If you or someone you love has diabetes, you need thisup-to-date, accessible, and comprehensive guide. Written by twoexperienced physicians, this trusted reference, now completelyrevised, shares everything you need to know to keep yourself in thebest possible health. Discover ? the causes of diabetes–and how to prevent it and cure it ? the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes ? ways to reduce the risk of long-term complications ? the pros and cons of the insulin pump ? the facts on how diabetes can affect pregnancy ? how to manage diabetes-related impotence ? the proper diet, even when dining out and traveling ? alternative therapies and medical advances Addressing hundreds of patient concerns, this essential guide willhelp you deal constructively with virtually every challenge adiabetic may encounter, so that you can live a full, productive,and meaningful life.
Tracy Kidder is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the authorof the bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, AmongSchoolchildren, and Home Town. He has been described by theBaltimore Sun as the “master of the non-fiction narrative.” Thispowerful and inspiring new book shows how one person can make adifference, as Kidder tells the true story of a gifted man who isin love with the world and has set out to do all he can to cureit. At the center of Mountains Beyond Mountains stands Paul Farmer.Doctor, Harvard professor, renowned infectious-disease specialist,anthropologist, the recipient of a MacArthur “genius” grant,world-class Robin Hood, Farmer was brought up in a bus and on aboat, and in medical school found his life’s calling: to diagnoseand cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools ofmodern medicine to those who need them most. This magnificent bookshows how radical change can be fostered in situations that seeminsurmountable, and it also shows how a meaningful l
Most people think of yoga as a solitary activity that isinherently therapeutic. While that is generally true, yoga posesand breathing practices can also be prescribed for specific healthproblems—often in combination with dietary advice taken fromAyurveda, traditional Indian medicine. Yoga Therapy is an essentialguide for yoga teachers, advanced practitioners, and anyone whowants to make therapeutic use of yoga. A. G. and Indra Mohanprescribe postures, breathing techniques, and basic Ayurvedicprinciples for a variety of common health problems, includingasthma, back pain, constipation, hip pain, knee pain, menstrualproblems, and scoliosis. Yoga Therapy is one of the few books that shows yoga teachers howto put together appropriate yoga sequences and breathing techniquesfor their students. Mohan details how to correctly move into, hold,and move out of poses, how to breathe during practice to achievespecific results, and how to customize a yoga practice by creatingsequences of yoga poses for a particular pers
A collection of studies in which Arendt, from the standpointof a political philosopher, views the crises of the 1960s and early1970s as challenges to the american form of government. Index.
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Here is a personal tribute to “the father of modern yoga” SriTirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888–1989), written by one of hislongtime disciples. Krishnamacharya was a renowned Indian yogamaster, Ayurvedic healer, and scholar who modernized yoga practiceand whose students—including B. K. S. Iyengar, K. Pattabhi Jois, T.K. V. Desikachar, and Indra Devi—dramatically popularized yoga inthe West. In this book, the author, A. G. Mohan, a well-respected yogateacher and yoga therapist, draws on his own memories andKrishnamacharya’s diaries and recorded material, to present afascinating view of the man and his teachings, and Mohan's own warmand inspiring relationship with the master. This portrait of thegreat teacher will be a compelling and informative read for yogateachers and students who truly want to understand the source oftheir tradition and practice.
"This book is a gift, and not only to Jordan."–USA Today In 2005, First Sergeant Charles Monroe King began to write whatwould become a two-hundred-page journal for his son in case he didnot make it home from the war in Iraq. He was killed by a roadsidebomb on October 14, 2006. His son, Jordan, was seven months old. AJournal for Jordan is a mother’s letter to her son about the fatherhe lost before he could even speak–including a fiercely honestaccount of her search for answers about Charles’s death. It is alsoa father’s advice and prayers for the son he will never know.Finally, this is the story of Dana and Charles together–twoseemingly mismatched souls who loved each other deeply and losteach other too soon.
