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This Is What You Just Put In Your Mouth: From Eggnog to Beef Jerky, the Surprising Secrets of What's Inside Everyday Products by Patrick Di Justo
What do a cup of coffee and cockroach pheromone have in common? How is Fix-A-Flat like sugarless gum? Is a Slim Jim meat stick really alive? If I Can't Believe It's Not Butter isn't butter, what is it? All of these pressing questions and more are answered in This Is What You Just Put In Your Mouth? Based on his popular Wired magazine column What's Inside, Patrick Di Justo takes a cold, hard, and incredibly funny look at the shocking, disgusting, and often dumbfounding ingredients found in everyday products, from Cool Whip and Tide Pods to Spam and Play-Doh. He also shares the madcap stories of his extensive research, including tracking down a reclusive condiment heir, partnering with a cop to get his hands on heroin, and getting tight-lipped snack-food execs to talk. Along the way, he schools us on product histories, label decoding, and the highfalutin chemistry concepts behind everything from Midol to Hostess fruit pies.
Packed with facts you're going to want to share immediately, this is infotainment at its best—and most fun!—which will have you giving your shampoo the side-eye and Doritos a double take, and make you the know-it-all in line at the grocery store.
Packed with facts you're going to want to share immediately, this is infotainment at its best—and most fun!—which will have you giving your shampoo the side-eye and Doritos a double take, and make you the know-it-all in line at the grocery store.
Mondretta, Leeds
This book provides simple stretching routines to make high-tech life healthier. Easy-to-follow instructions and line drawings accompany each stretch. The book also includes tips on creating an ergonomic workstation. “Task-specific stretches that keep you stress-free on the job.” — Self magazine “Addresses the dilemma of the ... workday: getting in some exercise when you have no time to work out.” — Publishers Weekly
Mondretta, Leeds
Many things contribute to good health—cheerfulness, fresh air, exercise, diet, and positive relationships with other people, to name a few. Crucial also is a personal relationship with the Creator who gave us life and everything we need for health and happiness. In this book Ellen White deals with sickness of the soul and the healing balm to be found by trusting God for all things. Written in simple, beautiful language, Ministry of Healing will point you to a life full of joy and gladness—a life in touch with the Source of healing power.
Mondretta, Leeds
Deadly Emotions: Understand the Mind-Body-Spirit Connection That Can Heal or Destroy You by Don Colbert
Did you know that negative emotions can adversely affect your health? Depression, anger, guilt, condemnation, low self-esteem-these are only a few of the lethal toxins that threaten body and spirit.
Offering a clear definition of deadly emotions-what they are, where they come from, how they manifest themselves, and their effects on the body-Dr. Colbert uses scientific evidence to support his views. He further offers hope in the form of God's power to deliver readers from these toxins, focusing on the power of forgiveness and repentance, the value of a merry heart, and the joy of the Lord. Finally, Dr. Colbert shares insights on the role nutrition plays in removing the physical toxins that inhibit true health.
Mondretta, Leeds
Eat This, Not That!
first came on the scene in 2007 and now there are almost as many variations of
it as there are of the Chicken Soup for
the Soul books. Basically, this series is about choices and how by making
some changes that won’t leave you feeling deprived, you can cut your calories,
lose weight, and improve your health. For the meeting I picked three examples: Eat This, Not That! (Updated for 2012), Eat
This, Not That! Restaurant Survival Guide, and Eat It to Beat It! The format is similar in all three books: a good choice on one side will be contrasted
with a bad choice on the other side, with all the reasons for each choice spelled
out. As an example, someone might open the Restaurant Survival Guide to
California Pizza Kitchen and see that the Original BBQ Chicken Pizza is listed
on the good choice side, along with several other sensible menu options, while
on the other side of the page is the bad choice, the BBQ Chicken Chopped Salad.
The format makes comparison and contrast easy and there are vivid photos along
with other hints like “Hidden Dangers” and “Weapons of Mass Destruction” to
warn readers of the real calorie bombs.
I
like that this series is about good choices and lifestyle changes and not the
deprivation associated with the term “going on a diet,” which instantly sounds
like you can’t have anything that tastes good again, EVER. It was a pleasant
surprise to learn that you can have foods like ice cream, cookies, pasta, and
fast food without necessarily piling on the pounds or courting a coronary. You
do have to be realistic about portion sizes and looking at labels. And prepare
to be surprised—did you notice how in the CPK example above, a pizza is a
better choice than a salad? Who knew? And you may find that some things you are
already enjoying fall on the “good” side of the equation. Take a look through the series and find the Eat This, Not That!
approach that is perfect
for your needs.
Mary Anne, BPL Southern History
It’s easy to feel
hopeless if you’re facing severe pain day after day, particularly if you’ve
been pretty healthy all your life. I know I felt robbed of the good health I’d
always had and realized I’d been taking it for granted. That’s why books like
these encourage patients to try alternative treatment methods such as
acupuncture if necessary, or seek the advice of a chronic pain
specialist—sometimes they’re hard to find, but more and more physicians are
becoming aware that pain management is a specialty that deserves closer
attention and there are internet pathfinders to help locate pain clinics. You
may not recover your original state of health but sometimes with the proper
combination of physicians and treatments, relief is possible.
Mary Anne, BPL Southern History
In
early 2012 I was diagnosed with glossopharyngeal neuralgia of
idiopathic origin, which was a fancy way for my doctors to tell me, “Your
throat hurts and we don’t know why.” This was my introduction to the world of
chronic pain. I was more fortunate than some: though no one has found a way to
“cure” my condition, my physicians and counselors were able to come up with a
combination of medicines that alleviate the worst of the pain and allow me to
function. I have the occasional bad day with my neuralgia, but for some chronic
pain patients, living with pain means grinding hardship on a daily basis.
The two
books I selected for the meeting were choices I thought would be helpful for a
pain patient and for their families, friends, and doctors. The Truth About Chronic Pain is a series of interviews with pain
patients, their families and caregivers, and members of the medical
community. It would help almost anyone
to a better understanding of why chronic pain can be soul-destroying—sometimes
the frustrations of dealing with people who don’t understand how bad you feel
can be almost as bad as the pain itself—and how chronic pain often opens the
door to a host of other conditions such as depression. A
Nation in Pain examines how and why the medical community is far behind the
times on pain relief and how it needs to seriously examine some of its
practices in dealing with pain patients. For instance: pain medication is often
under prescribed, even for terminally ill patients, because of the fear the
patient will become “addicted.” If by some miracle the patient is cured, that’s the time to worry about weaning
him off of the morphine.
Mary Anne, BPL Southern History
Out of 238 million American adults, 100 million live with chronic pain. And yet the press has paid more attention to the abuses of pain medications than the astoundingly widespread condition they are intended to treat. Ethically, the failure to manage pain better is tantamount to torture. When chronic pain is inadequately treated, it undermines the body and mind. Indeed, the risk of suicide for people in chronic pain is twice that of other people. Far more than just a symptom, author Judy Foreman writes, chronic pain can be a disease in its own right--and it's the biggest health problem facing America today.
Published in partnership with the International Association for the Study of Pain, A Nation in Pain offers a sweeping, deeply researched account of the chronic-pain crisis, from neurobiology to public policy, and presents practical solutions that are within our grasp today. Drawing on both her personal experience with chronic pain and her background as an award-winning health journalist, she guides us through recent scientific discoveries, including genetic susceptibility to pain; gender disparities in pain conditions and treatments, perhaps linked to estrogen; the problem of undertreated pain in children; the emerging role of the immune system in pain; advances in traditional treatments such as surgery and drugs; and fair-minded assessments of the effectiveness of alternative remedies, including marijuana, acupuncture, massage, and chiropractic care. For many people, the real magic bullet, Foreman writes, is exercise. Though many patients fear it will increase their discomfort, studies show it consistently produces improvement, often dramatic. She also explores the destructive "opioid wars," which have led to a misguided demonization of prescription painkillers.
Foreman presents a far-reaching but sensible plan of action, ranging from enhancing pain education in medical schools to reforms of federal policies across the board. For doctors, scientists, policy makers, and especially patients, A Nation in Pain is essential reading.
Published in partnership with the International Association for the Study of Pain, A Nation in Pain offers a sweeping, deeply researched account of the chronic-pain crisis, from neurobiology to public policy, and presents practical solutions that are within our grasp today. Drawing on both her personal experience with chronic pain and her background as an award-winning health journalist, she guides us through recent scientific discoveries, including genetic susceptibility to pain; gender disparities in pain conditions and treatments, perhaps linked to estrogen; the problem of undertreated pain in children; the emerging role of the immune system in pain; advances in traditional treatments such as surgery and drugs; and fair-minded assessments of the effectiveness of alternative remedies, including marijuana, acupuncture, massage, and chiropractic care. For many people, the real magic bullet, Foreman writes, is exercise. Though many patients fear it will increase their discomfort, studies show it consistently produces improvement, often dramatic. She also explores the destructive "opioid wars," which have led to a misguided demonization of prescription painkillers.
Foreman presents a far-reaching but sensible plan of action, ranging from enhancing pain education in medical schools to reforms of federal policies across the board. For doctors, scientists, policy makers, and especially patients, A Nation in Pain is essential reading.
Mary Anne, BPL Southern History
The Truth About Chronic Pain: Patients and Professionals on How to Face It, Understand It, Overcome It by Arthur Rosenfeld
It's all in your head. "Learn to bear it." "That drug will make you a junkie."For the more than 75 million Americans affected by chronic pain, these are fighting words.Despite extraordinary medical progress in recent years, millions of people, debilitated by the pain of incurable cancer, crippling arthritis, unremitting headaches, and a host of degenerative disorders, continue to suffer needlessly. Here, in their own words, are the stories of more than forty people whose lives are dictated by pain-patients, healthcare professionals, ethicists, social commentators, and scientists-shining a powerful searchlight on America's most misunderstood health problem. The Truth About Chronic Pain reveals why pain is so often ignored or under-treated. Among the reasons are the widespread belief that pain is a sign of weakness and the unfounded fears that properly administered painkillers will cause addiction. As bureaucrats, doctors, and pharmacists become adversaries in the War on Drugs, people in pain are often denied the relief they need.The voices on these pages are an eloquent testament to individual courage and a powerful plea to medical institutions, political leaders, and insurance companies to implement effective solutions to the problem of pain.
Mary Anne, BPL Southern History
The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementias, and Memory Loss (5th Ed) by Nancy Mace
When someone in your family suffers from Alzheimer disease or other related memory loss diseases, both you and your loved one face immense challenges. For over thirty years, this book has been the trusted bible for families affected by dementia disorders. Now completely revised and updated, this guide features the latest information on the causes of dementia, managing the early stages of dementia, the prevention of dementia, and finding appropriate living arrangements for the person who has dementia when home care is no longer an option.
You'll learn:
-The basic facts about dementia
-How to deal with problems arising in daily care-- meals, exercise, personal hygiene, and safety
-How to cope with an impaired person's false ideas, suspicion, anger, and other mood problems
-How to get outside help from support groups, friends, and agencies
-Financial and legal issues you must address.
Comprehensive and compassionate, THE 36-HOUR DAY is the only guide you need to help your family through this difficult time.
Maura, Trussville
Infectious Madness: The Surprising Science of How We "Catch" Mental Illness by Harriet Washington
Is it possible to catch autism or OCD the same way we catch the flu? Can a child's contact with cat litter lead to schizophrenia? In her eye-opening new book, National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Harriet Washington reveals that we can in fact "catch" mental illness. In INFECTIOUS MADNESS, Washington presents the new germ theory, which posits not only that many instances of Alzheimer's, OCD, and schizophrenia are caused by viruses, prions, and bacteria, but also that with antibiotics, vaccinations, and other strategies, these cases can be easily prevented or treated. Packed with cutting-edge research and tantalizing mysteries, INFECTIOUS MADNESS is rich in science, characters, and practical advice on how to protect yourself and your children from exposure to infectious threats that could sabotage your mental and physical health.
Maura, Trussville
Yoga for Cancer: A Guide to Managing Side Effects, Boosting Immunity, and Improving Recovery for Cancer Survivors by Tari Prinster
Using yoga to manage the challenges of cancer and its treatment:
* Explains how to create a safe home yoga practice that addresses the specific physical needs, risks, and emotions of cancer patients and survivors
* Includes 53 yoga poses and 20 practice sequences that use movement and breathing to reduce and manage treatment side effects
* Reveals how current research supports the physical and psychological benefits of yoga to aid recovery and reduce risk of recurrence
* Written by a cancer survivor and certified yoga teacher
For those faced with a cancer diagnosis and the journey of doctor-led surgery and treatments, yoga offers a way to regain control of your body and take an active part in your recovery and long-term health. In this easy-to-follow illustrated guide, yoga teacher and cancer survivor Tari Prinster presents 53 traditional yoga poses that are adapted for all levels of ability and cancer challenges. She then applies the movements and breathwork of these poses to address 10 common side effects and offers 9 practice sequences for varying stages of treatment and recovery.
Sharing her own story as well as those of cancer survivors and yoga teachers with whom she has worked, Prinster explores how yoga can be used to strengthen the immune system, rebuild bone density, avoid and manage lymphedema, decrease anxiety, detoxify the body, reduce pain, and help the body repair damage caused by the cancer and conventional treatments. She reveals the research that supports the physical and psychological benefits of yoga as an aid to recovery and in reducing the risk of recurrence. Explaining how yoga must be tailored to each survivor, Prinster gives you the tools to create a safe home yoga practice, one that addresses your abilities, energy level, and overall health goals.
Through personal stories, well-illustrated poses, and sample practices for beginners as well as experienced yoga practitioners, Prinster empowers survivors to create their own wellness plan in order to regain their independence and their physical and emotional well-being.
Maura, Trussville
Talk To Your Doc: The Patient’s Guide by Mary F Hawkins
Doctors are busier than ever and the Internet produces more information than ever for patients. Getting the right treatment can be challenging if you don't have the right approach. Mary Hawkins helps patients advocate for the best care with a guide on how to discuss your condition with your doctor.
Kelly, Springville Road
The Patient's Playbook: How to Save Your Life and the Lives of Those You Love by Leslie D Michelson
Too many Americans die each year as a result of preventable
medical error—mistakes, complications, and misdiagnoses. And many more of us
are not receiving the best care possible, even though it’s readily available
and we’re entitled to it. The key is knowing how to access it.
The Patient’s Playbook is a call to action. It will change the way you manage your health and the health of your family, and it will show you how to choose the right doctor, coordinate the best care, and get to the No-Mistake Zone in medical decision making. Leslie D. Michelson has devoted his life’s work to helping people achieve superior medical outcomes at every stage of their lives. Michelson presents real-life stories that impart lessons and illuminate his easy-to-follow strategies for navigating complex situations and cases.
The Patient’s Playbook is an essential guide to the most effective techniques for getting the best from a broken system: sourcing excellent physicians, selecting the right treatment protocols, researching with precision, and structuring the ideal support team. Along the way you will learn:
Why having the right primary care physician will change your life
Three things you can do right now to be better prepared when illness strikes
The ten must-ask questions at the end of a hospital stay
How to protect yourself from unnecessary and dangerous treatments
Ways to avoid the four most common mistakes in the first twenty-four hours of a medical emergency
This book will enable you to become a smarter health care consumer—and to replace anxiety with confidence.
The Patient’s Playbook is a call to action. It will change the way you manage your health and the health of your family, and it will show you how to choose the right doctor, coordinate the best care, and get to the No-Mistake Zone in medical decision making. Leslie D. Michelson has devoted his life’s work to helping people achieve superior medical outcomes at every stage of their lives. Michelson presents real-life stories that impart lessons and illuminate his easy-to-follow strategies for navigating complex situations and cases.
The Patient’s Playbook is an essential guide to the most effective techniques for getting the best from a broken system: sourcing excellent physicians, selecting the right treatment protocols, researching with precision, and structuring the ideal support team. Along the way you will learn:
Why having the right primary care physician will change your life
Three things you can do right now to be better prepared when illness strikes
The ten must-ask questions at the end of a hospital stay
How to protect yourself from unnecessary and dangerous treatments
Ways to avoid the four most common mistakes in the first twenty-four hours of a medical emergency
This book will enable you to become a smarter health care consumer—and to replace anxiety with confidence.
Kelly, Springville Road
Patients Beyond Borders: Everybody's Guide to Affordable, World-Class Medical Travel by Josef Woodman
More than ten million patients now travel abroad every year for affordable, high-quality healthcare. From Thailand's American-accredited Bumrungrad International Hospital to Eric Clapton's Crossroads Center in Antigua to Johns Hopkins International Medical Center in Singapore, health travelers now have access to a full array of the world's safest, best choices in healthcare facilities and physicians.
Now in its third edition, Patients Beyond Borders remains the best-read, most comprehensive, easy-to-understand guide to medical tourism, written by the world's leading spokesperson on international health travel.
This new edition of Patients Beyond Borders lists the 25 top medical travel destinations, where patients can choose from hundreds of hospitals and save 30-80 percent on medical procedures, ranging from a comprehensive health check-up to heart work, orthopedics, dental and cosmetic surgery, in vitro fertilization and more.
Samuel, Springville Road
Understanding Psychosis: Issues and Challenges for Sufferers, Families, and Friends by Donald Capps
When a loved one is struck with psychosis, people often misunderstand what is happening and why. They may feel helpless or confused or frightened, not knowing what to do with or for the sufferer or how to handle the situation themselves. This book takes a look at psychosis and how it has been handled over the last century or so. Beginning with a definition of psychosis and moving to a consideration of how people who suffer from it were once institutionalized and are now expected to be cared for at home, the author traces the challenges families and communities face, considers the plight of sufferers and what they experience, and offers case examples throughout to illustrate the onset of psychosis, the infringement it makes on personal and professional life, and the toll it takes on sufferers and caregivers alike. Capps covers the magnitude of the problem, the treatment of sufferers, the warning signs, facts and realities of recovery, treatments, prevention, and coping strategies for family members and caregivers. Readers will come away from this work with a better understanding of psychosis in the context in which it occurs, and what to do for themselves and their loved one as they navigate daily life, the mental health system, and family dynamics.
Samuel, Springville Road
CAPHIS (Consumer and Patient Health Information Section) Top 100 List: Health Websites You Can Trust
The purpose of the CAPHIS Top 100 List is to provide CAPHIS members and other librarians with a resource to use in their daily practice and teaching. Secondly, it is our contribution to the Medical Library Association so that the headquarters staff can refer individuals to a list of quality health web sites. Our goal is to have a limited number of resources that meet the quality criteria for currency, credibility, content, audience, etc., as described on our website. These lists of resources expand upon the MLA Top Ten List. (from website)
Leigh, North Birmingham
Medlineplus
MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free. (from website)
Leigh, North Birmingham
Mayo Clinic's mission is to inspire hope and contribute to health and well-being by providing the best care to every patient through integrated clinical practice, education, and research. Our primary value is "The needs of the patient come first." (from website)
Leigh, North Birmingham
Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength by Roy Baumeister and John Tierney
(provided by reader) If you've ever wondered why willpower seems to drift away under the onslaught of the afternoon doughnut, cookie, or candy bar, the after work drink, or the face of the post work gym visit, Roy Baumeister can explain it to you in clear, easy to understand, and (most importantly) interesting terms. There is no willpower for this and separate willpower for that. It's all one pool, from that afternoon snack, to avoiding snapping at a coworker, to getting in that daily workout, to having patience with your kids/partners/spouses when you get home. Strengthening that will power is not the easiest thing in the world either. This book does a great job of getting me motivated to try though!
Holley, Emmet O'Neal
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: And Other Lessons From the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
(provided by reader) Okay, so this book does not really deal very directly with consumer health, especially in the early portions of the book. There is, however, a plethora of gory details on death, decomposition, embalming, and cremation. Since the American Civil War era, death HAS become a public health issue. Or, at least, the death industry has made it one. Ms. Doughty, creator of the group The Order of the Good Death and co-owner of a progressive funeral home called Undertaking LA, spends the latter half of this compulsively readable book debunking many of the myths surrounding corpses and the impact of decomposition on us living folk. Fascinating, illuminating, and ultimately uplifting, surely Smoke Gets in Your Eyes will not be Ms. Doughty's only book.
Holley, Emmet O'Neal
Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength by Roy Baumeister and John Tierney
(provided by reader) If you've ever wondered why willpower seems to drift away under the onslaught of the afternoon doughnut, cookie, or candy bar, the after work drink, or the face of the post work gym visit, Roy Baumeister can explain it to you in clear, easy to understand, and (most importantly) interesting terms. There is no willpower for this and separate willpower for that. It's all one pool, from that afternoon snack, to avoiding snapping at a coworker, to getting in that daily workout, to having patience with your kids/partners/spouses when you get home. Strengthening that will power is not the easiest thing in the world either. This book does a great job of getting me motivated to try though!
Holley, Emmet O'Neal
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: And Other Lessons From the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
(provided by reader) Okay, so this book does not really deal very directly with consumer health, especially in the early portions of the book. There is, however, a plethora of gory details on death, decomposition, embalming, and cremation. Since the American Civil War era, death HAS become a public health issue. Or, at least, the death industry has made it one. Ms. Doughty, creator of the group The Order of the Good Death and co-owner of a progressive funeral home called Undertaking LA, spends the latter half of this compulsively readable book debunking many of the myths surrounding corpses and the impact of decomposition on us living folk. Fascinating, illuminating, and ultimately uplifting, surely Smoke Gets in Your Eyes will not be Ms. Doughty's only book.
Holley, Emmet O'Neal
