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No-fuss diabetes recipes for 1 or 2: 125 healthy & delicious meals and desserts
By Jackie Boucher, Jane Stephenson, Marcia Hayes. 1999
125 recipes for diabetics -- most of which make only one or two servings and use ten ingredients or less.…
Each recipe includes nutritional information, including carbohydrate choices. Co-authors are Marica Hayes and Jane Stephenson. 1999But for the grace of God: Milledgeville : the inside story of the world's largest insane asylum
By Peter G. Cranford, Phil Landers. 2005
What to do when your child gets sick
By Gloria G. Mayer, Ann Kuklierus. 2005
Step-by-step guide by a physician explains how to reverse elevated blood sugar levels and in the process improve cognitive performance…
and avert memory loss. Lays out a four-pillar diet-and-lifestyle approach to improving brain health, focusing on food, nutrients, exercise, and stress management. Includes recipes. Includes supplemental material. 2018Blindsided: lifting a life above illness : a reluctant memoir
By Richard M. Cohen. 2004
Emmy Award-winning television news producer and journalist chronicles his battle with multiple sclerosis and colon cancer. While detailing his vision…
loss and other symptoms, Cohen's frank account is "not about suffering" but about "surviving and flourishing, rising above fear and self-doubt" with the support of his wife and children. Bestseller. 2004A woman's guide to a healthy stomach: taking control of your digestive health
By C. E. Murphy, Jacqueline L. Wolf. 2010
Harvard gastroenterologist provides a guide to women's digestive problems. Describes risks and causes for common problems such as gas, heartburn,…
acid reflux, diarrhea, and constipation. Discusses life-altering conditions, including colitis, Crohn's and celiac diseases, endometriosis, irritable bowel syndrome, and cancers. Explains treatments and medications. 2011The senses: design beyond vision
By Ellen Lupton, Andrea Lipps. 2018
Museum curators present a manifesto for inclusive, multisensory design practice through a series of eighteen essays. Presents ideas and principles…
for extending the sensory input of products, environments, and media. 2018Inconspicuous consumption: the environmental impact you don't know you have
By Tatiana Schlossberg. 2019
New York Times science writer discusses four areas of environmental impact: the Internet and technology, food, fashion, and fuel. Examines…
complexities and frustration of living in a carbon-intensive society and provides advice for reducing impact and making informed choices. 2019Body talk: 37 voices explore our radical anatomy
By Kelly Jensen. 2020
Award-winning editor of (Don't) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health (DB 93515), compiles narratives from…
writers, models, celebrities, musicians, and artists. The collection explores personal experiences with body image, eating disorders, disabilities, a cancer diagnosis, and more. Strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2020Professional chef and trained scientist examines the lure of pseudoscience when it comes to nutrition and health. Topics include the…
way the "correlation implies causation" fallacy feeds false beliefs, instances where the science behind health fads is wrong, the influence of pseudoscience, the harm it does, and fighting back. 2018Eat right for your sight: simple, tasty recipes that help reduce the risk of vision loss from macular degeneration
By Jennifer Trainer Thompson, The American Macular Degeneration Foundation, Johanna M. Seddon. 2015
Thompson, a James Beard-nominated cookbook author, and Seddon, a doctor specializing in macular degeneration, present a collection of recipes specifically…
designed to delay the onset and progress of age-related macular degeneration. Categories include small bites, soups, salads, main courses, side dishes, desserts, and healthy drinks. 2015Nomadland: surviving America in the twenty-first century
By Jessica Bruder. 2017
A look at the subculture of older Americans who, unable to afford either mortgages or retirement, are traveling the country…
in RVs, campers, and vans. Particularly examines the life of one woman as she travels between seasonal jobs and reunions with her van-dwelling friends. Some strong language. 2017How to survive a plague: the story of how activists and scientists tamed AIDS
By David France. 2017
History of the successful battle to halt the AIDS epidemic, from the creator of the documentary How to Survive a…
Plague. Explores the grassroots movement of activists who helped develop the drugs that turned HIV from a mostly fatal infection to a manageable disease. Some strong language. 2016An examination of America's struggles with oral disease and the ways in which this tends to intersect with lower job…
prospects, poor academic achievement, impaired social mobility, and more. Includes tooth-related stories from across American history, as well as a discussion of the practice of dentistry itself. 2017It's not yet dark: a memoir
By Simon Fitzmaurice. 2017
Writer and film director Fitzmaurice (d. 2017) was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS) in 2010 and told he had…
only four years to live. Determined to live his life to the fullest in the face of increasing loss of motor function, he wrote this memoir with the aid of an eye-gaze computer. Some strong language. 2014The fever of 1721: the epidemic that revolutionized medicine and American politics
By Stephen Coss. 2016
In 1721, Boston faced the worst smallpox epidemic in its history. Preacher Cotton Mather persuaded Doctor Zabdiel Boylston to try…
implanting smallpox into healthy patients, a procedure that led to the discovery of the benefits of inoculation and vaccination. At the time, however, public outrage forced the doctor into hiding. 2016A guide to survivorship for women who have ovarian cancer (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)
By Robert E. Bristow, Terri L. Cornelison, F. J. Montz. 2015
Committed to self-determination for patients, clinicians spell out every aspect of ovarian cancer. Covers understanding the diagnosis, choosing genetic testing,…
learning about treatment options--such as surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and integrative medicine--and maintaining quality of life, including controlling pain and suffering, and preparing for death. 2015Black edge: inside information, dirty money, and the quest to bring down the most wanted man on Wall Street
By Sheelah Kolhatkar. 2017
Analysis of the criminal investigation of hedge funds and their trading on inside information--known as the "black edge." Focuses on…
Steven A. Cohen, founder of SAC Capital Advisors. Discusses the development of the hedge-fund industry, personalities involved in the investigation, and the impact on Wall Street. Some strong language. 2017The complacent class: the self-defeating quest for the American dream
By Tyler Cowen. 2017
Economist argues for living your life with greater disruption, because, by becoming risk averse, Americans are ill-prepared for navigating when…
change happens, both individually and as a nation. Discusses emotional causes, racial segregation, entrepreneurial growth, stagnation of political activity, and more. 2017Islam and the future of tolerance: a dialogue
By Sam Harris, Maajid Nawaz. 2015
Harris, author of The End of Faith (DB 62053), and Nawaz, chair of a think tank focusing on religious freedom,…
extremism, and citizenship, examine the role of the Islamic religion in extremist violence in the twenty-first century. Presented as the authors speaking back and forth. 2015