Popular medicine and health

"e;With misinformation and disinformation everywhere, a book that provides facts without an agenda is a welcome resource for public, academic, and consumer health collections.

This accessibly written book provides a broad introduction to diabetes-its signs, symptoms, and effects on the body; how it can be managed and prevented; and the issues and controversies that surround this all-too-common condition.

This accessibly written book explains universal healthcare; the many forms it can take; and the issues, debates, and historical context underpinning the continued struggle for its implementation in the United States.

Through a rich selection of reference entries, country profiles, and interviews, this two-volume set introduces students and general interest readers to the fascinating and multifaceted fields of global and cross-cultural health studies.

This guide explains why we gain weight and what we can do to lose it.

The must-have A to Z manual to banish your bloat for good, from the author of Gutbliss and The Microbiome Solution  
 
If you’re bloated and looking for relief, you’ve come to the right place.

An easy-to-understand introduction to food allergies, sensitivities, and intolerances-unique but related conditions affecting many children and adults.

Breast cancer is reaching epidemic levels, especially among black women.

An in-depth examination of religious practices around the world and the fascinating science behind how they make us healthier.

This overview of prescription drug abuse includes historical background, key concepts, and discussion of the prevalence of drug abuse, treatments, and policy issues implicated in ending the epidemic.

This valuable book provides a delicate introduction to the topic of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), especially as they relate to teens and young adults.

Covering important topics such as job satisfaction, workplace stress, and the changing nature of jobs and careers in the 21st century, this valuable resource explores how working affects us psychologically, for better and for worse and sometimes in imperceptible ways.

A comprehensive instruction guide to the gentle, powerful, non-invasive healing technique being used increasingly both inside and outside the medical profession.

Supporting Children and Families gathers together the lessons learned from perhaps the largest scale social experiment ever undertaken in England - Sure Start, the programme designed to improve the emotional development, health and education of children.

In this comprehensive, practical approach to combating and preventing cancer, readers can assess their risks through a screening questionnaire, learn to change their internal environment to thwart cancer, and discover the science behind the emotions and attitudes that play a significant role in prevention and treatment.

This book presents an unprecedented opportunity for people to hear from a simultaneously ostracized, ridiculed, and ignored group: fat Americans.

A revolutionary and scientifically backed prevention and rescue treatment plan for migraine attacks.

Every year, 17 million new cases of attention deficit disorder, or ADD, are diagnosed in
children.

“If you want to build better health and a better future, this book makes an excellent tool kit.

An eye-opening, myth-shattering examination of what makes us fat, from acclaimed science writer Gary Taubes.

Dorothy Gault-McNemee is a medical doctor who had tried every diet she could find to control the weight gains that had plagued her throughout her life.

SUGAR BUSTERS!

***INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***From the New York Times bestselling author of The End of Alzheimer s comes a revolutionary new approach to preserve brain health, for life.

Aromatherapy has seen a huge surge in popularity in the past decade, and has proven effective for a wide array of women's health problems.

Many of the issues that relate to women's health from period pain to infertility, can be self-treated with Chinese medicine approaches, and this clear and practical guide explains how to assess symptoms and choose the most effective form of treatment.

For Kathleen Nicholls, life with Crohn's disease has been a constant battle against her bowels.

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Are you having difficulty shaking an illness?

Based on 60 years of patient studies, Dr.

"Sugars that heal" it sounds like a contradiction in terms, but it''s the key to one of the most important breakthroughs in recent medical science.

When cancer specialists at Boston’s internationally renowned Dana-Farber Cancer Institute diagnosed Margie Levine with a deadly asbestos-related lung cancer, they predicted that she had only six months to live.

The long-awaited, complete guide to the popular, vigorous American method of yoga that is deeply rooted in ancient wisdom and scriptures

“In this day and age of health and fitness trends, it is assuring to know that Sharon and David encourage their students to draw inspiration from the classical texts of Yoga and timeless scriptural sources.

As women quickly discover, their life when treatment ends is very different from what it was before their diagnosis.

The anti-inflammatory plan that will change your life.

As featured on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 5 LiveSelected as one of the Independent's 10 best pregnancy books for expectant parentsBirth is a feminist issue.

What do I do now?

The Sunday Times BestsellerFrom the award-winning writer of The Times Magazine's 'Spinal Column': a deeply moving, darkly funny, inspirational memoir'It's beautiful - full of love and light - and an exploration into not only how, but why we survive, despite everything' Christie Watson, author of The Language of KindnessOn Good Friday, 2010 Melanie Reid fell from her horse, breaking her neck and fracturing her lower back.

America''s Most Reliable Vitamin Guide.

The only child of an electrical engineer and a mother who resented the fact that she'd never been to university, the broadcaster Jenni Murray grew up in a traditional household in the 1950s.

Help your students take control of their university experience, one step at a time.

Endangered Private Practice explains how health care reform, driven by the Affordable Health Care Act of 2010, affects and will be affecting those providers within the delivery system section of health care.

Help Mum to destress with this beautiful collection of exercises for maintaining a happy mind'Delightful.

*A Radio 4 Book of the Week*'Captivating, mind-boggling and deeply disturbing' - Maureen Freely'Humane, thoughtful and urgent - this book will make you think, make you laugh, make you cry, but also make you burn with rage' - Dr Mary WellesleyA thought-provoking deep dive into the global fertility industry and the commodification of the maternal body__________Should surrogacy be a paid service, an altruistic act - or even legal at all?