Testosterone for Life: Recharge Your Sex Drive, Muscle Mass, Energy and Overall Health
Author: Abraham Morgentaler
Your user-friendly guide for treating low testosterone--from an expert at Harvard Medical School
Low testosterone can cause a wide range of symptoms including reduced sex drive, erectile dysfunction, depression, fatigue, muscle loss, impaired cognition, and osteoporosis. This comprehensive and accessible guide from a leading researcher in testosterone therapy covers the most up-to-date information and treatments available. You will learn if hormone replacement therapy is right for you, along with other smart, safe suggestions for leading a healthier, more fulfilling life.
Abraham Morgentaler, M.D., graduated from Harvard Medical School, where he is currently an associate clinical professor of surgery in urology. His work on testosterone has appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, and the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder
Author: James Lock
Always harmful and potentially deadly, eating disorders can wreak havoc on families. Unfortunately, the same can often be said of their treatment: blaming parents for the illness, many eating disorder programs exclude parents and widen the rift in an already shattered family. This powerful and controversial book by top researchers James Lock and Daniel le Grange argues that parents are not the culprits but the key to their teen's recovery. Based on new research, Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder shows how parents can break the disorder's control over their child's mind and re-establish normal eating and family relations. The odds for full recovery drop precipitously if treatment is delayed. A radically important wake up call, this book urges parents to act now.
Doody Review Services
Reviewer: Tammy Yuen, MD (Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This book on adolescent eating disorders is geared towards parents and families to help them better deal with a very difficult condition.
Purpose: The purpose is to help parents understand and deal with a teenager's eating disorder on many levels. The objectives set out by the authors are very worthwhile and are easily met within the context of the book.
Audience: The intended audience is parents, but there likely is some value for pediatricians and school workers as well. The authors are quite credible and knowledgeable on the topic.
Features: The book does an excellent job at helping parents to identify, understand, and work with treatment of eating disorders. A particularly nice feature is the inclusion of examples of various presentations of teenagers with eating disorders at various stages of the disease. The book has references of other helpful materials or books at the end of each chapter. In addition, at the end of the book there are many valuable resources to help families. It is particularly nice that the issue of how families can work with healthcare professionals is addressed.
Assessment: The book is of high quality and would be of help to any family facing this difficult situation.
Rating
4 Stars! from Doody
Table of Contents:
| 1 | Act now | 11 |
| 2 | Get together | 36 |
| 3 | Don't waste time on "why?" | 58 |
| 4 | Know what you're dealing with : the complexity of eating disorders | 77 |
| 5 | Get into your child's head : the distorted thinking behind your teenager's behavior | 96 |
| 6 | Understand your options : what the research says about the best ways to treat anorexia and bulimia | 118 |
| 7 | Taking charge of change : how to apply the family approach to treating eating disorders | 137 |
| 8 | Playing a supporting role : other ways you can be a part of your child's recovery | 180 |
| 9 | Harnessing the power of unity : how to stay on the same page in your fight against eating disorders | 206 |
| 10 | Staying empowered and informed : how to work with professionals who are trying to help your child | 229 |
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