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Fall 2006

Books on the Bedside Table

We asked UNLV health experts to help readers find the gems among the enormous collection of health and fitness books on the market.

Larry Golding, UNLV Distinguished Professor of kinesiology: The Mind and Body Connection by Dr. Steven Knope; Big Fat Lies: The Truth About Your Weight and Your Health by Glenn Gaesser; The Culprit & The Cure: Why Lifestyle is The Culprit Behind Americans' Poor Health and How Transforming That Lifestyle Can Be the Cure by Steven Aldana; and Healing Moves: How to Cure, Relieve, and Prevent Common Ailments with Exercise by Carol and Michael Krucoff.

Carolyn Yucha, School of Nursing dean: The Antioxidant Revolution by Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper as "an interesting work on how to keep fit through exercise without creating more oxidative stress damage to the body." And, Barry Sears' The Zone: A Dietary Road Map to Lose Weight Permanently, "an informative and accurate book written by a biochemist."

Also recommended by faculty: You Can Be Happy, No Matter What by Richard Carlson; A Woman's Guide to a Simpler Life by Andrea Van Steenhouse; and Ask a Nurse: From Home Remedies to Hospital Care from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.