IF BABIES CAME WITH A USER’S MANUAL–THIS WOULD BE IT!Here is a lifeline of reliable, reassuring information for those busy days and often sleepless nights from pregnancy through the first year. This trouble shooting, sanity-saving book covers more than five hundred topics–everything from allergies to zoster (commonly known as shingles)–and is filled with warm, comforting advice from an experienced pediatrician and father of two.Wondering about those little bumps or spots? W...

The pregnancy resource you can trust: medically reliable information, mom-to-mom advice.If you want the real deal on pregnancy, you've come to the right book! Drs. Yvonne Bohn, Allison Hill, and Alane Park are three top obstetricians who have personally welcomed more than 10,000 babies into the world. But they've been on the other side of the ultrasound too--as mothers themselves, they have each experienced the joys and anxieties of pregnancy firsthand. Morning sic...

Babies Didn’t Come with Instructions…Until Now!Keep this easy-to-use book handy, so you can get the latest medical advice whenever you need help!It provides up-to-date medical information to guide you through your baby’s first year.It includes the latest information on newborn screening, well-baby checkups, vaccination schedules, and expanded information on nutrition, including how to prevent food allergies and childhood obesity....

This major new addition to the Sears Parenting Library is a comprehensive, authoritative, and reassuring guide for parents of premature babies. 20 line drawings & photos.

An accessible and reassuring guide to childhood health and immunity from a pediatrician who’s both knowledgeable about the latest scientific research and respectful of a family’s risk factors, health history, and concernsIn The Vaccine-Friendly Plan, Paul Thomas, M.D., presents his proven approach to building immunity: a new protocol that limits a child’s exposure to aluminum, mercury, and other neurotoxins while building overall good health. Based on the ...

Having a premature baby -- a baby born before the thirty-seventh week of pregnancy -- can be a crash course in both medicine and health economics, not just in parenting. Parents face complex information, difficult decisions, and overwhelming grief and worry -- with challenges that often extend well beyond those early days and weeks. As an ob/gyn, Dr. Jennifer Gunter has delivered hundreds of premature babies, but as a mother of preemie triplets, she also understands the heartbreak and chal...

Stress is the leading cause of neck painand popping a pill is not the answer. Using the tools and techniques taught here, you can prevent neck pain and headaches in just minutes a day.Author Rowlin L. Lichter, M.D., is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon who shares step-by-step instructions on how you can stop your neck pain and headaches simply, quickly, and easily. Dr. Lichter has created a system of easy exercises that have provided permanent relief to 85 percent of the patient...

Teen Survival Guide Health Tips for On-the-go Girls Have you ever had a question that you were too shy to ask? Maybe something like: “Does chocolate cause pimples?” “What do I do if the kids at school make fun of me?” “Can I get a sexually transmitted disease from kissing?” Don’t worry—you’re not the only one! Every young woman has questions like these. Everyone can use some advice. Having questions is a sign that you are growing up. I...

Dr Christian Jessen, the unshockable presenter of the hit television shows, Embarrassing Bodies and Supersize vs. Superskinny, is always being tackled by strangers wanting answers to their most private medical questions. Like all doctors, Dr Christian finds people sidling up to him with their questions at parties, on trains, and even in the street. So why don’t people ask their own doctors these questions in the more formal setting of the medical surgery? And what are the most common quest...

Dr. Bogash has been publishing posts related to back pain for many years. This book is a compilation of blog posts done over the years in a organized format with some additional commentary to help make the information clearer.Many of the topics discussed in this book may be new to you and may never have been brought up by your personal physician. Unfortunately, there is a veritable chasm between the medical research and what primary care doctors and orthopedic doctors seem to share...

For parents, few experiences provoke more anxiety than the thought of a sick child. The Everything® Healthy Living Series is here to help. These concise, thoughtful guides offer the expert advice and the latest medical information you need to understand your child’s ailments and provide the best possible care. Childhood illnesses are inevitable; the way you approach treatment is not.Inside you’ll find expert advice explaining varying types of rashes, which ones can be relieved by a...

Dr Gowri Motha is one the UK’s most respected obstetricians, working in holistic practice alongside Dr Yehudi Gordon. Her Gentle Birth Method has been hugely popular with celebrities, including Gwyneth Paltrow. Now she helps mothers in the first year after birth bond with their child and give them the best start in life.A book that takes new parents month by month through the first weeks after birth – with detailed information on the health of mother and baby – and progresses to th...