Brain Disease

Jeff Alt takes you along every step of his 2,160-mile Appalachian Trail adventure. This entertaining journey includes bears, bugs, blisters, captivating characters, skunk bedmates, and hilarious food cravings. Alt walked more than five million steps in tribute to his brother, who has cerebral palsy and lives in a home called Sunshine. This trail adventure has inspired an annual event that has raised more than $200,000 for Sunshine. It includes hiking tips for the whole family.

A leading brain scientist's look at the neurobiology of pleasure-and how pleasures can become addictions. Whether eating, taking drugs, engaging in sex, or doing good deeds, the pursuit of pleasure is a central drive of the human animal. In The Compass of Pleasure Johns Hopkins neuroscientist David J. Linden explains how pleasure affects us at the most fundamental level: in our brain.

Are you or a loved one grappling with memory loss or dementia? "Nurturing Cognitive Resilience in Dementia" provides the essential tools to bolster cognitive abilities and offers a beacon of hope. Dive into a guide that illuminates the path to a brighter, healthier future.

Filled with simple, everyday actions we can take to avoid disease, promote vitality, and prevent dementia and late onset Alzheimer's, The Aging Brain is an easy-to-use guide to maintaining brain and body health throughout our lives. Based on solid, up-to-date scientific research, the interventions explained in this book not only prevent progression toward dementia even in those who have already shown mild cognitive impairment, they also reduce disability and depression and keep people living independently longer than those who do not practice these methods.

A noted neurologist challenges the widespread misunderstanding of brain disease and mental illness. How the Brain Lost Its Mind tells the rich and compelling story of two confounding ailments, syphilis and hysteria, and the extraordinary efforts to confront their effects on mental life. How does...

Explores how to work ethically, skillfully, and responsibly with psychedelics and plant spirits Shares the author’s transformative psychedelic experiences and how they helped him discover his life’s purpose Provides shamanic practices to develop your capacity as a Wisdom Warrior...

Examines the contemporary psychedelic phenomenon, including the history of criminalization and legalization, psychedelics’ effects on the brain, recent clinical research, and new therapeutic potentials Explores substances like psilocybin, LSD, DMT, ayahuasca, ketamine, and MDMA...

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Feeling great, looking great, loving life, and even having great sex all depend on having a healthy brain. Keto Smart! will teach you how to create a better functioning brain and superior health outcomes for the rest of your life. Keto Smart! is packed with secrets to improve your memory and thinking with simple instructions that you can easily follow. Learn how to radically improve the health of your brain so that you can enjoy life to the max at any age.

If you’ve recently come across the concept of using light as a remedy for skin problems, hair loss, aging, skin damage and other health problems, you are in for a treat because this audiobook will show you exactly how you can adopt red light therapy to do all that and more! So what exactly is this red light? How does red light therapy work? If you have these and other related questions about using red light fighting aging, fighting hair loss, reversing skin damage, bringing about fat loss and lots of other benefits, this audiobook is for you.

Ruth's tribe are her lively children and her filmmaker husband, Simon, who has motor neurone disease and can communicate only with his eyes. Ruth's other tribe are the friends who gather at the cove in Greystones, Co. Wicklow, and regularly throw themselves into the freezing cold water just for kicks. The Tragic Wives' Swimming Club, as they jokingly call themselves, meet to cope with the extreme challenges life puts in their way, not to mention the monster waves rolling over the horizon.

ما أحببته في هذا الكتاب هو ارتكازه على مراجعة متأنية للأدبيات الطبية وتقديمه بأسلوب يتيح للجميع فهمه. وما أحببته على وجه الخصوص أنه كتاب عظيم يعطي الأمل؛ فيعطينا الأمل بأنه لا يتعين علينا قضاء آخر سنوات حياتنا ونحن لا نميز بين أسماء أطفالنا أو حتى لا نعرفها، ولا نميز بين أقرب أصدقائنا أو أزواجنا، ونصبح في نهاية المطاف عالة بالكامل على شخص آخر يتولى العناية بكل متطلباتنا. يقدم هذا الكتاب ما هو أكثر من مجرد أمل في هزيمة الخرف، فهو يتشارك الأمل في تقديم حياة خالدة. في خاتمة الكتاب، وبعد مشاركته رحلة السيدة “ديل” مع مرض ألزهايمر معنا، يروي الدكتور فيرمان قصة زوج السيدة “ديل” قبل وفاتها بعدة سنوات.

For more than 20 years, The Baby Book author William Sears' advice has been trusted by millions across the country, and around the world. Now, he and The Anti-Alzheimer's Prescription author Vincent M. Fortanasce have put together the essential guide to a clearer, calmer, and happier brain. Laced with relatable personal stories from family members and patients, The Healthy Brain Book weds Fortanasce's deep neurological and psychiatric expertise with Sears' sympathetic bedside manner and listener-friendly writing.

Discover the path to thriving with adult autism—turning daily challenges into steps toward success, even when life feels overwhelming. Feeling misunderstood or overwhelmed? Wondering how to manage daily life, relationships, and communication as an autistic adult? Thriving with Adult Autism is your supportive guide packed with practical tips, real-world strategies, and encouragement for every step of your journey.

“A sassy, accurate, and enormously helpful romp through the midlife transition known as menopause . . . I highly recommend it to all women who want to embrace all the possibilities offered by this change, including vibrant health, a sense of humor, a renewed sense of purpose, and the best...

Perfectly aligned for readers of Ian M. Banks’s The Culture series and Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, The Sixth Nik is a galaxy spanning adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of Whalefall and Angel Down. Deep into space, far past the triworld...

For decades, the medical profession has advocated for nutritional management as part of the treatment strategy for a variety of illnesses including diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and excessive cholesterol. There are currently no such recommendations for brain aging and dementia. Nutrition was only recently accorded scientific-field status, and eating has been recognized as a valid technique of defending oneself against brain aging and disorders such as Alzheimer's.

After you get a bump on the head, does it feel like everything has gone wrong in your life? Do you feel like everything you do makes you worse? Are you stressed out that your doctor does not know why your headaches get worse when you play and they never go away? If the answer is yes, you are like so many of my patients, from everyday people to professional athletes, who are frustrated, fed up, and want to get answers for why they feel so bad after they get hit in the head. They are tired of going to ER or urgent care for relief.

In this groundbreaking new book, a Harvard-trained neurologist shows how you can attain lifelong mental fitness. Utilizing the latest breakthroughs in research, Dr. Jeff Victoroff has developed a definitive, life-changing plan that provides you with the powerful, scientifically based methods you need to protect your brain from aging and memory loss. Starting today, you too can save your brain.

The Alzheimer's label too often generates fear, paranoia, and anxiety. It obscures the potential for vitality and wisdom that still exists in the graying years. By taking a closer look at what Alzheimer's is and isn't, Whitehouse offers hope to families as well as to those who suffer from a decline in their cognitive abilities.