quality of life

Argues that a new philosophy must be developed to help balance the convenience and benefits of the digital world with the problems it can create in a user's personal life, drawing on philosophies that have helped people manage and enjoy their connected lives in the past.

Offers advice to parents and professionals on how to promote healthy lifestyles in people with Down syndrome, from infants to young adults, discussing early eating and feeding and the connection between nutrition and Down syndrome, providing strategies for teaching healthy choices, and including learning activities.

Uses the metaphor of a disease to explore how society has been affected by Americans' obsessive quest for material gain.

Explores how the quality of life varies in different parts of the world and what can be done to help meet people's basic needs, both through government action and the efforts of individual citizens.

Describes how the body works and discusses the importance of keeping in good health. Also examines advances in medical technology and its impact on the future health of the population of the world.

Contains eleven articles in which the authors provide various prospectives on the American dream, debating what the dream is and if it is attainable in the twenty-first centry.

Offers practical advice for workaholics on how to create happier, more balanced lives by cutting back on hours, using flextime, making lateral or downward moves, and other downshifting strategies.

Explains how to change one's life, gaining time, money, and freedom, through changing the way one works, covering prioritizing, "training" one's boss to value performance over presence, finding a new career, creating automated cash-flow "muses," learning the difference between absolute and relative income, getting on a low-information diet, and other topics.

Contains tips on how to beat the odds in a variety of ways including love and marriage, climbing the ladder of success, medical issues, and random good fortune.