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Combining an amusing,
light-hearted tone (the
tone which, research
shows, men tend to use
when discussing health)
with a style well-known
to all men from their
car, computer or iPod
manuals, this book takes
an integrated approach
seeing male health not as
a special subject but as
something that is central
to how men live today.
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Have you ever seen
pictures of your
favourite celebrities and
thought 'I wish I could
look that good'? This
guide helps you to be
fitter, healthier,
slimmer you. Through meal
planning, step-by-step
exercises and positive
thinking, it shows how
you too can get the body
you've always wanted.
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Brings together the Swiss
exercise ball and the
concept of a workout for
all the muscles of the
body core. The workouts,
which use dumbbells or
ankle weights to tone
muscles and promote
weight loss, also build
better coordination,
improve posture and
equalize the tensions
that cause stiffness and
back pain.
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A guide to getting fit,
looking good, and
staying healthy while
bearing and caring for
your children. Focusing
on the physical,
emotional, and practical
needs of mothers, it
offers women - whether
thinking about getting
pregnant, already
pregnant, just ha
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Takes a look at how women
can take care of their
own hearts via
prevention. The risk
factors for heart disease
are known - obesity,
smoking, lack of
exercise, poor diet,
family history, and
others - and most can be
tackled. This book also
gives the facts about
healthy hearts, explain
how the heart works and
describe advances in
coronary care.
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For the past nine years,
corrective exercise
specialist Anthony Carey
has helped people relieve
pain and regain mobility
using a unique series of
whole-body exercises.
Now, Carey shares his
proven approach,
offering customized
routines to alleviate
pain, address underlying
causes, and improve
function, fitness, and
physical appearance.
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Gluten intolerance is
poorly understood by
doctors and frequently
misdiagnosed, for
example as irritable
bowel disorder. This book
gives clear information
on both coeliac disease
and gluten intolerance,
explains how they differ
from other digestive
disorders, and looks at
possible treatments as
well as self-help
measures.
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Presents the tools to
manage Type 2 Diabetes.
This book provides
information on how simple
lifestyle changes can
vastly improve health and
how to monitor and treat
diabetes with medication.
It informs that by
choosing a healthy eating
and exercise plan you can
possibly avoid
medication, and handle
diabetes in everyday
life.
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
can be debilitating,
with wildly fluctuating
symptoms of intense
fatigue and other
symptoms. In relatively
smoother times, the
temptation is to do too
much, which inevitably
leads to yet more
fatigue. This book
explains clearly how to
get off the
roller-coaster, why you
need to pace yourself,
and how to conserve your
energy
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A guide for the more than
4 million women each year
who experience abnormal
Pap smears. It discusses
the relationship of
cervical cancer to
infection by the sexually
transmitted human
papillomavirus (HPV) and
underscores how crucial
Pap smears are for
cervical cancer
prevention. It also
covers the meaning of
different Pap-smear
diagnoses.
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Taking a holistic
approach to weight loss
and health that begins by
focusing on the whole
inner you, this book
invites you to see
yourself as a whole
person - physically,
emotionally, mentally
and spiritually, and to
make an inner commitment
to help and well-being.
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People with undiagnosed
Adult ADD/ADHD suffer
chaotic lives - and often
struggle with fatigue,
depression, drug abuse,
and learning
disabilities. This title
helps those with
disorders and their
families: understand
telltale signs and
symptoms; choose the
right specialist and
treatment; and, decide
whether talk therapy is
right for them.
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Helps both problem
drinkers and individuals
who wish to reduce their
alcohol intake simply for
lifestyle reasons. This
book contains all the
assistance the authors
could find from
interviewing leading
experts in the field of
alcohol addiction and
case studies who have
successfully cut down
their drinking or given
up alcohol altogether.
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The Complete Massage
Tutor is the one-stop
guide to treating
yourself and others
through soothing massage
routines. Expertly
written by a leading
therapist, this book
provides comprehensive
advice on all aspects of
massage practice. With
step-by-step instructions
for a complete massage
sequence, specialised
routines for children and
the elderly as well as
targeted treatments for a
wide range of common
ailments, this book will
equip you with all the
skills you need. There is
also specialist advice on
how to set yourself up in
business as a
professional massage
therapist. This book has
256 pages and is 19.4 x
1.8 x 26cms
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Loss of energy, weight
gain, and decreases in
health and vitality are
not inevitable facts of
life. This title offers
an individualised
programme for maximising
health, vitality, and
wellbeing. It presents
'Ten Simple Solutions'
that make it easy to
rejuvenate a tired
system, showing you how
to get life back on the
right track.
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A guide to maximizing
your health, wellness,
fitness and longevity. It
offers an approach to
optimising your quality
and quantity of life. It
discusses the aging
process from biological,
clinical, and
psychological
perspectives and the
extraordinary ways in
which diet, lifestyle,
and exercise can
contribute to your
vitality and quality
longevity.
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Presents methods to
prevent or treat the
painful retaliations of
wasps, bees, and other
stinging insects. This
book provides information
needed to stay safe from
these airborne
antagonists, including
details on insect and
sting identification,
symptoms, treatment,
prevention, and
homeopathic remedies.
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In this eye-opening
expose of the food-mood
connection, renowned
nutrition expert Jack
Challem isolates the
nutritional triggers of
bad moods such as anger,
tension, fatigue,
impatience, and anxiety,
providing solutions that
will help readers
stabilize their moods,
gain energy, sleep
better, handle stress,
and be more focused.
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What are antioxidants,
why do I need them and
how do I get them? Diet
or exercise - which is
more effective for losing
weight? How can I
persuade my fussy
children to eat
vegetables? What can I
eat to help me sleep
better? This book
uncovers the facts about
food, nutrition and
healthy eat.
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Diverticular disease is a
digestive disorder caused
by enflamed diverticula,
or pouches, in the
colon. This book looks at
the treatment and
self-management of
diverticular disease. It
covers issues such as:
types of diverticular
disease; diagnosis and
tests; treatment,
including laxatives,
fluids and antibiotics;
exercise and rest; and
more.
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This title details the
Core exercise programme
which is designed to
balance, align and tone,
and ensure that every
woman, of any age of
fitness level, can look
or feel her best. It
includes case histories
which ilustrate the
near-instant benefits of
this simple programme.
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Provides a practical
guide on how food can be
grown in truly nutritious
ways, the crucial
importance of minerals in
the soil and how to tell
what's good and what
isn't. This title
explains not only why our
food is in such a parlous
state but how we can
change what we eat and
radically improve our
health.
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This is the most helpful
and unusual diet book
you'll ever read. One
hundred years of
nutritional science and
72 years of a remarkable
woman's extraordinary
common sense combine to
make available the right
way to eat, the right
way to lose weight, and
an excellent guide to a
happier life.
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A resource guide for
those interested in a
life of health, fitness,
and well-being,
offering information on:
the lifetime diet guide;
fast food tables;
healthful recipes; fat
conversion guidelines;
high fibre foods; menu
options; smart food
tables; 12 day food
plans; and effective
exercise plans.
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Ben is like most
children, except for one
thing-he's allergic to
peanuts! This book helps
you to find out how Ben
takes control of his
allergy in school, at
parties, with friends,
at T-ball practice, and
with during holidays. It
also helps your child to
l
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Teaches you the ins and
outs of pain - bringing
to light the links
between inflammation and
other factors that
increase pain. This title
covers stress relief
techniques,
anti-inflammatory diet,
shows you the things you
can do to alleviate pain.
It lays out concrete
strategies for dealing
with the most common pain
problems.
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The experts never
intended the GI
(Glycaemic Index) to be
used in isolation and
they urge that people do
not make the mistake of
using the GL (Glycaemic
Load) alone. This equates
to a diet too low in
carbohydrates and too
high in fat. This book
does not include counting
and calculations.
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Dancing is the best thing
for weight loss. The
combination of
cardiovascular exercise
and music means you work
off lots of calories but
also release lots of
endorphins, so you even
have fun at the same
time. This title takes
all that virtuous
pleasure and multiplies
it a hundredfold by
setting 12 dance routines
to 12 of the show-tune
hits.
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Presents a holistic plan
to address the needs of
eating disorder sufferers
and their carers. Part
memoir, part self help
manual, this book tells
the personal story a
mother who wanted
desperately to save the
life of her daughter,
and succeeded. It
explains how you can beat
any eating disorder at
its very core.
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Looks at people's
conceptions of our most
widely consumed drug.
This work argues that
there is no such thing as
an 'alcoholic' and that
we are conditioned to
accept alcohol as a
'normal' substance in the
society despite the fact
that it is the major
cause of many social
problems and a wide range
of health issues.
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Combining dietary
information with the
techniques of nonviolent
Communication, this
handbook for successful
dieting shifts the focus
to changing the ways
readers see food and
their food choices. It
outlines practical
strategies for breaking
out of cycles of eating
and becoming aware of
one's needs.
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A deck of fifty cards
that takes readers
through the basic
movements and techniques
specific to power yoga.
It includes full-color
photographs illustrating
the different
sun-salutations (the
basis of power yoga
exercises), numerous
asanas (poses), and med
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Presents a diet for the
overweight breast cancer
patient or anyone at risk
for the disease. This
title features 150
recipes which naturally
emphasise foods with
nutrients considered to
lower risk and foods that
improve biomarkers, such
as olive oil, veget
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The numbers of those with
sinusitis have risen by
around 25% in recent
years. This is thought to
be due to lifestyle
factors and environmental
pollution, and is in
line with the rising
prevalence of allergies
in general. This book
looks at how to manage
sinusitis.
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A diet and lifestyle
programme that allows you
to eat unlimited portions
of the foods you like.
"Fit for Life" reveals:
principles to bring
permanent weight loss and
high energy; the secrets
of timing and food
combining that work with
your natural body cycles;
and a four-week meal
plan, menus, recipes
and shopping tips.
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What should middle-aged
people expect as they
grow older? What should
caregivers of the elderly
know about normal aging?
How can we stay healthy
despite the limitations
of age? This book
describes healthy aging,
an understanding of the
modern and often
confusing health care
system, and information
about the medical issues
affecting older adults.
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Inviting you to junk the
science, ditch the diet
and instead rediscover
the joys of eating well,
this title features a few
pieces of advice (Eat at
a table - a desk doesn't
count. Don't buy food
where you'd buy your
petrol!) that allows you
to enrich your life and
your palate, and enlarge
your sense of what it
means to be healthy and
happy.
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Back pain is the largest
single cause of sickness
absence in the UK, and
eighty percent of Britons
will suffer from it at
some point in their
lives. This book looks at
the options for back
pain, from self-help to
medical, with an
emphasis on the fact that
conventional medicine
isn't always the answer.
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Fibromyalgia is a chronic
condition characterised
by pain in the muscles,
tendons, ligaments and
nerves. As well as tried
and tested advice on how
to reduce pain, boost
energy levels and help
with regular sleep, this
new edition includes the
latest in treatments.
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Explores how modern food
manufacturers have
hijacked the brains of
millions by turning our
meals into perfectly
engineered portions of
fat, salt and sugar,
turning us into addicts
in the process. With a
focus on the problems in
the UK and Europe, this
title lays out a plan and
tools for reclaiming
control over our
cravings.
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Do you want to lose fat,
double testosterone, get
the perfect posterior or
give your partner a
fifteen-minute female
orgasm? This title shares
secrets in the science
and research to present
strategies for
redesigning the human
body. It helps you reach
your true genetic
potential in 3-6 months
with a commitment of less
than four hours per week.
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Based on a programme
developed by
dermotologists and
psychologists at the
Chelsea and Westminster
Hospital, this title
offers a unique approach
to tackling eczema
including: awareness of
when and how you scratch;
using effective
treatments; and being in
control of your eczema.
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Packed with over 1100
photographs, artworks,
diagrams and
illustrations, all in
colour, specially
commissioned to teach
useful first-aid
techniques and to show
symptoms clearly, this
title provides
information on how to
cope and care in an
emergency - from splints,
simple bandages and
slings to resuscitation
and life-saving
technique.
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Chest pain can be
terrifying. Many people
hope that if they ignore
it, it will go away. But
angina must be taken
seriously. This book
answers the key questions
for those worried about
angina, such as: what
should I do when I have
chest pain; does it mean
I'm going to have a heart
attack; and, how do I
tell if it's serious.
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With tips and hints for
using oil as health and
beauty remedies, this
work shows how to use
natural, unprocessed
oils to achieve good
health. Whether you
ensure you include oils
in your diet, take them
as supplements or use
them as beauty
preparations, it gives a
guide to the special
properties of both
traditional and newly
discovered oils.
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In this text, Karen
Gravelle and her
15-year-old niece,
Jennifer, offer
practical answers to
questions girls may have
about menstruation and
sex. They look at the
physical and emotional
changes, as well as
issues like dealing with
spots, mood swings and
new expectations from
friends and family.
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The liver handles
hundreds of different
reactions and its health
affects every part of the
body. This text offers an
easy-to-follow clean-up
plan to leave the reader
feeling fresh and
revived. By following a
4- or 8-week plan,
greater vitality,
energy, and weight-loss
can be achieved.
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Have you ever wondered
why we get ill? Can our
thoughts and feelings
worsen or even cause
conditions like heart
disease, cancer or
asthma? And what can we
do about it? This book
explores the relationship
between what's going on
in our heads and what
happens in our bodies. It
is suitable for those who
care about their health
and that of others.
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Describes a range of
conditions affecting
muscles, bones, joints
and connective tissue in
various parts of the
body. This guide shows
that by staying positive,
keeping mobile and
getting the right
treatment, you can
manage your condition
effectively - and get on
with the rest of your
life.
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Developed using medical
advice, this booklet on
the progestogen-only pill
answers common questions,
including how it works,
how to use it, and its
advantages and
disadvantages. It is
useful to consumers and
sexual health
professionals who would
like more information
about the different
contraceptive methods
available.
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The diagnosis of breast
cancer challenges a
woman's concept of self,
what her breasts mean to
her, and the importance
she places on body image.
This title provides a
basic overview of breast
cancer, its biology,
psychology, and
treatment options along
with the practical advice
needed to get through
treatment.
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This practical guide
explains the causes of
sight loss for all ages,
and focuses on help for
people and gives
practical tips to make
life easier. Whether you
are someone with sight
loss or a professional
who supports people,
this book will give you a
good knowledge of the
condition.
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Tinnitus can be a
terrible affliction but,
despite this, prospects
for recovery have never
been better, based on
recent advances in
psychology, auditory
neuroscience and
medicine. This book looks
at strategies for living
with tinnitus and
hyperacusis, and
includes a complete
programme for recovery.
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Takes account of
developments in the
fast-moving world of
health care and disease
prevention. This book
includes sections on
asthma, allergies,
diabetes, metabolic
syndrome, nutrition and
statins. It also contains
tips on how to get the
best from your GP,
pharmacist and
occupational health
service, and hints,
myths and startling
statistics.
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Includes 38 chapters that
cover a range of topics
important to health
promotion. This book
deals with worker health
improvement including
health promotion,
disease prevention,
chronic disease/care
management and
productivity management.
It helps readers o
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Real fast food isn't
about how quickly food
can get to your mouth,
but how fast the body can
digest it, extract the
goodness and get rid of
the waste. Jason Vale
challenges the sort of
fast foods we are all
familiar with in this
recipe book full of ideas
for nature's ultimate
fast food- raw juice.
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A companion to The
Midlife Bible, this book
shows men how to support
and survive their
partner's menopause,
improve sexual intimacy,
and end up with a
stronger relationship. It
outlines the issues;
explains the physiology;
acknowledges the crazies;
identifies many things
women can do to help
themselves; and shows the
men how they can help.
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Explaining the brain
research on alcoholism
and alcohol abuse from
the perspective of
someone who has
personally survived the
ravages of a loved one's
drinking, this book
addresses a host of
issues surrounding
alcoholism and alcohol
abuse, including the
characteristics that
distinguish alcoholism
from alcohol abuse
(excessive drinking).
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The story of cancer is a
human one - a tale of
chance discoveries,
seized opportunities and
human endurance. This
riveting book recounts a
centuries long conflict
from brutal early
surgical treatments to
the Curies' ultimately
tragic work with
radiation to Sidney
Farber's hugely risky
discovery of chemotherapy
to the author's treatment
of his own patients. As
cancer becomes an ever
more universal
experience, the need to
understand it and its
treatment has never been
more compelling.
Siddhartha Mukherjee
reveals how far we have
come in solving one of
science's great mysteries
and offers a fascinating
glimpse of our future
progress. This book has
573 pages and is 19.7cm x
13cm x 3.7cm
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A practical introduction
to the ancient practice
of yoga, designed to
help you reap the full
benefits for physical and
emotional wellbeing. The
step-by-step instructions
for all the key poses
give you everything you
need to start practicing
right away. Provides
insight into embracing a
holistic lifestyle, and
helpful tips on diet and
meditation.
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Reveals the hidden
connections between
nutrition and chronic
childhood ailments while
giving parents simple
tools to understand and
solve their children's
problems. This title
includes information on
the surprising problems
caused by
gluten-intolerance, and
- short of full-blown
celiac disease - how
difficult it is to
diagnose.
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Suitable for those people
who have finished active
cancer treatment, but
who naturally face
anxieties about their
health and how to get
back to normal life
again, this book
contains such topics as:
'am I cured?', side
effects of treatment,
follow-up procedures,
diet and exercise, sex
and fertility, work and
money, and support for
cancer survivors.
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Takes readers on a quest
to understand the
profound influence the
thyroid has on a woman's
hormonal health in the
perimenopause and
menopause years. This
title discusses how
undiagnosed thyroid
problems may be the real
culprit behind what many
assume are
peri/menopausal symptoms.
It helps readers explore
how best to treat a
thyroid condition.
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Emphasises that every
individual has the
capacity to experience
pure consciousness by
practising certain yogic
postures and techniques
that can purify the
impurities lying within
the life energy centres
of the body, awaken and
activate them for
spiritual uplift and
allow the body to
strengthen itself from
the energy thus released.
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Fewer than half of us say
they get a good night's
sleep every night or
almost every night and
insomnia is often
described as an epidemic,
with millions of
sufferers. This title
intends to identify
exactly what sleep is,
why so many of us find a
good night's sleep so
hard to come by, and
offers different ways in
which insomnia can be
tackled.
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A practical, friendly
and positive guide for
women, featuring plenty
of self-help measures and
offering an up-to-date
guide to what therapies
you should or shouldn't
take to alleviate
symptoms, and with
plenty of lifestyle
guidance and emotional
support.
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Heart disease is the
number one killer of
women, and more women
die each year from heart
disease than men. This
guide to the woman's
heart focuses on the
unique factors affecting
women's cardiovascular
health. It provides
potentially life-saving
information and guidance
to help women monitor
their own heart health.
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Far too many parents face
an ongoing struggle to
get their kids to eat
well, so why is it that
French children gladly
wolf down all the things
our kids hate - the
dreaded spinach or
broccoli, fish, olives,
salad...? In French Kids
Eat Everything, Karen Le
Billon shares her
experience of moving to
France and finding the
inspiration to transform
her family's approach to
eating. If you've ever
tried hiding healthy
foods in your kids'
meals, bribing them to
finish - or even start -
something healthy, or
simply given up in
exasperation at your
child's extensive list of
banned foods, this book
will strike a chord. It
charts the author's
enlightening journey from
stressed mum of picky
eaters, to proud - if
somewhat surprised -
parent of healthy, happy
eaters. Along the way,
you'll discover the 'food
rules' that help the
French foster healthy
eating habits, why it's
vital to get kids to try
the same food many times
over, the value of
educating your children
about food from an early
age, why how you eat is
just as important as what
you eat - and much, much
more. With tips,
tricks, rules and
routines for happy,
healthy eaters - plus
some fast, tasty recipes
to try - this isn't just
another tale of Gallic
gastronomic superiority
but a practical guide to
instilling in your kids
healthy eating habits
that will last them a
lifetime (and ensure less
stressful mealtimes for
you too!).
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High blood pressure has a
strong correlation with
obesity and diabetes and
is strongly linked to
lifestyle factors. But
even minor lifestyle
modifications can be
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looks at how to lower
blood pressure without
medication as far as
possible, while
acknowledging that drugs
may have a vital part to
play.
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A practical yoga course,
with step-by-step
photographic guidance,
written by one of the
leading exponents of the
Iyengar method of yoga.
The book also includes a
section on postures
helpful for common
problems, such as
headaches, stiffness,
pain in the shoulders and
backache. This book has
96 pages and is 30.5cm x
23.6cm x 1.5cm
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Intended for patients,
survivors, friends or
relatives of either,
this book offers gives
you practical answers to
your questions on heart
failure, including
causes, diagnosis,
treatment options,
quality of life, care
giving, sources of
support, and more.
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Living with eczema can be
challenging and can have
a significant impact on
the sufferer and their
family. Whether you are a
parent of a child
diagnosed with eczema or
have symptoms yourself,
this guide provides you
with the facts and
resources you need to
learn about the
condition, the effects
on your health and how to
cope day to day.
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Offers a practical
introduction to an
ancient art, which uses
simple tools such as
pendulums, together with
finely-tuned intuition,
to provide guidance in
daily life. Containing
more than 180
photographs, this book
explains the different
aspects of dowsing, from
healing ourselves and
others, to finding and
re-patterning 'blocked'
energy paths.
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Dyspraxia is believed to
affect up to 10% of the
population, both
children and adults, and
involves difficulties
with physical
co-ordination. This
updated edition explains
how this condition may
affect people, and how
to cope with it, at any
stage of life.
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Presents stories that
teach us about ourselves
and our attitudes to
health and illness,
whether we are deliverers
or recipients of health
care. This book takes the
reader from apartheid
South Africa, where the
author did his initial
training to the London of
the early 1970s, where
he forswore medicine to
become an anthropologist
and poet.
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In the past, migraine
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had to 'put up with' and
today many people still
struggle on as best they
can, or cope by drawing
the curtains and going to
bed. However, much can
be done to manage and
prevent migraine and
other headaches, and
this book explores these
options.
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While many people deal
effectively with
traumatic events, a
minority have severe
problems, often
manifested as
post-traumatic stress
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is aimed at those with
PTSD and those who are
caring for them. It
includes a strong focus
on wounded military
personnel.
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Helps readers understand
the types of MS. This
work also helps readers
to decide on treatment
and find the right
doctor; explore
alternative therapies;
take charge by Creating a
Management Plan; manage
symptoms and Understand
Cognitive Changes; and,
develop strength and
avoid relapse.
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Offers information about
health care and
commonsense tips for
caregivers. This book
shows readers how to be a
smart patient by wisely
choosing a patient
advocate, asking the
right questions, reading
test results and
prescriptions, and
locating associations
that provide reliable
information about health
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Two innovative
cardiologists' strategic
program to beat and
prevent deadly
cardiovascular disease.
Two cardiologists, with
a combined fifty years of
experience, share their
clinical insights on how
to stop, reverse, and
prevent the arterial
inflammation and plaque
that cause heart attack,
heart failure, and
stroke.
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Almost every woman who
has experienced vaginal
childbirth has sustained
some damage to her
'pelvic floor'. This book
is designed to help both
women who already suffer
from this 'silent
epidemic' and women who
wish to assess the risks
of vaginal delivery.
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Suppose you had a wise,
warm, funny best friend
who just happened to be a
gynaecologist. You're out
with the girls for
cocktails, the
conversation turns to sex
and then to girly parts.
One by one, you start
asking her all the
questions you've always
secretly wondered about -
and discover that you all
have a lot in common.
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Stroke is the greatest
single cause of severe
disability in the UK.
This book aims to support
survivors and their
families through the
first difficult days and
weeks after a stroke,
through to the recovery
process over a period of
months. It also discusses
prevention of further
strokes.
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Gives practical answers
to the common questions
asked by sufferers of
anxiety, and by their
friends and relatives.
This book also provides
practical information
about treatment options,
post-treatment quality of
life, sources of
support, and more. It is
useful for those
struggling with medical,
psychological, or
emotional turmoil.
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Combines the research on
the 50 super foods that
prevent the common
age-related illnesses,
with essential
information on the
healing power of raw
foods; sleep; pH balance;
water; exercise; and, a
positive, grateful
attitude. This title
offers you an
understanding of the
amazing health potential
of plant-based foods.
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Every day we are
bombarded with
information about
so-called 'superfoods',
best-ever diets and what
we should eat. Covering
all ages from children to
the elderly, this title
includes information on
all types of food,
intolerances, allergies,
weight issues,
age-related food
considerations, shopping
tips, and storing food.
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Based on the latest
scientific research, the
breakthrough way to lose
weight, stop pain, and
prevent disease
Groundbreaking new
research has traced the
source of a wide array of
symptoms to a single
common factor--vitamin D
deficiency. Leading
rheumatologist and
researcher Dr.
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The Pill: The Facts
Seventh Edition is still
the most user-friendly,
comprehensive source of
unbiased information on
the Pill, along with
other hormonal
alternatives such as
implants, injections and
patches, to help those
of all ages make an
informed decision
regarding contraception.
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Chemotherapy is one of
the most widely used
forms of cancer treatment
today.This book explains
what the treatment is,
how the drugs work, and
different ways in which
they can be given. It
also explains how to
tackle side effects such
as sickness, tiredness
and hair loss.
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Covers: causes of stress;
manifestations of stress
- physical illness;
psychological conditions,
such as anxiety, panic
disorder, OCD, phobic
states and depression;
acute treatments; longer
term management; how to
avoid stress and its ill
effects; and, lifestyle
issues.
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This book gives
information about
Cerebral Palsy and its
effects, covering all
stages of childhood from
early years to
adolescence. It offers
practical help as well as
input from parents, and
examines a range of
practical problems.
Different kinds of
therapy are also covered.
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Examines the social and
dietary pressures on
teens, and arms them
with information to
combat weight and image
issues. This book
contains topics
including: female
hormones and weight
control; the benefits of
exercise; tips and
tricks; effective food
choices; calorie charts;
and, healthy
alternatives for meals,
snacks and drinks.
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One in ten women of
childbearing age is
affected by Polcystic
Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
to some degree, and many
suffer from serious
symptoms. This work
discusses: what PCOS is
and how it affects your
body; what to eat and how
to exercise to control
PCOS; the treatment
options; and the
resources for preventing,
diagnosing, and
treating PCOS.
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Hearing loss is an all
too common cause of
emotional turmoil,
affecting people at ever
younger ages. This book
discusses: causes of
hearing problems;
practical strategies for
effective communication;
hearing aids and audio
equipment, including
cochlea implants; hearing
therapy, including
speechreading exercises;
complementary therapies;
and more.
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Obsessive Compulsive
Disorder (OCD) is a
condition that affects
millions of people
worldwide, afflicting
its sufferers with
obsessive thoughts and
fears, and enslaving
them to compulsive
behaviours with which
they strive to cope. This
self-help guide offers a
practical, step-by-step
approach to coping with
the condition.
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A guide that explains
what coeliac disease is,
how it's diagnosed, how
it will affect your diet
and social life, and how
you can live happily and
healthily with the
condition. It gives
advice about the
prescription foods
available and strategies
for helping children and
teenagers.
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