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    Aging and the Eye

    A CD (2 Parts), of Timothy J. Scott, M.D. (Ophthalmology) lecture on Aging and the Eye.

    All the Colors

    This CD contains 14 songs by local singer, songwriter Ira Marlowe

    Autism and Asperger's

    Part of the Community Health Resource Center's Community Lecture Series given by Niranjan S. Karnik, M.D., Ph.D.

    Brain Injuries: Rehabilitation and Support

    Presenters: Norman Banks, M.D., PAMF Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Vicky Fukuhara, M.S., CCC-SP, CCM Donna Schempp, LCSW, Family Caregiver Alliance Clara Roa, Program Director, Peninsula Stroke Association

    Panel discussion about brain injurie

    Cancer Survival Toolbox

    six CD's with twelve "programs" to help people with cancer meet the challenges of their illness. Includes information on communicating with others, finding information, making decisions, problem-solving, and much more.

    Cardiac Ablation and Device Therapy

    A CD (2 Parts), PAMF Physicians, lecture on cardiac ablation and device therapy.

    First Step to Cancer Survival, The

    A 12 program audio resource program. Programs 1-6 covers Basic Skills that can help people with cancer meet the challenges of their illness. Programs 7-12 covers special topics that may be of interest to you. These programs will probably be most useful

    From Heel Pain to Hammertoes: Common Foot Problems

    Guided Meditations for the Mindbody Medicine Program

    Happiest Baby on the Block, The (CD)

    Produced by Dr. Harvey Karp, author of "The Happiest Baby on the Block", this CD contains 5 tracks of calming white noise which provides sounds that help switch on the baby's "calming reflex".

    Hearing Loss: A Look at the Physical, Emotional and Social Impact

    Sharon Goodson, CCC-A, Au.D., PAMF Audiologist

    Hearing loss is a serious and often under-treated problem. Join us to hear about the physical causes of hearing loss, the emotional and social effects of untreated hearing loss, and treatment options incl

    Is It Alzheimer's or Just Memory Loss? (Part 1)

    For Your Health Lecture Series presentation

    Is It Alzheimer's or Just Memory Loss? (Part 2)

    For Your Health Lecture Series presentation

    Menopause Update

    2 Part audio CD of the Community Health Resource Center's Lecture Series presented by Meg Durbin, M.D.

    Mindful Healing: Opening to Change, Forgiveness, and Loving Kindness

    This educational, interactive CD will introduce you to mindfulness meditation practices and teach you simple, yet profound tools that will help you open to change, forgiveness, and loving kindness.

    Mindful Healing: Working with Anxiety, Fear and Panic

    Mindful Healing: Working with Asthma, COPD, And Respiratory Challenges

    Mindful Healing: Working with Back Pain

    Mindful Healing: Working with Chronic Pain

    If you are living with chronic pain, this educational, interactive CD will introduce you to mindfulness meditation and teach you simple, profound tools that can decrease your pain and bring you greater balance and peace.

    Mindful Healing: Working with Headaches and Migraines

    Mindful Healing: Working with Heart Disease

    Mindful Healing: Working with High Blood Pressure

    Mindful Healing: Working with Insomnia and Sleep Challenges

    If you are living with insomnia and sleep challenges, this educational, interactive CD will introduce you to mindfulness meditation and teach you simple, profound tools that can help you fall asleep and stay asleep longer.

    Mindful Healing: Working with Neck and Shoulder Pain

    If you are living with neck and shoulder pain, this educational, interactive CD will introduce you to mindfulness meditation and teach you simple, profound tools that can decrease your pain and bring you greater balance and peace.

    Mindfulness for Beginners

    This audio program (2 CD's) presents five guided meditations by meditation teacher and mindfulness proponent Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn.

    Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program: Metta Practice

    PAMF Pulse Series: Anxiety and Depression

    This 2-disc audio recording comes directly from our media site, The Pulse. If you don't have time or capability to download, you can now check this out in our Health Resource Center.

    PAMF Pulse Series: Is It Alzheimer's or Just Memory Loss?

    Cognitive impairment is part of normal aging, but at what point is it an indication of a neurodegenerative disease like Alzheimer's? This talk will focus on recognition of the disease in its early stages, potential preventive measures and treatment options.

    PAMF Pulse Series: Meet Your Feet

    Meagan Jennings, DPM at the Mountain View Center discusses common foot problems and treatment options.

    PAMF Pulse Series: Stress Management in Troubled Times

    Chronic stress affects the body in many ways - this lecture review ways stress impacts our mental and physical health by discussing the science of mind-body medicine. Tracy Thompson, M.D., and Betty Runnels, M.A., MFT.

    PAMF Pulse Series: Yoga

    This 2-disc audio recording comes directly from our media site, The Pulse. If you don't have time or capability to download, you can now check this out in our Health Resource Center.

    Prostate Cancer Care "Survivors' Perspectives"

    Prostate Cancer: The Patient Experience

    Presented by: A Panel of PAMF Physicians and Prostate Cancer Survivors

    A PAMF urologist and a radiation oncologist will present a brief overview of prostate cancer and its treatment options. They will be joined by several prostate cancer survivors
    http://209.242.151.13/mills/mp3/prostatecare_0907web.mp3 (opens new window)

    Relaxation Exercises

    During these sessions, relaxation expert Dawn C. Buse, PhD, will introduce you to a series of relaxation exercises to help you experience relief from stress and tension.

    Silent Killer: Detection and management of hypertension, The

    A PAMF lecture series presentation.

    Skin Cancers and Common Look-a-Likes

    Sleep

    For Your Health Lecture Series presentation.

    Stress Management in Troubled Times - Disk 1

    Stress Management in Troubled Times - Disk 2

    Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: the Old and the New

    Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is an autoimmune disease that can affect any organ system in the body. The disease most commonly causes fatigue, arthritis and skin rash, but it can also cause inflammation and damage in organs such as the kidneys and blood ve
    http://209.242.151.13/mills/mp3/pa_1107_lupus.mp3 (opens new window)

    Taking the Burn Out of Heartburn

    This talk focuses on the latest research on the causes and treatment of acid reflux, also known as GERD. Frank Fazzolari, M.D., PAMF Gastroenterology Lecture from June 10, 2008

    Total Relaxation

    This book presents relaxation techniques organized into five broad categories to facilitate body/mind/spirit relaxation. There is an accompanying 60 minute CD with four guided relaxation techniques.

    Tourette Syndrome: A Compendium for Physicians and Allied Health Professionals

    This is a 3 disc set. Disc 1 contains a list of scientific literature on the treatment of and recent advances in Tourette Syndrome. Links are provided to pdf documents. Disc 2 contains highlights from the Tourette Syndrome Association 5th International Scientific Symposium. Disc 3 is a video guide to the diagnosis of Tourette Syndrome. This material is for viewing in the Community Health Resource Center.

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    Children's Books

    A Book for Honey Bear: Reading Keeps the Sighs Away

    When a baby bear gets sick, the doctor prescribes her a homespun remedy of reading a book twenty minutes every day.

    Abby's Asthma and the Big Race

    Abby is practicing for the big race, but she is worried that her asthma will stop her from winning. Includes doctor's note on asthma and exercise.

    Alexander and His Pals Visit the Main Street School

    Take a bus trip with Alexander and his friends as they travel to the Main Street School to teach children about food allergies. Learn important rules that will help you to take care of your food allergies!

    Alexander Goes Out to Eat

    This children's book is about Alexander the elephant, who is allergic to peanuts, going to eat at a restaurant and the precautions he must. It discusses the issues and emotions involved in having a food allergy in simple and understandable terms.

    Alexander Goes to a Birthday Party

    In this children's book, Alexander the elephant, who is allergic to peanuts, learns how to politely refuse foods that might cause an allergic reaction and how to watch out for himself. This book deals with the emotions that might occur when dealing with

    Alexander Goes Trick-or-Treating

    In this children's book, Alexander the elephant goes trick-or-treating and learns to look at food ingredients to avoid his food allergy.

    Alexander Learns His Lesson

    In this children's book, Alexander the elephant learns his lesson when he eats food that affects his food allergy. This book discusses the dangers of doing so, and the actions that follow.

    All About Allergies

    Child's storybook about allergies from the AAAAI

    All About Asthma

    Children's storybook about asthma from The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

    All About Food and Insect Sting Allergies

    This colorful book is written for kids who have food and insect sting allergies. It tells the story of Miguel, who is allergic to peanuts, and Lindsey, who is allergic to bees. The book will help kids understand how to control their allergies.

    All About My Brother

    Written by eight year-old Sarah Peralta, this book offers a child's perspective about her brother's autism and offers advice for other children on how to cope as well as understanding the condition.

    Animal Homes

    One of the Beatrix Potter board book series, this book has a colourful, shaped cover featuring Squirrel Nutkin and is based on a simple concept with easy-to-follow text.

    Apple Patty Patches

    This book is written by an author who has helped hundreds of children and their parents with the difficult task of occlusion therapy.

    Arthur's Chicken Pox

    This is an easy to read book that talks about chicken pox.

    Arthur's Tooth

    Arthur, tired of being the only one in his class who still has all his baby teeth, waits impatiently for his loose tooth to fall out.

    Barney Meets the New Baby

    Discusses the joy of being an elder sibling.

    Before You Were Born

    This book about pregnancy tells the parallel story of mother and baby, from hearing the thumpity-thump of baby's heartbeat to that unforgettable first meeting.

    Berenstain Bears Go To The Doctor, The

    Dr. Grizzly gives the Berenstain cubs a regular checkup.

    Berenstain Bears' New Baby, The

    Easy to read book that talks about bringing home a new baby.

    Blueberry Eyes

    This book is a developmental model for parents and children to use as they negotiate life's changes, whether that change is an illness, a loss, or a surgery.

    Bratty Brothers and Selfish Sisters: All About Sibling Rivalry

    Elf-help Books for Kids - Addressing the needs of children and the adults who care for them.

    Bugs for Lunch

    Rhyming text introduces bug-eating animals such as geckos, trout, or even people. Includes additional facts about each creature.

    Busy Body Book, The

    An introduction to the human body, how it functions, and its need for exercise.

    Chewy, Gooey, Rumble, Plop! A Deliciously Disgusting Plop-Up Guide to The Digestive System

    Humans are hollow! Yes—you are basically just a tube, with a hole at each end. Food goes in one hole and . . . something else comes out of the other. But what goes on in between? This cleverly constructed pop-up book brings the gross, squelchy secrets of

    Chris Gets Ear Tubes

    This children's book describes the experience of a young boy whose chronic ear infections are affecting his hearing, until he goes into the hospital for a simple operation.

    Como nos Movemos

    Describes different ways of movement such as people who walk on two legs, animals that walk on four, spiders that walk on eight, frogs that leap and butterflies that glide through the air.

    Consumer's Guide to Laboratory Tests, A

    Using simple, nontechnical language, this book provides background on the many types of tests that hospitals and clinics perform, exactly what in the body is being tested, and what the results mean. Material is organized according to body systems, covering topics including microbiology, immunology, histotechnology, and DNA testing.

    Corduroy Goes to the Doctor

    This book talks about a child having a check-up, letting the doctor listen to his heart, and letting the doctor look at his eyes and ears.

    Curious George Goes to the Hospital

    A curious monkey goes to the hospital after swallowing a piece of jigsaw puzzle.

    Di"aaaa" Dora va al medico

    Dora visits the doctor for a check-up, and the doctor listens to her heartbeat, weighs and measures her, and looks in her eyes, ears, and throat.

    Dinosaurs Alive and Well - A Guide to Good Health

    This book gives young children a head start on establishing healthy habits that will last a lifetime. In addition, the book includes tips on how to exercise your body and your mind and much more.

    Dinosaurs Beware - A Safety Guide

    This book helps you teach children safety rules in a easy way. It is a genuinely funny and engaging safety book.

    Dinosaurs Divorce - A Guide for Changing Families

    This book will help children understand divorce words and what they mean, why parents divorce, living with one parent and much more.

    Do You Still Love Me?

    When her parents have an argument, Carrot is worried they no longer love each other or her, and her friend Oscar tries to cheer her up.

    Doctor de Soto

    Dr. De Soto, a mouse dentist, copes with the toothaches of various animals except those with a taste for mice, until the day a fox comes to him in great pain.

    Edible Pyramid, The

    In this book, the customers at The Edible Pyramid restaurant learn healthful ways to eat.

    Elmo's Breakfast Bingo

    Here's one simple and imaginative way to get your kids - and the whole family! - eating to start every day the right way!

    Fall of Freddie The Leaf - A Story of Life For All Ages, The

    This book touches children and adults alike, illustrating the delicate balance between life and death.

    Family Book, The

    Represents a variety of families, some big and some small, some with only one parent and some with two moms or dads, some quiet and some noisy, but all alike in some ways and special no matter what.

    Franklin Va Al Hospital

    Franklin's shell has cracked, and he needs to be a brave turtle when it's time to go to the hospital

    Frog who Longed for the Moon to Smile, The

    Germs Are Not for Sharing

    An illustrated book for ages 4 to 7 years, this book teaches the young reader about germs and ways to stay clean and healthy.

    Germs Make Me Sick

    Explains how bacteria and viruses affect the human body and how the body fights them

    Germs Make Me Sick!

    This is a Let's Read and Find Out Science Book for young children.

    Get Set For School

    A developmentally based program to prepare children for Kindergarten using coloring, drawing and handwriting skills. For four to five year olds.

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Glasses for D.W.

    Marc Brown's funny story is easy to read and comes with picture stickers galore. Here is an exciting new way to help beginners get in step with reading and at the same time try their hand at creative writing.

    Good Answers to Tough Questions: Divorce

    Provides answers to questions children often ask about divorce and child custody matters. It also provides specific things children can do to ease their own pain and improve their own situations

    Good Enough to Eat - A Kid's Guide to Food and Nutrition

    This book is the guide to kids' nutrition written especially for kids. It's a practical, hands-on tool for families who want to eat a healthy diet.

    Good-Bye Tonsils

    A young girl describes what happens when she goes to the hospital to have her tonsils removed

    Gregory, the Terrible Eater

    A very picky eater, Gregory the goat refuses the usual goat diet staples of shoes and tin cans in favor of fruits, vegetables, eggs, and orange juice

    Growing Vegetable Soup

    A father and child grow vegetables and then make them into a soup

    Guess Who Needs Glasses?

    This picture book takes children and their parents through the experience of an eye exam, allaying their fears about glasses while addressing their concerns-all in a fun and kidlike way.

    Happy, Healthy Monsters - Elmo's Breakfast Bingo

    Eating right, keeping fit, and getting enough sleep are all basic components of healthy living, but they sometimes seem tough to tackle on a daily basis. The books in this series are filled with easy and practical tips that will help you and your little

    Healthy Body Cookbook, The

    Over 50 fun activities and delicious recipes for kids.

    Honest Pretzels

    In this book, the author speaks directly to children through 65 fully kid-tested, illustrated recipes that require some, but not a lot of, adult assistance. This book is not only about making food, but also about practicing reading, math, and logic skills

    How Are You Peeling?

    Simple rhyming text and bright array of emotional produce make this the perfect introduction to the complex world of feelings for children.

    I Don't Want To Go To The Toilet

    This all-in-one book focuses on the challenges of toilet training preschoolers who are uninterested, resistant or fearful of the toilet. It offers two stories for children as well as a comprehensive manual for parents.

    I Used to Be the Baby

    This book is the story of a sibling who suddenly finds himself with a baby brother. This is a easy to read book for older siblings.

    I wish I had Glasses like Rosa

    Abby will try anything to wear glasses like Rosa does, then realizes she might have something that is just as desirable

    I'm a Big Sister

    With charm and sensitivity, the author celebrates the warmth and security of family and home - from a big sister's perspective.

    It's Time to Learn About Diabetes

    This is a workbook on diabetes for children.

    Keeping a Secret

    In this book, the author helps children understand their symptoms and cope with the consequences of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA).

    Kid-Friendly Food Allergy Cookbook, The

    More than 150 recipes that are wheat-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, egg-free and/or low in sugar.

    Kim Goes to Camp

    In this children's book, Kim, a girl with food allergies, learns how to deal with eating with food allergies away from home and taking care of herself.

    Kim Learns How to Take Care of Herself

    In this children's book, Kim, a girl with food allergies and eczema learns how to take care of herself, eat to avoid affecting her allergy and how to deal with a classmate's teasing.

    Lenny Learns About Food Labels

    In this children's book, Lenny the lion learns about food labels and how to look at the label to avoid ingredients that will affect his allergy to milk.

    Letters and Numbers For ME

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Lifetimes: The beautiful way to explain death to children

    Briefly describes the beginning and end of life for plants, animals, insects, and people

    Lions Aren't Scared of Shots

    This book offers parents advice and tips for encouraging their child to feel comfortable and brave with routine checkups, sick visits, shots, and other medical procedures.

    Long and The Short of It, The

    This book follows the stories of Isabel and Emma; two girls with "hair problems." One wants her hair to be longer; the other has lost her hair because of cancer treatment and would just like it back. Each girl's experience leads her to a new understanding.

    Max Makes A New Friend

    Mom Has Cancer

    A little boy becomes frightened when learning that his mother has cancer. He then works through his fear with the help of both parents.

    Mommy's Story: An Introduction for Younger Children to Learn About a Parent's MS

    Monster Health Book, The

    This book is a guide to eating healthy, being active, and feeling great for monsters and kids.

    Mr. Gumpy's Outing

    Mr. Gumpy accepts more and more riders on his boat until the inevitable occurs

    My Brother Charlie

    A girl tells what it is like living with her twin brother who has autism and sometimes finds it hard to communicate with words, but who, in most ways, is just like any other boy. Includes authors' note about autism.

    My Friend Has Down Syndrome

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    My Friend Isabelle

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    My Sister Rose Has Diabetes

    Discusses the management of Type I diabetes, highlighting the issues of those without diabetes who sometimes feel forgotten in a family preoccupied with this chronic condition.

    Natalie's Lice Aren't Nice!

    Natalie learns that lice can happen to anyone, and shares her real life story about having lice.

    New Baby at Your House, The

    This classic book has helped thousands of families to pull together as they talk about what to expect when the new baby comes home.

    New Baby, The

    This children's story presents the idea the new baby takes some getting used to, but she's worth it.

    Nowhere Hair

    A children's book: Having hunted for her mother's missing hair, a young girl learn the truth about cancer while experiencing life (with hats, scarves, baldness, and love) during chemotherapy.

    Oh, the Things You Can Do that are Good for You

    The Cat in the Hat takes children to the Feeling Great Clinic, where they learn about exercise, germs, healthy eating, and playing safely.

    On Your Mark, Get Set, Grow

    Once Upon a Potty (For Her)

    Explains in simple text and illustrations why and how a little girl uses a potty.

    Once Upon a Potty (For Him)

    Your child will be empowered by Joshua as he learns to use his new potty.

    Open Wide

    This is a fact-filled, sure-fire, kid-centric introduction to dental health.

    Orangutans

    Otto Learns About His Medicine

    Otto, a fidgety young car that has trouble paying attention in school, visits a special mechanic who prescribes a medicine to control his hyperactive behavior.

    Our Immune System

    Peanut Butter Jam, The

    This book hopes to help readers better understand the seriousness of food-allergies.

    Pretend Soup

    The authors bring the grown-up world of real cooking to a child's level. Young children can become head chef while an adult serves as guide and helper.

    Princess and the Peanut, The

    A children's book for any parent of a child with a food allergy. This is a lighthearted, entertaining and sweet way to help both a parent and child cope and raise awareness of the reality of having a food allergy.

    Salad People

    With the help of this book, children as young as three can roll up their sleeves and cook real food with pleasure and pride.

    Science Experiments You Can Eat

    Transform your kitchen into a laboratory. These science experiments have a quick and easy way to clean up at the end of the day...eat them!

    Storm in my Brain, The

    A children's book addressing kids and mood disorders, such as depression and bipolar disorder.

    Taking Seizure Disorders to School

    This children's book is about a young girl and her experience with epilepsy, and the impact it has on school.

    Those Mean Nasty Dirty Downright Disgusting but… Invisible Germs

    A little girl, who accumulates germs on her hands during her busy day, defeats them by washing her hands before meals.

    What a Baby Needs

    This is a book that takes a warm look at how life in the family changes to accommodate the needs of a newborn.

    What Mommies Do Best

    This book talks about how a mother can teach her child to ride a bike, sew a loose button on the teddy bear, and read a cozy bedtime story.

    What to Expect When the New Baby Comes Home

    Answers questions about what the new babies look like, what they do and don't do, and what having one around the house will be like.

    What to Expect When You Go to the Doctor

    Everyone needs to go to the doctor for checkups and for a child who doesn't understand what staying healthy means and why it's important, a visit to the doctor can be a bewildering experience. This book can provide you with answers to your child's questio

    Why Do I Have To?

    This all-in-one book includes a story for children and a guidence section for parents. The first part of the book is a story that helps children ages three through five understand the importance of listening. The second part is a guide, teaching parents to be a knowledgeable and consistent parent.

    Why I Cough, Sneeze, Shiver, Hiccup & Yawn

    This is a Let's Read and Find Out Science Book for young children.

    You Can't Make a Move Without Your Muscles

    This is a Let's Read and Find Out Science Book for young children about muscles and how they work.

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    Medical Reference Texts

    5-Minute Sports Medicine Consult, The

    The 5-Minute Sports Medicine Consult is your reference for current diagnosis and treatment for on-field and long-term management of sports-related problems. You'll find more than 280 topics arranged alphabetically containing the information you need to a

    Active Birth: The New Approach to Giving Birth Naturally

    In this book, the author teaches mothers to develop and work with all of their physical resources for giving birth, and to follow their instincts for labor and the birth of their baby. Techniques for maximizing comfort and efficient contractions, as well as excercises for recovery and relaxation after childbirth are detailed.

    Allergies Sourcebook

    This book provides updated information about the causes, triggers, treatments, and prevalence of common allergic disorders, including rhinitis, sinusitis, conjunctivitis, hives, dermatitis, eczema, and anaphylaxis. It discusses the immune system and its

    American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine, The

    Atlas of Common Pain Syndromes

    This book offers complete coverage on the majority of common pain syndromes you encounter in practice.

    Atlas of Human Anatomy

    A complete human anatomy atlas.

    Atlas of Pediatric Physical Diagnosis

    This text provides a complete guide to anatomic signs and laboratory and radiologic findings for pediatric disorders.

    Behavioral Medicine in Primary Care, 2nd edition

    Covers physician-patient relationship and interviewing techniques, clinical vignettes, mental disorders and current treatment information, and a new chapter on 'Complementary and Alternative Medicine.'

    Beyond the Body Betrayed

    Every individual with disordered eating has her or his own story behind their condition. The author, with 25 years of experience as a psychiatrist, navigates the research on disordered eating gleaned from biological, cultural and psychological studies, and addresses the other essential components of a fully individualized, integrated treatment plan.

    Breast Cancer

    Written by highly eminent authors, Breast Cancer is produced in full color and is richly illustrated throughout, providing a review of each cancer including its incidence, epidemiology, etiology and histopathology, together with the clinical features. Di

    Cancer-Fighting Kitchen, The

    Science-based, nutrient-rich recipes intended to stimulate appetite and address treatment side-effects for individuals undergoing cancer treatment. Includes comprehensive list of immunity-boosting and cancer-fighting ingredients.

    CIBA Collection of Medical Illustrations: Volume 1 Nervous System, The

    CIBA Collection of Medical Illustrations: Volume 3 Digestive System Part III, The

    Classic Teachings in Clinical Cardiology Vol 1

    Classic Teachings in Clinical Cardiology Vol 2

    Clinical Dermatology

    This book covers in-depth topics for dermatology.

    Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility

    Clinical Ophthalmology

    This book discusses in-depth eye disorders, diseases and other eye related issues with pictures and illustrations.

    Clinical Preventive Medicine

    Covers topics such as the principles of clinical prevention, behavioral influences in health and disease, physical activity as a preventive tool, the relationships between nutrition and disease prevention, genetics, and many others.

    Complete Medicinal Herbal, The

    Offers a photographic survey of more than 120 medicinal herbs with important therapeutic properties and a section on their historical uses. Each entry details the plant's chemical constituents, its actions, and its therapeutic applications.

    Critical Care Medicine

    Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book, 5th edition

    This 5th edition of Dr. Love's informative, complete and highly readable book on breast care is completely reorganized and revised. The book reflects the current hypothesis and shift in thinking regarding breast cancer. As a result of this shift, decision making about care and treatment may be more complicated for some. Dr. Love provides tools to help in the decision making process.

    Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders Sourcebook

    Basic consumer health information about disorders of the ears, hearing loss, vestibular disorders, nasal and sinus problems, throat and vocal cord disorders, and otolaryngologic cancers, including facts about ear infections and injuries, genetic and conge

    Encyclopedia of Autoimmune Disease, The

    This text provides clear and comprehensice information about each of the more than 80 autoimmune diseases, as well as their suspected causes, clinical features, treatment strategies, and current research.

    Encyclopedia of Mental Health, The

    This is a one-stop reference for key topics regarding contemporary mental health concerns.

    Essential Atlas of Heart Diseases

    A comprehensive text covering anatomy and functions of the heart, as well as heart diseases.

    Family Physicians and Managed Care A View to the 90's

    Fibromyalgia & Other Centeral Pain Syndromes

    A comprehensive textbook devoted to fibromyalgia and other centrally mediated chronic pain syndromes with critical reviews of information from recent studies. The research is based from evidence-based reviews of current controversies.

    Fluoride Varnish and the Prevention of Dental Caries/ Dental Traumatology

    Four-Minute Neurologic Exam, The

    General Ophthalmology

    A classic reference covering the diagnosis and treatment of all major ophthalmic diseases and disorders, as well as neurological and systemic diseases causing visual disturbance.

    Glenn's Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Vol 2

    Gray's Anatomy

    Classic anatomy text with many black and white drawings.

    Gray's Anatomy for Students

    Greenspan's Basic & Clinical Endocrinology

    Reference for the field of clinical endocrinology and the underlying basic science

    Griffith's Instructions for Patients

    This book discusses everything the patients need to know about their condition-from basic descriptions of illnesses, and frequent signs and symptoms, to preventive measures and expected outcomes.

    Guide to Your Pregnancy and Newborn, A

    A two-part guide: Part one is a complete month-by-month pregnancy guide; fetal development; prenatal tests; lnutrition and excercises in pregnancy; labor and birth. Part two focuses on the newborn baby, common problems and concerns of new parents; infant feeding; post-partum care and adjustment.

    Handbook of Stress, Theoretical and Clinical Aspects (2nd edition)

    Up to date information that covers and extensive range of current topics on the causes, symptoms, and treatments of stress.

    Harrison's Principle's of Internal Medicine

    A physician's guide to internal medicine.

    Hunter's Tropical Medicine

    Hurst's The Heart: Manual of Cardiology

    When you need definitive and authoritative answers to diagnosis and treatment of heart disease, Hurst's The Heart is the name clinicians know and trust. Portable, powerful, pocket-friendly, and affordable, Hurst's is now better than ever.

    Injured Athlete, The

    Instructions for Obstetric and Gynecologic Patients

    Lange: Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Test, 4th edition

    Mayo Clinic Medical Manual

    A handbook that was written to specifically address the needs of the physician on call.

    Medical Herbalism, The Science and Practice of Herbal Medicine

    A textbook on the scientific principles of therapeutic herbalism and their application in medicine.

    Medicine in a Page

    One page format where you can review etiology, epidemiology, signs and symptoms, differential diagnosis, and treatment options for over 200 diseases and disorders

    Merck Manual, The

    Mini Medications and Mother's Milk (Fourteenth Edition)

    This quick-reference companion to the full edition Medications and Mother's Milk provides up-to-date information on lactational pharmacology in a concise format that includes a quick and short "Clinical" section that gives the user a condensed set of advice on each drug. Includes drug descriptions, kinetics, pregnancy risk categories, lactation risk categories, and clinical information.

    Mosby's Guide to Physical Examination

    Myofascial Pain and Fibromyalgia Syndromes, a Clinical Guide to Diagnosis and Management

    This book reviews pathogenesis, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, differential diagnosis and management of myofascial trigger point pain syndrom and fibromyalgia syndrome.

    Neurological Surgery Vol 1

    Neurological Surgery Vol 2

    Neurological Surgery Vol 3

    Neurological Surgery Vol 4

    Neurological Surgery Vol 5

    Neurology in Clinical Practice, 3rd edition, vol 2

    Neurology in Clinical Practice,3rd ed., vol. 1

    Novak's Textbook of Gynecology

    Nutrition and Diagnosis - Related Care

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    Obstetrics and Gynecology

    This text provides basic, practical information in obstetrics, gynecology, and women's health.

    Ophthalmology

    This book talks about ophthalmology in great detail.

    Opthalmology Made Ridiculously Simple

    Opthamology Principles and Concepts

    Orthopaedic Knowledge Update: SPINE

    Osler Medical Handbook, The

    A medical handbook that lists the lastest clinical guidelines with a consistant format that gives information on epidemiology, diagnostics, management, pearls and pitfalls, and more.

    PDR for Herbal Medicines

    A comprehensive collection of more than 700 botanicals, including information on description, actions and pharmacology, indication and usage, contraindications, side effects, precautions, over dosage, etc.

    Peripheral Neuropathy Vol 1

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    Physicians' Desk Reference

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    Practical Approach to Radiology, A

    This text offers expert guidance on the diagnostic imaging issues associated with each body region.

    Practical Electrocardiography

    Practical Gastroenterology

    An in-depth medical text covering common conditions and diseases in gastroenterology.

    Psychophysiology of Low Back Pain, The

    Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy, The

    Soft Tissue Rheumatic Pain, 3rd edition

    Spine Surgery Vol 1

    Spine Surgery Vol 2

    Sports Injuries & Athletic Problems

    A guide to sports injuries and athletic problems.

    Sports Medicine

    Surgery: Scientific Principles and Practice

    Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia

    The Complete Book of Pregnancy & Childbirth

    This book begins at conception and continues through the first days of life. It covers tests and technologies from amniocentesis to fetal monitors, selecting a childbirth class, the partner's role labor and postpartum.

    Thyroid, The: A Fundemental and Clinical Text

    Werner and Ingbar's. Medical Reference.

    Tourette Syndrome: A Compendium for Physicians and Allied Health Professionals

    This is a 3 disc set. Disc 1 contains a list of scientific literature on the treatment of and recent advances in Tourette Syndrome. Links are provided to pdf documents. Disc 2 contains highlights from the Tourette Syndrome Association 5th International Scientific Symposium. Disc 3 is a video guide to the diagnosis of Tourette Syndrome. This material is for viewing in the Community Health Resource Center.

    Treatment Guidelines from The Medical Letter, Volume 7

    Reference book on treatment guidlelines for hypertension, HIV infection, insomnia, adult immunization, rheumatoid arthritis,antimicrobial prophylaxis for surgery, chronic heart failure, thyroid disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, TB, travelers and antifungal drugs.

    Williams' Basic Nutrition and Diet Therapy

    This book shows you how health and disease are related to eating habits, how modern research has changed our views, and how nutritional needs change with age. This is a easy to read book and it provides the latest nutrition information.

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    1-2-3 Magic

    The author discusses ways to get your kids to STOP doing what you don't want them to do (arguing, whining, tantrums, sibling rivalry), and get them to START doing what you want them to do (cleaning their room, going to bed, homework, etc.)

    10 Simple Solutions to Chronic Pain

    Introduction to physiology of pain, tops for getting better sleep, ways to build a strong support system, and techniques for overcoming fear, anxiety, and depression. Learn ways to communicate with doctors about your problems and find out which treatment options are likely to do you the most good.

    100 Questions & Answers about Anorexia Nervosa

    This book offers a complete guide to understanding the causes of anorexia, warning signs and diagnosis, practical suggestions on how to help loved ones suffering from anorexia, as well as treatment options available.

    100 Questions & Answers about Anxiety

    This book deals directly with the nature of anxiety and its underlying causes, treatment options, advice on coping, sources of support, and more.

    100 Questions & Answers about Brain Tumors

    This book provides authoritative, practical answers to questions about treatment options, post-treatment quality of life, sources of support and much more for those persons afflicted with a brain tumor. The author of the book, a brain tumor survivor, team

    100 Questions & Answers about Breast Cancer

    What causes breast cancer? Is there anything I can do to prevent breast cancer? What are the options available for the treatment of breast cancer? These and other questions are answered in a Q & A format.

    100 Questions & Answers About Caring for Family or Friends with Cancer

    Helpful when caring for a friend or family member who has been diagnosed with cancer. Informative and supportive answering those questions you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask.

    100 Questions & Answers about Depression

    Provides practical answers to questions about treatment options, advice on coping with depression, sources of support, and more.

    100 Questions & Answers about Eating Disorders

    Provides authoritative, practical answers to questions regarding eating disorders.

    100 Questions & Answers about HIV and AIDS

    Provides answers to the most common questions asked by HIV/AIDS patients and their families. Written by a Johns Hopkins physician specializing in HIV/AIDS.

    100 Questions & Answers About Hypertension

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    100 Questions & Answers About Lung Cancer

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    100 Questions & Answers about Parkinson Disease

    A patient-oriented guide to coping with Parkinson disease and the physical and emotional difficulties associated with the disease.

    100 Questions & Answers About Prostate Cancer

    Answers questions about treatment options, post-treatment quality of life, and sources of support.

    100 Questions & Answers About Sleep and Sleep Disorders

    Whether you're a newly diagnosed patient with a sleep disorder or are a friend or relative of someone suffering from a sleep disorder, this book offers help. It gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions. Written by an expert on the su

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    Evite las complicaciones del corazon, rinones, ojos, pies y piel. Mantenga niveles saludables de azucar en lasangre. APrenda a estar sano toda su vida y mucho mas.

    101 Essential Tips: Yoga

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    101 Foot Care Tips for People with Diabetes

    This book is a practical guide to skin care; nail care; footwear; treating minor problems; identifying major problems; exercise; avoiding complications, and more.

    101 Great Low fat Mexican Dishes: Hot, Spicy & Healthful

    Love Mexican Food but hate the fat in most recipes? Let Margaret Martinez show you how to cook Mexican dishes in a healthful way.

    101 Tips for Improving Your Blood Sugar

    101 Tips for Improving Your Blood Sugar is a collection of tricks, ideas, strategies, and common sense approaches to the daily challenge of maintaining normal blood sugar levels.

    101 Tips for Staying Healthy with Diabetes

    This book offers tips, techniques and strategies for preventing and treating diabetes complications.

    12 Steps: Recovering from Addictions, The

    This book explains the 12 Steps originated for Alcoholics Anonymous in 1939 and proven useful for a wide array of problems outside of alcohol and chemical addictions. Uses a workbook approach with true stories of twelve people in recovery.

    12 Things You Must Know About Diabetes Care -- Right Now

    If you have been diagnosed with diabetes this book will guide you through twelve issues of importance for good self-management, including glucose management, pregnancy, eye care, neuropathy, nephropathy, exercise, and more.

    125 Most Asked Questions About Adoption (and the Answers)

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    15,000 + Baby Names

    A list of the most popular girls' and boys' names, variations, and nicknames.

    150 Most-Asked Questions About Osteoporosis

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    2002 Pocket Book of Infectious Disease Therapy

    This medical reference covers all aspects of antibiotic therapy, with dosage, trade names, indications for use, side effects, interactions, use in pregnancy, and kidney failure.

    2003 Medical Management of HIV Infection

    This medical reference book is a guide to the current treatments used for HIV infections

    2008 Special Report on Combating Memory loss

    This small booklet discusses common problems and treatment for memory loss. It will discuss what is memory loss, age related associations, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, detection and treating and ways to help your health.

    36-Hour Day, The

    This is a family guide to caring for persons with Alzheimer Disease, related dementing illnesses, and memory loss in later life. This revised edition has updates on the latest scientific research and care delivery.

    5-Minute Sports Medicine Consult, The

    The 5-Minute Sports Medicine Consult is your reference for current diagnosis and treatment for on-field and long-term management of sports-related problems. You'll find more than 280 topics arranged alphabetically containing the information you need to a

    50 Signs of Mental Illness

    A practical guide for anyone struggling with the questions of mental illness.

    50 Ways to Lower Your Cholesterol

    Everything you need to know about the difference between good and bad cholesterol, nutritional supplements, the latest medical treatments, and proper diet and exercise.

    50 Ways to Soothe Yourself Without Food

    Susan Albers, eating disorder specialist, presents fifty exercises readers can do to soothe themselves, calm stress, and end emotional eating.

    6-Week Plan for Healthy Eating

    A Harvard Medical School SpecialHealth Report, with focus on week-by-week action plan; setting goals for success; easy fixes for healthier eating; smart supermarket choices; weight control tips, plus 14 recipes.

    60,001+ Best Baby Names

    Provides 200 thought-provoking lists, the most popular names for boys and girls, worksheets for parents to list their favorits, Hollywood's hottest names, and name meanings, origins and derivations.

    8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back

    Nearly 90% of American adults suffer from back pain. Why does this condition affect so many people in the industrialized world, while in some countries on 5% of adults report back pain? The author's research took her Burkina Fasso, rural Portugal and vill

    800-Cocaine

    Informative manual for anyone who wants to know more about cocaine: user case histories, physical, psychological, and emotional effects, types of use, and more.

    A Book for Honey Bear: Reading Keeps the Sighs Away

    When a baby bear gets sick, the doctor prescribes her a homespun remedy of reading a book twenty minutes every day.

    A Good Night's Sleep

    Dr. Lawrence J. Epstein of Harvard Medical School reveals his proven 6-step plan to maximize your nights and energize your days. He explains the health benefits of sleep and identifies signs of sleep problems.

    A Helping Hand: A Resource Guide for People with Cancer

    Provides information on services and resources for cancer patients.

    A La Carte for the Heart Cookbook

    Prize winning, heart-healthy recipes from health care providers across the country.

    A Life Book About Me

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    AARP

    This magazine talks about various everyday topics.

    Abby's Asthma and the Big Race

    Abby is practicing for the big race, but she is worried that her asthma will stop her from winning. Includes doctor's note on asthma and exercise.

    Achieving Optimal Memory

    Provides information on why memory problems and describes simple things you can do to prevent memory loss.

    ACOG Guide to Planning for Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond

    Describes preconception care, pregnancy changes, special pregnancies, labor and delivery.

    Active Birth: The New Approach to Giving Birth Naturally

    In "active birth" the mother moves about freely, finds comfortable positions for labor and delivery and seldom needs drugs or obstetrical interventions. The author teaches mothers to develop all of their physical resources for giving birth, and to follow their instincts in their childbirth. From ways of creating an ideal setting for active birth in a hospital, to massage to exercises for prgenancy, labor and post-partum, and more.

    ADA Complete Food & Nutrition Guide

    Thorough reference for everyday and special nutritional information.

    ADA Complete Guide to Carb Counting

    This book is a guide for individuals with diabetes, to help you learn what foods will make your blood sugar rise and how high. It also includes information on carb counting for insulin pump users; strategies for eating out; a whole week of meal plans; rec

    ADA Guide to Eating Right When You Have Diabetes

    Provides the basics of diabetic food planning, but also includes fast-food and ethnic food guides. Contains a guide to glycemic index foods.

    ADA Guide to Healthy Restaurant Eating (3rd edition)

    The most complete easy to use guide for people with diabetes, pre-diabetes, heart disease and weight challenges. Along with nutrition facts, this book provides the skill & strategies you need to find healthy choices in the restaurants that line America's

    ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize your Life

    This book addresses the special organizational needs & dilemmas of adults with ADD. Helpful tips and strategies for organizing the adult with ADD's life.

    ADHD & Me: what I learned from lighting fires at the dinner table

    The author was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of five. In this book, which he wrote during his last two years in high school, the author shares how he learned to live with both the good and bad sides of life with ADHD. This book provides information and

    ADHD: A Complete and Authoritative Guide

    Many important topics are addressed in this book, including the diagnostic process, behavior therapy, medication, and advice on management techniques for school and home.

    Adolescence: The Survival Guide for Parents and Teenagers

    this book offers family advice for both parents and teenagers, with sections on major topics of adolescence. Includes case histories, questionnaires and true-to-life dialogues and tactics for negotiating solutions acceptable to both sides.

    Adolescent Depression: A Guide for Parents

    In Adolescent Depression: A Guide for Parents, Johns Hopkins psychiatrist Francis Mondimore helps parents understand that serious depression in adolescents is an illness - an illness that can be effectively treated. He describes the many forms of depress

    Adonis Complex, The

    Discusses the growing numbers of men who are taking the quest for perfect muscles, skin, and hair too far; crossing the line from normal interest to pathological obsession.

    Adoption Reader, The

    This book features the stories and interviews of over thirty birth mothers, adoptive mothers, and adoptive daughters. Some issues that are explored are open and closed adoption, cross-cultural adoption, the birth record debate, the experience of biracial

    Adult Asthma - Special Report from Harvard Medical School

    This report is geared toward adults with asthma. Topics include an explanation of what asthma is and the causes of asthma, as well as information on asthma triggers, medications and management strategies.

    Adult Children of Alcoholics

    This author tries to help us gain greater understanding of what it means to be the child of an alcoholic, and how this process evolves over time. Also useful for children of other types of dysfunctional families.

    Adults with Down Syndrome

    Examines social, clinical, legal, and personal issues individuals with Down syndrome must navigate. Provides information and advice on topics such as social relationships, medical and mental health issues, sexuality, employment, recreation, and more.

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Advanced Breast Cancer (formerly titled : Holding Tight, Letting Go)

    This book is designed for women with metastatic breast cancer. It covers all aspect of dealing with the disease: coping with the shock of recurrence, seeking information, making treatment decisions, and communicating effectively with medical personnel.

    Advances in Obstetrics and Gynecology

    This reference book covers four major topics: gynecology, reproductive endocrinology, obstetrics, and gynecologic oncology, and presents practical information, current practices and techniques, and significant developments in producers and clinical resear

    Advice for New Parents

    Provides parenting information, advice and useful tips first-time parents need to best prepare for the joys and challenges that lie ahead.

    After Breast Cancer

    This updated edition addresses recent changes in the standard of care for breast cancer, and covers a range of topics to help you navigate the possibilities and challenges.

    After Cancer: A Guide to Your New Life

    Written by a physician, herself a cancer survivor, for the layperson. She discusses the physical and medical factors involved in recovery, but also the financial, emotional, and day-to-day issues.

    After Surgery, Illness, or Trauma

    Reading this book is like having a most welcome visit from an interested, intelligent, and caring friend. The author encourages an approach of compassion and self-forgiveness.

    After the Death of a Child

    The author lost her son in a train accident when he was eighteen years old. Several years later, she found she was feeling better and wondered whether this feeling was what was meant by "recovery". She learned that a child's death is disorienting, makes n

    After the Diagnosis: Six Stages to Emotional Wellness

    The author, diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis herself, describes the emotional journey from the crisis of diagnosis to living with a chronic illness.

    Aftershock: What to do When the Doctor Gives You - or Someone You Love - a Devastating Diagnosis

    Social psychologist Jessie Gruman offers a practical and sensitive approach to moving through the initial period after a serious diagnosis. With tips on navigating the healthcare system, getting second opinions, finding the best information, this book is

    Age Erasers for Women

    This book is designed to show women how they can look and feel younger longer. Medical experts write on metabolism, injury, arthritis and osteoporosis, sexuality, weight loss, etc.

    Ageless Spine, Lasting Health

    The author is a movement educator who believes that genuine, natural strength comes from the "interplay between elastic muscles and aligned bones." This book shows how the body works when we bend, sit, walk, reach and even sleep in a natural way.

    Aging Mothers and Their Adult Daughters: A Study in Mixed Emotions

    The mother/daughter tie is one that persists well past childhood and it takes on unique characteristics as daughters enter midlife and mothers enter old age. Incorporating vivid descriptions by mothers and daughters about their relationship, this book add

    Aging Parents: The Family Survival Guide

    This book is designed to help adult children be prepared to care for their parents. Includes sections to help you: respond quickly to your parent's crisis; organize all your family and community resources; develop a plan to get through the crisis, stabil

    Aging with Grace

    In 1986 the author, an epidemiologist, started a scientific study to find links between levels of education and two aspects of aging: longevity and active life expectancy. Called the "Nun Study" because the 678 participants were all Catholic sisters aged

    AHA Cookbook, 5th Edition

    Contains recipes with nutritional analysis, guidelines for shopping and cooking food.

    AHCD

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    AICR Science Now

    This newsletter talks about the news on reducing cancer risk through nutrition and physical activity.

    Alchemy of Love and Lust, The

    The book acts as a guide to our sexual peaks and cycles, the desires that drive and frustrate us, the bonds we make, the love we give and take, and the mystery of attraction -- aspects all related to the ever changing chemicals in our bodies. Introduces

    Alexander and His Pals Visit the Main Street School

    Take a bus trip with Alexander and his friends as they travel to the Main Street School to teach children about food allergies. Learn important rules that will help you to take care of your food allergies!

    Alexander Goes Out to Eat

    This children's book is about Alexander the elephant, who is allergic to peanuts, going to eat at a restaurant and the precautions he must. It discusses the issues and emotions involved in having a food allergy in simple and understandable terms.

    Alexander Goes to a Birthday Party

    In this children's book, Alexander the elephant, who is allergic to peanuts, learns how to politely refuse foods that might cause an allergic reaction and how to watch out for himself. This book deals with the emotions that might occur when dealing with

    Alexander Goes Trick-or-Treating

    In this children's book, Alexander the elephant goes trick-or-treating and learns to look at food ingredients to avoid his food allergy.

    Alexander Learns His Lesson

    In this children's book, Alexander the elephant learns his lesson when he eats food that affects his food allergy. This book discusses the dangers of doing so, and the actions that follow.

    All About Adoption

    Using simple language, describes the stages of the adoption process and discusses complex feelings commonly felt by adopted children.

    All About Allergies

    Child's storybook about allergies from the AAAAI

    All About Asthma

    Children's storybook about asthma from The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

    All About My Brother

    Written by eight year-old Sarah Peralta, this book offers a child's perspective about her brother's autism and offers advice for other children on how to cope as well as understanding the condition.

    All That She Can Be

    In this book, the authors show parents how they can help their daughters regain their self-confidence before they get caught in a cycle of disappointment and failure. They also show that the problems of adolescence can be overcome if parents and daughters

    All You Need to Know About Joint Surgery: Get Ready for Surgery, Recovery and an Active New Lifestyle

    Now more than ever, people with painful, debilitating arthritis are having joint replacements and other types of joint surgery. This book describes the newest surgical techniques and easy steps you can take to make surgery more successful.

    Allergic Diseases...Diagnosis and Treatment

    This professional reference book offers an up-to-date guide to diagnosis and treatment of allergic diseases.

    Allergies Sourcebook

    This book provides updated information about the causes, triggers, treatments, and prevalence of common allergic disorders, including rhinitis, sinusitis, conjunctivitis, hives, dermatitis, eczema, and anaphylaxis. It discusses the immune system and its

    Allergies: What You Need to Know

    Most allergies are annoying, many can ruin your pleasure in life, and some can be life-threatening. Whether your allergies are seasonal or year-round; or because of something in the food you eat, or drugs you take, or insects around you, this book gives y

    Alternative Medicine Handbook, The

    The author was a founding member of the Advisory Council to the NIH Office of Alternative Medicine. The book has chapters on spirituality; dietary remedies; mind/body connection; biological therapies; bodywork; sensory therapies; external energy forces.

    Alzheimer's Answer: Reduce Your Risk and Keep Your Brain Healthy, The

    A front-line researcher offers cutting-edge advice on preventing and slowing the progress of Alzheimers and keeping the brain active and healthy.

    Alzheimer's: A Love Story

    In 1990, the author's husband, a prominent physiology professor at Stanford Medical School, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. This is the story of one critical year, when the author and her husband learned to live with his increasing dementia. It is

    Am I Hungry?: What to do When Diets Don't Work

    This book offers a holistic, no-diet, commonsense approach to healthier eating and physical activity that addresses body, mind, and spirit. Readers learn valuable tools for knowing when, what, and how much to eat and to gain freedom from obsessing about f

    American Cancer Society's Guide to Colorectal Cancer (American Cancer Society)

    A comprehensive guide through the colorectal cancer experience, from testing to diagnosis to thinking about the future and allowing you to make decisions for managing your disease and living well after cancer.

    American Diabetes Association Complete Guide to Diabetes, 4th Edition

    This reference provides information on diabetes, including: managing diabetes, preventing complications, managing blood glucose levels, handling emergencies, nutrition, exercise, medications, insulin pumps and even information regarding insurance.

    American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine, The

    American Medical Association Family Medical Guide, 4th Edition

    Comprehensive home medical reference with illustrations.

    Anatomy of an Illness

    This is the story of the author's successful fight against a crippling disease. It is a story of a partnership between a doctor and his patient and how together they were able to beat back the odds. The doctor's genius lay in helping the patient use his o

    Anatomy of the Thorax

    Anatomy reference text.

    Anatomy--Descriptive and Surgical

    This reference work is designed to furnish the student and practitioner with an accurate view of the anatomy of the human body, and more especially the application of this science to practical surgery. Originally published in 1858.

    And Baby Makes Three

    This book helps to understand the relationship problems that can occur after bringing home a new baby and provides some real life examples, exercises, and questionnaires to show you how to avert relationship meltdown and enhance romance and passion.

    And the Passenger Was Death

    In this book a father shares his journey of grief after the death of his son and his path to healing.

    Anemia and Heavy Menstrual Flow

    This book provides facts and information about the causes, symptoms and diagnosis of anemia and heavy menstrual bleeding, a workbook format that assists you to identify the important signs, symptoms, and risk factors of these conditions, and effective sel

    Another Chance: Hope and Health for the Alcoholic Family

    This book offers insights and solid steps toward recovery for the family of alcoholics. It shows what is happening with the alcoholic, within the alcoholic family, and within the world of professional treatment for chemical dependents, their co-dependent

    Another Chance: Managing Coronary Artery Disease

    This book is written by physicians, dieticians, and educators who specialize in the treatment of lipid disorders. The book promotes a very low-fat diet, regular physical activity, and stress management.

    Another Country

    The landscape of aging is that of Another Country. The author takes us on a hopeful, helpful guide through the emotional terrain of old age, and shows us how to bring our parents and grandparents and subsequent generations closer to one another, by sharin

    Another Country - Navigating the Emotional Terrain of our Elders

    A field guide to the rough terrain of aging for a generation of baby boomers who are finding themselves unprepared to care for those who have always cared for them.

    Answers to Distraction

    The authors of "Driven to Distraction" respond to the most frequently asked questions about Attention Deficit Disorder. (ADD is also referred to as ADHD without hyperactivity)

    Anticancer: A New Way of Life

    Written by a doctor, cancer survivor, and member of the Integrative Oncology Society, this book discusses effects of various foods, supplements, mind-body states, and environmental toxins on the development and progression of cancer.

    Anxiety & Phobia Workbook, The

    This workbook is a comprehensive guide offering help to anyone who is struggling with panic attacks, agoraphobia, social fears, generalized anxiety, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, or other anxiety disorders. Includes step-by-step guidelines, questionnai

    Anxiety and Stress Self-Help Book

    This book offers new thinking on the causes, symptoms and the diagnosis of anxiety and stress related conditions. It contains a workbook for evaluating your condition and easy to follow self help programs including information about vitamins, herbs, miner

    Anxiety Answer Book, The

    Discusses topics such as anxiety basics, anxiety treatments, understanding panic attacks, understanding phobias and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and calming your anxiety.

    Anxiety Disorders

    This booklet discusses the symptoms of anxiety disorders, explains the role of research in understanding the causes of these conditions, describes effective treatments, helps you learn how to obtain treatment and work with a doctor or therapist, and suggests ways to make treatment more effective.

    Apple Patty Patches

    This book is written by an author who has helped hundreds of children and their parents with the difficult task of occlusion therapy.

    Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life

    When end of life approaches, people should be able to expect reliable, humane, and effective care giving. This book looks at where, when and how Americans die. It examines issues such as determining diagnosis and prognosis and communicating these to patie

    Are You Eating Right?

    A reference book listing the nutrient content of more than 5,000 foods. There are a number of worksheets to help you analyze your nutrition status.

    Art of Aging, The

    Explores the impact of aging on our minds and bodies, strivings and relationships.

    Art of Getting Well: Maximizing Health & Well-being When You Have a Chronic Disease, The

    This book is written to inspire and help people who are overcoming illness and want to improve there quality of life. It explains how to change the very things in your life that contribute to your illness and rob you of motivation in the face of a chroni

    Arthritis

    This magazine tells you about rheumatoid arthritis and your eyes, fall-proofing your life, and about arthritis and quality of life.

    Arthritis - The Johns Hopkins White Papers, 2007

    This White Paper contains the most recent developments and information on osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. A section on rheumatoid disorders is also included. Topics covered include: effect of new osteoarthritis treatments on disease progression,

    Arthritis Foundation's Guide to Good Living with Osteoarthritis, The

    Learn to take control of osteoarthritis and live a full life: simple exercises; medications; herbs and supplements; weight loss; stress management, and more.

    Arthritis Foundation's Guide to Pain Management, The

    Discover what happens in your body to cause pain, learn to use pain charts to measure your pain's intensity, evaluate the pros and cons of the latest drugs and high-tech treatments, explore natural and alternative options for treating pain, exercise to ea

    Arthritis Help Book, The

    This book guides arthritis sufferers in coping with joint pain through tested advice, useful hints, and an emphasis on self-management -- helping people with arthritis and fibromyalgia to achieve their own goals. Includes information on: understanding th

    Arthritis Helpbook, The

    Presents a program for coping with arthritis by showing those with arthritis how to preserve or regain their active lives.

    Arthritis in Black and White

    This is a book on arthritis as seen on X-ray. Medical reference.

    Arthritis Self-Management

    Bi-monthly journal

    Arthritis Today

    This magazine teaches you 6 steps to stop the pain of arthritis.

    Arthritis: A Take Care of Yourself Health Guide

    This book provides information on more than 100 types of arthritis and related conditions, such as fibromyalgia and gout. It explains the different ways that joints become painful, and all of the medications, operations, and other remedies available. Th

    Arthur's Chicken Pox

    This is an easy to read book that talks about chicken pox.

    Arthur's Tooth

    Arthur, tired of being the only one in his class who still has all his baby teeth, waits impatiently for his loose tooth to fall out.

    Assess Your True Risk of Breast Cancer

    Evaluate your heredity and lifestyle risks, find out what the statistics really mean, what you need to know about genetic testing, hormone replacement therapy, and tamoxifen as prevention.

    Asthma Allergies Children: a parent's guide

    The authors explain what allergies and asthma are, myths and realities of treatments, and what alternative treatments are available. They explain why more children are being affected and how your home and neighborhood may affect your child's health.

    Asthma Educator's Handbook, The

    Presents information and techniques required to treat children and adults with asthma and outlines the professional skills necessary to manage the condition in patients of different ages.

    Asthma Sourcebook, The

    Provides information on the full range of asthma treatment options, including the latest research and drug therapies; proven techniques to reduce the risk and severity of asthma attacks; and recognizing and avoiding asthma allergens.

    Asthma: Questions You Have, Answers You Need

    This book uses a question and answer format to inform about types of asthma, triggers, tests, medications, and self-care.

    At the Will of the Body - Reflections on Illness

    The author, a medical sociologist, survived two serious illnesses: a heart attack at the age of thirty-nine and cancer, diagnosed a year later. He tells us how illness affects us and what it can teach us about life.

    Athletic Training and Sports Medicine, 2nd ed.

    Medical text with information on diagnosing and treating sports-related injuries. Also has information on preventing injuries and exercises for rehabilitation.

    Atlas of Common Pain Syndromes

    This book offers complete coverage on the majority of common pain syndromes you encounter in practice.

    Atlas of Heart Disease, Volume X

    A book providing a comprehensive and detailed collection of tables and pictures of all aspects of atherosclerosis, which causes 40% of deaths in the U.S. and Western Europe. Risk factors, management, as well as cost and benefits of various treatment modal

    Atlas of Human Anatomy

    This reference book is an atlas of gross anatomy, organized by systems and regions. Made up of color illustrations.

    Atlas of Pediatric Physical Diagnosis

    This text provides a complete guide to anatomic signs and laboratory and radiologic findings for pediatric disorders.

    Atlas of Rheumatology

    Reference book on rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis

    Autism Speaks 100 Day Kit

    A tool kit to assist families in getting the critical information they need in the first 100 days after an autism diagnosis.

    Babies With Down Syndrome: A New Parent's Guide

    Comprehensive, compassionate guide offering information and support for the new parents of a child with Down Syndrome. Covers a wide range of topics from emotions to health concerns to legal issues.

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Baby 411

    Contains useful information about your baby's health, sleep and nutrition. The book contains 6 sessions that cover these areas: Preparing for the new one, care & feeding, sleep, development & discipline, sickness & how to avoid it, top 12 problems & solu

    Baby Book, The

    Features information on every aspect of infant care, including the treatment of illnesses and infant nutritional requirements, and focuses on a baby's five needs: eating, sleeping, development, health, and comfort.

    Baby On the Way

    This book is informal, yet informative...upbeat, yet realistic. This is an appealing book for older siblings, with helpful notes for parents and caregivers.

    Baby Proofing Basics

    This practical guide contains childproofing tips for every room in the house and for outdoors, backyard, beach, camping, hiking, and travel of all kinds. It provides illustrations and information on children’s safety at playtime, mealtime, and holidays, a

    Back Pain Remedies for Dummies

    Discusses ways to prevent back problems, all the treatment options, both traditional and complementary, and surgical options.

    Back Sense

    Back pain may begin with a physical injury, but it's tight muscles that cause pain to last and stress causes tight muscles. These authors teach you how to break the cycle.

    Baking Soda

    Baking soda gets its due in this fun collection gathered by Vicki Lansky and her readers over more than twenty years. From making an omelets extra fluffy or deodorizing those musty household smells, to improving flossing and mouth freshness or washing cla

    Balanced Healing

    This book is the reference guide for millions of Americans who want to take advantage of safe and effective alternative healing methods without giving up the high-tech benefits of modern medicine.

    Bariatric Surgery Awareness, Wellnness and Lifestyle Changes

    Barney Meets the New Baby

    Discusses the joy of being an elder sibling.

    Basic and Clinical Endocrinology

    A comprehensive source for current concepts of endocrine pathophysiology.

    Bay Area Mama Handbook, Peninsula Edition 2008/2009

    A reference guide for mothers and families in San Mateo County. The book includes 23 chapters with information on places to go, things to do, outdoor activities, community services, emergency preparedness and more.

    Bay Area Mama, Silicon Valley North Edition 2008/2009

    A resource guide for parents, with information ranging from places to go and things to do, the outdoors, community services, libraries, emergency preparedness and more.

    Be a Survivor - Colorectal Cancer Treatment Guide

    Experts offering help for surviving colorectal cancer.

    Be a Survivor - Your Guide to Breast Cancer Treatment

    Includes clear explanations, color graphics, lists of questions to ask your healthcare professionals and candid testimonials by patients who have "been there before".

    Be Good To Your Gut

    This book offers a variety of simple suggestions for lifestyle adjustments that help promote good digestion. Provides background information that helps the reader understand what causes digestive problems, what aggravates them, and what can be done to av

    Be Prepared - A Practical Handbook for New Dads

    A handbook of practical tips for the new father, written with humor, to foster his confidence in handling all kinds of day-to-day baby-related situations. There are ideas for Plan B and C, should Plan A fall flat. Practial tips include how to change a baby at a packed sports stadium, babyproofing a hotel room in four minutes, staying awake (or at least upright) at work, and much more.

    Be Well: Messages from Moms on Living Healthier Lives

    The book is a product of the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a joint initiative between the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation. Susan Dell - healthy living advocate, co-founder of the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and wife of tech legend Michael Dell narrates the book.

    Beating Gout: A Sufferer's Guide to Living Pain Free

    Discusses the four stages of gout, treating acute attacks, alternative treatment methods, getting the right diagnosis, and diet and lifestyle changes.

    Beauty and Cancer: Looking and Feeling Your Best

    This handbook is designed to help women improve their appearance and comfort during and after cancer therapies. It provides information and resources for looking great while experiencing the side effects of chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery.

    Bebes con sindrome de Down

    This new edition incorporates the latest scientific, medical, educational research, and practical information available, as well as parents suggestions and feedback. Existing chapters have been revised, some completely rewritten by new authors, and in keeping with its parent-friendly reputation, most of the book's contributors are parents of children with Down syndrome.

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Beck Diet Solution, The

    Presents a six-week program to help readers stick with their diet, lose weight, and keep the weight off, explaining how to use the principles of cognitive therapy to eliminate negative thinking patterns and behaviors that lead to dieting failures.

    Becoming a Father - How to Nurture and Enjoy Your Family

    The author, a fther of eight says" Fatherhood is the only profession where you're guaranteed that the more effort you put into it, the more enjoyment you will get out of it." This book is written especially for fathers, to help them discover the joys of being a dad. It begins with before the baby arrives, and takes the reader through the teen years, covering issues of working and fathering; role of father in discipline; solo fathering; and father as a role model.

    Becoming a Grandmother

    The author explores the joys and anxieties of one of life's momentous transitions. Drawing on interviews with women throughout the world, she discusses the myths and realities of grand motherhood today. She gives advice on how to establish a good relation

    Becoming the Parent You Want to Be

    Laura Davis and Janis Keyser take a straightforward, real, and respectful approach to parenting and children. The book gives solid information on sound child development as well as specific tips that run the gamut from getting your child to sleep to deali

    Before You Were Born

    This book about pregnancy tells the parallel story of mother and baby, from hearing the thumpity-thump of baby's heartbeat to that unforgettable first meeting.

    Berenstain Bears Go To The Doctor, The

    Dr. Grizzly gives the Berenstain cubs a regular checkup.

    Berenstain Bears' New Baby, The

    Easy to read book that talks about bringing home a new baby.

    Best Alternative Medicine...What Works? What Does Not?, The

    Proponents of alternative medicine spent $3.77 billion on over-the-counter products in the U.S. between 1991-1996. Evidently consumers are not waiting for the experts to say that it is okay to use alternative therapies. Stanford Medical School's Pelletier

    Best feeding: Getting Breastfeeding Right for You

    The author uses pictures to demonstrate techniques, checklists, and lots of basic information and problem-solving.

    Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care, The

    This book is about new ways to solve problems, encourage positive behavior, and improve communications. It helps you learn how to make every day consistently reassuring, enjoyable, and secure. Be a friend - a Best friend - to someone with Alzheimer's Dise

    Best Friends, Worst Enemies

    From the bestselling coauthor of "Raising Cain" comes a pathbreaking new bookabout the intricacies of children's friendships.

    Best of Diabetes Self-Management, The

    This book by the publishers of Diabetes Self-Management magazine covers a broad range of topics of interest for individuals with diabetes: * Blood glucose control * Meal planning guidelines * Cholesterol guides for people with diabetes * Prevention of com

    Better Breather's News

    This article is written by the cardiovascular and pulmonary wellness center of El Camino Hospital.

    Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

    The bestselling author of Complications, examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled profession.

    Betty Crocker's Living with Cancer Cookbook

    Discusses ways to cope with cancer, outlines dietary concerns, provides nutritional information, and offers recipes for breakfasts, snacks, main dishes, side dishes, and desserts.

    Beyond Anger: A Guide for Men

    This book helps men understand their anger and how it negatively impacts their families, friends and co-workers. The author provides simple exercises that will help men control their anger and develop new habits to prevent it from starting.

    Beyond Baby Talk

    From sounds to sentences- a parents complete guide to language development. Easy methods to evaluate & monitor your child's language development, understand & deal with environmental impacts, recognize the signs of language development & much more.

    Beyond Rage: Mastering Unavoidable Health Changes

    For those affected by or caring for someone who has chronic illness, has been handicapped by an accident, or facing a difficult recovery from illness. The author discusses six stages of emotional responses to health changes.

    Beyond the Blues

    This book serves as a guide to risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mood disorders in pregnancy and postpartum.

    Bipolar Child, The

    Bipolar disease manifests itself differently in children than adults and in children there is an overlap of symptoms with other childhood psychiatric disorders.

    Bipolar Disorder...A Guide for Patients and Families

    A comprehensive guide to the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of this illness, formerly know as "manic depression". The author describes how the illness in women may be affected by the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and childbirth; how it may manifest itsel

    Birth Your Way

    Many women are choosing to give birth outside a hospital setting. This book is a guide to every woman considering her options.

    Birthing From Within - An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation

    This book England, a registered nurse, certified midwife and psychologist, and Horotwitz, a psychologist, explore childbirth from the innate, spiritual and psychological perspectives.

    Bladder Cancer Basics for the Newly Diagnosed

    The handbook offers a variety of information about the disease including the types of tests used to diagnose bladder cancer, what it means to “stage” and “grade” the disease, an overview of the types of treatments prescribed as well as resources for the proactive patient.

    Blending Families- A Guide for Parents, Stepparents, Grandparents and Everyone Building a Successful Family

    This guide provides the reader with problem-solving guidelines to help new families with their members' unique problems and needs.

    Blood Pressure Book, The

    This work defines the terminology (such as diastolic and systolic), emphasizes stress reduction techniques, and offers science-based insight into the causes and control of high blood pressure.

    Blueberry Eyes

    This book is a developmental model for parents and children to use as they negotiate life's changes, whether that change is an illness, a loss, or a surgery.

    Bodily Harm: The Breakthrough Healing Program For Self-Injurers

    This book is the most authoritative examination of the alarming syndrome of self-injury and the first to offer a comprehensive treatment regimen. Written by the directors of S. A. F. E. (Self Abuse Finally Ends) Alternatives, it clearly defines what cutti

    Body Basics: Body Works - A Toolkit for Healthy Girls & Strong Women

    BodyWorks is a toolkit for parents and other adult caregivers of young teen girls. BodyWorks is designed to help your family make healthy eating choices and become more physically active.

    Body Betrayed: Women, Eating Disorders, and Treatment, The

    The author of this book covers factors of eating disorders, such as bulimia and anorexia nervosa, that many people do not know are associated with these diseases, including physical and sexual abuse, chemical dependency, pregnancy, and athletics. She al

    Body Drama

    Written in a language young women understand and through photos of real young women, this book addresses the many faces of normal and what women's bodies naturally go through.

    Boning Up on Osteoporosis

    This book from the National Osteoporosis Foundation is a guide to prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Topics include risk factors, prevention of bone loss, detection and treatment of osteoporosis, and tips for living with osteoporosis, including saf

    Bounce Back Book, The

    Offers 70 tips on how to bounce back from adversity.

    Bound for your Good Health - A Collection of Age Pages

    This book was developed by the National Institute on Aging to answer basic health questions on diseases and how to stay healthy. The reader will find useful information on getting good health care, staying safe and planning ahead.

    Bowes & Church's Food Values of Portions Commonly Used

    This book provides comprehensive and relevant information about the nutritional values of food. Includes a quick-reference, tabular format; discussion of brand name products and general foods; conversion tables, U.S. recommended daily allowances, mean he

    Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing, The

    This book is about obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a disease that affects up to six million Americans. Sufferers feel powerless to stop rituals such as cleaning, counting, avoiding, checking? which they repeat until they feel the have "gotten it righ

    Brain Disorders Sourcebook, The

    This is an easy-to-understand guide to the structure and function of the brain, how problems occur, and what treatments are available. It addresses stroke, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, multiple sclerosis, brain tumors, and traumatic brain inj

    Brain Lock...Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior

    You may be one of the millions of Americans suffering from these disorders. Do you perform unnecessary rituals every day? Are you a hoarder, reluctant to throw anything out? Are you facing runaway thoughts? Through this book you learn the author's Four-St

    Brain Rules for Baby

    Insructs parents on raising intelligent and emotionally stable children, from newborns to toddlers, by encouraging healthy brain activity and development and debunking traditional and contemporary "brain-boosting" methods.

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Brainstorms: Epilepsy in Our Words

    What it's like to have a seizure...told by the people who have experienced them.

    Bratty Brothers and Selfish Sisters: All About Sibling Rivalry

    Elf-help Books for Kids - Addressing the needs of children and the adults who care for them.

    Breast Cancer

    Reference textbook .

    Breast Cancer - Beyond Convention

    This book is a resource guide that lays out traditional and alternative approaches to treating breast cancer. It deals with how to find the right caregiver and how to best complement conventional medical treatment with alternative medicine. How to be heal

    Breast Cancer Husband

    This book gives partners the useful and sensitive answers they need to so many of the how-tos, what-ifs, and when-wills that come up along the way.

    Breast Cancer Journey, A

    Includes updated information on diagnosis and treatment and addresses special needs of young and pregnant women, women of color, and men with breast cancer. Also provides questions to ask your providers at each step.

    Breast Cancer Resource Guide - Fourth Edition

    A guide through the risks, facts, breast care, diagnosis, financial and legal assistance and a list of cancer centers/organizations to educate, treat and support patients.

    Breast Cancer Resource Guide, Third Edition

    Guide to services in the Bay Area related to breast cancer.

    Breast Cancer Survival Manual, The

    A step-by-step guide for the woman with newly diagnosed breast cancer.

    Breast Cancer Treatment Handbook

    A comprehensive book covering diagnosis, treatment options, telling your children, future fertility, sexuality after breast cancer, care of the surgical arm, health insurance and employment, monitoring for recurrences, and embracing life as a survivor.

    Breast Cancer: The Complete Guide

    This book guides a breast cancer patient through the various stages of fighting the disease. It includes information on diagnosis, prognosis, and what happens after the initial course of treatment. Includes a section on the experiences of patients in co

    Breastfeeding Guide (Chinese)

    Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers

    This book is an essential guide and a comprehensive resource that takes the mystery out of basic breastfeeding dynamics. Understanding the seven natural laws of breastfeeding will help breastfeeding mothers avoid and overcome challenges such as low milk production, breast refusal, weaning difficulties, and others.

    Breastfeeding Your Baby

    This book provides information and advice for new mothers and mothers-to-be who want knowledge, encouragement and self-confidence to breastfeed their babies. The author discusses techniques of breastfeeding, and encourages women to take part in this act

    Breastfeeding: A Great Start

    Breastfeeding: A Parent's Guide

    A practical, step-by-step guide for today's parents-parents who wonder if breastfeeding will work in their busy lives. Friendly, personal, and honest, this book separates breastfeeding facts from myths. It answers the questions most often asked about b

    Brushing My Teeth

    Card book with photographs showing young children the right (fun) way to care for their teeth.

    Bugs for Lunch

    Rhyming text introduces bug-eating animals such as geckos, trout, or even people. Includes additional facts about each creature.

    Building Bones To Last A Lifetime

    Bulimia: A Guide to Recovery

    This 25th anniversary edition updates all information from previous editions, with additional material on assessment, new diagnostic categories, men and bulimia, evidence-based treatment, family-assisted recovery, the influence of media (including the Internet), the essentials of "long-term recovery," and much more.

    Busy Body Book, The

    An introduction to the human body, how it functions, and its need for exercise.

    But I Didn't Say Good-Bye

    This book tells the story of Alex, a young child who experiences a significant loss by suicide. It is filled with questions, thoughts, and observations that a young child might have in that situation, along with gentle responses that can bring comfort to

    Calming Your Anxious Mind

    Drawing on techniques and perspectives from two seemingly different traditions, this second edition of a self-help classic offers you a powerful and profound approach to overcoming anxiety, fear, and panic.

    Can I Still Kiss You?

    A father, newly diagnosed with cancer, has to deal with the daunting task of telling his young sons about cancer. Culled from conversations with his sons and the experiences of other cancer survivors, this book provides answers to some of the questions ch

    Cancer Clinical Trials Experimental Treatments and How They Can Help You

    This book is aimed in helping persons consider the range of treatment options available through clinical trials; it includes information about structure, administration and ethical guidelines, how to read the informed consent document and trial protocol.

    Cancer as a Turning Point

    Cancer as a Turning Point shows how psychological change , together with medical treatment immobilizes a compromised immune system. Get the most out of your immune system with hands on exercises.

    Cancer Lifelong Cookbook, The

    Cancer Patient's Guide to Overcoming Depression & Anxiety, A

    A cancer diagnosis can be frightening. Your doctor can provide you with ever-more effective treatments for the disease, but what can you do about the depression and anxiety that can come with both the diagnosis and the treatment? This book offers a gent

    Cancer Supportive Care: A Comprehensive Guide for Patients and Their Families

    This book is for patients diagnosed with cancer and their families. It covers topics such as the patient-physician relationship; nutrition and exercise; the role of creative expression, visualization and spirituality; stress and emotional well-being; sexu

    Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology

    Two-volume reference books.

    Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls, The

    This "head-to-toe" guide answers question about hair care to healthy eating, bad breath to bras, periods to pimples, and more.

    Care giving: A Step-By-Step Resource for Caring for the Person with Cancer at Home

    This guide offers practical solutions to the many questions you may have when taking care of a loved with cancer at home: physical and emotional conditions, dealing with health care providers and insurance carriers, and taking care of your own needs as we

    Caregiver's Guide to Alzheimer's Disease: 300 Tips For Making Life Easier, A

    A Caregiver's Guide to Alzheimer's Disease will help readers understand what is physically happening to the brain so they can empower their own special skills and talents throughout the disease process. Chapters cover legal and financial issues, family fo

    Caring for a Person with Alzheimer's Disease

    This is an easy-to-use book from the National Institute on Aging designed as a guide for caregivers of people with Alzheimer's Disease.

    Caring for Elderly Parents

    This book is focused on specific care giving issues faced by adult children with aging parents. Each chapter addresses a particular issue, using personal anecdotal material to illustrate the text, which explores a wider range of questions, alternative so

    Caring for Loved Ones with Advanced MS: A Guide for Families

    This booklet provides information, caregiving tips, and support to families providing daily care to a family member with Multiple Sclerosis.

    Caring for the Diabetic Soul

    This book addresses the emotional challenges of diabetes such as denial, anger, stress, and building self-esteem.

    Caring for The Mind

    This book describes everything one needs to know to help oneself or a loved one cope with a mental disorder. It describes signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Conditions such as depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, alcohol /subst

    Caring for the Patient with Cancer at Home: A Guide for Patients and Families

    This is a guide book for people who are caring for cancer patients at home. Includes information on physical problems, as well as emotional issues, such as telling children and neighbors about the illness.

    Caring for Your Baby and Child

    This book provides information on how to care for a child from birth through age five. Includes information on a variety of topics including develoopmental disabilities, skin problems, nutrition, emergencies and more.

    Caring for your Baby and Young Child Birth to Age 5

    This book provides information on how to care for a child from birth through age five. Includes resources such as: a basic emergency medical manual; a health encyclopedia for illnesses, injuries, congenital diseases and other disabilities; emotional, soc

    Caring for Your Breast

    Caring for Your Premature Baby

    The premature birth of a baby often takes parents by surprise, leaving them unprepared for he puzzling emotions and medical complications that may follow early deliveries. This book is a comprehensive look at everything from state of the art medical infor

    Caring for Your School-Age Child: Ages Five to Twelve

    This book provides information on caring for a school-age child, such as: your school-age child's physical, emotional, and intellectual growth, what's normal and what's not; evaluating your child's readiness to begin school; keeping your child safe from i

    Caring: A Feminine Approach to Ethics and Moral Education

    The author describes a philosophy of caring based on natural caring, rooted in receptivity, relatedness, and responsiveness. She describes what it means to care and be cared for, the ethics of caring, and moral education.

    Cataract in Adults: Management of Functional Impairment

    Guidelines for clinical practice in the management of cataracts.

    Cataract Surgery: a Patient's Guide to Cataract Treatment

    Provides information on signs and symptoms of a cataract, causes and risk factors, planning for surgery, the procedure, side-effects, and the future of cataract treatment.

    CDC Health Information for International Travel 2010

    CDC Parent Resource Kit

    Celebrity Chefs Across America: The Ingredients for Managing Diabetes

    A diabetes cookbook.

    Celiac Disease, A Hidden Epidemic

    In this book, Dr. Green, director of the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University, and science writer Rory Jones, who has celiac disease, provide current information on the diagnosis, treatment and management of celiac disease, and discuss gluten intolerance and gluten sensitivity. One section is devoted to research on potential therapies to change the path of disease progression. On a more practical level, there are sections devoted to dealing with the psychological aspects of living with this chronic condition, guides to ingredients and safe grains, as well as extensive lists of ... more

    Celiac Disease: A Guide to Living With Gluten Intolerance

    The only book on this topic to be co-authored by a nurse, dietitian, and clinical pharmacist, this book offers a highly informed guide to a wheat-free, gluten-free lifestyle. You will find complete and clear coverage of all aspects of this disease includ

    Changes in You & Me: Mostly for Boys

    This book addresses questions frequently asked by pubescent boys, such as: What is happening to my body and what does it mean? How do I take proper care of my body? Why should I avoid taking steroids to build my muscles? Why am I having strange thoughts a

    Changes in You and Me: Puberty Mostly for Girls

    This book explains the process of puberty, mostly for a girl's benefit. It answers questions such as: What is happening to my body and what does it mean? What will happen when I get my period? How do I know when I am in love? Why am I having strange t

    Changing Bodies, Changing Lives

    This book provides body education and sexual education to young people. Includes information on relationships, birth control, toxic shock syndrome, suicide, AIDS, and food and drug abuse.

    Chemo Companion pocket Guide

    Tips and wisdom to prepare you for chemo journey. Written by a physician, who had helped her sister through her chemo journey.

    Chemotherapy & Radiation Therapy Survival Guide, The

    This book provides information, suggestions and support to help you get through chemotherapy and radiation treatments.

    Chemotherapy and You

    This booklet is written for someone who is about to receive or is now receiving chemotherapy for cancer. It includes information about chemotherapy and its side effects and highlights ways to care for yourself before, during and after treatment.

    Chemotherapy Survival Guide, The

    This book is for individuals undergoing chemotherapy. It explains what you need to know about treatment, including what to expect at each stage of chemotherapy and what can be done to minimize side effects. The authors offer practical suggestions including nutritional advice, relaxation skills and other techniques to help strengthen the body and calm the mind.

    Chewy, Gooey, Rumble, Plop! A Deliciously Disgusting Plop-Up Guide to The Digestive System

    Humans are hollow! Yes—you are basically just a tube, with a hole at each end. Food goes in one hole and . . . something else comes out of the other. But what goes on in between? This cleverly constructed pop-up book brings the gross, squelchy secrets of

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Children with Special Needs

    A collection of inspirational true stories about the joys and challenges of working with, parenting, and being around children with special needs.

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Child and Adolescent Mental Health

    This reference book is designed to help the primary care pediatrician in the effective assessment, treatment, and referral of young patients with mental health problems. It covers many clinical topics such as ADHD (ADD), sleep disorders, eating disorders,

    Child Behavior

    Child Behavior offers the basics of child development, addressing exactly how children's bodies can affect their behavior. The authors advise parents on how they can prevent many common and more serious behavior problems.

    Child Behavior: The Classic Child Manual

    This book discusses the basics of child development, addressing exactly how children's bodies can affect their behavior. The authors discuss what to do to treat specific behavior problems and advise parents on how, in many instances, they can prevent many

    Child Is Born, A

    This book provides photographs and information on every stage of pregnancy, from fertilization through birth.

    Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense

    This book covers child nutrition. The author discusses topics such as: breast or bottle; eating right during pregnancy; solid foods for your baby; avoiding food fights with your toddler; and preventing obesity and eating disorders.

    Childhood Leukemia A Guide for Families, Friends and Caregivers

    This book contains updates on treatment including bone marrow transplants and chemotherapy; updated resources for medical information, emotional support, and financial assistance, also information on how to form a partnership with the health team.

    Childhood Cancer Survivors

    More than 250,000 children, teens and adults in the US are survivors of childhood cancer. The number of survivors is growing rapidly because cure rates for childhood cancer continue to increase. More than 100 survivors and parents share their experience w

    Childhood Cancer: A Parent's Guide to Solid Tumor Cancers

    This book offers information on medical terminology, chemotherapy, and common side effects of treatment in addition to practical advice on how to deal with procedures, hospitalization, school, family, friends, and social and financial issues.

    Choices - Realistic Alternatives in Cancer Treatment

    This book is designed to educate the individual diagnosed with cancer about choices in treatment. It provides facts about symptoms and stages, medicines and nutrition, surgical and nonsurgical treatments and therapies, a variety of alternative medical str

    Choices in Healing

    This book offers information and guidance for the whole life cycle of cancer -- from the initial shock of diagnosis to decisions about choosing a physician, conventional therapies, selecting complementary therapies, coping with treatment, and the art of l

    Cholesterol: Your Guide for a Healthy Heart

    This book discusses blood cholesterol and its affect on heart disease. Also looks at practical lifestyle changes to decrease the risk of heart disease. Contains the fat and cholesterol content of common foods and recipes.

    Choosing a Wheelchair

    Long-time wheelchair user and ergonomics consultant guides you through the selection process to help you identify the chair that can provide you with optimal independence.

    Chris Gets Ear Tubes

    This children's book describes the experience of a young boy whose chronic ear infections are affecting his hearing, until he goes into the hospital for a simple operation.

    Chronic Fatigue and Tiredness: A Self Help Program

    This book provides facts and information about the causes, symptoms and diagnosis of chronic fatigue, in a workbook format that assists you to identify the important signs, symptoms, and risk factors of these conditions, and effective self-help treatment

    Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Hidden Epidemic

    This book covers Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and it's various symptoms.

    Chronic Fatigue: Your Complete Exercise Guide

    This book describes chronic fatigue syndrome and gives four complete exercise programs to help you work moderate exercise into your daily life.

    Chronic Pain Care Workbook, The

    A self-help approach to pain relief using the behavioral assessment of pain questionnaire.

    Ciba Collection of Medical Illustrations, Vol. 5: Heart

    Illustrated medical reference on the heart.

    CIBA Collection of Medical Illustrations: Volume 1 Nervous System, The

    CIBA Collection of Medical Illustrations: Volume 3 Digestive System Part III, The

    Classic Teachings in Clinical Cardiology Vol 1

    Classic Teachings in Clinical Cardiology Vol 2

    Clean & Green

    Clean & Green is filled with new and traditional ideas for living free of hazardous household products.

    Cleveland Clinic Guide to Arthritis, The

    Dr. John Clough shares insights, discoveries, and inspiring stories from his 43-year career as one of America's foremost arthritis specialists. You'll get medical advice to help you live with arthritis and maintain your quality of life.

    Cleveland Clinic Heart Book

    This book describes the latest in cardiac research; prevention and risk factors; diagnosis; how to be a smart patient; advanced rehabilitation strategies; and hundreds of heart-healthy tips.

    Climb Back From Cancer

    The first book in the proposed "Climb Back from Cancer Collection"…Climb Back from Cancer - A Survivor and Caregiver's Inspirational Journey is both a gripping true adventure story and a touching love story. At the age of 42, international bestselling aut

    Clinical Care in the Rheumatic Diseases

    Reference text book

    Clinical Dermatology

    This book covers in-depth topics for dermatology.

    Clinical Evidence Concise

    This is a pocketbook that presents a succinct account of the current state of evidence on the prevention and treatment of a wide variety of clinical conditions.

    Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility

    This reference book provides information on basic data (anatomical, physiological, and biochemical) and factual knowledge and systematic approaches to clinical problems of women.

    Clinical Management of Hypertension

    Medical reference for approaches to the treatment of high blood pressure.

    Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Provides research-based clinical reference information in the area of obstetrics and gynecology.

    Clinical Ophthalmology

    A reference book covering multiple eye disorders and their treatments.

    Clinical Preventive Medicine

    Covers topics such as the principles of clinical prevention, behavioral influences in health and disease, physical activity as a preventive tool, the relationships between nutrition and disease prevention, genetics, and many others.

    Close to the Bone

    The author explores what it means when serious illness brings one

    Colon and Rectal Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide for Patients and Families

    This book addresses the diagnosis, staging and current treatment options; coping with the impact of treatment on libido, sexual function and fertility; learning to care for an ostomy, whether temporary or permanent; and stories from people who are living

    Colon Cancer - The John's Hopkins White Papers 2007

    This White Paper reports on the current information and advances in the prevention and treatment of colorectal cancer. An overview of colorectal cancer including its causes, symptoms, screening and diagnostic tests, preventative strategies and treatments

    Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology

    This reference book provides information for the diagnosis of skin disorders and systemic diseases with skin manifestations. For each condition, it includes several photographs along with a concise summary of treatment, an overview of etiology, and guidel

    Color Textbook of Pediatric Dermatology

    Illustrations of childhood skin disorders.

    Common Threads

    An inspiring account of the accomplishments of 59 people with Down Syndrome across the U.S. and Canada.

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Commonsense Guide to Weight Loss for People with Diabetes, The

    This book is a guide to how to lose weight - and keep it off - using medically proven techniques from weight-loss experts. No fads, no gimmicks, no food tortures, no fasting, no kidding!

    Communicate With Your Child

    Based on the 25 year ECO Language Intervention project, this book presents easy to use guides for helping children in critical stages of development.

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Como nos Movemos

    Describes different ways of movement such as people who walk on two legs, animals that walk on four, spiders that walk on eight, frogs that leap and butterflies that glide through the air.

    Complete Book of Food Counts, The

    Are you aware of the calories, carbohydrates, fat, fiber, cholesterol, and sodium in your diet? This book provides information about a very large variety of foods, be they generic or brand-name foods, fresh or frozen, fast-food, or gourmet and health food

    Complete Diabetes Prevention Plan, The

    This book explains what prediabetes is, who most at risk is and how the disease process can be arrested. Information on dietary guidelines, weight-loss and exercise is provided along with recipes that emphasize good carbs, healthful fats, and controlled c

    Complete Drug Reference

    This reference book is a guide to more than 10,000 prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Includes information on more than 100 important, newly approved drugs; profiles of more than 10,000 prescription and over-the-counter drugs; a color chart of 1678

    Complete Eldercare Planner, 2nd Ed., The

    Comprehensive guide covering such topics as finding the right housing, low-cost/free resources, best insurance, legal issues, and much more.

    Complete Food and Nutrition Guide - American Dietetic Association

    This books explains everything you need to know about eating healthy, with simple, practical tips and flexible guidelines designed to help you choose nutritious, flavorful, and fun foods to suit your needs and lifestyles at any age.

    Complete Food and Nutrition Guide - The American Dietetic Association

    This book explains how to eat healthy, provide reliable answers to all your food and nutrition questions. It will help you to make healthy food choices, give you practical tips and flexible guidelines to organize healthy, nutritious, flavorful meals.

    Complete German Commission E Monographs, The

    In 1978, the German government created the Commission E committee to evaluate the safety and efficacy of herbs and phytomedicines. This 680-page book looks at 380 herbs, their approved uses, contraindications, side-effects dosage & drug interactions. In

    Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome, The

    This book draws case studies and personal accounts from Attwood's extensive clinical experience, and from his correspondence with individuals with AS, this book is both authoritative and extremely accessible.

    Complete Guide to Carb Counting

    This books provides you with the knowledge and the tools to put carb counting into practice. Whether you choose to do basic carb counting or move on to advanced, you'll learn why carb counting helps you manage your blood sugar, the amount of carb to eat,

    Complete Guide to Colorectal Cancer

    Includes prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment options, complementary & alternative therapies, your health care team, coping, living well with cancer - care giving and more!

    Complete Guide to Complementary & Alternative Cancer Therapies

    This book is an invaluable resource for anyone thinking about using complementary or alternative therapies for cancer prevention and treatment. It gives an in-depth look at more than 200 therapies, based on the best medical evidence available and cuts th

    Complete Guide to Diabetes

    This reference book explains different aspects of diabetes, such as symptoms and causes, diagnosis and treatment, how to handle emergencies, achieving glucose control, self-monitoring for blood glucose levels, diabetes complications and prevention, etc.

    Complete Guide to Homeopathy, The

    Complete Guide to Men's Health

    A comprehensive reference for: *staying healthy at any age *overview so body systems: heart and lungs, reproductive system, brain and nervous system, urinary system, bones and joints, and immune system *explanation of major diseases: heart, diabetes, high

    Complete Guide to Nutrition for Cancer Survivors

    This comprehensive guide tells you everything you need to know about eating well before, during and after cancer.

    Complete Guide to Relieving Cancer Pain And Suffering, The

    The authors identify the reasons why patients are so often under-medicated, demonstrate methods that can be used to cope with the practical aspects of dealing with cancer suffering, and describe all of the pain-relieving options available in the modern medical arsenal.

    Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition, The

    This book offers guidance on maximizing endurance, strength and performance, formulas for calculating optimal calorie needs, carbohydrates and protein requirements, how to improve body composition, sports nutrition for women, vegetarian eating, and 30 act

    Complete Idiot's Guide to Healing Back Pain, The

    This book provides information on identifying the causes of your back pain, advice on how to sit and stand properly, descriptions of surgical and non-surgical treatment options.

    Complete Kid's Allergy & Asthma Guide: The Parent's Handbook for Children of All Ages, The

    This book, from The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, gives parents comprehensive information with common-sense guidelines and recommendations for dealing with children's allergies and asthma. Included are chapters on food allergies, skin conditions,

    Complete Medicinal Herbal, The

    This book features photos of more than 120 medicinal herbs and plants with therapeutic properties, showing different parts and explaining how they are used. It also includes over 250 safe, effective home remedies for a wide range of common ailments, from

    Complete Single Mother, The

    This book provides information and support for women who are raising their family on their own. Includes information on concerns such as time and money management; how to talk to an absent dad; collecting child support; the uninvolved father; raising boys

    Complete Thyroid Book, The

    This book combines the expertise of two pioneers in thyroid disease and together they provide you with all the information you need to understand your thyroid disorder, treatment, and options.

    Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

    In gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Gawande explores the power and the limits of medicine, offering an unflinching view from the scalpel's edge. Complications lays bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is - uncertain, perple

    Composing a Life

    This book examines the biographies of five women, and the life experiences that helped them grow and change. The author argues that interruptions, conflicted priorities, and exigencies are a part of our lives that can, and should, be seen as a source of

    Conquering Headache

    Headache is an illness largely misunderstood, misdiagnosed and mistreated. This is an illustrated guide to understanding the treatment and control of headache. The authors dispel common myths, and show that with proper information and guidelines, headache

    Consumer Guide to Long-Term Care

    This is guide to choosing nursing homes, home care, assisted living, and other options; how to protect your rights and ensure high standards of care; how to pay for care, including Medicare and managed care, and more.

    Consumer Handbook on Hearing Loss and Hearing Aids: A Bridge to Healing, A

    This book offers practical tips and useful information on how to handle the problems faced by people with hearing loss, including overcoming obstacles associated with the use of hearing aids.

    Consumer Reports Complete Guide to Health Services for Seniors

    This guide helps navigate the maze of health care services and long-term care facilities. Easy-to-use worksheets and tables, explanation of Medicare coverage and insurance options, resources, and state-by-state information.

    Consumer Reports on Health

    This newsletter covers nutrition and healthy lifestyle issues.

    Consumers Guide to Cancer Drugs (American Cancer Society)

    This book lists descriptions, side effects and precautions for over 200 cancer-related drugs; how they work; how they are administered; which are FDA approved and which are experimental. It also describes various cancer treatment terminology in everyday l

    Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Lipid Disorders

    Reference book describing risk assessment; treatment options varying from diet and lifestyle changes to medications; and special populations such as women, young people, the elderly, and diabetics, etc.

    Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of the Patient With Epilepsy

    Reference book on the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy.

    Contraceptive Technology

    Comprehensive guide to sexuality, methods of contraception, STDs, impaired fertility, preconception care, and future methods of birth control.

    Control of Communicable Diseases Manual

    Comprehensive reference book for communicable disease prevention.

    Controlling Cholesterol for Dummies

    Straightforward comprehensive explanation of cholesterol and strategies for controlling the levels.

    Controlling Your Fat Tooth

    This book discusses the link between excess dietary fat and heart disease, stroke and diabetes; difference between fats; how to make smart food choices and lose weight without dieting; how to beat your fat cravings.

    Cooking for Baby

    Wholesome, homemade, delicious foods for 6-18 months.

    Cooking for David

    This book provides recipes that combine appropriate dietary requirements with good taste for dialysis patients.

    Cooking Thin With Chef Kathleen

    A collection of healthy recipes for breakfasts, side and main dishes, and desserts that helped the author to lose seventy-five pounds, as well as shortcuts, variations, and tips.

    Cooking with Fragile Hands

    This book, written by an occupational therapist, is intended for individuals with conditions such as arthritis or multiple sclerosis which may limit mobility in their hands. It has a large section of recipes, and a section dedicated to hints and tips arou

    Cooking with Heart and Soul

    This booklet contains recipes for traditional foods that have been modified to be heart healthy. Also included is general information on exercise and strategies for healthier eating.

    Coping with Glaucoma

    Glaucoma is the most preventable cause of blindness, affecting about 3 million Americans. This book is a guide to understanding this condition: what it is, how it is diagnosed, and how to use medications with most effect and fewest side effects.

    Coping with Kidney Disease

    If you have been diagnosed with kidney failure, this book could save your life. It helps you: understand kidney failure, recognize early warning signs of kidney failure, get a proper diagnosis, and much more.

    Coping with Lymphedema

    Lymphedema affects 100 million women, men and children around the world. It occurs as a result of damage to the lymphatic system, and causes swelling, pain, decreased mobility, and increased susceptibility to infection. The authors discuss the condition,

    Coping with Panic: A Drug-Free Approach to Dealing with Anxiety Attacks

    In this book, the author provides a plan to help panic attack and anxiety sufferers identify attacks, recognize their cause, and learn to overcome them without the use of drugs.

    Coping with Prednisone* (*and other cortisone-related medicines)

    Prednisone and related drugs (glucocorticoids) are used to treat illnesses ranging from asthma and arthritis to kidney disease and organ transplants. While they may be the only treatment for serious or life-threatening illnesses, they may have serious sid

    Corduroy Goes to the Doctor

    This book talks about a child having a check-up, letting the doctor listen to his heart, and letting the doctor look at his eyes and ears.

    Coronary Artery Disease in Women: What All Physicians Need to Know

    This reference book from the American College of Physicians addresses heart disease in a special population group: women. It is divided into three major sections: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management. Topics include smoking, obesity, hypertension, exerci

    Coronary Artery Disease: Advances in Detection & Treatment

    This report will teach you about coronary artery disease (CAD). You will learn what tests are done to diagnose CAD, including recent advances in non-invasive and invasive diagnostic testing. The report discusses treatment options which include medications

    Coronary Heart Disease - The Johns Hopkins White Papers

    This White Paper is a guide to prevention, diagnosis, and management of coronary heart disease and its complications. Information is provided on the causes and symptoms of heart disease, lifestyle measures and medications to prevent and treat heart disease, and revascularization treatments for heart disease. Highlights include travel safety tips for people with implanted heart devices, medication versus surgery for heart attack prevention and exercise advice for people with heart failure.

    Coronary Heart Disease: A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment

    Coronary heart disease is on of the most common - and most serious - diseases in the nation, affecting 12 million Americans. If you have been diagnosed with CHD, you can do much to improve your health. The first step is learning all you can about it so

    Cough in Your Shirt, Bert

    Count Us In

    Authors share their experiences of growing up with Down syndrome.

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Couples Confronting Cancer

    Discusses cancer's impact on the couple. Topics include evaluating your relationship, conflict, lifestyle factors, physical intimacy, and a resource guide.

    Courage to Heal, The

    An inspiring, comprehensive guide that offers hope and encouragement to every woman who was sexually abused as a child, proving that healing is possible.

    Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

    This book helps female victims of childhood sexual abuse to heal and come to terms with their past. It provides clear explanations, practical suggestions, a map of the healing journey, and personal experiences.

    Courage to Laugh, The

    This author uses stories and anecdotes to demonstrate the power of humor at the end of life to add dignity and compassion to this experience.

    Creating Optimism

    A revolutionary new approach to beating depression through lasting, supportive relationships.

    Creating Personal Eating and Exercise Plans

    Critical Care Medicine

    Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

    Dr. Saibil begins by describing the normal gastrointestinal system and then explains what goes wrong in someone with IBD. He then goes on to provide travel tips and other useful strategies for living with IBD. He explains possible complications of the disease and the special problems of children with IBD.

    Cuando Fallan sus Rinones: Un Manual Para Pacientes y Sus Familiares

    Entre los temasque se cubren, se encuentran los principios de la funcion renal, los metodos de tratamiento y los recursos fincieros disponibles pare los pacientes.

    Cultural Foods

    "Cultural Foods" explores the cuisine of Native Americans, Europeans, Africans, Latinos, Asians, South Asians, Southeast Asians, Pacific Islanders, and the people of Greece and the Middle East, as well as the menus common to different regions of the US.

    Curious George Goes to the Hospital

    A curious monkey goes to the hospital after swallowing a piece of jigsaw puzzle.

    Current Medical; Diagnosis & Treatment

    Reference book on more than 1000 common diseases and disorders.

    Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence

    The Curse of the Good Girl is a new, essential guide to modern girl culture. Author Rachel Simmons challenges the reader to change how we we raise our young girls to empower and enlighten them in this contemporary environment.

    Dance as a Healing Art

    The author offers the wisdom of her life experience as a dancer, teacher and facilitator for healing. She tells her own story as a cancer survivor and the stories of many others with deep compassion and clarity. This book serves as a guide to understandin

    Dance of Connection, How to Talk to Someone When You Are Mad, Hurt Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed or Desperate, The

    Dr. Harriet Lerner teaches us how to restore love and connection with the people who matter to us the most. In this book we learn what to say and not say.

    Dare to Be 100

    In this book, the author explains how and why everyone should strive to be centenarians. He breaks down his program into the categories of diet, attitude, renewal, and exercise, and emphasizes quality of life in the struggle for longevity.

    DASH Diet Action Plan, The

    Based on the NIH research on Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. The DASh diet is rich in fruits and vegetables, whole grains, low-fat and nondairy lean meats, fish, poultry, beans and nuts. Eating the DASH way can help lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels, thus reducing risks of heart disease. The book has a 28-day menu plan, with recipes for some of the food choices, as well as guidance on DASH dining away from home.

    Dayan Qigong: An Ancient Health System for Today's Modern Life

    This book explains the principles and practice of Dayan Qigong and serves as a valuable resource for students who do not have easy access to in-person teaching. There are 64 movements in Dayan Qigong that combine full-range-of-motion exercises with elements of traditional Chinese Medicine. Qigong is not only physical exercise, but also rooted in philosophy and science.

    Deaf Sentence

    A novel about a retired linguistics professor, Desmond Bates, who reluctantly journeys to London to check up on his elderly father and finds his hearing problems result in an unintended relationship with a young woman.

    Deal With It

    This book addresses physical, emotional and social issues facing girls from puberty to adulthood. Each chapter is followed by a large resource section of books and organizations.

    Dealing Creatively with Death

    This book deals with many death-related problems: social, emotional, philosophical and practical. It covers topics such as death education, living with dying, bereavement, the right to die, simple burial and cremation, death ceremonies, and more.

    Dealing With Food Allergies

    Presenting up-to-date information on current diagnostic methods and treatment options, this guide describes the effects of food allergies on the skin, mucous membranes, and respiratory and digestive tracts; discusses treatment by allergists and other heal

    Dear Barbara, Dear Lynne

    This book is composed of letters from two women to each other during the years they struggled with infertility and adoption.

    Dear Birthmother

    This book attempts to identify, explain, and dispel the social myths surrounding adoption, both for the birthmother and the adopting parents. It advocates pregnancy counseling and open adoption.

    Decoding Darkness

    The hypothesis that Alzheimer's dementia is the result of a renegade protein has led scientists to find the gene responsible for its production. This book offers insight into the world of molecular genetics, the obstacles that threaten to derail it, and t

    Defending Our Lives

    In this book, the author presents a comprehensive guide to the options available to abused women as well as to the family and friends who want to help them. She guides women through the process of protecting themselves from domestic violence and stalking

    Delivered from Distraction

    Attention deficit disorder, the authors point out, is a misleading description of an intriguing kind of mind. Original, charismatic, energetic, often brilliant, people with ADD have extraordinary talents and gifts embedded in their highly charged but easi

    Demystifying Anorexia Nervosa

    This book serves as a guide to understanding anorexia nervosa, how it evolves, its' warning signs and how it is treated.

    Depression and Anxiety - The Johns Hopkins White Papers, 2007

    This White Paper describes the causes, symptoms, diagnoses, and treatments of depression, bipolar disorder and anxiety disorders. Topics include: deep brain stimulation, trends in psychotherapy, depression and anxiety in caregivers, compulsive hoarding, s

    Depression Sourcebook, The

    A guide to depression, from chronic, mild forms to manic depression; discussion of treatment options from psychotherapy to medications, natural compounds to alternative methods. Includes list of resources, books and videos.

    Desperate Hope

    One of the toughest, most disorienting challenges life can throw us is the diagnosis of breast cancer. Questions and fears race through our minds. Why me? Where is God? What will happen next? This book acts as a spiritual companion to the woman and her f

    Di"aaaa" Dora va al medico

    Dora visits the doctor for a check-up, and the doctor listens to her heartbeat, weighs and measures her, and looks in her eyes, ears, and throat.

    Diabetes A Guide to Living Well

    This text discusses medications, cardiovascular disease, obesity, emotional issues, and treatment plans related to diabetes.

    Diabetes A to Z (1997 edition)

    This book provides simple yet informative answers to all your questions, whether you're newly diagnosed or you've had diabetes for several years.

    Diabetes A to Z (2003 edition)

    This book will provide simple yet informative answers to all your questions. It includes the latest information on diabetes self care, including new medications, and treatment guidelines.

    Diabetes and Pregnancy: What to Expect

    This is a guide for women with type 1(insulin-dependent) diabetes who are pregnant or who are thinking about having a baby. It explains the important elements of proper diabetes care during pregnancy, including meal planning, exercise, insulin therapy, a

    Diabetes Burnout: What to Do When You Can't Take It Anymore

    Do you get depressed about having to deal with diabetes day in and day out? Do you worry about complications, get angry about self-care chores, and feel frustrated by poor results after all your hard work? If so, you may be suffering from "diabetes burnou

    Diabetes Carbohydrate and Fat Gram Guide, The

    Published by the American Diabetes Association and The American Dietetic Association, this is a book for individuals with diabetes to learn the carbohydrate and fat content of the foods they eat, and their important role in living well with diabetes, whet

    Diabetes Danger: What 200 Million American at Risk Need to Know

    The author explores questions such as : * What is diabetes, and how did it grow from an almost unknown disease to today's epidemic? * How does our genetic makeup combine with our modern lifestyle to almost guarantee that an American will contract the dise

    Diabetes Education: Gestational Diabetes - What to Expect

    This book provides answers about gestational diabetes and teaches you how to stay well and have a healthy baby.

    Diabetes Education: When Diabetes Hits Home: The Whole Family's Guide to Emotional Health

    This book addresses the importance of a healthy lifestyle, but also explores the entire spectrum of emotional issues you may struggle with and outlines effective strategies for keeping your emotions - as well as your body - in good health.

    Diabetes Forecast

    This magazine teaches you 9 stress soothers and about healthy living.

    Diabetes Information for Teens

    This book provides information about the different types of diabetes, risk factors, diagnostic, procedures and strategies used to manage the disease, including use of insulin self monitoring blood glucose. It also deals with prevention, changing lifestyle

    Diabetes Meal Planning Made Easy

    Diabetes Meal Planning Made Easy helps you learn about diabetes nutrition recommendations and master the intricacies of each food group in the Diabetes Food Pyramid. From starches, at the pyramid's base, to fats, sweets and alcohol at the pyramid's tip,

    Diabetes Self-Management

    This magazine tells you how to manage your diabetes.

    Diabetes Tipo 2...Su guia para una vida saludable

    Consejos, tecnicas y recomendaciones practicas para vivir teniendo diabetes.

    Diabetes Travel Guide (The)

    This book takes the worry out of traveling for people with type diabetes 1 and 2 by completely organizing the process. It helps you create a diabetes survival kit, find insurance to cover your medical expenses while you travel, and plan for every situatio

    Diabetes Travel Guide, The

    This book is a guide for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. It helps organize the travel process from preparing and packing for your trip, to traveling by boat, car or plane; eating well and excersing on the road; illness on your trip, and planning for speacila situations such as camping, hiking in the wilderness, scuba diving, etc. The book has a section on key phrases in foreign languages for the person with diabetes.

    Diabetes Type II: Self-Management Program

    Basic introductory manual covering many aspects of self-care. Includes explanations of insulin and oral hypoglycemics, acute and long-term complications, emotional impact, and special needs.

    Diabetes: A Guide to Living Well

    This book includes nutrition advice that reflects the research and guidelines from the American Diabetes Association, information on medications and insulin pump therapy. It will help you design a program of individualized self-care that fits your lifest

    Diabetic Gourmet, The

    Diabetic Man, The

    As a diabetes specialist and diabetic man, the author shares information to help you understand and control diabetes. The book includes inspiring stories of engineers, athletes and entertainers who did not let diabetes get in the way of their success.

    Diabetic Meals in 30 Minutes - Or Less!

    A diabetic cookbook.

    Diabetic Woman, The

    This book is designed to help women with diabetes understand their disease and cope with its symptoms through all the phases of their lives. Includes a section on family life and a section on dietary guidelines.

    Diabetic's Book, The

    This book will teach you what diabetes is, why you have it and what you need - and don't need - to do to prevent complications. It also has a section solely devoted to those who want to help their loved ones with diabetes.

    Diabetic's Total Health Book, The

    This book shows how to improve your diabetes care by controlling stress, how to enjoy a variety of delicious meals, how to use exercise for mental and physical well-being and how to enrich the quality of your life.

    Diagnosis and Management of Otitis Media

    This medical reference addresses the pathophysiology, immunology and natural history of middle ear infection. It addresses diagnosis and the basis for first-fourth line antibiotic selection, tube placement, complications of otitis media, and prevention of

    Diagnosis and Management of Parkinson's Disease, 5th Edition

    A reference book containing information on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, and management of Parkinson's disease.

    Diagnosis and Management of Type 2 Diabetes

    This reference text contains information on diabetes statistics, classification, diagnosis, nutrition, exercise, oral and insulin therapy, acute and long-term complications. Prevention is also addressed.

    Diagnosis of Diseases of the Chest Vol 2

    Diagnosis of Diseases of the Chest Vol 3

    Diagnosis of Diseases of the Chest Vol 4

    Dictionary of First Names

    Looking for a baby name? This book offers more than 10,000 names for boys and girls.

    Dictionary of Medical Acronyms and Abbreviations

    This book provides definitions of medical acronyms and abbreviations.

    Did My First Mother Love Me?

    Morgan's adoptive mother reassures her that she is loved by reading a letter written by her birthmother. Includes a section: "Talking with your child about adoption."

    Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010

    This book addresses ways to balance calories to manage weight; foods and food components to reduce; fodds and nutrients to increase; building healthy habits; making healthy food choices

    Dieting for Dummies

    If you are tired of the fad diet roller coaster, then this guide is for you. Prepared under the supervision of the American Dietetic Association, it explains how to move beyond gimmicks--and develop a lifetime eating plan that will take the weight off and

    Difficult Child, The

    This book offers advice on raising a temperamentally difficult child. It includes information on how to identify your child's difficult temperament; manage typical conflict situations expertly and kindly; make discipline more effective and get better resu

    Dinosaurs Alive and Well - A Guide to Good Health

    This book gives young children a head start on establishing healthy habits that will last a lifetime. In addition, the book includes tips on how to exercise your body and your mind and much more.

    Dinosaurs Beware - A Safety Guide

    This book helps you teach children safety rules in a easy way. It is a genuinely funny and engaging safety book.

    Dinosaurs Divorce - A Guide for Changing Families

    This book will help children understand divorce words and what they mean, why parents divorce, living with one parent and much more.

    Disability is Natural

    Written for parents of children with disabilities, it provides a new way of looking at disabilities. Rejecting the idea of labels and dependency, this author, herself the mother of a disabled child, empowers the parents as the "experts". Ways to lead a "n

    Disability: The Obesity-Diabetes Epidemic that Threatens America and What We Must Do to Stop It.

    Disability takes us to the front lines of obesity and type 2 diabetes and the fight against this preventable but deadly disease. The author details the tools for change we must make at every level.

    Discipline the Brazelton Way

    This book offers practical advice to parents in dealing with all kinds of misbehaviors. The authors are always mindful of the child's developmental stage and experience.

    Discipline without Stress, Punishments, or Rewards

    This book was written with teachers and parents in mind. It can be read as individual chapters as they discuss positive methods to reduce stress, motivate, increase responsibility for actions, and promote learning.

    Discover the Secret to Healthy Living

    A recipe book published by the California 5 a day-Better Health Campaign.

    Disney Encyclopedia of Baby and Child Care: Vol. 1 -- Infant and Child Development

    This book concerns infant and child development, including the basics of first aid and a section on common childhood symptoms Includes guidelines for the physical, emotional, and behavioral development of children from infancy to six.

    Disney Encyclopedia of Baby and Child Care: Vol. 2 -- A-Z Encyclopedia of Child Health and Illness

    This book contains an A to Z Encyclopedia of Child Health and Illness, with over 160 entries. Includes information on prevention, symptoms, and detection and when to call the doctor, and what treatments are available.

    Divorce and New Beginnings

    This sensitive guidebook provides a wealth of proven coping skills to help you weather the difficult times of divorce and eventually build new beginnings for yourself and, if you have them, your children.

    Divorce Book for Parents

    This book is for parents going through divorce. It addresses how to help their children through this difficult time. Information includes: How to break the news; what age-related behaviors to expect; preparing for departure day; custody, money and legalit

    Do You Still Love Me?

    When her parents have an argument, Carrot is worried they no longer love each other or her, and her friend Oscar tries to cheer her up.

    Doctor de Soto

    Dr. De Soto, a mouse dentist, copes with the toothaches of various animals except those with a taste for mice, until the day a fox comes to him in great pain.

    Don't Eat Your Heart Out Cookbook

    This is a cardiac patient's guide to cooking and eating for health. Includes information on how to lower cholesterol, cut fat, reduce salt and sugar, how to adapt everyday recipes for healthy eating, and how to permanently change eating habits. Also, ho

    Don't Panic

    This author provides a self-help program for overcoming panic and coping with anxious fears. He shows the reader how a panic attack happens, what causes it, and how it affects one's life; a five step strategy for controlling the moment of panic; how to q

    Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary

    This reference work includes 115,000 entries that cover the discoveries that have shaped our understanding of the human mechanism, the diseases we have sought to conquer, and the devices that have made the impossible commonplace. Includes terms on AIDS r

    Double Duty

    This books discusses what it's like raising twins, from pregnancy into the school years.

    Down Came the Rain; My Journey Through Postpartum Depression

    Brooke Sheilds shares her story of how she battled postpartum depression. She discusses the illness in the context of her own life and how she found her maternal footing.

    Down Syndrome Transition Handbook, The

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Down Syndrome: Living and Learning in the Community

    This book will prove an invaluable tool for parents and health care professionals, enabling people with Down syndrome to cope with the problems they face and participate to the fullest in community life.

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Dr. Andrew Weil's Self Healing

    Newsletter: Health and wellness; traditional and complementary therapies

    Dr. Jack Newman's Guide to Breastfeeding

    Discusses dealing with common challenges and problems with breastfeeding, breastfeeding premature babies and babies with special needs, and breastfeeding during illness or separation.

    Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer

    This book teaches you the risk factors of prostate cancer, why the digital rectal exam and PSA test might save your life, and about the latest treatment options. Tells you everything you need to know about prostate cancer.

    Dr. Peter Scardino's Prostate Book

    A guide to understanding and overcoming three key prostate health problems counsels readers on how to prevent disease, interpret complicated test results, become informed about the range of available treatments, and preserve sexual intimacy.

    Dr. Rosenfeld's Guide to Alternative Medicine

    A professor of Clinical Medicine at NY Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, the author reviews the track records of a number of widely used alternative therapies, including acupuncture, aromatherapy, homeopathy, hypnosis and reflexology; what scientific evide

    Dr. Sears' LEAN Kids: Lifestyles Exercise Attitude Nutrition

    This book provides a clear and positive message to help parents and children adopt a total health program. Principles of good nutrition and physical activity are presented, along with specific tips for dealing with school situations, birthday parties, and

    Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book

    This is a reference book on breast cancer. The author has included new developments in breast care, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and research. Also includes new information on silicone implants, imaging techniques, genetics, risk factors and prevent

    Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book, 5th edition

    This 5th edition of Dr. Love's informative, complete and highly readable book on breast care is completely reorganized and revised. The book reflects the current hypothesis and shift in thinking regarding breast cancer. As a result of this shift, decision making about care and treatment may be more complicated for some. Dr. Love provides tools to help in the decision making process.

    Dr. Susan Love's Menopause & Hormone Book

    In this revised edition Dr. Love discusses the Women's Health Initiative 2002 reports of the clinical trials on postmenopausal hormone therapy. She provides advice on how to cope with the life changes of menopause, such as osteoporosis, heart disease, bre

    Dr. Susan Love's Menopause and Hormone Book

    The author offers definitive expert advice about whether or not to go on hormone replacement therapy and, if so, for how long, as well as how to taper off hormones and she offers alternative methods for treating the symptoms of menopause.

    Drug Information Handbook, 15th edition

    A comprehensive resource for all clinicians and healthcare professions. Provides detailed information on current drugs avaialable.

    Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation

    A reference guide to fetal and neonatal risk.

    Dying Well

    This book provides a blueprint for families, showing them how to deal with doctors, how to talk to friends and relatives, and how to make the end of life as meaningful and precious as the beginning.

    Dying Well: Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life

    In this book, the author provides stories of his patients to show the value of the emotional work that can be accomplished in the final months, weeks, and even days of life. He also shows families how to deal with doctors, how to talk to friends and rela

    Each New Day: Ideas for Coping with Blood Cancers

    Helpful suggestions for people to cope with their diagnosis of leukemia or lymphoma.

    Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders Sourcebook

    Basic consumer health information about disorders of the ears, hearing loss, vestibular disorders, nasal and sinus problems, throat and vocal cord disorders, and otolaryngologic cancers, including facts about ear infections and injuries, genetic and conge

    Early Communication Skills for Children with Down Syndrome

    A guide to maximizing the communication development of children with Down syndrome that focuses on speech and language development from birth through age five.

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Easy Way To Stop Smoking, The

    A new edition of the revolutionary bestseller, with four million copies in print. Allen Carr’s innovative Easy way method—which he discovered after his own 100-cigarette-a-day habit nearly drove him to despair—has helped millions kick smoking without feel

    Eat & Beat Diabetes with Picture Perfect Weight Loss

    Combines a visual method of food comparisons with information for promoting weight loss and helping to manage and fight diabetes.

    Eat More Weigh Less

    Dr. Ornish's program takes a scientific approach based on the type of food eaten rather that the amount. On the Life Choice program the meals are low in fat and get you full before you consume to many.

    Eat This Not That

    You can burn fat and build the body you want - not by eating less, but by making smart, healthy food choices. And now, the right choices are simple! Whether you're in the frozen foods aisle, the fast-food drive-thru, the local Olive Garden, or even your

    Eat Well for a Healthy Menopause

    This book provides dietary advice for managing menopause naturally and comfortably. Includes "10 Diet Commandments for Menopause and Beyond," designed to alleviate discomfort, minimize risks associated with hormone replacement therapy, and slow down the

    Eat Your Way to a Healthy Heart

    Dr. Liz Applegate has catalogued 100 everyday foods - from abalone to zucchini - and integrated them into a practical, common-sense, easy to follow eating plan that will help you control or prevent heart disease and high blood pressure.

    Eat, Drink and Be Healthy

    Based on many research studies tracking hundreds of thousands of people for more than twenty years, this book offers eye-opening new research on the healthiest form of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, and the relative importance of various food groups a

    Eat, Drink, and be Mindful

    This workbook is a collection of more than seventy worksheets created by psychologist, Susan Albers, author of "Eating Mindfully." It is organized around the seven skills of mindful-eater-awareness: observing, being in-the-moment, acceptance, letting go, non-judgment, and mindfulness of the environment. This concise, easy-to-use guide is great for introducing people to mindful eating.

    Eating Disorder Sourcebook, The

    This title covers various medications and treatment programs, underlying causes and risk factors, and strategies for detecting and preventing eating disorders.

    Eating Disorders and Obesity

    This reference book addresses: *basic regulation of eating and body weight *phsychological and social factors, dieting, and body image *measurement methods *clinical characteristics of eating disorders *epidemiology and etiology of eating disorders *medic

    Eating Expectantly

    This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date book on pregnancy nutrition.

    Eating Expectantly: A Practical and Tasty Guide to Prenatal Nutrition

    This book reviews nearly every aspect of nutrition, from pregnancy planning to the postnatal period. Includes information on how to cook and store foods; how to make meal planning easier; what to do about eating during high-risk pregnancies; how to add v

    Eating for Pregnancy- The Essential Nutrition Guide and Cookbook for Today's Mother-to-Be

    A comprehensive pregnancy nutrition book; includes 150 fast, fresh, family-friendly nutrient-rich recipes, each with a "What's in this for baby and me?" Inlcudes a Nine-Months-Later section, covering the post-partum period.

    Eating Hints Before, During and After Cancer Treatment

    This booklet is for someone who is about to get, or is now getting, cancer treatment. It contains information about common types of eating problems, along with ways to manage them.

    Eating Hints for Cancer Patients

    How to eat well during cancer treatment. Also discusses ways to cope with treatment side effects and gives menus for special needs.

    Eating in the Light of the Moon

    This book discusses how women can transform their relationships with food through myths, metaphors and storytelling. It provides insight on women's struggle with eating.

    Eating Mindfully

    This book introduces and adapts the concepts of mindfulness and acceptance to the observation and management of eating habits. The result is a series of exercises and meditations that reinforce healthy habits and lead to greater tranquility at meals. The book describes the four foundations of mindful eating: mindfulness of the mind, the body, the feelings, and the thoughts. It doesnít encourage a diet of deprivation, but instead provides a checklist for the wide variety of mindless eating approaches, which include fasting, dieting, and restricting certain foods, rapid eating, eating when ... more

    Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery

    This book offers over 140 original, low-fat, high protein recipes that taste just as delicious pureed and chopped as they do served whole, so you can enjoy flavorful, satisfying meals through every stage of your post-op eating program and cook for your fa

    Eating Well for Optimum Health

    In this book Dr. Weil not only describes the basics of nutrition, i.e. fats, proteins, carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins, but he also addresses fad diets, and more traditional Japanese, "Asian", Vegan and Mediterranean diets, with their advantages and

    Eating Well Through Cancer

    This book provides over 200 easy recipes to ease side effects during and after cancer treatment. Nutritional analysis and menu ideas are included.

    Eating Well, Living Well with Osteoporosis

    This book explains the connection between osteoporosis and nutrition. It explains how osteoporosis affects your body and how to determine if you're at risk; how calcium and other nutrients affect building and maintaining strong, healthy bones and what th

    Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West

    Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West is a full-color photographic guide to the identification, edibility, and medicinal uses of over 250 plant species, growing from Alaska to southern California, east across the Rocky Mountains and the Northern Plains

    Edible Pyramid, The

    In this book, the customers at The Edible Pyramid restaurant learn healthful ways to eat.

    Elder Care: How to Help Your Aging Family Members

    This guidebook is intended to assist family members responsible for caring for the elderly. It suggests ways to select, coordinate and manage nearby or distant services that may be necessary and will help you locate resources.

    Elder Law Handbook, The

    This is a handbook to help people over the age of fifty or their children to protect hard earned resources; manage financial affairs; negotiate the health care system; pay for long term care; plan for a disabled child; access Medicare and Medicaid; and ma

    Elmo's Breakfast Bingo

    Here's one simple and imaginative way to get your kids - and the whole family! - eating to start every day the right way!

    Empty Arms

    This book provides support for parents who have suffered miscarriage, infant death or stillbirth. Includes national resources.

    Encyclopedia of Autoimmune Disease, The

    This text provides clear and comprehensice information about each of the more than 80 autoimmune diseases, as well as their suspected causes, clinical features, treatment strategies, and current research.

    Encyclopedia of Childbearing

    This book provides information for expectant parents to make informed choices for themselves and their babies. Includes information on birth centers; bonding; dreams; epidural anesthesia; LeBoyer method; newborn intelligence; obstetric drugs; vaccination

    Encyclopedia of Mental Health, The

    This is a one-stop reference for key topics regarding contemporary mental health concerns.

    End of Overeating, The

    This book examines our addictive eating patterns with regard to sugar, fat, and salt, revealing how food manufacturers use the science of addiction to sell their product, and what we can do about it.

    Endometriosis Sourcebook, The

    The definitive guide to current treatment options, the latest research, common myths about the disease, and coplin strategies-both physical and emotional.

    Endometriosis The Complete Reference For Taking Charge of Your Health

    Provides information on endometriosis, covering such topics as treatment options, nutrition, infertility, the immune system, the connection to cancer, teenagers with endometriosis, menopause, and research.

    Enjoying Life with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    The full spectrum of chronic airflow disorders is best termed as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD encompasses asthmatic bronchitis, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and a combination of these closely-related disorders. The book covers many

    Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging

    This text focuses on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases and discusses such topics as disease patterns, environmental factors, and overall brain structure and function.

    Epidemiology of Rheumatic Diseases

    Medical reference text.

    Epilepsy: 199 Answers

    A doctor answers the most common questions asked by his patients with epilepsy.

    Essential Exercises for the Childbearing Year

    In this book, the author explains the benefits and hazards of exercise during pregnancy, and shows readers how they can recognize and resolve weakness and dysfunction. She reveals the role of key muscles -- those of the pelvic floor and abdominal wall --

    Essential Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery

    This book is a preparatory tool for the Boards and features 1000 pages of information and is illustrated with line drawings, photos, x-rays, tables, and graphs. It is written in expanded outline format and provides a concise review of otolaryngology.

    Essentials of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

    An introduction to complementary and alternative medicine, CAM. To understand how and where these CAM practices fit into the congenital medical system, you need to know the foundations of these approaches and how to evaluate them. Three main sections are

    Essentials of Musculoskeletal Care

    This book from the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and the American Academy of Pediatrics is a guide and easy reference for the evaluation and management of common and special orthopedic conditions.

    Everyday Blessings

    In this book, the authors show parents how they can enrich their lives and the lives of their children through mindful parenting -- that is, by honoring the fullness of the present moment, and within it, the inner potential and beauty that reside in both

    Everyone's Guide to Cancer Therapy

    This book helps cancer patients gain an understanding of the illness and of the kinds of treatments that might be recommended. It explains what is currently known about the early detection of cancer, how a malignancy develops, how and why the correct sta

    Everything Pregnancy Fitness Book, The

    This book provides safe, specially tailored exercises for before and after delivery.

    Everything you NEVER wanted your kids to know about SEX (but were afraid they'd ask)

    A psychiatrist and a pediatrician present information to help parents understand their children's sexuality, covering every key stage in a child's sexual development and explaining how to address youngsters' questions.

    Exercise & Physical Activity: Your Everyday Guide from the National Institute on Aging

    The National Institute on Aging brought together a group of experts in the fields of gerontology, exercise, rehabilitation, and nutrition to create the first version of this book published in 1999. Since then, scientists have learned much more about the b

    Expectant Father: Facts, Tips, and Advice for Dads-to-Be, The

    An information-packed, month-by-month guide to all the emotional financial, and yes, even physical changes the father-to-be may experience during the course of his partner's pregnancy.

    Eye Book, The

    The authors discuss the normal eye exam, how to recognize an emergency; all about eye glasses and contact lenses; the unique concerns of people with systemic diseases such as diabetes; pros and cons of refractory surgery, and the problems of low vision.

    Eye Care Revolution - Prevent And Reverse Common Vision Problems, The

    Dr. Abel brings you amazing nutritional, herbal, homeopathic, and Asian therapies, along with conventional methods, to prevent and even reverse most vision disorders.

    Fabulous Fats

    Discover the vital role fats play in feeling energized, slim and strong. See which fats are essential for the heart, brain, eyes and reducing painful inflammation and which fats are to be avoided.

    Face in the Mirror: Teenagers and Adoption, The

    This book explores the issues affecting teenage adoptees, attempting to tackle the struggle to develop a sense of self.

    Facing and Fighting Fatigue

    A book by a specialist in fatigue disorders - discusses all kinds of fatigue problems, explaining what fatigue is, what causes it, how to combat it and what patients should know when consulting a doctor about symptoms; how to improve your sleep, manage st

    Facing Death and Finding Hope

    Unique wisdom on death and dying expressed in Tibetan Buddhist teaching is made accessible to the Western reader in this practical, warm, and moving guide. It is valuable for caregivers, loved ones, and those facing death.

    Fading Sounds - About Hearing and Hearing Aids

    A comprehensive book covering the anatomy of the ear, hearing loss and hearing aids.

    Fall of Freddie The Leaf - A Story of Life For All Ages, The

    This book touches children and adults alike, illustrating the delicate balance between life and death.

    Family Book, The

    Represents a variety of families, some big and some small, some with only one parent and some with two moms or dads, some quiet and some noisy, but all alike in some ways and special no matter what.

    Family Cookbook: The American Tradition

    Cookbook

    Family Physicians and Managed Care A View to the 90's

    Fasten Your Seatbelt: a crash course on Down syndrome for brothers and sisters

    Introduces the illness, how it is detected and diagnosed, current treatments, and the daily lives of individuals affected by Down syndrome, with coping advice for siblings.

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Fat Tooth Fat-Gram Counter, The

    This guide provides fat-gram counts for over 6,000 foods. It also shows the reader how to set a fat budget and stay within it, how to read food labels, how to develop better eating habits, and how to shop and cook smarter.

    Fat Tooth Restaurant & Fast Food Fat-Gram Counter, The

    This guide allows you to make informed choices by using fat-gram counts for average restaurant servings.

    Fat-Gram Guide to Restaurant Food

    Fat grams, calories, and percentage of calories from fat for over 3,500 restaurant dishes.

    Fatherhood

    The social changes of recent decades have reconfigured the nuclear family and redefined the role of fathers. More women work outside the home; more divorced fathers assume or share custody of their children. Fathers have become partners in parenthood, wie

    Fathers at Birth

    Although fathers no longer are left to pace in the waiting room while they await the birth of their baby. While most fathers are present at birth, many are still at a loss about what their role is in the birthing room. This book shows fathers how to transform themselves into the physical, emotional and spiritual guide that their partner needs them to be. It offers tips and tools you need to be a confident birth partner.

    Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

    This book explores the complex piece of creation called the human body. Dr Brand probes into the world of cells, bones, skin, muscles, and nerves to show how the human body so authentically expresses spiritual reality.

    Feeding Your Child for Lifelong Health

    Topics discussed include how foods optimize a baby's development, IQ, bone strength, and immunity, food solutions for common problems, how to deal with food allergies or obesity and ways to adapt family meals for kids.

    Feeling Good Handbook, The

    This book provides stop-by-step exercises that help you cope with depression in a drug-free way for everyday problems, such as fears, phobias, and panic attacks; self-defeating attitudes; intimate communication; marital conflict; and procrastination. Inc

    Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

    The author describes how anxiety, pessimism, procrastination and low self-esteem can be cures without drugs. He helps you recognize what your causes your mood swings; how to nip negative feelings in the bud; deal with guilt; handle hostility and criticism

    Fever and Neutropenia

    Treatment guidelines for patients with cancer.

    Fibroid Tumors & Endometriosis Self Help Book

    The author offers information on causes, symptoms and diagnosis of these two common conditions. There are self-evaluation worksheets; information on vitamins, herbs, mineral, nutrition, yoga, breathing exercises, stress reduction techniques.

    Fibromyalgia - A Leading Expert's Guide to Understanding and Getting Relief from the Pain That Won't Go Away

    Fibromyalgia is indicated by a group of symptoms including chronic generalized muscle pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances, headaches, and irritable bowel. But the medical community is only now putting the pieces together to discover what might cause it-and

    Fibromyalgia and Chronic Myofascial Pain Syndrome

    A comprehensive guide to these two conditions. Evaluation of symptoms, and identifying trigger points are addressed. Medications, nutritional program, bodywork, coping with family and work, getting support are covered.

    Fighting Invisible Tigers

    This book provides advice for teenagers about what to do for stress. Includes information on stress management and life management, from coping with stress to being assertive, building supportive relationships, taking risks, making decisions, staying hea

    Final Gifts

    When someone we love is dying, it's hard to know how to help, what to do, what to say. The dying themselves can often supply the answers. We have to know how to listen and what to look for. This moving book is written by two hospice nurses who have tended the terminally ill for more than a decade, and provide insight into the leave-taking process. Through moving stories of families they have cared for, they share how some individuals communicate their needs and feelings, and even choreograph their final moments.

    Financial Health Matters

    Provides insurance information and financial resources

    Finding Hope When a Child Dies

    The death of a child is an event of overwhelming loss that is never really forgotten. It seems not only tragic when a child dies, but unnatural. We don't fully comprehend the death of a child we love, and we feel guilty, punished for something we've done

    Finding Your Focus

    This book is focused on adults with ADD (also referred to as ADHD without hyperactivity). It show you how to become more organized and focused, with techniques and checklists to meet deadlines, keep appointments, overcome procrastination, conquer clutter,

    Finding Your Way

    This book explores the subject of sexual ethics. It starts from basic moral values and principles and uses examples and true-life stories to challenge readers to sort out right from wrong, and to learn to make thoughtful decisions about sexual behavior.

    Fine Motor Skills for Children with Down Syndrome

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Fine Young Man, A

    The author explores the unseen problems and marvels of male adolescents, showing parents, teachers, and mentors how to shepherd boys through the challenging years from ten to twenty.

    First Discovery: The Human Body

    Illustrated anatomy book for pre-school and young children.

    First Year: Celiac Disease and Living Gluten-Free

    This unique guide prioritizes all the most important information on diet and lifestyle changes for you. Day-by-day, week-by-week, month-by-month, learn how to safely alter your diet, manage your symptoms, and adjust to living gluten-free.

    First Year: Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

    As a "patient-expert", the author marshaled everything she has learned about living with IBD since her own diagnosis in 1989 into this book. This book covers a wide range of practical, medical, and lifestyle issues, beginning with coming to terms with your diagnosis and then moving on to coping, understanding and support.

    First Year: Multiple Sclerosis, The

    The author was diagnosed with MS in 2000, and she took charge and educated herself on every aspect of her condition. As a "patient-expert" she guides the newly diagnosed and their families step-by-step through the first year. She provides information: * S

    First Year: Parkinson's Disease

    Since her diagnosis in 1998 the author has educated herself on every aspect of the management and treatment of Parkinson's disease and now, as a "patient-expert", she guides you step-by-step through your first year with the condition.

    First Year: Rheumatoid Arthritis

    When the author was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in 1993, she decided to be proactive in her quest to understand and manage her condition - by reading medical and scientific books and journals, talking with doctors, and networking with other people who have rheumatoid arthritis. Now, as a "patient-expert", she guides you step-by-step through everything you need to do and learn your first year with the condition.

    First Year: Type 2 Diabetes

    After the author was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 1996, she educated herself on every aspect of this chronic condition - by reading medical and scientific books and journals, talking with doctors, listening to her own body, and using the Internet to communicate daily with other people who have diabetes.

    Fit & Well Core Concepts and Labs in Physical Fitness and Wellness

    Fit Kids

    This book provides all the answers you need to know on encouraging good nutrition and an active lifestyle for your child.

    Fit Over Forty

    This book provides information on designing a custom lifelong fitness program for people over the age of forty. The author outlines a program of simple changes in daily routines that can dramatically improve body, mind, and spirit. He provides ten easy

    Fit to be Well

    Provides information on changing to a healthy lifestyle, increasing strength and flexibility, choosing a nutritious diet, and avoiding addictive behaviors

    Fitzpatrick's Color Atlas & Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology

    Provides images for dermatologic diseases and systemic disease with skin manifestations

    Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

    The state of consciousness called "flow" refers to the state of concentration so focused that it amounts to absolute absorption in the activity. Its characteristics include feeling strong, alert, in effortless control, unselfconscious, and at the peak of

    Fluffy Love: Helping Children Deal with the Loss of a Pet

    Focus on Healthy Aging

    This newsletter focuses on diet and dementia, spotting breast cancer, and it helps you figure out if you are getting enough vitamins.

    Food Allergies for Dummies

    Food Allergies: How to Eat Safely and Enjoyably

    This book has information on diagnosis and management of food allergies. It discusses how to manage specific food allergies with day-to-day strategies.

    Food And Culture

    Kittler, a cultural nutrition consultant, and Sucher (nutrition and food science, San Jose State University) cover culturally related food and nutrition topics in this engaging text for aspiring dieticians, nutritionists, and food service professionals. E

    Food and Fitness Advisor

    Newsletter: Nutrition and exercise for women.

    Food and Moods- The Complete Guide to Eating Well and Feeling Your Best.

    Food and Mood distills complex scientific information into practical tips and suggestions that are easy to incorporate into even the busiest lifestyles. Most important, Ms. Somer explains how to adopt habits gradually to make real, substantial, and lastin

    Food and Our Bones

    This book discusses osteoporosis and the impact of foods on bone health. Includes over 60 recipes.

    Food Fights: Winning the Nutritional Challenges of Parenthood Armed With Insight, Humor, and a Bottle of Ketchup

    Knowing what to feed children is one thing. Getting them to eat it is quite another! In Food Fights, the authors bring together the science of nutrition with the practical insight of parents who have been in your shoes - offering simple solutions for yo

    Food Lover's Companion, Third Edition

    Definitions of nearly 6000 food, drink, and culinary terms. Useful appendices for substitutions, measurements, and resources.

    Foods that Harm, Foods that Heal

    An alphabetical guide to healthy eating. Covers foods, dietary supplements, nutritional conditions and more. Easy-to-read.

    For Teens Eat Right - Move - Feel Great: Body Works-A Toolkit for Healthy Teens & Strong Families

    Forgive for Good

    Based on scientific research this book offers new insight into the healing powers and medical benefits of forgiveness. Dr. Luskin outlines a proven nine-step forgiveness method that provides tools and techniques to move beyond being a victim to a life of

    Forgiveness, A Bold Choice or a Peaceful Heart

    R.Casarjian confronts the dilemmas of forgiveness and offers a new approach to healing our old wounds and self-judgments. She shows why letting go of the past is not only possible but necessary, if we are to achieve lasting health and harmony.

    Four-Minute Neurologic Exam, The

    FrameWork

    A renowned orthopedic surgeon provides the first medically proven fitness program designed to help prevent the #1 reason for doctor visits in the United States-bone and joint problems Fitness can't be just about a healthy heart or looking good in a swimsu

    Franklin Va Al Hospital

    Franklin's shell has cracked, and he needs to be a brave turtle when it's time to go to the hospital

    Frog who Longed for the Moon to Smile, The

    From Conception to Birth

    This book discusses the stages of life from conception to birth with incredible images and graphics.

    From Here to Maternity - A Complete Pregnancy Guide

    This book has a complete overview of the emotions and experiences you can expect during your pregnancy.

    From Here To Maternity: A Complete Pregnancy Guide

    From Panic to Power

    The author describes her program for teaching people how to think differently and respond in less anxious ways.

    From the Heart: A Woman's Guide to Living Well With Heart Disease

    A book written for women dealing with the emotional repercussions of heart disease. This will guide women forward with optimism and courage, addressing various questions from personal experience and expertise.

    Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness

    This book describes the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. It guides the reader on how to deal with stress, pain and illness through meditation and living more mindful lives .

    Fundamentals of Human Sexuality

    This reference book provides students with a broad, interdisciplinary perspective on the biological, psychological, and sociocultural aspects of human sexuality, and exposes students to the research and scholarship that constitute the underpinnings of kno

    General Ophthalmology

    This reference book provides information on the diagnosis and treatment of common eye disorders, such as cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration, and more.

    General Orthopedics

    This reference book presents a comprehensive coverage of musculoskeletal diseases and disorders from historical landmarks through formation and growth, physiology and biochemistry, biomechanics, physical diagnosis, diagnostic modalities, rehabilitation, g

    Germs Are Not for Sharing

    An illustrated book for ages 4 to 7 years, this book teaches the young reader about germs and ways to stay clean and healthy.

    Germs Make Me Sick

    Explains how bacteria and viruses affect the human body and how the body fights them

    Germs Make Me Sick!

    This is a Let's Read and Find Out Science Book for young children.

    Gestational Diabetes - What to Expect

    Get Out Of My Life, but first could you drive me and Cheryl to the mall?

    In this book, the author argues that today's teenagers do act differently than their parents did at the same age and he describes the psychological rules that dictate teenage behavior, including differences between boys and girls. In this revised edition,

    Get Set For School

    A developmentally based program to prepare children for Kindergarten using coloring, drawing and handwriting skills. For four to five year olds.

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Getting a grip on Diabetes

    This book explains how to control blood sugar levels in a way that kids can understand. It offers tips on how to go safely through school, participate in sports, go camping..with "what the Doc says" sections.

    Getting Control - Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsions

    A paralyzing fear that you have failed to lock the door... tearing out your hair in clumps... washing hands over and over again. These are some examples of obsessive-compulsive disorders that can wreak havoc on the daily lives of the sufferers of rigid ri

    Getting Old Without Getting Anxious

    Provides comprehensive, easy-to-understand information on how older adults can learn to cope successfully with new challenges and restore quality of life while limiting their dependence on prescription drugs.

    Getting Organized for your New Baby - A checklist and planner for busy parents-to-be (rev.&exp.)

    This book covers everything from considerations before pregnancy, through equipping the nursery, financial planning, to postpartum issues.

    Getting Well Again

    This book discusses the mind-body relationship for healing diseases and provides some effective lifesaving awareness techniques.

    Gifts 2: How People with Down Syndrome Enrich the World

    Includes more than seventy inspirational essays from family, friends, teachers, coaches, and medical professionals who recount the gifts--acceptance, courage, friendship, awareness and the joy they receive from knowing and caring about someone with Down Syndrome.

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Gifts: Mothers Reflect on How Children with Down Syndrome Enrich Their Lives

    The case studies of those who find themselves with a child having Down Syndrome.

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Girl Wars: 12 Strategies That Will End Female Bullying

    Gossip, teasing, forming cliques. The basis of female bullying, relational aggression. These authors provide ways to intervene when it happens and provide strategies for preventing it from starting.

    Girl With Glasses

    Young reader book about wearing glasses and finding the right frames and feelings that come in young ladies who wear glasses.

    Girl Within, The

    In this book the author examines female development based on her study of twenty women. She identifies a turning point in a woman's life - the period between ages eight and ten and the onset of adolescence - when a girl crystallizes a distinct and vital

    Glasses for D.W.

    Marc Brown's funny story is easy to read and comes with picture stickers galore. Here is an exciting new way to help beginners get in step with reading and at the same time try their hand at creative writing.

    Glaucoma: A Patient's Guide to the Disease

    Discusses tests for Glaucoma, treatment options, Glaucoma societies, and related medical terms

    Glenn's Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Vol 2

    Gluten-Free Diet

    A comprehensive resource guide covering: safe foods/ingredients and those to avoid, mean plans, recipes, cooking hints, substitutions, nutrition information and practical strategies for healthy gluten-free living and so much more.

    Going to the Doctor

    This illustrated book introduces the young child to his/her first experience of visiting the doctor.

    Good Answers to Tough Questions: Divorce

    Provides answers to questions children often ask about divorce and child custody matters. It also provides specific things children can do to ease their own pain and improve their own situations

    Good Enough to Eat - A Kid's Guide to Food and Nutrition

    This book is the guide to kids' nutrition written especially for kids. It's a practical, hands-on tool for families who want to eat a healthy diet.

    Good Fat, Bad Fat

    This book discusses how to reduce your risk of heart disease or having a heart attack by adjusting how much "bad" fat and "good" fat you eat each day. It includes tips and advice for healthier eating.

    Good Night, Sleep Night

    Getting young children to go to sleep and stay asleep is one of the most challenging aspects of parenting. The author, a social worker also known as The Sleep Lady, believes that sleep is a learned skill, which can be taught as early as infancy. She has d

    Good Son, The

    This book is a guide to the moral and emotional development of boys and young men. The author takes the reader through a complete parenting program, showing us how to instill virtues in boys at each of the developmental stages: The Age of Obedience (birth

    Good-Bye Tonsils

    A young girl describes what happens when she goes to the hospital to have her tonsils removed

    Gourmet Diabetic: A Diabetes Self-Management Cookbook, The

    Gray's Anatomy

    Classic anatomy text with many black and white drawings.

    Gray's Anatomy for Students

    Great Expectations: a guide to enjoying your pregnancy

    Greenspan's Basic & Clinical Endocrinology

    Reference for the field of clinical endocrinology and the underlying basic science

    Gregory, the Terrible Eater

    A very picky eater, Gregory the goat refuses the usual goat diet staples of shoes and tin cans in favor of fruits, vegetables, eggs, and orange juice

    Griffith's Instructions for Patients

    This book discusses everything the patients need to know about their condition-from basic descriptions of illnesses, and frequent signs and symptoms, to preventive measures and expected outcomes.

    Gross Motor Skills in Children with Down Syndrome

    This guide illustrates more than 100 activities for parents and professionals to practice with children with Down Syndrome from birth through age six.

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Growing Up: Adolescence, Body Changes, and Sex

    This book is designed to educate anyone over the age of ten about puberty and what happens to the human body. The role of hormones is explained, together with the changes these bring about, there are sections on sex and contraception, and information is

    Growing Vegetable Soup

    A father and child grow vegetables and then make them into a soup

    Guess Who Needs Glasses?

    This picture book takes children and their parents through the experience of an eye exam, allaying their fears about glasses while addressing their concerns-all in a fun and kidlike way.

    Guia para Padres (Parents Guide)

    Guide to Bipolar Disorder, A

    This DVD and guidebook from the American College of Physicians will help you learn more about bipolar disorder and its treatment, and will help you work with those around you to cope with this disorder.

    Guide to Age-Related Macular Degeneration, A

    Discusses AMD prevention, treatment and research.

    Guide to Cardiology, The

    In this reference book, the author has undertaken to provide a selective, concise, current, and practical handbook on the fundamentals of cardiology. It reviews diagnostic techniques and procedures, and also presents chapters on specific problems in card

    Guide to Good Health for Teens & Adults with Down Syndrome, The

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Guide to Healthy Restaurant Eating

    This restaurant guide is for individuals with diabetes. More than 3500 menu items from more than 55 major restaurant chains are listed. Complete nutritional breakdown and servings/exchanges for every menu item are included.

    Guide to Managing Respiratory Infections, A

    This DVD and booklet from the American College of Physicians will help you learn about different types of respiratory infections and recommendations for treatment.

    Guide to Physical Examination, A

    This book provides information on the examination procedures and proper technique, common abnormalities and possible interpretations.

    Guide to the Clinical Care of Women with HIV, A

    This is a clinical reference guide for health care providers treating women with HIV disease.

    Guide to Your Child's Allergies and Asthma

    This book by the American Academy of Pediatrics is a guide to childhood asthma and allergies, which , combined, affect nearly 55 million American children. It provides information on how to identify allergies and asthma; prevent attacks; minimize triggers

    Guide to Your Child's Nutrition

    The real challenge for parents isn't simply knowing about the right foods to feed their children, but getting their children to actually eat those foods. This book guides parents through information and strategies they need to meet their children's nutrit

    Guide to Your Child's Sleep

    This is a guide from the American Academy of Pediatrics on sleep problems from birth through adolescence. It addresses surviving the first few months; getting your baby to sleep through the night; solving everyday problems and bedtime battles so the whole

    Guide to Your Child's Symptoms: Birth Through Adolescence

    An A-to-Z directory from the American Academy of Pediatrics of more than one hundred common childhood symptoms with action charts for parents to help determine how best to proceed.

    Guidelines for Women's Health Care

    Developed under the direction of the ACOG Committee on Professional Standards, this book is a synopsis of policy and management issues relating to the health care of women.

    Gynecologist's Second Opinion, A

    Written in a Q & A format, this book addresses the questions many have regarding fibroids, ovarian cysts, hysterectomy, bladder problems, endometriosis, pelvic pain, cervical cancer, menstruation, and more.

    Hair Loss & Replacement for Dummies

    Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness

    This book is for those of us who wish to approach the final years of life with greater awareness and understanding of what to expect and greater confidence about how to make the end of our lives a time for growth, comfort, and meaningful reflection. Reade

    Handwriting Without Tears 1st Grade

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Handwriting Without Tears Kindergarten teachers guide

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Handwriting Without Tears Pre-k teachers guide

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Happiest Baby on the Block, The

    The author, a pediatrician, teaches parents, grandparents, and nannies how to transform even the fussiest infant into a happy infant!

    Happiest Toddler on the Block, The

    Using a stage-by-stage approach, the author explains how toddler-ese will help you transform your pint-size caveman into a happy, cooperative, and secure child.

    Happy Baby

    Harrison's Principle's of Internal Medicine

    A physician's guide to internal medicine.

    Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine

    This reference book is designed to reflect the understanding of the biology and pathophysiology of disease. The core of the work encompasses the disorders of various organ systems.

    Harvard Heart Letter

    This newsletter covers issues relating to heart health and disease and treatments.

    Harvard Medical School Guide to a Good Night's Sleep, The

    Dr. Epstein of Harvard Medical School reveals his proven six-step plan to maximize your nights and energize your days. He explains the health benefits of sleep and identifies signs of sleep problems as he gives in-depth advice on how to finally overcome

    Harvard Medical School Guide to Men's Health, The

    Based on tracking 96,000 men over twenty-five years through the Harvard Alumni Study, the Physicians' Health Study, and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study, this book gives men information they need for living healthier, longer lives. It covers topic

    Harvard Medical School Guide to Taking Control of Asthma, The

    Comprehensive guide to asthma and therapies. Special sections on issues faced by children, women, and the elderly.

    Harvard Men's Health Watch

    This newsletter covers current issues in men's health and includes a question and answer section.

    Harvard Mental Health Letter

    This newsletter covers a variety of topics within the area of mental health in each issue.

    Harvard Women's Health Watch

    This newsletter covers current issues in women's health and includes a question and answer section.

    Having Twins

    Comprehensive book about multiple birth pregnancies.

    Head First...the Biology of Hope

    Medical research has demonstrated that panic, depression, hate, fear, and frustration can have negative effects on human health. This book offers scientific evidence that hope, faith, love, will to live, purpose, laughter, and festivity can help combat di

    Headache Cure, The

    This book shows you that the key to safe and soothing relief is to identify what type of headache you have, so you can get the right treatment.

    Headache in Clinical Practice

    Headache in Clinical Practice (Second Edition) constitutes a comprehensive synopsis of our current knowledge of a broad range of headache disorders. This fully illustrated text provides a uniquely accessible reference to this complex subject.

    Headache Relief for Women: How You Can Manage and Prevent Pain

    This book breaks down headaches into four categories -- migraine, tension-type, chronic daily headache, and cluster -- and discusses the relation of migraine to such factors as pregnancy, menstruation, and menopause in addition to "triggers" such as sleep

    Heal Your Aching Back

    This simple step-by-step program will show you how to: get the right diagnosis for your type of back pain, find the most effective treatment, control pain through specific exercises, and much more.

    Heal Your Headache: The 1-2-3 Program for Taking Charge of Your Pain

    The author advises that migraine is not a specific type of headache, but the built-in mechanism that causes headaches of all kinds, along with neck stiffness, sinus congestion, dizziness, and other problems. He recommends his 1-2-3 program: Step 1: Avoid

    Healer Within: Using Traditional Chinese Techniques to Release Your Body's Own Medicine, The

    With this revolutionary guide, you will learn four simple and remarkably effective techniques to release your natural powers for healing.

    Healing and the Mind

    Bill Moyers looks at the mind-body connection from many different angles, examining how it is being used in both Eastern and Western medicine.

    Healing Back Pain

    A guide to overcoming back pain without drugs or surgery identifies psychological factors that can cause back pain, discusses Tension Myositis Syndrome, and offers case histories and results from mind-body research

    Healing Brain, The

    This book discusses breakthrough discoveries about how our brain keeps us healthy: Section I: The Ability to Resist Disease Section II: The Brain Minds The Body Section III: Beyond Belief Section IV: "No Man is an Island" Section V: Mind-Made Health

    Healing Brain: A Scientific Reader, The

    This book demonstrates how the brain operates. Psychosocial factors in healing are explored, as well as psychobiology of human contact; examination of the role of psychoneuroimmunology in promoting healing. One chapter deals with how food affects the bra

    Healing of America: A Global Quest to Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care, The

    Author T.R. Reid compares the American health care system to others ranked by the World Health Organization. Currently the US is ranked 54th out of these 191 countries. This book explains this complex issue in a clear, engaging way.

    Healing Psoriasis - The Natural Alternative

    This book explains how to alleviate, control and even heal this condition without drugs or treatments.

    Healing the Child Within

    This book is for adult children of dysfunctional families.

    Healing Through the Dark Emotions

    Explains how to use negative emotions and pain, including depression, anxiety, and fear, to transform one's life, demonstrating how such dark emotions provide a path to growth, wisdom, and true happiness

    Health

    This magazine covers various topics such as flavor, feeling, living, motion, and looks.

    Health & Nutrition Letter

    This newsletter gives you a guide to living healthier longer.

    Health Connections

    This newsletter links nutrition research to practice.

    Health Fitness Handbook, The

    Easy-to-follow photos, charts, and tables will help you develop a personalized plan for fitness and health. Guidelines for evaluating your current level of fitness; tips for setting realistic fitness goals; advice on changing health-related behaviors to m

    Health Professional's Guide to Popular Dietary Supplements, The

    This book addresses dietary supplements by giving full description of the supplement, media and marketing claims made for it, its food sources, dosage and bioavailability, and categories of relevant research into the actions of the particular supplement.

    Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice

    This reference book is organized by risk factors and provides information on how to incorporate preventive services into a physician's practice. Includes information on how to gather the right information for risk assessment and preventable disease; desi

    Healthwise for Life, 4th edition

    Medical self-care for people age 50 and over. Prevention, home treatment, and when to call a health professional; how to prepare for doctor visits and communicate effectively with your health care provider; how to make wise decisions about tests, medicati

    Healthy Aging - A Lifelong Guide to Your Well-Being

    Provides detailed information on: the anti-inflammatory diet, separating myth from fact about vitamins, herbs, hormones, and anti-aging "medicines."

    Healthy Body Cookbook, The

    Over 50 fun activities and delicious recipes for kids.

    Healthy Child, Whole Child

    At a time when caring for your children has become increasingly complex and parents are bombarded with new and conflicting information, Doctors Ditchek and Greenfield provide authoritative and thorough advice for raising healthy kids

    Healthy Habits for Healthy Kids

    Healthy Heart: Lifestyle Guide and Cookbook

    This book can help you take control of your heart and general health. It includes a guide on the body including heart health, exercise and body weight. The second portion is heart-healthy recipes and eating guidelines.

    Healthy Latino Recipes Made With Love

    Healthy Lunchbox, The

    This upbeat guide is full of healthy alternatives to junk food–laden lunches. Drawing on her years of experience as both an educator and a mother, Marie McLendon has created a book loaded with recipes, menus, tips, and suggestions.

    Healthy Pleasures

    Discover the proven medical benefits of pleasure and live a longer, healthier life. This book proposes a new approach to the way women and men can manage their health -- through pleasure. It makes suggestions for lasting and attainable changes through p

    Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child

    Dr. Marc Weissbluth's step-by-step regime for instituting beneficial habits within the framework of your child's natural sleep cycles.

    Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins

    Healthy Women, Healthy Lives

    This book is a guide to preventing disease, based on Harvard Medical School's Nurses' Health Study. This landmark study was the first study to show that using postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy increases the risk of breast cancer but eating a high

    Healthy/Years

    This is a newsletter from the UCLA division of Geriatrics and it talks about helping older adults lead happier, healthier lives.

    Hear Again

    This book presents, via e-mail messages to family and friends, a first-hand account of a woman's experience of losing her hearing, receiving a cochlear implant, and once again being able to hear.

    Hear What You've Been Missing: How to Cope With Hearing Loss

    Using a question and answer format, audiologist Donna S. Wayner, Ph.D., outlines tools and strategies available to overcome the effects of hearing loss.

    Hearing Loss & Hearing Aids: A Bridge to Healing

    The book charts a quiet path on how to achieve life satisfaction despite less than optimal hearing. This book is written for consumers with hearing loss and their families. It addresses the whole person, not merely one aspect of the problem.

    Heart Attack Prevention - The Johns Hopkins White Papers

    This White Paper provides information on preventing a heart attack through lifestyle measures, medications and procedures such as angioplasty and bypass surgery. Highlights include: information on hormone replacement therapy and heart attacks; the latest research on soda and your heart; and the nine most important steps in the care you receive while in the hospital after a heart attack.

    Heart Attack! Advice for Patients by Patients

    Published under the auspices of the Cardiac Therapy Foundation of the Midpeninsula, Palo Alto, this book is written from the point of view of a group of patients. It offers advice to survivors of a heart attack as well as information for those trying to p

    Heart Disease: A textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 5th Edition

    A very comprehensive textbook of pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of common cardiac conditions; interface of cardiology with other broad fields, e.g. genetics, aging, management of the post-op cardiac patient, and coronary artery disease in women.

    Heart of the Matter: The African American's Guide to Heart Disease, Heart Treatment, and Heart Wellness, The

    Comprehensive guide to understanding heart disease and its treatments.

    Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder

    If you have a child with an eating disorder this book will help you learn why you need to act now, find out about the different treatments and what the research says about them, it will help you as a parent learn how to take charge of eating habits and ex

    Help Your Young Child Think

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Helping Children Cope with Separation and Loss

    Events such as death, divorce, a loved one's illness, or even a family move can cause grief and despair for a child. The author talks about how to tell children about loss, and to help them face change; how to understand grief and its effects on children

    Helping Children who Yearn for Someone they Love

    Helping Children with Down Syndrome Communicate Better

    This book covers the scope of speech and language issues important for children with Down Syndrome reaching the age of 6, from understanding language pragmatics to building conversation skills.

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Helping Someone with Mental Illness

    This book addresses breakthroughs in research and treatment of such conditions as schizophrenia, depression, bipolar depression, panic attacks, OCD, and many others. It takes one through the steps of diagnosis and treatment; evaluating care providers; man

    Helping Your Child Sleep Through the Night

    Organized into specific age groups, the book guides parents through basic principles of establishing good sleeping habits. Also covers issues such as teething, colic, bed-wetting, nightmares, naps, and middle-of-the-night feedings.

    Helping Your Mate Face Breast Cancer

    This book is a guide for the breast cancer support partner. It addresses ways to promote the physical and emotional recovery of a mate; how to provide inspirational and emotional support; sexuality after breast cancer treatment, and more.

    Herbs at a Glance, a Quick Guide to Herbal Supplements

    This booklet will give you a basic understanding of some of the most common herbs in popular dietary supplements - their historical uses, what they're used for now, the scientific evidence on their effectiveness, and side effects or cautions for you to co

    Hidden Feelings of Motherhood: Coping with Stress and Burnout, The

    Today's mother faces many challenges and many times has feelings of burnout, frustration, depression fatigue and anger. This books helps women to find ways to cope with those feelings and ways of dealing with them.

    High Blood Pressure: The Black Man and Woman's Guide to Living with Hypertension

    This book outlines questions to ask your doctor about high blood pressure, which foods to eat, how to take and understand medications for high blood pressure, the key risk factors and much more.

    History of the Breast, A

    This book examines how the breast has been viewed in Western culture from ancient days to the present -- in religion, the arts, medicine, and psychoanalysis.

    Holding Tight, Letting Go, living with Metastatic Cancer

    This book is about the daily lives of ordinary people confronting serious illness. It deals with metastatic breast cancer, coping with the shock of recurrence, seeking information, making treatment decisions, getting emotional support, dealing with family

    Holistic Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth, A

    This book is rich in practical information, including strategies to help enliven the body intelligence of unborn babies by nourishing each of their five senses, as well as through Ayurvedically balanced nutrition and eating with awareness.

    Homeopathy - The Principles & Practice of Treatment

    This book provides authoritative regarding homeopathy, including a self-assessment questionnaire, visual remedy guide, and practical ailment charts.

    Honest Herbal, The

    This reference book provides information on herbs and their use in medicine or as remedies. Includes monographs on some commercially significant herbs and herbal products.

    Honest Pretzels

    In this book, the author speaks directly to children through 65 fully kid-tested, illustrated recipes that require some, but not a lot of, adult assistance. This book is not only about making food, but also about practicing reading, math, and logic skills

    Hope Lives

    This book is a collection of practical advice, wisdom, hope and inspiration from women who have experienced breast cancer.

    Hospice Handbook - Chinese

    Hospice Handbook - English

    Hospice Handbook - Spanish

    Hospice Handbook - Vietnamese

    Hospital Stay Handbook

    This book is intended to assist the medically untrained person advocate for a family member, friend, loved one, during a hospital stay or long illness. The author offers practical advice and essential tools to help create better care for you or loved one.

    Hot Flashes, Hormones & Your Health

    This book examines the latest evidence about the benefits and risks of different types of hormone therapy.

    How Are You Peeling?

    Simple rhyming text and bright array of emotional produce make this the perfect introduction to the complex world of feelings for children.

    How Doctors Think

    On average, a physician will interrupt a patient describing her symptoms within eighteen seconds. In that short time, many doctors decide on the likely diagnosis and best treatment. Often, decisions made this way are correct, but at crucial moments they

    How the Immune System Works

    Textbook on immunology.

    How to Care for Aging Parents

    This book is a comprehensive guide to caring for elderly parents. It covers the financial, legal, medical and psychological concerns facing adult children as they care for elderly parents. Includes a listing of hard-to-find services and subsidies, natio

    How to Father a Successful Daughter

    This book shows how a father can provide high-quality confidence for his daughter, promote self-esteem and confidence that will take her through her adult years, and offer the first supportive male role in his daughter's life. Provides information on how

    How to Feel Manly in a Minivan: The Desperate Dad's Survival Guide

    For every guy who has wondered how he could possibly become a dad while preserving any masculinity, sanity or dignity, this practical and hilarious guide will teach you

    How to Get Your Kid to Eat But Not Too Much

    This book provides advice to parents on how to get their child to eat, and to eat in a healthy manner. The author answers questions such as: how much should your child eat? what is normal eating?

    How to Go On Living when Someone You Love Dies

    A guide to the process of grieving, how to talk to children about death, taking care of unfinished business, accepting the support of others, and planning funerals and personal bereavement rituals. Includes a comprehensive resource listing and a chapter

    How to Help Children Through a Parent's Serious Illness

    This practical handbook prepares parents to address children's fears, with absolute honest and profound empathy.

    How to Protect Yourself From Crime

    This will show you and your family how to be safer at home, on the road, at work, and even on vacation.

    How To Say It to Seniors

    Sheds new light on the best ways to communicate with the elderly, explaining how to understand the perspective of seniors, offering the tools for relating to them, and discussing the best ways to establish an effective dialogue

    How to Survive the Loss of a Love

    This book explains what is needed at each stage of grief in recovering from loss.

    How to take the Grrrr Out of Anger

    Filled with solid information, sound advice, and humor, this book helps kids understand anger--what it is, what it does, where it comes from, how it feels--and how to handle it in healthy, positive ways.

    How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

    The twentieth anniversary edition of the best-selling parenting guide includes updated information as well as the practical, sensible advice that made the book a classic to begin with.

    How to Talk to Kids so They'll Listen, & Listen so They'll Talk

    This book offers advice on common parenting problems such as how to listen to and understand your child's concerns; how to have cooperation in your family without nagging; how you and your child can deal with feelings; how to find alternatives to punishme

    How to Talk With Teens About Love, Relationships, & S-E-X

    Many parents find it difficult to talk to their teen about love, relationships, and sex. There is no right way to talk to your teens about these issues. With this book, you learn to tailor the discussion to your child's needs, your family values, and your

    How We Die - Reflections on Life's Final Chapter

    The author, a surgeon and teacher of medicine, tells some stories of dying that reveal not only why someone dies but how. He offers a portrait of the experience of dying that makes clear the choices that can be made to allow each of us his or her own deat

    How Your Child Heals: An Inside Look at Common Childhood Ailments

    Written by a former Director of Pediatric Critical Care Service at the Mayo Clinic and Professor of Pediatrics at Mayo Medical School, this book tackles a range of childhood injuries, illnesses, and common diseases in a fun and educational way. With chapters covering health issues both basic (ear infections; allergies) and severe (cancer), parents will find a wealth of useful information laid out in a clear, easy-to-follow format. His goal is to explain in understandable language what happens in the normally functioning body, then contrast that, often at the molecular level, with what ... more

    How's Your Health?

    This book is based on years of research and information from the free, non-commercial website called HowsYourHealth.org. Thousands of people have used the website to improve their health and health care. Learn from them to make your health and health ca

    Human Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Disease

    This reference book provides introductory anatomy and physiology with clinical applications. It reflects advances in medical technology and the sophisticated changes in diagnostic testing, procedures and treatment. Includes full color inserts illustrati

    Hunger Pains

    This book provides statistic and information on eating disorders in women. The author includes a discussion of eating disorders in children, and suggestions designed to help women who want to work on their own food-related issues, as well as a section on

    Hunter's Tropical Medicine

    Hurried Child, The

    With the previous editions the author drew our attention to the dangers of exposing our children to overwhelming pressures, pressures that can lead to low self-esteem, to teenage pregnancy, and even to teenage suicide. Too much, too soon. In this latest

    Hurst's The Heart, Vol I & II

    This reference provides the reader with a practical approach to the treatment of patients with cardiovascular disease that is based both on evidence from clinical trials and observational studies and on the underlying scientific principles.

    Hurst's The Heart: Manual of Cardiology

    When you need definitive and authoritative answers to diagnosis and treatment of heart disease, Hurst's The Heart is the name clinicians know and trust. Portable, powerful, pocket-friendly, and affordable, Hurst's is now better than ever.

    Hydrocephalus: A Guide for Patients, Families & Friends

    Hydrocephalus, or "water on the brain" affects 1 in 1000 babies born in the US, as well as older children and adults. This book describes how to find a skilled neurosurgeon; treatment options; surgery and its follow-up; working with the healthcare team; m

    Hyperactive Child, Adolescent, and Adult, The

    Attention Deficit Disorder Through the Lifespan

    Hypertension and Stroke: The Johns Hopkins White Paper

    This White Paper provides information on controlling your blood pressure, preventing strokes and transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) and coping with the effects of a stroke.

    Hypertension: Controlling the 'Silent Killer'

    A Special Health Report from Harvard Medical School. In this report, you'll learn why lower blood pressure is better; about lifestyle changes that maker a difference; choosing the right medication and foods that help reduce blood pressure.

    I Don't Want To Go To The Toilet

    This all-in-one book focuses on the challenges of toilet training preschoolers who are uninterested, resistant or fearful of the toilet. It offers two stories for children as well as a comprehensive manual for parents.

    I Don't Want to Talk About It

    A study of the hidden epidemic of male depression draws on case studies to examine the causes of the ailment and how men can heal themselves, repair relationships, and break the chain of depression

    I Hate to Exercise Book, The

    This book is for individuals with diabetes. It show how to turn everyday home activities into a low-impact fitness plan.

    I Used to Be the Baby

    This book is the story of a sibling who suddenly finds himself with a baby brother. This is a easy to read book for older siblings.

    I wish I had Glasses like Rosa

    Abby will try anything to wear glasses like Rosa does, then realizes she might have something that is just as desirable

    I'd Rather Do Chemo Than Clean Out The Garage

    Pearls of wisdom balance hilarious fun in this shameless exploitation of the chemo lifestyle. Fran Di Giacomo shares the game plan she has used for survival, for quality of life, and to maintain her career as a professional artist.

    I'll Take Care of You

    Whether you are taking care of an elderly parent or spouse, a child or young adult, in person or long-distance; whether the illness is mental or physical, this practical guide can help you cope with your responsibilities and take care of your own needs. I

    I'm a Big Sister

    With charm and sensitivity, the author celebrates the warmth and security of family and home - from a big sister's perspective.

    I'm a Mom! Now What?

    Whether you need to know how to care for your newborn or want to encourage your toddler's independence, this is the complete baby-care manual for the first two years

    I'm Down with You

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    I-Can't-Chew Cookbook

    Over 40 million people in the United States have chewing, swallowing, and dry-mouth disorders. Some are recovering from head or neck surgery, are mouth/throat cancer patients, or have temporomandibular joint (TMJ) problems. Others have braces or wear dent

    If I'm Jewish and You're Christian, What Are the Kids?

    This book provides information and advice on raising children and forming their religious identity in interfaith families.

    If You Loved Me, You'd Stop

    How many times have you pleaded with someone you love to stop drinking? How many time has your loved one promised to cut down... drink no more than two a day... drink only on week-ends? This book addresses the most recent research on alcoholism and alcohol abuse. You'll learn about co-addictions, drunk driving, underage drinking, codependency and more. Based on her own experiences of coping with family alcoholism and alcohol abuse, the author offers fresh hope to more than fifty percent of American adults (and one in four children) who have a family member who drinks too much.

    If You Loved Me, You'd Stop! What You Really Need to Know When Your Loved One Drinks Too Much

    Fifty-three percent of American men and women report one or more of their close relatives has a problem with drinking. One in four American children are exposed to alcoholism, alcohol abuse or both sometime before the age of 18. In less than 120 pages, the author shares information and knowledge she has gained through research, therapy and personal experience. She provides suggestions for making life more tolerable for the family, friends and people close to the person affected by alcohol. You will learn about the difference between alcoholism and alcohol abuse, including the effect ... more

    Improving Memory

    This 52-page Special Health Report from Harvard Medical School is a guide to understanding age-related memory loss. It talks about what memory is and how we remember, what causes mild cognitive impairment, when to seek medical help, medications for impair

    Improving Your Memory for Dummies

    Whether you are cramming for an exam, have trouble remembering names, or you just want to give your overall memory power a boost, this plain-English guide offers clever tricks to help you remember what you want to remember. You’ll discover how your memory

    In a Different Voice

    This book records different modes of thinking about relationships and the association of these modes with male and female voices in psychological and literary texts and in the data of the author's research. Includes three studies that reflect the central

    In-Laws: Getting Along with Your Other Family

    This book discusses issues facing married couples and parents-in-law to establish good relationships, and helps shaky ones to a more stable state. It covers communication; dealing with criticism; arranging holiday traditions, caring for grandchildren; and

    Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

    The author has been a midwife for more than three decades in a village in Tennessee known as the Farm. In Part I of this book a number of women of The Farm share their unique birth story, which shows how wide-ranging and individual each birth is. Their stories inspire and encourage other women, and reinforce the knowledge of a woman's capacity in pregnancy and birth. Part II is called The Essentials of Birth, in which labor and birth are discussed in detail.

    Incidental Heroes: Disabling the Myths About Multiple Sclerosis

    A collection of photographs and positive stories of thirty-one individuals who are living full lives with multiple sclerosis.

    Incredible 5-Point Scale, The

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Indian Cooking without Fat

    The author, a leading Indian cookbook writer, offers revolutionary methods for preparing and enjoying healthy, flavorful Indian food without added fat.

    Indian Foods: AAPI's Guide to Nutrition, Health and Diabetes

    Infant Massage

    Helps parents master the technique of infant massage. McClure explains each step of the massage process with simple easy-to-follow instructions.

    Infants and Mothers

    This newly revised edition incorporates the latest work in neonatology. In addition, it reflects on topics such as when to return to work and the excitement of nurturing fathers.

    Infants and Mothers: Differences in Development

    In this book, the author discusses issues such as the pressures on working mothers, the difficult decision of when to return to work and the excitement of nurturing fathers. Includes his findings on the amazing strengths and abilities of newborn babies.

    Infertility: Evaluation and Treatment

    Medical text with information on the evaluation of male and female infertility, medical and surgical management, and assisted reproductive technologies.

    Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Guide for Patients and Their Families

    This book gives an extensive overview of IBD: types, distinguishing features, problems. It also includes diet and nutrition, medial and surgical therapies, IBD in children and adolescents and more.

    Informed Decisions

    This book offers the latest information on every aspect of cancer, from detection to recovery-and practically everything in between.

    Informed Decisions - second edition

    Offers the latest information on every aspect of cancer, from detection to recovery. Covers cancer causes and risks, screening and diagnostic tests, treatment strategies, coping methods and other quality of life issues.

    Informed Decisions - The Complete Book of Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment and Recovery

    A comprehensive book covering screening, self-examination, types of cancer, diagnostic tests, treatment options; dealing with emotions and living well with cancer. Recurrence and metastasis are also addressed.

    Injured Athlete, The

    Inner Fire

    What is the will to live? How do some people faced with major life-threatening illness not only survive, but experience a profound deepening of their lives as a result? The author, and oncologist has compiled stories from a group of breast cancer survivor

    Instructions for Obstetric and Gynecologic Patients

    Insulin Resistance Diet, The

    The Insulin-Resistance Diet is not really a diet at all -it's an eating guide. It allows you to eat the foods you like in proper amounts and still control insulin resistance and lose weight.

    Intimacy With Impotence

    Dealing with erectile dysfunction after prostate disease can allow you to rediscover and reinvigorate your relationship. Both informative and practical, Intimacy with Impotence discusses the causes of impotence in easily understood terms, provides inform

    Intuitive Eating

    This book focuses on nurturing your body rather than starving it. It encourages natural weight loss and helps you find the weight you were meant to be. It will help the reader learn how to reject the diet mentality forever; how our three eating personalit

    Invisible Alcoholics: Women and Alcohol, The

    In this book the author examines research that challenges prevailing stereotypes of alcoholic women. She reveals the many unique reasons women drink; why treatments designed for men won't work for women; and why female alcoholics experience more depress

    Iron Farmer, The

    Is It Hot in Here? Or Is It Just Me? The Complete Guide to Menopause

    A deeply optimistic guide to all the long and often mysterious years of menopause, the role of hormones and the controversy over hormone therapy, the truth about hot flashes, the impact of sexuality and how to counteract the wavering libido.

    Is Weight Loss Surgery Right for You?

    Obesity has quickly become an American epidemic. If you are suffering from significant overweight and the problems that go along with it, you may be contemplating weight loss surgery. The decision to pursue weight loss surgery should not be taken lightly.

    It Will Never Happen to Me!

    Survival techniques practiced as children and adolescents growing up in an alcoholic home cause problems in adulthood.

    It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

    Very engaging story about Lance Armstrong's battle with testicular cancer and his recovery to become 5-time winner of the Tour de France.

    It's Not About the Hair and Other Certainties of Life & Cancer

    Exploring both the spiritual and personal aspects of cancer, as well as the social and cultural views of health, disease, life, and death, Jarvis's account speaks to the uncertainties, fears, and overall process inherent in dealing with the disease

    It's Not Fair, Jeremy Spencer's Parents Let Him Stay Up All Night

    This book focuses on the challenges of parenting post-infant to pre-teen children; setting limits and making demands and more.

    It's Not Your Fault, Koko Bear

    A read-together book for parents and young children during divorce. Koko Bear can help children learn what divorce means; how to deal with change in their everyday lives; talk about their feelings; be assured that their parents still love them; and unders

    It's Perfectly Normal

    This book provides information for young people changing bodies, growing up and sexual health. It covers topics such as puberty, conception to birth control and AIDS.

    It's So Amazing!

    How does a baby begin? What makes a baby female or male? How is a baby born? How is a baby adopted? Children have lots of questions about reproduction and babies--and about sex and sexuality too. This book is for the elementary school-aged child.

    It's Time to Learn About Diabetes

    This is a workbook on diabetes for children.

    Itsy Bitsy Yoga

    Offers a parent-child yoga practice for newborns to toddlers. Poses are designed to help baby sleep longer, digest better, and grow stronger.

    Jan's Story

    Jan Petersen was vibrant, active, healthy, and just 55 when she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Barry was not even slightly prepared for what happened to her, and how it would impact his life when "forever" suddenly and terrifyingly has an expiration date

    Jane Brody's Nutrition Book

    This book is designed to answer questions about nutrition and health habits. Includes information on good health for the rest of your life; how to devise a diet without resorting to gimmicks; special diets for joggers, pregnant women, nursing mothers and

    Jet with Kids: Take the Fear Out of Flying With Your Kids!

    Want to know the secrets to happy kids at 37,000 feet? Flying with children doesn't need to be scary, intimidating, or a nightmare. Well-behaved young travelers are a result of properly prepared parents and grandparents. Written by a traveling mom who

    Johns Hopkins Complete Guide to Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease

    This book presents information on how to assess and reduce your risk of heart attack, what is good cholesterol, the role of genetic factors, the use of drugs for treatment, understanding your cholesterol count.

    Johns Hopkins Guide to Diabetes for Today and Tomorrow, The

    This book is written by a team of Johns Hopkins specialists. It is a comprehensive guide to everything about diabetes that patients need to know for good control and health.

    Johns Hopkins Medical Letters: Health After 50

    This newsletter covers current health issues for those over 50. It also includes a question and answer section.

    Joint Surgery

    This book tells you all you need to know about joint surgery from getting ready for surgery, recovering, and to an active new lifestyle.

    Journey Into the Deaf-World, A

    This book provides an intimate profile of Deaf culture, known in American Sign Language as Deaf-World. It explores such topics as: the best ways of educating Deaf children, what we can learn from Deaf societies in other lands, and the integration of Deaf

    Joy of Twins and Other Multiple Births, The

    This is an upbeat, practical guide to raising and loving babies that arrive in groups of two or more. It provides indispensable information on surviving that first challenging year and beyond.

    Just a Little Too Thin: How to Pull Your Child Back From the Brink of an Eating Disorder

    Some diets are just that - a brief episode of calorie or fat counting. They're merely attempts to lose weight for the sake of a smaller skirt size. Other diets, however, can signal the kind of problem with food that has nothing to do with shape or size

    Just Get Me Through This!

    A practical guide to coping with breast cancer. Your doctor told you it was breast cancer. so now what?! You'll need plenty of essential advice - the kind that only comes from someone who's been there. This book is prepared to offer just that advice.

    Keep the Beat Recipes

    Heart healthy recipes from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

    Keep Your Brain Alive

    83 neurobic exercises to help prevent memory loss and increase mental fitness. Neurobics uses the five senses in unexpected ways and shakes up everyday routines. The exercises are offbeat, fun, and can be done anywhere, anytime.

    Keep Your Breasts

    This book talks about preventing breast cancer the natural way.

    Keeping a Secret

    In this book, the author helps children understand their symptoms and cope with the consequences of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA).

    Keys to Parenting Twins

    Both authors are parents of twins. Their book serves as a guide to parents covering questions to ask the OB, information on family adjustments, feeding twins, the different bonding process, individuality issues, and the twins' changing relationships as th

    Kid-Friendly Food Allergy Cookbook, The

    More than 150 recipes that are wheat-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, egg-free and/or low in sugar.

    Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles

    Noted family educator Mary Sheedy Kurcinka struck a national chord with her bestselling Raising Your Spirited Child. Now she hits upon another crucial parenting topic: coping with the everyday challenges of disciplining your child, while understanding th

    Kids…Get Cookin'!

    KidShape: A Practical Prescription for Helping Your Child Lose Weight, Increase Self-Esteem, Establish Healthy Eating Habits, Have a More Active Life'

    It's in the news: American children are too fat and this is resulting in an alarming increase in type 2 "adult onset" diabetes in children under the age of 12. Dr. Naomi Neufeld recognized this more than two decades ago when she began seeing an increasing

    Kim Goes to Camp

    In this children's book, Kim, a girl with food allergies, learns how to deal with eating with food allergies away from home and taking care of herself.

    Kim Learns How to Take Care of Herself

    In this children's book, Kim, a girl with food allergies and eczema learns how to take care of herself, eat to avoid affecting her allergy and how to deal with a classmate's teasing.

    Kitchen Table Wisdom

    This book is a collection of stories through which we discover the ability to travel together with humor and meaning, with purpose and companionship, with warmth and tenderness. It is a reminder of the power and joy of being fully human.

    Knees & Hips: A troubleshooting guide to knee and hip pain

    This Special Health Report from Harvard Medical School covers a wide range of knee and hip conditions. Topics include overuse injuries, osteoarthritis of the knee and hip, pain treatment, imaging techniques, surgical and non-surgical treatment of knee and

    La Salud En Casa: Guia Practica de Healthwise

    This is a Spanish language guide to health, discussing prevention, home remedies, and when to seek professional help. Esto es una guía española de la lengua a la salud, discutiendo la prevención, remedios caseros, y cuándo buscar ayuda profesional.

    LEARN Program for Weight Control, The

    LEARN stands for Lifestyle, Exercise, Attitudes, Relationships, and Nutrition. This book contains sixteen "lessons" to help you address these issues and make permanence weight changes.

    Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

    Techniques that can be used to change a pattern of negative thinking and depression.

    Learning Language and Loving It

    Emphasizes the principles of the Hanen Language Program for early childhood educators.

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Learning to Say Goodbye: When a Parent Dies

    This book discusses the questions, fears and fantasies concerning a parent who has died, and helps the reader to understand the stages of mourning a child goes through. Includes a list of further reading resources for children and adults.

    Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention

    Offers guidelines for children with ADHD to help them improve their coping skills, and includes tips and resources for parents

    Legal Guide for American Over 50

    Lenny Learns About Food Labels

    In this children's book, Lenny the lion learns about food labels and how to look at the label to avoid ingredients that will affect his allergy to milk.

    Let My Colors Out

    A young boy uses color to express a range of emotions as his mother undergoes cancer treatment

    Letters and Numbers For ME

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Life After Stroke: The Guide to Recovering Your Health and Preventing Another Stroke

    This book details what a stroke is and how it affects the brain and body. It also provides practical advice on treatment, rehabilitation and lifestyle changes.

    Life Beyond Your Eating Disorder

    Complete with inspiring true stories from others who have won their personal battles with eating disorders, this book provides the help you need to break free and discover how wonderful life really can be

    Life on Wheels

    The reasons for being in a wheel chair vary, but the users may have common concerns. 1) Medical issues-sensation, circulatory issues, choosing the optimal wheel chair 2) Day-to-day living issues- skin, bowel and bladder care, home access 3) Psychological

    Life Will Never be the Same: The Real Mom's Postpartum Survival Guide

    Great care and attention is usually given to the physical aspects of health surrounding pregnancy and birth, yet postpartum depression is the single most frequent complication of childbirth. In this book, Dr. Ann Dunnewold and Dr. Diane Sanford present their clinically-proven strategies for surviving and thriving during both the postpartum period and a lifetime of motherhood by learning self-care, the key to emotional health and successful mothering

    Life Without Ed

    This book is about how one woman declared independence from her eating disorder. It combines a patient's insights and experiences with a therapist's prescriptions for success over eating disorders.

    Lifetimes: The beautiful way to explain death to children

    Briefly describes the beginning and end of life for plants, animals, insects, and people

    Lions Aren't Scared of Shots

    This book offers parents advice and tips for encouraging their child to feel comfortable and brave with routine checkups, sick visits, shots, and other medical procedures.

    Listen With the Heart: Relationships and Hearing Loss

    While distressing for an individual, hearing loss also takes a heavy toll on family and friends. These stories chronicle the unique challenges of hearing loss in interpersonal relationships, including communication, self-identity, and how to continue shar

    Little Sisters Are...

    Illustrated book about little sisters!

    Live a Little! Breaking the Rules Won't Break Your Health

    Later to bed, munching some fries, makes a girl pretty healthy and wise… According to the authors, this is more or less true. Although women do need to eat healthier, exercise, get adequate sleep and manage stress, it’s equally important for them to relax. Dr. Love, a surgeon, and Dr. Domar, a psychologist, remind us that health habits are meant to help us enjoy life, not make it miserable! Using evidence-based medicine and their experience of working with women, the authors address myths and realities of the “rules” of healthy living. In six segments – sleep, stress, preventive care, ... more

    Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions

    This book teaches day-to-day living skills for people with chronic conditions. Readers are taught not only traditional skills of disease management, but also encouraged to innovate; emphasis is on simple functions that make up daily life; and there is al

    Living Beyond Breast Cancer: A Survivor's Guide

    This book addresses life after initial treatment for breast cancer. Tests for monitoring your health; decisions regarding reconstruction; managing the aftermath of chemotherapy; issues surrounding intimacy; growing older; recurrence; dealing with work and

    Living Beyond Limits

    The author argues that cancer patients who are provided with social and emotional support in addition to the standard medical care tend to live longer and fuller lives than those who receive only standard medical care.

    Living Beyond Your Pain

    A self-help workbook geared to help for pain associated with back and neck problems, frozen shoulder, repetitive strain, fibromyalgia, migraines, and other chronic conditions

    Living Independently in Your Later Years

    A special health report from Harvard Medical School which includes finding services, choosing a caregiver, changes to make in your home, driving skills, and planning for legal, financial, and emergency considerations.

    Living Longer for Dummies

    This guide explains the process of getting older and shows you step by step how to enhance your physical and psychological well-being.

    Living When a Loved One Has Died

    No one does a better job of helping us help the stricken adult or child to cope with grief than Earl A. Grollman.

    Living with ALS, Vol 1-6

    These six booklets from the ALS Association offer information and support for those diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

    Living with Death and Dying

    Living With Diabetes

    Covers many aspects of diabetes: myths and misconceptions, nutrition, exercise, medications, emergencies, complications, pregnancy and children with diabetes. Includes lists of resources.

    Living with Endometriosis

    This book discusses all aspects of endometriosis including: how to recognize symptoms and complications; how to evaluate the risks and benefits of medication and surgery; how to combat anxiety and depression; how to eliminate or diminish sexual difficulti

    Living with Hepatitis B

    Currently Hepatitis B affects 1-1.25 million Americans. It can lead to cirrhosis, liver cancer, and the need for liver transplantation. This book is a practical guide to understanding the disease, its diagnosis, treatment, emotional impact, and how to avo

    Living With Hepatitis C

    This book addresses many questions for people with Hepatitis C, and their wives, husbands, families and friends. It discusses the nature of the virus, how to understand the myriad tests and biopsies; symptoms; how to avoid infecting others; nutrition; wha

    Living with Multiple Sclerosis: A Wellness Approach

    This book is a Q & A guide to living with multiple sclerosis. It addresses the concerns of people living with MS, and provides the starting point for developing an individualized wellness program for disease treatments, emotional health, alternative thera

    Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Many Americans live with rheumatoid arthritis, many of them individuals in their 20s, 30s, and 40s. Almost all can and do lead full, satisfying, and highly productive lives. This book is designed to help newly diagnosed individuals and their families deal

    Living With Shingles

    This book takes you through the course of the disease: The cause, symptoms and treatment; post-herpetic neuralgia; potential complications; prevention: Who should and should not be vaccinated?

    Living with Stroke

    Stroke is the leading cause of adult disability in the US. It affects not only the patient, but the family. this book details the causes of stroke, risk factors, and preventive measures. It covers topics from physical, behavioral, and cognitive treatments

    Long and The Short of It, The

    This book follows the stories of Isabel and Emma; two girls with "hair problems." One wants her hair to be longer; the other has lost her hair because of cancer treatment and would just like it back. Each girl's experience leads her to a new understanding.

    Long Distance Care giving: A Survival Guide for Far Away Caregivers

    This book provides advice and information on people who care for their elderly parents or other loved ones from a distance. It identifies specific steps you can take to make long distance care giving more manageable from a planning perspective.

    Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood

    This book offers practical parenting advice and approaches to children from "birth to six years". Techniques are easy and age-appropriate.

    Love and Survival: 8 Pathways to Intimacy and Health

    The modern-day epidemic of heart disease is not only physical but what the author calls emotional and spiritual heart disease: loneliness, isolation, alienation, and depression. The author outlines 8 pathways to intimacy and healing that have made a profo

    Love is Never Enough

    This book is about communication in adult relationships.

    Love, Medicine and Miracles

    The author shows how the patient can participate in his or her own recovery through love and the influence of the mind on the body.

    Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder: Understanding and Helping your Partner

    This was written specifically for the partner of a person with Bipolar Disorder to help you overcome the unique challenges of loving someone with Bipolar disorder.

    Low Back Pain FAQs

    This book is intended as a patient education resource for those who suffer from the acute or chronic misery of low back pain. The book is in Q and A format, includes graphics and a glossary of medical terms. It answers questions about diagnostic tests, he

    Low Cholesterol Diet & Recipe Book: Expert Guidance on Low Cholesterol Low Fat Eating for Fitness, Special Needs, Well-Being and a Healthy Heart, The

    Over 220 delicious low-cholesterol and low-fat recipes divided into nine sections: Starters and Snacks; Meat Dishes; Poultry and Game; Fish and Seafood; Pasta, Pizzas, Pulses and Grains; Vegetables and Salads; Hot Puddings; Cold Desserts; and Cakes, Bakes

    Low fat Lifeline for the 90's, A

    This books tells you how to shop, cook and eat for a low-fat diet. Includes recipes.

    Low-Fat Favorite Recipes

    Low-Fat Grilling

    A cookbook focused on low-fat recipes.

    Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook

    Low-Salt Cookbook

    Lunch Lessons

    This book explores the current state of school nutrition programs, clarifying which foods are truly hazardous to children, and offering substitutions and positive options. This well-organized manual offers a host of surprisingly simple meal changes and easy-to-follow recipes. Other sections offer tips on getting involved locally to transform school lunch programs; the end of the book boasts a valuable resource guide with helpful websites.

    Lung Cancer Quick Facts

    Lung Disorders - The Johns Hopkins White Papers, 2007

    This White Paper contains information on the important developments on lung disorders over the past year. Topics covered in this report include: spiral computed tomography, new snoring treatment, complications of COPD, long-term oral steroid use, lung rel

    Lupus Book, The

    This book explains almost every aspect of lupus, and offers practical guidance for the patient. It provides descriptions of the most common symptoms of lupus, a survey of all aspects of diagnosis, and background information on the cause of the disease. In

    Lyme Disease

    This comprehensive guide to Lyme disease addresses the epidemiology, natural history of Lyme disease, management of tick bites, cardiac, musculoskeletal and neurological manifestations, the disease in children, long-term consequences, and more.

    Lymphedema

    If you have had surgery for breast cancer, you need to be aware of your risk for developing lymphedema. Of individuals who have had breast cancer surgery, twenty-five percent experience lymphedema of the arm, a condition of painful swelling. This book add

    Lymphedema - A Breast Cancer Patient's Guide to Prevention and Healing

    This fully updated second edition describes the latest scientific and medical advances in treatment of breast cancer and care and includes expanded nutrition and exercise sections. It also explains how a woman can: prevent lymphedema, talk with her doctor

    Macular Degeneration and other Diseases of The Aging Eye

    This 2008 Special Report from Cleveland Clinic addresses the four most common and potentially disabling conditions we face with old age: cataracts, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.

    Magic of Soy, Healthy Cooking With Soy Protein, The

    Several great recipes using soy protein

    Magic Years - Understanding And Handling the Problems of Early Childhood, The

    The author takes the reader into the mind of the child, showing how he confronts the world and learns to cope with it. With great warmth and perception, the author discusses the problems at each stage of development.

    Magic Years: Understanding and Handling the Problems of Early Childhood, The

    In this book, the author takes the reader into the mind of the child, showing how he confronts this world and learns to cope with it. It tracks the child's personality development during the first five years of life and describes and discusses some of the

    Magical Beginnings, Enchanted Lives: A Holistic Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth

    Topics include womb ecology, maintaining balance, nourishment for two, and fatherhood fundamentals.

    Managing Cancer: The African American's Guide to Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment

    African Americans have the highest incidence of lung, prostate, and colorectal cancers in the U.S. This book covers over 20 cancers with details on causes, symptoms, treatment options, tests and preventive measures.

    Managing Chronic Pain: A Guide for Patients

    This DVD and booklet from the American College of Physicians will help you learn more about chronic pain and how it can be managed.

    Managing Contraception

    Discusses reproductive health and contraceptive options for men and women.

    Managing Herpes

    This book examines the medical and emotional issues surrounding genital herpes, such as recurrences; treatment options; transmission; pregnancy; telling partners; impact on sexuality; long term relationships and vaccine research.

    Managing Pain Before It Manages You

    This book provides a program designed to help the reader develop skills for coping with pain and enjoy a fuller life. It helps you understand the pain process; recognize the factors that increase or decrease pain; reduce stress; learn effective problem s

    Managing the Side Effects of Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy

    This book is for cancer patients and their families to manage the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy. It explains self-care and the management of possible side effects of cancer treatments. Includes over seventy chemotherapy agents; possi

    Managing the Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis

    This book explores the many symptoms of MS and discusses methods for the effective management of each. These symptoms/discussions include spasticity, tremor, weakness and fatigue, bladder and bowel problems, and sexual difficulties.

    Managing Your Diabetes, Basic Facts About Diabetes

    An easy to read booklet that covers the basic facts about diabetes. Learn about taking control, meal planning, exercise, medicines, general healthcare, and possible long-term problems.

    Manual of Allergy and Immunology, 4th Edition

    Medical reference for clinical practice.

    Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests

    Medical reference

    Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, A

    This book is a guide to laboratory and diagnostic tests. It includes information on the test, normal values, procedure for conducting the test, clinical implications, patient preparation and aftercare, clinical alert, caregiver responsibilities, patient

    Margin

    This book looks at the danger of overloaded lives, allowing ourselves no "margin" or cushion in four key areas: emotional energy, physical energy, time, and finances. This author offers ways to regain balance in daily living.

    Massachusetts General Handbook of Pain Management, The

    Based on the approach to pain management practiced at Massachusetts General, this book addresses the diagnostic complexities, assessment tools, and multiple modalities available for the treatment of pain.

    Mastering the Zone, The Next Step to Achieving Super Health

    Dr. Sears discusses more than 150 delicious New Zone recipes, activities, Meal templates and some rules of thumb that will not only achieve Super Health but also permanent weight loss.

    Maternal Fetal Medicine

    Medical text with information on fetal development and changes of pregnancy.

    Max Makes A New Friend

    Mayo Clinic 5 Steps to Controlling High Blood Pressure

    Getting you and your family involved in your own health care is a vital part of treating high blood pressure. This book can help you understand the many complex issues related to highblood pressure, and assist you in making important treatment decisions. You'll learn how to est smart, get regular exercise, avoid tobacco and limit alcohol, manage stress and take your medications.

    Mayo Clinic Book of Alternative Medicine

    This book is an easy-to understand book on what works and what doesn't in the world of natural and hositic medicine. It offers practical information on the benefits of therapies such as herbal supplements, vitamins and minerals, acupuncture, yoga, meditation, and massage, as well as what to watch out for.

    Mayo Clinic Essential Diabetes Book

    Covers topics such as types of diabetes, symptoms and risk factors, treatments and strategies for managing your blood sugar, avoiding serious complications, advances in insulin delivery and new medications, and recipes

    Mayo Clinic Family Health Book

    Mayo Clinic Family Health Guide, 3rd Edition

    This book provides information for family health. Topics include health through the years; staying well; first aid and emergency care; human diseases and disorders; and modern medical care.

    Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy

    This book was compiled by Mayo Clinic experts and provides practical information and reassurance on pregnancy and childbirth. Topics include: • A month-by-month look at mom and baby • "Decision guides" to help you make informed decisions on topics such as prenatal testing options and pain relief for childbirth • An easy-to-use reference guide that covers topics such as morning sickness, heartburn, headaches, back pain and yeast infections. • Information on pregnancy health concerns such as preterm labor, gestational diabetes and preeclampsia.

    Mayo Clinic Guide to Managing Arthritis

    More than 45 million Americans have some form of arthritis. So if you have been diagnosed with arthritis, you are not alone. This book provides practical guidance to help you manage arthritis for better quality of life. It addresses tests for diagnosing arthritis and what they tell you, life style management, diet and exercise, travel tips, medications, surgery, and complementary treatment options. An extensive list of resources is included.

    Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight for Everybody

    This comprehensive guide to a healthy life style outlines a program that can lead to a healthier weight, better fitness, increased energy, and added self-confidence. Nutrition, meal planning, overcoming challenges, physical activity, special diets, weight

    Mayo Clinic Heart Book

    This reference on cardiac care and heart health includes general information about the heart and circulatory system, symptoms of heart disease and what they mean, complete medical information about specific heart conditions, diagnostic tests, treatments o

    Mayo Clinic on Alzheimer's Disease

    This book is a very comprehensive guide to Alzheimer's Disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia. It addresses normal brain function and what can go wrong; causes of dementia; medical conditions that accompany AD; current treatments, and those under

    Mayo Clinic on Arthritis

    This book focuses on the two most common forms of arthritis: osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. The information is based on regimens used by Mayo Clinic doctors and other health professionals in caring for their patients. Treatments are outlined, an

    Mayo Clinic on Blood Pressure

    This book focuses on what you can do to manage high blood pressure better and keep it at a safe level. There is information on prevention and treatment, diet and exercise, home monitoring, management of medications, recognizing emergencies, and more.

    Mayo Clinic on Chronic Pain

    This book focuses on what you can do to manage chronic or recurrent pain from headaches, back pain, arthritis to less common causes of pain. It addresses exercises to reduce pain; mind-body connection; how to improve sleep; complementary and alternative t

    Mayo Clinic on Digestive Health

    This book focuses on a variety of digestive disorders, including heartburn, ulcers, stomach pain, irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's disease, celiac disease, diverticular disease, pancreatitis, liver disease and more. It addresses strategies for reducing digestive hazards, warni

    Mayo Clinic on Healthy Weight

    Weight is an issue of health as well as appearance. This book contains tips to help you achieve and maintain the weight that's healthy for you -- and reduce your risk of weight-related diseases.

    Mayo Clinic on High Blood Pressure

    Mayo Clinic on Managing Diabetes

    This is a guide to managing your blood sugar. It addresses tests, how to select a blood glucose monitor, new medications, advances in insulin delivery, prevention of complications, achieving and maintaining a healthy weight, diet and exercise, emergencies

    Mayo Clinic on Osteoporosis

    Comprehensive and very readable information about osteoporosis.

    Mayo Clinic on Prostate Health

    This book focuses on three common conditions: prostatitis, benign prostatic hyprplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer. It is a comprehensive guide to understanding and living with prostate disease, how to manage your condition, and how to improve your lifestyl

    Mayo Clinic on Vision and Eye Health

    This is a guide to good eye care and vision protection. It addresses many common vision disorders such as glaucoma, cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachment, age-related macular degeneration, LASIK, and living with low vision.

    Mayo Clinic Women's Healthsource

    This newsletter covers current issues in women's health and also has monthly special reports that provide more detailed information on a certain topic.

    Medical & Surgical Care for Children with Down Syndrome

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Medical Genetics

    This book is a guide to the central principles of genetics and their clinical application. It addresses the genetics of common adult diseases such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease.

    Medical Immunology, 9th Edition

    A comprehensive book on Basic Immunology, Immunologic Laboratory Tests, Clinical Immunology, and Immunologic Therapy. Fully illustrated.

    Meditation for Beginners

    Have you ever though about trying meditation, but didn't know hot to get started? With Meditation for Beginners, trusted teacher Jack Kornfield shows you how simple it is to start - and stick with - a daily meditation practice. Using the six guided medi

    Mediterranean Diet, The

    Scientists have discovered that traditional Mediterranean cuisine is one of the most healthful, nutritious diets in the world - one that can help you live longer and enjoy lower rates of heart disease and other chronic conditions, including diabetes and c

    Melanoma Book, The

    A comprehensive guide to melanoma prevention and treatment.

    Melanoma: Prevention, Detection, and Treatment

    This cutting-edge guide provides scientifically accurate information to patients and their families, helping them to understand melanoma and its treatment and to receive necessary reassurance. It is also a vitally important resource for those who want in

    Memory Bible, The

    We all forget things sometimes - our keys, a phone number, the reason we went to the market - and our forgetfulness only increases with age. According to Dr. Gary Small, a director of the UCLA Center on Aging, we can easily eliminate much of this problem

    Memory Fitness: A Guide for Successful Aging

    This up-to-date book is a comprehensive guide for everyone who wishes to learn the scientific facts about how aging affects memory and what can or cannot be done about it. The book covers techniques for improving memory, provides the latest findings on a

    Men, Women, and Prostate Cancer

    What happens when a middle-aged man suddenly discovers that he has prostate cancer? He is most likely to turn to the woman in his life. This book is primarily addressed to the women who care for men during their illness. It offers details about the diseas

    Menopause & Hormone Book

    Menopause Self Help Book, The

    A woman's guide to feeling wonderful for the second half of her life. A practical, all natural plan for relieving and preventing every symptom of menopause.

    Menstrual Cramps

    This book provides information and facts about the causes, symptoms, and diagnosis of cramps. It is a workbook format that assists in identifying the important signs, symptoms and risk factors of this condition, complete information about medical treatmen

    Mental Wellness in Adults with Down Syndrome

    This guide clarifies what the common behavioural characteristics of Down syndrome are, how some could be mistaken for mental illness, and what bona fide mental health problems occur in people with Down syndrome.

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Merck Manual of Medical Information: Home Edition, 2nd Edition

    This reference book is based on the physician's version, but written for the general public. It covers human diseases and disorders -- from pregnancy and infancy through maturity -- as well as a detailed discussion of prescription and over-the-counter m

    Merck Manual, 17th Edition

    This reference book provides clinical information to practicing physicians, medical students, interns, residents, and other health care professionals on disease, symptoms and signs, and how to diagnose diseases. Includes information on laboratory and tech

    Merck Manual, The

    Metabolic Syndrome Survival Guide

    Metabolic Syndrome is the condition that precedes the development of diabetes. This book describes how to identify Metabolic Syndrome, how to avoid it and treat it.

    MGH Guide to Psychiatry in Primary Care

    This reference book provides information on psychiatric disorders seen in primary practice. It is designed to help establish diagnoses, initiate treatment, or get advice on when to refer. Some topics covered are: depression, anxiety, suicidal thinking, ob

    Midlife Orphan: Facing Life's Changes Now That Your Parents Are Gone

    This book explores the impact of losing parents in the midst of midlife and how this loss can affect individuals in both positive and negative ways. This loss and period of adjustment often comes at a time when we are faced with other life adjustments suc

    Midwife Means

    This book describes the care a midwife provides, the settings in which they practice, and the constraints under which they practice. Looks at the differences between the midwifery model and the medical model for childbirth.

    Migraine: What Works

    This book helps the reader to recognize a migraine in all its forms; to learn what triggers a migraine; to know which medicines work; to choose dietary and lifestyle changes; to find and work with a physician who understands migraines; to treat an acute a

    Mind at a Time, A

    This book explores ways in which young minds differ and how children learn differently. The author teaches us how to identify individual learning patterns and how we can use this information to strengthen a child's abilities and guide them to success.

    Mind Over Menopause

    This book includes relaxation response and self-nurture techniques, exercise programs, and nutrition tips designed to help ease mood swings, hot flashes, insomnia, and other menopausal symptoms.

    Mind Over Menopause: The Complete Mind/Body Approach to Coping with Menopause

    This book approaches menopause through: Relaxation response and self-nurturing techniques, exercise and nutrition tips designed to help with hot flashes, mood swings, insomnia, and other menopausal symptoms. It also discusses hormone therapy, when it can

    Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think

    This book shows you how to improve your life using cognitive therapy. It contains worksheets and exercises that teach you skills to help deal with mood problems such as depression, panic attacks, anxiety, anger, guilt, shame, low self-esteem, eating disorders substance abuse and relationship problems. It will provide you the structure that can help you feel better and make the changes you want.

    Mind/Body Health: The Effects of Attitudes, Emotions, and Relationships

    This book details the latest scientific proof that attitudes and emotions do indeed affect physical health and can play a major role in the treatment and prevention of disease. Negative emotions such as worry, anxiety, depression, hostility and anger can

    Mindful Motherhood

    Pregnancy, childbirth and early motherhood can be both particularly challenging and incredibly rewarding. The rapid changes in your body, your lifestyle, your realtionships, your work,... can call for a certain agility... Mindful motherhood is being present in your body and connected with your baby; it's being aware of your experiences from moment to moment. It's a way of approaching all of the experiences you'll encounter as a mom with open eyes and an open heart.

    Mindful Way Through Depression, The

    The Mindful Way through Depression draws on the collective wisdom of four internationally renowned cognitive therapy and mindfulness experts, including bestselling author Jon Kabat-Zinn, to help you break the mental habits that can lead to despair. This a

    Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery

    If you have been diagnosed with cancer, this book will help you to handle your treatment by getting stress and anxiety under control. The book will guide you through an eight-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program teaching you skills to use during your treatment and recovery; teach you use meditation and yoga to boost your immune system, calm feelings of uncertainty and lack of control, and discover your own capacity for healing and thriving.

    Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, A

    Provides information on how to change your relationship to stress, pain, and illness and move in the direction of greater calm, balance, and peace.

    Mindless Eating

    The author explains the hidden cues that determine how much people eat and why, and takes us on a tour of the secret dynamics behind our dietary habits

    Mini Medications and Mother's Milk (Fourteenth Edition)

    This quick-reference companion to the full edition Medications and Mother's Milk provides up-to-date information on lactational pharmacology in a concise format that includes a quick and short "Clinical" section that gives the user a condensed set of advice on each drug. Includes drug descriptions, kinetics, pregnancy risk categories, lactation risk categories, and clinical information.

    Miscarriage: A Shattered Dream

    This book provides emotional support and information for those who have suffered a miscarriage. Includes information on possible causes; medical terminology; choices and decisions; emotional aspects; planning for the future; coping suggestions; and resou

    Mixed Matches

    This book is designed to help interracial, interfaith, and interethnic couples learn to communicate and negotiate their cultural and religious differences. The author also offers practical advice on how couples can confront prejudice and stereotypes, dea

    Modified Radical and Other Cancer Poems

    This is a book of poems on cancer.

    Mom Has Cancer

    A little boy becomes frightened when learning that his mother has cancer. He then works through his fear with the help of both parents.

    Mom's House, Dad's House

    This book acts as a road map to creating two happy homes for children after divorce; helping children with age-related advice; legal do's and don'ts; time arrangements; custody; handling long-distance parenting; holidays; remarriage; and more.

    Momfulness - Mothers with Mindfulness, Compassion, and Grace

    Simple yet profound practices reveal how conscious mothering is an inherently spiritual endeavor, bringing grace, balance, and peace to busy, on-the-go moms.

    Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood

    Drawing on her experience as a mother and on her years of Zen meditation and study, Karen Maezen Miller explores how the daily challenges of parenthood can become the most profound spiritual journey of our lives.

    Mommy and Daddy Are Always Supposed to Say Yes...Aren't They?

    Through an entertaining story for children and practical guidelines for parents, this book provides a set of tools for developing self-esteem and responsibility in our children.

    Mommy Calls: Dr. Tanya Answers Parents' Top 101 Questions About Babies and Toddlers

    Inspired by the questions pediatricians are most often asked, this guide provides on-the-spot, concise advice for those who are unsure about how to handle children's conditions, such as getting enough to eat and fevers after shots.

    Mommy's Story: An Introduction for Younger Children to Learn About a Parent's MS

    Monster Health Book, The

    This book is a guide to eating healthy, being active, and feeling great for monsters and kids.

    Month of Meals

    A health-conscious menu planner

    Month of Meals 2

    A health-conscious menu planner

    Month of Meals 3

    A health-conscious menu planner

    Month of Meals 4

    A health-conscious menu planner

    Month of Meals...Classic Cooking

    This book of quick and easy menus is for people with diabetes. the split-page design provides 20,000 menu combinations.

    Month of Meals: Diabetes Meal Planner

    Provides daily menus of meals that are both flavorful and nutritious for those managing diabetes

    Mosby's Guide to Physical Examination

    Mosby's Handbook of Herbs & Natural Supplements

    Most Complete Food Counter, The

    Calorie, Fat, Cholesterol, and other values for more than 21,000 individual food items, including national and regional brands, vegetarian, and take-out items.

    Mothering Multiples: Breastfeeding & Caring for Twins or More!

    Mothering the Mother: How a Doula Can Help you Have a Shorter, Easier, and Healthier Birth

    This book is designed to help an expectant parent about the help of a doula, or trained labor companion. Includes a step-by-step guide following the actual course of birth in various settings, and information on finding and evaluating a doula.

    Mothering Twins

    Meeting the double challenge and reaping the double rewards of raising twins can be exhilarating and exhausting. This comprehensive guide, written by five mothers with six sets of twins between them, takes you through the steps from diagnosis to coping wi

    Mothering Without a Map

    This book offers encouragement and reassurance for women who grew up "under-mothered" and question their own potential to be good mothers as a result.

    Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss

    This book examines the effect of a mother's loss on women. Based on interviews with hundreds of mother-less survivors, it reveals how the absence of a nurturing hand shapes a woman's identity; why living beyond a mother's final year reminds a daughter of

    Moving On...(Before and After Cancer)

    This is a book written in rhyme about the author's experience with cancer; the fears, thoughts, and anxieties of one going through the cancer experience.

    Mr. Gumpy's Outing

    Mr. Gumpy accepts more and more riders on his boat until the inevitable occurs

    Mr. Worry: A Story About OCD

    This is a children's book about obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Kevin is very worried about everything. He learns he has OCD and it has to do with how his brain handles worries and fears. He learns how he can get help and take charge of his fears.

    Multiple Pregnancy Sourcebook, The

    The author provides high-quality information for parents to be (and others) and also gives excellent references for further exploration. This sensitive book supports families on the roller-coaster ride of multiple births.

    Multiple Sclerosis Questions and Answers

    A British neurologist draws from his wide experience of multiple sclerosis in this practical guide, and answers questions about the condition. Useful for physicians, people with MS and their family members and caregivers.

    Multiple Sclerosis: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier

    This book is a collections of tips, techniques and shortcuts that the author learned from her own and others' experience of living with Multiple Sclerosis. The reader will learn tips for conserving time and energy, and how to be more organized and be able

    Multiple Sclerosis: A Guide for Families

    Diagnosis of MS affects the individual in physical as well as emotional ways. It can affect career, marriage, child bearing and child rearing decisions, as well as plans for retirement. Strategies outlined in this book assist the family to develop healthy

    Multiple Sclerosis: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed

    This book is written for anyone who has just been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, the family members and friend. It serves as a guide to understanding MS, its management, and tips for dealing with all aspects of its impact on your life. It also address

    My Body, My Self for Boys

    This workbook is a companion to "What's Happening to My Body for Boys", designed for eight-to-fifteen-year-olds. Uses quizzes, checklists, games, and illustrations to learn more about changes during puberty.

    My Body, My Self for Girls

    This workbook is a companion to "What's Happening to My Body -- Book for Girls," designed for eight- to sixteen-year-olds. Includes stories, quizzes, exercises, checklists, suggestions for diary-keeping, illustrations, and personal anecdotes about physic

    My Brother Charlie

    A girl tells what it is like living with her twin brother who has autism and sometimes finds it hard to communicate with words, but who, in most ways, is just like any other boy. Includes authors' note about autism.

    My Changing Body (Boys' Edition)

    This text includes everything boys need to know about growth spurts, voice changes, body hair, and their reproductive systems--along with fascinating explanations for all those other mysterious physical and emotional changes that accompany growing up

    My Changing Body (Girls' Edition)

    This text includes everything girls need to know about their periods, breasts, and reproductive systems--along with fascinating explanations for all those other mysterious physical and emotional changes that accompany growing up.

    My Friend Has Down Syndrome

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    My Friend Isabelle

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    My Mother, Your Mother

    This book discusses the challenges faced by aging parents and their families and loved ones. It provides information on how families and caregivers can assist the aging parent to maintain their freedom, comfort and dignity.

    My Printing Book

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    My Sister is Special

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    My Sister Rose Has Diabetes

    Discusses the management of Type I diabetes, highlighting the issues of those without diabetes who sometimes feel forgotten in a family preoccupied with this chronic condition.

    My Stroke of Insight

    On the morning of December 10, 1996, Taylor, a brain scientist, experienced a massive stroke. She observed her own mind completely deteriorate. Now she shares her unique perspective on the brain and its capacity for recovery.

    NABCO Breast Cancer Resource List

    Covers a broad range of resources and useful information such as treatments' choices, Insurance/financial issues, Adjusting to the diagnosis, Family support, planning for the End of life.

    Nana, What's Cancer?

    A conversation between a grandmother who has survived cancer and her concerned granddaughter helps to answer questions about the disease, including "What is cancer?" and "Can you catch cancer?"

    Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook

    This book will help you make good choices in grocery stores, fast food drive-through, restaurants, and even in your own kitchen. More than 65 recipes are included in this book.

    Natalie's Lice Aren't Nice!

    Natalie learns that lice can happen to anyone, and shares her real life story about having lice.

    Natural Hormone Replacement

    This book discusses natural hormone replacement as a treatment for menopause.

    Natural Woman, Natural Menopause

    Lifestyle approaches and plant-derived hormones as an alternative to synthetic HRT.

    Navigating Breast Cancer, A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed

    This book offers authoritative, practical advice from a breast cancer survivor and medical professional.

    Necessary Losses, The Loves, Illusions, Dependencies etc.

    This book discusses the losses, such as mother's protection, loved ones, impossible expectations, etc. that everyone experiences in life and how we must learn to deal with them in order to grow and change.

    NEJM HealthNews

    This newsletter covers current medical issues generally.

    Nephrology (Kidneys) & Dialysis (Binder)

    A collection of brochures and printouts on kidney disease and dialysis.

    Neurological Surgery Vol 1

    Neurological Surgery Vol 2

    Neurological Surgery Vol 3

    Neurological Surgery Vol 4

    Neurological Surgery Vol 5

    Neurology for the Non-Neurologist

    This book's straightforward clinical guidance addresses the diagnosis and management of all disorders affecting the central and peripheral nervous systems.

    Neurology Now

    This magazine provides you with information for healthy living for yourself and your family.

    Never Shower in a Thunderstorm: Surprising Facts and Misleading Myths About our Health

    NYTimes columnist, Anahad O'Connor has tracked down the facts, fictions, and occasional fuzziness of old wives' tales, conventional-wisdom cures, and other medical mysteries.

    New American Heart Association Cookbook, The (7th Edition)

    More than 600 recipes, menu planning, holiday cooking, and shopping for healthful ingredients, this book emphasizes variety, balance, and common sense and heart healthy cooking.

    New American Plate Cookbook: Recipes for a Healthy Weight and a Healthy Life, The

    This text presents a collection of recipes for dishes that emphasize grains, vegetables, fruits, and beans.

    New Baby at Your House, The

    This classic book has helped thousands of families to pull together as they talk about what to expect when the new baby comes home.

    New Baby, The

    This children's story presents the idea the new baby takes some getting used to, but she's worth it.

    New Breastfeeding: Getting Breastfeeding Right for You, The

    This book provides information for women who are breast feeding their babies. Includes descriptions, suggestions, answers, checklists, stories, myths and realities of breast feeding. Topics include if you or your baby has special needs, if problems arise,

    New Father: A Dad's Guide to the First Year, The

    This text is an indispensable, mont-by-month handbook on all aspects of fatherhood during the first year.

    New Father: A Dad's Guide to the Toddler Years, The

    An essential handbook on all aspects of fatherhood during the second and third years by the author of the best-selling The Expectant Father: Facts, Tips, and Advice for Dads-to-Be and The New Father: A Dad's Guide to the First Year. Incorporating the aut

    New Fontiers in Men's Sexual Health

    New Good Bad Fat, The

    Discusses ways you can lower your cholesterol and reduce your odds of a heart attack.

    New Harvard Guide to Women's Health, The

    A complete information source on women's health concerns, physical and behavioral.

    New Language of Toys: Teaching Communication Skills to Children with Special Needs, The

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    New Love and Sex After 60, The

    You may be getting older, but love and sex are still a vital part of your life. In this book about sex beyond the middle years you'll learn the truth about aging and how it affects sexual desire and lovemaking; medical conditions that may affect sexuality

    New Male Sexuality, The

    The author draws from twenty-five years of experience as a sex therapist to discuss male sexual pleasure, separating hype from reality; how to discuss sex with your partner without embarrassment; and how to increase desire for you and your partner.

    New Mother's Guide to Breastfeeding

    Written by the American Academy of Pediatrics, this is a guide that talks about everything from preparing for the first feeding to adjusting to home, family and work life.

    New Our Bodies, Ourselves, The

    This new edition continues the tradition of the Boston Women's Health Book Collective by breaking new ground, courageously discussing the difficult topics, and providing the most complete sourcebook available on women's health care issues.

    New Ourselves, Growing Older, The

    This book discusses a wide variety of women's health care issues, such as the female condom, Norplant, HIV infection and AIDS, RU-486 plus prostaglandin, breast reconstruction after a mastectomy, interstitial cystitis, and chronic fatigue syndrome.

    New Prescription for Addiction, A

    Richard Gracer, M.D. developed a 5-step tratment protocol that addresses substance abuse cravings and their underlying causes through intensive short-term treatment across several disciplines. It uses several new drugs - some very recently approved by the FDA-that promise to revolutionize the treatment of addictions, as well as a comprehensive support system to address the many challenges addicts face.

    New Prescription for Women's Health, A

    This book highlights the ten major health challenges that women face from childhood to old age: nutrition, reproductive life, sexually transmitted diseases, menopause, cancer, heart disease, stroke, depression, and Alzheimer's disease. The author discuss

    New Sjogren's Syndrome Handbook, The

    This condition affects 2-4 million Americans, mostly women, and is considered the most common autoimmune disorder. It can affect various organ systems causing such symptoms as dry eyes and mouth, hoarseness and difficulty in eating, to chronic fatigue and

    New Soul Food Cookbook for People with Diabetes, The

    Updated edition with healthier African American flavored recipes for any occasion, group, or event.

    New Well Pregnancy Book, The

    This book includes easy-to-use charts, diagrams, and checklists enhance a fully updated and accessible guide for parents-to-be that covers every phase and aspect of pregnancy, including prenatal care, hormonal changes, and birthing options.

    New Wellness Encyclopedia, The

    This reference book provides information on preventing disease and maintaining health and well-being. Topics include: antioxidants, preventing low-back pain, sun protection, passive smoke; vitamin and mineral supplements, managing arthritis pain, cold an

    Newsletter on Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer Prevention

    This newsletter talks about myths and facts about fitness habits and nutrition.

    Next Medicine: The Science and Civics of Health

    Through a lively narrative full of personal anecdotes and jarring statistics, Bortz makes a powerful case for a radically new medical system--one that is based on rigorous science and loosens the strangle hold of corporate interests on American health.

    No Grain- Diet (The)

    The No-Grain Diet explodes the myths of the low-fat diet and reveals the unhealthy aspects of other protein diets, instead providing you with a diet that really works, that is healthy, and that anyone can stay on for life.

    No Less a Woman: Femininity, Sexuality and Breast Cancer (Kahane)

    This book challenges the stereotypes of women with breast cancer. The author includes the stories of ten women with breast cancer, and how they discovered their disease. She also includes a section on learning to live with breast cancer, and a guide to br

    No More Bad Hair Days: A woman's journey through cancer, chemotherapy, radiation and coping

    A book for women and their family and friends. Filled with messages of hope, humor, wisdom, practical advice and tips for care giving.

    No More Bedwetting: How to Help Your Child Stay Dry

    The author, a urologist, explains that, contrary to conventional thinking, most bedwetting is caused by underlying physical conditions which can often be corrected quickly and effectively. He dispels the mistaken and harmful notion that bedwetting is caus

    No More Kidney Stones

    This book discusses this painful condition; the types of stones; factors such as genetics, diet and dieting, supplements and herbal teas, and other medical conditions that may increase your risk of developing stones. There is detailed description of treat

    No More Morning Sickness: A Survival Guide for Pregnant Women

    Morning sickness seems to be a universal complaint with some or all of the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting and retching, aversion to odors, loud noises and bright lights; even low-level claustrophobia. Furthermore, it may not be just in the morning.

    No More Sleepless Nights

    This book on conquering insomnia helps the reader to learn what works and what doesn't, ways to evaluate the latest insomnia treatments, and how to create your own customized sleep therapy program.

    No time to Say Goodbye, Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One

    Carla Fine, brings suicide survival from the darkness into the light speaking frankly and with compassion about the overwhelming feelings of confusion, guilt, shame, anger and loneliness that are shared by all survivors of suicide.

    No-Cry Sleep Solution for Infants, The

    Through a ten-step process, the author guides you to help your baby fall asleep peacefully -and stay asleep. You will learn how to analyze, assess and improve your baby's sleep patterns using sleep logs, a variety of sleep solutions that fit your parentin

    No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Preschoolers, The

    Elizabeth Pantley gives tools to help your one-to six-year-old child get in bed, stay in bed, and sleep all night by providing no-cry solutions for bedtime battles, night waking and early rising, moving from crib into big-kid bed, graduating from family b

    No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night, The

    A breakthrough approach for a good night's sleep--with no tears.

    No-Fad Diet: A Personal Plan for Healthy Weight Loss

    This book includes on turning negative thinking about positive rewards, simple quizzes to find the approach that's best for you, pages to record and monitor your eating and activity habits, techniques to maintain your momentum. It also has more than 190 h

    No-Salt, Lowest-Sodium Cookbook, The

    Hundreds of tasty, easy-to-make recipes; advice on finding low-sodium prepared foods, eating in restaurants; information on sodium content of every ingredient and of the total serving. Useful for individuals on sodium-restricted diets for congestive heart

    Noisy Passage, The: Baby Boomers do Menopause

    A humorous look at menopause.

    Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

    An estimated 300,000 Americans are living with cancer of the lymphatic system. This cancer is really a group of varied lymphomas, and it can be baffling for patients and families to understand. This clearly written book describes characteristics of NHL, s

    Not Now...I'm Having a No Hair Day

    A humorist reaches out to people with cancer from her own experience faith surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, with a light-hearted approach.

    Novak's Gynecology

    This reference book is presented in six sections: Principles of Practice; Basic Science; Preventive and Primary Care; General Gynecology; Reproductive Endocrinology: Gynecologic Oncology.

    Novak's Textbook of Gynecology

    Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestros' Vidas: La Guia Definitiva Para la Salud de La Mujer Latina

    Escrito en colaboracion con grupos de mujeres an America Latina y el Caribe, el libro ofrece perspectivas variadas para la mujer latina. El libro hace enfasis en la ayuda mutua para obtener buena salud.

    Numb Toes and Aching Soles

    This is a comprehensive guide to help the millions of people with peripheral neuropathy. This book can help you if your feet burn or if you have stabbing, aching foot pans, growing numbness, if your fingers tingle or hands throb, or if you're experiencing

    Nursing Mother's Companion, The

    This book is a guide for women who are breastfeeding their babies. Includes topics such as: ensuring an ample milk supply; the safety of drugs during breastfeeding; preventing soreness; positions for comfort; working and nursing; all about breast pumps;

    Nursing Mother's Guide To Weaning, The

    This book provides advice and information for mothers weaning their children. Includes topics such as: how to wean; when to wean and when not to; weaning babies, toddlers, and older children; ensuring good nutrition; weaning to a bottle vs. a cup; mother

    Nursing Mother, Working Mother

    Discusses such topics as why breastfeeding is important; preparing to go back to work; as well as expressing, storing, and feeding breastmilk.

    Nurture Shock: New Thinking about Children

    Common sense redifined for our new generation. Challenges the reader to think about children in a new way. Allows the reader to look at the research and exam historical views of why we treat our children the way we do.

    Nutrition Action

    This newsletter talks about current news and research findings in regards to nutrition.

    Nutrition Action Health Letter

    Newsletter

    Nutrition and AIDS

    Reference text on the impact of AIDS on metabolism and optimal nutrition.

    Nutrition and Diagnosis - Related Care

    Developed by well-known author and nutritionist Sylvia Escott-Stump, the Sixth Edition of this classic text provides timely, pertinent medical nutrition therapy information for the care of patients with over 360 diseases, disorders, and conditions.

    Nutrition for Dummies

    Is cholesterol always bad? Can broccoli prevent cancer? What's necessary for a healthful diet? The answers to these questions, and much more, are provided in this guide to help you make sensible decisions about what foods and what diet will work best for

    Nutrition for Women

    This book provides information for women on how to improve their diet to prevent disease and disorders. Includes research on the role nutrition plays in the many stages of a woman's life; and easy-to-read summary and dietary recommendations based on curr

    Nutritive Value of Indian Foods

    Discusses nutrition requirements and recommended dietary allowances. Also talks about habitual diets in India and their adequacy.

    Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

    OCD is a neurological illness and the fourth most common psychiatric diagnosis in children, with approximately 1 in 100 children and teens being affected. It can cause extreme anxiety and embarrassment, preventing the child from establishing strong relati

    Obstetrics and Gynecology

    This text provides basic, practical information in obstetrics, gynecology, and women's health.

    Odyssey of Hearing Loss: Tales of Triumph

    Written by a clinical psychologist, this book contains the stories of ten people dealing with hearing loss. Each story includes descriptions of the feelings and circumstances faced by that person as well as ways in which they were able to meet the challenges.

    Official Patients' Sourcebook on Gout, The

    Oh, the Things You Can Do that are Good for You

    The Cat in the Hat takes children to the Feeling Great Clinic, where they learn about exercise, germs, healthy eating, and playing safely.

    Older and Wiser

    716 delightful and insightful quotes from contemporary and historical figures, as spoken at sixty years of age and older.

    Omega Diet, The

    This book discusses the importance of balancing our intake two essential fatty acids, omega-3 and omega-6 fats. The benefits of omega-3 fats on heart disease, cancer, immune function and more are discussed.

    Omnivore's Dilemma, The

    In a smart, compelling format with updated facts, plenty of photos, graphs, and visuals, this book encourages kids to consider the personal and global health implications of their food choices.

    On Death and Dying

    This book discusses the process of dying, from denial to hope and the impact on a patient's family.

    On Your Mark, Get Set, Grow

    Once Upon a Potty (For Her)

    Explains in simple text and illustrations why and how a little girl uses a potty.

    One Bite at a Time

    This fully color-illustrated book covers 85 simple-to-prepare, sumptuous recipes, information andd helpful advice for those dealing with the appetite ups and downs often experienced during treatment for cancer. The recipes are designed for the individual and the entire family to enjoy.

    One You Love Is Dying

    This book is intended for persons who are close to someone who is dying; for family members, caregivers, and close friends and collegues. The author provides twelve ideas whick will help you make the most of your time caring for the dying person while also finding ways to care for yourself.

    Open Wide

    This is a fact-filled, sure-fire, kid-centric introduction to dental health.

    Ophthalmology

    This book talks about ophthalmology in great detail.

    Ophthalmology Made Ridiculously Simple

    This book teaches us to use our eyes to care for the patient's eyes.

    Opthalmology Made Ridiculously Simple

    Opthamology Principles and Concepts

    Orangutans

    Organ Transplants: Making the Most of Your Gift of Life

    This book, described as a must-read by transplant professionals, answers concerns people have when faced with an organ transplant. Topics include: making the decision to have a transplant, choosing a transplant team, learning about the surgeries and how to manage health after a transplant.

    Osteoporosis Book: A Guide for Patients and Their Families, The

    This book addresses risk factors for osteoporosis, a condition that affects 25 million Americans, and how to evaluate - and eliminate - risk factors. It provides the most effective and up-to-date medical and practical advice for coping with the pain assoc

    Otto Learns About His Medicine

    Otto, a fidgety young car that has trouble paying attention in school, visits a special mechanic who prescribes a medicine to control his hyperactive behavior.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves

    This is a classic resource that women of all ages can turn to for information about every aspect of their well-being.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves for the New Century

    This book reflects the health concerns of women of diverse ages, ethnic and racial backgrounds, and sexual orientations. Information and resources for healthy living, relationships and sexuality, childbearing, aging, health care, and organizing for change

    Our Bodies, Ourselves Pregnancy and Birth

    This book, from the Boston Women's Health Book Collective, combines accurate research, up-to-date information, and firsthand experiences of other women to provide a valuable resource for pregnancy, birth, and new motherhood.

    Our Children are Alcoholics: Coping with Children Who Have Addictions

    This book provides advice and information for parents of adult alcoholics. Includes stories, explains the nature of the disease, and provides resources for the family.

    Our Health, Our Lives

    This book covers a range of topics concerning women's health, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, fatigue and the immune system, sexuality, menstrual periods, pregnancy, menopause, stress and depression, eating disorders, and addiction.

    Our Immune System

    Ourselves, Growing Older

    Designed for needs of women over forty, this book addresses issues of aging and wellbeing, sexuality, menopause, social issues.

    Out of Joint: A Private and Public Story of Arthritis

    The author, a prize-winning historian, begins her mornings by casing her joints: Can her ankles take the stairs? Will her fingers open a jar? Peel and Orange? It was not always this way for her. She went to bed one night an active professional and a healt

    Outsmarting the Female Fat Cell

    Women's fat cells are different. Medical evidence reveals that dieting not only makes fat cells multiply but makes them even more efficient at storing fat. How to outwit them? The author, a registered dietitian, tells you in this guide about her three-mon

    Outsmarting the Female Fat Cell -- After Pregnancy

    After eating for two, it's time to learn to eat for just you again. Learn how your metabolism is affected by childbirth, and to develop a new notion about portions and exercise after childbirth.

    Outsmarting the Midlife Fat Cell

    This book is for women age 35-55--those in perimenopause and menopause--for maximum weight control and fitness. There are five steps to her plan: 1. Meno-positive attitudes: techniques for keeping and optimistic outlook 2. Meno-positive fitness: exercises

    Over-Scheduled Child, The

    Well-meaning parents often micro-manage their child's life and live in fear that the child will under-perform in any area- academic, social, athletics. Lists and schedules, meetings and appointments invade our every moment, and the need to be the best dom

    Overcoming Bladder Disorders

    This book contains research, surveys, and first-person accounts to provide information available on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of widespread but often misunderstood bladder disorders. Includes suggestions to help the reader understand the re

    Overcoming Dyslexia

    One in five American children has trouble reading. The author, a professor of pediatrics at the Yale University School of Medicine, offers tools that parents and teachers need to help the dyslexic child.

    Overcoming Hearing Aid Fears

    The author addresses common fears, concerns, and misconceptions about hearing aids topic, and provides practical information about hearing aid styles, options, and costs.

    Overcoming Migraine

    This book discusses migraines and treatments available. It provides information on the full range of chemical, dietary and alternative therapies, how to identify the factors that can trigger attacks, special treatments for children and the elderly, unorth

    Overcoming Panic Disorder: A Woman's Guide

    Including many personal stories, this book explains the causes of panic disorder, how it can be diagnosed or misdiagnosed, how to choose and work with a therapist, and the latest therapies.

    Overload Syndrome: Learning to Live Within Your Limits

    Learn to recognize symptoms of overload and what you can do to get balance back in your life.

    Oxford Textbook of Sports Medicine

    Medical reference covering: sports science (physiology, nutrition, kinesiology); sports and the environment; medical aspects of exercise and sport; acute sports injuries; chronic and overuse sports injuries; considerations for unique groups (growing athle

    Pain in Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Juvenile Chronic Arthritis (2nd Ed.)

    This Clinical Practice Guideline for the management of arthritis pain is complete with illustrations, tables and algorithms.

    Panic Disorder and Its Treatment

    A reference book comprising contributions from several authorities on the neurobiology of panic disorder, correlation with genes, childhood and environment, pharmacotherapy, cognitive and behavioral therapy, course and treatment in pregnancy and post-part

    Panic Virus, The

    In this searching expose´, the recent hysteria over childhood vaccinations and their alleged link to autism becomes a cautionary tale of bad science amplified by media sensationalism.

    Paper Chain, The

    A book to help families cope with a parent dealing with cancer, and addresses fears and feelings that children go through.

    Parent's Complete Guide to Ear Infections

    This book provides information for parents of children with ear infections. Includes information on how to tell if your child needs ear tubes; why some children get so many ear infections; how to prevent ear infections; and the latest treatments for ear i

    Parent's Guide to Eating Disorders and Obesity

    This book is designed as a guide for the diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders and obesity. Topics include: recognizing eating disorders and obesity; diagnosis; treatment; and recovery.

    Parent's Guide to Childhood Obesity, A

    Addressing medical, emotional, and psychological factors, the sensible and tested guidelines in this text help parents create balanced meals, encourage physical activity, and partner with pediatricians, family, schools, and child-care providers in their fight against obesity.

    Parent's Guide to Childhood Obesity: A Road Map to Health, A

    Are you worried about your child's extra weight? If so, you're not alone. Childhood obesity has reached epidemic levels in the United States, affecting more than 9 million children and teens. Being overweight can limit your child's physical activity an

    Parent's Guide to Down Syndrome, A

    Crossing the lifespan, this thorough volume highlights developmental stages and shows recent advances that can improve a child's quality of life. Topics covered include the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 1997; innovative services, programs, and support groups; the latest prenatal genetic testing methods; the impact of play on gross motor development; and the association of Down syndrome with other disorders.

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    Parent's Guide to Eating Disorders, The

    Parent's Guide to Food Allergies (The)

    This book covers what you need to know about allergy testing, information on diagnosing and treating anaphylaxis, food allergens, recipes, tips to organize an allergy safe home, how to handle allergies in school, during trips, and ways to cope with the st

    Parent's Guide to Food Allergies, The

    Following the guidelines established by the Food Allergy Network (FAN), this book gives in-depth information on the most common food allergies, diagnosing and treating anaphylaxis, and ways to cope with school, trips, restaurants and more. Also gives ways

    Parent's Guide to Genetics & Hearing Loss, A

    Parenting an Only Child: The Joys and Challenges of Raising Your One and Only

    In recent years, the number of couples choosing to have one child has risen sharply. Whether it's by choice or fate, having a single child presents unique considerations, opportunities, and advantages. Social psychologist, Susan Newman, who has been stu

    Parenting for a Peaceful World

    This book is a look at how parenting customs have shaped societies and amajor world events. it reveals how children adapt to different parenting styles and how early experiences underpin the adults they become.

    Parenting Teens with Love and Logic

    Helping teens learn about the real world is like everything else they learn: through practice. Love and logic parenting is a guide for parents to raise their teen to be responsible, autonomous and independent. Love means giving the teen opportunities to b

    Parenting with Love & Logic

    If you want to raise kids that who are self-confident, motivated, and ready for the real world, take advantage of this win-win approach to parenting.

    Parenting Your Complex Child

    This book offers a powerful system for obtaining dramatically better care for the children with one or more serious disabilities such as Down Sydrome, autism, or bipolar disorder.

    Parents Guide

    Parkinson's Disease

    This book explains Parkinson's Disease, the symptoms of the disease, and what can be done about it. Includes chapters on the principles of treatment, the available drugs, surgical remedies, dietary considerations and the importance of exercise. It also ex

    Parkinson's Disease, Questions and Answers, Second Edition

    The nine chapters in this book cover the diagnosis and causes of Parkinson's, the therapy and medications for treatment, a discussion of the complications of long term treatment, and other medical management issues.

    Parkinson's Disease: questions and Answers, 4th Edition

    In question and answer format, this book provides information on topics such as clinical features of Parkinson's Disease, medical management, surgery, medications and questions frequently asked by patients.

    Passages in Caregiving

    In this text eight crucial stages of caregiving are identified and insight is offered for successfully navigating each one. The information can help turn a stressful, life-altering situation into a journey that can be safely navigated, from which everyone can benefit.

    Patch, The

    Recommended by the optometry department in Fremont for children dealing with needing to wear an eye patch.

    Pathway, The

    Two simple skills - self-nurturing and effective limit setting - are at the roots of personal balance. This book shows you how to use these skills to turn off the drive to overeat, overspend, overwork, smoke, drink too much, rescue others, put up walls, t

    Patient's Guide to Knee and Hip Replacement, A

    This book is written by a patient for other patients and in consultation with an orthopedic surgeon and a physical therapist. It takes the reader through the complete process of joint replacement from pre-op preparations, through the operation itself, the

    Pause, The

    In this book, women have access to options, insights, and up-to-date information from authorities in the field of menopause. The author also discusses intimacy, desire, and sexual practices and provides advice. Includes information on symptoms of menopau

    PDR Family Guide to Nutritional Supplements

    From A-to-Z, this book covers the 100 most popular nutritional supplements. Common formulations and dosages, side effects, and drug interactions.

    PDR for Herbal Medicines

    A comprehensive collection of more than 700 botanicals, including information on description, actions and pharmacology, indication and usage, contraindications, side effects, precautions, over dosage, etc.

    PDR for Nonprescription Drugs, Dietary Supplements, and Herbs

    This reference book provides current information on 700 of the most widely used over-the-counter remedies, nutritional supplements, home diagnostic tests, and other self-care aids.

    PDR Physicians Desk Reference

    This reference work provides information on prescription medications.

    Peace, Love and Healing

    In this book, the author shows the link between the mind and healing through meditation and self-healing.

    Peaceful Dying

    This book is a step-by-step guide to preserving your dignity, your choice, and your inner peace at the end of life. The author presents a 26-step program designed to return control and peace to those who have entered this stage of life and to help all inv

    Peanut Allergy Answer Book, The

    Latest research findings and new federal legislation, to real-life allergy-managment success stories and what future treatments might look like. Answers to most pressing questions and concerns about peanut allergy.

    Peanut Butter Jam, The

    This book hopes to help readers better understand the seriousness of food-allergies.

    Pediatric Environmental Health

    2nd Edition; includes information on a wide range of environmental health hazards.

    Perimenopause: Preparing for the Change

    This book educates the reader about peri-menopause, the period of years around menopause and symptoms such as hot flashes, mood swings, irregular menstrual cycles, sleeping disorders. It provides information on what it is and how to diagnose it, appropri

    Period Book...Everything You Don't Want to Ask (But Need to Know), The

    This book is a practical guide to the questions a young girl may have about her periods. It guides her through the physical, emotional, and social changes that come with her period.

    Period Book: Everything You Don't Want to Ask (But Need to Know)

    Peripheral Neuropathy Vol 1

    Peripheral Neuropathy Vol 2

    Phantom Illness...Recognizing, Understanding, and Overcoming Hypochondria

    This book offers hope to those struggling with a debilitating disorder: Hypochondria. The author validates the often discounted fears and confusions of sufferers by sharing her own story of recovery, and stories of hundreds of others. She discusses the la

    Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

    A reference book on a number of concepts involved in rehabilitation after a variety of conditions such as spinal injuries, amputation, rheumatologic conditions, low back pain, osteoporosis, brain injuries, motor neuron diseases, and much more.

    Physician's Guide To Rare Diseases

    This reference work is designed to assist physicians in primary care by enabling them to focus quickly on the correct diagnosis in persons presenting with symptoms of rare disorders. It also provides an index of support groups and of centers for specializ

    Physiology of Fitness

    This book discusses aerobic fitness, muscular fitness, weight control, and fitness in health and lifestyle.

    Picture Perfect Weight Loss

    In this book, the author proves that great eating and weight loss can go hand in hand. It also gives you graphic guidelines of the calorie content of your food options.

    Planning for Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond

    This book provides information on preconception, prenatal, and postpartum care. Includes information on what to do before you get pregnant to improve your chances of having a healthy baby; recommendations for prenatal care; what to expect month by month d

    Planning Your Pregnancy and Birth, 3rd Edition

    Discusses prenatal care, labor, newborns, and possible complications of pregnancy.

    Playful Parenting

    Discusses ways parents can nurture close connections, solve behavior problems, and encourage children's confidence.

    PMS Self-Help Book: A Woman's Guide to Feeling Good All Month

    This book helps identify the causes of fatigue, anxiety, pain and other symptoms of pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS), provides specific guidelines for the nutritional change that helps most PMS symptoms, gives a workbook for evaluating symptoms and a complete

    Pocket Handbook of Clinical Psychiatry

    Podiatry Sourcebook

    This text provides basic information about the many diseases, disorders, deformities, and injuries that affect the foor and ankle. These include calluses, corns, arch problems, bunions, heel pain, neuromas, athlete's foot, plantar warts, fungal infection

    Poisoning and Drug Overdose

    This reference book provides information and advice on the diagnosis and treatment of poisoning and drug overdose, including chemical and occupational exposures. Includes step-by-step initial management of common complications; diagnosis and treatment of

    Pookie Read -About Health Allergies

    Children's book discusses allergies and it's many symptoms in words children will understand.

    Pookie Read-About Health Take Care of your Eyes

    Children's Book discussing your eyes and how to keep them healthy.

    Portion Teller, Smart size Your Way to Permanent Weight Loss, The

    In this text, a nutrition consultant presents a system of recognizable visuals designed to help readers determine the right balance and portion size of their daily food servings in order to achieve their ideal body weight.

    Positive Discipline

    For twenty-five years, Positive Discipline has been the gold standard reference for grown-ups working with children. Now Jane Nelsen, distinguished psychologist, educator, and mother of seven, has written a revised and expanded edition. The key to positiv

    Positive Discipline A-Z from Toddlers to Teens

    1001 solutions to everyday parenting problems, e.g. sibling rivalry, bedtime hassles, school problems, getting chores done and many more.

    Positive Discipline for Preschoolers

    Caring for young children is one of the most challenging tasks an adult will ever face. No matter how much you love your child, there will be moments filled with frustration, anger, and even desperation. There will also be questions: Why does my four-year

    Positive Discipline for the Single Parent

    Single parenting is the most important job of your life. Through this book you will learn to identify potential problems, and develop skills to prevent them; to budget time for family activities; to create a respectful co-parenting relationship with your

    Positive Discipline: The First Three Years

    Provides practical solutions and solid advice on how to recognize when your child is ready to master the challenges of sleeping, eating, and potty training and avoid the power struggles that so often come with those lessons.

    Positive Parenting for Bipolar Kids

    Drawing from their professional experience and sharing stories of families in their practices, child psychiatrist Janet Wozniak and psychiatric nurse Mary Ann McDonnell guide you in how to navigate the "diagnosis tangle" to ensure accurate identification of the disorder, communicate effectively with doctors, teachers, and counselors, find allies and choose a treatment team, and help your family cope.

    Postpartum Depression for Dummies

    Guidance to help one understand and recover from postpartum depression

    Power Parenting For Children With ADD/ADHD. A Practical Parents Guide

    This is a guide to help you manage your child's difficult behaviors and enable him to adjust to home, school and beyond. Packed with Proven real life strategies for addressing the needs of the whole child. (Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hy

    Powerful Medicines - The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs

    This is a must-read book for anyone interested in the use, abuse, and economics of prescription drugs. The issues it addresses are central to the ongoing debate about how to reduce the cost and improve the quality of health care in America.

    Practical Approach to Radiology, A

    Case studies and high- resolution images demonstrate radiologic principles and characteristic findings for a wide range of disease entities. All imaging modalities are covered including fluoroscopy, CT, MR, nuclear medicine, and more.

    Practical Electrocardiography

    Practical Gastroenterology

    An in-depth medical text covering common conditions and diseases in gastroenterology.

    Practical Guide to Aging: What Everyone Needs to Know, The

    A guide to everything one needs to know about aging: the normal process and medical problems of aging; exercise; nutrition; relationships with family and friends; legal and financial issues; ethical issues.

    Preemie Parents' Companion, The

    A guide for parents for caring for their premature baby in the hospital, at home, and through the first year.

    Preemies - The Essential Guide for Parents of Premature Babies

    The authors answer questions that parents will have at every stage-from high-risk pregnancy through a preemie's hospitalization, to homecoming and the preschool years. The book is easy to understand as well.

    Pregnancy for Dummies

    This book has helpful advice on how to: Chart your baby's development trimester by trimester, select a practitioner and a facility that is right for you; provides medical information on prenatal testing, multiple births, anesthesia, and cesareans, and adv

    Pregnancy - Day by Day

    Helps guide you through the miraculous experience of bringing new life into the world, and at the same time encourages you to describe your thoughts and feelings, to keep a personal record that you can look back on over the years.

    Pregnancy and Parenting After Thirty-Five

    Michele Moore and Caroline de Costa - two physicians who have been down this road themselves - offer reliable medical expertise and personal reassurance to women tackling these challenges. Pregnancy and Parenting After Thirty-Five covers a broad range of

    Pregnancy Bed rest: A Guide for the Pregnant Woman & Her Family

    This book is designed for women experiencing high-risk pregnancies to adjust to the traumas of spending days, weeks or months in bed. Topics of discussion include immediate arrangements after you get the news; leaving your job; basic equipment; setting up

    Pregnancy Blues

    What every woman needs to know about depression during pregnancy.

    Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn

    This book gives you a comprehensive overview of information about pregnancy, birth, the postpartum period and how to care for a newborn.

    Premature Menopause Book, The

    Premature menopause -in the twenties or thirties- can be a distressing diagnosis for a woman. It may due to an autoimmune disorder, surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, or premature ovarian failure. The author, who was diagnosed with premature menopause at 3

    Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster

    Shows you how to use positive emotions and the human spirit with mainstream medicine to speed recovery from surgery.

    Pretend Soup

    The authors bring the grown-up world of real cooking to a child's level. Young children can become head chef while an adult serves as guide and helper.

    Prevention of Infertility and Complications in Women

    This book addresses the female factor in infertility. Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of infertility are discussed. The role of several medical conditions in female infertility are examined.

    Preventive Cardiology

    This reference book covers topics such as epidemiology of heart disease; screening for cardiovascular diseases; risk factors; prevention of heart disease in special populations; and comprehensive approaches to prevention.

    Primary Care Medicine

    Medical text with information on conditions commonly seen in the adult patient in primary care.

    Primer on the Rheumatic Disease

    This book gives you complete information on Rheumatology.

    Primer on the Rheumatic Diseases

    This reference work is a summary of what physicians and students need to know about the rheumatic diseases in an effort to improve the quality of life for people with arthritis.

    Principles of Ambulatory Medicine

    Medical text with information on conditions commonly encountered in an ambulatory health-care setting.

    Principles of Neurology

    In this reference book, the authors introduce the subject with a consideration of phenomenology, or cardinal manifestations, of neurologic disease. The first part consists of a detailed exposition of the symptoms and signs of disordered nervous function,

    Program for Reversing Heart Disease

    Dr Ornish guides you step-by-step through the Opening your Heart Program which will take you beyond the physical side of health care to include the psychological, emotional and spiritual aspects so vital to healing.

    Prolonged Death - An American Tragedy

    There is a growing awareness within the American culture of the need for decisions on the end-of-life processes which can help ease the emotional and physical pain for patients and their families. This book discusses the issues of natural death, artificia

    Promise of Sleep, The

    This book reveals the principle of healthy sleep and gives hands-on advice on such popular topics as sleep disorders and their cures, the role of prescription and over-the-counter sleeping aids, recovery from jet lag, and the power of naps.

    Promoting Wellness for Prostate Cancer Patients

    Prostate and Cancer

    This book tells what prostate cancer is, and why you need to learn about its causes, and treatment options and recovery. Includes information on who is at risk, screening and early detection, treatment options, impotence and incontinence, the wife's role,

    Prostate Cancer Sourcebook, The

    This book, written by a urologist, discusses risk factors, tests, treatments, and key questions you should ask.

    Prostate Cancer: Portraits of Empowerment

    Ten men and their wives discuss their experiences with prostate cancer. They talk about the treatment options, intimacy, financial considerations, and survival strategies.

    Prostate Disorders: The Johns Hopkins White Papers

    The Prostate Disorders White Paper provides the latest information on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), prostate cancer, and prostatitis.

    PSTD Workbook: Simple, Effective Techniques for Overcoming Traumatic Stress Symptoms, The

    Two psychologist and trauma expects have gathered together techniques and interventions used by PSTD experts around the world to offer effective tools for trauma related symptoms.

    Psychiatric Disorders Associated With Childbirth

    This reference book is for general practitioners, maternal-child health nurses, obstetricians and pediatricians who are confronted by women with concurrent psychological symptoms during pregnancy and postpartum.

    Psychological Aspects of Women's Health Care

    The science and art of women's reproductive mental health care from puberty to post-menopause are deftly combined in this text.

    Psychological Aspects of Women's Health Care, The Interface Between Psychiatry and OB/GYN

    This book examines the psychological aspects of women's health care, with special emphasis on reproductive issues. It covers topics such as infertility, pregnancy, the menstrual cycle, menopause, gynecologic oncology, women and AIDS, female sexual disorde

    Psychology

    Reference textbook on the study of human experience.

    Pumping Insulin

    This book gives the reader a complete guide for achieving excellent control on an insulin pump. Pump users and health professionals will benefit from comprehensive, easy-to-read information, tools and tips.

    Que Hacer Cuando Su Nino Se Enferme (What to do when your baby gets sick)

    Queen Bees and Wannabes

    This groundbreaking book takes you inside the secret world of girls' friendships, translating and decoding them so parents can better understand and help their daughters navigate through crucial years.

    Questions and Answers About Pain Control

    This book will help you understand causes and effects of pain with explanations of pain-relieving methods.

    Questions and Answers on Death and Dying

    A companion to On Death and Dying by the same author, this book contains the most frequently asked questions regarding death and its circumstances and the author's answers.

    Quick Medical Terminology

    This book is unique and it begins by familiarizing you with the Greek and Latin prefixes, suffixes, word roots and word forms that are the building blocks of nearly all modern medical terminology. It also allows you to work at your own pace with prerequis

    Quirky Kids: Understanding and Helping Your Child Who Doesn't Fit In - When to Worry and When No to Worry

    From the fourth-grade girl who never gets invited to a birthday party because classmates think she's "weird," to the geek who is terrific at math but is failing every other subject, quirky children are different from other kids in ways that they - and the

    Radiation Therapy and You: Support for People with Cancer

    This booklet is written for someone who is about to get or is now getting radiation therapy for cancer. It includes information about radiation therapy and side effects and describes how to take care of oneself during and after treatment.

    Raising a Child With Diabetes

    Raising a Child with Diabetes will help parents and families care for children with diabetes and help problem-solve so your child can live a normal life.

    Raising a Thinking Preteen

    This book presents a program to help 8 to 12-year-olds gain valuable problem-solving and conflict resolution skills. They will learn to recognize and express feelings, develop empathy, think for themselves.

    Raising Fit Kids in a Fat World

    One out of five American children are severely overweight, and this trend shows no signs of stopping. This increasingly common problem is prompting parents to ask how they can protect their kids from the dangers of obesity. In this unique book, Judy Halli

    Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World

    This book is designed to help parents raise self-reliant children. The authors feel that parents should not use fear and intimidation, rather, they should use the maturity of feeling accountable to one's commitments (responsibility).

    Raising Your Jewish / Christian Child

    In this book, the author provides advice for parents on how to blend both Jewish and Christian faiths into a family's lifestyle. Based on personal experience, extensive research, and interviews with families, clergymen, educators, sociologists, and psych

    Raising Your Spirited Child

    Is your child "strong-willed"? This book aims to help parents understand these children who are just that bit "more" persistent, intense, and sensitive.

    Raising Your Spirited Child Workbook

    Workbook companion to the book by the same name. Contains techniques, tips, and how-to suggestions for dealing with the day-to-day activities.

    Rational Phytotherapy: A Physicians' Guide to Herbal Medicine,

    Classified by organic systems and fields of application, this book is a guide to dosage, form of application and effects of the most important herbal remedies. Only those herbal remedies with pharmacological and clinical efficacy have been considered.

    Ready, Set, Grow!

    Discusses the changes in younger girls' bodies as they grow older, including understanding what puberty is, weight and height changes, and menstruation.

    Real Boys' Voices

    In this book we hear from boys and young men in big cities and small towns as they talk about issues and dilemmas they face every day -- drugs, violence, sex, bullying, sports, girls, school, parents, and more.

    Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood

    Based on more than two decades of his research at Harvard Medical School, the author discusses why so many boys are sad, lonely, and confused although they may appear tough, cheerful, and confident. Pollack challenges conventional expectations about manho

    Real Solutions for Caring for Your Elderly Parent

    This mother/daughter team, both counseling professionals, look at important and urgent questions about care for elderly parents from their unique perspectives.

    Recovering from Breast Surgery

    This book is for women who have experienced breast surgery, including mastectomy, lumpectomy, auxiliary lymph node dissection, and reconstruction. It includes information on postsurgical needs and physical restrictions, a program of more than 15 fully-il

    Recovery Book, The

    The Recovery Book is a resource for every step in the process to becoming clean and sober. It covers withdrawal, detox, temptation, prevention and various other topics.

    Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook

    This book provides step-by-step instruction for relaxing and managing stress, such as progressive relaxation; self-hypnosis; meditation; autogenics; visualization; refuting irrational ideas; nutrition; coping skills training; biofeedback; exercise; assert

    Relaxation Response, The

    This book teaches a very simple method of meditation to release the body's hidden defenses against stress and stress-triggered illnesses.

    Rethinking Thin - The New Science of Weight Loss and the Myths and Realities of Dieting

    In this eye-opening report, New York Times science writer Gina Kolata shows that our society's obsession with dieting is less about keeping trim and staying healthy than about money, power, trends, and impossible deals. Kolata's account of four determine

    Reversing Memory Loss

    Memory loss can be reversed if its cause is diagnosed and it is treated correctly. This book details new tests to evaluate memory capacity; research on the importance of nutrition and exercise in promoting memory; diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's; e

    Reversing Memory Loss - Proven Methods for Regaining, Strengthening, and Preserving Your Memory

    Written with warmth and clarity, this book belongs in the hands of anyone who has agonized over an aging friend or relative or worries about his own capacity to remember.

    Reviving Ophelia

    This book is designed to show the pressures and influences on young women and how they lead to conditions such as depression, eating disorders, addictions, and suicide attempts.

    Rewind, Replay, Repeat A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

    A story of the author's struggle with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Right Touch - A Read Aloud Story to Help Prevent Sexual Abuse, The

    This book introduces gently and thoughtfully the topic of sexual abuse. This book should be read by a trusted caregiver to a child. In the story young Jimmy's mother explains the difference between touches that are positive and touches that are secret,

    Roadmap to 100, The

    This work draws on new science and a thirty-year longitudinal study of centenarians to explore the role genetics plays in aging, the preventability of senility, dementia, and other diseases of the elderly, and the benefits of social interaction, professional and physical activity.

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    Roots of the Self, The

    This book explores theories of personality with these discussions: "On Human Nature" "On Individual Human Nature: The forms of Temperament" "Race, Sex and Family" "Differences in Mind" "Completing Ourselves: Going Beyond Our Inheritance".

    Rosacea, Your Self-Help Guide

    This book helps you identify and control your triggers; assess medical and alternative therapies; cope with appearance issues; reduce symptoms of redness, acne rosacea, and swollen tissue; and take back your life.

    Rosen Method Bodywork - Accessing the Unconscious Through Touch

    This book helps the reader understand how emotional and physical ailments can be addressed through the gentle touch of the Rosen practitioner.

    Salad People

    With the help of this book, children as young as three can roll up their sleeves and cook real food with pleasure and pride.

    Salud: A Latina's Guide to Total Health (Rev'd Edition)

    This book is a practical handbook for Latinas; addressing such topics as the religious and spiritual traditions that affect the way Latinas view their health, prevention and treatment of common diseases that affect Latinas such as diabetes, cervical cance

    Samter's Immunologic Diseases, Vol. 2

    Medical text with information on primary immunologic diseases, allergic diseases, infectious diseases, and transplantation.

    Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy, The

    Saving Our Last Nerve: The Black Woman's Path to Mental Health

    This book addresses the stresses common to the African American woman and barriers to seeking mental health care; how she can recognize the symptoms and work with health care providers to get the right treatment.

    Saving Your Skin

    This book includes information on detecting melanoma in its early stages, how to fight the sun's effects, how to do your own skin exam, picking a doctor, and patient support networks.

    Say Good Night To Insomnia

    Natural, drug-free relief from insomnia in just 6 weeks.

    Scalpel and the Silver Bear, The

    The first Navajo woman surgeon tells the story of her medical education and describes her struggles to bring modern medicine to the reservation in New Mexico -- and to bring the values of her people to the medical care system.

    Science Experiments You Can Eat

    Transform your kitchen into a laboratory. These science experiments have a quick and easy way to clean up at the end of the day...eat them!

    Secret of Parenting, The

    The author guides parents with a method that works with toddlers and teens, but does not involve punishment. He offers solutions for problems such as tantrums, back talk, getting kids to bed at night, getting them off to school in the morning, sibling fig

    Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family

    Ellyn Satter's Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family takes a leadership role in the grassroots movement back to the family table. More a cooking primer than a cookbook, this book encourages singles, couples, and families with children to go to the trouble o

    Secrets of Great Skin

    This book is presented in an unbiased, scientific, yet readable format and it discusses the latest information on the cause, prevention, and improvement of aging skin.

    Secrets of the Baby Whisperer

    This book promises parents not only a healthier, happier baby but a more relaxed and happy household as well.

    Secrets of the Baby Whisperer for Toddlers

    This book provides a fresh and useful perspective for parents. It discusses how to communicate with your toddler and how to figure out what he/she is really thinking.

    Self-esteem Revolution in Children

    Through this book you will discover the essentials of self-esteem and five important strategies for promoting it; the difficult middle-school years; the relationship between discipline and self-respect, and why acquiring self-esteem requires hard work by

    Seven Choices, Finding Daylight After Loss Shatters Your World

    By sharing her own story of loss and the stories of over 60 other men and women, Elizabeth Harper Neeld provides readers with a guide through the grieving process. Through these stories and the work of professionals, the author mapped the grieving process and identified the choices people make to move through the process. It is clear that the process is unique to each individual and that it is the power within each individual that allows them to make the choices to get through the grieving process. This compassionate and empowering book was used by volunteers who worked with families of ... more

    Seven Habits Of a Healthy Home

    Cultivate your home as a place of refuge, formation, boundries, celebration, connection, legacy & purpose.- a place where your children can grow in godly virtues and character.

    Sex, Puberty and All That Stuff: A Guide to Growing Up

    A guide to sex education for teenagers, including body changes, teen problems, dating, and much more.

    Shape of the Eye: Down Syndrome, family, and the stories we inherit, The

    Writer George Estreich describes how raising a child with Down syndrome impacted everything else in his life, including his approach to writing and the way he now perceives other events in his own life and in the lives of his family members.

    Shapedown Advanced Just for Kids!

    Shapedown Advanced Parent's Guide To Supporting Your Child

    Shapedown Just for Kids!

    Shapedown Parent's Guide To Supporting Your Teen

    Sharing Family Time

    This book is filled with ideas that can help you make the most of those special moments with your family. The chapter subjects include sharing family time, coming together at dinnertime, turning work into play, celebrating you, me, and us, share and tell: family communication, teen topics, and other resources.

    Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding Our Families, The

    This book is designed to help the reader understand the connection between individuals, families, and culture. It answers questions such as: How does the culture affect the life of my family? What values does it teach? What behaviors does it influence? H

    Siblings Without Rivalry

    This book offers information and thoughts on how to help siblings interact in positive ways.

    Sign with Your Baby

    Teach your baby to use a few simple ASL signs that can make a big difference in empowering and meeting the needs of your baby.

    Silent Passage, The

    In this book, the author tries to clarify many of the myths and social stigmas surrounding menopause. She draws from her own experience and interviews with women from different economic, ethnic and racial backgrounds. She assesses women's options and risk

    Silver Linings: The Other Side of Cancer

    This book is a collection of personal stories about the experience of cancer. Beautifully illustrated by Maria Gamiere.

    Simple Fun for Busy People

    More than three hundred games and activities to help us put more fun in daily routines and improve the quality of our interactions. These activities don't require any special equipment or planning.

    Simply Organic

    Provides 150 simple recipes that feature nutritious, organic ingredients.

    Sister of Silence

    The author tells her story of living life as a victim and how she lived with pain, fear and shame. Her story is one of survival and offers hope for victims of domestic abuse.

    Sjogren's Syndrome Survival Guide, The

    Provides medical information and self-care strategies for those affected by Sjogren's. This book includes information on how to recognize and manage symptoms, how to cope with difficult emotional issues, and how to get informed and supportive medical care

    Skin Cancer: Current and Emerging Trends in Detection and Treatment

    This book covers the basic information about skin cancer, as well as detection and diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

    Skin Type Solution, The

    This book provides personal skin type profiles detailing what will work for each unique complexion, an extensive product guide to name brands suited to every skin type and budget and tips on preventing aging and "problem" skin.

    Sleep the Brazelton Way

    Dr. Brazelton's guide for helping your child sleep well.

    Sleep Watchers, The

    This book examines the importance of sleep in modern society. It retraces the history of modern sleep research. Includes anecdotes, speculation, and common sense to understand the mysterious phenomenon called sleep.

    Sleeping Through the Night: How Infants, Toddlers, and Their Parents Can Get a Good Night's Sleep

    Right after "Is it a boy or a girl?" and "What's his/her name?," the next question people invariably ask new parents is "Are you getting any sleep?" Unfortunately, the answer is usually "Not much." In fact, studies show that approximately 25% of young chi

    Sleepless in America

    Discusses a study of the link between sleep deprivation and behavioral problems; demonstrating how sleep deficits contribute to hyperactivity, illness, forgetfulness, learning problems, and disruptive behavior in children of all ages.

    Smart Moves - Why Learning is Not All in Your Head

    This book presents the body's role in thinking and learning in a popular readable style, thoroughly supported by scientific research. Biologist and educator Carla Hannaford tells us why we must move, and shows us how to move to fully activate our potential as learners.

    Smart Pumping

    This is a guide for individuals who use an insulin pump for the management of their diabetes. It integrates the new technology of insulin pumps with the physical and psychological aspects of diabetes care.

    Smart Questions to Ask Your Doctor

    Questions to ask when choosing a doctor, about tests and examinations, about diagnoses, treatments and medications, and more.

    Smith's General Urology

    This reference book provides a resource for the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of Urologic diseases. It also includes a discussion of imaging and instrumentation and is illustrated with up-to-date images and black and white line drawings.

    Sneezing Your Head Off: How to Live with Your Allergic Nose

    Primary characteristics of allergies and types of rhinitis are reviewed. Various medications used to treat rhinitis are included.

    So You Have Asthma Too!

    Easy-to-read book for children learning about asthma.

    So You're Having Heart Bypass Surgery

    This book is a complete patient guide to bypass surgery

    Social Transformation of American Medicine, The

    Winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize in American History, this is a landmark history of how the entire American health care system of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and government programs has evolved over the last two centuries.

    Solution: Winning Ways to Permanent Weight loss, The

    This book looks at the mind, body and lifestyle causes of weight problems and offers solutions to each one.

    Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems

    Practical guide to helping your child fall asleep and stay asleep. This book includes information on the development of normal sleep and body rhythms throughout childhood.

    Something Is Wrong At My House, A Book about Parent's Fighting

    This book acknowledges children's feelings of anger, fear, and loneliness, offers children ways to cope and helps to break the cycle of domestic violence.

    SOS Rescue Series

    Soulful Recipes Building Healthy Traditions

    Sound Mind, Sound Body

    The author argues that lifelong good health is more dependent on a positive, purposeful life orientation than on aerobic workouts and regimented low-fat diets. Profiles of study patients are given, among other findings.

    Spanish English Handbook for Medical Professionals

    Spark, The

    From the experts who created SparkPeople.com, one of the most successful online weight-loss programs to date, comes The Spark, a ground-breaking book that focuses on what you can do, instead of what you can't do.

    Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

    This book focuses on the connection between mind and body and describes how exercise affects the brain, leading to improved memory and mood, and helping to fight disorders like addiction, dementia, and ADHD.

    Special Diet Solutions, Third Edition

    Recipes and cooking techniques for cooking without wheat, gluten, dairy, eggs, yeast, or refined sugars.

    Speech and Language Development for Infants with Down Syndrome

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Spinal Smarts

    For Your Health Lecture Series presentation.

    Spine Surgery Vol 1

    Spine Surgery Vol 2

    Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, The

    This book explores the cultural clash between the staff of a small county hospital in California and a refugee family from Laos. This clash centers around a Hmong child diagnosed with severe epilepsy. The child's parents and the doctors both wanted what w

    Spontaneous Healing

    Dr. Weil shows how spontaneous healing has worked to resolve life-threatening diseases, severe trauma, and chronic pain and is also the essential element in the maintenance of our basic daily health. Includes an eight-week program to alter one's diet, avo

    Sports Injuries & Athletic Problems

    A guide to sports injuries and athletic problems.

    Sports Medicine

    Stand by Her: A Breast Cancer Guide for Men

    This book, written by a husband, brother, and son of women who were diagnosed with breast cancer, combines first-hand experiences with helpful advice for any man who cares about a woman dealing with this disease.

    Staying Strong - Your Guide to Breast Cancer

    This booklet addresses physical and emotional concerns and gives practical suggestions to help people going through the diagnosis and treatment, communication, recovery, intimacy, diet and holistic healing, exercise, employment considerations.

    Stedman's Medical Dictionary

    Medical reference book illustrated in color.

    Step by Step: Eating to Lower Your High Blood Cholesterol

    This book is for adults who need to lower their cholesterol. Contains information about cholesterol, general rules for diet, activity, and weight loss and the Step I and Step II diets.

    Still Dancing

    This book examines the life skills that will help you, as a woman, grow in your life and on the job. In a series of vignettes a number of women share the positive steps they took to become strong, creative and happy women.

    Stop Dieting Before it Kills You

    This book explains the causes obesity and its health problems. It also provides information on why diets don't work and how dieting can kill you. The author ends with advice on how to change your lifestyle and diet in a healthy way. The author is a Palo A

    Stop the Rollercoaster

    Information on diabetes self-management; how to test and adjust insulin doses for good control; how to prevent and treat low blood sugars; dietary approaches; glycemic index; pregnancy; research.

    Storm in my Brain, The

    A children's book addressing kids and mood disorders, such as depression and bipolar disorder.

    Straight Talk About Weight Control

    This book surveys and evaluates the various weight-reduction methods currently available, from very-low-calorie diet plans to franchised weight-reduction centers to pills, potions, shots, and surgery. The authors also provide strategies for winning the ba

    Strengthen Your Mind: Activities for People with Early Memory Loss

    A collection of short, one-page worksheets to enhance brain functioning and sharpen memory skills.

    Stress Free for Good

    This book is easy to use and starts working immediately to help you reduce stress.

    Striking Back! The Trigeminal Neuralgia Handbook

    Trigeminal neuralgia, or "tic douloureux", is often described as the worst pain known to man. It can cause sharp, stabbing, almost electrical face pain. This book addresses the variety of medicines and medical treatments, the variety of surgeries such as

    Stroke and the Family

    Discusses what causes a stroke; stroke prevention, complications, and recovery; impact on children and family; returning to work; and problems with memory and thinking.

    Stroke Recovery Book, The

    Concise guide for patients and families: discusses types of strokes, how they occur, changes in speech, personality, emotions and much more. Also includes chapter on stroke prevention.

    Stroke: Your Complete Exercise Guide

    Written for stroke survivors, the book outlines exercises appropriate for rehabilitation after a stroke. The program is for persons with a "slight-to-moderate" disability after stroke.

    Strokes: What Families Should Know

    Written for family members, this book will help you understand what's happening to your loved one and the maze of medical procedures and treatments. Also discusses long-term care and how to cope with stroke-related stress, depression, and communication pr

    Strong Women and Men Beat Arthritis

    This book is a guide for people with arthritis to reduce pain and disability, increase strength and physical function, improve mood and boost self-confidence.

    Strong Women Eat Well

    Dr. Miriam Nelson clears away the misconceptions about myths - often fueled by the proponents of diets that focus on weight loss - and explains how to make the right food decisions. She offers sound, scientifically-based advice on calcium and strong bone

    Strong Women Stay Slim

    This book is a guide to exercise, fitness and weight loss through strength training. It is fully illustrated, and has a food plan, including menus and recipes; extra guidance for the first 10 weeks; motivational secrets, and more.

    Strong Women Stay Young

    This book provides a strength-training plan for women over the age of thirty-five. Includes fully illustrated instructions; information on muscle, bone, balance and fitness; progress logs for the first 12 weeks; and a complete strength-training program to

    Strong Women, Strong Bones

    This book addresses nutrition beyond calcium, exercise, hormone replacement therapy, and the latest medications for the treatment of osteoporosis.

    Strong Women, Strong Hearts

    Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women in the United States, taking about half a million lives a year. This book outlines strategies for evaluating your personal risk for heart disease, and provides advice on heart healthy foods, exercise, w

    Success Habits of Weight-Loss Surgery Patients, The

    These time and people tested principles are the results of years of research of long-term weight loss surgery patients. They work regardless of the particular type of weight-loss surgery you may have had.

    Success with Heart Failure

    Thorough discussion of the treatment of congestive heart failure. Straightforward information about treatments and lifestyle changes necessary, as well as the psychological impact of the diagnosis.

    Successful Aging

    How much of aging is genetic and how much do we control? What are the factors that put one octogenarian in a wheelchair and another on skis? Learn the surprising results of the MacArthur Foundation Study--the most extensive, comprehensive study on aging i

    Supportive Cancer Care: The Complete Guide for Patients and Their Families

    Guide to understanding cancer and ways to actively participate in the care. Wide range of topics covered.

    Surgery: Scientific Principles and Practice

    Surviving Cancer Emotionally

    This book helps you understand your psychological reactions to cancer, and how you can cope with them. The author gives advice on: * dealing with the diagnosis *finding the coping style that's right for you *handling the many demands of treatment *knowing

    Surviving Domestic Violence

    This book, filled with hope and courage, tells the stories of twelve women who escaped domestic violence to go on and live full and meaningful lives. It offers real strength from real women who have been through this nightmare.

    Surviving Pregnancy Loss

    This book is for women who suffer a pregnancy loss - miscarriage, stillbirth, or ectopic pregnancy - and their families and friends. Includes first-person accounts; a discussion by health care professionals of the physical and emotional consequences of p

    Symptom Management in Multiple Sclerosis

    Part I of this book provides an overview of MS, its management, and the management of the disease process. Part II covers managing the variety of symptoms such as fatigue, spasticity, weakness, bladder and bowel symptoms, speech difficulty, and many more.

    Syndrome X...Overcoming the Silent Killer that Can Give You a Heart Attack

    Dr. Reaven, the Stanford endocrinologist who discovered Syndrome X, a condition that affects 60-75 million Americans, believes a low-fat, high carbohydrate diet may increase your risk of a heart attack. He explains why, even if your cholesterol level is p

    Syndrome X: The Silent Killer

    The syndrome X diet and exercise program will keep you healthy and protect your heart even if you do not suffer from insulin resistance.

    Synopsis of Psychiatry

    This reference book on psychiatry includes the definitions and diagnostic criteria of mental disorders used in ICD-10 clinical cases. DSM-IV and DSM-IV clinical cases are covered extensively. Includes material on psychiatric aspects of alternative therap

    Take a Load Off Your Heart

    The authors write about "109 Things You Can Actually Do to Prevent, Halt, and Reverse Heart Disease". Very readable material, includes diet, stress, exercise and more.

    Take a Nap! Change Your Life.

    This book uses a scientifically based breakthrough program that teaches you how to plan the optimum nap: when to take it, how long to sleep, how not to wake up groggy - and how to neutralize the voice in your head that tells you napping is a sign of lazin

    Take Charge of Your Child's Sleep

    This book is the essential, all-in-one guide to understanding and solving your child's sleep problems.

    Taking Care of Your Child

    This book give parents advice on feeding, medicines, doctor visits, discipline, and other aspects of raising a healthy child. The authors also discuss new siblings and school, and provide forms for medical, growth, and immunization records. Includes a sec

    Taking Charge

    In this book, the authors explain the method of Medical Crisis Counseling, which helps people weather the crisis of long-term illness and live productively despite it. Includes case studies and information to help families draw closer together in a medica

    Taking Charge of ADHD

    This book addresses behavior management; data clarifying controversies about increased diagnosis and medication use; strategies for success at school and in social situations; genetic and neurological research, and more. (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity D

    Taking Charge of Your Health

    Part of understanding the medical system is knowing what questions to ask, where to get information and how to work within the medical system. This book offers patients a practical guide to getting through a medical crisis. It includes a chapter on how to

    Taking Control of Your Diabetes

    The author is a physician who has lived with diabetes since the age of 15. He uses humor, case presentations and expertise from other diabetes specialists to educate and inspire you to become an active participant in your health care team.

    Taking Diabetes to School

    Aimed at children of grade-school level, looks at the day-to-day life of a child with diabetes.

    Taking Our Pulse: The Health of America's Women

    This book discusses women's health, integrating up-to-date medical research with practical information for use in daily life. It emphasizes a developmental approach, examining health issues at different stages of the life cycle. It also considers the foll

    Taking Seizure Disorders to School

    Aimed at a child audience, this book discusses epilepsy and seizures.

    Taking Time (Support for People with Cancer)

    This book deals with feelings one experiences whe learning they have cancer. It touches on topics such as how to feel more in contol and the importance of developing a support system. It is a book that your family, caregivers, friends may want to read as well.

    Talking about Death: Dialogue between Parent and Child

    A compassionate guide for adults and children to read together, featuring a read-along story, answers to questions children ask about death, and a comprehensive list of resources and organizations that can help.

    Talking with Children About Loss

    Talking With Young Children About Adoption

    This book is designed to prepare parents for conversations with their children about adoption. Accounts with twenty parents of conversations about adoption with their children, from ages two to ten, convey what the process of sharing about adoption is lik

    Tamoxifen and Breast Cancer

    This book provides information on tamoxifen, a drug used to prevent the recurrence of breast cancer. The authors discuss the diagnosis of breast cancer and the risks, benefits, and limitations of treatment alternatives, particularly tamoxifen.

    Teaching Children with Down Syndrome about Their Bodies, Boundaries and Sexuality

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Teaching Math to People with Down Syndrome and Other Hands-On Learners

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Teaching Reading to Children with Down Syndrome

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Teen Health Book: A parent's guide to adolescent health and well-being, The

    A practical guide designed to help parents navigate the crucial health issues that accompany the teen years covers sexuality, eating disorders, substance abuse, acne, growth, and development.

    Teenage Health Care

    This reference book covers the full range of medical and social issues of adolescence, from preteen to the young adult years. It is divided into five sections: normal growth and development; special issues; psychological and behavioral issues; sexuality a

    Teenagers with ADD and ADHD

    This book contains expertise about ADD and ADHD and also: diagnosis, school and academics, treatments, and much more.

    Teenagers' Guide to School Outside the Box

    This book is for the high school student who may be feeling boxed in by high school. You will learn about a world of alternative learning opportunities, how to evaluate them, and how to decide if they are right for you. Part 1 is called "What You Can Do W

    Tell Me What to Eat Before, During, and After Cancer Treatment

    Provides information on pre-treatment diet planning, menus and recipes for treatment, navigating the supermarket, and nutrition after treatment.

    Tell Me What to Eat If I Have Irritable Bowel Syndrome

    Discusses ways for people who suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome to manage the symptoms by making adjustments to their diets.

    Ten Keys to Helping Your Child Grow Up With Diabetes, The

    This is a practical book for parents and caregivers of children with diabetes that addresses in detail the psychological, social, and emotional hurdles that often complicate the lives of youngsters with diabetes.

    Ten Things Every Child With Autism Wishes You Knew

    Framed with both humor and compassion, the book defines the top ten characteristics that illuminare the minds and hearts of children with autism.

    Tentative Pregnancy, The

    Amniocentesis is becoming a routine part of prenatal care of women over thirty. The author shows how this procedure can alter our thinking about childbirth and parenthood, forcing us to confront some difficult questions if the results indicate a problem w

    Testosterone Syndrome, The

    This book discusses menopause for men, things that happen to real people, the key to male sexuality and much more.

    Textbook of Gastroenterology

    A two-volume textbook. Reference.

    Textbook of Pediatrics

    This book is a comprehensive guide addressing the full range of problems related to the health and welfare of children.

    The Birth Partner -A Complete Guide to Childbirth for dads, Doulas, and All Other Labor Companions

    A comprehensive guide to caring for the new mother from the last few weeks of pregnancy through the early postpartum period.

    The Birth Partner: Everything You Need to Know to Help a Woman Through Childbirth

    This book provides guidance for caring for a new mother from the last few weeks of pregnancy through the early postpartum period. Includes information on dealing with labor pain, tests and treatments for fetus and newborn, vaginal birth after cesarean, an

    The Children's Place...At the Heart of Recovery

    This book contains vignettes, art and letters from children participating in a program at The Children's Place, a program that helps children from addicted families. The content provides insight in to the pain, hurt and anger felt by children of alcoholic

    The China Study

    Based on data collected from 6,500 adults in more than 2,500 counties across China and Taiwan, this book examines the link between nutrition and today's most troubling diseases such as: heart disease, diabetes, and cancer and offers useful information about choosing a healthy diet.

    The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth

    A comprehensive and authoritative guide for expectant mothers and birth partners, this book offers a woman-centered look at pregnancy, birth, and the newborn. It describes the wide range of childbirth choices available to women today.

    The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome

    This book is a complete guide to the subject and is suitable for anyone affected by Asperger's Syndrome.

    The Complete Single Mother

    This book offers single mothers a source of encouragement and advice, exploring important issues as: finances; dealing with the absent father; custody; and, dating and remarriage, this revised and updated parenting classic boasts a new chapter devoted to children with special needs, as well as inspirational side bars about famous single mothers.

    The Courage to Grieve

    This book gives us a fresh look at understanding grief - that it is a natural, inevitable human experience. The emphasis is to clarify and offer help, and the tone is spiritual, optimistic, creative and easy to understand. Included is advice on how to help oneself and others get through the immediate experience of death and the grief that follows, as well as how to understand the special grief of children.

    The Denial of Aging

    Through stories of patients and family, the author provides insight into some of the most important areas affecting the aging population: their health care, where they live and how they find meaning in their lives. This book provides insight on how to pre

    The Empowered Patient

    This book focuses on current healthcare safety issues and provides the reader with easy-to-follow action steps they can take to ensure they receive safe, high-quality medical care. The reader will learn to communicate effectively with their healthcare team to enable them to make the best decisions for their care.

    The Essential Diabetes Book - How to prevent, control and live well with diabetes

    More people than ever before have diabetes. The disease affects an estimated 21 million adults and children in the US and many people with the disease don't have it under control. Unlike years ago, you have a good chance of living an active and healthy li

    The Ettiquette of Illness

    The Etiquette of Illness is a wise, encouraging, and essential guide to navigating the complex terrain of illness. This collection of anecdotes and insights will help those who feel awkward and unsure about responding to a friend, colleague, or relative who is suffering. The book is also for people who are ill and want to engage with their loved ones effectively. It includes stories about a range of people who are dealing with chronic illness, doctor-patient communications, and end-of-life issues-and who are striving to find their way with awareness and compassion.

    The Everything Parent's Guide to Children with Dyslexia

    A guide for parents of children with dyslexia; offers suggestions for finding the right treatment, dealing with school issues, and helping with homework.

    The Healthy Home and Garden for You, Your Family, and Pets

    This booklet, provided by San Mateo County, provides information on how to maintain your home and garden while protecting the health of your family, pets and the environment. It provides techniques for dealing with common pests found in the home and garden without using pesticide products.

    The Healthy Mind Healthy Body Handbook

    This book, written by a physician and a psychologist, is based on their clinical experience and scientific evidence It explains how what goes on in people's minds influences every part of their body, and discusses the impact of thoughts, emotions and beha

    The Instinct to Heal

    In this book, psychiatrist and neuroscientist David Servan-Schreiber, M.D., Ph.D., presents seven natural approaches, each with proven results, that together form a holistic approach to dealing with depression, anxiety, and stress that builds on the body's relationship to the brain.

    The Johns Hopkins Complete Home Guide to Symptoms & Remedies

    This is a comprehensive reference book containing more than 500 symptoms and conditions. It contains information on symptoms, how a condition is diagnosed treatment options and prevention strategies. Information contained in the book has been reviewed by

    The Lung Transplantation Handbook

    In easy-to-understand language, this book introduces the reader to the complex process of getting on the transplant waiting list and how the list works; preparing for surgery and the surgery itself, financing the surgery and recovery; and the potential complication of rejection and the medications. The book also includes a section devoted to resources for transplant patients..

    The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions

    Written by a therapist and mindfulness meditation practitioner, this book offers scientifically-grounded strategies and practical techniques for self-acceptance and compassion, guiding readers to live more fully in the moment, even through difficult times.

    The New American Plate Cookbook

    This collection of 200 recipes, complete with beautiful, full-color photographs, presents a true marriage of the art and science of food. Developed by cooks and scientists at the American Institute for Cancer Research, it combines the best of both.

    The New Glucose Revolution

    This book is a thorough guide to the Glycimic Index, including extensive listings of GI values for various foods.

    The Pain Chronicles: Cures, Myths, Mysteries, Prayers, Diaries, Brain Scans, Healing and the Science of Suffering

    In this book the author provides a unique look at chronic pain. She melds science, psychology, literature, religion, history with her own personal journey with chronic pain in this resource for those who live with chronic pain.

    The Pregnancy Book

    A comprehensive pregnancy and childbirth book. Includes a chapter on "the tenth month" - or postpartum.

    The Rules of Normal Eating

    This is a compassionate and practical guide to a more balanced and healthy relationship with food, whether the issue is "overeating, undereating, emotional eating, or in between."

    The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth

    This book will help you compare various options involved in childbirth and shows you how to avoid unnecessary procedures, drugs, restrictions and tests. Topics covered include: cesareans, inducing labor, breech births, coping with slow labor, pain medication, episiotomy, and many others. The author, Henci Goer, provides clear, concise information based on the medical studies and has provided literature summaries, including references, for each chapter. Her hopes are to provide the reader with information to make informed decisions.

    The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child

    An authoritative, open-minded guide to childhood vaccinations, providing an in-depth look at each disease/vaccine pair and covering everything you need to know.

    There's Still s Person in There...The Complete Guide to Treating and Coping with Alzheimer's

    Alzheimer's disease causes a regression of mental and physical abilities and may gradually rob the sufferer of even the most basic capabilities. This book deals approaches AD with sensitivity and optimism, and teaches us new ways of communicating with our

    Things Will Be Different For My Daughter

    This book offers advice and strategies on how to raise your daughter to be confident and capable. It will show you: how to nurture the eight key skills a girl needs; how lessons learned as a preschooler translate into adult behavior; how to face the day-t

    Thinking About Complementary & Alternative Medicine, A Guide For People With Cancer

    A helpful booklet for people with cancer to learn more about CAM, complementary and alternative medicine. CAM will help people find ways to cope with the side effects of cancer treatments, find comfort from the related stress, feel empowered to do more w

    Thinking About Complementary & Alternative Medicine: A Guide for People with Cancer

    This booklet provides information and resources about Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). It briefly describes different types of CAM therapies and includes questions to ask when deciding on a CAM practioner and therapy.

    Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism

    Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. She also lectures widely on autism—because Temple Grandin is autistic.

    Thirteen Months of Pregnancy: A Guide for the Pregnant Father

    This is a humorous book designed for soon-to-be fathers. The author provides information on how to be an active partner in the pregnancy and a well-equipped father - performing the juggling act of lover, partner, and Dad. Includes illustrations, professio

    Thirty -Six Hour Day, The

    This book is a guide to the home care of those in all stages of progressive dementing illness such as Alzheimer's disease. It covers all the medical, legal, financial and emotional aspects of caring for an impaired relative.

    This Isn't What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression

    Postpartum Depression strikes 30% of all women who give birth. This book is insightful as to what postpartum depression is and gives a step by step guide as to recognize it and deal with it.

    Those Mean Nasty Dirty Downright Disgusting but… Invisible Germs

    A little girl, who accumulates germs on her hands during her busy day, defeats them by washing her hands before meals.

    Thyroid Sourcebook, The

    This book is a comprehensive guide to hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism; Graves Disease and Hashimoto's; thyroid eye disease; treatments, medications and nutrition; effect of thyroid disease on pregnancy and menopause, and thyroid cancer.

    Ties That Bind, The

    This book covers the life-cycle of in-law relationships from all family members' point of view. It describes the basic principles of a healthy in-law relationship: that if problems are not solved, they can grow and damage a relationship; and that it is th

    Toddler 411

    co-written by a pediatrician and a mom, this book is full of information and advice about children age 1-4. Topics include : picky eaters, toilet training, the terrible two's, normal development, and up to date, evidence-based health information.

    Tomatoland

    Investigative food journalist, Barry Estabrook, reveals the huge human and environmental cost of the $5 billion fresh tomato industry and the price we pay as a society when we take taste and thought out of our food purchases.

    Too Old for This, Too Young for That -- Your Survival Guide for the Middle-School Years

    If you're in middle school, you're not a child anymore -- but you're not a grown-up, either. You have more freedom -- but not enough. Your life is more exciting -- but it's more stressful, too. You also have a lot of questions-- about your body and your f

    Total Cure: The Antidote to the Health Care Crisis

    In this book, the author presents a new proposal to reform the health care system called SecureChoice. This plan provides for affordable health insurance for all Americans and incorporates the quality of care patients want and the flexibility clinicians need.

    Total Fitness: Exercise, Nutrition, and Wellness

    A work-book comprising information on health-related fitness and wellness; fitness evaluation and self-testing; general principles of fitness and exercise; nutrition and exercise; weight control; prevention of heart disease and cancer; stress management;

    Total Relaxation

    This book presents relaxation techniques organized into five broad categories to facilitate body/mind/spirit relaxation. There is an accompanying 60 minute CD with four guided relaxation techniques.

    Totally Me

    With Totally Me, you'll learn to get through the tough times and enjoy the challenges you face as a teenager.

    Totally Wired: What Teens And Tweens Are Really Doing Online

    A parent's guide to the world of online computing offers a helpful overview of the latest Internet technology and buzzwords that examines how children and teens are using the Internet.

    Touch points 3-6: Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral Development

    This book picks up where the original left off. If you are the parent of a preschool, kindergarten, or first grade student, this book offers insights into the normal and predictable developmental stages which can help parents handle behavioral issues with

    Touch points: Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral Development

    In this book, the author uses the "touch points" concept of child development to answer parents' questions and concerns about their child's behaviors, feelings, and development. Questions are answered in chronological and reference form.

    Touched by Suicide: Hope and Healing After Loss

    In this definitive guide book,the authors combine their perspectives as a physician and a survivor to offer compassionate and practical advice to anyone affected by suicide.

    Traveler's Medical Guide, The

    This is a comprehensive self-help guide for all aspects of global travel. It includes immunizations, medications, prevention, and a current guide to infectious diseases and other health concerns of travelers.

    Truth About Chronic Pain, The

    This is a compilation of writings by thirty-six people with expertise in the area of chronic pain including: patients; healthcare providers; scientists; ethicists and social commentators. This book brings to light issues and misperceptions that prevent pe

    Try and Make Me!

    These authors offer an approach to reverse children's defiant behavior and create cooperation.

    Tuesdays with Morrie

    Conversations about life and death between a journalist and his former professor as the professor faces his own death from ALS.

    Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letters

    This newsletter covers health and nutrition issues and includes a question and answer section.

    Turning Point, The Myths and Realities of Menopause

    This book explains the biology of menopause in clear, everyday terms and offers advice on what happens to the body during menopause and what to do to make the time less distressing. The author concentrates on hormones such as estrogen, testosterone, phero

    Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated Into What A

    This text is a fascinating, thoroughly researched romp of a narrative that demystifies some of the most common processed food ingredients-where they come from, how they are made, how they are used-and why.

    Twins! Pregnancy, Birth and The First Year of Life

    A book written by physicians, it addresses unique issues and concerns of parents, from pregnancy through delivery, and first year of life with twins.

    Tyler's Herbs of Choice

    This book provides essential information on herbs, what they do and how they work. It discusses the use of herbal medicines for the treatment of many conditions. Written by two emeriti professors of Pharmacognosy at Purdue University.

    Tyler's Honest Herbal: A Sensible Guide to the Use of Herbs and Related Remedies

    This book addresses the scientific data on herbs to help you make informed choices about the benefits and risks of herbs currently on the market.

    Type 2 Diabetes: Your Healthy Living Guide

    This book is a guide to everything you need to know about staying healthy with Type 2 diabetes: choosing a healthcare team, eating right, exercise, self-monitoring, dealing with complications, and improving your quality of life.

    Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers

    Although breastfeeding is the most natural and healthy way to nourish a baby, it is not always easy. Learn proper "latch" techniques; what to do if baby refuses the breast; how to deal with sore breasts, cracked nipples; breastfeeding premature or adopted

    Ultimate Fit or Fat, The

    This book is a guide to aerobic exercise; cross training; moderate weightlifting; and strategies to build intensity safely and effectively.

    Ultimate Fitness: The Quest for Truth About Exercise and Health

    The author, a science reporter for The New York Times, looks into the fads, fiction, and genuine innovations that have defined the world of physical fitness. Among the questions she examines are * what is the best way to exercise for maximum effect? * Wha

    Ultimate Sports Nutrition Handbook, The

    This handbook provides strategies that athletes can use to perform closer to their potential. The authors discuss energy demands of exercise; training diets; carbohydrates, proteins, fat; nutrition quackery and supplements; fluid requirements and hydratio

    Under the Influence: A Guide to the Myths and Realities of Alcoholism

    Examines the physical factors that set alcoholics and non-alcoholics apart. Looks at the alcoholic's genes, enzymes, hormones, brain and other body chemistries which work together to cause the reaction to alcohol and what treatments are effective.

    Understanding Breast Cahnges: A Health Guide for Women

    This guide to the breast describes the anatomy of the breast, what are considered normal changes in one's lifetime that are not cancer, finding breast changes and tests that may be done to evaluate them.

    Understanding Depression: A Complete Guide to Its Diagnosis and Treatment

    This book examines the causes, symptoms, treatment, and outcome of depressive illness, and discusses some of the special problems associated with the disease.

    Understanding Depression: What We Know and What You Can Do About It

    This book shows you how to find out if what you're coping with is, in fact, depression. He looks at a wide range of proven therapies, both mainstream and alternative. Also discusses bipolar disorder.

    Understanding Difficult Behaviors

    This book is a collection of suggestions for coping strategies for caregivers of people with demanding illnesses. It is compiled from suggestions from families, Alzheimer's Association newsletters, books and articles.

    Understanding Parkinson's Disease

    This book addresses the diagnosis, symptoms and stages of Parkinson's Disease; treatment options including medications and surgery; coping with day-to-day care and emotional aspects such as fear and denial. It also discusses caring for the caregiver.

    Understanding Teenage Depression

    Each year thousands of American teenagers are diagnosed with clinical depression. If ignored or poorly treated, depression can be a devastating illness for adolescents and their families. This book is a guide to understanding which teenagers are at most

    Understanding the Immune System

    This booklet will help you understand the anatomy of the immune system and its role in various disorders, from allergies, autoimmune diseases, and cancer.

    Understanding Today's Youth Culture

    The author attempts to familiarize parents with the world of today's adolescents: music, media, peer pressure, sexuality, and materialism. The book is based on Christian spirituality.

    Understanding Your Body, Every Woman's Guide to Gynecology and Health

    A comprehensive and up-to-date guide to women's gynecological health, this book provides information on birth control, what to expect during surgery and how to do self-tests correctly, what to look for during hospital treatments, and recognizing common pr

    Unquiet Mind, A Memoir of Moods and Madness, An

    The Author examines manic-depression from the dual perspectives of the healer and the healed, revealing both it's terrors and the cruel allure that at times prompted her not to take medication.

    Unstuck

    This book, written by a psychiatrist, presents an integrated, holistic approach to dealing with depression that includes the physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of the condition and its recovery.

    Uppers, Downers, All Arounders

    This book gives detailed information on a variety of psychoactive drugs; the influence of heredity and environment on drug use/abuse; the path from experimentation to addiction; prevention and treatment.

    Urinary Incontinence Sourcebook, The

    This is a guide to the normal physiology and functions of the bladder, and the common causes and types of urinary incontinence; preventive measures such as diet, exercise and behavior modification; treatment options; medications and surgery.

    Verbally Abusive Relationship, The

    This book explores the damaging effects of verbal abuse on children and the family. Gives concrete examples of how to recognize it and how to respond.

    Vinegar

    Vinegar is a health remedy, a neutralizer, a cleaner, a condiment, and a preservative. It can kill bacteria, mold, and germs, yet it is environmentally safe. This comprehensive guide covers all types and uses of vinegar, including how to make flavored var

    Vision - the Johns Hopkins White Papers, 2007

    This White Paper contains information gathered research on the most important developments regarding vision over the past year. Topics covered include: food for the eyes, recurring viruses, a new drug for AMD, Tele-vision implants, corneal abrasions, macu

    Volumetric Eating Plan, Techniques and Recipes for Feeling Full on Less Calories, The

    The author draws on her weight control program that promotes appetite satiety with fewer calories and without eliminating food groups to share recipes designed to encourage healthier lifestyles.

    War on Pain, The

    An eminent pain specialist reveals how breakthroughs in the new field of pain management are turning the tide against suffering. How your body feels pain, the role played by your emotions, and traditional and alternative therapies that work.

    Warning: Drugs In Sports, Handbook for Every Athlete and Parent

    The purpose of this book is to provide basic information regarding the misuse of drugs by some athletes to enhance their performance in competitive sports and the potential dangers to which these athletes are exposing themselves.

    Watts Teen Health Dictionary, The

    A full health resource to answer young people's questions about their bodies and their health. A-Z dictionary, illustrations and charts, hotlines, guide to medications, and annotated list of street drugs.

    Way To Eat, The

    Written by the head of the Yale School of Medicine Prevention Research Center and a Registered Dietician, this book offers insights in to overcoming obstacles in the "modern nutritional environment". The authors show you how to use food to maximize your h

    We Live Too Short and Die Too Long

    The hopeful message of this book is that many of us are already on our way to 100 or more years-and that we can make those years more worth living than we ever dreamed.

    We Live Too Short and Die Too Young

    The author of this book shows the reader how to achieve longevity while preserving quality of life. He sets out the essential controllable elements of longevity and strategies to help you prevent premature death and add decades of active, satisfying life.

    Welcoming Your Second Baby

    For parents, the thought of having a second child can be joyous, traumatic, or more likely both. It can be equally difficult for a displaced first child. With her trademark humor and practical advice, best-selling parenting author Vicki Lansky guides pare

    Wellness Encyclopedia of Food and Nutrition, The

    A colorful guide to basic nutrition, and how to select, store and prepare vegetables; fruits; exotic vegetables and fruits; poultry; fish and shellfish; dairy and eggs. There are appendices that discuss various cooking methods; fats and oils; and herbs an

    Wellness Letter

    This newsletter is by UC Berkeley and it discusses nutrition, fitness, and self-care.

    Wellness Self-Care Handbook

    Billed as "the everyday guide to prevention and home remedies", this book includes hundreds of common conditions. It outlines symptoms, causes, treatment options, and prevention. From UC Berkeley.

    What a Baby Needs

    This is a book that takes a warm look at how life in the family changes to accommodate the needs of a newborn.

    What Mommies Do Best

    This book talks about how a mother can teach her child to ride a bike, sew a loose button on the teddy bear, and read a cozy bedtime story.

    What To Do For Healthy Teeth

    This easy to read, easy to use book discusses how to take care of your teeth and what to do in case of an emergency. Topics include: how eating the right foods can help teeth stay strong and healthy; special dental care needs for pregnant women; how to he

    What To Do For Kids With Asthma

    Easy to read, easy to use book that tells you if your child needs help right away, signs that your child has asthma, asthma triggers, putting together an Asthma Action Plan, peak flow meters, medicine, talking to child's teacher/daycare provider, exercise, common illnesses.

    What To Do For Senior Health

    This easy to read, easy to use book is written for seniors 62 years and older. It provides information on how to take charge of your health care. Topics include: how to choose a doctor, information about health insurance for seniors, what to do to stay he

    What to Do for Senor Health

    This book talks about body changes that come with aging, common health problems of seniors, buying and taking medicines and much more.

    What to Do for Teen Health

    This book talks about the body changes that happen to teens, how to get ready for the teen years, and about dating and sex along with many other topics for teens and parents.

    What to Do When You're Having a Baby

    This book talks about: how to get ready for pregnancy, about the health care you need during pregnancy, things you should not do when you are pregnant and much more.

    What to Do When Your Child Gets Sick

    Through this book, you will be provided with answers at home for your sick child. You will learn: What to look for when your child is sick, when to call the doctor, how to take your child's temperature and much more.

    What To Do When Your Child is Heavy

    This is an easy to read, easy to use book that tells you how to shop and pay for healthy food, deal with your child's feelings and self-esteem, healthy meals, correct portion sizes, nutrition label education, the importance of exercise, tips for eating out, and other information on diabetes and other health problems of heavy children.

    What to Eat

    Food and nutrition expert, Marion Nestle, takes us on a tour through the supermarket to learn just what we really should eat. She discusses food labels, health claims, and other points of confusion regarding the nutritional value of the food we eat.

    What to Expect - The Toddler Years

    In a direct continuation of What to Expect When You're Expecting and What to Expect the First Year, America's most trusted pregnancy and child-care books, comes an all-inclusive guide for the parents of toddlers. Complete with information on self-esteem;

    What to Expect Before You're Expecting

    A step-by-step guide to making a baby, including prepping for conception, boosting your fertility, adjusting your lifestyle, timing sex for baby success, and more.

    What to Expect Eating Well When You're Expecting

    Eating right for two has never been so easy, so healthy, or so delicious: Everything you need to know to feed yourself and your baby well during your nine months of pregnancy.

    What to Expect the First Year

    This book includes thorough information on baby's monthly growth and development, feeding, sleeping habits, infant illnesses, and safety.

    What to Expect the Toddler Years

    Information on Health, self esteem, emotional physical, and social development; discipline, eccentric behaviors, and making time for yourself in the midst of it all.

    What to Expect When the New Baby Comes Home

    Answers questions about what the new babies look like, what they do and don't do, and what having one around the house will be like.

    What to Expect When You Go to the Doctor

    Everyone needs to go to the doctor for checkups and for a child who doesn't understand what staying healthy means and why it's important, a visit to the doctor can be a bewildering experience. This book can provide you with answers to your child's questio

    What to Expect When You're Expecting

    This book provides information to expectant parents, such as choosing a caregiver, prenatal diagnosis, exercise, childbirth options, second pregnancies, twins, making love during pregnancy, having a cesarean, and tips on coping with common and not-so-comm

    What You Feel You Can Heal

    This book is a breakthrough in overcoming fears of intimacy and enjoying more loving relationships. This book can help you: improve communication, increase self-esteem and self-love, and much more.

    What You Need to Know About Breast Cancer

    This booklet tells about diagnosis, treatment choices, breast reconstruction and follow-up care. It includes a list of helpful questions to ask your doctor.

    What You Really Need to Know About Moles and Melanoma

    Answering a wide range of questions about the disease, the authors describe levels of risk, skin warning signs, and unusual forms of melanoma; discuss melanoma in children, pregnant women, and people whose immune systems are compromised; and take a look a

    What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Fibromyalgia

    In this book, the author presents his amazing discovery, the results of forty years of research based on his own experience with fibromyalgia and that of hundreds of his patients.

    What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause

    This book discusses the use of non-prescription natural progesterone for the discomforts of menopause.

    What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Perimenopause

    In this book, the author brings you a revolutionary nonprescription "Balance Program" to restore your gynecological health, energy, and sex drive-and even slow the aging process before menopause and beyond.

    What's Happening to Me?

    This book is a guide to puberty for anyone experiencing it. Includes humorous illustrations.

    What's Happening to my Body--Book for Boys, The : Growing Up Guide for Parents and Sons

    In this book, the author provides information and advice for parents so that they can help their sons through the awkward transition to young manhood. The book is suitable for nine- to fifteen-year-olds and covers the body's changing size and shape, the g

    What's Happening to My Body--Book for Girls, The : Growing Up Guide for Parents/Daughters

    This book provides information and advice for parents of girls nine- to fifteen-years-old to help them through puberty and adolescence. It covers topics such as the body's changing size and shape, breasts, the reproductive organs, the menstrual cycle, pub

    What's Happening to My Body? Book for Boys, The

    Discusses the changes that take place in a boy's body during puberty, including information on the body's changing size and shape, the growth spurt, reproductive organs, pubic hair, beards, pimples, voice changes, wet dreams, and puberty in girls.

    What's Happening to My Body? Book for Girls, The

    Written by an experienced educator and her daughter, this book discusses the changes that take place in a girl's body during puberty, including information on: pubic hair, breasts, reproductive organs, the menstrual cycle, and puberty in boys.

    Wheat Free, Worry Free

    This book is a practical & inspirational guide to living a wheat free gluten -free lifestyle. Many people are choosing to eliminate wheat & gluten from their diets due to medical conditions such as Sprue (celiac disease).

    When A Man Faces Grief/A Man You Know Is Grieving

    This book focuses on the 'masculine' side of healing from loss. The 'masculine' way to heal is just one way of healing and used by both men and women. Individuals choose the path to healing that works best for them. This is two books in one. One half is for the man/woman who is grieving and presents twelve practical ideas to help one heal from loss. The other half is for those who want to understand and help those are grieving, also in twelve short, helpful chapters.

    When a Parent Has Cancer: A Guide to Caring for Your Children

    Discusses the challenges of raising and caring for children when a parent has cancer. Provides practical advice for families raising children while dealing with a serious, life-threatening disease.

    When Food Is Love

    This author shows how dieting and compulsive eating often become a substitute for intimacy, seeking to satisfy emotional hunger.

    When Men Grieve

    Although grief is a universal experience, most of us are unprepared for the feelings it brings. Grief causes disruption of our familiar and comfortable reality, and completely changes our lives. Men and women have different ways of grieving. Whereas women

    When Parkinson's Strikes Early

    Parkinson's, formerly believed to be a disease of the aged, is becoming increasingly common in the younger population. Approximately half a million Americans under the age of 55 are diagnosed with Parkinson's. This book contains e-mail conversations, essa

    When Someone You Love is Depressed

    This book addresses the "secondary" victims of depression: the loved ones. The impact of depression on parents, spouses and children, as well as the adult caregivers of a depressed elderly parent can be enormous. The authors discuss the mechanism of depr

    When Something Feels Wrong; A survival guide about Abuse for young people

    This Book can help you to put an end to abuse whether it be physical, emotional, sexual, or neglect. It was written for teens to help give you the words you need to understand and talk about abuse.

    When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies

    This book discusses why women diet and become obsessed with food and weight. The authors teach how to "think" about our problems rather than "eat" about them.

    When Your Kidneys Fail

    This handbook provides information and is intended for use by people with kidney disease or kidney failure and their families. Topics discussed include the principles of kidney function, methods of treatment, and financial resources available to patients.

    When Your Parent Has Cancer- A Guide for Teens

    Help teens navigate through the news of cancer, information about treatment, their own feelings, how they can help their parents and themselves.

    Wherever You Go There You Are

    The author guides the reader in meditation and mindfulness for a richer life.

    While Waiting

    Easy-to-read, basic information about pregnancy, labor, and delivery.

    Who Says I Can't

    This everyday man and athlete shares his story of astonishing grit and inspirational power. After being told at age 19 that he would not survive the cancer that had already taken his leg and lung he went on to triumph over cancer and disability.

    Whole Pregnancy Handbook, The

    Whether you embrace the philosophy that mind, body, and spirit work together to promote good health or you're looking for a way to have the healthiest pregnancy, this book has the information you need.

    Why Do I Have To?

    This all-in-one book includes a story for children and a guidence section for parents. The first part of the book is a story that helps children ages three through five understand the importance of listening. The second part is a guide, teaching parents to be a knowledgeable and consistent parent.

    Why Do they Act That Way? A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for you and Your Teen

    This book explains changes in teen brains and shows parents how to use this information to understand communicate with and stay connected to kids.

    Why I Cough, Sneeze, Shiver, Hiccup & Yawn

    This is a Let's Read and Find Out Science Book for young children.

    Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

    This book addresses how the nervous system responds to stress, and the way in which we can control those responses. The author explains how prolonged stress can cause or intensify a range of physical and mental afflictions, including depression, ulcers, c

    Widow to Widow

    The author offers you-as well as your family and friends-sage advice for coping with the loss of a husband.

    Williams Obstetrics

    In this reference book, the authors have emphasized the basic principles of sound obstetrical practice based on scientific observations. These principles provide the framework upon which to build an understanding of management of abnormal pregnancy. Incl

    Williams' Basic Nutrition and Diet Therapy

    This book shows you how health and disease are related to eating habits, how modern research has changed our views, and how nutritional needs change with age. This is a easy to read book and it provides the latest nutrition information.

    Windows Into Heaven: Stories Celebrating Down Syndrome

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Winning with Osteoporosis

    In this book, a team of rheumatologists provide information on the prevention, treatment, and management of osteoporosis. They emphasize the crucial role of diet and exercise in winning the battle. They show which kinds of food help fight osteoporosis, sp

    Winter Blues

    As seasons change and you experience less energy than usual; less productivity and creativity; needing more sleep; feeling depressed or down; less control over your appetite, you may have Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). The book has a section to evalua

    Wired for Sound: A Journey into Hearing

    In this book, author Beverly Biderman shares her personal experience before and after receiving a cochlear implant and addresses some of the issues surrounding implantation.

    Wisdom of Menopause, The

    This book on menopause is a guide to creating physical and emotional health and healing during the change. Addresses hormone replacement therapy; cardiovascular disease; osteoporosis; depression; sexuality; nutrition; exercise, and much more.

    Without Estrogen: Natural Remedies for Menopause and Beyond

    The author shows how women's menopausal symptoms can be effectively managed without drugs, alternatives to estrogen replacement therapy (ERT). Includes interviews with a dozen women between the ages of forty-five and eighty who have sought out alternative

    Woman's Book of Life, A

    This book teaches women how to align with the physical changes that occur at every stage of life in order to maximize health and well-being. It focuses on the connection between the body, emotions and the spirit.

    Woman's Decision: Breast Care, Treatment and Reconstruction, A

    This book examines a woman's options concerning breast cancer and breast reconstruction. It helps women assess their options, familiarize themselves with the techniques used in treating cancer, and prepare themselves for what to expect medically and emot

    Woman's Skin, A

    This book deals with common and unusual skin conditions that women encounter at all ages. Topics include skin changes and problems in pregnancy, new cosmetics, tips on everyday skin care, how women's skin differs from men's, how skin changes over time, co

    Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, The

    This book provides scientific research on the health benefits of breastfeeding and offers support, encouragement, and guidance to new parents. Includes information on: how to prepare for breastfeeding during pregnancy; the effects on newborns of medicatio

    Women and Exercise: Physiology and Sports Medicine

    This book is designed to assist physicians and other health care professionals in caring for women who exercise. Chapters cover training, health maintenance, treatment of disease or injury, and rehabilitation.

    Women Are Not Small Men

    This book describes how women are different when it comes to heart disease: how the symptoms of a female heart attack differ from a male, the effects of menopause on your heart, and thorough guidelines for preventing and recovering from heart disease.

    Women With Attention Deficit Disorder

    The author of this book combines real-life histories and treatment experiences with the latest clinical research to create a new screening checklist specifically for women. She highlights the special challenges women with ADD face, describes what to look

    Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom

    The author's experiences as an ob/gyn MD, mother and midlife woman inform the basis of this book. Northrup believes that "regardless of our individual circumstances, our pasts, or our ages, each of us has inner guidance available that we can tune in to in order to create vibrant health..."

    Women's Cancers

    This book is designed to educate women on the forms of cancer that are unique to women, such as breast, pelvic, uterine, ovarian and rare gynecologic cancers. Includes information on biopsies, pap smears and blood counts; finding the right doctor; coping

    Women's Complete Healthbook, The

    This reference work, written by female physicians, provides guidance on every aspect of healthy womanhood from puberty to old age, including how to get the most out of health care as a consumer, keeping yourself healthy, reproductive and sexual health, sy

    Women's Encyclopedia of Health & Emotional Healing

    This work provides information and advice from 150 female physicians on a variety of women's health issues, both emotional and physical. Includes charts, checklists, and essays by specialists on topics such as aging, dating, motherhood, sterilization, wid

    Women's Health Companion

    This book is a self-help nutrition guide and cookbook, addressing nutritional approaches to common women's health concerns from PMS to breast cancer.

    Women's Primary Health Care

    The focus of this reference book is the primary and preventative ambulatory health care needs of women. It stresses the role of physicians as educators and promoters of women's wellness.

    Wonder of Boys, The

    This practical book describes what boys need to become strong, responsible and sensitive men. The author discusses how the absence of a positive role model and adult support may lead to anti-social or criminal behavior. Gurian explains that a boy needs a

    Workcare: A Resource Guide for the Working Person

    Addresses ways to stay healthy, cope with stress, and social issues such as childcare, finances, organization skills, retirement and more.

    Working With Your Doctor: Getting The Healthcare You Deserve

    The relationship between you and your doctor is a very important one. Sensitivity to emotional needs and time to listen are essential to developing a satisfying relationship. Changing medical care requires that you play an active part in your health care.

    World Book Medical Encyclopedia, The

    Wrightslaw: Special Education Law

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Wrinkle Cure, The

    A specialist in the field of dermatology and in treating aging skin reveals the secrets of his techniques, as well as offering skin care tips used by celebrity clients all over the world.

    Y's Way to Physical Fitness

    Includes exercise principles and guidelines, questions and answers about exercise physiology.

    Year After Childbirth, The

    This book focuses on the physical, emotional, and social changes in the year after the birth of a baby. It is a time of exhaustion and elation, anxiety and achievement. The author discusses how the body changes, breast feeding, work, feelings about yourse

    Year of Magical Thinking, The

    Joan Didion explores an intensely personal yet universal experience: a portrait of a marriage - and a life, in good times and bad - that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child.

    Yes, Your Teen Is Crazy, Loving Your kid Without Losing Your Mind

    A helpful book to understanding the teen brain and the changes in adolescents and helpful ways in which to handle various situations such as teen rage, making and enforcing rules, balancing safety with privacy, drugs, sex and dating and when and how to ge

    Yoga as Medicine

    Beginning with an overview of the science of yoga, Dr. McCall describes the many techniques in the yoga tool kit; explains what yoga does and who can benefit from it; and provides lavishly illustrated and minutely detailed instructions on how to start practicing, no matter what your fitness level or health status.

    You Are What You Say

    This book is about the power of language to combat stress, anger, and depression. It offers a proven six-step program to help you unlock the memories, secrets, anger, and fear that have played crucial roles in chronic illness. you'll learn about the Ten L

    You Can Beat Depression, A guide to Prevention and Recovery

    This is a self help guide to help you learn more about the different types of depression, examine the seriousness of your own condition, understand medication, recognize when you can do it yourself and when you can't and help you find the right profession

    You Can't Make a Move Without Your Muscles

    This is a Let's Read and Find Out Science Book for young children about muscles and how they work.

    You Don't Look Sick! - Living Well with Invisible Chronic Illness

    This book chronicles a patient's true-life stories and her physician's compassionate commentary as they take a journey through the three stages of chronic illness - Getting Sick, Being Sick, and Living Well.

    You Just Don't Understand...Women and Men in Conversation

    This book, written by a linguist, is about the complex differences in communication between women and men.

    You Love Me!!...Don't Accept Me As I Am

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    You on a Diet, The owner's manual for waist management

    Plan and formulas that will help you lose up to 2 inches from your waist.

    You Staying Young

    This book discusses aging and how to take care of your self and stay young at any age. This book will discuss 14 biological processes that control your rate of aging.

    You'd Be So Pretty If...

    Teaching our daughters to love their bodies - even when we don't love our own

    You, The Owner's Manual

    Updated and expanded edition. This book helps to answer various questions on taking care of your body by explaining how the systems in our bodies work. Complete with exercise tips, nutritional guidelines , simple life style choices and alternative appr

    You: The Owner's Manual - An Insider's Guide to the Body That Will Make You Healthier and Younger

    This book will challenge your preconceived notions about how the human body works and ages, then takes you on a tour through all of the highways, back roads, and landmarks inside of you. You'll get facts and advice to keep your body running long and stro

    You: The Smart Patient

    This book shows you how to become your own medical sleuth, tracing your medical family tree and wending your way through the pitfalls of any health care situation. Helps you deal with your own health care and deal with matters that come up when facing a m

    Young People with Cancer- A Handbook for Parents.

    This book gives information on all stages of a child's illness, what to expect and suggests ways to prepare for different situations.

    Your Adolescent

    A book from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Offers information on the developmental milestones and day-to-day concerns of the adolescent years. Helps parents understand when their teen's behavior is normal and when it is a signal

    Your Baby And Child

    This is the most loved, trusted and comprehensive book in its field. This new version encompasses the latest research and thinking on child development and learning, and reflects the realities of today's changing lifestyles and new approaches to parenting

    Your Baby and Child: From Birth to Age Five

    This book provides information on caring for children from birth through age five. Includes topics such as: common physical problems at birth and later; feeding; height and weight; toilet training; teething; everyday care; sleeping patterns and problems;

    Your Baby's First Year

    This book developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics provides authoritative advice on all aspects of infant care.

    Your Baby's First Year - third Edition

    A month-by-month guide to your baby's first year. This book will tell you what to expect in terms of growth, behavior and development. You will also discover additional information on a variety of topics, such as nutrition, common infectious diseases, emergencies, car safety seats and much more.

    Your Baby, Your Way: Making Pregnancy Decisions and Birth Plans

    In this book, the author details all the choices in prenatal care, places and styles of birth, types of pain relief, diet, birth classes, and exercise. She explores the pros and cons of various medical interventions, methods of delivery, and new special s

    Your Best Face

    This book gives you the readable version of conversations with Brandith Irwin, a respected dermatologist who understands your questions and gives you the answers you want and need.

    Your Breast Cancer Treatment Handbook

    A comprehensive guide to understanding breast cancer, its treatments, and recovery.

    Your Child

    This book describes the normal developmental milestones of the child from infancy to adolescence. It addresses behaviors that are a signal to seek professional help.

    Your Child's Health

    This book is a guide to symptoms, emergencies, common illnesses, behavior, and school problems, organized as a reference resource.

    Your Child's Weight - Helping Without Harming

    In this book Ellyn Satter explains that children gain too much weight because of how, not what they are fed. The book emphasizes supporting normal growth and development-feeding well, parenting well, and letting children grow up to get bodies that are right for them.

    Your Dieting Daughter: Is She Dying for Attention

    The book is about every daughter caught in a struggle to accept who she is in a society. It includes distinctions between diet and disorder, information on today's most popular diet programs, a question and answer chapter on what to do when, nutritional g

    Your Eight-Year-Old: Lively and Outgoing

    This book prepares parents for what their eight-year-old children will go through at this age. Includes information on aggressiveness in eight-year-olds; sensitivity to criticism; talkativeness; behavior problems in school; reading skills; quarreling with

    Your Five-Year-Old: Sunny and Serene

    This book prepares parents for the changes their five year olds go through. Includes information on characteristics of age Five; the child and others; discipline; accomplishments and abilities; the child's mind; school; the five year old party; individual

    Your Four-Year-Old: Wild and Wonderful

    This book prepares parents for the changes their four year olds go through. Includes information on sibling relationships; the nursery school experience; accomplishments and abilities; eating, sleeping, and dressing routines; what to do about lying, swear

    Your Guy's Guide to Gynecology

    This book has information about basic female anatomy and physiology, contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, hormones, disorders of the female reproductive system, and surgeries.

    Your Heart: An Owner's Manual

    American Heart Association's guide to heart health. Discusses prevention of heart disease and recovery from heart problems.

    Your Nine-Year-Old

    Nine is a tricky age. Children are more distant from mother and father, they're more independent and rely on friends for companionship, or have a tendency to spend time alone. The authors provide useful advice to make life easier for parents and children

    Your One-Year-Old

    The authors discuss important questions that concern the twelve to twenty-four-month-old child such as: sleeping and feeding, accomplishments and abilities, and more.

    Your Personal Guide to Living Well with Fibromyalgia

    This book tells you what fibromyalgia is, the causes and the symptoms. It goes on to help you take charge and manage your health: pain control, fatigue, stress, exercise and more.

    Your Pregnancy and Birth: 4th Ed.

    Published by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, this book is a guide to pregnancy, labor and delivery, postpartum, and newborn care.

    Your Pregnancy Week by Week

    With this book, you can look for changes and compare the details of your pregnancy based on a weekly schedule. It will meet your needs and expectations with focused, detailed information. This guide includes, detailed descriptions of baby's growth and d

    Your Pregnancy: Week by Week

    This book discusses changes of pregnancy and fetal growth during each week of a woman's pregnancy.

    Your Seven-Year-Old: Life in a Minor Key

    This book prepares parents for the changes their seven-year-olds go through. Includes information on new body awareness; sulking; concerns about fairness; stories from real life; fascination with horror, gore; threats of running away from home; life in th

    Your Six-Year-Old: Loving and Defiant

    This book provides information for parents of children age six and the changes they go through. Includes information on a 'readiness checklist' to help determine if the child is mature enough to enter school; competitiveness with friends and siblings; 'gi

    Your Ten-to Fourteen Year-Old

    This book is designed to prepare parents of children ages ten to fourteen years old. Includes information on boy-girl relationships and sexual curiosity; clubs, hobbies, sports, and activities; trouble at school; family life and relationships with sibling

    Your Three-Year-Old: Friend or Enemy

    This book prepares parents for the changes their three year olds go through. Includes information on jealousy of a new sibling; toilet training; how to improve a child's eating habits; friendships with peers; common fears; developing language skills; nur

    Your Two-Year-Old: Terrible or Tender

    This book is designed to inform parents about the changes their two year olds go through. Includes information on a two year olds view of the world - and him/herself; bathing and dressing routines; sex differences; stories from real life; a list of age-a

    Zen of Eating, The

    Based on the teachings of Buddha, this book provides readers with a way to look at eating that addresses emotional hungers and how to focus on developing a nourishing balance in life.

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    Video & DVD

    14 Steps to Better Breastfeeding

    Offers practical tips and demonstrations on how to improve breastfeeding technique.

    5 Steps for Living with Arthritis

    This video has information about understanding the condition and ways you can improve your quality of life with arthritis.

    A Cancer Rainbow: Snapshots From My Journey

    The filmmaker shares her journey through breast cancer, showing the important role friend and family support plays in helping one deal with a serious illness.

    A is for Asthma With Dani: A Childhood Asthma Awareness Program

    A DVD for children that uses music and dialogue to help them learn about asthma. They will see how Dani, a new Sesame Street friend, keeps his asthma under control.

    A New Day

    Baby Signing Time! DVD Volume 3

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    A.M. & P.M. Stretch

    Increase flexibility and energy with this stretching DVD

    ABC Signs

    Signing Time! DVD Volume 5

    Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

    Active Partnership for the Health of Your Heart

    • 3.1 American Heart Association Series:
    • 3.1.a Understanding Coronary Heart Disease, Video #1
    • 3.1.b Taking Control, Video #2
    • 3.1.c Quitting Smoking, Video #3
    • 3.1.e Exercise for Life, Video #5
    • 3.1.f Staying Co

      Adapting to Life with Multiple Sclerosis

      This video tape profiles four individuals who share their personal stories of life with MS. You will learn how they are effectively managing their condition by taking a proactive approach to lead full, active lives. A physician discusses diagnosis and tr

      Adolescence: Physical Growth and Development

      Adolescents, parents, teachers and doctors discuss the physical changes of adolescence. Running time: 25 minutes

      Adolescence: Social and Emotional Development

      Adolescents, parents, teachers and physicians discuss the social; and developmental changes of adolescence. Running time: 37 minutes

      Adolescent Sexuality: A Guide for Adolescents

      This video tape is of two teenage couples dealing with their sexuality. One couple, who are not yet sexually active deal with their feelings about initiating a sexual relationship. The second couple, who have been sexually active, deal with a crisis in th

      Adolescent Sexuality: A Guide for Parents

      This video tape gives parents develop communication skills to help them with effective, open, and non-judgmental discussions with their teen about sexuality. RT: 30:00

      Adult Solutions for Adult Acne

      Advance Health Care Directive and Hospice

      Video and DVD describing the importance of completing an Advance Health Care Directive (Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care) in Mandarin. Also addresses hospice care at the end of life.

      AeroBear Instructional Video

      This video demonstrates the use of the AeroChamber mask/spacer combination for use with infants and toddlers.

      Aging Parents: The Family Survival Guide (2 tape volume)

      A guide for individuals caring for their aging parents. Ideas and strategies to save time, money and worry.

      AIDS Conference

      Video of Palo Alto Medical Foundation conference on the subject of AIDS. RT: 53:06

      Alcohol/Substance Abuse: A Guide for Adolescents

      This video is a guide for teens to help them make healthy decisions for life about substance abuse. Several teenagers discuss their experience, and physicians give detailed description of the impact of drugs on the body and mind. RT: 20:00

      Alcohol/Substance Abuse: A Guide for Parents

      In this video tape a number of parents describes their experience with their teen's alcohol or substance abuse, and how they confronted and dealt with the crisis. RT: 20:00

      Alernative Medicine Update

      For Your Health Lecture Series

      Alexander, The Elephant Who Couldn't Eat Peanuts

      This animated video shows children that they are not alone in having food allergies. Discusses the emotional impact of having a food allergy.

      All Stressed Up and No Way to Grow

      This video addresses stress in children and teenagers. Running time: 2 Hours

      Allergy Control Begins at Home: House Dust Allergy

      This video describes steps you can take at home to reduce the level of dust mite exposure.

      Alzheimer's Disease ... Let's Talk About It

      This video tape shows several families with a loved one who is diagmosed with Alzheimer's Disease. A number of physicians and allied health care providers, as well as family members discuss diagnosis, treatment, day-to-day life with an AD patient, placeme

      Amazing Talents of the Newborn

      A video guide for healthcare professionals and parents.

      America the Beautiful

      Every year Americans spend an average of $12.4 billion on cosmetic surgery procedures. Why are we being conditioned not to like the way we look? Award-winning filmmaker Darryl Roberts goes on a five-year journey to unearth the origins and deadly risks of our nation's quest for physical perfection.

      Amniocentesis and Chorionic Villus Sampling

      This videotape explains how these procedures can test for birth defects caused by abnormal chromosomes or genes. RT: 15:27

      Anaphylaxis: When Seconds Count

      This video describes anaphylactic shock and shows the use of the EpiPen.

      Aneurysms

      For Your Health Lecture Series

      Angioplasty

      This video shows what you can anticipate if you undergo this heart procedure.

      Anorexia and Bulimia

      This video tape reviews these eating disorders, the risk factors for developing the disorders, and treatments available. RT:30:00 RT: 30 minutes

      Apria Home Tube Feeding Patient Education

      Arrhythmias / Palpitations

      Arrhythmia means "without rhythm". Palpitations, describes as pounding or racing heart, are a symptom of arrhythmias. This videotape describes how arrhthmias occur, their diagnosis and treatment options.

      Arthritis and You

      For Your Health Lecture Series presentation

      Arthritis of the Hand

      For Your Health Lecture Series presentation

      As a Parent: What Can I Do to Improve my Child's Feeding Skills and Speech Clarity

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      Assessing the Frail Elder

      For Your Health Lecture Series presentation.

      Assessment and Treatment of the Jaw

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      Asthma

      For Your Health Lecture Series presentation.

      Asthma in Children: At Time of Diagnosis

      This program educates parents on asthma in children, including understanding the diagnosis, what happens next, treatment and management and issues. RT: 30:00

      Awareness is Power: Cancer and the African American

      Discusses the risks and treatment options for prostate, breast, and lung cancers. African American celebrities Les Brown, Karen Jackson, and Nikki Giovanni share their stories and personal experiences with cancer to inspire and show the importance of staying actively involved with your health.

      Baby Proof Home Video, The

      This video takes you on an informative room-by-room home tour. Two experienced parents teach you to see through a child's eyes, to locate and protect against home hazards long before your baby gets in trouble. These invaluable tips will help to make your

      Baby to Be: The Video Guide to Pregnancy

      Hosted by actress and mom Bess Armstrong and divided into chapters for easy reference, this 55-minute primer focuses on prenatal care, nutrition, embryonic development, changes to Mom's body and mood, and how all of these affect Dad.

      Back Care Yoga

      Build strength for lasting pain relief and healing. Increase flexibility to help prevent injury.

      Back Pain

      For Your Health Lecture Series presentation.

      Back to Work After Breast Cancer

      As a result of advances made in the treatment of breast cancer as well as in managing the side effects of chemotherapy, more women are returning to the workplace during treatment. This video tells the stories of six women and how they are balancing the demands of breast cancer and the workplace.

      Be BoneWise with Lisa Hoffman, MA

      This DVD is the official weight -bearing and strength-training exercise video for the National Osteoporosis Foundation. It is divided into 5 sections: warm-up, aerobics, wall exercise, chair exercise and floor exercise. The exercises and routines demonstr

      Becky and the Worry Cup

      Accompanies the book: When a Parent Has Cancer. Written at a third grade level, yet applicable to children of all ages this illustrated children's book tells the story of a seven year old's experiences with her mother's cancer.

      Beyond Injections: Living with an Insulin Pump

      Nine pump users describe why they chose the pump method of insulin administration. Scheduling meals, exercise and travel are discussed. RT: 20:00

      Beyond the Shock

      A step-by-step guide to the diagnosis and treatment options for breast cancer. RT: Approx. 45 min

      Bipolar Disorders Update

      From the 10th Annual U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress.

      Box of Crayons

      Signing Time! DVD, Series 2, Volume 12

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      Brain Fitness Program, The

      The Brain Fitness Program is based on the concepts of neuroplasticity--the ability of the brain to change, adapt, and even rewire itself. This program can help with understanding how the brain works, and how to keep it fit.

      Break Your Behavior Chains

      How behavior modification works.

      Breast Cancer A Patient's Guide to Understanding the Stages of Disease and Treatment Options

      Breast Cancer And The Family

      The Spielmans' story and the experiences of other families facing breast cancer demonstrate that breast cancer affects the entire family, and the battle against it is one the whole family must fight together.

      Breastfeeding: A Guide to Getting Started

      Using a case study and clear graphics, this video demonstrates the important steps of successful breastfeeding; a new mother learns how to help her baby latch onto the breast and nurse comfortably and effectively. RT: 20:00

      BSE - Yes, It's Worth It!

      Addresses latest American Cancer Society guidelines and demonstrates breast self exam.

      Burn Your Kids' Report Cards and Still Raise Successful Adults

      Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography

      This video describes these heart procedures.

      Cardio-Vascular Health - VHS

      The following is a list of VHS titles available on this topic: Heart conditions/disease Arrhythmias/Palpitations Congestive Heart Failure (qty 2 Do You Have Heart Disease? (Cardiovascular Wellness Series) Stable Angina Treatment Choices for Is

      Caring for Your Newborn

      Infant care for the first 3 months.

      CDC Developmental Milestones

      Cholesterol

      A For Your Health Lecture Series presentation.

      Choosing a Doctor

      Examines issues to consider when choosing a doctor.

      Colds & Flu: There's No Place Like Home

      Recognize and treat head cold, influenza, and stomach flu with simple home remedies.

      Colonoscopy

      This DVD describes the procedure for examining the colon. RT: 10:12

      Comfort Measures For Childbirth with Penny Simkin

      This tape takes the expectant mother and her labor support partner through various relaxation and breathing exercises to assist with management of childbirth. RT:40:00

      Como Controlar su Diabetes: Como Preparar y Administrar una Inyeccion de Insulina

      Como Controlar su Diabetes: Como Sentirse Mejor si Sufre de Diabetes

      En este video usted vera las ayudas para el cuidado de la diabetes: educacion, planeamiento de sus comidas, ejercicio, medicamentos y monitoreo.

      Como Controlar su Diabetes: Cuidado de Sus Pies

      Como Controlar su Diabetes: Etapas del Cuidado

      Como Hacer Compras Para una Buena Nutricion Como Diabetico

      Cone Biopsy

      After explaining why cone biopsy, or conization, is often necessary to rule out the possibility of cancer, the tape outlines the goals of this outpatient procedure. It follows a patient during her surgery and explains that conization may be done with a sc

      Controlling Cholesterol: Exercise and Fitness

      This video incorporates recommendations from the American Heart Association and the National Cholesterol Education Program. Options such as walking, bicycling, and low-impact aerobics are discussed, as well as tips on tailor-fitting a program that is righ

      Controlling Cholesterol: Guidelines for Eating Out

      This video incorporates tips from the American Heart Association and the National Cholesterol Education program to discuss how to control cholesterol when eating out...at restaurants, fast-food places, ball games, the office, even room service. Running T

      Controlling Cholesterol: Introduction to a Healthy Lifestyle

      This video incorporates ideas from the American heart Association and the National Cholesterol education program. It discusses what cholesterol is, where it comes from, and what you can do about it. Running Time: 30 minutes

      Coping with Endometriosis: What Every Woman Should Know

      This video presents three women, an Olympic medallist, a gynecologist and a beauty queen, describe their experience with endometriosis and how it affected each of their lives.

      Coumadin Therapy and You

      This video explains the importance of regular monitoring and patient understanding in Coumadin therapy.

      Cryosurgery of the Cervix

      Helps patients understand that cryosurgery is one of the most effective and safe procedures for treating diseased cells in the cervix. Explains the treatment and risks including infection, hemorrhage, and scar tissue blockage. Emphasizes that the patien

      Daily Decisions: A Guide to Diabetes Self-Management

      This video discusses complications of diabetes, how to use your blood glucose results, meal options, and exercise.

      Dayan Qigong

      This two DVD set demonstrates Dayan Qigong and explains the movements, teaches the warmup exercises, massages and Dayan Qigong meditation methods.

      Days of Our Eyes: Eye Care for Those Who Have Diabetes

      Dramatizated story of a woman with diabetes who suddenly discovers she has diabetic retinopathy. The story will show you how to detect this condition and, most important, how to prevent it through an annual complete eye exam.

      Days of the Week

      In this DVD you'll learn signs for the days of the week, and see what some families do on each day. You'll also learn to sign first, second, third, and so on. Signing Time! DVD, Series 2, Volume 6

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      Depression Out of the Shadows

      This documentary tells the stories of people of different ages, from diverse backgrounds, who live with various forms of depression. Leading mental health experts highlight the latest scientific research and innovative treatments, offering greater understanding and hope for the millions of people living with this complex, but treatable, disease.

      Depression: A Guide for Latinos/Depression: Guia para los latinos

      Depression is not a personal weakness. It is a health problem. This DVD will help you understand the symptoms of depression and how to work with your healthcare professional.

      Depression: Family Matter

      In this 3-video series: "Spouses with Depression", "Elderly Parents with Depression", and "Children with Depressed Parents".

      Depression: The Road to Recovery

      This tape addresses common symptoms of depression, forms of treatment, and relevant issues surrounding specific antidepressant therapy.

      Developing Oral-Motor and Feeding Skills in the Down Syndrome Population

      A six hour seminar focusing on the development of oral-motor and feeding skills in the Down syndrome population from birth to adulthood.

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      Diabetes

      The following is a list of video/DVD titles available on this topic: That's My Baby Days of Our Eyes Diabetes Foot and Skin Care: In Step Diabetes and Exercise Sick Day Management: Recognizing the Red Flags Diabetes and Heart Disease Diabete

      Diabetes and Exercise

      This tape addresses the importance of exercise in diabetes self-management. Exercise improves blood sugar levels, increases energy levels, and general well-being in addition to promoting weight loss. A section on hypoglycemia is included for people taking

      Diabetes and Heart Disease

      This tape helps individuals with diabetes to understand and minimize their risk of heart disease. It covers healthy food choices, exercise, smoking cessation, stress management, and regular check-ups. It also explains the signs and symptoms of heart attac

      Diabetes Foot and Skin Care: In Step

      This video addresses the importance of preventing complications in people with diabetes by maintaining healthy skin and feet, checking for problems, and shoe selection. RT: 12 minutes

      Diabetes Home Video Guide, The

      This video can help you develop the skills you need to self-manage your diabetes. The video covers treatment plans, pattern management, problem solving, lifestyle changes and emotions, and maintaining good health

      Diabetes Home Video Guide: Skills for Self-Care, The

      This DVD, produced in conjunction with the American Association of Diabetes Educators, can help you develop the skills you need to manage your diabetes. Examples of topics include nutrition, medications, monitoring, problem solving and lifestyle changes.

      Diabetes Type II: A Self-Management Program

      Video tape providing information and skills for better management of Type 2 Diabetes (formerly known as Adult-Onset Diabetes).

      Diagnostic Laparoscopy

      Explains how this outpatient procedure is used to detect a number of problems. Shows the patient what to expect in preparation, during the procedure, in the recovery room, and at home the first few days following surgery. Scenes shot through the laparos

      DioLite 532 Laser

      Information for patients who are considering treatments using this laser.

      Discover the Power of Stem Cells

      Do You Have Heart Disease?

      This video addresses heart disease and its risk factors.

      Don't Leave Home Without It: What the Traveler Needs to Know

      Don't Lose Sight of Eye Disease

      Diabetic Eye Disease and Glaucoma are explained.

      Dr. Jack Newman's Visual Guide to Breastfeeding

      This DVD addresses a wide variety of questions, from how to ensure that baby is getting milk to how to avoid and overcome some of the most common problems associated with breastfeeding.

      Driven

      A 20 minute DVD telling the inspirational story of a competive cycling team, Team Type 1, taking on the challenges of living with diabetes. Witness their inspiring personal journey - from diagnosis to the reality of disease management.

      Dunstan Baby Language

      This video teaches parents to hear exactly what their babies are communicating. Every newborn communicates, and from birth to 3 months uses five distinct sounds that signal hunger, tiredness, need to burp, lower wind/gas and discomfort, based on physical reflex responses.

      Easy Yoga for Arthritis

      Demonstrates movements to use at home to strengthen muscles and help increase mobility for people who are challenged by arthritis or the stiffness that comes with age or injury.

      Eat to Your Heart's Content

      How to lower cholesterol and increase fiber in your diet.

      Eating Defensively: Food Safety Advice for Persons with AIDS

      Food preparation and storage to prevent foodborne illness in persons with compromised immune system.

      El Cuidado de Su Corazon Realmente Esta en Sus Manos

      Endometrial Ablation

      Explains how this procedure can be used to treat abnormal uterine bleeding in certain women who would otherwise need a hysterectomy. The technique is depicted through animation and actual views through the hysteroscope. Results, risks, and recovery are

      Enjoying Life! Living Well on Peritoneal Dialysis

      This DVD contains both the Enjoy Life and Choices programs: Options for living with kidney failure.

      ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography )

      This tape explains how this procedures used, not only as a diagnostic tool, but as a building block for other procedures, often eliminating the need for major surgery. The test is an X-ray study of the biliary tract after injecting a radiopaque substance.

      Este Es Mi Bebe

      Contolando La Diabetes En Gestacion

      Everyday Signs

      Teaches American Sign Language signs. Combines signing children and infants, animation and music, and an adult to model each sign. Singing Time! DVD, Volume 3

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      Exercise for Life

      This video addresses the importance of exercise in reducing your risk for developing heart disease. Running Time: 15:06

      Eye Health

      For Your Health Lecture Series presentation.

      Family, Feelings & Fun

      Teaches American Sign Language signs. Combines signing children and infants, animation and music, and an adult to model each sign. Signing Time! DVD, Volume 4

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      Fat: What No One is Telling You

      This documentary explains our psychological responses to food, shares new scientific knowledge about hunger, eating, and human metabolic operation.

      Fear of Fat: Diet and Eating Disorders

      Several young women discuss their experience with out-of-control dieting and eating disorders. RT: 26:09

      Feeding with Love and Good Sense II

      Fever in Children: Fears and Facts

      Information about treating children's fevers.

      First Days Home Keeping Your Baby Healthy and Happy

      Advice for parents to keep their new baby healthy and happy their first few days at home

      Fit For a King: The Smart Kid's Guide to Food & Fun

      Nutrition information aimed at children.

      Flexible Sigmoidoscopy

      This video describes the common reason for performing this procedure for examining the lower segment of the colon. The prep for the test and possible risks and minor side effects of the test are reviewed. RT: 5:35

      Following the Clues: A Visit to the Doctor and the Library

      Making a doctor's appointment, visiting a doctor, and finding current health information can be confusing activities for young children and for adults unfamiliar with the US healthcare system

      Food Allergies: Fact or Fiction?

      This video is about teenagers with food allergies and how they cope with them.

      Food for the Fight

      This DVD features expert interviews, personal accounts and cooking demonstrations that provide cancer survivors and caregivers with information they need. Practical information is provided on how to manage the side effects of treatment and maintain a health weight.

      Food, Inc.

      The film seeks to demonstrate how the incentive for corporate profit can overwhelm consumer health needs, as well as the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and the environment.

      Forgetting, A Portrait of Alzheimer's, The

      The documentary weaves together the intense real-world experiences of Alzheimer's patients and caregivers, the history and biology of Alzheimer's and the ongoing struggle to end the disease. David Hyde Pierce hosts a half-hour follow-up program with expe

      Freedom from Fat: Hidden Fat

      Learn about types of fats and which foods are lowest.

      Friends Helping Friends: Make It Your Goal

      This video looks at the challenges faced by food-allergic teenagers in everyday situations.

      Functional Food

      For Your Health Lecture Series presentation

      Future of Cancer Treatment

      For Your Health Lecture Series presentation

      G.I. Disorders

      The following is a list of titles available on this topic: *Gallstones (Time Life Medical) *Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease *Ulcers (Time Life Medical) *Colonoscopy *Upper GI Endoscopy *ERCP *Screening for Colorectal Cancer

      Gallstones

      This videotape describes how gallstones occur, what the symptoms are, what test may be performed for diagnosis, and what treatment options may be available. RT: 30:00

      Gastroenterology: Colonoscopy

      Patient education video. This DVD outlines why patients may require a colonoscopy. It shows patients what to expect throughout the procedure.

      Gastroesophageal Reflux

      For Your Health Lecture Series Presentation

      Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

      Animation depicts how reflux can occur, leading to occasional heartburn in some patients, and chronic, debilitating symptoms in others. Briefly discusses tests that may be performed to confirm the diagnosis and assess severity. Explains the role of both

      Genetic Testing For Breast Cancer Risk: It's Your Choice

      Discussion of the pros and cons of genetic testing for breast cancer.

      GERD: The Inside Story

      Understanding and treating symptoms of gastresophageal reflux disease.

      Get Serious about Chronic Heartburn

      Discusses study findings linking chronic untreated heartburn with long-term health risks.

      Getting Off On The Right Foot

      For Your Health Lecture Series presentation

      Getting Started with Coreg

      Guide to managing congestive heart failure with this medication.

      Getting Started With Your New EpiPen

      DVD provides step by stop instructions on how to use the EpiPen.

      Gift of Motherhood, The

      This 2-DVD series is to prepare the expectant mom and her partner for pregnancy and childbirth. Approximate total running time: 2 hours

      Girls Can!

      This video shows how one can encourage girls to achieve their full potential. RT: 16:24

      Glaucoma Patient Resource, The

      Go 4 Life: Everyday Exercises from the National Institute on Aging at NIH

      Features exercises for improving strength, balance, flexibility and endurance. The everyday fitness ideas can be performed at home, at work, or in the gym.

      Going Outside

      Learn signs for many of the beautiful things in nature. Signing Time! DVD, Series 2, Volume 5

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      Great Outdoors, The

      Signing Time! DVD, Volume 8

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      Guia de la Dra. Jane Morton para una Buena Lactancia

      Aprenda como tratar los problemas mas comunes.

      Guide to Bipolar Disorder, A

      This DVD and guidebook from the American College of Physicians will help you learn more about bipolar disorder and its treatment, and will help you work with those around you to cope with this disorder.

      Guide to Managing Respiratory Infections, A

      This DVD and booklet from the American College of Physicians will help you learn about different types of respiratory infections and recommendations for treatment.

      Guide to P.A.D. (Peripheral Artery Disease), A

      PAD is a disease caused by blockage of the arteries in the legs and feet. It puts people with P.A.D. at risk for heart attack or stroke. Symptoms may cause the individual to move less and less. This DVD is a guide to medication and surgical treatments available, and it addresses lifstyle changes that you can make.

      Guide to Successful Breastfeeding

      Morton (clinical professor of pediatrics) helps a mother deal with breast engorgement and teaches how to hold the infant in the best position and how to help baby "latch on"

      Gynecological Procedures

      The following is a list of titles available on this topic: Cone Biopsy Cryosurgery of the Cervix Diagnostic Laparoscopy Endometrial Ablation Laser Surgery of the Cervix LEEP (Loop Electro-surgical Excision Procedure) of the Cervix Sterilization by L

      H.I.V.: Understanding the Disease (Bilingual)

      This brief, bilingual (English/Spanish) video incorporates animation and a narrated overview of HIV disease. Interviews with HIV-positive individuals are woven into discussions about specific aspects of the disease. RT: 13:00

      Hagase la prueba del cancer del colon

      Happiest Baby on the Block, The (DVD)

      Defines the calming reflex and teaches the "5 S's", the five simple ways to turn on the calming reflex.

      Happiest Toddler on the Block, The (DVD)

      This DVD shows parents ways to stop tantrums and communicate effectively with their toddlers.

      Happy Birthday to You

      Little viewers are invited to Leah's birthday party where they can learn how to wish "Happy Birthday" and other signs to celebrate this special occasion, such as "game," "present," "cake," and more. Includes songs and sing-alongs. Signing Time! DVD, Series 2, Volume 2

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      Have A Healthy Baby Labor & Delivery

      This program follows couples from the beginning of labor through birth and explains the physiology of the birth process

      Healing and the Mind, Vol. 3: Healing From Within

      This video tape examines mind-body healing. Part of the television Series "Healing and the Mind". RT: 87:00

      Healing the Spirit: Treatment of Depression Amongst the Asian Elderly

      Health & Society: Stress Management and Your Health

      This video addresses stress and its manifestations, and coping mechanisms. Stanford Medical Center. Running Time: 60 minutes

      Health and Society: A Symposium for Mothers: The Delicate Balance

      This panel discussion focuses on the challenges faced by mothers in trying to balance all their responsibilities as they strive to raise happy and healthy children in today's busy society. Moderator: Wendy Tokuda, KRON TV Running Time: 90 minutes

      Health Insurance, Medicare and You

      For Your Health Lecture Series presentation

      Healthy Eating for Healthy Weight

      Nutritional skills to lose and maintain weight.

      Healthy Environment

      For Your Health Lecture Series presentation

      Hearing Loss

      For Your Health Lecture Series presentation

      Heart Decisions for Life

      Video series comprising: 3.4.a Compliance 3.4.b Diet and Eating Habits 3.4.c Exercise 3.4.d Lifestyle

      Heart Disease In America: The Hidden Epidemic

      Heart-Healthy Shopping

      Tips on how to shop with heart health in mind.

      Helping Hands: The Right Way to Choose a Nursing Home

      A video discussion of what to look for when you are selecting a nursing home for your loved one. RT: 27:00

      Helping Out Around the House

      Enjoy doing household chores as you sing and sign while working. Signing Time! DVD, Series 2, Volume 10

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      Here I Go

      Children can learn the signs for shoe, sock, bike, Thank You, Sorry, and more as they learn how to communicate before even learning how to speak. Baby Signing Time! DVD, Volume 2

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      Home Alone and Safe

      For Your Health Lecture Series presentation

      Home Safety with Sherlock Homes

      This video shows common household hazards and how to prevent accidents in the home.

      How Difficult Can This Be?

      This video allows you to look through the eyes of a learning-disabled child. The participants engage in a series of classroom activities which cause frustration, anxiety, and tension.

      How to Allergy-Proof Your Home and Feel Better

      This video educates the viewer on how to eliminate or reduce allergens that could be found in the living room, bedroom, or family room, including dust mites, mold and mildew, animal allergens and pollens.

      How to Buy Shoes

      For Your Health Lecture Series presentation

      How to Continue Your Lovenox Treatment at Home

      How to Monitor Your Blood Pressure

      This video tape is a guide to buying a blood pressure measuring instrument, the importance of calibration, and techniques for using a variety of instruments. RT: 10 minutes

      Hypothyroidism: Signs, Symptoms, and Solutions

      This video has been designed to bring you information about hypothyroidism disease. It includes facts on what to look for, how to recognize possible symptoms, and how your physician diagnoses and treats hypothyroidism.

      I Have Tourette's But Tourette's Doesn't Have Me

      This is a 27 minute documentary that dispels the myths of Tourette Syndrome through the experiences of young people. It is presented by HBO and the Tourette Syndrome Association.

      I'm a Meter Reader

      This video will show grade-school age children how to use a peak flow meter.

      I'm Pregnant

      This 3-part series explores what it feels like to be pregnant, not just the clinical facts. It portrays five pregnant women and their partners as real people facing real challenges and joys. Part 1: The Early Months Part 2: The Middle Months Part 3: The L

      Identifying and Avoiding Asthma Triggers

      This DVD explains how triggers affect the airways to cause asthma attacks. It includes information on allergens, irritants and emotions and demonstrates how to avoid or remove these asthma triggers. RT: 20 minutes

      If You Stutter: Advice for Adults

      This video is for adults who stutter, their families, and professionals who work with them. Stutterers share their personal stories and insights into what has helped them. Running Time: 55 minutes

      Implant 2: Knee Replacement Surgery

      This PBS video follows a 43 year old women through her decision to undergo a total knee replacement. Actual surgery footage is shown.

      Infectious Disease

      For Your Health Lecture Series presentation

      Insomnia at Time of Diagnosis

      This video tape describes the condition, its causes and treatment options, both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic. RT: 30 min.

      Into the Light

      This tape is a documentary on the single most common cancer among men, prostate canceer. It traces the origins of the newly found movement, through moving profiles of patients, their families and health care professionals.

      It Only Takes One Bite

      This video discusses food allergies and what to do in case of anaphylaxis. Appropriate for parents and children.

      It's Baby Signing Time

      Teaches American Sign Language signs. Combines signing infants, animation, music, and an adult to model each sign. Teaches babies to sign before they can speak. Baby Signing Time! DVD, Volume 1

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      Just in Case

      This tape is about cesarean childbirth and recovery. RT: 27 minutes

      Know Your Number: Glycosylated Hemoglobin Testing

      This video tape is a discussion of this very important blood test for individuals with diabetes.

      Laser Surgery of the Cervix

      Explains that laser surgery can be used to treat abnormal cells in the cervix, vagina, and vulva. Shows how the colposcope (a magnifying camera) is used in combination with the laser to destroy abnormal cells without damaging surrounding healthy tissue.

      Leah's Farm

      Singing and signing fun down on the farm! Learn the signs for your favorite barnyard animals plus things you see around the farm. Signs include rabbit, frog, snake, turtle, chicken, and more. Signing Time! DVD, Volume 7

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      Learning Disabilities and Social Skills: Last One Picked...First One Picked On

      Playing with friends is a daily ritual for most children. But kids with learning disabilities are often more isolated and rejected. Their problems with making and keeping friends are compounded by their poor social skills. The challenges confronting learn

      LEEP of the Cervix

      This video describes how the loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) may be used to treat dysplasia of the cervix. Explains that LEEP may offer an advantage over other treatment methods by providing a tissue specimen for analysis. Patients will l

      Let's Be Friends

      Join Hopkins, Alex, and Leah as they learn everyday signs such as friends, emotions, fruits, vegetables, opposites, and many more. Baby Signing Time! DVD, Volume 4

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      Lifetime of Good Eating, A

      This video addresses the importance of diet in reducing your risk for developing heart disease. Running Time: 17:18

      Living Well With Depression

      A self-management program for people diagnosed with depression. RT: 25:00

      Living With Breast Cancer

      Living with Stress

      This edition reviews various causes of stress and how people react to stress. Explains that although drinking, smoking or overeating may give temporary relief from stress, the long term affects damage health. Helps viewers to identify stressors and deve

      Loving Life, Understanding Hospice

      A DVD on the subject of end of life care and options. Sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

      Making Informed Decisions: Testing and Management for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer

      Testing is available to identify hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) syndrome. This program is designed to answer questions about HBOC syndrome, testing and medical management options. In the film, several women share their experiences with testin

      Managing Chronic Pain: A Guide for Patients

      This DVD and booklet from the American College of Physicians will help you learn more about chronic pain and how it can be managed.

      Managing High Blood Pressure

      For Your Health Lecture Series presentation

      Managing Your Diabetes: Preparing and Giving an Insulin Injection

      Managing Your Diabetes: Stages of Care

      This video explains the use of insulin.

      Matters of The Heart

      A panel of Sutter Health physicians discuss heart disease, stress and its effects on the heart.

      Max's Magical Delivery: Fit for Kids

      This is a fun, interactive DVD targeted to children ages 5-9 and their families. The DVD offers suggestions to: Try to eat five fruits and vegetables a day. Get away from the TV and computer screens and move around. Find fun ways to be physically active

      Meet Your Feet

      For Your Health Lecture Series presentation

      Menopause (Video)

      The following is a list of titles available on this topic: 1.Transitions: Preparing For Menopause: vol 1. A Woman’s Body and her Cycles vol. 2 : Menopause and Perimenopause vol. 3 : Hormone Replacement Therapy 2. What’s New About Menopause (NOVA: “Adven

      Mental Health

      The following is a list of titles available on this topic: 1. Moving Back Into The Light 2. Faces Of Depression 3. Depression: The Road To Recovery 4. When the Blues Won’t Go Away: Women and Depression 5. Emotion and Illness 6. Living Well with Depre

      Mental Health: Stanford Bipolar Disorders Clinic

      Check web site or call for information. 650-724-4795
      Web site (opens new window)

      Metered Dose Inhalers and Aerochamber Use

      In this video Palo Alto Medical Foundation's Dr. David Carlson demonstrates the correct use of inhalers for asthma and allergies.

      Miracle Babies

      A program from the series Sutter Health Presents... This video presents a number of physicians discussing infertility and assistive reproduction, as well as premature babies, and induction of labor. RT: ~45:00 min

      Miracle of Life, The

      Each minute, all over the world, many babies are born. An everyday occurrence, yet each birth is the culmination of one of nature's most complex, mysterious, and seemingly miraculous processes.

      Modern Drug Development

      For Your Health Lecture Series presentation

      Mom Needs Mothering Too!

      A look at motherhood and how to cope with the everyday demands.

      More than Sad: Teen Depression

      This DVD, co-produced by the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention and Break Thru Films, features four vignettes, each designed to present to teens a recognizable picture of depression, reduce fears and misconceptions about treatment, and promote help-seeking behavior among teens. Various symptoms and pathways to treatment are highlighted as well.

      Morning Sickness: All Day & All Night

      Find strategies which help to relieve the nausea and vomiting common to pregnancy.

      Move and Groove

      Signing Time! DVD, Series 2, Volume 3

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      Moving Back into the Light

      A discussion of clinical depression, what it is; whom it affects and treatment options. RT: 15:00

      My Baby Can Talk

      Baby Hands DVD

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      My Day

      Signing Time! DVD, Volume 10

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      My Favorite Season

      Signing Time! DVD, Series 2, Volume 4

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      My Favorite Sport

      Signing Time! DVD, Series 2, Volume 7

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      My Favorite Things

      Signing Time! DVD, Volume 6

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      My First Signs

      Signing Time! DVD, Volume 1

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      My House

      Signing Time! DVD, Series 2, Volume 8

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      My Neighborhood

      Signing Time! DVD, Volume 11

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      My Things

      Signing Time! DVD, Series 2, Volume 9

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      Nice to Meet You

      Signing Time! DVD, Series 2, Volume 1

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      Nobody's Perfect: How To Cope With Relapse

      Behavior Modification techniques.

      On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying in America

      In this four-part series, Bill Moyers reports on death and dying, and takes us through the experience of several dying people and their families, health care providers and other caregivers. Part 1: Living with Dying Part 2: A Different Kind of Care Par

      Once Upon a Potty (For Him)

      Your child will be empowered by Joshua as he learns to use his new potty.

      Once Upon A Time

      Signing Time! DVD, Series 2, Volume 11

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      One Bite is All it Takes

      Learn about common food allergens, how to recognize the symptoms of an allergic reaction, and how to treat it. Also included in this educational DVD is practical advice for managing food allergy in schools and while dining out.

      Organizing the Mouth for Feeding and Speech

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      Orthopedics

      The following is a list of video tape titles available on this topic: 1. Hip 1.1 A Step Forward: A Patient’s Guide to Total Hip Replacement and Rehabilitation 1.2. Facilitating Your Steps to Recovery: A Comprehensive Guide for Rehabilitation following Tot

      Osteoarthritis

      A non-technical presentation, answering general questions about osteoarthritis.

      Osteoporosis

      The following are videotapes available on the subject of Osteoporosis: 1. Osteoporosis (TimeLife Medical) RT: 30 minutes 2. Osteoporosis: Definition, Management, Facts, Controversies, RT 90 minutes 3. A Women's Silent Legacy RT: 30 minutes 4. A Woman's St

      Out of My Mind

      This multi-award-winning video, filmed over three years, is the story of the film maker's brother's struggle with schizophrenia, and his day-to-day life dealing with paranoia and violent thoughts. RT: 27 minutes

      Overweight, Who's in Control

      Nutrition & Weight Control DVD. This video teaches one who to read food labels, and understand the 2005 dietary guidelines and the food guide pyramid. It stresses lifestyle change and helps viewers increase their awareness of behavior patterns, emotional

      PACE: People with Arthritis Can Exercise, Level 2

      This tape is of a program of moderate exercise especially designed for people with mild arthritis who get easily fatigued. The exercises are designed to strengthen muscle and improve mobility. REMINDER: Consult with your doctor before beginning any exerci

      PACE: People with Arthritis Can Exercise, Level I

      This video tape is a program of sitting and standing exercises especially designed for people whose everyday activities are impaired by arthritis. REMINDER: consult your doctor before beginning an exercise program.

      Pap Test: What Every Woman Should Know, The

      This video discusses: *Who should get a Pap test and how often *How one can prepare for a Pap test *How the test is performed, and what the results mean. RT: 20:00

      Partners in Hope

      This informative and supportive video addresses women's breast cancer from a male point of view. Topics include the initial impact of the diagnosis, how men and women face crises, sorting through medical information, and intimacy.

      Pathways to Parenthood

      Information regarding infertility: what factors play a role and which treatment options are available.

      Paying for Health Care

      For Your Health Lecture Series presentation.

      Peak Flow Monitoring

      This video demonstrates the use of a peak flow meter.

      Playtime Signs

      Signing Time! DVD, Volume 2

      Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

      Positive Postnatal Fitness

      Exercise program for women who have just had a baby. Includes strength and flexibility exercises, stretching, low-impact aerobics, and abdominal exercises.

      Positive Prenatal Fitness

      Includes toning, stretching, and low-impact aerobics as well as relaxation techniques.

      Postnatal Exercise Program

      Home exercise program for women after childbirth.

      Postpartum Emotions: The Blues & Beyond

      Learn how to tell the difference between normal "baby blues" and true "postpartum depression". Treatment options suggested.

      Pre-Diabetes: Your Path to Preventing Type 2 Diabetes

      This DVD outlines a prevention plan based on working with a healthcare professional. It emphasizes healthy lifestyle choices as the best way to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes.

      Pregnancy/Childcare

      The following is a list of titles available on this topic:

      1. The Baby-Proof Home Video
      2. Comfort Measures for Childbirth
      3. Dr. Jane Morton’s Guide to Successful Breastfeeding (qty 2)
      4. Just in Case: A Video about Ce

        Prenatal Yoga

        Prepared for Health Care: A Consumer's Guide to Better Medical Decisions

        This video discusses how we can take charge and be better consumers of health care services, and establishing a good relationship with oue physician. RT: 14:30

        Preparing Ahead: How to use your EpiPen Auto-Injector

        This instructional DVD demonstrates and instructs on how to correctly use an EpiPen.

        Professor Helmut on Helmets

        A fun, action-filled video aimed at young bicycle riders. Stresses the importance of proper wearing of bicycle helmets. RT: 5:25

        Promoting Cardiovascular Health

        For Your Health Lecture Series presentation.

        Prostate Cancer A Patient's Guide to Understanding the Stages of Disease and Treatment Options

        Prostate Health

        The following is a list of titles available on this topic: 1. Every Man Should Know About his Prostate 2. Into the Light (Prostate Cancer) 3. Keeping Healthy (Overcoming Prostate Cancer) 4. Male Call (Prostate Cancer Awareness Program) 5. Prostate Can

        Putting on Your Best Face

        For Your Health Lecture Series presentation

        Quick and Easy Low-Fat Cooking

        Learn how to prepare low-fat foods at home.

        Radiation Therapy for the Breast

        A video describing the process involved in radiation therapy for breast cancer. RT: 18:30

        Radioisotope with Exercise Testing

        This video tape discusses radioisotope (also known as radionuclide) testing for the assessment of heart disease. It describes what to expect from the procedure and possible risks involved with it. RT: 9:30

        Ready to Learn

        Real Parents, Real Kids, Real Talk: How to Raise a Successful Adult

        Includes sections on how to listen more and yell less; why kids need to make mistakes; how to develop a values roadmap for your family; and how to set rules, determine consequences and follow through.

        Rearing Adolescents

        A video of the presentation in Palo Alto in 1998 by Dr. Wolf, a practicing clinical psychologist and noted author of such books as "It's not fair, Jeremy Spencer's parents let him stay up all night", and "Get out of my life, but first could you take me an

        Recognition & Treatment of Pituitary Hormone Imbalances

        This video explains pituitary disorders and the diagnostic tests and treatments available. Running time 35 minutes.

        Redefining Professional Ethics in the Era of Managed Care

        Jonathan J. King Lecture RT: 75 minutes

        Relaxation & Breathing for Meditation

        This program teaches "conscious relaxation" and "conscious breathing" to help increase energy, lower blood pressure, and improve sleep and create an overall sense of well-being.

        Reviving Ophelia

        This video tape is of the talk given by Dr. Mary Pipher in Palo Alto on adolescent eating disorders. RT: 90 minutes

        Rh-Negative Mother, The

        This tape is an overview of Rh-incomptatibility, in which if the mother is Rh-negative and the father is Rh-positive, and how steps can be taken to prevent Rh disease in pregnancies after the first. Rh Immune Globulin Serum and exchange transfusion are di

        Scientific American Frontiers

        Follows a group of 12 persons for several months as they adopt different strategies for weight loss. Also looks at research that attempts to explain the body's complex weight-regulation systems, and to explain, among other things, why dieting is difficult.

        Screening for Colorectal Cancer

        This tape explains how regular physical examinations, occult blood testing, and flexible sigmoidoscopy are the keys to early detection. Colonoscopy and Barium x-ray are also discussed. RT: 13:00

        Sick Day Management: Recognizing Red Flags

        This tape explains why blood sugar rises when you are sick and stresses the importance of creating a sick day plan before illness sets in. RT: 14:35

        Sign with Your Baby

        Teach your baby to use a few simple ASL signs that can make a big difference in empowering and meeting the needs of your baby.

        Sit And Be Fit Balance & Fall Prevention Workout

        Specific exercise skills designed to improve your balance and reduce your risk of falling.

        Sit and be Fit for COPD

        This program is designed to be done sitting in or standing next to a chair. It meets the special needs of senior citizens, arthritis sufferers, stroke patients and others needing slow, gentle movements.

        Skin Cancer

        For Your Health Lecture Series presentation.

        Sleep Disorders

        For Your Health Lecture Series presentation.

        Speaking for Myself

        Short documentary about deaf children learning to speak.

        Special Delivery

        New parent video on: home birth, hospital care birth centers, selecting a doctor, and much more.

        Stable Angina

        This video tape describes angina, how it may be triggered, what tests are used in diagnosis, and treatment options. RT: 10:00 minutes

        Stages of Labor

        Stages of labor depicted in 3-D animation , with non-technical narration, and live birth footage. RT: 27:00 minutes.

        Stages of Labor, The

        This tape combines detailed animation of labor, live birth footage, and parents describing their experience of labor and delivery: The differences between false and early labor; the three stages of labor; how uterine contractions work, and how the baby tr

        Stay in Circulation: Take Steps to Learn About P.A.D.

        This 9 minute DVD provides information on the signs, symptoms and risk factors of peripheral arterial disease (P.A.D.). Treatment and prevention are also discussed.

        Staying in Control of Your Asthma

        This DVD explains how patients can gain control of their asthma and stay in control. It features people with asthma living healthy and active lifestyles. Information on keeping an asthma diary, checking peak flow, avoiding asthma triggers and following an

        Step Toward Independence: A Patient's Guide to Total Hip Replacement and Rehabilitation

        If you're thinking about having a total hip replacement, this video may help you decide. You'll hear from experts and other patients as you follow them step-by-step through their surgery, physical therapy, and at-home recovery. RT: 20:00 minutes

        Steps Toward Independence: A Patient's Guide to Knee Replacement

        A comprehensive guide for those considering total knee replacement surgery. Several patients and physicians talk about what to expect from the procedure to rehabilitation. RT: 20:00 Minutes

        Sterilization by Laparoscopy

        This tape features one couple's decision to choose female sterilization. Discusses the advantages and disadvantages, and explains electrocauterization, clip method, and silastic band method. Emphasizes that sterilization should be considered permanent. In

        Street Smarts: Straight Talk for Kids, Teens, & Parents

        This PBS video addresses the issues of drugs, gangs, and personal safety.

        Stress and Anxiety

        This video addresses causes of stress and anxiety, their effects on your life and health, and treatment strategies. RT: 30 minutes

        Successful Behavior Change

        For Your Health Lecture Series presentation.

        Super Size Me

        Morgan Spurlock unravels the American Obesity epidemic.

        Supermarket Nutrition

        Learn how to shop for healthy foods.

        Surviving the Teen Years

        Session with Dr. John Taylor at the 1st Annual Conference of Mid-Penninsula CH.A.D.D.

        Survivors' Perspectives

        This DVD is a series of interviews with a number of men who share their journey through diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.

        Sweet Fire: Understanding Sugar's Role In Your Health

        Provides a comprehensive and holistic picture of the role of sugar and carbohydrates in your health.

        Symposium for Mothers, 1998: The Delicate Balance

        Video of discussion on finding balance in our lives as mothers who choose to become stay-at-home mothers, or to return to work after the birth of our children.

        Taking Charge of Asthma

        This video presents people who have asthma, and the physicians who treat and counsel asthma patients. They discuss care and treatment and a preventive maintenance plan to help you live a full, active and healthy life. RT: 23:00

        Taking Control of Your Headaches

        For Your Health Lecture Series presentation.

        Taking Steps to Healthy Brain Aging...Learning from Research

        This DVD describes the risk factors for developing Alzheimer's, and the role of a healthy diet, physical activity, social interaction in reducing one's risk. RT: approx 20 minutes

        Taming Nasal Allergies

        For Your Health Lecture Series presentation.

        Testicular Self Examination

        Testicular cancer is the most common cancer in males age 15-35. This video uses graphics and live cast to instruct and demonstrate the proper techniques for performing TSE. It is recommended that males perform this exam monthly beginning at puberty. RT: 5

        Testing for Hereditary Risk of Breast & Ovarian Cancer: Is it Right for You?

        Genetic testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer can determine if you or a family member have an increased risk of these diseases. Deciding if genetic testing is right for you is an important personal decision. Five women who have made this decisi

        Testing for Hereditary Risk of Colon Cancer: Is it right for you?

        Genetic testing for colon cancer can determine if you or a family member have an increased risk of the disease. Deciding to have genetic testing is a personal decision. Several women and men share their perspective and insughts on genetic testing. There a

        That's My Baby!

        This video tape describes the development of diabetes in pregnancy, how it is diagnosed, and its treatment. It discusses diabetes management through diet, exercise and blood sugar monitoring, as well as insulin therapy. Also discusses managing emergencies

        That's Normal?

        In this video Palo Alot Medical Foundation's Dr. Jane Morton describes the normal physical characteristics of your newborn. Running Time: 58 minutes

        Thin Dining

        Healthy dining options in restaurants, fast foods, salad bars, parties, and airlines.

        Time to Eat

        Signing Time! DVD, Volume 12

        Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

        To Lead A Better Life

        Tips on how to take medications correctly.

        Tongue Thrust Therapy

        Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

        Total Stretch for Beginners

        This DVD teaches stretching exercises in several routines.

        Tourette Syndrome: A Compendium for Physicians and Allied Health Professionals

        This is a 3 disc set. Disc 1 contains a list of scientific literature on the treatment of and recent advances in Tourette Syndrome. Links are provided to pdf documents. Disc 2 contains highlights from the Tourette Syndrome Association 5th International Scientific Symposium. Disc 3 is a video guide to the diagnosis of Tourette Syndrome. This material is for viewing in the Community Health Resource Center.

        Transesophageal Echocardiography

        This video tape discusses this ultrasound technique for evaluating the heart, and helps you understand what to to expect before, during and after the procedure. RT: 8:50

        Transitions: Humanizing Care at the End of Life

        Presentation and discussion of issues of end-of life care: #1: Care for Patients, Christine K. Cassel, MD RT: 58:43 #2: Legal Legacy, Michael Gilfix, RT: 45:12 #3 Families, Resources, Rita Ghatak RT: 47:12 #4 Ethical Issues, Ernle Young RT: 48:5

        Treatment Choices for Ischemic Heart Disease

        This video tape is primarily intended for people with stable angina facing decisions about medical therapy or bypass surgery or angioplasty. RT: 54:30

        Truth About Cancer, The

        This PBS documentary looks at the lives of cancer patients (including the filmmaker's husband), physicians, and researchers, and reveals where we stand in the fight against cancer.

        Tuberculin Skin Testing

        Information about the Mantoux skin test.

        Understanding Asthma Medications

        This DVD provides information on asthma medications and how to use them. It stresses the importance of using medications correctly and as prescribed.

        Understanding Depression (video)

        Understanding Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

        Understanding Panic Disorder

        Understanding Social Anxiety Disorder

        An educational video describing social anxiety disorder, and methods of overcoming it, be it through therapy or medications.

        Upper GI Endoscopy

        This DVD provides an overview of this procedure, with a discussion of the risks and side effects RT: 9:30 RT: 7:25

        Uterine Fibroids: What You Should Know

        This tape explains what fibroids are, how they are diagnosed, and what symptoms may occur. Describes the treatment options for sympotmatic fibroids, including hysterectomy, myomectomy, and the use of GnRH agonists. RT: 10:20

        Vaccines

        Contains 2 Films: Vaccines and Your Baby; and Vaccines: Separating Fact from Fear. English and Spanish

        Vasectomy

        This is a video tape discussion on the male method of sterilization (birth control. RT: 10:30

        Waking Up America to a Serious Burning Issue

        This video addresses nighttime heartburn. A number of individuals who have this condition disucss their experience, and how appropriate treatment has helped them find relief. RT: 9:00 minutes

        Welcome to School

        Signing Time! DVD, Volume 13

        Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

        What Now: Living with Genital Herpes

        This video is about hope and promise for the future...getting on with your life, living and loving, in spite of genital herpes. RT: 22:00 Running time: 22 minutes

        When Someone You Love Has Prostate Cancer

        A candid and insightful view of what you and your husband or partner can expect when facing prostate cancer. Six couples talk about their experiences. RT: 33:00

        When the Blues Won't Go Away: Women and Depression

        Depression affects 5-10 million women every year. Publisher Frances Lear and four other women tell their stories of depression, and how they overcame it. RT: 28:00

        Who Has the Frog?

        Signing Time! DVD, Series 2, Volume 13

        Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

        Winning Against Asthma

        This video is geared towards the young person with asthma. RT: approx. 25:00

        Woman to Woman: Personal Experiences with Radiation Therapy

        Personal stories of several women who have undergone radiation therapy for breast cancer. RT: 56:00

        Woman's Strength: What Osteoporosis Could Mean to You, A

        Several women discuss the impact of osteoporosis on their lives, and their hopes that research can help their daughters and granddaughters. RT: 15:00 RT: 15 minutes

        Women's Health (General)

        The following is a list of titles available on this topic: 1.Contraception 1.1 Norplant System (English) 1.2 Norplant System (Spanish) 1.3 It Takes Two 1.4 Contraceptive Option 2. Gynecological Conditions 2.1 Endometriosis 2.1.a Coping with Endometriosi

        Women's Health Companion - Self Help Nutrition Guide and Cookbook

        This book offers comprehensive information on coping nutritionally with PMS, endometriosis, osteoporosis, menopause, fibrocystic breast disease, breast cancer, heart disease, anemia, heavy menstrual flow and cramps.

        Yoga for Beginners

        Build strength, lose weight and feel re-energized

        Yoga for Your Pregnancy: Your Guide to Prenatal Fitness and a Healthy Birth

        This DVD, from Yoga Journal and Lamaze, and led by prenatal expert, Kristen Eykel, features two programs, one for energizing and strengthening, and the other for relaxation.

        You and Your Baby

        Infant care and postpartum information.

        Zoo Train, The

        Signing Time! DVD, Volume 9

        Item donated by Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network

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