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Complete Guide To Carb Counting
Hope Warshaw & Karmeen Kulkarni
American Diabetes Association.
1701 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311
1580402038 $16.95 www.diabetes.org
What foods make blood sugars rise, and how high? The answer is in the
amount of
carbs ingested, and Hope Warshaw and Karmeen Kulkarni's Complete Guide To
Carb
Counting provides basic tips on how to understand the carb counts of
everyday
foods. From strategies for eating out to carb counting for insulin pump
users
and recordkeeping forms, this provides a structured guide both diabetic
types
can readily understand the use.
No More Knee Pain
Dr. George Kessler & Colleen Kapklein
Berkeley Books
375 Hudson, New York NY 10014
0425194000 $24.95 www.penguin.com
In No More Knee Pain, women receive an excellent basic guide to natural
prevention and relief of knee pain with a 12-week program geared to
understanding the anatomy of the knee, common problems of the knee in
women,
and what takes a toll on the joints. From eating appropriately for knee
health
and using nutritional supplements to considering body mechanics, posture
correction and preventative knee exercises, osteopathic physician George
Kessler covers all the bases.
Mayo Clinic Guide To Women's Cancers
Lynn C. Hartmann, M.D.
Charles L. Loprinzi, M.D.
Mayo Clinic Health Information
Ceterplace 5, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905
www.MayoClinic.com
189300533X $34.95 1-800-430-9699
The collaborative effort of diverse experts in the Mayo Clinic Women's
Cancer
Program, Mayo Clinic Guide To Women's Cancers is a thorough, in-depth
reference
for the lay reader who needs to know the latest information about
female-specific types of cancer. Sections cover breast cancer, including
the
latest discoveries of genetic research, other gynecological cancers
including
those of the ovaries, cervix, vagina, vulva, and other parts of the female
reproductive system, practical advice for living with the day-to-day
physical
and emotional stresses of cancer and its treatment, and much more. The
text is
highly accessible to the lay reader, presenting medical concepts in plain
terms
and offering readily followed advice. Highly recommended.
Omnigraphics
2050 Elmweood Avenue, Sharon Hills, PA 19079
$78.00 Each 1-800-234-1340
Three new titles in the Omnigraphics 'Health Reference Series' provide
im****tant reference overviews for any in-depth health library collection,
and
are highly recommended picks. Dawn Matthews edits Child Abuse Sourcebook
(0780807-057), which appears in a first edition to consider basic consumer
health information about the physical, ***ual and emotional neglect of
children. From withholding medical care to child malpractice situations,
Child
Abuse Sourcebook is packed with insights on all kinds of issues, from
foster
care and adoption to parenting and abuse prevention. Matthews also edits
Domestic Violence Sourcebook (078080-6697), which appears in its second
edition
to consider the causes and results of abusive relation****ps. Facts about
domestic violence in different populations, medical care, and more are all
updated in this renewed resource. Karen Bellenir edits Infectious Diseases
Sourcebook (0780806-751), appearing for the first time as an especially
highly
recommended survey of consumer health issues. Chapters discuss contagious
and
non-contagious bacterial, viral and fungal spreads, analyze science and
health
issues, and provide the latest info on treatments and transmission, not
neglecting the possibilities of bioterrorism. All are excellent
college-level
references.
The Obesity Myth
Paul Campos
Gotham Books
375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014
1592400663 $25.00 www.penguin.com
Chronic adult and juvenile obesity is a major health crisis according to
both
government studies and weight loss industry officials –- or is it? Paul
Campos leads a backlash against 'weight hysteria' and its dangerous
consequences with The Obesity Myth, showing how the public is constantly
misinformed about the medical significance of weight, and why dieting is
actually bad for health. An intriguing counter-argument to modern thinking
evolves.
Plagues And Poxes
Alfred Jay Bollett, MD
Demos Medical Publi****ng
386 Park Avenue S. #201, NY, NY 10016
188879979X $29.95 demosmedpub.com
The impact of human history on epidemic disease is related in Dr.
Bollett's
Plagues And Poxes, an excellent medical-based survey which charts the rise
and
changing of disease patterns throughout human history. From key events
which
sparked changes and people involved in them to how inflections diseases
have
been stopped, Plagues And Poxes provides both a case history and a social
analysis, written by a medical doctor who has been a member of many
prestigious
medical history societies.
Plague
Wendy Orent
The Free Press
1230 Avenue of Americas, NY, NY 10020
0743236858 $25.00 www.simonsays.com
Plague is the world's most dangerous bacterial disease, a frightening
bioterrorist threat to the world, and yet largely misunderstood by the
general
public: enter Wendy Orent's Plague: The Mysterious Past And Terrifying
Future
Of The World's Most Dangerous Disease, which uses the science journalist's
background to easily explain the history and function of the plague germ
to lay
audiences. From the labs of the former Soviet Union where Russian
scientists
worked on engineering strains of plague to be vaccine-resistant to other
threats of plague's potential as a bioweapon, Plague is a hard-hitting
discussion with social and political ramifications for international
public
health decisions.
Dreamwalk
Rachael Clearwater
Book Partners, Inc.
PO Box 68, Newberg, Oregon 97132
1581511035 $15.00 www.amazon.com
Dreamwalk: A Survivor's Journey Through Breast Cancer is the personal
memoir of
Rachael Clearwater, a woman diagnosed with breast cancer at age 48. Rachel
underwent two mastectomies, and has since dedicated herself to easing the
path
of cancer patients. The challenge of living daily with a biological time
bomb,
sojourning through difficult times, the crucial sup****t of friends and
family
and the difficult choices that take their toll, as well as wisdom borne of
20/20 hindsight, fill this powerful testimony. An inspirational tale of
dedication and courage.
Haworth Press
10 Alice St., Binghamton NY 13904-1580
www.haworthpressinc.com
Well over a hundred sixty herbal products and over three hundred clinical
studies on them are packed into a weighty two-volume reference with
Marilyn
Barrett, Ph.D.'s The Handbook Of Clinically Tested Herbal Remedies V. 1
And 2
(078-9010682 $159.95), recommended highly for college-level libraries.
Trial
designs, bibliographic references, drug-herb interactions, and botanical
summaries and pharmacopoeial monograph contents are packed into these
descriptions of clinically tested herbal remedies, with an A-Z
organization by
herb name making for an excellent quick look-up. Most herbal guides are
for lay
readers and provide only abbreviated, light coverage of study results:
this
packs in valuable details for both providers and patients, describing the
quality and processes of evidence gathering, grading and review as much as
the
results, making it especially recommended for serious medical libraries.
Dennis
Worthen's Dictionary Of Pharmacy (0789023288, $39.95) is the only
English-language reference to provide a comprehensive list of terms of
im****tance to pharmacy students, educators, and practitioners alike. Here
are
the pharmacy abbreviations, Latin terms, practice standards, tables and
ethical
codes pharmacists use daily, along with lists of professional
associations,
organizations and colleges of pharmacy in the US and Canada. Jonathan
Erlen,
Ph.D. and Joseph Spillane, Ph.D. edit Federal Drug Control: The Evolution
Of
Policy And Practice (0787918926, $29.95), providing fresh insights into
federal
regulation processes and involvement in drug processes. The history of
cocaine
and marijuana use in the 20th century is presented along with the federal
government's attempts to limit the pharmacy profession's control over
prescription drugs, and the Narcotic Control and other acts. An excellent
survey of legal processes in drug regulation in this country.
What Nurses Know And Doctors Don't Have Time To Tell You
Patricia Carroll, RN
Perigee Books
375 Hudson, New York NY 10014
0399529578 $14.95 www.penguin.com
From addressing everyday health problems and minor injuries to healing
faster
and managing chronic conditions effectively, What Nurses Know And Doctors
Don't
Have Time To Tell You provides fast, easy answers to common health-care
questions nurses hear most often. Nurse Patricia Carroll has more than 20
years
experience as an RN and ER nurse: she's chosen the most common patient
questions and provides treatment plans and solutions for patients and
families
alike.
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