From advertising and merchandising, to Bratz and Voodoo Dolls, to the images of Bill Henson, Getting Real puts the spotlight on the sexualisation a...

This book explores the global challenge: understanding ageing as a medical concept, social concept and population term. The focus is on China and g...

A story of one girl 's struggle with herself, her life and her family. And the story of a family's struggle with a daughter/sister they can never h...

Company's Coming is pleased to respond to your requests for more gluten-free recipes. This all-new cookbook features your favorite foods: pastas, s...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountabil...

One summer, shortly after taking a step back from an illustrious journal-ism career, Ian Haysom found himself in charge of his first grandchild, Ma...

Green tea is a popular healthful beverage in many parts of the world and its medical properties have been extensively explored. Green tea originate...

Gayle Taylor Davis had it all, a husband she adored, two successful daughters, and a career she enjoyed. Then one phone call took it all away, when...

The purpose of this book is to learn about stress so that you can take action and control of it. Certain essential steps need to be taken in dealin...

Evidence is mounting each day that exercise is crucial not only for fitness but for overall health and even in battles against specific diseases su...

Several studies have looked at populations of volunteers, women from the electoral roll and women attending general practices, and have reported th...

This easy-to-follow workbook teaches readers how to differentiate between psychological and physiological hunger, and identify the thoughts and fee...

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the causes, treatment and prevention of headaches. Topics discussed in this comp...

A user-friendly guide to learning about trauma sensitive yoga, who needs it, and how to implement the practice. Healing Trauma with Yoga provides e...

Healthcare costs continue to rise in the United States and many Americans are struggling to budget and pay for their healthcare expenses. As health...

Americans obtain health insurance through a variety of methods and from different sources. People may get insurance through the private sector or f...

The federal government's role in providing health care to the nation's veterans can be traced back to World War I. The VA provides health care and ...

On October 12, 2017, President Trump issued Executive Order (E.O.) 13813, entitled "Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United S...

Parental support is a well-accepted determinate of children's physical activities. Effective health education strategies may also include facilitat...

Before the ACA, sick people often couldn't get health insurance due to a pre-existing condition. If they were able to get coverage, they often paid...

Since 2014, millions of individuals have purchased coverage through the health insurance exchanges established under Patient Protection and Afforda...

Protecting against cancer and promoting healthy lifestyles is of utmost importance, but accurate information can be hard to find. For patients unde...

Healthy Food: Perspectives, Availability and Consumption first explores the pathological form of healthy eating, orthorexia nervosa. Although ortho...

Avoid side-effects, drug interactions and high medical costs. In a world where your health seems lost somewhere between big business, insurance com...

This classic book will turn heads turn. Images of over a hundred heavily tattooed people from the early decades of the 20th century show proud carn...

According to the American Camp Association, each summer over 11 million lucky individuals attend summer camp. This book recognizes the tremendous i...

Dr Donna M Genett packs an immediately applicable message that is guaranteed to drastically change the life of the reader and his or her children f...

Are you tired of finding towels on the bathroom floor? Have you ever walked through a supermarket with a thirty-five-year-old child who wants only ...

Is your child struggling at school? To Read? To Write? To Remember? To Learn? Helping Children With Dyslexia shows you how to ensure your child's s...

This book explores the development of helping professions with older people. It provides a theoretical excursion drawing from French philosophy to ...

In this extraordinary collection of 101 stories and vignettes, Dr Raghavendra A N Rao, a practising paediatrician, relates the experiences of famil...

An evocative collection that illuminates life for those directly affected by mental illness—both the sufferers and their family members—and endeavo...

The personalised and empowering experience of a home birth can also occur in a hospital setting. This book presents fifteen powerful testimonies ab...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the health services, quality and clinical management issues relating to hospice ...

Control of psoriasis can be achieved by treating the skin's surface, examining dietary and metabolic individuality and by adopting a determined att...

An internationally acclaimed authority on meditation, psychotherapy and healing provides unique and valuable insights into the principles underlyin...