Annual Editions : Health 04/05

by Daniel, Eileen L.

• ISBN13: 9780072917277
• ISBN10: 007291727X
• Edition: 25th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-14
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

This twenty-fifth edition of Annual Editions: Health is a compilation of public press articles examining how Americans make choices about controlling their health; the impact of stress and emotions on mental health; the effects on diet and nutrition on well-being; influences of exercise and diet on health; how drugs affect our lives; recent research on human reproduction and sexuality; the major causes of death in the Western world; the current state of health care in today's society; food labeling and food and drug interactions; hazards that affect our health and are encountered in today's world. This title is supported by Dushkin Online (www.dushkin.com/online/) our student Web site.

Table of Contents

To the Reader	iv
Topic Guide	xii
Selected World Wide Web Sites	xv
UNIT 1 Promoting Healthy Behavior Change
Unit Overview	xviii
How Does Your Life Measure Up?	2	(5)
Alice Lesch Kelly
Bad Choices: Why We Make Them, How to Stop	7	(3)
Mary Ann Chapman
Why Do We Do the Things We Do?	10	(1)
Ellen J. Langer
Solving the Diet-and-Disease Puzzle	11	(6)
Bonnie Liebman
How to Banish a Bad Habit, Consumer Reports on Health, March 2003	17	(2)
Yet Another Study---Should You Pay Attention?, Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter, September 1998	19	(5)
UNIT 2 Stress and Mental Health
Unit Overview	22	(2)
The Mind and the Heart: They Really Are Connected, Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter, August 2000	24	(3)
The Value of a Healthy Attitude	27	(2)
Peggy Rynk
Taking Humor Seriously, Consumer Reports on Health, October 2001	29	(2)
How Stress Attacks You	31	(5)
Jerry Adler
Fear Not	36	(6)
Brad Schmidt
Jeffrey Winters
UNIT 3 Nutritional Health
Unit Overview	40	(2)
Antioxidants: No Magic Bullet	42	(6)
Bonnie Liebman
Tips for the Savvy Supplement User, FDA Consumer, March/April 2002	48	(4)
Fast Food 2002: The Best & Worst, Nutrition Action Healthletter, September 2002	52	(8)
Bonnie Liebman
Jayne Hurley
UNIT 4 Exercise and Weight Management
Unit Overview	58	(2)
Measure Your Fitness Level, Consumer Reports on Health, April 2002	60	(3)
Unforgettable Foods: What's Most Likely to Make You Sick	63	(2)
David Schardt
Don't Fool Yourself About Getting in Shape	65	(4)
Edward Jackowski
The Female Athlete Triad: Disordered Eating, Amenorrhea, and Osteoporosis	69	(4)
DawnElla M. Rust
Big Fat Lies: The Truth About the Atkins Diet	73	(7)
Bonnie Liebman
A Guide to Rating the Weight-Loss Websites, Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter, Special Supplement, July 2000	80	(6)
UNIT 5 Drugs and Health
Unit Overview	84	(2)
Prescription for Trouble, Consumer Reports, February 2001	86	(5)
Public Health Officials Caution Against Ephedra Use	91	(3)
Michelle Meadows
Getting Stupid	94	(5)
Bernice Wuethrich
Strategies to Reduce Medication Errors	99	(6)
Michelle Meadows
Beat the Winter Bugs: How to Hold Your Own Against Colds and Flu	105	(7)
Michelle Meadows
UNIT 6 Sexuality and Relationships
Unit Overview	110	(2)
Sex in America	112	(3)
Michael W. Ross
The New Gender Wars	115	(4)
Sarah Blustain
Male Contraception: Search Is On for Options, Contraceptive Technology Update, February 2003	119	(1)
Love Is Not All You Need	120	(4)
Pepper Schwartz
Genital Herpes: A Hidden Epidemic	124	(8)
Linda Bren
UNIT 7 Preventing and Fighting Disease
Unit Overview	130	(2)
An American Epidemic: Diabetes	132	(6)
Jerry Adler
Claudia Kalb
Another Piece of the Heart-Disease Puzzle?	138	(6)
Bonnie Liebman
Cancer: How to Lower Your Risk	144	(7)
Bonnie Liebman
Living With AIDS---20 Years Later	151	(7)
Anne Christiansen Bullers
UNIT 8 Health Care and the Health Care System
Unit Overview	156	(2)
When Nagging Symptoms Should Trigger a Doctor's Visit, Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter, July 2000	158	(3)
The Overtreated American	161	(3)
Shannon Brownlee
Avoiding Hospital Blunders, Consumer Reports on Health, June 2000	164	(5)
The Doctor Won't See You Now	169	(12)
Daniel Eisenberg
Maggie Sieger
UNIT 9 Consumer Health
Unit Overview	178	(3)
Don't Be a Wimp in the Doctor's Office	181	(4)
Maureen Boland
How to Research a Medical Topic, Consumer Reports on Health, October 2000	185	(4)
How Accurate Are Food Claims?, Consumer Reports on Health, October 2002	189	(4)
The Vaccine Conundrum	193	(2)
Katherine Hobson
Food Additives---What You Need to Know, University of California at Berkeley Wellness Letter, June 2002	195	(5)
UNIT 10 Contemporary Health Hazards
Unit Overview	198	(2)
The Truth About SARS	200	(4)
Michael D. Lemonick
Alice Park
West Nile Virus: Reducing the Risk	204	(5)
Linda Bren
An Update on Smallpox	209	(3)
Michelle Meadows
Trying to Look SUNsational? Complexity Persists in Using Sunscreens	212	(5)
Larry Thompson
Index	217	(3)
Test Your Knowledge Form	220	(1)
Article Rating Form	221