Health Illness

The Noonday Demon is Andrew Solomon’s National Book Award-winning, bestselling, and transformative masterpiece on depression—“the book for a generation, elegantly written, meticulously researched, empathetic, and enlightening” (Time)—now with a major new chapter covering recently...

Headache in women is truly a major health issue. Every year, over 22 million women in the United States suffer from migraine headache, often debilitating attacks that can leave the sufferer bedridden and that, in many cases, can undermine both one's career and even one's marriage. The Woman's Guide to Managing Migraine is a concise and practical handbook that gives female headache sufferers all the tools they need to work with their healthcare providers to properly diagnose types of headache and develop the best possible treatment plans.

A ruthless dissection of American life in the late 1960s, Joan Didion's Play It as It Lays captures the mood of an entire generation, the ennui of contemporary society reflected in spare prose that blisters and haunts the reader. Set in a place beyond good and evil—literally in Hollywood, Las...

Psychotherapists and sleep specialists Jennifer and Jill, the dynamic "girlfriends" all of Hollywood calls on to solve Junior's sleep problems, have perfected their sleep technique that will get any child snoozing in no time - most often in fewer than three nights. The key to their method? It addresses the emotional needs of both the parent and the child (yes, how to handle the crying!) - a critical component of why most other sleep methods fail.

Naomi Judd's life as a country music superstar has been nonstop success. But offstage, she has battled incredible adversity. Struggling through a childhood of harsh family secrets, the death of a young sibling, and absent emotional support, Naomi found herself reluctantly married and an...

Dites adieu aux nuits difficiles grâce à une approche révolutionnaire ! Après avoir bouleversé vos journées avec la magie du matin, Isalou se penche sur la qualité de votre sommeil...et son constat est simple : dormir est un acte de confiance. Alors, entre l'anxiété, le stress et les tensions de vos vies accélérées, comment retrouver le chemin du bon sommeil réparateur ? Ce livre rend compte d'une nouvelle transformation : le passage du mode "survie" des insomnies au mode "sécurité" des nuits paisibles. Le secret ?

USA TODAY BESTSELLER A three-step plan to beat inflammation! Identify your specific type, set your lifestyle up to avoid triggers, and cook tailored recipes designed to help you heal. Functional medicine practitioner Maggie Berghoff presents a personalized, accessible approach to fighting...

Take Control of Your IBS is the road-tested, practical guide that will change your life. Offering simple, fad-free professional advice, it will help you diagnose issues, bring comfort and reduce symptoms and flare-ups. With so much misinformation out there for those of us with irritable bowel syndrome, it can be hard to know where to start. Drawing on scientific research and personal experience, consultant dietitian Kirsten Jackson guides you through each step.

This Fibromyalgia Relief Guided Self Hypnosis program was designed to assist the listener in gaining relief from pain related to fibromyalgia, promoting self-healing, and enhancing deep sleep. The Induction section features isochronic tones which are a form of brainwave entrainment to help achieve deeper relaxation.

Recent innovations, including deep brain stimulation and new medications, have significantly improved the lives of people who have Parkinson's disease. Nevertheless, patients and families continue to face many challenges. They have long relied on this book for reliable advice about medical, emotional, and physical issues. Bringing this trusted guide up to date, three expert neurologists describe new understandings gained by five years of additional research on Parkinson's disease.

Am I the Reason I’m Not Getting Pregnant? gets women struggling with infertility ready to unleash unshakable confidence and certainty on the road to motherhood. Am I the Reason I’m Not Getting Pregnant? reveals the secret to trading that fear for the unwavering confidence and certainty that women are truly doing everything they can. Rosanne Austin is the coach women around the world turn to when they want success on their fertility journey.

As a research neuroscientist, Lise Eliot has made the study of the human brain her life's work. But it wasn't until she was pregnant with her first child that she became intrigued with the study of brain development. She wanted to know precisely how the baby's brain is formed, and when and how each sense, skill, and cognitive ability is developed. And most importantly, she was interested in finding out how her role as a nurturer can affect this complex process.

Une hypnose guidée pour apaiser les douleurs chroniques, soulager les tensions psychosomatiques et s'endormir plus sereinement. Laissez votre subconscient activer ses ressources de guérison pendant votre sommeil. Enfin des nuits sans souffrance – et des réveils avec plus de force. Imaginez : vous êtes allongé dans votre lit. Le moment de dormir est là. Tout devient silencieux autour de vous… sauf dans votre corps. La douleur s'impose – encore une fois. Le sommeil semble inaccessible. Les pensées s'emballent. L'espoir vacille.

A definitive guide to understanding those on the autism spectrum so you can make meaningful connections. Do you work with people who are on the autism spectrum, and you want to find ways to connect with them? Are you worried that your lack of understanding of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is causing issues in relationships with your friends, family, or coworkers? Do you suspect someone you are close to may have ASD and you want to better understand what they deal with on a daily basis? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you have come to the right place.

According to the National Psoriasis Foundation, at least seven million people in the US and more than 100 million worldwide suffer from this chronic skin disease. This audiobook outlines Dr. Pagano's natural, drug-free treatment regimen that can alleviate, control, and even heal psoriasis without steroid creams, tar baths, injections, or ultraviolet treatments. Healing Psoriasis outlines a healthy diet and lifestyle and includes case histories, recipes, and a chapter on eczema.

The personalized medicine wave is here. In this book, biotechnology entrepreneur and CEO of The DNA Company Kashif Khan offers an action plan to help you live your best life. It starts by understanding your genetic makeup. The DNA Way is a preventative guide to various health issues and their...

Many people often associate the fatty liver condition with alcohol intake. However, fatty liver is not always the result of excessive alcohol consumption. This is only one of the reasons why the condition occurs. There is a prediabetes stage that can also cause fatty liver; this stage is called insulin resistance, which is characterized by weight gain and fat deposits in all viscera, including the liver.

The Mediterranean diet is the century old secret of Mediterranean people's great health and longevity. Following the Mediterranean lifestyle offers a lot of benefits; however, due to our busy lives, finding the time to cook healthy dishes is becoming increasingly challenging. If you want to save time while still eating delicious and healthy dishes, this is the right book for you. You'll learn how to plan and prep healthy meals in advance, how to choose the right storage containers, and how to safely store foods.

“A profound exploration of what it means for all of us to live—and to die—with dignity and purpose.” —People “Visceral and lyrical.” —The Atlantic As the American born daughter of immigrants, Dr. Sunita Puri knew from a young age that the gulf between her parents' experiences...

Travis A. Weisse tells a new history of modern diets in America that goes beyond the familiar narrative of the nation’s collective failure to lose weight. By exploring how the popularity of diets grew alongside patients' frustrations with the limitations and failures of the American healthcare system in the face of chronic disease, Weisse argues that millions of Americans sought “fad” diets—such as the notorious Atkins program which ushered in the low-carbohydrate craze—to wrest control of their health from pessimistic doctors and lifelong pharmaceutical regimens.