Health and wellbeing display

In honour of the Cancer Councils biggest morning tea (http://www.biggestmorningtea.com.au/ and Australian Library Week you are invited to come in and check the library’s health and well being display. We will be giving away some free healthy ( and unhealthy) snacks to help you with your “wellbeing”.

As the theme for Library week is Libraries are for everyone I will be taking photos of everyone using the library this week to make up a photostory about “everyone” who uses our library. Please come in and check it out.


Alternative medicine
A handful of herbs
http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/119-1233/1971/

Exercise
Physical activity ( Issues in society)
Bodyworks : stretching and strengthening for everyday muscle care : daily helpful hints to keep irritating aches and pains away
Emily kelly's commonsense Pilates

Nutrition and Diet
Healing foods for special diets : over 300 delicious recipes for special diets
Obesity
Food allergies for dummies
http://drrobertwood.com/
Nutrition for life : everything you need to know about food and nutrition
http://www.foodwatch.com.au/Default/Content.aspx?pageId=102&ContentID=58
Frequently asked questions about my pyramid : eating right
Foodwatch A to Z : additives, allergens, culprit chemicals and nutrition terms explained
http://www.foodwatch.com.au/Default/Content.aspx?pageId=100&ContentID=56

Health and wellbeing

Men's health and wellbeing (Issues in Society)
Happiness and life satisfaction (Issues in Society)
Women's health and wellbeing ( Issues in Society)
Ageing well [videorecording]

Women's health : a handbook
http://www.capersbookstore.com.au/scripts/shop_item.asp?by=fla&item=2075

Human Body
Anatomy for beginners [videorecording]
http://shop.abc.net.au/browse/product.asp?productid=739500
All about breasts 35555068658410 M-BOOK

Magazines
Good health and Medicine - May issue has article on 10 easy tricks to help you live longer
Melbourne child nutrition issue – April 2008 Food & wellbeing Issue
Choice magazine
Recent issues had article on Eating organic is it worth the money?/ Protecting your skin which moisturisers are value for money?/ Strawberries Pesticide residues: who’s checking?

Cancer
Spirited women : journeys with breast cancer
http://www.bcna.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=209&Itemid=267
When a parent has cancer: how to talk to your kids : a guide for parents with cancer, their families and friends

http://www.nswcc.org.au/html/patientsfamiliesfriends/livingwithcancer/talkingtokids/downloads/when_a_parent_has_cancer.pdf
Don't do something - just sit there. [Part 4]. Teenagers with cancer [videorecording]
You don't have to die from cancer : taking active charge
Cancer awareness (Issue in society)
Conquering cancer : your guide to treatment and research
http://www.mja.com.au/public/bookroom/1999/khadra/khadra.html
Surviving survival [videorecording

Other common illness
Diabetes at your fingertips : the comprehensive and medically accurate manual which tells you all about your diabetes and how to manage it!
http://www.mcgraw-hill.com.au/html/9780074712757.html
IBS for dummies
http://www.irritable-bowel-syndrome.ws/ibs-for-dummies.htm

Mental Health

Darkness visible by William Styron – personal portrait of depression
http://www.enotes.com/darkness-visible/

Coping with depression in young people: a guide for parents
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470857552.html

Help yourself move out of depression and anxiety
http://www.ebooks.com/ebooks/book_display.asp?IID=243434

Change your thinking: postive and practical ways to overcome stress, negative emotions and self-defeating behaviour using CBT

http://shop.abc.net.au/browse/product.asp?productid=162469