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The Estrogen Decision



 The information contained in
this book is presented to help you make  educated
choices about your health care  needs. The
most up-to -date and complete guide for relief of
menopausal symptoms through hormonal replacement and alternative
therapies.



          



 


Author : Susan M.Lark

Publisher: CELESTIALARTS

Year of Publishing: 1993

No.of pages: 313p


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Being Positive, The Lives Of Men And Women With Hiv





This book focuses on the problems
HIV  patients face—the uncertainties, losses,
and the taboos;how they adapt—their new life in "HIV land,” their spiritual beliefs,
work and volunteer activities, family relations, drugs  and sex, and denial psychology. The book is
not only a humanizing antidote to statistical studies but important in
understanding the individual dramas of those who are affected.  The author has brought out honesty in these
people that is both moving and uplifting.



 



Author : Robert Klitzman



Publisher : Ivan R. Dee



No. Of Pages : 244


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Before You Take That Pill



This book covers more than three hundred
of the most commonly prescribed drugs, the fifty top-selling prescription
drugs, all of the vitamins, and the best-selling herbs and supplements.  Some of the drugs that are covered include
some particularly unsafe ones that aren’t used much. In this book the author
enables one to use medications safely and convinces to change diet and
lifestyle to prevent disease.



 



Author : J. Douglas Bremner



Publisher : Avery, Penguin Group



Year of Publishing : 2008



No. Of Pages : 440


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Understanding Children



This book is for parents, grandparents, health
professionals and all other caregivers of children between the age of 0 to 3
years.  The book is about the special
journey that parents have been taking for thousand of years.  The journey is filled with the wonder of nurturing
and raising a child through the early critical years of his life.  It is a guidebook to reduce the anxieties of this
wondrous journey through the curiosity that leads to questions, answers and actionable
suggestions.




Author : Richard Saul Wurman



Publisher : TOP



 



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Energy Secrets





This book is easy to read, easy to follow, a great number of
simple but effective advise on ideas to be energetic throughout the day,
through healing methods. This book covers not only physical, but mental and
spiritual aspects of well-being which is quite rare to find in a book. As per
the author one feels positive energy flowing through, by just reading this
book.



 



Author
: Alla Svirinskaya



Publisher
: Hay House



Year Of
Publishing : 2005



No. Of
Pages : 275



 



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The Three-martini Playdate



This is
a practical guide to Happy Parenting and offers refreshing, funny, and actually
quite useful advice.  With recipes,
opinions, helpful hints, and illustrations, the author bring out more relaxed
attitude towards raising children. 



 



Author
: Christie Mellor



Publisher
: Chronicle Books



Year Of
Publishing : 2004



No. Of
Pages : 143



 



 



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My Mother, Your Mother



This is a book for understanding, caring, and for helping
those you love live well during their final years.  It is shaped by common sense and kindness,
grounded in traditional medicine yet receptive to alternative therapies,
attending to an elder’s changing needs rather than waiting for crisis that
force acute medical interventions—an approach that improves the quality of
elders.



 



Author : Dennis McCullough



Publisher : Harper-Collins



Date of Publishing : 2002



No. Of Pages : 263



 



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Patient Number One



In an extraordinary book that proves
that truth can be stranger than fictions, Rick Murdock  tells the dramatic story of his fight against
a deadly lymphoma that could only be treated with technology developed by his
own bio tech company, and the equally Harrowing battle for the survival of his
company in a brushing legal dispute with a Multibillion doller medical products giant.


Author-Rick Murdock

Publisher- Crown Publishers

Year of publishing: 2000

No.of Pages: 307


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Nothing To Hide



This book is an essential tool for understanding mental
illness and presents 44 families whose lives have been changed by it. A range
of disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression),
ethnic groups, geographic regions, ages, and income levels are represented, and
a brief introduction educates the reader about psychiatric disorders. Each
story typically includes a narrative by the patient as well as sibling or
parental views of the illness. Most of  essays written reflect the view that mental
illness is a chemically based brain disorder and that with medication and the
support of families and mental health professionals, one can live happily.



 



Author : Jean J Beard and Peggy Gillespie



Publisher : The New 
Press



Year Of Publishing : 2002



No. Of Pages : 296




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Fitness Management



This Book is designed to serve three distinct target
population. One group is the upper-level undergraduate and graduate students
who are seeking to embark on a career in the fitness, health, racket, and sport club industry.Another
are young professional who are already working in the industry and who are seeking information
and insight that can help them expand their professional horizons and possibly
move into management, finally,the book is intended for seasoned industry professi9onals
who want to know more about areas in which they may not have as mmuch
experience or knowledge as they would like to have.


Author: Stephen J.Tharrett

Publisher: Healthy Learning

No.of pages: 512p  

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Secret Survivors



This book focuses on what incest does to those scarred by
it, affecting how they dress, their body image, and relationships, as well as
their ability to feel and think. This book also expands the definition of
incest to include sexual abuse perpetrated by any caregivers, including
teachers, doctors, neighbors, and other non - relatives.



 



Author : E. Sue Blume



Publisher : John Wiley And Sons



No. Of Pages : 326



 



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Patient Power



 Patient Power aims to provide a simple,
straightforward, authoritative and accessible guide to health care, from the
patient’s point of view.  It takes you
step by step through the maze of services on offer and answers simple and
complex questions. Packed with practical information and tips, the book helps
to transform one from a passive patient to an informed person, in charge of one’s
health and getting the care that you and your family need.



 



Author : Sarah Harvey and Ian Wylie



Publisher : Simon & Schuster



No. Of Pages : 310




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Preemies



 



 




This extremely comprehensive and
informative book, written in plain language



Will serve as a comforting
companion for parents and health- care professionals alike.



PREEMIES
covers every topic related to premature birth.



  






Author: Dana Wechsler

Publisher: Poket Books

Year of Publication :2000

No of pages: 578p




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Nine Months And A Day



This is easy to read book full of
practical advice for a safe and satisfying pregnancy and delivery. It is a
companion for a woman’s pregnancy, labor and delivery.  Concise , accurate, reader friendly, and
completely up-to-date , with useful illustrations, a handy information form for
recording important names, numbers, and dates and the latest facts about such
matters as household and workplace environmental hazards, sexually transmitted
disease, cesarean birth, cord blood retrieval, breastfeeding, and postpartum
recovery.



 



Author : Adrienne B. Lieberman and Linda Highey Holt



Publisher : The Hardvard Common Press



No. Of Pages : 216



 



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Could It Be Breast Cancer?



This booklet is a first step in providing information that
helps one understand breast cancer and be confident that all the diagnostic procedures
necessary for developing an optimal treatment plan are performed.  If focuses mainly on the diagnosis of breast
cancer, yet some of the tests described are also applicable to recurrence of
the disease or metastatic breast cancer.



 



Author : Professor Nadia Harbeck



Publisher : Roche



No. Of Pages : 86



 



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Baby Milestones











 



Essential reading for parents and
 carers 
and packed with practical advice, Baby Milestone covers every aspect of
child development from newborn to three years.Organized by age, it explains
what to expect and how to bring out the best in your youngster at every stage.








Author : Dr. Carol Cooper

Publisher : Hamlyn 

Year Of  Publishing : 2006  

No of Pages :  224p  

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Weight Loss



           



               This
book is not a diet book. Alternative medicine offers you an   



              Approach
that helps you lose weight and keep it off  while improving your



              Overall  health  and fitness. It is essential to
understand  the factors that went into



              Creating  a 
weight problem in each person, because obesity is never  casued by one



Thing  alone   
and no  two people have  exactly the same casual factor.                          

         .

Author : Burton Goldberg

Publisher : Magna Publishing Co.Ltd.

Year Of  Publishing: 2002

No of  Pages : 391p


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Codependent's Guide To The Twelve Steps



This Book  Helps you
discover how recovery programs  work and
find the



Right one for you. Interpreting the famous Alcoholics
Anonymous Twelve Steps



Specifically for codependent issues for the very first time
, this groundbreaking book combines Melody’s expertise with the experience of
other  people to :Explain each stepsd and how 
you can apply it to your particular issues.offer specific exercises and activities to use both in group
setting and on your own.



 



 Author: Melody Beattie

Publisher: Simon&schuster

No.of pages: 259p

year of  Publishing :1998



 


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In this book readers will not
only learn the personal history of a healer, they will also discover many
practical secrets of health and vitality, from the importance of proper
breathing to the value of simple stretching as a superior tonic for nerves and muscles. In addition to moving thesis, the
author offers practical advice to his readers, exercises, both physical and
spiritual. Through his poignant stories and case histories, we also learn that
intuition, sensitivity and warmth are not too much to expect from a physician.



 



Author : Robert C. Fulford



Publisher : Pocket Books



No. of Pages : 193




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Renegotiating Health Care



This book presents effective tools for understanding
conflict, negotiating differences, and creating a workable balance among those
who deliver, receive, administer, and oversee health care. The book crafts a
model for own work and that of the organization.



 



Author : Leonard J. Marcus, Barry C. Dorn, Phyllis B.
Kritek, Velvet G. Miller and Janice B. Wyatt



Publishers : Jossey-Bass



No. Of Pages : 453



 



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