The Home Healing Almanac: Solutions That Will Help You Make the Best Choices About Your Health and Safety

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ISBN: 9780130605641 | 0130605646
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 10/1/2001

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A guide to family health provides information on alternative healing methods, first-aid kits and essential pharmaceuticals, natural remedies, and prevention and treatment of common mental and physical health problems.

Foreword

Introduction: 17 Youth-Preserving Tips from Top Health Authorities

xiii

PART I Help Yourself

25 Items Every Home Remedy Kit Should Include

(4)

119 Over the-Counter Drugs and What They're Used For

(10)

58 Herbal Remedies: Effective Dosages and Forms

(13)

13 Vitamins You Can't Live Without

(9)

Mining the Top Minerals: 16 ``Finds''

(7)

43 Alternative Supplements: The Best (and a Few Not So Great) Natural Pharmaceuticals

(11)

30 Ingredients for Home First Aid Kits

(3)

46 At-Home Nursing Aids: The Essentials When You Need to Care for Someone

(5)

54 High-Nutrient Disease Fighters

(8)

The Power of Aromatherapy: 30 Essential Essences

(3)

15 Exercise Approaches: You're Guaranteed to Love at Least One

(6)

10 Sexual Health Aids and How to Use Them

(6)

Everyday Habits for Lifelong Health: 13 Ways to Slash Your Risk of Disease

(5)

12 Ways to Combat Depression, Stress, and Anxiety

(4)

Dozens of Ways to Stay Healthy and Disease-Free Wherever You Travel

(12)

10 Tips for Happy Feet and Toes

109

(3)

Setting Your Sights: 18 Tips on Vision, Lenses, and Eye Care

112

(4)

13 Ways to Prevent Wrinkles and Protect Your Skin

116

(3)

Watching Out for Kids: 14 Pediatric Emergencies and What to Do

119

(9)

Are You Prepared? 6 Survival Kits

128

(5)

Child's Play and Beyond: How Safe Is Your Sport?

133

(6)

Smash, Crash, and Roll: How Dangerous Is Your Vehicle?

139

(5)

The Safest and Riskiest Ways to Travel in the United States and Beyond

144

(6)

Common Household Accidents and 52 Ways to Prevent Them

150

(9)

PART II People to See, Things to Do

78 Medical Tests: What Do They Tell You?

159

(17)

31 Medical Procedures: What to Expect...and What You'll Pay

176

(15)

47 Medical Specialists and What They Do

191

(8)

24 Alternative Practitioners: How They Can Help You

199

(13)

The 100 Most Prescribed Drugs in the United States and What They're For

212

(11)

Homeopathic Remedies for 71 Medical Conditions

223

(25)

The 64 Most Common Surgical Procedures and Their Likely Outcomes

248

(12)

15 Secrets of the Shamans

260

(7)

PART III Where to Go for Good Health

33 Healing Sites for the Body, Mind, and Spirit

267

(8)

Hospitals: Some of the Best in Their Fields

275

(6)

Dentistry: How to Choose a Dentist and Dental Care

281

(6)

How to Choose a Health Care Provider

287

(8)

Alternative and Complementary Medicine: 41 Clinics to Serve You

295

(9)

The Healthiest Places to Live in the United States

304

(6)

The 20 Most Dangerous Jobs...and a Few of the Safest

310

(7)

PART IV Crucial Facts about the Human Body

151 Body Parts: What They're Called and What They Do

317

(18)

Body Inventory: Trillions of Cells, Millions of Capillaries, and More

335

(4)

Pain, Pain, Go Away: 7 Types of Pain and How to Treat Them

339

(8)

49 Ways to Burn Calories

347

(4)

25 High-Calorie Fast Foods (or How to Pack on the Pounds...Fast) and 40 Lower Calorie Alternatives

351

(5)

Your Risk for 78 Diseases-Factored by Family, Age, Gender, and Environment

356

(20)

Recovery Time for 99 Diseases, Procedures, and Operations

376

(9)

Health Risks for Infants: 21 Typical Ailments and What to Do about Them

385

(7)

25 Medical Conditions That Typically Appear between the Ages of 1 and 12

392

(10)

10 Common Health Problems for Kids between 12 and 20

402

(6)

23 Common Ailments of People between 20 and 90

408

(12)

23 Noisemakers: How Loud Is Your Life?

420

(3)

14 Reasons You Can't Sleep

423

(3)

10 Carcinogens and What They Do to the Body

426

(5)

16 Reasons You Don't Want to Smoke

431

(6)

PART V Health Statistics and Trivia You Might Need to Know

Medical Research Dollars: Where the Money Goes

437

(2)

24 Notorious Epidemics: Cause and Mortality

439

(5)

Medical Trivia: When Conversation Drags at Your Next Party

444

(4)

The 17 Most Poisonous Plants

448

(5)

20 Life-Threatening Animals

453

(5)

Making Babies: Counting Your Blessings by Twos and Threes and Fours

458

(5)

``My, How They've Grown'': Kids' Average Height and Weight by Age and Gender

463

(3)

The 103 Longest-Living People

466

(7)

33 Medical Breakthroughs: When They Happened

473

(10)

PART VI Alternative Views of Healing

Chakras: 7 Spinning Wheels of Energy

483

(3)

Let Us Pray: Maximize Your Prayer Power

486

(7)

Reflexology Points: How to Use Them to Treat 35 Health Conditions

493

(6)

Getting the Point: Acupuncture and Acupressure Acupoints

499

(13)

PART VII Reliable Sources

Herb Sources

512

(3)

Reliable Supplement Sources

515

(2)

Best Web Sites for Health-Related Issues

517

(5)

Best Health-Related Books

522

(5)

Best Health-Related Magazines and Newsletters

527

(3)

References

530

(15)

Index

545

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