Product Description: Superfoods are nutritional powerhouses that can boost health and immunity when they're incorporated into your daily diet. In fact, eating a wide variety of superfoods is one of the best things you can do for your health. The ten superfoods profiled and recommended in this Alive Guide have the greatest amount of scientific evidence showing that they prevent and can even help cure cancer and other diseases...read more

Product Description: Mental Health Disorders in Adolescents provides essential information to help parents, educators, and general practitioners find effective ways to identify and treat psychiatric disorders that many teens face. The first of two reader-friendly sections, "Recognizing the Problem, Finding Help, and Negotiating the System," is designed to help caregivers navigate the often confusing adolescent mental health system...read more

Product Description: This book presents research findings about 50 foods that are commonly touted as healthy and educates readers about the medical problems they purportedly alleviate or help prevent.• Includes 50 topics covering the most popular health foods, such as blueberries, buckwheat, and capers • Comprises the exhaustive research of a physician and an acclaimed independent scholar and writer• 50 photographs are provided to illustrate each type of food • A glossary containing hundreds of entries explains common terms such as "protein" and "antioxidant" as well as medical terminology like "gastric dysrhythmia...read more

Product Description: This book presents research findings about 50 foods that are commonly touted as healthy and educates readers about the medical problems they purportedly alleviate or help prevent.• Includes 50 topics covering the most popular health foods, such as blueberries, buckwheat, and capers • Comprises the exhaustive research of a physician and an acclaimed independent scholar and writer• 50 photographs are provided to illustrate each type of food • A glossary containing hundreds of entries explains common terms such as "protein" and "antioxidant" as well as medical terminology like "gastric dysrhythmia...read more

Product Description: Is any food safe? Will mad cow disease kill us all? How many calories are really in your restaurant Caesar salad? Modern consumers are besieged with conflicting messages about food and nutrition, making it difficult for the lay person to know what to believe...read more

Product Description: You can never have too many vitamins, until they kill you. Eat meat, but avoid beef, chicken, turkey, and pork. Packaged foods are more efficiently preserved than they were 100 years ago―but should we actually eat the stuff? Consumers are besieged with conflicting messages about food and nutrition, making it difficult for the average customer to know what to believe...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: From the medical use of marijuana to organ donations to animal testing, the medical profession is rife with controversial issues. Students and teachers can now use this reference resource to explore all sides of these issues. Narrative chapters, each one devoted to a specific topic, encourage students to consider all the facts surrounding the various controversies...read more

Looks at physical and emotional growth and development, sexuality, sports injuries and medicine, adolescent medical concerns and practices, outdoor and wilderness health, mental health issues, gay adolescents, and chronic conditions. (view table of contents)

Product Description: This all-inclusive planning guide is a must reaad for middle school, high school, and college students contemplating a career in medicine and a valuable resource for premedical advisors and guidance counselors. The book covers all aspects of the application process, from course selection to scholarship possibilities, including a chapter on admission to foreign medical schools...read more