Santé & Bien-être / Maladies

Coping with Chronic Heartburn

de Elaine Fantle Shimberg

An estimated 10 percent of the U.S. population suffers from Chronic Heartburn, also known as Acid Reflux or GERD. Many people simply dismiss this condition--the symptoms of which can include sleeplessness, chronic...

Building an Ageless Mind: Preventing and Fighting Brain Aging and Disease

de William J. Tippett

As our population ages and fears about dementia, Alzheimer’s, and related brain problems continue to grow, this book will help shed light on how the brain functions, what we can do to prevent the most severe...

Blood Pressure Down: The 10-Step Plan to Lower Your Blood Pressure in 4 Weeks--Without Prescription Drugs

de Janet Bond Phd, Rd, Ldn Brill

For the 75 million Americans with hypertension, a safe, effective lifestyle plan—incorporating the DASH diet principles and much more—for lowering blood pressure naturally

If you have high blood pressure,...

Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition

de T. Colin Campbell & Howard Jacobson

What happens when you eat an apple? The answer is vastly more complex than you imagine.

Every apple contains thousands of antioxidants whose names, beyond a few like vitamin C, are unfamiliar to us, and each...

Your Wife Has Cancer, Now What?: What to Expect When the Unexpected Happens

de Carson Boss

Written from the experienced perspective of someone who went through his wife's cancer Your Wife Has Cancer Now What? provides a practical overview of what you, as husband and best friend, need to know to help...

Plan D

de Sherri Shepherd & Billie Fitzpatrick

"Diabetes could have killed me. Instead, it saved my life."

—Sherri Shepherd

The day that actress, comedian, and cohost of The View Sherri Shepherd was diagnosed with the Big D—type 2 diabetes—she didn't...

Arthritis, What Exercises Work

de Dava Sobel & Arthur C. Klein

What is the most powerful arthritis treatment ever developed to help restore you to a healthy, pain-free, and vigorous life--for the rest of your life?

It's the very same breakthrough that has:

--Helped more...

Panic Attacks: The History of Mass Delusion

de Robert E Bartholomew & Hilary Evans

Examining the ability of the media to whip up a panic and our tendency to fall victim to mass delusion and hysteria, this title discusses America's 'kissing bug' scare of 1899; Seattle's atomic fallout fiasco...

Remember When?

de Scientific American Editors

We don’t often marvel at the process of remembering—that is, until we forget. What allows us to remember, and how do we forget? Most importantly, why do we remember certain things and not others? In this...

The Parents' Guide to Clubfoot

de Betsy Miller

About one in every thousand babies born each year has clubfoot, a disorder that affects foot and calf muscles. Because treatment usually begins soon after birth and continues for several years, parents play...

Your Bones: How You Can Prevent Osteoporosis and Have Strong Bones for Life-Naturally

de Lara Pizzorno & Jonathan V. Wright

Your Bones contains everything you need to know for healthy bones in one book, providing scientifically based advice which highlights natural prevention and treatment strategies. This UPDATED AND EXPANDED edition...

An Ageless Woman's Guide to Heart Health: Your Path to Lifelong Wellness

de Elizabeth Jackson

Heart disease has long been thought of as a men’s issue, when it is actually the leading cause of death in both men and women. In fact, since 1984, more American women than men have died of heart disease....

American Heart Association Eat Less Salt: An Easy Action Plan for Finding and Reducing the Sodium Hidden in Your Diet

de American Heart Association

Knock down that sodium--but not the flavor--to decrease your blood pressure and risks for heart attack and stroke. This toolkit, sodium tracker, and cookbook in one gives you solid health information and 60...

Social Work Visions from Around the Globe: Citizens, Methods, and Approaches

de Anna Metten, Teppo Kroger & Pirkko-Liisa Ranhalon

Increase the effectiveness of the services you provide to clients

Social Work Visions from Around the Globe examines the fundamental principles and dilemmas of social work with people whose health is under threat....

QuickFACTS Lung Cancer

de American Cancer Society

More than 221,000 people will be diagnosed with lung cancer in the United States this year alone, and this book emphasizes that all patients should be well-informed decision-makers in planning their own treatment....

Rad Art: A Journey Through Radiation Treatment

de Sally Loughridge & Eve Ensler

A visual diary of cancer treatment, Rad Art is one woman’s fully realized story of how she used the process of painting to help her cope with her disease and recovery. Filled with beautiful, evocative artwork,...

Picture Your Life After Cancer

de The New York Times, Karen Barrow & Tara Parker-Pope

The wide-ranging impact that cancer can have on a life in the months and years after the last doctor’s appointment is documented in photos in this meaningful collection. In 2010, the New York Times asked readers...

Prostate Cancer and the Man You Love: Supporting and Caring for Your Partner

de Anne Katz

This book provides spouses and partners of men with prostate cancer with a comprehensive but reader friendly overview of what they need to know to support the man they love as he goes through the cancer journey....

Cancer Secrets Revealed

de Phillip William Burbutes

As the direct result of several years of work and research in the field of alternative medicine, CANCER SECRETS REVEALED, is a compilation of hundreds of facts and figures allowing virtually anyone with an open...

Healthier Without Wheat

de Stephen Wangen

Healthier Without Wheat is the leading resource for understanding, diagnosing, and living with reactions to wheat and gluten. Critically acclaimed by Library Journal, and a 2010 Book of the Year Finalist for...