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Diabetics tired of "Diabetic DON’T’s" now have a "Diabetic DO they can raise a glass to! Serious medical research shows that dry red wines, consumed in moderation, can significantly contribute to good health, even for diabetic or pre-diabetics. Of course, one needs to be of legal age and not addicted to alcohol. This book gives diabetics and their doctors solid wine-and-diabetes medical facts in a readable yet thorough analysis of current medical research. Readers and their medical advisors may conclude, on the basis of these facts, concepts and important research findings, that some wines may be consumed safely by diabetics and that moderate consumption of dry wines by diabetics may improve health. In addition to the numerous studies cited, this volume includes many health and lifestyle suggestions along with fascinating history, biology and chemistry of diabetes and wine.
Somewhere in Africa, more than a million years ago, a line of apes began to rear their young differently than their Great Ape ancestors. From this new form of care came new ways of engaging and understanding each other. How such singular human capacities evolved, and how they have kept us alive for thousands of generations, is the mystery revealed in this bold and wide-ranging new vision of human emotional evolution. Mothers and Others finds the key in the primatologically unique length of human childhood. If the young were to survive in a world of scarce food, they needed to be cared for, not only by their mothers but also by siblings, aunts, fathers, friends—and, with any luck, grandmoth...
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Government “of the people, by the people, for the people” expresses an ideal that resonates in all democracies. Yet poll after poll reveals deep distrust of institutions that seem to have left “the people” out of the governing equation. Government bureaucracies that are supposed to solve critical problems on their own are a troublesome outgrowth of the professionalization of public life in the industrial age. They are especially ill-suited to confronting today’s complex challenges. Offering a far-reaching program for innovation, Smart Citizens, Smarter State suggests that public decisionmaking could be more effective and legitimate if government were smarter—if our institutions k...
Reviews cooperative efforts among Federal and international agencies responsible for medical research on experimental drugs and regulation of pharmaceutical industry marketing practices. Includes review of thalidomide marketing and use.