The Thyroid Solution : A Mind-Body Program for Beating Depression and Regaining Your Emotional and Physical Health
by Ridha Arem
    One in ten Americans suffers from thyroid dysfunction, yet most don't realize the mental and emotional components of this condition. "This is the first book to explain the hidden suffering that many patients have difficulty expressing and the first book to provide new ways of helping address and heal this suffering," promises author Ridha Arem, M.D., associate professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and chief of endocrinology and metabolism at Ben Taub General Hospital, both in Houston, Texas. This book explains the link between stress and thyroid imbalance; how thyroid imbalance affects your emotions, sex life, and relationships; and how to cope with the effects of this imbalance. Because thyroid problems primarily strike women, a whole section deals with women's health issues, such as infertility, miscarriage, postpartum depression, premenstrual syndrome, and menopause. Another section provides practical tools, such as evaluating lab tests and self-diagnosis techniques, dealing with treatment problems and side effects, and preventing memory lapses and depression. The book covers lifestyle choices that affect thyroid health, such as diet, supplementation, and exercise. Frequent case studies (usually told as first-person narratives), checklists, and questionnaires help to simplify the material and make it easier to check the medical information against your own situation. Each chapter ends with "valuable points to remember," making review easy. If you suffer from thyroid imbalance, or think you might, this book could be a valuable resource. --Joan Price

Keep Your Brain Alive: 83 Neurobic Exercises by Lawrence Katz, Manning Rubin, David Suter (Illustrator)
    The author, manning rubin & larry katz - info@neurobics.com , March 29, 1999    What neurobic exercises have to offer
WHAT THIS BOOK HAS TO OFFER
    We feel this book offers anyone who fears that their mental strength and flexibility will seriously fade as they grow older the chance to take some control over the process. In just the same way that you can exercise your body with aerobics and cross training to fight off the effects of physical aging, you can use neurobic exercises to keep your mind stronger for longer. The exercises are scientifically based on the latest research from leading neurobiology labs around the world including Larry Katz’ own research in the Dept. of Neurobiology lab at the Duke University Medical Center. The exercises are deceptively simple but if done on a regular basis as part of everyday activities they will help keep your mind fit to meet any challenge whether it’s remembering a name or where you left the car keys, to mastering a new computer program or staying creative in your work.
    The exercises use your five senses in unexpected ways that shake up your daily routines. It’s not at all like having to sit down with paper and pencil to do what can be an intimidating puzzle or word game. Neurobics have been developed to be easy, fun and offbeat. But like any form of exercise they have to be done with some regularity to be effective.
    How and why they work is explained in the book. We have a web site about neurobics. If you have questions or comments, we’d love to hear from you.

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The Woman Awake : Feminine Wisdom for Spiritual Life
by Regina Sara Ryan
When former Catholic nun Regina Sara Ryan set out to find the feminine side of God, she didn't exactly expect a face-to-face meeting. But as she began to approach exemplars of feminine spirituality, she found herself invited warmly into the world of the Divine Feminine. In "Woman Awake," Ryan recounts her experiences with 24 great women from across the spiritual spectrum, among them Joan Halifax of Zen, Irina Tweedie of Sufism, Mother Tessa Bielecki of Christianity, Lalitha of Baul tantra, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, plain old humanitarian. Whether it be the path of service, solitude, art, the body, or the warrior, each woman manifests the Divine Mother in a unique and challenging way. Ryan, a tireless seeker, sees these women's lives and teachings in the light of wider spiritual and women's concerns while also weaving separate patterns of female deities and past masters, such as Tara, Kali, Hildegard, and Mirabai. As Ryan points out, waking up is a fearsome confrontation with our own complacency. "Woman Awake" sounds the alarm.

Strong Women Stay Slim
by Mirlam E., Phd Nelson, Sarah Wernick (Contributor), Wendy Wray (Illustrator), Miriam E. Nelson
    The long-awaited paperback release of "Strong Women Stay Slim," the perfect book for women looking to tone up without torturing themselves, will arrive June 1. Tufts University nutritionist Miriam E. Nelson provides a clear-cut diet and weight-training guide that's simple to follow--even if you've barely worked out before and find the fitness-club scene intimidating.