Health Psychology or Health Matters

Health Psychology

Author: Catherine A Sanderson

Examines how psychological states influence physical health in a variety of ways including how psychological factors influence engaging in health-promoting behaviors, developing illness and managing illness. This book is organized around fundamental psychological theories and issues.
* A strong emphasis on research, including an entire chapter devoted solely to research methods.
* Strongly and clearly grounded in current theories and research in psychology.
* Inclusion of the most current research and theory in health psychology.

Look this: Caring Society or Emergency First Aid On Board

Health Matters: 8 Steps That Can Save Your Life--and Your Family's Health

Author: Taylor Grant

"If you are looking for direction and focus in becoming a health advocate for you or your family, search no more. A must read. . . . This wise book will help many realize the power of taking charge of their own health and will undoubtedly save lives in the process."
-Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D., author of the New York Times bestselling The Fat Flush Plan

"Health Matters is an extremely accessible resource for being proactive in our healthcare. It's a must for anyone who wants to feel empowered, not intimidated, when dealing with his or her health."
-Connie Guttersen, R.D., Ph.D., author of the New York Times bestselling The Sonoma Diet

"Taylor Grant delivers a great guide to pursuing proactive health. We strongly urge you to put her recommendations into action."
-Dr. Richard and Cindy Becker, hosts of the nationally syndicated television program Your Health

Do you have the right doctors? What puts your family's health most at risk? Should you really worry about the latest pandemic scare? Navigating the maze of today's healthcare system can be a daunting challenge. Health Matters gives you the information, support, and savvy advice you need to make choices and take actions that contribute to a long and healthy life for you and your family.

Through 8 Prescriptions for Life, you'll discover why we avoid dealing with our health, the essentials to understanding your body, and how to harness your Health Power to get great medicalcare. You'll also learn easy ways to make positive changes in your life and protect your family.

Health Matters is packed with useful tools, including:
* Handy checklists to help you get organized and take actionon your health
* A Healthy Life Plan that reveals how to have great health at any age
* 5-Minute Clinics filled with quick tips for protecting yourself and staying healthy
* A 52 Weeks of Health section that gives you an easy way to have your healthiest year ever

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments.

Introduction: Who Put You in Charge?

Prescription 1. Conquer Your Fears.

Prescription 2. Find a Great Doctor.

Prescription 3. Know Your Vital Signs.

Prescription 4. Plan for Your Life.

Prescription 5. Harness Your Power.

Prescription 6. Protect Your Family’s Health.

Prescription 7. Make a Change.

Prescription 8. Be Healthy Every Day.

Appendix . Health Care Glossary.

Index.

The Lowdown on Families Who Get High or Addiction Free Naturally

The Lowdown on Families Who Get High: Successful Parenting for Families Affected by Addiction

Author: Pat OGorman

Lowdown is an easy-to-use book on a complex subject: how to break the cycle of addiction in high-risk families. Used in conjunction with the 12 steps AA, it shows that being a parent or caregiver and being in recovery can be a win/win situation.

New interesting book: Secrets of Question Based Selling or Dark Tide

Addiction-Free--Naturally: Liberating Yourself from Sugar, Caffeine, Food Addictions, Tobacco, Alcohol and Prescription Drugs

Author: Brigitte Mars

The first comprehensive guide to overcoming addictions by using  natural remedies that rebuild health for both body and mind from the inside out.

• Covers a full range of natural remedies, including herbs, homeopathy, aromatherapy, flower essence remedies, color therapy, acupressure, and more.

•  Addresses many different substances, such as caffeine and chocolate, and discusses how the body deals with withdrawal, detoxification, and repatterning.

•  The natural remedies included in this book can be used in conjunction with conventional therapies.

•  By well-known author Brigitte Mars, who has 30 years of experience with natural therapies and is the formulator for UniTea Herbs.

Addiction is one of the most serious health issues facing our twenty-first century culture. Modern lifestyles encourage us to consume excessive amounts of caffeine and sugar and to unwind from our stressful lives with tobacco or alcohol. Left untreated, some addictions can cause metabolic damage, leading to heart disease, high blood pressure, and immune disorders--as well as causing nutritional deficiencies, fatigue, and depression. 

Addiction-Free--Naturally offers gentle but effective ways to ease cravings and nourish the body, as well as information on cleansing the body of accumulated toxins and using natural remedies for stress relief. The remedies can be used in conjunction with conventional therapies, such as psychotherapy or Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. The author also offers advice on designing a personal program to break addiction and finding a health care professional or program to offer expert guidance as you walk the roadto recovery.

Earth Star

. . . this book offers a variety of safe, natural and effective techniques for beating addiction.

Library Letter

This book is especially useful for gaining a better understanding of your addiction, or addictions in general, and for providing ideas for healing your addiction, using over 20 modalities. I would recommend this book as an initial step in making the commitment to seek help regarding your addiction.

American Herb Association

How exciting to find an herb book that can really make a difference in someone's life.

The Hormone Decision or Alzheimers

The Hormone Decision

Author: Tara Parker Pop

Do you have questions about menopause and the use of hormones?
The generation of women approaching or entering menopause today has heard more on the subject than any previous generation. First hormones were good. Then suddenly they were bad. Now they don't seem to be in the news much at all. But for the woman realizing that her body is starting to change, all these conflicting reports can be frightening. The truth is that every woman is different, and no one answer is correct for everybody.
Tara Parker-Pope, who has written about health for both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, details all the latest research on menopause in a clear, easy-to-read style that makes it possible for you to:

• understand the research
• ask intelligent questions
• choose whether or not hormone therapy is right for you.

Interesting book: Twilight in the Desert or The Fifties

Alzheimer's: Medical Science and Families Are Still Asking Why?

Author: James R Greenwood

In Alzheimer's: Medical science and families are still asking WHY? Author Jim Greenwood has documented his experiences in caring for his beloved wife, Maxine, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's at the age of 74 in 1990. This is the true story of a beautiful, gracious lady and how her husband coped with her disease. It is also a tender tale of the love, faith, and devotion between two people whose dreams of sharing their twilight years together in peace and comfort were suddenly shattered by a twist of fate.

This dramatic nonfiction work includes humorous anecdotes of happier times as well as a look at the ongoing search for answers to that elusive question of WHY? Fast-paced and easy to read, this book can be a helpful guide for anyone facing similar challenges in his or her own life. It also describes what to consider in choosing the right care home for a loved one with advanced dementia. Greenwood was at Maxine's side when her long struggle with Alzheimer's ended early in the morning of August 27, 2003. "And in the not-too-distant future in the Columberium niche next to hers," concludes the author in his epilogue, "I will be reunited with my precious forevermore, just as it was meant to be."

Staying Supple or Primer Ano del Bebe

Staying Supple

Author: John Jerom

The intelligent athlete's guide to stretching and flexibility. Beautifully simple and accessible, yet profoundly reasoned, this book can help readers build the foundation of a healthy life.

Interesting textbook: Seven Pillars of Wisdom or Frommers Portable Savannah

Primer Ano del Bebe: Guia Para Padres Adolescentes

Author: Jeanne Warren Lindsay

Written for teens who straddle the worlds of adolescence and parenthood, this parenting guide is geared to the special needs of young parents. Interviews with teen mothers and fathers reinforce discussions of the stages of development during the first year—breast- and bottle-feeding, moving to solid food, teaching and playing with babies, providing appropriate health care, and ensuring their safety. The needs of the young parents are stressed along with the developmental needs of the child. Presented in an accesible, teen-friendly format, this book is appropriate for all parents—whether they are married, single but living together, together but living separately, or single and alone.
 

Escrito para jóvenes adolescentes, esta guía a crecer un bebé incluye entrevistas con madres y padres adolescentes sobre las etapas del primer año—criando con biberón o amamantando, introduciendo comida sólida, enseñando y jugando con bebés, encontrando un pediatra y asegurando la salud y la seguridad del bebé. Las necesidades de los padres jóvenes son consideradas juntas con las del bebé. Presentado en manera accesible, este libro aplica a todos los padres—
casados, no casados pero viviendo juntos, no casados y viviendo separados o sin pareja.

Aquatic Handbook Lifetime Fitness or Energia Sin Limites

Aquatic Handbook Lifetime Fitness

Author: Jane Katz

The Aquatic Handbook for Lifetime Fitness is organized by skills, allowing the instructor to set the order in which he/she teaches the material. With an emphasis on both learning and reinforcing aquatic skills, this book includes skill exercises and drills.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
Ch. 1	History and Hydrodynamics of Aquatics	3
Ch. 2	Preparing for Aquatic Fitness	15
Ch. 3	Building Blocks of Aquatics	27
Ch. 4	Crawlstroke	45
Ch. 5	Backstrokes	62
Ch. 6	Breaststroke	76
Ch. 7	Butterfly	86
Ch. 8	Sidestroke	96
Ch. 9	Turns and Starts	107
Ch. 10	Lap Lingo for Conditioning	125
Ch. 11	Fifty Ways to Leave the Gutter	131
Ch. 12	Water Exercise Techniques (WETs) for Shallow Water	161
Ch. 13	Water Exercise Techniques (WETs) for Deep Water	167
Ch. 14	Water Exercise Equipment for Aquatic Fitness	172
Ch. 15	Sport Water Exercise Techniques (WETs)	182
Ch. 16	Diving	187
Ch. 17	Synchronized Swimming	202
Ch. 18	Water Games	215
Ch. 19	Competitive Swimming and Triathlons	220
Ch. 20	Aquatic Safety	232
Ch. 21	Other Water Environments	243
Ch. 22	Family Fitness	250
Ch. 23	Aquatic Fitness and Special Needs	262
Ch. 24	Nutrition	271
Ch. 25	Questions and Answers	286
	Appendixes	295
	Index	310

Book review: The Art of the Start or War on the Middle Class

Energia Sin Limites

Author: Deepak Chopra

El equilibrio mente/cuerpo en un programa para devolver la energía y vitalidad a su vida. Chopra nos enseña su mundo de el gozo como base de la energia.

(Here Chopra shows us his formula for total well being., the connection between the mind and body and the ultimate truth that joy brings with it energy.)

Living Long Loving It or Pathological Gambling

Living Long & Loving It: Achieving a Healthy and Active Lifestyle

Author: Irvin M Korr

Stereotypes about the elderly are so prevalent that elders themselves often buy into them. People young and old assume that retirement is a time of inactivity, less social involvement, and inevitable physical decline. For over nine decades Dr. Irwin M. Korr was a living refutation of that dreary stereotype. Through a holistic approach to health, based on the principles of osteopathic medicine, he proved that healthy, vigorous, fulfilling old age and long life are the natural culmination of healthy living. In his eighties, Dr. Korr was regularly playing tennis and cross-county skiing, while continuing his career as a medical educator, researcher, author, and lecturer.
In this inspiring guide to achieving a healthy lifestyle at any time of life, Dr. Korr explains with enthusiasm and great clarity how any reader can apply scientifically based osteopathic principles to improve quality of life and promote successful aging. Among the principles he stresses is that the human body incorporates its own healing and defensive systems, as well as a health maintenance system. Together they form an indwelling healthcare system that is the ultimate source of health and for which each individual must take primary responsibility. By learning to develop healthy habits, we take care of the "physician within" to ensure that our inner physician can then take care of us.
Dr. Korr also emphasizes the importance of regular exercise and the beneficial effects that freedom of motion and physical activity bring, not only on our musculoskeletal system but also for our various internal organs, as well as our state of mind. He recommends stretching exercises such as Yoga and whatever workout routine anindividual finds enjoyable, from walking to jogging, swimming, and bicycling. Finally, he makes the point that healthy aging is a choice that anyone can make at any time of life by making beneficial lifestyle changes.

Table of Contents:

Foreword   Janet Meneley Korr     9
Foreword   David Korr     11
Preface     13
Introduction     17
Metamorphosis
What Is Your Secret?     23
The Guiding Principles
Principle I. Interactive Unity: The Oneness of the Person     39
Principle II. Structure-Function: The Primary Machinery     47
Principle III. Vis Medicatrix Naturae: The Only True Healthcare System     55
Principle IV. Meaning Drives Expectancy: Take Care of the Physician Within and the Physician Within Will Take Care of You     65
Origins of Human Vulnerability
Individual Paths to Health and Illness     73
The Mythology of Health and Disease     87
Old Machinery in New Contexts     103
Other Mixed Blessings of Human Intelligence     121
Creating Your Well-Being
Commitment, Discipline, Motivation     131
Freedom of Motion     137
Other Biological Factors     147
The Body-Minding Brain     165
The Mind-Minding Person     175
Changing the Mind     187
Reinforcement of Lessons Learned
The Last of Life for Which the First Was Made     207
Epilogue     221
The Problematic Paradox     233
Supplement to Chapter 13     239
Resources for Finding Osteopathic Health Professionals     245
Acknowledgments     257
Glossary     261
Bibliography     283
Index     301

See also: Smart Drugs II the New Generation or In Search of Manna

Pathological Gambling: A Clinical Guide to Treatment

Author: Jon E Grant

The past five years have witnessed dramatic advances in research on pathological gambling& mdash;a diagnosis often overlooked by clinicians who are unaware not only of the personal and social consequences of pathological gambling, but also of the possible treatment options. Today, clinicians can choose from an array of treatment options to substantially improve the lives of patients with this disabling illness.

Eloquently attesting to this extraordinary progress, this remarkable clinician's guide comprises the most extensive coverage on public health, clinical characteristics and treatment, psychotherapy and psychopharmacology, and interventions for adolescents, adults, and older adults. Written by the world's leading researchers on psychiatric aspects of gambling, this truly comprehensive volume discusses how to diagnose pathological gambling and provides the tools to do so. Here, 32 experts detail the clinical phenomenology, etiology, and treatment of pathological gambling, highlighting the current clinical approaches most likely to lead to early identification, symptom remission, and improvement maintenance.

Useful appendixes provide specific tests, scales, and diagnostic criteria following four major sections of the book:


• Public Health and Epidemiology discusses prevalence and definitions of recreational, problem, and pathological gambling; the relationship between the different levels of gambling severity; and gambling's effects on societal, familial, and individual health and well-being.
• Clinical Characteristics covers the symptoms and sequelae of pathological gambling and the differences among adolescents, older adults, andmen and women, and shows that pathological gambling& mdash;rather than being categorized as a single disorder& mdash;shares important features with many disorders, among them obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, affective spectrum disorders, addiction, and impulse-control disorder.
• Etiology details the realms of both psychology (behavioral, cognitive, and dispositional theories) and neurobiology (noradrenergic, serotonergic, dopaminergic, and opioidergic systems as well as familial and inherited factors) to explain the behavior of pathological gambling& mdash;knowledge that may prove useful in understanding a range of addictive and impulsive disorders.
• Prevention and Treatment emphasizes the vital role of the clinician in prevention efforts, including a prevention strategy tailored specifically for adolescents and young adults; discusses a variety of behavioral and pharmacological interventions for patients including self-help and professional-based interventions for family members; and concludes with assessments useful in diagnosing pathological gambling and monitoring symptom change.

Psychiatrists, psychiatric researchers, and other mental health care professionals will welcome this book as their most up-to-date source for invaluable knowledge about and research from the world's recognized experts on pathological gambling.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Brett C. Plyler, M.D. (Northwestern Memorial Hospital)
Description: This book examines pathological gambling and its epidemiology, clinical presentation, prevention, and treatment.
Purpose: The primary purpose is to document the clinical phenomenology, etiology, and treatment of pathological gambling.
Audience: The book is written for practicing clinicians.
Features: This book examines the epidemiology, etiology, treatment, and consequences of pathological gambling. It discusses issues such as behavioral and biological bases for gambling as well as medication and therapeutic treatments. The book also reviews available screening instruments as well as providing samples of some. Further, it has a section on the high risk population of adolescents and young adults.
Assessment: This is a well written and thorough examination of pathological gambling. I initially only had a passing familiarity with gambling problems but this book has greatly increased both my knowledge and comfort level in addressing and treating this problem in my patients. It has a good review of both therapy and medication treatment avenues as well as tests to follow the efficacy of each. The index provides a number of references for more advanced reading, but this book provides an excellent starting point for practicing clinicians who want to become more knowledgeable about pathological gambling issues.

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

Color Atlas of Allergic Diseases or Pilates Step by Step

Color Atlas of Allergic Diseases

Author: Martin Roecken

Allergic disease, which frequently affects children, adolescents, and young adults, has seen an alarming increase in recent years. At the same time, an explosion of clinical and scientific advances in immunology and allergology have made it imperative that practitioners keep up with the newest knowledge.

Unique in its scope, size, and format, here is a practical and current overview of the entire field of allergy. This succinct book incorporates colorful and educational illustrations throughout, with succinct information on: complex cell-mediated immune response; methods of in-vivo and in-vitro allergy diagnosis; antihistamine and corticosteroid treatments; prophylaxis and allergen avoidance; psychosomatic disease; and much more!

The book is part of Thieme's acclaimed Flexibook series of clinical and basic science pocket guidebooks, which are sold worldwide and have been translated into more than 20 languages.

Unique features of this pocket atlas:

• Nearly 100 full-color illustrations that convey complex information simply and effectively
• A wealth of concise and focused information in less than 250 pages—textbook knowledge in a pocketbook format!
• Thorough diagnostic guidelines that incorporate the multidisciplinary expertise of a wide variety of specialists
• An extensive Appendix that covers current topics such as emergency management, patch testing, allergy medications, and more!

From basic allergy principles to diagnosis, treatment, organ-specific allergies, prevention, and more, this compact book comprehensively covers the field. It is essential for any specialist who needs athorough understanding of allergy medicine—otorhinolaryngologists, dermatologists, internists, pediatricians, pulmonologists, as well as medical students. Use this beautifully illustrated pocket guide to keep up-to-date on an important clinical topic.

Go to: The Information Revolution and World Politics or Visual Basic NET Unleashed

Pilates Step-by-Step

Author: Emily Kelly

How to strengthen and tone your body with fast and lasting results. Over 330 step-by-step photographs and timed routines.

Are Your Kids Running on Empty or Classical Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Quan

Are Your Kids Running on Empty?

Author: Ellen Briggs

Also includes Book on CD Titled "Mom I'm Hungry. What's for Dinner?" ( 2 Books in 1!).

Are Your Kids Running on Empty?
- Filled with facts and solutions you need to fuel your kids with foods they like!
- Truths about the foods kids are eating today
- Food Circles replace outdated Food Pyramid
- Features Counting Colors and Kid Tips!
- Explains how to fuel the academic, athlete, and artist in each child
- Better Food Choices Grocery List: hundred of products identified for good nutrient value and likeability by kids.
- Many have Kid Kritics Approved seal.
... and so much more.

CD Cookbook Description
Mom, I'm Hungry. What's for Dinner? 
- Bound in the back of the book
- 150 recipes: Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks, Dinner (Family Approved)
- Written for concerned busy working moms and dads
- Ten or less ingredients per recipe; fast and easy
- Customized grocery list accompanies each recipe
- Nutrient contents of each recipe identified in Food Circles and colors

Go to: Managing Business Process Flows or The Definitive ANTLR Reference

Classical Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Quan: The Fighting Art of the Manchurian Palace Guard

Author: Tina Chunna Zhang

Here is the original, rarely seen Tai Ji Quan developed by Yang Lu Chan's best Imperial Palace Guard student, Quan You, over 150 years ago. While other styles branched off into sport, health, and meditation, Quan You's disciples preserved the traditional ways. This book covers the principles, characteristics, and essentials of the Wu method, along with its famous masters. The entire classical form is illustrated step-by-step, and includes weapons skills.

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

The Little Book of Big Medical Emergencies: How to Recognize and Respond to the Most Common Medical Emergencies

Author: Stuart Fischer

The Little Book of Big Medical Emergencies puts life-saving information at your fingertips, including:

· How to save someone who is fainting, choking, or drowning
· How to tell if someone is having a stroke, heart attack, or epileptic seizure
· How to identify a life-threatening allergic reaction, kidney infection, or pneumonia
· How to perform CPR, make tourniquets, create an emergency kit for your home and car, and much more

Time is of the essence in an emergency; a delay or incorrect decision can be fatal. Simple and easy-to-follow, this little book is the guide to medical emergencies that goes everywhere you do.

Read also The Thrifty Girls Guide to Glamour or 25 Natural Ways to Control Irritable Bowel Syndrome

The World's Best-Kept Diet Secrets: Lose Weight Quickly, Safely and Permanently

Author: Diane Irons

Amazing Diet Secrets!

Not just another one-diet fad, The World's Best-Kept Diet Secrets pulls together the secrets of the stars in countless areas of diet, nutrition, exercise and more, including the wild, wacky, sexy and just plain weird tricks they use to slim down--and keep weight off!

The World's Best-Kept Diet Secrets features over 1,000 wild and wonderful slimming secrets including:
--An all natural formula that takes off six pounds in two days
--Dozens of simple, delicious recipes, all under 200 calories
--Personal stories of successful dieters and celebrities
--Free sources for dieting support and guidance
--The very latest supplements and advances in weight loss

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1: Getting Started
Chapter 2: Dieting Myths
Chapter 3: Tricks and Tools
Chapter 4: Food Choices
Chapter 5: Looking Good While Going Down
Chapter 6: Secrets of Models and Celebrities
Chapter 7: Diet Emergencies
Chapter 8: Supplements
Chapter 9: Exercise
Chapter 10: Special Problems
Chapter 11: Intimacy and Weight
Chapter 12: Children and Weight
Chapter 13: Holidays, Vacations and Other Trip-Ups
Chapter 14: Success Stories
Chapter 15: Bargains and Freebies
Chapter 16: Other Weight Loss Options
Chapter 17: Shortcuts
Chapter 18: Questions
Chapter 19: Recipes under 200 Calories

A Final Word
About the Author
Index

12 Second Sequence Journal or The Bare Essentials Guide for Martial Arts Injury Prevention and Care

12 Second Sequence Journal: Shrink Your Waist in 2 Weeks!

Author: Jorge Cruis

Burn fat, shrink your waist, and get into the best shape of your life with this journal, the essential companion to fitness superstar Jorge Cruise’s newest revolutionary method of resistance training–the 12-Second Sequence.

For the entire 8-week program, you will find:

-workout and eating logs to keep you on track

-Inspirational quotes and meditations

-Journal space to record your own reflections

Book review: Therapy 101 or Hand and Foot Reflexology

The Bare Essentials Guide for Martial Arts Injury Prevention and Care

Author: Trish Bare Grounds

Written in easy to understand language, the guide addresses important self-care issues for the martial arts athlete including:

* Stretching: 30 essential exercises for building flexibility, preventing common injuries and rehabilitation

* Conditioning: Get the facts on plyometrics, weight training and running

* Nutrition: Learn to safely cut weight, prevent dehydration, and eat like a champion

* Step by step instructions, including photos, for professional athletic taping techniques: Ankle, Toes, Arch/Instep, Shin, Wrist, Hand, Fingers, Thumb

* Self-care: Ice vs. heat, identifying serious injuries, caring for minor injuries, training precaution when injured

* Tips on coping with: Blisters, Ankle Injuries, Back Pain, Knee Injuries, Shin Splints, Dehydration, Concussions, Bruises and Swelling, Chronic Injuries, Asthma

* Instructors and Coaches: Guidance on developing an Emergency Medical Plan, safety in training and competition, training your staff and building a qualified sports medicine team

From the Author, Trish Bare Grounds: "This book is written as a discussion with athletes. All of the technical terms used are defined in easy to understand language so that athletes, instructors and parents can benefit. If you are involved in martial arts or have a son or daughter who is, this book will give you some basic knowledge on preventing and caring for the injuries inherent to the martial arts."

Table of Contents:

Part 1	Staying Healthy
	Injury Prevention	13
	Stretching	14
	Stretching Exercises	24
	Equipment, Workout Surfaces and Proper Footwear	56
	Protective Equipment	60
	Jewelry	62
	Strength & Conditioning	65
	Eating to Compete	75
	Eating on Competition Day	84
	Hydration	85
Part 2	Injury Care
	Taping Techniques	91
	Ankle	95
	Feet	103
	Great Toe (Big Toe)	104
	Arch Support	107
	Shin Splints	111
	Wrist & Hand	115
	Fingers & Thumbs	119
	Care of Injuries	127
	Response to injury or possible injury	132
	How to care for basic injuries	139
	Using ice versus heat for injuries	143
	Use of braces, splints, sleeves and Aircasts	153
	Toe Injuries	155
	Arch injuries	156
	Blisters	156
	Ankle injuries	158
	Knee injuries	159
	Low back pain and injury	164
	Dehydration	166
	Head & face injuries	170
	Concussion	171
	Facial Injuries	178
	Common Conditions	185
	Asthma	186
	Diabetes	189
	Epilepsy & Seizure Disorders	191
Part 3	For Instructors
	Injury Care Programs	197
	Annual Medical Exams	197
	Sample Medical History	198
	Emergency Medical Plan	205
	What do you put in a first aid kit	213
	Sports Medicine Teams	217

365 Ways to Energize Mind Body and Soul or The Busy Persons Guide to Reflexology

365 Ways to Energize Mind, Body and Soul

Author: Stephanie L Tourles

In a world that seems to grow busier by the day, staying energized and active is a necessity. Before readers reach for that next cup of coffee, they should reach for this fun and useful book by natural health and beauty guru Stephanie Tourles. This idea-a-day book of energizing tips and techniques is a reader's guide to living life to its fullest. From diet to exercise, health rituals to visualization, Tourles delivers energizing recipes, easy-to-implement techniques, and sound, friendly advice that will help readers feel healthy, happy, and alive.

Go to: Etica nel posto di lavoro: Attrezzi e tattiche per trasformazione organizzativa

The Busy Person's Guide to Reflexology: Simple Routines for Home, Work, and Travel

Author: Ann Gillanders

Whether you are in the office, on a long trip, or relaxing at home, the healing art of reflexology will help you maintain physical and mental equilibrium and banish a stressful day. Reflexology: Simple routines for home, work, & travel is a unique, easy-to-use manual for surviving everyday stress and ailments, from the moment you wake up until the time you go to bed. Simple, self-help hand treatments show you how to bring immediate relief to a wide range of common ailments, including headaches, motion sickness, panic attacks, back pain, and low energy levels, while detailed foot treatments provide longer-term solutions.

Table of Contents:

	Using this book	6
	Introduction	8
Chapter 1	Introducing Reflexology	14
Chapter 2	Preparing for the Day	36
Chapter 3	Travel in Balance & Harmony	50
Chapter 4	Staying on Top at Work	68
Chapter 5	Relaxation & Recreation	84
Chapter 6	Prevention & Cure	108
	Resources	138
	Further reading	139
	Index and acknowledgements	140

All about Muscle or Facing Life

All about Muscle: A User's Guide

Author: Irwin M Siegel

Chapters cover such diverse topics as anatomy, growth and development, physiology, energy, exercise, injury, and disease There are tables of instructional materials, illustrations, and numerous diagrams to help readers understand the text. A list of books for suggested further reading and a handy glossary are appended.

The book is designed for the intelligent reader who wishes to understand this important organ system of his or her body. It was written as a companion to All About Bone: An Owner's Manual, which treated the skeletal system in a similar manner. It covers practical matters such as proper exercise and diet, the prevention and treatment of injury, muscle and sports, relaxation techniques, muscle building, and much more.

All About Muscle: A User's Guide will teach readers how to keep their muscles healthy and strong. Between its covers, readers will find everything they need to know in order to to understand their muscles, how they work, and how to keep them in top form.

Jose Antonio

In this easy-to-read paperback the author broadly covers many aspects of skeletal muscle physiology. According to the author, the purpose is to provide the reader with basic and applied knowledge of skeletal muscle physiology. Certainly, these are worthy objectives and for the most part, he meets these objectives. It is not immediately clear who the audience for this book might be. It is much too simple for PhDs or MDs who study or research skeletal muscle. A quick perusal of the text might convince you that a layperson with an avid interest in the subject could pick up the book and become edified. The author is a credible authority of the subject. The book follows a sequence that is wholly unsurprising (history, muscle anatomy, physiology, exercise metabolism, disease states, etc.). For the most part, the author provides basic knowledge in all of these areas. However, there are glaring errors that should be addressed. He discusses the role of "oxygen debt" in sprinters (incorrectly). Furthermore, he denotes that in order of "athletic efficiency," African-Americans rank first, Asians second, and Caucasians last. Now whether this is true is debatable (and certainly worthy of discussion); however, it isn't clear how he arrived at this conclusion. Perhaps one of the more glaring errors (as a sports fan) is his statement that Lou Gehrig had the second most home runs after Babe Ruth. Of course, Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's record nearly 30 years ago! In general, the "appearance" of the book (particularly the medical illustrations) could be greatly improved. However, for those with little knowledge of skeletal muscle, this book could serve as a nice introduction to the topic. Forthose who are well versed in the field of skeletal muscle physiology, this book is too simplistic. Still, I would recommend the book for those who need to brush up on the subject or to beginning students in the biological sciences.

Fitness Management

...this book condenses information about muscles into an informative guide..includes tables of instructional material, illustrations and diagrams, and covers practical matters such as proper exercise and diet, the prevention and treatment of injury, muscles and sports, relaxation techniques and muscle building.

Book Bag

...(a no-nonsense guide...There's a terrific chapter on muscle injuries and how to cope with them, a prescription for an exercise program which does not assume you desire to be a spa poster-girl or the middle linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens, and a great "For Further Reference" section...which is always useful.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Jose Antonio, PhD (University of Delaware)
Description: In this easy-to-read paperback the author broadly covers many aspects of skeletal muscle physiology.
Purpose: According to the author, the purpose is to provide the reader with basic and applied knowledge of skeletal muscle physiology. Certainly, these are worthy objectives and for the most part, he meets these objectives.
Audience: It is not immediately clear who the audience for this book might be. It is much too simple for PhDs or MDs who study or research skeletal muscle. A quick perusal of the text might convince you that a layperson with an avid interest in the subject could pick up the book and become edified. The author is a credible authority of the subject.
Features: The book follows a sequence that is wholly unsurprising (history, muscle anatomy, physiology, exercise metabolism, disease states, etc.). For the most part, the author provides basic knowledge in all of these areas. However, there are glaring errors that should be addressed. He discusses the role of "oxygen debt" in sprinters (incorrectly). Furthermore, he denotes that in order of "athletic efficiency," African-Americans rank first, Asians second, and Caucasians last. Now whether this is true is debatable (and certainly worthy of discussion); however, it isn't clear how he arrived at this conclusion. Perhaps one of the more glaring errors (as a sports fan) is his statement that Lou Gehrig had the second most home runs after Babe Ruth. Of course, Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's record nearly 30 years ago! In general, the "appearance" of the book (particularly the medical illustrations) could be greatly improved. However, for those with little knowledge of skeletal muscle, this book could serve as a nice introduction to the topic.
Assessment: For those who are well versed in the field of skeletal muscle physiology, this book is too simplistic. Still, I would recommend the book for those who need to brush up on the subject or to beginning students in the biological sciences.

Rating

2 Stars from Doody

New interesting book: Planification de Site

Facing Life

Author: Nancy Brown

Nancy Brown's astonishing debut is a testament to the power of human resilience. With startling elegance and rare honesty, Brown recounts the abuse she suffered as a young girl at the hands of a sexual predator, the scarring and the pain she endured, and the deadly refuge she found in prescription drugs and alcohol.

In the Open or Transformation through Bodywork

In the Open: Diary of a Homeless Alcoholic

Author: Timothy E Donohu

Compelling, raw, and painfully self-aware, In the Open describes an existence most people can barely imagine. A first-hand account of one man's struggle with homelessness and alcoholism, this diary records a world full of physical degradation and despair that is not without unpredictable moments of striking beauty.
Donohue's experiences are brutal, but his perceptions are poetic. This account of an intelligent and sensitive man in the grip of alcoholism and homelessness challenges our perceptions of those on the margins of American contemporary life.
"Donohue recorded this often-moving account during a four-year period of homelessness caused by his alcoholism. . . . There are many brilliant observations here on a range of topics, including human nature, technology, and capitalism. . . . Donohue's life on the fringe also provides an inside look at the homeless system of overnight shelters, labor offices, and food stamp providers. But, somehow, in spite of all the negatives, a hopeful book emerges."—Booklist
"A startlingly original book. In this confessional age, Donohue's diary becomes a different sort of tell-all, a palimpsest that forces us to extract the author from his own writing. . . . Donohue comes to resemble Swift's Gulliver"—Nicholas Nesson, Boston Phoenix
"Donohue punctuates his account of 'domiciling within the black walls of a mosquito-infested night' with rambling metaphysical asides in the style of an eighteenth-century philosophe."—Molly McQuade, Lingua Franca
"Despite hunger, homelessness, dead-end jobs and abusive drinking, what is most striking about Donohue is his amazing optimism andendurance."—Patrick Markee, Nation
"Donohue is a gifted writer. . . . But what gives [his diary] the breath of life is that it is written by an artist."—Alec Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times Book Review

See also: Labours of Love or Hamburgers and Fries

Transformation through Bodywork: Using Touch Therapies for Inner Peace

Author: Dan Menkin

Dan Menkin has facilitated thousands of sessions integrating spiritual and personal counseling with transformation-oriented bodywork. Here he asks us to discover inner peace through spiritually sensitive bodywork. Whether you're a practitioner or a client, learn how touch therapies can be a part of a joyful development process that includes your mind, emotions, and spirit--as well as your body.

Womens Health or Encyclopedia of Dietary Supplements

Womens Health: Complexities and Differences

Author: Sheryl Ed Ruzek

Challenging purely biomedical definitions of women's health, Women's Health: Complexities and Differences draws attention to social, cultural, and behavioral elements crucial to a broader understanding of the issues. The contributors to this volume raise important questions about the directions currently being taken to improve women's health in the United States: Is women's health merely the absence of disease? What have been the consequences of promoting narrow biomedical models of health? What do the pervasive patterns and puzzles in the distribution of disease, illness, and death among different groups of women tell us about the sources of ill health? How well do national agendas address all women's health care priorities? What are the implications for social action? Particular attention is paid in this collection of essays to how race, class, gender, and culture shape and in turn are shaped by treatment options and health care for certain subpopulations among Native American, Latina, Asian American, and African American women. Discussions of reproductive health, mental health, violence, and the treatment of stigmatized women raise perplexing issues about choice, chance, and social change.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword
	Preface
Pt. I	What Is Women's Health?	1
1	Social, Biomedical, and Feminist Models of Women's Health	11
2	Patterns and Puzzles: The Distribution of Health and Illness among Women in the United States	29
Pt. II	What We Share and How We Differ	47
3	What Are the Dynamics of Differences?	51
4	The Last Sisters: Health Issues of Women with Disabilities	96
Pt. III	Creating Women's Health: Health Practices, Working and Living Conditions, and Medical Care	113
5	Women, Personal Health Behavior, and Health Promotion	118
6	The Ergonomics of Women's Work	154
7	"Less than Animals?": The Health of Women Workers in Garment Manufacture, Agriculture, and Electronics Assembly	173
8	Access, Cost, and Quality of Medical Care: Where Are We Heading?	183
9	A Note from Louise: Understanding Women's Health in Appalachia	231
Pt. IV	Culture and Complexities	245
10	Beauty Myths and Realities and Their Impact on Women's Health	249
11	Old Woes, Old Ways, New Dawn: Native American Women's Health Issues	276
12	Asian/Pacific American Women and Cultural Diversity: Studies of the Traumas of Cancer and War	300
13	Issues in Latino Women's Health: Myths and Challenges	329
Pt. V	Intersections of Race, Class, and Culture	349
14	African American Women's Health: The Effects of Disease and Chronic Life Stressors	353
15	Women, Power, and Mental Health	380
16	Who Cares? Women as Informal and Formal Caregivers	397
17	Older Women: Income, Retirement, and Health	425
Pt. VI	Power and Social Control	447
18	Responses to Stigma and Marginality: The Health of Lesbians, Imprisoned Women, and Women with HIV	451
19	"You Can Be Safer, But ...": Different Women, Many Violences	473
	Introduction	473
	Women's Lived Experiences of Abuse	476
	The Battered Women's Movement	486
	Rape	492
	A Survivor Speaks about the Victim Input Program	501
	Anti-Lesbian Violence	503
	Sexual Harassment	510
20	The Ongoing Politics of Contraception: Norplant and Other Emerging Technologies	520
Pt. VII	Challenges and Choices for the Twenty-first Century	547
21	Research to Improve Women's Health: An Agenda for Equity	551
22	Strengths and Strongholds in Women's Health Research	580
23	Conversing with Diversity: Implications for Social Research	607
	Contributors	637
	Index	645

New interesting book: American Armageddon or McCain

Encyclopedia of Dietary Supplements

Author: Paul M Coates

Situated as a scientific checkpoint for the many over-the-counter supplements carried in today's nutritional products marketplace, this definitive Encyclopedia of Dietary Supplements presents peer-reviewed, objective entries that rigorously review the most significant scientific research-funneling basic chemical, preclinical, and clinical data into a descriptive form universally useful to health care professionals, researchers, and educated, health-conscious consumers.

Library Journal

All the editors of this scientific volume are highly placed at the National Institute of Health, while the institutions of the 100 contributors range from Columbia University to Memorial University, Newfoundland. Seventy-five supplements are included, among them S-Adenosylmethionine (better known as SAM-e), ephedra, evening primrose, reishi mushrooms, riboflavin, and zinc. Though the focus of each entry is the supplement's chemical or biochemical properties (chemical structures are included), there is also detailed information where relevant on historical use, physiology, mechanisms of action, clinical and preclinical studies, potential health benefits, safety, adverse effects, and numerous other topics. All tables, charts, and figures are in black and white, though some figures may be viewed (with difficulty) in color at the publisher's web site, www. decker.com, where updates to the encyclopedia will also be available. Each entry includes a lengthy bibliography of references, mostly from the most current medical literature and occasionally from web sites. There is an index but no appendixes. Alternative resources to consider are the free International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements database, http://grande.nal.usda.gov/ibids/index. php, which contains 730,000 citations drawn from four major databases, and the fee-based Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database (also available in print), which contains more than 1000 evidence-based monographs about dietary supplements and herbs. Bottom Line The inclusion of more than 75 supplements would have been welcome (something that might have been easily accomplished through the use of less white space, smaller typeface, and thinner paper). Additionally, the preface states that the encyclopedia was written for "students and researchers of physiology and chemistry, for healthcare providers, and for consumers," but it would take an extremely dedicated consumer to make the most of this book. Dietary Supplements, edited by Pamela Mason (Pharmaceutical, 2001) is written for the health professional, but the entries are far more readable. Given the emphasis on chemistry and biochemistry, the Encyclopedia of Dietary Supplements would be suitable for pharmacy, pharmaceutical, and medical libraries.-Martha E. Stone, Massachusetts General Hosp. Lib., Boston Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Dr Gundrys Diet Evolution or Not So Golden Years

Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You--And Your Waistline--And Drop the Weight for Good

Author: Steven R Gundry

YOUR GENES ARE TRYING TO KILL YOU– AND YOU’RE EATING IT UP!

Does losing weight and staying healthy feel like a battle? Well, it’s really a war. Your enemies are your own genes, backed by millions of years of evolution, and the only way to win is to outsmart them.

Dr. Steven Gundry explains what your body is “thinking” and tells you why, surprisingly, your genes actually “want” you to be fat–even sick. Eating many so-called healthy foods gives your body the wrong messages and may activate what Dr. Gundry calls “killer genes,” whose purpose is to get rid of you. Now, with his revolutionary ideas, which enabled him to easily lose 70 pounds, you can reprogram your body for the health, life, looks, and longevity you desire! And this is a diet that works equally well for women and men, no matter what their age.

Transform yourself with this three-phase plan:

• The Teardown Phase will train your body to stop storing fat and curb your appetite, which enables you to lose weight while turning off “killer genes.”
• The Restoration Phase gives your genes the resources to make you healthy and strong.
• The Longevity Phase will allow you to enjoy your new, slim, vibrant body for a good, long time by making your genes protect you from aging.

This entirely new way of looking at eating, weight loss, and the aging process teaches you how to manipulate your body’s programming, learn to deactivate “killer genes,” and keep disease and aging at bay.


Dr. Gundry’s Diet Evolution shares the health secrets other doctors won’ttell you:

• Why plants are “good” for you because they’re “bad” for you and meat is “bad” because it’s “good” for you
• Why plateauing on this diet is actually a sign that you’re on the right track
• How to choose micronutrient-rich, “calorie scant” foods instead of just “low calorie” foods
• Why artificial sweeteners have the same effects as sugar on your health and your waistline
• Why taking antacids, statins, and drugs for high blood pressure and arthritis only mask health issues instead of addressing them
• Why thinning hair and skin tags are two signals that your genes are trying to kill you

Along with the meal planner, 70 delicious recipes, and inspirational stories, Dr. Gundry’s easy-to-memorize tips will keep you healthy and on course:

• If it’s “beige” or “white,” keep it out of sight.
• If you eat dark “green,” you will become lean.
• If you eat fake fats, you’ll get heart attacks.

Publishers Weekly

Thoracic surgeon Gundry has invented many devices now commonly used in heart surgeries. Here, he shows readers how to avoid such surgeries as well as obesity, high cholesterol and blood pressure levels, diabetes and even cancer by outsmarting a genetic code set for survival when food was scarce and physical activity strenuous. Our culture, technology and lifestyles may have changed, Gundry says, but our genes have not. The first part of his three-phase diet aims to break reliance on high-carb, sugar-laden foods. In phases two and three, readers can broaden their eating plans somewhat, but the emphasis is on nutrient-dense, calorie-sparse greens. Some may wince at the "Gundryisms" that pepper the text ("If it's white, keep it out of sight"; "If it's beige, better behave"), but many will find them easy to remember. User-friendly exercise and meal plans, as well as recipes for some unusual foods (among them Chicken Under a Brick; Angelic Jungle Princess with Chicken, a Thai recipe adapted from a dish served at a restaurant on Oahu; and "pasta" dishes made with low-cal, high-fiber shirataki noodles) round out this surprising take on the epidemic of obesity-related diseases. (Mar.)

Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information

Ingrid Levin - Library Journal

Heart surgeon Steven Gundry takes an evolutionary and gene-based approach in this challenging but intriguing diet and nutrition guide, which was initially designed to improve the heart health of his seriously ill patients. With a friendly and enthusiastic tone, Gundry explains his view that eating a healthy diet can "turn off" genes in the human body that lead to weight gain and chronic disease. Gundry's rather complex three-phase diet plan focuses on reducing or eliminating grains and sugar, in favor of lean protein and large amounts of vegetables. The initial phases of Gundry's eating plan bear some similarities to the Paleolithic or caveman diet, as presented in books such as Ray Audette's NeanderThinor Loren Cordain's The Paleo Diet. While the strict requirements of Gundry's plan may be too extreme for some, and Gundry's explanations of his theories are occasionally confusing, this thought-provoking nutrition guide will likely appeal to open-minded dieters facing health problems that require a major lifestyle change. Suitable for larger public libraries.

Table of Contents:

Introduction     1
A New Way to Communicate with Your Genes     7
Your Genes Are Running the Show     9
We Are What We Eat     23
Changing the Message     43
Diet Evolution     51
The Diet at a Glance     53
The Teardown     71
The First Two Weeks     71
What's Off the Menu?     83
The Teardown Continues     97
Settling In     113
The Restoration     127
Begin the Restoration     127
Picking Up the Pace     141
Longevity     149
Thriving for a Good, Long Time     149
Tricking Your Genes: Beyond Diet     161
Meal Plans and Recipes     171
Notes     267
Acknowledgments     278
Recipe Index     280
One Last Word...     283
Index     285

Books about: From Family to Market or Latinos in a Changing US Economy

Not So Golden Years: Caregiving, the Frail Elderly, and the Long-Term Care Establishment

Author: Laura Olson

Since the 1990s, the politics and policies of aging and elder care have emerged as one of the more important issues both nationally and worldwide. Because of population aging and the lengthening of the age span itself, the prevalence of chronic disabling diseases is increasing considerably, rendering more people dependent on others to meet their daily needs. The Not So Golden Years: Caregiving, the Frail Elderly and the Long-Term Care Establishment explores the forces shaping long-term care policy in the U.S. and its impact on individuals and public budgets. The book addresses the world of elder care from the vantage point of gender, race, ethnicity and social class. It systematically describes the experiences of family caregivers, the workers who comprise the caring labor force, and the frail elderly themselves, showing how each of these vulnerable players, mostly women, are affected by long-term care policies and practices.

Helping Your Depressed Child or Handbook of AyurVedic Medicinal Plants

Helping Your Depressed Child

Author: Martha Underwood Barnard

Based on the author's extensive studies, Helping Your Depressed Child empowers parents by explaining how to recognize their child's depressive disorder. The book advocates a home wellness program and features a series of steps parents can take to help their child through depression. These steps include finding an appropriate therapy, getting professional help, and understanding pharmacological treatments. Also included is detailed information on techniques like deep breathing, visualizations, and affirmations. With an estimated 2.5 to 4 million children under 18 affected by depressive disorders, this book offers the comprehensive, in-depth help that parents need.

New interesting textbook: Appreciating Fine Wines or Fat free Junk Food Cookbook

Handbook of AyurVedic Medicinal Plants: Herbal Reference Library

Author: L D Kapoor

This handbook is filled with over 50 illustrations and descriptions of approximately 250 plants which are used for herbal medicine. It includes information on medicinal plants ranging from Abies spectabilis to Zizyphus vulgaris. The purpose of this handbook is to make available a reference for easy, accurate identification of these herbs. Derived from India, "Ayurveda" is the foundation stone of their ancient medical science. It is believed that the key to successful medication is the use of the correct herb. This is an indispensable resource for all physicians, pharmacists, drug collectors, and those interested in the healing arts.

Booknews

Describes some 250 plants, providing their different names in the different languages of India and abroad. Covers each plant's habitat and distribution, as well as parts used, pharmacognostical characteristics, Ayurvedic descriptions, actions and uses, chemical constituents, pharmacological action, medicinal properties and uses, and dosage. Kapoor (a retired scientist with the National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India) includes appendices addressing the basic concepts of Ayurveda and introductory notes on the fundamental principles of Ayurvedic pharmacology. Includes a glossary, references, and b&w line drawings. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	1
	Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants	5
	Appendices
	Basic Concepts of Ayurveda	347
	Introductory Notes on the Fundamental Principles of Ayurvedic Pharmacology	349
	Glossary	353
	References	361
	List of Figures and Credits	389
	Index	391

Handbook of Mind Body Medicine for Primary Care or Breast Cancer

Handbook of Mind-Body Medicine for Primary Care

Author: Nelson Phillips

"It is a very thorough and up-to-date clinical handbook and reference for the primary care Doc or nurse. . . . if you have a favorite Family Doc or Internist or Nurse Practitioner--or administrator--and you want them to have a nice gift, buy them this book. But read it before you give it away."
--JOURNAL OF NEUROTHERAPY

The Handbook of Mind-Body Medicine for Primary Care introduces an evidence-based mind-body approach to the medical and behavioral problems of primary care patients. Evidence-based mind-body practice draws on the best available scientific research, advocating the integration of well-documented mind-body therapies into primary health care. The handbook summarizes current mind-body practice and provides an overview of the basic techniques, including biofeedback, neurofeedback, relaxation therapies, hypnotherapy, cognitive-behavioral therapies, acupuncture, and spiritual therapies. The editors also thoroughly demonstrate the application of these techniques to common disorders such as headache, chronic pain, and essential hypertension, as well as anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and sleep disorders.

The Handbook includes educational models with guidelines for physicians, nurses, physicians' assistants, and behavioral health practitioners. The book closes with a look at the existential and spiritual side of the human encounter with sickness and disease. This handbook will benefit a wide variety of health providers in primary care.

The Handbook is divided into four parts:

• Part I introduces the conceptual models from the psychophysiological perspective for understandingfunctional medical problems.
• Part II describes specific clinical tools and interventions.
• Part III overviews the best documented cognitive-behavioral approaches and alternative therapies to common disorders.
• Part IV provides educational models for practitioners in each of the mind-body disciplines.

About the Editors

 

Donald Moss, Ph.D., is Director of Chronic Pain Services at West Michigan Behavioral Health Services.

Angele V. McGrady, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychiatry and Adjunct Professor of Physiology and Molecular Medicine at Medical College of Ohio.

Terence C. Davies, MD, is Chairman of Family and Community Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School.

Ian Wickramasekera, Ph.D., is a Professor of psychology at Saybrook Graduate School, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford Medical School, and Professor of Family Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School.

Go to: Pervasive Developmental Disorder a Medical Dictionary Bibliography and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References or Piroxicam a Medical Dictionary Bibliography and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References

Breast Cancer: Daughters Tell Their Stories

Author: Julianne S Oktay

I will always and forever feel I have a 'hole' in my life where my mother once existed.

This insightful book tells the stories of women whose mothers had breast cancer. It uses their own voices to express the common fears and expectations of daughters in the periods before and during their mothers' illnesses, involving genetic risks, death and dying, and changes in their relationships. The case studies, tables and figures, and two appendices will benefit health professionals and counselors, while the poignant narratives will help mothers and daughters better understand their experiences with breast cancer.

I was kind of surprised to be alive and free of cancer at age 42, when at this point my mother was crippled by metastases. When I get to be 43 the age at which my mother died, or maybe when I get to 44, it's like, 'what do I do?' I have this life that I didn't expect to have.

Breast Cancer: Daughters Tell Their Stories presents the results of a qualitative, grounded theory study of breast cancer survivors, providing in-depth information about an aspect of breast cancer that has been previously overlooked. The book examines the daughters' experiences through four phases the period prior to mother's illness, the period during mother's illness and treatment, the period following mother's death (if mother dies), and the long-term impact. From this study, recommendations are compiled for providing or improving services for tomorrow's daughters.

The radical mastectomy left her scarred and disfigured below her nightgown. It was bruised and nasty looking. That was kind of scary. I think that has terrified me since. Sometimes I'll have pains in my left breast and that's what I visualize. It's terrifying.

From an empathetic perspective, this book reveals how many daughters react to and deal with their mothers' diagnoses, depending on their age and family situation at the time of their mothers' illnesses. It shows how daughters can gain a more accurate idea of their level of risk by providing educational materials and developing new strategies for communication. It also helps breast cancer survivors see how their illnesses can shape their daughters' future outlook, offering new inspiration for resolving and preventing family crises.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword
Ch. 1	Background and introduction	1
Ch. 2	How the study was done	11
Ch. 3	A daughter's experience of her mother's breast cancer : theoretical model	23
Ch. 4	Experience of young daughters when mothers die from breast cancer	37
Ch. 5	Experience of young adolescent daughters when mothers die from breast cancer	77
Ch. 6	Experience of late adolescent daughters when mothers die from breast cancer	127
Ch. 7	Experience of young adult daughters when mothers die from breast cancer	181
Ch. 8	Experience of daughters whose mothers survive breast cancer	229
Ch. 9	Daughters and the risk of breast cancer	263
Ch. 10	Key phases and broad themes in the experience of breast cancer daughters	283
Ch. 11	Conclusions	297

Preventive Health Measures for Lesbian and Bisexual Women or Misinformation Concerning Child Sexual Abuse and Adult Survivors

Preventive Health Measures for Lesbian and Bisexual Women

Author: Robin M Mathy

Help lesbian and bisexual women better manage their physical health

The lack of information about lesbian and bisexual women's health can in part be attributed to the lack of health research focused on this population. Preventive Health Measures for Lesbian and Bisexual Women helps fill this gap by providing the latest empirical, evidence-based research to address current health care issues confronted by sexual minority women (SMW). This vital source explores several diverse factors constraining the ability of lesbian and bisexual women of color to receive proper health care and exercise preventative health measures including discrimination, oppression, and stigmatization.

The reasons behind several SMW health risks are psychosocial and behavioral factors often not considered by health practitioners. Preventive Health Measures for Lesbian and Bisexual Women examines these factors in detail and provides a firm starting point for further research and ways to best address the challenges. Studies on SMW behavior and perceptions reveal how lesbians and bisexual women make choices on various vital health issues such as alcohol use, nutrition, weight management, exercise, safer sex practices, sunscreen use, and self-breast examination. The research in this book is of the highest quality, the discussions on the findings top-notch, and the conclusions important for every policymaker, health practitioner, and researcher to understand.

Research topics in Preventive Health Measures for Lesbian and Bisexual Women include:
• the effects of lesbian or bisexual identity on preventative health behaviors
• cancer prevention and screening behaviors using American Cancer Societyguidelines as the standards for comparison
• experiences with treating physicians and their attitudes—positive and negative
• ways to help lesbians with cancer receive better support by service providers and lesbian communities
• comparison between lesbian and heterosexual women of psychosocial responses to treatment for breast cancer
• qualitative study on lesbians who frequent bars
• characteristics of sexual minority women across four survey sampling methods

Preventive Health Measures for Lesbian and Bisexual Women is timely, crucial information for health practitioners of all types, women's activists, public health professionals, and researchers.

Book about: Gerade von den Stapeln: Ein Guide Aus erster Hand zu Karrieren in der Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft

Misinformation Concerning Child Sexual Abuse and Adult Survivors

Author: Charles L Whitfield

Successfully navigate the minefield of misinformation that can prevent justice from being done in child sexual abuse cases!

From the Foreword, by Robert Geffner, PhD, editor of the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse: “Too often, the public and some professionals have been misled by media publicity and articles . . . that appear scientific, but in reality, are biased opinions or over-generalized research. Forensic cases are being decided in many courts based upon the recommendations of so-called 'expert witnesses’who do not actually know the clinical research or understand the dynamics of such abusive relationships.”

This much-needed book points out and corrects misinformation that everyone who works with victims, offenders, or families in which sexual abuse has occurred needs to understand clearly. Especially vital in today's political climate, Misinformation Concerning Child Sexual Abuse and Adult Survivors gives you state-of-the-science information on such myths as “false memory syndrome,” “recovered memory therapy,” and the “lack of harm” to some sexually abused boys.

Misinformation Concerning Child Sexual Abuse and Adult Survivors examines:

• forensic issues, including the “false memory” defense and how the long-term impact of childhood sexual abuse is often misrepresented in court
• three separate expert examinations of Rind, Tromovitch, and Bauserman's well-known--and often misrepresented--review of long-term child sexual abuse outcomes
• treatment recommendations and guidelines for addressing the memory controversy in clinical practice
• the fascinating casehistory/cautionary tale of the child molester Robert Halsey, who was convicted and sentenced to two life sentences in 1993, and how public and academic resources were misused to claim he was wrongly convicted

Booknews

Seeking to correct media and "expert witness" misrepresentations concerning child sexual abuse (CSA) and its long-term outcomes, Dr. Whitfield (alcohol studies, Rutgers U., NJ) and his co-editors introduce themes examined in eight articles on what has been identified as a major public health issue, including: societal denial, disinformation as a legal defense strategy, and clinical implications of "false memory syndrome." Also includes critiques of a controversial meta-analysis (Rind, et al., 1998) minimizing CSA sequelae, and a case history of misguided efforts to exonerate a child molester. Co-published simultaneously as Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, v.9, nos.3/4, 2001. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Table of Contents:

	Foreword
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction: Exposing Misinformation Concerning Child Sexual Abuse and Adult Survivors	1
	Crisis or Creation? A Systematic Examination of "False Memory Syndrome"	9
	The Legend of Robert Halsey	37
	The "False Memory" Defense: Using Disinformation and Junk Science In and Out of Court	53
	(Mis) Representations of the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse in the Courts	79
	Science or Propaganda? An Examination of Rind, Tromovitch and Bauserman (1998)	109
	A Critical Appraisal of the 1998 Meta-Analytic Review of Child Sexual Abuse Outcomes Reported by Rind, Tromovitch, and Bauserman	135
	The Real Controversy About Child Sexual Abuse Research: Contradictory Findings and Critical Issues Not Addressed by Rind, Tromovitch, and Bauserman in Their 1998 Outcomes Meta-Analysis	157
	Implications of the Memory Controversy for Clinical Practice: An Overview of Treatment Recommendations and Guidelines	183
	Index	211

Breathing Underwater or Wilderness First Aid

Breathing Underwater: The Inner Life of Tai Chi Chuan

Author: Margaret Emerson

Apart from its physical benefits, the practice of T’ai Chi Ch’uan can foster emotional health and psychological well-being. Author Margaret Emerson, a longtime student and teacher of T’ai Chi, examines how the skills developed in the practice of T’ai Chi Ch’uan—awareness, concentration, mobility, and flexibility—can enrich our personal and professional lives. When integrated as a daily practice, T’ai Chi Ch’uan can enhance health, creativity, and encounters with friends, family, and strangers.

Interesting book: Personal Financial Planning or Marketing Channels

Wilderness First Aid: When You Can't Call 911

Author: Gilbert Preston

'No backpack, glove compartment, tackle box, or saddlebag should be without one.' -New York Outdoors

Infanticide or Body Mechanics and Self Care Manual

Infanticide: Psychosocial and Legal Perspectives on Mothers Who Kill

Author: Margaret G Spinelli

Maternal infanticide, or the murder of a child in its first year of life by its mother, elicits sorrow, anger, horror, and outrage. But the perpetrator is often a victim, too.

The editor of this revealing work asks us to reach beyond rage, stretch the limits of compassion, and enter the minds of mothers who kill their babies& mdash;with the hope that advancing the knowledge base and stimulating inquiry in this neglected area of maternal-infant research will save young lives.

Written to help remedy today's dearth of up-to-date, research-based literature, this unique volume brings together a multidisciplinary group of 17 experts& mdash;scholars, clinicians, researchers, clinical and forensic psychiatrists, pediatric psychoanalysts, attorneys, and an epidemiologist& mdash; who focus on the psychiatric perspective of this tragic cause of infant death.

This comprehensive, practical work is organized into four parts for easy reference:


• Part I presents historical and epidemiological data, including a compelling discussion of the contrasting legal views of infanticide in the United States, United Kingdom, and other Western countries, a review of the latest statistics on maternal infanticide, and a discussion of the problems of underreporting and the lack of available documentation.
• Part II covers the psychiatric, psychological, cultural, and biological underpinnings of infanticide, detailing how to identify, evaluate, and treat postpartum psychiatric disorders. The authors explore clinical diagnosis, symptom recognition, risk factors, biological precipitants, and alternative motives, such as cultural infanticide. Chapter 3, developed to assistthe attorney or mental health professional in understanding the implications of postpartum psychiatric illness as they relate to infanticide, presents a sensitive and thorough inquiry into infanticidal ideation.
• Part III focuses on contemporary legislation, criminal defenses, and disparate treatment in U.S. law and compares U.S. law with the U.K.'s model of probation and treatment. Chapter 8 is an especially useful resource for the attorney or expert psychiatric witness preparing for an infanticide/neonaticide case in the criminal court system.
• Part IV discusses clinical experience with mothers as perpetrators and countertransference in therapy, the range of mother-infant interactions (from healthy to pathological), and methods of early intervention and prevention.

This balanced perspective on a highly emotional issue will find a wide audience among psychiatric and medical professionals (child, clinical, and forensic psychiatrists and psychologists; social workers; obstetricians/gynecologists and midwives; nurses; and pediatricians), legal professionals (judges, attorneys, law students), public health professionals, and interested laypersons.

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Reviewer: Steven T. Herron, MD (University of Arizona Health Sciences Center)
Description: This concise and easy-to-read book reports on recent research results and provides a brief review of prior studies on neonaticide and infanticide. Authors from fields such as medicine, psychology, and law pen 11 of the 13 chapters.
Purpose: Two major purposes for this book are described: to provide suggestions to other investigators for future research and to assist "mental health and law practitioners" participating in cases with "women accused of infanticide."
Audience: The primary audience for this book are mental health professionals (primarily forensic practitioners both in the evaluation and treatment of this specific population, as well as those involved in research of forensic populations) and attorneys defending women accused of these crimes.
Features: This book includes 11 chapters individually written by various professionals involved with research, treatment, evaluation, and defense of women accused of neonaticide or infanticide. A chapter about a separate British law for women committing these offenses provides a global view on differing approaches to the problem. There is also a discussion on the history of infanticide and neonaticide in the first chapter. In addition, an anonymous therapist discusses the struggle to overcome the stereotypes and countertransference involved in treating these patients in chapter. Each chapter has an extensive list of references at its conclusion.
Assessment: Overall, this interesting and well-organized book provides an updated review of the limited literature on the topic of infanticide and neonaticide. The newer studies provide additional insight into the characteristics associated with these offenders and, in general, attempts to address previously unanswered questions about these women to provide a more comprehensive risk assessment picture. Yet, one of the drawbacks of this work is the apparent bias of many of the chapters' authors. Although the introduction of the book relates a bias on the part of the editor, numerous chapters attempt to explain all incidents of this disturbing crime as related to psychiatric illness and chemical disturbance. Even given that women with psychiatric disorders commit many, if not most, of these offenses, it is unfair to those with legitimate mental illness to combine women who commit these crimes for other reasons in the same category. As with most cases involving the interpretation of behavior following events, each case should be reviewed and examined on its own facts for the determination of guilt or innocence. Most readers, like the authors and editor, would agree that punishing legitimately psychiatrically ill offenders serves no real purpose, especially those committing the tragic acts described in these pages. However, many would also argue that blindly excusing criminal behavior before exploring the facts specific to each individual case is unjust and unacceptable.

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There is a dearth of references for the legal and medical professions on the subject of mothers who kill, according to Spinelli (psychiatry, Columbia U. College of Physicians and Surgeons, among other affiliations), and even less on fathers who kill; she hopes that closer attention to the subject will help save lives. Thirteen contributions from psychiatrists, psychologists, and lawyers discuss the epidemiology of infanticide and historical legal statutes, biopsychosocial and cultural perspectives (postpartum disorders; denial of pregnancy; culture, scarcity, and maternal thinking); contemporary legislation; and treatment and prevention. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Rating

3 Stars from Doody

Table of Contents:

	Contributors
	Introduction
	Acknowledgments
Pt. I	Epidemiology and Historical Legal Statutes
Ch. 1	A Brief History of Infanticide and the Law	3
Ch. 2	Epidemiology of Infanticide	19
Pt. II	Biopsychosocial and Cultural Perspectives on Infanticide
Ch. 3	Postpartum Disorders: Phenomenology, Treatment Approaches, and Relationship to Infanticide	35
Ch. 4	Neurohormonal Aspects of Postpartum Depression and Psychosis	61
Ch. 5	Denial of Pregnancy	81
Ch. 6	Neonaticide: A Systematic Investigation of 17 Cases	105
Ch. 7	Culture, Scarcity, and Maternal Thinking	119
Pt. III	Contemporary Legislation
Ch. 8	Criminal Defense in Cases of Infanticide and Neonaticide	133
Ch. 9	Medical and Legal Dilemmas of Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders	167
Ch. 10	Infanticide in Britain	185
Pt. IV	Treatment and Prevention
Ch. 11	How Could Anyone Do That?: A Therapist's Struggle With Countertransference	201
Ch. 12	The Mother-Infant Relationship: From Normality to Pathology	209
Ch. 13	The Promise of Saved Lives: Recognition, Prevention, and Rehabilitation	235
	Index	257

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Body Mechanics and Self-Care Manual

Author: Marian Wolfe Dixon

Body Mechanics and Self-Care Manual

Marian Dixon

This book allows bodyworkers to become active players in their own health and wellness by helping them implement body mechanics and self-care techniques to avoid occupational injury, stress, and burnout. Conceptual discussions, clear line illustrations, and kinesthetic exercises bring ergonomic concepts to life, while presenting up-to-date information on important aspects of self-care, such as overuse syndromes, burnout prevention, building strength, coordination, and flexibility, social support, and stress manangement.

• Highlights body awareness and emphasizes situation-, technique-, and individual-specific body mechanics skills.
• Troubleshooting Poor Body Mechanics sections help bodyworkers quickly identify unhealthy patterns of movement to avoid injury.
• Common Injury and Repetitive Overuse Review in Chapter 7 provides a quick review of pertinent pathology and orthopedic concepts.
• Active Stretches and Relaxation Skills sections help bodyworkers prepare and renew for the demanding work of massage therapy.

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Hormone use in Menopause and Andropause: A Choice for Women and Men

Author: Sheldon J Segal

This book, by two of the most distinguished figures in fertility and reproduction research, answers all the most common questions about menaupause and andropause, and hormone resupplement therapy (HRT) for menopausal women. It offers explanations of all aspects of this subject, presenting balanced and reliable information about benefits, risks, and prospects for this field.Segal invented Norplant, the first long-term implantable contraceptive, and as the leader of Reproductive Biology at the Population Council, he orchestrated and coordinated the research and trials leading to basically every new contraceptive introduced over a period of about 25 years.Mastroianni did more than anyone else to develop in vitro fertizilation as a viable treatment option, and was for many years the chairman of the largest department of obstetrics and gynecology, and the director of the most successful IVF clinic. This book is unique in including coverage of the climacteric in men.

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Addiction and Spirituality: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Author: H Benjamin Bohren

Recovering addicts often testify to the power of a spiritual element in their healing and continuing sobriety. Those who treat addiction also recognize the value of spirituality, but there is, as yet, no general agreement on what spirituality is and how it works.

This groundbreaking volume gathers reflective essays from recognized, respected professionals in such diverse fields as medicine, psychiatry, clinical psychology, and pastoral counseling, each with his or her unique perspective on the role of spirituality in addiction and recovery.

From the juxtaposition of these varying points of view can come an ongoing conversation on both the theoretical and practical implications of spirituality and addiction.

Table of Contents:

	About the Contributors
	Preface
	Introduction
Pt. I	Setting the Context	1
Ch. 1	Addiction and Spirituality in Context	3
Pt. II	Clinical Views	31
Ch. 2	Substance Use Disorders as a Symptom of a Spiritual Disease	33
Ch. 3	Healing the Addictive Mind	55
Ch. 4	A Systemic View of Spirituality: God and Twelve Step Programs as Resources in Family Therapy	75
Ch. 5	Overcoming Cultural Points of Resistance to Spirituality in the Practice of Addiction Medicine	95
Ch. 6	Many Roads, One Journey: One Woman's Path to Truth	111
Pt. III	Pastoral-Clinical and Recovery Views	137
Ch. 7	Unconditional Surrender	139
Ch. 8	The Spirituality of Recovery: Recovery Is Learning to Love	157
Ch. 9	Spirituality for High and Low Rollers: The Paradox of Self-esteem in Gambling Recovery	173
Pt. IV	Pastors and Spiritual Directors	193
Ch. 10	By Love Possessed	195
Ch. 11	Beyond Abstinence and Toward Spiritual Integration	215
Ch. 12	Addiction and Recovery through Jewish Eyes	235
Pt. V	Conclusion and Reflection	249
Ch. 13	Addiction and Spirituality: A Clinical-Theological Reflection	251