Great Legs or Positive Options for Children with Asthma

Great Legs!: Every Girl's Guide to Healthy, Sexy, Strong Legs

Author: Jane Merrill

"You can be as old as the hills," Jane Merrill's mother advised her at a young age, "and still show a little leg." Mom knew best. After all, she'd modeled for Vogue and other fashion magazines and considered good leg care a great investment. Jane took note-actually lots of them as she grew up and saw what great legs can do for any woman-until she had an encyclopedic file on how to get great legs and keep them at any age.

Now Merrill's Great Legs! shares that wealth of leg care and fitness knowledge. The book covers everything from traditional and home treatments to once-proprietary spa secrets and high-tech leg care techniques. The author delivers this gold mine of "limb-formation" in a fun and easy-to-grasp style, as one girlfriend passing on beauty tips to another. A healthy combination of quotations, photographs, fun facts, and hip shopping tips makes Great Legs! a must-read for all women.

Great Legs! includes home methods of hair removal, self-tanning and blemish-disguising tips, leg-pampering recipes, leg and feet exercises, dos and don'ts of cosmetic surgeries, and much more. Merrill taps a team of exercise and medical professionals, such as the chief of surgery at Tufts/New England Medical Center, to back up her information. This book struts!

Book about: Starting Out with Alice or MCSE

Positive Options for Children with Asthma: Everything Parents Need to Know

Author: O P Jaggi

Parents of asthmatic children often feel helpless in the midst of a severe attack. Written in a warm, reassuring tone, Positive Options for Children with Asthma helps parents better understand and cope with this frightening disease. The book offers advice on creating a safe, allergen-free environment, recognizing warning signs, reducing the intensity of attacks, and reviews the various diagnostic procedures, medications, and treatment options available. Most importantly, parents learn that they can play a key role in preventing and managing asthma attacks.

Table of Contents:

Contents

Preface....................ix
Acknowledgments....................x
Introduction....................1
Chapter 1: Asthma in Children....................3
Is Asthma Inherited? How Is Asthma in Children Diagnosed? Do Children Outgrow Asthma? What Is the Impact on the Family? Chapter 2: Early Symptoms and Warning Signs....................7
Cough: The Most Common Indicator Common Cold Allergies Chapter 3: Asthma in Children: What Goes Wrong?....................14
The Causes of Inflammation The IgE Antibody Chapter 4: What Causes Asthma?....................18
Predisposing Factors Contributing Factors Chapter 5: The Inhaled Allergens....................22
Indoor Allergens Outdoor Allergens Animals and Insects as Allergens Chapter 6: Protecting Your Child from Food Allergies....................34
Diagnosing Food Allergy Avoiding Common Food Allergens Reducing Allergy with Breastfeeding Chapter 7: Conditions that Make Asthma Worse....................38
Cigarette Smoke Air Pollutants Emotional Stress Aspirin Respiratory Viral Infections Climatic Factors Chapter 8: Diagnosing Asthma in Children....................42
History Physical Examination Chapter 9: Tests for Diagnosing Asthma....................46
Nasal or Sputum Smear Tests Blood Tests The IgE Test Skin Tests Breath Tests and Lung Function Tests Chapter 10: Combating Asthma in Children....................55
Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Bronchodilatory Drugs Prophylactic Drugs Other Medications Chapter 11: How Asthma Medications Can Be Effectively Delivered....................68
Inhalation Method Chapter 12: Are Allergy Shots Helpful?....................79
Methods of ImmunotherapyEffectiveness of Immunotherapy Precautions Chapter 13: Can Exercise Induce Asthma?....................84
Diagnosing EIA Preventing and Reducing EIA Relieving EIA Chapter 14: Preventing Asthma: Some Necessary Precautions....................89
How to Help Asthmatic Children Avoid an Attack Positive Options for Children with Asthmavi Chapter 15: Early Symptoms of an Attack: What Parents Must Know and Do....................98
Preventing and Managing a Possible Attack Chapter 16: Managing Asthma: Guidelines for Parents....................102
Chronic Mild Asthma Chronic Moderate Asthma Chronic Severe Asthma Chapter 17: Seeking Medical Assistance....................112
The Management of Emergency Treatment Management of Acute Attacks in Hospitals Management of Acute Attacks in Infants Chapter 18: Alternative Therapies for Asthma....................117
Diet Do's and Don'ts Herbal and Natural Remedies Chapter 19: Making Children Independent....................128
Offering Positive Reinforcement Setting Specific Goals Encouraging a Normal Student Life Leaving Home for the First Time Chapter 20: Some Important Rules for Parents....................136
Glossary....................139
Bibliography....................143
Resources....................145
Index....................147