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The Joy of Gay Sex (3rd Edition)
by Felice Picano Joseph Phillips Charles SilversteinFor a new century and a new generation of readers comes a fully revised and expanded edition of a classic guide to gay sex, love, and life. Invaluable as a sex guide, a resource on building self-esteem, and a trusted aid for coming out of the closet, The Joy of Gay Sex covers the ins and outs of gay life alphabetically from "anus" to "wrestling." Noted psychologist Dr. Charles Silverstein has collaborated once again with critically acclaimed novelist Felice Picano on this third edition, updating every single entry and adding nearly thirty new entries. The authors provide positive and responsible advice on safe sex in all its varieties; on emotional and relationship-oriented issues such as long-term couples, loneliness, and growing older; and on scores of diverse topics ranging from spirituality to online dating. With fifty new line drawings by acclaimed illustrator Joseph Phillips, this landmark reference is a necessary addition to every gay man's bookshelf.
Dementia: Everything Your Doctor Doesn't Have Time to Tell You
by Matt PiccaverYou have suspected for a while that you, or a loved one, might have dementia - and your family doctor has just confirmed this. But they have only ten minutes to tell you everything you need to know about the diagnosis, and it's taken you half that time to take your coat off. This book by a busy working doctor tells you everything you need to know about dementia and its various forms. It will help you to understand what happens to the brain when it develops Alzheimer's Disease (or other forms of dementia) and what the treatment possibilities are. It explains what to expect with symptoms, suggests some non-pharmacological approaches to managing the condition, and covers such practicalities as driving, making your home safe and giving or receiving Power of Attorney where necessary.Covering Alzheimer's Disease, vascular dementia, Dementia with Lewy Bodies and all the other major neurogenerative conditions, this book is packed with information, written with a light, wry humour, and answers all the questions that you didn't know you had until you left the surgery...
Dementia: Everything Your Doctor Doesn't Have Time to Tell You
by Matt PiccaverYou have suspected for a while that you, or a loved one, might have dementia - and your family doctor has just confirmed this. But they have only ten minutes to tell you everything you need to know about the diagnosis, and it's taken you half that time to take your coat off. This book by a busy working doctor tells you everything you need to know about dementia and its various forms. It will help you to understand what happens to the brain when it develops Alzheimer's Disease (or other forms of dementia) and what the treatment possibilities are. It explains what to expect with symptoms, suggests some non-pharmacological approaches to managing the condition, and covers such practicalities as driving, making your home safe and giving or receiving Power of Attorney where necessary.Covering Alzheimer's Disease, vascular dementia, Dementia with Lewy Bodies and all the other major neurogenerative conditions, this book is packed with information, written with a light, wry humour, and answers all the questions that you didn't know you had until you left the surgery...
Everything Your GP Doesn't Have Time to Tell You About Arthritis
by Matt PiccaverA practising GP has ten brief minutes to tell you everything you need to know about the disease he or she has just diagnosed. Sometimes it takes people half that time just to take their coat off. Research has shown that most people remember only one or two things said to them in a consultation. At a time of an ever aging population, and an increasing burden of arthritis, means an increasing need for reliable information. This book by a GP covers all aspects of arthritis, from common everyday aches and pains, to rarer forms of the disease. The book aims to help those with arthritis understand a little more about their disease, how they can help themselves, and what treatments are on offer. It also looks at some future developments in the treatment of arthritis.
Everything Your GP Doesn't Have Time to Tell You About Arthritis
by Matt PiccaverA practising GP has ten brief minutes to tell you everything you need to know about the disease he or she has just diagnosed. Sometimes it takes people half that time just to take their coat off. Research has shown that most people remember only one or two things said to them in a consultation. At a time of an ever aging population, and an increasing burden of arthritis, means an increasing need for reliable information. This book by a GP covers all aspects of arthritis, from common everyday aches and pains, to rarer forms of the disease. The book aims to help those with arthritis understand a little more about their disease, how they can help themselves, and what treatments are on offer. It also looks at some future developments in the treatment of arthritis.
Is It Me or My Adrenals?: Your Proven 30-day Program For Overcoming Adrenal Fatigue And Feeling Fantastic Again
by Macelle PickDo you wake up every morning feeling tired, overwhelmed, and stressed? Are you constantly reaching for coffee, soda, or some other promise of energy just to keep yourself going? Do you struggle through the day – sluggish, irritable, forgetful, depressed, and craving sweets – only to have trouble sleeping at night?If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, you’re not alone. In fact, hundreds of thousands of women are fighting these same feelings as they strive to live the lives they want.Is It Me or My Adrenals? – formerly titled Are You Tired and Wired? – gives you the knowledge and tools to overcome this epidemic of fatigue. In it, Marcelle Pick uncovers the root cause of these symptoms: adrenal dysfunction. In our modern lives, the adrenal glands, which provide the fight-or-flight hormones in response to stress, are triggered much more often than they should be. Everything from challenges at home and at work, to environmental toxins, to chronic health problems cause the adrenal glands to produce a constant flood of stress hormones that can ultimately lead to multiple health issues, especially severe fatigue.The good news is that through diet, lifestyle adjustments, and reprogramming of stressful emotional patterns, this can all be fixed!Pick helps you identify which of the three adrenal profiles you fit – Racehorse, Workhorse, or Flatliner – and then lays out an easy-to-follow, scientifically based program to help you restore adrenal balance, regear your metabolism, and regain your natural energy to live a happier and less-stressed life.
Is It Me or My Hormones?: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly About Pms, Perimenopause, And All The Crazy Things That Occur With Hormone Imbalance
by Macelle PickOne of the most common and agonizing problems women face today is hormonal imbalance. Sometimes it’s a nightmarish premenstrual syndrome – depression, cravings, bloating, weight gain, irritability, and even out-of-control rage for up to three weeks each month. Sometimes it’s periods so painful that you have to arrange your entire life around your cycle. Sometimes it’s a rocky passage into perimenopause that changes everything you know about yourself and your body. Luckily, you can resolve these hormonal issues – you just need accurate, actionable information to do so.In Is It Me or My Hormones?, Marcelle Pick, author of The Core Balance Diet and Is It Me or My Adrenals?, delves into the often misunderstood world of female hormonal imbalance. Sharing her personal struggles and her experiences with patients, Marcelle helps you understand how the right diet, exercise, supplements, herbs, and psychological support, occasionally complemented with bioidentical hormones, can free you from hormone disruption.After walking you through the basic science of how your hormones affect your body, mind, and emotions, Marcelle lays out an accessible, easy-to-follow, 28-day program – complete with schedules, exercises, supplements, meal plans, and recipes – that will stabilize your hormones in just one month and make you feel like yourself again.Unlike many medical professionals, Marcelle knows that your symptoms aren’t "just a normal part of being a woman" or "not that big a deal." And in this book, she validates your experience of hormonal imbalance and opens your eyes to the power you have over your health. So join Marcelle on this journey to implement simple, natural changes that will help eliminate your cravings, depression, mood swings, and weight gain, and make you feel energized, sexual, and in command of your life!
Are you Tired and Wired?: Your Proven 30-day Program For Overcoming Adrenal Fatigue And Feeling Fantastic Again
by Marcelle PickDo you wake up every morning feeling exhausted, overwhelmed and stressed? Are you constantly reaching for coffee, soft drinks or some other promise of energy just to keep yourself going? Do you struggle through the day – tired, irritable, forgetful, depressed and craving sweets – only to have trouble sleeping at night? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions – you're not alone. In fact, hundreds of thousands of women are fighting these same feelings as they strive to live the lives they want. In Are You Tired and Wired?, Marcelle Pick, author of The Core Balance Diet, gives you the knowledge and tools to overcome this epidemic of fatigue.• Discover the hidden epidemic of adrenal dysfunction that is the root cause of major health problem • Find out why the modern world causes our adrenal glands to become overloaded and the simple plan that breaks free from this dangerous pattern• Enjoy easy diet and lifestyle changes in a clear, easy-to-follow formula that will see you regain your natural energy and live a happier and less-stressed life.
The Core Balance Diet: A 4-Week Plan for Women to Boost their Metabolism and Lose Weight
by Marcelle PickHave you struggled to lose weight despite counting every calorie and exercising to exhaustion? The Core Balance Diet is a breakthrough plan, developed from thousands of treatments by women, for women. Designed to restore your body’s equilibrium and return you to a healthy, sustainable weight this book will help you: • Learn simple lifestyle changes and smart nutrition choices that will show you how to tune in to your body• Adopt a customised two-week programme geared at restoring your Core Balance and shedding those toxic, stubborn pounds once and for all• Enjoy delicious recipes made from whole foods that give your body the support it needs to heal and won’t leave you hungry• Explore underlying issues and emotional patterns that may be getting in your way The Core Balance Diet heralds a whole new chapter in weight loss, proving how easy it is to work with your body and the right foods – not against them – to rid yourself of weight and unhealthy habits for good. Within a month, you’ll be on your way to a lean, fit and balanced body that is ready to support you – and look great – for the rest of your life.
The Core Balance Diet: 28 Days To Boost Your Metabolism And Lose Weight For Good
by Marcelle PickIs your weight gain making you miserable? Have you noticed that you’re packing on pounds in unpleasant places? Or is the scale—and the way you feel about yourself—just stuck, no matter how much you diet or exercise? If you’ve struggled without success to lose weight and keep it off, there’s always a reason, and—surprise!—it probably has little to do with how hard you try or how many calories you count. The Core Balance Diet is a breakthrough plan designed to restore your body’s equilibrium and return you to a healthy, sustainable weight. Marcelle Pick draws upon decades of experience, both her patients’ and her own, to help you: • Learn simple lifestyle changes and smart nutrition choices that will show you how to tune in to your body and identify your fundamental obstacles to weight loss • Adopt a customized two-week program geared at restoring your Core Balance and shedding those toxic pounds once and for all • Enjoy delicious recipes made from whole foods that give your body the support it needs to heal • Explore underlying issues and emotional patterns that may be getting in your way The Core Balance Diet heralds a whole new chapter in weight loss, proving how easy it is to work with your body and the right foods – not against them – to rid yourself of weight and unhealthy habits for good. Within a month, you’ll be on your way to a lean, fit, and balanced body that is ready to support you – and look great – for the rest of your life.
La Dieta del Equilibrio Esencial: 4 Semanas Para Incrementar Su Metabolismo Y Perder Peso Para Siempre
by Marcelle PickFrom the co-founder of Women to Women, one of the first clinics in the country devoted to providing health care for women by women, comes a whole new way to look at weight loss: The Core Balance Diet. <P><P>Marcelle Pick draws upon decades of patient and personal experience to solve the mystery of stubborn, frustrating weight gain in women, whether you’ve just gained it or have been struggling with it for years. This breakthrough program, which has benefited many of the thousands of women who visit the clinic each year, is rooted in cutting-edge nutritional science that explores the weblike relationship between women’s hormones, metabolism, and weight gain. In clear terms, Pick connects the dots between self-knowledge, self-care, and the ability to lose weight, extending the concept of body-mind-spirit to demonstrate why and how a woman’s biography becomes her biology. <P><P> At its most basic level, The Core Balance Diet shows you how to self-diagnose one of six major biochemical imbalances that may be preventing you from losing weight. These include digestive, hormonal, adrenal, neurotransmitter, inflammatory, and detoxification imbalances. From there, Pick guides you through easy lifestyle and diet changes customized to heal your specific imbalance. Throughout, you will learn how to begin living in a manner that encourages optimal health—without a lot of deprivation and stringent dieting rules— by achieving core balance from the inside out, and, of course, weight loss for life.
Is It Me or My Hormones?: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly about Perimenopause and All the Crazy Things That Occur with Hormone Imbalance
by Marcelle PickOne of the most common and agonizing problems women face today is hormonal imbalance. Sometimes it’s a nightmarish premenstrual syndrome—depression, cravings, bloating, weight gain, irritability, and even out-of-control rage for up to three weeks each month. Sometimes it’s periods so painful that you have to arrange your entire life around your cycle. Sometimes it’s a rocky passage into perimenopause that changes everything you know about yourself and your body. Luckily, you can resolve these hormonal issues—you just need accurate, actionable information to do so. In Is It Me or My Hormones?, Marcelle Pick, author of The Core Balance Diet and Is It Me or My Adrenals?, delves into the often misunderstood world of female hormonal imbalance. Sharing her personal struggles and her experiences with patients, Marcelle helps you understand how the right diet, exercise, supplements, herbs, and psychological support, occasionally complemented with bioidentical hormones, can free you from hormone disruption. After walking you through the basic science of how your hormones affect your body, mind, and emotions, Marcelle lays out an accessible, easy-to-follow, 28-day program—complete with schedules, exercises, supplements, meal plans, and recipes—that will stabilize your hormones in just one month and make you feel like yourself again. Unlike many medical professionals, Marcelle knows that your symptoms aren’t "just a normal part of being a woman" or "not that big a deal." And in this book, she validates your experience of hormonal imbalance and opens your eyes to the power you have over your health. So join Marcelle on this journey to implement simple, natural changes that will help eliminate your cravings, depression, mood swings, and weight gain, and make you feel energized, sexual, and in command of your life!
Psychic Abilities
by Marcia L. PickandsPickands helps you to develop your psychic potential with an extensive series of exercises. You'll work with symbolic patterns, whether they be tarot cards, numbers, dreams, and learn how to "read" psychic information in a fluent manner. Also includes techniques for communicating with the departed, how to conduct a vision quest, and ethical considerations.
Bigger Better Braver: Conquer Your Fears, Embrace Your Courage, and Transform Your Life
by Nancy Pickard"Nancy Pickard shows us how to override our fears, bust through our excuses, and go for our dreams. Filled with relatable stories, tried-and-true teachings, tools, tips, as well as useful exercises and meditations, this book supports you in stepping out of your old definition of self and re-thinking your next chapter." - Kelley Kosow, author of The Integrity AdvantageIn Bigger, Better, Braver, master integrative life coach Nancy Pickard challenges us with life-altering questions: Is there something you’d love to do but haven’t found the courage?Do you want to give yourself over to the fullest possible experience of living? Do you want to take a leap toward a bigger, better, braver life? Bigger Better Braver is a proven, step-by-step guide for executing the vision you have to live the life you are meant to lead. Enhanced with inspirational client and personal stories, it shows you how to get unstuck from old behaviors and take bold steps toward something new and larger in your life.The book is a journey, as Nancy lays out time-tested tools to face and overcome, get free of your comfort zone, cultivate fear as a force for change, and discover courage to take bold steps in the future. She teaches how to be more present, use your intuition, and stop living on autopilot. Chapters include: •Uncover Your Vision•Planning Your Leap•Understand Faith and Fear•Staying the Course, and more. Ms. Pickard proves her methods work. She reinvented herself as a master life coach, and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro at 61- experiences that became her vision for your bigger life. Not everyone must climb a mountain to live larger. Your bigger life can be anything that brings elation, accomplishment, fulfillment, and connection with the spirit of who you are. Bigger Better Braver provides the pathway to uncover your personal vision and opens the door for a major life change."Nancy’s step-by-step approach to change provides the puzzle pieces that create the inner foundation for successful outer change that is Bigger, Better and Braver. May you use this process to create the better story that your life is asking, and may that new story equip you to serve the world in the way that only you can." - Gail Larsen, author of Transformational Speaking
Ageing, the Body and the Gender Regime: Health, Illness and Disease Across the Life Course
by Susan Pickard Jude RobinsonThe current (postfeminist) gender order comprises a highly complex coexistence of old and new norms and expectations, freedom and constraints, within a neoliberal social order underpinned by individualism and involving a shift in gender performance by men and women. Health, illness and disease at different points in the life course can be used as a vehicle to illuminate structural and cultural inequalities that persist despite several decades of progressive reform in western countries. This collection brings together a number of key researchers, both established and new to the field, and based across North America, Australia, the UK and Europe, and comprises both empirical and theoretical work. Drawing on a wide range of disciplinary fields, including medical sociology, medical anthropology, nursing, gender studies, sociology of risk and age studies, all authors use heath, well-being, illness and disease as a lens through which to explore the complexities and inequalities associated with late modernity. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of age studies, medical sociology and anthropology, gender studies, healthcare and nursing.
Good News About High Blood Pressure: everything you need to know to take control of hypertension -- and your life
by Tom PickeringDescribes what high bloodpressure is, it's causes, it's treatments, and it's management.
Radical: The Science, Culture, and History of Breast Cancer in America
by Kate PickertThe science, culture and history of breast cancer as told by a reporter who survived it As a health-care journalist, Kate Pickert knew the emotional highs and lows of medical treatment well -- but always from a distance, through the stories of her subjects. That is, until she was unexpectedly diagnosed with an aggressive type of breast cancer at the age of 35. As she underwent more than a year of treatment, Pickert realized that the popular understanding of breast care in America bears little resemblance to the experiences of today's patients and the rapidly changing science designed to save their lives. After using her journalistic skills to navigate her own care, Pickert embarked on a quest to understand the cultural, scientific and historical forces shaping the lives of breast-cancer patients in the modern age.Breast cancer is one of history's most prolific killers. Despite billions spent on research and treatments, it remains one of the deadliest diseases facing women today. From the forests of the Pacific Northwest to an operating suite in Los Angeles to the epicenter of pink-ribbon advocacy in Dallas, Pickert reports on the turning points and people responsible for the progress that has been made against breast cancer and documents the challenges of defeating a disease that strikes one in eight American women and has helped shape the country's medical culture.Drawing on interviews with doctors, economists, researchers, advocates and patients, as well as on journal entries and recordings collected over the author's treatment, Radical puts the story of breast cancer into context, and shows how modern treatments represent a long overdue shift in the way doctors approach cancer -- and disease -- itself.
Supporting Breastfeeding Past the First Six Months and Beyond: A Guide for Professionals and Parents
by Emma PickettThis evidence-based guide for professionals covers essential information to help support parents breastfeeding past the first six months, including starting solids alongside breastfeeding, nursing manners, and common problems and challenges.The recommendation of breastfeeding beyond six months is well-established, but many birth professionals don't feel confident enough to support parents. This book, packed with case studies of real-life parents and practical tips, helps to educate healthcare professionals - as well as parents themselves - to feel better informed. Each chapter combines professional, research-led evidence with a parent-focused resource section for a fully integrative approach.Centring families and their personal journeys, Supporting Breastfeeding Past the First Six Months and Beyond is an invaluable guide for all lactation consultants, birthing professionals, healthcare workers and parents.
Supporting the Transition from Breastfeeding: A Guide to Weaning for Professionals, Supporters and Parents
by Emma PickettThis comprehensive and accessible guide provides birth workers and lactation professionals with the skills to help families navigate the emotional and physical challenges of weaning. Using a compassionate, person-centred approach that prioritises the needs of both mother and child, this pioneering resource details the emotional impact of weaning and offers practical guidance and expert advice suitable for professionals and parents alike in order to facilitate complex decision-making processes and set healthy boundaries.Enriched with the voices of parents talking about their individual weaning experiences, this is a much-needed, empathetic approach to the complex journey of weaning.
Childbirth, Vulnerability and Law: Exploring Issues of Violence and Control
by Camilla Pickles Jonathan HerringThis book is inspired by a statement released by the World Health Organization directed at preventing and eliminating disrespectful and abusive treatment during facility-based childbirth. Exploring the nature of vulnerability during childbirth, and the factors which make childbirth a site for violence and control, the book looks at the role of law in the regulation of professional intervention in childbirth. The WHO statement and other published work on ‘mistreatment’, ‘obstetric violence’, ‘birth trauma’, ‘birth rape’, and ‘dehumanised care’ all point to the presence of vulnerability, violence, and control in childbirth. This collected edition explores these issues in the experience of those giving birth, and for those providing obstetric services. It further offers insights regarding legal avenues of redress in the context of this emerging area of concern. Using violence, vulnerability, and control as a lens through which to consider multiple facets of the law, the book brings together innovative research from an interdisciplinary selection of authors. The book will appeal to scholars of law and legal academics, specifically in relation to tort, criminal law, medical law, and human rights. It will also be of interest to postgraduate scholars of medical ethics and those concerned with gender studies more broadly.
The Mammoth Book of UFOs (Mammoth Books #412)
by Lynn PicknettThe ultimate guide to the history, background and meaning of whether UFOs really exist, plus associated phenomena such as alien abduction, crop circles and cattle mutilations. There is also a comprehensive overview of the many conspiracy theories which surround UFOs and abductions - from the craft as secret Nazi technology to weird CIA plots. Written by a ufologist with many years in the field, this exciting and highly provocative book at times reads like a thriller. What messages do UFOs hold for us and for the future of life on earth?
The Stargate Conspiracy
by Lynn PicknettIn recent years, alternative historians have gained remarkable insight into the mysteries of ancient Egypt-but according to Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince, their discoveries tie into a dangerous conspiracy nearly fifty years in the making. At the center of this conspiracy is a group of respected, powerful individuals who believe that the ancient Egyptian gods are real extraterrestrials who will soon return to earth. The conspirators have intimate and exclusive knowledge of this momentous second coming-but they insist on keeping it to themselves. In this riveting, well-researched book, Picknett and Price reveal what this conspiracy means for the rest of mankind-and expose the insidious motivations of the individuals and organizations behind it...
The Templar Papers: Ancient Mysteries, Secret Societies, and the Holy Grail
by Lynn Picknett Robert Lomas Stephen Dafoe Sandy Hamblett Yuri Leitch Vincent ZubrasMuch has been written about the group of 14th-century warrior monks known as the Knights Templar. Some authors, such as Dan Brown in The Da Vinci Code, portray them as folk heroes wrongly accused. Others disagree, saying the Templar story is ultimately one of greed, deception, and idolatry. Just who were the Knights Templar? And what is their legacy? In The Templar Papers, author and historian Oddvar Olsen has assembled a veritable Who's Who of experts to unravel the mystery. Instead of rehashing previous scholarship, this book delves into new aspects of Templar lore, such as the origins of the order and its supposed survival after 1314. It attempts to answer the following:•Were the Templars devil worshippers who venerated a mysterious head? •Was the head that of John the Baptist? •What exactly did they find in Solomon's Temple?•Did they keep, and later hide, the Holy Grail and the Ark of the Covenant?You'll also discover the Templar link to Mary Magdalene and the Freemasons, including answers to questions such as:•Were Jesus and Mary lovers or, in fact, husband and wife?•Did Mary give birth to a child after Jesus' death?•Did Freemasonry originate from the Templars?The Templar Papers offers the inquisitive reader several lifetimes of research and insight. This is a distinctive and truly unique compilation that will stimulate your mind and settle the controversy.
The Masks Of Christ: Behind the Lies and Cover-ups about the Man Believed to be God
by Lynn Picknett Clive PrinceThis book is not intended as an attack on Christianity of the Christ of faith, but is an assessment of all the historical evidence about Jesus Christ.Although there is a huge literature on the subject - theological, historical, mythical, New Age and speculative - almost all of it is aimed at a niche market. The Masks of Christ is very different, being a mainstream book aimed at everyone. For the first time, all the various theories and facts about Jesus are considered between the covers of one accessible book.As the phenomenal sales of The Da Vinci Code continue to fuel a growing global appetite for questioning the old certainities and assumptions about Christianity and what it says about its founder, never has there been a more perfect time to launch The Masks of Christ.
Stargate Conspiracy: Revealing the truth behind extraterrestrial contact, military intelligence and the mysteries of ancient Egypt
by Lynn Picknett Clive PrinceRecent exciting discoveries by independent researchers have dramatically challenged our understanding of ancient Egypt, raising profound questions about our past. STARGATE CONSPIRACY exposes the most insidious & dangerous plan of our times. It involves intelligence agencies, politicians, bestselling writers, scientists & industrialists. The authors believe that this conspiracy, centred upon the eternal mysteries of ancient Egypt, targets & threatens us all. Tracing the identity of the groups involved, Lynn Picknett & Clive Prince argue that at the heart of this strange plan is the belief that the ancient Egyptian gods were-and are-real extraterrestrials, about to return through the 'stargate' between our world & theirs. They suggest that the US-funded excavations on the Giza plateau - officially denied, but for which the authors produce documented evidence - now appear to be the result of directives allegedly received through communication with beings of higher intelligence, who are instructing the conspirators to lay the foundations for great global changes. Provocative & stimulating, STARGATE CONSPIRACY is a book of and for the new millennium.