A vermont doctor reveals the secrets of folk medicine and how it has been applied in both curative and preventive medicine.

Outlines steps to achieving overall physical health, addressing each area of the body in a series of chapters designed to challenge popular myths while informing readers on a range of dietary, exercise, and therapeutic concerns.

The struggle to perform well is universal: each of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to do better more important than in medicine, where lives are on the line with every decision. Author Gawande explores how doctors strive to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountable. Gawande's stories take us to battlefield...

Andrew Weil focuses on both conventional and alternative medicine on a practical week-by-week, step-by-step plan, covering diet, exercise, lifestyle, stress, and environment - all of the aspects of daily living that affect health and well-being. And he shows how his program can be tailored to the specific needs of pregnant women, senior citizens, overweight people, and those at risk for cancer, among others. Dr. Weil has added the most up-to-date...

"Tap into the extraordinary power of electricity to heal your body and empower your life Everything is electric. This seemingly simple observation has transformational repercussions on the way we think about and approach physical, mental, and emotional health. Electric Body, Electric Health is a manifesto for personal empowerment based on an electrical view of life. Author of Tuning the Human Biofield, Eileen Day McKusick is an expert on the human...

A general practitioner in Vermont shares his observations and experiences with his patients that taught him how to be a doctor.

Simple text introduces children to the role veterinarians play in their communities, describing what they do, how they help animals, and what tools they use on the job.

Completely revised and updated for a new generation of health-conscious and empowered women, the New York Times bestselling guide to physical and emotional wellness for women 35 and up--from fertility, breast, and menstrual issues, to the best nutrition, treatments for fibroids, and hormone replacement therapies in perimenopause and menopause. First published in 1994, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom was an immediate national and international bestseller....