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Back to Health by Choice

Author : Walter Salubro
Publisher : Walter Salubro, DC
ISBN 13 : 9780994791306
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (913 download)

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Download or read book Back to Health by Choice written by Walter Salubro and published by Walter Salubro, DC. This book was released on 2015-06 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Why Some People Almost Always Maximize Their Health With Chiropractic" Do you live with continuous pain and discomfort? Do you suffer from horrible stress? Do you worry that your health is gradually declining? Millions of people go to the chiropractor to relieve their pain and improve their health. But why do some people start chiropractic care and get well, while some of the most well-meaning people who are sick, suffering, stressed out, and in pain do not start chiropractic care and remain sick? What is the essential prerequisite to elevating and maximizing your health? After fifteen years of clinical practice, writer, speaker, and chiropractor Dr. Walter Salubro is more convinced than ever of the answer: people who regain their health do so by choice. According to Dr. Salubro, people who choose healing get well and people who do not choose healing typically remain unchanged-sick and suffering. For headache sufferer Mary, chiropractic represented a health care method that gave practical form to her choice for healing. Back to Health by Choice covers her healing journey, including how chiropractic saved her from fifteen years of pounding headaches and led her to a healthier, happier life. If you are sick, stressed, or constantly suffering from pain, this book will guide you to make a choice for your own healing and give you the means to make a transformation in your health and in your life. You will discover: How chiropractic can help relieve common ailments like back pain, neck pain, and headaches-without the use of drugs. How chiropractic can help you adapt to and handle stress better. How chiropractic can help you naturally improve and regain your health. How to live your life to the fullest and increase your happiness. How to maximize your life potential, both immediately and in the long run. And much, much more. "Reading Back to Health by Choice got me even more excited to help patients and change lives for the next day. This book is a must read for chiropractors and patients alike." -Dr. Jeremy Weisz, DC, Chiropractor, Founder of Chiropractical Solutions "In my opinion, this book will help the general public understand chiropractic better, and most importantly, help them understand that their health is in their hands." -Dr. John Minardi, BHK, DC, Chiropractor, Speaker, Author of The Complete Thompson Textbook: Minardi Integrated Systems Dr. Walter Salubro has been a practicing chiropractor for more than fifteen years. His clinic is located in Maple, Ontario, and it has helped thousands of people get relief from pain, stress, and improve their health. Dr. Salubro is also an engaging, dynamic speaker who routinely covers topics on chiropractic, health, and the wellness lifestyle. Back to Health by Choice is a wonderful book that is as moving to read as it is inspiring. Read it and transform your health."

Your Health... Your Choice

Author : M. T. Morter
Publisher : Frederick Fell Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0883911728
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (839 download)

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Download or read book Your Health... Your Choice written by M. T. Morter and published by Frederick Fell Publishers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique summary of how foods affect the way you feel, why some types of everyday foods can lead to disease, and methods to adjust your diet slowly to get frequently missed ingredients. INSIDE THESE PAGES YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT: The food you ate in the past determines how healthy you will be in the future. Age is no excuse for disease, aches or pains. You can evaluate your health before symptoms of disease appear. Too much protein is hazardous to your health... Healing is automatic if you give your body a chance.

Never Be Sick Again

Author : Raymond Francis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0757396283
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (573 download)

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Download or read book Never Be Sick Again written by Raymond Francis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One day Raymond Francis, a chemist and a graduate of MIT, found himself in a hospital, battling for his life. The diagnosis: acute chemical hepatitis, chronic fatigue, multiple chemical sensitivities, and several autoimmune syndromes, causing him to suffer fatigue, dizziness, impaired memory, heart palpitations, diarrhea, numbness, seizures and numerous other ailments. Knowing death was imminent unless he took action, Francis decided to research solutions for his disease himself. His findings and eventual recovery led him to conclude that almost all disease can be both prevented and reversed. In Never Be Sick Again, Francis presents a seminal work based on these findings — a revolutionary theory of health and disease: there is only one disease (malfunctioning cells), only two causes of disease (deficiency and toxicity), and six pathways to health and disease (nutrition, toxins, psychological, physical, genetic, and medical). This remarkable book answers the questions: What is health? What is disease? Why do people get sick? How can disease be prevented? How can it be reversed? It will teach readers, in one easy lesson, an entirely new way to look at health and disease — an approach that is easy to understand, yet so powerful that they may, indeed, never have to be sick again. Providing a basic understanding of health and disease, this book takes the mystery out of disease. It provides readers, no matter what their present physical condition, a holistic approach to living that will empower them to get well — and stay well.

Using Discrete Choice Experiments to Value Health and Health Care

Author : Mandy Ryan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402057539
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Using Discrete Choice Experiments to Value Health and Health Care written by Mandy Ryan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-10-23 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work takes a fresh and contemporary look at the growing interest in the development and application of discrete choice experiments (DCEs) within the field of health economics. The book comprises chapters by highly regarded academics with experience of applying DCEs in the area of health. Thus the book is relevant to post-graduate students and applied researchers with an interest in the use of DCEs for valuing health and health care and has international appeal.

The Logic of Care

Author : Annemarie Mol
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134053177
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Logic of Care written by Annemarie Mol and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-05-24 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is ‘good care’ and does more choice lead to better care? This innovative and compelling work investigates good care and argues that the often touted ideal of ‘patient choice’ will not improve healthcare in the ways hoped for by its advocates.

Health Power

Author : Hans Diehl
Publisher : Review & Herald Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780828025942
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (259 download)

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Download or read book Health Power written by Hans Diehl and published by Review & Herald Publishing. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Jerold Beeve hadnt uttered a serious prayer for more than 20 years. But when an anniversary vacation to Fiji turned into a long-term mission project, that all changed.

Health Power

Author : Aileen Ludington
Publisher : Review & Herald Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780828016988
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (169 download)

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Download or read book Health Power written by Aileen Ludington and published by Review & Herald Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-17 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proven Method to Reverse Heart Disease, Beat Diabetes, Weight Loss and Slow Aging.

Beyond Health, Beyond Choice

Author : Paige Hall Smith
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813553164
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Health, Beyond Choice written by Paige Hall Smith and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current public health promotion of breastfeeding relies heavily on health messaging and individual behavior change. Women are told that “breast is best” but too little serious attention is given to addressing the many social, economic, and political factors that combine to limit women’s real choice to breastfeed beyond a few days or weeks. The result: women’s, infants’, and public health interests are undermined. Beyond Health, Beyond Choice examines how feminist perspectives can inform public health support for breastfeeding. Written by authors from diverse disciplines, perspectives, and countries, this collection of essays is arranged thematically and considers breastfeeding in relation to public health and health care; work and family; embodiment (specifically breastfeeding in public); economic and ethnic factors; guilt; violence; and commercialization. By examining women’s experiences and bringing feminist insights to bear on a public issue, the editors attempt to reframe the discussion to better inform public health approaches and political action. Doing so can help us recognize the value of breastfeeding for the public’s health and the important productive and reproductive contributions women make to the world.

Communities in Action

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309452961
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Communities in Action written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.

Wheat Belly

Author : William Davis
Publisher : Rodale Books
ISBN 13 : 160961741X
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Wheat Belly written by William Davis and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes a sneak peek of Undoctored—the new book from Dr. Davis! In this #1 New York Times bestseller, a renowned cardiologist explains how eliminating wheat from our diets can prevent fat storage, shrink unsightly bulges, and reverse myriad health problems. Every day, over 200 million Americans consume food products made of wheat. As a result, over 100 million of them experience some form of adverse health effect, ranging from minor rashes and high blood sugar to the unattractive stomach bulges that preventive cardiologist William Davis calls "wheat bellies." According to Davis, that excess fat has nothing to do with gluttony, sloth, or too much butter: It's due to the whole grain wraps we eat for lunch. After witnessing over 2,000 patients regain their health after giving up wheat, Davis reached the disturbing conclusion that wheat is the single largest contributor to the nationwide obesity epidemic—and its elimination is key to dramatic weight loss and optimal health. In Wheat Belly, Davis exposes the harmful effects of what is actually a product of genetic tinkering and agribusiness being sold to the American public as "wheat"—and provides readers with a user-friendly, step-by-step plan to navigate a new, wheat-free lifestyle. Informed by cutting-edge science and nutrition, along with case studies from men and women who have experienced life-changing transformations in their health after waving goodbye to wheat, Wheat Belly is an illuminating look at what is truly making Americans sick and an action plan to clear our plates of this seemingly benign ingredient.

Health Or Hell

Author : Rajasekhar Ramakrishna Mysore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781733211673
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Health Or Hell written by Rajasekhar Ramakrishna Mysore and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-12 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Corona Virus and coronary disease, what the hell???"What is hell?My grandmother used to tell that when one dies, if they go to hell, that person will be subjected to torture like poking, cutting, burning, etc. But, I always used to think, when a body is buried or burnt, how can they do that? But, now I understand those things are possible in this world only?in the form of diseases and their management. "So, Hell is here!" "CHOICE IS YOURS!"There are:- N number of diseases (N is in thousands) - named and unnamed. - N2 - solutions magical, religious, home remedies, traditional, alternative, natural, modern, scientific, etc.- N3 experts - hardly anybody who will not advise on the treatment of any disease. - N4 dilemmas - which one to choose, when, where, what, how, side effects, after effects, expenses, opinions - 2nd, 3rd? advertisements, unsolicited advice.YOU, the intelligent, hardworking, ambitious, and time-poor individual, has to deal with all these before embarking on any treatment, none of which are fail-proof. So, there is a need to get clarity and make the right decisions at the right time and at the right place, all of which have to be decided by YOU.This is not another book on health tips, like, - what to eat and when, what sort of exercises, how much to sleep, etc. There are many such books out there. You can use them with a purpose, once you have clarity. This book is neither for those who outsource their health to god or fate nor for those who offer themselves to an AMC (Annual Maintenance Contract) at hospitals and diagnostic centers.This book is for YOU, who believes that health is not just wealth, but Everything. And, for those who want to remain healthy without wasting money, time, or effort, on their own.It is a self-assessment type of book, where you will answer FAQs asked by most of you to a doctor. Go through the chapters and at the end of the book, answer those questions, and evaluate yourself.

Option B

Author : Sheryl Sandberg
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 1524732699
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book Option B written by Sheryl Sandberg and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2017-04-24 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • From authors of Lean In and Originals: a powerful, inspiring, and practical book about building resilience and moving forward after life’s inevitable setbacks After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again. “I was in ‘the void,’” she writes, “a vast emptiness that fills your heart and lungs and restricts your ability to think or even breathe.” Her friend Adam Grant, a psychologist at Wharton, told her there are concrete steps people can take to recover and rebound from life-shattering experiences. We are not born with a fixed amount of resilience. It is a muscle that everyone can build. Option B combines Sheryl’s personal insights with Adam’s eye-opening research on finding strength in the face of adversity. Beginning with the gut-wrenching moment when she finds her husband, Dave Goldberg, collapsed on a gym floor, Sheryl opens up her heart—and her journal—to describe the acute grief and isolation she felt in the wake of his death. But Option B goes beyond Sheryl’s loss to explore how a broad range of people have overcome hardships including illness, job loss, sexual assault, natural disasters, and the violence of war. Their stories reveal the capacity of the human spirit to persevere . . . and to rediscover joy. Resilience comes from deep within us and from support outside us. Even after the most devastating events, it is possible to grow by finding deeper meaning and gaining greater appreciation in our lives. Option B illuminates how to help others in crisis, develop compassion for ourselves, raise strong children, and create resilient families, communities, and workplaces. Many of these lessons can be applied to everyday struggles, allowing us to brave whatever lies ahead. Two weeks after losing her husband, Sheryl was preparing for a father-child activity. “I want Dave,” she cried. Her friend replied, “Option A is not available,” and then promised to help her make the most of Option B. We all live some form of Option B. This book will help us all make the most of it.

Care Without Coverage

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309083435
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Care Without Coverage written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-06-20 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Americans believe that people who lack health insurance somehow get the care they really need. Care Without Coverage examines the real consequences for adults who lack health insurance. The study presents findings in the areas of prevention and screening, cancer, chronic illness, hospital-based care, and general health status. The committee looked at the consequences of being uninsured for people suffering from cancer, diabetes, HIV infection and AIDS, heart and kidney disease, mental illness, traumatic injuries, and heart attacks. It focused on the roughly 30 million-one in seven-working-age Americans without health insurance. This group does not include the population over 65 that is covered by Medicare or the nearly 10 million children who are uninsured in this country. The main findings of the report are that working-age Americans without health insurance are more likely to receive too little medical care and receive it too late; be sicker and die sooner; and receive poorer care when they are in the hospital, even for acute situations like a motor vehicle crash.

The Paradox of Choice

Author : Barry Schwartz
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061748994
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book The Paradox of Choice written by Barry Schwartz and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether we're buying a pair of jeans, ordering a cup of coffee, selecting a long-distance carrier, applying to college, choosing a doctor, or setting up a 401(k), everyday decisions—both big and small—have become increasingly complex due to the overwhelming abundance of choice with which we are presented. As Americans, we assume that more choice means better options and greater satisfaction. But beware of excessive choice: choice overload can make you question the decisions you make before you even make them, it can set you up for unrealistically high expectations, and it can make you blame yourself for any and all failures. In the long run, this can lead to decision-making paralysis, anxiety, and perpetual stress. And, in a culture that tells us that there is no excuse for falling short of perfection when your options are limitless, too much choice can lead to clinical depression. In The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz explains at what point choice—the hallmark of individual freedom and self-determination that we so cherish—becomes detrimental to our psychological and emotional well-being. In accessible, engaging, and anecdotal prose, Schwartz shows how the dramatic explosion in choice—from the mundane to the profound challenges of balancing career, family, and individual needs—has paradoxically become a problem instead of a solution. Schwartz also shows how our obsession with choice encourages us to seek that which makes us feel worse. By synthesizing current research in the social sciences, Schwartz makes the counter intuitive case that eliminating choices can greatly reduce the stress, anxiety, and busyness of our lives. He offers eleven practical steps on how to limit choices to a manageable number, have the discipline to focus on those that are important and ignore the rest, and ultimately derive greater satisfaction from the choices you have to make.

Smart Health Choices

Author : Les Irwig
Publisher : Judy Irwig
ISBN 13 : 1905140177
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Smart Health Choices written by Les Irwig and published by Judy Irwig. This book was released on 2008 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day we make decisions about our health - some big and some small. What we eat, how we live and even where we live can affect our health. But how can we be sure that the advice we are given about these important matters is right for us? This book will provide you with the right tools for assessing health advice.

Evidence-Based Medicine and the Changing Nature of Health Care

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309113695
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Evidence-Based Medicine and the Changing Nature of Health Care written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-09-06 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the work of the Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine, the 2007 IOM Annual Meeting assessed some of the rapidly occurring changes in health care related to new diagnostic and treatment tools, emerging genetic insights, the developments in information technology, and healthcare costs, and discussed the need for a stronger focus on evidence to ensure that the promise of scientific discovery and technological innovation is efficiently captured to provide the right care for the right patient at the right time. As new discoveries continue to expand the universe of medical interventions, treatments, and methods of care, the need for a more systematic approach to evidence development and application becomes increasingly critical. Without better information about the effectiveness of different treatment options, the resulting uncertainty can lead to the delivery of services that may be unnecessary, unproven, or even harmful. Improving the evidence-base for medicine holds great potential to increase the quality and efficiency of medical care. The Annual Meeting, held on October 8, 2007, brought together many of the nation's leading authorities on various aspects of the issues - both challenges and opportunities - to present their perspectives and engage in discussion with the IOM membership.

An American Sickness

Author : Elisabeth Rosenthal
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698407180
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (984 download)

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Download or read book An American Sickness written by Elisabeth Rosenthal and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller/Washington Post Notable Book of 2017/NPR Best Books of 2017/Wall Street Journal Best Books of 2017 "This book will serve as the definitive guide to the past and future of health care in America.”—Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Gene At a moment of drastic political upheaval, An American Sickness is a shocking investigation into our dysfunctional healthcare system - and offers practical solutions to its myriad problems. In these troubled times, perhaps no institution has unraveled more quickly and more completely than American medicine. In only a few decades, the medical system has been overrun by organizations seeking to exploit for profit the trust that vulnerable and sick Americans place in their healthcare. Our politicians have proven themselves either unwilling or incapable of reining in the increasingly outrageous costs faced by patients, and market-based solutions only seem to funnel larger and larger sums of our money into the hands of corporations. Impossibly high insurance premiums and inexplicably large bills have become facts of life; fatalism has set in. Very quickly Americans have been made to accept paying more for less. How did things get so bad so fast? Breaking down this monolithic business into the individual industries—the hospitals, doctors, insurance companies, and drug manufacturers—that together constitute our healthcare system, Rosenthal exposes the recent evolution of American medicine as never before. How did healthcare, the caring endeavor, become healthcare, the highly profitable industry? Hospital systems, which are managed by business executives, behave like predatory lenders, hounding patients and seizing their homes. Research charities are in bed with big pharmaceutical companies, which surreptitiously profit from the donations made by working people. Patients receive bills in code, from entrepreneurial doctors they never even saw. The system is in tatters, but we can fight back. Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal doesn't just explain the symptoms, she diagnoses and treats the disease itself. In clear and practical terms, she spells out exactly how to decode medical doublespeak, avoid the pitfalls of the pharmaceuticals racket, and get the care you and your family deserve. She takes you inside the doctor-patient relationship and to hospital C-suites, explaining step-by-step the workings of a system badly lacking transparency. This is about what we can do, as individual patients, both to navigate the maze that is American healthcare and also to demand far-reaching reform. An American Sickness is the frontline defense against a healthcare system that no longer has our well-being at heart.