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Finally, a comprehensive discussion of RA we can understand.
This discussion on RA is the most comprehensive available in layman's terms.This disease process is so complicated and the research on treatment so varied, trying to keep up on journal articles or short publications is almost impossible. This book puts more useable information between the two covers than you will find anywhere. Unlike medical journals, the disease process explanations are concise and understandable.Although the explanations are detailed and scientific and may take more than one reading to get your brain around the complex concepts, it nicely falls somewhere in between the very oversimplified information found in "arthritis" books available at bookstores and over-complicated and hard-to-read medical book information. Truly helpful is the detail about how clinical trials are conducted and the complicated sequence of events that occur in treatment research. It makes the waiting for decades for new treatments a little easier to understand. Also helpful are the briefs on current research (now a bit out of date-some of the "in trials" treatments in the book have been approved and are available) that is ongoing along with web sites so individuals can follow trials, results, research progress, etc. and even contains information on joining in some of the clinical trials. The description of the immune processes is very helpful. Not only does it help the reader understand the immune system as a whole, and the effect of this disease on the immune system, it also gives a good picture of how HIV and AIDS compares on the opposite end of the immunity spectrum (overactive vs. underactive immune system). Best of all, this book arms RA sufferers with good information to be able to take a more active role in their own treatment. Buy it for a friend who has RA or buy it for yourself. You will want to reread it several times.

Best Gift for someone with rheumatoid arthritis!
If you have rheumatoid arthritis, or if a friend or loved one has been diagnosed with this disease I highly recommend this book as an invaluable source of information.Not only is it packed with facts on rheumatoid arthritis ranging from details of exactly what is happening in the joints and the immune system to useful Web sites to keep up on the latest details on new medications and treatment approaches, it is also clearly and beautifully written.It really is a handbook to help readers make informed decisions with their physcians.Included as well are fascinating insights into possible future treatments now in the research stage - from the use of stem cells to gene therapy.Read more

Subjects:  1. Diseases - Musculoskeletal    2. Diseases - Nervous System (incl. Brain)    3. General    4. Health & Fitness    5. Health/Fitness    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Physical Impairments    8. Popular works    9. Rheumatoid arthritis    10. Popular medicine   

Subjects:  1. Audiology & Speech Pathology    2. Communication    3. Education    4. Language    5. Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy    6. Physical Impairments    7. Special Education - Communicative Disorders    8. Speech    9. Speech And Communication Disorders    10. Speech & language disorders & therapy   

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What a waste!
Don't waste your money! All this book does is tell you how sick you are and how sick you will become. Nowhere does it give even a hint how to help yourself get well which is why I bought it. So forget it! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diseases - Respiratory    3. Diseases, Obstructive    4. Health/Fitness    5. Lungs    6. Medical    7. Physical Impairments    8. Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine    9. Respiratory Diseases   

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Good
I have enjoyed the book.It is very informative.Will continue to use and enjoy it.

Thorough, holistic approach
"The Pain-Free Back" is a comprehensive examination of back pain and what you can do about it.The authors discuss various symptoms and when you should be concerned that it might be something serious.This includes answering the very important question "When do you try to treat it yourself and when do you call a doctor?" Recommend to men and women with back pain
I read this book to get ideas on how to stop back pain. While I'm not a proponent of natural or complementary therapies, these doctors convinced me that taking control of my lifestyle habits was the only way to end the pain. I even went as far as to start taking the natural dietary supplements glucosamine and SAM-e (recommended in the book). Other anti-inflammatory medications had caused a horrible stomach condition, and the natural supplements ease the pain and have allowed me to be more active and start walking again with my wife and kids. The review of causes of back pain was most helpful, and I began to question whether my primary care doctor had really diagnosed my pain correctly. A consultation with a rheumatologist confirmed that I had a form of arthritis common to men instead of pulled muscles. This book urged me to seek answers and reclaim an active life. Thank you. I must add that this book is not hype or sham. I'm cautious of books such as that. This book is highly credible by two renowned doctors and experts in their respective fields. I'm now getting the Pain-Free Arthritis book they wrote for more information on my back condition. Good luck. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Back    2. Backache    3. Care and hygiene    4. Consumer Health    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health/Fitness    7. Homeopathy    8. Pain Management    9. Physical Impairments    10. Popular works    11. Treatment    12. Health & Fitness / General   

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I am excited about this book!
As a Yoga teacher I frequently review yoga books for ideas and new information. I am very excited about Easy Does It Yoga!Could it be that finally Yoga has come of age?This book might just persuade the Yogadoubters to view Yoga as an acceptable exercise that truly will benefit themind, body and spirit in the present and on into aging.The author, AliceChristensen, has written a comprehensive and compassionate book on Yoga andits tremendous health benefits for the older person, and indeed, anyonephysically challenged by bad health, addictions and inertia.The variousdisciplines of yoga are discussed and benefits illustrated by caseexamples.The exercises are well detailed in words and pictures. Nutrition is covered in a reader friendly style that lists detailed menusof wholesome foods.Easy Does It Yoga should be required reading for anybusiness involved in the health care needs of today's older population. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Hatha yoga    4. Health & Fitness    5. Health aspects    6. Health/Fitness    7. Healthy Living    8. Physical Impairments    9. Yoga    10. Health & Fitness / Yoga    11. Yoga for exercise   

Subjects:  1. American - General    2. Government policy    3. Literary Criticism    4. Literature - Classics / Criticism    5. People with disabilities    6. Physical Impairments    7. Social conditions    8. Sociology of disability    9. Disability: social aspects    10. Literary Criticism & Collections / American    11. Medicine: General Issues    12. USA   

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Readable with lots of good information
In response to a family emergency, I ordered four books on stoke recovery. Two had been recommended to me as being helpful for lay people: (1) "Living With Stroke: A Guide For Families" (Senelick, Rossi & Dougherty, 1999) and (2) "Stoke and the Family: A New Guide" (Stein, 2004). I ordered these for my family members (and myself). Two more were written at a much more scholarly, technical level for clinicans: (3) "Recovery after Stroke" (Barnes, Dobkin, & Bogousslavsky, Eds, 2005), and (4) "Stroke Rehabilitation: A Function-Based Approach" (Gillen & Burkhardt, Eds, 2004).
Wonderful Book!
My aunt became partially incapacitated by a stroke at the age of 55, and I took on the responsibility of assisting her in her day-to-day activities.I bought a number of books on stroke, but found this one to be by far the most comprehensive and sensitively written on the subject.Dr. Stein's book describes the wide range of severity that strokes can take and offers in-depth guidance on how best to adapt to life after stroke.I especially appreciated that the author explained the medical implications of stroke in layperson's terms that I could understand without a scientific background.If you buy one book on this subject, let this be the one -- I recommend this book without reservation to anyone whose family has been touched by stroke. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cerebrovascular disease    2. Consumer Health    3. Diseases - Heart    4. Family relationships    5. Family/Marriage    6. Health & Fitness    7. Health - General    8. Health Care Issues    9. Health/Fitness    10. Patients    11. Physical Impairments    12. Coping with illness    13. Health & Fitness / Physical Impairments    14. Popular medicine   

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Biochemical Individuality
Biochemical Individuality was first published by Dr. Roger J. Williams in 1956.It has just been reissued with a new introduction by Jeffrey S. Bland, Ph.D.Dr. Bland explains that Dr. Williams was the first to recognize all humans differ biochemically from others.He says that Dr. Williams was also the first to recognize that "nutritional status can influence the expression of genetic characteristics." A Nutrition Classic That Everyone Should Read
This is one of the most important books written in the history of nutrition.A must for everyone who wants to appreciate how one diet, one supplement regime, and one food pyramid do not fit all.We all havegreatly differing needs, and Dr. Williams documents all of this eloquentlyand convincingly.This book should be read by everyone who cares abouttheir health.It will make them realize that only when they understandtheir individual nutrition needs and meet them can they have optimalhealth.Thank you, Keats, for reprinting this timeless book! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biochemical variation    2. Biochemistry    3. Consumer Health    4. Genetic aspects    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health/Fitness    7. Healthy Living    8. Human genetics    9. Nutrition    10. Physical Impairments    11. Variation    12. Diets & dieting    13. Genetics (non-medical)    14. Health & Fitness / Nutrition   

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Very Practical
I thought that this book contained an informative behind the scenes look at the orthopedic world.Although I believe that many are not out to simply get you in surgery, I'm sure there are a good portion that are and this book will give you cues on how to spot a happy cutting surgeon.This book will also awaken you to the fact that the doctor is merely a human being, sometimesmaking educated guesses into your condition.
Great book
If you or someone you knows has knee problems this is one of the only books you may need. It goes into detail about all different areas from how MRIs can read false positive to what to look for in a Dr. and how to pick one out.
Do you trust your doc?
Orthopaedic docs come from the ranks are our county's best and brightest.Surely I can count on getting top quality care for my knee, right?That's what I figured, but Dr Grelsamer explains why this ain't necessarily so as only an insider can.(Money, the medial system, tremendous technology changes, and the tricky nature of the knee come into play.)
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Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diseases - Musculoskeletal    3. General    4. Health & Fitness    5. Health/Fitness    6. Knee    7. Pain    8. Physical Impairments    9. Surgery    10. Surgery - General    11. Surgery, Unnecessary    12. Wounds and injuries    13. Health & Fitness / General    14. Popular medicine   

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The Golden Bridge
The book made me cry. What a challenge.The public in general doesn't realize how Autism impacts on families this book opens our eyes.The family seems to have found comfort in helping others cope by training and supplying the "Assistance Dogs" while they raise four children. What an example they are to their own children, such devotion to "family".

Golden Bridge Review
I found this book helped me with more than I thought it would.It not only answered my questions about obtaining an assistance dog for my child with autism, but it also gave me a different way of looking at my special child and the challenges he faces. I think THE GOLDEN BRIDGE is an important book for any parent of a child on the spectrum to read.

The Golden Bridge
I think THE GOLDEN BRIDGE is full of practical and welcome advice about acquiring an assistance dog to help a child with a developmental disability.I enjoyed Patty's writing style very much and I feel this book is both groundbreaking as well as inspirational. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Autistic children    2. Guide dogs    3. Human-animal relationships    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Physical Impairments    7. Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare    8. Special Education - Communicative Disorders    9. Veterinary Medicine - General    10. Coping with disability    11. Medical / Veterinary Medicine / General    12. Mind, Body, Spirit   

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An involving, invaluable handbook.
Disabilities Sourcebook provides a reference to major disabilities, causes, and disabled people, from adaptive aids and equipment to medical information about the condition. Disabilities Sourcebook goes beyond mostcoverages of specific disabilities to treat disabilities as a generalfield, covering both physical and psychiatric disabilities and includingcauses of disability. An involving, invaluable handbook. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Guides To Health Care    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Essays    5. Handbooks, manuals, etc    6. Handbooks, manuals,etc    7. Handicapped    8. Medical    9. People with disabilities    10. People with mental disabilitie    11. People with mental disabilities    12. Physical Impairments    13. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation    14. Psychiatry - General    15. Services For The Mentally & Physically Challenged (General)    16. United States   

Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Consumer Health    5. Exercise    6. Healing    7. Miscellanea    8. Personal Memoirs    9. Physical Impairments    10. Physical fitness    11. Therapeutics, Physiological    12. Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs   

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it explains it all
A must read for anyone with polio in their past.I read it and decided it was written about me.It explains everything!Even things not thought about.The reader will understand why, how come, what if, and things not at the concious level yet.

Very informative reading, highly recommended.
This should be read by every polio survivor.It is a great learning tool and explanation of what we are experiencing all these years later.This should be shared with all family, friends and treating physicians.

The Polio Paradox
This is an extremely informative book.If you are a polio survivor and wonder what is happening to your body as you age, this has many answers.
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Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diseases - General    3. Healing    4. Health & Fitness    5. Health/Fitness    6. Infectious Diseases    7. Physical Impairments    8. Coping with illness    9. Popular medicine   

Editorial Review

This book has become a bible for those suffering from RSI. It explains what to ask your doctor(and why) when you go in for a diagnosis; it also lists more than two dozen types of RSI and relatedconditions, from cervical radiculopathy to reflex sympathetic dysfunction to fibromyalgia. If these termssound intimidating, then the book succeeds in bringing them down to clear, manageable definitions.Read more

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Do not buy into this book
Most books on RSI are poison for your mind.You'll read about: RSI horror stories, how the body is fragile and easily injured, and how you should curtail your work and daily activities.All of this will only make the pain worse, and will increase the number and the severity of your symptoms.You'll start to become afraid to do anything--the fear will make the pain worse, and the pain will make the fear worse, creating a downward spiral.
good
I found this to be the best book as far as having pictures to show how to do stretches and on good typing technique. Good comprehensive introduction to RSI.
"Repetitive Strain Injury: A Computer User's Guide" by Pascarelli is a good introduction for those who know nothing about RSI. Even a cursory search of the Internet will turn up several references to this book as the classic on the subject. It describes what RSI is, what the risk factors are, how to evaluate your physician in terms of his or her RSI awareness, how to treat RSI symptoms, and it offers tips on workstation configuration, typing and mouse technique, monitor settings, and daily living. If you think you have RSI and your first instinct is to go out and buy yourself a wrist wrest and a splint, stop and read this book first, it explains why these amateurish attempts at self treatment are a bad idea. I was disappointed that the book didn't offer more specific advice for actually treating RSI, though I understand that would have been difficult given the large number of causes and manifestations of the disorder. The book claims on the front cover to contain a "seven point program for treatment", but most of the advice for treatment itself consists of "go see a doctor". This is frustrating given the book's repeated claim that most doctors know nothing about RSI or don't even believe in it in the first place. Another thing that really annoyed me was the book's assertion that employers are largely responsible for RSI. The basic message was: "RSI isn't your fault. It's just another example of how `the Man' exploits you in a thankless and mindless job." In my case, my RSI was caused by my own obsessive work habits. The book does list "Driven Behavior" as a risk factor for RSI, but it gets only a perfunctory mention. Another negative is that the book focuses on tendonitis-type RSI, whereas my problem was clearly nerve-related (numbness, weakness, and lack of coordination in hands, forearms, and upper arms). The book that really nailed my problem on the head, and that I recommend as a supplement to this one if your RSI is caused by obsessive computer use, was "It's Not Carpal Tunnel Syndrome!", by Damany, who worked under Pascarelli treating patients for many years. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer terminals    2. Computer users    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Diseases - Musculoskeletal    5. Health and hygiene    6. Health aspects    7. Health/Fitness    8. Overuse injuries    9. Physical Impairments    10. Work-Related Health    11. Health & Fitness / Physical Impairments    12. Occupational / industrial health & safety   

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Student review---Creighton University
In her book "Disability, Society, and the Individual," Julie Smart grapples with the definition of disability, its complications, implications, and the role it plays in society.The author touches on a broad range of disabilities, both physical and psychological.In defining disability, Smart clearly differentiates disadvantages from disability.Insight from several disabled people is included to give readers a first person perspective.The author goes into detail about legislation relating to the disabled, particularly the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) signed into effect by George Bush in 1990.The ADA has facilitated the access of people with disabilities into many aspects of public life.She mentions that it has also inspired several advances in current technology, assisting even those without disability.Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Discrimination against people    3. Discrimination against people with disabilities    4. General    5. People with disabilities    6. Pharmacology    7. Physical Impairments    8. Social Science    9. Social conditions    10. Sociology    11. Sociology of disability   

Editorial Review

You see them everywhere. With their bulging arms and deltoids and pecs, not to mention their rippling abdominal muscles, they appear on magazine covers, in underwear ads, in action movies. And American men have noticed them; after a generation of being bombarded by images of idealizedmale physiques, men are growing increasingly insecure about their own appearance.Read more

Reviews (26)

Are you kidding me.
I've looked through the reviews and the book I'll simply say this much, Many of the people "who built themselves to unsafe and an undesireable" level of development have been athletes most of there lives.In a country that is obesity ridden where lazy people are looking "the magic pill" it is ridiculous to disparage those who've worked hard for the bodies they've built myself included.
Good book but...
its funny how men who are not muscular convince themselves and try to convince others that women are not into muscle men, kind of like the bald guy says "bald is in"
this is ridiculous
I don't like fat people whether they are men or women.Americans each too many calories and do not get enough exercise.there is no Adonis complex.i can't believe a guy actually spent his time looking through playgirl centerfolds to write a book.buy a book on cycling or other exercise book... it'll be money, time and health better spent.get outside and do something. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Body image    2. Body image in men    3. General    4. Health & Fitness    5. Men    6. Men's Studies - General    7. Mental Disorders    8. Physical Impairments    9. Psychology    10. Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior    11. Self-Help    12. Self-esteem    13. Self-esteem in men    14. Sociology Of Men    15. Men's studies    16. Popular medicine    17. Popular psychology    18. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

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just ok
not a bad book, but a little more info than i was looking for.recipes are really for "blending" and not necessarily just for those using a "juicer," and especially if you are just starting out. if you just want the basics, try The Juiceman's Power of Juicing.it is really good! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Beverages - Non-Alcoholic    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet Therapy    4. Diet/Nutrition    5. Diets - Better Health    6. Fruit juices    7. Health & Fitness    8. Nutrition    9. Physical Impairments    10. Therapeutic use    11. Vegetable juices    12. Cookery by ingredient    13. Diets & dieting    14. Health & Fitness / Nutrition    15. Health & wholefood cookery    16. Non-alcoholic beverages   

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Good
This is a book that tries to view erectile disorders though the eye of an eminent scientist dr Deborah Kathryn Hargis who agreed to share her experience with erectile disorder men with all the world. Detailed descriptions of her relationships litter this book, but the interesting part of the book is limited. If you want a book about sexual disorders and erectile dysfunctions that won't disappoint you look for "Natural Penis Enlargement: New Methods of Avoiding and Curing Impotence, Premature Ejaculation, and Erectile Dysfunction Safely and Inexpensively. New ... No Pumps, No Pills and No Gadgets! Vol. 2" by Platinum Millennium, the best book on ED available

Very disappointing
I thought this would be a helpful book about the challenges of ED from the female point-of-view, which would reassure women and offer concrete suggestions about how to work through this difficult issue with a husband or partner.Instead, it is a poorly-written (i.e., run-on sentences, incorrect grammar and repetitive and superfluous information) recounting of the author's experiences with several men with ED issues.And the ED issues were rather small portions of each chapter!The author spent the rest of the time recounting ad nauseum the many times these men complimented her intellect and beauty and providing detailed descriptions of their expensive homes and decorating taste.It began to read like little more than a valentine to herself.If you bother to get this book at all, skip the main portion of the book and go right to the Epilogue, which contains 18 summary points about ED.That is where what little "meat" there is in this book is contained (no pun intended).

A informative collection of illustrative "case studies"
"Your Legs Are Too Long": Getting Beyond Excuses For Erectile Dysfunction by psychologist Deborah Kathryn Hargis is a informative collection of illustrative "case studies" concerning the condition of male erectile dysfunction. Offering a realistic look at the medical, psychological, and marital issues of this condition which has an influence upon millions of men and women, "Your Legs Are To Long" offers both age-old and contemporary viewpoints on what is 90% of the time caused primarily by physical problems which can often be successfully treated by a physician. Indeed, the major problem is that the seeking of such medical assistance does not come easily to many afflicted men. "Your Legs Are Too Long" is very highly recommended to any non-specialist general reader having to deal with the problems arising from a condition of erectile dysfunction. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diseases - Genitourinary & STDs    3. Health & Fitness / Men's Health    4. Health & Fitness / Sexuality    5. Physical Impairments    6. Sexuality    7. Health & Fitness    8. Impotence    9. Men's Health    10. Sexual disorders   

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Excellent book for new and older wheelers
This book is an excellent book for anyone who uses a wheelchair.It has tons of medical information, how to choose the perfect wheelchair, and even stuff on building relationships.I highly recommend it to any wheeler, new or old!

Great Book
I found this book helpful even though I am quite a few years into my spinal cord injury. I think this book should be given out to the newly disabled so that they can see how full their lives still are. I know mine is...

Well written, highly informative and insightful
A very pragmatic approach to "life on wheels", provides an insider's viewpoint with large amount of facts, references and helpful hints.Great book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Care    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Diseases Of Cranial And Spinal Nerves    4. General    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health/Fitness    7. Paraplegia    8. Paraplegics    9. Physical Impairments    10. Popular works    11. Sociology Of The Mentally And Physically Challenged    12. Wheelchairs    13. Coping with disability    14. Disability: social aspects    15. Family & Relationships / General    16. Health & Fitness / General    17. Paralysis    18. Topical/Physically Challenged   

Subjects:  1. Abnormalities    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Diseases - General    7. Disfigured persons    8. Face    9. Medical - General    10. Physical Impairments    11. Popular works    12. Psychological aspects