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Living with Multiple Sclerosis: A Wellness Approach

This brand-new second edition incorporates many of the most recent developments in MS management and adds new material that reflects the explosion of new management strategies for MS and its new status as a treatable disease, and new concepts of "wellness" that are of general application as well as useful in managing chronic disease. With a broad base of topics, this guide systematically shows you how to live optimally with this neurologic disease. It offers advice on how to take control of your life in order to maximize your health. The book not only addresses the diverse choices for wellness, but also pinpoints the ramifications of various behaviors and activities. You'll find answers to the most commonly asked questions about living with multiple sclerosis, including causes and course symptom management wellness management emotional health disease treatments alternative therapies and social aspects. The authors suggest some avenues for optimizing your health through exercise, nutrition, and stress management. This excellent resource provides all of the guidelines you need to start developing your own individualized wellness program.

Ego States: Theory and Therapy

Describes techniques of brief hypnoanalysis that the authors have developed based largely on the psychoanalytic ego psychology of Paul Federn.

The Medicine Show: Consumer Union's Practical Guide to some Everyday Health Problems and Health Products

Medical advice on common health problems, facts about popular brand-name remedies, advice on buying prescription drugs, choosing a doctor and a hospital, what to have (and not have) in your medicine cabinet

Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple (3rd Edition)

The Double Edged Helix: Social Implications of Genetics in a Diverse Society

The authors address the medical and ethical implications of the new technologies, outlining potential positive and negative effects of genetic research on minorities, people with disabilities, and those of diverse sexual orientations. Presenting a wide array of perspectives, this book emphasizes the need to ensure that research into genetics does not result in discrimination against people on the basis of their DNA.

The Two-In-One: Walking With Smokie, Walking With Blindness

When Rod Michalko's sight finally became so limited that he no longer felt safe on busy city streets, he began to search for a guide.

Are You Poisoning Your Pets?

Are You Poisoning Your Pets delves into the many issues that can arise for our animals with the commonly used products on the market today for cleaning, household repair, even for how we approach fleas and other pests-- a must read if you want to keep your pet healthy and happy for years to come.

Charting your Course: A Life-Long Guide to Health and Compassion

Although this is a textbook written for young people, its applications are much broader: the person thinking about career change; the young parent; the new grandparent; the spiritual leader/planner. "Charting Your Course is based on Seven Health Principles. Each principle identifies a vital area of life and presents a healthy orientation toward that area. The seven areas are attitude, personal values, holistic health, relationships, community, the natural world, and service to others."

Some Choice: Law, Medicine, and the Market

The authors goal is to help open a deep and democratic dialogue on health and human rights that trancends slogans and chants, and can lead to local, national, and international cooperation to define, protect, and promote both health and human rights.

Lupus The Facts

This easy-to-read book explains Lupus. How does Lupus affect people? What can be done if someone develops lupus?

Marketing Social Change. Changing Behavior to Promote Health, Social Development, and the Environment

Applies marketing techniques to social issues.

Fertility, Cycles and Nutrition

How your diet affects your menstrual cycles and fertility.

Natural Cures "They" Don't want You To Know About

Alternative medicine.

Coping with Endometriosis

Sound, Compassionate Advice for Alleviating the Physical and Emotional Symptoms of This Frequently Misunderstood Illness

Community Health Education

Text for community health education

Living Well with Parkinson's

Practical suggestions for everyday living, nutrition, exercise, attitude, dealing with doctors, medications, therapies, support grou Oneps, organizations in the US and Canada. One of the authors has Parkinson's and tells of her own experiences. No profanity or violence. No explicit sexual words.

Physiology of Sport and Exercise

How does your body respond to the high physiological demands of physical activity/

Kinesiology: Scientific Basis of Human Motion

the science of movement

Homeopathic Care for Cats and Dogs: Small Doses for Small Animals

"In his book, (Dr Hamilton) carefully and clearly lays down the essential knowledge needed to use homeopathy successfully. To read this book is to prepare you to help your animal with the many day-to-day vicissitudes of life... take some time, read this book carefully, and learn of one of the greatest discoveries in the history of medicine. We are fortunate to have a healer of Dr Hamilton's stature take us on this Journey." Richard Pitcairn, DVM, PHD.

Tourette's Syndrome: The Facts

Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome (or Tourettes syndrome) is an inherited neuropsychiatric disorder affecting five people inn every 10,000. It is characterized by multiple verbal and motor tic, which occur in bouts many times each day. These can be mild in some cases, but can reach a disabling extent in some sufferers, and can include some upsetting and anti-social behavior, such as involuntary swearing and obscene gestures in others. This book, written by a physiologist and a psychiatrist, who have been researching Tourette's syndrome for many years, explains the causes of the syndrome, how it is diagnosed, and the ways in which it can be treated. It includes a section providing clear answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about the disorder and another chapter devoted to coping strategies for close relatives of people diagnosed as having Tourette's syndrome.

In the Shadow of Illness

What is it like to live with a child who has a chronic, life-threatening disease? What impact does the illness have on well siblings in the family? The author suggests that understanding the impact of the illness lies not in the identifying deficiencies in the lives of those affected, but in appreciating how family members carry on with their lives in the face of the disease's intrusion. She looks at how parents adjust their priorities and their idea of what constitutes a normal life, how they try to balance the needs of other family members while caring for the ill child, and how they see the future. Since the issues raised are not unique to cystic fibrosis but are common to other chronic and life-threatening illnesses, this book will be of interst to all who study, care for, or live with the seriously ill.

Canine Epilepsy: An Owner's Guide to Living With and Without Seizures

This canine Epilepsy guide helps you to not only understand what this disease entails but also the kinds of things that can help your dog gain control- including medical issues or treatments that can make the situation worse. A must read for anyone dealing with seizures in their dog.

Keep Your Dog Healthy the Natural Way

Millions of people who use holistic techniques on themselves are now discovering they can apply these same powerful practices to their canine companions for a longer, healthier life.

Weimar Institute's NEWSTART® Lifestyle Cookbook: More Than 260 Heart-Healthy Recipes Featuring Whole Plant Foods

MORE THAN 260 HEART-HEALTHY RECIPES FEATURING WHOLE PLANT, FOODS

Dictionary of Eye Terminology, 4th Edition

This comprehensive reference has been written for the purpose of making ophthalmological terminology comprehensible to the person without a scientific background.