Health & Wellbeing Books

Book SynopsisBased on a solid foundation of the healing properties of good nutrition, this book empowers readers with the information they need to make the best choices and to gain control over their total health and well-being - physical, emotional, and spiritual. While addressing the specific needs of those with a diagnosis of cancer, Varona explores the key factors that science and experience have shown to influence the path of prevention and recovery. Grounded in documented research from leading medical institutions - along with studies of the world's healthiest populations - nutrition educator Verne Varona has developed a breakthrough nutritional and lifestyle programme for immunity building and cancer prevention and recovery. This book provides detailed diet and lifestyle modifications that will reinforce the body's immunity and reduce cell-damage to an absolute minimum. While the bulk of this book is devoted to physical nutrition, eating the right foods is not the whole picture. No matter Trade Review"If you have the inspiration, this book is an excellent, unbiased source of information that can help you on your healing journey." ---Bernie Siegel, M.D., author of Love, Medicine & Miracles and Prescriptions for Living "Simple, clear, effective techniques and explanations that can prevent cancer and alter its path." ---Michelle LeClaire O'Neill, Ph.D, R.N., director Mind/Body Center, author of Twelve Weeks to Fertility "Verne Varona clarifies many dietary myths while presenting a clear nutritional guideline for cancer-prevention strategies. This book presents powerful information that should be available to all." ---Jack Canfield, co-author, Chicken Soup for the Soul"Verne Varona offers invaluable information about how to consciously and positively transform our health. His writing and deep sense of caring make him an outstanding and unique individual in the field of preventive health care." ---Barbara De Angelis, Ph.D., author of Real Moments "Nature’s Cancer Fighting Foods, is a lifesaver. Not just for cancer candidates, but for anyone who wants to eat sanely in a world where convenience and efficiency has taken precedent over health. It’s filled with crucial information and is actually fun to read." ---Alan Arkin, actor "This unique, easy to digest volume offers a new depth of understanding to everyone—sick or healthy—on the power of foo, our most intimate relationship. Keep this straight-talking self healing primer close at hand." ---Organica Magazine "Nature’s Cancer-Fighting Foods is a much-needed resource for combating the growing cancer epidemic." ---Hyla Cass, M.D., author of St. John's Wort: Nature's Blues Buster"Nature’s Cancer-Fighting Foods is an excellent encyclopedic work for self-healing." ---William Dufty, author of Sugar Blues

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Book SynopsisInternationally acclaimed bestselling author Byron Katie presents inspiring sayings in this beautiful work, which features illustrations by award-winning artist Hans WilhelmIn this vibrant book of inspiring and challenging wisdom, Byron Katie offers powerful aphorisms that can change the lives of readers forever. These delightful “Katieisms” are presented along with full-color, full-page illustrations from celebrated and award-winning artist Hans Wilhelm. This book will brighten the lives of readers who are searching for inner harmony and an end to suffering.

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Book SynopsisBased on a phenomenally popular blog post, a simple and counterintuitive approach to finding true joyWhen Luminita Saviuc, founder the PurposeFairy blog, posted a list of things to let go in order to be happy, she had no idea that it would go viral, shared more than 1.2 million times and counting. Based on that inspiring post, this heartfelt book gives readers permission to give up--that is, to let go of the bad habits that are holding them back from achieving authentic happiness and living their best lives. Lessons include: ·         Give Up the Past ·         Give Up Your Limiting Beliefs ·         Give Up Blaming Others ·         Give Up the Need to Always Be Right ·         Give Up Labels · &

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Book SynopsisIf you have an intense desire to live a prosperous life, this book is for you! Marilyn Jenett shares the wisdom and understanding you need to immediately attract prosperity.   —Bob Proctor, world-renowned speaker and mentor, and author of The ABCs of Success  Unexpected income, unexpected business and unexpected solutions to your most pressing problems—in just two weeks or less? This is the author’s promise and it is not a promise made lightly. Thousands have applied her simple but powerful teachings, based on mental and spiritual laws, to manifest such striking results. Now she’ll teach you how to “put the Universe on speed dial.”   Marilyn Jenett’s Feel Free to Prosper, destined to become a classic, is a simple, fast, and practical approach to prosperity—a compilation of this renowned prosperity mentor’s finest teachings, followed

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Book SynopsisCure your kids of the entitlement epidemic so they develop happier, more productive attitudes that will carry them into a successful adulthood.    Whenever Amy McCready mentions the entitlement epidemic to a group of parents, she is inevitably met with eye rolls, nodding heads, and loaded comments about affected children. It seems everywhere one looks, there are preschoolers who only behave in the grocery store for a treat, narcissistic teenagers posting selfies across all forms of social media, and adult children living off their parents.     Parenting expert McCready reveals in this book that the solution is to help kids develop healthy attitudes in life. By setting up limits with consequences and training them in responsible behavior and decision making, parents can rid their homes of the entitlement epidemic and raise confident, resilient, and successful children. Whether parents are starting from scratch with a young t

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Book SynopsisA fresh and timely approach to understanding the profound impact of motor development on children of all ages and stages. Based on the authors' more than seventy combined years of professional success working with children of all abilities, Growing an In-Sync Child provides parents, teachers, and other professionals with the tools to give every child a head start and a leg up. Because early motor development is one of the most important factors in a child's physical, emotional, academic, and overall success, the In- Sync Program of sixty adaptable, easy, and fun activities will enhance your child's development, in just minutes a day. Discover how simple movements such as skipping, rolling, balancing, and jumping can make a world of difference for your child—a difference that will last a lifetime.

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Book SynopsisDisease is an ever-present threat faced by all human societies. Today, this concept has become an influential area of study known as the global burden of disease, which encompasses contemporary health concerns such as the economic costs of disease, the societal impact of illness in developing nations, and infectious diseases resulting from lifestyle exposures. Before we can ease this global burden, it is essential to establish an accurate view of the current status of human health and disease around the world.Addressing key areas that reflect our understanding of disease, The Changing Face of Disease: Implications for Society explores the evolution of disease, the implications for human societies, its ecology, and the current human response. This volume aims to broaden our view of disease at the dawn of the 21st century through topics such as epidemiological transition, mathematical modeling of disease evolution, parasitic disease, urban pollution and illness, and under-nutritTable of ContentsPART 1. HISTORICAL ASPECTS. Emerging Diseases in the Third Epidemiological Transition. Life History Perspectives on Human Disease. The Evolution, Transmission and Geographic Spread of Infectious Diseases in Human Populations: Questions and Models. PART 2. CURRENT CHALLENGES. Genetic Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases. Urban Pollution, Disease and the Health of Children. Protecting Pregnant Women from Malaria. Interdisciplinary Research on Schitosoma japonicum. Unravelling Gene-Environment Interactions in Type 2 Diabetes. Investigating The 'Hidden' Epidemic: Sexual Behaviour and Representations of HIV / AIDS Amongst Business People and Medical Personnel in Five Central and Eastern European Nations. The Evolution of Disease and the Devolution of Health Care for American Indians. The Public's Health: The Changing Role of Public Health. Human Behaviour and the Changing Pattern of Disease.

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Book SynopsisFully updated with important new theory and practical material, this second edition of Learning Journals offers guidance on keeping and using journals and gives step-by-step advice on integrating journal writing on taught courses, in training and professional development and in supporting personal development planning (PDP) activities. Key topics covered include: the nature of learning journals and how we learn from them the broad range of uses of learning journals, including portfolios and personal and professional development the depth and quality of reflection in learning journals the assessment of learning journals and reflective writing the use of narrative and story-telling techniques in journals. With useful exercises and activities that enhance learning journal work in a structured manner, Learning Journals is invaluable reading for teachers and students in higher education, for all professionals, particularly those working in the health services and business and training and for all those who want to learn more about keeping a fulfilling personal journal. Trade Review'This book is described in the title as a 'handbook' and that is exactly what is provided. It is not heavily laden with theory on reflection and learning, but there is enough there for those who are new to the topic to find some pointers for follow up. It is invaluable for teachers who wish to find ways of making the journal process come alive for students and I shall certainly be trying out some of her suggested approaches.' - Barbara Maiden, University of Wolverhampton, UKTable of Contents1. Backgrounds: Some Introductions to Learning Journals 2. Learning From Learning Journals: Journals and the Process of Learning 3. How Students Learn From Learning Journals: Journal Writing as a Process that Accentuates Favourable Conditions for Learning 4. Quality and Depth in Reflection and Learning Journals 5. The Uses of Learning Journals 6. Journals in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 7. Journals in Professional Education and Development 8. Learning Journals and Personal Development 9. Starting to Write a Learning Journal 10. Assessing Journals and Other Reflective Writing 11. The Enrichment and Broadening of Journal Processes Through the Link with Story 12. Examples of Journals 13. Activities to Enhance Learning from Journals

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Book SynopsisDenial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. The five stages of grief, first formulated in this hugely influential work forty years ago, are now part of our common understanding of bereavement. The five stages were first identified by Elisabeth KÃbler-Ross in her work with dying patients at the University of Chicago and were considered phases that all or most people went through, when faced with the prospect of their own death. They are now often accepted as a response to any major life change. However, in spite of these terms being in general use, the subject of death is still surrounded by conventional attitudes and reticence that offer only fragile comfort because they evade the real issues. This groundbreaking book is still relevant â giving a voice to dying people and exploring what impending death means to them, often in their own words. People speak about their experience of dying, their relief in expressing their fear and anger and being able to move forward to a state of acceptance and peace.Ideal for all those with an interest in bereavement or the five stages of grief, this book contains a new extended introduction from Professor Allan Kellehear. This additional chapter re-examines On Death and Dying looking at how it has influenced contemporary thought and practice.Trade ReviewPraise for On Death and Dying:'This book is important reading for nurses, doctors, clergy, and others whose work brings them into contact with the dying. It is also recommended to any reader who refuses to believe that the best way to deal with fear is to run away.' – Colin Murray Parkes, from the foreword‘All those involved in social work, be they students, practitioners, or teachers should read it; for it concerns loss, and assisting people to deal with losses of one kind or another is the social worker's commonest task. Here is a book that helps them to do this with sensitivity, insight and compassion.' – British Journal of Social Work‘This is a book to own but every library should have a copy and every medical and nursing syllabus a place for discussion of death and dying with this as a textbook.’ – Nursing TimesTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. On the Fear of Death 2. Attitudes Towards Death and Dying 3. First Stage: Denial and Isolation 4. Second Stage: Anger 5. Third Stage: Bargaining 6. Forth Stage: Depression 7. Fifth Stage: Acceptance 8. Hope 9. The Patient’s Family 10. Some Interviews with Terminally Ill Patients 11. Reactions to the Seminar on Death and Dying 12. Therapy with the Terminally Ill

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Book SynopsisWorking in the Dark focuses on the authorsâ understanding of an individualâs pre-suicide state of mind, based on their work with many suicidal individuals, with special attention to those who attempted suicide while in treatment. The book explores how to listen to a suicidal individualâs history, the nature of their primary relationships and their conscious and unconscious communications.Campbell and Hale address the searing emotional impact on relatives, friends and those involved with a person who tries to kill themself, by offering advice on the management of a suicide attempt and how to follow up in the aftermath. Establishing key concepts such as suicide fantasy and pre-suicidal states in adolescents, the book illustrates the pre-suicide state of mind through clinical vignettes, case studies, reflections from those in recovery and discussions with professionals. Working in the Dark will be of interest to social workers, probation officers, nurses, psycholTrade Review‘Its subject notwithstanding – what a brilliant, much-needed, and ultimately hopeful-helpful book this is! The experience, if not the facts, of suicide remain taboo. The authors, based on nearly a century of combined clinical experience, expound its psychic meaning, developmental origins, and therapeutic implications in ways relevant and accessible to all mental health practitioners. Robustly yet flexibly psychoanalytic, they demonstrate the paradox of suicide as ‘an attempt to live at the cost of life itself’; outline the ‘10 danger signals’ of suicide for professionals; and illuminate the underlying phantasies inherent in the suicidal act. Heeded, this book will be a life-saver!’ – Professor Jeremy Holmes, MD, FRCPych, University of Exeter, UK'The authors’ unrivalled knowledge and experience garnered over many years is distilled to present a rich and compelling approach to suicide and therapeutic practice with suicidal people. The exploration of the influential concept of the pre-suicide state makes sense of suicidal motivations, explains the strong, and often seemingly strange counter-transference responses encountered in this work, and why working with suicidal people can draw negative reactions from professionals. Challenging conventional wisdom, Working in the Dark demonstrates that understanding unconscious suicide fantasies underpinning suicidal behaviour is essential to prevent the dangers of repeated suicide attempts.' - Professor Stephen Briggs, University of East London‘Its subject notwithstanding – what a brilliant, much-needed, and ultimately hopeful-helpful book this is! The experience, if not the facts, of suicide remain taboo. The authors, based on nearly a century of combined clinical experience, expound its psychic meaning, developmental origins, and therapeutic implications in ways relevant and accessible to all mental health practitioners. Robustly yet flexibly psychoanalytic, they demonstrate the paradox of suicide as ‘an attempt to live at the cost of life itself’; outline the ‘10 danger signals’ of suicide for professionals; and illuminate the underlying phantasies inherent in the suicidal act. Heeded, this book will be a life-saver!’ – Professor Jeremy Holmes, MD, FRCPych, University of Exeter, UK'The authors’ unrivalled knowledge and experience garnered over many years is distilled to present a rich and compelling approach to suicide and therapeutic practice with suicidal people. The exploration of the influential concept of the pre-suicide state makes sense of suicidal motivations, explains the strong, and often seemingly strange counter-transference responses encountered in this work, and why working with suicidal people can draw negative reactions from professionals. Challenging conventional wisdom, Working in the Dark demonstrates that understanding unconscious suicide fantasies underpinning suicidal behaviour is essential to prevent the dangers of repeated suicide attempts.' - Professor Stephen Briggs, University of East London'Given the exceptional combination of clinical experience in dealing with suicide and self-harm, and the theoretical sophistication that Don Campbell and Rob Hale bring to the understanding of deeply disturbed people, I was prepared for a very significant contribution and I was not disappointed. The reason that you really do need to read this book from beginning to end , is because of the help it brings to all of us who in our daily professional lives need to survive the trauma of working with people in the extremes of crises of mind and relationships. This is not just a book for the young inexperienced staff who are usually, and often inappropriately, left to deal with the emotional complexities of those who have tried to harm themselves. No matter how long you have been in the field you will time and again find help, insight and support in this very valuable book.' John, Lord Alderdice FRCPsych, University of Maryland, Baltimore USATable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Attitudes about suicide over the ages 2. Suicide and Mental Illness 3. Psychoanalytic Interest in Suicide 4. The core complex 5. Suicide Fantasies and the Pre-suicide State of Mind 6. How Learning from the Patient Generates Theory 7. The Role of the Father in a Pre-suicide State 8. Pre-suicide States in Adolescence 9. Implications for the professional 10. Self-mutilation 11. A patient’s account Conclusion

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Book SynopsisEffective leadership and management in health and social care are built on good practice, strong relationships and a critical understanding of the wider context in which care takes place. Leading, Managing, Caring illustrates how leadership and management work in everyday settings, providing invaluable support to those practising or studying in the area. The book introduces the four core building blocks of the caring manager or leader: personal awareness, team awareness, goal awareness and contextual awareness. Together these form a firm foundation for understanding and practice. Drawing on up-to-date case studies, the authors explore how critical theoretical understanding can support practical attempts to work through complex situations with a diverse range of people. Also included is a toolkit containing carefully selected and practical tools for leading and managing change. This comprehensive textbook is suitable for existing and aspiring managers and leaders in a range of health and social care professions, or anyone interested in understanding more about the complex landscape in which care services are managed and delivered in the UK.Trade Review'This book is quite ground-breaking in management literature, particularly as it is applied in management of care. It brings many values and approaches from a wide range of professional fields, but keeps a perspective on the responsibilities of a manager to their employers as well as to service users. It has a fresh and confident voice that will be very encouraging and inspiring for new and experienced managers. Few texts make these ideas as accessible as this book does.' – Vivien Martin, University of Brighton, UKTable of Contents1. Preparing to Lead Sara MacKian, Chris Russell and Leona McCalla Part 1: Leading, Managing, Caring in Practice Sara MacKian and Joan Simons 2. The Proactive Manager Wayne Taylor 3. Leadership and Vision Joan Simons and Helen Lomax 4. Managing Change in Health and Social Care Liz Tilley and Rebecca L. Jones 5. Managing Stress, Loss and Transition with a Caring Face Wayne Taylor 6. Managing Identities Helen Lomax 7. Managing the Team Julie Charlesworth 8. Managing Partnerships Julie Charlesworth 9. Managing Continuing Professional Development Chris Kubiak 10. Developing a Coaching Style of Management Joan Simons Part 2: Leading, Managing, Caring in Context Joan Simons and Sara MacKian 11. Exploring the Caring Environment Helen Lomax 12. Making Sense of Organisational Culture Richard Hester, Anita Rogers and Martin Robb 13. Involving Service Users and Carers Liz Tilley and Rebecca L. Jones 14. Understanding Changing Approaches to Management Michelle Gander 15. Managing Safeguarding Across Health and Social Care Jeanette Copperman and Hilary Brown 16. Morals and Ethics in Leadership and Management Richard Hester and Anita Rogers 17. Managing Challenges Joan Simons 18. Quality in Health and Social Care Liz Tilley, Jan Walmsley and Rebecca L. Jones 19. Law, Leadership and Management Rod Earle with Ann McDonald and Jeanette Henderson 20. Leading, Managing, Caring for the Future Sara MacKian Toolkit for Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care

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Book SynopsisWhat is the reality of being a midwife in the twenty-first century? What is it like to help and support women throughout pregnancy and childbirth and into motherhood? What roles can midwives play in society?This new edition of the popular text, Becoming a Midwife, explores what it is to be a midwife, looking at the factors that make midwifery such a special profession, as well as some of the challenges. The fully updated chapters cover a variety of settings and several different stages in a womanâs pregnancy, including stories from midwives working in hospitals and in the community, as managers, supervisors and educators, and as men, women, mothers and birth activists. All chapters are narrated by contributors who introduce their own theme, recount a vignette that throws light on their understandings of midwifery and reasons for becoming (or not becoming) a midwife and any subsequent career moves. Backed up by commentaries and drawing together these insights, the editors show what it means to be a midwife today.Suitable for those contemplating a career in midwifery and providing an opportunity for reflection for more experienced midwives, this thought-provoking book is an invaluable contribution to midwifery.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Choosing Midwifery and Being a Midwife Rosemary Mander & Valerie Fleming Part 1: The Scope of Midwifery 1. Studying Midwifery Kirsty Darroch & Valerie Fleming 2. Midwifery Care in the Community During the Woman’s Pregnancy Yvonne Fontein 3. Midwifery Care with the Woman in Labour in an Institution Miranda Page 4. Midwifery Care of the Mother and Baby at Home Allison Ewing Part 2: The Midwife and the Wider Environment 5. Midwives and Perinatal Mental Health Eleanor Forrest 6. The Supervisor of Midwives and the Manager Jean Duerden 7. The Academic Midwife Rosemary Mander 8. The Midwife as a Researcher Ans Luyben 9. The Global Midwife Valerie Fleming 10. The Independent and Non-NHS Midwife Nessa Mchugh 11. A Male Midwife’s Perspective Denis Walsh 12. Do Women Care if Their Midwife has had Children? Carrie Macintosh 13. The Midwife Who is an Author Penny Curtis 14. On Not Becoming a Midwife: The Role of the Birth Activist Nadine Edwards 15. The Ex-Midwife Elaine Haycock-Stuart 16. Conclusion Valerie Fleming & Rosemary Mander

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Book SynopsisHealth and human services currently face a series of challenges â such as aging populations, chronic diseases and new endemics â that require highly complex responses, and take place in multiple care environments including acute medicine, chronic care facilities and the community. Accordingly, most modern health care interventions are now seen as âcomplex interventionsâ â activities that contain a number of component parts with the potential for interactions between them which, when applied to the intended target population, produce a range of possible and variable outcomes. This in turn requires methodological developments that also take into account changing values and attitudes related to the situation of patientsâ receiving health care. The first book to place complex interventions within a coherent system of research enquiry, this work is designed to help researchers understand the research processes involved at each stage of developing, testing, evaluating and implementTable of ContentsForeword 1. The Complex Interventions Framework 2. Knowledge for Healthcare Practice 3. The Value of Mixed Methods for Researching Complex Interventions 4. The Critical Importance of Patient and Public Involvement for Research into Complex Interventions Part 1: Developing Complex Interventions Part 1 Introduction 5. Systematic Reviews of the Effects of Interventions 6. Advanced Approaches to Evidence Synthesis and its Application to Intervention Design 7. Exploring Complexity in Systematic Reviews of Complex Interventions 8. The Synthesis of Qualitative Data 9. Building a Case for Mixed Method Reviews 10. Development of Complex Interventions: Outcome Modelling 11. Designing Interventions to Change Health-related Behaviour 12. Modelling Process and Outcomes in Complex Interventions Part 2: Investigating the Feasibility and Undertaking Pilot Testing of Complex Interventions: An Introduction Part 2 Introduction 13. Pilot Studies and Feasibility Studies for Complex Interventions: An Introduction 14. How to Use Feasibility and Pilot Trials to Test Alternative Methodologies and Methodological Procedures Prior to Full Scale Trials 15. How to Use Feasibility Studies to Derive Parameter Estimates in Order to Power a Full Trial16. Addressing Issues in Recruitment and Retention Using Feasibility and Pilot Trials 17. Testing the Waters: Piloting a Complex Intervention 18. Feasibility in Practice: Undertaking a Feasibility Study to Answer Procedural, Methodological and Clinical Questions Prior to a Full-scale Evaluation Part 3: Evaluation of Complex Interventions Part 3 Introduction 19. Individually and Cluster Randomised Trials 20. Stepped Wedge, Natural Experiments and Interrupted Time Series Analysis Design 21. Non-standard and Preference Designs 22. Single-subject Designs 23. Process Evaluation of Complex Interventions: A Summary of Medical Research Council Guidance 24. Intervention Fidelity in Clinical Trials 25. Qualitative Process Evaluation for Complex Interventions 26. Economic Evaluations of Complex Interventions Part 4: Implementation of Complex Interventions Part 4 Introduction 27. Implementation Issues: Towards a Systematic and Stepwise Approach 28. Why do Barriers and Facilitators Matter? 29. How to Arrive at an Implementation Plan 30. Applying Normalization Process Theory to the Implementation of Complex Interventions 31. Action Research for the Implementation of Complex Interventions 32. Systems Modelling for Improving Healthcare 33. A Few Final Thoughts

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Book SynopsisLove and Sex in a New Relationship explores leaving a long relationship and starting a new one, with all the complexities that entails. Using her experience as a relationship therapist, Cate Campbell takes the reader through the journey of loss and renewal, examining the dynamics involved in the end and beginning of a relationship, and how to give new relationships the best chance of survival.Focusing on three main relationship issues, the book considers: how to end a relationship and manage ongoing contact with an ex; how to understand what went wrong in previous relationships; and how to overcome everyday relationship problems and make relationships thrive. Taking into account the effect of technology and social media, and how to make online dating work, the book offers a distinctly modern take on relationships. Similarly, the spectrum of sexuality, gender and sexual relationships is addressed, with many different examples included throughout the book. With practical advice, case studies, quizzes and exercises to help identify and remedy a variety of problems that can occur at any stage of a relationship, Love and Sex in a New Relationship will provide an essential resource for relationship counsellors and their clients.Trade ReviewThis book offers a refreshing approach to the subject of love and sex in new relationships. Accessible as well as scholarly, it covers the end of relationships and the pitfalls which may be encountered when starting again. The author shares her considerable knowledge as a practitioner with the reader, bringing the book alive with case vignettes and offering practical advice and quizzes. Humorous and thought provoking, a highly relevant contemporary look at intimate relationships in the twenty first century. Michèle Logue, MA, relationship and psychosexual therapist, programme leader at the Foundation for Counselling and Relationship Studies at University Centre Doncaster.Table of ContentsCONTENTSIntroduction xPART ONE:A New Start Making decisions xYou and your exxxYour single self xxPART TWO:Looking Forward -- Looking Back How we do relationshipsxxWhy couples arguexxThe unconscious contractxxUnfinished businessxxPART THREE:Managing New RelationshipsUncertainty xxBreaking and avoiding negative cyclesxxxRelationship trauma xxxSexxxxThe relationship lifecyclexxxHappy ever afterIndexxxxxxxEXERCISESPlan your lifexxUsing your younger selfxxTopics for discussionxxVulnerabilityxxQualities xxDriversxxActivity scoringxxxTalking pointxxxWhat kind of life do I want?xxxI am the kind of personxxxQUIZZESBuried concernsxxHow you arguexxHow in touch with the past are you?xxAre you a hoper or a healerxxx

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Book SynopsisEvery 85 minutes someone in the UK takes their own life and the suicide rate is currently the highest since 2004. Society often reacts with unease, fear and even disapproval but what happens to those bereaved by a self-inflicted death? The reasons leading someone to take their own life are complex, and the bereavement reactions of survivors of suicide can also be complex, including shame, guilt, sadness and the effects of trauma, stigma and social isolation. It can be difficult for those personally affected by a suicide death to come to terms with their loss and seek help and support. A Special Scar looks in detail at the impact of suicide and offers practical help for survivors, relatives and friends of people who have taken their own life. Fifty bereaved people tell their stories, showing us that, by not hiding the truth from themselves and others they have been able to learn to live with the suicide, offering hope to others facing this traumatic loss.Trade Review‘… the real impact is located in the rawness of the personal accounts and reflections of the 50 individuals bereaved by suicide.’ Trish Staples, Therapy Today website‘… the real impact is located in the rawness of the personal accounts and reflections of the 50 individuals bereaved by suicide.’ Trish Staples, Therapy Today website'...a very readable book, well written, open, clear and accessible to all.'Tony Morris, Self and Society'...this is the best book on suicide on the market at the moment. It crosses many barriers and I feel it should be read widely, not only by bereavement professionals and volunteers, but also by bereaved people and others wishing to know more about this difficult subject.'Josy Williams, Bereavement Care'The first edition of this important book opened our eyes to the special needs of people bereaved by suicide. Since that time the author and others have increased our understanding of these needs and helped to develop services to meet them.'From the Foreword by Dr Colin Murray ParkesTable of ContentsIntroduction to the Classic Edition. Foreword. Preface to the Second Edition. Acknowledgements. Part 1: Introduction. Part 2: Aspects of Suicide Bereavement. Part 3: Responding to People Bereaved by Suicide. Postscript. Appendix 1: Relevant Organisations. Appendix 2: The People Interviewed. References. Name Index. Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisSurviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships draws on current research, a wide variety of clinical modalities, and thirty years of clinical work with stepfamily members to describe the special challenges stepfamilies face. The book presents the concept of stepfamily architecture and the five challenges it creates, and delineates three different levels of strategiesâpsychoeducation, building interpersonal skills, and intrapsychic workâfor meeting those challenges in dozens of different settings. The model is designed to be useful both to stepfamily members themselves and to a wide variety of practitioners, from a highly trained clinician who needs to know how and when to work on all three levels, to a school counselor or clergy person who may work on the first two levels but refer out for level three. It will also be useful to educators, judges, mediators, lawyers and medical personnel who will practice on the first level, but need to understand the other two to guide their work.Trade Review"Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships is the best clinical book ever written on the topic. Period. It is unique in recognizing the variety of forms of modern stepfamilies and their different treatment needs. And no one writes as eloquently and knowledgeably as Papernow about both the problematic patterns of stepfamilies and the rich variety of helpful interventions available to therapists. This compelling book should be part of the curriculum of every graduate training program and should be read by any therapist who works with couples and families."—Alan S. Gurman, PhD, visiting professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and clinical professor of psychology at the Family Institute at Northwestern University"This is a long awaited and extremely important book that is destined to be a classic. Written by a pioneer in the field who is in her fourth decade of studying and treating stepfamilies, it is a remarkable achievement filled with wisdom both for those who help stepfamilies and for those who live in them. It both authoritative, including all the relevant research, and engaging, sprinkled with clear and well-written examples and practical advice. It is also comprehensive, covering stepfamilies of different ethnicities, sexual orientations, stages of development, and suggesting interventions at a variety of levels. I recommend it to all my students and stepfamily clients."—Richard Schwartz, PhD, developer of the Internal Family Systems model "With Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships Patricia Papernow has written a book that does justice to the complex issues involved here while at the same time being readable, accessible, down-to-earth, and most important, practical and chock full of what to do and how to do it in the face of problems and crises. This book is a great resource for both families and the clinical practitioners seeking to help them effectively. I highly recommend it to both groups."—Diana Fosha, PhD, developer of AEDP (Accelerated Experiential-Dynamic Psychotherapy) and author of The Transforming Power of Affect“The book, and the outline of the stepfamily cycle, gives readers an organized way to identify challenges and find ways around them. Some chapters also offer tips on interpersonal skills and ways to openly communicate. …[H]ers is an easy-to-read book that can help clinicians as well as family members begin to understand the complex nature of stepfamilies. And, hopefully, help them begin to work together.”— Tamara Hill, MS, Psychcentral.comTable of ContentsThe Families Key to Genograms List of Figures Acknowledgements Part I: Laying the Foundation for Stepfamily Architecture 1. A Map for Stepfamilies 2. What Makes Stepfamilies Different? Part II: The Five Challenges 3. The First Challenge: Insider/Outsider Positions are Intense and Stuck 4. The Second Challenge: Children Struggle With Losses, Loyalty Binds, and Too Much Change 5. The Third Challenge: Parenting Tasks Polarize the Adults 6. The Fourth Challenge: Creating a New Family Culture 7. The Fifth Challenge: Ex-Spouses are Part of the Family Part III: Four "Diverse" Stepfamilies 8. Stepfamilies Headed by Lesbian and Gay Couples 9. African American Stepfamilies: Strengths We Can Learn From 10. The Challenges for Latino Stepfamilies 11. New Wrinkles: Later Life Cycle Stepfamilies Part IV: Stepfamilies Over Time 12. The Stepfamily Cycle: Normal Stages of Stepfamily Development 13. Six Patterns of Becoming a Stepfamily Part V: Helping Stepfamilies Thrive 14. Level I: A Tool Box for Psychoeducation 15. Level II: A Tool Box for Interpersonal Skills 16. Level III: A Tool Box for Intrapsychic Work Becoming a Stepfamily is a Process, Not an Event Working with Stepfamily Members Over Time Conclusion Endnotes References

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Book SynopsisAmerica’s most feared health problem—cancer—just got dealt a major blow. Dr. Peter J. D’Adamo, the creator of the Blood Type Diet®, which has forever changed the way people approach health, now brings readers a targeted plan for fighting cancer. This volume of Dr. D’Adamo’s Health Library has specific tools not available in any other book, for preventing, treating, and reversing some of the many complications of cancer.Dr. D’Adamo’s battle plan includes:• A diet tailored to your blood type to help strengthen your immune system and maximize your health• A new category of Super Beneficials, highlighting powerful cancer-fighting foods for your blood type• Blood type-specific protocols for vitamins, supplements, and herbs to help keep you strong while you are undergoing chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery for cancerous conditions• A four-week program to get started, o

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Book SynopsisIn a world of superficial values, peer pressure and out-of-control consumerism, the world needs more GEEKs: Genuine, Enthusiastic, Empowered Kids. Today''s ''culture of cool'' has changed the way kids grow up. Rather than enjoying innocent childhoods while developing strong, authentic characters, today''s kids can become cynical - even jaded - as they absorb the dangerous messages and harmful influences of a dominant popular culture that encourages materialism, high-risk behaviour and a state of pseudo-adulthood.Author and mother of four, Marybeth Hicks, suggests an alternative: bringing up geeks. In this groundbreaking book, she shows parents how they can help their children gain the enthusiasm to pursue their passions, not just the latest fashions; the confidence to resist peer pressure and destructive behaviour; the love of learning that helps them excel at school and in life; and the maturity to value family as well as friends, as well as make good moral decisions.With a foundation

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Book SynopsisFrom the bestselling author of Why Does He Do That? comes a relationship book that will help you make the decision of whether or not your troubled relationship is worth saving.Every relationship has problems, but you can’t figure out if yours is beyond hope. How bad is too bad—and can your partner really change? Now, in this warm, supportive, and straightforward guide, Lundy Bancroft and women’s advocate JAC Patrissi offer a way for you to practically and realistically take stock of your relationship and move forward.   If you’re involved in a chronically frustrating or unfulfilling relationship, the advice and exercises in this book will help you learn to:   • Tell the difference between a healthy—yet difficult—relationship and one that is really not working• Recognize the signs that your partner has serious problems • Stop waiting to see what will happen—

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Book SynopsisThe phenomenal bestseller! Newly revised and updated! Thousands of new listings!THE INDISPENSABLE ONE-VOLUME REFERENCE FROM CORINNE T. NETZER, AMERICA’S #1 AUTHORITY ON THE NUTRITIONAL CONTENT OF FOOD Are you counting your calories, carbs, or fat grams? Watching your cholesterol? Boosting protein or fiber? Whatever your nutritional needs, this completely revised and updated ninth edition of The Complete Book of Food Counts is the most authoritative, up-to-date reference you can buy. Featuring thousands more listings (and more choices) than ever before, this vital reference provides all the essential counts you need to know for generic and brand-name foods—as well as the latest gourmet and health foods and a variety of ethnic cuisines. Whether it’s fresh or frozen, fast-food or slow-cooked, The Complete Book of Food Counts is an A to Z guide to the choices in your supermarket aisles, at your local farmer’s m

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Book SynopsisA columnist, career couselor, and author of Wishcraft tells how to discover one''s hidden talents and embark on the career one really wants. Reprint. National ad/promo.

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Book SynopsisA handbook combining practical recommendations for specific health problems with folklore and ancient wisdom. Organized by the stages of a woman's life, it offers both Western and Chinese interpretations and therapies, and details proven complementary treatments.

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Book SynopsisFrom established, trusted doctors comes another groundbreaking 'What Your Doctor May Not Tell You' book on Parkinson's Disease, a debilitating neurological disorder that affects over one million people in the U.S.​ Parkinson's patients can now choose from a variety of increasingly effective treatments, including new drugs, revolutionary surgical techniques, and cutting-edge alternative treatments such as intravenous glutathione therapy.The book covers not only the pros and cons of prescription drug and surgical treatments for Parkinson’s, but discusses the latest alternative therapies, including herbal treatments, traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, diet, exercise, mind-body approaches like Tai Chi, and energy work.With special sections focusing on how patients can deal with persistent problems such as fatigue, depression, and balance problems, and unique chapters that specifically address the interests of the growing number of both caregivers and young-onset Parkinson’s patients, this book is a must for anyone looking to alleviate the disabilities caused by this devastating illness.Trade Review'Gives you the information you need to take charge of your health and get the best care possible.' = Marie Savard, MD, author HOW TO SAVE YOUR OWN LIFE

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Book SynopsisPolio is a disease of paradoxes, the major one being that although the threat of the ``dreaded disease'''' ended with the Salk vaccine in 1954, many polio survivors are now experiencing the onset of ``Post-Polio Syndrome'''' (PPS), new but related symptoms which may include chronic fatigue, muscle weakness, intolerance to cold, and more.

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Book SynopsisCompelling scientific evidence that participating in hands-on activities can actually alter the stress responses that lead to depression

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Book SynopsisFrom a pioneering psychologist and education expert, a sweeping examination of how great leaders harness the power of stories In Leading Minds, Howard E. Gardner and his research associate, Emma Laskin, take a novel approach to the study of leadership, exploring it from a cognitive perspective to glean powerful lessons for decision makers of all sorts. Drawing on Gardner's groundbreaking work on intelligence and creativity, they show how effective leaders both create new stories and tap into the power of existing narratives. With deep understanding, Gardner and Laskin consider a wide spectrum of leaders-including Manhattan Project director J. Robert Oppenheimer, Pope John XXIII, Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Thatcher, and more-to offer fascinating insights about the messages and the methods of influential people. Updated and expanded by the author, Leading Minds stands as the definitive psychological study of leadership.

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Book SynopsisA trip to the doctor is almost a guarantee of misery. You''ll make an appointment months in advance. You''ll probably wait for several hours until you hear the doctor will see you now,but only for fifteen minutes! Then you''ll wait even longer for lab tests, the results of which you''ll likely never see, unless they indicate further (and more invasive) tests, most of which will probably prove unnecessary (much like physicals themselves). And your bill will be astronomical.In The Patient Will See You Now , Eric Topol, one of the nation''s top physicians, shows why medicine does not have to be that way. Instead, you could use your smartphone to get rapid test results from one drop of blood, monitor your vital signs both day and night, and use an artificially intelligent algorithm to receive a diagnosis without having to see a doctor, all at a small fraction of the cost imposed by our modern healthcare system. The change is powered by what Topol calls medicine''s Gutenberg moment. Much as the printing press took learning out of the hands of a priestly class, the mobile internet is doing the same for medicine, giving us unprecedented control over our healthcare. With smartphones in hand, we are no longer beholden to an impersonal and paternalistic system in which doctor knows best. Medicine has been digitized, Topol argues now it will be democratized. Computers will replace physicians for many diagnostic tasks, citizen science will give rise to citizen medicine, and enormous data sets will give us new means to attack conditions that have long been incurable. Massive, open, online medicine, where diagnostics are done by Facebook-like comparisons of medical profiles, will enable real-time, real-world research on massive populations. There''s no doubt the path forward will be complicated: the medical establishment will resist these changes, and digitized medicine inevitably raises serious issues surrounding privacy. Nevertheless, the result,better, cheaper, and more human health care,will be worth it.Provocative and engrossing, The Patient Will See You Now is essential reading for anyone who thinks they deserve better health care. That is, for all of us.Trade Review"In his new book, The Patient Will See You Now, Topol expertly builds upon his earlier path-finding work and explores how smartphone adoption, big data, new digital monitors of medically relevant information streams, ubiquitous computing, and larger networks are all combining to revolutionize health care far beyond what most now expect-with the exciting promise of lower costs and higher quality simultaneously. Coming from a world-class physician with a unique perspective on the rapidly changing nature of medicine, Topol's prescription for patient empowerment is a must read."-Al Gore "Dr. Eric Topol is uniquely positioned to map out a new era of democratized medicine-a time when each individual will not only have immediate access to all of their own medical data, but even generate much of it and play a principal role in their healthcare." -Sanjay Gupta, M.D. "Dr. Eric Topol is a pioneer of the medicine of the future and the future is now! Read this book and empower yourself for total well-being." -Deepak Chopra "Eric Topol has written a must-read manifesto for patients who feel helpless. Filled with knowledge and engaging stories, this book shows how you can harness technology to be the master of your medical care-or at least, a better partner for your doctor. I want Dr. Topol for my doctor." -Elisabeth Rosenthal, M.D., The New York Times "[A] groundbreaking book... I think this book is revelatory and just plain smart."-Jim Cramer, CNBC's Mad Money "[Topol is] one of medicine's most innovative thinkers about the digital future... [A] valuable contribution to a fascinating subject. Despite his digital predilections, Topol is a humane and sympathetic observer of the plight of patients in our highly dysfunctional health care system. We can only hope mobile devices will help them better navigate (or scroll) their way through this perilous terrain."-New York Times Book Review "Dr. Eric Topol [is] one of the nation's leading thinkers on the future of medicine."-Newt Gingrich, Newsmax "Dr. Topol's overriding thesis is that the old days of 'doctor knows best' are as good as gone. No longer will doctors control medical data, treatment or profits. Instead, thanks to the newest science, humanity will finally achieve truly democratic health care."-New York Times "The Patient Will See You Now is full of innovative thinking... This book is full of technical wizardry and intriguing questions about the nature - and the future - of diagnosing, monitoring and healing."-Perri Klass, Washington Post "[Dr. Topol's] vision is compelling, combining an empowering view of technology with the recognition that medicine requires something more. The best physicians heal even when they can't cure, Dr. Topol notes, and 'there will never be algorithms, supercomputers, avatars or robots to pull that off.'"-Wall Street Journal "[Topol] does a terrific job of laying out the immense potential of smartphones and iMedicine technologies to democratize medicine like never before... Topol's writing style makes it very accessible for the lay person without any 'dumbing down' that would be a turnoff to health professionals. This is a must read for anyone that cares about healthcare... I can't think of a book that does a better job of projecting how the future of medicine will unfold and the critical role individuals will play in their own health (beyond the obvious)."-Dave Chase, Forbes.com "It is rare to find a book that addresses quite technical topics so clearly, while interweaving stories about the variety of personalities who are shaping the field... The book is both scholarly, supported by careful footnoting, and encyclopedic-nearly every recent development challenging traditional notions of medicine is carefully evaluated."-Health Affairs "The mantra defining the future of medicine, according to physician and author Eric Topol, is 'Nothing about me without me.' And in his new work, The Patient Will See You Now, that mantra animates a vision of medicine that, in everyday practice, is radically democratized and digitized, made accessible and dialogic through the use of handheld devices, open-access records, iDocs, physician avatars and more."-The Plain Dealer "[E]xtraordinarily thought-provoking and even provocative... [T]he world [Topol] envisions is already exceedingly close to being realized; the writing on the wall is clear, unambiguous and unmistakable. This would be a great book to read sitting in a waiting room or during a stay at the hospital."-Bowling Green Daily News "If you want to feel as exhilarated, and maybe even as disoriented, as Marty [McFly, the fictional character in the movie Back to the Future II] did after fast-forwarding to 2015, read Dr. Topol's new book, The Patient Will See You Now. Building on themes he introduced in his last book, The Creative Destruction of Medicine, Topol, director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, describes a health care world upended by digital technology - mostly to the benefit of patients. We wield dominion over this new world through our smart phones."-Susan Dentzer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Culture of Health blog "Cardiologist Topol argues for taking down the boundaries separating the medical and digital worlds, boldly exploring how patients can shape the medicine of the future."-Publishers Weekly "With its many charts, graphs, and citations, this forward-thinking work will appeal to all educated health-care consumers."-Library Journal "[Topol] forecasts and engineers a new chapter in medicine... [He] foresees a future medical world profoundly bolstered by wireless Internet, where 'each individual will have all their own medical data and the computing power to process it.'"-Booklist "A visionary physician predicts a technology-driven, patient-centered revolution in health care. In this work about the changes afoot in the world of medical care, Topol, in this natural follow-up to his previous book, demonstrates the combination of intelligence and ambition that is apparent in his successful medical career... Not content to simply critique the current system (though he does so thoroughly and convincingly), the author strides optimistically into the future of health care... An expertly detailed, precisely documented exploration of the 'power of information and individualization' in health care."-Kirkus Reviews "In The Patient Will See You Now, Eric Topol unveils a visionary new world of patient empowerment through apps."-The Independent (UK) "[Topol] envisions a new era where we could have...access to our own medical data and the tools to heal ourselves without being completely at the mercy of our doctors... With an impressively well-researched cache of examples, he explains the various gadgets attached to smartphones to carry out complex medical examinations that cost pennies, the potential for using the same cheap technology in poor countries where expensive medical equipment cannot be deployed and the potential for the opening up of patient data - which could then be shared across the world through the Internet to find diagnoses and trends on an unprecedented scale."-Winnipeg Free Press (Canada) "In this extraordinary book, Topol has, in effect, provided us with a prescription for the future of medicine. He outlines the challenges of the current practice of medicine, and gives us a powerful vision of what can be changed-and how. Topol writes about the future more effectively than any physician or scientist that I know. If you want to know about what medicine looks like today, you should read this book. But if you want to know what medicine will look like tomorrow, then you must absolutely read this book." -Siddharta Muhkerjee, M.D., author of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer "Eric Topol understands better than anybody else the growing battle between technology- and information-empowered patients on one side, and the incumbent medical establishment on the other. He also understands who should win it. Read this book and you'll join him in fighting the good fight."-Andrew McAfee, author of The Second Machine Age "Dr. Topol clearly captures the challenges and major disruptions occurring in medicine today. A revolution in healthcare is finely happening-one that will not only improve outcomes, but the individual patient's experience. This is a book that everyone needs to read. The practice and future of medicine are indeed being turned upside down."-John E. Kelly III, Director of Research at IBM "The most extraordinary time for health care lies ahead. Dr. Topol presents a highly innovative vision and model for how, in an era of big data for each individual, medicine can be democratized."-Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts "Dr. Eric Topol has the vision for how smartphones will play a central part in health care in the coming years. Consumers will take on a powerful new role in medicine of the future - The Patient Will See You Now reveals to us how that will occur."-JK Shin, President and CEO of Samsung Electronics "It's your blood, your DNA, and your money; shouldn't the images, records, and data belong to you, too? Dr. Topol's deeply researched, powerfully presented arguments will ruffle feathers in the medical establishment-but he maintains that the new era of smartphones, apps, and tiny sensors is putting the patient in charge for the first time. And he's right." -David Pogue, founder of Yahoo Tech and host of PBS' "Nova" "In The Patient Will See You Now, Dr. Eric Topol has helped to define a new era in healthcare when the role of the patient has evolved, empowered by the rapid adoption of digital health technologies. We fully agree with Dr. Topol's vision of the future of healthcare becoming increasingly seamless and giving consumers access to care-where, when, and at the value point they want." -Greg Wasson, CEO of Walgreens "We are seeing a sea-change in medicine, a time when the old paradigms no longer apply. As a physician and a scientist, Eric Topol has been both contributor and commentator to this revolution and therefore, one of the few people who can weave together and explain the stunning advances in seemingly unrelated fields. His personal voice, his ability to explain the most complex developments in science in a simple and engaging manner, and the clarity of his vision of the future make this compelling reading. I couldn't put this book down and I learned so much. It has changed my perspective of what is to come." -Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone "Eric Topol's book focuses us on the most important development in health care today: putting the patient at the center of everything. This is the pathway to the most effective and efficient innovation, development and reform of health care practices, products and policies globally."-Alex Gorski, CEO of Johnson & Johnson "I have experienced Dr. Topol's healing touch as my personal physician after a 99% heart blockage, in his capacity as cardiology advisor to Men's Health magazine's 12 million readers, and as the visionary author of The Creative Destruction of Medicine. With The Patient Will See You Now, he's extending his healing powers where they'll do the most good: to the patients themselves. Book an appointment to read it now, and you'll save yourself a lot of copays later."-Peter Moore, Editor of Men's Health magazineTable of ContentsSection 1: Readiness for a Revolution 1. Medicine Turned Upside Down 2. Eminence- Based Medicine 3. A Precedent for Momentous Change 4. Angelina Jolie: My Choice Section 2: The New Data and Information 5. My GIS 6. My Lab Tests and Scans 7. My Records and Meds 8. My Costs 9. My (Smartphone) Doctor Section 3: The Impact 10. The Edifice Complex 11. Open Sesame 12. Secure vs. Cure 13. Predicting and Preempting Disease 14. Flattening the Earth 15. The Emancipated Consumer

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Book SynopsisNow with a new postscript covering the unfolding health care revolutionMobile technology has transformed our lives, and personal genomics is revolutionizing biology. But despite the availability of technologies that can provide wireless, personalized health care at lower cost, the medical community has resisted change. In The Creative Destruction of Medicine , Eric Topol,one of the nation''s top physicians,calls for consumer activism to demand innovation and the democratization of medical care. The Creative Destruction of Medicine is the definitive account of the coming disruption of medicine, written by the field''s leading voice.Trade ReviewSiddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer "What happens when you combine cellular phone technology with the cellular aberrations in disease? Or create a bridge between the digital revolution with the medical revolution? How will minute biological sensors alter the way we treat lethal illnesses, such as heart attacks or cancer? This marvelous book by Eric Topol, a leading cardiologist, gene hunter and medical thinker, answers not just these questions, but many many more. Topol's analysis draws us to the very frontlines of medicine, and leaves us with a view of a landscape that is both foreign and daunting. He manages to recount this story in simple, lucid language--resulting in an enthralling and important book." Atul Gawande, M.D.,author of The Checklist Manifesto "Dr. Eric Topol is an extraordinary doctor. He's started a leading medical school, identified the first genes to underlie development of heart disease, led major medical centers, and been a pioneer of wireless medicine. But he is also a remarkable communicator--one of the few top-flight scientists in medicine to be able to genuinely connect with the public. He was, for example, the first physician researcher to question the safety of Vioxx--and unlike most who raise safety questions, actually succeed in bringing the concerns to public attention. I have known and admired Dr. Topol for a long time. I recommend him highly." A. J. Jacobs, author of My Life as an Experiment and The Year of Living Biblically "It may sound like hyperbole, but it's true: Medicine is undergoing its biggest revolution since the invention of the germ theory. As Eric Topol writes, thirty years ago, 'digital medicine' referred to rectal examinations. Dr. Topol is both a leader of and perfect guide to this brave new health world. His book should be prescribed for doctors and patients alike." Brook Byers, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers "This is the one book to read for a complete and clear view of our medical future, as enabled by the convergence of digital, mobile, genomic, and life science breakthroughs. Dr. Topol explains how iPhones, cloud computing, gene sequencing, wireless sensors, modernized clinical trials, internet connectivity, advanced diagnostics, targeted therapies and other science will enable the individualization of medicine--and force overdue radical change in how medicine is delivered, regulated, and reimbursed. This book should be read by patients, doctors, scientists, entrepreneurs, insurers, regulators, digital engineers--anyone who wants better health, lower costs, and participation in this revolution." Misha Angrist, Assistant Professor, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, and author of Here is a Human Being "Eric Topol is that rare physician willing to challenge the orthodoxies of his guild. He recognizes that in the U.S., health care business-as-usual is unsustainable. But he does not despair. He bears witness to the rise of Homo digitus and the promise it holds to upend the inefficiencies and dysfunction so entrenched in clinical medicine. The Creative Destruction of Medicine is a timely tour de force. It is a necessary heresy." Clayton M. Christensen, Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, and author of The Innovator's Dilemma "Eric Topol gives us an eye-opening look at what's possible in healthcare if people can mobilize to charge the status quo. The Creative Destruction of Medicine is simply remarkable." Mehmet Oz, M.D., Professor and Vice-Chair of Surgery, NY Presbyterian/Columbia University "Eric Topol outlines the creative destruction of medicine that must be led by informed consumers. Smart patients will push the many stakeholders in health to accelerate change as medicine adapts to a new world of information and technology." Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO of General Electric "Eric Topol has been a longtime innovator in healthcare. In The Creative Destruction of Medicine, he citesthe big waves of innovation that will save healthcare for the future. Real healthcare reform has not yet begun, but it will. The Creative Destruction of Medicine lays out the path." George Church, Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School "What happens when the super-convergence of smart phones further combines with million-fold lower-cost genomics and diverse wearable sensors? The riveting answer leads compellingly to a call to activism--not only for medical care providers, but all patients and everyone looking for the next 'disruptive' economic revolution. This future is closer than most of us would have imagined before seeing it laid out so clearly. A must-read." J. Craig Venter, Chairman and President, J. Craig Venter Institute "Our sequencing of the human genome eleven years ago was the beginning of the individualized medicine revolution, a revolution that cannot happen without digitized personal phenotype information. Eric Topol provides a path forward using your digitized genome, remote sensing devices and social networking to place the educated at the center of medicine." Omar Ishrak, Chairman and CEO of Medtronic "Eric Topol provides an excellent and pragmatic view of the U.S. healthcare system from a patient's perspective. He then offers, through numerous examples, an exciting vision for the future ... when technology can be used to dramatically improve the quality of care and reduce cost at the same time. The Creative Destruction of Medicine is a highly informative and enjoyable book, which truly triggers the reader's imagination as to what is possible" Reed Tuckson, M.D., Executive Vice President and Chief of Medical Affairs, UnitedHealth Group "Eric Topol has written an extraordinarily important book at just the right moment. Drawing upon a unique and impressive array of convergent expertise in medical research, clinical medicine, consumer and health technological advancements, and health policy, Dr. Topol opens the door for an essential discussion of old challenges viewed through an innovative lens. In the context of increasingly unaffordable health care costs, suboptimal quality of care delivery, a tsunami of preventable chronic illness, and new accountabilities for consumer's health choices and behaviors, this book helps all of us to think about solutions in new and exciting ways!" Steve Case, co-founder, AOL, and founder of Revolution LLC "Health care is poised to be revolutionized by two forces--technology and consumerism--and Dr. Eric Topol explains why. One-size-fits-all medicine will soon be overtaken by highly personalized, customized solutions that are enabled by breakthroughs in genomics and mobile devices and propelled by empowered consumers looking to live longer, healthier lives. Fasten your seat belts and get ready for the ride--and learn what steps you can take to begin to take control of your health." James Fowler, Professor of Medical Genetics and Political Science, UC San Diego, and author of Connected "Eric Topol is uniquely positioned to write such a timely and important book. He leads two institutions--one in genomics and one in wireless health--that will each play a huge role in transforming medicine in the twenty-first century. From this vantage point, he can see unifying themes that will underlie the coming revolution in population and personal health, and he communicates his vision with vibrant energy. Everyone will want to read this book."Table of ContentsPART I: Setting the Foundation 1. The Digital Landscape: Cultivating a Data-Driven, Participatory Culture 2. The Orientation of Medicine Today: Population Versus Individual 3. To What Extent Are Consumers Empowered? Clicks and Tricks PART II: Capturing the Data 4. Physiology: Wireless Sensors 5. Biology: Sequencing the Genome 6. Anatomy: From Imaging to Printing Organs 7. Electronic Health Records and Health Information Technology 8. The Convergence of Human Data Capture PART III: The Impact of Homo Digitus 9. Doctors with Plasticity? 10. Rebooting the Life Science Industry 11. Homo Digitus and the Individual

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Book SynopsisThe Einstein Syndrome is a follow-up to Late-Talking Children, which established Thomas Sowell as a leading spokesman on the subject. While many children who talk late suffer from developmental disorders or autism, there is a certain well-defined group who are developmentally normal or even quite bright, yet who may go past their fourth birthday before beginning to talk. These children are often misdiagnosed as autistic or retarded, a mistake that is doubly hard on parents who must first worry about their apparently handicapped children and then must see them lumped into special classes and therapy groups where all the other children are clearly very different.Since he first became involved in this issue in the mid-1990s, Sowell has joined with Stephen Camarata of Vanderbilt University, who has conducted a much broader, more rigorous study of this phenomenon than the anecdotes reported in Late-Talking Children. Sowell can now identify a particular syndrome, a cluster of common symptoms and family characteristics, that differentiates these late-talking children from others relate this syndrome to other syndromes speculate about its causes and describe how children with this syndrome are likely to develop.

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Book SynopsisIncludes information on the latest thyroid treatments Understand and manage your thyroid condition Don't get pushed around by the little gland in your neck.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 2 Conventions Used in This Book 2 What You Don’t Have to Read 2 Assumptions 3 How This Book Is Organised 3 Part I: Understanding Your Thyroid 3 Part II: Treating Thyroid Problems 3 Part III: Managing Your Thyroid 3 Part IV: Considering Special Aspects of Thyroid Health 4 Part V: The Part of Tens 4 Part VI: Appendices 4 Icons Used in This Book 4 Where to Go from Here 5 Part I: Understanding the Thyroid 7 Chapter 1: Bigging It Up: The Huge Role of a Little Gland 9 Discovering the Extent of the Problem 10 Identifying an Unhappy Thyroid 11 Recognising Who’s at Risk 11 Realising the Importance of a Healthy Thyroid 12 Treating What Ails You 12 Understanding the Consequences of Delaying Treatment 14 Giving Your Thyroid a Hand: Healthy Lifestyle Choices 14 Paying Special Attention: Pregnant Women, Children, and Older People 15 Staying Informed 16 Chapter 2: Feeling Fragile: The Emotional Effects of Thyroid Problems 17 Exploring How an Underactive Thyroid Slows Your Thoughts 18 Seeing How an Overactive Thyroid Can Trigger Anxiety 19 Fighting Depression 20 Finding out if your thyroid is causing depression 21 Using thyroid hormone to treat depression 22 Chapter 3: Discovering How Your Thyroid Works 25 Locating the Thyroid 26 Producing Thyroid Hormones 28 Identifying the importance of iodine 29 Regulating thyroid hormones 29 Moving thyroid hormones around 30 Understanding the Function of Thyroid Hormones 31 General functions 32 Specific functions 33 Chapter 4: Testing Your Thyroid 37 Checking Blood Levels of Thyroid Hormones 38 Total thyroxine 38 Resin T3 uptake 40 Free thyroxine index 40 Free thyroxine (FT4) 41 Free triiodothyronine (FT3) 42 Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) 42 Taking Non-Hormonal Blood Tests 43 Thyroid autoantibodies 44 Serum thyroglobulin 45 Determining the Size, Shape, and Content of Your Thyroid 46 Radioactive iodine uptake and scan 46 Thyroid ultrasound 48 Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) 49 Part II: Treating Thyroid Problems 51 Chapter 5: Dealing with an Underactive Thyroid 53 Living with Autoimmune Thyroiditis 54 The extent of the problem 54 Symptoms of chronic thyroiditis 55 Approach to treatment 55 Identifying Hypothyroidism 56 Signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism 56 Confusing conditions 57 Pinpointing the Causes of Hypothyroidism 58 Removal of the thyroid 58 Absence of brain hormones 58 Foods that cause hypothyroidism 59 Drugs that cause hypothyroidism 59 Coexisting autoimmune diseases 60 Diagnosing Severe Hypothyroidism 61 Treating Hypothyroidism 61 Taking the right hormones 61 Getting the right amount 63 Testing hormone levels 64 Chapter 6: Taming an Overactive Thyroid 65 Picturing Hyperthyroidism 66 Listing the Signs and Symptoms of Hyperthyroidism 66 The body generally 67 The thyroid 67 The skin and hair 67 The heart 68 The nervous system and muscles 68 The reproductive system 68 The stomach and intestines 68 The urinary system 68 The eyes 69 Confirming a Diagnosis of Hyperthyroidism 69 Determining Whether Graves’ Disease Is the Culprit 70 Causes of Graves’ disease 70 Signs and symptoms specific to Graves’ disease 71 Recognising Other Causes of Hyperthyroidism 73 Choosing the Best Treatment for Graves’ Disease 74 Thyroid surgery 75 Radioactive iodine treatment 76 Antithyroid pills 77 Other helpful medications 79 Treating Other Causes of Hyperthyroidism 79 Surviving Thyroid Storm 80 Chapter 7: Getting the Low-Down on Thyroid Nodules 81 Discovering a Thyroid Nodule 82 Evaluating Cancer Risks 83 Securing a Diagnosis 83 The fine needle aspiration cytology 84 The thyroid ultrasound scan 85 Treating Cancerous Nodules 86 Dealing with Nodules That Are Non-Cancerous 86 Hot nodules 87 Benign cysts 87 Warm or cold nodules 87 Ignoring Small Nodules 87 Chapter 8: Coping with Thyroid Cancer 89 Determining What Causes Thyroid Cancer 90 Identifying the Types of Thyroid Cancer 91 Papillary thyroid cancer 92 Follicular thyroid cancer 93 Medullary thyroid cancer 93 Undifferentiated (anaplastic) thyroid cancer 95 Staging Thyroid Cancer 96 Treating Thyroid Cancer 97 Papillary thyroid cancer 98 Follicular thyroid cancer 99 Medullary thyroid cancer 99 Undifferentiated (anaplastic) thyroid cancer 100 Following Up Cancer Treatment 100 Chapter 9: Learning about Multinodular Goitres 101 Exploring How a Multinodular Goitre Grows Up 101 Choosing to Treat It or Ignore It 103 Making a Diagnosis 104 Treating a Multinodular Goitre 105 Part III: Managing Your Thyroid 107 Chapter 10: Taking Care with Drugs That Affect Your Thyroid 109 Revealing the Drug–Food–Thyroid Connection 109 Identifying the Effects of Specific Substances 112 Initiating or aggravating hypothyroidism 113 Creating false test results 117 Causing an increase in thyroid activity 118 Preventing Harmful Drug Interactions 119 Discovering Whether You’re at Risk 119 Chapter 11: Spotting Thyroid Infections and Inflammation 123 Putting a Face on Subacute Thyroiditis 123 Causes and effects 124 Laboratory findings 125 Treatment options 126 Coping with Postpartum and Silent Thyroiditis 127 Understanding the disease 127 Interpreting lab results 128 Getting treatment 128 Identifying Acute Thyroiditis 129 Describing the disease 129 Confirming the diagnosis with lab tests 130 Treating acute thyroiditis 130 Diagnosing a Rare Form of Thyroiditis 131 Chapter 12: Overcoming Iodine Deficiency Disease 133 Realising the Vastness of the Problem 134 Facing the Consequences of Iodine Lack 135 Pregnancy 135 Infancy 136 Childhood 136 Adulthood 136 Endemic Cretinism 137 Looking at the geographic distribution 138 Contributing factors 139 Goitre: The body’s defence 140 Neurologic cretinism 141 Myxoedematous cretinism 141 Managing the Problem of Iodine Deficiency 142 A sprinkle of salt 143 An injection of oil 144 A slice of bread or cup of water 145 Drawbacks of Iodisation 145 Chapter 13: Going In: Surgery on the Thyroid Gland 147 Deciding When Surgery Is Necessary 147 Talking Things Over 149 Preparing for Surgery 149 What Happens During Surgery 150 Surgical obstacles 151 Extent of surgery 152 Considering a New Approach 154 Possible Complications 155 Recuperating After the Operation 155 Chapter 14: Exciting New Approaches in Thyroid Treatment 157 Preventing Ill Effects of Large Doses of Iodine 157 Finding Out More about Hypothyroidism 158 Treating (or not treating) subclinical hypothyroidism 158 Finding the right dose of hormone 159 Determining the prevalence of hypothyroidism 160 Linking heart disease and hypothyroidism 160 Dealing with Hyperthyroidism 161 Measuring calcium levels 162 Controlling weight gain 162 Revolutionising thyroid surgery 163 Gathering clues to hyperthyroid eye disease 163 Treating Goitres and Nodules 164 Performing surgery after ethanol injections 164 Shrinking goitres 164 Developing New Approaches in Thyroid Cancer 165 Understanding the impact of radioiodine exposure 165 Blocking oestrogen slows tumour growth 166 Predicting thyroid cancer 166 Detecting residual thyroid cancer 166 Following up thyroid cancer treatment 167 Knowing what to expect from medullary thyroid cancer 168 Using recombinant TSH to treat thyroid cancer 169 Testing calcium levels after cancer surgery 170 Tackling Iodine Deficiency Disease 170 Recognising the importance of selenium 170 Using iodised oil for goitres 171 Increasing the intelligence of babies born to hypothyroid mothers 171 Chapter 15: Living with Thyroid Problems: Diet and Exercise 173 Guaranteeing Your Best Nutrition 173 Maintaining a Healthy Weight 174 Calculating your body mass index 175 Measuring your waist size 176 Losing excess weight 177 Selecting a variety of foods 177 Choosing your fats wisely 182 Checking out your cholesterol 182 Moderating your sugar intake 184 Sifting the salt 184 Drinking alcohol in moderation 185 Going Organic 186 Thinking about food safety 186 Clarifying the Thyroid–Weight Connection 187 Does my metabolism slow when I lose weight? 187 If I’m treated for hyperthyroidism, am I doomed to gain weight? 187 Considering Iodine in Your Diet 189 Getting enough iodine in a vegetarian diet 189 Exercising for Your Thyroid 190 Recognising the natural consequences of ageing 190 Working out with hypothyroidism 191 Exercising with hyperthyroidism 192 Meeting your minimal exercise needs 193 Introducing Leptin: The New Hormone on the Block 194 Understanding the functions of leptin 194 Interacting with thyroid hormone 195 Chapter 16: Helping Yourself: Herbs and Homeopathy 197 Finding a Reputable Practitioner 198 Digging into Medicinal Herbs 199 Bladderwrack 199 Bugleweed 200 Korean ginseng 200 Motherwort 200 Oats 201 Siberian ginseng 201 Turmeric 201 Valerian 201 Understanding Homeopathy 202 Discovering homeopathic remedies 202 Taking a remedy 203 Arsenicum album 203 Iodum 204 Belladonna 204 Natrum Mur 204 Part IV: Special Considerations in Thyroid Health 205 Chapter 17: Examining the Genetic Link to Thyroid Disease 207 Genetics for Beginners 207 A monk and his pea plants 208 Talk the talk 209 The great divide 209 Genes, chromosomes, and the traits they create 210 The secret lives of genes 211 Shall I form a liver or a brain? 213 The Origins of Genetic Thyroid Diseases 214 Inheriting a disease through a single gene 214 Inheriting a disease through multiple genes 216 Inheriting a chromosome abnormality 217 The Future of Managing Hereditary Thyroid Disease 218 Genetic engineering 218 The ethics of germline gene therapy 219 Chapter 18: Controlling Thyroid Disease during Pregnancy 221 Looking at Normal Thyroid during Pregnancy 222 Pregnancy and Hypothyroidism 223 Decreased fertility 223 Iodine deficiency 224 Autoimmune hypothyroidism 224 Hyperthyroidism in Pregnancy 225 Postpartum Graves’ disease 229 Gestational transient thyrotoxicosis 229 Hydatidiform mole and choriocarcinoma 231 Finding New Thyroid Nodules during Pregnancy 231 Chapter 19: Developing Thyroid Conditions in Childhood 233 Understanding the Onset of Thyroid Function 233 Screening the Newborn 235 Coping with Hypothyroidism in Children 236 Transient congenital hypothyroidism 237 Congenital hypothyroidism 237 Acquired hypothyroidism 239 Dealing with Hyperthyroidism in Children 241 Signs and symptoms 241 Laboratory confirmation 243 Treatment 243 Diagnosing Goitres in Children 245 Linking Nodules and Cancer in Children 245 Chapter 20: Maturing: Thyroid Disease in Later Life 247 Assessing the Extent of the Problem 248 Understanding Sources of Confusion in Diagnosis 249 Acknowledging other diseases 249 Taking medications 250 Discovering Hypothyroidism in Older People 250 Deciphering signs and symptoms 251 Getting laboratory confirmation 252 Trying thyroid hormone for subclinical patients 252 Taking treatment slowly 253 Managing Hyperthyroidism in Older People 253 Sorting through confusing signs and symptoms 254 Securing a diagnosis 255 Checking Out Thyroid Nodules in Older People 256 Part V: The Part of Tens 257 Chapter 21: Ten Myths about Thyroid Health 259 I’m Hypothyroid, So I Can’t Lose Weight 259 I’m Hyperthyroid, So I Can’t Gain Weight 260 Breastfeeding and Antithyroid Pills Don’t Mix 261 Brand Name Thyroid Hormone Pills Are Best 261 I Have to Take Thyroid Medication for Life 262 Natural Thyroid Hormones Are Better Than Synthetic Hormones 263 Thyroid Disease Is Catching 264 Iodine Deficiency Is a Medical Problem 264 The Higher My Autoantibody Levels, the Worse My Thyroid Disease 265 Clinical Symptoms Are More Reliable Than Blood Tests 266 Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Maximise Thyroid Health 269 Screening at Appropriate Intervals 270 Checking Thyroid Function As Your Body Changes 270 Performing a ‘Neck Check’ 271 Getting Enough Iodine to Satisfy Your Thyroid 272 Stopping Thyroid Medication, If Possible 272 Using Both Types of Thyroid Hormone 272 Preventing the Regrowth of Thyroid Cancer 273 Anticipating Drug Interactions 274 Protecting Your Thyroid from Radiation 275 Keeping Up-to-Date with Thyroid Discoveries 275 Part VI: Appendixes 277 Appendix A: Glossary of Key Terms 279 Appendix B: Sources of More Information 283 Index 285

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Book SynopsisWhether you have been living with type 1 diabetes for some time, or you have just discovered that your child is diabetic, there's a lot you need to know about the new developments in treating, controlling, and living with this disease.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 2 What You’re Not to Read 3 Foolish Assumptions 3 How This Book Is Organized 4 Part I: Defining Type 1 Diabetes 4 Part II: Considering the Consequences of Type 1 Diabetes 4 Part III: Treating Type 1 Diabetes 5 Part IV: Living with Type 1 Diabetes 5 Part V: The Part of Tens 6 Part VI: Appendixes 6 Icons Used in This Book 7 Where to Go from Here 7 Part I: Defining Type 1 Diabetes 9 Chapter 1: Dealing with Type 1 Diabetes 11 Understanding What Type 1 Diabetes Is (and Isn’t) 12 Handling the Physical and Emotional Consequences of Type 1 Diabetes 13 Treating Type 1 Diabetes Effectively 14 Undergoing regular testing 14 Eating wisely 15 Exercising for more control 15 Taking insulin 16 Using other medications and treatments 16 Deciding to transplant 16 Living Well with Type 1 Diabetes 17 Handling school, work, and other daily activities 17 Adjusting to sick days and travel 17 Getting through pregnancy and menopause 18 Aging with type 1 diabetes 18 Chapter 2: Recognizing Type 1 Diabetes 19 Understanding How Type 1 Diabetes Works 19 Distinguishing between controlled and uncontrolled glucose 21 Triggering type 1 diabetes 24 Checking Out the Statistics on Who Gets Type 1 Diabetes 25 Rates among different places and races 25 Rates in children versus adults 26 Rates in families with members who have type 1 diabetes 26 Making a Diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes 27 Surveying the symptoms and undergoing testing 27 Gathering a group of the right doctors 28 Developing key skills after the diagnosis 29 Chapter 3: Excluding Other Types of Diabetes 31 Distinguishing Type 2 and Latent Autoimmune Diabetes from Type 1 Diabetes 31 Type 2 diabetes 32 Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA) 35 Delving into Diabetes Caused by Other Diseases and Agents 36 Considering hormone-induced causes of diabetes 36 Examining diabetes caused by destructive diseases of the pancreas 40 Discovering drugs and chemicals that may cause or worsen diabetes 42 Part II: Considering the Consequences of Type 1 Diabetes 43 Chapter 4: Overcoming Short-Term Complications 45 Managing Low Blood Glucose: Hypoglycemia 46 Determining the cause 46 Recognizing the symptoms 48 Distinguishing the severity levels of hypoglycemia 49 Understanding hypoglycemic unawareness 51 Preventing and treating hypoglycemia 52 Dealing with Very High Blood Glucose: Diabetic Ketoacidosis 55 Considering some potential causes 56 Surveying the symptoms 57 Preventing and treating diabetic ketoacidosis 58 Chapter 5: Preventing Long-Term Complications 61 Focusing on Eye Disease 62 Background retinopathy 64 Proliferative retinopathy 65 Coping with Kidney Disease 66 The effects of uncontrolled diabetes on the kidneys 67 Preventing kidney disease 69 Treating kidney disease if prevention fails 70 Knowing about Nerve Disease 71 Disorders of sensation 72 Disorders of movement (mononeuropathy) 74 Disorders of automatic (autonomic) nerves 75 Macrovascular Complications: Protecting Your Heart 76 Considering Associated Diseases 78 Hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism 78 Skin disease 80 Celiac disease 81 Chapter 6: Handling Emotional Effects 83 Coming to Terms with the Diagnosis 83 Knowing that your child is in good company 84 Encouraging positive coping skills 85 Realizing that Type 1 Diabetes Is a Family Disease 87 Getting a grip on general guidelines for parents 87 Caring for children of all ages 89 Helping siblings be understanding 92 Handling Issues of Self-Esteem 93 Busting myths about having a chronic disease 93 Clearing up fears about having special needs 94 Maintaining a High Quality of Life 95 Part III: Treating Type 1 Diabetes 97 Chapter 7: Undergoing Essential Tests and Monitoring Blood Glucose 99 Doing Key Tests at the Doctor’s Office 100 Foot problems 101 Blood pressure 102 Weight and height 103 Hemoglobin A1c 105 GlycoMark 108 Thyroid functions 109 Microalbuminuria 110 Eye problems 111 Cholesterol 111 The Basics of Testing Blood Glucose at Home 113 Deciding on the frequency of testing 114 Performing the test 115 Testing away from the finger 116 Selecting a Home Blood Glucose Meter 116 Considering a few factors when choosing a meter 117 Using a typical data management system 118 Surveying standard blood glucose meters 120 Checking out meters for continuous glucose monitoring 124 Chapter 8: Eating a Healthy Diet 127 Carbohydrates: The Energy Source with the Biggest Impact on Blood Glucose 128 Getting a grip on the glycemic index 129 Filling up with fiber 132 Carbohydrate counting 132 Other tips for managing carbohydrate intake 134 Looking at Other Sources of Energy 135 Protein 135 Fat 136 Getting Enough Vitamins, Minerals, and Water 137 Vitamins 138 Minerals 139 Water 140 Understanding Diet Challenges at Every Age 140 Focusing on Other Food Factors 141 Using sugar substitutes 142 Considering fast food 143 Choosing a vegetarian diet 146 Handling Eating Disorders 146 Different types of disorders 147 Sources of help 149 Chapter 9: Exercising to Improve Control of Type 1 Diabetes 151 The Benefits of Exercise for People with Type 1 Diabetes 152 Taking Care Before Starting an Exercise Program 153 Talking to the doctor 153 Deciding to devote an hour each day 154 Determining how hard to exercise 154 Adjusting insulin usage and following other precautions 155 Developing (And Sticking to) an Exercise Plan 156 Encouraging exercise at all ages 156 Choosing an activity 160 Competing against others 162 A good pick for everyone: Walking 10,000 steps a day 163 Training with weights 164 Chapter 10: Understanding the Basics of Using Insulin 171 The Purpose and Types of Insulin 172 What does insulin do? 172 What are the different types of external insulin? 173 The Details of Insulin Doses 175 Calculating the bolus dose 176 Adjusting the basal dose 178 Injecting Insulin 178 Before you begin: Selecting an injection site 179 Syringes and needles 180 Taking (or giving) a shot 181 Insulin pens 184 Insulin infusers 185 Jet injectors 186 Avoiding side effects, no matter the method 187 A Major Advance: Inhaled Insulin 187 The limits on potential patients 188 Determining the dose 188 Inhaling the insulin 190 A few notes on inhaler maintenance and usage 191 Chapter 11: Delivering Insulin with a Pump 193 Keeping a Few Considerations in Mind before Using an Insulin Pump 193 Using an Insulin Pump Properly 195 Taking the right doses 195 Setting temporary doses 197 Changing the needle and insulin 198 Living comfortably with the pump 199 Switching from the pump in special cases 200 Checking Out Various Insulin Pumps 201 MiniMed Paradigm pumps 201 Accu-Chek Spirit Insulin Pump System 203 Animas pumps 203 CozMore Insulin Technology System 204 Dana Diabecare II pump 204 OmniPod Insulin Management System 205 Choosing the right pump 206 Chapter 12: Getting a Grip on Other Drugs and Treatments 207 Boosting Insulin’s Effect: Pramlintide 207 Surveying Different Treatments 209 Acupuncture 209 Biofeedback 210 Chromium 210 Cinnamon 211 Ginseng 211 Vanadium 211 Drinking Alcohol Safely 212 The maximum amount of alcohol allowed 212 The dangers of excess alcohol 213 Finding help 214 Avoiding Dangerous Drugs 215 Prescription medications 215 Tobacco 216 Illegal drugs 218 Chapter 13: Surveying Kidney, Pancreas, and Pancreatic Islet Transplants 221 Receiving a New Kidney 222 Recognizing when you need a new kidney 222 Knowing when you can’t have a kidney transplant 222 The pros and cons of a kidney transplant 223 Understanding the costs 223 Undergoing an evaluation 224 Finding a donor, living or deceased 224 The process of surgery and recovery 225 Getting a New Pancreas (Alone or with a New Kidney) 225 Recognizing when you need a new pancreas 226 Knowing when you can’t have a pancreas transplant 226 The pros and cons of a pancreas transplant 226 Looking at the costs 227 Finding a pancreas donor 227 The process of surgery and recovery 228 On the Cutting Edge: Pancreatic Islet Transplantation 229 Recognizing when you need islet transplantation 229 Knowing when you can’t have an islet transplant 230 The pros and cons of an islet transplant 230 Considering the costs 231 The donation of islets 231 The process of surgery and recovery 232 Dealing with Continuing Issues after Any Transplant 232 Following up and treating your diabetes 233 Checking for long-term complications 233 Avoiding infections 233 Being careful with conception 234 Watching out for cancer 234 Finding More Information Online 234 Part IV: Living with Type 1 Diabetes 237 Chapter 14: Adjusting to School, Work, and Other Activities 239 Dealing with Diabetes in School 240 Developing a Section 504 Plan 240 Considering an individualized education program 242 Handling diabetes in college 242 Living with Diabetes as a Working Adult 243 Understanding limits and protections 243 The real risk of hypoglycemia in the workplace 244 Taking action if you suspect discrimination related to diabetes 245 Working together: Helping employers integrate employees with diabetes 245 Driving Safely with Type 1 Diabetes 247 Tackling Insurance Issues 248 Health insurance 248 Life insurance 250 Chapter 15: Managing Illness and Travel 251 Dealing with Sick Days 251 Monitoring the blood glucose 252 Measuring blood ketones 253 Modifying the diet 254 Taking medications 255 Traveling with Type 1 Diabetes 256 Carrying the necessities 256 Adjusting insulin intake in a different time zone 257 Eating sensibly 258 Ensuring a smooth journey 259 Chapter 16: Going through Pregnancy and Menopause 261 Understanding Normal Female Sexual Development 262 Starting before birth 262 Continuing at puberty and adolescence 262 Controlling Type 1 Diabetes before Conception 263 Handling blood glucose during your menstrual periods 263 Dealing with sexual dysfunction 264 Getting a few tests if you’re thinking of getting pregnant 264 The risks of conceiving before you have control of T1DM 265 Using contraception until you’re under control 268 Ensuring a Safe Pregnancy and Delivery 269 Using insulin during and after pregnancy 270 Managing your diet 271 Adding exercise 272 Monitoring your baby 272 Dealing with Type 1 Diabetes during Menopause 272 Sticking to good habits 273 Considering hormone replacement therapy 274 Chapter 17: Controlling Type 1 Diabetes in the Elderly 277 Making a Diagnosis 278 Surveying symptoms 279 Conditions connected to the onset of type 1 diabetes 280 Confirming the diagnosis with testing 280 Recognizing the Challenges of Managing Type 1 Diabetes in the Elderly 281 Realizing how the elderly differ from other patients 281 Determining an elderly patient’s ability to treat his own type 1 diabetes 282 Effectively Treating Type 1 Diabetes in the Elderly 283 Medications 284 Nutrition 285 Exercise 286 Checking Out Resources for the Elderly with Type 1 Diabetes 287 Government help 287 Drug company resources 288 Part V: The Part of Tens 291 Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Involve Kids in Their Own Diabetes Care 293 Set Some Goals for Care with Your Child 294 Show Your Child How to Test His Blood Glucose 294 Shop for Food Together 295 Plant a Garden Together 296 Have Your Child Help with the Cooking 296 Exercise as a Family 297 Show Your Child How to Administer Insulin 297 Plan a Trip Together 298 Have Your Child Do Household Chores 298 Encourage Your Child to Play Video Games (Really!) 299 Chapter 19: Ten Commandments for Good Diabetes Management 301 An Affirmative Attitude 302 Total Testing 302 Extraordinary Eye Care 303 Foolproof Foot Care 303 Mega-Monitoring 304 Dedicated Dieting 305 Emphatic Exercising 306 Mindful Medicating 306 Planning for Potential Problems 307 Lifelong Learning 308 Chapter 20: Ten Myths about Type 1 Diabetes 309 No Symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes Appear before Damage Has Occurred 310 Type 1 Diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes Are the Same 310 You Can’t Eat Sugar with Type 1 Diabetes 311 You Have to Eat Special Foods When You Have Type 1 Diabetes 312 If You Take Insulin, You Must Have Type 1 Diabetes 312 Insulin Causes Atherosclerosis 313 Insulin Cures Type 1 Diabetes 313 You’re More Prone to Illness When You Have Type 1 Diabetes 314 Women with Type 1 Diabetes Shouldn’t Get Pregnant 314 Doctors Are Hiding the Cure for Type 1 Diabetes So They Can Make More Money 315 Chapter 21: Ten of the Latest Discoveries in Type 1 Diabetes 317 The Development of the GAD Vaccine 318 The Possible Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes with Oral Insulin 319 The Possible Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes with Intranasal Insulin 319 The Study of Continuous Glucose Monitoring 320 Contact Lenses That Indicate Your Glucose Level 320 A Drug to Fight Diabetic Neuropathy 321 Drugs to Block the Immunity That Kills Beta Cells 321 The Regeneration of Beta Cells with a Protein 322 The Infusion of Stem Cells 322 The Use of Cord Blood to Regenerate Beta Cells 323 Part VI: Appendixes 325 Appendix A: Glossary 327 Appendix B: Resources for the Latest Information 335 My Web Site 335 General Web Sites 336 Government Web Sites 337 Companies That Make Diabetes Products 338 Glucose meters 338 Lancing devices 339 Insulin 339 Insulin syringes 339 Insulin jet injection devices 339 Insulin pumps 340 Recipes for People with Diabetes 340 Web Sites for Diabetes Complications 341 Vision 341 Kidneys 342 Diabetic neuropathy 342 Heart disease 342 Index 343

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Book SynopsisThose who are in the unenviable position of living or working with a narcissist have learned by sad trial and error that they are the only one in the relationship who can change the dynamic. Certainly narcissists don't think they need to change.Table of ContentsIntroduction vii Part One: It’s All About Me 1 Chapter 1 What Makes a Narcissist? 3 Chapter 2 Why Does Someone Become a Narcissist? 23 Part Two: Recognizing the Patterns 43 Chapter 3 The Narcissist with an Insatiable Need for Control 45 Chapter 4 The Passive-Aggressive Narcissist 63 Chapter 5 The Bottomless Well of Common Narcissistic Demands 81 Part Three: Dealing with the Narcissists in Your Life 99 Chapter 6 Examining Your Anger 101 Chapter 7 Removing Fear from the Equation 121 Chapter 8 Committing to Humility 139 Chapter 9 Fostering Your Own Inner Security 157 Chapter 10 Replacing Bitterness with Forgiveness 173 The Author 193

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Book SynopsisThe latest ways to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease Featuring more than 25 percent new and revised material, Controlling Cholesterol For Dummies, Second Edition provides easy-to-understand, practical guidelines to help readers get their cholesterol levels under control, and keep it that way.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Part I: Getting Up Close and Personal with Cholesterol. Chapter 1: Mapping the Heart Land. Chapter 2: Comparing Cholesterol’s Risks and Benefits. Chapter 3: Rating Your Cholesterol-Related Risk. Part II: Eating Your Way to Lower Cholesterol. Chapter 4: Writing Rules for a Cholesterol-Lowering Diet. Chapter 5: Building a Cholesterol-Lowering Diet. Chapter 6: Pinning Down the “How-To’s” For a Cholesterol-Lowering Diet. Part III: Leading a Cholesterol-Lowering Lifestyle. Chapter 7: Weighing Weight’s Weight on Cholesterol. Chapter 8: Exercising Options to Control Your Cholesterol. Chapter 9: Weeding Out Tobacco’s Role in High Cholesterol. Chapter 10: The Grape, the Grains, and Your Cholesterol. Part IV: Cutting Cholesterol with Nutrients and Medicine. Chapter 11: Vitamins, Minerals, and Other Good Stuff. Chapter 12: Prescribing Lower Cholesterol. Chapter 13: Identifying Meds That Raise Cholesterol. Chapter 14: Mouth-Watering Morsels for Special Occasions. Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 15: Ten Clicks to Reliable Cholesterol Information. Chapter 16: Ten Nutrition Web Sites. Chapter 17: Ten Cholesterol Myths. Chapter 18: Ten (Okay, Eleven) “Eureka!” Cholesterol Moments. Appendix: Calories and Other Nutrients in Food. Index.

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Book SynopsisChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is an all-too-common and deadly syndrome that involves restricted airflow in the airway. Often brought on by exposure to cigarette smoke, coal dust, asbestos and solvents, this infliction has no cure. COPD For Dummies offers the newest, most successful treatments for minimizing pain and discomfort.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Part I: Every Breath You Take: The Who, What, and Why of COPD. Chapter 1: Understanding COPD. Chapter 2: How Your Lungs Work. Chapter 3: COPD Risk Factors. Part II: Catching Your Breath: Treating COPD. Chapter 4: The Diagnosis and What It Means. Chapter 5: The Emotional Impact of COPD. Chapter 6: Building Your Healthcare Team. Chapter 7: COPD Treatment Goals. Chapter 8: Drug Treatments. Chapter 9: Surgery and Alternative Treatments. Part III: In the Next Breath: Managing Your Overall Health. Chapter 10: The First, Best Thing You Can Do: Quit Smoking. Chapter 11: Nutrition and Weight Management. Chapter 12: Getting Motivated to Move. Part IV: Breathing Easier: Living with COPD. Chapter 13: A Day in Your Life with COPD. Chapter 14: Making Your Home You-Friendly. Chapter 15: Clearing the Air at Home. Chapter 16: Preparing for Emergencies. Chapter 17: Helping a Loved One with COPD. Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 18: Ten Things to Avoid if You Have COPD. Chapter 19: Ten Myths about COPD. Chapter 20: Ten Strategies for Coping with COPD. Chapter 21: Ten (Or So) Health Factors Linked with COPD. Glossary. Index.

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Book SynopsisSchizophrenia is a chronic, severe and disabling brain disorder that afflicts an estimated 1% of the world's population. Many of the symptoms can make the sufferer fearful and withdrawn and cause difficulties when they try to have relationships with others.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Part I: Understanding Schizophrenia. Chapter 1: Understanding Schizophrenia: The Big Picture. Chapter 2: Causes and Risk Factors. Chapter 3: Suspecting Schizophrenia. Part II: Finding Out What’s Wrong and Getting Help. Chapter 4: Getting a Diagnosis. Chapter 5: Assembling a Healthcare Team. Chapter 6: Beginning Treatment. Chapter 7: Paying for Your Loved One’s Care. Part III: Treating Schizophrenia. Chapter 8: Medication and Other Medical Approaches. Chapter 9: Psychosocial Approaches. Chapter 10: Finding Help and Hope through Research. Part IV: Living with Schizophrenia. Chapter 11: Schizophrenia and the Family. Chapter 12: Developing Coping Skills. Chapter 13: Housing Choices: Figuring Out Where to Live. Chapter 14: Coping with Crises. Chapter 15: People Are More Than Patients: Addressing the Needs of the Whole Person. Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 16: Ten My ths about Schizophrenia You Can Forget. Chapter 17: Ten Tips for Helping Families and Friends Cope and Come Out on Top. Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Avoid Relapse. Appendix: Resources. Index.

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Book SynopsisIf you have an interest in optimum mental health, this book belongs on your shelf! ?AMY WEINTRAUB, author of Yoga for Depression A must-read for anyone interested in overcoming depression and healing themselves naturally. A very important book that will elevate you in many ways. Everyone must seek it out. ?DHARMA SINGH KHALSA, M.D., author of Meditation as Medicine and Dead Brain Cells Don''t Lie ACTIVATE THE INHERENT WISDOM OF YOUR MIND-BODY Healing Depression the Mind-Body Way shines a new light on the darkness of depression by presenting specific antidepression strategies designed to help you unleash your innate healing potential. The time-tested advice presented in this book is based on the latest theories of modern science and the practical wisdom of Ayurveda, an ancient system of natural medicine. ThiTable of ContentsForeword by Vasant Lad, B.A.M.&S., M.A.Sc. vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Part I Finding Another Way 5 1 Beyond the Broken Brain 7 2 Why Depression Happens 23 3 The Many Faces of Depression 31 4 Airy Depression 44 5 Burning Depression 52 6 Earthy Depression 62 7 Metabolizing Life 70 8 Consciousness Becomes Us 82 Part II Creating Happiness 97 9 Meditation: Transcending Darkness 99 10 Breathing: Letting Your Life Force Flow 123 11 Exercise: Moving Your Spirit 143 12 Yoga: Posing for Life 160 13 Sleep: Recharging Your Life Force 188 14 Food: Nourishing Rites 216 15 Now What? 252 Appendix: Authors’ Evaluation of the Mind-Body Questionnaire: Assessing Our Imbalances 267 Resources 269 Index 271

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Book SynopsisA must-read for expectant or multitasking mothers of multiples by an academic pediatrician and mother of twins, Twins 101 provides practical tips and wise words in a readable style that fits into the fast pace of these mothers' lives. Theodore Sectish, MD, associate professor of pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; program director, Children's Hospital Boston Dr. Le-Bucklin''s new parenting book is the first by a pediatrician who is also a mother of twins. No other pregnancy and parenting book for multiples offers this unique and much-needed perspective. Twins 101 features practical advice and well-researched information in an easy-to-read format. From maintaining a healthy twin pregnancy to meeting the daily challenge of caring for twins, Twin 101 guides families through each stage with insightful tips, practical advice, useful resources, and inspirational stories.Trade Review“Dr. Le-Bucklin gives mothers of multiples (MOMs) a unique and authoritative perspective on multiple births. As an academic pediatrician and MOM, she not only knows, but she also understands first hand! ...This is a well organized, easy to read, ready-reference for all.” –National Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs (NOMOTC) "[Le-Bucklin] draws on her experience as an M.D. and a M.O.M. (mother of multiples) in this collection of fifty tips aimed at educating and encouraging parents of multiples. The advice covers the basics of pregnancy, birth and the early months of raising twins. This book particularly shines in its upbeat, positive presentation…Twins 101 is a welcome addition to any library of books about twins and multiples." — About.com (November 2008)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ixIntroduction 11 Pregnancy 13 2 Delivery 653 The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 79 4 Sensible Shopping 955 Staying Organized 1116 Feeding and Dressing Twins 1197 Sleep (or Lack Thereof ) 1338 Crucial Survival Tips 143Resources 173About the Author 183Index 185

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Book SynopsisA resource of fun games for parents or teachers to help young children learn social and motor skills Barbara Sher, an expert occupational therapist and teacher, has written a handy resource filled with games to play with young children who have Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or other sensory processing disorders (SPD).Table of ContentsPreface xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 CHAPTER 1 Understanding Sensory Processing Issues 9 CHAPTER 2 How the Games Help Sensory Processing Challenges 19 CHAPTER 3 Social Gross Motor Games 51 A Kid Sandwich 51 Are You My Mummy? 54 Balloon Baseball 55 Blanket Ride 57 Boat Ride 59 Box Ride 61 Going Through the Tunnel of Legs 63 Hammock Swing 65 Hit the Homemade Piñata 67 “I’m Here!” 69 Jump to Colors 71 Leap the Shoes 73 Massages 75 Name Game 77 Obstacle Course 79 Races 82 Rolling Children 83 RurRurRurRurRUN! 85 Sausage Roll (or Sushi Wrap, Hot Dog,Burrito . . . ) 86 Scarf Toss 89 Shape Targets 90 Stack the Cans 92 Stop and Go 94 Target Games 96 Throw the Balls into the Box 98 Throwing into the Tubes 101 Throwing Through the Tube 103 Tug-of-War 105 Walk with Rhythm 106 We Are Rocking 109 Who Is This? 111 Who’s in the Box? 112 Wiggling Snake 114 CHAPTER 4 Social Fine Motor Games 117 Bingo Game 117 Bubble Blowing 119 Cereal Box Puzzles 121 Cereal Necklace 123 Colored Slots 125 Drawing Faces 127 Dump and Fill 128 Eyedropper Squirts 130 Feather Blowing 132 Listening Game 134 Lost in Rice 135 Penny Flick 137 Point to the Cup 139 Pudding Party 141 Secret Message 142 Sink the Boat 144 Smelling Game 146 Sound Makers 147 Straw Sucking 149 Styrofoam Hammering 151 Tile Painting 153 Toothpick Treats 155 What’s in the Sock? 156 Yes-No Game 158 CHAPTER 5 Water Games 161 Blow Bubbles and Hum 162 Boogie Board Ride 164 Bury the Body 165 Catch a Fish 167 Choo-Choo Train 169 Fill the Bucket 171 Floating on Your Back 174 Gecko Walking 176 In and Out Crash 178 Into the Hole 179 The Kids in the Water Go Splashy Clap 182 The Little Dutch Boy 185 Little Jumps, Big Jumps 186 London Bridge 188 Make a Pond 190 Monkey Walking 192 One, Two, Three—Change 194 Parallel Swim 196 Ping-Pong Play 198 Ready? Set. Jump! 200 Riding the Horse Noodles 202 Ring-Around-a-Rosy 203 Save Your Life 205 Shark Attack 207 The Sponge Pass 209 The Squirting Game 212 Tug the Tube 214 Wa-Wa-Wa-Water! 215 Appendix I Index of Games by Sensory System or Skill Stimulated 219 Appendix II Additional Resources 227 The Author 231 Bibliography 233

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Book SynopsisA hands-on guide for overcoming the forces of negativity and self-sabotage Written for the active, not passive participant, this book offers an inspiring program for overcoming big bumps in the road, eliminating excuses, ending insecurities, and standing up for happiness and success in life. Based on the author''s personal story, clinical training and work as a therapist, and extensive experience speaking and teaching, Get Off Your But shows how to overcome excuses for emotional paralysis, build self-confidence at work and at home, and achieve a higher level of success in career and relationships.Trade ReviewIn Stephenson’s powerful and practical debut, the psychotherapist and professional speaker reveals how to banish self-doubt and insecurity in a world where they may seem omnipresent. Beginning with the source of his own struggle, a rare and painful disease that causes his bones to weaken and break under minimal pressure, Stephenson offers a structured approach to a wide array of topics, including dating, weight loss, lack of motivation, friendship, finances, and goals. While his advice is encouraging and insightful, Stephenson’s text is also notable for examples, mottos and resonant personal stories of enormous obstacles and accomplishments (his work with the Clinton administration, attaining his Ph.D., opening his own private practice). Though his unwavering optimism can be daunting (bringing one’s day-to-day gripes into sharp relief), Stephenson is empowering and uplifting throughout, and should prove helpful whether facing a lifelong challenge or a more immediate battle. (May) (PublishersWeekly.com, May 18, 2009)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Foreword by Anthony Robbins ix Born to Kick BUT: The Short Story of a Big Life 1 Lesson 1 Start Connecting 34 How Rene Got Off His BUT 64 Lesson 2 Watch What You Say to Yourself! 70 How Bobby Got Off His BUT 97 Lesson 3 Master Your Physical Confidence 103 How Andréa Got Off Her BUT 132 Lesson 4 Focus Your Focus 138 How Mike Got Off His BUT 159 Lesson 5 Choose Your Friends Wisely 164 How Peter Got Off His BUT 188 Lesson 6 Take Full Responsibility 193 One Last Thing . . . 220 Resources 221 The Author 225

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Book SynopsisOffers a warm and often humorous guide for coping with bipolar loved ones, colleagues, and friendsFeatures a wealth of helpful strategies and coping mechanisms that can be put into action immediatelyIncludes guidance on the best options for treatment, including discussion of when is medication a good idea and when isn't it.Trade ReviewMental health columnist Lowe and Cohen (psychiatry, Harvard Univ.) team up to address the needs and concerns of those who are involved with someone who has bipolar disorder. They use nontechnical language to describe all aspects of diagnosis, treatment options, and day-to-day issues. Numerous vignettes of couples, told from the nonbipolar partner's point of view, personalize the narrative and also make clear how varied the symptoms, whether behavioral or emotional, can be. Specific advice is offered on communicating with family, friends, and work colleagues; developing a professional and nonprofessional support system; and navigating the impact of this disease on work and personal life. There is also an extensive reading list appended, and resources appropriate to the topic at hand are integrated into the text. Verdict: This offers practical help to those living with or related to a person who is or might be suffering from bipolar disorder. A guide on the nitty-gritty details of managing a relationship and a life, with a hefty dose of encouragement thrown in, this has lots of excellent resources for all aspects of diagnosis, treatment, communication, and coping.—Paula McMillen, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas (Library Journal, January 29, 2010)Table of ContentsPreface ix Introduction xiii Part One Understanding Bipolar Disorder 1 1 What Is (and Isn’t) Bipolar Disorder? 3 2 A Brief, Colorful History (and Some Science) of Bipolar Disorder 19 3 Getting an Accurate Diagnosis 35 4 Understanding Medication 53 5 Understanding Psychosocial Therapies and Medical Treatment Options 71 Part Two Living with Your Partner 87 6 Building a Support Team 89 7 Bipolar Disorders and the Workplace 107 8 Communication and Coping Skills 127 9 Coping with Negative and Dangerous Behaviors 147 10 Sex, Intimacy, and Relationship Issues 161 11 Suicide Attempts, Hospitalization, and Commitment 177 12 Family Matters 193 Appendix: Excerpts from the DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic Criteria for Bipolar Disorder 209 Notes 233 Resources 237 About the Authors 245 Index 247

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