Home Spa or Overcoming Male Infertility

Home Spa: Recipes and Techniques to Revitalize

Author: Manine Rosa Golden

Whether you have five minutes or several days, this book has just the right recipe or technique for pampering yourself from head to toe.

Healthy, balanced living begins with the right attention to your body and mind. Although most of us know this is true, we ignore the need to treat ourselves well in the face of hectic schedules and daily responsiblitlies. Home Spa is a secret weapon against the drudgery of home and office routine, offering a variety of ways to relax and to look and feel better—from softening skin and removing toxins to improving circulation and lowering blood pressure. By using simple, natural ingredients that are readily available it's possible to recreate easily and inexpensively the formulas and techniques found in luxurious spas. Seasame yogurt face masks, almond-and -honey moisturizers, and simple self-massages are only a few of the many reciepes provided that you can use to revitalize yourself in your own home. By taking the time to take care of yourself, you can ease life's pressures, clear your minds, and create a new sense of calm.

Other Details: 74 full-color illustrations 84 pages 7 1/8 x 7 1/8" Published 1997

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Overcoming Male Infertility

Author: Leslie R Schover

Hope and strategies for couples dealing with male infertility If you or your partner is suffering from male infertility, you’re not alone. Millions of couples are struggling with this problem. About 400f these couples have exclusively male infertility problems, while another 20% have both male and female infertility problems. Now, two leading experts, a urologist specializing in male infertility and a psychologist, team up to write the most complete guide available on male infertility. From the latest, state-of-the-art treatments to advice on how to handle the emotional aspects of male infertility, you’ll find out where to get the help you need. Overcoming Male Infertility also covers the psychological issues that are unique to men, and gives advice to women on helping their man through the trauma of infertility treatment—including how to get him to see a doctor in the first place.

Library Journal

Although it is not a commonly recognized fact, the male is the problem in about half of the 2.5 million couples struggling with infertility. Clinical psychologist Schover and Thomas, a urologist in the Cleveland Clinic's infertility program, draw on their expertise to provide information that lay readers need to understand the causes of male fertility problems. They discuss how to find competent doctors and demystify the available treatment options for infertile couples. They also clearly explain reproductive anatomy and physiology, diagnostic procedures, causative factors, and therapeutic options, as well as the psychological and emotional aspects of male infertility. Recommended for all healthcare collections.--James Swanton, Harlem Hosp. Lib., New York Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Table of Contents:

CONFRONTING MALE INFERTILITY.
Male Infertility: Bumping Into the Iceberg.
Getting Started with a Male Infertility Workup.
They Want Me to Go Into a Little Room and Do What?
Your Baby-Making Machinery: An Owner's Manual.
The Semen Analysis and Other Diagnostic Tests for Male Infertility.
Starting the Production Line: Sex and Fertility.
UNDERSTANDING MALE INFERTILITY: CAUSES AND TREATMENTS.
Holes in Our Genes: Inherited Causes of Infertility.
Developmental Problems That Cause Infertility.
Germs and Germ Cells: Infections and Infertility.
The Boulder on the Path: Obstructive Infertility.
Is It My Hormones?
Varicoceles: How Important Are They?
The Dry Ejaculation: Not a New Sexual Technique.
Adding Insult to Injury: Infertility after Cancer Treatment.
Does Lifestyle Contribute to Male Infertility?
Using Assisted Reproductive Technology to Treat Male Infertility.
Having a Child through Donor Insemination.
COPING WITH MALE INFERTILITY.
The Pursuit of Paternity.
The Female Side of Male Infertility.
Coping with Infertility as a Team.
Healing Your Sex Life after Male Infertility.
The Spiritual and Ethical Side of Infertility.
Robbing Paul to Pay Peter: The Economics of Male Infertility.
Choosing to Adopt a Child.
Living without Children.
Concluding Thoughts.
Glossary.
Resources.
Chapter Sources.
Index.