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                     MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH
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Name: BABY - Pregnancy Information & Calendar
Disk #: ME101
Author: Hal S. Kopeikin Ph.D and Ann Marie Kopeikin RN M.A.
Requirements: Monochrome okay, one floppy drive

This program is a must for parents-to-be.  Mother or Dad types in the
date of conception and the program will calculate what trimester the
mother is in and give the estimated date of birth.  It also gives
information on how the baby is developing in the womb.  If the concep-
tion date is not known, the program will estimate judging from the
mother's last menstrual period.

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Name: PREGNANT
Disk #: ME115
Author: John Ellis
Requirements: Color graphics card, one floppy drive

This program is designed as an aid to women with variable or unstable
menstrual cycles who want to become pregnant.  PREGNANT is the ideal
Pregnancy Planning Tool because its totally natural with NO pills or
medicine.  Menu-driven every step of the way and online help for ease
of use.

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Name: HEART TO HEART
Disk #: ME110
Author: InterActive Software
Requirements: Color graphics card, one floppy drive

Designed to assist couples in improving their communication skills in
order to find more joy and satisfaction from their relationships.  The
program is very simple to use: A status/input line at the bottom of the
screen tells you what to input next.  The program is set up to begin
using immediately.  Well put together.  Also includes a "quote for the
day" for inspiration.

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Name: AEROSOFT FITNESS LOG
Disk #: HO101
Author: Kenneth H. Cooper MD
Requirements: Color graphics card, one floppy drive, printer optional

This software will enable families to regularly monitor exercise activity
while at home.  It calculates aerobic points for 34 types of exercise and
calories burned for 49 types of exercise.  Can even print out reports.

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Name: THE LEFT/RIGHT BRAIN DOMINANCE and COGNITIVE STYLE SELF-TEST
Disk #: ME103
Author: Ken Blystone and Jeff Darter
Requirements: Monochrome okay, GWBasic

THE LEFT/RIGHT BRAIN DOMINANCE will ask the user 30 multiple choice ques-
tions.  Answers are analyzed to determine trends in brain dominance.  The
program will give the percentage of dominance in three areas; left, right
and mixed.  COGNITIVE STYLE SELF-TEST will ask you 50 questions about
yourself and will then give you a result of how you interact with others.

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Name: NTERNIST
Disk #: ME104
Requirements: Monochrome okay, one floppy drive, printer optional

The NTERNIST will diagnose certain symptoms.  You choose from a menu of
options such as "Ears/Hearing" and then you choose from another menu
which closely describes the medical problem. It generates a report of what
the medical problem could be.  Rather interesting.  We must stress though
that if you feel you have a medical problem, see your doctor.

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Name: DRUG INTERACTIONS
Disk #: ME105
Author: Dr. Richard H. Jeffries
Requirements: Monochrome okay, one floppy drive

Designed to provide a large volume of clinically useful information.  By
reading the messages on the screen and following directions, you should
have no difficulty in obtaining generated reports of drug interactions.
There are over 3800 entries for over 500 different drug names.  The drugs
can be retrieved by either the generic name or the most common brand
names.

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Name: FOOD HAZARDS
Disk #: ME107
Author: Ron Brown
Requirements: Monochrome okay, hard drive required

FOOD HAZARDS is an electronic encyclopedia that contains many facts about
the food you eat.  It will help you identify toxins in your food, quickly
and easily.  The author wrote this program out of inspiration from his
father's death that was diet-related.  He explains such symtoms as
migraines, eczema, depression, cancer and even mental retardation.

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Name: HEADACHE FREE
Disk #: ME108
Author: M. Groff
Requirements: Monochrome okay, hard drive required

This program offers a few words about headaches.  It contains various
quizzes to see what type of headaches you have.  These include migraine,
hangovers, tension and cluster, pre-menstrual and low blood sugar.  Also,
contains information on cures such as acupuncture, Alexander Technique,
faith healing, health tonics and herbs.

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Name: HERBS AND VITAMINS and VITAMIN REFERENCE CHART
Disk #: ME111
Author: Merrill J. Lind and Haresh Makwana
Requirements: GWBasic, one floppy drive

Herbal medicine has curative as well as preventive qualities.  Anyone
who has been diagnosed as having an ailment would do well to use some of
the herbs mentioned in this program.  The material, recipes, botanical
material, medical compounds and more are not intended to replace the
services of a physician, just give you another option.  VITAMIN REFERENCE
CHART colorfully lists many vitamins that includes information on daily
requirements, major sources and deficiency symptoms.

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Name: IQ SYSTEM
Disk #: ME112
Author: Personal Data Services, Inc.
Requirements: GWBasic, color graphics card

Sixteen programs make up this IQ test.  You can run the programs through
a menu or separately.  A rather interesting program to participate in.
Don't take it too seriously.

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Name: THE KIERSEY TEMPERAMENT SORTER
Disk #: ME113
Author: Fr. Gregory P. Serwa
Requirements: Color graphics card, one floppy drive

THE KIERSEY is an inventory or questionnaire which will assist you in
determining your predominant temperament or personality type.  The Meyers
Briggs is a similar type of instrument.  Both are valuable in understand-
ing how we interact with other people.  The inventory is self-scoring.
A very brief summary of your "type" can be printed out.

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Name: NUTRIENT
Disk #: ME117
Author: Robert F. Savryk
Requirements: GW Basic, Hard drive recommended

NUTRIENT was written for the layman or health professional who want to
analyze an individual's food intake or diet for nutrient adequacy.  It
is intended to accomplish this through two categories, the first being
personal data such as name, date of food intake, age, etc.; and second,
food intake data such as food number and quantity eaten.

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Name: STOP SMOKING
Disk #: ME118
Requirements: Color graphics card, one floppy drive

Two programs to help you stop smoking.  WHY SMOKE? identifies and weighs
six factors that have been found common in smokers as to why they smoke.
WHY SMOKE? will help you identify these factors in your own life and help
you quit.  7-DAY QUIT SMOKING PLAN outlines a seven day period in which
you can quit smoking.  These two programs will put you well on your way
to being smoke free!

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Name: SELF-HEALTH STRESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Disk #: ME119
Author: Self-Health Systems
Requirements: 512K RAM, Monochrome or CGA, Hard drive and printer
              recommended

The stress reduction program offered in this software package has been
around for a number of years.  It is only unique that it is computer
controlled.  This program will teach you how to stay in a state of relax-
ation in a potentially high stress situation.  It works you through six
steps of learning.

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Name: INSULIN TRACKER & FOOD TABLE
Disk #: ME122
Author: James Frye
Requirements: Color graphics card, one floppy drive

This program was designed to track insulin injections by entering the
date and time of injection.  The dosage and the blood glucose reading
are entered also.  You can print your history of injection to either
the screen or the printer.  The food table feature will help assist you
in picking the meal with the proper amounts of food and the calories
for those amounts.

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Name: DIABETES
Disk #: ME121
Author: Terra Software
Requirements: Color graphics card, one floppy drive

This well-put-together program is a wealth of information concerning
diabetics.  Areas covered are general knowledge, diet, monitoring control
and medication, exercise and activity, illness, psychological adjustments
and hygiene and complications.  A must have for the diabetic and his or
her family.

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Name: FOR YOUR HEALTH
Disk #: ME123
Author: Merrill J. Lind
Requirements: One floppy drive, color graphics card

This disk contains five very informative and useful programs.  From
poisonous house and garden plants to herbal remedies for weight control,
these programs are some of the most interesting and informative programs
to have on the subject of health.  Menu driven and easy to use.

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Name: FIRST AID or WHAT TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY
Disk #: ME125
Author: Marketing Services Corp. of America
Requirements: One floppy drive, color graphics card

This tutorial has been prepared by a Certified First Aid Instructor with
many years experience teaching first aid, CPR and basic life support
courses.  Many, many subjects are covered such as what to do first, what
to do about an obstructed airway, heart attack, shock, bleeding, diabetic
emergencies, heat and cold emergencies and much more.

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Name: GENERAL HEALTH
Disk #: ME109
Requirements: GWBasic, color graphics card

Four assorted programs too small to place on a disk by themselves, but
still interesting enough to be included in this catalog: you'll find
a hearing and eye test, reflex tester, a program to help you relax and
a program to determine the adult size of a child.

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Name: CVD
Disk #: ME120
Author: Jeff Pentz
Requirements: Mono okay, one floppy drive

This program will determine your cardiovascular disease risk by asking
you a series of questions regarding your present and past health history.
It also gives advice on heart rate exercises designed exclusively for you.

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Name: BETTER EYESIGHT
Disk #: ME100
Author: Jeff Napier
Requirements: One floppy drive, color graphics card

This graphic program explains how to have better eyesight.  It goes into
detail about specific eye problems and explains some of the more popular
cures for vision these days.  It also contains exercises you can try to
improve your vision.

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Name: NON-MEDICAL PAIN RELIEF   **NEW!**
Disk #: ME102
Author: Another Company
Requirements: One floppy drive, Mono or color graphics card

This program can help you to overcome minor aches and pains.  It instantly
shows you how to apply a combination of techniques from a variety of Eas-
tern and Western sources.  Very interesting and informative.

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                      COOKBOOKS AND NUTRITION
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Name: THE COMPUTER BAKER
Disk #: RE100
Author: BMW Programs
Requirements: Monochrome or CGA+, one floppy drive

THE COMPUTER BAKER is a completely menu driven program which allows the
user to select recipes from six categories: Snacks, Fudge and Candy,
Muffins and Bisquits, Cookies, Cakes and Frostings, and Pies.  It con-
tains 99 recipes for home baked goods that are quick and easy to prepare.
It is interesting to note that the author created this cookbook complete-
ly from recipe donations.

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Name: HOME BREWING FOR ENJOYMENT
Disk #: RE101
Author: Robert Young
Requirements: Monochrome okay, one floppy drive

A step-by-step guide to beer making!  Contains 10 recipes and lots of
room for you to add your own.  A rather unusual file.  We thought we
would add it to this collection just for the heck of it.

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Name: THE CHINESE COOKBOOK   **NEW!**
Disk #: RE106
Author: Craftsbury Software, Inc.
Requirements: Color graphics card, hard drive required

Hundreds of Chinese recipes are placed in this easy to use, menu driven
program!  Once you order this program, you can grab your wok and start
creating delicious home cooked oriental meals!  A must have!

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Name: CAMPBELL'S MICROWAVE COOKBOOK
Disk #: RE102
Author: I.B. Magazette
Requirements: Color graphics card, one floppy drive okay

The authors of this program have outdone themselves.  This menu driven
program has everything a good cookbook needs: 11 different categories
ranging from Appetizers to Frozen Foods, a special section just for kids,
an ingredient search, and it even comes with a bookmark in case you want
to pick up where you left off later.

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Name: COMPU-CHEF
Disk #: RE103
Author: HillStepper
Requirements: 384K RAM, One floppy drive, but hard drive recommended
              Printer option

COMPU-CHEF is loaded with powerful features which make cooking, meal plan-
ning and shopping almost effortless.  Store and retrieve up to 100,000
recipes.  Your recipes can contain any number of ingredients and you can
keep track of calories, fat and cholesterol.  Considered one of the best!

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Name: PERSONAL RECIPE COOKBOOK
Disk #: RE104
Author: Joncarl Mitchell
Requirements: Color graphics card, hard drive required

This program will help you keep track of your personal recipes.  It is
menu driven and easy to use.  Just follow the prompts.  It allows you
to add, search, edit, delete and review your recipes.

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Name: EDNA'S COOKBOOK
Disk #: RE109
Author: Specialty Microware
Requirements: 128K RAM, DOS 2.0, 2 floppy drives or a hard drive, mono
              or color, a printer is necessary to print recipes

EDNA'S COOKBOOK is considered one of the best programs of its kind on
the shareware market.  This well put together program is meant to record,
file, list and print recipes.  It has been named after Edna Burton, who
is a well known award-winning cook whose recipes number into hundreds
You can add recipes into 15 different categories ranging from appetizers
to canning and freezing.  Unfortunately, recipes are not supplied with
this cookbook.

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Name: FRED'S RECIPES FOR EDNA'S COOKBOOK
Disk #: RE123A/B/C/D/E - Five disk set
Author: Fred Schmidt
Requirements: Monochrome or CGA+, hard drive required if one large
              directory is desired.

There are over 6 meg of recipes for Edna's Cookbook in this collection.
You can use just one database or all.  There are over 3500 recipes in
the entire 6 meg this program takes up.  It is IMPORTANT to note that
each database of recipes must be in its own sub-directory.  Explicit
instructions are included.

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Name: FAST FOOD
Disk #: RE110
Author: PBCShare, Inc.
Requirements: Color graphics card, one floppy drive

Allows you to browse through a variety of fast food restaurants and lets
you get a peek at how many calories are in that BIG MAC you always order.
15 of the more popular chain stores are listed such as Burger King,
McDonald's and Church's Fried Chicken.  It will also list the amount of
protein, fat, sugar and other interesting things that are in the food.

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Name: MEAL MATE
Disk #: RE112
Author: Stephen L. MacGregor
Requirements: Color graphics card, one floppy drive

MEAL MATE gives you nutritional information and food exchanges on se-
lected foods.  It will also give you the number of calories per ounce,
protein and fat.  Nutritional evaluation is available for recipes and
complete meals.  A handy program to have around.  Menu driven with
plenty of online help.

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Name: MASTER MEAL MANAGER
Disk #: RE113
Author: Thomas C. Johnson
Requirements: One floppy drive, Mono or color, DOS 2.0, 512K RAM

This program was written by a frustrated husband who was assigned the
task of deciding what his family was to eat every two weeks.  He design-
ed this program to contain up to 500 recipes, the types of meals the
recipes are used for, what type of dish the recipe is and the number of
servings the recipes makes.  It will automatically schedule what recipes
to have each day for up to 14 days, including breakfast, lunch and
dinner!

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Name: MEAL-MASTER
Disk #: RE114
Author: Episoft Systems
Requirements: 384K RAM, one floppy drive, monochrome or color

MEAL-MASTER is a menu driven database system tailored to manage recipes.
It will help you store, update, and print your recipes in a variety of
formats.  You can search for recipes using any combination of Title,
Category or Ingredient criteria.  As an added feature, you can also
"mark" recipes as you select them.

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Name: THE RECIPE PROCESSOR
Disk #: RE116
Requirements: 384K RAM, DOS 2.1 or higher, Hard drive, Monochrome

THE RECIPE PROCESSOR is designed to manipulate kitchen recipes.  You can
manipulate the number of servings the recipe will yield, instantly
adjusting the amounts of each ingredient.  You can also instantly convert
from one measure to another, for example: ounces to cups, tablespoons to
ounces.  A calorie counter will count calories, fat, cholesterol and
sodium.

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Name: COOKBOOK ON A DISK
Disk #: RE105A/RE105B - Two disk set
Author: Craftsbury Software, Inc.
Requirements: Monochrome or CGA+, hard drive required

COOKBOOK ON A DISK is designed to follow the natural path you take
when planning a meal, selecting wines, or putting together a travel
itinerary.  It features complete recipes from one or more leading chefs.
This collection is part of a growing base of thousands of recipes, each
cross-referenced by hundreds of planning terms, plus every ingredient
in the recipe.  American, French, Italian, and Mexican cuisine are
covered.

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Name: WHITEWARE RECIPE ANALYST
Disk #: RE120
Author: James H. White
Requirements: One floppy drive, color graphics card

WRA determines the nutritional content of your favorite recipes, or to
see how the nutritional analysis changes with different ingredients.
After compiling your recipe, the screen displays calories and quantity
of protein, carbohydrates, total fats, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium
and much more.  A nice program!  Easy to use.

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Name: SLIMMER
Disk #: RE121
Author: George D. Summers
Requirements: Monochrome or CGA+, 425K RAM, Hard drive recommended

This dieting aid program helps you select your weight and calorie goal,
then tracks your daily weight, calories, cholesterol, fat, protein and
more.  The database includes 1200 items.  Graphics of the daily and
weekly results are provided.

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Name: DIETAID
Disk #: RE122
Author: Shannon Software
Requirements: CGA+, hard drive required

DIETAID is a computerized diet planner.  Its goal is to assist the
individual by comparing planned menus to the diet prescribed for that
individual.  DIETAID contains functions for storing a diet prescription
and examining proposed menus.  It also contains procedures for adding new
foods and recipes to the food database.

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Name: OMNIMeal
Disk #: RE124
Author: Charles P. Schell IV
Requirements: 256K RAM, Mono or CGA+, DOS 2.11 or higher, hard drive

OMNIMeal is a full featured package that enables the user to not only
enter recipes and increase or decrease the number of people served by
any particular recipe, you also have the choice of printing your recipes
out and placing them in a 3 ring binder.  It will plan meals a week ahead
of time and create a shopping list for you.

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