health aspects

Looks at music therapy in the assisting of health and healing of the body.

Full-color photographs and informative text on the danger of using steroids.

Presents an examination of the illegal steroid use in sports, chronicling the investigation of professional baseball players Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi and providing a narrative overview of the investigation and its principle characters: Victor Conte, Greg Anderson, and BALCO.

Explores water lore and science, focusing on the present-day challenges of pollution and ecological destruction of the Earth's waters.

Uses the stories of some of the more than forty million Americans who are without health insurance to demonstrate the failures of the current health care system, and offers possible solutions to remedy the problem.

Examines the costs related to tobacco use, discussing accidental fires, smoking-induced illnesses, quitting and prevention, and purchase and production.

Explains how to keep a healthy aquarium, covering such topics as water chemistry, filtration and aeration, fish compatibility, signs of ill health in fish, and treatments, and includes an alphabetized guide to common pests and diseases and three hundred color photos and illustrations.

Traces psychologist Harry Harlow's efforts to prove that love and human relationships have a profound impact on a person's health and well-being.

Presents nutritional information for hundreds of popular brand name and restaurant foods, with practical substitutions that can help people cut calories and fat and lose weight.

Offers a comprehensive overview of Hurricane Katrina and its devastating aftermath, describing the storm's progression, the attempted evacuation of New Orleans, the destruction it brought, the clean up and rebuilding efforts, the government's response to the disaster, and other related topics.