Essential Concepts for Healthy Living

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Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2005 - Family & Relationships - 503 pages
 

Contents

Chapter
1
Minority Health Status in the United States
7
Understanding HealthRelated Behavior
8
Conventional versus Complementary and Alternative
15
Locating and Selecting Mental Health
26
Chapter 3
46
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53
Herbal Remedies for Stress Symptoms
61
Body Composition
263
Weight Management
276
Target
282
Chapter 11
283
Athletic Performance
296
Developing a Personal Fitness Program
302
Physical Fitness
307
What to
314

Coping with Stress
63
Chapter 2
73
How to Prevent Becoming
74
Preventing and Avoiding Violence
84
Safety Tips
85
Chapter 5
95
Genetic Counseling and Prenatal Diagnosis
104
Contraception
114
Abortion
122
Enlargement of the Prostate
126
Relationships and Sexuality
133
Minding Your Sexual Manners
147
Sexuality
152
Drug Use and Abuse
160
Chapter 7
161
Stimulants
168
Depressants
171
Falling Asleep without Prescriptions
172
Inhalants
177
Chapter 8
189
Safety Tips
194
Tobacco
205
The Effects of Alcohol and Tobacco Use
217
Chapter 9
225
NonEnergySupplying Nutrients
237
Planning a Nutritious Diet
243
Nutrition
248
Chapter 10
257
11
259
The Cardiovascular System and How It Works
316
Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease
325
13
341
Chapter 13
343
Summary of American Cancer Society
348
Prevalent Cancers in the United States
351
Testicular SelfExamination
370
Reducing Your Risk for Cancer
371
Cancer
372
Infection Immunity and Noninfectious Disease
377
Eliminating or Reducing Your Risk of
378
Chapter 14
379
Trends in Infectious Disease
385
Drugs That Combat Infection
395
Sexually Transmitted Infections Caused by Bacteria
406
Infectious and Noninfectious Diseases
413
After the Death of a Loved One
445
Dying and Death
446
Environmental Health
451
Avoiding ELF Radiation
459
Environmental Health in the Workplace
463
Environmental Health
469
Health 21
473
Appendix B Injury Prevention and Emergency
477
Dietary Reference Intakes for Certain
483
Living
490
Psychological Health 46
492
Photo Credits
503
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