"Medicine used to be a paternalistic affair: a doctor's job was to make all the decisions, and a patient's job was to obey them. But technological, economic, and cultural changes over the last century have given us unprecedented control over our own healthcare. We have been turned into healthcare consumers, expected to work with doctors on complicated medical decisions. But just how capable are we of making those decisions? Talya Miron-Shatz is an...

#1 "New York Times" bestselling author Tom Rath delivers a book that will improve your health for years to come in three of interconnected areas: eating, moving, and sleeping.

"From Grammy-Award winning music superstar and actor Tim McGraw comes a one-of-a kind lifestyle book that melds his personal fitness transformation story with practical advice to inspire healthy changes in readers' lives. Tim McGraw is as well-known for his unparalleled accomplishments in the entertainment industry as he is for his boundless energy--he is the embodiment of vitality and success. But only a decade ago, he found himself struggling with...

"An eye-opening handbook from a leading Ayurvedic physician that blends cutting-edge science on "clock genes" with ancient eastern wisdom to help us understand how to harness the power of chronobiology to effortlessly lose weight, sleep better, exercise stronger, reduce stress, and boost our well being. "It's not you, it's your schedule." Does it sound like magic? It's not. We've all heard of circadian rhythms--those biological processes that give...

Discusses the dire state of American health due to poor nutrition choices based on cynical food politics and medical misinformation, and reveals how diet can dramatically improve and turn around many life-threatening conditions.

Safe, simple exercises that help older adults retain muscle mass in order to lead healthier, more active lives.

"A provocative manifesto that teaches you how to take control of your own health, no matter your age or circumstances-from an innovative doctor and his philosopher daughter. Dr. Alex Jadad is the creator of the Jadad scale, a methodology to assess the quality of clinical trials that has become the most widely used in the world, and Tamen Jadad-Garcia is a health entrepreneur and philosopher-they combine their expertise to uncover the shaky foundations...

Handbook on health and health risks for women.

Kathy Freston, the "New York Times" bestselling author of "The One," is back with a life-changing guide to increasing health of the mind, body, and spirit through small steps that can yield extraordinary changes.

"CBS Medical Correspondent Jennifer Ashton's smart, straight-talk guide to health for women that promises if you can commit to reinventing your health and wellness routines in your late 30s and 40s, you can feel younger, stronger and more vibrant than you did in your 20s"--