Mind, Body, Spirit - Health

New Zealand Family First Aid provides simple, easy-to-follow instructions for emergency and everyday first aid. The text features diagrams throughout demonstrating how to make slings, how to feel for a pulse, how to make a splint, and much more. An A-Z section of injuries and illnesses makes this book an ideal reference to use in an emergency. Includes: Emergency procedures; Resuscitation techniques; What to do at a traffic accident; Making the home safe; The most common accidents and illnesses, and how to deal with them.

A revised edition of our perennial best-seller, A Name for Your Baby contains thousands of names, from ancient to modern, from familiar to exotic. There are separate alphabetical listings for boys and girls, and a description of the origin, meaning and variant spellings for each name.

Deborah Hutton's discovery that the niggling cough which had been troubling her for a couple of months was actually an aggressive lung cancer marked the beginning of a brand-new learning curve - a personal odyssey that taught her to let go of her super compentent I-can-handle-it-myself persona and gratefully accept the huge amount of help beamed at her by her close-knit family and 'world class' network of friends and neighbours. From her own experience and out of her conversations with fellow members of the 'Cancer Club' comes ... read more

Whether you call it power walking, fitness walking or just plain walking, indoors or out, walking is one of the most popular and rewarding forms of exercise. The appeal is that absolutely anyone can do it - young or old, fit or unfit. Take a look in a local park - from London to New York - and you will see walkers, early in the morning, at lunchtime, on the way home, making the most of their surroundings and getting some exercise at the same time. There are so many health benefits to walking - including reducing the risk of coronar... read more

When Gwendoline Smith chanced to have a breast examination at a mobile unit in 2009, little did she know where it might lead. Sure, she lived with the knowledge of her mother's breast cancer years before, but could it really happen to her too? The realisation dawned only when the medical evidence could not be questioned, and so began one of the most testing years of her life. In Breast Support, Gwendoline describes not just the physical and medical experience of breast cancer, through diagnosis, surgery, recovery and rehabilitation... read more

Here's the perfect book for new mums (and even some not-so-new ones) looking to get back into shape after childbirth, from a woman who knows first-hand what works and what doesn't. Nadia has written a motivational, practical and easy-to-follow workbook to help new mums gain the confidence they need to regain control and enjoy this special time.

One in ten people suffer from The Gluten Syndrome - but most are unaware of it. Gluten can cause a wide range of illnesses and diseases, including neurological disorders and coeliac disease. This book shows how these problems are related and explains how you can solve your health problems. Dr Rodney Ford has been promoting this book on National Radio, is speaking at the Auckland Gluten & Allergy Free Expo July 6th, plus many press releases.

How do we talk about death? With reluctance, it seems. While we are fully aware of death on a social level, for example witnessing violent killings on television, we have become increasingly shy of communicating about death on a personal level. For example, while a general bookshop is crammed with cheerful and informative books about pregnancy and birth, in comparison, the number of general or self-help books on death and dying is negligible. Off the screen few of us will have witnessed a death or seen a corpse. Death has become fr... read more

The pharmaceuticals market is large and dynamic: its range of medicines is increasingly diverse and complicated, while the average consumer now buys 8 prescription items per year. This fully-updated sixth edition of Medicines is the most authoritative handbook for consumers available.More than 5,000 medicines - brand names and generic terms - are listed in a straightforward A-Z format with full cross-referencing. Each entry provides essential information on the chemical elements of the medicine, which ailment it treats, how it work... read more

This adult picture book simplifies communication between caregivers and patients who, for different reasons, have difficulty finding the right words for things.

A real gentleman knows that it is essential to be well-groomed, and while a bit of moisturizer will help, it is not enough. Our 'Butler"s guide is the ultimate source of information for looking pukka. It need not take long either, and this short guide cuts to the chase: skin care, including the best shaving techniques, hair care, from the mop on your head to nasal hair trimming, style guide (with tips on what to wear for what occasion), and taking care of your clothes and shoes. This simple valet guide will get you dressed to perfe... read more

One of gardening's greatest pleasures is growing herbs & using them fresh from your garden. Ginny Clayton shows you how in this handbook for the modern herb grower. From culinary herbs such as Thai basil and French tarragon to herbs for healing, including comfrey and chamomile, Ginny describes how to propagate, raise and maintain over 60 herbs using organic growing methods. There are tips on how to plan your kitchen herb garden, companion planting, which herbs to plant to attract bees, and which ones repel insect pests. Also includ... read more

With one in nine New Zealand women being diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetime it is vital to be proactive and get educated. You never know when you too may face an unexpected health scare. Cover Your Breasts is a must-read for anyone recently diagnosed with breast cancer. It will help you to understand treatments and the feelings you are likely to encounter. Whilst the book reveals the author's intimate journey combating breast cancer, it is also motivational reading for everyone. Getting cancer and getting over it, o... read more

Created by celebrity fitness trainer Perez, Zumba combines fun, easy-to-follow dance steps with hot Latin beats to help participants shed pounds and inches fast. This companion book features a complete workout program, fat-burning diet, and an exclusive instructional DVD.

The unthinkable has become a day-to-day reality: your loved one has Alzheimer's disease. How can you cope and where can you turn for help and information? This new edition of Alzheimer's has been updated to cover the most recent developments in our knowledge of this heartrending disease. Drawing on her professional and personal background in caring for people suffering from Alzheimer's, the author offers practical, intelligent advice for caregivers searching for hope.

Most of us take our mental health for granted. But when confronted by mental illness in our family, our friends or ourselves, even the most competent among us is likely to become bewildered. Understanding Troubled Minds guides us through the full range of mental illnesses and available treatments. It deals with particular patterns of illness in women, children and the elderly. Stressing the value of partnership between psychiatrists, patients and their families, it tells us just what it is that psychiatrists and fellow health-workers do.

Public awareness and understanding of Parkinson's Disease among the general community is needed. This book will address this with an easy to read, positive text covering the medical aspects of Parkinson's as well as incorporating the stories of sufferers, their families and carers. The book is written by professional medical journalist Gabriella Rogers and endorsed by Parkinson's Australia, bringing together a formal medical perspective with a more personal one, to provide a comprehensive look at the disease from all angles.

Hyperventilation syndrome may bring with it a host of other symptoms, such as headaches, nightmares, hypochondria and tingling sensations all over the body. While explaining what hyperventilation is and what causes it, this book includes tests which enable the reader to check whether they are bad breathers, and exercises which lessen the effect and enable the sufferer to breathe properly. Also included are a number of personal stories from people who have been identified as chronic hyperventilators and who have overcome the problem... read more

Based on the traditional Japanese style of eating, this book contains over 40 simple recipes. Including a 7-day Healthy Eating Plan built on the foundations of the Japanese diet, but based on ready meals, takeaway foods and convenience items from supermarkets, it also ideals for those dieters without the time to cook.

A controversial and provocative look at the way pharmaceutical companies are creating and marketing illness. Thirty years ago, the head of Merck, one of the world's best-known drug companies, made some remarkably candid comments. Suggesting he would like his company to be more like chewing gum maker Wrigley's, Henry Gadsen told Fortune magazine it had long been his dream to make drugs for healthy people - so that Merck could 'sell to everyone'.Gadsen's dream now drives the marketing machinery of the most profitable industry on eart... read more