Book Reviews – Health

Reviews by Del Meyer, MD

Shorter versions have appeared in Sacramento Medicine, Medical Sentinel, California Physician, St. Croix Review.

Aging

• Age Right – Turn Back the Clock with a Proven Personalized Antiaging Program  by Karlis Ullis, MD, with Greg Ptacek, 1999.
• Keeping the Beat – Healthy Aging Through Amateur Chamber Music Playing  by Ada P Kahn, PhD, 1999.
• The Memory Cure  by Thomas H. Crook, PhD and Brenda Adderly, MHA, 1998.

Alternative Medicine

• The Way of Chinese Herbs  by Michael Tierra, 1998.
• The Way of Herbs – Fully Updated With the Latest Developments in Herbal Science  by Michael Tierra, 4^th edition, 1998.

Diets

• The Body Code – A Personalized Wellness and Weight Loss Plan Developed at the World Famous Green Valley Spa  by Jay Cooper and Katherine Lance, 1999.
• The Cholesterol Counter  by Annette B Natow, PhD, RD, and Jo-Ann Heslin, MA, RD, 1998.
• The Dictionary of Sodium, Fats, and Cholesterol  by Barbara Kraus, 1990.
• Diets Don’t Work  by Bob Schwartz, PhD, 1996.
• Diets Still Don’t Work  by Bob Schwartz, PhD, 1990.
• Dr. Atkin’s New Diet Revolution  by Robert C. Atkins, MD, 2000.
• Eat More, Weight Less – Dr. Dean Ornish’s Life Choice Program for Losing Weight Safely While Eating Abundantly  by Dean Ornish, MD, 2000.
• Eating Well for Optimum Health – The Essential Guide to Bringing Health and Pleasure Back to Eating  by Andrew Weil, MD, 2000.
• The False Fat Diet  – The Revolutionary 21-Day Program for Losing the Weight You Think Is Fat  by Elson M Haas, MD, and Cameron Stauth, 2000.
• Hawaiian Diet  by Terry Shintani, MD, JD, MPH, 1999.
• The New Pritikin Program – The Easy and Delicious Way to Shed Fat, Lower Your Cholesterol, and Stay Fit  by Robert Pritikin, 1991.
• Overcoming Overeating  by Jane Hirschmann, Carol Munter, Janae Hirschmann and C. Peter Herman, 1998.
• Portion Savvy – The 30-day Smart Plan for Eating Well  by Carrie Latt Wiatt, 2000.
• The Ultimate Fit or Fat – Get in Shape and Stay in Shape With America’s Best-Loved and Most Effective Fitness Teacher by Covert Bailey, 2000.
• Weight Lost Forever – The 5-Second Guide to Permanent Weight Loss  by Henry K Chang, MD, 2003.
• The Zone Diet – A Dietary Road Map to Lose Weight Permanently: Reset Your Generic Code: Prevent Disease: Achieve Maximum Physical Performance  by Barry Sears, PhD and Bill Lawren, 1995 and Mastering the Zone – The Next Step in Achieving SuperHealth and Permanent Fat Loss  by Barry Sears, PhD and Mary Goodbody, 1996.

Food Safety

• Spoiled – Why Our Food Is Making Us Sick and What We can Do about It  by Nicols Fox, 1998
• Toxin  by Robin Cook, MD, 1999.

Women’s Health

• Guide to Good Health – What Every Forty-Plus Woman Should Know About Her Changing Body  by Nancy L. Snyderman, MD and Margaret Blackstone, 1996.
• The Midlife Bible – A Woman’s Survival Guide  by Michael P Goodman, MD, 2004.
• Profitable Promises – Essays on Women, Science and Health  by Ruth Hubbard, 1995.

Reviews by Eleanor Rodgerson, MD

Women’s Health

• American Medical Association Complete Guide to Women’s Health  by Ramona I. Slupik, MD (Editor) and Kathleen Cahill Allison, 1996.
• Natural Answers for All Women’s Health Questions – A Comprehensive A-Z Guide to Drug-Free Mind-Body Remedies  by Lindsey Berkson, D. Lindsey Berkson, Susan M. Lark (Preface), 2001.
• Our Bodies, Ourselves – A Book By and For Women  Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, 1960s,  newest edition 1999.