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1. |  What to Eat When You're Pregnant, 2nd Edition By: Dr Rana Conway Publisher: Pearson Life Publication Date: 06-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 18-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: What to Eat When You're Pregnant, 2nd Edition
This is the definitive healthy eating guide for pregnancy, providing you with an instant checklist of what foods are safe and what foods you should steer clear of. In this fully revised new edition expert nutritionist and pregnancy specialist Dr Rana Conway provides all the facts and everything you need to know to give your baby the very best start in life.
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2. |  Leadership in Action: In Focus - Health - Exercising for Excellence Publisher: Center for Creative Leadership Publication Date: 01-OCT-2003 Insert Date: 30-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Leadership in Action: In Focus - Health - Exercising for Excellence
Exercising for longer durations at easy to moderate intensities and occasionally exercising at higher intensities for shorter periods of time (assuming your heart is healthy) are both important for overall health and physical fitness.
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3. |  Your Pregnancy After 35: Revised Edition By: Glade Curtis; Judith Schuler Publisher: Da Capo Press Publication Date: 05-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 13-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Your Pregnancy After 35: Revised Edition
When a woman becomes pregnant in her late thirties or forties, she naturally has different needs and interests than younger mothers-to-be. Up-to-date and easy to read, Your Pregnancy After 35 provides reassuring medical information as well as sensible advice about how to fit pregnancy into a busy lifestyle. With Your Pregnancy After 35, expectant mothers can feel confident about their pregnancies and learn to be better partners with their healthcare professionals. From how exactly age affects pregnancy to when to consider genetic counseling to how to find the best care when returning to...
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4. |  201 Organic Smoothies and Juices for a Healthy Pregnancy By: Nicole Cormier Publisher: Adams Media Publication Date: 18-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 27-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: 201 Organic Smoothies and Juices for a Healthy Pregnancy
Nutritious drinks that you--and your growing baby--will love! When you're pregnant, eating right becomes more important than ever. While prenatal vitamins fill the gaps in your diet, nothing can replace the all-natural goodness of fresh fruits and vegetables. Filled with a variety of delicious food combinations, 201 Organic Smoothies and Juices for a Healthy Pregnancy shows you how to blend nutrient-rich drinks, right in your own home! From superfoods like avocado and spinach to revitalizing apples and oranges, these smoothies and juices will not only satisfy your tastebuds, but...
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5. |  By: Adams Media Publisher: Adams Media Publication Date: 01-SEP-2012 Insert Date: 27-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Staying Healthy
Get ready for the best years of your life! College Survival: Staying Healthy contains everything you need to know to always feel your best. With advice from avoiding the dreaded "Freshman 15," to coping with homesickness, to navigating campus health services, you'll be on top of your game all semester long.
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6. |  The Everything Guide to Managing and Reversing Pre-Diabetes, 2nd Edition By: Gretchen Scalpi; Robert Vigersky Publisher: Adams Media Publication Date: 18-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 27-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Everything Guide to Managing and Reversing Pre-Diabetes, 2nd Edition
Your ten-week plan to avoid the onset of diabetes! A diagnosis of pre-diabetes is certainly a wakeup call, but it is not a life sentence of daily medication and having to live without your favorite foods. Managing pre-diabetes is about common sense and moderation, not deprivation. The Everything Guide to Managing and Reversing Pre-Diabetes, 2nd Edition can help you find ways to alter your lifestyle and avoid type 2 diabetes. Inside, you'll find helpful tips on lifestyle changes, along with recipes for delicious, healthy meals your whole family will love, like: Buttermilk pancakes ...
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7. |  By: Lorena Novak Bull; Jolinda Hackett Publisher: Adams Media Publication Date: 18-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 26-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Vegan Pregnancy Cookbook
Nutritious vegan meals for you and your baby! As a vegan, you understand how important it is to get the right nutrients into your diet, but creating these wholesome dishes can present even more of a challenge now that you're eating for two. The Vegan Pregnancy Cookbook not only tells you what kinds of foods you should be adding to your plate, but also shows you how to incorporate essential vitamins and minerals into each meal, leaving you and baby feeling satisfied and strong. Don't worry--these nutrient-packed dishes will still provide the flavors and variety you crave. Feast your...
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8. |  The Everything Guide to Managing Type 2 Diabetes By: Paula Ford-Martin; Jason Baker Publisher: Adams Media Publication Date: 18-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 26-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Everything Guide to Managing Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes is a complex disease--but learning about it shouldn't be! A Type 2 diabetes diagnosis can be daunting, but it is also manageable. With this all-in-one guide, you will get expert advice on establishing a healthier lifestyle and getting control of your diabetes. The Everything Guide to Managing Type 2 Diabetes provides easy-to-follow advice on all aspects of living with diabetes, and helps you: Recognize the symptoms of prediabetes and diabetes Monitor your blood glucose levels Learn about the types of insulin and insulin-delivery systems Understand the importance of...
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9. |  By: Bruce W. Perry Publisher: O'Reilly Verlag Publication Date: 31-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 31-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Fitness für Geeks Geeks neigen dazu, ein äußerst wichtiges System zu ignorieren – nämlich den eigenen Körper. Lange Stunden vor dem Bildschirm sind natürlich keine gute Voraussetzung für Fitness und Wohlbefinden – doch was kann einen echten Geek dazu motivieren, sich um eine gesündere Lebensweise zu bemühen? Die Antwort lautet: eine fundierte, wissenschaftliche und teilweise Technik-gestützte Herangehensweise an das Thema Fitness. Und genau die bietet Fitness für Geeks: Das Buch vermittelt umfassendes Gesundheitswissen und jede Menge leicht anzuwendende Fitness-Hacks.
Unter anderem beschreibt es, wie sich das...
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10. |  By: Frances Frances Kay Publisher: Kogan Page Publication Date: 03-APR-2009 Insert Date: 06-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Your Health Retirement is a time for positive good health. Once free of the strains and pressures that are part of any job retirees often feel less harassed, look better and have the energy to devote to new interests and activities. It is essential to stay physically and mentally active in order to delay the onset of old age and legitimately look forward to many healthy years ahead.
Your Health: How to Keep Fit, Prevent Illness and Manage Your Health Care gives you advice on how to keep trim, fit, relaxed and contented and still enjoy small vices without paying the penalty for over-indulgence. It...
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11. |  By: Infinite Ideas Publisher: Infinite Ideas Publication Date: 11-JUN-2012 Insert Date: 11-OCT-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Look good on the beach
Look good on the beach is an easy-to-use guide to help you look great in that bikini in time for your summer holiday. It's written for the non-supermodel who wants to find easy ways to look glamorous in the sun. It offers practical and easy to implement advice on toning, titivating and tanning, so that you can genuinely enjoy the surf and the sun lounger without worrying about the sight of your wobbly bits emptying the beach.
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12. |  Gotowanie dla Geeków. Nauka stosowana, niezłe sztuczki i wyżerka By: Jeff Potter Publisher: Helion Publication Date: 29-AUG-2012 Insert Date: 30-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Gotowanie dla Geeków. Nauka stosowana, niezłe sztuczki i wyżerka Trzymasz w rękach co więcej niż zwykłš ksišżkę kucharskš. Oto pierwsza publikacja dla informatyków, która zamiast zagonić Cię do klawiatury, wypędzi Cię zza niej i zainspiruje do smakowitych kulinarnych eksperymentów!...
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13. |  The Depression Cure: The 6-Step Program to Beat Depression without Drugs By: Stephen Ilardi Publisher: Da Capo Press Publication Date: 11-MAY-2010 Insert Date: 28-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Depression Cure: The 6-Step Program to Beat Depression without Drugs
In the past decade, depression rates have skyrocketed, and one in four Americans will suffer from major depression at some point in their lives. Where have we gone wrong? Dr. Stephen Ilardi sheds light on our current predicament and reminds us that our bodies were never designed for the sleep-deprived, poorly nourished, frenzied pace of twenty-first century life. Inspired by the extraordinary resilience of aboriginal groups like the Kaluli of Papua New Guinea, Dr. Ilardi prescribes an easy-to-follow, clinically proven program that harks back to what our bodies were originally made for...
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14. |  The Essential Difference: Male And Female Brains And The Truth About Autism By: Simon Baron-Cohen Publisher: Basic Books Publication Date: 28-JUL-2004 Insert Date: 28-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Essential Difference: Male And Female Brains And The Truth About Autism
We all know the opposite sex can be a baffling, even infuriating, species. Why do most men use the phone to exchange information rather than have a chat? Why do women love talking about relationships and feelings with their girlfriends while men seem drawn to computer games, new gadgets, or the latest sports scores? Does it really all just come down to our upbringing? In The Essential Difference, leading psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen confirms what most of us had suspected all along: that male and female brains are different. This groundbreaking and controversial study reveals the...
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15. |  Take Care of Yourself: The Complete Illustrated Guide to Medical Self-Care By: James F. Fries; Donald M. Vickery Publisher: Da Capo Press Publication Date: 05-MAY-2009 Insert Date: 22-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Take Care of Yourself: The Complete Illustrated Guide to Medical Self-Care
The world’s bestselling health guide offers new material on the most recent critical health issues such as obesity, as well as additional new and updated information. Covering over 175 healthcare problems and symptoms, Take Care of Yourself is simple to use. Readers can look up their symptoms to locate an explanation of likely causes and possible home remedies, while diagrams show how to recognize problems and treat them, and decision charts advise when it’s time to see a doctor. This comprehensive guide also covers emergencies, the 20 things everyone should keep in a home pharmacy, and...
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16. |  By: Glade Curtis; Judith Schuler Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books Publication Date: 18-NOV-2011 Insert Date: 22-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Your Pregnancy Week by Week
With millions of copies sold worldwide, Your Pregnancy Week by Week is the established go-to resource for expectant parents time and time again. The book’s trademark week-by-week formula helps expectant parents compare the details of their pregnancy with the same weekly schedule their doctor uses—easily and effortlessly. In this completely revised seventh edition, parents-to-be will find the latest information on preparing for their baby’s birth as well as many new topics addressing today’s most pressing questions and concerns. Compassionate, reassuring, and medically grounded, this...
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17. |  The Healthy Home: Simple Truths to Protect Your Family from Hidden Household Dangers By: David Wentz; Dr. Myron Wentz; Donna K. Wallace Publisher: Vanguard Press Publication Date: 01-MAR-2011 Insert Date: 21-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Healthy Home: Simple Truths to Protect Your Family from Hidden Household Dangers
In The Healthy Home, father-and-son team Dr. Myron Wentz and Dave Wentz walk readers room-by-room through a typical house, pointing out the surprising health risks posed by the everyday products and behaviors of any modern family. With the help of colorful illustrations and illuminating quizzes, you learn about the negative effects of toxins found throughout your home and receive simple solutions to help minimize exposure without foregoing convenience. The Healthy Home gives people the power to make a long-term impact on their health and that of their loved ones. An invaluable guide, it...
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18. |  Assessing and Treating Late-Life Depression: A Casebook and Resource Guide By: Michele J. Karel; Suzanne Ogland-hand; Margaret Gatz Publisher: Basic Books Publication Date: 14-FEB-2002 Insert Date: 16-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Assessing and Treating Late-Life Depression: A Casebook and Resource Guide
Not only is depression among the elderly treatable but, given its
increase in incidence and a rapidly aging population, it is a critical
issue for the mental-health and medical communities. The authors review
the range of late-life depressive syndromes and the strategies for
assessing and treating them, and illustrate the problems and principles
with fourteen extended case studies-rare in the geropsychology
literature and the core of the book. They also provide a guide to
medications, screening tools, innovative models, and supplementary
resources, invaluable tools for...
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19. |  Change Your Age: Using Your Body and Brain to Feel Younger, Stronger, and More Fit By: Frank Wildman Publisher: Da Capo Press Publication Date: 09-MAR-2010 Insert Date: 10-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Change Your Age: Using Your Body and Brain to Feel Younger, Stronger, and More Fit
In the tradition of Thomas Hanna’s Somatics and Pete Egoscue’s Pain Free, Frank Wildman’s Change Your Age
offers a proven program for improving health, vitality, and fitness at
any age. By integrating the body and mind to achieve greater
coordination, agility, balance, and performance, you can improve every
aspect of your life, from everyday to high-performance activities. No
matter your age or condition, Change Your Age will add years of
easy mobility to your life, and promises that you can stay fit, healthy,
toned, and active throughout midlife and beyond, without injury or...
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20. |  The Everything Pregnancy Nutrition Book By: Kimberly A. Tessmer Publisher: Adams Media Publication Date: 01-JAN-2012 Insert Date: 09-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Everything Pregnancy Nutrition Book The Everything Pregnancy Nutrition Book helps you break down all that confusing information about prenatal vitamins, calorie counting, and smart food shopping. From getting healthy before conceiving to staying fit through each stage of pregnancy, you can shape your eating and exercise habits to contribute positively to your well-being-and ultimately, your baby's. The Everything Pregnancy Nutrition Book helps you design a well-balanced diet that's right for you and your baby, whether you're a teenage mother-to-be, an older expecting mom, or somewhere in between. With this engaging and...
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