Body Signs - From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic

Zusatztext "Lively and engagingly written! Body Signs is the perfect book for people fascinated by how the human body works. Read it and you'll know what to worry about and what to ignore."—Barbara Kantrowitz! co-author of Is It Hot in Here? Or Is It Me? The Complete Guide to Menopause " Body Signs is indispensable. It's the ultimate catalog of our bodies' quirks! symptoms! and trouble spots—and a valuable guide to telling the amusing from the alarming. Written in a calm! clear voice! it's often funny! always informative! and potentially life-saving."—Joel Gurin! former Editorial Director! Consumer Reports " Body Signs is an exceptionally well written and topical book on health. I found it chock-full of informative and interesting tidbits! substantiated by scientific research. The book is easy to read and has something to offer for everyone. I certainly learnt some fascinating medical facts! "—Gayatri Devi! MD Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry! NYU School of Medicine; President! National Council on Women's Health  “Packed with information! a handy and entertaining resource that fulfills its mission ‘to alert you! warn you! and maybe even scare you into going to the doctor…and save you the time! expense and anxiety of going’ when one isn’t needed.” —Publishers Weekly Informationen zum Autor Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph.D. is a medical sociologist and award-winning medical writer. Her articles have appeared in American Health, Ms., Newsweek, Redbook, Self, and Vogue, and she has appeared on numerous television talk shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Today Show . She has a daughter, Rebecca, a cat, Fazelnut, and lives with her husband, Richard—also a writer—in New York City. Jacqueline Nardi Egan is a medical journalist who specializes in developing and writing educational programs with and for physicians, allied health professionals, patients, and consumers. She is also a former medical editor of Family Health magazine. She has a daughter, Elizabeth, two dogs, Coco and Abby, and divides her time between Darien, Connecticut, and Sag Harbor, New York. Klappentext From brittle hair to hair in all the wrong places! a tingling tush! mismatched eyes! streaked nails! inverted nipples! and excessive flatulence! to name just a few! the body supplies endless signs regarding its state of health and wellness. When are these harmless and when is a visit to the doctor's office in order? Drawn from cutting-edge research and the latest scientific literature! and vetted by a panel of medical experts! this fascinating guide covers every body part from head to toe to help you decode the often mysterious messages your body sends you. Leseprobe Chapter One Your Hair The Long and the Short of It Hair defines us like no other part of the human body. It conveys to others an enormous amount of information: our age, gender, ethnicity, social status, religious and other group affiliations, personal hygiene habits, and—last but not least—our state of health. Yet the assumptions some people make based on our hair may be as false as their eyelashes. We can cover the gray, making us appear years younger; cut our hair very short or let it grow very long, making it difficult to determine our gender; or straighten curly hair or curl straight hair, making our ethnicity anyone's guess. And by adopting the hairstyles of the rich and famous, we can look like we're to the manor born when we may be struggling to make (split) ends meet. Hair is overflowing with sexual symbolism and cultural significance. People in many parts of the world routinely—if not religiously—cover or remove it. English barristers, for example, wear wigs in court. Muslim and Orthodox Jewish women are required to cover their heads. And not only do Buddhists and...

Product details

• Authors: Jacqueline Egan, Joan Liebmann-Smith, Joan/ Egan Liebmann-Smith
• Publisher: Bantam Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.02.2009
• EAN: 9780553384314
• ISBN: 978-0-553-38431-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias