Beating Lyme: Understanding and Treating This Complex and Often Misdiagnosed Disease

by Constance A bean    (Find this book)

More than 30 years after it was first diagnosed, Lyme disease remains one of our most misunderstood illnesses. This frequently misdiagnosed infection is spreading at an alarming rate and, if not treated early, can cause debilitating symptoms. More than 1.7 million people in the United States, and many others in Europe and Asia, currently have Lyme and are unaware or can't find the right treatment. Finally, " Beating Lyme" offers those who struggle with it the guidance to get the help they need. A respected health author and educator, Constance Bean is an authority on this elusive illness. In 1993 she was diagnosed with Lyme and has spent the past 14 years researching its treatments and diagnoses. In "Beating Lyme" readers will find comforting, hard-won advice on such topics as:

- what Lyme is and how to recognize the symptoms

- what to do after a tick bite

- how to protect family and friends

- how to get the best treatment and what to do if insurance won't cover it

- living with long-term Lyme disease

Compassionate and thoroughly researched, this is a book that will help both doctors and patients understand and conquer this complex illness. -- Publisher Marketing

Flat Belly Diet! Diabetes: Lose Weight, Target Belly Fat, and Lower Blood Sugar with This Tested Plan from the Editors of Prevention

by Liz Vaccariello    (Find this book)

The magic ingredient behind the New York Times best-selling Flat Belly Diet!--monounsaturated fatty acids (or MUFAs)--may not only target stubborn belly fat, but may also help treat the underlying cause of type 2 diabetes: insulin resistance. The 5-week program includes a sensible diabetes-friendly diet that teaches you how to incorporate pasta, chocolate, and other "forbidden" foods--along with a MUFA at every meal--into over 150 sumptuous, satisfying dishes.
Flat Belly Diet! Diabetes also includes a gentle walking-based exercise plan, stress reduction exercises, advice on how to work with one's doctor and diabetes management team, and a journal to help track blood sugar. In just 5 weeks, 11 men and women who tried the plan lost as much as 12 pounds, improved their A1c levels, and lowered their cholesterol and blood pressure levels. -- Publisher Marketing

The Eat This, Not That! No-Diet Diet: The World's Easiest Weight-Loss Plan!

by David Zinczenko     (Find this book)

Imagine a diet plan that lets you eat at Burger King, McDonald's, Dunkin' Donuts and Olive Garden--and still strip away 10, 20, even 30 pounds or more! A diet plan that lets you order takeout pizza, whip up a box of macaroni & cheese, even reach into the freezer section for ice cream--and never worry about gaining weight or going hungry! A diet plan that lets you enjoy your most indulgent comfort foods whenever you want--and actually teaches you how to eat them more often! "The Eat This, Not That! No-Diet Diet" is the easiest, most revolutionary weight-loss plan ever created. Whether you're in the drive-through, the family restaurant, the supermarket aisle or your own kitchen, you make dozens of decisions every day that affect your weight and your health. Now, those decisions are made easier than ever! Authors David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding have built on the success of their wildly popular "Eat This, Not That!" series of food-swap guides and created a complete morning-to-night, 365-day eating plan that will have you enjoying all your favorite foods--and shedding pounds like you've never imagined! No matter where you are or what you crave, you'll be stunned to discover how easy losing weight can be!
Dana Bickelman of Walpham, MA lost 70 pounds in one year, while still enjoying her favorite restaurants--Dunkin' Donuts and Olive Garden. "Boys want to say hi to me now, and that's awesome," she exclaims. "I've never had this kind of attention before, and it's wonderful." Michael Colombo of Staten Island, NY lost 91 pounds in less than 9 months, while eating his favorite McDonald's sandwiches--and skipping products labeled as "health food"! "It's a lot easier than [I] thought," he says. "My confidence has skyrocketed." Erika Bowen of Minneapolis, MN dropped 84 pounds in 17 months, just by shopping smarter in the supermarket. "There was a time when I refused to wear tank tops," she says. "But now I'm very comfortable in my own skin, and I'm wearing things I'd never have worn before." -- Publisher Marketing

Eat: The Effortless Weight Loss Solution

by Ian K Smith    (Find this book)

in a way that helps you have the body and lifestyle you deserve to enjoy. In "EAT," Dr. Ian Smith has created a blueprint for you. It's a flexible and intelligent plan you can follow every day, in every situation--eating out, working late, traveling, cooking for the holidays--and that will urge your body to perform at its peak. You'll drop any excess pounds you need to lose. You won't worry about what you "can" and "can't" eat, but will listen to yourself and eat smart.

Dr. Ian's Ten Simple Rules for Good Eating tell you what the experts know:

--Follow the Rainbow: if you eat color, you're getting vitamins and minerals in the right package
--Carb Heaven: don't ban carbohydrates--or any nutrient group!
--The Whole Truth About Whole Grains: they may not be what you think they are, and you should be eating them all the time
--Feel Full Fiber: it's magic at every meal
--Protein Bonanza: all proteins aren't equal
--Spicetopia: 5 of the tastiest and healthiest spices in the world
--Size Matters: how to portion, and secret calories you don't know about
--You are What You Drink: the miracle liquid and drinks that can wash out good eating
--Unearthing the Organic Truth: it's not always healthier
--The Power of Snacks: they can help you lose weight!

Cut to the chase with Dr. Ian's "EAT" Plan at the end of each chapter, or become your own expert by reading from start to finish. Either way, "EAT" is not about denial. It's about permission....to live, to fuel your strong body, to eat!  -- Publisher Marketing

Nutrition for Dummies ( For Dummies (Lifestyles Paperback) ) (5TH ed.)

by Ann Carol Rinzler    (Find this book)

Get the facts on good nutrition, slim down, and feel great

You've been hearing it since you were a little kid: "You are what you eat." But unlike most adages you've long since debunked, this wise saying is true! Good nutrition is the key to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight and lifelong good health?no matter how you slice it.

"Nutrition For Dummies" is a one-size-fits-all guide to nutrition for anyone who may have fallen asleep in health class, wants to brush up on what they already know, or is looking to keep up-to-speed on the latest guidelines and research. It shows you how to manage your diet so you get the most bang (nutrients) for your buck (calories) and gives you the skinny on how to put together a healthy shopping list, how to prepare foods that are good for the body and soul, and ten easy ways to cut calories.More than 20% new and updated information for this edition, including the truth about feeding your brain, vitamin D supplements, and energy drinks.Coverage of the new 2010 Dietary Guidelines For Americans report. Other titles by Rinzler: "Controlling Cholesterol For Dummies"

An apple a day may not necessarily keep the doctor away, but with the simple guidance of "Nutrition For Dummies," you can be on your way to living a happier, healthier ever after. -- Publisher Marketing

   

Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain

by David M Eagleman    (Find this book)

An up-to-date examination of what used to be called the mind-body problem.

Eagleman (Neuroscience/Baylor Coll. of Medicine; Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives, 2009) makes the point that our sense of ourselves as coherent, free-standing personalities is at odds with the most basic findings about the workings of the human brain, an organ so complex that an objective description of it sounds hyperbolic. Instinct, unconscious impulses, automatic systems, emotion and a dozen other forces, most of which we aren't even aware of, affect every thought and action. The book is full of startling examples; split-brain research, for example, shows how the two halves of a mind can be completely at odds, with neither being aware of what the other experiences. Nor are those of us with "whole" brains and a complete set of senses necessarily experiencing the world "as it really is." For example, other animals experience a different part of the visual spectrum, or can detect sounds and odors we have no awareness of. A significant segment of the population—about 15 percent of women—sees colors the rest of us can't. Our brains work differently when learning a skill and after it's become second nature – it's one thing to drive to a new place, another to drive a familiar route, and our brains work much harder doing the former than the latter, when we can go on "automatic pilot." There are lessons to be learned from various mental disorders, as well. Victims of strokes affecting certain parts of the brain may claim that they are operating at full capacity when they are clearly not; one former Supreme Court justice was forced to retire after displaying these symptoms. Eagleman has a wealth of such observations, backed up with case studies, bits of pop culture, literary references and historic examples.

A book that will leave you looking at yourself—and the world—differently. -- Kirkus Reviews

Brain Bugs: How the Brain's Flaws Shape Our Lives

by Dean Buonomano    (Find this book)

With its trillions of connections, the human brain is more beautiful and complex than anything we could ever build, but it's far from perfect. Our memory is unreliable; we can't multiply large sums in our heads; advertising manipulates our judgment; we tend to distrust people who are different from us; supernatural beliefs and superstitions are hard to shake; we prefer instant gratification to long-term gain; and what we presume to be rational decisions are often anything but. Drawing on striking examples and fascinating studies, neuroscientist Dean Buonomano illuminates the causes and consequences of these "bugs" in terms of the brain's innermost workings and their evolutionary purposes. He then goes one step further, examining how our brains function-and malfunction-in the digital, predator-free, information-saturated, special effects-addled world that we have built for ourselves. Along the way, Brain Bugs gives us the tools to hone our cognitive strengths while recognizing our inherent weaknesses. -- Publisher Marketing  

The Inside Tract: Your Good Gut Guide to Great Digestive Health

by Kathie Madonna Swift    (Find this book)

More than 60 million Americans suffer from digestive disorders such as gastroesophageal reflux disease and irritable bowel syndrome. In "The""Inside Tract," a comprehensive plan for overcoming these common digestive ailments, you'll learn how a simple regimen of dietary changes, supplements, and a 7-step lifestyle modification program can help heal intestinal problems and get you on track to vibrant health! --Publisher Marketing

Joy Bauer's Food Cures: Eat Right to Get Healthier, Look Younger, and Add Years to Your Life (Revised)

by Joy Bauer    (Find this book)

Comprehensively updated with cutting-edge research and expertise from one of the country's foremost nutritionists, "Joy Bauer's Food Cures" shows you how common health concerns- from beauty issues to life-threatening diseases- can be managed, treated, and sometimes even cured by the foods you eat. Inside you will find easy-to-follow 4-step food prescriptions, customizable and convenient meal plans, and delicious recipes for your favorite meals and snacks. With Joy's wisdom and practical, medically sound advice, you will learn how to use food as nature's ultimate medicine.-- Publisher Marketing

Never Fear Cancer Again: How to Prevent and Reverse Cancer

by Raymond Francis    (Find this book)

Most cancer research dollars have been wasted by asking the wrong questions, looking in the wrong places, and recycling the same failed approaches while expecting different results. Conventional cancer treatments damage health, cause new cancers, lower the quality of life, and decrease the chances of survival. In fact, most people who die from cancer are not dying from cancer, but from their treatments!
That's the bad news. Here's the good news: We can end the cancer epidemic. In "Never Fear Cancer Again," readers will gain a revolutionary new understanding of health and disease and will come to understand that cancer is a "biological process" that can be turned on and off, not something that can be surgically removed or destroyed with radiation or toxic chemicals. So whether cancer has already been diagnosed or if prevention is the concern, it is possible to turn off the wayward production of these malfunctioning cells once and for all by reading this book and implementing its strategies.
The key to any disease has one simple cause: malfunctioning cells that are created by either deficiency or toxicity. By switching off the malfunctioning cells, you switch off the cancer. "Never Fear Cancer Again" guides readers along six pathways that cause deficiency or toxicity at the cellular level: nutritional path, genetic path, medical path, toxin path, physical path, and the psychological path. By making key lifestyle changes, people truly have the power to take control of cancer and transform their health. This radically different, yet holistic approach restored author Raymond Francis back to health just as it has helped thousands of others, many of whom were told they had no other options or that their cancer was incurable. Take back your health with this book and never fear cancer again. -- Publisher Marketing

Sugar Nation: The Hidden Truth Behind America's Deadliest Habit and the Simple Way to Beat It

by Jeff  O'Connell    (Find this book)

Men's Health writer O'Connell (LL Cool J's Platinum Workout) delivers a smart, personally inspired health wakeup call in no uncertain terms: our excessive consumption of carbohydrates is killing us and wrecking our health-care system. Diabetes has reached "global pandemic" proportions, he argues, especially among youth; and while this "invisible disease" has been studied intensively since the role of insulin in regulating the body's sugar was understood by the 1920s (type 1 diabetes means the pancreas can no longer produce insulin, while type 2, the most prevalent today, means the body makes too much and systems begin failing), the message that the latter is entirely preventable due to a closely watched low-carb, high-protein diet has been obscured and downright denied. After witnessing the slow, agonizing death of his father from diabetes, O'Connell, too, got the "tap on the shoulder" when he was diagnosed with prediabetes and subsequently informed himself on how to radically alter his diet and lifestyle. What he learned, mystifyingly, was that most official organizations, like the American Diabetes Association (ADA), and doctors still prescribe a low-fat, high-carb diet and a host of drugs with perilous side effects. In his well-researched, reasoned work, O'Connell flips this myth and offers sage, usable advice in choosing foods, exercising, and challenging this stealthy killer. (Aug.) Copyright 2011 Reed Business Information. -- Publishers Weekly

The Body Ecology Diet: Recovering Your Health and Rebuilding Your Immunity

by Donna Gates, Linda Schatz  (Find this book)

If you're experiencing discomfort, fatigue, or other symptoms that won't go away no matter what you do or how many doctors you see, chances are you're one of the millions unknowingly suffering from a systemic fungal/yeast infection, "the hidden invader." The result of an imbalance starting in your internal ecosystem, this can be a key factor in headaches, joint and muscle pain, depression, cancer, food allergies, digestive problems, autism, and other immune-related disorders. " The Body Ecology Diet" reveals how to restore and maintain the "inner ecology" your body needs to function properly, and eliminate or control the symptoms that rob you of the joy of living. Tens of thousands of people have already benefited from the Body Ecology way of life--Donna Gates shows you, step-by-step, how to eat your way to better health and well-being . . . deliciously, easily, and inexpensively! In this book, you will learn how to: use seven basic universal principles as tools to gain mastery over every health challenge you may encounter; focus on your inner ecology to create ideal digestive balance; conquer cravings with strategies for satisfying snacking and for dining away from home; and plan meals with dozens of delectable recipes, an array of menus, and detailed shopping lists. -- Publisher Marketing

What He Can Expect When She's Not Expecting: How to Support Your Wife, Save Your Marriage, and Conquer Infertility!

by Marc Sedaka   (Find this book)

Marc Sedaka stood by while he and his wife endured endless rounds of drug therapies, sixteen artificial inseminations, ten in-vitro fertilizations, three miscarriages, and, finally, a gestational surrogate ( womb for rent ) who carried their twin girls to term. He was as supportive and loving as he could be, but he really wished he d had a book like What He Can Expect When She 's Not Expecting during the process. Most books about dealing with infertility are geared toward women, leaving the man to his own devices when it comes to comfort and encouragement (never a good idea). With the help of his own infertility doctor, Sedaka provides straightforward guy-friendly advice on situations such as: What questions you should ask at the consultations. How to help rather than annoy. What kinds of tests you and your wife should expect. How to console a wife who appears inconsolable. How to enjoy procreation sex. Sedaka 's accessible, empathetic voice, combined with the fact that he experienced everything he writes about, makes this a must-have book for any infertile couple.  -- Publisher Marketing

When someone you love suffers from posttraumatic stress : what to expect and what you can do

By Claudia Zaylert, PhD and Jason C. DeViva PhD  (Find this book)

Clinical psychologists Zayfert (psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical Sch.) and DeViva (Univ. of Connecticut Sch. of Medicine; Yale Univ. Sch. of Medicine) provide a family-focused book on dealing with post-traumatic stress. They present examples of and advice related to various types of trauma, including sexual assault, serious accidents, natural and human-made disasters, and combat, and provide family members with useful information, support, and pragmatic ideas. The emphasis is on friends and family of trauma survivors, who are indirectly but seriously affected by the trauma. The book explains the effects of trauma on survivors and the people surrounding them, what the latter can do to help themselves and the survivor, how to decide how much to invest to help the victim, and methods of communicating to bring families closer together as they struggle with the aftermath of the traumatic event. The authors explain the positive changes that can occur in trauma survivors and their loved ones. VERDICT Throughout, the authors include real-life stories, and the list of additional resources and references add value to this work, which nicely supplements Cheryl A. Roberts's recent Coping With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.-Dale Farris, Groves, TX (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source.  -- Library Journal Review

Eat to live : the amazing nutrient-rich program for fast and sustained weight loss

By Joel Furman, MD  (Find this book)

In this new edition, which incorporates the latest scientific nutritional data, Fuhrman's restrictive diet plan is designed for clinically overweight people who suffer from a spectrum of lifestyle/obesity-induced conditions like diabetes and heart disease and need to drop a significant amount of weight fast-about 20 pounds in the first six weeks. The basis of Fuhrman's program is Nutrient Density, expressed by the simple formula health equals nutrients divided by calories. Fuhrman's "secret" to optimum health and permanent weight control is giving the body only what it needs. An aggressive six-week vegetarian plan segues into a regimen that includes a limited amount of animal products, like lean fish or egg whites once a week. Although proven and sound, this guidebook is not for someone who wants to lose those last 10 pounds or fit into her wedding dress; this is a serious undertaking for dieters whose umpteen previous efforts have failed and whose health is endangered.  -- Publisher's Weekly

The psychopath test : a journey through the madness industry

By Jon Ronson    (Find this book)

In this engrossing exploration of psychiatry's attempts to understand and treat psychopathy, British journalist Ronson (whose The Men Who Stare at Goats was the basis for the 2009 movie starring George Clooney) reveals that psychopaths are more common than we'd like to think. Visiting Broadmoor Psychiatric Hospital, where some of Britain's worst criminal offenders are sent, Ronson discovers the difficulties of diagnosing the complex disorder when he meets one inmate who says he feigned psychopathy to get a lighter sentence, and instead has spent 12 years in Broadmoor. The psychiatric community's criteria for diagnosing psychopathy (which isn't listed in its handbook, DSM-IV) is a checklist developed by the Canadian prison psychologist Robert Hare. Using Hare's rubric, which includes "glibness," "grandiose sense of self-worth," and "lack of remorse," Ronson sets off to interview possible psychopaths, many of them in positions of power, from a former Haitian militia leader to a power-hungry CEO. Raising more questions than it answers, and far from a dry medical history lesson, this book brings droll wit to buoy this fascinating journey through "the madness business." --- Publisher's Weekly

50 secrets of the world's longest living people

By Sally Beare  (Find this book)

Today we are living longer than ever before, and a few of us can expect to live to 100 or more. But many people feel that they will inevitably suffer the diseases of old age in their final years. Pharmaceutical companies have spent billions of dollars trying to find a cure for the "diseases of aging"—they may have found ways to stem some of the symptoms, but they have yet to find a panacea. Yet there are places in the world where, all along, people have commonly lived to 100 or more without suffering so much as a headache. How do they do it? The answer is simple: through sound dietary habits and balanced, healthy lifestyles. The 50 Secrets of the World's Longest Living People looks at the nutrition and lifestyle mores of the world's five most remarkable longevity hotspots—Okinawa, Japan; Bama, China; Campodimele, Italy; Symi, Greece; and Hunza, Pakistan—and explains how we too can incorporate the wisdom of these people into our everyday lives. It offers each of the secrets in detail, provides delicious, authentic recipes, and outlines a simple-to-master plan for putting it all together and living your best, and longest, life. --- Amazon

The mind-body mood solution : the breakthrough drug-free program for lasting relief from depression /

By Jeffrey Rossman  (Find this book)

Depression is the leading cause of disability in America. The incidence of depression in the United States today is 10 times greater than it was in 1960—and that rate doubles every decade. Changes in the way we live, work, eat, sleep, and interact have made us increasingly vulnerable to this mood disorder. We are living out of sync with nature, our bodies, our spirits, and one another. We are living in an age of depression.   For 30 years, Dr. Jeffrey Rossman has been treating depressed people, many of whom do not want to take medication. Instead, they are looking for practical solutions that will help them get better naturally and permanently. In The Mind-Body Mood Solution, Dr. Rossman offers a comprehensive, drug-free depression treatment program that fully integrates psychological tools with lifestyle practices such as nutrition, exercise, sleep, breathing, and meditation. In doing so, you will learn to make healthy, sustainable changes that have been proven to improve mood. In treating the mind and body, Dr. Rossman advocates for a new view of depression as not simply an illness, but a call from within to awaken to the possibility of a vital, fulfilling life.  -- Publisher's Description

Earl Mindell's new vitamin bible /

By Earl Mindell with Hester Mundis   (Find this book)

An up-to-date guide to vitamins, minerals, herbs, and good nutrition includes helpful advice on how to maximize the effectiveness of supplements, contains the latest anti-aging advice, and provides drug-free healing regimens. -- Publisher's description

What's eating your child? : the hidden connections between food and childhood ailments : anxiety, recurrent ear infections, stomachaches, picky eating, rashes, ADHD, and more : and what every parent can do about it /

By Kelly Dorfman  (Find this book)

Dorfman, a nutritionist who specializes in working with children and who calls herself a "nutrition detective," reveals that many common childhood ailments are avoidable or can be dealt with nutritionally. The author advises parents to observe, analyze, and be curious, and laments that most pediatricians are not especially "food savvy." Using the "binary law of nutrition" (something is either missing from or irritating the body), Dorfman follows clues to uncover the hidden causes of various problems. In one chapter, a child diagnosed with bipolar disorder turns out to be reacting to gluten; in another, chronic ear infections are linked to the milk protein casein. In another, a picky eater is found to have a zinc deficiency, which can cause foods to taste unpleasant. Dorfman explains the difference between allergies and reactions or sensitivities; introduces the "E.A.T. Program" (eliminate, add, try), a method for rounding out the diets of fussy eaters; and emphasizes the importance of eating organic and avoiding pesticides, additives, and food coloring. This fascinating and potentially life-changing advice reveals that nutrition isn't a simple matter of finishing one's broccoli. Food has a significant impact on a child's health and well-being, and Dorfman helps parents ensure that the impact is positive. -- Publisher's Weekly.

What's gotten into us : staying healthy in a toxic world /

By McKay Jenkins    (Find this book)

Finding a mysterious orange-sized lump in his side after years of healthy living was a warning sign for Jenkins, a journalism professor at the University of Delaware. In the course of being diagnosed, he was grilled about his exposure to a frightening collection of toxins and realized he had no idea what he was inadvertently breathing, ingesting, and absorbing every day. "The more I began to look into it," he writes, "the clearer it became that we have spent our lives virtually marinating in toxic chemicals: in the water that comes through the tap; in the plastics we find in our baby toys or use to store our food; in our soaps and shampoos and cosmetics; in the products we use to clean our homes; in the chemicals we spray on our weeds and apply to turn our toilet paper white." Jenkins argues "that industry uses its clout at both federal and state levels to kill most efforts at increasing what we can know about these toxins.... most chemicals have never been even minimally scrutinized for their toxicity." In this serious expose that is surprisingly entertaining and positive, Jenkins uncovers the ubiquity and danger of these chemicals and offers some solutions, both personal and political, including the fascinating and inspiring story of a Maine chemical toxins study, and the role played by Hannah Pingree, study volunteer and former Maine state house majority leader, in passing a comprehensive chemical safety bill in Maine. -- Publisher's Weekly

Coding Basics: Medical Billing and Reimbursement Fundamentals

by Cynthia Richards    (Find this book)

Coding Basics: Medical Billing and Reimbursement Fundamentals is part of a series designed to provide you with the foundation to work in today's medical office. This installment features real-world claim forms and reports for hands-on practice to build the skills you need to acquire an entry-level job in today's medical office. Billing and reimbursement concepts are presented clearly and concisely, with opportunities for practice throughout. -- Publisher Marketing

Children's Vaccinations (Revised, Updated) ( What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About...

by Stephanie Cave    (Find the book)
This is an essential guide for parents about vaccinations. Dr. Stephanie Cave explains their pros and cons and the book provides information to help parents make a knowledgeable, responsible choice about vaccinating their children. -- Publisher Marketing

Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris

by Asti Hustvedt    (Find this Book)

Before she entered Salpêtrière Hospital in 1877, Blanche Wittmann was just another damaged child from a poor neighborhood of Paris. Raped by an employer, angry and seizure-prone, the 17-year-old girl almost inevitably became a charity patient of the hospitals mental wards. Once there, however, she came to the attention of one of Frances most famous scientists, the neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot. Acclaimed for his work in diseases of the nervous system (he was the first physician to recognize that ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, was a disease of motor neurons), Charcot had developed a keen interest in the kind of neurotic fits exhibited by the teenage Blanche. Under his care andcritics would claimhis manipulation, she became not just a patient but a star performer known as the queen of hysterics. As Hustvedt details in this compassionate history, the doctor not only studied patients like Blanche, he turned them into public exhibits. Charcot and his colleagues, experimenting with treatment by hypnosis, often held theatrical demonstrations of their power over these troubled women: Once hypnotized, Blanche became a smoothly running woman-machine.... These performances have led earlier writers to obsess over the circus-tent nature of the proceedings and the male arrogance of the research. And Hustvedt does explore those issues as well as Charcots eventual fall from professional grace. But her real fascination is in turning these so-called machines into real women, and she tells her story by deliberately focusing on three very dissimilar patients: the celebrated and obedient Blanche; a pretty and incurably willful Augustine; and a religion-crazed, demon-obsessed teenager called Geneviève. They are also completely alike in being poor, powerless, desperate. Their lives provide a near shocking contrast to the privileged existence of Charcot, married into wealth, residing in an ornate mansion on the Boulevard Saint-Germain. That imbalance is so strong (and wrong) that even today it overshadows his research into the elusive nature of neurotic behaviors. Hustvedt comes from a literary family; her sister is novelist and essayist Siri Hustvedt, her brother-in-law Paul Auster. And she has worked as both an editor and translator. But this is her first time out as a book author, and its not surprising to find signs of inexperience in the work. She struggles with doing justice to the complex nature of Charcots work; she visibly gropes for a meaningful resolution to her tale. Still, she does a lovely, sympathetic job of illuminating the lost lives of the famous hysterics, reminding us that the story of science, far from being purely clinical, is ever the most human of stories. 40 illus. (May) Reviewed by Deborah Blum. Deborah Blum is author of The Poisoners Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York. Copyright 2011 Reed Business Information. -- Publisher's Weekly

Remembering Ritalin: A Doctor and Generation RX Reflect on Life and Psychiatric Drugs

In 1998, Dr. Lawrence Diller's controversial bestseller "Running on Ritalin" sparked a national debate about the ADHD diagnosis and the prescribing of drugs to our nation's kids. Today, Dr. Diller provides a revealing and equally controversial look at the long-term outcomes.
Revisiting former patients, who are now in their twenties, Dr. Diller takes a fresh look at the questions that led him to write his first book, which are even more relevant today:
* When is ADHD a legitimate diagnosis and when is it an oversimplified, harmful label?
* Does Ritalin lead to any good or "bad" long-term effects?
* Has psychiatry been too quick to medicate-or overmedicate kids?
Together with his articulate, insightful former patients, Dr. Diller reveals insights into one of the most controversial treatment methods of our time.
Parents, professionals, and anyone who has been prescribed Ritalin will find these reflections illuminating and engaging and Dr. Diller's observations insightful and cogent as they delve into the healing process and answer the question, "How are they doing now?"  (Check Catalog)
 

Everyday Paleo

Do you want to lose weight, regain your health, and achieve a level of fitness you never thought possible? Are you interested in eating the foods that our bodies are intended to eat, but have no clue where to begin? You may already be a Paleo diet enthusiast; but are you struggling to feed your family the same foods that fuel you?
In "Everyday Paleo," Sarah Fragoso gives detailed instructions for acquiring a Paleo lifestyle and improving the health and longevity of your family. An active mother of three, Fragoso shows that eating Paleo is not only feasible for the busiest of families, but also easy, delicious and completely life-changing. She offers numerous recipes for all meals of the day, and provides tips for getting around common roadblocks, such as eating out. Finally, to keep your entire family fit and sane in the 21st century, she lays out easy-to-follow workout routines that you can do either in the gym or your own home. In "Everyday Paleo," Fragoso shows you how to make Paleo your lifestyle, not just another fad diet. (Check Catalog)

The Dukan Diet: 2 Steps to Lose the Weight, 2 Steps to Keep It Off Forever

# 1 international bestselling diet book coming to North America
Devised by Dr. Pierre Dukan, a French medical doctor who has spent his career helping people to lose weight, the Dukan Diet rejects counting calories and promises permanent weight loss while allowing adherents to eat as much as they like.
Originally published in 2000, the Dukan Diet swept across France, championed by people who successfully lost weight following its unique four phase regime. "The Dukan Diet" has helped millions in France, where it has been number one for more than ten years and adopted in twenty countries, including the United Kingdom, Poland, Korea and Brazil. All together, "The Dukan Diet" has sold more than 3 million copies worldwide.
The Diet: 4 Easy Steps to Permanent Weight Loss
Phase one: Attack
Using Dr. Dukan's True Weight calculator, dieters determine a reasonable and healthy weight loss goal. Then they begin the Dukan Attack phase a two-to-seven-day period during which only unlimited lean protein and a daily Oat bran galette (or pancake) are consumed and dramatic weight loss is achieved.
Phase Two: Cruise
Dieters alternate days of unlimited lean protein with days of protein combined with healthful vegetables until they reach their True Weight.
Phase Three: Consolidation
Dieters stay on this phase for 5 days for every pound lost. At this point the diet allows unlimited protein and vegetables, and other foods (such as cheese and bread) are reintroduced. Dieters are also allowed two weekly celebration meals to stave off boredom.
Phase Four: Stabilization
This is the maintenance portion of the plan, in which followers are allowed to eat whatever they like without regaining weight - provided that they follow 3 unbreakable rules including eating only unlimited lean protein one set day per week.
For each phase, The Dukan Diet offers clear simple guidelines for long term success. The Dukan Diet is the perfect diet for people who want fast weight loss, that can be maintained without counting calories or weighing portions. (Check Catalog)

20 Years Younger: Look Younger, Feel Younger, Be Younger!

It's time to turn back the clock! In 20 YEARS YOUNGER, Bob Greene offers readers a practical, science-based plan for looking and feeling their best as they age. The cutting-edge program details easy and effective steps we can all take to rebuild the foundation of youth and enjoy better health, improved energy, and a positive outlook on life. The four cornerstones of the program are: an exercise regimen for fighting muscle and bone loss, a longevity-focused diet, sleep rejuvenation, and wrinkle-fighting skin care. Woven throughout the text is practical advice on changing appearances, controlling stress, staying mentally sharp, navigating medical tests, and much more. Readers will walk away with a greater understanding of how the body ages and what they can do to feel-and look-20 years younger.  (Check Catalog)

The Beauty Detox Solution: Eat Your Way to Radiant Skin, Renewed Energy and the Body You've Always Wanted

Nutritionist and beauty expert Kimberly Snyder helps dozens of A-list celebrities get red-carpet ready--and now you're getting the star treatment. Kim used to struggle with coarse hair, breakouts and stubborn belly fat, until she traveled the world, learning age-old beauty secrets. She discovered that what you eat is the ultimate beauty product, and she's developed a powerful program that rids the body of toxins so you can look and feel your very best. With just a few simple diet changes, you will:
Get a youthful, radiant glow. Banish acne, splotchy skin and wrinkles. Grow lustrous hair and strong nails?Get rid of the bloat, melt away fat and never count calories again! (Check Catalog)

Shadows Bright as Glass: The Remarkable Story of One Man's Journey from Brain Trauma to Artistic Triumph

On a sunny fall afternoon in 1988, Jon Sarkin was playing golf when, without a whisper of warning, his life changed forever. As he bent down to pick up his golf ball, something strange and massive happened inside his head; part of his brain seemed to unhinge, to split apart and float away. For an utterly inexplicable reason, a tiny blood vessel, thin as a thread, deep inside the folds of his gray matter had suddenly shifted ever so slightly, rubbing up against his acoustic nerve. Any noise now caused him excruciating pain. After months of seeking treatment to no avail, in desperation Sarkin resorted to radical deep-brain surgery, which seemed to go well until during recovery his brain began to bleed and he suffered a major stroke. When he awoke, he was a different man. Before the stroke, he was a calm, disciplined chiropractor, a happily married husband and father of a newborn son. Now he was transformed into a volatile and wildly exuberant obsessive, seized by a manic desire to create art, devoting virtually all his waking hours to furiously drawing, painting, and writing poems and letters to himself, strangely detached from his wife and child, and unable to return to his normal working life. His sense of self had been shattered, his intellect intact but his way of being drastically altered. His art became a relentless quest for the right words and pictures to unlock the secrets of how to live this strange new life. And what was even stranger was that he remembered his former self.
In a beautifully crafted narrative, award-winning journalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist Amy Ellis Nutt interweaves Sarkin's remarkable story with a fascinating tour of the history of and latest findings in neuroscience and evolution that illuminate how the brain produces, from its web of billions of neurons and chaos of liquid electrical pulses, the richness of human experience that makes us who we are. Nutt brings vividly to life pivotal moments of discovery in neuroscience, from the shocking "rebirth" of a young girl hanged in 1650 to the first autopsy of an autistic savant's brain, and the extraordinary true stories of people whose personalities and cognitive abilities were dramatically altered by brain trauma, often in shocking ways.
Probing recent revelations about the workings of creativity in the brain and the role of art in the evolution of human intelligence, she reveals how Jon Sarkin's obsessive need to create mirrors the earliest function of art in the brain. Introducing major findings about how our sense of self transcends the bounds of our own bodies, she explores how it is that the brain generates an individual "self" and how, if damage to our brains can so alter who we are, we can nonetheless be said to have a soul.
For Jon Sarkin, with his personality and sense of self permanently altered, making art became his bridge back to life, a means of reassembling from the shards of his former self a new man who could rejoin his family and fashion a viable life. He is now an acclaimed artist who exhibits at some of the country's most prestigious venues, as well as a devoted husband to his wife, Kim, and father to their three children. At once wrenching and inspiring, this is a story of the remarkable human capacity to overcome the most daunting obstacles and of the extraordinary workings of the human mind. (Check Catalog)

Prescription for Natural Cures: A Self-Care Guide for Treating Health Problems with Natural Remedies Including Diet, Nutrition, Supplements, and Other Holistic Methods

The revised and updated edition of the bestselling natural health bible-more than 500,000 copies sold to date!
Hundreds of thousands of readers have relied on "Prescription for Natural Cures" as "the" source for accurate, easy-to-understand information on natural treatments and remedies for a host of common ailments. The new edition of this invaluable guide has been thoroughly updated to reflect the very latest research and recommendations. This revised edition prescribes remedies for almost 200 conditions, including new entries such gluten sensitivity and MRSA. You'll find easy-to-understand discussions of the symptoms and root causes of each health problem along with a proven, natural, customized prescription that may include supplements, herbal medicine, homeopathy, aromatherapy, Chinese medicine, hydrotherapy, bodywork, natural hormones, and other natural cures in addition to nutritional advice.Comprehensive reference of natural remedies for almost 200 common health ailments organized by problem from A to Z This revised edition features scores of new supplements and many new conditions Up-to-date information reflecting the latest natural health research and treatment recommendations Clear, authoritative guidance on dietary changes, healing foods, nutritional supplements, and recommended tests Down-to-earth descriptions of each health problem and natural remedy
If you and your family want to get better naturally, "Prescription for Natural Cures" is an essential health resource you can't afford to be without. (Check Catalog)

The 17 Day Diet: A Doctor's Plan Designed for Rapid Results

"We've all pledged, promised and bullied ourselves to eat better and exercise more, but so many times even the best intentions fall short. I incorporate healthy habits into my work and home life and you can too." -Dr. Mike Moreno
If you need to shed pounds fast and in a safe, effective, and lasting way, this is the book for you! Unlike many diet programs that starve you down to size, Dr. Mike Moreno's 17 Day Diet relies on proven methods to help you take weight off and keep it off for good--whether you've got 10 pounds to lose or 100. His revolutionary program adjusts your body metabolically so that you burn fat day in and day out. The program is structured around four 17 day cycles:
Accelerate--the rapid weight loss portion that helps flush sugar and fat storage from your system
Activate--the metabolic restart portion with alternating low and high calorie days to help shed body fat
Achieve--this phase is about learning to control portions and introducing new fitness routines
Arrive--a combination of the first three cycles to keep good habits up for good. On weekends, enjoy your favorite foods!
Each cycle changes your calorie count and the food that you're eating. The variation that Dr. Mike calls 'body confusion' keeps your metabolism guessing; this means that you can expect big changes in the first 17 days alone!
This is not a diet that relies on a tiny list of approved foods, grueling exercise routines, or unrealistic calorie counts that leave you hungry and unfulfilled. Moderation and proper portions are key factors in the 17 Day Diet--the trick is to figure out the foods and routines that work best with your real lifestyle. That's why the book is filled with tips for how to avoid the usual food pitfalls like holidays, eating out, or even just a tempting candy jar. Along with a comprehensive explanation of how each segment works, every phase comes with an extensive list of foods, recipes, and sample meal plans to help make grocery shopping a breeze. Because of the diversity that you are allowed from the very beginning of the program, there is a way to make this diet work with almost any food allergies you might have or what cuisine you're used to eating.
The 17 Day Diet is a simple plan that gets big, long-lasting results if you stick with it and let Dr. Mike help you along the way. Whether this is your first attempt at dieting or your fiftieth, you must believe that you can do this. What matters now is focusing on your goals, identifying what you need to get there, and taking action to begin the process. Your health and happiness are important, so stand strong, believe in yourself, and let your 17 Day Diet begin now!
Dr. Michael Rafael Moreno, better known as "Dr. Mike," is a graduate of the University of California at Irvine and Hahnemann Medical School (now Drexel University). Following his residency at Kaiser Permanente in Fontana, California, Dr. Mike moved to San Diego, where he now practices family medicine and sits on the board of the San Diego Chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians. In 2008, Dr. Mike launched "Walk with Your Doc," which he participates in every Tuesday and Thursday morning before his workday begins. The program began when Dr. Mike offered to walk with a patient to motivate her to exercise and has since grown into a thriving community Dr. Mike takes pride in being viewed not only as a doctor, but also as a friend and confidant. (Check Catalog)

Eat This, Not That!: The No-Diet Weight Loss Solution (2011, Updated, Expanded)

That brand-new physique you've been waiting for, the leaner, fitter, healthier body you thought you'd never had. Eat This, Not That! 2011--the latest, most up-to-date book in the best-selling weight loss franchise--is ready to start stripping extra pounds from your body today. And once you lose that weight, you're going to keep it off. Forever. That's because Eat This, Not That! is a tool. It's designed to make smart food choices easier, no matter where you're making them. Consider just a handful of real stories from real people who've shed 25, 50, 75 pounds--or more!--and you'll understand why Eat This, Not That! is "The no-diet weight-loss solution" - Michael Colombo of Staten Island, New York, shed 91 pounds in just over 8 months and conquered life-threatening sleep apnea, after picking up a copy of Eat This, Not That!. "My confidence has sky-rocketed!" he says.
- Erika Bowen of Minneapolis, Minnesota, dropped 84 pounds--without dieting. "I feel like I've always wanted to feel," Bowen reports. Once she discovered the truth about her food, she learned she could lose weight and never feel hungry.
- Dana Bickelman of Waltham, Massachusetts, lost 70 pounds after discovering the shocking truth about the foods she was eating. Her secret: She learned to indulge--even at her favorite restaurants--but to do it more smartly. Eat This, Not That! teaches you how to read nutrition labels and decipher misleading menu descriptions. It pairs classic food swaps, and helps you cut hundreds--or even thousands--of calories from your daily diet, without feeling like you've deprived yourself at all. Consider: *One of America's chain restaurants is serving a pasta dish with more than 2,700 calories? (That's nearly a pound of flab--in one meal!)
*Choosing Breyer's Reese's Peanut Butter Cups Ice Cream over Ben & Jerry's Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream will save you 200 calories per scoop?
*The wrong milk shake at Cold Stone will cost you more than a day's worth of calories? (But a smart swap will eliminate 1,520 of them!) Additional features in Eat This, Not That! 2011 include:
- The Truth About What's REALLY In Your Food (Think a Chicken McNugget is made out of just chicken? Think again)
- The Eat This, Not That! No-Diet Cheat Sheets
- Foods That Cure Any Problem
- The 20 Worst Foods in America
- Top Swaps at the Ballpark, the Mall, the Cocktail Party, Thanksgiving Dinner, and more!
- Restaurant Report Card--for Kids
- And more! (Check Catalog)

Run Your Butt Off!: A Breakthrough Plan to Lose Weight and Start Running (No Experience Necessary!)

Shed unwanted pounds and keep them off ONCE AND FOR ALL with "Run Your Butt Off!," a back-to-basics, test panel-approved weight-loss plan and beginners' running program that yields sustainable, healthy results. The "Run Your Butt Off!" program is founded on the simple concept that in order to lose weight, calories burned must exceed calories consumed. No gimmicks, no shortcuts, no silver bullets can circumvent that reality. With this program, you'll learn to burn fat from both sides of the weight-loss equation--the calories in and the calories out--at the same time. "Run Your Butt Off!" will make you fitter, stronger, and leaner . (Check Catalog)

The Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good

A leading brain scientist's look at the neurobiology of pleasure-and how pleasures can become addictions.
Whether eating, taking drugs, engaging in sex, or doing good deeds, the pursuit of pleasure is a central drive of the human animal. In "The Compass of Pleasure" Johns Hopkins neuroscientist David J. Linden explains how pleasure affects us at the most fundamental level: in our brain.
As he did in his award-winning book, "The Accidental Mind," Linden combines cutting-edge science with entertaining anecdotes to illuminate the source of the behaviors that can lead us to ecstasy but that can easily become compulsive. Why are drugs like nicotine and heroin addictive while LSD is not? Why has the search for safe appetite suppressants been such a disappointment? "The Compass of Pleasure" concludes with a provocative consideration of pleasure in the future, when it may be possible to activate our pleasure circuits at will and in entirely novel patterns.  (Check Catalog)

Get Fit for Free! Home Workouts: Yoga & Pilates: 80 Step-By-Step Exercises, 140 Personalized Workouts

"Yoga and Pilates" offers step-by-step routines for all ages and abilities that you can do without the need to race out to a gym. Blending yoga and Pilates is the perfect solution to improve flexibility, strength, and endurance while at the same time creating a more balanced inner spirit and heightened self-esteem and coordination. What's more, because of the book's clever split-book format, each workout can be tailored to your personal level of fitness simply by flipping the pages of the full-color demonstrations at the top and choosing which of the suggested routines within the workout listed at the bottom, you want to do. Each exercise also offers advice on how to make your workout either easier or more challenging.
Inside you'll find:
36 different programs and 60 different exercises, adding up to hundreds of personalized exercise routines A list of fitness goals, from weight loss to increased confidence and coordination A self-assessment test to determine your level of flexibility, balance, and stress Step-by-step full-color photographic instructions for all positions and exercises Sample workout routines A guide to gear, from products around the home to optional extras A chart to measure progress For yoga, the focus will be on the general "hatha" style, which offers a full range of physical benefits and concentrates on getting the breathing right. For Pilates, the important "Pilates Principles" will be explained: breathing, centering, coordination, concentration, focus, and precision. The principles of both yoga and Pilates can be applied not only to each exercise but also extended to shape your life.  (Check Catalog)

The Amen Solution: The Brain Healthy Way to Lose Weight and Keep It Off

A breakthrough, easy-to-follow brain-based program to lose weight and keep it off--for the rest of your life--from the bestselling author of "Change Your Brain, Change Your Body," "Magnificent Mind at Any Age," and "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life
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Have you tried diet after diet without success? Want to know the two major secrets why most diets don't work?
The #1 secret is that most weight problems occur between your ears, not in your stomach." If you want a better body the first place to always start is by having a better brain. "
Secret #2 is that there isn't just one brain pattern associated with being overweight; there are at least five patterns. Giving everyone the same diet plan will make some people better, and a lot of people worse. "Finding the right plan for your individual brain type is the key to lasting weight loss."
In "The Amen Solution" bestselling author and brain expert Dr. Daniel Amen shares his one-of-a-kind brain-based program that helps you lose weight, improve your memory, and boost your mood at the same time. This is the same program offered at the world-renowned Amen Clinics that has already helped thousands of people lose the love handles and muffin tops. Based on the most up-to-date research, Dr. Amen shows you how to
- Determine your individual brain type so you can find the plan that will work for you
- Say goodbye to emotional overeating to shed pounds
- Curb your cravings and boost willpower
- Improve your brainpower, memory, and mood
- Make small lifestyle changes that have a huge impact on weight loss
- Prepare easy, delicious brain-healthy meals
Packed with insight, motivation, and everything you need to get started right away, "The Amen Solution "will help you lose unwanted weight and teach you the strategies to keep it off for a lifetime. (Check Catalog)

The Strength Training Anatomy Workout

Over one million readers have turned to "Strength Training Anatomy" for strength training's most effective exercises. Now put those exercises to work for you with "The Strength Training Anatomy Workout."
"The Strength Training Anatomy Workout "is your guide to creating the body and the results you want. Strengthen arms and legs; increase muscle mass; sculpt chest, back, and core; firm glutes; increase hip flexibility . . . it's all here, and all in the stunning detail that only Frederic Delavier can provide!
Over 150 full-color illustrations allow you to get inside more than 200 exercises and 50 workouts to see how muscles interact with surrounding joints and skeletal structures. You'll also discover how variations, progressions, and sequencing can affect muscle recruitment, the underlying structures, and ultimately the results.
The "Strength Training Anatomy Workout" includes proven programming for strength, power, bodybuilding, and toning that can be used in a gym or at home. You'll find targeted conditioning routines for optimal performance in more than 30 sports, including basketball, football, soccer, track and field, and golf.
Former editor in chief of "PowerMag" in France, author and illustrator Frederic Delavier is a journalist for "Le Monde du" "Muscle" and a contributor to "Men's Health Germany "and several other strength publications. His previous publication, "Strength Training Anatomy," has sold more than one million copies. (Check Catalog)

Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution

On a cold day in 1667, a renegade physician named Jean Denis transfused calf's blood into one of Paris's most notorious madmen. In doing so, Denis angered not only the elite scientists who had hoped to perform the first animal-to-human transfusions themselves, but also a host of powerful conservatives who believed that the doctor was toying with forces of nature that he did not understand. Just days after the experiment, the madman was dead, and Denis was framed for murder.A riveting account of the first blood transfusion experiments in 17th-century Paris and London, Blood Work gives us a vivid glimpse of a particularly fraught period in history a time of fire and plague, empire building and international distrust, when monsters were believed to inhabit the seas and the boundary between science and superstition was still in flux. Amid this atmosphere of uncertainty, transfusionists like Denis became embroiled in the hottest cultural debates and fiercest political rivalries of their day. As historian Holly Tucker reveals, transfusion's detractors would stop at nothing not even murdering Denis's patient to outlaw a practice that might jeopardize human souls, pave the way for monstrous hybrid creatures, or even provoke divine retribution.Taking us from the highest ranks of society to the lowest, from dissection rooms in palaces to the filth-clogged streets of Paris, Blood Work sheds light on an era that wrestled with the same questions about morality and experimentation that haunt medical science to this day. (Check Catalog)

Heart Rate Training

If you're serious about your sport, you're serious about conditioning. Now, with one small device, you can apply the latest technology, science, and research to take the guesswork out of training, monitor progress, and see results. "Heart Rate" "Training" will show you how!
From functions, features, and operational advice for your device to interpreting and applying the results, "Heart Rate" "Training" is a step-by-step guide to optimizing performance. You'll learn how, when, and why monitors can, and should, be incorporated into your workouts, training, and conditioning program to produce maximum results.
In "Heart Rate Training," authors Roy Benson and Declan Connolly show you how to determine deficiencies in training and performance, create targeted programs to increase endurance, raise lactate threshold, increase speed and power, and monitor your recovery between workouts. And the sample programs allow you to manipulate the training components to design a long-term training plan across eight endurance sports: walking, running, cycling, swimming, triathlon, rowing, cross-country skiing, and team sports.
When you're ready to take training and performance to the next level, turn to "Heart Rate Training "and achieve your personal best. (Check Catalog)

The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study

This landmark study--which Dr. Andrew Weil calls "a remarkable achievement with surprising conclusions"--upends the advice we have been told about how to live to a healthy old age.
We have been told that the key to longevity involves obsessing over what we eat, how much we stress, and how fast we run. Based on the most extensive study of longevity ever conducted, "The Longevity Project" exposes what really impacts our lifespan-including friends, family, personality, and work.
Gathering new information and using modern statistics to study participants across eight decades, Dr. Howard Friedman and Dr. Leslie Martin bust myths about achieving health and long life. For example, people do not die from working long hours at a challenging job- many who worked the hardest lived the longest. Getting and staying married is not the magic ticket to long life, especially if you're a woman. And it's not the happy-go-lucky ones who thrive-it's the prudent and persistent who flourish through the years.
With questionnaires that help you determine where you are heading on the longevity spectrum and advice about how to stay healthy, this book changes the conversation about living a long, healthy life. (Check Catalog)

Good Housekeeping Drop 5 lbs: The Small Changes, Big Results Diet

Sometimes it's the simple choices-like switching diet soda for regular; selecting a less-caloric sandwich at the fast food joint; stopping at just one dip into the candy bowl; filling up on salad rather than bread before your main course; or taking the kids for a bike ride instead of hanging out in front of the TV-that make the pounds melt away almost effortlessly. Whether you're a junk food junkie, an emotional eater, or even a mindless muncher, "Good Housekeeping Drop 5 Pounds" offers hundreds of ideas for small and very doable changes in your diet that can add up to significant weight loss.
The Diet Decoder quiz right at the start helps you pinpoint your particular eating patterns and food pitfalls, priming you for a transformation. Then, follow the icons to identify customized strategies that target your behavior. Plus you'll learn about diet destroyers like the hidden calories in "friendly" foods; simple substitutes that make both home-cooked and restaurant-bought foods less fattening; how to avoid holiday weight gain; and practical ways to incorporate exercise into your routine. Easy-to-follow charts identify "Diet Madness" meals and give you "Diet Makeover" alternatives, plus "Make This Swap" suggestions.
Every chapter opens with "Drop 5 Top 5" strategies to ditch the pounds at home, at work, and at play.
HERE'S HOW TO DROP 5 POUNDS IN JUST TWO WEEKS!
o Start with a self-quiz to diagnose your diet pitfalls
o Use our Diet Makeovers to end Diet Disasters
o Steal our Special Diet Tricks for Meal Skippers, Nonstop Nibblers, Liquid Calorie Lovers, Emotional Eaters, and Junk Food Junkies
o Mix and match our Drop 5 advice to change your diet according to your tastes and habits
o Choose from dozens of fat-blasting recipes to drop 5 pounds (Check Catalog)

Sexy Forever: How to Fight Fat After Forty

What If Your Weight Wasn't Your Fault?
If you are like most, you have tried to find an easy, enjoyable, permanent weight loss solution. One that doesn't make you give up too many of your favorite foods, have you working out like a maniac, and won't fail you in the long run. But long-term success is awfully hard if you don't address the hidden culprit behind the excess fat we carry: the toxic burden our bodies have accumulated.
Whether you have just a few pounds to lose or are battling more, this new plan from health pioneer Suzanne Somers will give you the knowledge you need to easily combat these toxins and become slim, vibrant, healthy, and sexy . . . forever.
Within the pages of "Sexy Forever" you will discover:
Thousands of FDA-approved chemicals and toxins surrounding us every day that sabotage our health and weight--and how to conquer these enemies.
A simple-to-follow three-phase weight loss program, filled with rich, delicious foods. Plus, a special Detox Phase that has been designed to release your toxic burden and blast off those first--or last few--pounds.
All-new delicious recipes, with menus for fabulous eating every day.
A moderate (hint: fast and easy!) exercise program to keep you fit and healthy.
Ways to jump-start your success: cutting-edge, natural tools and products to make every step of the plan faster, easier, and more convenient. Includes amazing supplements and weight loss products to help catapult your success.
A simple test that could unlock the hidden secret to your personal food demons--food sensitivities or intolerances that could silently be keeping you overweight or even chronically ill.
How to achieve natural hormonal balance: the missing ingredient for every person over forty that must be added to make any plan successful.
An all-access pass to revered doctors, experts, and nutritionists who helped Suzanne craft the plan.

YOU CAN WIN THIS BATTLE.
YOUR GOALS ARE ACHIEVABLE.
Stay the course and you'll be on the path to regaining the vibrant health you were born to have.
"Sexy Forever" is your ticket there. (Check Catalog)

Full-Filled: The 6-Week Weight-Loss Plan for Changing Your Relationship with Food-And Your Life-From the Inside Out

Stephens, a diet and weight-loss coach whose weight-loss podcast tops the category on iTunes, teams up with writer Rose to present her program in book form. Formerly a compulsive eater, Stephens offers an unusual weight-loss plan that spends very little time talking about what you should or should not put in your mouth. To lose weight, dieters must eat less than what they burn, but rather than a detailed food and exercise plan, Stephens opts for viewing the process as a spiritual practice. According to Stephens, successful weight loss is an inside job, and long-term maintenance plans and motivation must come first. (Most diets have it backward, and as a result 95% of dieters gain weight back within one year, the author claims). She guides readers to examine why they overeat, to view their setbacks not as failures but as feedback, and to use such self-correcting tools as working out, meditating, sleeping, and hydrating to get back on board after a slipup. Stephens shows how to identify trigger foods and situations, and encourages readers to track hunger levels and identify patterns. This user-friendly six-week program approaches weight loss as a journey with side trips and ups and downs; the goal is to arrive at a slim and healthy outcome. (Check Catalog)

Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All

There's a silent, dangerous war going on out there. On one side are parents, bombarded with stories about the dangers of vaccines, now wary of immunizing their sons and daughters. On the other side are doctors, scared to send kids out of their offices vulnerable to illnesses like whooping cough and measles--the diseases of their grandparents.How did anyone come to view vaccines with horror? The answer is rooted in one of the most powerful citizen activist movements in our nation's history. In "Deadly Choices," infectious disease expert Paul Offit relates the shocking story of anti-vaccine America--its origins, leaders, influences, and impact. Offering strategies to keep us from returning to an era when children routinely died from infections, "Deadly Choices" is a vigorous and definitive rebuttal of the powerful anti-vaccine movement.  (Check Catalog)

The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear

WHO DECIDES WHICH FACTS ARE TRUE?
In 1998 Andrew Wakefield, a British gastroenterologist with a history of self-promotion, published a paper with a shocking allegation: the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine might cause autism. The media seized hold of the story and, in the process, helped to launch one of the most devastating health scares ever. In the years to come Wakefield would be revealed as a profiteer in league with class-action lawyers, and he would eventually lose his medical license. Meanwhile one study after another failed to find any link between childhood vaccines and autism.
Yet the myth that vaccines somehow cause developmental disorders lives on. Despite the lack of corroborating evidence, it has been popularized by media personalities such as Oprah Winfrey and Jenny McCarthy and legitimized by journalists who claim that they are just being fair to "both sides" of an issue about which there is little debate. Meanwhile millions of dollars have been diverted from potential breakthroughs in autism research, families have spent their savings on ineffective "miracle cures," and declining vaccination rates have led to outbreaks of deadly illnesses like Hib, measles, and whooping cough. Most tragic of all is the increasing number of children dying from vaccine-preventable diseases.
In "The Panic Virus "Seth Mnookin draws on interviews with parents, public-health advocates, scientists, and anti-vaccine activists to tackle a fundamental question: How do we decide what the truth is? The fascinating answer helps explain everything from the persistence of conspiracy theories about 9/11 to the appeal of talk-show hosts who demand that President Obama "prove" he was born in America.
"The Panic Virus "is a riveting and sometimes heart-breaking medical detective story that explores the limits of rational thought. It is the ultimate cautionary tale for our time. (Check Catalog)

The Best of America's Test Kitchen: The Year's Best Recipes, Equipment Reviews, and Tastings (2011)

The Best of America's Test Kitchen 2011 gives you the best of the best from the year, culled from the thousands of recipes we have presented on the pages of our magazines and books and on our public television shows.  (Check Catalog)