Alternative Medicine

Fibroids
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Fibroids: New Techniques and Therapies-Including Breakthrough Alternatives to Hysterectomy
by Scott C. Goodwin, M.D., Michael S. Broder, M.D., M.S.H.S., David Drum
Fibroid tumors are the leading reason why more than 500,000 American women have hysterectomies each year. Fibroids are benign tumors that arise from the smooth muscle layer of the uterus. As They grow larger, they can put pressure on neighboring organs

My Problems with Drug Therapy
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Anxiety, Phobias, and Panic Attacks: The All-Natural Program That Can Help You Conquer Your Fears
by Douglas Hunt, M.D.
So, if you are diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, you simply pop a pill to alleviate it, right? Wrong! While some anxiety disorders respond to pharmaceuticals, there are short- and long-term adverse effects to be considered that can often be more

Your Beauty-Wellness Test

Are You Primarily Yin, Yang, or Yin/Yang? Now that I've provided you with a wealth of new information about health and beauty in the Chinese tradition, it's time to discover how to put these principles to use.

Personal Energy Crisis
The Energy Prescription : Give Yourself Abundant Vitality with the Wisdom of America's Leading Natural Pharmacist
by Constance Grauds, R.Ph., Doug Childers
Are You Suffering from a Personal Energy Crisis? In this groundbreaking book, renowned educator, natural medicine pharmacist, and initiated shamana Connie Grauds helps you tap into the wellsprings of vital positive energy that lie within you-but are often

People Can Change
Eight Weeks to Optimum Health
by Andrew Weil, M.D.
In Eight Weeks to Optimum Health, Dr. Andrew Weil translates the brilliant insights and discoveries he outlined in his acclaimed bestseller, Spontaneous Healing, into a practical plan of action: a week-by-week, step-by-step program for enhancing and prote

Foreword

Everyone wants good health, but most people are confused about the best ways to achieve it. Alongside the miracles of conventional medicine are problems: side effects of drugs and chemotherapy; harried doctors juggling too many patients; too much emphasis

Our Health Profile
Natural Health for African Americans : The Physicians' Guide (Physicians' Guide to Healing)
by Marcellus A. Walker, M.D., L.Ac.
The facts don't lie. African Americans face a full-blown health crisis: more heart attacks, diabetes, high blood pressure...and shorter life expectancies. Fortunately, two nationally known experts on natural medicine and African American medical issues

How I Gave Up One Kind of Music for Another
The Listening Hand: Self-Healing Through The Rubenfeld Synergy Method of Talk and Touch
by Ilana Rubenfeld, Ph.D.
Music saved me. My mother, Bluma, had a beautiful voice and loved to sing. My father, Leopold, studied as a classical pianist - with the same teacher as Vladimir Horowitz. But he gave it up during the Russian Revolution when he fled Russia for Germany

Awaking the Mind in the Gut
Gut Reactions: A Radical New 4-Step Program for Treating Chronic Stomach Distress and Unlocking the Secret to Total Body Wellness
by Raphael Kellman, M.D., Carol Colman
You don't have to be in pain! You don't have to be held hostage by an angry, unpredictable stomach. You don't have to pop a Pepcid before every meal, take a Tagamet to eat like a kid again, endure endless Maalox moments, or devour a roll or two of Tums

The Macrobiotic Way of Eating
The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health: A Complete Guide to Naturally Preventing and Relieving More Than 200 Chronic Conditions and Disorders
by Michio Kushi, Alex Jack
As the 21st century begins, the world faces an unprecedented health and environmental crisis. New diseases and epidemics have emerged, family and social conflicts have increased, and ecological threats have multiplied and spread, imperiling humanity's

Introduction
Corrine T. Netzer's Big Book of Miracle Cures
by Corinne T. Netzer
Almost everyone would like to be healthier and take steps to prevent serious diseases such as cancer, heart failure, arthritis. The question is how? We live in a world where there are many choices but few concrete answers.

Like a Pleasant Dream
Copeland's Cure: Homeopathy and the War Between Conventional and Alternative Medicine
by Natalie Robins
The land near Dexter, Michigan, flat in some places, rolling in others, was, in the early 1800s, one of the healthiest-looking regions in America. Bordering the Huron River and Mill Creek, the territory was fertile and green.

Nutrient Robbery
The Side Effects Bible: The Dietary Solution to Unwanted Side Effects of Common Medications
by Frederic J. Vagnini, M.D., Barry Fox, Ph.D.
Sixty-five-year-old Hannah had been struggling with stiff and painful fingers for some time before she went to see her physician. The disturbing diagnosis was rheumatoid arthritis (RA), for which Hannah was given a drug named Naprosyn.

Creating Health
Natural Choices for Women's Health : How the Secrets of Natural and Chinese Medicine Can Create a Lifetime of Wellness
by Dr. Laurie Steelsmith
Creating great health means making the right choices, but all too frequently my patients aren't aware of what the right choices are. To help point the way toward optimal health in this chapter I have outlined a way of life that I call the Naturally Health

A New Role for Medicine
The Life Extension Revolution: The New Science of Growing Older Without Aging
by Philip Lee Miller, M.D., Monica Reinagel
Brian became a patient of mine about three years ago. He was 47 years old. He came to see me not because he was sick but because he wanted to feel better. Brian had built a successful software consulting firm and had worked hard to keep his business going

All about Sinusitis
The Sinus Cure: 7 Simple Steps to Relieve Sinusitis and Other Ear, Nose, and Throat Conditions
by Debra Fulghum Bruce
It's not unusual for those around you to think your sinus symptoms are in your head. After all, chances are that you look perfectly healthy. Outwardly no one around you can see the misery you feel. But you know differently.

Touch: Help, Hype, or Hoax?
Miracle Touch: A Complete Guide to Hands-On Therapies That Have the Amazing Ability to Heal
by Debra Fulghum Bruce
Can a deep-tissue massage really end the chronic pain of migraine headache, arthritis or fibromyalgia syndrome? Will energy-based therapeutic touch help you heal from surgery faster, or ease your anxiety before dental work or other invasive procedures?

Introduction
Salt in Your Sock: and Other Tried-and-True Home Remedies
by Lillian Beard, M.D., Linda Lee Small
MANY YEARS AGO, while I was advising a young mother on how to manage her baby's facial rash, I was surprised by a question from the baby's great-grandmother, who was in the exam room with us: "Ma 'dear," as she was called, piped up

Introduction to the Stages of Recovery
My Recovery: A Personal Plan for Healing
by Charles L. Whitfield, M.D.
If you or someone you love is battling an addiction to alcohol, drugs, food, gambling or the like, struggling with a mental illness or a harmful lifestyle habit, this book can help.

Wellness: The Missing Dimension in Recovery
The Wellness-Recovery Connection: Charting Your Pathway to Optimal Health While Recovering from Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
by John Newport, Ph.D
As you may be aware you are not the only one who has ever hidden empty wine bottles from your spouse missed out on a good job due to failing a drug screening or fallen into a pattern of constantly covering up for the irresponsible behavior of an alcoholic