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|  | Hospital Time by Amy Hoffman, Urvashi Vaid
Hospital Time is a memoir about friendship, family, and caregiving in the age of AIDS. Amy Hoffman, a writer, lesbian activist, and former editor of Gay Community News, chronicles with fury and unflinching honesty her experience serving as primary caretaker for her friend and colleague, Mike Riegle, who died from AIDS-related complications in 1992. Hoffman neither idealizes nor deifies Riegle, whom she portrays as a brilliant man, devoted prison rights activist, and a very difficult friend. Hoffman became central to Riegle's caregiving when he asked her to be his health-care proxy, and although she willingly chose to do this, she explores her conflicting feelings about herself in this role and about her involvement with Riegle and his grueling struggle with hospitalization, illness, and, finally, death. She tells of the waves of grief that echoed throughout her life, awakening memories of other losses, entering her dreams and fantasies, and altering her relationships with friends, family, and even total strangers. Hoffman's memoir gives voice to the psychological and emotional havoc AIDS creates for those in the difficult role of caring for the terminally ill and it gives recognition to the role that lesbians continue to play in the AIDS emergency. A foreword by Urvashi Vaid, former executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, offers a meditation on the politics of AIDS and the role of family in the lives of lesbians and gay men. AUTHOR: Amy Hoffman, Urvashi Vaid
PUBLISHER: Duke University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Health, Mind & Body 
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 | The Active Person's Guide to Hip & Knee Replacement by Ronald J. Allen, S. David Stulberg, Victoria A. Brander
Comprehensive and easy-to-understand, this handbook empowers arthritis sufferers to take control and become actively involved in decision-making, medical treatment, and rehabilitation. One hundred photographs and illustrations show exercises, movements, before-and-after X-rays, and implants. AUTHOR: Ronald J. Allen, S. David Stulberg, Victoria A. Brander
PUBLISHER: Peachtree Publishers, Limited
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Health, Mind & Body
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 | Is Your Thyroid Making You Fat?
Description not available.Arguing that many weight problems are caused by thyroid malfunction, a groundbreaking weight loss program explains how to diagnose a thyroid problem while eating a healthy diet and offers a suggested regimen that combines medication to eliminate a sluggish thyroid and a special eating plan. Reprint.
PUBLISHER: Warner Books, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Health, Mind & Body
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 | Yoga Mini Book for Weight Loss by Elaine Gavalas
A weight management specialist and yoga instructor, the author provides a quick overview of how yoga can burn calories and tone the body. AUTHOR: Elaine Gavalas
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Health, Mind & Body
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 | Warped Factors by Walter Koenig
An autobiography by the actor who played Lt. Chekov on the Star Trek television series, filled with behind-the-scenes information. AUTHOR: Walter Koenig
PUBLISHER: Taylor Publishing Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Health, Mind & Body
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 | Stop Walking on Eggshells by Paul T. Mason, Randi Kreger
Description not available.Discusses the signs and symptoms of borderline personality disorder and explains how the families and friends of patients can cope with BPD behavior while taking care of themselves AUTHOR: Paul T. Mason, Randi Kreger
PUBLISHER: New Harbinger Publications
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Health, Mind & Body
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