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Infectious Madness: The Surprising Science of How We "Catch" Mental Illness
Harriet A Washington - Little, Brown and Company, 2015.
Pages: 292
Format: Print book
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A groundbreaking look at the connection between germs and mental illness, and how we can protect ourselves. Is it possible to catch autism or OCD the same way we catch the flu? Can a child's contact with cat litter lead to schizophrenia? In her eye-opening new book, National Book Critics... |
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Undo It!: How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases
Dean Ornish - Ballantine Books
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover
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Fight cancer, diabetes, heart disease, weight gain, and even the aging process itself with one simple, scientifically proven plan to reverse disease - as well as prevent and reduce symptoms - from the world-renowned pioneer of lifestyle medicine.
Forty years of peer-reviewed research... |
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Big Yoga For Less Stress: A Simple Guide to Reducing Everyday Anxiety
Meera Patricia Kerr - Square One
Format: Print book
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Whether it's relationships, work, politics, or life in general, we seem to be surrounded by things and people that give us stress. We wake up with it, carry it around with us, and even take it to bed. We know we're stressed because we experience the telltale symptoms -- tension... |
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Depression in Later Life: An Essential Guide
Deborah Serani - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 286
Format: eBook
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The geriatric population, defined as men and women 65 years and older, is the fastest growing population in the world. While gerontology, the study of the aging process in human beings, has brought insights about the physical, emotional, and social needs of this population, little attention... |
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The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care
Angelo Volandes - Bloomsbury
Pages: 220
Format: Print book
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There is an unspoken dark side of American medicine--keeping patients alive at any price. Two thirds of Americans die in healthcare institutions tethered to machines and tubes at bankrupting costs, even though research shows that most prefer to die at home in comfort, surrounded by loved... |
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Marketplace of the Marvelous: The Strange Origins of Modern Medicine
Erika Janik - Random House Inc
Pages: 337
Format: Print book
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An entertaining introduction to the quacks, snake-oil salesmen, and charlatans, who often had a point Despite rampant scientific innovation in nineteenth-century America, traditional medicine still adhered to ancient healing methods, subjecting patients to bleeding, blistering, and induced... |
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Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How the Body Can Heal Itself
William W Li - Grand Central Life & Style
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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Is your diet feeding or defeating disease?
Forget everything you think you know about your body and food, and discover the new science of how the body heals itself. Learn how to identify the strategies and the dosages for using food to transform your resilience and health in EAT TO BEAT... |
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Exercise is Medicine: How Physical Activity Boosts Health and Slows Aging
Judy Foreman - Oxford University Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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Aging, despite its dismal reputation, is actually one of the great mysteries of the universe. Why don't we just reproduce, then exit fast, like salmon? Could aging just be one big evolutionary accident? Is senescence, the gradual falling apart of our bodies, at least partially avoidable?... |
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Doctored: The Disillusionment of an American Physician
Sandeep Jauhar - Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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In his acclaimed memoir Intern, Sandeep Jauhar chronicled the formative years of his residency at a prestigious New York City hospital. Doctored, his harrowing follow-up, observes the crisis of American medicine through the eyes of an attending cardiologist. Hoping for the stability... |
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The Cruise Control Diet: Automate Your Diet and Conquer Weight Loss Forever
Jorge Cruise - Ballantine Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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Activate your weight-loss autopilot - use the power of simple on/off fasting to lose the pounds and keep them off, from Hollywood trainer and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jorge Cruise.
Timing is everything when it comes to losing weight. Or, as celebrity trainer Jorge... |
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