A remarkable depiction of a city in crisis - based on new, behind-the-scenes reporting - that captures the resilience, peril, and compassion of the early days of the Covid pandemicIn the spring of 2020, COVID-19 arrived in New York City. Before long, America's largest metropolis was at war against a virus that mercilessly swept through its five boroughs. It became apparent that if Covid wasn't somehow halted, the death count in New York alone would be in the hundreds of thousands. And if New York's hospitals failed, what chance did the rest of the country have? In The Desperate Hours, award-winning journalist Marie Brenner, having been granted unprecedented 18-month access to the entire New York-Presbyterian hospital system, tells the story of the doctors, nurses, residents, researchers, and suppliers who tried to save lives across Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn and the northern periphery of the city.
Flatiron Books
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9781250805737
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Hardcover
What You Must Know About Eyestrain
By Anshel, Jeffrey
Do you often find yourself rubbing your eyes? After working on a display screen or reading a book, do you wind up having a headache? Do you seem to have problems focusing your vision, with or without glasses? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, you may be suffering from eyestrain. Your vision is one of your most important senses, and by not recognizing the signs of eyestrain, you leave yourself subject to a host of problems, including: - Headaches- Blurred vision- Eye pain- Dry eye- Excessive tearing- Excessive blinking- Double vision- Eye fatigue- Heavy eyes- Burning sensation- Difficulty focusing- Poor night vision- Neck & shoulder pain- Poor visual acuity- Bloodshot eyesThe good news is that there is no reason to suffer from these common and annoying symptoms.
Square One
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9780757005015
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Paperback
Allergy-Proof Your Life
By Cook, Michelle Schoffro
Allergy-Proof Your Life offers the billions of allery-sufferers around the world an opportunity to discover their body's potential underlying weaknesses such as nutritional deficiencies, bodily imbalances, and lifestyle choices so you can get to the bottom of what's causing the allergies and get rid of them! Addressing the root causes of allergies is much more effective than taking a drug-based Band-Aid approach that merely lessens symptoms and worsens health in the long term.When it comes to allergies, what your doctor doesn't know is hurting you. Allergy-Proof Your Life works by resetting your natural body chemistry and addressing the underlying causal factors for allergies instead of the medical approach to reduce symptoms at a high cost to the body.
Humanix Books
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9781630060749
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Print book
HOPE for the Alzheimer's Journey
By Amos, Carol B.
H.O.P.E. for the Alzheimer's Journey equips Alzheimer's caregivers with knowledge, tools, and advice for their difficult road ahead. The concepts are conveyed in an open, honest, and creative manner using original family email communications from Carol B. Amos's own journey. Carol also introduces The Caregiving Principle: a simple approach that provides a deeper understanding of a person with Alzheimer's disease and a framework for the caregiver's role. She provides examples of how The Caregiving Principle helped her connect with her mother. H.O.P.E. for the Alzheimer's Journey encourages caregivers to take care of themselves and provides inspiration for a less stressful, more rewarding journey.
Morgan James Publishing
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9781683509035
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Paperback
'I Know Who Caused COVID-19'
By Xun, Zhou
This book explores prejudice towards groups who are thought to have caused and spread the COVID-19 virus. The book examines four cases around the world: the residents of Wuhan, China; Ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities in the USA, Britain and Israel; African-Americans in the United States and Black/Asian/Mixed Ethnic communities in Britain; and 'White' right-wing groups in American and Europe.The book examines stereotyping and the false attribution of blame towards these groups, as well as what happens when a collective is actually at fault, and how the community deals with these conflicting issues.This is a timely, cogent examination of blame and xenophobia, which have been brought to the surface by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reaktion Books
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9781789145076
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Hardcover
The New Allergy Solution
By Bassett, Clifford W
One of America's top allergy doctors offers a revolutionary, full-body approach to diagnosing, preventing, and treating allergies - in many cases, for good. Millions of Americans currently suffer from allergies, and the rate is growing. Climate change, globalization, air pollution, and oversanitization of the environment in the early years of life are just a few of the causes that, taken together, have introduced new allergens into our environment that are wreaking havoc and causing needless suffering.This "new allergen marketplace" requires a new allergy solution. According to Dr. Clifford W. Bassett, traditional remedies focus on treating symptoms but leave allergy sufferers vulnerable to continued bouts of misery. Dr. Bassett argues that when we consider a person's genetics, environment, and overall health, we can more effectively identify - and take appropriate action to forestall - symptoms before they even begin.For the first time, Dr. Bassett presents the unique, integrative approach he's used in his Manhattan offices for two decades to vanquish allergy symptoms for countless individuals. In addition to explaining what allergy is (and isn't) and identifying key triggers - from nuts to gluten to the nickel commonly used in cell phones - Dr. Bassett offers both medical and nonmedical alternatives to treatment, and specific, proactive steps to protect against common allergens. Allergens are here to stay, but with The New Allergy Solution, your life need no longer be ruled and ruined by allergy. The New Allergy Solution strives to enhance your well-being through strategies for a greater sense of control, giving you more freedom to do what you love.
Avery
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9781101980583
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Print book
Flat
By Guthrie, Catherine
A feminist breast cancer memoir of medical trauma, love, and how she found the strength to listen to her body. As a young, queer woman, Catherine Guthrie had worked hard to feel at home in her body. However, after years writing about women's health and breast cancer, Guthrie is thrust into the role of the patient after a devastating diagnosis at age thirty-eight. At least, she thinks, I know what I'm up against. She was wrong. In one horrifying moment after another, everything that could go wrong does -- the surgeon gives her a double mastectomy but misses the cancerous lump, one of the most effective drug treatments fails, and a doctor's error may have unleashed millions of breast cancer cells into her body. Flat is Guthrie's story of how two bouts of breast cancer shook her faith in her body, her relationship, and medicine.
Skyhorse Publishing
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9781510732919
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Hardcover
An Empowering Guide to Lung Cancer Six Steps to Take Charge of Your Care and Your Life
By Presser, Eric
Lung cancer is a serious illness one that is considered among medicine's most dreaded diagnoses. Alone, it's responsible for 29 percent of cancer deaths in the United States and causes more deaths than breast, colon, ovarian, and prostate cancer combined Additionally, lung cancer isn't typically discovered until it causes symptoms, at which point options are limited and the chances of a cure greatly reduced. But it doesn't have to be this way. In this book, Dr. Eric Presser provides an empowering, comprehensive guide to lung cancer for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the treatments available, coping with the diagnosis, and dealing with the side effects associated with the disease on both patients and their loved ones. His book offers a complete resource for anyone touched by lung cancer, presenting the latest scientifically tested information to help reduce the rates of illness and infirmity and ultimately make lung cancer a thing of the past. The book first covers the basic information necessary to understand lung cancer, including lung anatomy. Dr. Presser then identifies the six steps that will with help people cope with lung cancer and take charge of their lives. The final section focuses on nutrition and lung cancer in addition to practical concerns such as health insurance, work and disability, and financial challenges. "
Publisher: n/a
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9781440841019
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Print book
The Keto Longevity Diet
By Sisson, Mark
Mark Sisson, bestselling author of The Keto Reset Diet and publisher of the number one paleo blog, reveals a new ketogenic eating plan that promotes anti-aging and the longevity benefits of keto and resets your biological clock in just weeks.At 65, Mark Sisson is in peak condition and excellent health, and he credits his ketogenic lifestyle as the reason. And, new research confirms that there are anti-aging benefits of adapting a keto diet. In The Keto Longevity Diet, Mark shows readers how to reset their biological clock in 21 days through a unique program that combines intermittent eating with strategies to lower inflammation and achieve metabolic flexibility. Readers will read through the Four Pillars of Longevity - Diet, Fitness, Mental Flexibility, and Rest and Restoration - learning best lifestyle practices to slow the aging process. Then, they'll carry out a 21-day Biological Clock Reset, with action items to complete each day from each of the four pillars (including dietary practices, journal exercises, movement routines, and rejuvenation practices) and develop a morning routine that promotes healthy living.Mark's meal plans will detail what to eat for every decade of life, how to reduce carbs and increase protein intake as you age, and how to turbo charge your metabolism for increased energy, appetite, cognitive function, and stabilized mood. Specifically targeted for the nutrition and lifestyle needs at each stage of life, this book brings an entirely new facet to the ketogenic eating trend.
Harmony
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9781984825711
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Hardcover
Surviving and Thriving with an Invisible Chronic Illness
By Jacqueline, Ilana
Popular blogger Ilana Jacqueline writes poignantly about living with two debilitating autoimmune diseases and presents advice and practical tips for living with an invisible chronic illness.Do you live with a chronic, debilitating, yet invisible condition? You may feel isolated, out of step, judged, lonely, or misunderstood - and that's on top of dealing with the symptoms of your actual illness. Take heart. You are not alone, although sometimes it can feel that way.Written by a blogger who suffers from two autoimmune diseases, Surviving and Thriving with an Invisible Chronic Illness offers peer-to-peer support to help you stay sane, be your own advocate, and get back to living your life. This smart, compelling guide is written for anyone suffering with an illness no one can see - such as postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) , chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) , fibromyalgia, multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) , Lyme disease, lupus, dysautonomia, or even multiple sclerosis (MP) . This book will tell you everything you need to know about living with a complicated, invisible condition - from how to balance sex, dating, and relationships to handling work and school with unavoidable absences. You'll also learn to navigate judg-y or skeptical relatives and strangers and - most importantly - manage your medical care.Suffering from a chronic illness doesn't mean you can't live an active, engaged life. This book will show you how.
The Desperate Hours
By Brenner, Marie
A remarkable depiction of a city in crisis - based on new, behind-the-scenes reporting - that captures the resilience, peril, and compassion of the early days of the Covid pandemicIn the spring of 2020, COVID-19 arrived in New York City. Before long, America's largest metropolis was at war against a virus that mercilessly swept through its five boroughs. It became apparent that if Covid wasn't somehow halted, the death count in New York alone would be in the hundreds of thousands. And if New York's hospitals failed, what chance did the rest of the country have? In The Desperate Hours, award-winning journalist Marie Brenner, having been granted unprecedented 18-month access to the entire New York-Presbyterian hospital system, tells the story of the doctors, nurses, residents, researchers, and suppliers who tried to save lives across Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn and the northern periphery of the city.
What You Must Know About Eyestrain
By Anshel, Jeffrey
Do you often find yourself rubbing your eyes? After working on a display screen or reading a book, do you wind up having a headache? Do you seem to have problems focusing your vision, with or without glasses? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, you may be suffering from eyestrain. Your vision is one of your most important senses, and by not recognizing the signs of eyestrain, you leave yourself subject to a host of problems, including: - Headaches- Blurred vision- Eye pain- Dry eye- Excessive tearing- Excessive blinking- Double vision- Eye fatigue- Heavy eyes- Burning sensation- Difficulty focusing- Poor night vision- Neck & shoulder pain- Poor visual acuity- Bloodshot eyesThe good news is that there is no reason to suffer from these common and annoying symptoms.
Allergy-Proof Your Life
By Cook, Michelle Schoffro
Allergy-Proof Your Life offers the billions of allery-sufferers around the world an opportunity to discover their body's potential underlying weaknesses such as nutritional deficiencies, bodily imbalances, and lifestyle choices so you can get to the bottom of what's causing the allergies and get rid of them! Addressing the root causes of allergies is much more effective than taking a drug-based Band-Aid approach that merely lessens symptoms and worsens health in the long term.When it comes to allergies, what your doctor doesn't know is hurting you. Allergy-Proof Your Life works by resetting your natural body chemistry and addressing the underlying causal factors for allergies instead of the medical approach to reduce symptoms at a high cost to the body.
HOPE for the Alzheimer's Journey
By Amos, Carol B.
H.O.P.E. for the Alzheimer's Journey equips Alzheimer's caregivers with knowledge, tools, and advice for their difficult road ahead. The concepts are conveyed in an open, honest, and creative manner using original family email communications from Carol B. Amos's own journey. Carol also introduces The Caregiving Principle: a simple approach that provides a deeper understanding of a person with Alzheimer's disease and a framework for the caregiver's role. She provides examples of how The Caregiving Principle helped her connect with her mother. H.O.P.E. for the Alzheimer's Journey encourages caregivers to take care of themselves and provides inspiration for a less stressful, more rewarding journey.
'I Know Who Caused COVID-19'
By Xun, Zhou
This book explores prejudice towards groups who are thought to have caused and spread the COVID-19 virus. The book examines four cases around the world: the residents of Wuhan, China; Ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities in the USA, Britain and Israel; African-Americans in the United States and Black/Asian/Mixed Ethnic communities in Britain; and 'White' right-wing groups in American and Europe.The book examines stereotyping and the false attribution of blame towards these groups, as well as what happens when a collective is actually at fault, and how the community deals with these conflicting issues.This is a timely, cogent examination of blame and xenophobia, which have been brought to the surface by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The New Allergy Solution
By Bassett, Clifford W
One of America's top allergy doctors offers a revolutionary, full-body approach to diagnosing, preventing, and treating allergies - in many cases, for good. Millions of Americans currently suffer from allergies, and the rate is growing. Climate change, globalization, air pollution, and oversanitization of the environment in the early years of life are just a few of the causes that, taken together, have introduced new allergens into our environment that are wreaking havoc and causing needless suffering.This "new allergen marketplace" requires a new allergy solution. According to Dr. Clifford W. Bassett, traditional remedies focus on treating symptoms but leave allergy sufferers vulnerable to continued bouts of misery. Dr. Bassett argues that when we consider a person's genetics, environment, and overall health, we can more effectively identify - and take appropriate action to forestall - symptoms before they even begin.For the first time, Dr. Bassett presents the unique, integrative approach he's used in his Manhattan offices for two decades to vanquish allergy symptoms for countless individuals. In addition to explaining what allergy is (and isn't) and identifying key triggers - from nuts to gluten to the nickel commonly used in cell phones - Dr. Bassett offers both medical and nonmedical alternatives to treatment, and specific, proactive steps to protect against common allergens. Allergens are here to stay, but with The New Allergy Solution, your life need no longer be ruled and ruined by allergy. The New Allergy Solution strives to enhance your well-being through strategies for a greater sense of control, giving you more freedom to do what you love.
Flat
By Guthrie, Catherine
A feminist breast cancer memoir of medical trauma, love, and how she found the strength to listen to her body. As a young, queer woman, Catherine Guthrie had worked hard to feel at home in her body. However, after years writing about women's health and breast cancer, Guthrie is thrust into the role of the patient after a devastating diagnosis at age thirty-eight. At least, she thinks, I know what I'm up against. She was wrong. In one horrifying moment after another, everything that could go wrong does -- the surgeon gives her a double mastectomy but misses the cancerous lump, one of the most effective drug treatments fails, and a doctor's error may have unleashed millions of breast cancer cells into her body. Flat is Guthrie's story of how two bouts of breast cancer shook her faith in her body, her relationship, and medicine.
An Empowering Guide to Lung Cancer Six Steps to Take Charge of Your Care and Your Life
By Presser, Eric
Lung cancer is a serious illness one that is considered among medicine's most dreaded diagnoses. Alone, it's responsible for 29 percent of cancer deaths in the United States and causes more deaths than breast, colon, ovarian, and prostate cancer combined Additionally, lung cancer isn't typically discovered until it causes symptoms, at which point options are limited and the chances of a cure greatly reduced. But it doesn't have to be this way. In this book, Dr. Eric Presser provides an empowering, comprehensive guide to lung cancer for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the treatments available, coping with the diagnosis, and dealing with the side effects associated with the disease on both patients and their loved ones. His book offers a complete resource for anyone touched by lung cancer, presenting the latest scientifically tested information to help reduce the rates of illness and infirmity and ultimately make lung cancer a thing of the past. The book first covers the basic information necessary to understand lung cancer, including lung anatomy. Dr. Presser then identifies the six steps that will with help people cope with lung cancer and take charge of their lives. The final section focuses on nutrition and lung cancer in addition to practical concerns such as health insurance, work and disability, and financial challenges. "
The Keto Longevity Diet
By Sisson, Mark
Mark Sisson, bestselling author of The Keto Reset Diet and publisher of the number one paleo blog, reveals a new ketogenic eating plan that promotes anti-aging and the longevity benefits of keto and resets your biological clock in just weeks.At 65, Mark Sisson is in peak condition and excellent health, and he credits his ketogenic lifestyle as the reason. And, new research confirms that there are anti-aging benefits of adapting a keto diet. In The Keto Longevity Diet, Mark shows readers how to reset their biological clock in 21 days through a unique program that combines intermittent eating with strategies to lower inflammation and achieve metabolic flexibility. Readers will read through the Four Pillars of Longevity - Diet, Fitness, Mental Flexibility, and Rest and Restoration - learning best lifestyle practices to slow the aging process. Then, they'll carry out a 21-day Biological Clock Reset, with action items to complete each day from each of the four pillars (including dietary practices, journal exercises, movement routines, and rejuvenation practices) and develop a morning routine that promotes healthy living.Mark's meal plans will detail what to eat for every decade of life, how to reduce carbs and increase protein intake as you age, and how to turbo charge your metabolism for increased energy, appetite, cognitive function, and stabilized mood. Specifically targeted for the nutrition and lifestyle needs at each stage of life, this book brings an entirely new facet to the ketogenic eating trend.
Surviving and Thriving with an Invisible Chronic Illness
By Jacqueline, Ilana
Popular blogger Ilana Jacqueline writes poignantly about living with two debilitating autoimmune diseases and presents advice and practical tips for living with an invisible chronic illness.Do you live with a chronic, debilitating, yet invisible condition? You may feel isolated, out of step, judged, lonely, or misunderstood - and that's on top of dealing with the symptoms of your actual illness. Take heart. You are not alone, although sometimes it can feel that way.Written by a blogger who suffers from two autoimmune diseases, Surviving and Thriving with an Invisible Chronic Illness offers peer-to-peer support to help you stay sane, be your own advocate, and get back to living your life. This smart, compelling guide is written for anyone suffering with an illness no one can see - such as postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) , chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) , fibromyalgia, multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) , Lyme disease, lupus, dysautonomia, or even multiple sclerosis (MP) . This book will tell you everything you need to know about living with a complicated, invisible condition - from how to balance sex, dating, and relationships to handling work and school with unavoidable absences. You'll also learn to navigate judg-y or skeptical relatives and strangers and - most importantly - manage your medical care.Suffering from a chronic illness doesn't mean you can't live an active, engaged life. This book will show you how.