With her disarming, intimate, completely accessible voice, and dry sense of humor, Ephron shares her ups and downs in a candid, hilarious look at women who are getting older and dealing with the tribulations of maintenance, menopause, empty nests, and life itself.
The original "You: The Owners Manual" book showed how bodies work in general, and "You: On a Diet" explained how bodies lose weight and stay fit. In their latest book in the phenomenally bestselling series, Drs. Roizen and Oz illuminate the mysterious mechanisms of aging. (Consumer Health)
Dr. Braverman expands upon concepts introduced in "Younger You" to present a new approach to lifelong weight management. The author believes that obesity results from a brain chemical imbalance and explains how certain foods and spices can reverse this imbalance.
Renowned sociologist Dr. Lawrence-Lightfoot challenges the still-prevailing and anachronistic images of aging by documenting and revealing the ways in which the years between 50 and 75--the third chapter--may, in fact, be the most transformative and generative time in a person's life.
Dr. Braverman, a leading figure in the practice of brain-body health care, reveals the dramatic impact that proper brain nourishment can have on the quality of lives. His key to longevity and well-being is balancing the brain's four important neurotransmitters.
Not only accepting but celebrating getting old, this inspirational and illuminating work looks at the many facets of the aging process, from purposes and challenges to struggles and surprises.
In this book on aging and health, Chopra draws on both Western medicine and ayurvedic principles to offer an approach that harmonizes body, mind, and spirit, providing practical advice on increasing longevity through diet, stress reduction, and exercise. Originally published in 1993, AGELESS BODY, TIMELESS MIND became a bestseller--making Chopra a ...
A pioneering gynecologist and antiaging specialist with a successful Beverly Hills practice, Dr Uzzi Reiss show the way for women who want to turn back the effects of time through natural hormone therapy, but who wonder: is is safe? Does it work? Is hormone therapy right for me? Regardless of your age, the depletion of female hormones is sometimes ...
"New York Times"-bestselling author McGraw reclaims what it means to be, act, and feel young, showing women how to live a vibrant life of meaning and satisfaction at any age.
Best-selling author and dermatologist Nicholas Perricone, M.D., has helped many with his unique anti-aging campaign that combines health and beauty, seeing the skin as an indicator of health. Perricone builds on his earlier work on the connection between inflammation and aging, this time highlighting the effects of neuropeptides in the brain ...
As many get older, there comes a time when one part of the self dies and something new is born. This book by bestselling author Williamson reframes this transition, both psychologically and spiritually, so that it leads to a wonderful sense of joy and awakening.
In this work, clinical psychologist Mary Pipher, best know for her bestselling book REVIVING OPHELIA, draws on her case studies, interviews, and personal anecdotes to document the emotional transitions people may experience as they approach their senior years.
Is eternal life a blessing or a curse? It's 1880, and the members of the Tuck family (Ma, Pa, and their two sons) haven't aged since the day 80 years ago when they unknowingly drank from a magical spring. When friends and family noticed that the Tucks never aged, they were labeled as bewitched and cast out of society. Since that time, the Tucks ...
The Eighth Edition of Donatelle's text provides students with the tools they need to make healthy, lifelong behavior changes and become savvy consumers of health information. This current and user-friendly text holds students' interest by covering health topics of primary concern to them. Now enhanced with an even more comprehensive package of ...
This book on the positive aspects of aging comes with a pretty high pedigree. It's author served as director for an extensive 50-year-plus study run by Harvard University, which followed 824 individuals from their teenage years into old age. These candidates were from three different groups: disenfranchised inner city males, Harvard professors, ...
This best-selling text on social aging takes a multidisciplinary approach by considering the many factors - biological, psychological, historical, cultural - that affect the way aging individuals experience the world. The text provides a comprehensive, holistic view of aging that considers the implications for an older person's interactions with ...
The infamous and oft-misunderstood "mid-life crisis" has become something of an epidemic, with more and more people reaching middle age only to find themselves unfulfilled even after perhaps gaining the family, job, house, and life of their dreams. Middle age is, according to Jungian author James Hollis, the time to pursue what we "really want" in ...
Intended for adult development and ageing courses in departments of psychology, human development, nursing, social work, education, home economics and gerontology, this text offers a presentation of theory and applications. This edition reflects changing interests and research in the field of ageing. An important change is the introduction of a ...
Dr. Snowdon's research on Alzheimer's brings to light not only advancements in the prevention of this disease, but also some of the inspiring stories of his subjects--the 678 Catholic Sisters he studied over a ten year period. His work is as much about the philosophy of aging as it is about the process.
This is a groundbreaking book about men's health and secrets of longevity. Legato shows how men are the weaker gender. She shows why boys have a hard time adjusting in school, why men are more prone to acts of aggression, and the clinical reasons they are three times as likely to die from cancer. The author is founder of international institute: ...
Diana Athill will be ninety in December, 2007. "Somewhere Towards the End" tells the story of what it means to be old: how the pleasure of sex ebbs, how the joy of gardening grows, how much there is to remember, to forget, to regret, to forgive - and how one faces the inevitable fact of death. Athill has lost none of her skill or candour as a ...
Now available in paperback--Dr. Weil's hugely informative, practical, and uplifting book draws on the new science of biogerentology (the biology of aging) as well as on the secrets of healthy longevity--diet, activity, and attitude--gathered from cultures around the world, to create a book for "all" ages. (Consumer Health)
This title presents a nutritionally based program to jump-start brain hormones and reverse the effects of aging. Finally, a pivotal piece of the aging puzzle is solved. Dr. Eric Braverman reveals how controlling brain hormones through diet, lifestyle changes, key vitamins, minerals, and nutritional supplements can halt the aging process. In ...
'So well written the amount of information it contains is deceptive. Unlike many texts, the book is easy to read and provides an excellent overview of geriatrics' - "Journal of Family Practice". 'This handy-to-carry-and-use paperback is invaluable as a ready source of comprehensive up-to-date geriatric clinical information...richly supplemented by ...
Barbara Russell Chesser Ph.D., Amy Seeger and Paul J. Meyer join Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen in compiling "Chicken Soup for the Golden Soul." This collection offers readers loving insights and wisdom--all centering on the prime of life. Contributors to this volume include Erma Bombeck, Ruth Stafford Peale, Tom Landry, Florence Littauer, ...
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