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Center Staff Publications
Our staff continues to contribute to the field of integrative medicine through their publications for health professionals and the general public.
The Source
Woodson Merrell, MD
Free Press, 2008
ISBN-10: 1416568166
A health guide on how to power up your energy, your health, and your life. The Source program is designed to help reverse the many energy drains that throw your life out of balance and into illness. At the heart of the book is a 21 Day step-by-step plan with multiple energy-boosting tips each day. There are tips for removing toxins from your home environment; simple movement practices for even the most exercise-averse; great recipes each day that provide high grade nutrients to fuel your energy needs; simple relaxation techniques; methods for getting to sleep faster and staying asleep longer and even tips for getting more connected to your spiritual side.
SuperStress, a new and serious disorder that has developed as a consequence of our frenetic lifestyles, is a pandemic that is quickly becoming more fatal than obesity.
This empowering, preventive health-oriented book discusses strategies for building stress resistance and resilience into your life with a unique prescription for recognizing, rebalancing, and protecting against stresses small and large. Starting with a comprehensive, informative quiz to determine your stress level and stress personality type, The SuperStress Solution then guides you through a 4-week healing program to reset your rattled nervous system to a default state of rest rather than high alert. The SuperStress Solution is a book that teaches us how to not only survive but even thrive amidst this chaos.
Kitchen Cabinet Cures: 1001 homemade Remedies for Your Health.
Sara Althsul and Pamela Hops, MD, medical advisor and reviewer
Readers Digest, 2010.
To order copies call 800 846-2100 or www.rdstore.com
A comprehensive guide to natural healing at home.
Integrative Medicine: Principles for Practice Ben Kligler, MD Roberta Lee, MD
McGraw Hill, 2004
Integrative Medicine uniquely combines a body systems approach with practical case studies, to clearly illustrate how clinicians can successfully incorporate conventional and alternative therapies into their daily practice. Integrative Medicine features:
• An evidence-based approach that’s immediately applicable to clinical practice
• Case-by-case evaluations of diet, nutritional supplements, botanicals, mind/body approaches, manipulation therapies, and alternative systems such as Asian medicine and homeopathy
• Coverage of potential adverse interactions between alternative and conventional therapies
• Concise reviews of the major disciplines and protocols of complementary and alternative medicine written by world authorities
• The Integrative Medicine CME Study Guide includes a multiple-choice test for CME credit, granted by Beth Israel Medical Center
Gua Sha: A Traditional Technique for Modern Practice Arya Nielsen, PhD, LAc
Churchill Livingstone, 1995
Arya Nielsen, senior acupuncturist at the Center for Health and Healing, provides an accessible introduction to the theory and use of an Asian healing technique that has been part of Eastern medical folk tradition for centuries. In this book Ms. Nielsen explains the value of Gua Sha in the treatment of pain, the prevention and treatment of acute infectious illness, upper respiratory and digestive problems, and many acute or chronic disorders. She gives clear instruction on when to use it, how to use it, its benefits and contraindications.
Dr. Nielsen contributed a poster session of her research on Gua Sha at the First International Fascia Research Congress, October 4-5, 2007, supported by the NIH. Click herewww.fascia2007.comfor further information.
Click here to make an appointment with Arya Nielsen.
Sports Injuries Guidebook: Atheltes’ and Coaches’Resource for Identification, Treatment, and Recovery Robert S. Goltin, DO
Human Kinetics, 2008
Twenty-five leading sports physicians and therapists contribute to this authoritative reference guide covering 130 injuries. Entries include common causes, injury identification cues, symptoms, anatomy, treatment options and a plan for returning to action quickly and safely.
Dr. Rob’s Guide to Raising Fit Kids: A Family-Centered Approach to Achieving Optimal Health Robert S. Goltin, DO
DiaMedica, 2008
Addresses the importance of both food and physical activity in keeping children healthy. Dr. Gotlin sees sports as an essential route to physical, psychological, and social health. This book helps parents choose a sport or activity that is appropriate for their child. It provides detailed information about the equipment needed, safety issues, and how to create a supportive environment for young athletes. Also included are exercises developed specifically for children, age-appropriate fitness and calorie guidelines, and healthy meal plans and sport-specific menus that instill a lifetime of good eating habits. Other books of special interest Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Has Done to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family
Devra Lee Davis, PhD MPH
Dutton Adult, 2010
Dr. Davis, the founding director of the Board on Toxicology and Environmental Studies at the United States National Academy of Sciences, pulls back the curtain on the potential dangers, reveals the industry’s efforts to suppress research, and outlines what cell phone users can do now to protect themselves and their families.
AfterShock: What to Do When the Doctor Gives You — or Someone You Love -a Devastating Diagnosis.
Jessie Gruman, PhD
Walker & Company, 2007
Receiving bad health news sparks great personal upheaval. And in the midst of this anguish, each one of us, irrespective of diagnosis, will by necessity undertake a number of tasks to care for ourselves that we have probably never done before but that can have an important impact on the lives of everyone involved. We will respond to the shock, learn about the condition and its treatments, decide whether to involve others, find the right doctors and hospitals, get timely medical appointments, seek other opinions about what is wrong and what to do about it, manage our work lives, pay for care, find relief and take the next steps.
Dropping Acid: The Reflux Diet cookbook & Cure
Jamie Koufman, MD & Jordan Ster, MD
Reflux Cookbooks, 2010
This cookbook is the culmination of the many years of work on the subject of laryngopharyngeal reflux, focusing on how patients can modify their diets to better treat this condition while still eating good food.
The Healthy Gut Workbook
Victor S. Sierpina, MD
New Harbinger Publications, 2010
Whole-body healing for heartburn, ulcers, constipation, IBS, diverticulosis and more.
