Now more than ever, people are taking an active role in their health care. Written in an easy-to-read, tip-a-day format, this comprehensive guide offers up-to-date methods to ward off major illnesses before they start, and helps readers make informed medical decisions. Short and practical entries provide remedies for everyday ailments such as headaches, insomnia, cold sores, bronchitis, constipation, sore tin, oats, warts, fever, back pain, and hiccups. With a focus on prevention, this reference also enlightens consumers about major medical conditions such as coronary heart disease, cancer, high blood pressure, Alzheimer's Disease, diabetes, emphysema, stroke, and Parkinson's Disease. Experts reveal how to stay healthy through nutritious eating, smart exercise, stress reduction, weight loss, overcoming smoking and other addictions, and maintaining good dental hygiene. Also provided is valuable advice on how to spend medical dollars wisely -- from making the most of a doctor visit to reviewing home medical tests -- and a listing of 50 toll-free health hotlines.

Packed with the latest cutting-edge alternative research, 500 of the Most Important Health Tips You'll Ever Need has become the UK's leading A–Z alternative healthcare manual on avoiding and treating a huge range of health problems. In this fully updated edition, award-winning health journalist Hazel Courteney reveals myriad ways to take more responsibility for our individual health. Covering conditions from arthritis to angina, cancer to cramps, liver problems to low blood sugar, this latest version also includes thousands of little-known facts, plus remedies, dietary advice, and helpful hints on how to prevent, heal, and where to find more help for over 250 ailments—even rarer ones such as electrical pollution and autoimmune diseases, such as lupus, which are on the increase. Discover, too, which are the best supplements and super foods, such as pomegranates and tomatoes, and how they can help you. Updated with the latest scientific evidence on how to improve and maintain your health, day by day, this one-stop, easy-to-read reference book is the only guide you'll need to prevent and heal most health problems the alternative way.

The first text of its kind to address the connection between communication practices and quality patient care outcomes provides future and practicing patient caregivers basic communication knowledge and skills.

Gives information on diet, lifestyle, exercise, disease prevention, and medical benefits. Covers topics ranging from absentmindedness to Lyme disease to thumb-sucking.

This volume will help to reduce health care costs and improve your quality of life by providing answers to your questions about symptoms and their solutions.