Health and Wellness (13th Edition) – eBook

About The Author

Eric Golanty

Dr. Eric Golanty is a distinguished professor emeritus of health and wellness at Las Positas College in Livermore, California. He holds both a bachelor's and a master's degree in biochemistry from the prestigious University of California, Berkeley, along with a Ph.D. in human development and family studies from the University of California, Davis. Throughout his career, he has imparted knowledge in personal health and human sexuality, while also overseeing peer health counseling and health educator training at both Las Positas College and UC Davis. Since 2000, Golanty has effectively taught personal health in an online format and has pioneered distance learning programs, training faculty in innovative educational approaches utilizing the Internet.

Gordon Edlin

Dr. Gordon Edlin holds a bachelor's degree in physics from MIT and a PhD in chemistry from the University of Oregon. He spent 22 years as a professor of genetics at the University of California, Davis, where his research concentrated on the molecular biology of microorganisms. His passion for health was profoundly intensified after he was tear-gassed while protesting the Vietnam War on the Berkeley campus in the late 1960s. While his perspective on health and medicine is rooted in science, he also possesses extensive experience in alternative medicine practices.