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The Hormone Headache: New Ways to Prevent, Manage and Treat Migraines and Other Headaches
by Seymour Diamond Bill Still Cynthia StillEach year, 45 million Americans suffer migraine headaches painful enough to keep them home from work. This book is the first to deal with these headaches by looking at their underlying causes: the complex system of menstrual and other hormones that regulate the body. The authors cover the latest drug and non-drug therapies.
Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red Cross (Childhood of Famous Americans Series)
by Augusta StevensonA fictionalized biography focusing on the youth of the nurse who organized the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C., in 1881.
Discovering Food and Nutrition (6th edition)
by Helen KowtalukDiscovering Food and Nutrition is a totally revised textbook for beginning level food and nutrition courses. This illustrated text teaches students to plan nutritious meals, identify the limits of time and money, shop wisely, and work in the kitchen safely.
The Dangerous Edge: The Psychology of Excitement
by Michael J. Aptera GREAT book on people's attraction to danger
The Psychotherapist’s Guide to Psychopharmacology
by Michael J. GitlinGitlin (psychiatry, UCLA) provides a guide to medicines used for treating mental and emotional disorders, designed to familiarize mental health professionals who do not prescribe medicine with the latest medical treatment options. He describes the type of treatment used for numerous disorders, explaining in detail how each medication works and its effects.
Madness In The Streets: How Psychiatry And The Law Abandoned The Mentally Ill
by Rael J. Isaac Virginia C. ArmatExamines the cultural and political issues surrounding the problem of America's homeless mentally ill
Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment New and Expanded Edition
by James Jones1932 - 1972 - Alabama. Describes a study in which poor African Americans were denied appropriate medical treatment.
Playing for Their Lives: Helping Troubled Children Through Play Therapy
by Dorothy G. SingerPresents stories of troubled children drawn from the author's private therapy practice, showing the effects of common social problems on children and explaining how they can be healed.
The Dynamics of Health and Wellness: A Biopsychosocial Approach
by Judith Green Robert ShellenbergerAn introduction to health and wellness, based on studies of healthy people, which describes the complex processes that are the result of the interaction of biological, psychological, and social systems.
Decisions For Health: Red Edition
by Holt Rinehart Winston StaffTextbook on how to make good health decisions
Do No Harm
by Gregg HurwitzThe doors to the UCLA Medical Center Emergency Room burst open and a young nurse stumbles in-- blinded, her once-beautiful face hideously blistered and burning from a savage attack by an unknown assailant. A dedicated physician, ER Chief David Spier is no stranger to the terrible ravages of senseless violence. But this tragedy hits too close to home; the victim is a colleague. A second violent assault suggests the unthinkable: A disturbed man is stalking the medical center, and specifically the women who work there. It's up to Dr. Spier to keep the emergency room running smoothly and efficiently, even as his terrified coworkers wonder who might be next. But destiny is about to place him at the very center of a media frenzy that erupts in the wake of the attacks when the brutal assailant himself is dragged into the E.R. in handcuffs and placed under Dr. Spier's care.., as a patient. Hindered by a mutinous staff that refuses to administer to the damaged man, up against angry L.A. cops who would rather see the criminal dead than imprisoned and alarmed media hungry for a lead story at any cost, Dr. Spier must now make the most difficult ethical decision of his career. But by doing so he underestimates the power and cunning of the man he is sworn to heal, and inadvertently unleashes a bloody wave of horror that threatens to engulf every -md eve:*..hing he cares about. A single act of humanity has made him a pariah in the eyes of the city--and the target of a twisted, tormented madman's hope and vengeance. Dr. Spier's most sacred oath as a healer has become his death sentence. To save a city under siege and himself, he must descend into the blackest depths of a twisted and vicious mind.., to unlock an unspeakable secret that has been hidden away for decades behind hospital doors.
His Brother's Keeper: A Story from the Edge of Medicine
by Jonathan WeinerFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Beak of the Finch" comes a book about the new biology and how it touches a defiant family-in-crisis fighting an incurable disease.
The Second Brain
by Michael D. GershonThis book explains, in readable terms, what scientists now know about how the autonomic and the enteric nervous systems interact, what functions they perform, what causes such problems as ulcers and irritable bowel syndrome, and how scientists arrived at this knowledge.
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: America's Doctor Tells You Why the Health Experts are Wrong
by David Schrieberg Dean EdellRadio talk show host Dr. Dean Edell at his best.
Ether Day: The Strange Tale of America's Greatest Medical Discovery and the Haunted Men Who Made it
by Julie M. FensterEther Day is the unpredictable story of America's first major scientific discovery -- the use of anesthesia -- told in an absorbing narrative that traces the dawn of modern surgery through the lives of three extraordinary men. Ironically, the "discovery" was really no discovery at all: Ether and nitrous oxide had been known for more than forty years to cause insensitivity to pain, yet, with names like "laughing gas, " they were used almost solely for entertainment. Meanwhile, patients still underwent operations during which they saw, heard, and felt every cut the surgeon made. The image of a grim and grisly operating room, like the one in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, was in fact starkly accurate in portraying the conditions of surgery before anesthesia. With hope for relief seemingly long gone, the breakthrough finally came about by means of a combination of coincidence and character, as a cunning Boston dentist crossed paths with an inventive colleague from Hartford and a brilliant Harvard-trained physician. William Morton, Horace Wells, and Charles Jackson: a con man, a dreamer, and an intellectual. Though Wells was crushed by derision when he tried to introduce anesthetics, Morton prevailed, with help from Jackson. The result was Ether Day, October 16, 1846, celebrated around the world. By that point, though, no honor was enough. Ether Day was not only the dawn of modern surgery, but the beginning of commercialized medicine as well, as Morton patented the
Growing Up Empty: The Hunger Epidemic in America, First Edition
by Loretta Schwartz-NobelGrowing Up Empty is a study of a hidden epidemic that still remains largely unacknowledged at the highest political levels. A call to action that will re-energize the national debate on the federal government's priorities, Growing Up Empty is advocacy journalism at its best.
The Thyroid Diet: Manage Your Metabolism for Lasting Weight Loss
by Mary J. ShomonIs an undiagnosed thyroid condition causing you to pack on the pounds? For more than 25 million Americans it may be due to the metabolic slowdown of a malfunctioning thyroid gland. The Thyroid Diet will help many previously unsuccessful dieters get diagnosed and treated -- and proper thyroid treatment might be all that's needed to successfully lose weight. Even after optimal treatment, however, weight problems plague many thyroid patients. For those patients, The Thyroid Diet will identify the many frustrating impediments to weight loss, and offer solutions -- both conventional and alternative -- to help. Discussing optimal dietary changes, thyroid-damaging foods to avoid, and metabolism-supporting herbs and supplements, it contains several different eating plans, food lists, and a set of delicious and healthy gourmet recipes. With handy worksheets to use in weight-loss tracking and a special resource section featuring Web sites, books, and support groups, here is vital help for millions.
Twilight Children: Three Voices No One Heard Until a Therapist Listened
by Torey L. HaydenTorey Hayden tells of her experiences with three kids in her care.
Sick: The Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis--And the People Who Pay the Price
by Jonathan CohnAmerica's health care system is unraveling, with millions of hard-working people unable to pay for prescription drugs and regular checkups, let alone hospital visits. Jonathan Cohn traveled across the United States--the only country in the developed world that does not guarantee its citizens access to medical care--to investigate why this crisis is happening and to see firsthand its impact on ordinary Americans. Passionate, powerful, illuminating, and often devastating, Sick chronicles the decline of America's health care system, and lays bare the consequences any one of us could suffer if we don't replace it.
A Gift of Hope: The Tony Melendez Story
by Mel White Tony MelendezFrom the Publisher: The inspiring story of a young thalidomide victim and talented musician who has gained international recognition. Wonderful reading for anyone--especially those facing seemingly insurmountable difficulties. ... This is a beautifully, and positively, written autobiography. Melendez neither downplays his and his family's struggles resulting from his lack of arms, nor does he whine about them. Writing about his father, "Still, he knew that only in America would he find the kind of medical treatment I needed, so he put his own dreams aside and began to dream for me. He was young, strong, and determined to provide for each of us-but especially, I believe, for me. Imagine his growing frustration as he tried to support us on the minimum wage jobs that he could find. And there was no extra time or money to train in another field. [In Nicaragua, he was educated and accomplished in the fields of agriculture and animal husbandry.] Instead, he found himself in a huge pool of cheap labor as more and more unskilled young people migrated to America."
The Cure: How a Father Raised $100 Million--and Bucked the Medical Establishment--in a Quest to Save His Children
by Geeta AnandA Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist tracks the audacious efforts of a financial consultant who quit his job and created a biotechnology start-up company in an effort to turn science into a cure for his children's rare, fatal disease.
Strong at the Broken Places: Voices of Illness, a Chorus of Hope
by Richard M. CohenThe stories of 5 chronically ill people, all different in gender, age, race, and economic status, but all determined to live life on their own terms.
The Zone: A Dietary Road Map (1st Edition)
by Barry Sears Bill LawrenA revolutionary life plan to put your body in total balance for permanent weight loss. This dietary technology is the most powerful means ever discovered to help people achieve that state of optimal good health, physical performance, and mental alertness that's called the Zone. Staying in the Zone is your best defense to ward off cancer, and has a positive impact on a host of other diseases, including diabetes, arthritis, "mental" diseases like depression and alcoholism, even chronic fatigue. In fact, reaching the Zone and maintaining it should ultimately help us reach that most universal of personal goals: to live longer, healthier, and more satisfying lives. In the bargain, staying in the Zone will keep us performing at our absolute best-hour after hour, day after day, month after month-for the rest of our lives.
Silent Witness: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo's Death
by Mark FuhrmanWe all watched Terri Schiavo die. The controversy around her case dominated the headlines and talk shows, going all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, the White House, and the Vatican. And it's not over yet. Despite her death, the controversy lingers. In Silent Witness, former LAPD detective and New York Times bestselling author Mark Fuhrman applies his highly respected investigative skills to examine the medical evidence, legal case files, and police records. With the complete cooperation of Terri Schiavo's parents and siblings, as well as their medical and legal advisers, he conducts exclusive interviews with forensics experts and crucial witnesses, including friends, family members, and caregivers. Fuhrman's findings will answer these questions: What was Terri and Michael Schiavo's marriage really like? What happened the day Terri collapsed? What did Michael Schiavo do when he discovered Terri unconscious? How long did he wait before calling 911? What do medical records show about her condition when she was first admitted to the hospital? What will the autopsy say? The legal issues and ethical questions provoked by Terri Schiavo's extraordinary case may never be resolved. But the facts about her marriage, her condition when she collapsed, and her eventual death fifteen years later can be determined. With Silent Witness, Fuhrman goes beyond the legal aspects of the case and delves into the broader, human background of Terri Schiavo's short, sad life.