the history of medicine from primitive times through early civilizations, classical antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and up to the mid-twentieth century. Edwin H. Ackerknecht accomplsihes this task and he does it with verve, clarity, and style

The ABCs of Hormones is a welcome addition to the Keats's family of Good Health Guides. Author Jack Challem, who has written extensively in the health field, says that "hormones are unquestionably among medicine's most powerful, more remarkable drugs."

The body produces at least 200 different hormones. Challem chose the ten most common to describe in detail: melatonin, DHEA, pregnenolone, estrogen, testosterone, insulin, thyroid, adrenocortical, and human growth hormones. Challem gives a brief explanation of how each hormone works, and the symptoms of hormonal imbalance. He then discusses natural alternatives for each.

Wonderful book on collection of famous quotes, aphorisms and thoughts from wide range of famous and infamous people throughout time.

A great little volume of notable quotes

The follow-on to Age Wave. Another from the master in this field of Boomer economics and mega trends. We consider this another must have in your library.

You can live to be a hundred and enjoy each of those years as a fully functioning person--or so says Chopra (Unconditional Life, 1991, etc.) in this challenging work. An intriguing set of Census Bureau statistics cited here notes that the number of centenarians is twice what it was ten years ago- -and is expected to double again by the millennium. Prolonging fruitful lives is not a question of mind over matter, Chopra contends, but, rather, of mind and matter--mind and body

out of print

This receives our highest recommendation. Suzanne combines her celebrity status with a powerful message.

A very informative book about free radicals, anti-oxidants and longevity, focusing on the role of Alpha Lipoic Acid and its use in anti-aging in general, cancer, diabetes, heart disease and in neuroprotection. Other chapters deal with this role of this potent anti-oxidant in inflammatory disorders, HIV, and vision disorders like macular degeneration, cataracts and glaucoma

A meticulous and lucid writer and editor. Highly recommended read.

As the editor-in-chief of Prevention Magazine Health Books, Bill Gottlieb created the 10-million copy self-care bestseller, The Doctors Book of Home Remedies, and was the author of the 1.5 million copy alternative health bestseller, New Choices in Natural Healing. Now, Bill has once again created a groundbreaking booka book that can help anyone safely, successfully and naturally self-treat 160 everyday and serious health conditions: Alternative Cures.

To write this unique book, Bill interviewed over 300 of America's top natural cliniciansdoctors, herbalists, nutritionists and more. You'll discover over 1000 of their most effective, practical and safest natural remedies for an A-to-Z of health problems, from arthritis, back pain and high cholesterol, to repetitive strain injury, weight gain and yeast infections. Plus, every chapter of Alternative Cures has a guide to the best alternative and conventional professional care for the condition it covers.

And, you'll find essential safety information for every remedy featured in the book. Once you look at it, we think you'll agree: There's never been a more useful, reader-friendly, get-better book about alternative health and healing than Alternative Cures.

Based on the pioneering treatment plans of 37 alternative medicine cancer specialists, this book guides you through the safest and most effective treatment alternatives known today. Learn how leading practitioners use herbs, nutrition, supplements, diet, oxygen, enzymes, glandular extracts, homeopathic remedies, plus specialized new substances such as Ukrain, Essiac, Carnivora, Iscador, 714X, shark cartilage, and many other to prevent and reverse cancer.

Save your heart from disease, attack, stroke, high blood pressure, and the dangers of angioplasty, bypass, and other invasive surgeries--12 top physicians explain their proven, safe, nontoxic, and successful heart-saving treatments.

The Definitive Guide is known as the Bible of alternative medicine. You may very well want to use a dictionary stand for this hefty tome; it weighs in at more than 1,000 pages. Nearly 400 doctors (M.D.s, Ph.D.s, naturopaths, Doctors of Oriental Medicine, and osteopaths) contribute their cutting-edge knowledge, and the list of names is impressive. You'll find words of advice from Joseph Pizzorno, the president of Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington; C. Norman Shealy, the cofounder of the American Holistic Medical Association; Nobel laureate Linus Pauling; Deepak Chopra; and Joan Borysenko, author and director of the Mind-Body Health Sciences in Boulder, Colorado.

A classic study of medicine in antiquity, Ancient Medicine brings together much of Ludwig Edelstein's most important work on a subject that occupied him throughout a distinguished career. Included is his widely known translation of and commentary on the Hippocratic Oath, as well as his other writings on the oath which demonstrate how atypical it is of Greek medical thought. The book also explores the influence of empiricism and skepticism on Greek and Roman medicine, the practice of anatomy and dietetics in antiquity, and the relation of ancient medicine to ancient philosophy.

From an enthusiatic online review:

The scope of this book was amazing! The entire content and lay out was easy to use. The ammount of information contained within is amazing. It is without a doubt the most complete and comprehensive book of it's kind. I would recommend this book to any one who wants a more complete understanding of herbs, vitamins, diet..etc.

I have had the pleasure of meeting and discussing this book with the author Joseph Marion he is a very knowledgeable person in this field and should be commended on his hard work in putting this manual together, it's long over due coming.

A technical, but fascinating look at anti-oxidant biochemistry. Shows the interaction and "redox" connections between Vitamin C, Vitamin E and gluathione. Packed with highly valuable information.

A delightfull little book that measures all parameters of happiness.

In these pages is a collection of 24 self-tests developed by Dr. Janda, a clinical psychologist. The answers to these tests measure the reader's overall happiness-in everything from career and finances to health and relationships. Then the reader can see how their scores on these tests compare with those of others.

Next, Dr. Janda demonstrates techniques proven to increase happiness-and how the reader can implement them. Illuminated with personal anecdotes and relevant case histories, Are You Happy? Also includes accessible summaries of the latest psychological studies that reveal what truly makes people happy.

The book was developed after working with over 500 cancer patients and organizing 3 international symposiums on the subject. The information contained in BCN is both scientifically backed with references and clinically proven in the hospital with patients. This information helps cancer patients to improve quality and quantity of life. BCN had been translated into Japanese and Chinese and is being translated into Korean. BCN had become a home study continuing education course for registered

Focusing on the social, intellectual, and political context in which medical education took place, Thomas Neville Bonner offers a detailed analysis of transformations in medical instruction in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the United States between the Enlightenment and World War II. From a unique comparative perspective, this study considers how divergent approaches to medical instruction in these countries mirrored as well as impacted their particular cultural contexts.

Dr. Superko's excellent book will change the way many doctors treat (and PREVENT) heart disease by testing for the "cardiac fingerprints" that help determine each person's UNIQUE risk factors for diseases of the coronary & carotid arteries (as well as peripheral vascular arteries)…if the doctors read this book.

By testing for ALL of the major risk factors, doctors will now be able to devise a "battle plan" that is tailored to the individual patient. This will no doubt significantly reduce the individual's risk of suffering a coronary "event" (as well as strokes and other disorders associated with diseased arteries).

From a reviewer on line:

After 11 years of battling this illness, 5 surgeries, consultations with doctors from top medical centers in the US, I was fortunate enough to find Dr. Goldstein. Although the book is difficult reading (and reading is not easy for us with this disorder due to cognitive problems), his results are spectacular and he has probably defined a new class of disease: neurosomatic disorders, for which some experts feel he deserves a Nobel Prize. His understanding of the brain and the use of neuropharmacology is unparalleled. Worth the effort to read, the case histories are not at all exaggerated….spend a few days in his waiting room and you will quickly see the results he produces and meet long time patients who are much improved.

My only regret is that he is unable to communicate his vast understanding of the brain to the general public.

Better Sex Through Chemistry gives detailed information on the new "prosexual" drugs and nutrients. Included are substances that can enhance human sexuality and performance. Better Sex Through Chemistry also offers effective treatments for sexual difficulties. Making use of the new prosexual drugs and nutrients can also improve overall health. Many of these substances have a wide range of health benefits and have been shown in scientific studies to enhance immune function, slow aging, alleviate depression, assist fat loss, improve memory and cognition, and more. The prosexual drugs and nutrients selected for extensive coverage in Better Sex Through Chemistry all feature a high level of safety. Better Sex Through Chemistry explains how each drug or nutrient works, how it can be obtained, and how to use it (including complete information on dosage, precautions, and other safety issues). Better Sex Through Chemistry is a excellent reference book on a major health issue.

this may be the closest to a "definitive" textbook on Nutritonal Influences, biochemistry that you can find. Exceptionally authoratiative and well written. You will be hard pressed to not find the most detailed explanations of various biochemical functions and processes anywhere

Superb book, comprehensive well-illustrated. For clinicians, serious students and academicians.

great source book

Dr Dean is one of the world's leading physicians in the new field of anti-aging medicine. One of the most important markers to determine how fast or indeed how slowly someone is aging is being determined through the use of clinical tests which include assays of blood, urine, hair etc., but also other markers such as memory tests, reaction times and skin thickness/ bone density etc. For the first time it is possible to determine someones "biological age" instead of just their chronological age. Dr. Dean explores all these avenues in this book, it explains in detail how to accomplish these tests and frankly should be on every doctor's shelf who has an interest in this "ultimate form of preventative medicine."

I have read a lot of the reviews, both positive and negative and have to say, that until you try this program, completely try it 100%, then no, it probably won't work for you. I am finishing up week 8 in my second challenge and as a 42-year old woman, this program WORKS. I have lost weight, slowly and properly, I have lost inches, but most importantly I have gained tons of energy, self-esteem and confidence…. If you follow the program and nutrition/eating recommendations, you can't but help gain energy and lose the weight….

I do not claim to be any kind of expert in exercise or nutrition, but this works!!! As Bill says, "Change Your Mind - Change Your Body - Change Your Life!" Anything worth having is worth working hard for and this is no exception. After being on the program, you won't want to feed your body junk anymore. I love the workouts and crave them now!! I love the feeling of being strong and healthy. After 12 weeks is over, hopefully this will become a lifestyle for you, as it will be for me. As one reviewer said, the pictures in the book are the exception, but with continued persistence, you can achieve the same results!! I can see it in me and love every minute of it!!

Economists and financial wizards William Sterling and Stephen Waite take an in depth look at how America's baby boomers have transformed the nation's--and the world's--economy, and how that transformation must inevitably--and radically--alter its course as the boomers age. The authors show listeners that there are strategies they can use, both as private individuals and collectively as a nation, to stay ahead of the all-important demographics curve and prosper during the "age wave". Unabridged. Available now. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

In this powerful, prescient book, economists and financial wizards William Sterling and Stephen Waite take an in-depth look at how America's baby boomers have transformed the nation's - and the world's - economy and how that transformation must inevitably - and radically - alter its course as the boomers age. But the economic "big chill" won't freeze you if you're prepared for it. As Sterling and Waite show, there are strategies we can use, both as private individuals and collectively as a nation, to prosper during the "age wave." Privatizing social security, applying market principles to the health care system, rethinking the concept of retirement, tapping creatively into the potential gold mine on the Internet, using demographics to pinpoint growth industries: these are among the prescriptive suggestions that the authors, who successfully manage over $30 billion, show will work just as successfully for you

Recent events may seemed to have changed all of the above, but the demographics still remain powerful.

A must read for the next step in any Longevity and Anti-Aging program. Includes a four-part program that involves nutritional, stress-relieving, pharmacological, and mind-body exercises therapies to overcome the effects of brain aging, a guide helps readers over forty control a hormone called cortisol and improve their mental acuity.

State of the art website and an essential text reference in any small comprehensive library. Anything by Eugene Braunwald is worth purchasing.

Bill Gates explain how to turn your hardware and software into a powerful, evolving network of information. Looking at the digital systems in place at Microsoft and other leading corporations, Gates shows how your company can:

Convert every paper process to a digital processs -- and end information among traditional departments

Use networks to create fast-reacting virtual treams to work together among traditional departments,/li>

Decrease cycle time by using digital transactions with suppliers and partners to get products out before the competition

Knock down the walls of your company and electronically build new business relationships and new markets.

My dad is an MD and was skeptical when my mom (herself an RN) insisted on having Chelation Therapy over 10 years ago. My mom was not far from the exit from this life from many different ailments (including arteries which were 90% clogged). After several treatments, mom's health perked up so much that my dad became a believer and went in for Chelation Therapy himself (his arteries were also mostly clogged). Mom and Dad are still alive and in pretty good health.

My uncle had serious heart disease caused by clogged arteries, and was already in line to get open heart surgery when mom told him about what Chelation Therapy did for her. So my uncle dropped his open-heart surgery for the Chelation Therapy and never looked back.

My copy of the book is the 1990 printing of the book that my mom gave me after she became a "convert." I have been spreading the word to anybody I know who has heart problems.

Thank you Dr. Elmer Cranton for your dedication to Chelation Therapy and for saving so many lives.

In the tradition of Innumeracy by John Allen Paulos, German scientist Gerd Gigerenzer offers his own take on numerical illiteracy. "In Western countries, most children learn to read and write, but even in adulthood, many people do not know how to think with numbers," he writes. "I focus on the most important form of innumeracy in everyday life, statistical innumeracy--that is, the inability to reason about uncertainties and risk." The author wisely uses concrete examples from the real world to make his points, and he shows the devastating impact of this problem. In one example, he describes a surgeon who advised many of his patients to accept prophylactic mastectomies in order to dodge breast cancer. In a two-year period, this doctor convinced 90 "high-risk" women without cancer to sacrifice their breasts "in a heroic exchange for the certainty of saving their lives and protecting their loved ones from suffering and loss." But Gigerenzer shows that the vast majority of these women (84 of them, to be exact) would not have developed breast cancer at all. If the doctor or his patients had a better understanding of probabilities, they might have chosen a different course. Fans of Innumeracy will enjoy Calculated Risks, as will anyone who appreciates a good puzzle over numbers. --John Miller

still one of the sources to start your search.

This is the book that explains not only the conection and the actions of vitamin C on cancer, but also explains the use of the chemotherapy and radiotherapy in the kinds of cancers that it is necessary, and in what kinds it is not. There are many case histories that are covered and the explanations on how vitamin c is really woking on all types of cancers, and why the experience of both, ( the late great two time nobel price winner: Linus Pauling), and the Scottish oncologist: Ewan Cameron, that in 10 years of therapy with thousands of patients make the book possible to be published. This is Linus Pauling's last book before he died in 8.19.1994. In short, and in general, it is really a great combination of a chemist, and an oncologist.

As a physician who developed cancer herself, Dr. Lorraine Day was well aware that physicians are more afraid of cancer than patients are, because doctors KNOW that chemotherapy, radiation and surgery are NOT the answer to cancer.

She will help you understand why you don't need to fear cancer. She explains to you in terms you can understand all the confusing medical jargon you will hear from doctors. By following the orderly system of evaluation that she presents, you can then make calm, intelligent decisions about the best treatment methods for you.

Lorraine Day website

Dr. Moss has put together an excellent resource for people looking into non-toxic cancer treatments. Ralph was thrust into the alternative medicine scene when he brought positive laetrile studies to the public's attention in the1970s when people were saying there was no evidence of laetrile's efficacy. Since then he has been an important voice of reason in the fight for alternatives.

This book is a well-researched sourcebook for new and innovative cancer treatments. The book is divided into various sections. The first is "Vitamins," where Moss provides research on vitamins, such as Vitamin D, on cancer research. Moss details studies that have been conducted with vitamins.

Other sections include, "Minerals" such as Calcium, "Herbs" such as Aloe, "Diets" such as Gerson, and "Less Toxic Resources" such as Amygdalin and Hydrazine Sulfate. In total he lists over 100 therapies.

At the end of each section there are resources for each therapy. For instance, he gives addresses of clinics using the methods.

The Ralph Moss Website

Mr. Haught, an investigative journalist, started out to do an expose on a "quack", and soon found himself writing about a grand conspiracy to suppress a holistic cure for cancer. He details the coverup of Dr. Gerson's work with documentary evidence from books, newspapers and even the Congressional Record.

This book is inspiring for patients with advanced cancer, since there are many stories of patients alive years after their physicians sent them home to die, including five presented by Dr. Gerson to the Pepper-Neely Subcommittee of the Senate in 1946. It is also maddening and frustrating to realize that millions of people have died unnecessarily of cancer because of therapies not are not considered "scientific". What legitimizes "scientific?"

Another classic and "must have" in any medical professionals library.

The leading annually updated general medical text! CMDT 2004 is the most comprehensive, reliable, and timely reference available to answer common questions in everyday clinical practice. Written in a concise, easy-to-read style, the text covers all aspects of outpatient and inpatient care as well as authoritative descriptions of new developments in medicine. It includes information on over 1,000 diseases and disorders with an emphasis on prevention and cost-effective treatments. CMDT 2004 also features updated information on drug dosages and updated therapeutic options in HIV, including an approach to multi-drug antiretroviral therapies.

Another absolute classic in the Lange series.

THE MOST CURRENT AND COMPREHENSIVE SOURCE OF CLINICALLY FOCUSED INFORMATION ON PEDIATRICS

NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART 16TH EDITION Everything clinicians need to treat children from birth and infancy through adolescence

Puts at your fingertips at-a-glance diagnostic essentials and typical features of disorders, followed by clinical findings…differential diagnosis…complications…treatment…and prognosis Applies to both ambulatory and inpatient pediatrics Points you to the best sources of pediatric data online Provides the latest drug information, including medications for psychiatric disorders

Offers expanded material on end-of-life care

Solidly supported by research, Defy Aging explains for lay and professional readers the "mental ABCs" - 4 Attitudes, 36 Beliefs, and 4 Coping Skills that foster vital longevity. It is a very practical self-help book that focuses on what works and helps the reader develop and implement an individualized, personalized life vision, mission, purpose and strategies.

It is critically acclaimed by Dr. Bernie Siegel, Betty Friedan, Dr. Ronald Katz, (Pres. Amer. Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine) and 4 past presidents of the Amer. Psychological Assoc.

An excellent road map and tool kit to assist you in creating a longer, healthier, more joyful life. Read and learn how to be too busy to die, and become ageless by losing track of time. –Bernie Siegel, MD, Author of Love, Medicine, and Miracles and Peace, Love and Healing

So think there are scant good scientific studies on DHEA? Think this has not be "well studied?" This is the scholarly and exhaustive answer to those uninformed assertions. But, at this price, only recommended for only most devoted and probably limited audience

Few neuroscientists today would defend Cartesian dualism--the idea that mind and body are separate--but Damasio takes one more leap: Not only are philosophers wrong to separate brain and body, but psychology's separation of reason from emotion is also wrong.

Most neuroscientists agree that what we call the mind reflects the functions of the nervous system--in short, crudely speaking, the body. Modern science, however, has transferred the old mind- body split into a brain-body dichotomy in which the brain occupies a hierarchically privileged place.

But Damasio (Neurology/Univ. of Iowa College of Medicine) democratizes the relationship between brain and body; he posits a powerful interdependence in which our physical experience of the world around us is central to the creation of our sense of self, and colors our behavior. His persuasive argument begins with Phineas Gage, a 19th-century railway worker who suffered brain damage when an iron rod shot through his head like a missile, destroying his left eye and parts of his frontal lobes. The result was not a loss of speech or memory but profound personality and emotional changes and an inability to make rational judgments about the present and future.

Damasio and his wife, Hanna, have studied patients with similar frontal-lobe damage and similar effects: IQ, memory, and language are intact, but there is a lack of feeling and an inability to put current events in context and make future judgments. These points are eloquently expressed, along with the anatomical/physiological evidence linking the frontal cortices with sensory-motor areas and emotional networks that feed forward and backward from the body surface and internal organs.

Damasio is the first to admit that he cannot prove all he says. In the meantime, one can read with pleasure and share the excitement of a neuroscientist who sees that in the union of the many parts of the human brain lies its strength.

Fountain of youth or just another hopeful fad preying on aging baby boomers? You decide. Dr. Sahelian has collected testimonials from doctors, researchers and patients. He's interviewed researchers on both sides of the fence. He's combed the medical literature for studies and has interpreted them into plain English. His bias is in favor of DHEA but he cautions us to look carefully at the studies and not get caught up in the hype

DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) is an adrenal hormone naturally produced in large quantities during our youth. Current research has found that its production begins to decline around the age of 25 and could possibly be the link between youth and aging. Using DHEA, doctors are treading conditions such as cancer, menopause, Alzheimer's, AIDS, diabetes, Heart Disease, Chronic Fatigue, Osteoporosis, obesity, stress, lupus, and aging. DHEA: The Fountain of Youth Discovered provides all the information and important precautions needed to make an informed decision about prescribing or taking DHEA. Alana Pascal has thoroughly researched her subject and presents her findings in clear, concise language the is immediately accessible by the non-specialist general reader.

[Dr. Ash is a careful and meticulous practitioner in New York with a large and successful alternative medicine practice.]

The book that advanced the new protein revolution along with Dr. Atkins. This gets one of our highest recommendations.]

For years experts have been telling Americans what to eat and what not to eat. Fat, they told us, was the enemy. Then it was salt, then sugar, then cholesterol… and on it goes.

Americans listened and they lost -- but not their excess fat. What they lost was their health and waistlines. Americans are the fattest people on earth… and why? Mainly because of the food they eat.

In this scientific and revolutionary book, based on Nobel Prize-winning research, medical visionary and former Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher Dr. Barry Sears makes peak physical and mental performance, as well as permanent fat loss, simple for you to understand and achieve.

With lists of good and bad carbohydrates, easy-to-follow food blocks and delicious recipes, The Zone provides all you need to begin your journey toward permanent fat loss, great health and all-round peak performance. In balance, your body will not only burn fat, but you'll fight heart disease, diabetes, PMS, chronic fatigue, depression and cancer, as well as alleviate the painful symptoms of diseases such as multiple sclerosis and HIV.

This Zone state of exceptional health is well-known to champion athletes. Your own journey toward it can begin with your next meal. You will no longer think of food as merely an item of pleasure or a means to appease hunger. Food is your medicine and your ticket to that state of ultimate body balance, strength and great health: the Zone.

Anything from Eurgene Braunwald is highly recommended. He is the master. He was my Chief of Medicine while I was in Medical School at UCSD

The highly-anticipated follow-up book to Exploring Planet Earth, this Christian and homeschool hit takes a look at medical practices from the ancient past to the present, including biographical sketches of famous persons of medicine. Featuring study questions at the end of each chapter, coupled with dozens of illustrations, this book gives middle-school through junior-high students a strong introduction into the study of medicine. Exploring the History of Medicine is suitable for family study and discussion.

[This timeless classic will never lose its lustre or topicalness. The story seems to renew itself forever and ever. Just look at the copyright date -- 1841!]

Why do otherwise intelligent individuals form seething masses of idiocy when they engage in collective action? Why do financially sensible people jump lemming-like into hare-brained speculative frenzies--only to jump broker-like out of windows when their fantasies dissolve? We may think that the Great Crash of 1929, junk bonds of the '80s, and over-valued high-tech stocks of the '90s are peculiarly 20th century aberrations, but Mackay's classic--first published in 1841--shows that the madness and confusion of crowds knows no limits, and has no temporal bounds. These are extraordinarily illuminating,and, unfortunately, entertaining tales of chicanery, greed and naivete. Essential reading for any student of human nature or the transmission of ideas.

In fact, cases such as Tulipomania in 1624--when Tulip bulbs traded at a higher price than gold--suggest the existence of what I would dub "Mackay's Law of Mass Action:" when it comes to the effect of social behavior on the intelligence of individuals, 1+1 is often less than 2, and sometimes considerably less than 0.

With today's mind-bending array of scientific knowledge, it is possible to prevent nearly 90% of the maladies that kill us, including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, kidney disease, and liver disease. Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman start the reader on a fantastic journey to undreamed-of vitality with a comprehensive investigation into the cutting-edge science on diet, metabolism, genetics, toxins and detoxification, the hormones involved with aging and youth, exercise, stress reduction, and more. By following their program, which includes such simple recommendations as drinking alkaline water and taking specific nutritional supplements to enhance your immune system and slow the aging process on a cellular level, anyone will be able to immediately add years of healthy, active living to his life.

[Read anything by Dharma Singh Khlasa. These are all highly recommended sources.]

The author, a physician and a yogi, follows up on his Meditation as Medicine with this guide to nutritional therapy. Together with drinking recommended juices and taking vitamins and herbs, this diet, according to Khalsa, will lead to a healthier, disease-free life. He bases his program on the seven principles of yoga nutritional therapy: body detoxification; the use of organic products; elimination of genetically engineered foods; eating only clean protein (e.g., fish, soy, beans, legumes); fresh juices and supplements; cooking consciously and eating mindfully; and a complete transition to a yoga nutrition therapy diet.

Fans of Andrew Weil (Eating Well for Optimum Health) and Deepak Chopra (How to Know God) will appreciate the author's combination of spirituality and diet. Khalsa offers a low-fat diet that is rich in grains, organic fruits and vegetables and non-meat protein. A variety of useful recipes with these components are included here as well as suggestions for maintaining peaceful meal times and a spiritually balanced life.

Although this particular nutritional program should improve physical well-being, he also maintains that his nutritional plan can reverse many serious diseases. Interestingly enough, Khalsa is not opposed to hormone replacement therapy for specific conditions and uses it in his practice.

In response to requests from patients, colleagues and the general public, we have written a comprehensive, easy-to-read guide to "feel sexier, think smarter and have more energy" based on sound scientific principles and the success of the well-founded medical practices we employ at California HealthSpan Institute to improve the quality and quantity of life to hundreds of patients nationally and internationally through a hormonally correct diet, appropriate exercise, bio-identical hormone replacement therapy, brain boosting medications and exercises and stress reduction techniques.

[The first, and still the best, source for understanding chelation therapy. What does it do and why is it recommended.]

From an online reviewer:

"Forty Something Forever" by Harold and Arline Brecher, is, with the exception of its title, one of the best investigative reports and consumer guides ever written in the field of medicine.

What is most impressive is the fact that all statements are backed up by substantial medical authorities and references, including names, addresses, and phone numbers of many doctors and organizations all across the USA.

After reading the book I rejected the risk of a second bypass surgery and decided to try chelation therapy in the Big Island of Hawaii where I live. I chose the medical supervision of Doctor Clif Arrington, recommended by the book for this region and voted one of the island's two best doctors.

Not only did my personal experience more than confirm all I had read in the book, but I was exposed to other patients, and, after hearing one astounding story after another, I undertook the task of interviewing several for the good doctor's website. …

I recommend that you get copies of this book to give to those suffering from any of the conditions best treated by chelation therapy.

In 'A Paradigm Shift from "Cure"', Friedan believes the assumption of age being likened to sickness or debility keeps the medical community and even the elderly themselves from dealing with the symptoms of legitimate illnesses. The role of functional assessment is important in treating the elderly, saying, "A new version of the old-fashioned family doctor, trained to treat the whole person, is what is needed." She goes on to say "Doctors and nurses must go beyond medicine's two traditional goals: " to cure disease and to prevent disease." Their goal now has to be to preserve and improve the quality of life for the older person." For Friedan, the paradigm shift is one from the passive medical model of care of the elderly to actually controlling their own age.

Friedan undertakes issues that haven't truly been addressed before, so as a gerontologist this book is important to me. She opens our eyes to the social implications the decline model holds for our elderly, and the paradigm shift that needs to take place if we are going to look at the abilities and qualities that may develop or emerge in men and women in later life, and contemplate new possibilities for their use.

Going beyond, or the transcendence of age is how Friedan concludes her journey. Given the new possibilities old age holds, she believes the elderly have to be pioneers of a new kind of age. She found these people all across the country, applauding old age instead of dreading it. She sees old age as an opportunity for a new beginning, a new horizon, to do the things you never had the chance to do before. These people were continuing to evolve and grow into their new age. Those who originally were searching for the fountain of youth, found the fountain of age instead.

A STARTLING CONTRAST exists between the economic and health conditions experienced by the early settlers and what they had been led to expect…"

Rocca (history of medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm) offers a comprehensive study of how Galen sought to establish the brain as the regent part, or hegemonikon, of the body, using a rigorous anatomical epistemology and a set of physiological arguments that were sophisticated but necessarily limited by the knowledge of his time. He includes a general introduction for non-specialists summarizing the circumstances that led to Galen's establishment in Rome, and explaining how Galen produced and disseminated his anatomical and physiological writings while some medical sects were denying the importance of anatomical science.

[Quite possibly one of the best science writers today. Interesting, provocative and topical -- always.]

Science writer Matt Ridley has found a way to tell someone else's story without being accused of plagiarism. Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters delves deep within your body (and, to be fair, Ridley's too) looking for dirt dug up by the Human Genome Project. Each chapter pries one gene out of its chromosome and focuses on its role in our development and adult life, but also goes further, exploring the implications of genetic research and our quickly changing social attitudes toward this information.

Genome shies away from the "tedious biochemical middle managers" that only a nerd could love and instead goes for the A-material: genes associated with cancer, intelligence, sex (of course), and more.

Readers unfamiliar with the jargon of genetic research needn't fear; Ridley provides a quick, clear guide to the few words and concepts he must use to translate hard science into English. His writing is informal, relaxed, and playful, guiding the reader so effortlessly through our 23 chromosomes that by the end we wish we had more. He believes that the Human Genome Project will be as world-changing as the splitting of the atom; if so, he is helping us prepare for exciting times--the hope of a cure for cancer contrasts starkly with the horrors of newly empowered eugenicists. Anyone interested in the future of the body should get a head start with the clever, engrossing Genome.

[Still the standard and most authoratative textbook for pharmacologic information. It is "the bible" for subject of pharmacology and now biotechnology. Now in its 10th edition]

In 1761 German physician Leopold Auenbrugger remarked, "It has always been the fate of those who have illustrated or improved the arts and sciences by their discoveries to be beset by envy, malice, hatred, destruction and calumny." Following Great Feuds in Science, Hellman (Beyond Your Senses) now documents 10 dramatic medical disputes.

Hal Hellman tells the stories of the ten most heated and important disputes of medical science. Featuring a mix of famous and lesser-known stories, Great Feuds in Medicine includes the fascinating accounts of William Harvey's battle with the medical establishment over his discovery of the circulation of blood; Louis Pasteur's fight over his theory of germs; and the nasty dispute between American Robert Gallo and French researcher Luc Montagnier over who discovered the HIV virus.

[The first and must read for anyone contemplating any form of growth hormone replacement or augmentation.]

Introduces a medically proven program designed to stimulate the body's human growth hormone to help readers reverse the aging process, reduce fat, strengthen the immune system, enhance sex life, lower blood pressure and cholesterol, and improve memory and thinking ability.

[Still the leading classic and most authoratative textbook in Internal Medicine]

This book is the Bible of Internal Medicine. Anyone considering a career in medicine should have this book in their library. Comprehensive and well written, it is the gold standard of medical textbooks

[Probably more misunderstood than any other hormone -- testosterone. No it doesn't turn meek men into raging linebackers. And it doesn't turn poor hitters into home run kings. The research on testosterone actually spans over 60 years. Here is a new an innovative discussion.]

Since the early 1970s, when studies of testosterone first gained wide public attention, this principal male sex hormone has taken the rap for a range of characteristics or behaviors, including low intelligence, rape, and road rage. The truth is both remarkably more complex and more interesting scientifically. From prehistory to the present, testosterone has played a significant role in the development of human society as well as in romantic, marital, and parental relationships. It affects women as well as men in such areas as language ability, cognition, and spatial orientation.

Interweaving intimate case histories with first hand scientific research, Heroes, Rogues and Lovers engagingly explains the animal within us all, revealing testosterone's function in human evolution and its role in surprising links between animal and human behaviors.

The ancient text translated.

In Hippocrates in a World of Pagans and Christians, Temkin shows how the perennial appeal of Hippocratic practice helped establish the relationship between scientific medicine and monotheistic religion. After the first century, Hippocratic medicine competed with powerful beliefs in religious healers from Asclepius to Jesus. Yet the ascendance of Christianity, Temkin explains, did not diminish the stature of Hippocratic science. Hippocrates, after all, saw nature as a divine and orderly power that caused growth and supplied "health." Hippocratic doctors could easily exchange the cult of Asclepius for the worship of Christ. But they could not sacrifice their belief in nature as the basis of health, disease, and therapy without renouncing their science. In compromise, the Church accepted Hippocratic medicine with the proviso that the Christian physician shun all pagan or heretical interpretations of naturalism--he must not, for example, believenature to be divine, the soul a mere function of the brain, or himself the true savior of the sick.

This work is a sampling of the Hippocratic Corpus, a collection of ancient Greek medical works. Hippocrates himself may have written some, but certainly not all, of the texts. The collection spans centuries and contains slightly differing views. This makes for a fuller picture of ancient Greek medicine. As one reads through the book, the reader gets a real sense of the medical theories and "facts" of the time. A majority of Hippocratic Writings is concerned with internal medicine and diseases.

Univ. of Pisa, Italy. Presents the proceedings from the workshop held in Pisa, Italy, HRT in Climacteric and Aging Brain, on March 15-18, 2003. Analyzes the changes occurring through the climacteric transition and aging, estrogens, and the effects on brain cells.

Book Description In recent years there has been increased interest in the possibility that hormone replacement therapy may have a significant impact on neurological function in the aging female. It has been hypothesized that estrogens may even have a protective role in the onset of Alzheimer's or other dementias. This volume draws together leading experts to review the existing scientific data and present a consensus view that will be a practical aid to clinicians. The book offers a state-of-the-art summary of current knowledge that gives readers a better understanding of the potential benefits of hormone therapy when treating Alzheimer's and other dementias.

Alright guys…forget all the glossy magazines and latest studies. This little book tells you everything you really did not want to know about YOUR body. And then you can't unknow what you know…it's then up to you to make use of the very factual information and make the best of what you've got to work with.

A Medquest publication

Why is there so much confusion out there about hormone replacement? To really grasp this, one must understand the political and profit motivations behind many of the studies, and understand the physiology of the endocrine system very well. Dr. Rouzier has such understanding and knowledge coupled with a tremendous sense of integrity, and a great compassion for people who want to feel well and want to learn how to take charge of their health.

[There is more than just Viagra, Levitra or Cialis. Another provocative text.]

According to Dr. Barbara Keesling, who spent ten years as a sex therapist, any man can master the simple techniques presented in HOW TO MAKE LOVE ALL NIGHT (and Drive a Woman Wild).

In a forthright, practical, and lively style, Dr. Keesling provides a series of exercises and techniques for men to prolong lovemaking regardless of age or experience. There are exercises for the body and exercises for the mind so that the sensual experience lasts and lasts and lasts! And as with anything new, the key to success is practice, practice, practice!

Written for both the man and his partner, HOW TO MAKE LOVE ALL NIGHT guides the reader from the basics to advanced exercises. With anecdotes from several men who have achieved success following Dr. Keesling's methods, this is a book that can open up a whole new world of pleasure so what do you have to lose—except sleep?

from a online reviewer:

Reading this book is the best thing I ever did. This book opened my eyes. I am a male and I was very hopeless at dating until I read this book. It taught me techniques in easy understandable terms. It taught me how to understand women, how to express myself and how to get dates one after another. I love this book so much I will tell every man I know to buy this book. In fact I purchased 3 copies for my friends. I know now how to understand the womans language, how to express myself and how to act.

John Eagan writes with respect and insight. It changed my thinking and attitude and turn my life around. It will do the same for you.

It has ever been a race to meet the deadlines, blindly following up the routine work pressures and sacrificing the wee hours of life in order to gain achievement to label n brand it as 'success' - This is the major folly of most efficient people at workplace who pay a price missing wider opportunities to enhance better future.

The game is all about Working wisely and not Damn Hard as the Author advice cool tips on how to succeed in Business with a shapened job performance pulling in the effective measures to take charge of total control of time schedules.

Hypothyroidism -- low thyroid function -- is one of the gland disturbances that many people suffer from without even realizing it. It can be the cause of low energy or constant fatigue that is one of the most common complaints brought to doctors. It may be responsible for chronic headaches, repeated infections, unyielding skin problems, or circulatory difficulties. Even more frightening, it can be a major factor in heart disease, lung cancer, and emphysema. And it is responsible for many emotional and mental disturbances. Hypothyroidism: The Unsuspected Illness explains low thyroid function in easy, understandable language. It tells how it may be affecting your health and your life.

Dr. Broda Barnes and Lawrence Galton tell what the thyroid gland is, how it works, the problems its dysfunction can induce. They detail case histories of patients, often thought hopeless, whose problems were discovered to be related to hypothyroidism and were cured by Dr. Barnes's simple effective techniques. And they discuss whether you too may be hypothyroid, affected by a condition even a physician may not recognize.

An enormously complex and controversial figure in Medical history. Lionized and demonized, maie what you will, but this is a good start.

Iconoclast is a thoughtful, wonderfully crafted, solidly researched account of an uncommon life that far exceeds Abraham Flexner's association with reform in medical education.

Although the 1910 report became famous for its stinging description of particular medical schools -- he referred to Chicago and its 14 medical schools, for example, as "a disgrace to the State whose laws permit its existence . . . Indescribably foul . . . The plague spot of the nation" -- it was largely successful in creating a single model of medical education characterized by a philosophy that is still current. "An education in medicine," wrote Flexner, "involves both learning and learning how; the student cannot effectively know, unless he knows how."

Although the report is more than 90 years old, many of its recommendations are still relevant -- particularly those concerning the physician as a "social instrument . . . Whose function is fast becoming social and preventive, rather than individual and curative."

75 remarkable individuals whose greatest acheivements occurred or were recognized in the second half of their lives. They all succeeded in making their later years productive and fulfilling. A remarkable idea

There are currently some 50,000 people over the age of 100 in the US. Perls, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a geriatrician, and Silver, a neuropsychologist and a clinical instructor in psychology at Harvard Medical School, offer a bold new vision of a greatly extended and healthier life span. They report on a study of some 100 centenarians and identify lifestyle patterns, vitamins, and medications that contribute to aging well. Includes profiles and b&w photos of centenarians

We have not personally reviewed this book. There are very good resources now available. The most important point is to find a physician who will not "go by the book" and one that sees the balance between old fashioned clinical acumen and good laboratory confirmation. Does he or she listen? Are thye using state-of-the-art testing or the standard out of date testing?

This is the most comprehensive, well researched, and best written book on this subject. The author is not a doctor but is so thoroughly informed on this subject through her own exhaustive research as well as through her collaboration and consultaton with recognized experts in many health disciplines including the medical field. She is someone who has suffered with hypothyroidism and has made it her mission to help others.

I am an RN and I have read many other books on this subject and she is more thorough and professional in her approach than I've seen in most other books on the topic.

[One of my favorite authors from so long ago, returns again with a fresh perspective on the sociology of longevity and aging.]

Three decades after publishing his classic The Making of a Counter Culture — and after two brushes with death — Theodore Roszak was forced to confront his mortality and that of a generation of baby boomers who never realized they were subject to the same laws of aging as their predecessors.

In Longevity Revolution, Roszak turns his critical eye to what he calls “the implications of mass longevity as a social phenomenon.” Revised for paperback publication, the book counters conventional views of elders as burdens, seeing them instead as the culture’s great resource. Roszak explores in detail such critical issues as economics, politics, medicine, ethics, biotechnology, the class divide, and the fetish for youthfulness that dominate American culture.

He envisions a world in which elders are honored for their insights, values, and abilities in creating a more compassionate society This edition includes a new introduction, updated statistics, and two new chapters on retirement and grandparenting.

[Coming to grips with a rather silly notion: is there a Male menopause, the author has developed an approach that legitimizes the phenomenon. While we do not agree with his philosophy that is passive and accepting, it is, nevertheless, a valid contribution to the literature. There is no doubt that the phenomenon exists. It has a later onset than women, typically occurring at age 54-56. But is is not menopause. It is Andropause. And it is real. We call it the dwindles. Most commonly presenting as depression and loss of motivation and spirit."]

After years of jokes about the male "midlife crisis," male menopause is today recognized as a true event, occurring in millions of men between the ages of forty and fifty-five. In this groundbreaking and much-lauded book, author Jed Diamond shows that male menopause involves dramatic chemical and physiological changes that affect everything from a mans view on life to his ability to attain and maintain an erection.

Another absolute classic. Short sweet and concise. This the fundemental guide to the nervous system.

Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Clinically oriented overview of human neuroanatomy, neuropharmacology, and neurophysiology. Features in updated edition include case studies and follow-ups of disease localization, pathology, and patient management and numerous MRIs illustrating structural relationship.

From our most recommended author comes another best seller. Our mantra: less fat and carbohydrates, more protein. High quality protein. So you can see that we do not entirely agree with the notion that fat does not make any difference -- it does. But the substance of Dr. Sears And Dr. Atkins is undeniable -- more protein.

from the book:

Flying in the face of conventional dietary thinking, and after years of comprehensive scientific research, Dr. Sears discovered that "eating fat doesn't make you fat." His phenomenally successful first book, The Zone, introduced the world to to groundbreaking health plan that for hundreds of thousands of readers has become the magic key to maintaining a consistent level of physical and mental well-being -- a healthful state known as "The Zone."

Now Dr. Sears takes his breakthrough scientific discoveries and stunning success a step further with Mastering the Zone, which not only presents delicious, completely original Zone-favorable recipes that are easy to prepare and taste as good as they are good for you, but also offers a practical guide to fine-tuning your place in the Zone.

From one of the leading "alternative" physicians in the country comes a must-read text. As we have said, testosterone is so highly misunderstood. Dr. Wright demystifies all of this.

With conventional medicine so bent on testosterone as the "bad guy," bringing declining hormone levels back to healthy levels makes sense. Women have hormone imbalance from estrogen dominance and lack of progesterone production - are we guys exempt?

I especially enjoy Dr. Wright's emphasis on natural testosterone supplementation at normal psysiological levels instead of synthetic testosterone at much higher doses with all the side effects. And he has the studies to back him up.

Once one understands that pharmaceutical companies cannot patent natural products, then it makes sense why many doctors are not educated in using natural products when appropiate. Dr. Wright's work is timely, relavent, and a fun read. I highly recommend it to any man over 40.

This fabulous anthology is sure to be a core text for history of medicine and social science classes in colleges across the country. In order to demonstrate how medical research has influenced Western cultural perspectives, the editors have collected original works from 61 different authors around nine major themes (among them 'Anatomy and Destiny,' 'Psyche and Soma,' and 'The Construction of Pain, Suffering, and Death').

The authors range from Aristotle, the Bible, and Louis Pasteur, to Masters and Johnson, Ernest Hemingway, and Simone de Beauvoir.

This book is an introduction to the history of university-trained physicians from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. While considered elite (in reputation and rewards) and successful, we know little of their clinical effectiveness. To modern eyes their theory and practice often seems bizarre. But historical evidence reveals that they were judged on other criteria, and this book asserts that these physicians helped to construct and meet the expectations of society.

Siraisi, a leading scholar in the history of medicine, has been generous by writing this c. 200 page survey of medieval medicine in the west. What stands out about the book is her interaction with academic medicine--such as her treatment on medical education and early ventures in anatomy, and her recognition of the importance of Islamic medicine and scholarship for European medicine in the middle ages and renaissance.

The author treats surgery, pathology, anatomy, physiology, and many other subfields of learning and practice. She interacts with the Christian worldview and religious understandings of sickness and health, albeit from a standpoint of elitist medical practitioners. As an expert on Galen, her treatment of his impact in medieval Europe is worth the price alone.

from an online reviewer:

This is the most informative book I have read all year! Dr. Khalsa gives lots of background studies to back up the use of meditation for healing.

Having Dr. Khalsa from the medical profession make a statement that maybe medicating clients isn't always healing, indicates that there is a turn; a turn inward. In these times of turmoil, this book is a godsend. There are distinct instructions for implementing the meditations for the various chakras. If you can do just one of these meditations, you will find a plethora of benefits in the long run.

Use this book to tap into the strongest pharmacy on earth: your mind!

From two of the world's leading medical researchers comes a book that tells readers about a way to slow the hands of time and enjoy a longer, healthier, more vigorous life--starting today. The authors explain how the hormone melatonin, produced in the pineal gland--the body's timekeeper--works, how to make use of it, and what kinds of results to expect

Most comprehensive and definitive popular book on Melatonin. Well written and revealing. Includes chapters on anti-aging, cancer, immune modulation, jet lag,sleep, sex, fertility, mental health, free-radical scavenging, and heart disease.

We find Dr. Sahelian to be cautious although thorough. This is a quick read and a good introduction. We recommend graduating to Brain Longevity and Smart Drugs I and II.

Over the past few years, dozens of new supplements have been introduced to enhance and sharpen memory, intelligence, and mental performance. In Mind Boosters, Dr. Ray Sahelian, one of the most respected nutrition experts in the world, examines the very latest research regarding these breakthrough brain nutrients, amino acids, herbs, and hormones, and offers a scientific and practical evaluation of their benefits and risks. He explains how to combine brain-boosting supplements to help patients with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Attention Deficit Disorder, and other conditions, as well as general memory problems.

He provides sensible, step-by-step programs tailored to the specific needs of the young, the middle-aged and the elderly.

Highly readable and informative this is a good start. Jean Carper is lucid and thorough.

Nationally syndicated columnist and America's leading authority on health and nutrition, Jean Carper now turns her attention to the public's increasing demand for medically proven natural cures. The first comprehensive guide to fully document the effectiveness of vitamins, minerals, herbs and other natural substances, Miracle Cures is backed by the latest scientific findings of leading scientific institutions, research centers and medical journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Classic paperback on the nature of change in health and medicine. Where do they really come from.

from a reader: Rene Dubos, a doc, was one of the first and most influential environmentalists and also bent medicine. This book established that disease is PART of health---not in some goopy self-awareness way but as an inherent part of a system remaining able to correct itself and restore dynamic homeostasis.

Intrigue at the "Palace": back-stabbing, deceit, shunning, love affairs. This is not the plot to I, Claudius but the account Pert gives of her time working at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a.k.a. the Palace. Yet her time at NIH is not the central point here. Nor are the molecules of the title, although they do get due coverage.

Pert offers mainly an account of her journey from a conventional scientist to one who also embraces complementary and alternative medicine. The journey is long and not without price. She was passed over for the Lasker and Nobel prizes for her work on opiate receptors while colleagues were recognized; she believes that her development of a potential AIDS drug was thwarted owing to scientific dirty pool as well as her being a woman in a man's world. Along the way, she took control of her career, her life, and her personal mission. This is an eye-opening book for anyone who thinks that people with medical degrees act more civil or are more altruistic than the rest of us, though Pert also shows that some do rise above the fray. Recommended for academic and special libraries.?Lee Arnold, Historical Soc. Of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

A good authoratative text by well qualified professionals providing you with long sought after information.

Steven Bratman, M.D., medical director of Prima Health, has many years of experience in the alternative medicine field. A graduate of the University of California at Davis, Medical School, he has also trained in herbology, nutrition, Chinese medicine, and other alternative therapies, and has worked closely with a wide variety of alternative practitioners. He is the author of The Natural Pharmacist: Clinical Evaluation of Medicinal Herbs and Other Therapeutic Natural Substances,The Natural Pharmacist: St. John's Wort and Depression, and The Alternative Medicine Ratings Guide.

David J. Kroll Ph.D., is a professor of pharmacology and toxicology at the University of Colorado School of Pharmacy and a consultant for pharmacists, physicians, and alternative practitioners on the indications and cautions for herbal medicine use. A graduate of both the University of Florida and the Philadelp hia College of Pharmacy and Science, Dr. Kroll has lectured widely and has publi shed articles in a number of medical journals, abstracts, and newsletters.

From an online reviewer:

As a personal trainer and a lifetime drug-free bodybuilder, I am constantly searching for new material to help me better understand the underlying principles of optimum health and optimum physique development. Rob Faigin's Natural Hormonal Enhancement stands out as an honest attempt at getting to the essential information-- in fact, there isn't a page of filler in the entire book.

Faigin lays out the results of thousands of scientific studies published in recent medical journals, and the information is so clearly laid out that it will leave you wanting to read more. I could summarize the book, but a fantastic summary (as well as the table of contents). The only books that I've discovered up until this point that I whole-heartedly recommend are this one, Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill by Dr. Udo Erasmus, and Dr. Michael Colgan's Sports Nutrition Guide. Enjoy the read, and let me know what you think!

Dr. Reiss and talented cowriter Martin Zucker explain why, how, and when to use natural hormones. This is not a snappy, one-size-fits-all program--rather, you, with the involvement of your physician, learn how to analyze your needs and individualize your treatment for your own optimal hormonal balance. Reiss describes the benefits and uses of natural estrogen and progesterone, then discusses other natural hormones that might be helpful: testosterone, human growth hormone, DHEA, melatonin, and pregnenolone. This is a provocative book that's worth sharing with your doctor. --Joan Price

From one of the true pioneers along with Abram Hoffer, this forms the roots of modern orthomolecular psychiatry or non-pharmaceutical drug-based psychiatry.

Carl Pfeiffer was one of the doctors, who beginning in the 50s, looked for nutrional causes of psychotic disorders. And they did find that some syndromes such as pyroluria did deplete a crucial vitamin (B6) to a critical extent, and that supplementing this vitamin returned many to sanity.

By the time this was established however, the preferred treatment of such disorders were heavy medications, which had vested interests behind them. In 1973 studies were done, which Dr. Pfeiffer and others alledged didn't adequately reflect their treatment guidelines, that did not get any positive results, and the idea that vitamin and mineral deficiencies may play a role in psychotic disorders was declared to be "junk science." One of the five experts on the panel that investigated this treatment approach announced publically before the study that even if every other psychiatrist in the United States would adopt vitamins and minerals in their armamentarium of treatments for schizophrenia, he would refuse to believe they work or use them. One wonders whether the panel was unbiased.

As you may know, doctors that practice medicine based on "junk science" can have their license revoked, and thus this nutrient-based approach to psychiatry pretty much disappeared.

A great resource. Highlyr ecommneded. Practicle and quite readable.

From an online review:

This is a practical overview and reference guide to research and literature of 92 common diseases, covering thousands of studies on anemia, cancer, dementia, diabetes, osteoporosis, Parkinsonism, schizophrenia, and many others. Appendices detail common nutritional deficiencies, nutritional supplements, and more.

A disease overview delineates nutrient factors, nutrient deficiencies, associated physiological phenomena, and other factors. Basic dietary recommendations are offered, and information from reports of experimental and observational studies, controlled studies, and double blind studies is provided.

Appendices include common nutrient deficiencies, dangers of supplementation, guidelines for nutritional supplementation, laboratory methods for nutritional evaluation, nutrient bioavailability and interactions, and syndromes due to abnormal tissue nutrient levels.

still one of the best books to start searching for rational alternatives to conventional cancer therapies and treatment protocols

In The End of History and the Last Man, Francis Fukuyama argued that history was over because the world was converging toward societies of democratic capitalism. The book's thesis, much disputed when it was first published as an article in 1989, seems all the more dubious in the wake of September 11.

Now, in Our Posthuman Future, a volume likely to be similarly contested, he claims that biotechnology has brought about "the recommencement of history." By that he means that the biotechnological manipulation of human beings may well "move us into a 'posthuman' stage of history"--change human nature in ways that erode the foundations of the putative convergent political order.

Fukuyama brings to this exploration considerable philosophical knowledge, including a manifest respect for Nietzsche, a quotation from whom heads many of the book's chapters.

Despite his selectivity, Fukuyama concedes that human biotechnology holds "undisputed promise" and does not want to get rid of it. Yet he is unwilling to leave the biotechnological enterprise to its own devices, fearing, with good sense, that it is too driven by commerce and ambition to exercise self-restraint.

In the closing section of his book, he calls for a departure from free-market capitalism in biotechnology--national and international regulation.

Academic and internally complex and even contradictory, it is included here for all those thoughtful enough to consider so of the more "heady" apects of a graying population and technologically diverse future world.

What has long been called chemistry or animal magnetism is really the work of pheromones, powerful chemical messengers that are manufactured naturally in the body. William Regelson explains the central role that pheromones play in sexual identity and preferences. Along with their persuasive powers in courtship, pheromones affect the bonding process between mother and child.

Another short, readable monograph discussing the various merits and benefits of this powerful hormone that is a precursor to Progesterone. It has been used as an anti-arthritic, anti-depressant and mood elevator.

For more than ten years, people interested in alternative healing and preventive therapies have relied upon this invaluable reference as a guide to improve health through nutrition and supplementation. Now, completely updated and over one-third revised, this third edition of Prescription for Nutritional Healing incorporates the latest information on nutritional supplements, herbal remedies, and their health-promoting effects on hundreds of disorders and diseases.

This book's unique format and accessible style are instantly recognizable. Part One lists and explains the various types of nutrients, natural food supplements, and herbs found in health-food and drugstores; Part Two describes more than 250 common disorders, from acne to yeast infection, arranged conveniently in alphabetical order, and names the supplements that can be used to combat the conditions; Part Three is a guide to alternative remedies and therapies that can be used in conjunction with a nutritional program. In addition, self-diagnostic tests throughout the book offer in-depth coverage of a wide variety of topics.

Updates to this third edition include: Discussions of newer supplements, including SAMe, MSM, pregnenolone, red yeast rice, inositol hexaphosphate (IP6), colostrum, and emu oil. Latest research on lesser-known herbal remedies such as cat's claw, saw palmetto, black cohosh, hyssop, boneset, eyebright, squawvine, and Chinese and Ayurvedic herbs.

New information and theories on cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, endometriosis, Alzheimer's disease, osteoporosis, irritable bowel syndrome, and a host of other chronic diseases currently receiving increased attention from doctors and researchers.

Whether readers are looking for relief from a particular ailment or simply wish to maintain optimum health, this book quickly and easily provides an abundance of information to design a complete nutritional program. The one book that instantly creates a complete health section, Prescription for Nutritional Healing is the standard to which all other books in the category are held.

The Primer’s primary purpose is to utilize the clinical experience of a medical oncologist who has specialized in prostate cancer to address the issues and realities encountered by men and women touched by prostate cancer. Many of the suggestions for topics in the Primer came from men who have experienced prostate cancer and from their partners. Written by Dr. Stephen B. Strum, a board certified medical oncologist specializing in prostate cancer and co-founder of the Prostate Cancer Research Institute, and Donna Pogliano, partner of a warrior in the battle against prostate cancer and award-winning prostate cancer activist, this book is a comprehensive guide on the basics of prostate cancer, diagnosis and testing procedures, and the numerous treatment options.

My message is simple: If you have been diagnosed with problems with the prostate, including cancer, you don't have to let the doctors give you radiation or surgically remove your prostate. There is an alternative, one that will not only eliminate your disease but also increase your general level of health. What you'll find in my book is the plan I created to heal myself naturally from prostate cancer, and attain the outstanding levels of health and vitality I enjoy today.

As a prostate cancer patient I became very frustrated with the lack of and conflicting answers provided by the medical establishment. Urologists say that surgical removal is the only cure, yet their own studies show a 75% relapse rate in 10 years and the side effects rate of 50% or more for incontinence and impotence was not acceptable to me. Radiation didn't feel much better and the recurrence was said to be higher.

Men are being given such poor options within the context of conventional medical treatment that I felt I had to write this book to give men, who are open to receiving them, other, more natural, possibilities to consider for treatment and prevention.

Based on cutting-edge research, this revolutionary, medically sound, deliciously satisfying plan has already helped thousands of patients lose weight and achieve other lifesaving health benefits, including lower cholesterol and blood pressure readings and an improvement or reversal of common disorders such as heart disease, adult-onset diabetes, and gout. Developed by Doctors Michael and Mary Dan Eades, the simple regimen calls for a new way of eating: a protein-rich, moderate-fat, low-carbohydrate diet that will have you feeling better and more energetic within a week, and correct blood sugar levels, high blood pressure, and elevated cholesterol within three weeks.

Here, the Eades show you why their plan is so potent: how it works with your body's metabolic biochemistry; how it brings powerful metabolic hormones, including insulin, into balance; and why this balance is necessary to achieve permanent weight loss and free you from reliance on costly and dangerous medications to control blood pressure and cholesterol.

Not a best seller, but quite provocative and interesting. Written by one of the original collaborators with the Longevity Institute International and Dr. Vincent Giampappa

Dr.Paul Yanick introduces readers of all ages to how they can achieve maximum health and longevity by using nutrient-rich Quantum Foods that aid natural detoxification processes and support the body's own hormone production. Readers will learn how to detoxify the body with protective, energy-producing Quantum Foods, lose weight and keep it off with the unique Quantum Nutrition plan that addresses the hormonal/pollutant connection, enhance immunity against the onslaught of powerful new bacteria and viruses, improve sexual performance by eliminating pollutants that block sex hormones, and age-proof both mind and body.

Renewal incorporates the latest longevity research and is packed with terrific information that is a pleasure to read. You'll learn how and why we age and, more important, how to reverse heart disease, destroy cancer cells, erase visible signs of aging, boost brain power, attack aging at the cellular level, and extend your life span by protecting healthy cells and repairing or replacing damaged or dead ones. This challenging program has three components: an anti-aging diet (a low-fat, vegan eating plan), supplement program (which includes sections on phytochemicals, fiber, and herbs like ginkgo, garlic, and ginseng), and exercise program. Renewal also contains a 14-day meal plan with recipes and chapters on anti-aging hormones and "smart pills." Follow Dr. Smith's advice and you'll keep each of your body's 100 trillion cells humming for decades to come. --Ellen Albertson

Renewal is a revolutionary new theory on why we age-and how we can turn back the clock. Timothy J. Smith, M.D., an anti-aging specialist and alternative medicine practicioner, spent more than twenty years defining and redefining the keys to extended youth. Renewal is an exciting new program designed to simultaneously extend your life span while reducing and even eliminating the typical problems associated with aging. Using diet, supplements, all-natural hormones, and exercise, he presents an unprecedented approach to anti-aging. Dr. Smith places the power of renewal in your hands-therefore the extent to which you follow his program is the extent to which you'll reap the benefits. Adopt the Renewal lifestyle and add decades to you life!

A vanguard of physicians worldwide now have clinical experience treating older patients with combinations of hormonal replacement. In his book, Dr. Elmer Cranton brings together the achievements of researchers and the startling results seen in actual patients. The conclusion he comes to is that hormonal revolution can already reverse the aging process somewhat and will greatly slow it in future years.

"Personal-finance author and lecturer Robert T. Kiyosaki developed his unique economic perspective from two very different influences--his two fathers. One father (Robert's real father) was a highly educated man, but fiscally poor. The other father was the father of Robert's best friend--the Dad who was an eighth grade dropout who became a self-made multi-millionaire.

The lifelong monetary problems experienced by his "poor dad" pounded home the counterpoint communicated by his "rich dad." Taking that message to heart, Kiyosaki was able to retore at 47. RICH DAD, POOR DAD, written with consultant and CPA Sharon L. Lechter lays out Kiyosaki's philosophy behind his relationship with money. RICH DAD, POOR DAD opens readers eyes by:

• - exploding the myth that you need to earn a high income to be rich
• - challenging the belief that your house is an asset
• - defining once and for all an asset versus a liability
• - explaining what kids need to know about money for their future financial success"

The classic text on cognitive enhancement drugs. Irreverant and comprehensive.

From the authors of Smart Drugs come the sequel. These are still classics. You do not ned to take everything written as literal and sicnce and medicine are changing rapidly in this field, sop these become a good starting point. We then recommend the site www.antiaging-systems.com for further reference if you cannot obtain these from a good competent Anti-Aging physician here in the US.

Winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize in American History, this is a landmark history of how the entire American health care system of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and government programs has evolved over the last two centuries.

Despite the 20 years since its publication, Paul Starr's Pulitzer prize winner is still relevant today and in retrospect his projections made of the future of healthcare in America are surpisingly prescient.

The first book describes the development of the medical profession in early America providing a fascinating look at the social evolution of American society. The second book delineates the rise of doctors, hospitals and medical schools in latter half of the 19th to the early 20th century with the rise of science and a professional authority. The third book shifts the focus from the doctors and to the industry that medicine became as well as the various attempts at healthcare reform in response to rising healthcare costs.

Still one of the original classics on hypo-thyroidism, low thyroid. A series of newer texts have now superceded it but this still is a good read and one that belongs on your bookshelf.

For those looking for the omnibus, cover-all reference book on nutrition, this is it. It is a thoroughly comprehensive examination of nutrition from just about every possible facet. Dr. Haas incorporates most of the more modern and alternative thinking on nutrition, even going so far as to examine environmental and spiritual issues, while avoiding the extreme, faddish ideas either of the medical establishment or the alternative fringe. He really does seem to have taken the time to weigh the value of studies done in both the mainstream and alternative research communities and brought together the clear, probable truths from both camps. And by the same token, he provides warnings against the doubtful claims of both sides.

Nature’s cycles affect not only the external climate, but also our internal health and mental well-being. With this as its primary tenet, STAYING HEALTHY WITH THE SEASONS revolutionized the fields of preventive and integrated medicine when it was first published in 1981, and introduced a seasonal approach to nutrition, disease prevention, and mind-and-body fitness. A leading practitioner of the season-based lifestyle theory, Dr. Elson Haas provides simple, logical advice for achieving glowing good health: Bring the mind and body into balance with the earth, and consume a diet that emphasizes in-season, chemical-free foods. Joining Western and Eastern medicines with seasonal nutrition, herbology, and exercise practices, this timeless classic, revised for the 21st century, provides the keys to staying healthy from spring right on through winter.

Jean Carper is highly readable and this another in a good series. We do not consider the "last work" and so you turn to other texts on this list. But, again, this is a good overview.

In Stop Aging Now!, Jean Carper, the bestselling author of Food -- Your Miracle Medicine, has written a breakthrough, cutting-edge book documenting that the ravages of aging are not inevitable and, in fact, can be prevented or reversed. Written in Carper's lively and compelling style, Stop Aging Now! Reveals how you can combat aging, as well as cancer, heart disease, immune dysfunction and other age-related diseases, by taking specific vitamins, supplements and herbs and eating an anti-aging diet.

Stop Aging Now! Is based on hundreds of trailblazing studies by scientists from prestigious institutions, including Harvard University and the National Institutes of Health, who are discovering the incredible truth about the aging process: that much of it is not inevitable, and that what we call "normal aging" actually is often due to unsuspected deficiencies that readily can be corrected by taking antioxidant vitamins, minerals, herbs and food chemicals.

Another in a series from Drs. Ron Klatz and Robert Goldman, the President and Chairman of the A4M, The American Academy on Anti-Aging Medicine. A good quick read, but not the "last word" or the most authoratative text. Worthy of your attention.

If you have Syndrome X -- and 60 to 75 million Americans do -- the widely recommended low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet may be the surest route to a heart attack. Now, Gerald Reaven, M.D., the pioneering Stanford University doctor who discovered Syndrome X, explains why:

Even if your total cholesterol level is perfect, it may not shield you from a heart attack.

Carbohydrates can be just as harmful as red meat or butter.

A diet high in "good" fats (as much as 40 percent of calories) is actually better for you.

The Zone diet, the Atkins diet, and the American Heart Association diet can each be dangerous under certain conditions.

The failure of insulin, the body's "sugar cop," to process blood sugar is the key to Syndrome X.

The Syndrome X diet and exercise program will keep you healthy and protect your heart even if you do not suffer from insulin resistance.

Tested in carefully controlled research settings and in practice, the Syndrome X program is safe, effective, and easy to follow.

At last we have a book that explains some of the mystery behind middle-age. Syndrome X is the first book to present the new science explaining mid-life weight gain, rising cholesterol levels, and dropping energy levels. Yes, your middle-age metabolism is different and these changes have more to do with your diet and nutrition than your age!

Syndrome X will help you put together a plan to overcome resistance to your own insulin. This is more than an abstract concept, it is the essence behind the current epidemic of obesity, high blood pressure and adult-onset diabetes.

Author's Challem, Berkson, and Smith are to be commended. They have written an easy to understand book which provides a common sense plan for overcoming Syndrome X. Most importantly they cut through the current rhetoric and teach you how to treat yourself with a healthy diet. Everyone should read this book and take a copy to their doctor.

Dr. Cranton is the leading expert in chelation therapy, and this book is clearly the most up-to-date review of how this therapy is done, the historical background, and the scientific data that show its value in the treatment of heart disease and other vascular disease.

If you want to know the details of this therapy, don't ask your doctor--this is the book to read. In spite of opposition to chelation therapy by the mainstream medical community, this textbook tells the real truth about it. It is hard to find valid, scientifically backed information about chelation, and if you ask your doctor, you will likely be led away from this valuable therapy that is better documented than bypass surgery and angioplasty.

While you may need some scientific background to understand all of the material, most readers will be able to understand enough to get a clear picture.

The book is well organized. For doctors interested in more information about chelation, this is a great place to start. With the protocol for treatment, you will have a good guide to this therapy.

Other books strictly for the layperson do not go into such detail and show you how the treatment is done, although they may be less technical for the less serious reader.

The absolute classic. This is the first read for all that are tryintg ti understand the developments in medicine and why Anti-Aging Medicine. What is the effect of the Boomer population on the graying of America and beyond. An absolute must read

An inspiring and profoundly enlightening exploration of one doctor’s discovery of how hope can change the course of illness

Since the time of the ancient Greeks, human beings have believed that hope is essential to life. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Harvard Medical School professor and New Yorker staff writer Jerome Groopman shows us why.

The search for hope is most urgent at the patient’s bedside. The Anatomy of Hope takes us there, bringing us into the lives of people at pivotal moments when they reach for and find hope--or when it eludes their grasp. Through these intimate portraits, we learn how to distinguish true hope from false, why some people feel they are undeserving of it, and whether we should ever abandon our search.

Can hope contribute to recovery by changing physical well-being? To answer this hotly debated question, Groopman embarked on an investigative journey to cutting-edge laboratories where researchers are unraveling an authentic biology of hope. There he finds a scientific basis for understanding the role of this vital emotion in the outcome of illness.

Here is a book that offers a new way of thinking about hope, with a message for all readers, not only patients and their families. "We are just beginning to appreciate hope’s reach," Groopman writes, "and have not defined its limits. I see hope as the very heart of healing."

based on the complicated message of arginine-derived nitric oxide and its effect on cardio-vascular health

from an online reviewer:

Dr. Grossman and the co-authors have put together one of the best longevity / anti-aging books around. They don't just banter on about generalities as other authors do on the subject, but provide practical and real information. This book is a good guide for one interested in the anti-aging movement, not only the patient but for doctors discovering this field of medicine.

A groundbreaking discovery in heart disease prevention led the American Heart Association to hail this landmark research that pinpointed insulin as "the most statistically significant predictor of heart attack risk"--more than smoking, body mass index, triglyceride levels, and physical inactivity--and equal to cholesterol levels.

After years of medical research, the truth is out: too much insulin in your body can lead directly to heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and excessive weight gain. What causes insulin levels to rise? Foods rich in carbohydrates--not just starches, salty snacks, and sweets--but even low-cal foods once thought to be good for you, such as salad with low-fat dressing, pita bread, diet soda, and vegetarian lasagna. Like millions of Americans, you, too, may experience intense and recurring carbohydrate cravings--a compelling hunger for foods that, in time, will wreak havoc on your body, drive up your insulin levels, and seriously compromise your health.

Now Drs. Richard and Rachael Heller, the New York Times bestselling authors of The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet, and cardiovascular surgeon, Dr. Frederic J. Vagnini, share their breakthrough program that incorporates all the latest findings to help prevent and reverse heart disease and its many damaging risk factors. Compatible with dietary guidelines as recommended by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the American Heart Association, and the American Cancer Society, The Carbohydrate Addict's Healthy Heart Program offers a safe, sensible, flexible, and easy-to-follow plan that will dramatically decrease or eliminate your cravings for high-carbohydrate foods in less than a week! Inside you'll discover

Coenzyme Q10 (often abbreviated as CoQ10) is essential for human life. It catalyzes the formation and utilization of energy in every human cell.

Fortunately, our bodies manufacture CoQ10. Unfortunately, some people do not manufacture enough CoQ10 to keep them healthy, especially as they grow older.

Research has shown that deficiency of CoQ10 is the major cause of cardiomyopathy, and congestive heart failure and these diseases can often be cured by CoQ10 supplementation. Even many heart transplant candidates have no longer needed a heart transplant after supplementation with CoQ10. Now it has been found that CoQ10 can also prevent -- and, sometimes, even cure -- cancer, as well a variety of other diseases.

Dr. Stephen Sinatra -- a board-certified cardiologist -- is a world-renowned expert on CoQ10 and its health benefits. I beg your to buy and read this book and heed Dr. Sinatra's information and advice.

The German Commission E Monographs is still an often used Reference that in my oppinion belongs on everyone's shelf who works with Herbs. True, it does not cover all that the herbs are capable of and due to lack of proof, many wonderful herbs are not approved, BUT, and this is most important, whatever you find in this book is scientifically proven and you can believe it.

I VERY strongly recommend this book, and the CD as well. Whenever you explore a new herb, or need to know facts, check it out in the Commission E Monographs.

GREAT BOOK! The Cortisol Connection can do a great deal to help you understand WHY cortisol-control is good for your long-term health, but also HOW to approach cortisol-control using diet and lifestyle.

It makes a complicated topic easy to understand. As a nutritionist, I know that people who suffer from chronic stress often are also suffering from lifestyle related diseases (obseity, diabetes, hypertension, depession, and osteoporosis) which now may be linked to the detrimental effects of unhealthy cortisol levels.

The Cortisol Connection gives details on diets, exercise and supplements that have been shown to control cortisol levels and promote optimal health (Dr. Talbott's SENSE program). If you have stress, you need this book!

Pocketbook sized paperback with simple but powerful messages.

from an online reviewer

In this small (literally) book, HH Dalai Lama speaks of compassion, ridding oneself of anger, forgiveness of enemies, living life in a truly more loving way. Although much of it seems familiar to western ears [the ideas of love compassion and service are not unknown in western religion and philosophy], the simplicity of much of what the Dalai Lama says is striking.

His own struggles with anger are enlightening, and the prose, gleaned from lectures I believe, is smooth and cleanly transformed into English. There are other books of the Dalai Lama that are far more demanding ("tranforming the mind" for example), although few are more accesible.

A lovely gift,a wonderful introduction to one of the masters of the day.

Wonderful short book on newer concepts of cardio vascular disease and health. A must read including sensible exercise and eating routines.

This book should find its way onto the shelf of any self-respecting cardiologist, preferably dislodging the seriously over-used prescription pad from its prominent position front and center in the battle against heart disease. Highly recommended to one and all!

I have used the principles of this book along with several other books by Mr.Gerber to perfect my financial brokerage company. Mr.Gerber has written a phenomenal series of books that show you a better way of thinking about your business. I use this book to train my managers and employees so that they can have a better context of my business.

This book is one of the bible's of the entrepreneurial world, I believe that any entrepreneur that doesn't have this book is making their business harder than it should be.

Anyone who is currently in practice or is considering doing medicine should read this book. Unfortunately one is never taught at medical school the fundamentals of running a medical practice profitably. Doctors erroneously believe that because they are good at medicine or surgery or paediatrics, they will necessarily believe that they are able to run a practice well. This couldn't be further from the truth.

Gerber, in an insightful work, manages to expose many of the pitfalls in running a medical practice. I can only say from personal experience that initially, one gets validation from medicine because you are working at the coalface - doing the work of a doctor. Eventually, it dawns on you that you don't in fact have a life - you have effectively bought yourself a job.

Every chapter has nuggets that have resulted in a multitude of paradigm shifts in my strategic thinking towards my practice. If you are happy doing the work of a technician and working 80 hour weeks for 50 weeks of the year, don't read this book. If you are seeking something better from practicing medicine, I would suggest reading this book in conjunction with The E-Myth Revisited - Why most small businesses don't work and what to do about it.

I would also suggest reading the Robert Kiyosaki books, which will give you another lucid perspective on the pitfalls of being in a profession.

The cult Classic

Michael Gerber's The E-Myth Revisited should be required listening for anyone thinking about starting a business or for those who have already taken that fateful step. The title refers to the author's belief that entrepreneurs--typically brimming with good but distracting ideas--make poor businesspeople. He establishes an incredibly organized and regimented plan, so that daily details are scripted, freeing the entrepreneur's mind to build the long-term success or failure of the business. You don't need an M.B.A. to understand or follow its directives; Gerber takes time to explain buzzwords and complex theories. Read in a clear and well-paced manner, listening to The-E Myth is like receiving advice from an old friend. --Sharon Griggins

Dr. Eric Braverman, a leading figure in the practice of brain-body health care, reveals the dramatic impact that proper brain nourishment can have on the quality of our lives. His key to longevity and well-being is balancing the brain’s four important neurotransmitters. A simple test determines which of the four is dominant in you, and what you can do to maintain the right balance, by modifying your diet with both foods and natural supplements. Proven effective for thousands of patients in Dr. Braverman’s practice, this groundbreaking approach will help anyone make the most of his or her life, free of the major illnesses (such as cancer and heart disease) and minor ailments as well.

A proven program to reverse and prevent aging that will be a must-have for all “baby boomers,” by a leading figure in the medical field and a frequent guest on national TV. This could be as close to a fountain of youth as mankind will ever come, the truly scientific answer to how to reverse or prevent the debilitating effects of aging, including memory loss, weight gain, sexual dysfunction, and Alzheimer’s. Dr. Eric Braverman, a leading figure in the practice of brain-body health care, reveals the dramatic impact that proper brain nourishment can have on the quality of our lives. His key to longevity and well-being is balancing the brain’s four important neurotransmitters.

Peter Senge, founder of the Center for Organizational Learning at MIT's Sloan School of Management, experienced an epiphany while meditating one morning back in the fall of 1987. That was the day he first saw the possibilities of a "learning organization" that used "systems thinking" as the primary tenet of a revolutionary management philosophy. He advanced the concept into this primer, originally released in 1990, written for those interested in integrating his philosophy into their corporate culture.

The Fifth Discipline has turned many readers into true believers; it remains the ideal introduction to Senge's carefully integrated corporate framework, which is structured around "personal mastery," "mental models," "shared vision," and "team learning." Using ideas that originate in fields from science to spirituality, Senge explains why the learning organization matters, provides an unvarnished summary of his management principals, offers some basic tools for practicing it, and shows what it's like to operate under this system. The book's concepts remain stimulating and relevant as ever.

Nobody can beat James Duke at comfortable pop-level communication combined with solid, informed good judgement. In this book he gives practical preparation and dosage suggestions -- something the too-careful books don't do. He also provides clear, definite cautions on drug interactions and side-effects.

My only criticism of Duke's book is that he may be a bit too confident when he suggests combining several herbs at once to treat some conditions. Folklore and formal studies may provide reasonable dosage guides for individual herbs. But no single folklore or ancient system encompasses, at once, medicinal plants of South America, China, and Europe. Combining herbs that have not been traditonally used, nor clinically tested, in such combination, is not something I would advise to a general audience.

Nevertheless I rate this book very highly. I don't know how many copies of the previous edition I bought to give to people: teenagers, undergraduate college students, my old hippy friends, my father, doctors, and various people who ask me about medical botany.

Fox, a respected authority on prostate health, offers a proven program for treating not only prostate cancer but the more common benign prostate hypertrophy (BPH).

Beginning with a thorough examination of prostate gland physiology, Fox goes on to examine symptoms of prostate problems, how ailments are diagnosed and the benefits and drawbacks of various drugs, surgeries and alternative treatments used to tackle such problems.

Fox then details his "Healthy Prostate Program," a therapy that stresses diet and exercise over surgery and drug treatments for controlling most prostate problems. Features a self-assessment quiz that shows readers how changing their lifestyle can lead to a healthier prostate.

Discussing the problem of declining sexual desire among menopausal women, this study proposes the use of testosterone to help restore a woman's energy, libido, and sense of well-being.

While we do not agree with her ultimate recommendation of the use of methyl-testosterone, the basic principles of testosterone replacement in women remains sound and compelling. We do agree with the other three forms of more natural testosterone the author suggests.

Those who are in search of the fountain of youth will find a wealth of detail here concerning the importance of hormone replacement therapy. According to Hertoghe, a physician based in Brussels who is a member of the International Advisory Board of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, "with natural hormones in amounts as close as possible to what your younger body made for itself, you can re-create the same state of health and well-being you once enjoyed."

A patient should work in concert with a physician, who will first administer a battery of blood and urine tests to determine hormone levels.

This exciting new book by Dr. Michael West tells the story of stem cell research, nuclear transfer, telomeres, the resetting of the biological clock in somatic cells and much more!

Biotechnology is on the cusp of a bold new age in medicine that could alleviate so much human suffering. Where will these new discoveries lead us and how will we choose to use them? These are just a few of the questions Dr. West takes on in this book. This book should be required reading for everyone especially those who oppose all cloning. This is one of the most exciting books published this year. Recommended to anyone who wants to know more about science and especially genetics.

For the first time the lay public can benefit from the anti-aging secrets discovered by the Life Extension Foundation, the world’s largest, most respected organization dedicated to anti-aging research. Working with the Life Extension Foundation, renowned anti-aging physician Philip Lee Miller shows you how to retain your physical health and vigor, mental clarity, and youthful appearance–for life.

This groundbreaking book translates cutting-edge anti-aging advances into a practical, easy-to-use program that will maximize your chances of living not only a long life–but a healthy, vibrant life. Drawing on his own clinical experience as well as the latest research from the Life Extension Foundation, Dr. Miller demystifies the aging process and provides you with:

• •Detailed strategies integrating the most advanced mainstream therapies with nutrients, hormones, and holistic approaches from around the world
• •A comprehensive plan to protect yourself from cancer, heart disease, arthritis, and Alzheimer’s disease at the cellular level by controlling inflammation and oxidation–two degenerative processes that cause us to age prematurely
• •A guide to individualizing this lifesaving program, including the Longevity Diet for maximum vitality and effortless weight loss and a unique supplement regimen–plus how to use medical tests to monitor your progress
• •An inspiring vision of the future of life extension science and what your future will be like without disease, premature death and aging–with novel strategies to help you get there

John Gray's "The Mars & Venus Diet & Exercise Solution" is a remarkable achievement. That an expert in relationships has taken the time and effort to read and master esoteric research on brain chemistry and made it accessible and usable for us lay readers is amazing.

Edwards Deming, the quality guru, once said: "It's not what you don't know that's the problem; it's what you know that's NOT SO!" Gray punctures many of the myths about diet and exercise that people have been religiously following for years. The famous Pritikin and Atkins diets, for example, do not emerge unscathed.

This is not just another weight-loss book. People suffering from conditions as desparate as ADD/ADHD, addictions, brain concussions, or depression, to name a few, can find valuable new approaches to treatment. It's actually a book on how to effectively manage your own brain chemistry.

The book challenges the dominance in our culture of allopathic (that is, traditional) medicine with its overuse of powerful drugs and their side effects. It supports the use of alternative therapies such as homeopathy and aromatherapy. And it is not "one size fits all": Gray makes careful distinctions, not only by gender as one would expect from the creator of the Mars/Venus school of gender differences, but by body type as well. What works for rectangular body type mesomorphs might be all wrong for round body endomorphs.

A more erudite and academic treatment of Melatonin research and theory. Has one very interesting theory regarding the critical regulation of the conversion of serotonin (the anti-depressant brain transmitter) to melatonin. It is turned on at night (via pineal control) and turned off during the daytime.

The first impression this book makes is one of hugeness: it is huge in size, huge in scope, and huge in vision. This set of volumes, which weighs in at 16 kg (35 lb) and is too large to carry to one's car without advance planning, is no vade mecum. In the preface to this edition, there is mention of an informal survey of owners of the seventh edition, of whom 70 percent used the book at least weekly. This book has become indispensable to those in the field, as well as to a much broader audience. Does this edition build on the achievements of the previous seven?

The Miracle of Natural Hormones, by David Brownstein, M.D., shows how the use of natural hormones and other natural treatments can treat or even reverse many chronic conditions such as heart disease, PMS, menopause, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, migraine headaches, hypothyroidism and many more conditions.

Dr. Brownstein uses actual case studies taken from his own medical practice to describe his unique holistic treatments which include the use of the following hormones: natural thyroid, DHEA, natural progesterone, natural estrogens, natural testosterone, human growth hormone, melatonin, pregnenolone and natural hydrocortisone.

Dr. Brownstein states that the use of natural hormones are much more effective than synthetic hormones. In addition to describing the benefits of natural hormones, this book also contains chapters on importance of drinking an adequate amount of water and eating a proper diet in order to insure a healthy hormonal system.

Finally, this book gives specific recommendations on the use of vitamins and minerals to support the body's immune system.

In her highly successful The Diet Cure, Julia Ross helped thousands of readers halt food cravings and end dieting by rebalancing their body chemistry. Now, in The Mood Cure, Julia Ross once again draws on her years of experience as a psychotherapist, clinic director, and pioneer in the field of nutritional psychology to present breakthrough solutions for people looking for help with depression, anxiety, mood swings, irritability, and sleep problems that diminish the quality of their lives.

The Mood Cure is a comprehensive program that includes the use of amino acids (which provide results in 24 hours) combined with a high-protein, good fat, veggie-rich diet and other nutritional strategies. Beginning with a 4-part questionnaire to identify one's bad mood type, The Mood Cure will help to:

• * lift depression
• * blast the blahs
• * cool anxiety and stress
• * comfort oversensitive feelings
• * let go of emotional healing

Followers of Sears' zone diet probably have a hard enough time balancing their carbohydrate consumption with their protein and fats. Now, if they opt for Sears' latest scheme, the "next generation of the Zone," they're going to have to start gulping fish oil, which contains the all-important omega-3 fatty acids. And not just any fish oil. "High-dose pharmaceutical-grade fish oil" only, and don't think it's easy to get one's hands on this stuff. Only two companies manufacture it; all the others stick to low-grade fish oil.

Sears predicts more companies (His own? Just asking.) will get into the high-end fish-oil business once they realize that it can prevent or reverse heart disease, diabetes, neurological disorders, and cancer. Is any of this true? Who knows? In 352 pages, Sears quotes from studies on Eskimos and hypothesizes that modern man separated himself from the apes when he started eating fish, but in the end, readers will need to judge for themselves.

(Sears does mention--but discounts--a few potential side effects, including bleeding and increased incidence of strokes.) Bottom line: More than you ever wanted to know about omega-3 fatty acids. Ilene Cooper

Another splendid book discussing the critical importance of high dose Omega-3 essential fatty acidds (EFAs) and mood, hornonal balance and brain function.

There is always hope and here is the reason why.

Diagnosed with premature menopause at age 38, Petras has written the book that she wished had been available to her at that traumatic time. Well researched, engrossing, and easy to understand, this book will be invaluable to the millions of women in their twenties and thirties who share Petras's experience, answering the questions women ask when faced with the physical and emotional consequences of early menopause and the reality that their ability to reproduce might be over.

In addition to a thorough discussion of the pathophysiology and emotional aspects of premature menopause, this book includes chapters on hormone replacement and other pharmacologic therapies, diet (including vitamins and natural supplements), and exercise, as well as choosing the right doctor. Personal accounts from women dealing with premature menopause coupled with Petras's references to her own experiences should help empower women.

Appended to the text is information about support groups and web sites.

From a reader: Jesse Stoff describes a broad approach to the treatment of prostate cancer. In fact, it is the most comprehensive prescription for an alternative treatment of prostate cancer that I have ever encountered. The main ingredient emphasized is PC SPES but that is not viewed so much as a 'silver bullet' as it is a necessary part of a multi-faceted attack on the disease.

Stoff writes from the perspective of one who personally treats prostate cancer patients in his medical practice.

They have it right. These are the closest to our philosophy and approach -- raise your high-quality protein. It is the traditional source of high value nutrition.

The authors of Protein Power are back to advocate the "protein-rich, moderate-fat, carbohydrate-restricted diet" that opposes the high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet that every professional medical and dietetic organization (including those who have no diet books to sell) believes to be your best bet for avoiding heart disease, the number one killer.

The authors insist, in the face of all this medical opposition, that "the whole idea that fat and cholesterol cause heart disease is just that: an idea." We're meant to be hunters, say the authors: bring on the meat. Let's go back to the Paleolithic diet (no mention of the brief life span of Paleolithic men and women).

The Protein Power Lifeplan is not easy reading--most of the book is made up of scientific explanations, research summaries and interpretations, and nutritional warnings--but no recipes. Besides recommending eating protein and fat, the authors recommend sunbathing without sunblock (but "never, never let your skin burn!") and exercises such as "bringing home the buffalo" and "defending the camp."

The authors admit that if you're trying to lose weight, you have to limit calories, but if you're not, you can "munch on nuts, seeds, nut butters, cheeses, jerky, guacamole, and olives all day long." Carbohydrates, say the authors, "are totally nonessential to your health and well-being"--words to make dieticians and cardiologists shudder.

A former editor of The Economist asks how sexual selection has molded human nature. The title here alludes to a scene in Lewis Carroll in which Alice and the Red Queen run as fast as possible to remain in the same place.

Ridley looks first at current thinking on why sexual reproduction exists at all, when many organisms manage quite well without it. The answer has to do with disease: a species must rebuild its defenses from one generation to the next merely to keep from falling behind in the race against opportunistic viruses. Sex, by allowing a new shuffle of the genetic material with each generation, improves the chance of survival. But the predators also improve with each generation, so the race (vide Lewis Carroll) is never over.

Turning to animals, Ridley describes mating patterns with an eye as to whether mates are selected for health and vigor, or for esthetics. He concludes that both play a role: neither sickly fashion-plates nor healthy wallflowers will pass on their genes as often as those who combine both beauty and health. Given the contrast between a brief sexual act and long years of child- rearing, aggressive males will tend to have more children, while nurturing women will have healthier ones. Those who select mates with these qualities will transmit them to ensuing generations, along with other qualities affecting offspring survival.

Ridley contends--not a popular thesis in recent decades--that such genetic programming is far more central to human nature than social conditioning. Extensively researched, clearly written: one of the best introductions to its fascinating and controversial subject

from a reader:

This is a brilliant book and I am amazed that this is the first review. It is a 'tour de force'. It brings together many threads of the great advances of modern medicine post war and chronicles how the golden age petered out eg the pharmacological revolution slowed rapidly particularly post thalidimide.

It explores the fallacies and cheating which gave us the Social Theory ie ill health is all our own fault because of what we eat - we shouldn't eat so many lamb chops or choccie bikkies - and the unfulfilled expectations of genetics and its possible limited application in medicine. It is both scholarly and readable as well as becoming quite compelling. Even if the bloke is a journalist this is stunning stuff. I am still searching for an effective contrary view.

"Kohl and Francoeur lead us on a treasure hunt through history, literature, and scientific data - providing clues to what today's human mating patterns have in common with moths, marmosets, minotaurs, and even the serpent in the Garden of Eden." --Gina Ogden, Ph.D., author of Women Who Love Sex"

""A challenging and original work at the cutting edge of sexual science - innovative, quirky, speculative, and solid thinking all at once. Kohl and Francoeur's thesis, that odor plays a far larger role in human sexuality than hitherto imagined, will give both lay and professional readers much to ponder about. It's also fascinating for showing how science is actually done, not by oracular statements from on high, but by leaps of imagination about topics we thought we had completely comprehended." --Timothy Perper, Ph.D., author of "Sex Signals: the Biology of Love"

Must read! A highly informative text by a good writer and well known celebrity. Finally, a balanced book about the use and benefits of NHRT and bio-identical hormones -- even in the face of breast cancer. A brave soul. Those of us in the Anti-Aging community could scarcely have writen a better text. I highly applaud her efforts to get out the word -- there are positive benefits. Be wary of all the negative hype and misinterpretations of recent data.

Six Sigma is a data-driven management system with near-perfect-performance objectives that has been employed to acclaim at leading corporations like General Electric. Its name is derived from the eye-catching statistical target of operating with no more than 3.4 defects per one million chances, but Peter Pande, Robert Neuman, and Roland Cavanagh--associates in a firm providing Six Sigma implementation, training, and management services--contend its principles can be applied in businesses of all types to routinely reduce costs, improve productivity, increase market share, and achieve other positive results.

The Six Sigma Way is their comprehensive self-help guide to adapting and using the system under various conditions. Its first two parts cover fundamentals and provide specific suggestions for aligning the process with individual needs and goals. (These include sections on balancing potential costs and benefits, clarifying objectives, and defining time frames.)

The final part, which accounts for more than half the book, focuses on implementation through a detailed yet flexible five-step "road map" tied to a company's core processes, key customers, current performance, "high-potential improvement opportunities," and future practices.

Now, the best-selling authors of this phenomenal bestseller (seven printings; nearly 200,000 copies in print) reveal to the public for the first time how this revolution in medical sciences has identified an entire class of "superhormones" that can reverse aging and significantly extend life expectancy.

Dr. Regelson is an unabashed and leading spokesman for the Anti-Aging movement in this country. He has been known to say, "that while those younger bureaucrats can patiently discuss the virtues and liabilities of these various approaches, time has a much more immediate sense of urgency for me." He is 75 years old.

Younger men take their good health and virility for granted. As time goes on, though, we don't always feel as strong, as sharp, as confident as we used to. Our sexual prowess — even our interest in sex — declines. It doesn't have to be that way.

As we age, our body's production of testosterone declines. Now there are safe and effective ways to boost our natural supplies. The positive impact is exciting — and almost immediate! Discover how you can: Boost your energy, enthusiasm, and self-confidence

• Raise your libido
• Improve your sex life
• Strengthen your muscles and build body mass
• Lower your risk of heart disease, bone deterioration, and other health problems
• Increase memory and mental acuity
• Enhance your sense of well-being
• And much more!

Just as women have a menopause, so men experience a "male menopause", often called andropause, which can occur in over a period of 15 to 20 years, and which can take an equally devastating toll on strength, energy, and zest for life. In this book, Dr. Shippan uses case histories to show how adjusting levels of testosterone can have a positive effect on this time in a man's life .

Our highest recommendation on the subject of thyroid function and dysfunction. This book well presented and full of valueable and novel hypotheses. Especially the connection between thyroid and cognitive function and mood.

One in ten Americans suffers from thyroid dysfunction, yet most don't realize the mental and emotional components of this condition. "This is the first book to explain the hidden suffering that many patients have difficulty expressing and the first book to provide new ways of helping address and heal this suffering," promises author Ridha Arem, M.D., associate professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and chief of endocrinology and metabolism at Ben Taub General Hospital, both in Houston, Texas.

This book explains the link between stress and thyroid imbalance; how thyroid imbalance affects your emotions, sex life, and relationships; and how to cope with the effects of this imbalance.

PBecause thyroid problems primarily strike women, a whole section deals with women's health issues, such as infertility, miscarriage, postpartum depression, premenstrual syndrome, and menopause.

Much still remains to be discovered, causes and effects need to be untangled, and the results of thyroid imbalances need to be identified and taken into account when determining treatment programs.

This illustrated volume presents a visual tour of medicine throughout the ages. Ten parallel timetables span from prehistoric times to the present. Timelines display discoveries, anecdotes, and famous medical figures, each focusing on a specific discipline and tracing its development across thousands of years. A timeline of significant world events outside of medicine puts these developments into a larger historical context. Special topics include the story of disease, women in medicine, the development of the pharmacy, and medicine in the future. Illustrated with about 250 drawings and photographs.

As a professor of biology and neuroscience at Stanford and a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant," Robert Sapolsky carries impressive credentials. Best of all, he's a gifted writer who possesses a delightfully devilish sense of humor. In these essays, which range widely but mostly focus on the relationships between biology and human behavior, hard and intricate science is handled with a deft touch that makes it accessible to the general reader. In one memorable piece, Sapolsky compares the fascination with tabloid TV to behavior he's observed among wild African baboons. "Rubber necks," notes the professor, "seem to be a common feature of the primate order." In the title essay of The Trouble with Testosterone, Sapolsky ruminates on the links, real or perceived, between that hormone and aggression

If this were just another Enron type story of double dealing and double dipping, the stakes would be high but not life-threatening. But, as she points out in the book's introduction, drugs are different. Marketing, "med ed," and a deluge of aggressively promoted copycat medicines have trumped good old fashioned R & D to the point where yearly expenditures on research are dwarfed by what companies spend on all the rest. What we end up with is novelty at the expense of innovation -- and what Angell sees as an overmedicated society driven by "lures, bribes and kickbacks" so lavishly bestowed upon not just prescribing physicians, academic researchers and the all important Congressional legislators, but NIH and FDA personnel alike!

One of the standardards in pocket references to therapeutics.

Established for more than 50 years as the "Bible" of the medical ward, the Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics is now in its Thirtieth Edition. This edition has been updated up to the moment of publishing to put recent and accurate dosages and patient management recommendations at your fingertips. Inpatient therapy coverage has been expanded throughout, a new chapter on solid organ transplantation has been added, and the oncology chapter has been expanded to include bone marrow transplantation. The book's handy pocket size, easy-to-use outline format, bold headings, plentiful charts and tables, and extensive index ensure fast access to specific information.

The influence of Greek medical practices dating back to the fifth century B.C. has had an immeasurable impact on the development of medicine in the West over the subsequent centuries. This text is designed to cover the history of Western medicine from Classical Antiquity to 1800.

It is essential reading as a new synthesis for all students of the history of medicine.

Menopause doesn't have to be a dreaded curse of aging during which we can look forward only to hot flashes and whacked-out hormonal mood swings. According to Christiane Northrup, M.D. (Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom), menopause often marks the beginning of a woman's most sexually passionate, creatively inspired, and professionally productive phase of life.

While this may sound like wishful thinking, Northrup backs up her good news with solid medical expertise. As an obstetrician and gynecologist, Northrup has specialized in using a mind-body approach to women's health for decades, which means she doesn't just write about hormones, but also examines how a woman's lifestyle, emotions, and beliefs are affected by menopause. With the right diet, attitude, and perhaps some supplements along the way, women can actually look forward to a resurgence of energy and a revolutionary opportunity for personal growth--one that rivals the hormonally driven period of adolescence in its scope and urgency, she claims. And yes, at just under 500 pages, The Wisdom of Menopause does explain how to have a positive and healthy menopause in concise detail. Northrup has indeed "written the book" on menopause.

This fully revised and updated edition of The Yeast Connection tells you how to suspect, identify, and overcome the chronic and often devastating health problems related to Candida albicans, or common yeast.

The first holistic health care manual designed specifically for men, Thriving is filled with detailed information and instructions for achieving and maintaining maximum physical, mental, and spiritual health. This comprehensive, user-friendly guide to holistic treatments and therapies shows men how they can go beyond feeling simply "unbroken" to feel gloriously "whole."

Depressed, overworked, or just feelin' old are common enough complaints. But when disparate symptoms such as joint pain, weight gain, and foggy-headedness join the ranks, it's time to think thyroid.

As the "throttle" for the body's energy hormones, the thyroid affects every organ and cell; when it's in trouble, any variety of ailments--physical and mental--can occur. Trouble is, physicians are more likely to treat each symptom independently, with pill upon pill, rather than search for a root cause.

Bolstered by 25 years of treating patients with low thyroid condition, husband-and-wife team Richard L. Shames, M.D., and Karilee H. Shames, R.N., Ph.D., ably explain the physical and emotional profiles of those diagnosed with the disease, why the proverbial deck is stacked against them, and how each patient can forge an effective path of treatment.

Do you ever feel so rushed that you can't stop to think? That you don't have enough time to do your job well--or even to read this paragraph carefully? That's because you spend your time either speeding forward or thinking about the past few minutes, without really concentrating on living in the present moment.

In Timeshifting, Stephan Rechtschaffen teaches us that time is subjective, not objective, and that we can take back control of our lives by changing the way we think about time. We can relearn how to live our lives to their fullest potential; to have the time to enjoy ourselves, our families, and our jobs. Timeshifting is not about time management; it won't teach you how to do more in a shorter period of time. It will, however, give you back all the time you need to accomplish what you want, and you'll find that you are more relaxed, less stressed-out, and better able to enjoy the best things in life.

Another pocket book classic. Concise and relevant to standard conventional medicine.

Established for over 40 years as the Bible of the medical ward, The Washington Manual™ of Medical Therapeutics is now in its Thirty-First Edition and builds upon that proud tradition-with even more of the current information you need, with a focus on inpatient care, delivered in a timesaving, quick-reference style.

This edition includes the latest facts on nosocomial infections, West Nile virus, and agents of bioterrorism; the latest management of AIDS/HIV; and current JNC VII guidelines for management of hypertension. Drug appendices have a new quick-scanning format for rapid information retrieval.

The history begins in ancient Greece, where medical practice, under the auspices of Hippocrates and others, first looked past supernatural explanations and began to understand disease as a product of natural causes. The book examines the contributions of the great Islamic physicians, such as Rhazes (Al-Razi) and Avicenna (Ibn-Sina), who had a profound impact on the practice of medieval medicine, and it chronicles the slow growth of medical knowledge through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, illuminating the work of figures such as Paracelsus, Vesalius, and William Harvey (who explained how blood circulates through the body). But it has been in the last two centuries that medical practice has made its greatest strides, and Western Medicine provides informative portraits of figures as Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch (the fathers of bacteriology), Wilhelm Roentgen (discoverer of x-rays), and Paul Ehrlich (who pioneered the use of chemicals to destroy disease-causing organisms), and many others.

At last a straight forward and well researched alternate veiw about breast cancer, its causes and its treatment.

Dr. Lee and all have gone to great lengths to present meaningful and in depth perspectives on the issues that most matter in trying to understand how we can respond to breast cancer. They don't shy away from the difficult questions of how money and politics have shaped what we have been led to believe about how our own bodies function and the impact of various hormones on us.

All we have to do is look in the news these days to see the mis-information that we have been fed elsewhere on HRT, cancer and such. Nor do they back away from distortions that have been feed to us about supposed sucesses on the war on cancer.

Finally we have in one place a book that can point us in the direction of real hope and possible long term solutions, both individually and collectively.

I have been working with women and men with breast cancer for many years. At last I have a source of information that I can point people to that we can trust. Read this book. Then re-read it. It is a goldmine and a must if you or anyone you know has breast cancer or even concerns about it.

Fibromyalgia is a painful disorder for which mainstream medicine has no solution other than heavy, and often ineffective, use of painkillers, along with lifestyle changes. It affects 20 million Americans, with high rates of occurrence in women.

Related to rheumatoid arthritis, it too is an autoimmune disorder involving muscular pain, fatigue, insomnia, headaches, and depression. 'What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Fibromyalgia' is the first book to offer a treatment program combining diet and exercise recommendations with the use of guaifenesin, a well-known medication available over the counter. A common ingredient in cough medicine, guaifenesin is so safe it is one of the few drugs in the Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR) with no known side effects listed.

Dr. St. Amand was inspired by his own fibromyalgia to research available treatments, and he developed this revolutionary program as a result. Over 4 decades of his research culminate in this program--which treats the causes of the condition, not just the symptoms. It has successfully eliminated symptoms in 80 percent of his patients' cases.

Dr. St. Amand has discovered how to put fibromyalgia into remission so patients can return to their normal lives, and shares the secret for the first time in this book

While we do not fully agree with all that Dr. Lee has said, he remains a pioneer and a valuable contributor to the notion that progesterone is so important to balancing excess estrogen. He, more than anyone, advanced the notion that progesterone is more than simply a hormone that causes monthly cycling. Men, also have progesterone levels for similar hormonal balance.

Hormones are not gender specific. It is the balance, and levels that vary from male to female.

This book offers the exciting facts about natural progesterone-and how it can deliver what HRT and estrogen only promise. Premenopausal symptoms, endometriosis, weight gain, low sex drive, fibrocystic breasts, heart disease, and osteoporosis-most women will experience these or other hormone-related problems.

While we do not fully agree with all that Dr. Lee has said, he remains a pioneer and a valuable contributor to the notion that progesterone is so important to balancing excess estrogen. He, more than anyone, has advanced the notion that progesterone is more than simply a hormone that causes monthly cycling. Men, also have progesterone levels for the same hormonal balance.

Hormones are not gender specific. It is the balance, and levels that vary from male to female.

Even if you're a decade or more away from menopause, your hormones may already be out of balance, usually caused by an excess of estrogen and a deficiency of progesterone, say the authors of What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Premenopause.

John Lee, M.D., is a well-known advocate of the benefits of natural progesterone and the author of What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause. Jesse Hanley, M.D., adds sensitivity to the emotional and spiritual aspects of premenopause.

The authors recommend natural progesterone cream to balance your hormones, eliminate premenopausal symptoms, and make you feel better. They also discuss the dangers of xenohormones--substances not found in nature that have hormonal effects--frequently found in pesticides, solvents, plastics, and hormone-treated meat.

The book presents common symptoms of premenopause with suggested natural treatments (progesterone cream, diet, vitamins, and herbs) and substances to avoid, plus additional chapters on diet and exercise. Many case studies help to bring the information into perspective.

If you are premenopausal (or close to someone who is), this is a valuable resource.

Elation, mood swings, sleeplessness, and obsession—these are the tell-tale signs of someone in the throes of romantic passion. In this revealing new book, renowned anthropologist Helen Fisher explains why this experience—which cuts across time, geography, and gender—is a force as powerful as the need for food or sleep.

Why We Love begins by presenting the results of a scientific study in which Fisher scanned the brains of people who had just fallen madly in love. She proves, at last, what researchers had only suspected: when you fall in love, primordial areas of the brain “light up” with increased blood flow, creating romantic passion. Fisher uses this new research to show exactly what you experience when you fall in love, why you choose one person rather than another, and how romantic love affects your sex drive and your feelings of attachment to a partner. She argues that all animals feel romantic attraction, that love at first sight comes out of nature, and that human romance evolved for crucial reasons of survival. Lastly, she offers concrete suggestions on how to control this ancient passion, and she optimistically explores the future of romantic love in our chaotic modern world.

Provocative, enlightening, and persuasive, Why We Love offers radical new answers to the age-old question of what love is and thus provides invaluable new insights into keeping love alive.

Why don't zebras get ulcers--or heart disease, diabetes and other chronic diseases--when people do? In a fascinating look at the science of stress, biologist Robert Sapolsky presents an intriguing case, that people develop such diseases partly because our bodies aren't designed for the constant stresses of a modern-day life--like sitting in daily traffic jams or growing up in poverty. Rather, they seem more built for the kind of short-term stress faced by a zebra--like outrunning a lion.

With wit, graceful writing, and a sprinkling of Far Side cartoons, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers makes understanding the science of stress an adventure in discovery. "This book is a primer about stress, stress-related disease, and the mechanisms of coping with stress. How is it that our bodies can adapt to some stressful emergencies, while other ones make us sick? Why are some of us especially vulnerable to stress-related diseases, and what does that have to do with our personalities?"

Sapolsky, a Stanford University neuroscientist, explores stress's role in heart disease, diabetes, growth retardation, memory loss, and autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis. He cites tantalizing studies of hyenas, baboons, and rodents, as well as of people of different cultures, to vividly make his points. And Sapolsky concludes with a hopeful chapter, titled "Managing Stress." Although he doesn't subscribe to the school of thought that hope cures all disease, Sapolsky highlights the studies that suggest we do have some control over stress-related ailments, based on how we perceive the stress and the kinds of social support we have.

The Premier source for a comprehesive and exhaustive presentation of Endocrinology. For the serious student, clinician or academician.

This textbook of endocrinology places emphasis on developments in the pathogenesis of endocrine tumours and the discussion of the interdigitation of the endocrine system, the immune system and nervous systems. Topics covered include: measurement of hormones, pathogenesis of endocrine tumours; autoimmunity and the endocrine system; endocrine hypertension; disorders of lipid metabolism; disorders of mineral metabolism; normal and aberrant growth; and humoural manifestations of cancer.

Anti-aging guru Roizen and celebrated heart surgeon Oz combine their popular approaches to patient-centered care in this assessment of how much, or more to the point, how little, readers know about their bodies. After taking the quizzes in the book, readers may feel shocked by their ignorance of basic anatomy and the processes required to maintain physical and mental functioning. Each chapter focuses on a body part or system (heart, brain, digestive, reproductive, etc.) and discusses diseases associated with it; genetic and lifestyle influences on its aging process; and foods, supplements and habits that can prevent or reverse related illnesses.

The subtitle of Your Cure For Cancer succinctly describes thestory told by this eye-opening book. Dr. Robert E. Smith, ProfessorEmeritus of Human Physiology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, takes the reader through the science underlying a new view of cancer. He reviews the failure of conventional symptomatic treatment of cancer and shows that the successes and failures of cancer therapies make sense when cancer Is viewed not as a disease but as a symptom of a deterioration of the immune system.

Dr. Smith introduces the reader to European research on the immune system's pleomorphic cycle and shows that this cycle provides the key not only to understanding cancer but to its prevention and cure. He describes the three essential legs of immune system therapy required to heal cancer:

• (1) the mental/emotional/spiritual leg required to trigger psychoneuroimmunological healing pathways,
• the lifestyle (diet, exercise, avoidance of harmful environmental influences ( chemicals/drugs/radiation) that helps restore a healthy immune system, and
• (3) the kinds of medical intervention that not only eliminate the cancer symptoms but restore the immune system to health.

These three legs together support the immune system, enabling it to cure the cancer and restore the patient's health.

Have you read Haikus for Jews? It is one of the funniest and cleverest books I have read in a long time. Zen Judaism is just as funny and just as clever! And I am not a regular "Jewish humor" customer by any means. I just bought it yesterday and have already reccomended it over and over again.

It is perfect subway/bus reading, dinner party conversation (although I'd be careful you don't read it aloud when your guests are eating - they might choke from laughing and eating at the same time), or 'just in the mood to laugh' reading. It is well worth the price - and more! You'll love it.

Here's the follow-up to The Zone and Mastering the Zone. Author Barry Sears, Ph.D., has formulated a way for readers to follow his diet plan (30 percent fat, 40 percent each carbohydrates and protein) by breaking down foods into measurable units, à la Weight Watchers. It's designed to make eating on the run--even if you're stopping at McDonald's--a Zone-friendly experience. But it's not exactly a piece of cake.