Arthritis or Bathing Without a Battle

Arthritis

Author: John D Clough

Many books about disease promise cures. Sufferers often go from one book to another without getting better. Between 10 and 20 percent of Americans of all ages will suffer from some sort of arthritis. Despite hundreds of prescription and over-the-counter products that target "the aches and pains of arthritis," it is frequently misunderstood. There are dozens of types of arthritis, some serious and life-threatening. Figuring out what type of arthritis a person has is key to the treatment and overall risk of disability a patient may have. This guide provides a straightforward and clear examination of arthritis and serves as a complete home reference for anyone.

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Bathing Without a Battle: Personal Care of Individuals with Dementia

Author: Philip D Sloan

This book presents an individualized, problem solving approach to bathing and personal care of individuals with dementia. Based on extensive original research and clinical experience, the editors and their contributors have developed strategies and techniques that work in both institutional and home settings. Their approach is also appropriate for caregiving activities other than bathing. Readers will find practice guidelines, transfer techniques, lists of suppliers of bathing equipment, and the description of a complete training program for direct caregivers. Illustrations, charts, checklists, and relevant websites are provided throughout.

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Suggests ways to mitigate the distress and discomfort experienced during bathing by elderly people with dementia. The 13 chapters identify possible sources of distress, and recommend an in-bed towel bath as a successful alternative to showers. The guide is primarily intended for institutions, but home caregivers should also find it useful. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Pilates or Cuida a Tu Hijo

Pilates: El Control Armonioso del Cuerpo

Author: Patricia Lamond

Each book in this beautifully illustrated series collects the most popular and effective techniques to energize, fortify, relieve stress, and strengthen and relax the body and mind.

About the Author:
Patricia Lamond worked as a professional ballerina and is the owner of a pilates studio.

Criticas

These step-by-step guides form the perfect introduction to yoga and Pilates. Full-color photographs illustrate key moves and positions. Pilates concentrates on mat work rather than equipment-based routines, using illustrations to explain what is happening with the bones and muscles. The yoga book invites readers to practice yoga at home, offering basic exercises and explaining how they work, how they benefit the body, and how to do them well. Other titles in this Health and Well-being series include Yoga para embarazadas (Yoga for Pregnancy), Tai Chi, Meditacion y relajacion (Meditation and Relaxation), and Masaje (Massage). Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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Cuida a Tu Hijo: Preguntas Y Respuestas Sobre El Desarrollo Y Enfermedades de Los Ninos

Author: Javier Benito Fernandez

Offering information and advice on children's health issues and ailments and serving as a useful tool for communicating with a pediatrician, this book offers information in an easy-to-understand format to help families ensure their children's health. From caring for a baby to getting vaccinations and solving sleeping problems, this guide will ease the minds of parents when it comes to tending to their children's health.
 

Ofrece información y consejos sobre la salud de niños y sirve como una guía de comunicación para los padres con su pediatra, este texto ofrece información básica para ayudar a las familias a mantener a sus niños sanos. Desde el nacimiento del bebé hasta obtener vacunaciones y resolver problemas de dormir, este texto da respuestas a todo tipo de preguntas que tienen los padres sobre la salud de sus niños.

Losing Weight When Diets Fail or Diagnosis

Losing Weight When Diets Fail: The Clinically Proven Power Program

Author: Tom Kersting

Your subconscious mind is like a computer, says author Dr. Tom Kersting. For years you've been programming it with eating habits that make you overweight. The Kersting solution for losing weight and keeping it off is power programming,-his method for uninstalling the subconscious mind's make-me-fat software and replacing it with new programming that will make you want to exercise and eat wholesome foods in moderation.

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Diagnosis: Cancer: Your Guide to the First Months of Healthy Survivorship

Author: Wendy Schlessel Harpham

The book you need to make the right decisions and get good care fromdiagnosis through treatment. This classic work by a physician survivor has helped thousands of cancer patients and their families. Now updated with the latest information on diagnosis and treatment, it provides expanded information and advice that helps Healthy Survivors through the accompanying challenges. New to this edition is the Harpham's Decision Tool, a unique chart for deciding on your best course of treatment. A succinct and empowering book for those diagnosed with any type of cancer, Diagnosis: Cancer covers all the important topics that will help you through these months of turmoil, including information on clinical trials and alternative therapies, as well as how to use the medical system. This book will guide you to act most effectively for the best care, while nourishing hope. 5 b/w illustrations.

Author Biography: Wendy Harpham is the author of After Cancer and When a Parent Has Cancer. A nationally recognized speaker, she lives in Dallas with her family. Her awards include the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship's Natalie Davis Spingarn Writer's Award, the Lymphoma Research Foundation's Ellen Glesby Cohen Leadership Award, and the Texas Governor's Award for Health. One is faced with the diagnosis of cancer, this is the one. (Leonard A. Zwelling, MD, Vice President for Research Administration, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center)

Therapy 101 or Hand and Foot Reflexology

Therapy 101: A Brief Look at Modern Psychotherapy Techniques & How They Can Help

Author: Jeffrey Wood

Do you feel anxious, depressed, or angry? Are you tired of seeing your therapist week after week and still not feeling better? Do you wish you knew all the treatment options available to you? Do you want to know which therapies are clinically proven to help your specific condition? If you've answered yes to any of these questions, this book is for you.

This book will teach readers about proven-effective, modern treatments for psychological disorders, how the treatments work, what problems they are most likely to help, and how and why these modern therapies differ from classic psychology, such as Jung and Freud. Equipped with this resource, you'll be in a powerful position to take control of your own mental health care and make important positive changes in your life. Includes ACT, CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and other therapies on the horizon.

Chapters will feature informational pull quotes, sidebars, lists, and boxed text.

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Hand and Foot Reflexology: A Self-Help Guide

Author: Kevin Kunz

Here's a revolutionary way to fine-tune your relationship with your body, reduce stress, and feel better all over: Stimulate the reflexes in your hands and feet!

It's all in this hands-on encyclopedia of personal reflexology information. Here, Kevin and Barbara Kunz (authors of The Complete Guide to Foot Reflexology) bring you their unique self-health approach to wellness. Through reflexology, they teach you how to free and channel your pent-up energy -- and to prevent and correct common health problems.

With more than 500 detailed instructions, this book includes:

* Why your feet and hands are "important sensory organs," and their "special relationship" with your whole body.

* Why reflexology works.

* Specially designed pressure and movement techniques that reduce stress and actually alter the body's tension level. Fully illustrated, with step-by-step procedures, for quick and easy application!

* Treatment plans for specific aliments, from acne to whiplash.

* Stride Replication, the Kunzes' latest program of foot and hand relaxation.

* A more in-depth look at body parts and their corresponding areas in the hands and feet -- all conveniently indexed.

Whether you are using it as a quick reference or as the basis for further study. Hand and Foot Reflexology: A Self-Help Guide tells you what you need to know about the simple but potent experience of eflexology -- by yourself and for yourself.

Table of Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface Introduction THEORY AND PRINCIPLES The Feet, Hands and Body: A Special Relationship The Body Manager: Taking Advantage of the Way the Body Works

Principles of Body Management

Learning the Body's Language

Proprioception: The Language of Movement Body Perceptions Possibilities of Interaction:

Working with Proprioception Using the Body's Relationships The Body's Relationships

Choosing a Program of Wellness: Putting Time on Your Side

Time Planning for Consistency Finding a Technique for the Time and Place

Setting Up Your Program

Starting Off Developing a Consistent Pattern Questions and Answers

TECHNIQUES Reflexology -- Three Basic Techniques

The Grasp: A Technique Fundamental The Grip Technique Rotating on a Point Technique Thumb and Finger Walking Technique

Technique Summary Chart

Foot Reflexology: Applied Techniques

Bottom of Foot Top of Foot Sides of Foot Miscellaneous

Technique Summary Chart

Hand Reflexology: Applied Techniques

Palm of Hand Top of Hand Sides of Hand Miscellaneous

Technique Summary Chart

Stride Replication CHARTS Foot Reflexology Hand Reflexology Zones Glossary of Symbols

Technique Patterns

THE DIRECTORY Special Interests How to Use Special Interests Listing of Special Interests A quick reference guide to Special Interests with suggested areas of emphasis, arranged alphabetically Body Parts How to Use Body Parts Listing of Body Parts A detailed reflexology reference guide to parts of the body, arranged alphabetically Philosophy of Self-Help Bibliography Index

Absolute Body Power or Keep fit Exercises for Kids

Absolute Body Power: A Total Circuit Training and Aerobic Workout

Author: Alan Harris

The only workout that combines the best elements of all the newest fitness trends.

With weight-consciousness rising every day, Americans are turning to a variety of new trends to stay trim and healthy. Everyone has a different idea about what type of exercise is best for your health and fitness. Some swear by Pilates and yoga, others go with classic weight training. Some routines focus on building a firmer physique, while others work on less aesthetic goals, such as strengthening your joints or improving your heart rate. With so many routines out there, choosing an exercise regimen can be the hardest part of getting in shape.

Absolute Body Power makes the decision easier by combining the best elements of the newest exercise trends to create a blend of fitness that will work for almost everybody. Based on the bestselling Absolute Body Power and Total Circuit Training workout videos, this new book gives you a simple yet powerful plan to maximize the benefits of aerobics, strength training, yoga, and Pilates. Including two easy-to-follow workouts on one deluxe 40-minute DVD, getting in shape couldn't be easier.

Exercising is not the only element of healthy living. Absolute Body Power also gives you a healthy eating plan and an interactive fitness journal to help you keep track of your progress, empowering you with the fundamentals of a fit and healthy lifestyle. 200 photos; 40-minute DVD included.

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Keep-fit Exercises for Kids

Author: Hermann Aschwer

The number of postural defects among school children today is alarming. Despite this, physical education classes at school are continuously dropping in importance. This book's aim is to offer assistance to all those people actively involved in putting a stop to postural deficiencies, among children and youth in three different steps: After an introduction into the basic principles, and a detailed discussion of the positive effects of gymnastic exercises specifically for children and adolescents, comes a wide variety of easy-to-follow exercises which are clearly explained and illustrated. Gymnastic forms of exercise which are tailor-made for children and adolescents should imply fun and pleasure for those concerned. This practice oriented book enables professional and experienced work by trainers and sports instructors alike.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword	7
	Preface	8
1	Why Gymnastic Exercises for Young Children and Adolescents?	13
1.1	Maintaining Flexibility	14
1.2	Strengthening the Support Apparatus	17
2	The Complex Locomotor System	21
2.1	What Belongs to the Passive Apparatus of Locomotion?	22
2.2	What Belongs to the Active Apparatus of Locomotion?	24
3	Development - From a Child to an Adolescent	25
3.1	Motor Development	26
3.2	Characteristic Forms of Behavior	28
3.3	The Holistic Method of Observation	33
4	Causes of Postural Defects and Deficiencies	35
5	Timing and Content of a Gymnastics Lesson Specifically for Children and Adolescents	38
6	Tips and Sample Exercises for Warming up	41
6.1	Greeting or Getting-to-Know Games	41
6.2	Warm-up Phase	42
7	Exercises for Strengthening and Stretching the Lower Extremities	45
7.1	Strengthening and Stretching Foot and Calf Muscles	46
	Exercises 1-12
7.2	Strengthening and Stretching Leg and Hip Muscles	58
	Exercises 13-43
8	Exercises for Stabilizing and Stretching Trunk Muscles	89
	Exercises 44-63
9	Exercises for Strengthening and Stretching the Upper Extremities	109
	Exercises 64-79
10	Exercises for Strengthening the Whole Body	125
	Exercises 80-84
11	Identifying Disturbances in Balance	130
11.1	Exercises for Balance Training	131
	Exercises 85-89
12	Identifying Disturbances in Coordination	136
12.1	Exercises for Coordinative Training	138
	Exercises 90-95
13	Perception - Physical and Spatial Orientation	144
13.1	Exercises for Perception	146
	Exercises 96-100
14	Sample Exercise Programs	151
15	Games with that Extra Something	154
16	Some Words of Advice in the Case of Sports Injuries	159
16.1	Emergency Measures	159
16.2	Consequences of Overstrain	161
17	Important Principles for Nutrition	163
	Literature	168
	Photo & Illustration Credits	168

Safe Drinking Water Act and Interpretation or Insulin Resistance and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

Safe Drinking Water Act and Interpretation

Author: Thomas W Carter

Key drinking water issues on include problems caused by specific contaminants, such as the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), perchlorate, and lead, as well as the related issue of the appropriate federal role in providing financial assistance for water infrastructure projects. Congress last reauthorized the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) in 1996, and although funding authority for most SDWA programs expired in FY2003, broad reauthorization efforts are not expected as EPA, states, and water utilities remain busy implementing the requirements of the 1996 amendments. Concerns about perchlorate in drinking water also have returned to the congressional agenda, after the past Congress enacted several provisions on this issue. H.R. 213 has been introduced to require EPA to set a drinking water standard for perchlorate in 2007, and a January 2005 National Academy of Sciences report on the health effects of perchlorate has increased oversight interest in perchlorate regulatory activities at EPA. Concerns over the security of the nation's drinking water supplies were addressed by the 107th Congress through the Bioterrorism Preparedness Act (P.L. 107-188), which amended SDWA to require community water systems to conduct vulnerability assessments and prepare emergency response plans. Subsequent congressional action has involved oversight and funding of water security assessment and planning efforts and research. An ongoing SDWA issue involves the growing cost and complexity of drinking water standards and the ability of water systems, especially small, rural systems, to comply with standards. The issue of the cost of drinking water standards, particularly the new arsenicstandard, has merged with the larger debate over the federal role in assisting communities with financing drinking water infrastructure — an issue that has become more challenging in a time of tightened budgets. Congress authorized a drinking water state revolving fund (DWSRF) program in 1996 to help communities finance projects needed to meet standards. For FY2005, Congress provided $843 million for the DWSRF program, and the President has requested $850 million for FY2006. Notwithstanding this program, studies show that a large funding gap exists and will grow as SDWA requirements increase and infrastructure ages.

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Insulin Resistance and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: Pathogenesis, Evaluation, and Treatment

Author: Evanthia Diamanti Kandarakis

Despite dizzyingly fast-paced advances over the past two decades, even the definition of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) remains in dispute. Insulin Resistance and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: Pathogenesis, Evaluation, and Treatment highlights the recent transition of PCOS from an infertility disorder with a diagnosis based on ovarian tissue histology to a more complex clinical entity, a metabolic disorder in which insulin resistance plays a central role. With an expert panel of authors, each chapter provides an up-to-date and balanced overview of PCOS, paying special attention to the central role of insulin resistance in the syndrome's pathogenesis and in the management of its reproductive and metabolic abnormalities.

Comprehensive and thought-provoking, Insulin Resistance and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: Pathogenesis, Evaluation, and Treatment is an invaluable resource for endocrinologists, gynecologists, and internists eager to learn more about this controversial and challenging disease.

Features: An up-to-date and balanced overview of PCOS, with specific attention to the role of insulin resistance in its pathogenesis, Examines diet and lifestyle factors in the aetiology and management of PCOS.

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Reviewer:Monica Mortensen, DO(University of Chicago Medical Center)
Description:This is an overview of the association between insulin resistance and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) with a special focus on pathogenesis, evaluation, and treatment. The book also focuses on the other metabolic and fertility issues occurring in PCOS.
Purpose:The purpose is to provide an up-to-date overview of PCOS and its metabolic consequences, specifically insulin resistance.
Audience:Although it can be used by students and residents, it is written primarily for practitioners whose focus is either in endocrinology or obstetrics/gynecology.
Features:The book discusses the pathogenesis of PCOS including both genetic and environmental factors that influence insulin resistance and PCOS. It reviews the complications and available therapeutic options. The chapters pertaining to adrenarche and the related genes are helpful. The only shortcoming is the organization of the chapters, which could have been better arranged for better flow of information.
Assessment:The book is useful and the information is current and relevant. As a pediatric endocrinologist, I found the obstetrics/gynecology chapters helpful, since I don't frequently manage the fertility issues of PCOS.

Table of Contents:

Preface     vii
Contributors     xiii
Evaluation for Insulin Resistance and Comorbidities Related to Insulin Resistance in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome   Ricardo Azziz     1
Fat Distribution and Adipose Products in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome   Enrico Carmina     15
Treatment of Infertility in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Ovulation Induction   Deborah S. Wachs   R. Jeffery Chang     25
Imaging Studies in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome   Sophie Jonard   Yann Robert   Yves Ardaens   Didier Dewailly     39
Genes Related to Metabolic Abnormalities or Insulin Resistance in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome   Hector F. Escobar-Morreale     49
Anti-Androgens   Kursad Unluhizarci   Fahrettin Kelestimur     69
Lipid Abnormalities in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome   Djuro Macut     79
Serine Phosphorylation, Insulin Resistance, and the Regulation of Androgen Synthesis   Andrew A. Bremer   Walter L. Miller     99
Chronic Treatment of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Oral Contraceptive Pills   Shahla Nader     115
Insulin-Sensitizing Drugs for the Treatment of Infertility in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome   Cynthia S. Ryan   John E. Nestler     133
Dietand Lifestyle Factors in the Etiology and Management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome   R. J. Norman   L. J. Moran     147
Adrenarche: The Interrelationship of Androgens/Insulin on the Development of the Metabolic Syndrome/Polycystic Ovary Syndrome   Sharon E. Oberfield   Natasha Leibel   Lauren Antler   Miriam Silfen   Lenore S. Levine   Mary Horlick   Goldy Carbunaru   Ximena Lopez   Songya Pang     163
Cardiovascular Disease and Inflammation   Francesco Orio, Jr.   Evanthia Diamanti-Kandarakis   Stefano Palomba     181
Surgery and Laser Diathermy   Stefano Palomba   Fulvio Zullo   Evanthia Diamanti-Kandarakis   Francesco Orio, Jr.     191
Late Pregnancy Complications in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome   Dimitrios Panidis   Neoklis A. Georgopoulos     209
Glucose Intolerance   Vincenzo Toscano     223
Hormonal and Biochemical Evaluation of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome   Bulent O. Yildiz     241
Endometrial Carcinoma in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome   Emmanuel Diakomanolis     249
Statins, Oxidative Stress, and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome   Pinar H. Kodaman   Antoni J. Duleba     263
Glucose Intolerance in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Focus on the [beta]-Cell   David A. Ehrmann     279
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Definitions and Epidemiology   Bart C. J. M. Fauser   Frank J. Broekmans   Joop S. E. Laven   Nick S. Macklon   Basil Tarlatzis     287
Anovulation in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome   Stephen Franks     297
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome   Walter Futterweit     303
"Secondary" Polycystic Ovary Syndrome   Gregory Kaltsas   George Chrousos     317
Long-Term Sequelae of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Association With Insulin Resistance and the Metabolic Syndrome   Richard S. Legro     335
The Insulin Resistance of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome   Marek Demissie   Richard S. Legro   Andrea Dunaif     349
Therapeutic Aspects of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Adolescence   George Mastorakos   Carolina Koliopoulos   George Creatsas     355
Lifestyle Intervention in Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome   Onno E. Janssen   Susanne Tan   Susanne Hahn     371
Involvement of the Endocannabinoid System in Metabolism and Fertility: Potential Implication in the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome   Uberto Pagotto   Alessandra Gambineri   Valentina Vicennati   Renato Pasquali     385
Insulin Resistance: Definition and Epidemiology in Normal Women and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Women   Renato Pasquali   Alessandra Gambineri     397
Clinical Evaluation of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome   Ann E. Taylor     417
Pharmaceutical Intervention in Metabolic and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome   Evanthia Diamanti-Kandarakis     431
Insulin Resistance and Early Pregnancy Loss in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome   Daniela Jakubowicz   Susmeeta T. Sharma     451
Index     467

Tai Chi Connections or Mothering Mother

Tai Chi Connections: Advancing Your Tai Chi Experience

Author: John Loupos

With training skills on rooting, stepping and TaiChi's mechanical nuances, you'll also learn how to slow your life down be free and develop a modality for life long happiness.

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Mothering Mother: A Daughter's Humorous and Heartbreaking Memoir

Author: Carol D ODell

Compelling, heartrending, brutally honest, and funny by turns, this personal memoir chronicles the author's decision not to put her mother—who has Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease—in "one of those homes" and relays the far-reaching consequences this choice has on her entire family. This refreshing and entertaining account, written in real time during the last three years of her mother's life, will help those struggling with their own decisions regarding elder care and end of life decisions. Touching on the importance of relationships—how they impact personal belief systems and attitudes about quality of life—this authentic and timely narrative explores the larger questions of faith, hope, and ultimately, death.

Booklist

A beautiful rendering of a difficult but all-too-common situation, told with plenty of humor, a touch of martyrdom, and much love.

Times Union (Jacksonville Florida)

Make[s] you laugh and cry, often at the same time, and would be a godsend to current or potential care-givers.

Armchair Interviews

Carol O'Dell is my new hero. . . . Told in vignettes instead of a linear fashion, O'Dell tells in brutal honesty the horrors and pleasures of exactly what one shoulders when saying, 'Come live with us; I'll take care of you.'

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"I loved this book! I not only loved it, I lived it. I laughed, I smiled and shuddered reading this book. O'Dell has captured the essence of every Baby Boomer's struggle to parent our parents."--(Judy H. Wright, author, Kids, Chores & More)

Human Biology and Health or Fashion Apparel Accessories and Home Furnishings

Human Biology and Health: An Evolutionary Approach (Health and Disease Series)

Author: Basiro Davey

This book starts from the premise that patterns of illness and disability in modern human populations have been influenced by the biological and cultural evolution of the human species over the last five million years. Developments as diverse as the transition to an upright posture, the farming of grains, close contact with domestic animals, the use of cooking, and the proliferation of urban settlements, industrial processes and international travel have all had profound effects on human health. The evolution of infectious, genetic and degenerative diseases are viewed through the interaction between human biology and human culture, which helps explain the variation in susceptibility to disease between individuals and populations.

The authors are biologists who have written an introduction to human biology and evolution that is accessible to a general readership, but which aims to teach some fundamental biological principles, including DNA and the nature of genes, the structure and functions of cells, the evolution of infectious agents and the human immune system, and the interaction between human physiology and the physical environment. The potential for new biomedical and genetic technologies to offer partial solutions to a few major health problems is considered, alongside the ethical dilemmas they pose for health services and for individuals in the developed world. The book contains case-studies on genetic screening and gene therapy, lactose intolerance and dioxin pollution, and ends with the suggestion that the pace of cultural change is now seriously challenging human capacity to evolve genetic and social adaptations to maintain and improve health.

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Presents an evolutionary history of human health and disease, starting from the premise that patterns of illness and disability in 20th- century populations have been influenced by the biological and cultural evolution of the human species over the last five million years. Focuses on the evolution of infectious, genetic and degenerative diseases and emphasizes the degree of variation in susceptibility between individuals and between human populations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Fashion Apparel, Accessories and Home Furnishings

Author: Jay Diamond

Appropriate for Product or Market Knowledge courses in Fashion Design and Fashion Merchandising programs. This text provides up-to-the-minute details to aide in the understanding of raw materials used in fashion product manufacturing, apparel classifications and their product lines, numerous different wearable accessories and enhancements and the host of home furnishings used for interior design.

Table of Contents:

SECTION I      INTRODUCTION TO THE FASHION INDUSTRY

             Chapter 1      The Nature and Scope of the Industry Segments

SECTION II   THE MATERIALS OF FASHION MERCHANDISE

             Chapter 2       Textiles

             Chapter 3       Leather

             Chapter 4       Furs

             Chapter 5       Metals and Stones

             Chapter 6     Glass, Ceramics and Woods

SECTION III    APPAREL CLASSIFICATIONS

              Chapter 7     Designing and Producing Apparel Collections

              Chapter 8      Women’s Clothing

              Chapter 9      Men’s Clothing

              Chapter 10      Children’s Clothing

SECTION IV    WEARABLE ACCESSORIES AND ENHANCEMEMNTS

            Chapter 11      Footwear, Handbags, Luggage and Belts

             Chapter 12      Jewelry and Watches

            Chapter 13      Gloves, Hats, Hosiery, Scarves, Umbrellas, and Eyewear

            Chapter 14      Cosmetics and Fragrances

SECTION V     HOME ACCESSORIES AND DECORATIVE ENHANCEMENTS

 Chapter 15      Tableware: Dinnerware, Flatware, Glassware, Hollowware,    Tabletops, and Candle Holders

 Chapter 16      Furniture, Lighting, Wall Art, Decorative Frames, Wall Coverings, and Decorative Accessories

           Chapter 17     Linens and Bedding

           Chapter 18      Flooring: Rugs, Carpet, and Hard Surface Materials

The Way of Stretching or Diabetes

The Way of Stretching: Flexibility for Body and Mind

Author: Anne Kent Rush

A great new basic guide to stretching—for beginners and seasoned athletes alike—that emphasizes the power of combined mental and physical exercise to achieve and maintain good health.For anyone intimidated by yoga—for anyone who seeks the benefits of increased flexibility but is put off by yoga's esoteric chants and unnatural-seeming positions—THE WAY OF STRETCHING offers a practical alternative. Working from the assumption that flexibility is essential to physical well-being and that a relaxed mental state is essential to achieving maximum flexibility, Rush has developed a comprehensive program encompassing a wide range of physical exercises that tone various parts of the body: breathing exercises that replenish energy and meditation and visualization exercises that stimulate mental development. With its clear, step-by-step instructions and helpful line drawings throughout, this book offers a unique and pleasurable solution to everyday aches and pains, diminished athletic abilities, loss of flexibility due to aging, and mental stress. THE WAY OF STRETCHING marks the dawn of a new age of vitality, well-being, and physical performance.

Author Biography: Anne Kent Rush is the author of several highly successful books on physical conditioning and preventive health care, including the bestselling Getting Clear: Body Work for Women, The Back Rub Book, and Romantic Massage. She lives in Alabama.

Publishers Weekly

Rush draws on principles and practices from yoga, massage, the Japanese martial art aikido and other traditions for her comprehensive program to create and sustain health through a balanced system of "safe stretching." According to the author, who has written many books on massage and yoga, the easiest low-impact movements offer the greatest benefits (in terms of longevity). Key to Rush's system is what she calls the Rush Reverse, an approach to exercise that trains the body to stretch "by relaxing rather than by straining." Readers who have been practicing yoga will probably be familiar with the chakra system (which focuses on centers of physical, emotional and spiritual energy), around which Rush structures her program. While the book's b&w line drawings are somewhat rudimentary, Rush's instructions and explanations are clear and thorough. Breathing practices, relaxation techniques and a focus on finding pleasure in movement are central to Rush's program, and her holistic approach incorporates a wide variety of ways for readers who can't engage in more strenuous physical activity to become fit. This work offers a wealth of solid information. Agent, Katinka Matson. (Aug.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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Diabetes: Caring for Your Emotions As Well As Your Health

Author: Jerry Edelwich

In an era of managed care, the newly diagnosed patient with diabetes goes home to face daily questions about how to cope with the disease. This extensively revised edition of a guide that has become truly indispensable covers all such questions: adjusting to the emotional impact of diabetes; making decisions about diet, exercise, types of medication, and new technology; finding the best care; and facing the uncertainty surrounding complications and their effect on marriage and family, sex, and career choice. A new resource section and up-to-date information on new research and improved self-management make this helpful and understanding book more essential than ever.

Aging Interventions and Therapies or Why Women Wear What They Wear

Aging Interventions and Therapies

Author: Suresh I S Rattan

"This comprehensive volume surveys the molecular, cellular, hormonal, nutritional, medical and lifestyle strategies being tested and applied for the prevention, intervention and treatment of age-related diseases. This book provides unique scientific, ethical and social perspectives on the discussion of aging intervention. In addition, the latest technologies in development, which will have serious bearings on future aging interventions, are reviewed." Aging Interventions and Therapies is ideal for, graduates and undergraduates in universities and medical and nursing colleges, as well as post-graduates researching different aspects of aging and anti-aging. The topics covered are also highly relevant for professionals in the pharmaceutical, cosmeceutical, nutrition and healthcare industries, and practicing clinicians looking for a reliable and up-to-date resource on aging intervention and therapy.

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Why Women Wear What They Wear

Author: Sophie Woodward

Each morning we establish an image and an identity for ourselves through the simple act of getting dressed. Why Women Wear What they Wear presents an intimate ethnography of clothing choice. The book uses real women's lives and clothing decisions-observed and discussed at the moment of getting dressed - to illustrate theories of clothing, the body, and identity. Woodward pieces together what women actually think about clothing, dress and the body in a world where popular media and culture presents an increasingly extreme and distorted view of femininity and the ideal body. Immediately accessible to all those who have stood in front of a mirror and wondered 'does my bum look big in this?', 'is this skirt really me?' or 'does this jacket match?', Why Women Wear What they Wear provides students of anthropology and fashion with a fresh perspective on the social issues and constraints we are all consciously or unconsciously negotiating when we get dressed.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements     ix
Introduction     1
Understanding Women and Their Wardrobes     9
Hanging Out in the Home and the Bedroom     31
But What Were You Wearing? Clothes and Memories     51
Looking Good, Feeling Right: The Aesthetics of Getting Dressed     67
Looking in the Mirror: Seeing and Being Seen     83
Mothers, Daughters, Friends: Dressing in Relationships     101
Fashion: Making and Breaking the Rules     119
Dressing Up and Dressing Down: Can You Wear Jeans?     135
Conclusions     153
Bibliography     159
Index     169

Bald No More or Dealing with Depression

Bald No More

Author: Morton Walker

After years of scientific research, there is finally a way to re-ignite one's natural hair growth process. And now, an award-winning medical journalist shares this exciting news in a practical, easy-to-follow program. Readers learn how to stop baldness and regrow the hair they thought had been lost forever with the hair-preserving routine that really works!

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Dealing with Depression: A Commonsense Guide to Mood Disorders

Author: Gordon Parker

Covering both traditional and alternative approaches to treating depression, this fully revised and updated guide outlines the many different types of depression, including mood swings, clinical depression, and bipolar disorders. Each type of depression is explained fully and is accompanied by suggestions for the most appropriate treatments. Simple descriptions and a user-friendly layout make this guide accessible for those suffering from mood disorders, their families, and the health professionals who care for them. Expanded sections on bipolar disorders and the influence of personality styles on nonmelancholic disorders are included in this new edition, and an online diagnostic test associated with the book encourages confidence in self-diagnosis and in seeking professional care.

Acupuncture or Food Marketing to Children and Youth

Acupuncture: The Cure of Many Diseases

Author: Felix Mann

Acupuncture: Cure of many diseases is one of the most widely read popular books on acupuncture in the Western World, with editions in seven languages. The new edition has been revised and up-dated and includes new chapters on 'strong Reactors' and the 'liver'.

New interesting book: Logics of Hierarchy or Mathematics in Economics

Food Marketing to Children and Youth: Threat or Opportunity?

Author: J Michael McGinnis

Creating an environment in which children in the United States grow up healthy should be a high priority for the nation. Yet the prevailing pattern of food and beverage marketing to children in America represents, at best, a missed opportunity, and at worst, a direct threat to the health prospects of the next generation. Children's dietary and related health patterns are shaped by the interplay of many factors their biologic affinities, their culture and values, their economic status, their physical and social environments, and their commercial media environments all of which, apart from their genetic predispositions, have undergone significant transformations during the past three decades. Among these environments, none have more rapidly assumed central socializing roles among children and youth than the media. With the growth in the variety and the penetration of the media have come a parallel growth with their use for marketing, including the marketing of food and beverage products. What impact has food and beverage marketing had on the dietary patterns and health status of American children? The answer to this question has the potential to shape a generation and is the focus of Food Marketing to Children and Youth. This book will be of interest to parents, federal and state government agencies, educators and schools, health care professionals, industry companies, industry trade groups, media, and those involved in community and consumer advocacy.

Muscles Speed and Lies or Fitness Boxing

Muscles, Speed and Lies: What the Sport Supplement Industry Does Not Want Athletes or Consumers to Know

Author: David Lightsey

In 2000, the Nutrition Business Journal reported that health-conscious consumers and athletes combined spent more than $5 billion in 2000 on various sport supplements that promised to enhance their health, physical development, or performance. But do these supplements really offer the benefits they claim in their advertising and on their packaging? And are they safe?

David Lightsey, the nutrition and food science advisor to an award-winning consumer advocacy Web page, maintains that the sports supplement industry regularly and knowingly makes false claims, and since it has yet to be regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, consumers are unprotected from products that are unnecessary, may cause great harm, or even lead to death. Aware that much of the problem stems from a lack of information about general nutrition, dietary supplements, and beneficial lifestyle changes, Lightsey provides answers to such questions as:

* Do excessive protein supplements actually hinder performance and strength gains?
* Can over-the-counter supplements be more effective than steroids?
* Why are fat cells so easy to accumulate and so hard to diminish in size?
* Are antioxidants helpful or harmful?
* Which dietary changes have the most effect on physical development and training?
* How much body fat can be safely lost in one week?

In Muscles, Lies, and Speed, Lightsey helps educators, consumers, coaches, athletes, and parents navigate through all of the hype about supplements, and he offers advice on alternative dietary changes that can yield much healthier and longer-lasting results than the latest "miracle" pill.

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Reviewer:Mark E. Lavallee, MD, CSCS, FACSM(Memorial Sports Medicine Institute)
Description:This book will enlighten readers about the often murky world of the sports supplement industry. Readers will be surprised at the steps which the $16 billion dollar supplement industry takes to sell their products, involving everything from misrepresenting research, the addition of banned substances, inaccurate marketing, incorrect product labeling, and lobbying congress for protective legislation to outright lying to consumers and athletes.
Purpose:The author's purpose is three-fold: first, to expose the sport supplement industry's history of lies, deceit, and greed, similar to Ralph Nader's campaign that exposed the safety concerns of the Corvair; second, to educate athlete-consumers on the real science behind vitamins, carbohydrates, protein, antioxidants, and other supplements; and, finally, to give athlete-consumers some practical applications and ways to apply the information to their lives.
Audience:This book is essential reading for the interested athlete or coach. Particularly, it should be required reading for those studying in the field of clinical sports science (undergrads, grad students), allied health professionals (ATCs, personal trainers, dieticians), and primary care sports medicine physicians.
Features:This well researched book starts by exposing the sports supplement industry for what the author sees it is: big business, and not necessarily concerned about health, safety, truth, or honesty. The book then tackles in systematic fashion the complex myths and realities about vitamins, minerals, antioxidants,protein, and carbohydrates. The author pulls it all together in the end, making his recommendations. The list of resources, references, and index are quite extensive and well done.
Assessment:This well written book keeps readers' attention while discussing very eloquently the science of nutrition and the myths revolving around the supplement industry. The author accomplishes the difficult task of addressing two different groups with this book: the athlete and the more educated sports science/sports medicine student. This book parallels Faust's Gold : Inside the East German Doping Machine by Steven Ungerleider (St. Martin's Press, 2001) which exposed the doping issues associated with East German athletes in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Fitness Boxing

Author: Andreas Riem

The move&box training involves perfect physical harmony, suppleness, movement accuracy, coordination, intensive breathing for optimal oxygen uptake and quick reactions - in short: it is all about personal well-being, one of the most important tasks of a leisure sport.

All the moves and exercises are borrowed from boxing training. Elements from other sports like kickboxing, karate or even aerobics can easily be incorporated into the training so that it can be adapted within a class to any performance level or expectation. The class structure strictly follows sports-pedagogical guidelines and includes warm-up training, muscle stretching, technique and partner training as well as a relaxing cooldown.

Boxing is a sport that has always been treated with respect due to its component of athleticism. That is why a chapter is dedicated to the history of boxing up to the present day. The sport of boxing has a frequently misunderstood public image though, often represented as one-sided and only performance-related, this is why an explanation of its principal technical features is provided. The main body of the book features exercise guidelines for boxercise, which can be performed both by groups and by individuals.

About the Author:
Andreas Riem is a several-times German Kickboxing Champion, third place European Aero Kickboxing Champion and is a proven coach of competitive, leisure and fitness athletes

Table of Contents:

Recommendations$dBy the President of the Westphalian Amateur Boxing Association     8$dBy the President of WAKO Germany (World Association of Kickboxing Organizations)     9
Introductory Section     10
Welcome: to move&box     10
Fitness and Boxing: Feel good about life     14
Boxing for Fitness: Medical background     19
Complex Training Goal: Fundamental building blocks     25
Mini Boxing Academy: A general introduction     29
Main Section move&box     41
Training Groups and Facilities     41
Warm-up: Exercises     44
Jumping Rope: Introduction, exercises     46
Technique: Training, execution     48
Partner Training: Presentation of exercises     51
Cardio Training: Exercises     53
Cool Down: Cool down and relaxation exercises     56
Reflection: Understanding and awareness     58
All About Fitness Boxing     59
Choice of Music: Setting the mood     59
Sample Class Format: move&box course     62
Sandbags etc.: All types of training equipment     66
Home Training: Selected exercises     75
Fitness Boxing in Gyms: A modern workout for differing requirements     87
Boxing: A classical sport     91
Boxing: An established combat sport     96
Boxing: A sport for all     101
Appendix     104
Index     104
Authors' Profiles     108
Credits     109

Power Pacing for Indoor Cycling or Parenting the Custodial Grandchild

Power Pacing for Indoor Cycling

Author: Kris Kory

Power Pacing for Indoor Cycling - written by co-developer Kristopher Kory and master trainer Tom Seabourne - provides step-by-step instructions on how to build cardiovascular endurance and power through nonimpact, full-body workouts. Choose from 11 workouts and 30 drills that vary in intensity to develop a tailored program based on your personal fitness goals. Also included are 113 photos showing safe and correct cycling techniques, 48 strength exercises, workouts for cyclists, and mind-body training: a combination unique to Power Pacing.

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Parenting the Custodial Grandchild: Implications For Clinical Practice

Author: Patricia Kaminski

No other book exists that focuses on the variability among custodial grandparent caregivers. With a focus on diversity among grandparent-headed families in domestic and international settings, over 35 contributors explore the many parameters of diversity among custodial grandparents. It also provides a wealth of information and a basis for which national and state-run services can evaluate their current policies and devise funds, services, and programs which can help this growing population successfully raise their grandchildren and our nation?s future leaders.

Table of Contents:

Foreword 
Section 1: Diversity Across Individuals
* Grandmothers

Laboratory Handbook for the Fractionation of Natural Extracts or Physical Activity and Nutrition for Health

Laboratory Handbook for the Fractionation of Natural Extracts

Author: Peter J Houghton

This laboratory manual will be welcomed by all research scientists involved in the extraction, fractionation and isolation of compounds from natural materials, especially those working with plants. The book is clear and concise, and features practical exercises to illustrate the techniques described in every chapter. It will provide an invaluable research reference tool for those scientists investigating the potential benefits of ethnomedicine and the properties of chemicals isolated from natural flora.

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Physical Activity and Nutrition for Health: Includes 124 Reproducibles on CD-ROM

Author: Chris Hopper

60 pilot-tested, ready-to-go lesson plans

Kids are struggling with weight issues as they never have before. In fact, more than 15 percent of children ages 6 to 19 are overweight, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Those same kids face greater risks of developing type 2 diabetes, elevated cholesterol levels, and heart disease. They're also more likely to experience depression, anxiety, social isolation, and decreased attendance at school.

To combat this problem, many schools are turning to coordinated school health models to develop healthier students. And that's where Physical Activity and Nutrition for Health comes in.

This book and CD-ROM package will help you promote fitness and nutrition among students and staff, and its nutrition services tools will help you garner support from parents and community members to enhance student success. This package includes

• 60 developmentally appropriate, pilot-tested lessons for fitness and nutrition;
• CD-ROM with 115 reproducibles, including 16 family activities, 38 worksheets, 4 transparencies, 27 exercise cards, 24 food cards, and 6 station cards;
• tools that offer practical ideas for building student health physically, emotionally, and cognitively;
• cross-curricular information that supports other subject areas and is adaptable for various grades;
• multiple assessment techniques; and
• family and community activities.

The lessons are easy to understand and ready to go. In integrating fitness and nutrition concepts as part of a healthy lifestyle, the lessons will help students improve in allcomponents of health-related fitness now while establishing healthy behaviors for the rest of their lives. The lessons are adaptable to involve children with disabilities and include challenges for higher-level and higher-skilled students. All the lesson plans are tied to the WOW! Health Education Series and can be used within that series or on their own.

Section I explores the energy equation, including the calories for energy and the role of the heart and respiratory system in providing energy during exercise. Section II introduces the concept of aerobic activity and presents the FIT principle and the function of carbohydrate and fat as fuel sources for aerobic activities. Section III focuses on improving strength, endurance, and flexibility, and it broadens nutritional knowledge as it relates to weight management and obesity. Section IV emphasizes physical activity and nutrition as parts of a healthy lifestyle.

Physical Activity and Nutrition for Health will help you plan and implement physical education and nutrition education programs that significantly improve health and reinforce standards in health, physical education, mathematics, and science. The fitness elements, nutrition services, and parent involvement tools all address major components of the CDC's coordinated school health model.

Audience: Reference for elementary physical education teachers, elementary classroom teachers who teach health or physical education, and elementary health educators.

Bipolar Not ADHD or Writing the Fire

Bipolar not ADHD: Unrecognized Epidemic of Manic Depressive Illness in Children

Author: George Isaac

A startling revelation about what ails many of our troubled children.

Bipolar not ADHD is intended to make everyone aware of how Bipolar Disorder, otherwise known as Manic Depressive Illness, especially in its atypical forms, is presently misunderstood and misdiagnosed as ADHD, Conduct Disorder, and other related behavioral disorders. It is also intended to make professionals and others who deal with troubled children become competent in identifying this serious and pervasive illness in children and adolescents and of being help to them.

A brief discussion of the etiology and treatment available for this illness and the social ramifications of this illness and its misdiagnosis in children is also included.

Bipolar not ADHD would be very valuable for psychiatrists, child psychiatrists, other professionals in the mental health fields, and students and professionals interested in child psychiatry and the mental health of children.

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Writing the Fire!: Yoga and the Art of Making Your Words Come Alive

Author: Gail Sher

Writing the Fire! offers writers a new and visionary practice: using yoga to release the body's inner intelligence and then support, shape, and inform the creative process.

Indeed, "writing is yoga," declares Gail Sher, introducing the "writing asana"-an invaluable new tool for every writer's routine. Her insightful and lyrical book, organized around eight thematic "immersions," plumbs yoga's wisdom heritage. As Donald Moyer, director of the Yoga Room in Berkeley, comments, "She encourages writers to approach their writing with the clarity and presence of yogis, and teaches yogis how to temper their awareness with the heat of words and images." Writing the Fire! celebrates the fullest expression of our being.

Publishers Weekly

Writing mentor, psychotherapist and poet Sher (One Continuous Mistake) explores the nexus between yoga and writing in this blend of inspirational wisdom and practical advice. Assuming readers' familiarity with yoga poses and philosophy, Sher guides them to practice the eight tenets of ashtanga yoga (restraints, observances, physical poses, breath control, sense withdrawal, concentration, meditation and bliss) as writers. To help anchor readers to her theme, Sher designs metaphors; some work (creating a writing "temple"; writing "sequences"), while others fit less comfortably ("dancing the body of light" to access intuition). Whereas the concepts Sher plays with (balancing creative energy, engaging the shadow, etc.) deserve deep reflection, readers can dive right into the challenging exercises; for instance, after doing happy baby pose, a reader can try writing a story or poem from a baby's point of view, energizing the words with the feeling experienced in the pose. Although all writers can benefit from Sher's expansive view of writing as a means to develop compassionate awareness, some may be frustrated by statements that resist easy comprehension; Sher's words often sound like koans to be pondered over time. Like every consciously cultivated practice, this volume yields its treasures only after much practice. (May) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Libre para ser delgado or LASIK

Libre para ser delgado

Author: Marie Chapian

Una nueva manera de vivir para vencer la obesidad.

New interesting book: Os seus Papéis e Responsabilidades Como um Membro de Conselho, volume.2

LASIK: A Guide to Laser Vision Correction

Author: Ernest W Kornmehl

If you'd like to improve your vision and reduce or eliminate your need for glasses or contacts, perhaps you're considering LASIK. This procedure has become one of the most popular vision correction surgeries in the nation with 9 million Americans undergoing LASIK procedures annually.

But, before you entrust your eyes to a surgeon, make sure you become an informed consumer. In LASIK A Guide to Laser Vision Correction, three ophthalmologists, who together have performed more than 65,000 LASIK procedures, help you understand what the surgery involves. Among the questions they answer:

• Are you a candidate for LASIK surgery?
• How is LASIK performed?
• How much vision improvement you can expect?
• How does the new Wavefront technology improve LASIK?
• How do you choose a qualified ophthalmologist?
• How many procedures should your ophthalmologist have performed?
• What are the possible complications?
• What follow up care will you need after the surgery?

The Book to Read before Having LASIK Surgery!

Library Journal

Laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) continues to grow in popularity as a viable and relatively safe way to correct faulty vision. This pithy book by Kornmehl, Robert Maloney, M.D., and Jonathan Davidorf, M.D., is a complete update of the 2000 first edition (not seen). The authors explain the parts of the human eye, how vision functions, and common problems that affect the way we see. They describe the development of the LASIK procedure, its clinical trials and ultimate approval by the FDA in 1999, and the current statistical success of the procedure. And they provide readers with criteria for selecting a competent surgeon; inform them about parameters surgeons use to evaluate probabilities of success; and tell them what they should expect when considering the procedure as well as what to expect from the initial consultation and evaluation, surgery, and recovery. Wavefront technology, photorefractive keratectomy (PRK), and other vision-correction procedures are also explained. The color illustrations are clear and instructive, and the risks and complications associated with the procedure are well delineated. This excellent resource is recommended for consumer health collections.-Janet M. Schneider, James A. Haley Veterans' Hosp. Lib., Tampa Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.