Book Description

Everything you need to know to provide safe, effective women’s health and maternity nursing care

Maternity & Women’s Health Care, 9th Edition takes a collaborative care approach to maternal, newborn, and women’s health nursing that emphasizes the nurse’s role on the care team. Easy to read and logically organized, it follows the nursing process and offers evidence-based coverage of everything you need to know about caring for women of child (more…)

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“Women’s Qigong for Health and Longevity is loaded with practical, effective, and transformational information and practices to help all midlife women maintain vibrant health.”—Christiane Northrup, MD “Having personally experienced the ‘magic’ of qigong many years ago, I am delighted to see this insightful handbook. As a bone health specialist you can bet I’ll recommend that all my clients look into Davis’ qigong exercises for osteoporosis.”—Susan E. Brown, Ph (more…)

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“Women’s Qigong for Health and Longevity is loaded with practical, effective, and transformational information and practices to help all midlife women maintain vibrant health.”—Christiane Northrup, MD “Having personally experienced the ‘magic’ of qigong many years ago, I am delighted to see this insightful handbook. As a bone health specialist you can bet I’ll recommend that all my clients look into Davis’ qigong exercises for osteoporosis.”—Susan E. Brown, Ph (more…)

Women have made it clear that they desire a broader, integrative approach to their care. Here, for the first time, Integrative Women’s Health weaves together the best of conventional treatments with mind-body interventions, nutritional strategies, herbal therapies, dietary supplements, acupuncture, and manual medicine, providing clinicians with a roadmap for practicing comprehensive integrative care.Presenting the best evidence in a concise, accessible format, and written exclus (more…)

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— “I can’t wait for the new edition to come out-using Ricci’s textbook is the first time I’ve ever seen students read the entire book-cover to cover.”– “This material is wonderful-it will be an asset to Maternity education.” “Key terms and learning objectives are excellent. Has crucial information for students and organization is excellent. Bolded information is excellent.– Chapter 12 step by step-great!” “Well organized, easy to read and up-to-date.”

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Amazon.com Review

Who Reads Women’s Health Magazine? The Women’s Health brand is created for the woman who sees being healthy-physically and emotionally as her edge. Our readers are women who want to do more, have more and be more. It is a magazine that helps women stay on pace in their lives with practical advice on nutrition, fitness, sex and relationships, style and beauty and much more. Women’s Health speaks to women exactly as they speak to each other- (more…)

Amazon.com Review

A well-researched update to the 1996 edition, The New Harvard Guide to Women’s Health is an essential reference guide for women of every age. Combining simple alphabetical listings with complete cross-referencing throughout the 300 topics, it’s easy to find what you’re looking for–anything from airbags to wrinkles, asthma or vulvar cancer. Many of the entries include illustrations, and a number of anatomical charts give welcome assistance if you can’t quite rem (more…)

Use the power of nature to heal your body and enjoy a lifetime of good health In Women’s Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, naturopathic physician Tori Hudson shows you how to safely and effectively combine conventional and natural medicine to maintain health and address specific medical conditions. Her groundbreaking work offers sound information on complementary therapies such as bio-identical hormones, vitamin supplementation, herbs, diet, and exercise and helps you (more…)

You’re already an expert on your thyroid symptoms. Why not become an expert on solutions? Although your doctor is an invaluable resource, taking charge of your health care is the best way to discover treatments that work, make the most of your medical appointments, and restore your thyroid balance. Because hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, and other thyroid problems affect every woman differently, The Women’s Guide to Complete Thyroid Health takes a personal approach. Together (more…)

From Publishers Weekly

Starred Review. This excellent addition to the literature on women’s health and weight loss will help veterans of the dieting roller-coaster overcome hunger, build lean muscle mass, burn fat and maintain energy and mood levels. Developed by the editors of Women’s Health magazine, the eight-week program consists of two eating plans, with each of the five-to-six daily meals containing a balance of protein, fat and carbohydrate. After determining body shape, c (more…)