Health Studies

(Dis)Entangled delves into the intricate and deeply personal relationship between Black individuals and their hair, exploring—through a collection of diverse experiences—the profound significance of hair as a conduit for self-expression, resilience, and collective memory within communities around the world. Each story illuminates the complex tapestry of experiences surrounding Black hair, shedding light on its intersections with gender, race and identity.

Sleep Groove is Why We Sleep meets what if?—an accessible, engaging tour of sleep and circadian science from an expert. With a sleep-wonk’s attention to detail tempered by approachable language and humor, this myth-busting guide to sleep is the perfect introduction to how circadian science...

Please Note: This is a summary and analysis of the book and not the original book. Researchers and scientists DiNicolantonio and Fung take us deep into the world of longevity as they explain the little-known details of what aging is, why it happens, and how you can slow it down. About the original book: What is aging and why do we have to grow old and die? In this insightful and eye-opening book, DiNicolantonio and Fung offer a descriptive explanation of how aging works at a physical and physiological level.

Neuroscience, Psychology, and Religion is the second title published in the new Templeton Science and Religion Series. In this volume, Malcolm Jeeves and Warren S. Brown provide an overview of the relationship between neuroscience, psychology, and religion that is academically sophisticated, yet accessible to the general reader.

It's never too late to remember who you are, it's never too late to dream big dreams and discover that God loves you in ways you cannot yet imagine.Do you dare believe in a God who wants to make your dreams come true? It seems like there is no time to dream these days. Yet the Bible is full of...

Book summary of The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt.

Low-level dishonesty is rife everywhere, in the form of exaggeration, selective use of facts, economy with the truth, careful drafting - from Trump and the Brexit debate to companies that tell us 'your call is important to us'. How did we get to a place where bullshit is not just rife but apparently so effective that it's become the communications strategy of our times? This brilliantly insightful book steps inside the panoply of deception employed in all walks of life and assesses how it has come to this.

Dr. Jason Fung is a kidney specialist and one of the world’s leading experts on intermittent fasting and treating diabetes. His expertise is using fasting to treat a wide range of illnesses, but is "fasting" just another buzzword? Not at all, says Fung. It’s something that has been practiced for thousands of years and there is scientifically proven evidence that shows it can have major health benefits. Based on his years of research on the health of kidneys, he also shows how diabetes isn’t a lifelong "curse" and can, in fact, be reversed.

This is the audio summary of How Not to Die, a convenient resource on how to optimize your health and stave off life-threatening diseases like cancer. Packed with groundbreaking evidence from the world of nutrition science about the world’s healthiest foods and diets, this book will tell you how to incorporate them into your everyday life.

The Ultimate Guide to Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse-Are You Ready? When the world collapses and the dead rise, will you be prepared-or will you become one of them? The Complete Zombie Survival Handbook is your step-by-step guide to staying alive when society crumbles. This isn't a fictional story or a half-baked survival theory-it's a practical, no-nonsense manual packed with real-world survival strategies, battle-tested tactics, and the critical knowledge you need to outlast the undead.

Alzheimer’s disease is largely preventable, and often reversible. Those are bold statements, especially from a conventionally-trained neurologist. But Dale Bredesen, MD, seems to be no ordinary neurologist. After more than 30 years of intensive research into the molecular mechanisms underlying Alzheimer’s (AD), and clinical experience caring for thousands of patients, Bredesen is convinced many of medicine’s central dogmas about dementia are misguided at best, and flat-out wrong at worst.

This is a summary of Say Good Night to Insomnia (1998) by sleep doctor Gregg D. Jacobs. It is a primer on sleeplessness and how to correct it. Insomnia is a widespread problem that’s often treated with dangerous prescription drugs, if it’s treated at all....

The topic of neurotheology has garnered increasing attention in the academic, religious, scientific, and popular worlds. But there have been no attempts to explore more specifically how Jewish religious thought and experience may intersect with neurotheology. The Rabbi's Brain engages this groundbreaking area.

Testosterone propels our drive for exploration and risk, for competition and creation, and even our survival. The effects of testosterone permeate the traditions, philosophy, and literature of every known culture - without it, the world would be a drastically different place. It also has a role in humanity's darker side, contributing to violence, hubris, poverty, crime, and selfishness. Recent revelations of the science of testosterone show that high levels will deplete compassion and generosity, and even reduce the affection we show our children.

When you feel sad, angry, happy, or anxious, what is really going on inside of you? For centuries, scientists have believed that our emotions come from a part of the brain that is triggered by our environment: the excitement for an upcoming holiday, the fear of losing a loved one, or the anxiety of meeting a deadline for work. These emotions seem uncontrollable and as if they surface automatically from within, eventually finding themselves on the expressions of our faces and in how we carry ourselves. People have long believed this theory about emotions since the days of Plato.

Susan Cain’s book Quiet is a respectfully written, long-needed validation for introverts everywhere. In addition to using research findings to help introverts understand why they experience the world the way they do, Susan Cain offers insight and strategies for introverts to use to thrive in an extrovert-driven world. She also gives useful explanations to extroverts, partners and managers of introverts, and parents of introverted children to bring out the best in their innate gifts, while helping them cope with the extroverted requirements of daily life.

Despite Jesus' prayer that all Christians "be one", divisions have been epidemic in the body of Christ from the beginning to the present. We cluster in theological groups, gender groups, age groups, ethnic groups, educational, and economic groups. We criticize freely those who disagree with us, don't look like us, don't act like us, and don't even like what we like. With a personal touch and the trained eye of a social psychologist, Cleveland brings to bear the latest studies and research on the unseen dynamics at work that tend to separate us from others.

In seinem neuen Hörbuch gibt der renommierte Bestseller- und Wissenschaftsautor Bas Kast einen fundierten Überblick über den aktuellen Stand der Wissenschaft zu Wirkung, Risiken und Nebenwirkungen von Supplements. Er erklärt, welche nach neuesten Erkenntnissen für wen sinnvoll sind, welche vor Altersleiden schützen können und welche Nährstoffe in bestimmten Lebensphasen besonders wichtig sind. Ein faktenbasierter Kompass, der Licht in den Dschungel der Nahrungsergänzungsmittel und Supplements bringt.

Director of the Bristol Cognitive Development Centre at the University of Bristol, Bruce M. Hood has been a research fellow at Cambridge, a visiting scientist at MIT, and a professor at Harvard. SuperSense is a fascinating exploration of the forces that shape people’s beliefs in the irrational - and also a compelling look at how these beliefs bind humans together in society.

The shocking new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of A Man Downstairs and An Unthinkable Thing: a twisty, unsettling, and masterfully plotted game of magnetic push-and-pull between two women whose secrets threaten to collide. When Mia was a young woman, she read a magazine...