Dr. Edward A. Taub discusses his book, “The Wellness Rx.” He begins by explaining that his book is about small changes people can make to lead healthier lives. He talks about the connection between stress and illness. He talks about the...
Longevity - Nutritional aspects;
Rejuvenation - Nutritional aspects;
Health;
Diet - popular works
Dr. Roy L. Walford discusses his book, “The 120-Year Diet.” He begins by explaining that his book gives people advice on how to change their lifestyles to life longer. He talks about how he is a professor of pathology at the University of...
Dr. Dean Ornish discusses his book, “Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease: The Only System Scientifically Proved to Reverse Heart Disease Without Drugs or Surgery.” He begins by explaining that making simple lifestyle...
Population Groups - psychology - United States - Popular Works; Health Policy - United States - Popular Works; Health Behavior - United States - Popular Works; Drug Industry - economics - United States - Popular Works; Drug Industry - economics -...
Greg Critser discusses his book, “Generation Rx.” He begins by distinguishing between chronic diseases and their prevention and treatments versus acute infectious diseases. He explains that for infectious diseases, such as Polio there is an...
Mary Higgins Clark discusses her book, “We’ll Meet Again.” She describes the scene where the character, Molly, is found covered in blood with no memory, after her husband, Dr. Lasch, is found dead in the library by their housekeeper. Clark...
Women - Health and hygiene; Exercise; Physical fitness; Diet; Nutrition; Health
Gary Heavin discusses his book, “Curves.” He begins by talking about different popular diets that people are doing today and why they don’t work. He talks about how no one should restrict entire food groups from their diet permanently. ...
Deborah Kidushim-Allen cooks several recipes from her book, “Light Style.” She begins by explaining the importance of low-fat cooking and gives tips on how to prepare food with fewer calories. She cooks chicken marsala first, emphasizing that...
Jeanne Jones discusses her book, “Jeanne Jones’ Food Lover’s Diet.” She begins by explaining that she recently traveled to Africa for a diabetes conference and picked up some recipes in Kenya. She says that this is her 10th book on...
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Influence; Holocaust survivors - United States - Interviews; Holocaust survivors - United States - Mental Health
Aaron Hass discusses his book, “The Aftermath,” which describes the lives of those that survived the Holocaust. He describes how the survivors were not allowed to truly mourn, because after the Holocaust, survivors had to focus on building a...
Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld discusses his book, “Symptoms.” He begins by explaining that his book contains a list of symptoms for many illnesses. He describes some common symptoms that are often serious like indigestion, pain during common...
Wayne, John, 1907-1979;
Motion picture actors and actresses - United States - Biography
Pat Stacy discusses her biography of John Wayne, “Duke.” She begins by explaining that she started out as his assistant and became his lover. She talks about his other romances and how their relationship had began after he had separated from...
Reducing diets;
Diet, Reducing;
Health;
Diet - popular works
Dr. Barbara Edelstein discusses her book, “The Underburner’s Diet.” She begins by explaining that her book focuses on ‘underburners’ who have a harder time losing weight than the average person. She talks about how exercising and...
Dr. Sheldon Saul Hendler discusses his book, “The Complete Guide to Anti-Aging Nutrients.” He begins by explaining that his book looks at different supplements to determine which ones help the body stay young. He talks about places in the...
Nathan Pritikin discusses his book, “The Pritikin Permanent Weight-Loss Manual.” He begins by explaining that he includes recipes in his diet book from all over the world and all different cultures. He talks about the importance of lowering...
Gay men - United States - Psychology;
Gay men - Mental health - United States;
Gay men - Sexual behavior - United States;
Psychoanalysis and homosexuality - United States;
Psychosexual development - United States
Dr. Richard Isay discusses his book, “Being Homosexual.” He begins by explaining that his book provides a psychoanalytical approach to discussing homosexuality. He describes several studies that question whether homosexuality is a genetic...
Kasha, Al - Health;
Agoraphobia - Patients - United States - Biography
Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn discuss their book, “Reaching the Morning After.” They begin by explaining that their book is an autobiographical account of their lives, and their success from writing the Academy Award winning song, “The...
White, Ryan - Health - Juvenile literature;
White, Ryan;
AIDS (Disease) - Patients - Indiana - Biography - Juvenile literature;
AIDS (Disease) - Patients
Jeanne White discusses her son’s autobiography, “Ryan White: My Own Story.” She begins by explaining that her son was Ryan White, a young boy who was diagnosed with AIDS and became an activist during his life. She talks about how her son...
Menopause - Popular works;
Menopause - Complications - Diet therapy - Recipes;
Middle-aged women - Health and hygiene - Popular works
Cristina Ferrare discusses her book, “Okay, So I Don’t Have a Headache.” She begins by explaining that her book is about the struggles women face with menopause, PMS, and growing older. She talks about her strained relationship she had with...
Robert E. Kowalski discusses his book, “8 Steps to a Healthy Heart: The Complete Guide to Heart Disease Prevention and Recovery from Heart Attack and Bypass Surgery.” He begins by explaining his own personal experience having a heart attack...
Israel - Kings and rulers - Fiction; Bible. O.T. - History of Biblical events - Fiction; David, King of Israel - Fiction
Joseph Heller discusses his book, “God Knows.” Heller begins by explaining that the novel is the story of King David told by David from his deathbed. Heller uses humor to relate the events of David’s life as the warrior king of Israel,...
