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Epidemic: Ebola and the Global Scramble to Prevent the Next Killer Outbreak

Reid Wilson · Brookings Institution Press
Pages: 298
Format: Hardcover

A global health catastrophe narrowly averted. A world unprepared for the next great threat.In December 2013, a young boy in a tiny West African village contracted the deadly Ebola virus. The virus spread to his relatives, then to neighboring communities, then across international borders....
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Sugar Smart Express: The 21-Day Quick Start Plan to Stop Cravings, Lose Weight, and Still Enjoy the Sweets You Love!

Anne Alexander · Rodale Books
Format: Hardcover

Sugar is everywhere. Once confined to candy, desserts, and the sugar bowl, it has made its way into our peanut butter, bread, tomato sauce, and salad dressing. The average American eats nearly 130 pounds of added sugar a year, and 75 percent of 86,000 foods analyzed in one study contained...
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What Makes Olga Run?: The Mystery of the 90-Something Track Star and What She Can Teach Us About Living Longer, Happier Lives

Bruce Grierson · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 241
Format: Print book

A fascinating look at the way we age today and the extent to which we can shape the processIn What Makes Olga Run? Bruce Grierson explores what the wild success of a ninety-four-year-old track star can tell us about how our bodies and minds age. Olga Kotelko is not your average ninety-four-year-old....
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What You Must Know About Memory Loss & How You Can Stop It: A Guide to Proven Techniques and Supplements to Maintain, Strengthen, or Regain Memory

Pamela Wartian Smith · Square One Publishers
Pages: 223
Format: Paperback

Leave it to one of America's best-selling physician/authors to tackle one of the country's fastest-growing health concerns. With over 77 million baby boomers living in the U.S., memory loss is quickly becoming a major issue. Although the common belief is that these irritating lapses...
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How Can I Get Better?: An Action Plan for Treating Resistant Lyme and Chronic Disease

Richard I Horowitz · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 470
Format: Paperback

AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER!"Horowitz is one of the most prominent 'Lyme literate' physicians ... patients wait for months to see him, and several told me that he had essentially cured them of a disease that nobody else seemed able to treat." -- The New Yorker"If you have...
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Treatment Manual for Anorexia Nervosa, Second Edition: A Family-Based Approach

James Lock · Guilford Press
Pages: 289
Format: Print book

This indispensable manual presents the leading empirically supported treatment approach for adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) . What sets family-based treatment apart is the central role played by parents and siblings throughout therapy. The book gives practitioners a clear framework...
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The Gluten Lie: And Other Myths About What You Eat

Alan Levinovitz · Regan Arts
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

An incendiary work of science journalism debunking the myths that dominate the American diet and showing readers how to stop feeling guilty and start loving their food again - sure to ignite controversy over our obsession with what it means to eat right.FREE YOURSELF FROM ANXIETY ABOUT...
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Toxin Toxout: Getting Harmful Chemicals Out of Our Bodies and Our World

Bruce Lourie · St. Martin's Press; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

How do I get this stuff out of me?Bruce Lourie and Rick Smith, two of North America's environmental leaders, have been asked this question on an almost daily basis since the publication of their runaway international bestseller, Slow Death by Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday...
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Beyond Schizophrenia: Living and Working with a Serious Mental Illness

Marjorie L. Baldwin · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The experience of living and working with schizophrenia is often fraught with challenges and setbacks. This book is a comprehensive attempt to explain why, in spite of near-miraculous advances in medication and treatment, persons with mental illness fare worse than almost any other disadvantaged...
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52 Ways to Beat Diabetes: Simple, Easy Tips to Stay Happy and Healthy

INC BOTTOM LINE · Sourcebooks
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Diabetes is epidemic in the United States, but diagnosis doesn't mean a healthy and vibrant life is unattainable! In 52 Ways to Beat Diabetes, the editors of Bottom Line Inc. give you an entire year of tips, ideas, and actions on how you can beat diabetes now, from some of the top health...
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Attacking Anxiety: A Step-by-Step Guide to an Engaging Approach to Treating Anxiety and Phobias in Children with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

Naomi Chedd · Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback

Drawing on the principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) , this book sets out a clear, enjoyable, step-by-step approach for addressing the sorts of anxieties, fears and phobias that are so common in children and teens with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and related challenges....
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You Can Stop Humming Now: A Doctor's Stories of Life, Death, and in Between

Daniela Lamas · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A critical care doctor's breathtaking stories about what it means to be saved by modern medicineModern medicine is a world that glimmers with new technology and cutting-edge research. To the public eye, medical stories often begin with sirens and flashing lights and culminate in survival...
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Weeknight Wonders: Delicious, Healthy Dinners in 30 Minutes or Less

Ellie Krieger · Houghton Mifflin
Format: Hardcover

Beloved Food Network and Cooking Channel star Ellie Krieger knows the secret to healthy eating: it has to be delicious. You won't eat right if you feel deprived. WEEKNIGHT WONDERS offers 150 recipes for your favorite foods, as delicious as ever, yet magically reworked without all the fat and cholesterol....
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