A Modern Horse Herbal or Love Your Looks

A Modern Horse Herbal

Author: Hilary Page Self

Simply put, this is the most complete work available on medicinal herbs for horses and how to use them. It covers the A - Z of common ailments and conditions that can be effectively and safely treated with herbs.

Among these are allergies, arthritis, coughs, colic, eczema, hay fever, hoof weaknesses, head shaking, laminitis, muscle and joint stiffness, navicular disease, nervousness, rheumatism, scouring, sweet itch, ulcers, warts, worm infestation and wounds. In addition, many stable management applications for herbs such as fly repellents, coat conditioners, shampoos and disinfectants are included. For background, a descriptive list of over 50 readily obtainable herbs is included, giving details on habitat, collection, actions and uses. Useful non-herbal products such as cider vinegar and honey are discussed. Complete guidelines on making herbal preparations are offered, along with advice on selecting remedies and determining dosage. For horse owners seeking a more natural approach to their horse's health, A Modern Horse Herbal is a must!

See also: The Age of Diminished Expectations 3rd Edition or Beslan

Love Your Looks: How to Stop Criticizing and Start Appreciating Your Appearance

Author: Carolynn Hillman

If you're like most women, there's at least one part of your body that you wish you could change or "improve." It might be your weight, your thighs, or your nose -- but no matter what it is, it keeps you from feeling good about yourself. In Love Your Looks, Carolyn Hillman shows you how to get beyond societal or self-imposed standards and learn to accept -- and appreciate -- your own special attractiveness. Full of affirming, hands-on exercises, this compassionate guide
-- reveals how your upbringing affects the way you view your appearance, then shows you how to revise that perspective
-- teaches you how to regard your weight in a healthy and nurturing way, rather than in one that makes you feel unattractive and insecure
-- shows you how to improve your sex life with techniques that foster body love
-- tells you how to celebrate the uniqueness of your own beauty, instead of obsessing about how you're "supposed" to look Most important, Love Your Looks will teach you how to develop positive feelings of acceptance and approval of your appearance, so you can feel good about your body and yourself.

Bipolar Disorder or Stem Cell Divide

Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for Patients and Families

Author: Francis Mark Mondimor

"Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder that affects about two percent of the population. Such famous politicians, writers, artists, and musicians as Winston Churchill, George Frederick Handel, Lord Byron, Virginia Woolf, Edgar Allan Poe, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Vincent van Gogh had bipolar disorder, but most persons affected by bipolar disorder are just ordinary people who want nothing more than to get back to their everyday lives after they or their family members have been diagnosed with the illness. This book is written for them." -- from the Preface

In this book for persons with bipolar disorder and their families, Dr. Frank Mondimore offers a comprehensive, practical, compassionate guide to the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and causes of this potentially devastating psychiatric illness, formerly known as "manic-depression." He offers practical advice for getting the most out of the various treatments that are now available -- from medication, psychotherapy, and electroconvulsive treatment to new approaches such as St. John's wort and transcranial magnetic stimulation. For each, he discusses advantages, disadvantages, side effects, and other information to help patients make informed decisions about treatment options. He also describes what it is like to live with bipolar disorder and discusses how lifestyle changes can improve quality of life. Throughout, he focuses on the importance of building a support system, of planning for emergencies, and of giving one's self permission to seek help.

Bipolar disorder is a particularly difficult illness to diagnose and treat, Dr. Mondimore acknowledges, and it can be incredibly destructive to relationships and careers, canwreak havoc on family life and, when not properly treated, is a potentially fatal disease. In his wide-ranging discussion of this unpredictable disorder, Dr. Mondimore describes problems that are unique to women, whose disease may be affected by the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and childbirth,. He includes new information on the forms the illness takes in children and adolescents, in whom it can sometimes be mistaken for more common problems such as "hyperactivity" or Attention Deficit Disorder. He explains what we know about the genetics of the disease, how symptoms fluctuate with the seasons in seasonal affective disorder, and how illness can be made more difficult to treat because of alcoholism or drug abuse. He discusses coping with the stigmatization of psychiatric diagnosis, gives advice on picking a psychiatrist and on dealing with medical insurance issues, and even explores the fascinating relationship between bipolar disorder and artistic creativity. Finally, Dr. Mondimore tells family members what they can do to help the person with bipolar disorder -- and themselves -- and he offers hope for the future as researchers learn more about the disease and how to control it.

Emily K. Tedesco

This book is a comprehensive and practical guide to this devastating psychiatric illness. The author incorporates an easy to understand format that includes the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options for those affected with bipolar disorder. The purpose is to help educate and inform. The author does a great job in fully explaining the advantages and disadvantages of treating this illness. The most important component is the effective way he combines all the current facts and data into a practical and useful guide. The book is targeted toward patients with bipolar disorder and their families. It would also be useful for students and mental health professionals who work with this special population. The author is credible and quotes respected professionals in the field. This book includes modern treatment options, tips for getting and staying well, a full explanation of the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria, and how the illness affects special populations. The author includes a section on coping with medication side effects. The most important feature is the full section of up-to-date resources, including support groups, informational Internet sites, and suggested readings. This book is an invaluable tool for patients and families living with bipolar disorder. The author incorporates real life stories, expert advice, symptoms and diagnosis, modern treatment options, and resources to help make living with this disorder tolerable. Most importantly, the concepts and information presented in this book are practical.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Emily K. Tedesco, BA, CADC (Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This book is a comprehensive and practical guide to this devastating psychiatric illness. The author incorporates an easy to understand format that includes the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options for those affected with bipolar disorder.
Purpose: The purpose is to help educate and inform. The author does a great job in fully explaining the advantages and disadvantages of treating this illness. The most important component is the effective way he combines all the current facts and data into a practical and useful guide.
Audience: The book is targeted toward patients with bipolar disorder and their families. It would also be useful for students and mental health professionals who work with this special population. The author is credible and quotes respected professionals in the field.
Features: This book includes modern treatment options, tips for getting and staying well, a full explanation of the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria, and how the illness affects special populations. The author includes a section on coping with medication side effects. The most important feature is the full section of up-to-date resources, including support groups, informational Internet sites, and suggested readings.
Assessment: This book is an invaluable tool for patients and families living with bipolar disorder. The author incorporates real life stories, expert advice, symptoms and diagnosis, modern treatment options, and resources to help make living with this disorder tolerable. Most importantly, the concepts and information presented in this book are practical.

Booknews

A guide to the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and causes of this potentially devastating psychiatric illness, formerly known as manic-depression. Mondimore (psychiatrist and clinical faculty member at the U. of North Carolina) offers practical advice for getting the most out of the various treatments that are now available<-->from medication, psychotherapy, and electroconvulsive treatment to new approaches such as transcranial magnetic stimulation. He also describes problems that are unique to women, forms the illness takes in children and adolescents, the genetics of the disease, and ways to cope with the stigma of psychiatric diagnosis. Throughout, he focuses on the importance of building a support system, of planning for emergencies, and of giving one's self permission to seek help. Paper edition (unseen), $16.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Kirkus Reviews

An exhaustive, scientific, yet compassionate assist for sufferers of "the chameleon of psychiatric disorders" and their families. Psychiatrist Mondimore (Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) looks first at the symptoms and diagnosis of bipolar disorder, or manic-depression: the disease wears many masks that can make diagnosis difficult. Mondimore concedes that at present psychiatrists are generally working with the same diagnostic tools that were used in the 19th century: their eyes and ears. He goes on to discuss treatment. Medications are first and foremost—primarily mood stabilizers, antidepressants, and antipsychotics. He follows with a thoughtful considerations of electroconvulsive therapy, counseling, and psychotherapy. Mondimore is especially clear on medication side effects (and how to avoid them), how various treatments have been used and misused, and what a reasonable standard should be. In part three, Mondimore considers how bipolar disorder affects children, adolescents, and women; and how it is affected by alcoholism and drug abuse, seasonal affective disorder and chronobiology, genetics, and other medical conditions such as stroke and hormonal problems. In part four, Mondimore offers real, detailed help for living with the disease. The key is to recognize that bipolar disease is relentless and that the way to keep it at bay is for the patient to be relentless, too—"about getting needed treatment and sticking to it". Illustrative case studies here make it clear this can be done, but it isn't easy. An absolute gold mine, then, for those with the disorder and their families: thorough, candid, and up-to-date advice, full of new possibilities for help.

Rating

3 Stars from Doody

Book review: The Bible Cure or Cuts Fitness for Men

Stem Cell Divide: The Facts, the Fiction, and the Fear Driving the Greatest Scientific, Political, and Religious Debate of Our Time

Author: Michael Bellomo

"The debate about the merits, dangers, and nature of stem cell research rages on. Some see in it the answer to every debilitating disease known to man, while others see it as a sinister gateway to human cloning." With The Stem Cell Divide, Michael Bellomo debunks the distortions and exaggerations that come from every camp. In the search for the truth about stem cell science, he has interviewed many of the scientists whose research is at the very heart of this divisive issue. The book lays out what research has (and hasn't) accomplished so far, what current initiatives are focused on, and what may be coming in the near and distant future.

Table of Contents:

Pt. I	Discovery of the stem cell's unique abilities
1	Morning on the devil's highway	7
2	Head of the Hydra	19
3	The furnace of creation	31
4	The ugliest thing in medicine	41
5	The starter culture	51
Pt. II	The race to harness the power of life
6	California dreaming	65
7	Investing in hope and hype	75
8	From Roe to Dickey	87
9	Division on the Hill	97
10	Stem cell superpowers	107
11	The rise and fall of South Korea's cloning king	119
Pt. III	Stem cell cures and curses
12	Therapeutic cloning and regenerative medicine	133
13	Resolving the debate : adult vs. embryonic stem cells	143
14	Germ of an idea	153
15	Needles and haystacks	159
16	Banking on cord blood	167
17	So close and yet so far	175
18	Cautionary tales : the coming stem cell decade	197
20	Epilogue : the coming stem cell century	207
App. A	Protocols and nutrient mixes for culturing human cells	219
App. B	The California Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative : selected text from California Proposition 71	227