The Family Recovery Guide: A Map for Healthy Health

The Family Recovery Guide: A Map for Healthy Health Review

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When a Family Member Has Dementia: Steps to Becoming a Resilient Caregiver

When a Family Member Has Dementia: Steps to Becoming a Resilient Caregiver Review

Caring for a person with dementia is a difficult and often- overwhelming task. In addition to the inevitable decline in memory and physical function, most persons with dementia develop one or more troublesome behavior problems, such as depression, fearfulness, sleep disturbances, paranoia, or physical aggression at some point in their disease. Behavioral challenges in dementia are highly idiosyncratic. No two patients are alike, and interventions that work well with one person are often ineffective with another. Caregivers often become stuck: either unable to figure out how best to help their loved one, or unable to consistently implement positive practices they know would improve their situation. This book offers caregivers a set of practical and flexible tools to enable them become more resilient in the face of difficulty and change.

McCurry teaches caregivers how to take advantage of their own creativity and inner resources to develop strategies that will work in their unique situations. She presents her set of five core principles and then brings them to life through vignettes. Anyone who lives, works, or comes in contact with a person who has dementia will benefit from this volume.

Health and Wellness Journal Workbook, Third Edition

Health and Wellness Journal Workbook, Third Edition Review

The Health and Wellness Journal Workbook is a compilation of over 75 thought-provoking and soul-searching health and wellness exercises that can be used as a supplement in any health and wellness course. Each exercise provides some background information and then asks readers to reflect by responding to specific questions related to each theme. This workbook integrates all the dimensions of wellness-balancing emotional, social, and spiritual health for total well-being and self-responsibility.

Family and HIV Today

Family and HIV Today Review

AIDS is not solely a medical issue but also has profound implications for social and family relationships. Traditionally when a person is ill, the family is seen to provide emotional, practical and social support. Experience has shown, however, that AIDS disrupts this conventional pattern of support. On the one hand AIDS, like any other serious illness, affects family members both from day to day and in the long term. What distinguishes AIDS from so many other illnesses is the associated social stigma and the fact that HIV may be transmissible, or may have been transmitted, within a relationship. Most psychological and social research has concentrated on the impact of AIDS on individuals. Only recently has attention turned to the effect of AIDS on the family. This is the first book to address AIDS in the family and draws on the work of experienced researchers and practitioners from around the world. It is most fitting that the book should first be published in 1994, the United Nations International Year of the Family. Recognizing the role of the family may mark a change in emphasis in future social research and policy in relation to HIV and AIDS.

Perfect Weight (Perfect Health Library)

Perfect Weight (Perfect Health Library) Review

Originally published in 1994 as PERFECT WEIGHT, a self- help guide to weight maintenance. Part of the PERFECT HEALTH LIBRARY series, it advocates the use of the mind and body approach to eliminate food cravings and compulsive eating habits.

Action Plan for High Blood Pressure (Action Plan for Health)

Action Plan for High Blood Pressure (Action Plan for Health) Review

Lower blood pressure, boost energy, and reduce or eliminate the need for medication with Action Plan for High Blood Pressure. Based on proven research, this exercise-based plan will help you take control of your diet and your health.

Learn the best exercises for controlling blood pressure; correct exercise technique; and how diet, medication, and exercise interact to affect blood pressure. Use one of the sample programs provided or tailor a program to your own needs with workouts to gain strength, flexibility, and stamina.

Developed in conjunction with the American College of Sports Medicine, Action Plan for High Blood Pressure is the healthy way to manage hypertension. Take action now to feel and function better, and add quality years to your life.

Fresh Medicine: How to Fix Reform and Build a Sustainable Health Care System

Fresh Medicine: How to Fix Reform and Build a Sustainable Health Care System Review

Last spring, after congress passed sweeping legislation to reform our nation’s health care system, the editorial board of the New York Times wrote: “Just as Social Security grew from a modest start in 1935 to become a bedrock of the nation’s retirement system, this is a start on health care reform, not the end . . . The process has finally begun.” One of the key voices in that process will be Philip Bredesen, who served as governor of Tennessee from 2003-2011. In Fresh Medicine—the first book to address this reform—Bredesen delivers a concise, intelligent analysis of what the reform is, how it is flawed and why we have to fix it.

Bredesen begins by exploring the problems with the new reform. Congress and the Obama Administration have added over 30 million more people into an obsolete broken system and done little to address the underlying problems, he argues. Bredesen then looks back and explains how the system evolved over the past century from the local doctor making house calls to today’s sprawling insurance model. Although health insurance started out as real insurance to cover hospitalization, Bredesen argues that what it pays for today is vastly different: drugs, doctor visits, and the treatment of chronic disease that extends over many years.

American health care, Bredesen asserts, needs to be reset on a new foundation, one step at a time. Without dealing with the tough problems—cost, sustainability, and quality—true reform will be elusive. Basic health care should be a universal right for all Americans, regardless of a person’s age, income, condition or where he or she lives. Based on a Social Security model in which an individual pays a small portion of his taxes into a trust, this new fund system, if managed responsibly, will guarantee a solid financial foundation for health care for generations to come. Moreover, Americans simply pay too much for health care, and so costs must be reduced by reintroducing the economic tension between buyers and sellers that makes the marketplace work. And finally, the quality of care must be improved by creating a comprehensive and accepted set of practice standards for all physicians to follow.

Governor Bredesen is uniquely qualified to contribute to this crucial debate. Before spending almost two decades in public service, during which time he overhauled an out-of-control Medicaid system that threatened to bankrupt his state, Bredesen was the founder and CEO of a managed-care company that he built from his kitchen table and ultimately took public.

In Fresh Medicine, Bredesen harnesses thirty years of experience to offer a bold, nonpartisan, and definitive take on what is wrong with health care in America, how it got there, and how we can fix it.

Mortal Peril: Our Inalienable Right to Health Care?

Mortal Peril: Our Inalienable Right to Health Care? Review

A leading scholar argues provocatively against universal health care, and provides a set of principles for a sharply restricted government role in medicine

Most Americans assume that universal access to health care is a desirable and humane political goal. Not so, says distinguished legal scholar Richard Epstein. In this seminal work, he explodes the unspoken assumption that a government-administered, universal health-care system would be a boon to America. Basing his argument in our common law traditions that limit the collective responsibility for an individual's welfare, he provides a political and economic analysis which suggests that unregulated provision of health care will, in the long run, guarantee greater access to quality medical care for more people. He also authoritatively documents the ways in which government regulation has actually reduced the availability of organs for vitally needed transplants, and has interfered with a sensible policy toward euthanasia.

Life Matters: Creating a dynamic balance of work, family, time, & money

Life Matters: Creating a dynamic balance of work, family, time, & money Review

“This book is a great read, especially if you have a family, where balance in life is paramount!”
—Larry King, host of “Larry King Live”

“. . . a gold mine of practical, achievable ideas that will really make a difference.”
--Ken Blanchard, coauthor, The One Minute Manager®

“Profound knowledge is literally what this book is. In fact, what I would say is ‘profound wisdom,’ because it interweaves timeless, universal, self-evident principles into all of the knowledge that is given.”
--from the Foreword by Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

In this highly acclaimed book, A. Roger Merrill and Rebecca Merrill show you how to navigate the critical relationships between time and money, work and family, to create a harmonious, success-enhancing dynamic between each.

Families, Health, and Illness

Families, Health, and Illness Review

This new text explores the intricate relationships between health, illness, and families and the nurses's integral role in this system. Designed to help the nurse understand the development of families' varied responses to illness stressors, the book presents practical interventions needed to prevent and decrease stress during illness. Content focuses on the family as the essential resource in the treatment of illness and the promotion of wellness. This text utilizes both a classic framework and an original model created by the authors.

The Future of Medicine: Megatrends in Health Care That Will Improve Your Quality of Life

The Future of Medicine: Megatrends in Health Care That Will Improve Your Quality of Life Review

Medicine is undergoing a group of interrelated revolutions that are dramatically changing how health care will be administered. These megatrends are occurring in areas that include genomics, imaging, pharmaceuticals, the operating room, and alternative and complementary medicine. Unfortunately, those who stand to benefit the most-the general public-have been in the dark, lacking information in a language they can understand. In The Future of Medicine, you discover not only what is happening but also the implications of the changes and how they benefit you and your family.

The Future of Medicine is the first and only book that introduces a lay audience to the megatrends transforming medical care. Dr. Stephen Schimpff comprehensively addresses the issues of health care by combining scientific fact, personal stories, and the insight of a physician/executive/consultant with vast experience in implementing new medical advances. In an accessible writing style, Dr. Schimpff is honest about what tools, techniques, and treatments are making a difference and those that are not working-at least, not yet.

The Future of Medicine gives you an insider's look at the amazing revolutions in medicine now underway, including

• Vaccines that prevent cancer and chronic disease;
• Surgery simulation and robots in the operating room;
• Smaller, more powerful medical devices that help your heart beat, relieve depression, replace organs, and more.

Understand how to take advantage of the benefits these megatrends offer in The Future of Medicine.

Eat to Win for Permanent Fat Loss: The Revolutionary Fat-Burning Diet for Peak Mental and Physical Performance and Optimum Health

Eat to Win for Permanent Fat Loss: The Revolutionary Fat-Burning Diet for Peak Mental and Physical Performance and Optimum Health Review

In the 1980s, Robert Haas fueled a diet revolution with his number one bestseller Eat to Win. Now, with Eat to Win for Permanent Fat Loss, he shows you not only how to lose weight and dramatically improve your performance in all areas of life, but also how to keep the fat off--forever.

Based on cutting-edge research on how and why our bodies use carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, Haas created a "Mediterrasian" diet that combines the best and healthiest aspects of diets from the regions where people live the longest. His approach features a ratio of 50 percent carbohydrates, which includes grains, fruits, and vegetables; 25 percent protein; and 25 percent fat. Haas also provides the specific reasons why this is the ultimate ratio for maximum energy, fitness, and permanent fat loss.

Eat to Win for Permanent Fat Loss offers a remarkably flexible, healthy food plan that encourages both the use of the new "functional" foods, such as tofu hot dogs and soy-chicken nuggets, and treats that most diet plans forbid entirely, such as chocolate, wine, and coffee. In fact, Haas tells you why enjoying chocolate and coffee every day could actually make you healthier, providing both satisfaction and valuable phytonutrients that prevent illness. It's the kind of eating plan that works for the entire family.

As for exercise, Haas's recommendation is just as simple: Burn a minimum of 300 calories--the equivalent of 45 minutes of walking--throughout the day, through any activity you choose. Haas’s combined diet and exercise program changes lives.

The Five Minute Health Advisor

The Five Minute Health Advisor Review

How to diagnose a condition, treatment options, recommended medications, means of follow-up, and standard insurance billing codes. easy to understand

Fat Wars: 45 days to transform your body (For Dummies (Health & Fitness))

Fat Wars: 45 days to transform your body (For Dummies (Health & Fitness)) Review

Fat Wars: 45 days to transform your body (For Dummies (Health & Fitness)) Feature

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Yes, it's you against your 30 billion fat cells! They stay with you forever and can expand to store as much fat asyou choose to stash in them. Fat Wars: 45 Days to Transform Your Body isn't another diet book. Instead, it's the book that will tell you how your body works: how it makes energy, how it stores fuel (fat), how it moves fat around and how to get it to burn that fat instead of putting it into storage. Then Fat Wars will tell you how to take that knowledge to craft an eating and activity plan that will work for you. Instead of engaging in endless losing battles with your wily fat cells, find out what makes them tick. Then plan to live in harmony with your body and look forward to a leaner, fitter, and healthier you in 45 days!

Going Against the Grain: How Reducing and Avoiding Grains Can Revitalize Your Health

Going Against the Grain: How Reducing and Avoiding Grains Can Revitalize Your Health Review

Diets high in grains can lead to a host of health problems such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease, fatigue, and more. Going Against the Grain outlines the disadvantages and potential dangers of eating various types of grains and provides practical, realistic advice on implementing a plan to cut back or eliminate grains on a daily basis. This book also includes easy-to-follow grain-free recipes and helpful suggestions for dining out.

Blessed Health: The African-American Woman's Guide to Physical and Spiritual Well-being

Blessed Health: The African-American Woman's Guide to Physical and Spiritual Well-being Review

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Blessed Health offers African-American women the medical information and inspirational motivation they need to achieve total health -- a healthy mind, body, and spirit.

Many black women will go to church all day every Sunday but won't take one day out of the year to get a Pap test and mammogram done. Yet that yearly doctor's visit could help save lives. Often the first people to pray when a serious illness strikes, black women may be the last to seek timely medical care. As a result, they are suffering with, and dying from, manageable illnesses such as heart disease, obesity, cancer, and diabetes more than any other group in the United States.

It doesn't have to be that way. Don't wait until a health emergency happens before turning to your faith and your physician. You can achieve optimal health by arming yourself with medical knowledge and a strong spiritual base. Research has proven that a well-nurtured spiritual self can help to replenish, rejuvenate, and safeguard your physical self.

Written by a prominent African-American OB/GYN and a highly respected journalist, Blessed Health is a personal health and spirituality guide for every stage of a black woman's life. Included here is important information on:

• How your body works, and what can be done to prevent or help solve common health problems, including pelvic infections and fibroid tumors

• How to find a doctor that ministers to your physical and emotional needs

• How to successfully cope with illness, from a faith perspective

• How spiritual wisdom and prayer can decrease the harmful effects of stress

• How best to take care of your breasts and reproductive organs, and decrease your risk of heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and cancer

and much, much more, including the latest on managing menopause.

Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics

Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics Review

As David Kelly writes, "Catholic moral theology has not been completely constant over the centuries; it has learned and developed". "In Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics" he demonstrates how Catholic health care ethics can - and should - evolve similarly in response to the lightning speed of modern medical advances. Kelly draws on and analyzes the Catholic tradition of medical ethics - but he does not shy away from criticizing it as well, giving health care professionals, hospital ethics committees, and students a fresh treatment of Catholic health care ethics emphasizing theology, methodology, and application. First discussing the Catholic understanding of the human person, Kelly proposes a Catholic Christian approach to the meaning of human life as it applies specifically to health care. He includes a brief history of the relationship between religion and medicine, and makes strong claims about how theology ought and ought not to be applied in health care ethics. Drawing from the terminology and approaches used by secular bioethics, he suggests how a Catholic perspective on health care can utilize certain secular moral-philosophical positions, even as they apply to the issues of birth control, and end-of life concerns. As practitioners, patients, and families face the difficult decision to continue or stop treatment for dying patients, Kelly compassionately, but practically, explores their concerns in light of American law and ethics. Finally, he provides measured insight on pain management, hospital ethics committees, stem cell research, genetic engineering, and allocation of health care resources. "Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics" is informed, challenging, articulate, and bold - bringing to the extremely important field of Catholic health care ethics a much-needed and welcome voice, unafraid to speak to the most difficult issues of the 21st century.