Saturday, January 31, 2009

Let Them Eat Prozac or Lessons from Joan

Let Them Eat Prozac: The Unhealthy Relationship Between the Pharmaceutical Industry and Depression

Author: David Healy

Prozac. Paxil. Zoloft. Turn on your television and you are likely to see a commercial for one of the many selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) on the market. We hear a lot about them, but do we really understand how these drugs work and what risks are involved for anyone who uses them?

Let Them Eat Prozac explores the history of SSRIs—from their early development to their latest marketing campaigns—and the controversies that surround them. Initially, they seemed like wonder drugs for those with mild to moderate depression—patients take just one daily dose, and unlike the tranquilizers that were popular in the 1960s, they supposedly did not lead to addiction. When Prozac was released in the late 1980s, David Healy was among the psychiatrists who prescribed it. But he soon observed that some of these patients became agitated and even attempted suicide. Studies were soon published, citing numerous cases in which patients became anxious and reported increased suicidal thoughts while taking Prozac. Could the new wonder drug actually be making patients worse?

Healy draws on his own research and expertise to demonstrate the potential hazards associated with these drugs. He intersperses case histories with insider accounts of the research leading to the development and approval of SSRIs as a treatment for depression. Let Them Eat Prozac clearly demonstrates that the problems go much deeper than a disturbing side-effect of a particular drug. Current FDA regulations encourage drug companies to patent a specific compound and market it effectively to a large population on the basis of minimal effectiveness in a handful of trials.

The pharmaceutical industry would like us to believe that SSRIs can safely treat depression, anxiety, and a host of other mental problems. But as Let Them Eat Prozac reveals, this "cure" may be worse than the disease.

 

David Healy is a former secretary of the British Association for Psychopharmacology and author of over 120 articles and 12 books, including The Antidepressant Era and The Creation of Psychopharmacology.

Library Journal

Recent Food & Drug Administration hearings have explored links between antidepressant use and suicide. Expert testimony on the safety of these drugs conflicts, and pharmaceutical companies have been accused of covering up evidence of serious side effects. In his timely new book, psychiatrist Healy (Univ. of Wales Coll. of Medicine, U.K.; The Antidepressant Era) chronicles these very issues at length, drawing on his extensive experience in antidepressant studies and involvement in legal actions against drug manufacturers. (He was fired from a position at the University of Toronto for his outspokenness.) In effect, Healy is continuing the conversation started by Peter D. Kramer (Listening to Prozac) and Peter Breggin (Talking Back to Prozac; The Anti-Depressant Fact Book), both of whom are psychiatrists concerned with the way antidepressants are being marketed and what the current love affair with mood-altering drugs means in our culture. Healy has the advantage of access to internal pharmaceutical industry documents and makes a strong case. Somewhat academic in tone, his book includes extensive notes to relevant case law as well as medical literature. Recommended for larger public libraries and special collections in public policy, medicine, and public health.-Eris Weaver, Redwood Health Lib., Petaluma, CA Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

What People Are Saying

Jonathan Cole
The author is an excellent historian who offers a gripping interpretation of the role of the pharmaco-industrial complex in the introduction of SSRIs. His recommendation for a funded agency that would carefully evaluate the benefits and harms of marketed drugs is a superb idea and much needed.
Harvard Medical School


John Le Carrй
This very important book will demonstrate beyond your worst dreams that the commercial needs of Big Pharma are the natural-born enemy of independent scientific research.




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Lessons from Joan: Living and Loving with Cancer, a Husband's Story

Author: Eric Kingson

In the thirty-two months following Joan's cancer diagnosis she and her family experienced a journey that changed their lives immeasurably. With unflinching honesty, Eric R. Kingson recounts the ensuing medical treatments, their hopes and fears, their advocacy, and everyday struggles. But at the heart of the book is Joan's warmth and courage. Her observations on life and death, more philosophical than clinical, are honest and abundant. Drawing on her wisdom, Kingson has written a powerful and enriching book. Unexpectedly, it proves to be not so much a memoir as a love story. Lessons from Joan is not intended as a "how-to" book, but within its pages readers will find lessons about how to deal with unexpected life-threatening illnesses, how to identify and assess treatment options, and how to communicate with health care providers and deal with managed care.

MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW

"[O]ffers far more than the usual memoir, however: its most valuable contribution lies in its lessons on how to navigate the medical system, how to obtain results in the face of obstacles, and how families can endure both diagnosis and treatment. This powerful story holds many lessons and much advice for any facing similar struggles, and is a high recommended pick."

for the the COLON CANCER ALLIANCE - SUZANNE LINDLEY

"For those living with or touched by a diagnosis of cancer, "Lessons from Joan" will be a comfort and a help. For anyone seeking understanding in the presence of the mystery of disease, this book will be a flowing river of perception. It will provide laughter, thought, tears, and above all hope. I recommend it wholeheartedly."

CEO, Hospice & Palliative Care Associates of Central New York - DALE JOHNSON

This "book is, by turns, a valentine to Joan, a thank-you note to friends and family, and a how-to manual for families encountering a bewildering health care system in the face of terminal disease. Kingson manages a deft balancing act, crafting a work that is philosophical at times but never dense, inspirational without being overly sentimental, and instructive while much more than merely technical. Lessons from Joan presents a set of thoughtful reflections about struggle, loss and grief in a family turned upside down by the unanticipated illness of a youthful and vibrant wife and mother."

What People Are Saying

Newsletter Of The Rosalynn Carter Institute Caregiver Program
"This courageous look into the day to day triumphs and tragedies of dealing with a life-threatening illness is a thought-provoking, helpful and hopeful book for caregivers, family members, professional caregivers, and students."
RECOMENDED BOOK IN CARGIVING TIMES (January 2006)


Karen Davis
From the Foreword by Karen Davis, President and CEO of the Commonwealth Fund:
Joan's experience with the health care system has lessons for all of us. . . . It illustrates the importance of "the heart" in our health care system -- for our patients, family members, health care providers, and our culture.


Robert L. Kane
Robert L. Kane, M.D., University of Minnesota Chair in Long-term Care and Aging and author of It Shouldn't Be This Way: The Failure of Long-term Care:
Provides both inspiration and insight. . . . [Kingson offers] many useful ideas on how to deal with terminal cancer.


Niki Tsongas
Niki Tsongas, wife of the late Senator Paul Tsongas:
In the end, it is the dignity, and ultimately the great humanity with which Joan and her family faced her illness that comes through in this remarkable book and [which] enriches us all.


Sidney Winawer
Sidney Winawer, M.D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, author of Healing Lessons:
Many of us will find ourselves in an unexpected crisis of illness. . . . Lessons from Joan will be extraordinarily helpful. [This book] is not only engaging and tender but also informative.




Friday, January 30, 2009

Micromiracles or Breaking the Headache Cycle

Micromiracles: Discover the Healing Power of Enzymes

Author: Ellen W Cutler

The only definitive resource on enzyme therapy by the nation's leading expert, a pioneering medical doctor who has used enzymes to treat allergies, asthma, fatigue, chronic pain, and many other ailments-with astonishing success!

The scientific evidence continues to mount, pointing to enzyme deficiencies as the cause of a vast majority of health problems. In this important, groundbreaking book, Dr. Ellen Cutler-who has been prescribing enzymes to her patients, and taking them herself for more than 20 years-shows readers how to assess their bodies' unique enzyme needs and create totally personalized enzyme regimens.

Enzyme Power also explains how enzyme supplements:
- Reduce food cravings and promote significant weight loss
-·Sharpen memory and mental alertness
-·Strengthen the immune system to prevent and fight illness, from colds and flu to heart disease and cancer
- Offset the effects of stress and replenish energy stores
-·Heal the cellular damage that fuels the aging process

Enzyme Power promises to be the most complete, authoritative resource on enzyme therapy, which a growing number of health professionals identify as the next frontier in medicine and self-care.



Go to: Savoring Mexico or Soy Soy Soy

Breaking the Headache Cycle: Steps to Treating and Preventing Recurring Headaches

Author: Ian Livingston

Two headache specialists offer their innovative Headache Reduction Program, for treating and preventing recurring headaches

Twenty-eight million people in the United States suffer from chronic, recurrent, often disabling headaches-half of them forgoing medical attention in favor of analgesics that do nothing to prevent the next one. In Breaking the Headache Cycle , the authors-migraine sufferers themselves-present the integrated Headache Reduction Program (HARP) that they developed at the Princeton Headache Clinic.

Based on the central insights that the predisposition to headaches is a sign of an unusually sensitive nervous system and that drugs are only one component of the most successful treatment plans, this remarkable program instructs readers in a range of techniques, including:

- how to relieve the pain of migraines
- how to detect and ward off oncoming headaches
- how to prevent migraines from even threatening

The innovative solutions detailed in Breaking the Headache Cycle range from simple breathing exercises and dietary changes to support groups and the latest medications. In this thorough and accessible guide, the authors promise new relief for those already being treated for recurring headaches and for those who currently suffer in silence.

Library Journal

It is estimated that 28 million Americans experience chronic severe headaches that disrupt their lives daily. Over half are incorrectly diagnosed and thus do not receive appropriate treatment. At least 95 percent of migraine, tension, and cluster headache sufferers are viewed as having an enhanced, biologically based response to stress that is stronger than that of the general population. Livingstone and Novak, medical director and cofounder of Princeton University's Headache Reduction Program (HARP), respectively, believe this enhanced response to stress can be harnessed to recognize stressors in life as well as to adapt and change for overall headache reduction. Here, they outline the HARP program, an incorporation of prescription drugs (when necessary) and aspects of complementary medicine; nondrug methods (e.g., relaxation techniques, deep breathing, and yoga) can be used without attending the program. Consequently, the authors dedicate several pages to instructions for each method. Paul Drucko's Taking Control of Your Headache takes a more integrative approach, emphasizing the need for complete and thorough diagnosis, and offers more complete coverage of headache causes; it also includes a wider scope of nondrug therapies (e.g., behavioral therapy). Recommended with reservations for medium to large public and consumer libraries.-Janice Flahiff, Medical Coll. of Ohio Lib., Toledo Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.



Thursday, January 29, 2009

Stage II Relationships or Emotionally Free

Stage II Relationships: Love Beyond Addiction

Author: Earnest Larsen

Offers clear and practical techniques for couples and families who have faced the issue of addiction and are now striving to bring health and vitality to their relationships.



Interesting book: Walk Away the Pounds or Atkins for Life

Emotionally Free: A Prescription for Healing Body, Soul, and Spirit

Author: Grant Mullen

More and more individuals every year suffer the devastating effects of depression. In this forthright and compassionate study, Grant Mullen, a medical doctor, helps readers identify symptoms of depression and understand three viable paths of treatment—medication, deliverance, and inner healing.

Dr. Mullen explores the medical, spiritual, and inner healing aspects of this disabling and often misdiagnosed condition. From a sound scriptural foundation, he discusses physical causes of depression, exposes Satan's part in deceiving those who are suffering, and offers principles to help the reader learn to "reconnect" head and heart, find self-acceptance, and learn to trust our heavenly Father in a new and joyful way.



Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Healing by Design or Fitness Ball Drills

Healing by Design

Author: Scott Hannen

Radically restore your body's health by tapping into its built-in healing mechanisms. Learn how your body works, how to take control of your healing, and how to maintain your God-given health like never before. This is good health made easy! Whether you have a chronic degenerative condition, ADHD, a neurological problem, or are dealing with trauma, childhood obesity, or any other type of health issue, Dr. Hannen demonstrates how your body can heal itself when proper balance is restored. Updated and expanded to include in-depth personal application, this revised edition arms you with the tools you need to make better health choices for yourself and your family. Get ready! Everything you once believed regarding health care is about to change.



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Fitness Ball Drills: Get Fit on the Ball with Australia's Body Coach

Author: Paul Collins

Fitness Ball Drills is a user-friendly exercise guide for achieving a stronger, leaner and more flexible body. The Fitness Ball (or Swiss Ball) has been designed specifically for the demands of rigorous exercise. Today, it is one of the most utilized pieces of gym and fitness equipment used throughout the world to tone, stretch and strengthen the whole body. It is widely used by individuals involved in exercise, sports, personal training and rehabilitation, as well as Pilates, yoga and group exercise classes.

Body Coach Paul Collins provides step-by-step instruction to improve posture, balance, coordination, strength and flexibility. More than 50 exercises that can easily be carried out at home or in the gym are illustrated. These exercises are ideal for athletes and amateur fitness enthusiasts alike. Fitness Ball Drills also includes a series of fitness ball routines for the whole body with special attention given to the abdominal and lower back regions.



Table of Contents:
Introduction     5
About the Author     8
Fitness Ball Introduction     9
Sitting on the Ball     16
Abdominal Exercises     22
Lower Back, Hip and Leg Exercises     46
Chest and Arms     68
Balances     88
Strength Training     100
Functional Body Rotations     118
Stretching on the Ball     125
Developing a Fitness Ball Routine     131
General Fitness Ball     134
Beginner Level Abdominal Core     136
Intermediate Level Abdominal Core     137
Advanced Level Abdominal Core     138
Fitness Ball Index     140
Photo & Illustration Credits     143

Monday, January 26, 2009

Run Fast or ADD and Creativity

Run Fast: How to Beat Your Best Time Every Time

Author: Hal Higdon

Train for Speed...Feel Great!

Are you looking for better race times, whether you run 5-Ks or marathons? Searching for that ultimate, exhilarating moment when you're running faster than ever before? Or do you just want to get healthy and have more fun when you run?

You can run faster, and this book will show you how. Much more than a training guide, this classic volume-- completely revised and updated for runners of every caliber-- spells out a complete program to help you increase your speed, improve your times, and motivate yourself to achieve your running goals. You'll see how to:

* Shave time off your Personal Record
* Make speedwork count-- and avoid the risk of associated pain and injuries
* Make the most of limited training time
* Build more muscle to boost your speed
* Achieve a smooth stride and an efficient, economical running form
* Listen to yourself and be your own best coach

You'll discover magic workouts that both improve your speed and make training fun. And, if you've taken an exercise break, you'll see how to get back in shape and back on track, with faster times than ever before.

Packed with stories and tips from coaches, record holders, and average runners alike, Run Fast is brimming with inspiration. Experience the thrill of better race times, the satisfaction of running strong, and the sheer joy that comes from running faster than ever before.



Table of Contents:
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1:
Flying without Wings
The Thrill of Running Fast
Chapter 2:
First Base
"Legging Up" Gets You in Shape
Chapter 3
Slow Down to Speed Up
Speed Training without Speedwork
Chapter 4
Speed Endurance
Where Time Meets Intensity
Chapter 5
Juggling Workouts
Make the Most of Training Time
Chapter 6
Good Form
Smooth Out Your Stride
Chapter 7
Speedwork
Fine-Tune Your Training
Chapter 8
The Magic Workout
Interval Training Can Improve Your Speed
Chapter 9
Speed Play
Fartlek and Tempo Training
Chapter 10
Pure Speed
Improve Your Kick
Chapter 11
Dynamic Flexibility
Speed in Motion
Chapter 12
Hit the Hills
Climb Your Way to the Top
Chapter 13
Strength Does It
More Muscle Means More Speed
Chapter 14
The Polishing Touch
Be Your Own Best Coach
Chapter 15
Detraining and Retraining
The Best Way to Get Back in Shape
Chapter 16
Ready to Race
Test Your Ability to Run Fast
Epilogue
Index

New interesting textbook: Marketing Kit for Dummies or Pokemon Mystery Dungeon

A.D.D. and Creativity: Tapping Your Inner Muse

Author: Lynn Weiss

Identify and free your creative abilities.



Sunday, January 25, 2009

Good Doctors Guide to Colds and Flu or The CFIDS Fibromyalgia Toolkit

Good Doctor's Guide to Colds and Flu

Author: Neil Schachter

The latest and most effective information on preventing and treating colds and flu

Under the weather? Eminent lung specialist Neil Schachter, M.D., arms you with the knowledge you need to boost immunity and avoid illness. And when colds, flu, and other respiratory infections do strike, you'll know exactly how to relieve uncomfortable symptoms like congestion and fever.

In this book you'll find:

  • Treatment plans for the most common respiratory infections, including colds, flu, bronchitis, pneumonia, sinusitis, and strep throat
  • The right way to use vitamin C and zinc to combat a cold
  • The important difference between a head cold and chest cold
  • The five best ways to quiet a cough
  • Three signs that indicate if it's a cold or flu
  • Three symptoms that signal it's time to call a doctor
  • Why humming five seconds a day can reduce risk of sinus problems
  • The surprising reason why women catch more colds
  • And much more

With Dr. Schachter's guidance, you'll stay one step ahead of colds and flu.



Go to: Managing Windows with VBscript and WMI or Blade Dancer

The CFIDS/Fibromyalgia Toolkit: A Practical Self-Help Guide

Author: Bruce F Campbell

This book offers hope to the 4 million Americans coping with CFIDS (Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome) and fibromyalgia. Even though there is no cure for either illness, there are many things you can do to take charge of your condition and your life.

This manual for personal change offers a framework to help you understand your illness better, as well as many practical tools you can use to control symptoms and create a more stable life. The approach is based on the belief that you can change the effects of your illness and perhaps its course through your efforts.



Saturday, January 24, 2009

Lipid Metabolism and Health or Scientific Basis for Ayurvedic Therapies

Digital SLR Photography with Photoshop CS2 All-In-One For Dummies

Author: Robert J Moffatt

5 books in 1 -- your key to terrific digital photos

Your one-stop, full-color guide to Photoshop CS2 and your digital SLR

You've just bought a brand-new digital single lens reflex camera and Photoshop CS2. Congratulations! Now the question is, "How do I make great photos?" You're in luck! The first two minibooks cover everything you want to know about using your new camera to capture images. The last three explore the wonders of digital photography using Photoshop CS2.

Discover how to
* Set your camera for the right exposure
* Select the right lens for the job
* Choose the better format--JPEG or RAW
* Tweak exposure and white balance images in Photoshop
* Use layer masks in retouching and special color effects



Books about: Operations Analysis Using Excel or Pressing Problems in Law

Scientific Basis for Ayurvedic Therapies

Author: Lakshmi C Mishra

Ayurveda may be the oldest form of health care in the world and is often referred to as the "Mother of All Healing." In Ayurveda, body, mind and consciousness work together in maintaining balance. Published studies have documented reductions in cardiovascular disease risk factors, including blood pressure and reaction to stress, in individuals who practice Ayurvedic methods. Scientific Basis for Ayurvedic Therapies is the first book to analyze and synthesize research supporting Ayurveda. It reviews the current scientific information on major Ayurvedic therapies, evaluates the research data and presents it in an easily understandable form for Western researchers and Ayurvedic practitioners.



Table of Contents:
Ch. 1Ayurveda - A Potential Global Medical System1
Ch. 2Health Care and Disease Management31
Ch. 3Clinical Research Design: Limited Systematic Review of Five Diagnosis Categories31
Ch. 4Panchakarma Therapy in Ayurvedic Medicine43
Ch. 5Immunomodulation: Therapeutic Strategy Through Ayurveda63
Ch. 6Ayurvedic Bhasmas83
Ch. 7Diabetes Mellitus (Madhumeha)101
Ch. 8Ayurvedic Therapies for Thyroid Dysfunction133
Ch. 9Obesity (Medoroga) in Ayurveda149
Ch. 10Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoarthritis, and Gout167
Ch. 11Ayurvedic Therapies of Sciatica (Gridhrasi)185
Ch. 12Allergic Reaction203
Ch. 13Bronchial Asthma209
Ch. 14Hepatic Disorders231
Ch. 15Antimutagenic Effect of Ayurvedic Therapies255
Ch. 16Benign Growths, Cysts, and Malignant Tumors273
Ch. 17Indigestion (Ajirna)307
Ch. 18Constipation (Vibandha)323
Ch. 19Hyperacidity (Amlapitta)339
Ch. 20Irritable Colon (Grahani)355
Ch. 21Diarrhea (Atisara) and Dysentery (Pravahika)371
Ch. 22Gastroduodenal Ulcers393
Ch. 23Alzheimer's Disease411
Ch. 24Epilepsy427
Ch. 25Psychiatric Disorders439
Ch. 26Parkinson's Disease (Kampa Vata)453
Ch. 27Male Reproductive Dysfunction459
Ch. 28Raktaja Krimis (Dermatophytes)479
Ch. 29Eye Diseases491
Ch. 30Ischemic Heart Disease511
Ch. 31Urolithiasis (Mutrashmari)535
Ch. 32Gynecological Diseases551
App. 1Ayurvedic Words and Their English Meanings575
App. 2Ayurvedic Herbs and Botanical Names591
App. 3List of Ayurvedic Scientific Journals601
App. 4Ayurvedic Product Manufacturers603
Index607

Friday, January 23, 2009

Help for Eating Disorders or Physical Activity Interventions in Children and Adolescents

Help for Eating Disorders: A Parent's Guide to Symptoms, Causes and Treatment

Author: Debra K Katzman


Straightforward solutions to difficult problems.

Most teenagers have a friend who has been affected by an eating disorder. Such disorders affect almost 20% of teenage girls in North America at some point in their development.

Magazines and movies constantly stress a thin body image as the defining force for popularity. The message teenagers get is that thin is the only route to popularity and happiness.

Through the Eating Disorder Program, Drs. Katzman and Pinhas, at The Hospital for Sick Children, have developed a program that helps young people and their parents deal with the problems of eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia.

First, the book shows parents how to identify an eating disorder and when to become concerned about it.

Second, there is vital information for parents on how to become informed users of the health care system and how to collaborate in their child's treatment.

Third, practical support for parents, family members and coaches enables them to participate in the recovery of a child or adolescent with an eating disorder.

Worksheets, diaries and first-person case studies assists parents and caregivers to help youth overcome an eating disorder.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Amer Smajkic, MD(Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This book describes diagnosis and treatment of, and recovery from, eating disorders. It offers a basic understanding of eating disorders, specifics on how they affect children and adolescents, how to recognize if they need help, how to perceive the assessment and treatment of children with eating disorders, and what to expect from recovery and treatment.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide a detailed book that organizes clinical knowledge and personal experience about all the major areas of eating disorders. The book is organized into three parts including diagnosis, treatment, and family and community roles in recovery and prevention.
Audience: The targeted audiences are mainly parents and families, but professionals whose daily life involves working with children and adolescents with eating disorders could also benefit.
Features: The book outlines description, myths, misconceptions, risk factors, causes, how to identify and how to recognize complications related to eating disorders. It describes care and treatment, focusing on treatment resources in the community, getting assessment, choosing a treatment strategy, learning to eat again, coping with relapses, and making the transition from adolescent to adult. Information about focusing on roles of family and community in recovery and prevention of eating disorders detail how to help yourself and your child, how to look for resources in social networks, how to educate professionals working with your child, and what to expect from recovery are included. The text is strengthened with tables, handyexplanations, tips, and valuable cases with two personal testimonials written by a parent and by a young person with anorexia. References are up to date.
Assessment: This is a good functional book targeting parents, but also useful to professionals and clinicians. It is written in clear and structured manner. The book does highlight all the important issues in the area of eating disorders.



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Physical Activity Interventions in Children and Adolescents

Author: Dianne S Ward

With modern conveniences and technology always beckoning, today's children are less active and more obese than ever—which leads to an ever-increasing need for more effective interventions to help them become more active. Physical Activity Interventions in Children and Adolescents addresses this problem by helping professionals in schools, health departments, recreation centers, state agencies, and not-for-profit organizations design, implement, and evaluate interventions to promote and increase physical activity among children and adolescents.

Part of the Physical Activity Intervention Series, Physical Activity Interventions in Children and Adolescents provides information on current levels of youth physical activity and presents a basic understanding of the issues associated with it. The book offers a clear and reader-friendly overview of theories of behavior change that have been used in developing physical activity interventions in a variety of settings and methods for program evaluation. Specific recommendations for physical activity from various professional and health organizations are included as well. The book also provides

  • descriptive epidemiology of youth physical activity that helps identify the changes in activity as children age;
  • insights into the potential role of the family and the community in providing physical activity opportunities for youth;
  • guidance for the development of collaborative relationships among agencies and organizations to promote physical activity in the community; and
  • a review of available instruments for measuring physical activity in youth populations, including self-report instruments and step counters.
Practical application of the information covered in Physical Activity Interventions in Children and Adolescents is demonstrated through real-world interventions that have been implemented in various settings. The programs were selected based on their demonstrated effectiveness, potential for success, or unique features. Strengths and weaknesses of each intervention are highlighted. In addition to the presentation of existing programs, guidelines for the development of new programs are presented. Sample worksheets serve as valuable tools in evaluating and designing interventions in areas where proven programs are not yet available.

The text follows a three-part progression. Part I provides an orientation to activity in young people, describing how to change behavior and introducing the settings in which such behavior change programs might be developed. In part II, documented interventions are examined for programs in schools, community organizations, and home and health care settings. Part III explores intervention design, assisting those who want to design their own interventions for specific populations. Descriptions of program evaluation, including useful measurement instruments, are detailed as well.

The result is a book that professionals can use for learning about physical activity and the role it plays in the lives of youth. It will guide readers in designing successful interventions that can change physical activity behavior for the children and adolescents with whom they work.



Table of Contents:
Physical Activity Intervention Series Preface

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Angry Gut or Conception Pregnancy and Birth

Angry Gut: Coping with Colitis and Crohn's Disease

Author: W Grant Thompson

The New England Journal of Medicine lauds Dr. W. Grant Thompson as "a gifted teacher and clinician with a talent for clear exposition." In the spirit of the highly acclaimed Gut Reactions, Dr. Thompson shares his expertise on how to cope with two widespread and debilitating diseases - colitis and Crohn's disease. These two chronic, nonfatal yet devastating ailments typically strike the young and may develop into a lifetime burden. Most patients are traumatized by their diagnosis and become frustrated and depressed by the recurring nature of these illnesses. As a result, caring and open communication between patient and doctor is essential. Perhaps more so than a physician in any other specialty, a gastroenterologist must be in tune with the mind and body of his patient. Dr. Thompson, an international expert and chief of a hospital gastroenterology unit, epitomizes this valuable quality and bestows the fruit of his knowledge and compassion on the reader. In addition to highlighting the significant similarities and differences of these two syndromes and stressing the importance of a correct diagnosis, Dr. Thompson broaches more sensitive topics that seem to be ignored by the medical profession. He explores the unique psychosocial and sexual concerns, as well as the effects of pregnancy on those women who suffer from these conditions. His gift for writing and warm, caring style make the daily struggles of these illnesses seem easier to bear. One of the worst consequences of these stubborn ailments is the accompanying reduction in the quality of life. Dr. Thompson addresses common worries about body image due to illness or surgery, loss of sexual drive or ability to perform, pain andsuffering, possible effects of medication, and concern over the ominous relationship between ulcerative colitis and cancer. In accessible and supportive prose, Dr. Thompson examines the pros and cons of all possible treatments including drug therapy, nutrition, and surgery. He outlines

Library Journal

While rarely fatal, inflammatory bowel diseases, or IBD (ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease), are chronic illnesses that can radically alter a person's life. In this book, Thompson, author of Gut Reac tions (Plenum, 1989), offers a wonderful resource for people trying to understand and cope with IBD. Describing how IBD can disrupt the normal digestive tract functions, he explores surgical and medical therapy options. Thompson's strength is his acknowledgment of the psychological and lifestyle issues a patient must face, issues rarely addressed by physicians. But though his book will be readily welcomed by those with some background knowledge in IBD, at times it may be difficult for some readers. As introductory texts, two works offered by the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (formerly the National Foundation for Ileitis & Colitis) may be better choices: People Not Patients (NFIC, 1985) and The Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis Fact Book (Scribner, 1983). Nevertheless, Thompson's book is an excellent addition to consumer health collections.-- KellyJo Houtz Parish, Harrison Memorial Hosp., Bremerton, Wash.

Booknews

A popular monograph on these nonfatal, devastating diseases by a medical doctor and lucid writer (Gut Reaction, Irritable Gut). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)



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Conception, Pregnancy and Birth: The Childbirth Bible for Today's Parents

Author: Miriam Stoppard

Widely accepted as the definitive guide to pregnancy and childbirth, Dr. Miriam Stoppard's Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth has sold well over a million copies since it was first published. This new edition has not only been given a completely new look with stunning new photography but it has also been updated and re-written with 20-25 percent new material. New information will cover the latest developments in pregnancy and birth, from up-to-date research on how your stress levels can affect your unborn baby to new developments in delivering your baby.

Library Journal

Despite the overall professional tone of this revised edition, Stoppard's background as a popular U.K. broadcast personality and writer comes through in an advice-columnist style that some readers will find charming. She warns parents, for example, against bestowing the name Phoebe, which can be difficult to spell, and cautions single parents about the "rather intense" relationships they will form with their babies. Of course, all of the pregnancy basics are covered as well, from conception through birth, including current information on obstetrics, infertility, and premature baby care. Although edited for the U.S. consumer, the text remains geared toward the U.K. experience. Frequent references to midwife teams, the norm in England, may confuse American readers, and Stoppard makes no mention of doulas, assistants during and after childbirth, who are increasingly popular in the United States. This well-produced book, chock-full of good information and beautiful pictures, is a worthy choice for larger public libraries that carry a wide selection of contemporary works on the childbearing year. Libraries with fewer selections may want to consider purchasing books that are likely to have broader appeal, e.g., Joel M. Evans's The Whole Pregnancy Handbook.-Noemie Maxwell Vassilakis, King Cty. Lib. Syst., WA Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.



Table of Contents:
Introduction     8
Preparing for pregnancy     14
Fit for parenthood     16
Miriam's casebook: The importance of folic acid     20
What is a gene?     22
Genetic counseling     26
Conceiving a baby     28
The man's role     30
Fertilization     32
Having problems?     34
Seeking advice     36
Male infertility     38
Male tests     40
Female infertility     42
Female tests     44
Treatments for female infertility     46
ART (assisted reproduction technology)     48
The typical pattern of an IVF treatment     50
Advanced ART     52
Using donors     54
Miriam's casebook: Infertility     56
You and your developing baby     58
Pregnant!     60
Your rights     64
First trimester     66
Second trimester     68
Third trimester     70
First six weeks     72
Up to ten weeks     74
Up to 14 weeks     76
Up to 18 weeks     78
Up to 22 weeks     80
Up to 26 weeks     82
Up to 30 weeks     84
Up to 34 weeks     86
Up to 40 weeks     88
Preparing for fatherhood     90
Becoming a dad     92
The expectant father     94
Dads at the birth     96
Getting to know your new baby     100
The birth of your choice     104
The choices for childbirth     106
Childbirth philosophers     112
Birthing centers     114
Hospital birth     116
Professional attendants     120
Birth plan     122
Childbirth classes     124
Food and eating in pregnancy     126
Food in pregnancy     128
Miriam's casebook: The vegetarian mother     136
Miriam's casebook: The diabetic mother     140
A healthy pregnancy     142
Stay active for a fit pregnancy     144
Massage for relaxation     152
Emotional changes     154
Body care     158
Avoiding problems     160
What to wear     162
A working pregnancy     164
Miriam's casebook: Choosing single parenthood     166
Avoiding hazards     168
Your prenatal care     172
Prenatal care     174
Ultrasound scan     180
Miriam's casebook: Twins     182
Special tests     184
Miriam's casebook: Testing for abnormalities     188
Caring for your unborn baby     190
In touch with your baby     192
Fetal problems     196
Fetal surgery     200
Miriam's casebook: Rhesusnegative mother     202
Complaints in pregnancy     204
Common complaints     206
Miriam's casebook: Mother with MS     214
Emergencies in pregnancy     216
Medical emergencies     218
Miriam's casebook: After a miscarriage     220
Miriam's casebook: A mother with preeclampsia     226
A sensual pregnancy     228
Your relationship     230
Sensual massage     232
Making love     234
Sexual problems     236
Getting ready for your baby     238
Preparing for your baby     240
Choosing equipment     242
Your baby's clothes     244
Breast or bottle?     246
Choosing a name     248
Preparing siblings for a new baby     252
Arranging for help     254
Miriam's casebook: A working pregnancy     256
The late stages of pregnancy     258
Are you overdue?     260
Managing your labor     262
Getting ready for the birthing center     264
Going to the hospital     266
Comfort aids for labor     268
Pre-labor and labor     270
The first stage     272
Hospital procedures     274
Partner's role in labor     276
First stage positions     278
Pain relief     280
The second stage: delivery     284
Giving birth     286
Partner's role at the birth     288
The third stage     290
Baby's first hours     292
Special deliveries     294
Special labors     296
Induction of labor     300
Miriam's casebook: An induced birth     302
Sudden birth     304
Complications at delivery     306
Cesarean section     308
Miriam's casebook: An emergency cesarean      310
If a baby dies     312
Getting to know your newborn baby     314
Your new baby     316
What your new baby can do     320
Your hospital stay     322
Holding and handling     324
Beginning to breast-feed     326
Breast-feeding your baby     328
Bottle-feeding     332
Giving the bottle     334
Choosing diapers     336
Changing a diaper     338
Washing your baby     340
Newborn health     342
Special care baby     344
Special care unit     346
Miriam's casebook: Premature baby     348
Adjusting to parenthood     350
The first weeks     352
Postpartum health     354
Your changing emotions     360
Miriam's casebook: The depressed mother     362
Making love again     364
Changes to your lifestyle     366
Miriam's casebook: First-time dad     368
Useful addresses     370
Index     371
Acknowledgments     376

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Turning Suffering Inside Out or Group Psychotherapy with Addicted Populations

Turning Suffering Inside Out: A Zen Approach for Living with Physical and Emotional Pain

Author: Darlene Cohen

Darlene Cohen discovered the secret to finding happiness in the midst of debilitating pain. She shares her knowledge in her popular workshops and now in this book. Cohen, who has suffered from rheumatoid arthritis for eighteen years, was hobbling painfully to her local Zen center one day, when she made a discovery that changed her life: if she focused on the foot that was in the air rather than the one that was hitting the pavement, her stamina increased enormously. It was the beginning of a completely different approach to the crippling pain that had beset her for so long. As she demonstrates here, this approach can be expanded to all types of pain: physical, psychological, and spiritual. Cohen—a certified massage and movement therapist and Zen teacher—proposes a radically liberating alternative to the usual desperate search for pain relief: paradoxically, she says, release from suffering lies in paying closer attention to it. When we keep pain at bay, we keep pleasure at bay, too. The two are interdependent, and our ability to experience each is totally dependent on our understanding of the other. "Enrich your life exponentially," Cohen advises. If your pain is one of the ten things you are aware of, then it constitutes a tenth of your total awareness. Expand your awareness to a hundred things, however, and your pain is only a hundredth of your awareness. With stories, strategies, exercises, and an awareness born of long Zen practice, Cohen shows us how to tap into that enrichment—and how we can lead a satisfying and even joyful life in the very midst of pain. This book was published in hardcover under the title Finding a Joyful Life in the Heart of Pain.



Book about: Prassi e legislazione del bene immobile della Virginia

Group Psychotherapy with Addicted Populations: An Integration of Twelve-Step and Psychodynamic Theory

Author: Philip J Flores

Be more effective in group therapy with addicted clients

Group Psychotherapy with Addicted Populations: An Integration of Twelve-Step and Psychodynamic Theory, Third Edition is the newly revised edition of the classic text, that provides you with proven strategies for defeating alcohol and drug addiction through group psychotherapy. Philip J. Flores, a highly regarded expert in the treatment of alcoholism and in group psychotherapy brings together practical applications of 12-step programs and psychodynamic groups. This updated book explores the latest in constructive benefits of group therapy to chemically dependent individuals, providing opportunities to share and identify with others who are going through similar problems, to understand their own attitudes about addiction by confronting similar attitudes in others, and to learn to communicate their needs and feelings more directly.

Topics in Group Psychotherapy with Addicted Populations: An Integration of Twelve-Step and Psychodynamic Theory, Third Edition include:

• Alcoholism, addiction, and psychodynamic theories of addiction
• Alcoholics anonymous and group psychotherapy
• Use of confrontational techniques in the group
• Inpatient group psychotherapy
• Characteristics of the leader
• Transference in the group
• Resistance in groups
• Preparing the chemically dependent person for group
• The curative process in group therapy
• Integrating a modern analytic approach
• A discussion of object relations theory
• Group psychotherapy, AA, and twelve-step programs
• Diagnosis and addiction treatment
• Treatment issues at early, middle, and late stages of treatment
• A discussion of guidelines and priorities for group leaders
• Countertransference
• Special considerations of resistance to addiction
• Termination of treatment

Professionals working in group therapy and addictions will find Group Psychotherapy with Addicted Populations: An Integration of Twelve-Step and Psychodynamic Theory, Third Edition an invaluable resource emphasizing the positive and constructive opportunities group psychotherapy brings to the chemically dependent individual.

What People Are Saying

Edward J. Khantzian
SCHOLARLY YET IMMENSELY HELPFUL AND PRACTICAL BOOK . . . covers all the bases, integrating how group therapy and twelve step programs help to access and transform the core vulnerabilities of addicted individuals. . . . BRILLIANTLY FOCUSES on how the relational and self regulatory problems of addicted individuals can be addressed and modified by informed clinical approaches and twelve step programs. . . . ASTUTELY INSTRUCTS us how group and twelve step programs can serve as correctives by replacing addictive behaviors with meaningful and transforming relationships. (Edward J. Khantzian, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Medical School at Tewksbury Hospital and the Cambridge Health Alliance)


Henry I. Spitz
Every so often a rare text comes along that possesses the qualities of being theoretically sound, clinically wise and easily readable. Philip Flores has written such a book. . . . A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION toward enriching our understanding of the interplay between psychological theory, neuroscience research and clinical group work with people struggling with problems of addiction. With his unique blend of scholarship and pragmatism, Dr. Flores provides the reader with A THOUGHTFUL AND WELL DOCUMENTED ROAD MAP for negotiating the notoriously challenging terrain of treating addicted individuals. This book is A 'MUST READ' for anyone seeking a comprehensive understanding of the use of group therapy for substance abuse treatment. (Henry I. Spitz MD, DFAGPA, Director Group Psychotherapy Training Program, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, & Distinguished Fellow, Americana Group Psychotherapy Association)


Molyn Leszcz
In this VERY CLEAR AND WELL-WRITTEN text book, DR. FLORES HAS SET THE STANDARD in his articulation of the way group therapy plays a pivotal role in the treatment of persons suffering from addictions. . . . Advances our understanding of the integration of addictions into mental health; psychology of the mind and biology of the brain; models of group therapy; 12-step approaches and leader led groups; scientific knowledge and clinical wisdom; and, the pivotal role that an understanding of attachment plays in effective group psychotherapy. . . . NEW CHAPTERS WRITTEN FOR THIS EDITION ARE OF GREAT VALUE: the first chapter on interpersonal neurobiology and addictions, is A MUST READ, not only for those who work in the area of addictions, but for psychotherapists in general, who are interested in understanding how the work that they do with their clients modifies their clients' brain as well as their clients' thinking. (Molyn Leszcz, MD, FRCPC, Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Mount Sinai Hospital, Professor and Head, Group Psychotherapy, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto)


Marilyn Freimuth
THIS BOOK KEEPS GETTING BETTER! Flores has interwoven his in depth explorations into attachment theory and addiction to create a text that is rare to find: a practical guide to treatment that is theoretically grounded. After reading this book, practitioners will be able to PROVIDE MORE EFFECTIVE TREATMENT TO ADDICTED POPULATIONS because they will know what to do and why to do it. This is really five books in one. . . . Provides comprehensive readable overviews of the nature of addictions, group therapy, 12-step work and psychodynamic theory. At the same time he interweaves these topics to create a theoretically grounded practical guide to more effective addiction treatment. (Marilyn Freimuth, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Fielding Graduate University and author of Hidden Addictions)




Sunday, January 18, 2009

Celebrity Skin or Ancient Way to Keep Fit

Celebrity Skin: Tattoos,Brands,and Body Adornments of the Stars

Author: Jim Gerard

What did Johnny Depp do with his "Winona Forever" tattoo after she dumped him? What is the ritual surrounding the Dixie Chicks and the little birdies on their feet? How many times does Angelina Jolie have "Billy Bob" tattooed on her body and where? Celebrity Skin has the answers and much more in this ultimate photo collection of the tattoos and body art of celebrities—from Drew Barrymore, and Sean Connery to Dennis Rodman, the Backstreet Boys, and Eminem. With over 100 pages of full-color photographs, Celebrity Skin gets the inside story (and inside look) at the beauty marks of the beautiful people.



Interesting textbook: WorkPlace Health Protection or The Managed Care Answer Book

Ancient Way to Keep Fit

Author: Zong Wu

Chi gung is a 3,000-year-old physical discipline that practitioners consider to be more essential to health than cardiovascular exercise. The ancient system, called the "internal martial arts," emphasizes improving the life force flow, chi, by opening the body's energy centers. These simple exercises derive their power from repetition. They are illustrated in more than 300 watercolors based on ancient Chinese scrolls and cave paintings.



Bald Truth or Moving Beyond Depression

Bald Truth: The First Complete Guide to Preventing and Treating Hair Loss

Author: Spencer David Kobren

With the introduction of Propecia™ the drug approved by the FDA for the treatment of male pattern baldness, and Rogaine™ 5%, regrowth of regular or "terminal" hair—not peach fuzz—is finally a reality. Yet thousands of products in the $7 billion hair-loss treatment and restoration industry claim their effectiveness too. Now in The Bald Truth, consumer advocate Spencer David Kobren offers the antidote to decades of hair-raising hype. In this comprehensive, authoritative book, Kobren examines the largely unregulated baldness treatment industry and tells how, after years of research, he successfully treated his own hair loss—and how you can too.

IN THE BALD TRUTH YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:

* the latest in hair restoration—including a thorough review of the breakthrough drugs Propecia and Rogaine 5%, and how they work

* how to keep from getting scalped by botched surgical procedures

* how nutrition can supercharge treatment—the diet that helps hair grow

* the power of herbal treatments

* hair systems—what they are and where to find the good ones

Exploring case histories, the latest scientific studies, and new treatments being developed, The Bald Truth proves that male pattern baldness can be combated—and helps you make an educated decision about the best alternatives available today.



Interesting book: Personalmanagement

Moving Beyond Depression: A Whole-Person Approach to Healing

Author: Gregory L Jantz

You Can Hope Again

You may feel as if you will never find a way out of the darkness of depression. Gregory L. Jantz, Ph.D. believes that because people’s paths into depression are uniquely their own, their paths out of depression will be unique as well. In Moving Beyond Depression, he takes an insightful and honest look at the emotional, environmental, relational, physical, and spiritual causes of this disease. Here you will find practical help that will lead you to true freedom.

Publishers Weekly

"There is no one answer for depression and no single path to recovery," writes Jantz, a psychologist. Because depression can arise from a myriad of factors-physical, relational, financial, environmental, hormonal or spiritual-it doesn't make sense to treat it with a one-size-fits-all system, he insists. Jantz weighs the pros and cons of counseling and medication, and is sharply critical of the recent trend to dispense with counseling in favor of "a pharmaceutical solution." He advocates a whole-person approach to overcoming depression, a program that is tailored to the patient's individual needs and circumstances. While medication is one avenue, it should be used cautiously. (This is a theme throughout the book; Jantz spends a section outlining how numerous medications for physical illnesses such as heart disease and diabetes can foster depression as an unintended side effect.) The book includes a twelve-week "personal recovery plan" with practical suggestions and notes on keeping a journal. (Sept.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.



Saturday, January 17, 2009

Hooponopono or Sunrise Tai Chi

Ho'oponopono: Contemporary Uses of a Hawaiian Problem Solving Process

Author: E Victoria Shook

H'oponopono, a traditional Hawaiian family problem-solving process, is experiencing a current revival. Found to be a valid and useful method of resolving family and group conflict by both Hawaiians and non-Hawaiians, it has recently been adapted and successfully used in both old and new ways. This book demonstrates how eight individuals applied this ancient practice to situations ranging from social work with Hawaiian families to drug abuse treatment programs and wilderness courses. Background information on the hisotryand context of the practice and a review of related cultural and mental health issues set the focus. In Ho'oponopono, E. Victoria Shook has provided us with a rare example of a non-Western cultural practice being used successfully in a Western culture and has opened the door for consideration of alternative models of cultural exchange.



Book review: The Art of Cookery in the Middle Ages or Making Sense of Wine

Sunrise Tai Chi: Awaken, Heal and Strengthen Your Mind, Body and Spirit

Author: Ramel Rones

Each day, millions of people worldwide practice Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan), which has been known for centuries to promote deep relaxation and excellent health, to prevent injuries and illnesses, and to improve martial skills. Tai Chi has steadily become a popular form of mind/body exercise as more and more people in the west discover the rich rewards of living in a holistic way. Tai Chi is a journey through the mind, the body, and the spirit, that can be practiced by everyone. Increasingly, you can see people practicing in the park - moving slowly in a meditative state, or even perfecting their martial arts skills. But what is Tai Chi really? This book clearly introduces the history and underlying principles of Tai Chi Chuan from a modern and unique perspective. For the beginner, this program is a comprehensive introduction to authentic Tai Chi, allowing you to fine-tune your mind/body skills and create balance among them. For the intermediate and advanced, it includes important instructions and refinements, helping you expand your knowledge of the internal arts. In the end, you will understand and experience the ultimate goal of Tai Chi: the harmonizing of the three forces - human, earth, and heaven. * Develop symmetry and balance between strength and flexibility * Loosen and strengthen muscles, tendons, and ligaments * Improve circulation of blood and Qi energy * Learn how to increase bone density * Massage internal organs with gentle movement * Boost your immune system to help heal chronic conditions, including arthritis, osteoporosis, sarcopenia, and cancer * Improve your quality of life and daily physical performance * Tap into the abundant energy of the universe * Learn andimprove your martial arts skills



The New Glucose Revolution Pocket Guide to Peak Performance or The Paranoids Pocket Guide to Mental Illnesses You Can Just Feel Coming On

The New Glucose Revolution Pocket Guide to Peak Performance

Author: Helen OConnor

Written by the world's leading authorities on the glycemic index (GI), The New Glucose Revolution Pocket Guide to Peak Performance recommends what to eat to boost athletic performance, enhance stamina, and prevent fatigue. It presents success stories profiling athletes and others who have improved their performance by eating low—and high—GI foods at the appropriate times. It also answers the questions asked most frequently by athletes and others about the GI and includes a complete table with the GI, glycemic load, and carbohydrate values of more than 800 foods and drinks. Other subjects include energy charging with carbohydrate, eating for competing, refueling hints, and menu plans. Filled with fun, easy, and practical suggestions, it is ideal for weekend warriors, serious athletes, and everyone who wants to perform at their maximum.



Table of Contents:
Prefaceix
1How This Book Can Help You1
2Is Your Diet Fit for Peak Performance?3
3Sports Nutrition in a Nutshell7
4Energy-Charge Your Body with Carbohydrata17
5Which Carbohydrate Foods Are Best?21
6Understanding the Glycemic Index26
7What's Your Activity Level?34
8Using the Glycemic Index to Boost Sports Performance38
9The Pre-Competition Meal44
10During an Event49
11Recovery: The Case for High-GI Foods53
12The Importance of Weight Control57
13Case Study #1: Jim65
14Case Study #2: Analise70
15Case Study #3: Ian76
16Case Study #4: John84
17Your Questions Answered89
18Let's Talk Glycemic Load93
19A to Z GI Values97
20Low to High GI Values115
Glycemic Index Testing133
For More Information134
Acknowledgments135
About the Authors136

Book about: The Spirit of Democracy or Sick

The Paranoid's Pocket Guide to Mental Illnesses You Can Just Feel Coming On

Author: Dennis DiClaudio

Hot on the heels of the wildly successful The Hypochondriac’s Pocket Guide to Horrible Diseases You Probably Already Have comes The Paranoid’s Pocket Guide to Mental Disorders You Can Just Feel Coming On, Dennis DiClaudio’s hilarious look at fifty disturbingly familiar maladies you just know are buried deep in your psyche. This inspired new collection profiles the most nerve-wracking, harebrained, loopy, life-threatening and totally out-there mental disorders you could imagine—and some you could never imagine.

With complete descriptions of the symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, and treatment for psychosis, this book could convince even the most rational readers that something—or someone—is out to get them. From the slightly odd Stendhal Syndrome (the fear of artwork) to the mentally debilitating Athazagagoraphobia (the feeling that you’ve forgotten something important) and the downright bizarre Windigo Psychosis (the belief that you are a wild and ravenous monster), The Paranoid’s Pocket Guide to Mental Illnesses You Can Just Feel Coming On is a fascinating compendium of psychological illnesses for all of us to fret and agonize over.



Friday, January 16, 2009

Natural Answers for Womens Health Questions or How to Protect Your Children on the Internet

Natural Answers for Women's Health Questions

Author: D Lindsey Berkson

One-Stop Problem Solving...Naturally

With the increased popularity of natural remedies, more and more women are looking for clear, authoritative information on how to use these applications for specific health problems. What will help severe allergies? How do the major hormonal events in a woman's life -- from puberty to post-menopause -- affect symptoms and treatments? What's the real story on hormone-replacement therapies? Do birth-control pills increase the risk of breast cancer or not?

In this one-stop reference, D. Lindsey Berkson provides clear explanations and natural solutions. Organized in a straightforward A-Z format and covering more than 200 health conditions with advice focused entirely on women's distinctive needs, entries include discussions of:

anorexia • arthritis • cancer

heart disease • hormone-replacement therapy • insomnia

lupus • menopause • pregnancy

STDs • stress • thyroid problems

Each entry provides an explanation of the condition, lists common and uncommon symptoms, notes likely causes, and includes a section of uniquely female concerns highlighting the role of hormones. Sensible health-promoting strategies are spelled out: which foods to eat, which foods to avoid, which dietary supplements to take, and which exercises to do, as well as how meditation and visualization can help. Each section includes complementary medicine tests to discuss with your doctor.

Library Journal

A nutritionist, chiropractor, and women's health advocate, Berkson (Healthy Digestion the Natural Way) is a "DES daughter" i.e., her mother was administered the synthetic estrogen diethylstilbestrol early in pregnancy. Having been exposed to such a powerful chemical at a crucial stage in gestation, she has faced hormonal problems and gynecological procedures and is unable to bear children. Those medical issues led Berkson to dedicate herself to understanding women's health problems and finding practical, drug-free solutions. Her latest book is firmly grounded in both her experience and her expertise and offers clear guidance to more than 200 health conditions that concern women (e.g., anorexia, cellulite, and menopause), particularly those that affect women differently from men; special attention is paid to issues concerning women's hormones. Each entry includes an explanation, a section of female concerns, supplements to take, exercises, and a list of common and uncommon symptoms and causes. The treatment suggestions are primarily nutritional and natural. Berkson emphasizes that her recommendations should be followed only with a physician's supervision, and she recognizes the utility of medications and medical procedures. Recommended for consumer health and large health sciences collections as a potential tool for empowering women to take some measure of control over their own health. Linda M.G. Katz, MCP Hahnemann Univ., Philadelphia Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.



Table of Contents:

CONTENTS

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

Part One

HOW TO PUT YOUR HEALTH TOGETHER

You Are Worth It

Choosing a Doctor

Nutrients

Lifestyle Factors

Stress-Reduction Techniques

Visualizations and Affirmations

Being Your Own Healer

Knowing Your Unknown

Part Two

ABORTION

ACNE

ADDICTION

Alcoholism

Drug Dependence

ADHESIONS

ADRENAL HORMONES

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY and ADRENAL FATIGUE

AGING

Aging Starts in Youth

Age Spots

Wrinkles

Sexuality

Mortality

ALLERGIES

Food Allergies

Inhalant Allergies

Chemical Sensitivity

ANEMIA, IRON DEFICIENCY

ANGINA PECTORIS

ANXIETY

Panic Attacks
ARRHYTHMIAS

ARTHRITIS

Osteoarthritis

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Menopausal Arthritis

Gout

ASTHMA, BRONCHIAL

AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS

BAD BREATH

BALDNESS

BLADDER INFECTIONS

BLOATING

BLOOD PRESSURE

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

Low Blood Pressure (Hypotension)

BLOOD SUGAR PROBLEMS (not Diabetes)

Hyperglycemia

Hypoglycemia

Syndrome X

BODY ODOR

BOILS

BREAST PROBLEMS (Benign)

Fibrocystic Disease (Cystic Mastitis, Mammary Dysplasia)

BREAST-FEEDING

Engorged Breasts

Mastitis

BURSITIS

CAFFEINE IN COFFEE AND TEA

CALF CRAMPS

CANCER

Breast Cancer

Uterine Cancer

Cervical Cancer

Endometrial Cancer

Ovarian Cancer

Cancer of the Vulva

Cancer of the Vagina

Cancer of the Fallopian Tubes

CANCER PREVENTION

CANKERSORES

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

CELIAC DISEASE

CERVICAL PROBLEMS (Benign)

Cervical Erosion

Cervical Incompetence

Cervical Polyps

Cervicitis

Dysplasia

Nabothian Cysts

CHOCOLATE

CHOLESTEROL

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME

CIRCULATION

CLAUDICATION

CONTRACEPTION

COUGH

DEPRESSION

DES DAUGHTERS

DHEA

DIABETES MELLITUS

Insulin-Dependent (Type ) Diabetes

Non-Insulin-Dependent (Type ) Diabetes

DIGESTIVE DISORDERS

Maldigestion

Heartburn

DIZZINESS/VERTIGO

EATING DISORDERS

Binge Eating Disorder

Anorexia Nervosa

Bulimia

EDEMA

ENDOMETRIOSIS

ENERGY

ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS

EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS

ESTROGEN DOMINANCE

FAINTING

FATS and ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS

Bad Fats

Good Fats

FIBROIDS

FIBROMYALGIA

GALLSTONES

GINGIVITIS

HAIR

Hirsutism

HAY FEVER

HEADACHES, CHRONIC

Tension Headaches

Migraines

HEART ATTACK

Congestive Heart Failure

HEART DISEASE

Mitral Valve Prolapse

HEMORRHOIDS (Piles)

HERPES

HOMOCYSTEINE

HORMONE DISRUPTORS

HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY

Standard Hormone Replacement Therapy

Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy

HORMONES

Adrenal Hormones

DHEA

Estrogen

Melatonin

Progesterone

Prolactin

Testosterone

Thyroid

HYSTERECTOMY

IMMUNE ENHANCEMENT

INFERTILITY

INSOMNIA

INSULIN RESISTANCE (Syndrome X)

JOINT PAIN

KIDNEY INFECTIONS

Kidney Stones

LEAD TOXICITY

LIVER HEALTH

LUPUS

LYMPHEDEMA

MASTURBATION

MELATONIN

MEMORY

MENOPAUSE

Early Menopause

MENSTRUAL CALENDAR

MENSTRUATION

Amenorrhea

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding

Dysmenorrhea

Mittelschmerz

MISCARRIAGE

MOOD DISORDERS

MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES (MCS)

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS)

NOSEBLEEDS

OSTEOPOROSIS

OVARIAN CYSTS

PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE

PELVIC PAIN

PERIMENOPAUSE

Birth Control Pills and Perimenopause

PHLEBITIS

PREGNANCY

Serious Problems of Pregnancy

AIDS

Gestational Diabetes

Toxoplasmosis

Preeclampsia

Miscarriage

Postpartum Depression

PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME (PMS)

PROGESTERONE

PUBERTY

Menarche

Precocious Puberty

RAPE

RAYNAUD'S DISEASE

RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME

RUBELLA (German Measles)

SALPINGITIS

SCIATICA

SEXUALITY

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (Venereal Disease)

Chlamydia

Gonorrhea

Genital Herpes

Human Papilloma Virus

Syphilis

Trichomoniasis

SHINGLES (Herpes Zoster)

SKIN

Dry Skin

Scars

Stretch Marks (Stria)

Cellulite

Skin Tags

Dermatitis

Rosacea

Dandruff and Scaling on Face and Other Areas

Psoriasis

Scleroderma

SMOKING

SOY

SPROUTS

STRESS

STROKE

SYNDROME X

THYROID

Hypothyroidism

Hyperthyroidism

TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME

URINARY PROBLEMS

Urinary Frequency and Urgency

Urge Incontinence

Urinary Stress Incontinence

Urinary Tract Infection

Interstitial Cystitis

UTERUS

Prolapsed Uterus

Tipped (Retroverted) Uterus

VAGINAL PROBLEMS

Vaginal Atrophy

Vaginal Odor

Vaginal Discharge

Vaginal Itching

Vaginal Bleeding

Vaginitis

Vulvitis

Vulvovaginitis

VARICOSE VEINS

VIRILIZATION

VULVODYNIA

WEIGHT

Weight Loss and Underweight

Overweight and Obesity

WINE and ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

YEAST INFECTIONS

APPENDICES

A.Hormone Testing

B.Compounding Pharmacies

C.Fiber Cocktail

D.Green Drink

E.Coffee Enemas

F.Digestive Enzymes

G.IV Protocols

H.Detoxify Yourself

I.Supplement and Drug Interactions

J.Vitamin Interactions

K.Mineral and Amino Acid Interactions

L.Important Herb Considerations and Drug Interactions

Glossary

Interesting book: Coming to America or A Nation of Immigrants

How to Protect Your Children on the Internet: A Road Map for Parents and Teachers

Author: Gregory S Smith

The Internet has transformed the way people research, shop, conduct business, and communicate. But the Internet and technologies that enable online interaction and access to a variety of content can be a perilous place for minors 8 to 18. The dangers are real, and parents and teachers today are confronted with many threats they simply do not understand. This book shares the risks of the Internet by detailing recent, real-world tragedies and revealing some of the secrets of online activities. It provides a pragmatic approach to help parents and teachers protect children against the threats of going online.

Parents and teachers are often ill-equipped to deal with the variety of devices and applications such as email, instant messaging, browsing, blogs, cell phones, and personal digital assistant devices (PDAs) that can facilitate the dangers lurking online. How to Protect Your Children on the Internet offers a comprehensive overview of the ways in which youth use such technologies and exposes the risks they represent. At the same time, it provides a roadmap that will enable parents and teachers to become more engaged in children's online activities, arming them with techniques and tips to help protect their children. Smith underscores his arguments through chilling, real-life stories, revealing approaches people are using to deceive and to conceal their activities online. Filled with practical advice and recommendations, his book is indispensable to anyone who uses the Internet and related technologies, and especially to those charged with keeping children safe.



Suzanne Somers Slim and Sexy Forever or Bounce Your Body Beautiful

Suzanne Somers' Slim and Sexy Forever: The Hormone Solution for Permanent Weight Loss and Optimal Living

Author: Suzanne Somers

Who says you can’t sizzle in the second half of life?

At last, a solution! In Slim and Sexy Forever, Suzanne Somers outlines a program speci?cally designed to address the needs of women and men who want to lose weight and replace the lust for life that naturally wanes with age. In this “baby boomer’s recipe for the fountain of youth,” Suzanne shows you how to:

• melt away the unwanted pounds

• reinvigorate your sex drive

• capture youthful vitality

• develop a more positive outlook on life

• sharpen memory

• eliminate hot flashes

• achieve optimum health from the inside out

In her runaway New York Times bestseller The Sexy Years, Suzanne changed the way we look at our health and hormones, showing how replacing hormones lost in the aging process with natural bioidentical hormones can eliminate symptoms associated with aging.

Now, in Slim and Sexy Forever, Suzanne combines her cutting-edge information on natural hormone replacement with her successful weight loss program, Somersize, for a one-two punch that is the only proven solution to the problems associated with aging. Working with innovative doctors, Suzanne has created a program that alleviates symptoms such as mood swings, sleepless nights, hot flashes, and diminished sex drive that are so common as we get older. Simultaneously, her phenomenally successful Somersize program shows you how to beat a stalling metabolism and stay lean and trim while eating remarkably delicious food. With millions of people losing weight on the program, it is a proven formula forsuccess.

Suzanne makes clear in this fascinating new book that if your hormones are out of balance, you will not be able to lose weight. Weight loss must be approached with a twofold strategy as you get older: balance your hormones the bioidentical way and eat correctly. One doesn’t work without the other.

In Slim and Sexy Forever you’ll also learn:

• The truth about carbs: Depriving yourself of too many carbs will lead to hormonal imbalance and weight gain. Eat the right carbs to lose weight!

• Plateau-busting tips: Suzanne explains why you hit plateaus and exactly how to push past them to achieve your goal weight.

• The connection between adrenals and weight gain: If you blow out your adrenals trying to be Superwoman, you are going to gain weight and feel fatigued. Find out how to prevent that from happening.

And, as always, Suzanne makes losing weight easy with more than 100 delicious new recipes, including Crab Bisque with Sweet Corn and Crab Relish, Somersize Tex-Mex Chicken Drumettes and Meatballs, Peppered Pork Chops with Fried Sage Leaves, Warm Chocolate Soufflé Cakes, and Wild Berry Crostada. These are Suzanne’s best recipes yet!




Interesting textbook: Viral Immunity or Your Guide to Eczema

Bounce Your Body Beautiful: Six Weeks to a Sexier, Firmer Body

Author: Liz Ann Applegat

Join the Hottest Trend in Fitness
Would you like a firmer, sexier body in just 6 weeks? Who wouldn't! With this book, you'll learn how to use the fitness ball for amazing results in only 30 minutes a day. Exercise balls are not only fun, they're also fast becoming the hottest trend in fitness, but few people know how to use them beyond basic abdominal crunches and back stretches. In Bounce Your Body Beautiful, athlete and nutrition and fitness expert Liz Applegate shows you how anyone can exercise with a fitness ball. You'll learn easy-to-master exercises to firm your belly, butt, thighs, and every inch of your body. In just 6 weeks, you'll:
·Tone and tighten your muscles
·Feel stronger, look more radiant
·Strengthen and flatten your abdomen
·Improve your balance and posture
·And increase your coordination
You'll also learn foolproof motivational secrets to sticking with the program for life. Bounce Your Body Beautiful offers tips and menus—including a no-deprivation "dessert diet." By following Liz Applegate's proven program, you'll see great results—fast! So bounce on board this fun, safe, and effective total body workout program that can be done in the comfort of your own home!



Thursday, January 15, 2009

Plant A Geranium In Your Cranium or The Structure House Weight Loss Plan

Plant A Geranium In Your Cranium

Author: Barbara Johnson

Best-selling humorist Barbara Johnson is back - and getting back to her roots - with a candid look at life and discovering joy in the midst of trials, including her own unexpected battle with cancer. Using excerpts from inspiring articles and extraordinary letters from her mailbag, Johnson presents one big package of humor, comfort, and encouragement that her beloved audiences have come to expect.



New interesting book: Animal Vegetable Miracle or Transforming Depression

The Structure House Weight Loss Plan: Achieve Your Ideal Weight Through a New Relationship with Food

Author: Gerard J Musant

REDEFINE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD -- AND REACH YOUR IDEAL WEIGHT!

Obesity expert Dr. Gerard Musante and his residential weight loss center, Structure House, have helped more than thirty thousand people lose weight. A stay at Structure House costs thousands of dollars. Now Dr. Musante's innovative ideas and effective treatment methods are yours for the price of this book.

IT'S NOT FOOD THAT MAKES YOU FAT -- IT'S YOUR EATING BEHAVIOR.

During his thirty years of practice, Dr. Musante has shown that it is your relationship with food that determines your ability to reach your ideal weight. His system targets behaviors resulting from habit, boredom, or stress that lead to unstructured eating -- eating for nonnutritional reasons -- and presents concrete methods for designing new, structured eating patterns. You'll learn to isolate your unhealthy eating, recognize and neutralize the food triggers that cause your unstructured eating, and stop using food to satisfy needs other than hunger. Dr. Musante's method gets to the root of these behaviors by completely reconstructing your daily experience with food and therefore the choices you make about what to eat.

The Structure House Weight Loss Plan presents Dr. Musante's Structured Eating system. You will learn to eat nutritious food in appropriate portions three times a day -- the food that you need to meet your nutritional requirements and to reach and maintain the level of weight you desire. The Structured Eating program is presented in three sections.

The first section, "Get Structured," guides you through making the changes that willincrease success, including understanding your eating behaviors that emerge from habit, boredom, and stress; learning how the organization of your refrigerator and cabinets can lead to weight loss or weight gain; and analyzing the attitudes toward food of the people who surround you at work and at home.

In the second section, "Be Structured," you learn about food choices; meal planning, including grocery shopping and food preparation; and identifying the right kinds of exercise that will enhance your success.

In the final section, "Stay Structured," Dr. Musante shares all the secrets of lifestyle change that will help you take and, more important, keep the weight off. The strategies are both large and small, simple and profound, immediate and long lasting. Using the Structure House approach, you'll be in control of food -- not controlled by it. You'll gain power by taking responsibility -- and then you can take credit for your successes.

Florence Scarinci - Library Journal

Clinical psychologist Musante bases his Structure House program on the idea that it is a person's relationship with food that causes weight gain (as when one eats to relieve boredom or stress). Unlike diets forbidding certain foods, his plan denies dieters nothing. Instead, its mainstays include such time-honored principles as eating three properly proportioned meals a day composed of foods from all the major food groups and exercising. Participants plan their meals in advance (they may count calories or use an exchange system), shop accordingly, and record what they eat and--if applicable--their reasons for deviating from the plan. Suggestions for avoiding the pitfalls of dining out or entertaining as well as sample recipes for home preparation are included. Easily accessible to the layperson and full of sensible advice, this is recommended for public and academic nutrition collections.



Table of Contents:
Introduction     ix
Get Structured: Understand and Prepare for the Structure House Weight Loss Plan
The Structure House Program     3
Assess Your Health and Medical Issues     14
Get Ready for Structure     25
Be Structured: Implement the Behavioral Principles of the Structure House Weight Loss Plan
Be Structured: Structured Eating and the Structure House Diary     51
Be Structured at Home: Eating Well and Losing Weight in Your Own Kitchen     82
Be Structured at the Supermarket: Eating Well and Losing Weight by Shopping Wisely     111
Understand the Importance of Exercise     133
Stay Structured: Maintain the Structure House Weight Loss Plan
Stay Structured Away from Home: Eating Well and Losing Weight in Restaurants and While on the Road     165
Maintain the Structured Mind-set: More Tools for the Structure House Toolbox     191
Explore Lifestyle Change     218
Conclusion: Take the Journey     264
Appendices
Understanding Your Body Mass Index     275
Understanding Metabolism     278
Sample Exchange Lists     281
A Structure House Menu Sampler     288
Notes     299
Acknowledgments     305
Index     309

The Healing Path of Yoga or Yoga in Your School

The Healing Path of Yoga: Time-Honored Wisdom and Scientifically Proven Methods That Alleviate Stress, Open Your Heart, and Enrich Your Life

Author: Nischala Joy Devi

Stress is now considered the foremost contributor to poor health and a major factor in causing heart disease, cancer, and a myriad of chronic and acute diseases. This book will make yoga a fundamental part of your quest for wellness and well-being, whether you are a novice or a current pactitioner.

Nischala Joy Devi, a pioneer in the field of alternative healing and a renowned yoga expert, has spent years helping people realize the healthful and stress-controlling benefits of yoga. In 1982 she developed yoga-based retreats for Dr. Michael Lerner's now famous Commonweal Cancer Help Program. That same year Dr. Dean Ornish asked her to create a program of yoga practices for patients suffering from heart disease. Yoga's contribution to the success of both programs has been astounding.

Devi shares her years of experience working with the healthful benefits of yoga, teaching visualizations, breathwork, and meditation, as well as providing the classic steps and illustrated instructions for yoga's physical poses. The Healing Path of Yoga uses timeless Indian-based yoga techniques and philosophy, along with Devi's lifestyle-altering regimen, to create one extraordinary program with the power to rejuvenate and heal. The Healing Path of Yoga presents the key to:

  • preventing disease and stress in healthy people
  • aiding in recovery from heart disease, cancer, and other illnesses
  • physical conditioning and weight loss
  • deep, healing relaxation techniques
  • heightened overall wellness of body, mind, and spirit

Yoga Journal - Phil Catalfo

Devi's devotion to the wellness of her clients and readers is evident on every page, as is her devout vision of life as an inescapably spiritual pursuit.



New interesting textbook: Ein Kurzes Öffentliches Sprechen-Handbuch

Yoga in Your School: Exercises for Classroom, Gym, and Playground

Author: Teressa Asencia

Dozens of simple, yoga-based exercises tailored for daily classroom use fill this educator's resource. Each featured posture or breathing technique can be practiced in as few as three minutes, so that they can be inserted into the regular school day as needed or combined to create longer sequences for physical education classes, playgrounds, athletic/recreation centers, camps, and dance schools. The simple movement exercises develop concentration, improve motor skills, and boost strength, flexibility, and balance as they enhance relationships and inspire a joyful and effective learning process. Additionally, breathing exercises expand lung capacity and increase endurance as they energize and harmonize body and mind. By taking a few moments to stop between activities to lead students in these breathing and stretching exercises, teachers can inspire a calm, harmonious, and centered classroom.

Ministry of Education newsletter (British Columbia)

Recommended book.



Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Giant Book of Kitchen Counter Cures or Nutricion Y Salud

Giant Book of Kitchen Counter Cures: 117 Foods that Fight Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Memory Loss, Bad Digestion and Hundreds of Other Health Problems!

Author: Karen Cicero

The healing powers of favorite foods are leveraged in the recipes and cooking tips in this guide to using food to alleviate serious diseases and common ailments. Fighting colon cancer with cheese, preventing heart disease with green beans and chocolate, and curing urinary tract infections with blueberries are examples of the preventative measures and homemade cures that will help readers slash medical expenses and minimize doctor visits. Shopping advice and menu recommendations are provided that offer healthy, nutritional meals designed for sufferers of specific diseases.

Author Biography: Karen Cicero is the nutrition director of Child Magazine. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Colleen Pierre, M.S., R.D. is a nutritionist and syndicated columnist. She lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.



New interesting textbook: The Georgetown Ladies Social Club or The Illustrated Guide to Forensics

Nutricion Y Salud (Nutrition and Health): Principios Practicos Para Una Vida Saludable

Author: Josi Caruci

Lograr una salud completa requiere dedicacion, conocimiento de como mantener el cuerpo en condiciones fisicas optimas y una comprension de los principios basicos sobre la salud y el acondicionamiento. Los doctores Jose y Nelly Caruci exponen en su libro Nutricion y salud, la importancia de conservar el cuerpo en una buena condicion fisica y de como crear buenos habitos que le ayuden a lograr una salud optima.