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ACSM's Guidlines for Exercise Testing and Prescription 7th Ed. (USED)

ACSM's Guidlines for Exercise Testing and Prescription 7th Ed. (USED)

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Recommended title for 2006 ACSM Certification Examinations!

The single most internationally read and referenced text in sports medicine, exercise science, and health and fitness, this manual succinctly summarizes recommended procedures for exercise testing and exercise prescription in healthy and diseased individuals. The Seventh Edition contains the most current public health and clinical information and state-of-the-art, research-based recommendations.

Coverage represents the fundamental knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) that must be mastered by candidates for all ACSM certifications. Written by international experts in numerous fields, the Seventh Edition covers additional topics including arthritis, osteoporosis, dyslipidemia, immunology, and metabolic syndrome.

Active Wellness (USED)

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Acute Care Handbook for Physical Therapists (USED)

Acute Care Handbook for Physical Therapists (USED)

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Adoption Nation

Adoption Nation

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With compassion for adopted individuals and adoptive and birth parents alike, Adam Pertman explores the history and human impact of adoption, explodes the corrosive myths surrounding it, and tells compelling stories about its participants as they grapple with issues relating to race, identity, equality, discrimination, personal history, and connections with all their families. For the first edition of this groundbreaking examination of adoption and its impact on us all, Pertman won awards from many organizations, including the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists, the Dave Thomas Center for Adoption Law, the American Adoption Congress, the Century Foundation, Holt International, and the U.S. Congress. In this updated edition, Pertman reveals how changing attitudes and laws are transforming adoption - and thereby American society - in the twenty-first century.
Age Erasers for Women (USED)

Age Erasers for Women (USED)

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Containing sound medical guidelines from leading physicians and experts on how to stem the ravages of time, this book offers hundreds of head-to-toe tips on proven age-fighters, spotlighting all components that nuture and preserve youthfulness. 50 illustrations.
Age Protectors (USED)

Age Protectors (USED)

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The secret to looking and feeling more youthful is revealed in this completely natural approach to aging

Everyone is looking for ways to look and feel younger, and there are many quick-fix promises in the marketplace. Age Protectors is the first book to offer completely natural, realistic, and practical strategies all contained in 12 "Stop-Time Tactics" that can be completed in just minutes a day. Recommended by dozens of leading anti-aging experts, the "Stop-Time Tactics" offer reliable age protection advice. Age Protectors is an essential guide for a healthy, disease-free lifestyle.

Aging Backwards (USED)

Aging Backwards (USED)

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PBS fitness personality on Classical Stretch and creator of the fitness phenomenon Essentrics, Miranda Esmonde-White offers an eye-opening guide to anti-aging that provides essential tools to help anyone turn back the clock and look and feel younger no matter what age.


Miranda Esmonde-White trains everyone from prima ballerinas to professional hockey players to Cerebral palsy patients: what do they all have in common? All of these people are hoping to heal their bodies, prevent further injury, and move optimally and without pain. In fact, they have the same goals as any of us who are trying to stay young, fit, and reverse the hands of time.



Because the aging of our bodies occurs in our cells, it must be repaired there too--that's where Miranda's highly effective and sought-after techniques come in. The body is programmed to self-destruct as we age, but the speed at which it self-destructs is up to us. Recent scientific studies have proven this fact! In Aging Backwards, now with a whole new chapter on fascia, Miranda offers a groundbreaking guide on how to maintain and repair our cells, through scientifically designed workouts. 



Healthy cells prevent joint pain, muscle loss and weak bones--helping to control weight, increase energy, and improve strength and mobility. Miranda offers readers of all ages the tools they need to look and feel young. Complete with tips, tools, and her Eight Basic Age-Reversing Workouts accompanied by instructional photos and web clips, Aging Backwards will help you grow younger, not older! 


All You Need to Know about Back Pain: Beat Pain, Increase Your Mobility, Know Yoru Options (USED)

All You Need to Know about Back Pain: Beat Pain, Increase Your Mobility, Know Yoru Options (USED)

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This helpful handbook explains the possible causes of back pain, from injury to illnesses, shows ways to adapt one's movements, explains drug or surgical options, and guides the reader in creating a full, active life. 20 two-color illustrations.
Allergy Book, Solving Your Family's Nasal Allergies, Asthma, Food ensitivities, and Related Health and Behavioral Problems (USED)

Allergy Book, Solving Your Family's Nasal Allergies, Asthma, Food ensitivities, and Related Health and Behavioral Problems (USED)

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From America's most trusted name in pediatrics, a comprehensive guide to treating and preventing nasal allergies, asthma, food allergies and intolerances, and more.

Allergies are one of the most common ailments, causing children to miss school and parents to miss work. Left untreated or unresolved, stuffy noses, itchy skin, and irritated bellies can lead to chronic asthma, eczema, inflammatory bowel disease, and neurological disorders.

Today's parents don't just want to treat their family's allergy symptoms; they want to eliminate allergies and prevent chronic and long-term health complications. The Sears show them how. Drs. Robert and William Sears present a science-based approach that has helped alleviate allergies in many of their patients, providing a plan not only for treatment, but also for prevention.

A family-friendly resource, The Allergy Book offers all the reassurance and accessible, practical advice that parents need to resolve their children's allergies, now and throughout their lives.

Alzheimer's: A Caregiver's Guide and Sourcebook (USED)

Alzheimer's: A Caregiver's Guide and Sourcebook (USED)

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Tremendous advances have been made in the care, management and understanding of Alzheimer's disease. Updated and revised, this title shows that caring for the Alzheimer's patient can be more positive than ever. Explores the latest advances and presents them in an easy-to-understand and immediately useful way. In addition to updated coverage on locating support services for home health care, nursing home placement and financing treatment, three new chapters have been added. They cover understanding behavioral changes, getting help and family responses to care. Presented in an easy-to-read, two-column format, with key concepts and points on one side and detailed explanations on the other, this book will keep readers well-informed in a clear, sensitive style that will make caregiving that much easier.