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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
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.
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!
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.
[Dr. Ash is a careful and meticulous practitioner in New York with a large and successful alternative medicine practice.]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
These three legs together support the immune system, enabling it to cure the cancer and restore the patient's health.
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.
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.
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."
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.
State of the art website and an essential text reference in any small comprehensive library. Anything by Eugene Braunwald is worth purchasing.
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
[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
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.
[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.
[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.
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
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
[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.
[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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
[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.
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.
A STARTLING CONTRAST exists between the economic and health conditions experienced by the early settlers and what they had been led to expect…"
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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!
[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
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.
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 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.
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.
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:
Tested in carefully controlled research settings and in practice, the Syndrome X program is safe, effective, and easy to follow.
