What is it like today for the woman with a drinking problem' How does she know when she has crossed the fine line between social drinking and addiction' What can she do to help herself, and what can her family do to help her' Through an...
Medicine, health and fitness
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Author:Hornik-Beer, Edith LynnSummary: - Author:Jerome, JohnSummary:
Author and athlete John Jerome offers basic guidelines for beginning joggers as well as those preparing for marathons.
- Author:Schatzker, MarkSummary:
Acclaimed journalist and author of The Dorito Effect delivers a groundbreaking, entertaining, and informative work that reveals how our dysfunctional relationship with food began-and how science is leading us back to healthier living...
- Author:Max, D. T.Summary:
Examines the link between prions, ordinary proteins that go wrong, and a wide range of strange neurological illnesses that strike people and animals around the world, and explains how the rise in prion-linked illnesses can be attributed...
- Author:Mendocino PressSummary:
The Fast Diet is the simplest method for quick weight loss. With the Fast Diet, you'll be able to lose weight fast just by cutting down on calories two days a week. Also known as "intermittent fasting," the revolutionary Fast Diet lets...
- Author:Wagner, Deborah R., Prior, Jerilynn C.Summary:
The "Fifth Decade" enlightens women and their families about the shifts to women’s emotional states, their bodies and their sense of wellbeing during their midlife years. With balanced, accessible and humorous discussions of female...
- Author:Sherman, JosephaSummary:
From the dawn of history, individuals and civilizations have battled disease. The struggle shifted once epidemiologists, medical professionals, and other specialists identified the microscopic organisms often to blame for much of...
- Author:Lam, VincentSummary:
Written by an emergency physician and a public health physician, The Flu Pandemic and You is a timely and forthright guide on how to prepare for an influenza pandemic, and how to understand the broader context in which this health...
- Author:Koenig, Karen R.Summary:
An extraordinary, powerful connection exists between feeling and feeding that, if damaged, may lead to one relying on food for emotional support, rather than seeking authentic happiness. This unique workbook takes on the seven emotions...
- Author:O'Keefe, James H., O'Keefe, JoanSummary:
The Forever Young program is the scientifically based plan that will bring your life back into synch with your genetic identity, restoring your youthful vigor and glow, while at the same time optimizing your health, quality of life, and...
- Author:Saul, John Ralston, Thomson, DonnaSummary:
A riveting and redemptive family memoir, The Four Walls of My Freedom is Donna Thomson’s account of raising a son with cerebral palsy and a passionate appeal to change the way we think about “the good life.” Donna Thomson’s life was...
- Author:Cottrill, CarolSummary:
With wit and wisdom, The French Twist: Twelve Secrets of Decadent Dining and Natural Weight Management explores the French attitudes of reverence and respect for food and dining. Based on a desire to take the American obsession with...
- Author:van der Stap, SophieSummary:
Sophie is twenty-one when she is diagnosed with a rare, aggressive form of cancer. A striking, fun-loving student, her world is reduced overnight to the sterile confines of a hospital. But within these walls Sophie discovers a whole new...
- Author:Clyde, MonicaSummary:
PILATES Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced Pilates Workouts to improve your game, plus targeted programs for: flexibility - stance - rotation - core strength - shoulder turn - hip turn - weight shift The Golfer's Guide to Pilates...
- Author:Francis, RaymondSummary:
Francis pops the lid off the healthcare industry, and explains why the conventional approaches to health and disease aren't working-- and why healthcare costs are threatening to bankrupt our economy. He shows you that health is a choice...
- Author:Barry, John M.Summary:
In the winter of 1918, at the height of World War I, history's most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It...
- Author:Porter, RoySummary:
A definitive study of the history of medicine, from the earliest humans to the present day. Medicine is advancing at an incredible rate. We now have the ability to overcome sickness but also to transform the nature of life itself: in...
- Author:Seaman, BarbaraSummary:
In America 30 million women take estrogen. Seaman shows that this powerful hormone is hardly the cure-all some claim it is. In fact, estrogen treatments may increase the risk of cancer, heart disease, and osteoporosis.
- Author:Mayer, Emeran A.Summary:
Dr. Mayer argues that it's essential we understand the profound effects of gut health on our body and offers strategies to reverse the steady upward rise of these illnesses, including a model for nutrition that puts the health of...
- Author:Wong, Jonathan, Rakowski, Robert A.Summary:
The Happy Body will cover many of the common health problems faced by people in the developed world. It will also show how these problems, and their solutions are interconnected. By following the links inside the book, the reader will...
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