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by Autumn Stringam (Author)Some children inherit "the family nose." Autumn Stringam and her brother Joseph inherited the family bipolar disorder, a severe mental illness that led to their mother's and grandfather's suicides. Autumn, at 22, was psychotic and in in a psychiatric hospital on suicide watch; Joseph, at 15, was prone to violent episodes so terrifying the family feared for their lives. But after they began taking a nutritional supplement developed by their father and based, incredib...

The Sickening Mind: Brain, Behaviour, Immunity and Disease - Paperback

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by Paul Martin (Author)'A masterpiece of popularization' Times Literary Supplement'A fascinating account, based on objective scientific research, of the ways in which mental states affect the individual's liability to disease... Martin is a highly civilised scientist, who seasons his text with witty parentheses. He also provides many examples from literature, ranging widely from Shakespeare, Goethe and Hardy to Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and Kafka... Interesting, informative and a pleasure to read.'...

How to Lower High Blood Pressure: The Natural Four Point Plan to Reduce Hypertension - Paperback

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by Caroline Shreeve (Author)The 4 step natural health plan that worksYou can reduce your blood pressure - naturally, and safely!High blood pressure is a serious and ever increasing health problem throughout the population. It's also a condition that responds well to natural treatment methods both instead of and alongside conventional drug therapies.The four point plan is comprehensive: 1. The Blood Pressure Diet - plus the key vitamin and mineral supplements.2. The Blood Pressure Easy Introdu...

Placebo: Mind Over Matter in Modern Medicine - Paperback

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by Dylan Evans (Author)A lucid and stimulating explanation of how the body's natural healing mechanisms work - and how they can be triggered in non-chemical ways via the 'placebo effect'.Can we really cure ourselves of disease by the power of thought alone? Faith healers and alternative therapists are convinced that we can, but what does science say?Contrary to public perception, orthodox medical opinion is remarkably confident about the healing powers of the mind. For the past fifty years, d...

The Herbalist: Nicholas Culpeper and the Fight for Medical Freedom - Paperback

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by Benjamin Woolley (Author)From the bestselling author of 'The Queen's Conjuror', comes the story of Nicholas Culpeper - legendary rebel, radical, Puritan, and author of the great 'Herbal'. This is a powerful history of medicine's first freedom fighter set in London during Britain's age of revolution. In the mid-17th century, England was visited by the four horsemen of the apocalypse: a civil war which saw levels of slaughter not matched until the Somme, famine in a succession of failed harv...

High Blood Pressure: Natural Self-Help for Hypertension, Including 60 Recipes - Paperback

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by Sarah Brewer (Author), Michelle Berriedale-Johnson (Author)This guide is a must for anybody who wants to control high blood pressure naturally. Sarah Brewer, respected doctor and Telegraph columnist, has teamed up with Michelle Berriedale-Johnson, a successful special diets cookery writer, to provide readers with a comprehensive self-treatment plan that includes 60 mouth-watering recipes.Sales Handles: Heart disease is the number one killer in the West and is closely linked to high blood p...

Cancer: A Nutritional Guide with 40 Delicious Recipes - Paperback

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by Rosy Daniel (Author), Jane Sen (Author)A book for cancer sufferers and those wishing to prevent it, written by the Medical Director and the Nutritional Advisor to the famous Bristol Cancer Help CentreEat To Beat Cancer shows that there are ways you can help yourself to: - Eat well to avoid the onsett of serious illness- Keep cancer in remission- Use nutrition to fight cancer.Dr Rosy Daniel Explains: - Why Change The Way You Eat?- How To Change The Way You Eat - and make the change easy.- W...

Low Blood Sugar: The Nutritional Plan to Overcome Hypoglycaemia, with 60 Recipes - Paperback

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by Martin Budd (Author), Maggie Budd (Author)A comprehensive and accessible handbook providing vital information for sufferers of low blood sugar, this is an ideal reference guide and essential first step for those who want to understand and treat their symptoms naturally. Includes 60 delicious recipes to prove that sufferers don't have to miss out!An increasing number of people are being diagnosed with low blood sugar due to today's high-pressure lifestyles and the predominance of over-proce...

What Really Works: The Insider's Guide to Natural Health, What's Best and Where to Find It - Paperback

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by Susan Clark (Author)An extensively revised and updated edition of the well-known consumer resource guide to what's best in complementary health from the UK's most trusted health and beauty consumer watchdog. Includes products and therapies.Susan Clark is the UK's most trusted consumer health watchdog and What Really Works cuts through the hype, waffle and information overload that exists surrounding complementary health, supplements and therapies, providing the reader what they really need...

Yoga Beats Asthma: Simple Exercises and Breathing Techniques to Relieve Asthma and Respiratory Disorders - Paperback

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by Stella Weller (Author)A comprehensive and fully accessible guide to understanding and managing asthma through yoga, encouraging sufferers away from exclusive reliance on drugs in favour of using the ancient wisdom of yoga to control the condition themselves through the powers of breathing and of the mind.The number of asthma sufferers has risen sharply since the mid 1980s, with 10 million sufferers in the US and 3.7 million in the UK. Although many people are able to control their conditio...

You Can Beat PMS!: Feel Fantastic All Month Long with the 12-Week Nutritional Lifestyle Plan - Paperback

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by Colette Harris (Author), Theresa Cheung (Author)Beat the symptoms of PMS by making simple changes to your diet with this lively and authoritative self-help guide from the authors of the best-selling PCOS and PCOS Diet Book. A must-have for all women who feel they're spending half their life feeling less then 100%, this book shows how you can get rid of discomfort and pain for good.This book, by the authors of the best-selling PCOS and PCOS Diet Book, reveals how simple changes can produce ...

Power Yoga: The Total Strength and Flexibility Workout - Paperback

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by Beryl Bender Birch (Author)The official yoga program of the New York Road Runners club, Power Yoga is a unique combination of dynamic breathing and strong, flowing movement, which creates a high-heat, high-energy workout.Unlike any other yoga program, Power Yoga is a choreographed sequence of postures that flow into one another, building strength, unwinding tight joints, and loosening muscles. Beautiful photographs and clear instructions guide you through this effective and popular routine...

Caregiving: Hospice-Proven Techniques for Healing Body and Soul - Paperback

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by Douglas C. Smith (Author)One of America's leading hospice experts offers practical, easy-to-follow advice for caregivers and a holistic approach to treating the infirm or the terminally ill.Author Douglas C. Smith organizes his material around "A Bill of Patient's Rights," a unique system he has taught to thousands throughout the country. He explains that the caregiver should enable patients to retain these rights: to be in control to have a sense of purpose to know the truth to be comfor...

The Young Adolescent: Clinical Studies - Paperback

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by Peter Blos (Author), Peter Blos (Preface by)Using two case studies, Dr. Peter Blos provides insight on the foundations of later adolescent development, commenting on the psychoanalytic theory and practice of understanding the teenage years. Through his extensive clinical experience with adolescents, Dr. Peter Blos has come to consider the early years of adolescence the most crucial ones because they lay the foundation for later adolescent development. Fixations in the early phases of adole...

Toward a More Natural Science - Paperback

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by Leon R. Kass (Author), Leon R. Klass (Author)The relation between the pursuit of knowledge and the conduct of life--between science and ethics, each broadly conceived--has in recent years been greatly complicated by developments in the science of life. This book examines the ethical questions involved in prenatal screening, in vitro fertilization, artificial life forms, and medical care, and discusses the role of human beings in nature.Back JacketThe promise and the peril of our are inextr...

The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time - Paperback

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by John Kelly (Author)"Powerful, rich with details, moving, humane, and full of important lessons for an age when weapons of mass destruction are loose among us." -- Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb The Great Plague is one of the most compelling events in human history--even more so now, when the notion of plague has never loomed larger as a contemporary public concern.The plague that devastated Asia and Europe in the 14th century has been of neve...

Women and Autoimmune Disease: The Mysterious Ways Your Body Betrays Itself - Paperback

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by Robert G. Lahita (Author)A cutting-edge examination of the mysterious world of autoimmune disease--and the new discoveries made daily that may save women's livesAutoimmune diseases--including chronic fatigue syndrome, vasculitis, juvenile diabetes, alopecia, Graves' disease, Sjogren's syndrome, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis--are among the most devastating conditions afflicting women today and the most resistant to diagnosis and treatment. In all of them, the body's im...

Cracked: Life on the Edge in a Rehab Clinic - Paperback

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by Drew Pinsky (Author)Dr. Drew Pinsky is best known as the cohost of the long-running radio advice program Loveline. But his workday is spent at a major Southern California clinic, treating the severest cases of drug dependency and psychiatric breakdown. In this riveting book, Pinsky reveals the intimate and often shocking stories of his patients as they struggle with emotional trauma, sexual abuse, and a host of chemical nemeses: alcohol, marijuana, Ecstasy, heroin, speed, cocaine, and pres...

Living Well with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know - Paperback

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by Mary J. Shomon (Author)From the author of Living Well With Hypothyroidism, a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia--vital help for the millions of people suffering from pain, fatigue, and sleep problems.Recent studies indicate that 3 to 6 million Americans suffer from fibromyalgia--a chronic disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and multiple tender points. This terrible condition is often accompanied by...

Warning: Psychiatry Can Be Hazardous to Your Mental Health - Paperback

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by William Glasser (Author) How psychopharmacology has usurped the role of psychotherapy in our society, to the great detriment of the patients involved. William Glasser describes in Warning: Psychiatry Can Be Hazardous to Your Mental Health the sea change that has taken place in the treatment of mental health in the last few years. Millions of patients are now routinely being given prescriptions for a wide range of drugs including Ritalin, Prosac, Zoloft and related drugs which can be harmfu...

Living Well with Epilepsy and Other Seizure Disorders: An Expert Explains What You Really Need to Know - Paperback

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by Carl W. Bazil (Author)Treatment options, lifestyle strategies, and emotional support for two million Americans.Epilepsy, once mistakenly associated with demonic possession, has for centuries been a poorly understood illness. Today, though it affects nearly one out of every one hundred Americans, little comprehensive information can be found on bookshelves regarding this common and complex neurological disease. Until now Using his expertise in pharmacology and neuroscience, Dr. Carl Bazil d...

Sex, Lies, and Menopause: The Shocking Truth about Synthetic Hormones and the Benefits of Natural Alternatives - Paperback

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by T. S. Wiley (Author), Julie Taguchi (Author), Bent Formby (Author)Turning thirty years of medical and cultural wisdom on its head, Sex, Lies, and Menopause challenges both the medical establishment and modern feminists to prove that menopause does not have to be deadly.In this revolutionary work -- a landmark that signals the true beginning of feminist medicine -- a doctor, a philosopher, and a scientist prove that by postponing marriage and motherhood, women have accelerated the aging pro...

Conquering Your Child's Chronic Pain: A Pediatrician's Guide for Reclaiming a Normal Childhood - Paperback

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by Lonnie K. Zeltzer (Author), Christina Blackett Schlank (Author)From a renowned expert in the field, a parent's guide to managing their child's chronic pain--to give back normal life to the 1 in 5 children for whom pain is a serious problem. A child's chronic pain undermines school performance and social and emotional health, erodes finances, and devastates the family. This book reveals what parents can do to alleviate their child's pain on a daily basis. Dr. Zeltzer's clinic is renowned fo...

Sick: The Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis--And the People Who Pay the Price - Paperback

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by Jonathan Cohn (Author)America's health care system is unraveling, with millions of hard-working people unable to pay for prescription drugs and regular checkups, let alone hospital visits. Jonathan Cohn traveled across the United States--the only country in the developed world that does not guarantee its citizens access to medical care--to investigate why this crisis is happening and to see firsthand its impact on ordinary Americans. Passionate, powerful, illuminating, and often devastatin...

Gastrointestinal Health Third Edition: The Proven Nutritional Program to Prevent, Cure, or Alleviate Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Ibs), Ulcers, Gas, Cons - Paperback

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by Steven R. Peikin (Author)Do you suffer from heartburn? Is an ulcer bothering you? Are the difficult symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome compromising your life? If so, you are not alone. You are that one out of every three Americans that suffers from chronic digestive problems.Whether it's constipation, diarrhea, gas, hemorrhoids, ulcers, heartburn, colitis, gallstones, or one of the many other digestive tract problems, Dr. Steven Peikin's self-help nutritional program will help keep you o...

China Syndrome: The True Story of the 21st Century's First Great Epidemic - Paperback

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by Karl Taro Greenfeld (Author)"China Syndrome is a fast-moving, truth-is-stranger-than-fiction thriller that doubles as an excellent primer of emerging infections for scientists and laypeople alike. But that's not all. For readers more captivated by world politics than by microbiology, its chief strength, beyond the superb writing, is a detailed look at China's culture of secrecy in the throes of a global public health crisis." -- Los Angeles TimesWhen the SARS virus broke out in China in Ja...

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by Edward Ziegler (Author)Hundreds of people slam through its doors every day: gun-shot cops, battered kids, drug addicts, and suicides, destitute drunks, homeless people, AIDS sufferers, and accident victims. It's a bizarre parade of humanity looking for help -- in the one place they know they can find it.Welcome to the frontline trenches of medicine: the emergency room of the legendary Bellevue Hospital. Here, an army of doctors and nurses faces the onslaught of young and old, rich and ragg...

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by Adnan Nasir (Author), Priscilla Burgess (Author)Rid yourself of eczema forever Based on new research, this book has everything the millions of eczema sufferers need to know to free themselves from unbearable itching and unsightly rashes. Eczema-Free For Life contains the latest medical information about the cause, symptoms, and treatments of eczema and is written both for adults with eczema and the parents of children with eczema. In addition to the most recent medical research, Dr. Nasi...

Passions and Tempers: A History of the Humours - Paperback

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by Noga Arikha (Author)"Passions and Tempers may excite passions and tempers in some of its readers, as a good work of intellectual history should. You will learn a lot from its pages." --Washington Post The humours--blood, phlegm, black bile, and choler--were substances thought to circulate within the body and determine a person's health, mood, and character. The theory of humours remained an inexact but powerful tool for centuries, surviving scientific changes and offering clarity to physic...

Preventing Miscarriage: The Good News - Paperback

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by Jonathan Scher (Author), Carol Dix (Author) "A wonderfully written text that will provide clear, up-to-date explanations for complex medical problems involving recurrent pregnancy loss. The personal accounts allow us all to be inspired by the desire to reproduce!" -- Andrei Rebarber, M.D., clinical associate professor, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York; president, Maternal Fetal Medicine Associates, PLLCA Reassuring and Informative Guide That Offers New Hope For Expectant ParentsAlo...

Living Well with Hypothyroidism REV Ed: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You... That You Need to Know - Paperback

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by Mary J. Shomon (Author)The Most Comprehensive Resource Available on the Diagnosis and Treatment of HypothyroidismFor millions of Americans, hypothyroidism often goes untreated ... or is treated improperly. This book, thoroughly researched by the nation's top thyroid patient advocate--a hypothyroidism patient herself--provides you with answers to all your questions, including: What is hypothyroidism? What are the warning signs, symptoms, and risk factors? Why is getting diagnosed often a c...

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by Jennifer Haigh (Author)In the summer of 1976, during their annual retreat on Cape Cod, the McKotch family came apart. Now, twenty years after daughter Gwen was diagnosed with Turner's syndrome--a rare genetic condition that keeps her trapped forever in the body of a child--eminent scientist Frank McKotch is divorced from his pedigreed wife, Paulette. Eldest son Billy, a successful cardiologist, lives a life built on secrets and compromise. His brother Scott awakened from a pot-addled adole...