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Finding the Joy in Alzheimer's: Caregivers Share the Joyful Times
Published in Paperback by North Star Books(Pearblossom, CA) (2002-06)
Author: Brenda Avadian
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Well, it's about time
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Review Date: 2003-03-25
I was so thrilled to see a collection of experiences from other people, similar to mine. My Dad suffered from Alzheimers and I felt like a freak for having reflected on the illness with a smile. For me, this horrific disease showed me a man that I never knew growing up. All of his barriers were broken down and I got to know, not only who my Dad was, but who I was. I have such a joy from knowing this that it is hard for me to be bitter about that which stole my father, for at the same time, it allowed me to know the father I never knew before.

It is stories like this that the author has compiled here. Many humorous, many touching, all showing a connection where many think none could be found. Yes, there is a time when the people we know and love so dearly are robbed from us by this devastating disease, but through the process there are many joyous times to be had.

Read this book and you'll understand

Filled with touches of wry humor
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2002-04-10
Finding The Joy In Alzheimer's: Caregivers Share The Joyful Times by Brenda Avadian is a comforting, spiritually healing book filled with touches of wry humor and a serious understanding of the difficulties of Alzheimer's, and how important it is to find and treasure wondrous moments when caring for someone afflicted with this debilitating neurological disease. Finding The Joy In Alzheimer's is not intended to be a source of advice about the legal, physical, or medical difficulties of Alzheimer's disease; rather it was written to bolster the souls and spirits of those charged with caregiving responsibilities for loved ones suffering from the ravages of Alzheimers. As such, it emphatically succeeds in its mission and intention.

A brilliantly conceived and constructed book
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2004-07-21
Witnessing my mother?s abilities and personality whither away from Alzheimer?s has been difficult. Comfort and advice from friends, family and the medical community has helped, and so has reading Brenda Avadian?s brilliantly conceived and constructed book, Finding the Joy in Alzheimer?s. Discovering what others have experienced and learned in similar circumstances-?particularly the heartfelt reflections of joy?-has enabled me to see my mother and her disease in a new, brighter light. Highly recommended.

So Many Joys...They are countless!
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2001-10-30
(...) The stories and poems are so sweet and heartwarming. When you get so deeply involved in this disease, you tend to become isolated; you think you are the only one who is going through this. Ms. Avadian's selection of stories gives the reader a lighthearted look into the trials and tribulations of caregiving, all the while letting the readers see what they are experiencing is no different from what they are reading. From the poem "CareGiver," to the stories of "I've got rocks in my head," or "Do you take...in sickness and in health...I do," or "Ice cream never tasted so good," and yes even "Family of Friends," the reader immediately feels love and support. With all the technical/clinical books that are available on Alzheimer's, it is absolutely refreshingly wonderful to have humor to help heal the caregiver's heart!

Unfamiliar Territory
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2002-06-20
I'm an older (born 12/12/1952) Internet user, so--in spite of all of those reassuring, little, gold padlocks shown at the bottom of ordering pages at online stores--I still wasn't ready to put my main credit card or checking account information out in Cyberspace. So, I came up with a doable solution, creating an account for just this very purpose.

If purchasing this book wasn't actually my FIRST venture into the unfamiliar territory of online shopping (and I'm almost 100% sure that it was), it came pretty close.

Venturing out into this unfamiliar territory has had more positives than negatives for me--but there's that unfamiliar territory that is among the worst nightmares of both patients and caregivers: dealing with Alzheimer's Disease.

I had been reading the online letters that Debbie Center had been writing to a mother who would never again have the comprehension to read them--so, these letters were more for Debbie than her mother. And more for helping others who might read those letters to cope should something like this happen in their families.

One day, in an IM conversation, Debbie shared her sadness with me that her mother was rapidly going downhill, and she felt helpless to stop it from happening--yet, she also had the great news that she would have a part in this book.

And that's the thread running through this book: the moments of joy found within the Alzheimer's experience.

The people who have contributed to this book are people who mourn the slipping away of those people--generally, parents and spouses--who were once so vibrant and alert.

Yet, these same people have learned to find joy and comfort in some of the simple things of life, such as unexpected smiles, words, and laughter from their loved ones.

In one case, a family--who had gotten out of contact due to distance and schedules--began a tradition of having annual family reunions due to wanting to get everybody together while the matriarch of the family could still recognize and enjoy them.

Open this book and share the lives of those in this difficult and unfamiliar territory--and share those special moments of joy that make it all worthwhile!!!

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The Gene Makeover: The 21st Century Anti-Aging Breakthrough
Published in Hardcover by Basic Health Publications (2007-10-15)
Authors: Vincent C. Giampapa, Frederick F. Buechel, and Ohan Karatoprak
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Get a Makeover!
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Review Date: 2008-05-19
This book offers hope to the babyboomer generation who recognizes that we are slowly becoming our parents. By following the comments and advice offered in this helpful book, we know that we no longer have to follow in our families genetic past. The authors create the view of a cheery healthy future with sound nutritional advice. Highly recommended.

Deb Landry
Certified Parenting Coach & Children's Author

Bryson Taylor Publishing
Books with Character
199 New County Road Saco, Maine 04072
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Book review-Dr. Brooke Seckel
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Review Date: 2007-11-27
I have followed and learned from Dr. Giampapa's work for over 20 years. He has always been well ahead of contemporary medical practitioners in his understanding of the human aging process and possible therapeutic interventions to extend meaningful human lifespan. The Gene Makeover-The 21st Century Anti-Aging Breakthrough describes an exciting new approach to the field of Medical Age Management and lucidly translates a very complex subject into language that the average person can easily understand. This book provides an opportunity to understand therapies which you will read about in the medical journals of the future.

Brooke R. Seckel, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Asst. Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Chairman Emeritus
Plastic Surgery
Lahey Clinic Medical Center

Enlightening New Book Offers Important Information for a Healthier Future
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-26
A Bully Grows Up: Erik Meets the Wizard

As the baby boomer generation reaches the 'new middle age' we search for new information to assist in creating a more healthy and viable future for us, our parents and our children. The connection between our daily environmental and personal stressors and our overall health is important. Studies have proved that stress has a significant effect on our longevity. As an author of a children's book regarding bullying behavior and frequent speaker regarding the topic of bullying and stress, I am keenly aware of this connection. This book offers a vast understandable quantity of information regarding our predisposition to DNA damage and offers easy to follow steps on how to hold on to or improve our health. A great navigational aid for our journey into the future.

Book review - Jody Torre
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-13
I have been an anti-aging patient of Dr. Giampapa's for over 5 years. My energy levels are high, my body is muscular and my skin is the best it has ever been. I look and feel fifteen years younger then my acutal age. Dr. Giampapa is well ahead of many medical practitioners in his understanding of the human aging process and therapeutic interventions to slow it. The Gene Makeover-The 21st Century Anti-Aging Breakthrough describes the newest findings in the field of Medical Age Management and explains very complex information in a plain simple language that everyone can easily understand. This book is a must read for all who want to remain healthy and active.

A Lucid and Expert Review of Genetic Age Management Therapy
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2008-02-10
I have followed and learned from Dr Giampappa's work for over 20 years. He has always been well ahead of contemporary medical practitioners in his understanding of the human aging process and possible therapeutic interventions to extend meaningful human lifespan. The Gene Makeover-The 21st Century Anti-aging Breakthrough describes an exciting new approach to the field of Medical Age Management and lucidly translates a very complex subject into language that the average person can easily understand. This book provides an opportunity to understand therapies which you will read about in the medical journals of the future.

Brooke R. Seckel, M.D., FACS
Asst. Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Chairman Emeritus
Plastic Surgery
Lahey Clinic Medical Center

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Get Wet, Get Fit: The Complete Guide to Getting a Swimmer's Body
Published in Kindle Edition by Simon & Schuster (2008-01-01)
Author: Nathan Jendrick
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Insightful
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-10-09
This book is well thought out and written . The workouts are good but it would have been better to teach how t create your own workouts.
Nice information well presented still worth reading and owning

Getting there
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2008-09-24
Been following the program in the book. First off I am not a swimmer, but I am getting there. And I'm losing weight and feeling pretty good.

Best book on topic I've read
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2008-09-15
I have read a lot of books for triathletes--swimming, running, biking--and this is the most complete one that I have ever picked up. Very inclusive, very detailed. The pictures are really nice. Lots of information here. I was never much a swimmer, now I'm in the pack every race and feel like I am getting better still. Invaluable tool.

Top-notch swimming book
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2008-02-02
I was pretty skeptical about how much I could actually get out of a swimming book, but this far exceeded my expectations. I bought it because the information was coming from someone who has actually used this knowledge to win at the highest levels of swimming... not someone who had some instructional credit and tried to make a buck.

I would suggest this book to anyone who wants to become a swimmer, or become a better swimmer than they already are.

Olympian Tips Worth It All
Helpful Votes: 7 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2008-01-07
This book is insightful and complete and while it may be a little redundant at times, I would rather see it too complete than lacking.

What I like most is that there are tips from quite a few of my favorite Olympians in there, and they include their own kind of sidebars with tips. Gary Hall Jr's are exceptional and collectively, I think those gems make the book worth the price all by themselves.

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Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness
Published in Hardcover by Oxford University Press, USA (1999-02-15)
Authors: Joanne Lynn and Joan Harrold
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Handbook For Mortals
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-09-19
As the wife of a young man dying of cancer, this book was an incredible aid to getting through each day and learning what to expect. That was 15 years ago. My sister-in-law faced the same situation recently when her husband was diagnosed, and I bought the book for her. She said she couldn't put it down until she read every page. We need to have that helping hand when we're hurting. This book is it!

Handbook for Mortals
Helpful Votes: 10 out of 10 total.
Review Date: 2003-03-01
I found this book days after leaving the hospital with a two year prognosis for a misdiagnosed illness. My head was spinning. I was making lists of questions and to do lists for leaving my 2 young children. Finding this book was a wonderful gift. It answered my questions and provided a realistic outlook for what to expect of a terminal condition. The book provides sample statements for calling your relatives and helps you to prepare for your doctor appointments. I visited a doctor today and I led the session and all of my questions were addressed before the exam occurred. This book should be recommended to all diagnosed with a terminal illness. Highly recommended book!

Very useful in a difficult time
Helpful Votes: 11 out of 11 total.
Review Date: 2002-04-17
I wish I had picked up this book earlier in my step-father's illness. Very useful for those who are facing illness or who love someone who is very ill, telling you the kinds of things to expect and ways of dealing them.

Must Have Resource for Caregivers and those who love them...
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2007-05-13
This is a must have resource for all of us. It is a practical book that helps you with End of Life concerns and how to plan for them. Far too many people wait until a crisis to make desperate choices that could be avoided. It is difficult to live with the choices that we make in crisis. Many times a crisis situation does not give you the opportunity to discuss critical issues with your family before the crisis occurs. This book will give you the necessary tools to discuss your wants and wishes for the living of your years.

A good guide for daily living with or without a serious illness
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2006-03-26
I have owned this book for several years and decided to use it as an adjunct teaching tool for those training to become hospice volunteers. Every person in the group gave a high rating to this book. I will continue to use this book in future volunteer training classes. Eileen Urquhart, Hospice Volunteer Coordinator, Visiting Nurse Association Hospice of Cape Cod, Massachusetts

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The Hauser Diet: A Fresh Look At Healthy Living!
Published in Hardcover by Beulah Land Press (2007-11-01)
Authors: Marion A. Hauser, M.S., R.D., Nicole M. Baird, C.H.F.P, Ross A. Hauser, and M.D.
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The Hauser Diet
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-08-11
Doctors do not get any nutrition training at medical school. Dr Hauser is no exception, but with the experience of his wife as a nutritionist and his testing
using the respiratory exchange ratio (RER) they have put together a book that makes a lot of sense regarding the different types of people and the five different types of diets that they define. The one area where I think this book is remiss in their coverage of soy. Vegetarians who rely on soy as their only protein source are jepordizing their health. There are studies that show that a diet with soy as
their primary protein source results in osteoporosis. Soy tends to interfere with
the bodies ability to use calcium. Other than this, this book presents the most complete information on dieting than any other diet book that I have read. For a
very common sense approach to dieting, I highly recommend this book.

PROLO Your Pain Away by Dr. Ross A. Hauser
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2008-04-14
A very informative well written book. Although I am not a medical doctor by profession, this book provided the information I required so that I will be able to make an informed decision that will allow me to avoid surgery. I would strongly recommend (in fact I have done this with several friends) anyone who is considering any joint relacement or back surgery to read this book and explore the proposed alternative(s) before submitting to any form of surgery.
I plan to explore the use of prolotherapy to correct a back problem and am currently in the process of finding a practitioner of this procedure in Western Canada.

Great!
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-10
I found this book very informative. The recipes I have tried have been excellent. I would highly recomend this book to those who are concerned with healthy living.

Diet is not a four-letter word!
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-10
This book is absolutely amazing! It not only gives simple to understand explanations of why your body needs to eat certain kinds of food for optimal health, it gives you sample menus and recipes to get you on your way to implementing this new way of eating. The icing on the cake (sorry) is that the recipes are fantastic! I have made several recipes and they are so delicious that now recipes from other cookbooks pale in comparison and are disappointing to the palate. Eating healthy can be a wonderful experience, and this book shows you how. It's a must have for any person wanting to improve their health.

Energy for life
Helpful Votes: 9 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 2007-10-28
The Hauser Diet caught my attention because of Dr. Hauser's success using his injection technique to repair my knee (Prolotherapy). I got my leg strength back with no arthroscopic surgery. Now I'm looking for solutions to low energy. I want the energy of a finely tuned Ferrari.

Like the Hauser's, I too have completed marathons, triathlons, and century bike rides. I'm a 55-year-old student of nutrition and sports training. I learn from athletes like Lance Armstrong and his coach, Chris Carmichael. These athletes backup their ideas about nutrition and training regimens with astounding results.

Athletes write the Hauser Diet too. They research for ways to optimize health, energy and human performance. Research shared in this book broadened my awareness of foods' impact upon my energy. If I knew specifically what foods to choose to live fast and strong why shouldn't I choose well? The authors use a clever analogy to animals' diets to show that humans too must make food choices to optimize energy and health. Then they show in plain English why for my `diet type' certain foods are best for me. I am excited about implementing the research found in The Hauser Diet.

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The Healing Companion: Simple and Effective Ways Your Presence Can Help People Heal
Published in Hardcover by Harper San Francisco (2001-02)
Authors: Jeff Kane and Larry Dossey
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Great Guide
Helpful Votes: 12 out of 12 total.
Review Date: 2001-05-19
Have you ever read a book that felt like you were having a conversation with a good friend? Jeff Kane's new book, The Healing Companion makes me feel comforted, entertained, encouraged and enlightened; just as if I'd spent time talking with a good friend.

The book could be considered as a guide toward offering sick loved ones our healing presence. This guidance is valid for anyone relating to someone who is sick and is just as helpful to doctors, nurses and counselors as it is to family members and anyone who has a loved one who is sick.

A quote from page three says "This book will guide you toward offering sick loved ones your healing presence. By learning to ask them exactly how they're suffering and help them express their feelings thoroughly, you'll encourage an atmosphere of honesty. You'll move toward a perspective in which whatever happens physically, the emotional turmoil surrounding it will settle. All involved will benefit from increasing serenity."

I found especially helpful Jeff's discussion of how sick people suffer. He talks about really listening to their suffering and hearing their fears, anxieties, confusion, depression and rages. He says "I learned that people get emotional when they're sick and that fear and anger and despair aren't abnormal; they're a natural feature of sickness. In fact, I'd worry about the mental health of sick people who weren't affected by their consequent feelings. Hearing many hundreds of stories, I gradually learned that people don't generally suffer from their disease as much as from their emotions, the reactions their disease ignites in them." (page seven)

The rest of the chapters in the book are just as juicy and relevant as the above examples. In "Speaking With TLC", Jeff encourages speaking (only after much listening) with truth, leanness and compassion. He gives examples and practical questions to ask ourselves to pass the "TLC" test.

My two favorite chapters are "Welcoming Mystery" and "Healing Yourself". The first deals with the existential questions that illness can stir and the second with "continual" self care. What profound encouragement both offer for living in this world.

I truly enjoyed reading this book (and have read several sections more than once). The wonderful stories of courage and healing inspired me to be a better listener, a better friend and even a better person. Thank you Jeff.

Provides a solid foundation for understanding and growth
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2003-07-16
Caregivers who live with a severely ill family member or friend receive a guide on how they can handle life-threatening and life-changing illness. From how to help others heal using one's presence and support to understanding differences between healing and curing, this is packed with advice from the author's own work with cancer support groups, and provides a solid foundation for understanding and growth.

Healing with compassion
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2007-06-18
I picked this book up off the shelf because I have been grappling with my husband's recent diagnosis. As his caregiver, I have often felt frantic trying to organize his medications, supplements, and doctors' appointments while searching the internet for some sort of "cure." Jeff Kane very gently brought me back to earth...and to my husband's immediate need for my compassion and calmness. Since reading this wonderful book and putting Dr. Kane's suggestions to use, I have seen a change in my husband's demeanor; a rise in his hopefulness and an abatement of his pain. All I have done is become a more patient, loving and affirming wife. I let him talk about his illness, when and if he wants to. I listen, without judgement or solutions. And I pray for a healing of his body and spirit. Thank you, Dr. Kane, for sharing your wisdom with caregivers- professional and amateur. We can all learn from this book.

J. Kane, The Healing Companion
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2001-04-03
Anyone confronted with the serious sickness of a family member of friend will find this sensitive but unsentimental book invaluable. Jeff Kane not only shows how the emotional support and participation of one's friends and family help the sick person in his or her illness (that is, the social and spiritual disclocation and emotional and psychological suffering caused by the disease), but also gives very concrete, practical suggestions on listening, responding, respecting, and feeling and showing compassion. Dr. Kane's insights about the experience of suffering, the devastation it causes and the opportunities it offers both the sick person and the care-giver for self-knowledge and personal transfromation make this a book to be read and reread time and again.

Best book I've read on "What do I say?"
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2006-09-19
I LOVE this book. I'm a hospice nurse, and fairly comfortable talking with people who are facing their own death, but this is by far the best thing I've read on the topic. Besides being a wonderful, accessible writer, Jeff Kane is funny, wise, and practical. He's obviously done his own spiritual work, and his book shows that. I looked forward to every chapter, each of which seemed to answer a question I'd barely known to ask, and to answer it in a way that has helped me immensely in my practice, as well as in dealing with people in my own life who are dealing with things we wish weren't happening. Get it. Read it. Read it again. I'm on my second copy.

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Health and Healing
Published in Paperback by Mariner Books (1998-05-20)
Author: Andrew T. Weil
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It was good
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2003-05-11
It was good, but not the best i have read. I did learn a lot so I need to give credit for that.

Excellent book - long overdue
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 1999-04-28
Weil writes a very comprehensive book that asks the essential question, "What is health if not th absence of sickness?". Very informative and thought provoking!!!

An excellent overview of the history of alternative medicine
Helpful Votes: 14 out of 15 total.
Review Date: 1998-12-30
This book is required reading for all students at the Clayton College of Natural Health. It should, in fact, be required reading for anyone entering the field of health, as it convincingly drives home an important point: just because allopathy ("conventional" or "western" medicine) has the most powerful medical lobby in the US, its history is far from flawless, and is often downright embarrassing when compared with that of time-honored systems such as homeopathy or tribal approaches to healing. In an entertaining and lucid manner, Dr Weil introduces the reader to many of the alternative approaches still being practiced the world over, and their advantages and shortcomings. He also points to the need for ALL kinds of medicines, and provides guidelines on which types of dis-eases are best handled by the various specialties. All in all, a thoroughly readable and informative book which will hopefully abolish forever the popular regard of M.D.s as "demigods in white," and the idea that allopathic medicine is the only credible and worthwhile approach to healing our sick.

A whole new view of medical systems
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2001-06-04
Andrew Weil's book was assigned as supplmental reading in a sociology of health and healing systems course at Park College in Southern California. With phrases like, "nothing works all the time and everything works some of the time," Andrew explored health systems worldwide from accupuncture in China to witchdoctors in Latin America. The idea that Western doctors actually gain much of their credibility not because of their own skills, but because they take credit for what the body already does is interesting. Health and medicine previously seemed like a highly scientific study, but viewed from Andrew's perspective, it is, in many ways, philosophically and culturally specific. Andrew brings a whole new world to medicine. Fascinting perspective.

Dr. Weil wrote an eye-opener on health and how we heal...
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 1998-12-12
Pinned on my office wall is an uplifting reminder titled, "Seven Rules Of A Winner". I found it interesting that the author listed health as the first rule. He wrote, "Be proactive and preventative about your health. Your body is your one and only vehicle for your journey to success, so start taking care of your health through exercise and diet." (The Psychology of Winning, by Denis Waitley). I didn't take that statement seriously until after a medical problem sent me to the hospital. Since happiness seems to go hand-in-hand with having a healthy body, I highly recommend this book. If nothing else, it provided me with a positive perspective on illness, and that alone made it worth reading. It also opened my eyes to the down-side of high-tech medicine, or rather, it put American medical practices into perspective and introduced me to alternatives. Herbal remidies are investigated as well as many others. The bottom line: read this book to learn how the body can heal itself and just how much is not known about the process of healing. A must read for anyone wishing to take control of their own health.

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Help Your Man Get Healthy:: An Essential Guide For Every Caring Woman
Published in Paperback by Harper Perennial (1999-06-01)
Authors: Maria K. Regan and Steven Jonas
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Critically important guidelines for healthy habits.
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2000-08-07
Steven Jonas, M.D. is a nationally recognized health-care expert. He teaches preventive medicine, and has written several books on staying healthy. He's teamed up with another health writer, Maria Kassberg Regan, to produce Help Your Man Get Healthy: An Essential Guide For Every Caring Woman. Dr. Jonas and Regan say that "studies have shown conclusively that both heart disease and cancer--the top two killers in the nation--can be prevented by avoiding negative health habits and engaging in certain positive ones." They then describe the common negative habits, such as smoking, and helpful positive habits, such as reducing stress. They've included a chart which shows the number of years life can be shortened by each negative habit compared with the number of years gained by following a few positive habits. Obviously people are responsible for their own health habits, so why did Regan and Dr. Jonas write a guide for women to help improve their husband's health? Women already have enough responsibilities! They offer several reasons, including the fact that men simply don't know as much about good health practices as women do. For example, most women's magazines print lots of health-related articles; few men's magazines are health-oriented. Regan and Dr. Jonas do not advocate making women responsible for their man's health--their goal is to give women the tools they need to encourage good habits in all those they care about. They provide several quick and simple quizzes to help readers zero in on various kinds of difficulties. They then provide extensive information on motivation-- yes, men are motivated in much different ways than women are. They also provide tips on communicating effectively with men. For example, men prefer hard information to empathy. Dr. Jonas and Regan maintain that "for many, healthy habits mark the difference between a life that's long and vigorous and one that's curtailed by chronic disease or shortened by death." Readers will find that Help Your Man Get Healthy will provide the guidelines and assistance they need to help those they love develop healthy habits and improve the quality of their lives.

Sandra Smith, Reviewer

Notable for its practicality - and it works!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 1999-08-24
The topic, I'm sure, is on the minds of many married couples. Kassberg and Jonas define a collaborative approach to toughening up the oafish husband - softened by marriage and the attendant collapse of physical self-discipline - that's as effective as it is commonsensical. Real-life examples are particularly instructive, and the benefits of the approach become evident within days, not weeks, as the reader "gets on the same team" as the target partner in the battle against sloth, weakness and ill-health. Easy-to-read, well-researched, and original, this book is the right answer to the age-old question, "What the hell happened to the guy I married - and what can I do about it?" Buy this one today.

An enjoyable (and healthy) read for men too!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 1999-08-19
As a man, I read "Help Your Man" with not just a little bit of skepticism (we don't need any help!) but was I ever surprised! "Help Your Man" provides clear and understandable synopses of relevant and common health related matters which can be prevented or improved by simple changes of behavior. It is all coupled with simple, common sense (but not obvious) suggestions on how to help your man (or yourself!) change those unhealthy behaviors. Besides all that, it reads quite nicely!

It's like a one-stop-shop for such information. I will be sure to keep it handy!

A must on your summer reading list!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 1999-07-18
I have just completed Kassberg's book and was so impressed by the comprehensive, helpful advice she offers.She has written an essential guide for all couples who are concerned about their health and well being. The book is filled with creative tips and thoughtful advice. I recommend it to couples of all ages who want enhance the quality of their relationship and their health.

A truly informative and practical guide!
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 1999-08-13
This book provides tons of valuable information and then gives hundreds of realistic suggestions that have already had a great impact on the health of my spouse and our relationship. Whether you want to help your man drink less (alcohol), smoke less tobacco, eat less saturated fat, or just get a little more exercise, this book will give you so many great (and often subtle) suggestions that he won't even realize he's getting healthier! I highly recommend it.

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Homeopathy Beyond Flat Earth Medicine
Published in Paperback by Timing Publications (1995-03-15)
Author: Timothy R. Dooley
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I thought homeopaths were quacks.
Helpful Votes: 11 out of 13 total.
Review Date: 2007-07-12
I was never seriously ill during most of my life, but a stubborn case of no-external-trigger urticaria (hives) has been plaguing me for nearly a year. I've visited one regular doctor, one osteopath, two emergency room docs, three allergists, and three acupuncturists. They were all unable to cure the hives, but the allergists finally brought my symptoms under control with a powerful hellbroth of prescription drugs:

1 Prednisone (steroid, immunosuppressant) 20mg pill in the morning
1 Tagamet (Cimetidine, H2 antihistamine) 300mg pill in the morning
1 Allegra (Fexofenadine, H1 antihistamine) 180mg pill in the morning
1 Zyrtec (Cetirizine HCl, H1 antihistamine) 10mg pill in the afternoon
1 Atarax (Hydroxyzine HCl, H1 antihistamine) 25mg pill at bedtime
3 Doxepin (antidepressant, sedative) 10mg pills at bedtime
1 Tagamet 300mg pill at bedtime
1 Prednisone 20mg pill at bedtime

Plus, I had to carry an emergency epinephrine (adrenaline) syringe everywhere, just in case my precariously-balanced immune system tipped into anaphylactic shock.

One of the allergists provided me with a light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel newsflash: "These cases usually burn themselves out in three to five years."

But if you take Prednisone for a long time, you tend to gain a lot of weight, and your immune response is slowly crippled. The allergists tried to cut down the Prednisone gradually, but my hives always returned with a vengeance. [A minor bout with urticaria is much like being flayed alive... and after experiencing several full-blown major attacks, I wouldn't wish one on my worst enemy.] I was clinically depressed, and marginally suicidal.

My doctors thought I was doing great, considering.

Since the AMA and TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) practitioners couldn't really help, I turned to homeopaths as a last resort. Even though I had always viewed homeopathy as a marginal--if not totally quack--science, I was at the end of my rope and desperate enough to try anything.

After a few homeopathic treatments, my drug regimen is now down to:

1 Prednisone 2.5mg pill (1/16 of my previous daily intake) in the afternoon
1 Benadryl 25mg pill (over-the-counter antihistamine) at bedtime

These doctors are determined to wean me off drugs completely, God bless 'em. Needless to say, I now highly recommend homeopaths. And they recommended that I read Homeopathy: Beyond Flat Earth Medicine, for an overview.

I wish I'd read it a year ago.

Excellent yet brief description of homeopathy
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-09-22
This is one of the most concise and yet thorough and easy to understand explanations of what homeopathic medicine is on the market. I highly recommend anyone considering homeopathic care to read this book before they start. If you are at all curious about this unique form of healthcare called homeopathy, read the book!

This is the very bes!!!
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2006-07-13
If you are thinking about exploring Homeopathy this is the book to read first. For those that have experienced the wonderful effects of homeopathy and want a refresher course, or a question answered....you'll find it here.

best intro to classical homeopathy
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2007-09-17
My homeopathist recommended reading this book before my first visit. My experience was so successful that I ordered several more books to lend to family, friends, and acquaintances who show an interest in homeopathy. This book really prepares you to get the most out of the homeopathic interview and cooperate with the healing process.

Well worth it
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2003-04-22
The author describes what homeopathy is and how it works in a very clear style. This book will help the newcomer understand homeopathy and I highly recommend it.

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Hormonal Health: Nutritional and Hormonal Strategies for Emotional Well-Being & Intellectual Longevity
Published in Paperback by Apple Publishing (1996-05)
Author: Michael Colgan
List price: $16.95
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A really important book to have
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-02-02
This doctor and his investigations really open your eyes.
Not only to read it, but to keep it close and consult it.
Specially after 40,hormonal health is much more important that what we usually think.
A must read for women after 40 or reaching their 40's.
I think in my fabulous 60's I will be happy I got it being young enough as to take advantage of his great reccomendations.
Get your creams,your botox and your workout rutines, but along with them...get this book!

Quality and efficient
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2006-12-24
Sellers description of the product was true and accurate...arriving in excellent condition and sooner than expected. Will not hesitate to purchase from this seller in the future.

Unbelievable!!!
Helpful Votes: 14 out of 16 total.
Review Date: 1999-04-10
I have been studying Human Nutrition for over 14 years and have found no other who understands the intricacies and sheer importance of proper hormonal balance through good nutition. Proper hormonal balance is the single most important aspect to living a healthy mental and physical life. All represented with solid scientific research, Dr. Colgan explains in an easy to read format the simple Do's and Dont's for making your health the best it can be. So don't lose anymore time. Take charge of your health now and experience for yourself the unbelievable feeling from having a hormonally healthy body and mind.

revolutionary!
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 1999-05-29
Anyone can benefit greatly from this book Powerful knowledge is presented in great form.

hormonal health
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 12 total.
Review Date: 2000-01-28
finaly a book that is dealing with the hormonal diseases on every hormones (for woman, and for man as well), and tells you how to heal it in the nutrition-way,plus suplements.this book is also a book that explaining to you how hormones realy work, why, and what is the nutrition, and nutrients are involved in balancing them, and what is the conection among the complex hormones with the orthomolecular-nutrition therapy,-concerning natural hormone therapy(not replacement).as a therapist i must admit that only after i learned this book, my understanding on the complex hormones cooperation, and how to treat it the right way, became more accurate and more fast resoults with my patients. this book is also for a non proffetional as well as for the proffetional.


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