Happy New Year! We have a wealth of new books to bring in the new year. Have a health-related #newyearsresolution? Are you trying to read more books in 2022? We’re here to help at Herrick! Let us know what topics you’d like to see more of.
Stop by the library to check out some new additions to our collection this month or follow the link to place a hold online.
General Collection
Women’s Health
- The pain gap : how sexism and racism in healthcare kill women by Anushay Hossain
- Women, food, and hormones : a four-week plan to achieve hormonal balance, lose weight, and feel like yourself again by Sara Gottfried, MD
- Menopause : no need to panic by Odile Bagot, Doctor of Gynecology
Healthy Aging
- Reclaim your right to grow old : how to immerse yourself in, be curious about, and celebrate life’s
- most important stage by Kathleen O’Brien
- I’m now called a senior: stories from the heart by Julie Sursok
Medical Marijuana
- Cannabis is medicine : how medical cannabis and CBD are healing everything from anxiety to chronic pain by Bonni Goldstein, MD
- Medical marijuana : Dr. Kogan’s evidence-based guide to the health benefits of cannabis and CBD by Mikhail Kogan, M.D., and Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph.D ; foreword by Andrew Weil, MD
Medical Stories
- The least of us : true tales of America and hope in the time of fentanyl and meth by Sam Quinones
- World war C : lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic and how to prepare for the next one by Sanjay Gupta, MD, with Kristin Loberg
- Of sound mind : how our brain constructs a meaningful sonic world by Nina Kraus
- Going there by Katie Couric
- The unseen body : a doctor’s journey through the hidden wonders of human anatomy by Jonathan Reisman, M.D
- Immune : a journey into the mysterious system that keeps you alive by Philipp Dettmer
Healthy Foods
- Provecho : 100 vegan Mexican recipes to celebrate culture and community by Edgar Castrejón, with Susan Choung
Introduction to container gardening: a beginners guide to growing your own fruit, vegetables, herbs, and flowers using containers and grow bags by Madison Pierce- The Timber Press guide to vegetable gardening in Southern California by Geri Galian Miller
- 50 herramientas de coaching nutricional para la salud y el bienestar por Yolanda Fleta, Jaime Giménez, Lara Lombarte ; prólogo de Juan Revenga
- The herbal kitchen : bring lasting health to you and your family with 50 easy-to-find common herbs and over 250 recipes by Kami McBride ; foreword by Rosemary Gladstar
Cancer
- Take control of your cancer risk by John Whyte, MD, MPH
Cholesterol and High Blood Pressure
- The low-cholesterol cookbook for two : 100 perfectly portioned recipes for better heart health by Andy De Santis, RD, MPH with Michelle Anderson ; photography by Andrew Purcell
Controlling high blood pressure through nutrition, nutritional supplements, lifestyle, and drugs by Mark C. Houston and Lee Bell
Diabetes
- The diabetes dictionary : what every person with diabetes needs to know by American Diabetes Association
- The diabetes code cookbook : delicious, healthy, low-carb recipes to manage your insulin and prevent and reverse type 2 diabetes by Dr. Jason Fung ; recipes by Alison Maclean
Exercise
- Chair yoga : accessible sequences to build strength, flexibility, and inner calm by Christina D’Arrigo ; illustrated by Christy Ni
- Physical activity and health : the evidence explained edited by David J. Stensel, Adrianne E. Hardman, and Jason M.R. Gill
Wellness
- What you need to know about sleep disorders by John T. Peachey and Diane C. Zelman
- The cure for loneliness : how to feel connected and escape isolation by Dr. Bill Howatt
- Fear traps : escape the triggers that keep you stuck by Nancy Stella PhD, PsyD
- Mayo Clinic guide to better vision : saving your eyesight with the latest on macular degeneration, glaucoma, cataracts, diabetic retinopathy and much more by Sophie J. Bakri
- NANDA International, Inc. nursing diagnoses : definitions and classification 2021-2023 edited by T. Heather Herdman, PhD, RN, FNI, Shigemi Kamitsuru, PhD, RN, FNI, and Camila Takáo Lopes, PhD, RN, FNI
Young & Middle Readers
- Grover’s eight nights of light by Jodie Shepherd ; illustrated by Joe Mathieu
- Rissy no kissies by Katey Howes ; illustrated by Jess Engle
- Home for the holidays : a little book about the different holidays that bring us together words by Craig Manning ; pictures by Ernie Kwiat
- Bye-bye bully written by Tori Levy and Emily Skwish; illustrated by Alicia Garboncita
- Give thanks : you can reach out and spread joy! by Naomi Shulman ; illustrated by Hsinping Pan
- A Christmas too big by Colleen Madden
- My first cookbook : fun recipes to cook together…with as much mixing, rolling, scrunching, and squishing as possible by America’s Test Kitchen
- Peyton picks the perfect pie : a Thanksgiving celebration story by Jack Bishop ; illustrations by Michelle Mee Nutter
- I am thankful : a Thanksgiving book for kids by Sheri Wall ; illustrated by Holly Clifton-Brown
- A garden in your belly : meet the microbes in your gut by Masha D’yans
- I choose to speak up by Elizabeth Estrada
- Soul food Sunday written by Winsome Bingham ; illustrated by C. G. Esperanza
- Out of my heart by Sharon M. Draper
- Out of my mind by Sharon M. Draper
Resources for Parents
- Pregnancy & diabetes : a complete guide for women with gestational, type 2, and type 1 diabetes by Marina Chaparro, RD, CDE, MPH
- Resilience recipe: a parent’s guide to raising fearless kids in the age of anxiety by Muniya S. Khanna, PHD, Philip C. Kendall, PHD, ABPP ; foreword by David H. Barlow, PHD
- Niños : instrucciones de uso : el manual definitivo por Rocío Ramos-Paúl, Luis Torres
New Graphic Texts
- Marshmallow & Jordan by Alina Chau
- Do no harm : a painful history of medicine by Nick Arnold; illustrated by Steph von Reiswitz
New eBooks on Overdrive and the Libby app
- Mom Brain : Proven Strategies to Fight the Anxiety, Guilt, and Overwhelming Emotions of Motherhood-and Relax into Your New Self by Ilyse Dobrow DiMarco
- Raising Emotionally and Socially Healthy Kids by Eileen Kennedy-Moore
- Dancing Is the Best Medicine : The Science of How Moving to a Beat Is Good for Body, Brain, and Soul by Julia F. Christensen
- Building Your Resilience : Finding Meaning in Adversity by Molly Birkholm
- The Fertility Doctor’s Guide to Overcoming Infertility : Discovering Your Reproductive Potential and Maximizing Your Odds of Having a Baby by Mark P. Trolice M.D.
- The Science of Sleep and Stress : How they Affect Creativity, Focus and Memory by One Day University
New Magazine Issues are available on Flipster. Check out Multihull Sailor, Bicycling, Highlights, and many more! Use your library card number for access. Don’t have a library card? Apply for one here.
