Take Care of Yourself: The Complete Illustrated Guide to Medical Self-Care
Covering over 175 healthcare problems and symptoms, Take Care of Yourself is simple to use. Readers can look up their symptoms to locate an explanation of likely causes and possible home remedies, while diagrams show how to recognize problems and treat them, and choice charts advise when it’s time to see a doctor. This comprehensive guide also covers emergencies, the 20 things everyone should keep in a home pharmacy, and how to work best with a doctor.
Transcend: Nine Steps to Living Well Forever
Instant Relief: Tell Me Where It Hurts and I’ll Tell You What to Do
A renowned physical therapist helps you get rid of your pain in just 10 seconds.
In this one-of-a-kind book, Peggy Brill, acclaimed author of The Core Program, shows you how to find relief from chronic and everyday aches and pains as well as all those stress-related pains that can attack so suddenly-whether you’re at work, in a car or a plane, at home with your kids, recovering from surgery, or relaxing in bed. Instant Relief provides 100 clearly illustrated, simple-to-do 10-second exercises that provide immediate therapy for every part of your body-from your head to your toes.
• Does your upper body ache after hours of hunching over a report due by the end of the day?
Try doing the Brill Chicken. For extra relief,there’s the Dead Brill Chicken.
• Desperate to get rid of that tension headache?
Try the Tongue Press, the Ear Tug, the Cheek Release, or the Scalp Glide.
• Is your lower back killing you?
Do the Pelvic Rock or the Pelvic Clock.
• Feel those calves cramping up again?
Do the Ankle Pump.
• Need something to relieve your aching feet?
Try the Foot Dome, the Toe Lift, or a simple self-massage.
• Does your knee hurt when you walk downstairs?
Do the Squeeze and Step.
The Health Care Mess: How We Got Into It and How We’ll Get Out of It
The rapid deterioration of the American health-care system, and the debate about what to do about it, is generating a maelstrom of news tales, magazine articles, and books. But the average person finds it hard to make sense of this blizzard of information. Because the health-care system is large and complex, and because the symptoms of its decline are numerous, comprehensive reports about the health-care crisis are extremely rare. Comprehensive reports in everyday language are nonexistent.The Health-Care Mess was written to fill that void. It assumes the reader knows nothing about health policy. As Kip Sullivan puts it, The Health-Care Mess is the book he wishes someone had given to him in 1986 when he, a community organizer, jumped into the cold, choppy waters of the health-care reform debate. At that time, he had no training in health policy. But in the course of studying the health-care system and explaining its problems to thousands of people, he learned that health policy is not only accessible but fascinating.The book resembles a textbook in that it treats a complex subject comprehensively, and it is meticulously documented. But it doesn’t read like a textbook. The author speaks in an informal, conversational style, he makes minimal use of jargon, and clarifies what jargon he has to use. And he is not coy about expressing his opinions. He believes the health-care reform debate has been unduly influenced by huge corporations, especially those in the insurance and drug industries. He concludes that the health-care crisis will be solved only when America adopts a “Medicare-for-all” system, a system in which universal coverage is implemented by expanding a reformed Medicare program to all Americans.The Health-Care Mess clarifies the debate about what’s incorrect with the health-care system, and how to fix it, in terms everyone can know.
The Patient’s Guide to Medical Tests
In this era of rapidly changing medical practice, it’s more vital than ever to have objective, reliable sources of medical information. This is especially critical in the area of diagnostic tests — the fastest-growing and most costly aspect of modern medicine. Are you unaware of tests and procedures that might save your life? Or are you undergoing a test unnecessarily? How do you know? Whom do you question? Now, from one of the nation’s highly acclaimed medical schools, comes the most complete, authoritative, and practical book for the general public on diagnostic tests and procedures. Every day, tens of thousands of Americans undergo medical tests — everything from routine cancer screening and blood tests to the most advanced imaging scans and endoscopic examinations. All too often, patients have no thought what to expect. This book answers the questions that patients are worried or reluctant to question: Will it hurt? How long will it take? Who will be in charge? Are there any risks? What do the results mean? What’s the next step? Each of the 29 chapters in this essential book is written by a Yale faculty member who is an authority in the area. Hundreds of the most commonly performed diagnostic tests are described in clear, understandable language and presented in concise, simple-to-follow charts. Many sections are illustrated. There’s also practical advice from the doctors, nurses, and technicians who administer the tests. You’ll learn what you should and should not do before the procedure and what factors may alter the results. In addition to diagnostic studies ordered or performed by doctors, this book covers test you can do at home. Some of these, such as home blood sugar (glucose) monitoring for diabetes and self-checking of blood pressure, help patients achieve better control over life-threatening diseases. This book belongs in every home health library. In it you’ll find the information you need to become a more informed partner with your doctor in maintaining your own health and that of every member of your family.
