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Comprehensive safety guide
Child Safe covers virtually every area of child safety and all age groups in an easy-to-read, approachable style. Written by an emergency room physician, it is filled with common and not-so-common hazards and ways to prevent the calamities that can result from these dangers. The information is sobering, but indispensible, for parents, caregivers, and relatives. We gave copies to both sets of grandparents so that they would understand how much more we know since they raised their children, and to give them a resource for learning how to make their own homes "child safe." This kind of information can be received much better by a mother-in-law, for example, when it comes from an "expert."

brandenburg= prophet
Dr. Mark Brandenburg--man or medical prophet? BOTH! As this book proves, Dr. Brandenburg is quite simply the Dr. Spock for the 21st Century. With hypnotic prose and horrifying cautionary tales, Dr. Brandenburg has crafted the parents bible for the millenium. This man is truly what doctors should be- a leader, father figure, and saint in surgical garb. God bless Dr. Brandenburg. I plan to journey to Tulsa to personally ask for Dr. Brandenburg's blessing. The holy power of this modern day mystic cannot be overestimated. His scalpel is guided from above. Read this book EVERYDAY.

Not your everyday book about child safety!
When it comes to keeping children safe, there is no limit to the amount of information that parents can receive.Read more

Subjects:  1. Child Care    2. Child Care/Parenting    3. Children    4. Children's accidents    5. Family & Relationships    6. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    7. Health and hygiene    8. Parenting - Child Rearing    9. Parenting - General    10. Prevention    11. Safety education    12. Family & Relationships / Child Care   

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Ahead of its time
I've seen signs up in my local lab (when I went for blood tests) about the HPV virus. I'm guessing there are a lot of educational intitiatives out there. It's about time! Henderson, Yasgur and Warshowsky were out there educating women a couple of years ago. This is a really readable book and very informative. I hope that when women see the sign hanging in their labs, they'll turn to this book for information.

STILL THE BEST BOOK OUT THERE ON HPV
Since the publication of this book, a spate of new books have come out discussing the HPV virus. It's great that this little-known condition has finally received some publicity! However, I would have to say that I still think this is the most reader-friendly and focused book around. I highly recommend it, and I give it to all my clients and patients who come in with the HPV virus. I hope that Henderson, Yasgur and co. publish more books on other medical topics.

Extremely informative
For women who take the extra steps to understand and take responsibility for their own bodies (and their daughters'), this book is another Must Read.Since women bear the brunt of consequences for most STD's, as well as other reproductive issues, it pays to be as informed as possible.Dr.Dr. Henderson and company are to be commended for bringing this particular issue into the light and to the popular consciousness. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cancer    2. Cervix uteri    3. Consumer Health    4. Diagnosis    5. Diet / Health / Fitness    6. Diseases - Genitourinary & STDs    7. Health & Fitness    8. Health/Fitness    9. Pap test    10. Papillomavirus diseases    11. Women's Health - General    12. Work-Related Health    13. Health & Fitness / Women's Health    14. Women's health   

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Brings you all the information to run the marathon
Holt starts you off gently and at your pace. Numerous programs, plus detailed science on the types of running to do to improve running form and enjoyment during your training.
All you need for your first or fast marathons
David Holt takes you gently form 5Ks through practice 10Ks and half marathons before building you up for the marathon.Read more

Subjects:  1. Health & Fitness / Exercise    2. Running & Jogging    3. Sports    4. Sports & Recreation    5. Sports & Recreation / Running & Jogging    6. Sports & Recreation / Track & Field    7. Conditioning    8. Exercise    9. Health & Fitness    10. Injuries    11. Marathon running    12. Prevention    13. Track & Field    14. Training   

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The benchmark for endurance runners in footcare
Duct tape. Bag balm.Pliers.Most people who crew for me are a little alarmed when they notice these in my little black bag of foot care - but all are necessary and, although not all are specifically endorsed by John Vonhof, they are symptomatic of his core belief: different things work for different people. How to keep your feet healthy over 100 miles ...
John Vonhof has put together a valuable reference book, based on a lot of experience with the ultrarunning community - mainly American but with many members throughout Europe and Australia. The demands of long distance running are of course extreme, and provide a good test-bed for techniques and recommendations which may be of value to anyone who is on their feet a lot, not only runners. A friend who is a personal trainer found this book to be the solution to his foot problems (heel spurs).

Wonderful Resource!
I'm not an athlete, just a "40-something" struggling to keep fit.I'm hoping to be able to continue doing my daily moderate 3 mile dirt road up-and-down loop walk for many years to come.This year it hit me:I have to take care of my feet --proactively -- or I may not be able to continue walking well into my senior years.With this book, I'm confident I can deal with some emerging problems (calluses, bunions, ets.) and prevent others.The detailed information on boots and socks (e.g., types and changing) was especially helpful.And, the recommendations and tips throughout and from an impressive number of serious athletes are a definite plus and make for all the more interesting and worthwhile reading.Obviously, this book is great for athletes, but also dabblers like me, as well as, I would imagine, anyone who spends a lot of time on-the-job on his/her feet.Many would appreciate this book as a gift. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Health & Fitness    3. Health/Fitness    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Medical / Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation    6. Sports Medicine    7. Athletes    8. Foot    9. Foot diseases    10. Injuries    11. Medical    12. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation    13. Prevention    14. Rehabilitation   

Subjects:  1. Allied Health Services - General    2. Cold    3. Consumer Health    4. Emergency Medicine    5. First Aid    6. First Aid (Internal Medicine)    7. First aid in illness and injur    8. First aid in illness and injury    9. Frostbite    10. General    11. Hypothermia    12. Medical    13. Outdoor Life    14. Outdoor Skills    15. Reference    16. adverse effects    17. Climbing & mountaineering    18. Popular medicine   

Subjects:  1. Building    2. Construction    3. Construction industry    4. Industrial Health & Safety    5. Law    6. Safety measures    7. Safety regulations    8. Standards    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. United States    11. Financial, taxation, commercial, industrial law    12. Non-Classifiable   

Editorial Review

First, the bad news for over-30 jocks: your body is more susceptible to physical breakdowns caused by exercise and athletic competition. It is weaker, fatter, less flexible, and may be showing signs of arthritis and brittle bones. So it reacts differently to injury, taking longer to heal and making reinjury more likely. Gee, thanks. The good news is that Read more

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Not what I expected in the least
As an athletic trainer, I purchased the book for another source in dealing with my athletes and their injuries.I am always looking for summaries of injuries that I might present to them that will put them at ease and help them understand the treatment protocols.I found that too much information was outdated in the book, which kinda goes along with the people who it is meant for.The book did mention plenty of common injuries, however, I would not tell my friends or family some of the treatments given in the book.Most being behind the times, and speaking of behind the times, some of the Locker Room Lingo used is ways outdated, get with the times.

The Return to Glory Days:My stocking stuffer solution
I heard Morton Dean interviewed on the radio about Return to Glory Days and was intrigued that he suffered more slings and arrows running, playing softball and tennis than he did covering the world's hot spots.Skimming through Return to Glory Days while in line to purchase it, I, for the first time, did holiday shopping before Christmas eve and bought 8 copies of Return to Glory Days for active friends and family members.The book reads like Mr. Dean's newscasts--straight-forward, easy to understand and just the facts.

The Return to Glory Days is the bible for injury prevention!
I picked up Mr.Dean's book after seeing him on a local talk show.What a fabulous idea--providing a treatment/reference book for common sports injuries for those of us that still think are bodies can do what they did when we were 18. It's very well organized and user-friendly.Thank you, Mr. Dean.I can guarantee these pages will be worn and tattered from use.And now I have the best "get well" gift for my friends that over-do that weekend workout and want a quick recovery. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Diet / Health / Fitness    2. Exercise    3. Exercise For Older Adults    4. Health/Fitness    5. Medical    6. Older athletes    7. Prevention    8. Sports    9. Sports Medicine    10. Sports injuries    11. Training    12. Wounds and injuries    13. Health & Fitness-Exercise    14. Medical / Sports Medicine    15. Sports & Recreation-Training   

Subjects:  1. Anthropology - Cultural    2. Archaeology / Anthropology    3. Great Britain    4. Industrial & Organizational Psychology    5. Job stress    6. Psychological aspects    7. Social Science    8. Sociology    9. Sociology - General    10. Work    11. Work-Related Health    12. Education / Physical Education    13. Illness & addiction: social aspects    14. Occupational & industrial psychology    15. Work & labour   

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Best section available on "coping" strategy
If your repetitive strain situation has gotten to the point where you need primarily information on coping with the pain and inconvenience, possibly from surgery, this book has the best coverages of that aspect, among the 6 books I've read. The non-MD author appears to have written approximately 1/3 of the book from a non-technical viewpoint, describing the life experiences and ideas on coping, down to the most intimate issues. Easily worth the "price of admission" for any of the ideas you might pick up. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Carpal tunnel syndrome    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. General    5. Handbooks, manuals, etc    6. Healing    7. Health & Fitness    8. Medical    9. Overuse injuries    10. Pain Management    11. Work-Related Health    12. Wounds and injuries    13. Occupational / industrial health & safety    14. Popular medicine   

Subjects:  1. Accidents    2. Health Policy    3. Health Risk Assessment    4. Industrial Health & Safety    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Prevention    8. Preventive Medicine    9. Public Health    10. United States    11. Wounds and injuries    12. Emergency services    13. Health systems & services    14. Social impact of disasters    15. Trauma & shock    16. USA   

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Great, but one piece of important info omitted
Great book, except:
good practicaltips for living with an RSI
I disagree with the reviews below, I thought this is a fine book, a good complement to the books "It's Not Carpal Tunnel Syndrome" by Damany and " Conquering Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Other Repetitive Strain Injuries" by Sharon Butler. It's true the latter two have much more on specific exercises to help get you better and I liked the medical information in Damany.However they don't have a lot of practical information on how to cope with your life during the healing process when you can't do a lot of the things you normally do in your daily life.This book fills that gap. It's got lots of practical suggestions of how to do things when you're injured.It's more of broader focus than the other books on the overall changes you need to make beyond the specific exercise program. I would recommed someone with an RSI get all three books as the information is complementary.

very dystopic with little concrete information
This is an amazingly dystopic book, absolutely full of horror stories and unhappy endings. There's a chapter on how to have a sex life despite RSI, how to sue for loss of a career, the testimonial of a man who was paralysed from the waist down but found RSI more disabling etc - but nothing concrete about what RSI actually. OK, so now I know that if I have tendonitis I'm more likely to get carpal tunnel syndrome and the rest of them but this book doesn't give me information on what tendonitis (or the others) actually is or how to make much of a change. There are quick mentions of various treatments but there is no discussion of their relative merits. The author tells us about her own exercise program (30-40 minutes a morning with weights and 1 1/2 hours of ballet four times a week plus walking and stretching) but there are no specific exercises that can help you avoid recurrance or assist in healing.Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. General    4. Hand    5. Health/Fitness    6. Medical    7. Overuse injuries    8. Pain Management    9. Popular works    10. Prevention    11. Surgery - General    12. Treatment Of Wounds And Injuries    13. Work-Related Health    14. Wounds and injuries    15. Coping with disability   

Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Health & Fitness    4. Health/Fitness    5. Prevention    6. Sports Medicine    7. Sports injuries    8. Training    9. Treatment    10. Wounds and injuries    11. Health & Fitness / General   

Subjects:  1. Diet / Health / Fitness    2. Health aspects    3. Human engineering    4. Offices    5. Sitting position    6. Stress management    7. Work-Related Health   

Subjects:  1. Audio Adult: Other    2. Health & Fitness    3. Psychology    4. Relaxation    5. Stress Management    6. Work-Related Health    7. Self-Help / Stress Management   

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Business Life - Health/Stress    3. Self-Help    4. Stress Management    5. Work-Related Health    6. Coping with stress    7. Health & Fitness / General   

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It can happen to you - it may have already!
This book, along with "An Air That Kills", should be required reading for everyone. The asbestos epidemic is just starting to escalate, and this book explains why it has been allowed to do so. Think your government cares? Think again! I've been a nurse for 30 years, and I never saw a case of asbestos disease until recently. In 2002 I was diagnosed with asbestos cancer (mesothelioma) as were six others in my community. The other six are all dead now, and I wait for the reaper to take me. I got my lethal exposure from a single home renovation project 30 years ago. I was unaware that any structure built in the 50's, 60's, 70's or 80's is packed with asbestos. So I went from sanding drywall to losing a lung and my life. No exposure is safe - the EPA knew this a quarter of a century a go, yet they remained silent. If there's a scarier manifest about how expendable citizens are to the corporations and politicians, I've yet to encounter it. Read and beware, America!!

The writing leaves something to be desired.
The story told in this book is shocking and should be more widely known - unfortunately the writing in this book is disjointed and poorly organized.After a while, I became bored simply because there was no continuous thread in the book leading me forward - just an assemblage of anecdotes with no real cumulative effect.This is a shame because the story should be far more riveting than it is - and it would be, if told by a more skillful writer - for instance, if this book had been written by Jonathan Harr, author of "A Civil Action."

Warning: This Book May Be Hazardous to Your Blood Pressure.
Let me say right up front that I am a steadfast supporter of the free market.However, it serves neither the free market nor humanity when giant corporations are run by people who are no better than mass murderers.Exaggeration?Read this book and see if you still think so.I read "Fatal Deception" because a friend of mine and his wife acquired a vacation cabin in Libby, Montana a few years back.When newspaper reports began appearing about the widespread asbestos poisoning there, I asked if that was the same town."Yep," he replied with a disgusted sigh."We call it our own little Three Mile Island, Montana."(Fortunately, the relative who'd given them the cabin later demanded it back.)Read more

Subjects:  1. Asbestos    2. Environmental Health    3. Environmental aspects    4. General    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health aspects    7. Health/Fitness    8. Industrial Health & Safety    9. Politics - Current Events    10. Politics / Current Events    11. Popular Works    12. Safety    13. Work-Related Health    14. adverse effects    15. Political Science / General   

Subjects:  1. Biomechanics    2. Crash injuries    3. Health/Fitness    4. Human mechanics    5. Life Sciences - General    6. Physiological aspects    7. Science    8. Surgery - General    9. Treatment Of Wounds And Injuries    10. Wounds and injuries   

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A definitive text
This text is clear, informative and engaging.It is a worthwhile introduction to the field of injury prevention, suitable for a public health professional, graduate student or anyone interested in learning more about this field.

Toward the dynamics of injury prevention
Injury Prevention and Public Health expands upon the current, in vitro, descriptions and analyses of the scientific causes and prevention of injury by showingtested dynamic public health preventive practices ,invivo. The Definitive Book on Injury Prevention and Public Health
This is the definitive book on the public health approach to injury prevention. It emphasizes the practical skills and strategies necessary to effectively plan, promote, implement, and operate public health injuryprevention programs. It contains a thorough background in the magnitude ofthe problem of unintentional injury and violence and a fascinating reviewof the evolution of injury prevention ideas.Christoffel and Gallagherprovide a detailed, practical approach to the identification andprioritization of problems; implementation of interventions; and assessmentof success. Although well-grounded in science, social policy, andthereality of getting things done in a bureaucracy; this book is written in astyle that makes it thoroughly enjoyable to read.Read more

Subjects:  1. Accidents    2. Health & Fitness    3. Health Care Issues    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Personal injuries    7. Prevention    8. Preventive Medicine    9. Public Health    10. Wounds and injuries    11. Medicine: General Issues   

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Several methods are shown for taping a joint/muscle.
Unique to this book were the several alternative methods shown to tape a single joint/muscle.The artist schetches used to show the correct method of taping were not as nice as the photos in Perrin's book, but they didconvey the needed information. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Athletes    2. Bandages and bandaging    3. Health and hygiene    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Prevention    7. Sports Medicine    8. Sports injuries    9. Training    10. Biomechanics, human kinetics    11. Sports injuries & medicine   

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Another GOOD book for occupational health
Very good self explanation with updated information. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Industrial Medicine    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Medicine, Industrial    5. Occupational & Industrial Medicine    6. Occupational Diseases    7. Occupational Health    8. prevention & control