Book Review

The Harvard Medical School Guide to a Good Nights Sleep

Thu, 2 Nov 2006 10:09:13 GMT

From one of the nationrsquo;s leading sleep experts comes the ultimate guide to overcoming sleep problems. In The Harvard Medical School Guide to a Good Nights Sleep Dr. Lawrence Epstein reveals his proven sixstep plan to improve y...

Merck Launches New Edition of The Merck Manual

Mon, 22 May 2006 12:28:44 GMT

Searching for information on bird flu? Concerned about obesity? Seeking guidance on alternative therapies? The new edition of The Merck Manual will help provide physicians nurses pharmacists and readers with all of the answers and comfort they ...

What Your Doctor Hasnt Told You and the Health Store Clerk Doesnt Know

Tue, 16 May 2006 09:42:20 GMT

Will melatonin help me sleep better? Does saw palmetto really shrink an enlarged prostate? What can I take for my arthritis now that Vioxx is known to be dangerous? More and more people suffering from chronic health conditions are turning to alterna...

Six Common Symptoms of Negative Thinking and What to do About Them

Tue, 9 May 2006 12:15:01 GMT

People who seem to have everything going for them all too often sabotage their own success through habitual patterns of negative thinking say spiritual counselors Michael C. Rann and Elizabeth Rann Arrott in their new book Shortcut to a Miracle: Ho...

Eating Healthy Made Easy

Tue, 7 Mar 2006 16:25:15 GMT

The latest fad diets and eating/exercise plans are where people look first when they want to take off 10 pounds or a lot more or want to avoid or reduce health risks acknowledges Elisa Zied M.S. R.D. C.D.N. But when the plan is too extreme or...

Building Your Retirement Brain Account

Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:25:08 GMT

Boulder CO February 2006If youre like most people you think about retirement in terms of financial power not brain power. You work hard for fortyplus years saving your pennies for the day you can finally slow down and smell the roses. But...

Sad Valentines Day for Millions

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:15:04 GMT

But what about for the rest of us? Valentines Day can create feelings of loneliness sadness even despair. Millions of us under loved having had a long series of unsuccessful disappointing relationships according to Nationally Renowned Psy...

Dr Katzs Guide to Prostate Health

Thu, 16 Feb 2006 09:36:53 GMT

Prostate cancer is nearly 100 survivable if detected early writes Aaron E. Katz M.D. in his new book DR. KATZS GUIDE TO PROSTATE HEALTH: From Conventional to Holistic Therapies Freedom Press; $19.95 trade paperback; January 2006. Unfortunately...

Five Simple Rules for a HealthyWeight Home

Fri, 3 Feb 2006 12:00:03 GMT

We are facing a tremendous family health challengeobesity. A growing number of children are overweight as are their parents. WEIGHT WATCHERS FAMILY POWER distills the best of scientific literature and puts it into a form that parents can use....

Fat is Not Your Fate

Thu, 8 Dec 2005 12:18:16 GMT

Everywhere you look you can find testimonial success stories from diets so wildly different it seems impossible that they could all work. Some tell you to eat high proteinlow carbohydrate while others tell you high carbohydratelow fat is the way ...

Pampered Child Syndrome

Thu, 8 Dec 2005 12:16:08 GMT

It turns out the old axiom spare the rod and spoil the child is true. While most parents do not use corporal punishment as a discipline technique anymore not using any consequences for bad behavior can be harmful. Dr. Maggie Mamens new book THE...

Living with Colon Cancer

Thu, 8 Dec 2005 10:37:29 GMT

This deeply personal story exceptionally well told has a message in it for anyone dealing with any kind of cancer diagnosis; either her own or that of a loved oneuseful candid moving courageous and inspiring. All of us one day to some degree...

Rules of Engagement in the Battle against Illness

Fri, 2 Dec 2005 10:49:13 GMT

No one likes to think about being hospitalized yet thousands of people daily find themselves facing that very dilemma. Compounding the inconvenience is the fact that few people ever take time to consider how they can avoid dangerous sometimes dea...

Yoga For Regular Guys

Fri, 2 Dec 2005 10:26:42 GMT

A selfprofessed regular guy Page thought he knew it all until he discovered what a great workout yoga could be. Although he had previously thought of it as a lightweight girlie workout Page tried it once in an attempt to relieve back pain a...

The Year in Medicine From A to Z

Fri, 2 Dec 2005 10:25:30 GMT

This year as every year the struggle against disease was a grab bag of good and badvision and shortsightedness courage and obtuseness scientific masterstrokes and experiments that came to naught TIMEs Jeffrey Kluger writes in the introduction ...

DARWIN Discovering the Tree of Life

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:13:41 GMT

Almost 200 years after his birth Charles Darwin remains a towering figure in Western society having inspired scientific advancement intellectual debate and moral controversy in every generation to succeed the publication of his theories. As ...

The Syndrome Stew Could Kids Have More Than One Helping

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:01:06 GMT

It starts with a nagging feeling. Your childs behavior seems more extreme than the other kids at the playground or at school. He constantly daydreams or throws tantrums. Could it be ADHD Aspergers Syndrome anxiety or some other disorder? It may a...

Make Your Own Miracle

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 09:49:20 GMT

Santa Monica CA Ever noticed how the things you want most seem a billion light years away? Perhaps you wait tables but dream of performing on Broadway. Or youve tried to have a baby for years but pregnancy eludes you. Or you long to meet yo...

Websters New World College Dictionary

Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:15:39 GMT

No need with these backtoschool tips from Websters New World College Dictionary Wiley $26.95 with CDROM. Speed dial. Check the guide words in large bold type at the top of the page. They show the first entry word and the last entry w...

The Alcohol Blackout Walking Talking Unconscious Lethal

Thu, 1 Sep 2005 11:51:00 GMT

A new breakthrough book The Alcohol Blackout by Dr. Donal F. Sweeney reveals that people in an alcohol blackout do not forget what happens as long believed. They are thrust into an unconscious state lasting hours or days until the alcohol in their...

Free Rheumatoid Arthritis Catalog to Help Make Life Easier

Tue, 30 Aug 2005 10:57:23 GMT

Until recently a normal day for rheumatoid arthritis RA sufferer Fran Mueller was anything but normal. With the joints in her hands knees and hips badly damaged after 20 years with RA Fran was no longer able to do simple everyday tasks such as...

Influenza What You Should Know from the AMA Family Medical Guide

Tue, 30 Aug 2005 10:47:43 GMT

In response to the unexpected shortage of flu vaccine this year the American Medical Association in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines is recommending that healthy individuals forgo or delay their flu shots to he...

False Alarm The Truth about the Epidemic of Fear

Mon, 29 Aug 2005 11:35:37 GMT

We dined meatless during the madcow scare and pleaded for Cipro to combat anthrax. Weve spent summers worrying about SARS and West Nile falls fearing the flu and winters worrying about the latest bug de jour. Hardly a month goes by without an o...

Lose Your Mummy Tummy

Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:46:05 GMT

As a registered nurse certified personal trainer fitness instructor and childbirth educator Julie Tupler has helped thousands of moms have faster easier deliveriesand quicker more thorough recoveries. Now in Lose Your Mummy Tummy she shows u...

Vegan World Infusion Cuisine

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 11:32:10 GMT

More and more people are affirming that through conscious and wise food choices we can heal our bodies and restore balance to our planet. The new book Vegan World Fusion Cuisine serves as a manual for sustainable nonviolent living by honoring the ...

10 Top Strategies to Change Your Teens Thinking and Preempt Crises

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 11:13:48 GMT

Todays teens face overwhelming issuespeer pressure widespread instances of substance abuse concerns about sexuality the academic stress of high school the risks and freedom of driving the worry about getting into a good college. Its no wonde...

The Perricone Prescription A Physicians 28 Day Program for Total Body and Face Rejuvenation

Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:13:09 GMT

We generally believe that lines and wrinkles are an unavoidable part of the aging process. According to Nicholas Perricone M.D. they are actually due to inflammation caused by poor nutrition pollution sunlight irritating skin care treatments ...

8 Weeks to Vibrant Health A Womans Take Charge Program

Thu, 18 Aug 2005 10:43:07 GMT

To Correct Imbalances Reclaim Energy and Restore WellBeing I have trouble sleeping through the night. No matter what I do I cant seem to lose weight!My whole body hurts! If its not my back its my shoulders or my knees.

The Boy Who Loved Windows

Wed, 17 Aug 2005 10:40:44 GMT

Though there has been much in the news lately about vaccines environmental toxins and other potential causes of the disease this book goes beyond that debate to take us into the home and life of a child threatened with autisma child who recoil...

The New American Heart Association Cookbook

Wed, 17 Aug 2005 10:03:57 GMT

Hundreds of diet and health trends have come and gone since the American Heart Association first introduced its flagship cookbook more than thirty years ago. Since then more than 3 million copies have been sold of this groundbreaking collection of 6...

Biting The Hand That Starves You

Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:52:44 GMT

This important book immediately draws the reader into the world of those struggling with anorexia/bulimia a/b whose stories poems and firstperson accounts expose the voice of these deadly problems. The authors decadeandahalf collaboration...

Little Known Facts About Oompa Loompas Favorite Food the Cacao Cocoa Bean

Mon, 15 Aug 2005 16:20:35 GMT

Fans of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory are already familiar with the OompaLoompas cravings for cacao cocoa beans. In his new book Naked Chocolate David Wolfe thoroughly investigates the secrets surrounding these nutritionally packed beans ...

Happiness in a Storm

Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:49:20 GMT

HAPPINESS IN A STORM W. W. Norton Company; September 06 2005; $26.95; Cloth is a book about striving for happiness despite the anxiety of experiencing serious illness or injury. The underlying theme of all of Harphams books Diagnosis: Cancer ...

Train Your Brain

Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:57:00 GMT

Dr. Ryuta Kawashimas Train Your Brain: 60 Days to a Better Brain debuts September 1st at bookstores across North America. Over 2 million adults worldwide have used the program outlined in this brain health workbook to retain mental clarity and stav...

HEALING MOVES How to Cure Relieve and Prevent Common Ailments With Exercise

Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:21:45 GMT

Since ancient times healers have recognized the curative power of physical activity. Today scientific evidence confirms this widespread belief that movement heals. Study after study shows that physical activity can help prevent and treat Americas ...

The Healthy Body Handbook A Total Guide to the Prevention and Treatment of Sports Injuries

Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:01:18 GMT

A healthy strong body is essential to the enjoyment of life. The Healthy Body Handbook was written for all those who place great emphasis on living life fully. It will help you understand the basic structure and function of the musculoskeletal syste...

How to Care for Aging Parents

Wed, 10 Aug 2005 16:23:03 GMT

How do you know when its time to move your mother out of her home? What do you do when your father can no longer bathe himself? For the largest generation in American historyBaby Boomersquestions like these are both common and urgent. Seniors 85...

The Seven Stages of Motherhood

Tue, 9 Aug 2005 11:16:03 GMT

Called The Seven Stages of Motherhood Knopf $22.95 the book looks at how women change and grow from the moment they become pregnant to the day they watch their child graduate high school.Too many moms says author Ann Pleshette Murph...

Just a Little Too Thin

Thu, 4 Aug 2005 13:25:31 GMT

Among teens of normal weight 4060 percent sees themselves as too heavy. Up to 60 percent of all teens diet regularly. The large majority of teens are preoccupied with their food intake. Just a Little Too Thin helps parents recognize...

Living Well with Menopause

Mon, 1 Aug 2005 12:32:50 GMT

Hot Flashes Panic Attacks Reduced Sex Drive Depression Weight Gain Hair Loss Insomnia...those are just some of the symptoms that can accompany menopause for the more than 15 million US women who will be challenged by menopause this year says...

Reversing Osteopenia

Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:40:12 GMT

Most women are aware of the debilitating and painful condition known as osteoporosis but few have heard of osteopeniaearly bone thinning and fracturing that is the precursor to osteoporosis. Osteopenia has recently been labeled a young womans sil...

The Consumer Handbook on Dizziness Vertigo

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:06:43 GMT

Auricle Ink Publishers announces release of The Consumer Handbook on Dizziness Vertigo by Dennis Poe MD Editor. It answers an essential need to better understand this dreaded condition. The most distinguished ear nose and throat physicians and r...

The Placebo Effect and Health

Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:37:40 GMT

Since the days when doctors routinely made house calls and sat by the bedside offering comforting words along with medical care the doctorpatient relationship has become increasingly impersonal and superficial. As medical technology and treatment h...

Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight for EveryBody

Tue, 26 Jul 2005 09:46:02 GMT

Mayos new 319page book brings you the effective weightloss techniques that formerly overweight patients and their Mayo doctors have proved successful over the long run. The information in this book is based on the revolutionary healthy weight pyra...

Instead of Wishing for a Doover Get it Right the First Time

Mon, 25 Jul 2005 10:42:23 GMT

Maybe it was that chance encounter with a stunningly handsome stranger or a longsuppressed crush on the girl next door. Maybe you passed up a chance to launch your own business or to back off of work and spend more time with your kids. Why live wi...

Your Heart Knows the Answer

Tue, 14 Jun 2005 17:12:24 GMT

How many times have you made a decisionor a nondecisionbased on fear selfdoubt or the opinions of others only to find out youve made a huge mistake or even lost years of your life taking the wrong path? Gail Harris today announced the releas...

DiabetesFree KIDS

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:37:22 GMT

DIABETESFREE KIDS Avery/Penguin Group USA; June 2005; $14.95 addresses the growing epidemic of type 2 diabetes among children and provides parents with an action plan for stopping it in its tracks. In it exercise physiologist Sheri Colberg and nu...

The Best News About Radiation Therapy

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:25:58 GMT

THE BEST NEWS ABOUT RADIATION THERAPY: Everything You Need to Know About Your Treatment ISBN: 159077051X; Publication Date: October 29 2004; 185 pages; $14.95 by Dr. Carol Kornmehl is a groundbreaking book which will guide readers through wha...

Long Term Cancer Survivor Greg Anderson Offers Advice for Preventing and Surviving Cancer

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:11:57 GMT

Like many cancer patients Greg took his illness as a call for change instead of a death sentence. Rather than die from cancer he chose to live with it and found simple lifestyle changes that helped him overcome his terminal illness. In conjuncti...

Toxic Overload

Tue, 31 May 2005 14:10:53 GMT

Would you ever believe that your lipstick was responsible for making you sick? It seems farfetched but our bodies absorb unhealthy amounts of chemicals everday from products we routinely come in contact withincluding cosmetics. Many of these chemica...

Are You Too Big For Yoga

Thu, 26 May 2005 17:27:38 GMT

BIG YOGA is a system of Hatha Yoga that is designed for plus size people who may want to try yoga but might not go to a regular class because of their size. You dont have to be thin to enjoy the benefits of yoga! The Big Yoga video was reviewed...

Straighter Stronger Leaner Longer

Tue, 24 May 2005 16:44:53 GMT

Have you ever wondered how much wear and tear you are really putting on your body on a daily basis? From those who work in an office and are constantly on their computers to those who play music and use their hands on an instrument your bodies are i...

Hormones Health and Happiness

Tue, 24 May 2005 16:40:59 GMT

This month with the release of Houston doctor Steven Hotzes book Hormones Health and Happiness a new revolution of health is emerging. Women have never been so confused about their changing bodies. This book shows how to revive and sustain the...

So You Want To Adopt A Child An International Child That Is

Mon, 23 May 2005 17:39:55 GMT

Are Infants Babies Available For Adoption?Is It Too Soon To Adopt From The Tsunami Orphans? Why?International Adoption Open Up A Whole New WorldWhere Should Parents Who Want To Adopt Internationally Start?Adoptive parent and autho...

The Wrinkle Cleanse

Fri, 20 May 2005 13:32:50 GMT

We all want to stay young and healthy for as long as possible but many people believe that there is no way to halt the inevitable aging process at least not without expensive drugs or hightech interventions. But what most people dont realize is ...

Taoism and Sexuality

Fri, 20 May 2005 13:14:42 GMT

Taoism is a spiritual tradition that embraces our sexual desire and uses it within our bodies as a force for healing and spiritual growth. Desire is a rich and potent part of our human experience. The Taoists think of desire called sexual energy or ...

WILLS CHOICE

Wed, 11 May 2005 13:53:22 GMT

WILLS CHOICE is a courageous and unflinching chronicle of a mothers battle to save her child from the potentially lethal throes of teen depression. It is a story of fierce love and family in the real world and for parents going through this wors...

Life Messages for Moms

Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:10:25 GMT

In the book 27 women including Rabbi Stacy Friedman author Isabel Allende Carol Bartz CEO of AutoDesk and many others from around America convey their most intimate thoughts suggestions and feelings about beinga mom.Life Message...

The Melanoma Book

Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:05:53 GMT

The facts from the CDC are stark: skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States and melanoma is responsible for more deaths than any other skin cancer type. The good news is that most melanomas are found early and the cure rate...

The BackSmart Fitness Plan A TotalBody Workout to Strengthen and Heal Your Back

Thu, 28 Apr 2005 15:58:58 GMT

According to the American College of Rheumatology lower back pain disables approximately 5.4 million Americans and twothirds of all adults will experience at least one episode of backpain in their lifetime. More than 50 percent of the 20 million Am...

Richmonds Wartime Hospitals

Wed, 27 Apr 2005 13:58:52 GMT

Doctors attempting to deal with the carnage wrought by the Civil War faced more difficult challenges than the sheer number of the wounded. Fought at the very end of what is known as the medical Middle Ages the Civil War predated modern knowledge o...

EXCLUSIVE FREE OFFER THE FRENCH DIET THE SECRETS OF WHY FRENCH WOMEN DONT GET FAT IN STORES MAY 2ND

Fri, 22 Apr 2005 10:26:32 GMT

THE FRENCH DIET include name shipping address no P.O. Boxes please. DK Publishing will confirm whether/not each request will be fulfilled via email so that people will know whether theyre one of the first 250 to respond.Michael J. McCurdy...

Health Journalists Reveal the Startling Truth about Childhood Obesity

Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:45:02 GMT

Pick up the newspaper in the morning and youre likely to see obesity in the headlines. Visit any American school and youll witness it firsthand: the current generation of children is fatter than any in history and sicker because of it. Type 2 dia...

Natural Alternatives to Vioxx Celebrex Provides Clarity Hope to Arthritis Sufferers

Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:03:46 GMT

In the aftermath of the Vioxx recall and recently reported concerns with Celebrex and Bextra more consumers are searching for natural approaches to joint health according to Carol Simontacchi MS CCN and author of the newly released Natural Alter...

The Fat Flush Plan

Mon, 18 Apr 2005 17:06:43 GMT

By Ann Louise Gittleman M.S. C.N.S.Foreword by Barry Sears Ph.D. Author of The ZoneGittlemans Fat Flush Plan has been featured on 20/20 The View Dr. Phil Time Magazine USA Today Cosmopolitan Harpers Bazaar Natural Health ...

A Womans Guide to Sleep Disorders

Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:27:39 GMT

Millions of women in the United States are in danger because they either cant sleep or cant stay awake and their lives health and families are suffering because of it. Unfortunately too often it is women whose sleep disorders are undiagnosed o...

Eat Play and Be Healthy

Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:23:30 GMT

Parents are often bombarded with new information on childrens nutrition and as a result the most important dietary considerations often get lost in the mix. By drawing on his forty years of clinical research as well as the latest scientific findi...

New Book by Emory Ethicist Explores Medical Narcissism

Mon, 11 Apr 2005 09:37:27 GMT

For physicians the prospect of disclosing serious medical errors to patients or their families is accompanied by threats of malpractice lawsuits tarnished reputations and feelings of incompetence. All of these fears says Emory medical ethicist Joh...

Aspirin The Miracle Drug

Fri, 8 Apr 2005 10:43:41 GMT

Open any medicine cabinet coasttocoast and youre nearly guaranteed to find a bottle of aspirin crowded among the lotions and other pills. Aspirin has been used to cure headaches arthritis fevers and inflammation since Hippocrates first began gr...

Beating Diabetes

Fri, 8 Apr 2005 10:26:57 GMT

At Harvard and in medical centers around the world we and many colleagues have conducted studies involving thousands of people who were at risk for developing diabetes or who had diabetes. That research has proved that changes in lifestyle change...

The Harvard Medical School Guide to Lowering Your Cholesterol

Thu, 7 Apr 2005 16:04:27 GMT

As founder and chief of the prestigious Lipid Metabolism Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital and an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School Dr. Mason W. Freeman treats hundreds of patients each year and oversees breakthrough ...

The Autism Book

Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:53:29 GMT

Today it is estimated that one in 250 children is diagnosed with autism a statistic that has increased at a staggering rate over the last 15 years. The Autism Society of America estimates that every day 50 families in this country discover that the...

Helping Grieving PeopleWhen Tears Are Not EnoughA Handbook for Care Providers

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:52:58 GMT

We are care providers all. Whether youre a professional care provider or someone who wants to comfort a loved one in pain you can learn how to accompany and support an anguished person on his or her grief journey when tears are not enough. This t...

Whats Wrong with Me

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:27:46 GMT

You may feel that your doctor isnt spending the time needed to give you accurate diagnoses 9472; and often you are right. Onethird to onehalf of all symptoms evaluated by a doctor is medically unexplained. Written by two mystery malady patient...

The Hurried Woman Syndrome

Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:38:27 GMT

Tired? Moody? Problems controlling your weight? Low sex drive? If these symptoms are troubling you youre probably a Hurried Woman. Having too much to do can make you feel rotten and the price of a frenetic lifestyle can lead to serious physical sym...

FDA Announces Plans for a more Rigorous Screening Testing Process

Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:31:36 GMT

Packed with critical information for your familys health this is the onestop source for the lowdown on hundreds of herbal/prescription combinations to be avoided medicines that require vitamin and mineral supplements how to alter doses for in...

Living Through Breast Cancer

Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:16:24 GMT

Harvard doctor. Breast cancer surgeon. Breast cancer survivor. Carolyn Kaelin MD MPH knows the twists and turns breast cancer can take from both sides of the stethoscope. At 42 Kaelin the director of the Comprehensive Breast Health Center at Bri...

The Healing Power of Acupressure and Acupuncture

Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:21:26 GMT

I wrote this book out of frustration that millions of people who could be helped by this simple costeffective healing system were not taking advantage of it because they knew so little about and it seems so bizarre. Acupuncture is a safe simple ...

Nutrition for Life

Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:23:36 GMT

Healthy eating throughout your life is now recognized as the foundation for optimal health. However understanding what to eat and separating food and nutrition facts from fads can be confusing. And to further complicate the subject the Federal gove...

Effortless Pain Relief

Fri, 4 Mar 2005 10:13:33 GMT

Before living with chronic pain Ingrid Bacci was a high achiever intensely focused on personal progress. She was an American girl who by age 10 spoke fluent French and Italian. She was an excellent student ranked first in her class. She graduated...

Prostate Cancer Isnt the Last Chapter

Fri, 4 Mar 2005 09:54:19 GMT

The recent death of beloved actor Jerry Orbach from prostate cancer brings to light the disease that will strike one in six American men. One in 33 will die of it. Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer found in American men behind skin ca...

Positive Options for Colorectal Cancer SelfHelp and Treatment

Thu, 3 Mar 2005 13:26:11 GMT

Early Detection is Key in Eliminating Colorectal CancerColorectal cancers develop slowly in the lower portions of the digestive tract affecting the colon and rectum. An equal opportunity disease colorectal cancer can strike people of any ra...

Getting Old Without Getting Anxious

Tue, 1 Mar 2005 09:47:54 GMT

There are an estimated 76 million baby boomers in this country many of whom are now faced with the challenge of caring for an elderly parent. Given that approximately 10 of elderly people suffer from such mental disorders as panic phobia depressi...

Fifteen Tips for Shedding Those Unwanted Pounds

Mon, 28 Feb 2005 09:55:21 GMT

more like fun.Want to lose those unwanted pounds? If so youre not alone. Many people begin the new year with a resolution to lose weight. We all know this means eating a healthy balanced diet. But it also means exercising. And thats where m...

Eating with Your Anorexic

Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:51:54 GMT

Foreword by James Lock M.D.Associate Professor and Director of the Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Program at StanfordOlympia Collins brilliant athletic engaged informed beautiful went from an obsession with food to a fear o...

Life 101 for the Young and Young at Heart

Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:39:31 GMT

This nononsense novel provides insights into health and fitness; not blaming others for our shortcomings; living life for the moment; never giving up; simplifying our daily livesand using personal life experiences the author has outlined pract...

Hope or Hype

Wed, 16 Feb 2005 11:55:18 GMT

Most patients believe their doctors know what separates standard care from something experimental. Most patients believe their doctors adopt novel drugs and procedures on the basis of respected rigorous unbiased research and only if they offer ...

JUICED Wild Times Rampant Roids Smash Hits and How Baseball Got Big

Tue, 15 Feb 2005 09:21:13 GMT

The challenge is not to find a top player who has used steroids.The challenge is to find a top player who hasnt. No one who reads this book from cover to cover will have any doubts that steroids are a huge part of baseball and always will be no m...

Music and the Soul

Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:04:59 GMT

In Music and the Soul A Listeners Guide to Achieving Transcendent Musical Experiences author musician and composer Kurt Leland explores the importance of these experiences teaching us how they not only contribute to our sense of wellbeing but h...

7 Valentines Day Rules for Workplace Relationships

Tue, 8 Feb 2005 09:53:02 GMT

According to business etiquette expert Barbara Pachter this holiday can bring office romances out into the open. People let their guard down says Pachter they can be overwhelmed with the emotion of the holiday and say or do inappropriate things...

Hiding Under the Table One Mans Journey Through an Eating Disorder

Wed, 2 Feb 2005 09:09:20 GMT

In a world where a woman with an eating disorder can readily access a facility to help her; a man with an $300.00 a day food habit who popped 300 laxatives daily and prostituted himself was more than any US medical establishment could handle. In his...

Lose it for Life

Wed, 2 Feb 2005 09:07:17 GMT

Each New Year millions of Americans make resolutions to shed unwanted pounds but statistics indicate most will do so with shortlived results. Stephen Arterburn believes anyone who follows his new weight loss approach will never have to make a diet...

Dr Isadore Rosenfelds 2005 Breakthrough Health

Wed, 2 Feb 2005 08:53:59 GMT

When it comes to finding a trusted source for understanding the latest medical news and breakthroughs Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld leads the field. Dr. Isadore Rosenfelds Breakthrough Health has become an indispensable guide to demystifying the endless st...

Younger by the Day

Thu, 27 Jan 2005 09:44:08 GMT

Wouldnt it be wonderful to love your life through every age and stage of it? Appreciate yourself every step of the way? And have such vitality that even though youre perfectly proud of the age you are people routinely think youre several years y...

Rewriting The Book Of Love

Thu, 27 Jan 2005 09:38:40 GMT

Whether you havent had a satisfying date in years or you just cant seem to get to the altar a bestselling book provides women with crucial keys to success in love. Bestselling author Margaret Kent has revised and updated her now classic marriage...

Perfectly NormalLiving and Loving with Low Libido

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:02:43 GMT

Feel like you wouldnt care if you never had sex again? Youre not alone. By far the largest group of people seeking sex therapy is women who feel there must be something wrong with them because they dont have the urgent sex drive that they believe ...

A Parents Guide to Ear Tubes

Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:02:25 GMT

Painful recurring ear infections take their greatest toll on children in the winter months. They can cause sleepless nights and developmental delays. Parents are often unsure what to do. Antibiotics provide short term relief but come with their own...

Its the Calories Not the Carbs

Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:58:37 GMT

Truth be told as the number of fad diet books on store shelves has increased so have Americans waistlines. No matter what the latest claim calories do count and the more than 60 percent of overweight or obese Americans have found this out the...

Protecting Your Savings

Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:26:02 GMT

In The Retirement Savings Time BombAnd How to Defuse It Penguin $15 acclaimed tax advisor Ed Slott shows readers how to protect and preserve their hardearned savings. This essential resource explains in five easy steps how to distribute r...

Whos Raising Your Child

Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:25:13 GMT

Kids are spending or influencing their parents to spend hundreds of billions of dollars each year most of it in a quest to be cool. This book explores todays hypercommercialized society and the damage it is doing to our children as they grow fro...

Helping Children With Autism Learn

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:34:01 GMT

In her new book HELPING CHILDREN WITH AUTISM LEARN: A Guide to Treatment Approaches for Parents and Professionals Bryna Siegel offers parents reassurance and support as well as sensible advice combining knowledge from experience theory and research...

Dr Atkins Quick and Easy New Diet Cook Book

Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:08:56 GMT

With more than one million copies sold this new edition of DR. ATKINS QUICK EASY NEW DIET COOKBOOK A Fireside Book / Simon Schuster; June 2004; $14.00; 0743266463 by the 1 New York Times bestselling author arrives in stores just in time ...

Influenza What You Should Know from the AMA Family Medical Guide

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:51:03 GMT

Curves

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:46:42 GMT

What would you give to have a great body without constantly dieting? Is it worth 30 minutes of your time three days a week? Are you willing to watch what you eat 2 days a month if you could eat without deprivation the other 28 days? Would you like t...

Dare to Lose

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:45:57 GMT

Dare to Lose is an empowering innovative approach to weight loss that can help anyone transform their bodies and rev up their metabolism to keep weight off forever. In her trademark nononsense style Shari Lieberman candidly challenges women to get...

The Fat Free Truth

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:45:22 GMT

Atkins works! Eat grapefruit shed weight! Pilates gives you long lean muscles no bulk! Each day we are bombarded with conflicting fitness information promises and advice from the Internet magazines books TV advertising experts tra...

The FatBurning Bible

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:44:39 GMT

For over 25 years Mackie Shilstone has been helping professional athletes business leaders and ordinary men and women achieve peak performance and optimal health. Combining the latest in nutritional science with leadingedge exercise techniques Sh...

The Low GI Diet Revolution

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:43:33 GMT

From the New York Times bestselling authors of The New Glucose Revolution and the Glucose Revolution series comes a groundbreaking diet based on the glycemic index. THE LOW GI DIET REVOLUTION Marlowe January 24 2005 synthesizes 20 years of resea...

The Pennington Plan

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:42:33 GMT

This empowering guide to balancing the mind body and spirit and achieving total wellnessnot just freedom from diseaseprovides a program as practiced by Dr. Andrea Pennington at her wellness institute. In her book she lays out a practical plan to...

The Thin Commandments Diet

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:41:01 GMT

Bestselling author of Thin Tastes Better Dr. Stephen Gullo lets you in on his unique program that has a success rate almost 15 times higher than the national average and has helped patients lose more than 100 pounds and maintain the weight loss for ...

The Ultimate New York Body Plan

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:29:58 GMT

David Kirsch personal trainer and a fitness guru of the TV show Extreme Makeover has whipped into shape some of the most famous bodies in America. Supermodels Heidi Klum and Linda Evangelista as well as celebrities such as Liv Tyler have turned...

The Ultimate Sex Diet

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:29:10 GMT

McCloskey shares her secret scientific formula for a slimmer healthier more passionate life in her new book The Ultimate Sex Diet flying off the shelf at http://www.lovediet.com.Making love she confesses is the easiest most pleasur...

What Your Doctor Wont Or Cant Tell You

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:26:25 GMT

Dr. Levine considers it his ethical responsibility to say what other doctors wontthat the health care industry has put profits ahead of healing patients. A practicing internist and cardiologist he explains how to get the best medical care and h...

Younger Next Year

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:23:13 GMT

Following the program outlined in Younger Next Year by Chris Crowley and Henry S. Lodge M.D. a person can become functionally younger every year of his life for the next decade and then continue to live like an energetic fit fiftyyearold well ...

Living the GIDiet

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:21:14 GMT

In this muchanticipated followup to the bestselling The G.I. Diet the easiest diet going gets even easierand tastier. Rick Gallop the worldwide spokesman for the wisdom of living the G.I. lifestyle has already helped millions of people achieve ...

Living with a Miracle

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:20:19 GMT

What must it feel like to know that when your first child is born that she is going to die? You dont know when and you dont know how long that child will be in your life. How do you deal with the grief? How do you live a normal life? What happens ...

Lose Weight for Good Feel Good for Life

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:18:56 GMT

In her revolutionary weight loss program Ann Kulze M.D. demystifies the nutritional science that leads to sustainable weight loss and good health. Unlike fad diets or loseweightquick schemes the 10Step Diet prides itself on taking the entirety...

Move to Lose

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:17:41 GMT

In Move to Lose fitness expert Chris Freytag presents her doable weightloss program aimed at real people with real lives. A mother of three and a businesswoman she knows how tough it is to maintain an exercise program and a healthy diet. But ...

The Carbohydrate Addicts No Cravings Cookbook

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:16:35 GMT

Lowcarb diets have transformed the way America eats but staying on them presents twocommon challengescravings and boredom. Drs. Rachael and Richard Heller known for over twenty years as the Carbohydrate Addicts doctors have helped millions of p...

Free Rheumatoid Arthritis Catalog to Help Make Life Easier

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:04:18 GMT

Slow Carb For Life

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:27:46 GMT

Recent high profile news reports have suggested that the low carb diet craze may be over. The craze may be over but the interest in low carb is not. I believe we are simply seeing an adjustment in the number of people who are adhering to a strict low...

The Complete Fat Flush Program

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:26:14 GMT

This pack includes The Fat Flush Plan The Fat Flush Cookbook and The Fat Flush Journal and Shopping Guide. The basic Fat Flush Plan is a program based on a smart combination of healthy essential fats balanced proteins and friendly carbohydrates arr...

Health Secrets of the Stone Age

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:25:16 GMT

Health Secrets of the Stone Age is based on the fact that our genetic makeup is millions of years old and does not match our lifestyle. Sam and Sal Stone Age Man and Stone Age Lady are prehistoric personalities I have created to help describe this...

Apples and Pears The Body Shape Solution for Weight Loss and Wellness

Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:13:52 GMT

Most women already know whether they are appleshaped or a pearshaped. If they tend to gain weight in the belly and back theyre an apple. If their thighs and derriere are the canvas on which their snack food sins are written thenyou guessed itt...