Andrew Jackson as a Public Man What he Was, What Chances he Had, and What he Did with Them (American Statesmen)

At a time when 81 percent of ten-year-old girls say they are afraid of being fat, early dieting is clearly a widespread problem. However, the difference between being "just a little too thin" and having a full-blown eating disorder can be hard for even the most involved parent to distinguish.

Dr. Michael Strober and Meg Schneider's Just a Little Too Thin shows parents how to approach this problem proactively. First, it helps parents determine the severity of a child's weight issues by outlining the three stages of this slippery slope and the behavioral signs associated with each. The book then gives expert guidance on talking about weight and eating in ways that help a daughter cope with the emotional issues that feed her obsession. No matter where a girl rests on the continuum of eating behaviors, Just a Little Too Thin is an invaluable aid for parents intent on keeping their children emotionally and physically healthy in a world of unprecedented pressures.

Offering compassionate, no-nonsense advice on how to talk to one's children about weight issues.......2006-01-05

"Understand your history... the inherent emotional experiences related to your body image.".......2005-12-01

Just a few short years ago, the outcome of a life-threatening brain injury lay in the hands of the victim's god. Neurologists had a self-mocking term for their role in healing: "Diagnose and adios." While doctors knew more about why and how a brain might die or be permanently impaired, they rarely intervened in brain trauma cases, believing there was little they could do. Today, though, a brave new world of brain rescue is opening up. A handful of hospitals around the country have begun to develop neurological intensive care centers where aggressive new treatments are pulling brain-injured patients back from the brink.

Acclaimed science journalist Edward J. Sylvester here takes us to one of the first of these facilities to develop neurointensive care, The Johns Hopkins Medical Centers in Baltimore. Sylvester introduces us to Marek Mirski, the pioneering neurologist who leads the neurointensive team, and follows Mirski into the very center of the brain trauma storm through five dramatic and very different cases. Sylvester also takes us on a whirlwind side trip to New York's Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, where Mirksi's compatriot Dr. Stephan Mayer--the founding neurointensivist--struggles for the life of yet another patient. A vivid, elegant writer, Sylvester has filled his book with unforgettable and fascinating events. His descriptions of the maelstrom in the traumatized brain are some of the most powerful ever put to paper, and the human faces in his cast of characters are almost clear enough to touch. Back from the Brink combines the best of medical journalism with the drama of ER as it covers some of the most innovative developments and exotic territory in modern medicine.