Healthy at 100: The Scientifically Proven Secrets of the World's Healthiest and Longest-Lived Peoples
Why do some people age in failing health and sadness, while others grow old with vitality and joy? In this revolutionary book, bestselling author John Robbins presents us with a bold new paradigm of aging, showing us how we can increase not only our lifespan but also our health span. Through the example of four very different cultures that have the distinction of producing some of the world’s healthiest, oldest people, Robbins reveals the secrets for living an extended and fulfilling life in which our later years become a period of wisdom, vitality, and happiness.
Angielski dla seniorów KONWERSACJE płyta 3. sport i zdrowie - English for the Elderly CONVERSATIONS Vol. 3 Sport and Health
A supplementary audio course for the learners of English at elementary level. Tackles such issues as: active lifestyle, health and nutrition, health trouble, at the doctor's, hospitalization, healthy way of life, daily pleasure.
Psychology of Neuroticism and Shame (Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions)
This book reviews the literature on the Big Five and physical and mental health, focusing on neuroticism as the personality risk factor for stress and impaired health and well-being. This book also examines biological and psychological mechanisms underlying the toxic effect of neuroticism, and possible intervention strategies are discussed. Moreover, whether individuals with neurotic traits are more prone to use information and communication technology are considered, as well as the potential to develop addictions to technology.
Added by: flame333 | Karma: 381.35 | E-Books, Medicine | 1 March 2012
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The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook
Millions of people around the world have relied on The Manual Home Health Handbook for quick access to authoritative, accessible health information. Written by more than 300 internationally respected medical experts, this comprehensive medical resource features extensive, up-to-date coverage of health care for newborns, the elderly, and everyone in between.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 6 February 2012
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Worth gained her midwife training in the 1950s among an Anglican order of nuns dedicated to ensuring safer childbirth for the poor living amid the Docklands slums on the East End of London. Her engaging memoir retraces those early years caring for the indigent and unfortunate during the pinched postwar era in London, when health care was nearly nonexistent, antibiotics brand-new, sanitary facilities rare, contraception unreliable and families with 13 or more children the norm.