Insider's Guide to Better Nursing Home Care: 75 Tips You Should Know

Reed, now an attorney, spent 10 years working as a LPN in nursing home facilities, and she uses her experience to offer these 75 tips on improving the level of care in these institutions. Written for families "making placement decisions for their loved ones," this book outlines the legal requirements of nursing homes and reveals how these laws are broken on a regular basis in many facilities. She emphasizes the need for each employee to understand their responsibilities while observing the rights of the residents, and delivers tips that will ensure that substandard care is avoided.
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When Someone You Love Needs Nursing Home, Assisted Living, or In-Home Care: The Complete Guide

This guide for people who must find assisted living services for a loved one has been updated with new information on appropriate settings, long-term care insurance, financial issues and caregiver stress. Bornstein (psychology, Adelphi U.) and Languirand, a noted author and health care expert, cover strategies for choosing the right facilities, evaluating care providers, communicating with staff to ensure high-quality care and dealing with late-life health problems. The authors also analyze the latest eldercare tax laws and Medicare regulations.
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Pill Head: The Secret Life of a Painkiller Addict

A social analysis of the increase in pain-killer abuse in the United States is told through a prism of the author's own struggles, describing how he became addicted to Vicodin while performing research on the high number of people who illegally obtain and use prescription drugs for non-medical reasons.
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Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs: The Making of a Surgeon

The author of Hot Lights, Cold Steel traces his journey from his employment as a construction worker to his entry into medical school, an effort that was marked by such experiences as a co-worker's life-changing comment, his first delivery of a baby, and his first patient losses.
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The Complete Guide to Female Fertility

With recent warnings about rising infertility rates and the dangers of delaying motherhood, many women are concerned about when or whether they will manage to have a baby. At the same time, news of the latest advances in reproductive technology suggest it may be possible to beat the female biological clock and put childbearing on hold. This practical and accessible guide answers the myriad questions that women have about fertility and pregnancy in the modern world. Proven facts are provided in an accessible manner with topics addressed including how the reproductive system works; when women are at their most fertile; how age affects chances of conceiving; how to boost fertility naturally; possible roadblocks to becoming pregnant; and what reproductive technology can do to help. Designed to inform and reassure, this essential resource also includes information on the common emotional aspects of relationships and fertility.

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The Thyroid Solution: A Revolutionary Mind-Body Program for Regaining Your Emotional and Physical Health

Written by a leading authority on the subject, an updated, comprehensive guide to thyroid disorders explains the illness and its physical and emotional side effects and offers a practical program for restoring one's thyroid to health and maintaining.
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7 Weeks to 100 Push-ups: Strengthen and Sculpt Your Arms, Abs, Chest, Back and Glutes by Training to Do 100 Consecutive Push-ups

Beginning with detailed instructions on how to perform a proper push-up and maximize its benefit, the author lays out day-by-day and week-by-week exercise plans that outline how to work up to one hundred push-ups safely and effectively and prepares readers for strength training with diet and nutrition guidelines.
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No Family History: The Enviromental Links to Breast Cancer

No Family History presents compelling evidence of environmental links to breast cancer, ranging from everyday cosmetics to industrial waste. Sabrina McCormick weaves the story of one survivor with no family history into a powerful exploration of the big business of breast cancer. As drugs, pink products, and corporate sponsorships generate enormous revenue to find a cure, a growing number of experts argue that we should instead increase focus on prevention--reducing environmental exposures that have contributed to the sharp increase of breast cancer rates.
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The G Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide

After her stint on Survivor, the author, who is now a co-host of The View, was diagnosed with celiac disease and had to shift to a gluten-free diet, an experience that she draws from as she offers advice for anybody who needs to go G-free but does not know how, in a guide with G-Free substitutes and advice on deciphering food labels.
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Transcend: Nine Steps to Living Well Forever

TRANSCEND: Nine Steps to Living Well Forever presents a practical, enjoyable program so that readers can live long enough (and remain healthy long enough) to take full advantage of the biotech and nanotech advances that have already begun and will be occurring at an accelerating pace during the years ahead. To help readers remember the nine key components of the program, Ray and Terry have arranged them into a mnemonic:

Talk with your doctor

Relaxation

Assessment

Nutrition

Supplementation

Calorie reduction

Exercise

New technologies

Detoxification

This easy-to-follow program will help readers transcend the boundaries of our genetic legacy and live long enough to live forever.

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Six Months in Sudan: A Young Doctor in a War-torn Village

A memoir of a young doctor trying to heal a village on the brink of devastation chronicles the unthinkable cost of war for one community and a man's courageous effort to bring about lasting change, in spite of the many losses he endures.
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The Engine 2 Diet: The Texas Firefighter's 28-Day Save-Your-Life Plan That Lowers Cholesterol and Burns Away the Pounds

A professional triathlete-turned-firefighter shares a diet he devised for fellow firefighters to help them lose weight and lower their cholesterol levels, an eating regimen that transitions participants to a mostly vegetable diet also consisting of whole grains, legumes, and small portions of meat.
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Triple H: Making the Game

Presents the strength-training program used by Triple H, with emphasis on technique, the importance of exercise form over volume, and a focus on self-discipline and goal setting.
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The Great American Heart Hoax: Lifesaving Advice Your Doctor Should Tell You About Heart Disease Prevention (But Probably Never Will)

Argues that only a minority of patients benefit from heart surgery and offers a ten-step program to improve heart health and decrease the risk of heart disease.
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The Colon Cancer Survivors' Guide: Living Stronger, Longer

Based on his award-winning series of Esquire magazine articles on his own survival of colon cancer, the author shows how a person diagnosed with cancer stops becoming a patient and starts becoming a survivor. Above all, it offers advice on the healing of scars, both physical and emotional, how to leave cancer behind, and how to move confidently forward.
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The Skinny: On Losing Weight Without Being Hungry-The Ultimate Guide to Weight Loss Success

Explains how our bodies are programmed on a genetic level to resist weight loss, and how to fix internal biology by adjusting eating and exercise habits one step at a time to defeat hunger and cravings and keep the weight off for good.
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Beating Gout: A Sufferer's Guide to Living Pain Free

Beating Gout is the most comprehensive and up-to-date book designed for the gout sufferer. Recent research has shown that up to 78% of doctors do not treat gout properly. Historically, physicians have seen gout as a “benign” disease, but new research has shown that gout and its underlying cause, hyperuricemia, may cause heart disease, high blood pressure, kidney disease, stroke and other deadly diseases. Beating Gout discusses all of these conditions and what you can do to stop gout attacks forever.
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Tina Vindum's Outdoor Fitness: Step Out of the Gym and into the BEST Shape of Your Life

The national radio show host and fitness expert introduces the three phases of her outdoor-fitness program, including signature moves that increase in intensity and duration to become an integral part of one's health and fitness routine.
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The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being

Mindful awareness is a universal goal across human cultures, says Siegel (mindful awareness, U. of California-Los Angeles), and though it is often seen as a form of attentional skill that focuses the mind on the present, he explores it as a form of healthy relationship with the self. He describes how attunement may lead the brain to grow in ways that promote balanced self-regulation through the process of neural integration, which enables flexibility and self-understanding.
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Pregnancy for Dummies

Includes information on selecting a doctor, hospital, midwife, or other birthing options, and nutrition and exercises, accompanied by a trimester-by-trimester guide showing how the baby grows and changes.
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The Candida Cure: Yeast, Fungus & Your Health: The 90-Day Program to Beat Candida & Restore Vibrant Health

Many of the most common symptoms and illnesses that plague us today - anything from fatigue, bloating, and weight gain to prostate problems, arthritis, allergies, depression and multiple sclerosis - can be traced back to a surprising source. Yeast. Yeast and fungal overgrowth - called candida - is pandemic and affects millions. One out of three people suffer from candida overgrowth, which is associated with asthma, allergies, hypoglycemia/diabetes, hypothyroid, prostatitis, weight gain, brain fog and anxiety/depression. In a chronic state yeast overgrowth can also lead to conditions such as lupus, MS, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, autism, and even cancer. The Candida Cure is the most current and concise book on this subject, designed to help millions understand and overcome candida overgrowth. This practical and revealing work describes what candida is and how it can become out of balance as a result of using antibiotics, steroids, hormone replacement therapy, and chemotherapy as well as unmanaged stress levels and diets filled with sugar (white flour, dairy, refined sugar, and alcohol). The first three chapters describe what candida is, how disease starts in the gastrointestinal tract, and how poor nutrition adversely affects candida overgrowth. It also includes a candida health questionnaire. The remaining chapters lay out a 90-day program for beating candida and restoring vibrant health. Diet, detoxification, and supplementation are covered in detail. User-friendly charts, recipes, meal ideas, and sample menus are included to make the program simple and effective.
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Cancer: 50 Essential Things to Do

Written by a cancer survivor, this guide to cancer recovery offers an easily accessible holistic action plan for patients and family members who choose to adopt a stance of hope and take charge of their diagnosis.
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Food Cures: Breakthrough Nutritional Prescriptions For Everything From Colds to Cancer

Draws on current understanding about the connection between health and common "power foods" to counsel readers on how to minimize dependence on medication and restock a pantry, in a reference that provides seventy-five recipes and makes recommendations for treating common ailments.
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Bigger Faster Stronger

Author Shepard, owner of Bigger Faster Stronger, a company that provides strength training programs to high schools and colleges, shares his program with both coaches training teams and individuals working on their own training regimen. The book details the total program including strength, speed, agility, and flexibility training, as well as conditioning. Photographs that illustrate proper techniques for many of the exercises support the text.
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Skinny Chicks Don't Eat Salads: Stop Starving, Start Eating... and Losing!

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.
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Muscular Dystrophy Sourcebook: Basic Consumer Health Information About Congenital, Childhood-Onset, and Adult-Onset Forms of Muscular Dystrophy, Such

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
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1001 Ways To Get In Shape

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.
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Naturally Thin: Unleash Your SkinnyGirl and Free Yourself from a Lifetime of Dieting

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.
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Chicken Soup for the Soul The Cancer Book: 101 Stories of Courage, Support & Love

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.
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Fibromyalgia

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.
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Mayo Clinic The Essential Diabetes Book

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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Fit in 5

The whys and hows of quick simple exercises, in easy, medium, and hard intensity levels, with and without exercise bands.

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The Expert's Guide to Weight-Loss Surgery: Is It Right for Me? What Happens During Surgery? How Do I Keep the Weight Off?

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.
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SuperHealth: 6 Simple Steps, 6 Easy Weeks, 1 Longer, Healthier Life

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.
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Raising Healthy Children in a Toxic World: 101 Smart Solutions for Every Family

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.
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The Biggest Loser 30-day Jump Start: Lose Weight, Get in Shape, and Start Living The Biggest Loser Lifestyle Today!

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.
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The Brain

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.

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Genetic Rounds: A Doctor's Encounters in the Field That Revolutionized Medicine

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.
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Cheating Death: The Doctors and Medical Miracles That Are Saving Lives Against All Odds

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.
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Hair Loss & Replacement For Dummies

Presents a guide about hair loss, including an overview of the condition, prevention techniques, and reviews of popular treatment options.
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I Can Make You Sleep: Overcome Insomnia Forever and Get the Best Rest of Your Life

Offers a system to help reset the body's natural sleep mechanism in order to improve both the quantity and quality of sleep.
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100 Questions & Answers About Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)

One in every 20 Americans over the age of 50 has peripheral artery disease, or PAD, a disease that affects the arteries outside the heart. If you or someone you know suffers from this painful and often debilitating condition, this book can offer help and hope. 100 Questions and Answers About Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) provides clear, authoritative answers to common questions raised by patients and their families as they navigate the world of PAD. Renowned experts Drs. Alan Hirsch and Emile Mohler, III have written an accessible and informative book for patients who want to understand their illness more clearly. Featuring information about common symptoms, the diagnosis process, treatment options, and risk factors for related conditions such as atherosclerosis and claudication, this text is an invaluable resources for anyone coping with the physical and emotional aspects of PAD.
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Welcome to the Departure Lounge: Adventures in Mothering Mother

A witty account of one woman's struggle to care for her aging parents finds her family's life thrown into turmoil by the antics of her mother and stepfather as dementia and Alzheimer's take their toll, transforming the duo into a pair of unruly "teens," as she struggles to manage her parents' lives and her own as both spiral out of control.
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Gillian McKeith's Food Bible: How to Use Food to Cure What Ails You

A comprehensive health resource by the author of You Are What You Eat offers valuable information on the health effects, benefits, and uses of food and how nutrition affects one's overall well-being, aging, ability to fight disease, and quality of life, with specific food-based remedies for common diseases and ailments.
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Embracing the Wide Sky: A Tour Across the Horizons of the Brain

A tour of brain science and the latest understandings about the human mind explores the disparity between the brain's seemingly endless capacity and its tendency to fail at even simple tasks, in an account by a famous autistic savant that incorporates elements of his own story.
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Jane Brody's Guide to the Great Beyond: A Practical Primer to Help You and Your Loved Ones Prepare Medically, Legally, and Emotionally for the End of

A guide to proactively prepare for the end of life covers topics ranging from financial planning and medical issues to emotional considerations, with advice on health care proxies, wills, funeral preparations, and palliative care.
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The Body Fat Solution: Five Priciples for Burning Fat, Building Lean Muscles, Ending Emotional Eating, and Maintaining Your Perfect Weight

A program for permanent weight loss and building muscle explains how to break overeating habits, reveals why it is so challenging to balance calories and exercise appropriately, and shares guidelines for eating nutritionally without eliminating food groups.
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Preventing Type 2 Diabetes: Beyond Diet and Exercise

Describes the link between metabolic syndrome and Type 2 diabetes, and discusses treatment options and complications of diabetes.
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Fighting Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis: Practical Ways to Create New Habits and Increase Your Energy

Lowenstein is an occupational therapist who has worked with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for ten years, and she has written this guide for MS patients who hope to overcome the fatigue that is common to this condition. The author describes "energy conservation techniques" that provide a natural and healthy alternative to caffeine, sugar and medications such as invigorating exercise regimens, methods for simplifying everyday tasks and even behavior modification techniques. This book uses easy-to-understand charts, checklists and other exercises to reinforce new habits that will allow MS patients expend less energy on non-productive tasks and have more fun with their daily lives.
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The End of My Addiction

An alcoholic cardiologist traces his failed efforts to conquer his addiction before submitting himself as a test subject for a drug that had been effective in animal testing, a two-year process that he credits with enabling his subsequent sobriety.
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