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Do-It-Yourself Natural Health: Natural Health Trio:Sub-Title: Acupressure, Aromatherapy and Herbal Therapy
Author: John Sherman, Ph.D., OTR, CSTPublisher: New Found Therapies PublicationsISBN: 0-9709411-2-9The following review was contributed by: S.V. SWAMY: CLICK TO VIEW S.V. Swamy's Reviews This book is the latest by the author who has authored several other books onthe subject over the last six years. It combines in one handy volume, threealternative treatment options for 60 common ailments and conditions.Acupressure, Aromatherapy and Herbal Therapy are covered. The acupressure pointsare...
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8-8-2006
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THE LOBOTOMIST
Author: Jack El-Hai Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN: 0-471-23292-0 The following review was contributed by: Jennifer Brown & Click Here To View Jennifer Brown's Reviews
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4-15-2005
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Anger and Anxiety by Dr Bob Rich
The Following review was contributed by: Molly Martin Anger and Anxiety is presented in eighty-six pages comprising eight chapters plus a well rounded Bibliography. Dr. Bob Rich tells his readers: ""I have tried hard to make the book easy and enjoyable to read, and to keep the concepts in it non-technical. … The tools I describe have worked for huge numbers of people whose suffering was eased. … Don’t expect a single-step recovery. You will need weeks, maybe months, of hard work,...
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10-11-2004
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Becoming Dead Right
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Becoming Dead RightAuthor: Frances Shani ParkerISBN: 978-1-932690-35-4 How does a Detroit high school principal get involved in end-of-life situations? After reading “Becoming Dead Right,” I understand it’s all about “love in work clothes” for her. She writes with style about a mostly untouched subject – death. Her voice is fresh and filled to overflowing with compassion and understanding. When my time comes, I could only hope that someone like Ms. Parker...
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5-19-2007
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Coping with Physical Loss and Disability
Rick Ritter, MSWISBN: 1-932690-18-2 The following review was contributed by: Sue Vogan: To read more of Sue's reviews Click HereRick Ritter, through Loving Healing Press, has a winning workbook to assist the reader with "physical loss and disability." Most of us will or know someone who will go through a physical loss or disability. In the preface, Ritter states that he has "used this workbook with more than a hundred clients over a ten year period" and has "shared...
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6-25-2006
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Diagnosis: Lupus
Author: Marilyn Celeste MorrisISBN: 1-4137-6789-3The following review was contributed by: Sue Vogan: To read more of Sue's reviews Click HereMs. Morris' journey has not been an easy one, but it is one that many chronical
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3-27-2006
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Elijah’s Cup: A Family’s Journey into the Community and Culture of High-Functioning Autism
Author: Valerie ParadizISBN: 978 1 84310 802 3The following review was contributed by: Kathryn Atwood: Click Here To View More Of Kathryn's Reviews“Elijah’s Cup” is the mesmerizing account of German scholar and author Valerie Paradiz’s journey into the world of high-functioning autism. Her son Elijah, who seemed fairly normal at birth, begins to have inexplicable seizures as a toddler and subsequently exhibits significant behavioral delays. As the narrative develops, Paradiz begins to...
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3-28-2006
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Getting Hip - Recovery From A Total Hip Replacement
Author: Sigrid Macdonald, Published by AuthorHouse Genre: Non-fiction / Health ISBN: 1-4184-7837-7The following review was contributed by: S.V. SWAMY & CLICK TO VIEW S.V. Swamy's Reviews"Getting Hip" is the first person account of SigridMacdonald, who went through a Total Hip ReplacementSurgery and felt the need to share her experiencesbefore, during and after surgery.At places poignant, at places serious and at someplaces humorous, the book gives a detailed account ofwhat is...
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2-24-2005
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Healing Lyme
Author: Stephen Harrod BuhnerISBN: 0-9708696-3-0The following review was contributed by: Sue Vogan: To read more of Sue's reviews Click Here"Despite Centers for Disease Control estimates that only 20,000 new Lyme disease infections occur each year, the true figure, as Harvard medical school researchers have found, more approaches 200,000," writes Stephen Buhner. And, as a Lyme disease victim and advocate, I can attest to the validity of this statement. Lyme disease symptoms range...
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5-19-2006
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It’s All In Your Head -- Around the World in 80 Lyme Patient Stories
Author: PJ LanghoffISBN: 978-0-9654580-5-4 PJ Langhoff, one can say, knows the big names in Lyme disease country. Dr. Burrascano, one of the biggest of the biggest names, writes a powerful foreword for this collection. He admits reading this book “brings forth many emotions.” Emotions such as “empathy, sadness, anger, disgust, urgency.” He is not alone. He is also not alone when he admits that he’s “the father of a Lyme patient, the brother of a Lyme patient, and the son of a Lyme patient. In...
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1-26-2008
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It’s All In Your Head – Patient Stories From the Front Lines
Author: PJ LanghoffISBN: 978-0-09654580-4-7 PJ Langhoff starts pulling at our heartstrings with the dedication page – “Two Lyme patients who recently took their own lives … one due to the intractable nature of this insidious illness, and the other specifically lost hope when his beloved physician was forced to close hi practice due to a decision by a state medical board which doesn’t understand the complexity of Lyme disease and because the doctor treated outside the “standard of care,”...
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1-26-2008
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I’m Dancing As Fast AS I Can
Author: Barbara GordonISBN: 13- 9781559213608 This book is a re-release. The original book was made into a movie starring Jill Clayberg. That was thirty years ago, but time has seemed to stand still. The true story is just as relevant now as it was then because our medical professionals are still writing prescriptions and there are still mental hospitals. And as long as these two things exist, there will be continue to be addictions and a need to warehouse the victims. Ms. Gordon was a...
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3-12-2007
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Laughing Sickness (A Medical Mystery)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Laughing Sickness (A Medical Mystery)Author: Ann Black GrayPublisher: Bridgeway BooksISBN: 1-933538-93-7 Anne Black Gray grew up in semi-rural West Virginia and studied physics at Carnegie Mellon before migrating to Southern California to find a career in aerospace engineering. After Gray retired from aerospace she began to write novels at the same time as she was studying the plights of victims who were suffering rare, hard-to-diagnose diseases. The needs...
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12-26-2007
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Mayday! A Physician As Patient
Author: Allan Lohaus, M.D.ISBN: 0-9755922-9-7The following review was contributed by: Sue Vogan: To read more of Sue's reviews Click HereWhen I chose this book to review, I just assumed that it would be another physician whining about not getting enough attention or complaining about the five-minute wait for an x-ray. I fully expected the physician's dry version of ho
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4-21-2006
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Preventing Addiction: What Parents Must Know to Immunize Their Kids Against Drug and Alcohol Addiction
John C. Fleming, MDISBN: 0-929292-45-6 Dr. Fleming has been a physician for over 30 years and “combines his own knowledge and the latest scientific research” to bring us important answers about drug and alcohol addiction. Fleming says, “It is imperative to know that addiction almost always begins during childhood and adolescence.” Dr. Fleming stresses how complex the brain is and how important it is “for everyone, but especially parents, to understand how addicting substances affect the...
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3-11-2007
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Secrets of Medical Decision Making: How to Avoid Becoming a Victim of the Health Care Machine
Oleg I. Reznik, M.D.ISBN: 1-932690-17-4The following review was contributed by: Sue Vogan: To read more of Sue's reviews Click HereIn the forward, an interesting question is posed, "where has Marcus Welby, MD, gone -- that prime-time hero of the 1969 medical drama starring Robert Young?" It was a kinder, gentler time, the doctor was a "friend and neighbor to his patients," and we relied less on "bio-engineered pharmaceuticals and high-resolution computerized imaging...
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6-25-2006
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Silent Heroes
Author: Maureen Focht, M.S.ISBN 1-932279-18-0 The following review was contributed by: Sue Vogan: To read more of Sue's reviews Click HereMs. Focht holds a Masters degree in Educational Counseling from National University in Sacramento, California. She is an educator for the Family-to-Family program through the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), and a training specialist for the nationally known "Parent Project," working with foster children and distressed families.
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3-27-2006
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Tattered Flesh, Resilient Spirit
Author: Craig H. Collison, M.D.ISBN: 1-59526-169-9 The following review was contributed by: S.V. SWAMY: CLICK TO VIEW S.V. Swamy's ReviewsWhen I read the press release about the saga of survival of the author, amedical man himself from flesh-eating bacteria's ravages, I was very muchinterested in learning more about the interventions that helped him. So, when anopportunity to review the book came up, I was very happy. And I am not at alldisappointed with the result.The author succeeds in...
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1-19-2006
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The Fluoride Deception
Title: The Fluoride Deception, Author: Christopher Bryson: ISBN: 1-58322-526-9 The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen -CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's Other Reviews"If you accidentally swallow more than used forbrushing, get medical help or contact a Poison ControlCenter right away." Those words, or something similar,are on every tube of fluoride toothpaste sold inAmerica. What could be in it to cause such a warning?According to this book, it's the fluoride.Fluoride is...
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10-12-2004
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The Human Antenna: Reading the Language of the Universe in the Songs of our Cells
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Human Antenna: Reading the Language of the Universe in the Songs of our Cells Author: Dr. Robin Kelly ISBN: 13: 978 - 1-60415 - 014 - 8 Is everything energy? Is Consciousness energy? Are we consciousness....and is what we see as the material world around us, an objectification of this consciousness? In his book, Dr. Robin Kelly delves into these questions and much more. Dr. Kelly shares with us the story of his personal health journey. Like the...
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12-14-2007
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The Monster at Our Door: The Global Threat of Avian Flu
Author: Mike Davis ISBN: 1595580115 The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen: CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's Reviews This book is a comprehensive look at just what bird (or avian) flu is all about,and what the world is, or is not, doing about it.Influenzas are divided into three major categories. Types B & C are relativelymild, leading to the common cold, or, at worst, the winter flu. But Type A isthe unpredictable, and lethal, strain that is fully entrenched among the...
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4-11-2006
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Title: Healing Adult Acne – Your Guide to Clear Skin and Self Confidence
Author: Richard G. Fried, MD, PH.DISBN: 1-57224-415-1The following review was contributed by: Helen Kaut: To read more of Helen Kaut’s Reviews Click HEREIf you only had acne as a teenager – you can consider yourself lucky. A large number of adults, including celebrities like Cameron Diaz suffer from this unpleasant skin condition, which can last into your 30s and even occur during your menopause. It is estimated that 40 to 50 million Americans suffer from acne.Most self-help books about...
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2-27-2006
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