Cure

I found this book to be an excellent educational tool for someone new to low back pain and sciatica. The authors do a good job of explaining the pysiology of the problem, something many doctors fail to do. Subtle causes of pain are dealt with quite well, which to me suggests that the authors know their stuff. I thought it was written with the knowledge of a skilled doctor, but from the point of view of an inquisitive patient.

Dr. Fishman is concerned with the "patient" and quality of life. Many doctors view back pain as separate from the person. Dr. Fishman has sincere interest in helping patients and giving sound advice.

I was very impressed with how this book expained the reasons for my many different back pains. It was very easy to discover why and where my pain was coming from, and what to tell the doctor. I have suffered with back pain for 8 years, and have discovered this to be a very useful tool in dealing with the doctors. It is written so well that everyone can understand it without having to have a medical degree. I would highly reccomend this book to anyone who suffers from back pain, and would like to find a better understanding of their pain and symptoms. This will be my handbook for any future reference, as symptoms do change. I gained confidence in dealing with my doctor by having a better understanding about the origins of my pain and symptoms. A+++

For years in healthcare, I have worked with assisting patients/clients with weight manangement, but I have never reviewed any material with the potential assistance the "Body Fat Cure" methods offer.

With an education and background of helping thousands of people with weight problems, Dr. Lovelace offers ammunition to "give away" extra weight, enjoy play as we did as kids, and develop self esteem and confidence.

"Body Fat Cure" is uplifting for even those of slight build as it is full of encouragement, and could easily be used as a stress management tool. Dr. Lovelace offers methods that encourage the reader to become more what we were created to be, and discourages the negative ways we learn to "talk" to ourselves when we feel badly about ourselves.

Thank you Dr. Lovelace for your intellect and your heart for helping others. May this book give the public the assistance and the encouragement to give away the excess pounds they believe aare preventing them from being their best.

Dr. Lovelace's program has provided the mechanism for me to get rid of over 30 lbs and maintain my new weight. Practicing his technique has proven to me that I can control my body fat without the torture of fad dieting. It works!!! This program is a God Send for people like me who have tried all of the popular fad diets and purchased every exercise machine with little or no long term success. This is not your average every day diet book. It is a lifestyle change.

Here is a book that does more than give pat answers. It addresses the psychological issues that interfere with people losing weight and maintaining their gains. The information is psychologically sound and effective. I highly recommend it.

I read this book to learn more about Dr. Galland's style, medical practice, and his recommendations for those with inflammatory bowel disease. Dr. Galland has done some research with positive findings as to the success of diet (especially the SCDiet) and IBD, and lists Elaine Gottschall's book, Breaking The Vicious Cycle, as a self-help resource.

Dr. Galland's book provides valuable insight into modern medicine and the need for patient-centric health care. He describes the evolution of medical history and how we arrived at the current dilemma. Through today's science of reductionism, reinforced by medical specialists, the connections between symptoms, underlying problems, and root causes are often lost. Galland's goal is to work to heal the patient, not just the disease. I agree with Galland's four pillars (positive, worthwhile relationships; diet and exercise; one's environment; detoxification). The reader is presented with many patient case scenarios, how they were treated by other doctors, and the benefits they received upon seeking Dr. Galland's patient-centric integrative medical care. Anyone who is looking for more answers and wants to take a more active role in their healing will be well served to read this book.

I am a healthcare worker, and am familiar with the problems in the way people view their health and expecting their doctor to "make them better". This book helps to outline what is needed in your life to truely improve general health, along with some of the pitfalls that we all encounter. I am ordering another copy for my local library, because I lend mine out more than want to.

Leo Galland's book is a must have. It is the best owners manual for the human body. I started reading the book two years ago during my chemo treatments at the oncologist office. His information on nutritions has lead me to eat my fruits and vegetables daily. I exercise 3 time a week and keep my stress to a minimum. This book is a crash course on preventitive medicine. He has the best advice on how to stay healthy and make sure that your doctor doesn't kill you with meds.

The book has inflammation as its central focus, and Dr. Meggs convincingly describes inflammation related connections amongst an amazingly broad spectrum of conditions, diseases, nutrients, attitudes, and other factors. As a non-medical lay person, my impression in reading the book was that the title is a bit inadequate. While the straightforward, lucid style in which facts and ideas are presented makes the book's inflammation related advice accessable in a pragmatic fashion, Meggs seems to cover so much territory with his recommendations that this work could almost be understood as a broad guidebook for living a healthy and happy life in general, albeit with inflammation as the book's raison d'etre.

Certainly I have wondered how and why various drugs functioned in my body, and I have learned a great deal on that subject here. The same can be said about foods, moods, and the air we breathe; it all gets clearly mentioned. Looking at the back portion of the book reveals the depth of research that went into the writing of it, and Dr. Meggs has not speculated with much of what he says - it's all backed up with facts that can be verified.

I enjoyed the book (it's a fun and easy read) and I highly recommend it. I was left with the impression that I was reading solid medical advice, not romantic fantasy. Buy this book.

This is a good book. It's an easy read and the author clearly understands the connection between inflammation and lifestyle choices. His advice is interesting and helpful.

I agree with the reviewer below; this book is broad-based and really doesn't address specific inflammatory issues. The point of the book is to recognize how pervasive inflammation is among various health issues and to learn to make beneficial changes in our lives.

My one criticism is: the author states, "There is no need to take supplements for vitamins B6 or B12". I absolutely disagree. As many vegetarians (especially vegans) have learned the hard way, sometimes vitamin B12 supplements are essential. The author recommends a vegetarian diet, yet apparently doesn't recognize that one of the most common risks of a vegetarian diet is insufficient vitamin B12 intake. The author is potentially putting people at risk by not recognizing the possible need for vitamin B12 supplements (totally supported by research on vegetarians and vegetarian diets).

The Inflammation Cure by Meggs and Svec, and The Inflammation Syndrome by Challem, both appeared in 2003 and both discuss the role of inflammation in the major diseases of our time, and the things that one can do to limit the risk of diseases related to inflammation. Both books are easy to read. Which to choose? According to the prestigious Library Journal, "While Jack Challem's The Inflammation Syndrome covers similar ground [to the Inflammation Cure], his approach leans toward the faddish and sensationalist, while Meggs takes a more levelheaded approach, weaving the latest research on various diseases into a broad picture." The thing I most prefer about Meggs' book is that it takes a comprehensive approach (including diet) to the things that affect inflammation, rather than spending the whole book just discussing the role of diet as is done in Challem's book. Challem is a health reporter who writes and publishes The Nutrition Reporter newsletter; it is natural that he would stress diet and its consequences. But diseases are caused and controlled by much more than our diet. Meggs is a practicing physician who has a great deal of clinical experience with all aspects of inflammation, and who has woven many real-life cases into the book as illustrations. So, which book should you buy? I have little doubt that you will find The Inflammation Cure by Meggs and Svec more informative and much more useful as a reference on your shelf.

Engaging and accessible suspense thriller, that is brought to life through the author's intimate knowledge of medicine. I enjoyed it thoroughly, and look forward to his next novel.

I don't usually read books the whole way through on the first day. However, I was so interested in the story, that I lost track of time! The characters and story were well thought out and with every page you never knew what to expect. For my money this book was well worth it. In fact I bought another one for a friend.

I don't normally read a book the whole way thru, however this book was one that I couldn't put down till I was finished. The character development and plot was well thought out. It left me on the edge of my seat wondering what was coming next. It was definately a thrill ride from the beginning to end.

Rickman's fourth Merrily Watkins mystery (and ninth book overall) has our diocesian exorcist (or deliverance minister) struggling as always to deal with her life fighting the supernatural and the very real troubles of bringing up her sixteen year old, daughter, Jane, plus her own personal issues. From the start, the chain-smoking minister finds herself having to deal with a claimed case of demonic possession as a previously well brought up and God-fearing teenage girl, Amy Shelbourne, starts renouncing God and refusing to go to Church to the dismay of her devout foster parents. We are quickly given a reason as Amy claims (which we know is a lie from the opening prologue) that Jane forced her into a ouija board session and she met the spirit of her real mother, Justine.
Running concurrently is a plotline involving Lol Robinson (he who denies his true feelings for Merrily) who is back in the recording studios, down the road from Merrily, at Prof Levinson's request to record a new album. Meanwhile, in Knight's Frome we find the new-age squire, Adam Lake, rebuying all the land up that his ancestor lost under a curse. The story runs that if you see the ghost of centuries-ago murdered Lady of the Bines (whom Lol inadvertently runs into very early on) then your hop harvest will fail. Lake runs into a PR adversary, Gerard Stock, the son-in-law of the recently murdered Stewart who has inherited land that Lake wants to rebuy. As such a very neighbourly feud takes on a supernatural slant as Stock goes to the papers after the local vicar, Simon St John, refuses to perform an exorcism on the place that Stock, claims is haunted.
By the time we make it halfway through, Amy Shelbourne has attempted suicide and Merrily is called into Stock's house to perform the first exorcism (or 'Cure of Souls'). It is at this point the novel begins to move as Stock not only records Lol and Merrily's incursion but also his immediate brutal killing of his wife. Amy runs away and her father is forced to explain to Merrily how Amy's real mother was killed in a church whilst a 3-year old Amy watched from the altar. Suddenly it all becomes more chilling as Merrily confronts Layla Riddock and her stepfather. Meanwhile the, as yet unfathomably linked, second plot has Gerard Stock killing himself before we finally begin to piece behind the true mystery of the Lady of the Bines and an unknown murder in the 60s that is causing the haunting of the kiln by a succubus. In a strange twist it is actually Jane and Eirion who come back from Wales to move the entire story to its bloody denouement as we learn that our protagonists are capable of great character misjudgement and what appears to be truth is inevitably incorrect.
To be honest, this isn't Rickman's finest effort. I felt that the move towards a Merrily Watkins series has taken away the polished supernatural edge books like Crybbe and December possessed. The first half of this book is given over to establishing mystery of the intellectually confusing kind, rather than previous efforts which spent the first half ever so slowly building up a sense of creeping, chilly supernatural fear. Simply put, whilst you wouldn't read Crybbe on a dark, stormy night, you could quite cheerfully skim through this effort. Nevertheless, Rickman's currently the finest supernatural thriller writer out there right now and this is the kind of quality effort you'd expect.

I am a tremendous fan of the Merrily Watkins series. Rickman is a master at combining elements of mystery and suspense with horror and the supernatural. He is also simply a great story teller.

The Cure of Souls, Rickman's fourth novel featuring the Rev. Merrily Watkins, finds her settled, more or less, into her role as diocesan deliverance minister. But in spite of the experience she has gained, the job seems only to grow more difficult; this case in particular so blurs the line between good and evil that Merrily begins to doubt herself, uncertain how--or even whom--to free from spiritual bondage.
The diseased crops of the Frome Valley are an apt metaphor for the psychic condition of those now living there. Something is sucking the life out of not only the land but of the residents as well. What remains of the once flourishing valley draped in hop bines is now a rural waste-landscape.
The land's loss of vitality is painfully evident to Lol Robinson, Merrily's would-be lover, who is about to re-enter Merrily's life.
After going off to take courses in psychotherapy, Lol is led by his professor to the Frome Valley's legendary luthier, Al Boswell, from whom Lol learns not only about the region's gypsy heritage, but that the Romany ways still pervade the lives of those who live ... and die ... in there. And from this culture there comes a psychic adversary as mysterious as the Romany themselves.
Lol's close encounter with the legendary "Lady of the bines" leads him to the vicarage of Reverend Simon St. John and his wife, the intriguing Isabel. Simon's refusal to exorcise the possesed house belonging a local "entrepreneur" places the task in Merrily's hands as local exorcist. Merrily, Lol and Simon soon realize that it will take all three of them--and more--to deliver this town from the evil that plagues it.
In perfect contrast to the wilt and waste of the main setting is the continued flourishing of Merrily's "flower," her indomitable daughter Jane. Rickman's secondary plot, that of Jane's journey into young womanhood and her own spiritual and psychic quest, provides a wonderful parallel to the main storyline. And in a way that he does probably better than any other writer in the business, Rickman deftly weaves the threads of Jane's tale into the main textual fabric, adding to the narrative tension and the intrigue.
Phil Rickman's The Cure of Souls is a sophisticated blend--part ghost story, part detective story, part myth--that will not disappoint. He has an unerring ability to bring each character fully alive and make every scene in which he places them frighteningly believable. This book was just 'The Cure' this reader needed.

This is a good resource of clear, easy-to-follow, accurate exercise information and the authors, Carol and Mitchell Krucoff, go out of their way to dispel myths of "feeling the burn" as the only way to exercise. I did, however, feel that the tone of the book could get a little pushy (and maybe some readers need that motivation?) and I found that turning me off to the book. I did appreciate that the illustrations used "real life bodies" but always feel that pictures in books are difficult to decipher, particularly for more complicated moves. I was reading the book for the osteoporosis information and felt there were not as many "cautions" as I would like to see in terms of potentially dangerous moves, etc. Also, having several categories of illness lumped together in the same chapter could lead some readers to confusion about which exercises are specifically geared towards them. Valuable information, especially the first chapter on general principles of exercise, but read carefully.

This informative, well-written, well-organized and easy to use book stands heads above the hundreds of health books on the market today and should be read by everyone who is interested improving their well-being or maintaining their good health. Helpful illustrations, specific exercises and clear instructions for doing them. I love this book!

Healing Moves is a terrific source book for people who want to improve their health and for those who just want to STAY healthy. The information is thorough, the instructions and illustrations are clear...this is stuff you can really put into practice. Check it out!

Mind Cure was fast paced, with the plot twisting around and around. The characters in this book were ones to identify with, and Dr. Kloner's tale of words draws the reader into the story. Completely Chilling until the very end.

I thought this book was terrific. Graphic, suspenseful, and well written. A surprising ending!

Mind Cure is unlike the typical thriller/mystery. Dr. Kloner has woven a story bound by authentic medical facts as well as heinous acts of crime. This novel kept me awake for more than one night of reading!! A must read for the mystery lover!

This book is a fairly interesting history of stuttering. Benson Bobrick takes a look at historical figures who have stuttered, a list which includes Charles Darwin, Winston Churchill, Marilyn Monroe, Moses, and the Greek speaker Demosthenes. Knotted Tongues is a look at how stuttering was perceived throughout history and how stuttering has been treated.

The part of this book that I found the most fascinating was the time it spent examining how stuttering was treated over time. What I didn't expect was how cringe-inducing this would be. There were some methods that involved the chewing of various substances, as well as other that involved speaking with a mouth full of pebbles. The cringe-worthy methods involved scalding the tongue, and burning around the throat and head (the reasons had to do with what these doctors thought about the causes of stuttering). As painful as these sound, the most brutal method of treatment was a surgery that cuts part of the tongue away. Mind you, this was done before anesthetics. There is a fairly graphic description of this surgery in the book.

Knotted Tongues is not a book about how to best treat stuttering, nor does it go into detail about the variety of modern (and much more humane) treatments available today. This is a history of stuttering. It is easily readable, and does not go into the level of technical detail that you would find in Starkweather's "Stuttering". While someone who stutters may have more interest in this book, I think that anyone would find this interesting, if only to see the various methods of treatment and how stutterers have been viewed throughout history. Good book.

If you are a stutterer, or you have an interest in speech pathology and desire to learn more about stuttering, this book is an interesting place to start. Now, granted, it is not an easy read for the layperson, and it certainly does not discuss issues of indivudal stuttering concepts, but if you want a history, if you want to read about different strategies welcomed in the past, and if you want to learn a little about those famous people who have endured through many uncomfortable situations of "tongue-tied-ness," grab a copy of this book!

Keep in mind though, that if you're looking to learn about the causes and therapies and in-depth experiences with stuttering, this book will not fulfill that venue. This is a book on history and the interesting and absurd methods of "curing" the stutter that were utilized. At any rate, if you are a stutterer and you want to see that you're not alone, please pick up a copy of this book. :o)

It seems to be an axiom in my field of speech pathology that most speech/language therapists are able to deal with the mechanics of speech and language well enough but can't communicate effectively. Most speakers and writers in the field are unbearable communicators who wouldn't recognize an interesting sentence (rather than a nerve deadening dose of academic jargon) if it leapt up and bit them on their private parts (I would like to use a more colorful term but this is a family site).
Thankfully, Bobrick knows how to write quite well. This is a fascinating (and highly readable) survey of stuttering in history. It should be on the shelf of everyone who works with stutterers.

This is classic Aslett -- it will have you pitching half the papers on your desk in no time. Aslett has some good ideas on how to begin to conquer the clutter of accumulated paper, and ideas that can be used in discrete time increments. Of all the clutter / office organization books I've read, his are the only ones that actually make me eager to get to work.

Two reasons I gave this book four stars rather than five, are (1) because of Aslett's gratuitous name-dropping & boasting (when my coimpany was cleaning AT&T, when I was consulting with the top executives of IBM, when I was making one of my many TV appearances with Regis & Kahie Lee . . . ); and (2) because Aslett seems to consider himself an expert on all things rather than sticking to what he knows best. Of course, I've read most of his books, and there is some redundancy, as if they're just regurgitations of former material. If you haven't read his other books, you might not have this perception. Nonetheless, every time I read one of his books I can manage to throw out several boxes of stuff, and after reading this, my office at work no longer has any hidden stacks of papers waiting to be dealt with.

I don't work in an office. I work in a classroom. However, I found that much of what is said in this book applies to me.

I teach science, and have worked in 2 different schools where I inherited the previous teacher's mess. In the first one, I applied many of Aslett's principles without even realizing it. There was so much junk that I couldn't even work. I did almost no labs my first year because I couldn't find anything!

At my new school, started by organizing. Recently, I read this book and was inspired. I went through my storage area and threw out every broken piece of equipment. I also snuck out a few pieces of equipment that I knew I would never use.

It has been a wonderful feeling. I now have room to have a sort of "office" in my storage room. I can find equipment quickly, making me more likely to do labs, and I have created room for the equipment I plan to order that I will use.

I see no obvious connection, but I now get my work done a lot faster. I write a lot of my own material. Before I did my decluttering I was working until midnight or later. Now I'm going home for supper, and coming back and working only a few more hours.

His book is not so big on specifics. That is why I did not give it a fifth star. A few more specific ideas on organizing papers and the clutter I'm required to have would have helped. Overall, however, he covers the general principles of clutter removal and organization, he is inspiring, and, most important, this book is a help.

Honestly, this book made me a better teacher!

When I was the secretary and the executive assistant, I was the best and most organized person any boss could want. When I became the boss, I became buried in meetings, interruptions, customer service and problems, no one to delegate to, and fear of losing something important. In the past 7 years I have bought many "organizational" books - some I even bought twice because they never got through to me (didn't even impress me enough to remember I had bought them before!) to help me tackle the piles of paper. I pretty much shuffled stacks around until I bought Don's book. I started reading it yesterday, and after being out sick for one week, I went in today (Saturday) and in 4 hours, cleaned out 3 years of paper. I didn't just clean - I got rid of. I looked at everything with new eyes. Don has a way of putting all that paper into clear perspective - you can look at paper and see if it should go or stay. It was incredible. Now my mind is decluttered too - just like he said. I would recommend this to anyone who has a lot of paper (and facts) to deal with. His common-sense approach helps you make it your own - there's nothing to learn - he just puts it all in perspective so you can know how YOU want to deal with it. I've never written a review before - but couldn't wait to write this one. I hope this helps some other person tackle their paper. I accomplished more today than I can remember in one day - and know this will help me stay organized and cut back on the 70 hr weeks I normally put in. My employees respect me, but I always felt out of control with all that paper staring me (and everyone else) in the face. Now my office looks like I am in control! Thanks, Don!