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Shadow Medicine: The Placebo in Conventional and Alternative Therapies
John S. Haller Jr. · Columbia University Press
Format: Book
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Can Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) find common ground? A distinguished historian of medicine, John S. Haller Jr., explores the epistemological foundations of EBM and the challenges these conceptual tools present for both conventional and alternative... |
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The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
Dalai Lama · Avery
Pages: 354
Format: Hardcover
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An instant New York Times bestseller
Two spiritual giants. Five days. One timeless question.
Nobel Peace Prize Laureates His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have survived more than fifty years of exile and the soul-crushing violence of oppression.... |
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Me, Myself, and Why: Searching for the Science of Self
Jennifer Ouellette · Penguin Books
Format: Paperback
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As diverse as people appear to be, all of our genes and brains are nearly identical. In Me, Myself, and Why, Jennifer Ouellette dives into the miniscule ranges of variation to understand just what sets us apart. She draws on cutting-edge research in genetics, neuroscience, and psychology-enlivened... |
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The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control
Walter Mischel · Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
Pages: 328
Format: Print book
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Renowned psychologist Walter Mischel, designer of the famous Marshmallow Test, explains what self-control is and how to master it.
A child is presented with a marshmallow and given a choice: Eat this one now, or wait and enjoy two later. What will she do? And what are the implications... |
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In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope
RANA AWDISH · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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In Shock is a riveting first-hand account from a young critical care physician, who in the passage of a moment is transfigured into a dying patient. This transposition, coincidentally timed at the end of her medical training, instantly lays bare the vast chasm between the conventional practice... |
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Survival Lessons
Alice Hoffman · Algonquin Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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One of America's most beloved writers shares her suggestions for finding beauty in the world even during the toughest times.Survival Lessons provides a road map of how to reclaim your life from this day forward, with ways to reenvision everything―from relationships with friends... |
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Fast Food Genocide: How Processed Food is Killing Us and What We Can Do About It
JOEL FUHRMAN · HarperOne
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat to Live and The End of Diabetes, an unflinching, provocative exploration of how our food is killing us and the ways in which we are unwitting participants in an unprecedented and exploding health crisis. Fast food is far more... |
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Healing Arthritis: Your 3-Step Guide to Conquering Arthritis Naturally
Susan Blum · Scribner
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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The author of the bestselling The Immune System Recovery Plan shares her science-based, drug-free treatment plan for the almost fifty million people who suffer from arthritis: an amazing 3-step guide to eliminate the disease naturally.
Arthritis is the most common cause of disability... |
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The Dubrow Diet: Interval Eating to Lose Weight and Feel Ageless
Heather Dubrow · Ghost Mountain Books
Pages: 252
Format: Hardcover
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When you've tried practically every diet and have struggled for years to reach and maintain a healthy weight, what do you do next? If you're Heather and Terry Dubrow, MD, you create your own diet based on cutting-edge and Nobel-prize winning science that promises not just unprecedented... |
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Obsessed: America's Food Addiction--and My Own
Mika Brzezinski · Weinstein Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Mika Brzezinski is at war against obesity On Morning Joe she is often so adamant about improving Americarsquos eating habits that some people have dubbed her ldquothe food Nazirdquo What they donrsquot know is that Mika wages a personal fight against unhealthy eating habits every day and in this... |
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Adrenaline
Brian B. Hoffman · Harvard University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Inducing highs of excitement anger and terror adrenaline fuels the extremes of human experience A rush empowers superhuman feats in emergencies Risk-taking junkies seek to replicate this feeling in dangerous recreations And a surge may literally scare us to death Adrenaline brings us up to speed... |
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