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Foods to Fight Cancer

Author: Richard Beliveau

Detailing the key foods that have been medically shown to be beneficial in both preventing and fighting cancer, this is the must-have resource for anyone looking to get healthy and stay that way.

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Worst Pills, Best Pills: A Consumer's Guide to Avoiding Drug-Induced Death or Illness

Author: Sidney M Wolf

This expanded, up-to-the-minute, fully revised edition of the bestselling guide to prescription pills includes information on the 166 pills to stay away from, 289 safer alternatives, and the 200 most-prescribed pills.

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Updating a million-copy best seller.

Table of Contents:

CONTENTS

Introduction How This Book Was Compiled Medical Advisers Index of Drugs

1: Misprescribing and Overprescribing of Drugs Evidence of Misprescribing and Overprescribing The Causes of Misprescribing and Overprescribing

2: Adverse Drug Reactions How Extensive Is the Problem of Specific Adverse Drug Reactions?

Specific Patient Examples Nine Reasons Why Older Adults Are More Likely Than Younger Adults to Have Adverse Drug Reactions Which Adverse Effects Can Be Caused by Which Drugs?

Summary of Adverse Reactions and the Drugs That Cause Them Drugs That Can Affect the Mind (Such as Those Causing Depression or Psychoses)

Drugs That Can Cause Abnormal, Involuntary Movements Drugs That Can Disturb Balance Drugs That Can Cause Sexual Dysfunction Drugs That Can Affect the Gastrointestinal (GI) Tract

Drugs That Can Cause Lung Toxicity

Drugs That Can Affect the Urinary Tract

3: 456 Drugs Commonly Used by Consumers How to Use This Chapter

Drugs for Heart Conditions Drug Listings High Blood Pressure

Potassium Supplementation

Beta-blockers

Calcium Channel Blockers Cholesterol-lowering Drugs

Drug Profiles Mind Drugs Drug Listings

Tranquilizers and Sleeping Pills

Antipsychotic Drugs Depression

Drug Profiles

Painkillers and Arthritis Drugs

Drug Listings

Salicylates

Narcotics Arthritis and Inflammation

Drug Profiles

Gastrointestinal Drugs Drug Listings Diarrhea

Constipation Gas Drug Profiles Cold, Cough, Allergy, and Asthma Drugs Drug Listings

Cold

Allergy and Hay Fever

Asthma, Chronic Bronchitis, and Emphysema Drug Profiles Drugs for Infections

Drug Listings Antibiotics Penicillinsand Cephalosporins

Fluoroquinolones Tetracyclines

Drug Profiles

Drugs for Diabetes Drug Listings Diabetes and Its Treatment

Drug Profiles Drugs for Neurological Disorders

Drug Listings Drug Profiles

Nutritional Supplements Supplement Listings

Nutritional Supplements Supplement Profiles Eye Drugs Drug Listings General Instructions for Application of Eye Drops and Ointment Glaucoma Drug Profiles

Drugs for Other Conditions

Drug Listings Corticosteroids

Drug Profiles

4: Protecting Yourself and Your Family from Preventable Drug-induced Injury

Sample Drug Worksheet

5: Saving Money While Avoiding Injury When Buying Prescription Drugs Glossary

Drug Worksheet