Health Literacy Month (October) | Overton High

1) The 4-ingredient diabetes cookbook: simple, quick and delicious recipes using just four ingredients or less!

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Hughes, Nancy S

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"Making delicious meals doesn't have to be complicated, time-consuming, or expensive. You can create satisfying dishes using just four ingredients, or even less! In this new and revised edition of the bestselling 4-Ingredient Diabetes Cookbook, author Nancy Hughes has added more than 25 new recipes that can be made in a snap! With more than 175 quick, easy-to-prepare recipes, this one-of-a-kind cookbook now has recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner,...

2) The Allergy Book: Solving Your Family's Nasal Allergies, Asthma, Food Sensitivities, and Related Health and Behavioral Problems

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Sears, Robert W

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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....

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Experts estimate that more than 235 million people around the world suffer from the respiratory condition known as asthma. Readers will get an in-depth look at this common illness as they learn how it attacks the airways of those who suffer from it, making it difficult to breathe. They will also learn about the many possible triggers of asthma attacks, find out how the disease is diagnosed and treated, and much more.

4) The black woman's breast cancer survival guide: understanding and healing in the face of a nationwide crisis

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Holloway, Cheryl D

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Book, eBook, Kindle

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Breast cancer is reaching epidemic levels, especially among black women. This survival guide provides tools that women—black women in particular—can use to identify and combat this all-too-common threat.
This "what you need to know" guide is unique in its common sense, "laywoman's" approach and particular relevance to women of color. Its premise is simple: ignorance and lack of education about breast cancer signs and symptoms...

5) Blood pressure down: the 10-step plan to lower your blood pressure in four weeks-without prescription drugs

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Brill, Janet Bond

6) Breast cancer clear & simple: all your questions answered

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Clear and simple

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"A breast cancer resource for the newly diagnosed from the experts at the American Cancer Society With an easy-to-understand, question-and-answer format, this book guides patients through the important decisions they'll need to make, from diagnosis through treatment. It helps women with breast cancer and their caregivers know what to expect, what to do, and how to get through what can be an overwhelming, life-changing experience. This new edition...

7) By any greens necessary: a revolutionary guide for black women who want to eat great, get healthy, lose weight, and look phat

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McQuirter, Tracye Lynn

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Book, eBook, Kindle

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* The first vegan guide geared to African American women

* More than forty delicious and nutritious recipes highlighted with color photographs

* Menus and advice on transitioning from omnivore to vegan

* Resource information and a comprehensive shopping list for restocking the fridge and pantry

 

African American women are facing a health crisis:

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8) The care & keeping of you 2: the body book for older girls

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Natterson, Cara Familian

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"This thoughtful advice book will guide you through the next steps of growing up. With illustrations and expert contributors, this book covers new questions about periods, your growing body, peer pressure, personal care, and more! Written by Dr. Cara Natterson for girls 10 and up, The Care & Keeping of You 2 follows up the original bestseller with even more in-depth details about the physical and emotional changes you're going through"--

9) Coping with Anxiety: 10 Simple Ways to Relieve Anxiety, Fear & Worry

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These immediate, user-friendly, and effective strategies are designed to help you overcome anxiety. They include step-by-step exercises that you can do in the moment without having to understand the subtleties of the most often used therapies for treating anxiety.

10) The deepest well: healing the long-term effects of childhood adversity

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Burke Harris, Nadine

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A pioneering physician reveals how childhood stress leads to lifelong health problems and what we can do to break the cycle. For anyone who has faced a difficult childhood, or who cares about the millions of children who do, the innovative and acclaimed health interventions outlined in this book will represent vitally important hope for change.

11) Depression in later life: an essential guide

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Serani, Deborah

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"The geriatric population, defined as men and women 65 years and older, is the fastest growing population in the world. While gerontology, the study of the aging process in human beings, has brought insights about the physical, emotional, and social needs of this population, little attention has been given to the mental health of the aging, and often treatable disorders are overlooked entirely. Depression is one of the leading mental disorders in...

12) Diabetes meal planning made easy

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Warshaw, Hope S

13) Easy yoga: the secret to strength & balance

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Peggy Cappy returns with a new special that will show you how this gentle yoga program can help improve your strength and balance.

14) The end of heart disease: the Eat to Live Plan to prevent and reverse heart disease

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Dr. Joel Fuhrman, one of the country's leading experts on preventative medicine, offers his science-backed nutritional plan that addresses the leading cause of death in America: heart disease. An expert in the science of food, Dr. Fuhrman speaks directly to readers who want to take control of their health and avoid taking medication or undergoing complicated, expensive surgery, the two standard treatments prescribed today.

15) Exercises for Fibromyalgia: The Complete Exercise Guide for Managing and Lessening Fibromyalgia Symptoms

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Designed specifically for fibromyalgia patients, this gentle exercise program will help you minimize pain, maximize results, and take back your life

Fibromyalgia is a debilitating condition, yet medical opinions are divided as to its cause and how it should be treated. Is it a neurological or a physical ailment? Should you treat the muscles or the mind? The correct answer is to treat both. Improving overall fitness while reducing...

16) The family tree guide to DNA testing and genetic genealogy

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Bettinger, Blaine T

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Book, eBook, Kindle

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"Discover the answers to your family history mysteries using the most-cutting edge tool available to genealogists. This plain-English guide, newly revised and expanded, is a one-stop resource on genetic genealogy for family historians. Inside, you'll learn what DNA tests are available, with up-to-date pros and cons of the major testing companies (including AncestryDNA) and advice on choosing the right test to answer your specific questions. For those...

17) First Aid, Survival, and CPR: Home and Field Pocket Guide

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Jones, Shirley A

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From performing CPR on an adult, child, or infant to dealing with bleeding and shock, cuts and broken bones, heart attacks, emergency childbirth, poisoning, drowning, scuba diving mishaps, wilderness survival, and natural disasters such as tornadoes, wildfires, floods, and earthquakes...this guide helps you quickly find the information you need to develop a plan of action for assessing and treating all kinds of first aid and survival emergencies.

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18) The first year--Type 2 diabetes: an essential guide for the newly diagnosed

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Becker, Gretchen

Description

"Diabetes is one of the fastest growing diseases in the world; the American Diabetes Association reports that 1.7 million new diagnoses are made each year. After her own diagnosis, Gretchen Becker became a "patient-expert," educating herself on every aspect of type 2 diabetes and eventually compiling everything she had learned into this step-by-step guidebook for others. Now in its third edition, The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes takes you through everything...

19) Food allergies: a complete guide for eating when your life depends on it

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Sicherer, Scott H

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Johns Hopkins Press Health

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Book, eBook, Kindle

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Posing the questions that anyone with food allergies will think to ask, this book provides practical, emotional, and scientific guidance on the topics that affect your life. Allergy expert Scott H. Sicherer addresses the full spectrum of food allergies, from mild to life threatening, from single foods to food families, clearing up misconceptions along the way. He explains how exposure to foods can bring about an allergic response, describes the symptoms...

20) Go fresh: a heart-healthy cookbook with shopping and storage tips

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"Eating enough fruits and vegetables and avoiding processed foods is still the toughest challenge for those at risk for high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke. In its newest cookbook, the American Heart Association encourages readers to get out of the middle of the grocery store and start shopping the perimeter with 250 recipes for packing more nutritious fare into their diets"--