Parasitology: An Integrated Approach, provides a concise, student-friendly account of parasites and parasite relationships that is supported by case studies and suggestions for student projects. The book focuses strongly on parasite interactions with other pathogens and in particular parasite-HIV interactions, as well as looking at how host behaviour contributes to the spread of infections. There is a consideration of the positive aspects of parasite infections, how humans have used parasites for their own advantage and also how parasite infections affect the welfare of captive and domestic animals. The emphasis of Parasitology is on recent research throughout and each chapter ends with a brief discussion of future developments. This text is not simply an updated version of typical... Less

What is Vitacost Coral Calcium Complex?Vitacost Coral Calcium Complex features coral calcium imported from Okinawa, Japan, created from aboveground marine coral. In addition to coral calcium, it contains a host of other nutrients, including magnesium, selenium and a number of other vitamins and phytonutrients. How does Vitacost Coral Calcium Complex support health?Many people dont meet current recommendations for calcium intake through diet alone or with supplements. Adequate calcium and vitamin D intake throughout life, as part of a well-balanced diet, may reduce the risk of osteoporosis by slowing the rate of bone loss for people with a family history of the disease, post-menopausal women, and elderly men and women.An excellent source of magnesium to help maintain healthy bone density... Less

What is it like to be a teenager and to discover that you are pregnant? How do you tell your parents? What will their reaction be? "Just a Beginning: Pre-Prenatal Care for Teens" addresses these issues and many more. The program features a group of pregnant teenagers sharing their sincere and compelling concerns and experiences. The program's host, also a pregnant teen, shows how good prenatal care is the best way to have a healthy baby. "Just a Beginning" provides guidance for dealing with the emotional and physical burdens of teen pregnancy; advocates the importance of diet, life-style, and early healthcare intervention; and graphically illustrates the consequences of drug abuse, smoking, and alcohol. "Just a Beginning" ends with an inspiring story of hope for the future, a... Less

Total-Biotics is designed for daily use to aid digestion and support a normal immune response. It can also be used in larger amounts to replace the normal pro-biotic balance in times of excess stress. Many things can destroy the intestinal bacteria balance: Stress, poor diet, pollutants, environmental changes and prescription drugs. Overuse of antibiotics also destroys the beneficial bateria as well as bad bacteria. These inbalances or shortcomings can contribute to a host of problems like vomiting, loose stool, poor nutrient absorption, dull coat, low energy and more. Pets with large amount of beneficial bacteria are better equipped to fight the growth of unhealthy organisms. So, if pets are to maintain a healthy body, they need large quantities of friendly bacteria. Total-Biotics... Less

Includes a bonus CD-ROM with recipes and more A provocative look at how eliminating wheat from our diets can help us lose weight, shrink unsightly bulges, and reverse a broad spectrum of health problems--from acne to diabetes and serious digestive disorders. Since the introduction of dietary guidelines calling for reduced fat intake in the 1970s, a strange phenomenon has occurred: Americans have steadily, inexorably become heavier, less healthy, and more prone to diabetes than ever before. After putting more than two thousand of his at-risk patients on a wheat-free regimen and seeing extraordinary results, cardiologist William Davis has come to the disturbing conclusion that it is not fat, not sugar, not our sedentary lifestyle that is causing America's obesity epidemic--it is wheat. How... Less

How mindfulness and hypnosis in a clinical context work to help foster change.In recent years mindfulness has become integrated into many clinicians' private practices, and become a staple of hospital and university based treatment programs for stress reduction, pain, anxiety management, and a host of other difficulties. Clinicians are now routinely encouraging their clients to focus, be aware, open, and accepting, and thereby derive benefit from the mindfulness experience. How has mindfulness, a treatment tool that might easily have been dismissed as esoteric only a few short years ago, become so widely accepted and applied? One obvious answer: Because it works. The empirical foundation documenting the therapeutic merits of mindfulness is already substantial and is still growing. This is... Less

How does our brain work? Scientists don't have all the answers, but The Brain: Our Universe Within presents what is known in a way that even us non-brain surgeons can understand. Produced by the Discovery Channel and hosted by David Suzuki, The Brain takes viewers on a five-part journey (spread over three videotapes) exploring the evolution of the human brain, how different parts of the brain perform certain functions, how chemicals affect our behavior and emotions, and the ways the brain can compensate for certain deficiencies. It uses computer animation to explain the roles of cells, neurons, endorphins, the cerebral cortex, the hippocampus, and the hypothalamus in transmitting, receiving, and storing information. Most interesting, though, are the real-life examples of people who've... Less

Parasitoids lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other species of insect, and the parasitoid larvae develop by feeding on the host, causing its eventual death. Known for a long time to applied biologists for their importance in regulating the population densities of economic pests, parasitoids have recently proven to be valuable tools in testing many aspects of evolutionary theory. This book synthesizes the work of both schools of parasitoid biology and asks how a consideration of evolutionary biology can help us understand the behavior, ecology, and diversity of the approximately one to two million species of parasitoid found on earth.After a general introduction to parasitoid natural history and taxonomy, the first part of the book treats the different components of the reproductive... Less

As we have immersed ourselves in products laden with hidden chemicals, society has become plagued with a host of chronic illnesses. In the span of one industrial century the incidence of cancer has soared from 1 in 8000 to nearly 1 in 2. In fact, nearly half of all Americans now suffer from at least one chronic illness. The sharp rise in childhood illnesses such as asthma, autism, ADD, and childhood cancers are especially bothersome. The problem: Toxic chemicals are bad for health and health is getting bad. For every pound of industrial toxin released into our air and water an average of 42 pounds of the same chemicals are used in products intended for use in or around the home. And so our greatest toxic threat comes from our own purchasing decisions. The Solution: This means we... Less

Step-by-step methods reveal how to get rid of a cold -- head cold, chest cold, or other version of the cold and flu virus -- using highly effective, commonly available natural cold remedies which have kept the author, alternative healthcare advocate Patricia Santhuff, cold-free for more than a decade. "However," says the author, "since only medical doctors and prescription drugs can be said to 'cure' anything, this book actually only shows how to achieve 'a complete cessation of cold symptoms.'" For anyone who would like to say goodbye forever to the misery of colds and flu, this is a treasure chest. Santhuff shows that by paying close attention to cold symptoms (which is the only way you know you've got a cold) and applying a handful of natural remedies as dictated by the... Less

DO YOU KNOW WHO THE GREATEST HEALTH GURU IN HISTORY IS? IT’S YOU. DR. TRAVIS STORK, popular host of The Doctors, will show you how to transform your own health in seven simple steps. As an emergency room physician, Dr. Travis Stork regularly sees the effects that poor lifestyle choices—the same decisions we face every day about what to eat and how active to be—have on our bodies over time. But just a few small tweaks to your daily habits can help you live longer and feel stronger. You can also conquer many chronic conditions—such as some of the biggest killers in America: heart disease, type II diabetes, and some cancers—before they happen. A lively, eye-opening guide, The Doctor Is In cracks the often- intimidating wellness code. You don’t need to follow the latest health crazes. Your... Less

DO YOU KNOW WHO THE GREATEST HEALTH GURU IN HISTORY IS? IT’S YOU. DR. TRAVIS STORK, popular host of The Doctors, will show you how to transform your own health in seven simple steps. As an emergency room physician, Dr. Travis Stork regularly sees the effects that poor lifestyle choices—the same decisions we face every day about what to eat and how active to be—have on our bodies over time. But just a few small tweaks to your daily habits can help you live longer and feel stronger. You can also conquer many chronic conditions—such as some of the biggest killers in America: heart disease, type II diabetes, and some cancers—before they happen. A lively, eye-opening guide, The Doctor Is In cracks the often- intimidating wellness code. You don’t need to follow the latest health crazes. Your... Less

Veggies2Go BOX OF 15 PACKETS by Anabolic Laboratories. Modern science still tells us that the best health protection comes from eating fruits vegetables. Introduce your patients to antioxidant protection from fruits and vegetables with Red and Green Protect. Red and Green Protect are a convenient method of increasing vitamin, mineral, fiber and phyto-nutrient intake from fruits and vegetables to help prevent disease and improve health. Epidemiologic evidence of a protective role for fruits and vegetables in disease prevention is substantial. Current scientific evidence suggests a protective role for fruits and vegetables in prevention of coronary hearth disease, and evidence is accumulating for a protective role in stroke. In addition, a new scientific base is emerging to support a... Less

DO YOU KNOW WHO THE GREATEST HEALTH GURU IN HISTORY IS? IT’S YOU. DR. TRAVIS STORK, popular host of The Doctors, will show you how to transform your own health in seven simple steps. As an emergency room physician, Dr. Travis Stork regularly sees the effects that poor lifestyle choices—the same decisions we face every day about what to eat and how active to be—have on our bodies over time. But just a few small tweaks to your daily habits can help you live longer and feel stronger. You can also conquer many chronic conditions—such as some of the biggest killers in America: heart disease, type II diabetes, and some cancers—before they happen. A lively, eye-opening guide, The Doctor Is In cracks the often- intimidating wellness code. You don’t need to follow the latest health crazes. Your... Less

DO YOU KNOW WHO THE GREATEST HEALTH GURU IN HISTORY IS? IT’S YOU. DR. TRAVIS STORK, popular host of The Doctors, will show you how to transform your own health in seven simple steps. As an emergency room physician, Dr. Travis Stork regularly sees the effects that poor lifestyle choices—the same decisions we face every day about what to eat and how active to be—have on our bodies over time. But just a few small tweaks to your daily habits can help you live longer and feel stronger. You can also conquer many chronic conditions—such as some of the biggest killers in America: heart disease, type II diabetes, and some cancers—before they happen. A lively, eye-opening guide, The Doctor Is In cracks the often- intimidating wellness code. You don’t need to follow the latest health crazes. Your... Less

In 1996, Scott Sonnon pioneered the discipline of joint mobility in the West as a means of recovering from congenital disease, chronic pain and a host of injuries he incurred as an international martial arts champion and USA National Team Coach. His latest book, Free to Move: The Intu-Flow Longevity System, is already being called THE BIBLE OF JOINT MOBILITY. Even athletes and fitness enthusiasts suffer from injuries and joint pains! But these pains are entirely avoidable if you perform a simple routine of joint mobility exercises for several minutes each day. Free to Move teaches you the basics of this system, as well as the crucial progression you can follow to regain your full, natural range of motion. By following the plan contained in this book, you will release the abundant... Less

Fruits2Go BOX OF 15 PACKETS by Anabolic Laboratories. Modern science still tells us that the best health protection comes from eating fruits vegetables. Introduce your patients to antioxidant protection from fruits and vegetables with Red and Green Protect. Red and Green Protect are a convenient method of increasing vitamin, mineral, fiber and phyto-nutrient intake from fruits and vegetables to help prevent disease and improve health. Epidemiologic evidence of a protective role for fruits and vegetables in disease prevention is substantial. Current scientific evidence suggests a protective role for fruits and vegetables in prevention of coronary hearth disease, and evidence is accumulating for a protective role in stroke. In addition, a new scientific base is emerging to support a... Less

"It's all in your head." "Learn to bear it." "That drug will make you a junkie." For the more than seventy-five million Americans affected by chronic pain, these are fighting words. Despite extraordinary medical progress in recent years, millions of people, debilitated by the pain of incurable cancer, crippling arthritis, unremitting headaches, and a host of degenerative disorders, continue to suffer needlessly. Here, in their own words, are the stories of more than forty people whose lives are dictated by pain--patients, healthcare professionals, ethicists, social commentators, and scientists-- shining a powerful searchlight on America's most misunderstood health problem. The Truth About Chronic Pain reveals that pain is often ignored or under-treated due to widespread beliefs that it is... Less

The Multivitamin with AntioxidantsDoes Peak Performance Have a Peak Age?Ask a fit, active male like you and you'll hear an optimistic "no." That's because an active lifestyle and optimal nutrition can fend off your health's fiercest opponents: aging, stress and free radical damage. Good health helps. But without the best defenses, these health saboteurs can rob you of your strength, energy and younger-than-your- years physique. In fact, free radicals alone can age you with surprising speed unless you counter the cell damage they cause. So how do you gain the wisdom of getting older without the health woes?Thrive at 33, 45 or 58At work, at home and on the court - perform at your peak now and years from now with Pomology Men's Daily Multivitamin. Specially formulated for the unique needs of... Less

This comprehensive book examines how mineral nutrition affects plant disease. Minerals improve the overall quality and health of plants. Knowing how each individual mineral affects a plant is beneficial for efficiency in production and sustaining the ecosystem. From a plant pathology perspective, Mineral Nutrition and Plant Disease brings the discussion of plant disease diagnosis and management to a new level. Mineral nutrients are important in production agriculture and horticulture because they can often be the first line of defense against plant diseases. It is an area of knowledge that can be misunderstood or overlooked in the study of diseases and their diagnosis. This reference succeeds in organizing what we know and explaining the interactions at work. Mineral Nutrition and Plant... Less

"The Bell Curve", "The Moral Animal", "The Selfish Gene" - these and a host of other books and articles have made a seemingly overwhelming case that our genes determine our behaviour. Now, a leading evolutionary biologist shows why most of those claims of genetic destiny cannot be true, and explains how the aguments often stem from a fundamental misunderstanding of evolution itself. "You can't change human nature", the saying goes. But you can, Stanford biologist Paul Ehrlich shows us in "Human Natures", and in fact, evolution is the story of those changing natures. He makes a case that "human nature" is not a single, unitary entity, but is as diverse as humanity itself, and that changes in culture and other environmental variations play as much of a role in human evolution as genetic... Less

Viruses are the ultimate parasites: they infect cells and hijack their molecular machinery in order to survive, often destroying the host cell in the process. In so doing, they present a major challenge to human health and well-being, with the continual emergence of new viral strains placing huge demands on healthcare systems internationally. Human Virology is the perfect introduction to the subject for anyone who needs to understand how viruses impact on human health, and how they can be managed in a clinical context. It does not seek to turn its readers into virologists, but to provide them with enough knowledge of the nature of viruses and viral infections to serve as an essential foundation for anyone encountering viruses in a clinical or biomedical context. Capturing this complex and... Less

Watching your carbs? Look inside for more than 135 fabulous recipes for frosty drinks so delicious it’s hard to believe they’re legal.If you’re a committed carbohydrate counter or a calorie- conscious eater, you can reclaim the pleasure of sipping a yummy, nutritious smoothie. Donna Pliner Rodnitzky, a proven master at whipping up palate-pleasing glassfuls, presents a host of great-tasting, sin-free delights.In Low-Carb Smoothies, you’ll learn how to transform a carb-and calorie-laden smoothie into a guiltless treat by replacing forbidden ingredients with intensely flavored sugar-free syrups, low-glycemic fruits, and protein powders. Get tips on how to find the best fruit and the basic equipment you’ll need to create low-carb smoothie perfection. With both low-carb and ultra-low-carb... Less

One of the most spectacular medical advances of the 20th century, organ transplantation has become a generally effective and routine treatment for patients with organ failure. In this book, a well-known expert in the fields of clinical transplantation and transplantation research traces the evolution of organ transplantation from its initial stirrings in the imaginations of the ancients to its status as accepted treatment for nearly 40,000 patients each year. Drawing often on his own first-hand experience, Dr Nicholas Tilney tells the story of the advances in organ transplantation, discusses how societal forces have driven its development, and reveals how its current success is marred by commercialism and exploitation of the less fortunate. Dr Tilney describes early transplantation... Less

Listen to a short interview with Robert Paarlberg Host: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & Crane Heading upcountry in Africa to visit small farms is absolutely exhilarating given the dramatic beauty of big skies, red soil, and arid vistas, but eventually the two-lane tarmac narrows to rutted dirt, and the journey must continue on foot. The farmers you eventually meet are mostly women, hardworking but visibly poor. They have no improved seeds, no chemical fertilizers, no irrigation, and with their meager crops they earn less than a dollar a day. Many are malnourished. Nearly two-thirds of Africans are employed in agriculture, yet on a per-capita basis they produce roughly 20 percent less than they did in 1970. Although modern agricultural science was the key to reducing rural... Less

In 2009, President Barack Obama hosted a friendly "beer summit" on the White House lawn in an attempt to diffuse a racially charged incident between a Caucasian policeman and an African American professor. In the United States, beer and other alcoholic beverage companies are often the main advertisers during television sporting event coverage. A study has found that 44 percent of American college students participate in binge drinking, while the NHTSA reports that over 31 percent of traffic fatalities involve a driver with an illegal blood-alcohol content level. In our culture, consumption of alcohol is both widely accepted as a healthy social norm and condemned as a crime.Alcohol provides information about how alcohol acts upon the body, the social problems related to alcohol use,... Less

Fear, anger, and anxiety – the side effects of life’s everyday stresses – if left unchecked can lead to a host of debilitating conditions: heart disease, arthritis, gastrointestinal problems, depression, and more. There is good news, though: The key to a healthy life free of these conditions is to activate what Harvard Medical School instructor Dr. Eva Selhub calls the love response: a series of biochemical reactions that lower blood pressure, heart rate, respiration, and adrenaline levels, stimulating physical healing and reinstating balance and well-being. The Love Response is the result of Dr. Selhub’s years of research and clinical practice on how to reverse the destructive physical effects of fear and stress, and banish emotional wounds from the past. Through a simple-to-use plan of... Less