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University of Florida. Comprehensive text on all aspects of disinfection and sterilization. Includes 17 new chapters on topics such as AIDS, infection control, aseptic food packaging, building-related illness. Section on disposal of medical waste revised and expanded. For microbiologists and all health professionals. ... Read more

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A complete and valuable tool
A comprehensive review of this book appears in the March-April 2002 issue of "Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology", Vol. 36, No. 2, p. 141. The book is an important part of a library for anyone engaged in technologies or products dependent on sterilization or disinfection.

There is no better book out there
I have used this book for many years and it never ceases to amaze me how comprehensive it is. This book covers all modes of microbiological control. This is a must have for all Quality Assurance and Quality Control Professionals in the Food, Pharmacetical and Allied industries. ... Read more

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A "must have" for Nutrition Graduate Students
This book is the most comprehensive and up-to-date textbook on nutrition available! The 9th edition has 115 (one hundred fifteen) chapters and multiple sections of an Appendix, updated by 169 authors in 10 countries and from many scientific disciplines. Nutrition science has an extremely broad scope with relevance to all basic and applied biologic sciences, medicine, dentistry, dietetics, nursing, pharmacy, public health and public policy. In one very thorough edition (approx 2,000 pages), this text succeeds at integrating Nutrition science into practical knowledge. For around $100, the price equals 20 cents per page ... making it an extraordinary value! ENJOY :)

Must-Have Nutrition Text!
This is one of the most comprehensive and valuable textbooks in the field of nutrition, covering major topics in basic and clinical nutrition. The 9th edition combines the two 8th edition volumes and includes new chapters. Topics covered in new chapters include alternative nutrition therapies, vegetarian diets, regulating food and dietary intakes and food labeling and dietary supplement legislation. I recommend this text for anyone in the field of nutrition and it is especially essential for anyone in a graduate nutrition program. If you are to buy one nutrition text, this should be it!

Must-Have Nutrition Text!
This is one of the most valuable textbooks in nutrition, with comprehensive coverage of basic and clinical nutrition topics. The 9th edition combines the two 8th edition volumes into one, and contains new chapters. Topics covered in new chapters include alternative nutrition therapies, regulating food and dietary intakes and food labeling and dietary supplements legislation. I recommend this text for anyone in the field of nutrition and it is especially essential for anyone in a graduate nutrition program. If you are to buy one nutrition text, this should be it! ... Read more

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The perfect gift for a nurse
This book is a great gift idea for all nurses. I bought one during my senior year of nursing school to help with a take-home exam. Not only did it help with the exam, but it was actually very interesting to read. The format of the book is nice because it has a timeline, and is organized by major historical events in nursing. Even if you don't like reading about history, the pictures tell a story themselves. It is a great coffee table book to have just to flip through and enjoy the beautiful artwork and pictures of nurses from past to present.

Every nurse should own this book
This book is a treasure for the profession of nursing. I saw the first edition of this book while a nursing student in the author's nursing history course. Dr. Donahoe performed extensive research in writing this book. It is a moving account of those things that drew me to the profession of nursing and a thorough education for those unaware of nursing's history. The artwork is phenomenal and shows how nurses have been captured in art throughout history as well. ... Read more

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A deeply thought-out and provacative book
This is my first exposure to Reich, and what he has to say is more relevant today than ever. It's easy to be misled by the title and think its about having more sex, but nothing could be further than the truth. He explores the direct relationship between neuroses (and most of society is neurotic to varying degrees as a result of being raised in an authoritarian manner) and the inability to surrender completely to the the full bio-energetic pleasure of complete orgasm. If you have studied any Tantra you may be aware that what most of us call orgasm is only a genital sneeze, in terms of the possibility available. Thus, we are cut of from the totality of what we are and this is expressed in the energetics of our experience of orgasm, and ultimately, how we live our lives. He also explores the evolution of fascism under these constraints, and how it propogates itself through society. Frightening stuff, particularly in light of the current policies of President G.W. Bush. All in all, a fascinating read, slowed only by old terminology. My only disappointment was the lack of exposition of his therapeutic techniques, other than it appears he is the first to use the breath in healing. This book will open your mind to new ways of thinking about the relationships between our selves, our culture and our politics.

Ignore what you have heard
Wilhelm Reich doesn't have the best reputation these days, but then again, his reputation was never that good. People now say that he was crazy, or had a god-complex, that his experiments can't be reproduced, and so on. I think that he had an unusual sensitivity to human problems and developed novel ways of thinking about them. Whether the cosmic orgone exists or not is not as important as what Reich had to say about society and its effects on the happiness of those who live in it. TFOTO is worth reading if one keeps an open mind and is not distracted by Reich's terminology. There's truth in what he says, even if you don't believe every word.

On the biological and social implications of "love making"
The book focuses on the function of orgasm as an important PART of "healthy" love making. The issues discussed are timeless and at the same time not given the proper importance in our everyday life. Why? The author gives his opinion which is informed by the biological, psychological and social scientific domain.

Nothing to do with the endless numbers of books that come up when one puts in the keyword "orgasm" in any search machine...
It's not about trying to improve your orgasm or trying improve your sex-skills or trying to become that lover that will be able to seduce every female. On the contrary, based on the function of orgasm which is parallelised with that of relaxation it discusses how through, not trying, but SURRENDERING to the function of orgasm one can let go, may unblock muscular and character armouring in that experience, and perhaps unexpectedly but naturally come to a new way of perceiveing life.

Despite the fact that it may be necessary for the reader to be slightly familiar with Reich and his terminology (or psychoanalysis in general) I undoubtedly recomend it to someone who wonders why humanity looks blocked, stressed and cannot let matters go. Why humanity is afraid to surrender to nature and thus discover its function and power, instead of persistently trying to conquer it...

I am afraid I cannot resist to reply to a previous reviewer. Yes, one may say that this book briefly says "Make love, not war", like everyone college freshman says.
"Make love, not war". Simple stuff, nothing new, we know the possible biological, psychological and social threads that turn acts of love to acts of war and if we look around us we can see that humanity has turned this knowledge into lived-life, humanity's life is in harmony with nature...
I don't think so...

A superb book for anyone interested in Reich
Wilhelm Reich was many things in his lifetime- a student of Freud, a political activist, a research scientist, and an inventor. His work was decades ahead of its time and is finally being rediscovered and reevaluated by the public. If, like me, you are interested in Reich and his work, you might want to check out a novel called We All Fall Down, by Brian Caldwell. it draws heavily on Reich's theories, particularly Listen Little Man and The Mass Psychology Of Facism. It's a great introduction to Reich's work and the entire novel draws heavily on his theory. It's very interesting watching an author explore his theories in a fictional setting. Well worth reading.

Too much hype, not enough substance
I only read about half of this book and when I put it down I reevaluated my affection for everything written by Robert Anton Wilson who recommends it so highly.

Basically the main point of the book is that repressed sexual energy causes violence and wars. The solution is to have more orgasms. Written in impossible prose, you feel like a fool for wading through it long enough to figure out what Reich is talking about. Any college freshman will tell you that people go to war because they don't have enough sex.

It's almost more believable when Reich says it, but not much. Interesting footnote from the post-Freudian days of psychology and definitely better than Jung, but not much to offer in this text. I haven't read the other Reich texts, so I can't speak for everything that Reich has written. ... Read more

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NUTRITION AND DIET THERAPY is the only text organized by diets rather than by organ systems or disease states and distinguishes itself through rich pedagogical features. It provides core nutrition concepts and clinical content at a level that is accessible to the range of health care team members who are responsible for a client's nutrition needs. The text provides the basic facts and a wealth of practical information readers need to assume their responsibility for nutrition care. ... Read more

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For students who lack a strong science background, Contemporary Nutrition provides the ideal balance of reliable nutrition information and practical consumer-oriented knowledge. With his friendly writing style, Gordon Wardlaw acts as the student's personal guide to dispelling common misconceptions and to gaining a solid foundation for making informed nutrition choices. ... Read more

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In the early 1990s, when Elizabeth Somer, M.A., R.D., a nationally recognized award-winning nutrition expert and the nutrition correspondent for Good Morning America, wrote the first edition of her groundbreaking book, Food & Mood, scientists were just beginning to understand how what we eat affects how we feel. Over the past several years, nutrition research has exploded, and this edition of Food & Mood has been completely revised and updated to reflect the latest findings on the relationship between diet and mental and emotional well-being.

Food & Mood covers all the bases for eating right for a healthy body and mind and includes practical, nutritionally sound advice for putting Somer's Feel Good Diet into practice. Somer starts out by simply and eloquently elucidating the science behind the food-mood link. She explains how food affects mood; the basis of food cravings; how diet is connected to stress, PMS, and fatigue; and what foods banish the blues, boost brain power, and improve sleep naturally. Need to stop overeating and abusing food? In the second section, Somer gives compassionate, pragmatic advice for turning your eating habits around for good. The final section gives detailed, step-by-step suggestions and guidelines to help you eat right to feel great. Included are shopping tips, daily menus, information on designing a supplement program, and tantalizing recipes. (Who knew burritos, brownies, and chocolate chip cupcakes could be good for you?) --Ellen Albertson ... Read more

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Might be the best Diet Book out there
I bought this book before I bought the South Beach diet book.
At the time, I did not comprehend what White bread and insulin levels were doing to my body. After I went on the South beach diet, I went back to reread some of Food and mood. I realised that what had been written in SBD, had been covered in much more depth in Food and Mood.
There is so much information in this book. Each food does something to your body. Too much sugar, and 20 minutes later you are tired and cranky. Same could be said for white bread, white rice, white pasta.
The bibliography at the end is priceless. For once, the author of a diet book has backed up her claims with countless studies from reputable sources.
In conclusion, get this book.

Breaking old eating habits
As the mother of two little boys, one and three years old, I found myself getting as tired and cranky as they were at 2PM nap time. I just assumed it was a natural part of being a busy mom. If I didn't sneak a nap while they were down, I'd rewarm the morning coffee and 'reward' myself with a cookie. When I picked up "Food and Mood" I actually had my husband in mind! When I started using the author's eating strategies, I noticed I wasn't craving a nap or coffee at midafternoon and I was really feeling good. For other 'tired' mom's, one key that helped me was when I started eating a protein-based midmorning and midafternoon snack, which helped me avoid the quick high of coffee and sugar that wore off too soon. I've since incorporated the same strategies with the kids and my husband (a habitual midafternoon candy bar eater), and he says he notices a difference and a better energy level too. I've recommended Food and Mood to so many friends that I actually wanted to write a review to help spread the word. This is one less cranky mom wishing you well.

I owe my life to this book
After years of depression, lethargy, and out-of-control weight, I thought that I would be that way forever. I had lost interest in anything fun. I couldn't keep up with household tasks. I was irritable, grouchy, intolerant. All I wanted to do was sleep.

Until reading and applying the principles presented in Food and Mood!

I can't recommend this book highly enough. I truly believe that it saved my life!

What you eat has a profound affect on how you feel.
Summary: This book is a fairly complete reference. It begins by explaining some aspects of chemical brain function. It then goes on to explain how diet can radically affect how a person feels, including mood and energy problems. As an aside, it also mentions PMS and SAD (seasonal affection disorder) as causes for food cravings and mood problems. It also mentions how certain low level diet deficiencies can cause various types of bodily harm. (The ones related to B vitamins are downright scary.) Finally this book proposes the Feeling Good Diet as a solution to all these problems.

Pros: The book is highly informative and enlightening. It is more complete on its own subject than many other books are on the subjects they cover.

Cons: This book falls short in that it is not a cookbook by any stretch of the imagination (although it does have a very short list of recipes). Although most of the book is highly informative, the Feeling Good Diet section is limited to lists of good foods and bad foods. The book also has a certain flaw common to most books: it takes too long to say what it has to say. Still, as far as books go, it is a four-star ranker. ... Read more

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Interest in biodegradable and absorbable polymers is growing rapidly in large part because of their biomedical implant and drug delivery applications. This text illustrates creative approaches to custom designing unique, fiber-forming materials for equally unique applications. It includes an example of the development and application of a new absorbable system, a condensed encyclopedia on novel PEG-based copolyesters, and the first comprehensive discussion of a novel class of absorbable tissue adhesives. The book also provides up-to-date information on important tissue engineering technologies and approaches to utilizing these technologies for long awaited practical applications. ... Read more

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The diagnosis of metabolic diseases is facilitated by this clinical book. Each disease-related chapter begins with a detailed description of the patient and the delineating symptoms necessary for establishing the diagnosis and differential diagnosis. The figures illustrate the metabolic derangement in a uniform way, thus affording clarification and better understanding of the treatment. The metabolic derangement is described in great detail, together with essential aspects of the genetics involved. The topics covered range from general aspects such as the clinical approach to metabolic diseases, emergency treatment, diagnostic procedures, and psychosocial care for the child and the family to specific discussions of new modes of treatment, including liver, bone marrow transplantation and somatic gene therapy. ... Read more

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the most usefull guide to inherited metabolic disease
I'm now into the vast subject of inherited metabolic diseases for about one and a half year. This book is the perfect guide in dayly clinical work. It gives a short introduction at the first page of every chapter, showing the metabolic pathway and giving a short summery of the different types of metabolic defects in this part of metabolism. It's not only brief but also based on the recent publications. The very systematic structure and the much better index of this new edition is another reason why there is no day without Fernandez et al. in my clinical work. ... Read more

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I use this book extensively
This book is the required text of my dietetics coursework time and time again and thus I use it extensively. At first I resented the very large and heavy book, but more and more I find myself turning to it for answers, even for things that aren't school-related. My university has a book rental program. Previously I'd only rented the book, but now, as I sit inbetween semesters, I find myself missing it terribly. The moment the bookstore opens I will be buying this book for keeps.

I give it four stars because it's cumbersome and dry, although on the positive side you can point out it's cumbersome and dry because it's such an exhaustive and scientific coverage of the subject.

Good information for the Healthy & ILL
It is a book that will answer all your questions regarding Food, Diet and Nutrition exactly as its title suggests.
My father is in a "Presistant Vegigative State" due to a massive hammerhadge, and thats what triggered me to look for a good book that will help me to deal with his special feeding requirment. Not only that I have found very valuable information concerning my fathers situation, but I also found excellent information for me and my wife so we followed a dietery program to loose some weight.
Unfortunatly in 'Kuwait' where we live,we have very limited sources of information regarding Food and Nutrition so we needed a reference book that explains every term and has all information needed in details such as the tables and calculating formulas and soforth.
In my opinion this is 'a most have book', and in the field of Nutrition it is 'Second-to-non'.

Excellent!
Krause's Food, Nutrition and Diet Therapy (eds; Mahan and Escott-Stump)10th ed is 1000% user friendly! Each chapter starts off with a glossary of terms in the ensuing pages which levels the learning field. Colorful charts on practical information are generously sprinkled in every chapter with clear illustrations on anatomy, energy reactions, and algorithms. You'll find lots of "ah ha" moments are you go through this book like I did. An example was the increased metabolic rate by adding spice to a meal! And the reference was also right there!

Each author's excitment and passion for the topic covered comes through the pages loud and clear. Cleverly colored boxes of strategically placed information capture your eye and your mind! Another example.. in Chapter 6 on Water and Electrolytes.. the percentage loss of body water and degree of disability associated with the same could not be made any more obvious.. and you just don't forget the message.

This resource covers everything from herbal therapies and rationale to heart transplant and all points in between. Over 1150 pages to get the new Millennium off to a smart start! I already know this book will be among the most used in my professional library. It is highly recommended.

- Miriam Erick, MSRD, CDE, ACOG educational affiliate author: No More Morning Sickness (New American Library/Plume), Boston, MA.

Excellent!
Hi! I am nutritionist, I've worked in research, education and in projects of development in my country, this book has helped me and other colleagues, we called it "Our Bible". ... Read more

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Medical Professional Excited Over This Book.
Having seen vitamin c infusions first hand,having witnessed complete remissions of Brain tumor,malignant melanoma,and adenocarcinoma,having used sodium ascorbate on my asthmatic daughter to stop her coughing at night when she had a cold, having crusaded for Linus Pauling to the condemnation of my medical colleauges,this book is a wonderful compilation of data that strongly implicates the AMA as being negligent in their oath and responsiblities.

This book officially affirms what I've been living for years. I have treated successfully oral herpes, chicken pox, mononucleosis, and respiratory viral infections for years in myself, my wife, and my family.

Finally, a vindication for Linus Pauling and great news for the human race. This book is the truth!!! The whole truth!!!!

Current data misleading
Dr. levy makes a fine effort in his book. However he fails to point out the differences in the current forms of vitamin C (there are different forms, some being actually harmful) and their efficacy and how some forms of vitamin C may actually promote disease such as cancer. One must use all tools to treat disease. Vitamin C being one of them. However, do not throw out the baby for the bathwater and embrace vitamin C as a cure all. It is not. This should be better emphasized and a more balanced integrative approach utilized. Remember, there are lives at stake here. This book is off track in many places. Patient be wary!

Excellent Compilaton
Good compendium of the application of ascorbate as a primary treatment for infections etc as the title describes.

Due no doubt to liability statues, the book stops short of frank advocacy and clinical specifics that practitioners could use should they wish to employ the historical methods listed.

But those fatheads who think that ascorbate is useless or harmful would be doing themselves a favor reprogramming their brains with this book, which proves that the historical record suggests otherwise.

Levy doing the impossible
Dr. Levy has done what should have been done long ago, made
sense out of the mass of scientific literature on vitamin C.
With more than 80,000 papers, Dr. Levy focuses on the 1200
most important studies. I predict that the Levy book will change medicine,
if for no other reason than patients who read it will demand
completely non-toxic, effective, IV vitamin C treatments from
their doctors.

Most medical doctors will feel like they have been punched in the
stomach, as their faith in what they have been taught
evaporates reading the Levy book. But they will get over it.
Perhaps, soon, medical doctors will begin to easily cure
infectious diseases in their patients using optimal dose
IV vitamin C as routinely as
Klenner, Cathcart and others have for fifty years.
Owen Fonorow ...

Very Important Information
I might have been a bit skeptical of Dr. Levy's assertions until my own advanced cold was virtually wiped out after getting 100 grams of vitamin C by vein over a few hours. Many other infections and toxin exposures can be similarly neutralized by enough intravenous vitamin C. Dr. Levy combines his own experiences with over 1,200 journal references to make his book very compelling reading. This should be a textbook in the medical libraries. ... Read more

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When we think of plagues, we think of AIDS, Ebola, anthrax spores, and, of course, the Black Death. But in 1918 the Great Flu Epidemic killed an estimated 40 million people virtually overnight. If such a plague returned today, taking a comparable percentage of the U.S. population with it, 1.5 million Americans would die.

In Flu, Gina Kolata, an acclaimed reporter for The New York Times, unravels the mystery of this lethal virus with the high drama of a great adventure story. From Alaska to Norway, from the streets of Hong Kong to the corridors of the White House, Kolata tracks the race to recover the live pathogen and probes the fear that has impelled government policy.

A gripping work of science writing, Flu addresses the prospects for a great epidemic's recurrence and considers what can be done to prevent it. ... Read more

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Fascinating, Riveting Cautionary Story About The Flu of 1918
I happened upon this intriguing well-written book after finishing Laurie Garrett's wonderful exploration of the emerging microbiological threat in "The Coming Plague", and was fascinated by what I discovered in this book regarding the specifics of the most famous flu outbreak in modern times, the great world-wide flu epidemic of 1918. Nothing in recent experience, not even the AIDS epidemic, has prepared the American people for the awe-inspiring possibilities that such a rapid and devastatingly virulent flu outbreak could present to us in the new millennium, and the author details the terrifying consequences of the outbreak of influenza in the months after the end of World War One that left over forty million people and traumatized the nation.

Indeed, according to author Gina Bari Kolata, the flu of 1918 was the single most dangerous flu epidemic of the 20th century, a plague so virulent it literally boggles the imagination of anyone more familiar with the yearly onset of Asian influenzas, which we may consider to be annoying, off-putting, and sometimes reason for hospitalization, but hardly the stuff of widespread death and disability. Yet in a single year it struck down more people world-wide than any known before it or since, and scientists now believe it had an usually provocative combination of natural properties in terms of its DNA that made it uniquely dangerous in terms of its threat to human beings.

Yet, in spite of its historical dimensions, relatively little is known about it, and it is a little discussed and curiously mysterious area of modern history. It is only within the recent past that a dedicated team of biological scientists have been able to attempt to unlock the secrets associated with this influenza breakout by researching the influenza's DNA sequences and associated biological properties using tissue samples recovered from victims and preserved over the decades since. The author describes this attempt to uncover the truth about the 1918 flu epidemic in terms of a riveting detective story, at the same time masterfully weaving the details of the pathology of the disease itself and the devastating impact of the killer epidemic into the narrative.

Included here is an absorbing and personalizing discussion of the social, economic and cultural effects of the epidemic, told in a compassionate and quite humane fashion, and it composes a disheartening look at the facts surrounding the way the influenza struck otherwise healthy twenty to forty year old citizens with such devastating results. People getting on the New York City subway at one end feeling slightly under the weather actually transpired on board before being able to reach their chosen destinations.

What is truly frightening about this well-told cautionary tale is that both the author as well as public health officials warn that another such appearance of a similarly virulent pandemic flu outbreak is not only possible but is in fact probable. Such an outbreak could appear, literally without warning, in any given year. Moreover, the resources needed to successfully combat another such influenza outbreak are not immediately available. Indeed, without a massive change in public policy and a quite rapid public health effort to develop the capability to isolate initial victims as well as to innoculate the population at large with a hastily conjured vaccine, the disastrous history of the 1918 epidemic could well be repeated with horrific results in our lifetime.

I WANT MY MONEY BACK
I was extremely disappointed in this book. For 2 years I have been gathering data from primary sources here in my county on the 1918 Epidemic and it's effects on our local history. I'm usually thrilled to find anything written on this subject. Ms. Kolata gets barely a passing grade for the first 4 1/2 chapters. Then she departs into a long rambling tale of the swine flu vaccine fiasco of the middle 1970's. None of which has anything to do with the mystery and mayhem of the 1918 pandemic. Several pages are consumed with biographical info on Dr.Hultin, while interesting it belongs elsewhere. Of the dozens of gifted men and women who have tackled this subject why focus on one or two for personal biographies? The author never seriously explores one of the burning questions, how did the virus travel around the world and arise everywhere at almost the same exact time? For the layperson (that would be me!)I believe it is more important to explore that question rather than to know exactly how to slice a tissue sample. If you read this book for the information on "the search for the virus that caused it", you will probably be satisfied. If you are looking to it for a history of what the pandemic was like and how it meshed with the world of 1918, you will no doubt be disappointed. In short, if you have never heard of the 1918 flu epidemic then you may be satisfied with this book. However if you have even a cursory knowledge of the subject you will probably wish like I do that you had spent your money on something else.

mediocre extended newspaper article, now dated
This is not a book about 1918. This is an over-hyped and overlong newspaper story about digging up bodies and trying to recover the 1918 virus from them. It's now (June 2004) much dated, which is what happens to newspaper stories.
If you want to read an actual book about the epidemic-- and about much more, including contemporary science, the virus, the interplay between politics and the disease-- then read The Great Influenza by Barry. Now THAT is worth picking up. I gave that 5 stars, and if I could give it more I would.

about right for the armchair crowd
If you're looking for a highly detailed and relatively technical discussion you might find this book a little light. However, if you, like me, have just the general exposure to the subject of epidemics, their causes and consequences, you are likely to have a good read here.

A couple times Ms. Kolata's prose and approach get a little dramatic but it doesn't get in her way as far as telling the story and a little honest feeling for the subject is hardly a bad thing.

Comparisons to 'The Hot Zone' are inevitable but not quite accurate. 'The Hot Zone' deals with diseases still very much a threat and almost supernaturally spooky in their virulence and mystery. 'Flu' is more a forensic look at a disease that is familiar and whose flirtation with serious mortality has, so far, been a one-time thing.

Say 'Ebola' to someone and they react: where is it? how bad is it? is this the time it will get loose? Say 'flu' and most people shrug. We've all been there, done that. Influenza is a familiar, if unwelcome, guest every year. Reading Ms. Kolata's book won't exactly have you hiding under your bed come next flu season, but you might not be quite so inclined to cavalierly skip the innoculation campaign either.

Great historical overview, rather weak storytelling
First, whoever designed the cover and spine of this book should be fired. While sitting on your bookshelf the neon green spine jumps out and the lettering makes it look like some cheesy sci-fi tripe. Which is unfortunate, because it's a very informative book and full of excellent research. It's odd that the great flu epidemic got relegated to an historical footnote, because it's scale was devastating and frightening. It's also likely that sometime in the future a similar outbreak will jump from animal to man in south China or somewhere similar. And the results today would dwarf the original flu epidemic and make SARS seem like a mild fever. This book makes for fascinating reading on these counts and it's very interesting to follow how the scientists went back to uncover the flu's origins.
Like many psuedo-historical books of this nature, however, the author is much less skilled as a writer than she is as a researcher. She tries too hard to inject the book with drama when the subject matter itself is sufficiently dramatic. Thus reading it becomes irritating at times because the prose and bad melodrama gets to you, but you nonetheless don't want to stop reading and not get all of the information. ... Read more

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In one, easy-access loose-leaf manual, the Dieticians Patient Education Resource Manual supplies totally up-to-date dietary guidance on over 40 essential nutrition topics, from health eating for specific population groups (women, children and older adults) to weight management and cardiovascular fitness, to diet related health conditions such as gastrointestinal disorders, kidney disease, diabetes and more.You get: Ready-to-copy nutrition handouts-all specially designed for patients with limited reading ability A choice of English or Spanish language versions of each handout A choice of two low levels of literacy (third and sixth grade) for most handoutsBy copying these forms from the loose-leaf volume, or printing them from the companion CD-ROM on your computer, you can: Quickly and easily reinforce verbal instructions given during the patients visit Provide your patients and their families with a quick reference that can be taken home Motivate patients to achieve improved self-care and compliance Document the patient education your supply with our Tracking Form by including it in the patients file Stay up-to-date in the latest nutrition strategies with annual updates from leading nutrition expertsDieticians Patient Education Resource Manual lets you quickly and easily create customized patient handouts to address specific health or nutrition needs.Just slip the handy companion CD-ROM into your computer and you can instantly generate a customized patient education handout.Add to the existing textadd individualized instructionsor tailor the forms with slip art or your facilitys logo or contact information.The options are limitless and the effort required is minimal.For Orders and Inquiries, please call: 1-888-427-5800. ... Read more

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You're no idiot, of course. You take a vitamin every day, sometimes order the fruit cup instead of the cheesecake, and even take the stairs now and then. But when it comes to working the five food groups into your diet and staying on a realistic exercise program, you feel like you're ordering sushi without a picture menu. Put down that bag of chips! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Total Nutrition, Second Edition, gives you everything you need to know about eating healthy and staying fit--a nutrition tune-up for life! You'll fel confident reading nutrition labels, planning your meals and your shopping, and managing your weight. ... Read more

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A complete guide!
I wish everyone in this age of diet frenzy could read this book..In this book, Bauer simply shows us that having a healthy nutrition or losing weight do not include starvation diets or magical food combinations. The math is simple, count your calories and exercise. Although this book didn't necessarily teach me much about the scientific aspects since I was already familiar with them, because it compiled everything on nutrition it became my reference book on nutrition. I, personally like the complete idiot's guide series because I know that I will get the most objective and comprehensive information from them. I definitely recommend this book to everyone who wants to gain healthy eating habits. And please, do not waste your money and hopes on crazy books or pills..Don't let marketers exploit you because they think you are desperate. If consumers make healthy choices, they will have to change their attitudes..Read this book.

Better than the first
Not only does it come across clearly and easy to understand. It is well written covering nutrition for infants to elderly people for lazy people to physically active people. She lays it all out on a silver platter.

Another masterpiece by the best nutritionist.

Buy it or you will be missing out.

Packed With Info!!
This book should be titled "Total Guide to Nutrition AND Fitness". Ms. Bauer does a great job of explaining nutrition and it's role in maintaining one's health. She also covers exercise, pregnancy, eating disorders, and dieting. Quite a complete book. Don't let the "Idiot's" title fool you--this book goes into detail with many topics and serves as much more than just an intro. Bravo Ms. Bauer! ... Read more

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Biomedical overview
This text is the first word in Biomedical Ref. It is arranged in a user friendly manner and is filled with useful data. The ethics section is a plus for ISO compliant users. Charts, formulas, and frequently usedEngineering terminology abound. This updated version is a vast improvementover the 1995 edition.

Excellent introduction to Biomedical Engineering
This handbook provides the reader with an excellent overview of what Biomedical Engineering is and what are the trend that we can expect in the future.

The handbook covers 18 different sections, each one containingabout 6 different topics. At the beginning of each section there is a shortexplanation of the main issues that will be covered.

Although theHandbook will not be useful for an expert in one of the topics, it willcertainly be useful to explore different areas in Biomedical Engineeringfor professionals, or students who need a brief but concise and depthanalysis for a particular topic. ... Read more

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Dietetics: Practice and Future Trends, Second Edition presents a thorough overview of the food and nutrition profession and the many areas of opportunity open to current and future practitioners. The second edition provides detailed descriptions of a broad spectrum of career choices as well as information on specific practice areas in which today’s dietitians are employed. In addition, this book covers emerging areas of practice that require specific knowledge and skills along with a broad understanding of community health needs. Undertaking a conceptual approach that includes historical background, educational requirements and roles and functions of dietitians and other food and nutrition professionals, the authors have compiled an invaluable resource for students and professionals.

Simply put, this book is about dietitians, what they do, where they practice, and what is required to become a dietitian. ... Read more

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Treating HIV with Nutrition

Nutrition and HIV addresses the issues of nutrition and HIV from the perspective of the patient as well as the physician. Everyone who is interested in the problems of--and solutions to--nutritional therapy in HIV owes it to themselves to read this book.
--Paul A. Volberding, M.D., director, Center for AIDS Research, San Francisco

This reference book offers a sound nutritional model for sustaining and improving quality of life for HIV positive men and women. It outlines an easy-to-follow program for the prevention and treatment of weight loss--a common problem that if left untreated could lead to serious health decline or even death.

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Reviews (4)

Definitely a must have book!
This book helps affected/infected individual understand the nutritional needs of the body and also goes on to describe many other aspects of HIV. This book is definitely a must have for HIV+ individuals and caregivers/supporters.

A must read for those with HIV & for their support system.
Dr.Romeyn has addressed one of the most serious problems facing people with HIV, the devastating bodily wasting that occurs in those struggling with the effects of this disease. Her work is a comprehensive approach to nutritional treatment. She is articulate and yet not patronizing. Her concern and compassion for those who suffer from this dissease is quite apparent. I believe those who see her in her private practice are most fortunate. I am grateful for her work, and have given copies of this book to several men and women both in the parish and in the community at large.There is a great need in the larger community for this quality of information. I highly recommend it.

Good book, but...
This is an informative book. However, it did not meet my expectations.It even gets boring sometimes. However, it is a good book to have if you are interested in learning more about vitamins and minerals, and their effect with HIV/AIDS.

excellent for physician, patient, or friend
I found this book to be an excellent resource to provide both an overview of the HIV/AIDS disease process, and to help formulate a plan for one's management and care. As a third year medical student, I am often presented with only the pathology and epidemiology of a disease or illness, and left to invision the person afflicted on my own. Dr. Romeyn helped to put a face on both the person/patient affected, as well as the physician actively caring for them. In addition, she still managed to convey the essentials that anyone - physician, patient, or friend - should know and understand. This is a very helpful book. ... Read more