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Book Reviews
Book Reviews: 30 Apr - 06 May 2007

  1. Boost your brain power
  2. Herbal antibiotics
  3. Recovery options-The complete guide
  4. What your doctor may not tell you about Fibromyalgia Fatigue
  5. The 5 principles of ageless living
  6. The essential medication guidebook to healthy aging
  7. No if's, and's or butts-The smoker's guide to quitting
  8. Coping with breast cancer


1) Boost your brain power

The book gives a total program to sharpen one's thinking and age proof the mind. The book helps one to think better, clearer, faster. The book contains all one needs to know about learning, memory, mind/body healing, stress control, mental energy, nutrition, maturity, self-control etc.

Authors: Ellen Michaud,Russell Wild & the editors of PREVENTION magazine
Publishers: Rodale Press
Date of Publication: 1991
No. of pages: 471


2) Herbal antibiotics

The book offers conclusive evidence that plant medicines, with their complex mix of multiple antibiotic compounds, are remarkably effective against drug resistant bacteria. The book explains how antibiotic herbs are the best defense against bacteria and how their use will ensure that, in the future, antibiotic drugs will still be there when these are really needed.

Authors: Stephen Harrod Buhner
Publishers: Storey Publishing
Date of Publication: 1999
No. of pages: 135


3) Recovery options-The complete guide

The author explains what addiction is-and what isn't. The book examines both the mechanism of addiction and how to make the best treatment choices, why some people are particularly prone to substance problems and the genetic and learning mechanisms that help create these conditions. Also, one can explore the various types of treatments and the ideas on which they are based, and also to find out how effective each treatment is. The book can be considered to be a complete guide to information featuring the dramatic real life stories of patient's experiences, with various methods of recovery and an accessible guide to overcoming alcohol and other drug problems.

Authors: Joseph Volpicelli and Maia Szalavitz
Publishers: John Wiley and sons,Inc.
Date of Publication: 2000
No. of pages: 303


4) What your doctor may not tell you about Fibromyalgia Fatigue

The book deals with the causes, symptoms and treatment of chronic fatigue in fibromyalgia. The book also provides a detailed diet, exercise, and lifestyle plan designed to boost energy levels, improve resilience and revitalize one's life. The book helps to discover various ways to control three conditions that frequently accompany and intensify fibromyalgia, strategies to help the body create the energy it needs through diet and exercise, why its healthy in the long term to avoid the quick fix of prescribed hormones. Also included are 50 recipes that energize one's body.

Authors: R.Paul ST.Amand and Claudia Craig Marek
Publishers: Warner Books
Date of Publication: 2003
No. of pages: 333


5) The 5 principles of ageless living

The author shares her professional knowledge and practices to remind women that age is an asset and not a liability, that settling should never be an option, and that small shifts in attitudes and behavior can create huge benefits in the way women feel, look, and approach life. The book gives solutions to the challenges of getting older.

Authors: Dayle Haddon
Publishers: Atria Books
Date of Publication: 2003
No. of pages: 345


6) The essential medication guidebook to healthy aging

The book is an easy to use reference to medications taken for common conditions. It discusses a wide range of common medical problems-from arthritis to depression, glaucoma to diabetes, high blood pressure to osteoporosis, and offers details on the medications often prescribed to treat them.

Authors: Les Paul and Becky Nagle
Publishers: Ballantine Books
Date of Publication: 2001
No. of pages: 833


7) No if's, and's or butts-The smoker's guide to quitting

The book guides one through the maze of all the major techniques, products, drugs, and services that promise to help one break the smoking habit. The book first explains what the habit breaking habit is all about, how long it takes, and how much it costs. It then talks about how well that technique works.

Authors: Harlan M. Krumholz and Robert H.Phillips
Publishers: Avery Publishing Group Inc.
Date of Publication: 1993
No. of pages: 180


8) Coping with breast cancer

The book is a practical guide to understanding, treating, and living with breast cancer. It has sound, helpful information for those who must deal with the problems associated with the disease. The book is designed to answer all the important questions and provides both an individual and her family with the kind of information, practical advice, suggestions, and strategies one needs at this most crucial time.

Authors: Robert H.Phillips and Paula Goldstein
Publishers: Avery Publishing Group
Date of Publication: 1998
No. of pages: 324

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