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Older, faster, stronger: what women runners can teach us all about living younger, longer
Par Margaret Webb. 2014
The author recounts the year-long project she began at age fifty: to run herself into the best shape of her…
life. This included research, choosing mentors, and training, and culminated in a half-marathon at the World Masters Games in Italy, competing against the fittest fifty-year-old runners in the world. 2014The gene therapy plan: taking control of your genetic destiny with diet and lifestyle
Par Mitchell L. Gaynor. 2015
An integrative medicine pioneer presents his plan for tweaking one's genetic destiny and targeting diseases by eating specific foods for…
each situation and adopting other lifestyle changes. Includes recipes using gene-therapy foods and illustrates his points with the success stories of patients suffering from a variety of ailments. 2015This companion to The Blue Zones (DB 75844) focuses on the eating habits of five areas of the world with…
a high percentage of long-living inhabitants. Advises how to best incorporate these eating styles individually or community-wide. Lists forty-four "Blue Zone" foods and includes recipes. 2015Goddesses never age: the secret prescription for radiance, vitality, and well-being
Par Christiane Northrup. 2015
Ob/gyn doctor and author of health books, including The Wisdom of Menopause (DB 51760), uses personal stories and research to…
prescribe a multi-faceted program for ageless living. Wide-ranging topics include food choices, sexuality, movement, grief, rage, and a holistic approach to wellness. 2015The hormone reset diet: heal your metabolism to lose up to 15 pounds in 21 days
Par Sara Gottfried. 2015
Gynecologist explains how female weight gain is the result of misfires involving seven metabolic hormones--estrogen, insulin, leptin, cortisol, thyroid, growth…
hormone, and testosterone. She outlines her three-week program of three-day bursts that address each of these hormones in turn through dietary changes. 2015The new health rules: simple changes to achieve whole-body wellness
Par Frank Lipman, Danielle Claro. 2014
An M.D. and a yogi, both health writers, offer paragraph-long suggestions on improving health, organized by categories of eating, moving,…
boosting, healing, and living. Examples include: work standing up; embrace the neti pot; and buy dark leafy greens, cruciferous veggies, avocados, blueberries, eggs, and walnuts every week. 2014Aging backwards: reverse the aging process and look 10 years younger in 30 minutes a day
Par Miranda Esmonde-White. 2014
Known for her long-running public television fitness show Classical Stretch, former professional ballet dancer Esmonde-White presents the technique she developed…
called Essentrics--routines that work each of the body's six hundred and twenty muscles. She explains how this differs from other types of exercising and how it prevents muscle atrophy. 2014Success through stillness: meditation made simple
Par Russell Simmons, Chris Morrow. 2014
Entrepreneur and author of Do You! (DB 65065), who believes the most fundamental key to success is meditation, explains how…
to use stillness as a powerful tool to access potential. Illustrates the connection between inner peace and outward success through interviews with successful leaders in various industries. 2014Salvando vidas: cambia tus hábitos, cambia tu vida
Par José Fernandez, José Fernández. 2013
Get up!: why your chair is killing you and what you can do about it
Par James A. Levine. 2014
The director of the Mayo Clinic/Arizona State University Obesity Solutions Initiative explains his research on the physical and mental consequences…
that arise from the growing number of hours individuals spend sitting--at work, at home, and commuting. He offers advice on reversing this negative trend. 2014Lean on me: ten powerful steps to moving beyond your diagnosis and taking back your life
Par Kathryn Lynn Davis, Nancy Davis. 2007
The author describes a doctor telling her at age thirty-three that she had multiple sclerosis and there was nothing she…
could do. To provide others with tools for dealing with their own chronic illness, she details the steps she used to take charge of her health. 2006Diabetic retinopathy: from diagnosis to treatment
Par Homayoun Tabandeh, David S. Boyer. 2014
Retina specialists and authors of Macular Degeneration (DB 74495) describe diabetic retinopathy, a potential problem for people with diabetes. Discuss…
its development, treatment options and ways to slow its progress, and lifestyle changes that lead to better glucose control. Offer advice on coping with visual impairment. 2014A short guide to a long life
Par David B. Agus, David Agus. 2014
Cancer researcher distills his book The End of Illness (DB 74306) into a concise collection of tips for healthy living.…
Recommends a diet of nonprocessed seasonal foods and a daily fitness routine to maintain weight and manage stress. Bestseller. 2014The Mayo Clinic guide to stress-free living
Par Mayo Clinic, Amit Sood, Mayo Clinic. 2013
Sood, the chair of the Mind Body Medicine Initiative at the Mayo Clinic, draws on brain research to develop techniques…
for reducing stress. Discusses practical tips for starting a personal mind-body practice that will promote present-moment awareness, gratitude, compassion, meaning, and forgiveness. 2013The Merck manual go-to home guide for symptoms
Par Robert S. Porter. 2013
Home version of the professional medical manual describes more than one hundred common symptoms and their possible causes, when to…
see a doctor or go to the emergency room, and common medical tests. 2013Moonlight sonata at the Mayo Clinic
Par Nora Gallagher. 2013
Middle-aged essayist describes the two years from 2009 to 2011 that she spent in the "land of the sick," searching…
for a diagnosis and treatment for her inflamed optic nerve. Also describes her spiritual disorientation in this companion to Things Seen and Unseen (DB 49806). 2013Full catastrophe living: using the wisdom of your body and mind to face stress, pain, and illness
Par Thich Nhat Hanh, Jon Kabat-Zinn. 2009
Founding director of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center describes the philosophy of mindfulness meditation…
developed there and the ways he believes it can improve physical and mental health. 1990Second suns: two doctors and their amazing quest to restore sight and save lives
Par David Oliver Relin. 2013
The late coauthor of Three Cups of Tea (DB 64285) describes following ophthalmologists Geoffrey Tabin and Sanduk Ruit as they…
performed eye surgeries in rural Nepal. Discusses the 1995 founding of the Himalayan Cataract Project to prevent blindness in the Third World. 2013Stronger after stroke: your roadmap to recovery
Par Peter G. Levine. 2013
Levine, a researcher specializing in stroke recovery and rehabilitation, incorporates insights from neuroscience, psychiatry, and psychology into practical, easy-to-follow instructions…
for improving stroke recovery. Covers concepts such as task-specific practice, setting goals, and measuring recovery. 2013La guía de buena salud sobre la artritis y tu vida (Buena Salud Guides)
Par Jane L. Delgado. 2012
La presidenta de la Alianza Nacional para la Salud de los Hispanos presenta información y consejos para el tratamiento de…
la artritis . Cubre las variedades de esta enfermedad inflamatoria, los cambios de estilo de vida útiles, y una programa de diez puntos para promover la salud. Incluye una lista de recursos. Con una introducción por el Dr. John H. Klippel