Womens Health Solutions or The Organic Foods SourceBook

Women's Health Solutions

Author: Gary Null

Women's Health Solutions is a resource for women based on holistic principles and featuring the most up-to-date research. The book discusses general health and wellness issues as well as specific topics including anemia, premenstrual syndrome, endometriosis, pregnancy and childbirth, breast cancer, menopause, eating disorders, and osteoporosis. Gary Null emphasizes such proven alternative treatments as acupuncture, biofeedback, herbal remedies, vitamin therapy, aromatherapy, reflexology, yoga, and stress management. Unconventional in its approach, this volume complements works based on traditional medical treatments, such as Our Bodies, Ourselves and Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom, and empowers women to become full participants in their healthcare.

Publishers Weekly

Although much of the information in this encyclopedia of women's health is excerpted from Null's 1999 book, For Women Only! Your Guide to Health Empowerment (with Barbara Seaman), the renowned nutritionist does provide expanded sections on AIDS, digestive disorders, food allergies and Alzheimer's disease. As in the earlier work, Null's emphasis is on alternative medicine with a focus on boosting the immune system with proper diet, exercise and supplements. He briefly covers conventional medical treatment for conditions such as heart disease and cancer, but offers research showing that a combination of traditional and alternative responses to disease is more effective. Included also is a chapter called "Everyday Health" that details natural methods for maintaining dental hygiene, dietary solutions for avoiding colds and headaches, and items to include in a natural remedies medicine chest. Null's strong concern about environmental pollutants and the prevalence of chemicals in food is clear. He suggests a variety of ways to combat their toxic effects on the body. Anyone interested in alternative therapies will find this guide invaluable despite the occasional hectoring tone. For example, here's Null on antiaging diets: "Antiaging diets contain no animal proteins. Let me repeat that. Not a little bit, a moderate amount, but zero animal products." (Apr. 2) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Booknews

Feeding popular notions that you are what you eat, this substantial guide to women's health reports on the alternative treatments, especially nutrition, omitted by traditional medicine. Null (a nutritionist) summarizes the findings and advice of alternative health specialists (citing them conscientiously throughout), on health concerns and diseases that range from diabetes and heart disease to migraines and allergies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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The Organic Foods SourceBook

Author: Elaine Marie Lipson

A must-have for every concerned consumer, this comprehensive reference explains the important health and environmental benefits of organic foods. It details where to find and buy them on a budget, and how "organic" differs from other "ecolabels." It also provides key information about current legislative activity as well as a complete resource guide.

What People Are Saying

Nell Newman
"An informative and fascinating read, great for any inquisitive mind."
—Nell Newman, Newman's Own Organics

Andrew Weil
"An excellent resource. . . . I will recommend this book to both doctors and patients."
—Andrew Weil, M.D., author, Eating Well for Optimum Health

Bob Scowcroft
"Want to change the world? Follow the directions in The Organic Foods Sourcebook."
—Bob Scowcroft, executive director, Organic Farming Research Foundation

Table of Contents:

	Foreword
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
Ch. 1	What Organic Really Means	1
Ch. 2	"Pesticides Are Harmless" and Ten More Misconceptions About Organic Foods and Organic Farming	7
Ch. 3	Eleven Reasons to Support Organic Foods and Farming	17
Ch. 4	Principles of Organic Agriculture	23
Ch. 5	From the Miracle of Pesticides to a New Agriculture	33
Ch. 6	The National Organic Program and What It Means for Consumers	43
Ch. 7	Label Stew: Making Sense of the Eco-labels	51
Ch. 8	America's Disgrace: Small Farms in Crisis	57
Ch. 9	More Than Fruits and Vegetables	65
Ch. 10	Where to Buy Organic Foods	75
Ch. 11	Is Organic Food More Nutritious?	89
Ch. 12	Genetically Modified Foods and the Organic Alternative	95
Ch. 13	Organic on a Budget	107
Ch. 14	Feed Your Children Well: Organic Foods in Your Children's Diet	115
	Conclusion	131
	Afterword: An Organic Farmer Looks at the Future	135
	Resources	139
	Notes	191
	Bibliography	205
	Index	215

Controlling Your Drinking or Human Figure

Controlling Your Drinking: Tools to Make Moderation Work for You

Author: William R Miller

This is a book for anyone who's worried about needing a third glass of wine to fall asleep; anyone who loves TGIF celebrations but hates missing his or her child's Saturday-morning ball game; and anyone who knows he or she won't lose weight unless martinis are given up along with the fettuccine Alfredo. Studies indicate that 10% of Americans--nearly 30 million of us--drink more than we should. Based on 30 years of research, William Miller and Ricardo Muñoz argue that for many people abstinence isn't the only healthy alternative. Controlling Your Drinking shows readers how to become moderate drinkers by making small changes in everyday behavior. After reviewing the research supporting their treatment approach, Miller and Muñoz outline a simple, pragmatic, and adaptable plan for achieving the results you want. Balancing a compassionate, hopeful tone with dry wit, Controlling Your Drinking is an easy-to-follow, science-based approach to moderation that avoids labels and moralizing.

Library Journal

In this update of How To Control Your Drinking (1975), Miller (Distinguished Professor of Psychology & Psychiatry, Univ. of New Mexico) and Munoz (psychology, Univ. of California, San Francisco) address alcohol drinkers-not necessarily alcoholics or problem drinkers-who want to consume more moderately. Their expert advice is supported by 30 years of research and professional implementation of behavioral self-control training, a technique further cited in the extensive clinical references. Following an introduction that explains overdrinking, its harmful effects, and the moderation approach, the authors provide excellent advice and suggestions to follow when drinking, alternatives to consider before drinking, and ideas for replacing alcohol with other healthful activities. Throughout are numerous practical tools and techniques that anyone can grasp. Eschewing the traditional, faith-based 12-step approach to total abstinence-which many people find intimidating-the authors have written a standout title in the growing field of alcoholism treatment. Highly recommended for all public libraries and university libraries supporting the helping professions.-Dale Farris, Groves, TX Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Table of Contents:

I. Introduction
1. Thinking about Drinking
2. Why Change?
3. Is Moderation for You?
II. When You Drink
4. Getting Started
5. Keeping Track
6. Taking Charge
7. Slowing Down
8. Refusing Drinks
9. Affirming Your Progress
10. Moving Along
III. Before You Drink
11. Discovering Your Triggers
12. Places
13. People
14. Days and Times
15. Feelings
16. Other Triggers
17. Summary: Before You Drink
IV. Instead of Drinking
18. Changing Yourself by Living "As If"
19. Maintaining Your Minimum Daily Requirement of Pleasant Activities
20. Talking Caringly and Wisely to Yourself
21. Sleeping Well
22. Relaxing
23. Managing Anxiety and Fear
24. Coping with Negative Moods and Depression
25. Maintaining a Positive Self-Concept
26. Being Assertive
27. Relating to Others
V. How Are You Doing?
28. When Abstinence Seems Like the Best Choice for You
29. Sources of Help
Appendix A. The Wrath of Grapes: Reasons for Concern ? Appendix B. An Inventory of Alcohol-Related Problems ? Appendix C. Tables for Estimating Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)

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Controlling Your Drinking

Tools to Make Moderation Work for You

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By William R. Miller Ricardo F. Muñoz

The Guilford Press

Copyright © 2005 The Guilford Press
All right reserved.
ISBN: 1-57230-903-2

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Chapter One

THINKING ABOUT DRINKING

Many people drink alcohol, and most never experience serious harm or problems from it. Many others, however, find at some point in their lives that their drinking is becoming risky or creating problems, and so they decide to cut down or quit. Some find they need help to do so and seek professional consultation or attend mutual-help groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous. Many others cut down or quit drinking on their own.

Perhaps you're reading this book because you wonder whether you're drinking too much and ought to cut back. Problems related to drinking rarely spring up overnight, but rather mount up gradually over a period of months or years. Often family members or others become concerned well before the drinker does. Judging from our 30 years of research, if you (or a loved one) are wondering whether you might be drinking too much, there is probably good reason for concern.

Overdrinking, Dumb Drinking, Harmful Drinking, and Dependent Drinking

Why is it that it sometimes takes so long for people to realize they're drinking too much and to do something about it? One obstacle, we believe, has been the label "alcoholic." Whenthis term came into prominence in the early 20th century, the belief emerged that either you are an alcoholic or you aren't: If you are, there's nothing you can do about it except to stop drinking; and if you aren't, you have nothing to worry about and can drink as much as you please. Furthermore, because "alcoholic" is a sticky label that carries a lot of social stigma, people tend to resent it and often endure many harsh consequences of overdrinking before admitting to or accepting the label. Consequently, they take no action until their problems and dependence become truly severe.

This was pretty much the public view of alcoholism when the ideas in this book first saw print in 1976. Within that understanding, there would be no one to use a book like this: If you are alcoholic, then it's too late for moderation. If you're not alcoholic, then you don't need it. Or so popular thinking went at the time.

A lot more is known now about the many ways in which overdrinking can harm your physical, psychological, spiritual, and family health. If you're interested, Appendix A briefly summarizes current scientific reasons to be careful about alcohol. It is also clearer now just how many people are experiencing personal harm from their drinking. Those who fit the common stereotype of alcoholism account for only a minority of alcohol-related suffering and health and social problems. They are but the tip of an immense iceberg.

In any event, we don't intend to help you stick a label on yourself. There is no slick test here to tell you whether you "are" or "aren't." Instead, we want to help you think objectively about your drinking and how it may affect you.

Overdrinking

Perhaps the most common question is simply whether you drink too much. At relatively low levels of use, alcohol has no harmful effects for most people and may even offer some health benefits, particularly with regard to certain kinds of heart disease. Drinking above these safe limits, however, results in a rather steep increase in the rates and risk of a host of health and social problems. When people exceed safe limits, their drinking may be termed "risky" or "hazardous," even if they have not yet experienced any significant negative consequences. We prefer the term "overdrinking" for its parallel to overeating. "Overdrinking" applies only to the level or amount of drinking and does not imply the presence of any harm, problems, or dependence. It applies equally to a man who most days has a six pack of "light" beer between work and bedtime, a woman who drinks a bottle of wine once or twice a week, and the person whose daily fare is a fifth of scotch.

So how much is too much? The U.S. National Institutes of Health have recommended limits of one drink per day for women and two drinks per day for men. (We define what "one drink" is in Chapter 4.) Some nations have set somewhat higher recommended limits of two to three drinks per day for women and three to four for men. A general recommendation is not to drink every day but to give your body a rest from alcohol on at least one or two days a week.

Wow! Only two drinks a day? You may view that as an incredibly small amount of alcohol. Yet there are good reasons for these medically recommended safe-drinking limits. For most of the health problems described in Appendix A, risk levels are no different at zero, one, or two drinks per day. Right around three drinks per day for men and two drinks per day for women, however, risk rates begin to climb. From there on, the more drinks per day, the higher the risk of serious health problems.

These are just averages, of course. Most people can point to an uncle or aunt, hero or grandparent who drank like a parched horse (or smoked cigarettes, or ate bacon cheeseburgers and butter-fried food) for decades and died at a ripe old age. It happens. As any life insurance actuary knows, however, mortality prediction statistics are dauntingly accurate for all of us collectively, even though it's difficult to predict the longevity of any one particular individual. Like smoking or overeating, overdrinking shortens life by as much as 10 to 15 years on average and can also detract greatly from quality-of-life years through disability, chronic disease, mental impairment, and harm done to family and other relationships.

One problem here is that these various outcomes are probabilities. It is not certain that if you overdrink it will harm you or cause your premature death. It only might do so. If you knew for certain that the very next drink would kill you, chances are you wouldn't take it, but it's not that simple. Sustained heavy drinking (or smoking, or eating fatty foods) will have dreadful consequences for some, average negative consequences for most, and no negative outcomes for some proportion of people during their lifetimes. Because there is no way to know for sure ahead of time which of these three groups would be yours, it's a matter of deciding which of the many available risks in life you would like to take.

Dumb Drinking

Certain kinds of harm do not require years of excess but can occur with a single occasion of overdrinking. Many of these have to do with drinking too much for conditions. What may be a reasonably safe amount of alcohol in one situation can have tragic results under other circumstances. In plain language, this is dumb drinking.

A classic example is drinking before driving. The only truly safe level of alcohol in the bloodstream when driving is zero. Even relatively small amounts of alcohol can subtly impair perception, judgment, attention, and other mental functions that are crucial for safe driving. The trouble, of course, is that it is hard to perceive when your perception is impaired or to judge when your judgment is compromised. The legal limit that defines "drunk" driving has declined over the years from 0.15 to 0.10, 0.08, and now 0.05 g% (grams of alcohol per 100 ml. of blood) in some states. Even at these lowered levels, however, there is clear impairment of the complex skills needed for safe driving. Other nations have made it illegal to drive at 0.02 or 0.03 g%, and scientific evidence shows reduction in alcohol-related fatalities when impaired-driving laws enforce these lower limits.

Our counsel is that if you will be driving, plan any drinking so that the alcohol has been completely eliminated from your body before you start the engine. In Chapter 4, we show you how to do this.

Driving isn't the only activity that can be dangerously impaired by even moderate drinking. In search of a Christmas tree, one of our graduate students headed off to the mountains equipped with a chain saw. He felt completely unaffected by the two beers he drank while searching for the perfect tree, but with a small misjudgment he narrowly escaped cutting off his toes. Flying an airplane, swimming or boating, skiing, or using power tools-these are just a few examples of situations in which any drinking is hazardous. It takes only one such occasion to trigger a tragedy, and the newspapers are filled with them every year.

Rapid-paced drinking-such as occurs in drinking games, contests, or hazing-is another example of dumb drinking. Beyond the very real risk of death from alcohol poisoning, it overrides normal judgment about how much is too much and opens the door for foolish risk taking.

Unfortunately, dumb drinking can take an almost infinite number of forms. Drinking before or during certain social situations holds potential for harm. For example, a substantial majority of date rapes occur when one or both people were under the influence of alcohol, a fact that also holds for other kinds of physical violence. Under the influence of alcohol, people are generally more likely to take risks, to do things and say things they wouldn't if sober, sometimes with long-lasting consequences, embarrassment, or guilt. Again, it's a matter of probabilities. On any one occasion of drinking, the chances of a tragic outcome are usually quite small. The trouble is, it can take only one incident of dumb drinking to change a life forever.

Harmful Drinking

A third question to ask yourself, beyond just how much you drink or potentially risky situations in which you drink, is the extent to which alcohol may already be causing problems or otherwise harming you or those around you. There are various inventories of the troubles that can pile up over time in relation to overdrinking. There is one in Chapter 2, and we've included a longer one in Appendix B. If you're sitting on the fence about whether you need to do anything about your drinking, an honest self-evaluation with these questionnaires can help you tally up the ways in which drinking may be causing harm, or at least starting to do so. Information is also provided in Appendix B to let you compare yourself with people seeking professional help for alcohol problems. If, on the other hand, you already know your drinking is causing harm to you or others, then there's no particular need to visit Appendix B.

Harmful drinking is also sometimes called "problem drinking" or "alcohol abuse," terms that can get in the way of taking an honest look at yourself. With regard to the first, people sometimes get hung up on whether they "have a drinking problem." What matters is not whether you deserve a label, but rather what is happening in your life with regard to drinking and what, if anything, you want to do about it. Alcohol "abuse" sounds both moralistic and odd. "Alcohol abuse," one colleague quipped, "is mixing single-malt scotch with root beer." We prefer "harmful drinking" because it describes exactly what is happening: It is drinking in a way that causes or contributes to harm.

Dependent Drinking

Finally, there is the concept of alcohol dependence. Some people think of this as being unable to stop drinking without suffering symptoms of alcohol withdrawal: shakiness, sweating, rapid heartbeat, and such. To be sure, it's possible to become physically addicted to alcohol in this way, but alcohol dependence is much larger than withdrawal. Many alcohol-dependent people do not feel sick when they stop drinking.

In the broadest sense, dependence is the process whereby a drug (in this case alcohol) gradually takes over more and more of your life. You spend more money buying alcohol, more time drinking and recovering from its effects. Consequently, people and activities with which you once spent more time begin to fall away. You spend more time with heavier drinkers and less time in places where there is no alcohol. Perhaps the idea of a dinner party without alcohol makes you uncomfortable or just seems "inconvenient." You're not sure how you would deal with certain things without alcohol, such as getting to sleep or feeling frustrated or down. From time to time you make an attempt to cut down or quit but rather quickly go back to the familiar pattern. In short, alcohol slowly becomes central to your life.

A Word about Labels

As we've said, labels such as "problem drinker" and "alcoholic" can be very sticky and can be so troubling that they get in the way of taking an honest look at what is actually happening in your life. If you haven't noticed already, we are careful not to use such labels for people. We talk about harmful or problematic drinking, but not harmful or problem drinkers. It may seem like a small difference, but it's not. Labeling people can be pejorative and can get in the way of needed change. Taking an honest look at your drinking can be hard if doing so might mean you're "alcoholic." When we ask people to tell us how alcohol has caused problems for them, they usually can give us a long list; but the same people, when asked, "Are you a problem drinker?" say "No." Taking a close look at your behavior need not invoke shame or blame. We urge you not to worry about personal labels and consider instead what is actually happening in your life with regard to alcohol.

What to Do?

One solution, if you're having problems related to alcohol, is to stop drinking altogether. Certainly this is a reasonable solution, and many people have coped with overdrinking by abstaining completely from the use of alcohol. Sometimes this is the wisest and even the easiest solution. For people whose livers have been damaged by alcohol or disease, further drinking may seriously endanger their lives and health, and abstinence would be the wisest course. Those who have already overcome a drinking problem by becoming totally abstinent are also well advised to stay that way. After all, this is a way to know for sure that alcohol is not going to harm you.

Not everyone who overdrinks, however, wants to stop or can stop drinking altogether. Abstinence can be challenging to maintain. Even after treatment with an abstinence goal, an average of three out of four people drink again. Others would just prefer to continue drinking if they can. For these and other reasons, people seek to reduce and manage their own drinking without stopping completely. Chapter 2 is designed to help you decide if this is what you want to do, and Chapter 3 offers some questions that you can answer for yourself from which we can tell you about the likelihood that moderation will work for you. If you do decide you want to give moderation a try, the rest of this book is for you. It is specifically designed to help you do five things:

1. Understand how alcohol affects your body and mind and when your risk of harm becomes significant.

2. Become conscious of factors that may be contributing to your overdrinking and the extent to which drinking may be controlling you.

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Human Figure: A Photographical Reference for Artists

Author: E A Ruby

Now you can draw from your own life model anytime you want without paying expensive models’ fees! This handy volume contains over 600 detailed anatomical photographs for artists to study and draw from. Subjects included are male and female, and the models range in age from two years old to ninety years old. All together, seventeen different models were photographed, in the most useful and instructive poses for the artist. They are shown clothed and unclothed, full-figure and in closeup, in classical poses and in action, and in a wide variety of views—the standing male and female models, for instance, were photographed from eight different angles in a 360-degree circle. Sections one and two, covering the male and female nude figure, include photographic representation of running, walking, standing, sitting, and reclining, as well as detail studies of head, hands, and feet. Section three shows close-ups of facial expressions: joy, pain, surprise, etc., as well as sequences of expressions such as the transition from slight annoyance to great anger. In this section too are found details of a variety of heads, hands, eyes and noses, mouths, and ears. Section four is composed of photographs of a two-year-old child.

1001 Tips for Living Well with Diabetes or Tantra of Sound

1001 Tips for Living Well with Diabetes

Author: American Diabetes Association

All of the world’s bestadvice for excellent diabetescare rolled into onecomprehensive volume

A compilation of ADA’s 10 bestselling 101Tips series books, 1,001 Tips for LivingWell with Diabetes provides head-to-toecoverage for managing diabetes and answersthe most frequently asked questions ofdiabetes patients.

Here the experts at ADA give readers adviceand suggestions to make living with diabeteseasier, to stay healthy, and to fend off complicationsbefore they start. 1,001 Tips forLiving Well with Diabetes covers everythingfrom dealing with depression and stress toaging well in order to avoid common agerelatedcomplications.People with diabetes will find tips for:

• Eating healthy to lose weight and keepdiabetes in check while still enjoying thefoods they love
• Preventing common diabetes complicationssuch as kidney disease, heart disease, andeye disease
• Improving blood sugar in order to avoiddangerous highs and lows
• Avoiding potentially lethal druginteractions as well as understandingthe side effects
• Caring for their feet to prevent athlete’sfoot, ulcers, and amputation
• And more

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1	General Tips	5
Chapter 2	High Blood Sugar Tips	26
Chapter 3	Low Blood Sugar Tips	42
Chapter 4	Insulin Tips	57
Chapter 5	Oral Medication Tips	72
Chapter 6	Sick-Day Tips	77
Chapter 7	Nutrition Tips	84
Chapter 8	Exercise Tips	96
Chapter 9	Educational Tips	103
Chapter 10	New Tips	115

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Tantra of Sound: How to Enhance Intimacy with Sound

Author: Jonathan and Andi Goldman Goldman

Sound is the fundamental creative force in the universe, bringing order to chaos, offering health and wellness. Tantra of Sound is a first-of-its-kind book that introduces the emerging field of sound healing into the realm of intimate relationships.

Sound healing pioneer Jonathan Goldman has teamed with his wife, Andi, a holistic psychotherapist, to create a unique and innovative approach to developing self-awareness. Emphasizing the science of sound healing for relationships and personal growth, they show you how to create the life and loving relationship you're longing for.

Beginning with the practical understanding of tantra, the Goldmans clarify the ancient spiritual traditions by including basic meditations and a series of powerful toning exercises designed to activate the chakras and expand consciousness. As an added bonus, this edition includes an hour long CD of instructional examples for the express purpose of heightening your experiences with the book.

With its clear, concise information and carefully chosen guided exercises, Tantra of Sound will help you discover yourself and your personal relationships anew.

Staying Alive or Baby and Toddler Sleep Solutions for Dummies

Staying Alive: Life-Changing Strategies for Surviving Cancer

Author: Brenda Hunter PhD

Staying AliveBrenda Hunter, Ph.D.Heal Your Body, Embrace Your Life.

Few things are more frightening, confusing, or devastating than a diagnosis of cancer. If you or someone you love has cancer (or is at risk for it), you want reliable information, reasons for hope, and a plan of attack you can trust.

Staying Alive provides this and more. A six-year cancer survivor, psychologist, and cancer coach, Dr. Brenda Hunter presents the program that has contributed significantly to her survival, as well as interviews with cancer experts and long-term survivors. Inside you’ll find:

• life-changing strategies for beating cancer
• an integrated, holistic approach to cancer care and survival that involves body, mind, and spirit
• success stories and survival strategies from long-term cancer survivors
• a proactive nutritional program designed to empower you and increase wellness
• interviews with national cancer experts

The good news? The human body has an amazing capacity to heal itself when life-changing strategies are applied. Dr. Brenda Hunter suggests that many of us can work to reverse–or prevent–cancer’s destructive course. Learn how you may be unnecessarily putting yourself at increased risk, and discover the steps you can take today to begin to restore or protect your health.

A Cancer-Conquering Plan for Your Body, Mind, Emotions, and SpiritDr. Brenda Hunter is a psychologist and internationally published author. Educated at Georgetown University, she has written numerous books, including Home By Choice, In the Company of Women, and The Power ofMother Love. In her role as an advocate for motherhood, she has appeared on CBS’s This Morning, Larry King Live, and Focus on the Family.

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Baby and Toddler Sleep Solutions for Dummies

Author: Arthur Lavin MD

Understand the sleep effects of life changes, prematurity, and health issues

Find your way to your family's best sleep solutions!

Do you wonder whether you'll ever sleep through the night again? Relax! This reassuring guide provides the essential information you need to help your kids to go to sleep — and stay asleep — all night long, whatever their age or stage of development. So cheer up — a good night's sleep is just pages away!

• Foster healthy sleep patterns for life

• Tailor your approach to your child's personality

• Establish bedtime rules in a nurturing way

• Handle snoring, night terrors, bedwetting, and other distressing issues

Table of Contents:

Introduction.

Part I: From A to ZZZZZ: The Basics of Sleep.

Chapter 1: Taking Charge of Your Dream Team.

Chapter 2: Understanding the Importance and Stages of Slumber.

Chapter 3: Personality: A Big Piece of the Puzzle.

Part II: I Have a Dream: Winning Sleep Strategies for Every Age.

Chapter 4: Growing and Changing: Sleep from Birth to 6 Months.

Chapter 5: Getting the Hang of It: Sleep from 6 to 12 Months.

Chapter 6: Baby on the Move: Sleep from 12 to 18 Months.

Chapter 7: The Wake-Up Call: Sleep from 18 Months to 2 Years.

Chapter 8: The Big Tug of War: Sleep from 2 through 3 Years.

Part III: Sleep Decisions that Involve the Whole Family.

Chapter 9: Keeping Baby Nearby? Co-Sleeping with Your Little One.

Chapter 10: Move Over, Darlin’! When a Sibling Enters the Picture.

Chapter 11: Your Dream Team Grows: Preschool, Day Care, and Sitters.

Part IV: Dealing with Special Circumstances.

Chapter 12: Sleep Tips for Families with Premature Babies.

Chapter 13: Sneezes, Sniffles, Aches, and Pains.

Chapter 14: When Life Changes Keep Your Child Awake.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 15: Ten Tips for Getting Your Tot to Sleep.

Chapter 16: Ten Pitfalls to Avoid at Sleepytime.

Chapter 17: More than Ten Great Bedtime Stories and Songs.

Appendix: Sleep Logs.

Index.

Atkins Journal or Pilates

Atkins Journal: Your Personal Journey Toward a New You

Author: Robert C Atkins

This journal is a valuable ally to help you do Atkins properly--enhancing your potential to manage your weight and improve your overall health!

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Pilates: Fitness Training for Body and Soul

Author: Antje Kort

Benefit from a shaped healthy body, new vitality, and great vibrancy! You will learn all about the fundamentals, the eight Pilates principles, and why it is so important to exercise the abdominal muscles. All of the exercises are described in great detail, starting with the preparatory training exercises and moving up to the challenging original Pilates exercises. Find out your strengths and weaknesses, and put together your very own personal workout. Includes extra programs for relaxation, for problems areas, and for a strong back.

Wants Wishes and Wills or A Fit and Well Way of Life

Wants, Wishes, and Wills: A Medical and Legal Guide to Protecting Yourself and Your Family in Sickness and in Health

Author: Wynne A Whitman

A terminal diagnosis...a life-threatening disease... recognition of one's own mortality...or simply planning ahead. These all lead individuals to contemplate difficult end-of-life decisions. But when they do, they find themselves confused, desperately seeking guidance: about Living Wills, about health care proxies, about their own care, wishes, and affairs. Dr. Shawn D. Glisson and Wynne A.Whitman, Esq., help people face these issues every day - Glisson as a respected oncologist, Whitman as an experienced estate lawyer. Now, they've come together to give readers all the tools they need to make the best decisions for themselves and their families. The authors provide compassionate, up-to-date, plain-English guidance you need to decide for yourself and stay in control of your life.

Understand your choices and take control of them
Know your options and make sure your decisions are respected Know the law–before it's too late
Understand directives, health care proxies, Living Wills, and powers of attorney

The authors answer questions such as:
-How can I make sure I get the best possible care to fight my disease?
-How do I prepare a Living Will that accurately expresses my views?
-Will alternative therapies help me?
-What should I know about hospice?
-What's the best way to plan my estate and minimize my taxes?
-Above all, how do I make sure my wishes are followed?

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments     xv
About the Authors     xvi
The Wants, Wishes, and Wills of Your Health and Medical Situation
Health and Medical Wants: Your Personal Health Care System     3
A Guide to Creating Your Personal Health Care System     3
My Personal Health Care Team     7
Your Health Care Records     8
My Own Interoperable Health Network     8
Health and Medical Wants     9
Health and Medical Wishes: Providers, Facilities, and Programs     11
A Guide to Medical Experts     11
I've Just Been Diagnosed. What Do I Do Now?     12
Office Overview     13
Second Opinions     14
What if My Physicians Don't Use the Same Hospitals and Diagnostic Testing Centers?     15
Let the Patient Beware!     16
Physician "Hats"     18
White Coat Cast     27
What's Up, Doc?     23
Choosing Medical Facilities     23
Pharmacies     26
Medical Service, Magazines, Milk, and More     27
Medical Palliation Programs and Hospice     28
Health and Medical Wishes     31
Health and Medical Wills: Your Medical Conditions     33
A Guide to Determining YourCurrent Health Status     33
Your Medical Conditions     34
Health and Medical Wills     39
The Wants, Wishes, and Wills of Your Personal Situation
Personal Wants: Doctors and Dialogue     43
A Guide to Communicating Better with Your Providers     43
Who Are Your Health Care Providers?     44
Where Were Your Last Tests Done?     44
What Medicines Are You Taking?     45
What Exactly Is This Pill?     46
What Are You Allergic To? What Are You Intolerant Of?     46
Do I Have to Tell My Doctor Everything?     47
How Are You Feeling?     47
What's Your Health History?     48
Your Protected Health Information     48
Past Medical History     48
Medications/Allergies     49
Family History     49
Social History     50
Personal Wants     50
Personal Wishes: Screening and Counseling     51
A Guide to Health Counseling     51
Who Do You Go To for Your Health Care Advice?     52
United States Federal Counseling Standards as of 2006     54
Screening for Health Conditions     57
U.S. Federal Screening Standards as of 2006      58
Personal Wishes     62
Personal Wills: Drugs, Diets, and Devices     63
A Guide to Drug Discovery, Distribution, and Delivery     64
Trial or Study-What's the Difference?     65
Listen to the Experts!     66
What If My Health Insurance Won't Cover Some Treatments?     67
Online Update     68
Is a Clinical Trial or the Standard Treatment Right for Me?     72
What Exactly Is Alternative Care?     75
Beneficial Diets     77
Devices     79
Personal Wills     80
The Wants, Wishes, and Wills of Your Medical-Legal Affairs
Medical-Legal Wants: Understanding Interventions     83
A Guide to Airway Interventions     85
Breathing Interventions     86
Breathing Basics     86
Circulatory Interventions     87
Discomfort Interventions     88
Pain Facts     89
Enteric Interventions     90
Medical-Legal Wants     94
Medical-Legal Wishes: Defining Capacity, Consciousness, and Contingencies     95
A Guide to Evaluating Medical Capacity and Comas     96
Capacity and Competence     97
A Little Levity     98
Coma Conditions     101
Choosing Medical End-of-Life Points     101
The Different Points of Death     106
Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Orders     109
Medical-Legal Wishes     110
Medical-Legal Wills: Directives, Definitions, and Discussions     111
Who's Who?     112
Health Care Documents 101     113
What If I Don't Have a Health Care Proxy?     114
What About Your Old Health Care Proxy and Living Will?     115
A Guide to Health Care Proxies and Living Wills     115
The New Living Will     116
Who Can Know Your Health Care Status?     118
What Are Life-Sustaining Treatments?     120
Does a Living Will Mean I Want Euthanasia?     122
Powers of Attorney     124
What Exactly Is a General Durable Power of Attorney?     126
The Documents Are Signed. What Now?     128
Communicating Your Health Care Wants and Wishes     129
How Often Should I Update My Documents?     132
Medical-Legal Wills     132
The Wants, Wishes, and Wills of Your Selfless Contributions
Selfless Contribution Wants: Donating Time, Tissue, and Treatment Data     137
A Guide to Patient Advocacy Communities      137
Donation Communities     139
Organ Donations     140
Our Favorite Bumper Sticker     140
Blood Donations     140
Blood Donations 101     141
Bone Marrow     142
Scientific Research     142
Research Communities     143
Selfless Contribution Wants     144
Selfless Contribution Wishes: Individual Purpose, Production, and Protection     145
A Guide to Goal Setting     145
An Added Bonus     146
Time Management     148
Vivacious Volunteers     149
Liability Protection     150
Selfless Contribution Wishes     151
Selfless Contribution Wills: Donation Requirements, Responsibilities, and Rights     153
A Guide to Informed Consent     153
Can I Revoke My Informed Consent?     154
Record Keeping and Reporting     155
Scientific Data     155
Donation Ownership     156
Selfless Contribution Wills     157
The Wants, Wishes, and Wills of Your Estate Planning
Estate Planning Wants: Purpose, Preparation, and Protection     161
Beneficiary Designations     162
Double Check Those Designations      162
Joint Tenants     163
Tenants-in-Common     163
Individual Assets     164
Get Organized!     164
Who Are These People?     165
A Guide to the Purposes and Benefits of Estate Planning     166
What About In-Laws and Adopted Children?     168
What Does Escheat Mean?     169
Protecting Your Estate from Taxes     170
The Changing Federal Tax Law     171
Finding Estate Planning Professionals     174
Time Waits for No One     176
Don't Wait Till the Last Minute!     179
Estate Planning Wants     179
Estate Planning Wishes: Caring for Family, Friends, and Foundations     181
A Guide to Planning for Relatives     182
Your Parents     182
How Do I Talk to My Parents About Estate Planning?     183
Your Young Children     183
Disabled Loved Ones     184
Planning for Nonrelatives     185
My Charitable Planning Questionnaire     186
Planning for Charities     186
Let the Donor Beware!     187
Charity Begins with the Heart and Ends with the Bottom Line     188
The Famously Charitable      190
Estate Planning Wishes     191
Estate Planning Wills: Testaments, Trusts, and Other Tools     193
Explaining Your Decision     194
A Guide to Last Wills and Testaments     194
What's a Holographic Will?     195
Who Can Write a Will?     196
Stephanie's Saga: Beware of Mysterious Lists     197
Do I Have to List Everything?     199
What About Spot and Fluffy?     200
Family Planning     201
Legalese 101     202
What's a Trust?     203
What's the Difference Between a Will and a Trust?     205
The Executor     206
Fiduciary Duty     208
Who Should Be the Guardian of My Children?     208
Guardian Letter of Guidance     209
Procrastination Nation     210
Trusts     210
If I Have a Trust, Do I Need a Will?     211
Other Estate Planning Tools     212
Long-Term Care and Disability Insurance     213
Estate Planning Decisions     215
Estate Planning Wills     216
The Wants, Wishes, and Wills of Your Legacy
Legacy Wants: Providing Ideas, Instructions, and Intentions     219
A Guide to Letters and Lessons of Love     220
Video Memorials     221
Letters of Instruction     222
Letter of Instruction Checklist     227
Funeral Planning     228
The New Funeral     229
The High-Tech Funeral     231
Memorial Stone     231
Legacy Wants     232
Legacy Wishes: Assisting Family, Friends, and Future Generations to Remember     233
All Things Must Pass     234
A Guide to Your Personal Identity     235
Getting Started     235
Family Tree Preparation     237
Legacy Wishes     239
Your Legacy Wills: Your Safety Your Rights, and Your Records     241
A Guide to Medical Safety     241
Patients' Rights     244
Patient's Bill of Rights     244
Your Records     246
What Is a Covered Entity?     249
Medical Identity Theft     250
Personal Information Storage     251
Legacy Wills     253
Conclusion     255
Classy Communicating     256
Your Wants, Wishes, and Wills     258
Your Wants, Wishes, and Wills     259
Additional Resources      261
Suggested Readings List     261
Web Site Resources     262
Glossary     265
Index     279

Go to: The Leanness Lifestyle or First Steps to Fitness

A Fit and Well Way of Life

Author: Gwen Robbins

Offering twelve chapters with brief coverage of health Topics, this book is designed for course that is primarily classroom lecture; students are expected to pursue self-guided fitness outside of class, such as seep activity logs and complete lab assignments. Complements a fitness course that is broader in scope and incorporates self-management principles and stress management to build healthy habits. Ideal for a fitness or wellness course with limited credit hours. Offers behavior change strategies throughout and many lab activities offered in the book and even more available online.

Optic Neuritis a Medical Dictionary Bibliography and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References or Polycythemia a Medical Dictionary Bibliography and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References

Optic Neuritis - a Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References

Author: Icon Health Publications

This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to optic neuritis. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to optic neuritis.If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages.

Table of Contents:

Forward
Chapter 1. Studies on Optic Neuritis
Overview
Federally Funded Research on Optic Neuritis
E-Journals: PubMed Central
The National Library of Medicine: PubMed
Chapter 2. Nutrition and Optic Neuritis
Overview
Finding Nutrition Studies on Optic Neuritis
Federal Resources on Nutrition
Additional Web Resources
Chapter 3. Alternative Medicine and Optic Neuritis
Overview
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Additional Web Resources
General References
Chapter 4. Patents on Optic Neuritis
Overview
Patent Applications on Optic Neuritis
Keeping Current
Chapter 5. Books on Optic Neuritis
Overview
Chapters on Optic Neuritis
Chapter 6. Periodicals and News on Optic Neuritis
Overview
News Services and Press Releases
Academic Periodicals covering Optic Neuritis
Chapter 7. Researching Medications
Overview
U.S. Pharmacopeia
Commercial Databases
Researching Orphan Drugs
Appendix A. Physician Resources
Overview
NIH Guidelines
NIH Databases
Other Commercial Databases
Appendix B. Patient Resources
Overview
Patient Guideline Sources
Finding Associations
Appendix C. Finding Medical Libraries
Overview
Preparation
Finding a Local Medical Library
Medical Libraries in the U.S. and Canada
ONLINE GLOSSARIES
Online Dictionary Directories
OPTIC NEURITIS DICTIONARY
INDEX

See also: The Career Mystique or Bearing Witness

Polycythemia - a Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References

Author: Icon Health Publications

This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to polycythemia. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to polycythemia.If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages.

Living Well or Juzen Taiho to

Living Well: 21 Days to Transform Your Life, Supercharge Your Health, and Feel Spectacular

Author: Montel Williams

In the fight for health and happiness, New York Times bestselling author Montel Williams shares his battle plan for better living.

In his inspiring autobiography Climbing Higher, Montel Williams told the story of his lifelong struggle for respect and success-and his ongoing struggle with multiple sclerosis. In Body Change: The 21-Day Fitness Program for Changing Your Body...and Changing Your Life!; he shared his successful workout strategies; And now, in Living Well with Montel, Montel imparts his personal recipe for healthy and happy living. He also shares his 21-Day Living Well Food and Workout Program-a hard-hitting, three-phased health plan for fast, fit results.

For anyone who wants to fight chronic diseases like diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease, and neurological diseases like multiple sclerosis-or just wants to feel spectacular in their daily life, it's time for a push to the next level-by Living Well with Montel.

Publishers Weekly

When television host Williams was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1999, he started researching the links between food and exercise and health, to discover how he could feel less pain and have more positive energy. He firmly believes that everyone, whether they're suffering a chronic disease or not, should quit eating junk food and start eating more fruits and vegetables and exercising daily. So he's organized a week-by-week program for readers, featuring food and activity diaries to record everything that's eaten, the exercise done each day and a list of specific plans for how to live well. While his basic advice is not surprising, his chef's recipes are curious. Many include an alarming amount of salt, while others painstakingly avoid meat or dairy, like the pasta-free, cheese-free Green Squash Lasagna, even though Williams himself says he's a "flexitarian" who occasionally enjoys a "good juicy cheeseburger." In addition to an illustrated guide to exercising, Williams has packed the book with statements from experts reiterating the health benefits of improved diet and exercise. Williams is a charismatic cheerleader-and his book will likely inspire fans-but even that may not be enough to sell "Green Drinks" or "salmon right out of the can" for breakfast. (Jan.)

Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information

Susan B. Hagloch - Library Journal

Talk-show host Williams wrote about his battle with multiple sclerosis in his 2005 New York Timesbest seller, Climbing Higher. In this title, he describes the lifestyle changes he's made that enable him to function normally, and he recommends the same program for anyone who wants to feel better and be healthier. His sensible eating plan concentrates on fresh vegetables, especially those that are high in antioxidants; avoids highly refined foods; and incorporates a wide variety of whole grains (recipes are included). His exercise routine combines aerobics, flexibility, and strength training and promotes power walking because, as Williams points out, exercise is a potent antioxidant itself. Fans and anyone who wants to look better, feel better, and live longer will definitely want this excellent lifestyle makeover manual; highly recommended for public libraries.

Interesting textbook: On the Social Contract or Vote to Save the Planet

Juzen-Taiho-to (Shi-Quan-Da-Bu-Tang): Scientific Evalution and Clinical Applications

Author: Haruki Yamada

In Japan, 148 kinds of Kampo (traditional Japanese herbal) formulations are covered by the national health insurance system. Because Kampo medicines contain many active ingredients and combinations of herbs, it is important to understand the mechanisms of action and to supply quality controlled materials. Juzen-taiho-to (Shi-Quan-Da-Bu-Tang): Scientific Evaluation and Clinical Applications presents a concise overview of important Kampo formulas, Juzen-taiho-to. This book contains therapeutic indications and traditional uses, taxonomy, quality assurance of plant raw material, clinical constituents, and up-to-date findings and topics related to pharmacology and clinical application of Juzen-taiho-to.

Natural Medicine or Spirituality and Religiousness and Alcohol Other Drug Problems

Natural Medicine

Author: Beth MacEoin

In Natural Medicine, Beth MacEoin shows how to use alternative therapies in conjunction with orthodox medicine to create a harmonious, safe, and effective framework for the treatment of illness. This comprehensive volume covers each of the major alternative therapies in depth, with full explanations of their underlying principles, consultation procedures, diagnostic techniques, and methods of treatment. The book includes an extensive, step-by-step guide to the assessment and, where appropriate, home treatment of more than 120 ailments and conditions (situations that require immediate treatment or professional help are highlighted). An invaluable resource for all those interested in or involved with natural systems of healing.

Go to: Questions of Taste or In the Kitchen with Papa Wiltz

Spirituality and Religiousness and Alcohol/Other Drug Problems: Treatment and Recovery Perspectives

Author: Brent B Benda

An in-depth look at the relevance of religious and spiritual issues to alcohol and drug use and abuse throughout the lifespan
Spiritual issues and forgiveness are oft-neglected topics in treatment programs for substance abusers. This unique book brings those underrated components of recovery to the forefront through current research, case studies, and the insight of experts in the field of spirituality as well as drug/alcohol treatment. It illustrates the important interrelationship among religiousness, spirituality, forgiveness, and alcohol and drug use and abuse throughout the lifespan. The contributors examine the effects of religiousness and spirituality on recovery in relation to more widely recognized supports. Each chapter is extensively referenced, and most include tables and/or figures that make difficult information easy to understand and work with.
Spirituality and Religiousness and Alcohol/Other Drug Problems: Treatment and Recovery Perspectives draws clear, important distinctions between religiosity and spirituality. It provides you with a clearly laid out conceptual framework for examining the relationship among spirituality/religiousness and alcohol/drug problems, and a theoretical model of forgiveness in regard to alcohol/drug abuse. This informative book also examines:
the existing literature on the intersection of spirituality/religiousness and alcohol/drug issues
addiction recovery across the lifespan
connections among stress, quality of life, social support, spirituality and religiosity, and recovery
how social supports, spirituality, religiousness, life meaning, and affiliation with 12-step fellowships affect the quality of life forpeople in recovery
evidence-based forgiveness treatment
alcohol abusers' traits and how abusers function in the context of family
Christian perspectives on alcohol/drug use and abuse— with a chapter devoted to Protestant perspectives and treatment implications
predictors of rehospitalization for homeless substance abusers, including spiritual well-being
various dimensions of religious involvement and mental health outcomes among addicted women
whether religiousness, as opposed to church attendance, is related to alcohol/drug consumption and delinquency
the ties between religious variables and mental health in a high-risk population (chemically dependent pregnant or parenting women in a residential treatment program)
. . . and a great deal more
This book is designed to be immediately useful to practitioners (social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, and ministers) who work with substance users and abusers, as well as to academicians and researchers involved with these topics. Please consider adding it to your professional, research, or teaching collection today!

"Science and spirituality are often seen as oil and water, which has severely hampered research about recovery from addiction. Benda and McGovern provide convincing evidence that spirituality and religiousness are not only relevant, but integral to our understanding the disease of addiction and the process of recovery. In this era, when fruitless debate between professional and faith-based treatments limits cooperation and collaboration, this book offers a path towards reconciliation, mutual respect, and understanding between these two disciplines . . . . Traditional Twelve Step spirituality is articulately described in different chapters by McGovern and William White, while Benda and others offer varying perspectives on the role of religion and spiritual concepts including forgiveness in the development of addiction and the foundation of recovery. Of particular interest is the diversity of populations addressed in terms of the impact of spirituality and religiousness . . . . The concluding chapter by White is noteworthy in its analysis of the impact of age on the process of recovery." — Dr. Jeffry D. Roth, Editor, Journal of Groups in Addiction and Recovery; Author, Group Psychotherapy and Recovery from Addiction: Carrying the Message

"In addiction treatment there has been a longstanding distinction between abstinence and sobriety, with an understanding that the difference has something to do with spirituality. This volume reflects the recent surge of research and scholarly interest in this relationship between spirituality and recovery. Who would have imagined, just two decades ago, that we would be reading scientific articles on love, forgiveness, and spiritual well-being? A RICH ARRAY OF POPULATIONS IS ADDRESSED IN THESE CHAPTERS, across cultures, ages, drugs, and life situations, offering more pieces of the puzzle of recovery." — William R. Miller, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of New Mexico

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Patricia E. Murphy, PhD(Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This is a collection of articles published in an issue of Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly in 2006 that focused on religion and spirituality.
Purpose: The goal of the journal is to provide information about treatment that takes into account both theory and research. Although there are articles on the topic of spirituality in recovery in a variety of journals, this collection provides practical and concise material in a single place.
Audience: Each chapter is clear and compact, making it accessible to the range of readers for whom it is intended -- physicians to clergy. Because spirituality has been part of dependency treatment for many years, the topic is likely to be of interest.
Features: Early chapters provide background on the history and research on the role of religion/spirituality in treatment and addiction. Chapters providing quantitative research on the topic investigate associations of spirituality/religion with factors related to substance abuse in diverse populations. Data analysis is described well, keeping in mind the target reader who may not be well versed in statistics. Each study highlights clinical implications. A particularly laudable aspect is the inclusion of a chapter describing a protocol for forgiveness, followed by a chapter studying the role of forgiveness on outcomes related to substance abuse. The book does not offer reports of longitudinal studies or trials of interventions. This could be a next step. It does expose the reader to references to some of the foremost authors in the field of religion and mentalhealth.
Assessment: This book would be a useful addition to the library of those involved in working with persons with addiction. Because it is both interesting and quite readable, it would not stay on the shelf, but would be put to good use. It is this kind of book that is likely to lead busy practitioners to explore research in their field.

Table of Contents:

Themes and Patterns of Spirituality-Religiousness and Alcohol/Other Drug Problems: Treatment and Recovery Perspectives   Thomas F. McGovern   Brent B. Benda     1
Spirituality and Religiousness and Alcohol/Other Drug Problems: Conceptual Framework   Thomas F. McGovern   Terry McMahon     7
Protestantism and Alcoholism: Spiritual and Religious Considerations   John R. Belcher     21
The Role of Social Supports, Spirituality, Religiousness, Life Meaning and Affiliation with 12-Step Fellowships in Quality of Life Satisfaction Among Individuals in Recovery from Alcohol and Drug Problems   Alexandre B. Laudet   Keith Morgen   William L. White     33
Church Attendance or Religiousness: Their Relationship to Adolescents' Use of Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Delinquency   Brent B. Benda   Sandra K. Pope   Kelly J. Kelleher     75
Dimensions of Religious Involvement and Mental Health Outcomes Among Alcohol- and Drug-Dependent Women   Nicola A. Conners   Leanne Whiteside-Mansell   Allen C. Sherman     89
Spiritual Well-Being, Relationships, and Work Satisfaction in the Treatment of Homeless Veterans with Alcohol/Other Drug Problems   Brent B. Benda   Frederick A. DiBlasio   Sandra K. Pope     109
Forgiveness in the Treatment of Persons with AlcoholProblems   Everett L. Worthington, Jr.   Michael Scherer   Kathryn L. Cooke     125
Alcohol and Other Drug Problems Among Homeless Veterans: A Life-Course Theory of Forgiveness   Brent B. Benda   John R. Belcher     147
Alcohol Abuse in Marriage and Family Contexts: Relational Pathways to Recovery   Jennifer S. Ripley   April Cunion   Nicole Noble     171
Recovery Across the Life Cycle from Alcohol/Other Drug Problems: Pathways, Styles, and Developmental Stages   William L. White     185
Index     203

That Amazing Grace or Yoga Stretch For Fitness

That Amazing Grace: The Role of Clarence and Grace S. in Alcoholics Anonymous

Author: Dick B

Precise details of early A.A.'s spiritual practices--from the recollections of Grace S., widow of A.A. pioneer, Clarence S.

From the Author:

The controversial Clarence Snyder has been much criticized and little understood as a tremendous resource for A.A. history and also for courageous exposition of A.A.'s Christian fellowship and Bible roots. When I asked Dr. Bob's daughter who Clarence Snyder was, she replied: "He was all for Dr. Bob." And that was good enough for me. Then I met Grace and realized what a student of early A.A. history, of the Bible, and of the A.A. Steps and program she was. Also that she was a tremendous woman of God. My son and I spent a week reviewing her papers, interviewing her, and spending time with her in her home in Florida. We also met her several times at meetings where Grace and I shared the podium. The result is this book which I consider to be very entertaining, very inspiring, and very informative- -particularly for the much beleaguered Christian in present-day A.A.

Book about: Naked Weightlifting or Sham

Yoga Stretch For Fitness (1 Cassettes)

Author: Beth Shaw

In this dynamic one-hour program, Yoga Stretch For Fitness, yoga expert Beth Shaw guides the listener through a variety of basic stretching, toning and strengthening movements. She encourages participants of any age, size or body type to follow this program while traveling or in the comfort of home. Music tracks, which accompany Beth's vocal directions are provided by Steven Halpern, a world-renowned New Age musician. The results are increased relaxation, lowered stress, positive mental awareness and improved physical health. You are on your way to a healthier life!

"Yoga Stretch for Fitness allows you to work out just about anywhere and helps you focus on moves without the distraction of trying to copy an instructor. The music and relaxation segments are simple and soothing."—Shape Magazine

"Shaw is clear and pleasant as she guides one through a series of yoga stretches. Steven Halpern's music is soothing and supports the sense of peace and calm that Shaw is radiating on the cassette."—ForeWord

Author Bio: Beth Shaw is a certified Yoga Instructor and Integrative Yoga Therapist, and her award-winning television show, YogaFit, is seen weekly throughout Los Angeles and New York. Beth also teaches Yoga and Stress Management at a number of hospitals and health clubs in the Southern California area.

Narrator Bio: same as author bio

ForeWord - Jackie Ankerson

Founder of YogaFit International and teacher of YogaFit...her fitness oriented, user-friendly style of Yoga...Shaw is clear and pleasant as she guides one through a series of yoga stretches. She recommends that one put the casette on pause when one desires to stay in the posture longer, which is helpful and works well. This program will help people tone muscles and manage stress for healtheir living.

School Library Journal

Gr 8 Up-Yoga expert Beth Shaw guides listeners through basic stretching, toning, and strengthening movements. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

ForeWord

Shaw is clear and pleasant as she guides one through a series of yoga stretches. Steven Halpern's music is soothing and supports the sense of peace and calm that Shaw is radiating on the cassette.

Shape Magazine

Yoga Stretch for Fitness allows you to workout just about anywhere and helps you focus on moves without the distraction of trying to copy an instructor. The music and relaxation segments are simple and soothing.

The Nurturing Touch at Birth or Reflexology Massage

The Nurturing Touch at Birth: A Labor Support Handbook: Second Edition

Author: Paulina Perez

Take this book home and you will seize the opportunity to use the information in this book to educate yourself about new ways to care for laboring women.

Go to: Arizona Cook Book or Old and New Cook Book

Reflexology Massage

Author: Monika Schaefer

Reflexology dates back to ancient Egypt, China, and India, but this age-old massage technique offers powerful benefits for today. Reflexology divides the feet and hands into zones, where specific nerves within these extremities are directly linked to other areas of the body. By massaging, stretching, and otherwise manipulating these zones in focused patterns, practitioners can greatly reduce stress and improve energy flow to the affected areas. More than 100 color photographs and diagrams show exactly how to achieve great results. Beginning with session preparation, the instruction moves into proper grips and soothing holds, gentle pinching techniques, and manipulation for all five critical zones for hands and feet. A section on self-massage and tips for creating shorter massage programs are also provided.

Table of Contents:

Preface     6
Bringing "Balance" to Body and Soul     6
What Is Foot Reflexology?     7
Why, of All Parts, the Feet?     7
Characteristics of Reflexology     7
Historic Overview     9
A Little Bit of Theory     10
When You Should Not Give a Massage     13
Tips for Successfully Learning Massage     16
Preparations for the Massage     17
How to Prepare Yourself     17
Preparing Your Environment     17
Giving and Receiving-Two Important Elements     18
Possible Reasons for Foot Reflexology     18
Frequency of Massages     18
Optimal Timing     18
A Suitable Place     19
Your Posture     19
Other Things to Consider     24
Getting into the Right Massage Mood     24
Grips and Techniques That You Should Be Familiar With     28
Using the Thumb     28
Using the Index Finger     31
The Pinching Technique     32
The Soothing Hold     33
Stroking and Balancing Techniques     34
General Information Regarding Foot Reflexology     42
Foot Reflexology-Zones andOrgans     49
Beginning the Massage-The Greeting     49
Region 1     49
Region 2     57
Region 3     60
Region 4     67
Region 5     70
Wrapping Up the Massage-The Farewell     73
The After-Rest     75
Special Foot Reflexologies     76
Self-Massage     76
Brief Programs     83
Hand Reflexology     85
General Information Regarding the Massage of Hands     85
Preparations for the Massage     86
Order of the Hand Massage     87
Afterword     92
References Resources     93
Index     94
Author, Acknowledgments, Photo Credits     95

Are the Blueberries in Your Waffles Really Blueberries or Awaiting The Therapists Baby

Are the Blueberries in Your Waffles Really Blueberries?: A One-of-a-Kind Guide to Eating Smart

Author: Celeste C Bumpus

Are the Blueberries in Your Waffles Really Blueberries? Are fat free products truly fat free? What's better: low carb or low fat food?

Enjoy plenty of -- ah ha - moments as author Celeste Bumpus decodes nutrition and the world of over 2,000 whole and processed foods. You can make better decisions -- if you know what they are.

Little by little the choices we make can quickly add up. Simple yet smart changes to food choices can make a big difference and lead you to a healthier lifestyle. And it's easier than you think!

- Reduce sodium by simply changing salts.
- Grasp one easy way to balance fat and cholesterol.
- Learn there are only two kinds of food.
- Locate fat free products containing heart damaging Trans Fats, then find better options.

Creatively designed to increase your knowledge about food and visually guide you to healthier choices. Are the Blueberries in Your Waffles Really Blueberries? is an indispensable comparison guide and resource for healthy eating you'll refer to again and again.

Are California or Florida Avocados higher in fat? Which one has more fiber? Find out on page 26.

Dr. Steven G. Aldana

"Celeste Bumpus has given us a guide that shows the way to navigate the confusing and deceptive food world. Now you can cut through the marketing hype and see what's really in the foods you purchase and make healthier choices."--(Dr. Steven G. Aldana, Author of The Culprit and The Cure)

What People Are Saying

Dr. Art Mollen
"The book Are the Blueberries in Your Waffles Really Blueberries is the quintessial guide to healthy eating. It is eloquently crafted in a simplistic and pragmatic way. It is an essential book for anyone concerned about the quality of food that they are consuming and enabling them to make healthier choices."--(Dr. Art Mollen, President and Founder of the Southwest Health Institute, Best Selling author, Nationally renowned Health and Fitness Expert.)

Marsha Petrie Sue
"Celeste has written a must buy book for anyone who wants to create balance in their eating habits. She helps you keep it simple with quick and easy ideas and information to make eating smart a no brainer. Whether you are a health professional or a lay person like me, this is a must have book!"--(Marsha Petrie Sue, MBA and #1 Best Selling author of Toxic People: decontaminate difficult people without using weapons or duct tape.)

Interesting textbook: Parties of the Month or Slimming World Fast Food

Awaiting The Therapist's Baby

Author: April Fallon

The passage into and through pregnancy and new parenthood is one that affects all aspects of a therapist's life, including work with patients. It presents special therapeutic challenges, as well as special therapeutic opportunities.

Drawing on the scattered literature, interviews with people who have been in the roles of therapists and expectant parents simultaneously, and their own rich experiences, the authors consider therapists' psychological lives prior to birth (or adoption) and examine both therapist and patient reactions to the reality of a coming child. Whatever the therapist's theoretical orientation, the patient-therapist relationship undergoes changes, and therapists are faced with a number of important decisions not typically addressed in the psychotherapy literature, such as whether and when to inform the patient of what is anticipated. The authors offer practical advice that enables therapists to proceed through a sound clinical decision-making process and discuss the ways in which the changes can be harnessed in the service of treatment goals. Multiple modalities are covered--including individual, group, family, and couples therapy--which can be understood from a variety of theoretical perspectives. The needs of patients in different diagnostic categories at different developmental stages are addressed and the relationship between therapist and practice setting is examined. Throughout, the authors illuminate their points with vivid real-life case vignettes.

The issue of impending parenthood arises for male and female practitioners, adopters and biological parents, and their supervisors. All those facing it will find this book essential reading asthey seek to identify and quell their anxieties and improve their clinical acumen and effectiveness.

Jungle Travel Survival or How People Heal

Jungle Travel & Survival

Author: John B Walden

Adventure travel, whether in the rain forests of Brazil or the jungles of Belize, can be filled with risk and sometimes lift-threatening situations. Now here is a complete guide on how to cope with and survive the unique and sometimes deadly challenges of a jungle excursion. Dr. John Walden is a professor and associate dean of Medical School Development and Outreach at Marshall University. He has taken more than 75 trips into remote areas of the Amazon Basin.

Library Journal

In this illustrated guidebook, medical doctor Walden (Marshall Univ. Sch. of Medicine) discusses three main areas of concern for those planning to journey the rainforests of the world: how to prepare for the jungle, cope while on the trail, and effectively handle medical emergencies. Although the title may suggest a rather specialized handbook that will appeal to a very limited audience, there is actually much useful information for the common hiker. Walden, who has led many treks into the Amazon basin, offers knowledgeable advice on what to wear, how to build shelter, what plants and animals to eat, how to build fire, and how to handle extreme situations, such as the lack of food and drinking water. Especially valuable is the section on medical concerns in which Walden lists medicines one might need while on the trip, discusses how to avoid parasites and diseases, and explains what vaccinations are necessary. The bibliography is excellent. Recommended for all libraries. George M. Jenks, Bucknell Univ., Lewisburg, PA Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments	vii
	Jungle Travel: An Introduction	ix
	Preparing for the Jungle
1	General Preparations	3
2	Medical Preparations	11
3	Gear	23
	Preparing Mentally for Your Journey
4	Cultural and Psychological Factors	41
5	Dynamics of Group Travel in Exotic Environments: Pitfalls and Personalities	55
6	Understanding Your Surroundings	65
	Thriving on the Trail
7	Coping with the Jungle Environment	73
8	Jungle Trekking	85
9	Camp Life	91
10	Hazards (Real and Imagined)	101
	Medical Concerns in the Tropics
11	Health Risrs to Travelers/Diarrhea/Malaria	123
12	Women in the Jungle	135
13	Traveling with Children in the Tropics	139
14	Infectious Diseases	145
15	Survival Strategies	157
	One Last Piece of Advice...	181
	References	183
	Index	193

Interesting textbook: MCTS or Crashing the Gate

How People Heal: Exploring the Scientific Basis of Subtle Energy in Healing

Author: Diane Goldner

For Diane Goldner, what began as an investigative story for The New York Times, became a four-year pilgrimage into the thriving yet controversial world of energy healing in America. Her report, How People Heal, serves as both an introduction to this world, and an engrossing narrative featuring in-depth portraits of healers Barbara Brennan and Rosalyn Bruyere. Goldner spent hours alongside these spiritual and savvy women witnessing their healing work, while casting a critical eye at the business side of their organizations.

How People Heal also introduces you to physicists mapping the effects of love and desire across time and space, nurses using therapeutic touch on hospital patients, and heart surgeons using energy medicine in the operating room. Most important, you'll meet Jonathan Kramer, Doris Dennard, Marilyn Schneider, and others like them, whose lives and life-threatening illnesses have been transformed by the work of energy healers.

How People Heal is the trade paper edition of the 1999 hardcover Infinite Grace: Where the Worlds of Science and Spiritual Healing Meet.

How People Heal takes you inside:

• schools and institutions training energy healers
• traditional hospitals and clinics integrating energy medicine into everyday practice
• labs measuring the effects of energy and consciousness on healing
• the hearts and minds of patients choosing to work with energy healers instead of conventional therapy

Cathedrals of the Flesh or Driving with Confidence

Cathedrals of the Flesh: My Search for the Perfect Bath

Author: Alexia Bru

People journey to Greece for the ruins, Turkey for the Aya Sophia, and Russia for St. Basil's, but Alexia Brue travels with a different itinerary: to visit the baths. At once deeply personal and highly informative, Cathedrals of the Flesh is the candid and playful account of one woman's determination to follow her passion.

New York Times Sunday Styles -

IN the annals of extreme travel writing, Alexia Brue's six-month journey through the public baths of Paris, Turkey, ancient Rome (by way of some diggings in Greece), Russia, Finland, Japan and East 10th Street, surely ranks as one of the weirdest dispatches. I think she has bred a new publishing hybrid, the beauty-travel memoir, Bruce Chatwin by way of Allure magazine.

Now 29, Ms. Brue was six years out of college when she had her epiphany. At a Turkish bath, or hammam, in Paris, she vowed fealty to her friend Marina, a deposed Kazakh princess with a keen eye for a belly stone (that's the tiled platform in the center of a steamroom), and hatched a plan to open an updated hammam back in Manhattan. Ms. Brue set off on a tour of bathing cultures -- the shvitzers, the soakers and the steamers -- meeting quaint and raffish local heroes, and cute guys, along the way.

With skin now as soft and porous as a well-poached pear, Ms. Brue got naked in Istanbul, St. Petersburg, Helsinki and Kyoto. She was soaped up to next Tuesday, scrubbed and scraped and pummeled and thwacked with branches. She got naked for an earlier version of her book's jacket, too; it showed a young woman so shockingly beautiful that you wouldn't believe a Belgian art dealer, a Turkish sailor, an American archaeologist and others let her get away.

It wasn't modesty that dictated the jacket change from a Sheila Metzner-style nude (the photo was by Brian Leighton) to an image of a bath in the Hotel Gellert in Budapest, but the publisher's wish to make the book more travelogue than memoir.

Back in Manhattan, Ms. Brue took stock of her journey and her well-washed, highly relaxed self, like the hero of a coming-of-age novel. ''My bath odyssey,'' she writes, ''instead of answering all my questions, left me with an entirely new and much longer set of questions.

''I no longer feel that I need to open a hammam to justify this trip or my existence. For me, it is about the baths, not about recreating the baths for New Yorkers.''

Her publisher notes that Ms. Brue is still looking for investors for the project.

The New Yorker

This entertaining picaresque chronicles the author's mostly naked reconnaissance of the world's public baths, from cavernous marble Turkish hamams and smoky Helsinki saunas to militantly hot Moscow banyas and a New York bathhouse of dubious hygiene. Between fierce scrubbings and whippings with birch twigs, Brue stealthily observes her fellow-bathers: jaded Russians (commenting on the decline of banyas one says, "Stalin very bad man, so bad banyas"), fleshy Brooklynites discussing linoleum, and Romanian strippers who refuse to take off their swimsuits at a Japanese hot spring. Brue's depiction of herself as a bumbling innocent abroad isn't entirely believable, but her approach to other cultures is refreshingly humble, and her devotion to the pleasures of bathing with strangers makes a seductive case for "skinship," in which, naked together in the same water, "you do away with all the normal social barriers in life."

Publishers Weekly

Originally undertaken as research for setting up a Turkish bath business in New York City, journalist Brue's project revealed that her cultural curiosity was greater than her entrepreneurial drive. At first, the book hews too closely to the genesis of Brue's endeavor as the opening chapters, about her initiation at various Parisian baths and her first forays in Turkey, are overshadowed by the urge to take notes for the business. But then there's a trip to Greece to visit ancient thermae-a fine excuse to meditate on the centrality of baths to classical culture-followed by an amusing stay in Russia, where skillful flogging at scorching banyas proves suffering can still be a cultivated art. It's then on to Finland and Japan, where it's clear this has become a cultural inquiry, not a business research project. Brue, who's bold enough to wander abroad speaking a bare handful of polite phrases, does get herself into the proverbial hot water on occasion-mistakenly stripping naked for a Japanese mixed sex bath, for example-but with humor and good attitude she manages to learn even from her faux pas. Her style is delightfully informal, packing in a lot of (admittedly esoteric) information, e.g., what's the physiological effect of birch twig beatings? "What sicko" invented the Japanese electric bath? And who knew how popular breast implants are with young Russian women, or that they have their pubic hair waxed down to a Mohawk? Better her than me, many readers may be muttering, but isn't that the point of armchair travel? (Jan.) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

The terms hamam, banya, sauna, sento, and shvitz are as exotic as many of the locations encountered in Brue's search for communal baths around the world. What began as an evening of dancing in a converted Parisian bathhouse soon became a compulsion for Brue, a journalist with credits from the New York Times Magazine, Vogue, and Spa Finder, as she and a friend researched bathing culture and fantasized about opening a Turkish hamam in New York. As she describes her travels from Paris to Istanbul, ancient Korinth, Greece, Russia, Finland, and Japan, Brue relates the serendipitous situations that enlivened her search, and she includes succinct history lessons and (less satisfying) ruminations on a faltering relationship. What makes her book worth reading is her genuine enthusiasm as well as detailed descriptions of the total experience, which range from the truly sublime to the sadly ridiculous. The book concludes with a helpful glossary and guide. The unique subject and lively writing make this a recommended purchase for most public libraries.-Janet Ross, formerly with Sparks Branch Lib., NV Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

The power of steam can only take one so far, and newcomer Brue's world tour of some fabled bathhouses runs out of gas somewhere outside of Moscow. Brue has a vague idea that it might be fun to open a bathhouse in New York: "I would set about writing the most tantalizing business plan ever to cross Ian Schrager's desk." In the spirit of getting it right for Mr. Schrager, she takes flight to Istanbul to start her research among the grand old dames of steamrooms, the hamam. Much to her disappointment, the sorority of public bathing, that special camaraderie that comes with sharing a private act in a public place, has been on the skids in Turkey since the days of Ataturk and the rush to modernity. An acquaintance tells her, "Turks don't go anymore, you know. Very unhygienic"—a mysterious comment clarified when Brue mentions being washed "with a mitt that smelled like Gorgonzola cheese." Onward she forges, to Greece and Russia and Finland, to Japan, to East 10th Street in New York City, sometimes getting into the swing of things ("everything so carnal and raw . . . a parade of humanity you'd never be able to assemble"), sometimes getting hung up on bathhouse etiquette or levels of immaculateness: "A foreign country . . . where public bathrooms were clean, sanitation was an obsession, and taking a sauna was the state religion. What wasn't there to smile about?" Well, for one thing, Brue's boyfriend, who makes an irrelevant appearance simply to let readers know that Brue is as soulful as the most Russian of banyas, yet still innocent: "something elemental was missing—a lump in my throat, an occasional bout of the shivers." So, too, her stabs at filling the blank spaces with travelogue, whichcome to grief: "The Blue Mosque's wealth of Iznik tiles—mostly blue, surprise, surprise." The experience here is something like taking a bath with Gidget.

Interesting textbook: Your Depression Map or The Natural Medicine Guide to Depression

Driving with Confidence: A Practical Guide to Driving with Low Vision

Author: David H Capi

Millions of people, in the US and other parts of the world, face the grim prospect of losing their driving privileges, their mobility, and to a great extent their freedom, due to a deterioration in their eyesight or a disabling eye disease.

Driving with Confidence is an empowering tool. Its message is simple: In many cases, people with low vision can and do receive, retain and safely exercise their driving privileges.

The book presents a clear, no-nonsense discussion on the realities of low vision conditions, together with a practical program designed to help low vision individuals maximize their chances of retaining and/or extending their driving privileges. It also provides a detailed description of driving vision regulations in every state in the US.

Site of interest: www.BiopticDriving.org which is a non profit group concerned with advocating the use of bioptics for driving.