The Empowered Patient: How to Get the Right Diagnosis, Buy the Cheapest Drugs, Beat Your Insurance Company, and Get the Best Medical Care Eve

Every year in America nearly 200,000 people die due to preventable mistakes or infections acquired in hospitals. CNN senior medical correspondent Cohen uses these sobering stats and a horror story of her own (her sick newborn received unnecessary spinal taps) to launch this tract on patient empowerment. Cohen counters numerous examples of medical errors, rude and rushed doctors, and hostile insurance companies with practical tips to guarantee quality medical care. Potential patients learn ways of finding the right physician, tips for courageously disagreeing with or even firing the "wrong doctor," strategies for maximizing doctor appointment time, and more. Misdiagnoses occur often, the author notes, citing examples of "diagnostic heroes" like the teenage girl, mysteriously ill for eight years, who diagnosed her own disease in a high school science class. Cohen offers practical advice for avoiding such problems, surviving hospitalization (more difficult than you might think), and coping with insurance companies. An appendix of medical websites, sample interactions with medical professionals, and guidelines for climbing out of medical debt completes this valuable book.  (Check Catalog)

The 200 SuperFoods That Will Save Your Life

A complete nutritional program of the top 200 superfoods that will improve health and increase longevity with recipes, dietary tips, and meal plans, from a mediagenic, highly sought-after nutrition expert. (Check Catalog)

America's Top Doctors: A Castle Connolly Guide

This national guide identifies more than 5,000 top doctors throughout the U.S. in more than 60 medical specialties and sub-specialties for the care and treatment of more than 1,700 diseases and medical conditions. (Check Catalog)

The Consumer Handbook on Hearing Loss and Noise

"Excellent book! Gifted hearing professionals take you through a comprehensive guide on how noise can affect our hearing and the significance of their research. Wish every musician, sound engineer and music lover would get a copy! Loved it!"---Kathy Peck; Executive Director and Co-Founder Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers, San Francisco, CA

This book is written for the consumer who has suffered hearing loss caused from noise. Many of the chapters have clear strategies that can be implemented to reduce the effects of noise when it cannot be avoided completely.

The two most common causes of hearing loss are presbycusis (hearing loss associated with aging) and noise exposure. While being over the age of 75 is not preventable, hearing loss from noise is preventable. As Dr. Chasin poses in his Introduction, the question becomes, "What can be done today to prevent hearing loss tomorrow?" This book will provide many of the answers sought by those who have endured dangerous noise levels, and will address what you can do today and tomorrow. (Check Catalog)

Once a Warrior, Always a Warrior: Navigating the Transition from Combat to Home - Including Combat Stress, PTSD, and mTBI

ol. Charles W. Hoge, M.D., has made it his life’s work to help soldiers deal with the mental health repercussions of war and is a leading advocate for eradicating the stigma of receiving mental health care in the military. With this book, he reaches out to a larger community of veterans and their families. The Post-Combat Field Manual to Sanity is oriented toward all service members and veterans, but with an emphasis on the soldiers of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. It is also for family members, and it will help them gain greater understanding of ways they can help navigate the “PTSD paradox” exhibited by their loved one, while also helping veterans understand the experiences of their family members.  (Check Catalog)

Sleep Manual: Training Your Mind and Body to Achieve the Perfect Night's Sleep

Explains the importance of sleep, describes the potential problems, and offers solutions to encourage a relaxing and restorative rest every night. (Check Catalog)

Relaxation Revolution: Enhancing Your Personal Health Through the Science and Genetics of Mind Body Healing

Discusses the most recent scientific developments that prove Dr. Herbert Benson's theory that simple relaxation techniques have a tremendous effect on the body's physical health. (Check Catalog)