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Popular Consumer Health Books

Here is a sample of recommended consumer health books for your review. Please search your local library's catalog for their availability or contact your local librarian. Please see the tab on your left, Resources within your community, for more information on local libraries and resources.

Diabetes

Diabetes and Keeping Fit for Dummies by Sheri R. Colberg; American Diabetes Association
Publication Date: 2018
The fitness guide no person with diabetes should be without Nearly one in 11 people in the United States are affected by diabetes, a staggering number with both personal and social costs.
Managing Type 2 Diabetes For Dummies by American Diabetes Association Staff
Publication Date: 2018
Written for anyone diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (and for anyone who loves someone with diabetes), Managing Type 2 Diabetes For Dummies is an essential guide to understanding the effects of diabetes and knowing what steps to take to successfully manage this chronic illness.

Healthy Aging

Nutrition and Functional Foods for Healthy Aging by Ronald Ross Watson
Publication Date: 2017
The major objective of this book is to review, in detail, the health problems of the aged and how normal food, lifestyle, or nutritional and dietary supplements can help treat them.
The Wiley Handbook on the Aging Mind and Brain by Matthew Rizzo
Publication Date: 2018
A thought-provoking treatise on understanding and treating the aging mind and brain.

Healthy Eating

Future Foods: How Modern Science Is Transforming the Way We Eat by D. Julian McClements
Publication Date: 2019
The aim of this book is to highlight the many exciting advances being made in the science of foods, and to show their application for solving important problems related to the modern food supply.
Nutritionism by Gyorgy Scrinis
Publication Date: 2015
The concept of nutritionism refers to the reductive understanding of nutrients as the key indicators of healthy food--an approach that has dominated nutrition science, dietary advice, and food marketing. .

Mental Health

Take Control of Your Anxiety by Christopher Cortman; Harold Shinitzky; Laurie-Ann O'Connor
Publication Date: 2015
Authors present the current understanding of anxiety: its genesis in the brain, its functions and contributions to human survival and growth, and its progression to pathology.

Encyclopedias

Here is a sample of recommended consumer health encyclopedias for your review.

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Alternative Medicine

The Encyclopedia of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Tova Navarra
Publication Date: 2004
The Encyclopedia of Complementary and Alternative Medicine provides a comprehensive source of definitions, explanations, case studies, and perspectives on homeopathic therapies from ancient times to the present.
The Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine by Michael T. Murray; Joseph Pizzorno
Publication Date: 2012
The most comprehensive and practical guide available to the extraordinary healing powers of natural medicine.
Gale Encyclopedia Alternative Medicine by Gale
Publication Date: 2014
The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine identifies types of alternative medicine being practiced today, including reflexology, acupressure, acupuncture, chelation therapy, kinesiology, yoga, chiropractic, Feldenkrais, polarity therapy, detoxification, naturopathy, Chinese medicine, biofeedback, Ayurveda and osteopathy.

Cancer

Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer by Gale
Publication Date: 2015
Alphabetically arranged encyclopedia of cancer types, side effects, diagnostic tests, procedures, and treatments. Contains photographic images, tables, and illustrations.

Diets

The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets
Publication Date: 2018
Information on diet and nutrition, including special diets, popular diets, dietary concerns, nutrition basics, and health-related concerns. T

Emerging Diseases

The Gale Encyclopedia of Emerging Diseases by Gale
Publication Date: 2018
Provides authoritative, balanced information that addresses the pathogens that are causing and threaten to cause significant health crises. -

Genetic Disorders

The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders by Tracie Moy; Laura Avery
Publication Date: 2016
This three-volume set is a unique source for information on diseases and conditions of genetic origin. The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders serves as an informative, accessible source of information on genetic disorders and common genetic concepts and practices.

Medicine

The American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine by American Medical Association Staff
Publication Date: 1989
The American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine encompasses over 5,000 entries with 2,200 illustrations.
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine by Gale
Publication Date: 2015
This authoritative, comprehensive, in-depth medical guide features information on almost 2,000 medical topics.

Mental Health

The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health by Brigham Narins
Publication Date: 2018
Presents authoritative, comprehensive information on more than 200 mental disorders as well as drugs, treatments and therapies, alternative treatments, diagnostic and evaluation procedures, and related biological concepts.

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