Health Illness

After a routine pap smear in 2009, Angela Schmidt Fishbaugh discovered that she had tested positive for BRCA1, a genetic trait that predisposed her to breast and ovarian cancer. After her initial shock - and subsequent to consulting with medical professionals, friends, and family - the proactive mother and teacher embarked on a mission to nip the issue in the bud.

A busy and hectic life can profoundly affect your ability to get a good night's rest. And it's even more difficult to feel relaxed when you stay awake worrying that you won't fall asleep. This vicious circle can quickly rob you of your quality of life, which is why it is so important to seek the most effective treatment for your insomnia.

Explore a medley of poetic beats, unique insights, and creative therapies in the author's first work of creative nonfiction. Tony Martello is an author like no other who combines sound and sanity to balance scholarly research with an enriched experiential existence. Creativity is king here and is grounded by peer reviewed studies on chronic pain both physical and emotional in nature.

Do you struggle to unwind at night? Does stress linger in your mind, making it hard to fall asleep? Sound can be a powerful tool for relaxation, and specific frequencies—432 Hz and 528 Hz—are believed to promote deep calm, emotional balance, and even cellular healing.

While serving with the Peace Corps in Swaziland, Thomas Cowan encountered the work of Rudolf Steiner and Weston A. Price - two men whose ideas would fascinate and challenge him for decades to come. Both drawn to the art of healing and repelled by the way medicine was - and continues to be - practiced in the United States, Cowan returned from Swaziland, went to medical school, and established a practice.

In this Audible Original series, Mary Hoang has paired proven psychological techniques with sound therapy to create a guided journey to a restful sleep. Cocoon yourself with the soundscapes by sound therapy composer Rich Lucano, choose the meditation that feels right for you and fall sound asleep.

Geneviève Everell a reçu un diagnostic de cancer du sein alors qu’elle était enceinte de trente-quatre semaines. Maman d’un jeune garçon, future maman d’une petite fille et entrepreneure, elle a dû repenser toute sa vie. Après le choc de l’annonce, elle a très vite ressenti le besoin de documenter en temps réel ce qu’elle vivait sur les réseaux sociaux pour lever le voile sur cette tempête que traversent chaque année des milliers de femmes.

Souhaitez-vous être délivré(e) de votre addiction au sucre ? La méthode d'Allen Carr a transformé de nombreuses vies à travers le monde et peut changer la vôtre. "Bon sucre, mauvais sucre" s'attaque à l'addiction au sucre raffiné et aux glucides transformés qui entraîne une épidémie d'obésité et de diabète de type 2.

Menstruation isn't just about having babies. Your menstrual cycle is a vital sign, just like your pulse, temperature, respiration rate, and blood pressure. And it provides you with essential information about your health...Listen to The Fifth Vital Sign to better understand your health and fertility. Whether children are a part of your future plans or not, your health matters. Start learning more now, and take control of your health.

Relax, de-stress and find peace with this calming music... Feel tense after a long, stressful day? Are you looking for relaxing music for well-being practices such as yoga, massage, reiki or meditation? Do you have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep? Be swept away to a peaceful place with DEEP SLEEP MUSIC. Relax to the soothing sounds composed and recorded by famous musicians and certified music therapists. The music on this premium-quality audiobook slowly, gently relaxes you. You'll feel peace and calm wash over you as tension and stress drain away.

Mental illness is the great isolator - and the great unifier. Almost half of us will suffer from it at some point in our lives; it affects everybody in one way or another. Yet today, Australia’s mental health system is under stress and not fit for purpose, and the pandemic is only making things worse. What is to be done? In this brilliant mix of portraiture and analysis, Sarah Krasnostein tells the stories of three women and their treatment by the state while at their most unwell.

In The Power of Your Thyroid and Adrenals, Dr. Elizabeth Bright—a renowned physician specializing in thyroid and adrenal health—reveals the pivotal role these small but mighty glands play in every stage of life, from before birth to your later years. If you’ve ever been told your labs are “normal” but you still feel off, this book will open your eyes to the real science of your metabolism, energy, immune health, and stress resilience.

The emergence of strange new diseases is a frightening problem that seems to be getting worse. In this age of speedy travel, it threatens a worldwide pandemic. We hear news reports of Ebola, SARS, AIDS, and something called Hendra killing horses and people in Australia - but those reports miss the big truth that such phenomena are part of a single pattern. The bugs that transmit these diseases share one thing: they originate in wild animals and pass to humans by a process called spillover. David Quammen tracks this subject around the world.

Bedtime Stories for Stressed Adults is your gateway to tranquility, offering 45 captivating tales crafted to help you unwind, let go of anxiety, and drift effortlessly into deep, restorative sleep.

Beginning with an in-depth explanation of the circadian clock - why it's important, how it works, and how to know it isn't working - The Circadian Code outlines lifestyle changes to make to get back on track. It's a concrete plan to enhance weight loss, improve sleep, optimize exercise, and manage technology so that it doesn't interfere with your body's natural rhythm. Dr. Panda's life changing methods show you how to prevent and reverse ailments like diabetes, cancer, and dementia, as well as microbiome conditions like acid reflux, heartburn, and irritable bowel disease.

The New York Times bestselling author of Deep Nutrition explains how eight common seed oils inexplicably lead to chronic disease, and exposes the corruption that deceives doctors and consumers alike—providing a clear roadmap to recovery and rejuvenation. Did you know that consuming a large...

This is a thrilling historical account of the worst cholera outbreak in Victorian London and a brilliant exploration of how Dr. John Snow's solution revolutionized the way we think about disease, cities, science, and the modern world.

A Rolling Stone journalist presents the story of the late singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle. When Justin Townes Earle died of an overdose alone in his Nashville apartment, his death sent waves of grief through the country-Americana music community. The son of alt-country hellraiser Steve...

A compassionate guide to normalizing mental illness and achieving emotional wellbeing. This is a guide to coping with a wide variety of mental unwellness, from the very mild to the severe. It explains how and why we become mentally ill, how we can explain our experiences to friends and family, and how we can reframe our view of ourselves and our future in order to thrive.

In Cancer and the New Biology of Water, Thomas Cowan argues that this failure was inevitable because the oncogene theory is incorrect or at least incomplete and based on a flawed concept of biology in which DNA controls our cellular function and therefore our health. Instead, Dr. Cowan tells us the somatic mutations seen in cancer cells are the result of a cellular deterioration that has little to do with oncogenes, DNA, or even the nucleus.