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PCCS Books A Straight Talking Introduction to Children's
Book SynopsisRates of diagnosis of psychiatric disorders in children, such as depression, ADHD and autistic spectrum disorders, have shot up in recent years. So too has the prescription of antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs and stimulants. Yet the diagnoses are based on weak science, questionable research and powerful financial incentives. In this updated edition of his powerful critique, consultant child psychiatrist Sami Timimi questions why Western societies routinely seek to manage children’s behaviour with dangerous medication. He offers a humane and child-centred alternative that is about understanding our children’s distress, not medicating it, and practical advice that all parents, carers and teachers will find helpful.Trade Review'Sami Timimi examines the complexity of children’s mental health from a subjective, rather than an objective, viewpoint that prioritises a humanities perspective over a scientific one. If you think that makes for a wishy-washy read, you’re wrong. Timimi draws on cultural norms and social constructs, classification systems, competition, globalisation and commodification to make sense of why children are more likely than ever to be diagnosed with a mental health ‘condition’ and treated as such. This might ‘satisfy our understandable thirst for certainty’ but, he warns, it betrays a ‘more important need for truth and honesty’. Truth and honesty are what this straight-talking book delivers in abundance. Prescription drugs are put on trial; so too, uncomfortably but necessarily, are the talking therapies. This is a little book that packs a big punch. A must-read for anyone interested in understanding more about children’s distress and how to help them manage it. Which should be all of us.' – Jeanine Connor, child and adolescent psychotherapist and editor of BACP Children, Young People & Families journal 'We live in a time when ever-increasing rates of ‘mental disorders’ are being diagnosed in our children and more children are being labelled and medicated. This concise, accessible book by a practising child psychiatrist offers a critical perspective on these important issues. Timimi draws on wider societal discourses and historical and cultural contexts to critique the diagnoses of ADHD, autism, and depression, the efficacy of medication to treat them and the validity of the so-called gold standard studies that underpin them. This book stimulates critical thinking, reflection and analysis and encourages the reader to question and explore the dominant narratives around ‘mental health disorders’ in children and their treatment. This book is a great addition to the critical psychiatry literature but should be read by parents and carers too who want a different perspective to mainstream psychiatric understandings of their children and how to help them.' – Dr Karen Treisman, MBE, clinical psychologist, organisational consultant, trainer and writer on children’s mental health. 'The mainstream mental health system that labels and pathologises is responsible for creating countless victims. Tragically, many of them are children. This book is critical reading for anyone who cares about the wellbeing of children. This should mean all of us.' – Jo Watson, founder of adisorder4everyone.com and editor of Drop the Disorder! and We are the Change-Makers. Review for the first edition of this book: ‘Trust Timimi, not the medical mouthpieces of the pharmaceutical establishment he demolishes.’ – Oliver James, author of They F**k You Up: How to survive family lifeTable of ContentsSeries introduction, 1. The work of culture, 2. Childhood in today’s world, 3. Common diagnoses, 4. Common treatments used with children and adolescents, 5. Getting help, References, Indexes.
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Bonnier Books Ltd Running For My Life: How I built a better me one
Book Synopsis'An amazing story of one woman's journey through mental illness... So inspiring and proving once again that exercise changes lives' Mel SykesSuffering from depression but desperate for 'normality', Rachel Cullen found herself in failing relationships, the wrong career and a reliance on alcohol and chocolate to get her through each day. Stuck in an endless cycle of mental misery, she put on a pair of old trainers. She'd never been able to think of herself as a 'runner' before, and the first time she forced herself out the door, she knew it would hurt. Everywhere. She just didn't realise how much it would heal her, too. Interspersed with Rachel's real diary entries, from teenage non-runner to London Marathon finisher (just months after giving birth), she questions if she really can outrun her demons.Trade ReviewBrave and inspiring, Running For My Life moved me to tears. It also moved me into my trainers and out for a run! -- Ruth FieldA searingly honest account of Rachel's amazing journey from sedentary teenager, lacking in confidence and self-esteem, through to accomplished and inspirational member of the running community. She kept me engaged from start to finish, with plenty of laughs along the way, and I'd thoroughly recommend this book to runners everywhere. -- Tom Williams, Global COO of parkrun and co-host of the Marathon Talk podcastIt's so inspirational to read how Rachel's discovery of a passion for running helped her to overcome her mental health struggles. For Rachel, running became so much more than purely keeping fit. It became something which enabled her to fully conquer the battles of severe anxiety and self-doubt. It's heartwarming to learn how Rachel has been able to -- Jo Pavey, medal-winning long-distance runnerI love this book for showing how with sheer determination and dogged tenacity you can overcome great difficulties, and that sport, from whatever point or age that you start, can change your life. She might even persuade me that one day I too could love running. -- Louise Minchin, BBC journalist and presenterWritten wittily, honestly and with a "take no crap" attitude, I could feel the warmth of [Rachel] as a person in her writing. Anyone who is hungry for change, looking for "the light" or even running their first marathon and needing a little insight; this book is FOR YOU! I loved every chapter of this book. -- Lipstick & Trainers blogWhat a heartfelt, moving, honest journey of self-discovery... this is a book you have to pick up in 2018. Rachel is a natural writer... I was laughing out loud at times, feeling sad at others, but most of all I was rooting for her the whole way through. -- Sissi Reads blogA rich, colourful and brutally honest account of one woman's fight to beat her mental health demons. Written with candid details and dark humour this book is a journey about a quest to live life in the happiest and healthiest way possible - chronicling all the ups and downs, the good, the bad and the downright ugly along the way! -- The Very Pink Notebook blogFull of heart and beautifully told... inspirational, melancholy and often very funny, it's kind of a road map of the inner soul - I loved it. -- Liz Loves Books blogI thought Running For My Life was excellent... honest, interesting and encouraging. I recommend it... to those who simply want a fascinating, surprisingly entertaining and informative read. It's a super book. -- Linda's Book Bag blog
£11.69
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Embody the Skeleton: A Guide for Conscious
Book SynopsisSomatic Movement Education allows efficient movement patterns to replace inefficient ones, resulting in ease of movement, more functional postural alignment, and the creation of space for the healing response of cellular and tissue reorganization. This book provides clear experiential guidance for embodiment of the skeletal system, through movement facilitation, hands-on facilitation, and movement meditations, supported by essential anatomical information and illustrations. Intended as a guide for movement practitioners, educators, and therapists in many disciplines and by anyone interested in mindful movement, the book addresses the healthy embodiment of each bone and joint in the body as well as techniques for bringing awareness to the skeletal system as a whole. The book is accompanied by a series of recorded movement meditations guided by the author.
£30.40
Graffeg Limited Darllen yn Well: Glaw Siocled - 100 o Syniadau
Book SynopsisGlaw Siocled is aimed at workers in care homes - both 24- hour care and day-care - and in the home. It provides suggestions about creative activities for those who live with dementia, especially when the disease has progressed.
£14.24
The Book Guild Ltd At The Stroke of One
Book SynopsisAt The Stroke of One is the memoir of Ian C Graham, who was born and raised in Berry Brow, Huddersfield and moved to Cornwall with his family in 1996 to take over the running of the Bossiney House Hotel. It is a tale of an ordinary man, a happy life, and the aftermath of dealing with a life changing stroke. Covering his childhood, working life, sporting life as a keen cricketer and footballer as well as his family life (including his marriage and children and divorce), At The Stroke of One evaluates life before, during and after the stroke Ian experienced aged forty-seven. Restricted on use in his right-hand side from his shoulder down to his right foot, Ian suddenly found life very different and simple activities became a challenge. Ten weeks of recuperation in a specialist unit opened his eyes to the reality that life is precious and needs to be lived to the full.
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Hashtag Press A Girl In One Room
Book SynopsisJessica returns home after four years in hospital to a world changed beyond recognition.Everyone has moved on, but her battle with the M.E. Monster is far from over.Number 1 Amazon bestseller.
£12.59
Demos Medical Publishing Peripheral Neuropathy: When the Numbness,
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Demos Medical Publishing It's Not All in Your Head: Anxiety, Depresson,
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£12.99
Empire Publishing Total Gut Makeover: Diabetes: 125 Recipes Proven
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Hashtag Press A Girl Behind Dark Glasses
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Independently Published Solution to Pressure Ulcer: Everything You Need
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Austin Macauley Publishers LLC You Got This
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Little, Brown Book Group An Introduction to Coping with Depression for
Book SynopsisAn indispensable guide offering insight and support to carers of people with depressionLooking after a person with depression can often leave carers emotionally and physically exhausted. This short, straightforward and easily understandable guide offers valuable advice on how carers can:- better understand the nature of depression and how it affects both patient and carer- have a clearer understanding of the treatment options for the patient, including medication and therapy- lessen the impact of the illness on the carer''s life- find the help and support they need- maintain their own well-being whilst supporting the patient through to recovery and beyondAlthough aimed at the carer, this is a guide that is equally valuable to the patient themselves and to their wider family and friends in promoting a better understanding of the experience of depression.Trade ReviewTony Frais, who has been treated himself for severe depression, has written a book specifically aimed at the carers of people who have depression. He aims it to be a bridge between very short patient leaflet and long self-help books... The unique points are the sections on the impact on carers and the focus on carers looking after themselves... The narrative is interspersed with quotes from carers, giving a personalised aspect. - PulseWritten in a style and language that is informative and supportive... Tony Frais is very clear on the challenges carers of those with depression face and leads the reader through both patient and carer journeys...This guide is the right length, written in appropriate language and will be a great support for those who care. - National Institue for Health Research - Service Users in Research BulletinI wish I'd read this 20 years ago; having suffered myself with severe depression for many years and now being a carer of a someone with depression, it would have been so helpful to have a resource like this... I found the information in the guide interesting, useful and easy to follow. Because of Tony's experience, this booklet is well thought out and helps the reader to understand the steps involved for both carers and patient. - The Leeds Teaching Hospitals - Patient/Carer Community Newsletter
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Hammersmith Health Books What's Up with Your Gut?: Why You Bloat After
Book SynopsisThis book is written for the millions of people worldwide who suffer from gut problems; from burping and acid reflux to abdominal pain and flatulence through to diarrhoea, bloating and constipation. What happens between eating your food and it coming out the other end can sometimes be a source of daily discomfort and embarrassment. Health journalist Jo Waters and Gastroenterologist Professor Julian Walters look at possible causes of your gut troubles - some of them minor and others more serious - and how to address them. Whether you bloat after eating pasta or bread, suffer cramping diarrhoea when you are stressed out , get constipated when you're on holiday or just feel fatigued by your grumbling guts, they show what the options are for diagnosis, symptom improvement and tackling the underlying causes.Table of ContentsIntroduction - what's causing your gut symptoms? Irritable bowel syndrome - causes, symptoms and treatments; Bloating and diarrhoea - could you have coeliac disease or NCGS? Watery diarrhoea - could you have bile acid diarrhoea? Bloating and bacterial overgrowth; Food allergies and sensitivities; Could FODMAPs be causing your bloating and diarrhoea? Inflammatory bowel diseases; Gallstones, hiatus hernias and diverticula disease; Cancer; Drug side effects - drugs that can cause gastric side effects; Getting to the bottom of your symptoms - a gastroeneterologist's view; Medical terms explained
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Hammersmith Health Books Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Navigating Your Way to
Book SynopsisIBS is an invisible disease - sufferers battle on pretending nothing is wrong and hiding their embarrassing symptoms. And it isn't life-threatening - so why would anyone take it seriously? Yet it can seriously restrict how we live, work and play. Based on their experience as both sufferers and health specialists, Dr Arroll and Professor Dancey provide the latest guidance on causes, diagnosis and treatment, including the hugely significant part played by stress.Table of ContentsKey information; Diagnosis of IBS: what to expect; What causes IBS; Life with IBS; Medical treatments; Psychological and complementary therapies; Self-help; Guidance for carers
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Hammersmith Health Books Hope with OCD: A self-help guide to obsessive-
Book SynopsisOCD is often trivialized as an issue with cleanliness, but for sufferers and those who live with them and/or care for them, it can be life changing, keeping them the slaves of their anxieties. The most common question asked by parents, partners and friends of OCD sufferers is `What can I do?' Lynn Crilly, based on successful support of her own daughter and other sufferers, finally provides some positive, practical answers. Illustrated with observations and anecdotes from carers and sufferers themselves, Hope with OCD explains the many varieties of OCD, how to spot them, the possible causes and drivers and gives a balanced guide to available treatments - both mainstream and `alternative' - in the context of what has worked in her experience. She gives hope for breaking free to a full, obsession-free life.Table of ContentsWhat is obsessive-compulsive disorder? Types of OCD and learning how to recognize the symptoms; Seeking treatment; A guide to therapies; OCD and other mental illnesses; OCD and relationships; OCD and wellbeing; OCD and the carer; OCD and children; Techniques and strategies
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John Murray Press IBS: Dietary Advice To Calm Your Gut
Book SynopsisUp to 20% of the population have IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), which often results in embarrassment, withdrawal from social and recreational activities and difficulties in relationships. Positive and empowering, this book gives the reader the latest evidence-based developments in IBS, and advice as to management – especially diet. It explores a history of changes in the way we eat and asks whether modern diet may be responsible for ‘gut problems’? It also covers lifestyle tips, managing stress, getting exercise, working, resting and playing well! Topics include: What is IBS? Causes, history, psychological elements Digestion – how it works Diagnosis Your current diet, including fibre, veganism, fad diets, paleo, raw food, superfoods and other food trends. IBS triggers - dietary and digestive issues, food intolerances, etc Diets for IBS - Carbohydrate-aware diets (eg FODMAPs), dairy-free, etc Managing dietary changes - the practicalities Lifestyle changes in IBS - alcohol, smoking, exercise, weight, stress. The cult of ‘detox’. Complementary therapies, supplements, pro/prebiotics Staying well and possible recipe suggestionsThe future, ongoing research, and useful resourcesTable of ContentsTopics include: What is IBS? Causes, history, psychological elements Digestion – how it works Diagnosis Your current diet, including fibre, veganism, fad diets, paleo, raw food, superfoods and other food trends. IBS triggers - dietary and digestive issues, food intolerances, etc Diets for IBS - Carbohydrate-aware diets (eg FODMAPs), dairy-free, etc Managing dietary changes - the practicalities Lifestyle changes in IBS - alcohol, smoking, exercise, weight, stress. The cult of `detox’. Complementary therapies, supplements, pro/prebiotics Staying well and possible recipe suggestions The future, ongoing research, and useful resources
£8.99
Right Book Press From Fatigue to Freedom: An inspiring journey to
Book SynopsisThere is hope.You can regain control.There are brighter days ahead.Charlotte Jones knows how it feels to be exhausted all the time and too tired to even lift your head off the pillow. She's experienced first-hand the desperate, debilitating feelings of frustration, despair and sadness that so often accompany chronic fatigue. And she knows how confused, overwhelmed, and lonely you probably feel right now.So, Charlotte has written this book as her gift to you. It's a beautifully illustrated and uplifting story of hope that takes very little effort to read but will guide you on an achievable, manageable road to recovery. As you read, you'll gently uncover ideas and approaches that you can use right away to start your own journey from fatigue to freedom.The fascinating characters you'll encounter in this story will each equip you with a toolbox of powerful ideas, techniques and solutions. Through their experiences you'll discover how to manage your energy levels, understand the importance of rest and repair and start to feel empowered with the belief that recovery is not only possible, but entirely in your hands.There's no baffling science or confusing jargon, just an inspiring and motivating tale that's brimming with helpful and hopeful golden nuggets that you can collect and use to support you as you heal.So lay back, relax and read your way to a better energy and a faster recovery!Charlotte has written this book as her gift to anyone suffering from chronic fatigue. It's a beautifully illustrated and uplifting story of hope that takes very little effort to read but will guide you on an achievable, manageable road to recovery. As you read, you'll gently uncover ideas and approaches that you can use right away to start your own journey from fatigue to freedom.
£15.29
Hachette Books Addicted to Drama
Book SynopsisWith empathy, humor, and unique insight, a psychologist examines drama addiction and charts a path for healing in this groundbreaking book.Do you know someone who seems to thrive on chaos, a person who manufactures crisis where there is none, makes mountains out of molehills, and whose very presence feels like an inescapable whirlwind?You may even label them a “drama queen.” This person might be someone close to you. This person might even be you. In this groundbreaking book, clinical psychologist and mind-body expert Dr. Scott Lyons turns the notion of the “drama queen” on its head, showing that drama is actually an addiction and those who are suffering with it are experiencing a much deeper psychological, biological, and social pain. For a person addicted to drama, the intensity becomes their way of coping. Their life is a constant cycle of crisis, chaos, and
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Harvard University Press The Age of Scientific Wellness
Book SynopsisBiotechnologist Leroy Hood and longevity researcher Nathan Price journey to the future of health. Medicine today is a hit-or-miss affair that tackles symptoms long after disease sets in. Hood and Price explore the emerging technologies that will focus health care on extending wellness, making it personal, precise, and truly preventative.Trade ReviewA remarkable vision of the near future of healthcare from two of the leading innovators of our age. Always a decade ahead of the pack, Dr. Hood has been an inspiration for his entire career. This book tells you why. -- David Sinclair, PhD, author of LifespanThis seminal book offers scientific evidence of how much of our health is determined outside of and before most encounters with the healthcare system. Drawing on their own research, Hood and Price make a compelling argument that we should be investing in health, instead of focusing on ineffective repairs when the damage finally becomes visible. In many ways, we know this. They are asking us all, politely and then fervently, ‘If you know it, why aren’t you doing anything about it?’ -- Esther Dyson, Executive Founder of WellvilleConventional medicine understands disease but not health. As a result, our population is sick and becoming sicker. Drawing on the tenets of systems biology, deep phenotyping, and digital measurements, this revolutionary book shows what every one of us can do—doctors and patients alike—to jump-start the exciting new era of scientific wellness. -- Sara Gottfried, MD, Director of Precision Medicine at the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health and New York Times bestselling author of Women, Food, and HormonesLeroy Hood literally pioneered the field of personalized medicine. Now he shares his knowledge, enabling all of us to maximize our healthspan. A must-read for understanding the new era of data-driven medicine. -- David Agus, MD, New York Times bestselling author of The End of IllnessThis is probably the most important self-help book you will ever read—it will impact your quality of life for decades. Not only does it clearly explain recent revolutions in genomics, AI, aging, neuroplasticity, etc., it shows how you can harness them. Lee Hood and Nathan Price have literally made history through their own research and applied it to a clinical setting. The moving personal stories that shaped their odyssey will powerfully motivate readers. -- George Church, PhD, Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and founder of Nebula GenomicsThe leading researchers in the systems biology revolution in medicine map out for the first time the radical transformation taking place in the science of extending health, which will soon make conventional disease treatment obsolete. If you want to understand how the latest advances in genomics and AI can completely transform your health, and to translate this promise into practical tools that you can apply today, read this book! -- Mark Hyman, MD, Senior Advisor to the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine and author of Food Fix and Young ForeverThis is a lively, optimistic, indeed cheerful book with a clear message: focusing on preserving health provides the best means of forestalling illness, both individually and in the population at large. The approach to scientific wellness that they advocate is truly visionary. -- Roger M. Perlmutter, former President of Merck Research LaboratoriesFresh, thoughtful, and unusually ahead of the curve. This is an eye-opening roadmap for the future of health as an active patient partnership from the best scientific minds of our time. -- Thom Mount, former President of Universal Pictures and Vice Chairman of BrainreaderThe Age of Scientific Wellness pulls no punches: humans and the medical system are ill. Hood and Price provide a bold roadmap to wellness built on biology, computer science, and medicine. -- Jeff Wilke, former CEO of Amazon Worldwide ConsumerLeroy Hood and Nathan Price argue with passion, excellence, and personal experience for a proactive approach to achieving the real potential of precision health…The vision they advance in their book [is] inspiring, audacious, participatory, optimistic, and generous, and this approach could potentially foster longer, healthier lives. -- Ambroise Wonkam * The Lancet *Many books have been written about why the American health care system has failed to bring all the latest breathtaking science and technology to those of us who need it most. The Age of Scientific Wellness offers a peek into how scientists have been trying to solve this bottleneck for themselves and their loved ones—and how the rest of us can follow in their footsteps. -- Richard Sprague * proto.life *This is a well-written work that is easy to read… The authors make a compelling case that could change how clinicians and leaders think about the future of health care delivery. -- Teri L. Brehio * Family Medicine *
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Chelsea Green Publishing Co Tripping over the Truth: How the Metabolic Theory
Book SynopsisA masterful synchronization of history and cutting-edge science shines new light on humanity's darkest diagnosis. Over 50,000 copies sold! "Tripping over the Truth will have profound consequences for how cancer is managed and prevented."—Thomas N. Seyfried, author of Cancer as a Metabolic Disease In the wake of the Cancer Genome Atlas project's failure to provide a legible roadmap to a cure for cancer, science writer Travis Christofferson illuminates a promising blend of old and new perspectives on the disease. Tripping over the Truth follows the story of cancer’s proposed metabolic origin from the vaunted halls of the German scientific golden age to modern laboratories around the world. The reader is taken on a journey through time and science that results in an unlikely connecting of the dots with profound therapeutic implications. Transporting us on a rich narrative of humanity’s struggle to understand the cellular events that conspire to form malignancy, Tripping over the Truth reads like a detective novel, full of twists and cover-ups, blind-alleys and striking moments of discovery by men and women with uncommon vision, grit, and fortitude. Ultimately, Christofferson arrives at a conclusion that challenges everything we thought we knew about the disease, suggesting the reason for the failed war against cancer stems from a flawed paradigm that categorizes cancer as an exclusively genetic disease. For anyone affected by this terrifying disease and the physicians who struggle to treat it, this book provides a fresh and hopeful perspective. It explores the new and exciting non-toxic therapies born from the emerging metabolic theory of cancer. These therapies may one day prove to be a turning point in the struggle against our ancient enemy. We are shown how the metabolic theory redraws the battle map, directing researchers to approach cancer treatment from a different angle, framing it more like a gentle rehabilitation rather than all-out combat. In a sharp departure from the current “targeted” revolution occurring in cancer pharmaceuticals, the metabolic therapies highlighted have one striking feature that sets them apart—the potential to treat all types of cancer because they exploit the one weakness that is common to every cancer cell: dysfunctional metabolism. With a foreword by Dr. Dominic D'Agostino, PhD and contributions from Thomas Seyfried, PhD, author of Cancer as a Metabolic Disease; Miriam Kalamian, EdM, MS, CNS, author of Keto for Cancer; and Beth Zupec Kania, consultant nutritionist of The Charlie Foundation. "Brilliant, timely, and expertly consolidated . . . It reads like a novel and is easy to comprehend for everyone interested in the new conversation around cancer and cancer care. I recommend it to patients, family, friends, and colleagues and refer back to it often.”—Dr. Nasha Winters, ND, coauthor of The Metabolic Approach to CancerTrade Review"Travis Christofferson provides a compelling historical account of how cancer has been misunderstood as a genetic disease when, in fact, it is a type of metabolic disease. Unlike normal cells, which obtain their energy from respiration, cancer cells have damaged respiration and obtain much of their energy from the primitive process of fermentation. Travis describes how the mutations in tumors arise as an effect of respiratory damage and cannot be the cause or drivers of cancer. The information presented in Tripping over the Truth will have profound consequences for how cancer is managed and prevented. Metabolic therapies will be more effective and less toxic than the current gene- or immune-based therapies and have the potential to significantly improve quality of life and long-term survival for millions of cancer patients worldwide.”--Thomas N. Seyfried, PhD, author of Cancer as a Metabolic Disease“I absolutely loved Dr. Seyfried’s book, Cancer as a Metabolic Disease, and Dr. Mukherjee’s book, The Emperor of all Maladies, but it was difficult to get my patients to read these two books to understand the history of cancer and the cancer industry, not to mention the movement from the somatic to the metabolic theory of cancer, both intimidating subjects. Then, along came Travis Christofferson’s brilliant, timely, and expertly consolidated book. It reads like a novel and is easy to comprehend for everyone interested in the new conversation around cancer and cancer care. I recommend it to patients, family, friends, and colleagues and refer back to it often.”--Dr. Nasha Winters, ND, coauthor of The Metabolic Approach to Cancer“Phenomenal…required reading for anyone who has cancer or knows someone who has cancer…I cannot stress its importance enough. Get yourself a copy, and read it.”--Dr. Joseph Mercola, founder and director, mercola.com“The author takes us on over a hundred-year exciting journey of the research to understand and eradicate this disease…This is a great scientific mystery book…This book is for everyone, but should be read by all physicians that treat cancer. I congratulate the author for a marvelous job and highly recommend this book.”--Robert L. Elliot, MD, PhD“An iconoclastic, information-rich narrative that boldly challenges our current understanding and treatment of cancer. Christofferson persuasively argues and documents why a restricted calorie, high (good) fat diet should at least be considered for most malignancies. An absolute must-read to understand the history and evolution of present day cancer therapy.”--Joseph C. Maroon, MD, Author of The Longevity Factor
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BUP - Policy Press How To Create Societies for Human Wellbeing
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Inner Traditions Bear and Company The Heart and Its Healing Plants
Book SynopsisAn ethnobotanical look at ancient heart beliefs, heart-strengthening herbs, and folk remedies for cardiovascular diseases. Among our ancestors as well as indigenous people still maintaining traditional diets there is little record of heart diseases in the modern sense. In the traditional worldview, the heart was considered the home of the soul and the source of love and vitality. As such, heart sickness was not seen as a result of poor nutrition, too much stress, or lack of exercise, but reflected an imbalance of the heart’s emotional and spiritual energies. Plants and folk remedies used as traditional heart medicine worked on the mental and spiritual level to help make the heart happy again. In this book, renowned ethnobotanist Wolf D. Storl, Ph.D., examines traditional understandings of the heart from early European cultures and indigenous peoples of the Americas, Asia, and Africa as well as a wealth of plants used in both ancient and contemporary
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Rockridge Press ADHD & Us: A Couple's Guide to Loving and Living
Book SynopsisAnita Robertson, LCSW, is a psychotherapist in Austin, Texas, who works with individuals and couples with ADHD. She runs an ADHD Relationship Bootcamp for couples who want to learn the necessary skills to enjoy the benefits of their neurodiverse relationship while avoiding common conflicts. She is a co-vlogger at the Steep in Thought YouTube channel and provides tips and information about common relationship issues on her blog at AnitaRobertson.com.
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Understanding Alzheimer's Disease and Other
Book SynopsisIn this comprehensive yet accessible guide, Brian Draper, a leading expert on Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, describes the symptoms, treatment and management of dementia. Covering everything from assessment and diagnosis to drug and psychosocial treatments, community and residential care options, assistive technology, support for families and other caregivers, ethical and legal considerations, end of life decisions and the latest research and treatment developments, the book provides a complete road map for those supporting someone with dementia, in either a personal or professional capacity.The book will demystify dementia and increase understanding about why it occurs, current treatments and therapies and how it may be managed. Filled with useful information and advice, it will be an invaluable resource for relatives and carers, and a useful reference on the desk of any professional working with individuals with dementia.Trade ReviewBrian Draper's writing style provides a coherent, comprehensive guide to everything you ever wanted to know about dementia but were afraid to ask. It is full of useful information and advice... Overall, the volume provides a clear and coherent account of the state-of-the-art of dementia care and on this basis is highly recommended to all those colleagues with an interest in or responsibility for the care of persons with dementia. -- Margot Lindsay, Research Department of Mental Health Sciences * European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare *Table of ContentsPreface. 1. What is Dementia? 2. Prevention of Dementia - General Strategies. 3. Prevention of Dementia - Strategies for Individuals at Risk. 4. The Symptoms and Course of Dementia. 5. Types of Dementia. 6. Dementia Assessment. 7. Drug Treatments. 8. Psychosocial Treatments. 9. Family and Other Caregivers. 10. Community Care Services. 11. Residential Long-term Care. 12. Ethical and Legal Issues. 13. The Future. Appendix I: Telephone Helplines. Appendix II: Websites with Information About Accessing Services in Canada, Ireland, the UK and the US. Appendix III: Books for Carers. Glossary. References. Index.
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Mayo Clinic Press Mayo Clinic Guide to Better Sleep
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Yoga and Somatics for Immune and Respiratory
Book SynopsisOur respiratory and immune systems are intrinsically linked to how we relate to the world around us. Engaging with our vitality through the movement we were designed to express equips us with an invaluable ability to support the optimal functioning of our internal systems.This book explains how movement, embodied awareness, and self-compassion can be incorporated into yoga practice to support respiratory and immune health. It delves into how stress, trauma, breath, movement, and posture can impact the quality of these systems and how yoga teachers can integrate a range of practises focussing on movement, meditation, and breath to help improve them.Through an exploration of our boundaries, our breath, and our bodies, this book will help yoga teachers develop a more integrated and nuanced approach to their teachingTrade ReviewYoga and Somatics for Immune and Respiratory Health is a deep read, rich with valuable information that will inform and transform the understanding of every yoga therapist. Watts and Taylor have created a beautiful weave between yoga's philosophical underpinnings and the gentle movement practice of somatics while offering a short course on physiology and the fascial matrix. Rarely have I encountered such a generous offering of scientific information contextualized specifically for those in the field of yoga therapy. This book will definitely be a required read for my yoga therapy training program going forward! -- Robin Rothenberg, C-IAYT Yoga Therapist, author of Restoring Prana: A Therapeutic Guide to Pranayama and Healing Through the Breath for Yoga Therapists, Yoga Teachers and Healthcare PractitionersCharlotte reviews a unique tapestry of concepts not found elsewhere, providing the reader with a broad overview of the self from the inside out. Weaving together a description of mind, the immune system, fascia, the respiratory and nervous system, she connects the dots in ways not done before and buttresses this with practical tools and tips for the profound development of well-being. -- Heather Mason, Founder of The Minded InstituteThis book is an enjoyable blend of scientific information and mindful practice. It is a resource for yoga teachers and serious practitioners who are ready to bring their curiosity to the inner world of movement and breath. Charlotte balances the complex subject matter with scholarly clarity while also encouraging the exploration of awareness. A welcome contribution to the study of yoga! -- Dr Kristen MacPherson, DPhil (oxon), MSc (oxon), BA, E-RYT, YACEPCharlotte Watt's knowledge is born out of deep, sustained curiosity to understand the interrelated systems of the human biome and our shared environment. She consumes, digests, and puts into practice vast amounts of information that she offers to her readers in a clear, integrated format ready to be put into practice in our own lives. This book is the result of Charlotte's determination to truly understand the respiratory system spurred on by the Covid pandemic, and the desire to help others through it. It is the body owner's manual we all need to understand how our vital systems work, and how to work with them. -- Lisa Kaley-Isley PhD, E-RYT-500, C-IAYT, clinical psychologist, yoga teacher, yoga therapist, and yoga therapy educatorA beautifully written book of heart that should be on every yoga teacher's shelf. I have learnt loads from it. Moving forward from these post-pandemic times, if we wish to maintain good health it's sensible to have a clear understanding of how the respiration and immune systems dance together. If you want to significantly improve both your own wellbeing and that of the people you work with, then this book is highly recommended. -- Fiona Agombar, Yoga Therapist, Rest Activist and author of Yoga Therapy for Stress, Burnout and Chronic Fatigue SyndromeCharlotte speaks to the reader with informed and accessible language, addressing some of today's most widespread challenges to human health and longevity, while offering intelligent and effective solutions for every body. An essential and timely resource awakening our innate capacity for self-understanding, knowledge, self-healing, and optimum well-being. -- Simon Low, The Yoga AcademyCharlotte Watts's book is an absolute must for all movement and manual therapists. Knowing Charlotte in her early days as a practitioner at my centre, along with learning from our fascia and movement programmes over 20 years ago, I have seen that her understanding of health, nutrition and movement somatics have proven valuable for all that learn from her. She is a master of understanding the breath and fascial rhythms and how these relates to health - in a way that no one has entertained; it is necessary reading. -- Gary Carter, Director of Natural Bodies Myofascial Movement trainings, yoga teacher and teacher trainer, KMI Structural Integrator and movement educator, international Fascial anatomy teacher, Brighton and LondonTable of ContentsCONTENTSForeword Introduction Acknowledgements Diagram: Overview of Yoga and Somatics for Immune and Respiratory Health PART 1: Healthy Defences PART 1 Physical Practice: Somatic & Loosening Sequence page xxPART 1 Subtle Practice: Mindfulness of Breathing page xxPART 2: Stress and Inflammation PART 2 Physical Practice: Undulating and Twisting PART 2 Subtle Practice: Coherent Breathing Moon Piercing Breath PART 3: Fluid Adaptation PART 3 Physical Practice: Primal motions: lunging, stepping & squattingPART 3 Subtle Practice: Heart MudrasPART 4: Mindful Boundaries PART 4 Physical Practice: Standing into Full Breathing and Protective SupportPART 4 Subtle Practice: Ujjayi Breath Autogenic Release PART 5: Embodied Awareness PART 5 Physical Practice: Rest and RecoveryPART 5 Subtle Practice: Traditional Pranayama PART 6: Good Vibrations PART 6 Physical Practice: Bringing it All Together - Movement with Optional Sound PART 6 Subtle Practice: Simha pranayama (Lion's Breath) So Hum mantra Bija Mantra Foreword by Joanne AvisonGlossary of Sanskrit Terms
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Penguin Books Ltd Next to You
Book SynopsisA moving, thought-provoking and uplifting story of a wonderful mother, daughter relationship.Gloria Hunniford''s daughter, TV presenter Caron Keating, was 34 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The next seven years of Caron''s life, and her family''s, became a quest for recovery that ultimately took them across the world. They became experts in the illness and its treatment, both conventional and alternative. All the while Caron was living in the public eye and keeping her own, devastating secret. This is Gloria''s account of Caron''s life. It is about the difficult bond between mothers and daughters ... about what happens to a family when one of its members gets taken over by a disease.It''s a celebration of an unbreakable mother - daughter relationship and how that relationship withstood the strain of Caron''s illness. And above all it''s a book to commemorate a spirited, magical woman. A woman who loved life and fou
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Oxford University Press Inc Enhancing Treatment Benefits with Exercise WB
Book SynopsisThere can be no better example of mind/body integration than the use of exercise to improve mental health. There is substantial evidence that exercise can be used to depression, treat anxiety and panic, enhance cognition, reduce stress, and enhance psychological resilience. This workbook can be used as a stand-alone treatment, as an addition to other ongoing treatment, or as a strategy to extend gains or prevent relapse following success with a prior treatment. The motivational strategies in this workbook offer a fresh way to approach exercise and make the program work for each individual''s lifestyle. In addition to information on how to start and maintain an exercise program, this workbook comes complete with worksheets and logs for scheduling and tracking physical activity. Exercise-based treatment and the guidance provided by this workbook helps to improve mood, reduce anxiety, and achieve better cognition, along with promoting a general sense of psychological resilience (including
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Oxford University Press Inc Chasing the Intact Mind
Book SynopsisA comprehensive introduction to the concept of the intact mind and how it affects disability policy and practice.The concept of the intact mind, first described in a 2006 memoir, refers to the idea that inside every autistic child is an intelligent, typical child waiting to be liberated by the right diet, the right treatment intervention, the right combination of supports and accommodations. The sentiment itself is not new. Emerging largely out of psychoanalytic theory dating back to the end of the 19th century, the intact mind was later amplified in memoirs, where parents wrote of their tireless efforts to free their children from the grip of autism. Though the idea gives hope to parents devastated by a child''s diagnosis, Amy Lutz argues that it has also contributed to widespread dismantling of services badly needed by severely disabled children and their families.In Chasing the Intact Mind, Lutz traces the history of the intact mind concept, explaining how it influences current poliTrade ReviewThis is a fascinating book: It is forthright, it is honest, it is comprehensive, it is evidence-based. Importantly, this work tees up essential discussion of 'inclusion,' and how often it too relies on false hope, and distracts from our urgent need as a society to face the demands of guardianships and life-time supports we should be building for our autism community. * Bryna Siegel, PhD, Founder & Executive Director, Autism Center of Northern California; Professor, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, University of California (Ret.) *Reading this brave, well-researched book I felt myself making a mental list of all the people to whom I'd recommend it. Lutz shows us the perilous seduction of the 'intact mind,' moving us through historic landmarks to the contested landscape in which we find ourselves today. With clarity of style and argument she shows how rhetoric transforms into policy, harming the very people those policies are meant to help. Her approach is one of deep empathy and understanding for those with severe autism, and their caregivers. * Deborah R. Barnbaum, PhD, author of The Ethics of Autism: Among Them but Not of Them and Professor of Philosophy, Kent State University *Amy Lutz bravely tackles the myth of the intact mind that has become so prevalent in modern autism dialogue. Lutz acknowledges that the intact mind mantra provides families critical 'high octane hope,' but also poignantly emphasizes the real-life consequences of blind adherence to dogma in terms of vastly reduced critical life opportunities for some of the most vulnerable individuals along the autism spectrum. A must-read for anyone truly committed to seeing all the faces of autism and optimizing care and long-term outcomes for everyone. * Lee Elizabeth Wachtel, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine *Table of ContentsPART I: THE HISTORY OF THE INTACT MIND Introduction Chapter 1: Valuing the Disabled Child: The Emergence of Disability Parent Memoirs Chapter 2: Whose Fault Is It? Psychoanalysis and the First Autism Parent Memoirs Chapter 3: Is There a "Key"? Biomedical Discourse and Second-Generation Autism Memoirs PART II: THE CASE STUDIES Chapter 4: The Battle Against Sheltered Workshops Chapter 5: The Erosion of Guardianship Chapter 6: The Resurgence of Facilitated Communication Conclusion
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The University of Chicago Press Hearing Happiness
Book SynopsisWeaving together lyrical history and personal memoir, Virdi powerfully examines society'sand her ownperception of life as a deaf person in America. At the age of four, Jaipreet Virdi's world went silent. A severe case of meningitis left her alive but deaf, suddenly treated differently by everyone. Her deafness downplayed by society and doctors, she struggled to pass as hearing for most of her life. Countless cures, treatments, and technologies led to dead ends. Never quite deaf enough for the Deaf community or quite hearing enough for the normal majority, Virdi was stuck in aural limbo for years. It wasn't until her thirties, exasperated by problems with new digital hearing aids, that she began to actively assert her deafness and reexamine society'sand her ownperception of life as a deaf person in America. Through lyrical history and personal memoir, Hearing Happiness raises pivotal questions about deafness in American society and the endless quest for a cure. Taking us from theTrade Review“In part a critical memoir of her own life, this archival tour de force centers on d/Deafness, and, specifically, the obsessive search for a “cure”… This survey of cure and its politics, framed by disability studies, allows readers—either for the first time or as a stunning example in the field—to think about how notions of remediation are leveraged against the most vulnerable.” * Public Books *"Engaging . . . A sweeping chronology of human deafness fortified with the author’s personal struggles and triumphs." * Kirkus Reviews *"Part memoir, part historical monograph, Virdi’s Hearing Happiness breaks the mold for academic press publications." * Publishers Weekly *“In her insightful book, Virdi probes how society perceives deafness and challenges the idea that a disability is a deficit. . . . [She] powerfully demonstrates how cures for deafness pressure individuals to change, to ‘be better’.” * Washington Post *"Hearing Happiness provides a welcome extended view of the medical-technological impetus to“fix” deafness, revealing an unsettling historical continuity concerning the perversities and shortcomings of deafness cures over the last two centuries. For this, Hearing Happiness is a resounding success, exploring the deep ambivalences that often arise from normalization projects and their attendant medical technologies." * ISIS: A Journal of the History of Science Society *"Informative and engaging." * Ms. Magazine *"The most striking thing about Virdi’s book is how it confirms that hearing loss isn’t a minor annoyance that afflicts a few people. Rather, with tremendous archival work, she shows us that, over the past three centuries, Anglo-American culture has been virtually obsessed with trying to cure deafness." * Times Higher Education *"This unique book combines autobiography with broader history. Virdi traces her own personal history along with the history of treatments, assistive devices, and attempted cures for deafness in the U.S. from the 1860s to the present." * Book Riot *"Offers a well-illustrated history of the marketing of hearing aids, particularly in North America. The material proves to be remarkably rich, and also rather troubling. . . . An enlightening book." * Times Literary Supplement *"Virdi’s book offers an educational and personal exploration of the cultural history for treatment of deafness. She provides an engrossing examination of the remedies and ministrations that display the spectrum of diversity within the deaf community. Virdi’s research proffers a strong voice for every person who is impacted by the inability to hear." * Story Circle Network *"[Virdi] guides us through the history of deafness cures as both a historian immersed in the archive as well as a deaf woman with her own experiences navigating today’s landscape of treatments and so-called cures. It’s a special gift for a history like this. Virdi is interested in the efficacy of various deafness cures only inasmuch as they demonstrate the huge variety of choices and experiences deaf and hard of hearing people have had in navigating a hearing world. That is, this is not a book about debunking quackery. It is something much more interesting: a history of who makes decisions about what is normal, who is designated impaired or disabled, who determines such criteria, and how people who experience different types of hearing loss have understood their own bodies and identities." * Lady Science *“Hearing Happiness is as much a personal memoir as it is a contribution to science, technology, and the history of medicine in North America from roughly the eighteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries.” * H-Soz-Kult *“Hearing Happiness… gives us analytical tools to be able to write history and political tools to investigate how illness, abnormality or disability is created in today’s society.” * Morgenbladet *“Hearing Happiness is a spell-binding book of research and stories. . . . In positioning her own story so centrally to the book, Virdi consolidates the power of her argument, and it operates as a political intervention into deafness as well as being a brilliant contribution to the historiography of deafness.” * H-Net *“Poetically weaving her own experiences as a deaf person into a history of hearing loss, Virdi makes a compelling argument that deafness is as much a cultural construct as it is a physical phenomenon. Rigorously researched and eminently readable, Hearing Happiness is packed with historical gems that will fascinate any reader.” * Lindsey Fitzharris, author of 'The Butchering Art' *“Everyone needs to read this fascinating history of hearing loss, technology, medicine, and audism. In examining deafness cures and sharing her own personal story, Virdi reveals society’s ever-evolving processes in creating and enforcing normalcy.” * Alice Wong, founder and director of Disability Visibility *"I always love reading books by deaf authors who grew up mainstream like me. If you want to learn about mainstreamed deaf people and the medical mysteries of deafness and its history, read this book! Virdi shares lots of fascinating information that I never knew before." * Rikki Poynter, Youtuber and deaf activist *“Hearing Happiness is smart, captivating, and immensely important. We can only grow as a society when we listen to the people we’ve placed on the fringes of it. Deaf people don’t need cures—they deserve respect and support. If you want to be a person on the front lines of necessary change, start with this book!” * Keah Brown, creator of #DisabledAndCute and author of The Pretty One *“Told with clarity and compassion, Virdi’s moving story will resonate with any reader seeking to understand what it truly is like to be deaf in the US." * Cäsar Jacobson, activist, author, and actor *“Hearing Happiness provides so much surprising and interesting historical information, as well as many answers about audism, the history of technology, and our perception of hearing loss. Virdi’s personal story is moving, and her research takes us on all kinds of trips back in time. Fascinating.” * Ilya Kaminsky, author of 2019 National Book Award finalist Deaf Republic *“Virdi has written a landmark study in the history of technology: one that shows in powerfully specific and deeply personal ways how technologies construct social norms and mold the way we live. Her nuanced account of the history of technologies designed to ‘cure’ the way that certain people experience the world is a powerful testament to the need for people from marginalized groups to have a seat at the table when technological fixes are proffered by tech corporations and the medical establishment.” * Mar Hicks, author of 'Programmed Inequality' *"An innovative and engaging historical study of deafness cures, Hearing Happiness details the complex relationship between deaf people, technology industries, medical specialists and consumer culture. . . .This refreshingly accessible work will likely become a durable historical resource inside and outside of classrooms." * Social History of Medicine *"Hearing Happiness is a must read for a broad audience interested in modern U.S. history, histories of medicine, technology, science, disability and deaf culture, and Disability and Deaf Studies. Virdi draws the reader in through a combination of masterful narrative, storytelling, and humor. Written in accessible prose, interwoven with the familiar from the broader tapestry of U.S. history, this text is suitable for both undergraduate and graduate courses. Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History is a stunning masterpiece of historical scholarship." * Endeavor *
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Tellwell Talent Cancer The Pernicious Clonally Evolving Disease
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Penguin Books Ltd The Last Asylum
Book SynopsisPresents a memoir of a young historian, who was admitted in England's largest psychiatric institution, Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum, later known as Friern Hospital. This memoir tells the story of author's madness years, set inside the wider story of the death of the asylum system in the twentieth century.Trade ReviewEloquent, compassionate, and utterly absorbing . . . The Last Asylum is the best sort of memoir, transcending the purely personal to confront a larger social history -- Sarah WatersBeautiful . . . it is hard to write well enough about this book because it is so good -- Susie Orbach * Independent *A wise, considered and timely book -- Hilary MantelMoving, brave and intelligent -- Susan Hill * The Times *Superb. Riveting, insightful and relentlessly honest -- Darian LeaderAn impressive book, strong on narrative, deeply felt and measured in tone... The Last Asylum will stand the test of time. * Literary Review *A gripping (often painful) account of madness, a fascinating description of psychoanalysis, a historical reflection on asylums and a meditation of the interrelationships between care and cure... Unsparing [and] subtly theoretical, an endeavor not only worth reading, but worth emulating. * LA Review of Books *A fascinating if harrowing journey . . . Taylor is a deft and engaging historian * Washington Post *Barbara Taylor's [memoir] is not to be missed . . . An extraordinarily measured, fascinating and honest account, that stands out within the genre... Her book can be compared with Helen Macdonald's H is for Hawk . . . Barbara Taylor is to be applauded for an important and original contribution * Metapsychology *
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Yale University Press Diabetes A History of Race and Disease
Book SynopsisWho gets diabetes and why? An in‑depth examination of diabetes in the context of race, public health, class, and heredityTrade Review“Arleen Marcia Tuchman convincingly shows in her illuminating book Diabetes: A History of Race and Disease . . . [the] deep roots in the medical establishment’s dark bigotry concerning the origins of the disorder.”—Jerome Groopman, New York Review of BooksWinner of the George Rosen Prize, sponsored by American Association for the History of MedicineWon the PROSE award, History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, sponsored by the Association of American Publishers“Arleen Tuchman’s Diabetes is a remarkable work, a fascinating history of how a disease is understood, medically and socially, illuminated by an understanding of the strange and shifting perspectives of race and racism.”—Perri Klass, author of A Good Time to Be Born: How Science and Public Health Gave Children a Future“This is a superb, deeply researched history of the role of racism and class bias in perceptions of type 2 diabetes. Its root causes? Poverty and discrimination—a new vision for a prevention agenda.”—Marion Nestle, author of Food Politics“This landmark study not only reveals the history of Type 2 diabetes, which may well become the most important disease of twenty-first-century America, but also shows us how it has been associated with various ethnicities from the beginning of its recognition.”—Margaret Humphreys, author of Marrow of Tragedy: The Health Crisis of the American Civil War“In this careful study of disease, difference, and disparity, Arleen Tuchman has made a lasting contribution to the histories of science, medicine, race, and racism, with broad implications for American history and public health policy writ large.”—Jeremy A. Greene, author of Prescribing by Numbers: Drugs and the Definition of Disease“Meticulous, insightful research reveals diabetes to have become not one, but many diseases based on the perceived race, culture, and responsibility of sufferers, its innocent or guilty victims.”—Jacalyn Duffin, author of History Medicine: A Scandalously Short Introduction
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Zondervan NIrV Clear Focus Bible Hardcover CharcoalBlue
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Concord Theatricals Job
Book SynopsisJane, an employee at the big tech company (you know the one), has been placed on leave after becoming the subject of a viral video. She arrives in the office of a crisis therapist Loyd determined to be reinstated to the job that gives her life meaning. A psychological thriller, JOB zooms in on two careerists of different generations, genders and political paradigms to examine what it means to be a citizen of the internet and our obligation to help the people who need it most.
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Abiprod Pty Ltd Recetario Cetogénico de Comida Sureña
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Abingdon Press Forgetting Whose We Are Alzheimers Disease and
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Andrews UK Limited My Mother Has Alzheimers
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Ebury Publishing Prostate Cancer
Book SynopsisFollowing the international success of Your Life in Your Hands, the groundbreaking book on breast cancer, Professor Jane Plant explains how her diet and lifestyle plan can be used to combat prostate cancer. This revised and updated edition includes new information to help those with other types of cancer, such as colorectal cancer and testicular cancer.In this groundbreaking book, Professor Plant illuminates the relationship between cancer and diet. The book explains the science behind the ''no dairy'' diet and then gives useful advice on diet and lifestyle to maximise your health and avoid contracting cancer.For sufferers, their families and anyone who is concerned about the risk of cancer, this book is essential.Trade ReviewThe real value of this book is that it empowers the reader with knowledge * Science in Parliament *
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Henry Holt & Company Inc My Sisters Voices
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Liturgical Press The Taste of Silence
Book Synopsis At nineteen Bieke Vandekerckhove fell ill. The diagnosis was devastating: the fatal motor neuron disease ALS. Life expectancy: two to five years. So what did she do with the paltry bit of life that was left? By force of circumstance she was led to Saint Lioba Convent in Egmond-Binnen. There she learned Benedictine spirituality and to pray the psalms, which influenced her life for good. Three years later she learned that her illness had gone into remission but that it could flare up again at any time. She has been living with ALS for twenty years now. She is married and has two assistants to help her as necessary. Ten years ago she found the silence of Zen. This encounter also proved decisive. The Taste of Silence reflects what she experienced, saw, and tasted in the stillness of life: Benedictine spirituality and Zen Buddhism became the two lungs through which I breathe. Trade Review"Learn to be still and learn to do nothing and learn to wait. The secret of those who became giants always lay in this: they were prepared for the long haul." —Thus wrote poet Henriette Roland Holst. It is what Bieke Vandekerckhove wanted to learn—living with an incurable disease, she had to. Listening, meditating, persevering in the silence, she became one of the giants, and she wrote a book that consoles. Huub Oosterhuis, Dutch theologian, poet, author, liturgist, and ecumenistLife is full of trials—yet sometimes we may suddenly perceive an eternal light in the midst of the worst tribulations. There is much in life that does not make any sense, so we need witnesses whose life says: and yet! and who keep on smiling through their tears. This book is such a smile, compelling in its authenticity. Benoît Standaert, Benedictine Monk of Saint Andrew's Abbey in Bruges, Belgium, Author of Sharing Sacred Space: Interreligious Dialogue as Spiritual EncounterBieke Vandekerckhove's story shows the way spirituality and religion get synchronized in the paradox classically stated by Polonius in Hamlet: 'by indirections find directions out. Patrick Henry, On Being blogAn insightful and absorbing memoir. Written poetically, the chapters-some only a page and a half-evoke the connectedness that Vandekerckhove felt toward the divine. Diane Scharper, National Catholic Reporter"The author's experiences prove that Benedictine spirituality can be a healing grace. Many of us have had to face an impenetrable wall. Contemplative prayer and meditation can bring down that wall-helping us to endure the winter of our life and move forward to the hope inherent in spring."Thomas J. Rillo, Saint Meinrad's Benedictine Oblate Newsletter
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Oldcastle Books Ltd PROSTrATE CANCER
Book SynopsisIn this intimate memoir charting his own personal experience of coming to terms with prostate cancer, Graham Sharpe brings humour and a light touch to a serious subject. Combating the shortage of reading material written by anyone with direct personal experience of the disease, this book seeks to educate, raise awareness and dispel...Trade ReviewThis disease can be deadly. Please encourage the men in your lives to be aware of their prostate, before it's too late... -- Lauren Clark, wife of former England Cricket Captain Bob Willis who died of prostate cancerIt's no secret, I'm no good with words but I do know about being diagnosed with cancer and my advice is read this book. Congrats Graham, informative, interesting and most importantly good advice - don't ignore the signs! -- Bob Champion CBE (Bob Champion Cancer Trust)
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Instant Apostle The Never Ending Journey Living with Brain Injury
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£7.59
Milverstead Publishing Tracys Story The Other Side of the Coin
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£16.04
Sirenia Books Autism from A to Z
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£9.49
Clearsay Publishing Understanding PreEclampsia
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Cambridge University Press Broken Bones
Book SynopsisAn informative and enjoyable book explaining the experience of breaking a bone to children and their families, providing comfort, hope, and key information. Featuring easy to understand language, helpful facts and fun color illustrations, this book is part of the series The Strength of My Scars by surgeon, Maria Baimas-George.Table of ContentsBroken Bones – Mei and the Monkey Bars.
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