Watching Your Health

The following videos are available from Instructional Media Network at a cost of $89.95 each. Order two, and you get a 5% discount; between three or four gives a 10% discount; and five or more, offers a 15% discount.

Videos in the planning stage include an AIDS/HIV video, as well as one focusing on diabetes. For more information, or to order, contact IMN at (800) 591-6300.

r Activities of Daily Living. Covers hair, skin and nail care, as well as bathing and other topics of day-to-day concern. (29 minutes)

r Food for Thought. Deals with such issues as shopping for and preparing food. Includes a "Julia Child-like" demonstration on how to cook and retain a food's nutritional value. (38 minutes)

r Environmental Management. Examines physical safety, pathogens and how to avoid sharing germs, cleaning, and home safety. (36 minutes)

r Ethics on Trial. Goes into topics such as maintaining patient confidentiality and acting with professionalism. (21 minutes)

r Breathtaking. Video covering the basic physiology of respiratory systems and diseases such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema and their symptoms and treatments. (24 minutes)

r The Heart of It All. Covers basic cardiac physiology, the treatment of post-heart attack victims, and heart-related diseases such as hypertension, arteriosclerosis, and congestive heart failure, and how to keep patients at an optimal level of functioning. (25 minutes)