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For those fortunate enough to reside in the developed world, death before reaching a ripe old age is a tragedy, not a fact of life. Although aging and dying are not diseases, older Americans are subject to the most egregious marketing in the name of "successful aging" and "long life," as if both are commodities. In Rethinking Aging, Nortin M. Hadler examines health-care choices offered to aging Americans and argues that too often the choices serve...
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Introduces making healthy choices, healthy communication skills, and how to handle peer pressure. Discover how zooming around on a skateboard, digging in a garden, and listening to friends are ways to grow healthy habits. When kids learn healthy habits, they grow into healthy and happy teens and adults. This engaging series introduces a variety of wellness concepts, including fitness, hygiene, obesity, and sports safety. Each book in the series features...
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Introduces the MyPlate guidelines, nutrition facts, and reading food labels. Discover how zooming around on a skateboard, digging in a garden, and listening to friends are ways to grow healthy habits. When kids learn healthy habits, they grow into healthy and happy teens and adults. This engaging series introduces a variety of wellness concepts, including fitness, hygiene, obesity, and sports safety. Each book in the series features a hands-on activity...
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"This eminently relevant and thoroughly entertaining book reminds us that understanding more about health care helps us understand the larger world around us. With technological advances and information sharing so prevalent, health care should be more transparent and easier to access than ever before. So why does it seem like everything about it--from pricing, drug development, and the emergence of new diseases to the intricacies of biologic and...
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"Charlie's gymnastic team earned the top spot in the Blueberry Festival parade. Better yet Charlie was picked to lead the whole parade! It's all she can think about. That is, until Charlie breaks her leg. Now everything is ruined! At least she has her best bud Leo to keep her company for the next six weeks. Or does she? Leo is avoiding her and Charlie doesn't understand why. Leo doesn't stay with her at recess or take her calls. Are they still friends?...
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The Simple Science of a Healthy Life
From fitness to diets to emotional health and longevity, what do people who feel and look healthy do differently than those who are overtired, depressed, or out of shape? Every day we face an avalanche of studies and statistics that tell us what we should or shouldn't eat, how long we need to exercise, or how to protect ourselves from secondhand smoke and the harmful rays from the sun. Not only are these studies...
49) Taking on colds
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"This title examines viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoa with a focus on rhinoviruses and coronaviruses from how they infect the body and cause colds and are spread from person-to-person, the body's immune response, to symptoms and treatment, and when to see a doctor. Secondary complications are also covered. A list of healthy habits is included to help readers combat disease."--Provided by publisher.
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"This title examines viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoa and how they infect the ears, nose, adenoids, throat, and tonsils and how doctors treat these infections with ear tubes, antibiotics, and surgical procedures. A list of healthy habits is included to help readers combat disease."--Provided by publisher.
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"This title examines viruses, bacteria, fungi, and protozoa with a focus on SARS-COV2, the virus that causes COVID-19, from its beginnings in China to its worldwide spread and efforts to find a cure including vaccines, plasma therapy, and antiviral medications."--Provided by publisher.
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"This title examines viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoa, how they can infect the body, the body's immune response, and how science works for cures with vaccines, antivirals, antifungals, and antibiotics. A list of healthy habits is included to help readers combat disease."--Publisher's description.
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Childhood obesity is a worsening problem across the country. Will mandating that schools server healthier lunches help control the problem? Or should children and their parents have the right to choose and learn to make their own healthy choices? Perspectives Flip Books are like two books in one: Start from one end and learn why some people argue schools should ban junk food and serve healthier lunches. Then flip it over and discover why others argue...
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"America takes 75% of the world's medications and seven out of ten people die of chronic and preventable diseases. The health care system meant to remedy this problem is now the third leading cause of death itself. This exists because we often ignore our health or assume we are healthy until disease hits. Then once disease hits we manage the sickness with drugs and surgeries. That's not health care, that's sick care. This book is a guide to experience...
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"This book is intended for women between the ages of 35 and 55, offering fitness and wellness advice that's tailored to their unique needs. The book will help the reader understand why movement, in many forms, is key to building and maintaining a fit and healthy body and mind"--
"A woman's mind and body change as she goes through life, and so should her outlook on what it means to be healthy and fit. If you're a woman over age 35, you need fitness...
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Be well! Did you know you have superpowers? These powers help you care for your mind and body! Learn all about wellness. Find out why fresh air, healthy foods, and exercise are important. Discover how to keep your mind sharp. Read on to become the best you can be. Become a hero!
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