Dandelion vote: Fifty poems and a fable

Langdon, Charlie

Hilton Pub

African Americans are at a much higher risk of death from heart and cardiovascular disease than are white Americans -- usually because of lifestyle and dietary habits. Fortunately, better heart health can be achieved by simple changes in lifestyle and diet and through better stress management. This book offers a better understanding of heart disease, including its symptoms; treatment options, benefits, and risks; what to expect from surgery; and how to recognize, prevent, and manage stress. This book will help African Americans reduce their risk of heart disease and live a longer, healthier life.

The Heart of the Matter: The African American's Guide to Heart Disease, Heart Treatment, and Heart Wellness

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Stern, Herbert, Ph.d.

Hudson, Hilton M., II

Diseases & Physical Ailments

"This thorough guide, updated and revised from the 1994 original, emphasizes issues of particular concern to black men.... This authoritative and clearly written book is well targeted to its audience and deserves their attention. The lifesaving advice offered here is interspersed with real-life case studies, and each chapter has suggested reading lists and resources for further information.... Excellent....Recommended for healthcare collections".

The Black Man's Guide to Good Health: Essential Advice for African American Men and Their Families

Shulman, Neil B.

Reed, James W

Shucker, Charlene

Shucker, Carlene

Parenting & Relationships

This book offers a better understanding of heart disease, including its symptoms; treatment options, benefits, and risks; what to expect from surgery; and how to recognize, prevent, and manage stress. This book will help African Americans reduce their risk of heart disease and live longer, healthier lives.

Offering a new approach to weight loss tailored specifically to black women, this guide empowers women to develop skills for weight management and healthy living. Providing simple nutritional information and exercises, it addresses the common misconceptions of many so-called diets--almost all of which overlook or ignore the ethnicity component so essential to black women--and replaces them with a sound, culturally sensitive plan for black women to lose weight and stay healthy. An appendix of health-care resources includes advice on finding a physician, alternative health clinics, fitness centers, and public health facilities, and a glossary explains common medical and nutrition terms.

Weight Loss for African-American Women: An Eight-Week Guide to Better Health

Smith, George Edmond

Diets & Weight Loss

A culturally sensitive discussion of health care for African-American families, this guide presents real-life situations that make information come alive. Includes information on the diseases that affect African Americans specifically and explores nutrition, children's health, spirituality, and minority health resources.

Taking Care of Our Own: The Black American's Guide to Family Medicine

This guide offers advice for helping African-American women handle the stresses of everyday life and anticipate and prepare for long-term mental health. Also included are tips for negotiating the mental health system and understanding various types of treatments, as well as advice for instilling good health habits in the next generation.

Saving Our Last Nerve: The Black Woman's Path to Mental Health

Martin, Marilyn

Moss, Mark B.

Mental Health

Written specifically for church leaders, including pastors, lay deacons, and youth workers, this guide offers practical assistance for addressing the health concerns of congregation members and creating aware and educated communities. Over 200 diseases are explained.

Congregational Health: How To Make Your Congregation A Health-Aware Community

Kristen L. Mauk

Cynthia Russell

Jack Birge

Religion & Spirituality

Since 1991, HIV infection has been the leading cause of death among black men 25-44 years old. About 62 percent of women and children with AIDS are black. Experts agree that for the person infected with HIV/AIDS, good medical care and good self-care mean a longer life and a higher quality life. This book explains how to get the medical care; understand symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment; take medication as prescribed; practice good nutrition, exercise, and rest; find social workers and support groups; and pay medical bills.

Living With AIDS/Hiv: The African American's Guide to Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Goosby, Eric, M.D.

Designed for the lay reader who has recently been diagnosed with hypertension, this book discusses major symptoms, prevention techniques, risk factors, complications, and treatment and emphasizes self-care, stress management, and empowerment.

High Blood Pressure: The Black Man and Woman's Guide to Living With Hypertension

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Dandelion vote: Fifty poems and a fable

The Heart of the Matter: The African American's Guide to Heart Disease, Heart Treatment, and Heart Wellness

The Black Man's Guide to Good Health: Essential Advice for African American Men and Their Families

The Heart of the Matter: The African American's Guide to Heart Disease, Heart Treatment, and Heart Wellness

Weight Loss for African-American Women: An Eight-Week Guide to Better Health

Taking Care of Our Own: The Black American's Guide to Family Medicine

Saving Our Last Nerve: The Black Woman's Path to Mental Health

Congregational Health: How To Make Your Congregation A Health-Aware Community

Living With AIDS/Hiv: The African American's Guide to Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment

High Blood Pressure: The Black Man and Woman's Guide to Living With Hypertension