the BABY BOOMER BODY BOOK ©

THE COMPLETE HEALTH REFERENCE
FOR OUR GENERATION
BY
BRIAN PECK, M.D., DAAPM, BCFM, FAADEP

TABLE OF CONTENTS
A PERSONAL NOTE from the AUTHOR to the READER

Problems Common to Men and Women

Part One-Pain in the Joints
1. “Oh Man! I Can’t Get In and Out of That Darned Car!”
    Joint Pain and Osteoarthritis; What It Means

2. “Oh, My Achin’ Back!” Spinal Pain, Acute and Chronic;
    The Neck and the Back

3. “These Knees Ain’t Made for Kneelin’” Knee Pain

4. “My Dogs are Barkin’!” Foot Pain and Other Problems
    of the Feet

5. “Youch! Oy! Mama Mia!” Acute and Chronic Pain,
    Including Strong Pain Medications

Part Two-Vision, Hearing, and Teeth

6. “I Can’t See a Darned Thing Without My Glasses”!
    Vision, Including Normal and Abnormal aging problems

7. “WHAT ?! I CAN’T HEAR YOU !!" Hearing Loss,
    Including Tinnitus and Vertigo.

8. Do You Take Out Your Teeth to Brush Them?
    Gums and Losing Teeth (Periodontal Disease)

Part Three-Digestive Problems

9. What a Pain in the …!” The Lower Digestive
    Tract: Intestines, Colon, and Rectum.
    Includes Constipation and Hemorrhoids

10. “I Ate Too Much, I Ate Too Fast!” Heartburn
    and the Upper Gastro-intestinal Tract:
    The Stomach and Esophagus, Including Ulcers
    and Gastritis Part Four-Well Being: from the
    Heart to the Waistline

11. “You’re Going to Put a WHAT Up My WHERE ?!”
    Common Medical Tests and Procedures.

12. “My Achin’ Heart” The Cardiovascular System,
    Including Cholesterol and Blood Pressure

13. “One Pill Makes You Taller, and One Pill Makes
    You Small…” Anti-oxidants, Supplements, Vitamins,
    and Minerals

14. Middle Age Spread: Losing Weight

Part Five-Problems of the Mind

15. “NOW Where Did I Leave My Keys?” Memory

16. The Lowdown on Being Down Low Depression

17. “I’m Sooo Tired…I Haven’t Slept a Wink… ”
    Insomnia, Sleep Apnea, and Other Sleep Disorders.

Part Six-Cosmetic: Hair and Skin

18. “This Isn’t A Bald Spot, It’s A Solar Panel for
    A Sex Machine!” Hair Loss

19. “Oh My God! I’m Beginning To Look Like
    My Mother!” Aging Skin, Including Wrinkles and
    Tumors Women’s Issues

Part One-Change of Life

20. “Did Somebody Turn Up the Heat?”
    Menopause and Peri-Menopause

21. Life Used To Be So Simple!
    Estrogen and Other Hormones

22. “Please! Not tonight! I’m Trying to Have
    a Headache!” Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD)

Part Two-Three Big Women’s Problems: Breast, Bladder,
and Bones

23. The Breast The Mammalian Identity

24. “My Little Secret” Bladder Control and Infections

25. “I’m Shriiinkiiiing!” Osteoporosis; "Brittle Bone"
    Disease Men’s Issues Part One-Change of Life

26. “He’s Having a Mid-Life Crisis”
    Male Menopause; Does It Exist?

27. Becoming A Little Old Man
    Osteoporosis in Men-A Hidden Epidemic

Part Two-Two Big Men’s Problems

28. “The Other Little Secret-A BIG One!”
    Decreased Male Libido and Erectile Dysfunction

29. “Oh No! I Have to Pee! What if I can’t?”
    The Prostate Preparing for the Future

30. “A Day in the Life”: Exercise, Caffeine, Alcohol,
    Tobacco,  Residential drugs, and Nutrition. A
    simple, uncluttered concept of what it takes to
    maintain your basic health.

31. Media Shmedia! News Stories and Advertisements:
    How to Read Between the Lines

32. What Happens Now? The Baby Boomer Expression
    of Illnesses That Usually Occur at Other
    Phases of Life Includes: Hepatitis C, AIDS,
    Multiple Sclerosis, Post-polio Syndrome, and
    Rheumatoid Arthritis

33. Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder:
    Rembrandt, Sports Illustrated, and Self-Image

AFTERWORD

APPENDICES

GLOSSARY

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THE COMPLETE HEALTH REFERENCE FOR OUR GENERATION BY BRIAN PECK, M.D., DAAPM, BCFM, FAADEP

THE COMPLETE HEALTH REFERENCE
FOR OUR GENERATION
BY
BRIAN PECK, M.D., DAAPM, BCFM, FAADEP