healthcare

Dr Scholls Heel Liners -1 Pair
$3.95
INDICATIONS: For all shoes.Helps prevent heel slippage blisters.Great for breaking in new shoes.Keeps heels from slipping and rubbing.Conforms to heel area to improve shoe fit.Prevents snags and runs in hosiery.Perfect for loose fitting shoes.Long lasting

Personal Training System
$14.98
Veteran fitness expert Denise Austin's Personal Training System is one of several exercise programs designed to take advantage of a valuable feature of the DVD format: namely, the ability for viewers to customize their own workouts by picking and choosing from various elements presented in Austin's prescribed routines. These include sections devoted to cardio (available at low and high intensity levels, both about 20 minutes long), upper and lower body exercises (offered at low, medium, and high intensity, each about ten minutes long), and abdominal and stretching segments (the same for all levels, these also last about ten minutes). Meanwhile, the "custom workout" option enables users to combine any or all of these elements according to taste and fitness level. There's nothing especially innovative here--indeed, the cardio sections are pretty much old school, Jane Fonda Workout-style aerobics, while the upper and lower body sections include light weights, bends, lunges, push-ups and other tried-and-true elements--but those looking for a thorough, sweat-inducing regimen will certainly find it here. Austin's relentlessly effervescent style will no doubt prove inspiring to some and cloying to others. On the other hand, the entire program can be done without her audio instructions, and those who simply don't want to work out at all can occupy themselves with an accompanying booklet filled with diet pointers and recipes. --Sam Graham

Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis
$23.95
A much-needed and hard-hitting plan, from one of the great Democratic minds of our time, to reform America’s broken health-care system. Undoubtedly, the biggest domestic policy issue in the coming years will be America’s health-care system. Millions of Americans go without medical care because they can’t afford it, and many others are mired in debt because they can’t pay their medical bills. It’s hard to think of another public policy problem that has lingered unaddressed for so long. Why have we failed to solve a problem that is such a high priority for so many citizens? Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle believes the problem is rooted in the complexity of the health-care issue and the power of the interest groups—doctors, hospitals, insurers, drug companies, researchers, patient advocates—that have a direct stake in it. Rather than simply pointing out the major flaws and placing blame, Daschle offers key solutions and creates a blueprint for solving the crisis. Daschle’s solution lies in the Federal Reserve Board, which has overseen the equally complicated financial system with great success. A Fed-like health board would offer a public framework within which a private health-care system can operate more effectively and efficiently—insulated from political pressure yet accountable to elected officials and the American people. Daschle argues that this independent board would create a single standard of care and exert tremendous influence on every other provider and payer, even those in the private sector. After decades of failed incremental measures, the American health-care system remains fundamentally broken and requires a comprehensive fix. With his bold and forward-looking plan, Daschle points us to the solution.

If You Have Diabetes: Comprehensive Guide For Life (2 DVD Set)
$59.99
The most comprehensive and powerful educational program about diabetes ever made - this two DVD set is ultimate resource for persons with diabetes. It not only educates - it motivates, inspires and helps all people truly understand and respect diabetes. There has never been a tool like this before. At the most prestigious Medical Film Festival in the world it has been honored with a nomination as one of the finest diabetes videos on the planet. Viewing this DVD could literally save your life. It compresses years of learning into hours by bringing world-renowned specialists into the comfort of your own home. Most importantly, other persons with diabetes will openly share their wisdom - their heartfelt stories, their challenges and their victories. You will be inspired. You will be motivated. Before we began the first frame of filming, our intention was to help save millions of lives. Please let your life, or the life of a loved one, be one of them.