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The Heart of Addiction: A New Approach to Understanding and Managing Alcoholism and Other Addictive Behaviors - Paperback

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by Lance M. Dodes (Author)Nobody has had an answer for why people with addictions continue to repeat them -- until now.For more than twenty years, distinguished psychiatrist Dr. Lance Dodes has been successfully helping people master their addictions -- alcoholism, compulsive gambling, smoking, sexual addiction, and more with a radical approach. Dr. Dodes describes how all addictions have, at their heart, unrecognized emotional factors that explain: Why we feel the impulse Why we feel it whe...

Quinine: Malaria and the Quest for a Cure That Changed the World - Paperback

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by Fiammetta Rocco (Author)The fascinating story of the intensive search to discover and possess quinine--the only known cure for malaria Malaria kills someone every 12 minutes in Africa. Now known mostly as a disease of the tropics, malaria led to the demise of the Roman Empire 2,000 years ago and ravaged Europe for years afterwards. At the start of the 17th century, Jesuit priests developed quinine, an alkaloid made out of the bitter red bark of the cinchona tree from the Andes. When quinin...

A Practical Guide to Vibrational Medicine: Energy Healing and Spiritual Transformation - Paperback

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by Richard Gerber (Author)At the dawn of the 21st century, the old paradigms of medicine have begun to fall apart. A growing number of pioneering researchers embrace a new view of healing--one expounded by Dr. Richard Gerber in his groundbreaking bestseller, Vibrational Medicine.Now he shows how to put this new way of thinking into practical use, describing the role of consciousness and "thought forms," as well as the benefits of homeopathy, acupuncture, color and light healing, magneto biolo...

Dead Center: Behind the Scenes at the World's Largest Medical Examiner's Office - Paperback

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by Shiya Ribowsky (Author), Tom Shachtman (Author)A city with eight million people has eight million ways to die For fifteen years, Shiya Ribowsky worked as a medicolegal investigator in New York City's medical examiner's office--the largest, most sophisticated organization of its kind in the world. Utilizing his background in medicine, he led the investigations of more than eight thousand individual deaths, becoming a key figure in some of New York's most bizarre death cases and eventually t...

Many Roads One Journey: Moving Beyond the Twelve Steps - Paperback

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by Charlotte S. Kasl (Author)From the author of Women, Sex, and Addiction, a timely and controversial second look at 12-Step programs, helping all readers to draw on the steps' underlying wisdom, adapting them to their own experiences, beliefs, and sources of strength. Number of Pages: 448 Dimensions: 1.22 x 9.26 x 6.12 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: June 17, 1992

La Farmacia: Tu Guia Personal de Salud: Consejos Asombrosos de la Farmaceutica Mas Respetada de Estados Unidos = The 24-Hour Pharma = The 24-Hour Phar - Paperback

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by Suzy Cohen (Author)Suzy Cohen, farmacéutica por casi dos décadas, sabe que los medicamentos a menudo pueden ser invalorables. Pero también ha aprendido a ""ver más allá de la píldora"" y recomendar opciones naturales, que con frecuencia son tan buenas o mejores para la salud que los medicamentos tradicionales y no traen el riesgo de los efectos secundarios que generan ciertas drogas. En esta guía extensa y única, Cohen responde a preguntas tales como: Es útil o inútil tomar vitaminas en pí...

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by Jean Carper (Author)From Jean Carper, America's Most Trusted Source of Cutting-Edge Nutritional Advice, the Bestselling Guide to the Dramatic Healing Powers of Herbs, Vitamins, and Other Natural RemediesMiracle Cures is the breakthrough book that presents scientific evidence of the effectiveness of natural remedies, culled from the world's leading doctors and scientists, research centers, and major international scientific journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association...

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by Philip Ziegler (Author)"As exciting and readable an account as you could wish." -- The Guardian "Fascinating." - Bill Bryson The Black Death vividly and comprehensively brings to light the full horror of this uniquely catastrophic event that hastened the disintegration of an age.A series of natural disasters in the Orient during the fourteenth century brought about the most devastating period of death and destruction in European history. The epidemic killed one-third of Europe's people ove...

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by Gabriel Weston (Author)"What a terrific book....[Weston] leaves you feeling that if push came to shove you'd want to be operated on by her."--Nicholas Shakespeare, author of Bruce Chatwin: A Biography The continuing popularity of doctor shows on TV--from Scrubs, House, and Grey's Anatomy to the television phenomenon ER--indicates a widespread fascination with all things medical. Direct Red, by practicing ear, nose, and throat surgical specialist Gabriel Weston, takes readers behind the sc...

The Language of Life: DNA and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine - Paperback

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by Francis S. Collins (Author)"His groundbreaking work has changed the very ways we consider our health and examine disease." --Barack Obama From Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institute of Health, 2007 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and 15-year head of the Human Genome Project, comes one of the most important medical books of the year: The Language of Life. With accessible, insightful prose, Dr. Collins describes the medical, scientific, and genetic revolution...

Passages in Caregiving: Turning Chaos Into Confidence - Paperback

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by Gail Sheehy (Author)Gail Sheehy, author of the groundbreaking Passages--which was a New York Times bestseller for more than three years--now brings us Passages in Caregiving. In this essential guide, the acclaimed expert on the now aging Baby Boomer generation outlines nine crucial steps for effective, successful family caregiving, turning chaos into confidence during this most crucial of life stages. No one really expects it, but at some time or another, just about everyone has been-or wi...

The Lady and Her Monsters: A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley's Masterpiece - Paperback

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by Roseanne Montillo (Author)The Lady and Her Monsters by Roseanne Motillo brings to life the fascinating times, startling science, and real-life horrors behind Mary Shelley's gothic masterpiece, Frankenstein.Montillo recounts how--at the intersection of the Romantic Age and the Industrial Revolution--Shelley's Victor Frankenstein was inspired by actual scientists of the period: curious and daring iconoclasts who were obsessed with the inner workings of the human body and how it might be rean...

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by Emily Chenoweth (Author)"Tender. . . . Chenoweth'saffectionate style works marvelously, capturing the decadence of youth." --NewYork TimesIna single week, one family leaves behind its past as a daughter awakens to a newfuture, in Emily Chenoweth's intimate and beautifully crafted debut novel oflove, loss, and learning to start over. Perfect for readers of Jennifer Haigh's The Condition, Susan Minot's Evening, and Kim Edwards' The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Hello Goodbye isat once an intimat...

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by Frank Huyler (Author)Shattered by his wife's death, and by his own role in it, successful cardiologist Charles Anderson volunteers to assist with earthquake relief in an impoverished Islamic country in a constant state of conflict with its neighbor. But when the refugees he's come to help do not appear and artillery begins to fall in the distance along the border, the story takes an unexpected turn.This haunting, resonant tour de force about one man's desire to live a moral life offers a m...

Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between - Paperback

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by Theresa Brown (Author)"Among all the recent books on medicine, Critical Care stands alone." -- Pauline Chen, author of Final Exam "A must read for anyone who wants to understand healthcare. Extraordinary." -- Elizabeth Cohen, MPH, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Critical Care is the powerful and absorbing memoir of Theresa Brown--a regular contributor to the New York Times blog "Well"--about her experiences during the first year on the job as an oncology nurse; in the process, Brown sheds...

Brain Wars: The Scientific Battle Over the Existence of the Mind and the Proof That Will Change the Way We Live Our Lives - Paperback

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by Mario Beauregard (Author)In Brain Wars, acclaimed neuroscientist Mario Beauregard reveals compelling new evidence set to provoke a major shift in our understanding of the mind-body debate: research showing that the mind and consciousness are transmitted and filtered through the brain--but are not generated by it.Following his boundary-breaking neuroscience book The Spiritual Brain: A Neuroscientist's Case for the Existence of the Soul, coauthored with Denyse O'Leary, Brain Wars makes a pow...

The Thyroid Diet Revolution: Manage Your Master Gland of Metabolism for Lasting Weight Loss - Paperback

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by Mary J. Shomon (Author)The Thyroid Diet, the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling guide for thyroid patients that revolutionized the conversation about thyroid conditions and weight loss, has been expanded and updated to include the latest medical and nutritional information, reviews of the newest diet programs and up to date recommendations, and more. Now more than ever, The Thyroid Diet Revolution by Mary J. Shomon is an essential purchase for the millions of thyroid disease suffer...

Clean -- Expanded Edition: The Revolutionary Program to Restore the Body's Natural Ability to Heal Itself - Paperback

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by Alejandro Junger (Author)International Phenomenon and Definitive Book on Detoxification The definitive book on detox and cleanses, Clean is a medically proven program designed to be easily incorporated into our busy schedule while providing all the practical tools necessary to support and rejuvenate our bodies. The effect is transformative: nagging health problems will suddenly disappear, extra weight will drop away, and for the first time in our lives, we will experience what it truly mea...

Clean Gut: The Breakthrough Plan for Eliminating the Root Cause of Disease and Revolutionizing Your Health - Paperback

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by Alejandro Junger (Author)In Clean Gut, Alejandro Junger, M.D, New York Times bestselling author of Clean and creator of the world-famous Clean Program, delivers a complete toolkit for reversing disease and sustaining life-long health.All of today's most-diagnosed ailments can be traced back to an injured and irritated gut. The gut is an intricate and powerful system, naturally designed to protect and heal the body every moment of every day And yet for far too many of us, this remarkable s...

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by Sam Parnia (Author)Erasing Death: The Science That Is Rewriting the Boundaries Between Life and Death reveals that death is not a moment in time. Death, rather, is a process--a process that can be interrupted well after it has begun. Innovative techniques have proven to be effective in revitalizing both the body and mind, but they are only employed in approximately half of the hospitals throughout the United States and Europe. Dr. Sam Parnia, Director of the AWARE Study (AWAreness during R...

Super Immunity: The Essential Nutrition Guide for Boosting Your Body's Defenses to Live Longer, Stronger, and Disease Free - Paperback

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by Joel Fuhrman (Author)From world-renowned health expert and New York Times bestselling author of Eat to Live and Eat for Life Dr. Joel Fuhrman comes a practical nutritional plan to prevent and reverse disease--no shots, drugs or sick days required. Why do some of us get sick with greater frequency than others? What makes us more susceptible to illness? Is there a secret to staying healthy? Dr. Fuhrman doesn't believe the secret to staying healthy lies in medical care--rather, the solution i...

The Mind and the Moon: My Brother's Story, the Science of Our Brains, and the Search for Our Psyches - Paperback

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by Daniel Bergner (Author)"A profound and powerful work of essential reporting." --The New York Times Book ReviewAn important--and intimate--interrogation of how we treat mental illness and how we understand ourselvesIn the early 1960s, JFK declared that science would take us to the moon. He also declared that science would make the "remote reaches of the mind accessible" and cure psychiatric illness with breakthrough medications. We were walking on the moon within the decade. But today, psyc...

The End of Back Pain: Access Your Hidden Core to Heal Your Body - Paperback

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by Patrick Roth (Author)Back pain manifests itself in many different forms, attacks without warning, and damages its victims' physical and emotional health. Everyone suggests a different cure for the effects of a weak core: surgeons want to cut, chiropractors want to adjust, physical therapists want to perform physical therapy. In The End of Back Pain, neurosurgeon Patrick Roth, M.D., reveals that, more often than not, back pain is caused by a set of underdeveloped core muscles that control ...

Do You Believe in Magic?: Vitamins, Supplements, and All Things Natural: A Look Behind the Curtain - Paperback

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by Paul A. Offit (Author)Medical expert Paul A. Offit, M.D., offers a scathing exposé of the alternative medicine industry, revealing how even though some popular therapies are remarkably helpful due to the placebo response, many of them are ineffective, expensive, and even deadly.Dr. Offit reveals how alternative medicine--an unregulated industry under no legal obligation to prove its claims or admit its risks--can actually be harmful to our health.Using dramatic real-life stories, Offit sep...

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by Patricia Harman (Author)A remarkable new voice in American fiction enchants readers with a moving and uplifting novel that celebrates the miracle of life. In The Midwife of Hope River, first-time novelist Patricia Harmon transports us to poverty stricken Appalachia during the Great Depression years of the 1930s and introduces us to a truly unforgettable heroine. Patience Murphy, a midwife struggling against disease, poverty, and prejudice--and her own haunting past--is a strong and endeari...

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life - Paperback

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by Ed Yong (Author)The New York Times BestsellerFrom Pulitzer Prize winner Ed Yong, a groundbreaking, wondrously informative, and vastly entertaining examination of the most significant revolution in biology since Darwin--a "microbe's-eye view" of the world that reveals a marvelous, radically reconceived picture of life on earth.Every animal, whether human, squid, or wasp, is home to millions of bacteria and other microbes. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ed Yong, whose humor is as evident as ...

The Body Doesn't Lie: A 3-Step Program to End Chronic Pain and Become Positively Radiant - Paperback

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by Vicky Vlachonis (Author)Get Rid of Chronic Pain and Discover How to Look and Feel Your Best Every DayBack problems, nightly headaches, tight shoulders, achy feet--all of us have nagging, daily pains that seem to get worse when our lives get busier. In The Body Doesn't Lie, Vicky Vlachonis shows us how to locate the source of our pain, understand its origin and manifestation in the body, and then let it go, using a holistic approach that includes easy-to-implement guidelines for diet, exerc...

The Family Gene: A Mission to Turn My Deadly Inheritance Into a Hopeful Future - Paperback

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by Joselin Linder (Author)A riveting medical mystery about a young woman's quest to uncover the truth about her likely fatal genetic disorder that opens a window onto the exploding field of genomic medicineWhen Joselin Linder was in her twenties her legs suddenly started to swell. After years of misdiagnoses, doctors discovered a deadly blockage in her liver. Struggling to find an explanation for her unusual condition, Joselin compared the medical chart of her father--who had died from a myst...

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by Eileen Pollack (Author)A luminous and insightful novel that considers the moral complexities of scientific discovery and the sustaining nature of love. A young researcher at MIT, Jane Weiss is obsessed with finding the genetic marker for Valentine's Disease, a neurodegenerative disorder. Her pursuit is deeply personal--Valentine's killed her mother, and she and her freewheeling sister, Laurel, could be genetic carriers; each has a fifty percent chance of developing the disease. Having seen...

Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World's Strangest Brains - Paperback

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by Helen Thomson (Author)An Amazon Best Nonfiction Book of the MonthIndiebound Bestseller Award-winning science writer Helen Thomson unlocks the biggest mysteries of the human brain by examining nine extraordinary casesOur brains are far stranger than we think. We take it for granted that we can remember, feel emotion, navigate, empathise and understand the world around us, but how would our lives change if these abilities were dramatically enhanced - or disappeared overnight? Helen Thomson h...

Menopause Confidential: A Doctor Reveals the Secrets to Thriving Through Midlife - Paperback

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by Tara Allmen (Author)An authoritative guide to understanding and navigating the hormonal changes and health issues women experience in midlife and beyond, from one of the leading medical experts in the field.The physical changes that occur after women turn forty are unavoidable--and can be unnerving. Menopause affects every aspect of life--from sex and sleep to mood and mental clarity to weight and body temperature. While there are a number of resources available, many are confusing and con...

Reinventing Medicine: Beyond Mind-Body to a New Era of Healing - Paperback

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by Larry Dossey (Author)Larry Dossey forever changed our understanding of the healing process with his phenomenal New York Times bestseller, Healing Words. Now the man considered on of the pioneers of mind/body medicine provides the scientific and medical proof that the spiritual dimension works in therapeutic treatment, exploding the boundaries of the healing arts with his most powerful book yet. Number of Pages: 288 Dimensions: 0.72 x 8.03 x 5.34 IN Publication Date: September 05, 2000