TY  - BOOK
AU  - Edlin,Gordon
AU  - Golanty,Eric
AU  - Brown,Kelli McCormack
TI  - Health and wellness
SN  - 0763720550 (pbk.) :
AV  - RA776 .E24 2002
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Sudbury, MA
PB  - Jones and Bartlett Publishers
KW  - Health
KW  - Holistic medicine
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Achieving Wellness -- Achieving Personal Health -- Defining Health and Wellness -- Models of Health -- Dimensions of Health and Wellness -- Health as Positive Wellness -- Taking Responsibility for Your Health -- National Health Objectives -- Spirituality and Health -- Making Healthy Changes -- Mind-Body Communications Maintain Wellness -- Homeostasis and Health -- The Autonomic Nervous System -- Hormones -- The Mind Can Create Illness or Wellness -- The Placebo Effect -- Faith and Healing -- Religion and Health -- Hypnosis and Healing -- The Relaxation Response -- Managing Stress: Restoring Mind-Body Harmony -- The Definition of Stress -- How Stress Contributes to Illness -- Stress Activators -- Reactions to Activators -- The Consequences of Our Reactions -- Stress and the Immune System -- Managing Stress -- Maintaining Emotional Wellness -- Understanding Thoughts and Emotions -- Developing Coping Strategies -- Fears, Phobias, and Anxiety -- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Depression -- Anger -- Sleep and Dreams -- Mental Disorders -- Eating and Exercising Toward a Healthy Lifestyle -- Choosing a Nutritious Diet -- Dietary Guidelines for Eating Right -- Food Labels -- The Three Functions of Food -- The Seven Components of Food -- Dietary Supplements -- Food Additives -- Food Safety -- Fast Food -- Vegetarian Diets -- How Nutrition Affects the Brain -- Managing a Healthy Weight -- What Is Desirable Weight? -- The Regulation of Body Fat -- Sensible Weight Maintenance -- The Medical Management of Overweight -- Weight Control Fads and Fallacies -- Body Image -- Eating Disorders -- It's in Your Hands -- Physical Activity for Health and Well-Being -- What Is Physical Activity? -- Building Healthy Relationships -- Developing Healthy Intimate and Sexual Relationships -- Defining Sex and Sexuality -- Gender Identity and Gender Role -- Defining Sexual Orientation -- Sexual Biology -- Sexual Arousal and Response -- Fitness and Conditioning -- Making Physical Activity a Priority -- Exercise Abuse -- Developing Positive Sexual Relationships -- Communicating in Intimate Relationships -- Understanding Pregnancy and Parenthood -- Choosing Whether or Not to Be a Parent -- Becoming Pregnant -- Pregnancy -- Health Habits During Pregnancy -- Risks to Fetal Development -- How to Detect Birth Defects -- Problems During Pregnancy -- Childbirth -- Medical Interventions -- The Postpartum Transition -- Infertility -- Adoption -- Choosing a Fertility Control Method -- Fertility Control -- Withdrawal -- Douching -- Hormonal Contraception: The Pill -- The Intrauterine Device -- Barrier Methods -- Fertility Awareness Methods -- Sterilization -- Choosing the Right Fertility Control Method -- Responsibility for Fertility Control -- Discussing Fertility Control Responsibility -- Why Sexually Active People Do Not Use Fertility Control -- Emergency Contraception -- Abortion -- Protecting against Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS -- STD Risk Factors -- Common STDs -- Understanding and Preventing Disease -- Reducing Infections and Building Immunity: Knowledge Encourages Prevention -- Infectious Microorganisms -- Recognizing Agents of Infectious Disease -- Fighting Infectious Diseases -- How the Body Protects Itself -- Common Infectious Diseases -- Hospital-Acquired Infections -- The Immune System Battles Infections -- Immunizations -- Understanding Allergies -- Recognition of "Self" -- Preventing STDs -- AIDS and HIV -- Preventing Infections -- Cancer: Understanding Risks and Means of Prevention -- Understanding Cancer -- Causes of Cancer -- Environmental Factors -- Facts About Common Cancers -- Diet and Cancer Risk -- Cancer Treatments -- Cardiovascular Diseases: Understanding Risks and Measures of Prevention -- Understanding Cardiovascular Diseases -- Effects of Atherosclerosis -- Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease -- Diet and Cardiovascular Disease -- How Genes Affect Health -- Congenital Defects -- Human Heredity -- Preventing Hereditary Diseases -- Explaining Drug Use and Abuse -- Using Drugs Responsibly -- What Is a Drug? -- The Overmedicating of Americans -- Consequences of Drug Use -- Stimulants -- Depressants -- Marijuana -- Hallucinogens -- Phencyclidine (PCP) -- Inhalants -- Anabolic Steroids -- Reducing Drug Use -- Eliminating Tobacco Use -- Tobacco Use in the United States -- Physiological Effects of Tobacco -- Smokeless Tobacco -- Cigars -- Smoking and Disease -- Why People Smoke -- Quitting Smoking -- The War of Words -- Using Alcohol Responsibly -- History of Alcohol Use -- Drinking on Campus -- How Alcohol Affects the Body -- The Effects of Alcohol on Behavior -- Other Effects of Alcohol -- Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism -- Responsible Drinking -- Making Healthy Choices -- Making Decisions About Health Care -- Being a Wise Health Care Consumer -- Selecting a Health Care Practitioner -- Seeing the Doctor -- Hospitals -- Understanding Health Care Financing -- Health Care Issues Today -- Exploring Alternative Medicines -- Defining Alternative Medicine -- Alternative Medicines -- Choosing an Alternative Medicine -- Preventing Unintentional Injuries and Accidents: What You Can Do -- Unintentional Injuries and Accidents -- Motor Vehicle Safety -- Motorcycle Safety -- Pedestrian Safety -- Bicycle Safety -- Home Safety -- Work Safety -- First Aid and Emergencies -- Taking Risks and Preventing Accidents -- Overcoming Obstacles -- Understanding Aging and Dying -- America's Aging Population -- How Long Can Human Beings Live? -- Theories of Aging -- Alzheimer's Disease and Senile Dementia -- Parkinson's Diseas -- Osteoporosis -- Fear of Aging and Dying -- Death with Dignity -- Healthy Aging -- Violence in Our Society -- Interpersonal Violence -- Sexual Assault -- Elder Abuse -- Firearm Violence -- World Violence and Bioterrorism -- Working Toward a Healthy Environment -- Outdoor Pollution -- Carbon Dioxide and Global Warming -- Indoor Pollution -- Water Pollution -- Land Pollution -- Pesticides -- Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) -- Endocrine Disruptors -- Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) -- Noise Pollution -- How Human Population Growth Affects Us -- Stress Management Techniques -- Calendar of Events and Health Organizations -- Managing Stress -- Harmony and Peace -- The Rainbow of Human Energy -- Visualization Reduces Exam Anxiety -- Progressive Muscle Relaxation -- Do It the "Write" Way -- Two Monks and the River -- Humor Therapy -- Coping with Stress Through Diet -- Self-Esteem and Weight Control -- Treating the Underlying Emotional Causes of Obesity -- Walking in Balance -- Stages of Exercise-Induced Relaxed Concentration -- Pillow Talk -- Pregnancy and Childbirth: Belly Breathing Exercise -- Why It Is Vital to Stay HIV-free -- The Art of Visualization -- Open Heart Meditation -- The Art of Acceptance -- Meditation -- Breaking Addictive Behaviors -- Mindful Meditation -- Coping with Anger -- "Road Rage" on the Rise -- Check Your Anger Level -- Honoring Mother Earth -- Wellness Guide -- Whole-Person Wellness -- Oh My Aching Head! -- Health Issues for College Students -- Using Your Mind to Heal Your Body -- Healing Prayers -- Using Your Mind to Improve Health -- Disorders That Can Be Caused or Aggravated by Stress -- Time Management -- Twenty Tips for Managing Stress -- Hints for Emotional Wellness -- Common Defense Mechanisms -- If a Friend Is Considering Suicide -- Some Tips for Dealing with Anger -- Getting a Good Night's Sleep -- How to Use the Food Guide Pyramid -- Taking Care of Your Teeth and Gums -- New Rules for Organic Labeling -- Estimating Your Daily Caloric Needs -- Guidelines for Food Safety -- Mindful Eating -- Weight-Management Suggestions -- Elite Athletes Are at Risk for Eating Disorders -- Getting into Shape -- What's Your Excuse? Changing the Attitudes That Block Exercising -- A Plan for Fitness -- Common Overuse Injuries -- Tips for Enhancing Sexual Experience -- Home Pregnancy Testing -- A Comparison of Various Contraceptive Methods -- Putting On a Condom -- Birth Control Guide -- Condom Sense -- Are the Hamburgers Safe? Maybe Yes, Maybe No -- Boosting Immunity with Herbs -- A Cure for Asthma -- How to Examine Your Breasts -- Inherited Genes for Breast Cancer: What to Do? -- Ways to Prevent Skin Cancer -- Risk Factors for Heart Disease -- How to Interpret Blood Cholesterol and Lipid Measurements -- Concussion to the Heart -- One Drink of Alcohol a Day Reduces the Risk of Heart Attacks -- Determining If You Are at Risk for Bearing a Genetically Handicapped Child -- Is There a Gay Gene? -- Risk Factors for Addiction -- Stop Your Financial Future From Going Up in Smoke! -- Stages of the Quitting Process -- Women and Cigarette Advertising -- One Student's DUI Experience -- Are You a Problem Drinker? -- How to Have a Successful Interaction with Your Physician -- Caring For and Preventing Back Pain -- Health Care Insurance Terminology -- Sources for Information on Alternative Medicines -- Healing a Headache with Acupressure -- Driving Defensively -- Protect Your Kids in the Car -- Smoke Detectors Give You a Chance -- Will Hormones Keep You Young? -- Extracts of Ginkgo Biloba Slow Alzheimer's Dementia -- How to Prevent Date Rape -- Precautions for Pesticide Use -- Ways to Reduce Your Exposure to EMFs -- Global Wellness -- Yin and Yang--Finding Balance -- Depression Is Worldwide -- The Mediterranean Diet -- Iodine Deficiency Is the Most Common Cause of Mental Deficits Worldwide -- Eating Disorders Are a Worldwide Concern -- Fertility Control and Management in Different Countries -- HIV Infections Worldwide -- Urbanization and Emerging Health Problems -- Beyond the Clouds--Tobacco Smoking in China -- Can Beliefs Influence Life Span? -- Violence in the U.S. Exceeds That of Any Other Nation -- Dollars and Health Sense -- Large Corporations Profit from Products That Make People Sick -- Drugs for Worries and Bad Habits -- How Sweet the Profits Are! -- The Marketing of Dietary Supplements --; How Food Manufacturers Increase Profits -- The Marketing of Weight-Loss Drugs -- The Business of Sports Supplements -- The Dark Side of Ultrasound -- U.S. Foreign Aid and Abortion -- The Cost of AIDS Drugs -- Industry Pressures Block Government Health Regulations -- Defibrillators: Would Public Access Save Lives? -- Think Twice Before Undergoing Heart Surgery -- Genetic Tests May Lead to Genetic Discrimination -- How GMF Companies Twist the Truth -- Fast Track Drug Approvals May Be Dangerous -- Profits and Medicines Sometimes Don't Mix -- Making Money by Making Others Sick -- Alcohol and Lemonade--A Cool Way to Make Money -- Marketing Managed Care in Latin America -- Beware of Health Fraud -- Workplace Injuries and Government Policy -- What Price Immortality? -- The United States Is the World's Biggest Energy User and Greatest Polluter
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