Product Description: Bloodstone is the second novel in Gillian Philip's critically acclaimed Rebel Angels series, debuting in the United States for the first time. For centuries, Sithe warriors Seth and Conal MacGregor have hunted for the Bloodstone demanded by their Queen...read more

Health Concerns of Black Americans This is an important book--a vital source for policy makers and for all citizens concerned with issues of importance to the nation and to the black community. --John E. Jacob, president and CEO, National Urban League, Inc. A detailed look at how health risks such as AIDS, chemical depAndency, cancer, violence, sickle-cell anemia, infant mortality, and lead poisoning are affecting the black community. It offers health professionals helpful strategies for providing improved health care and disease prevention efforts to this population.

Providing valuable information for African Americans, this comprehensive guide to diabetes explains how to prevent and control this potentially crippling disease, discussing nutrition, exercise, how to select a good physician, medications, and a wide range of helpful resources. Original.

A leading naturopathic doctor offers a manual explaining the myriad benefits of alternative medicine, differentiating between such disciplines as homeopathic, holistic, and naturopathic medicine, and discussing such maladies as arthritis, depression, and cancer in depth. Reprint.

Product Description: This book inaugurates a series dedicated to the health issues that aff ect distinct communities. Here, prominent health educators explore the pressing cultural and health needs of African Americans. Discussions on child abuse, teenage pregnancy, mental illness, access to health ca re, racism, lifestyles, community values, and more depict the complexi ty of problems affecting African Americans from a cross-section of dif ferent communities...read more

A comprehensive guide to African-American health issues examines the special health problems confronting African Americans, discusses health-care options, and explains how, by adopting diet and lifestyle changes, people can reduce key risk factors. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

A guide to health for African Americans delineates the risk factors, prevention, and treatment of diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, addictions, stress, and other major illnesses that take a toll on the black population. 50,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo. Tour.