Stress: 63 Ways To Relieve The Tension And Stay Healthy - Softcover

Inlander, Charles B.; Moran, Cynthia K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312973993 ISBN 13: 9780312973995

Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2000

Synopsis

Stress is one of the biggest hazards to your health-- it's also one of the most preventable.

Nobody lives a stress-free existence, but too much stress can be highly damaging to our health, affecting both the quality and duration of our lives. Stress has been shown to negatively impact every facet of the body's functioning, causing depression, fatigue, stomach problems, heart palpitations, and scores of other illnesses-- in fact, eighty percent of all doctor visits are stress-related. But stress doesn't have to take over your life-- there are dozens of easy ways to combat stress and bring more peace and productivity into your day,

Now, the trusted and authoritative People's Medical Society outlines the 63 best ways to banish stress and promote well-being, including:

* Effective techniques for coping with everyday stress, from changing your thought-patterns to managing your time to altering your work habits
* On-the-spot relaxation exercises for instant relief
* Changes in diet and exercise, along with vitamin, mineral, and herbal therapies
* Tips about medical, pharmacological, and alternative interventions
* Plus: Essential self-tests to help you understand your stress

About this title

About the Author

Charles B. Inlander is president and CEO of the People's Medical Society, America's largest nonprofit consumer health advocacy organization, and a faculty lecturer at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is a health commentator on National Public Radio's Marketplace, and is the co-author of several health books, including St. Martin's Paperbacks' Take This Book and Ways series.

Cynthia K. Moran writes health articles for several newspapers and magazines and is the co-author of 67 Ways to Good Sleep and 77 Ways to Beat Colds and Flu.

From Publishers Weekly

Inlander, president of People's Medical Society and author of many consumer medical books, and Moran (67 Ways to Good Sleep) can't be faulted for wasting ink or paper in this no-nonsense informative guide. Citing surveys showing that stress contributes to 50% of all illnesses in the U.S. and that job stress costs about $200 billion annually, they first offer, in Q&A format, a succinct explanation of stress, covering its physiological components and ramifications. The bulk of the book then deals out "Tips for Preventing and Relieving Stress," with headings on such topics as lifestyle, time management and exercise. Subheadings give practical suggestions: under "Make your job work for you," bulleted tips include, "Try to be an active participant. Passivity leads to stress and lack of self-control." Part 3 gives information on traditional medical, social, pharmacological and complementary medical modalities for treating stress. Boxed sidebars, such as "A Crash Course in Nutrition," an appendix of stress self-tests, a glossary and an index add depth to a book that is all the more useful for being refreshingly free of extra verbiage. A People's Medical Society Book. Author tour.
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About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0312973993
• ISBN 13: 9780312973995
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 144