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Good Calories, Bad Caloriesby Gary Taubes
Knopf Publishing Group 2007; US$ 11.99For decades we have been taught that fat is bad for us, carbohydrates better, and that the key to a healthy weight is eating less and exercising more. Yet despite this advice, we have seen unprecedented epidemics of obesity and diabetes. Taubes argues that the problem lies in refined carbohydrates, like white flour, easily digested starches, and sugars, and that the key to good health is the kind of calories we take in, not the number. In this groundbreaking book, award-winning science writer Gary Taubes shows us that almost everything we believe about the nature of a healthy diet is wrong. From the Trade Paperback edition. more...
Health and Welfare during Industrializationby Richard H. Steckel; Roderick Floud
University of Chicago Press 2008; US$ 39.00In this unique anthology, Steckel and Floud coordinate ten essays that bring a new perspective to inquiry about standard of living in modern times. These papers are arranged for international comparison, and they individually examine evidence of health and welfare during and after industrialization in eight countries: the United States, Britain, Sweden, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Japan, and Australia. The essays incorporate several indicators of quality of life, especially real per capita income and health, but also real wages, education, and inequality. And while the authors use traditional measures of health such as life expectancy and mortality rates, this volume stands alone in its extensive use of new "anthropometric" data—information... more...
Existential Art Therapyby Bruce L. Moon
Charles C Thomas 2009; US$ 47.95A classic in art therapy literature since its introduction nearly two decades ago, this book is an expression of the authors desire to link the practice of art psychotherapy to the core issues of life as presented in existentialism. The inclusion of existential in this books title denotes an interest in human struggle with issues of life in the face of death. The Canvas Mirror is the story of connectionsthe authors connections with his patients, their connections with each other, and, ultimately, the authors connections with the reader. We are provided in this book with a philosophy of how to be rather than a manual of what to do. The author shows us that it is possible to speak in plain language about the difficulties... more...
Artistic Inquiry in Dance/Movement Therapyby Lenore Wadswort Hervey
Charles C Thomas 2000; US$ 29.95This book offers a compelling research alternative for dance/movement (and other creative arts) therapists who recognize how valuable artistic ways of knowing are to the theory and practice of their profession. It encourages participation in a mode of inquiry that invites fully authentic engagement, inspires excitement about discovery, and builds confidence in abilities to contribute to the professional body of research literature. Artistic inquiry is defined as research that: (1) uses artistic methods of gathering, analyzing, and/or presenting data; (2) engages in and acknowledges a creative process; and (3) is motivated and determined by the aesthetic values of the researcher(s). These three defining characteristics are theoretically and... more...
The Built Environment and Public Healthby Russell P. Lopez
John Wiley & Sons 2011; US$ 75.00The Built Environment and Public Health The Built Environment and Public Health explores the impact on our health of the environments we build for ourselves, and how public health and urban planning can work together to build settings that that promote healthy living. This comprehensive text covers origins and foundations of the built environment as a public health focus and its joint history with urban planning, transportation and land use, infrastructure and natural disasters, assessment tools, indoor air quality, water quality, food security, health disparities, mental health, social capital, and environmental justice. The Built Environment and Public Health explores such timely issues as: Basics of the built environment and evidence... more...
Pharmaceutical Production Facilitiesby Graham C. Cole
Informa Healthcare 1998; US$ 179.95An introduction to the design and operation of pharmaceutical production facilities. Illustrates many of the state of the art concepts that have to be considered in the design of production plants in the new millenium. more...
Inclusive Design Guidelines for Human-Computer Interactionby Collette Nicolle; Julio Abascal
CRC Press 2001; US$ 149.95The total elderly population is growing and disabilities tend to increase with age. Professionals in the fields of human computer interaction (HCI)are becoming increasingly aware of the needs of the elderly. more...
Remaking the Bodyby Wendy Seymour
Routledge 1998; US$ 59.95In this major new contribution to the field of the sociology of the body, Wendy Seymour interviews people who have suffered profound bodily paralysis and explores their sense of an embodied self. Essential reading for rehabilitation professionals more...
Billion-Dollar Bargainby Anuthep Benja-Athon
Muscle Joint Nerve 2003; US$ 35.95Billion-Dollar Bargain shows that computer-related illness (CRI) is more common than one is led to believe. It shows that any computer operator is susceptible to CRI, explains the origin and mechanism of CRI and demonstrates that science can render a cost-effective approach for preventing and treating it. It shows that a penny of prevention is worth many dollars of cure, and that the billions of dollars spent annually on on physical and emotional suffering, ill health, absenteeism, loss of productivity and wages, workers' compensation, insurance premiums and increased costs to the employers and third-parties can be saved. more...
Disc Herniationby Anuthep Benja-Athon
Muscle Joint Nerve 2003; US$ 29.95There is a natural path for healing the most common low back pain so that surgery can be avoided. Almost all humans are afflicted with low back pain (LBP) and sciatica. Recurrent bouts of LBP are a sign of aging of the spine and, inevitably, compel the individuals to see their physicians and doctors or surgeons. A herniated disc is often conveniently and falsely accused of being the common cause of severe and disabling LBP. Disc Herniation shows that a disc impinging on a nerve is neither the most common nor the only cause of LBP. more...