A sports nutritionist for Hollywood clients explains why typical "health foods" do not necessarily promote weight loss, reveals foods that stabilize blood sugar for a variety of potential health benefits, and cites the importance of avoiding deprivation diets.
Many people only know of muscular dystrophy from Jerry Lewis' annual Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon featuring children in wheelchairs. This resource defines MD as a group of disorders causing degeneration of the muscles that control movement. It affects about a quarter million American adults as well as children. Information is provided about the different types of muscular dystrophies, their causes, diagnosis, treatment, and management. Also included are valuable tips and worksheets for home care and estate planning for parents of children with MD, education rights, a glossary, and extensive resource list. A complete catalog of the series concludes the volume
Furnishes an eclectic array of ideas, advice, techniques, and tips on how people of all fitness levels can get and stay in shape, covering yoga, stretching, weight training, pilates, and aerobic activities, as well as suggestions on how to raise healthy children.
A star of The Real Housewives of New York outlines accessible guidelines on how to make informed food choices, counseling readers on such topics as enjoying food without guilt, eating high-volume foods to satisfy the appetite, and committing to an enjoyable form of exercise.
A support group you can hold in your hand, this loving and inspirational collection of intimate stories,by cancer patients and their loved ones, medical professionals, clergy and friends, is a must-read for anyone affected by cancer. Writers shsre all their experiences-from the diagnosis, to breaking the news to loved ones, to discussing the effect on home, school and work, from securing a medical team to living through an ever changing self-image, from the embarrassment of losing hair to discovering a new spirituality.
Offers a guide for fibromyalgia, covering such topics as identifying its symptoms, assembling a team of health care professionals, finding medications for treatment, and managing the condition with lifestyle changes.
A resource for the millions of people who have or are at risk of developing diabetes provides practical advice to help successfully manage diabetes and reduce the risk of serious complications, and includes delicious recipes created especially for diabetics.
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Citing the ineffectiveness of traditional lifestyle recommendations on combating increasing levels of obesity in America, a guide to weight-loss surgery by a celebrity doctor from Big Medicine shares compassionate recommendations about today's surgical options.
Outlines scientifically supported methods for losing weight, fighting disease, and improving energy levels by eating strategic food combinations, describing a six-week program for embracing a healthier lifestyle and detoxifying the body.
Identifies critical pollutants in today's environment, including lead, asbestos, PCBs, and pesticides, and explains how to minimize children's exposure, evaluate risks, and ensure community compliance with cleanup laws.
A thirty-day plan for individuals who want to begin a weight loss program offers nutritional advice, simple exercise routines, menus and recipes, and tips from former "Biggest Loser" contestants.
Editor Partridge (for whom no background information is given) and more than 20 contributors explore the functions, capacity, and behavior of the human brain as well as how the brain has been studied. Topics include: historic approaches to study, advances in brain-image technology, development from infancy to adulthood, language processing, aging, and efforts to understand human consciousness.
Genetics is a specialty of secrets. After thirty years as a pediatric geneticist in New York City, Dr. Robert Marion knows things about his patients that their friends, their families, and even they themselves do not. Having access to this kind of inside information is at once a terrific honor and a terrible burden. It requires Dr. Marion to play detective, philosopher, physician, and friend, sometimes all over the course of a single visit.
The CNN doctor documents emerging scientific technologies and understandings by doctors to explain how patients with conditions that were once considered terminal are able to lead healthy and productive lives, drawing on case files of unprecedented recoveries.
Presents a guide about hair loss, including an overview of the condition, prevention techniques, and reviews of popular treatment options.