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The Canyon Ranch Guide To Men's Health: A Doctor's Prescription for Male Wellness

Stephen C Brewer - SelectBooks
Format: Print book

Do you or someone you love have a Y chromosome? If so, this book is for you. The average life expectancy for men is five years shorter than for women. Why? Because men neglect their health. Dr. Stephen C. Brewer's The Canyon Ranch Guide to Men's Fitness: A Doctor's Prescription for Male...
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Sex Matters: How Male-Centric Medicine Endangers Women's Health and What Women Can Do About It

Alyson J. McGregor MD - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Hardcover

A clarion call about the dangers of medicine for women, as well as a manual for how women can get the right care for their bodies, from physician and leading expert on sex and gender medicine Sex Matters tackles one of the most urgent, yet unspoken issues facing women's health care...
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Beauty Sick: How the Cultural Obsession with Appearance Hurts Girls and Women

Renee Ph D Engeln - Harper
Format: Hardcover

An award-winning Northwestern University psychology professor reveals how the cultural obsession with women's appearance is an epidemic that harms women's ability to get ahead and to live happy, meaningful lives, in this powerful, eye-opening work in the vein of Naomi Wolf, Peggy Orenstein,...
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The Ageless Body: How To Hold Back The Years To Achieve A Better Body

Peta Bee - Bloomsbury Sport, 2016.
Format: Print book

Discover the new goals and new rules that are the route to a healthier, better looking and better functioning body. For life.From Gwen Stefani and Cameron Diaz to Jennifer Aniston and Naomi Watts, a new breed of 40- and 50-plus women are redefining not just what an ageless body looks like,...
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Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers can See Beyond Alzheimer's

Patti Davis - Liveright
Format: Hardcover

With the searching, exquisite prose of a loving daughter, Patti Davis provides a life raft for the caregivers of Alzheimer's patients."For the decade of my father's illness, I felt as if I was floating in the deep end, tossed by waves, carried by currents, but not drowning."...
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Caring for Loved Ones with Heart Disease

J Shah, MD. - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Guides caregivers of those with heart disease through the process of supporting their loved one without sacrificing their own personal needs and wellbeing.Over 30 million people in the US suffer from heart disease and it is universally feared as the most common cause of death. Through the various...
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The New Generation Breast Cancer Book: How to Navigate Your Diagnosis and Treatment Options-and Remain Optimistic-in an Age of Information Overload

Dr. Elisa Port - Ballantine Books
Format: Paperback

From an expert in the field comes the definitive guide to managing breast cancer in the information age - a comprehensive resource for diagnosis, treatment, and peace of mind. The breast cancer cure rate is at an all-time high, and so is the information, to say nothing of the misinformation,...
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A Mind Unraveled: A True Story of Disease, Love, and Triumph

Kurt Eichenwald - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

The compelling story of an acclaimed journalist and New York Times bestselling authors ongoing struggle with epilepsy - how, through personal resilience and the support of loved ones, he overcame medical incompetence and institutional discrimination to achieve once unthinkable success....
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Dreams at the Threshold: Guidance, Comfort, and Healing at the End of Life

Jeanne Van Bronkhorst - Llewellyn Publications
Format: Print book

At the end of life dreams can help start important conversations and encourage the resolution of old wounds. They provide a welcome sense of dignity in their sharing and often help those who are dying move confidently toward an unknown future. Dreams at the Threshold provides simple instructions...
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Living Well with a Serious Illness: A Guide to Palliative Care for Mind, Body, and Spirit (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)

Robin Bennett Kanarek - Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Hardcover

A practical guide for understanding how palliative care can improve quality of life for patients and their caregivers.Robin Bennett Kanarek was a registered nurse working with patients suffering from chronic medical conditions when her ten-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia. As her son endured...
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