaking?

5    Experience versus Ideology
        Spiritual Dilemmas in the Northwest

6    Harnessing the Shake
        Spiritual Traveling in the Caribbean

7    Singing Down the Spirit
        The African American Church

8    Seiki Jutsu
        The Japanese Shaking Medicine

9    Coiled Wisdom
         Shaking Medicine, Shakti, and Kundalini

10    The Life Force Theatre
          Performances and Testimonies

11    The Ultimate Medicine
         From Shaken Faith to Shaking Faith

Afterword
The First People Speak about Shaking Medicine

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Bradford Keeney, Ph.D., is an internationally renowned scholar, therapist, and shaman who has led expeditions throughout the world to study cultural healing practices. He is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Rock Art Research Institute, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the author of Bushman Shaman: Awakening the Spirit through Ecstatic Dance, Shamanic Christianity: The Direct Experience of Mystical Communion, Shaking Medicine: The Healing Power of Ecstatic Movement, and the editor of the Profiles of Healing series.

Friday, January 16, 2009

The New Glucose Revolution Low GI Guide to Diabetes or Reiki

The New Glucose Revolution Low GI Guide to Diabetes: The Only Authoritative Guide to Managing Diabetes Using the Glycemic Index

Author: Dr Jennie Brand Miller

The New Glucose Revolution Low GI Guide to Diabetes is the only guide providing up-to-date information about using the GI to help manage Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. GI experts Brand-Miller and Foster-Powell explain why diets based on low GI foods improve blood sugar control, which types of carbohydrate are best to eat, and why many so-called "taboo" foods don't really cause unfavorable effects. Practical tips advise how to use the GI to control one's blood glucose throughout the day. Grocery and pantry lists detail the best foods to have on hand, and recipes cover a week's worth of low-GI meals. Also included are GI values for hundreds of foods and beverages.

Book review: Orvis Cookbook or Tempted

Reiki: Healing Yourself and Others: A Photo-Instructional art Book

Author: Marsha Burack

Reiki is an ancient system of natural healing rediscovered in mid-nineteenth century Japan by Dr. Mikao Usui. Through a rich interweave of poetry, prose, and anecdotes of the author's personal experiences as a healer, Reiki - Healing Yourself & Others clarifies the origins of Reiki and teaches the masterful art of hands-on healing. Designed to lay flat for easy reference, the book comes to life with large, clear, detailed photo-instructions of all the major Reiki hand positions. Reiki - Healing Yourself & Others shares simple yet powerful techniques that will reduce stress and promote radiant health. The book's beautiful Chinese-style paintings, resonating with age-old traditions uniting healing and art, call to the healer within you.

High Energy Cookbook or The First Year Multiple Sclerosis

High-Energy Cookbook: Good-Carb Recipes for Weight Loss, Health, and Vitality

Author: Rachael Anne Hill

This invaluable book is based on a nutritional approach to good health. It shows you how you can lose weight, improve your overall health, increase your energy level, reduce food cravings, and reduce your risk of cancer and diabetes just by making a few changes to the sort of foods that you eat. The core of this approach is the glycemic index (GI). This is a measure of how quickly the energy from a carbohydrate is absorbed into the bloodstream. If the energy from a food is absorbed quickly it has a high GI, if it is absorbed more slowly it has a low GI. Eating a large amount of high-GI foods is not recommended if you want to lose weight, lower your cholesterol, or increase your energy level. Low-GI foods, or good carbs, on the other hand are known to have beneficial effects on our overall health and aid in weight loss. So if you're trying to lose weight, out go white bread and baked potatoes and in come most fruit and vegetables, legumes, and basmati rice.

In this book nutritionist Rachael Anne Hill shows us how to cut down on those quick energy release foods, as well as saturated fats, and how to replace them with a healthy, good-carb diet based on low-GI foods, unsaturated fats, low-fat proteins, and fruits and vegetables rich in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. This is a nutritionally sound approach, which has none of the dangers of many of the low-carb diets that are popular today. Rachael then offers a huge selection of easy, delicious recipes for breakfasts, lunchboxes and snacks, quick lunches and suppers, and entertaining dishes, all of which take only 20 minutes or less to prepare. The High-Energy Cookbook explains in clear language why eating the good-carb, low-GI way is beneficial to everyone, not just those who want to lose weight. It gives lots of practical advice on how to incorporate this approach into your daily diet, whether it's what to buy in the supermarket or what to choose when faced with a restaurant menu. With over 60 low-GI, low-fat recipes, there is plenty of inspiration for cooking the healthy way every day.

The First Year - Multiple Sclerosis: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed

Author: Margaret Blackston

Multiple sclerosis is as much a mystery as it is a disease, but this chronic and often disabling condition of the central nervous system affects an estimated 350,000 nationwide. From the moment of her diagnosis in 2000, author Margaret Blackstone took charge and educated herself on every aspect of her condition. Now, as a "patient-expert," she guides those newly diagnosed step-by-step through their first year with MS. By providing reliable, useful, empathetic, and up-to-date information you need to know when you most need to know it, The First Year -- Multiple Sclerosis is an invaluable guide for everyone learning to live with their MS diagnosis.

Viral Immunity or Your Guide to Eczema

Viral Immunity

Author: J E Williams

HIV, hepatitis, influenza, the common cold, herpes, Ebola, Hantavirus, West Nile fever, dengue, TT virus-the viral world keeps posing new major challenges to human health each year. At the same time as this onslaught of emerging powerful viral infections, our antibiotic arsenals are losing ground and our immune systems are compromised. Can we handle the next viral epidemic?

Yes, says James Williams, an experienced, credentialled naturopath, acupuncturist, and expert in traditional Chinese medicine. We can shore up our immune system to handle current and any future viral infections and not be dependent on conventional vaccinations or antibiotics to insure our health.

In 10 practical steps, Dr. Williams shows how to develop unassailable viral immunity using natural approaches. If you already have a viral infection, these steps will help you reverse its effects; if you're concerned about exposure to one in the future, these steps will give you the keys to prevention. Included in these steps are the best that natural medicine offers: stress management, enzymes, nutrients, detoxification, oxygen therapy, immune modulators, hormones, natural antiviral medicines and anti-inflammatory medicines, Chinese and Western herbs, and more.

"Viral immunity is without question one of the most important health issues of this century," says Dr. Williams. "The message of this book is clear. You can improve your system in general with diet, lifestyle, and natural medicines. Here you will find natural ways of improving immune function, remedies to treat viral infections, and suggestions on how to reframe outdated concepts that could otherwise prevent you from obtaining effective treatment."

Book review: Pass the Sweet Potatoes Please or Delia Collection

Your Guide to Eczema

Author: Sarah Wakelin

Your Guide to Eczema is the patient's ultimate source of essential and invaluable information. Providing all the necessary facts, guidance and support, this book will enable the reader to make informed choices and regain control of their life.
Written by Sarah Wakelin, a Consultant Dermatologist at St. Mary's Hospital, London, and an expert int he field, Your Guide to Eczema covers all aspects of this condition, from diagnosis to treatment, giving the reader invaluable advice on how to take control of the condition and manage it in everyday life. A comprehensive guide, this book will reassure, support and inform all those who read it.
The clear, straightforward design of the book together with original features such as myth/fact boxes, key terms, question and answer sections and a chapter on who patient/carer might need in the NHS and their role in the treatment of the condition will prepare the reader for all that may lie ahead.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Children of Trauma or Polarity Process

Children of Trauma: Rediscovering Your Discarded Self

Author: Jane Middelton Moz

Imagine what it would be like to become the healthiest person you could be. . . . .
This is the inherent right of each individual but when lingering emotional trauma from our childhood blocks the normal developmental process, we get struck. As each of us strives to become the healthiest person we possibly can, we will have to come face-to-face with emotional fears that may be the result of traumatic childhoods. Although that journey may be paved with the paid of unresolved grief and unrecognized loss, this book will serve as the map to guide you and help you rediscover your discarded self. . .
. . . the best self you were always meant to be.

	Foreword	xvi
1.	The Discarded Self, An Overview Of Children Of Trauma	1
2.	Where I Stop And You Begin: Developing Emotional Boundaries	19
3.	Panic Attacks: A Window To The Frightened Child	71
4.	Relationships: Attempts At Mastery	89
5.	Dimestores, Bakeries, Businesses And Bingo	121
6.	You And Me Against Me: The Unfair Odds Of Self-Hate	137
7.	From Legacy To Choice	155
	Bibliography	179

Interesting book: The Logic of Violence in Civil War or The Avenger Takes His Place

Polarity Process: Energy as a Healing Art

Author: Franklyn Sills

In this thorough, award-winning explanation of the theory and practice of polarity, cranial osteopath Franklyn Sills guides the reader through Dr. Randolph Stone’s mapping of humans’ subtle energies. Popular in Europe, polarity incorporates holistic health, diet, exercise, massage, and spiritual practice. This is an approachable introduction to a form of bodywork that therapists and lay individuals interested in alternative health practices will find useful.

The Taoist Soul Body or John Barleycorn

The Taoist Soul Body: Harnessing the Power of Kan and Li

Author: Mantak Chia

HEALTH / MARTIAL ARTS

The Lesser Enlightenment of Kan and Li practice combines the compassion of the heart energies (yang/fire) with sexual energies originating in the kidneys (yin/water) to form and feed the soul or energy body. Practice of the Chinese formula Siaow Kan Li (yin and yang mixed) uses darkness technology to literally “steam” the sexual energy (jing) into life-force energy (chi) by reversing the location of yin and yang power. This inversion places the heat of the bodily fire from the heart center beneath the coolness of the bodily water of the sexual energy of the perineum, thereby activating the liberation of transformed sexual energy.

Darkness technology has been a key element of Taoist practice--and of all Inner Alchemy traditions--throughout the ages. A total darkness environment stimulates the pineal gland to release DMT into the brain. The darkness actualizes successively higher states of consciousness, correlating with the accumulation of psychedelic chemicals in the brain. In the darkness, mind and soul begin to wander freely in the vast realms of psychic and spiritual experience. Death is no longer to be feared because life beyond the physical body is known through direct experience.

The birth of the soul is not a metaphor. It is an actual process of converting energy into a subtle body. Developing the soul body is the preparation for the growth of the immortal spirit body in the practice of the Greater Enlightenment of Kan and Li.

A student of several Taoist masters, MANTAK CHIA founded the Universal Healing Tao System in 1979 and has taught and certified tens of thousands of students andinstructors from all over the world. He is the director of the Tao Garden Integrative Medicine Health Spa and Resort training center in northern Thailand and is the author of 31 books, including Cosmic Fusion, Sexual Reflexology, and the bestselling The Multi-Orgasmic Man.

A student of several Taoist masters, Mantak Chia founded the Healing Tao System in North America in 1979 and developed it worldwide as European Tao Yoga and Universal Healing Tao. He has taught and certified tens of thousands of students and instructors from all over the world and tours the United States annually, giving workshops and lectures. He is the director of the Tao Garden Health Spa and the Universal Healing Tao training center in northern Thailand and is the author of thirty-one books, including Inner Smile, Cosmic Fusion, Sexual Reflexology, and the bestselling The Multi-Orgasmic Man.

New interesting book: Lean and Hard or The Practice of Traditional Western Herbalism

John Barleycorn: Alcoholic Memoirs

Author: Jack London

Jack London cut a mythic figure across the American landscape of the early twentieth century. But throughout his colorful life - from his teenage years as an oyster pirate to his various incarnations as a well-traveled seaman, Yukon gold prospector, waterfront brawler, unemployed vagrant, impassioned socialist, and celebrated writer - he retained a predilection for drinking on a prodigious scale. London's classic "alcoholic memoirs" - the closest thing to an autobiography he ever wrote - are a startlingly honest and vivid account of his life not only as a drinker, but also as a storied adventurer. Richly anecdotal and beautifully written, John Barleycorn stands as the earliest intelligent treatment of alcohol in American literature, and as an intensely moving document of one of America's finest writers.

Upton Sinclair

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

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Ethical Gourmet or Gardeners Yoga

Ethical Gourmet: How to Enjoy Food That Is Humanely Raised, Sustainable, Nonendangered and That Replenishes the Earth

Author: Jay Weinstein

Over 70 percent of Americans consider themselves environmentalists. More and more of us want to ensure that what we eat doesn't deplete resources, cause animal or human suffering, or lead to pollution. We want our food untainted by antibiotics, pesticides, or growth hormones. But we still want it to taste good! Now Jay Weinstein has written the bible for those who care about both good food and the well-being of the world. The Ethical Gourmet informs readers about how they can make responsible eating choices, explains what "organic" really means, tells readers where ethically raised foods can be purchased, offers advice on choices when dining out, and delves into such controversial topics as genetically modified foods and fair-trade coffee and chocolate.

As enlightened as we'd all like to be, our resolve can waver if ethical eating is unpalatable. By providing 100 healthy, sophisticated, and flavorful recipes, Weinstein makes sure that will never become an issue. The Ethical Gourmet features savory vegetable dishes such as Manchego-Potato Tacos with Pickled Jalapenos; seafood recipes such as Zucchini Spaghetti with Garlicky Clams and Grilled Bluefish; and grain, bean, and legume specialties like Pumpkin Basmati Rice Pilaf. Meat dishes, such as Coco-Vegetable Rice with Tamarind Chicken Skewers, are also included but use the meat more to flavor or spice a dish rather than as the centerpiece.

Publishers Weekly

Navigating the relative morality of buying local, buying organic or buying fairly traded food can be difficult, but this exhaustive guide is an excellent roadmap to socially conscious eating. In the first chapter, "The Politics of Food," Weinstein outlines the ways in which food production has become ironically fraught with destruction in the name of nourishment: environmental decay, wasteful packaging, inhumane treatment of animals and workers, the overuse of antibiotics and increasingly endangered species. By adhering to just a few principles, he argues, we can trade our decadent lifestyles for more sustainable practices. These include eating less meat, and choosing humanely raised game meats; eating more organic produce; choosing farm-raised fish and avoiding overfished species like wild salmon; and buying fairly traded coffee, chocolate and sugar. Weinstein provides a host of sophisticated, flavorful recipes that draw from guilt-free ingredients, like a vegetarian Moroccan Squash Tagine with Couscous and a Terrine of Duck Liver, a humane alternative to foie gras. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and contributor to the New York Times and Travel & Leisure, Weinstein is passionately serious about culinary ethics, but he is equally serious about the pleasures of eating. (June) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

Adult/High School-Weinstein seeks to unwrap the politics and lay bare the facts of ecological destruction caused by American cello-wrapped consumerism. Global warming due to deforestation, chemical pollution of our water supply, and depletion of our natural resources through overproduction are just a few of the agricultural hot topics that he covers in the opening chapter. He goes on to provide an Earth-conscious eater's guide to buying and preparing food. His ideas are simple: eat local, eat organic, and support ethical farming practices that respect workers, livestock, and the land. Each chapter is organized by food group, with a description of what to look for when buying, and several healthful Earth-friendly recipes. A lot of useful Web sites help readers find out more about the foods and agricultural practices described. The author is a trained chef and food writer who is passionate about educating Americans about their eating habits. His insights and suggestions are in stark contrast to the appetite of the average adolescent. This book may be an eye-opener and mouth-closer for many teens accustomed to fast food, and a natural extension of practical how-tos for those already influenced by Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation (Houghton, 2001).-Brigeen Radoicich, Fresno County Office of Education, CA Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Interesting book: Taste of Indonesia or Cal A Vie Living

Gardener's Yoga: Bend & Stretch, Dig & Grow

Author: Veronica DOrazio

Gardening is considered a contemplative, gentle pastime, but it makes many demands on the human body. The 21 yoga positions in this colorful guide are intended to energize gardeners so they can enjoy planting, mulching, digging, and harvesting without the aching back and sore knees. The first section, "Breaking Ground," emphasizes warming up the spine and gently engaging the hips, back, and neck. Section two, "Planting Seeds," focuses on standing and balancing poses. The last section, "Harvest," covers relaxation, elongating tired muscles, and refocusing the spirit. Yoga balances the central nervous system, tones and cleanses the internal organs, strengthens the circulatory system, and promotes an overall sense of well-being and contentment. This guide draws on that ancient discipline to transform taxing activities — from crawling between rows to weed and squatting for hours to plant seedlings to digging out new beds and watering — into rituals of rejuvenation for mind, body, and spirit.

	The glycemic index explained	6
	The recipes	22
	Breakfast	24
	Lunchboxes and snacks	40
	Quick lunches and suppers	62
	Entertaining	94
	Desserts	114
	Index	126
	Acknowledgments	128

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Hawaiian Lomilomi: Big Island Massage

March/April 2005 - Massage Magazine

September 1, 2004) - Hawaii Island Journal

We Are Not Alone: Learning to Live with Chronic Illness

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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Heart Smart: A Cardiologists 5-Step Plan for Detecting, Preventing, and Even Reversing Heart Disease

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90 Days to Stress-Free Living: A Day-by-Day Health Plan, Including Exercises, Diet, and Relaxation Techniques

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Yoga for Suits: 30 No-Sweat Power Poses to Do in Pinstripes

Optimum Nutrition for the Mind

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Ganele a la Glucosa (Prevention's The Sugar Solution)

Discover Meditation: A First-Step Handbook to Better Health

Monday, January 26, 2009

Body Art Book & Gift Set

Top 100 Zone Foods: The Zone Food Science Ranking System

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Sunday, January 25, 2009

Aging in the Church: How Social Relationships Affect Health

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Alpha Lipoic Acid: Nature's Ultimate Antioxidant

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Normal Childbirth: Evidence and Debate

Healing from the inside out: A Natural Health Program That Reveals the True Source of Your Symptoms

Thursday, January 22, 2009

When Children Die: Improving Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and Their Families

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The Healthy Boomer: A No-Nonsense Midlife Health Guide for Women and Men

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Is It Hot in Here? Or Is It Me? The Complete Guide to Menopause

Publishers Weekly

Library Journal

What People Are Saying

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Alzheimer's Disease: A Guide for Families and Caregivers

New York Times

American Journal of Psychiatry

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Breaking the Chains of Cocaine: Black Male Addiction and Recovery

Integral Yoga Hatha

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Growing up with Divorce: Helping Your Child Avoid Immediate and Later Emotional Problems

Inner Focus Outer Power: Mind/Body Exercises for Strength Beauty and Health

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Fat!So?: Because You Don't Have to Apologize for Your Size

Michelle Goldberg

Kyle K. Norris

School Library Journal

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Carb Wars: Sugar is the New Fat

Love and Survival: 8 Pathways to Intimacy and Health

Chicago Tribune - Marion Woodman

Newsweek

Newsweek

Dr. Marion Woodman

Kirkus Reviews

What People Are Saying

Shaking Medicine: The Healing Power of Ecstatic Movement

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Friday, January 16, 2009

The New Glucose Revolution Low GI Guide to Diabetes: The Only Authoritative Guide to Managing Diabetes Using the Glycemic Index

Reiki: Healing Yourself and Others: A Photo-Instructional art Book

High-Energy Cookbook: Good-Carb Recipes for Weight Loss, Health, and Vitality

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The First Year - Multiple Sclerosis: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed

Viral Immunity

Your Guide to Eczema

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Children of Trauma: Rediscovering Your Discarded Self

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Polarity Process: Energy as a Healing Art

The Taoist Soul Body: Harnessing the Power of Kan and Li

John Barleycorn: Alcoholic Memoirs

Upton Sinclair

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Ethical Gourmet: How to Enjoy Food That Is Humanely Raised, Sustainable, Nonendangered and That Replenishes the Earth

Publishers Weekly