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Monday, September 28, 2009

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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Thursday, September 24, 2009

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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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

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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