Health Systems

Autismus ist in aller Munde. Allein in Deutschland leben ca. 800.000 autistische Menschen. Dennoch mangelt es an Unterstützung, Hilfsmitteln, adäquaten Lebens-, Wohn- und Arbeitsbedingungen. Vor allem aber fehlt die Akzeptanz für das Anderssein. Dieses Buch ist sowohl für Eltern und Angehörige autistischer Menschen als auch für heilpädagogische und pädagogische Fachkräfte, Therapeut: innen, Schulbegleiter: innen, Betreuer: innen und alle Menschen interessant und hilfreich, die autistischen Menschen in ihrem Lebens- und Arbeitsalltag unterstützend zur Seite stehen wollen.

When her daughter desperately needed a lung transplant to survive, Janet Murnaghan rallied against the outdated restrictions in health care that would limit her daughter's options. Transplant laws, restricting access to lungs based on arbitrary age restrictions, meant Sarah's options were limited. The injustice of her daughter's fate spurred Janet to start a public battle against outdated health-care regulations and a battle to save Sarah's life.

If you’ve struggled with stress or burnout, you’re not alone—and you’re not broken. Many health-conscious adults want practical, natural tools to care for themselves and their families—without relying on meds or complicated routines. The Vagus Nerve Solution for Holistic Wellness is your clear, science-backed guide to activating your body’s built-in calm switch: the vagus nerve. With just a few intentional minutes a day, you can shift from frazzled to focused—and from worn-out to well-rested.

The U.S. healthcare system is in critical condition--but this should come as a surprise to no one. Yet until now the solutions proposed have been unworkable, pie-in-the-sky plans that have had little chance of becoming law and even less of succeeding. In Code Red, David Dranove, one of the nation's leading experts on the economics of healthcare, proposes a set of feasible solutions that address access, efficiency, and quality.

"Navigate the Parkinson's Maze: A Comprehensive Guide for Patients & Caregivers" offers an insightful and compassionate exploration of the challenges and triumphs associated with Parkinson's disease. Authored by Bruce D. Wright, PhD, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2005, this guide is grounded in personal experience and enriched by a deep understanding of the condition's medical, emotional, and practical aspects. The book begins with a personal story, drawing listeners into a journey of resilience and adaptation

The US healthcare system desperately needs radical reform to rein in costs, reduce harm, expand access, and become customer centric...Imagine what real change in our healthcare system would mean for you, the economy, and our future. Real change requires disruptive innovation. As citizens, employers, entrepreneurs, healthcare workers, elected officials, and patients, it is time for us to drive the change. Authors Aaron Fausz and Terry Howell explain how we can disrupt, dismantle, and rebuild.

This book is everything I wish I had known years ago and could tell my younger self. I am sharing this with you, so it helps you to avoid what I went through, to save you time, pain, and anguish. To provide you with a natural recovery method that works, so you no longer have to experience that terrible mummy guilt, fatigue and endless brain fog, and be able to enjoy precious quality time with your kids and finally feel your normal self with energy and vibrancy!

The paleo diet, in general, aims to recreate the peak health conditions of paleolithic humans by copying what they ate. The autoimmune paleo diet modifies the overall approach by restricting foods that trigger unpleasant immune responses. This audiobook provides useful information to help you know what to eat so you can get the most pleasure and nutrition from food.

Today’s deliberations about a revamped health care system are stuck and in need of fresh analysis and a new vision. Health Care Revolt sets out to provide just that and at a most propitious time in US history. Dr. Michael Fine’s manifesto frames the questions more expansively than others before him and offers an impassioned road map for a nation confused about which healthcare direction to travel.

Crucible of the Incurable concerns how people face life with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Anthony Stavrianakis spent a year in clinics and with people living with the illness in the United States. He examines the multiple meanings of care in a context of a chronic, degenerative, one-hundred percent fatal, neuromuscular illness, whose most common duration is between two and five years. How do people diagnosed with ALS continue to "live as well as possible, for as long as possible" in accordance with the normative work at the heart of outpatient ALS care?

In a country where health care is increasingly driven by profit, Margin over Mission exposes the dire consequences of corporate ownership in hospitals. James Kelly, an ICU nurse with over two decades of experience, narrates a gripping account of his final year at Lovelace Women's Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico—a year marred by preventable deaths, administrative changes, and the heartbreaking loss of a once-mission-driven institution to the clutches of Wall Street.

Mental health has been a rising concern in every corner of our world. The problem, especially for high achievers, is that traditional mental health advice is designed to lead people from crisis to calm, bringing someone who is struggling with stress, anxiety, or depression to find grounded peace, safety, and love.

An extraordinary journey into the mind, around the world, and back to happiness. 49, divorced, with two grown-up children, Ann Amann believes her days of...

Joyful. Graceful. Blessed. Strong. Anxious. Depressed. Stigmatized. Stereotyped. What happens when motherhood isn’t what you expected—and when you reach out for support, you are met with judgment and prejudice? Sandra Igwe shares her journey as a young Black mother, coping with sleepless nights, anxiety, and loneliness after the birth of her first daughter. Burdened by cultural expectations of the “good mother” and the “strong Black woman” trope, her mental health struggles became an uphill battle.

It has been found that individuals who followed the anti-inflammatory diet experienced loss of weight, higher vitality, and better mental and physical health. The regular establishment of anti-inflammatory diets is based on the evaluation that inflammation is the forerunner to numerous chronic diseases. When expelled, the body can start mending itself.

A respected immunologist, allergist, and functional medicine doctor breaks down the latest science on immunity, offering a program to help you identify your unique immunotype and balance your system for optimal health and longevity. To most of us, the immune system is seemingly unknowable—it's...

So heilt man selbstständig sein Nervensystem. "In der Ruhe liegt die Kraft" – diese scheinbar banale Redensart kommt aus der Erkenntnis, dass Ruhelosigkeit und Stress den Menschen lähmen und viele körperliche und seelische Beschwerden verursachen, etwa Migräne, Verdauungsbeschwerden, Herz-Rhythmus-Störungen oder Ängste und Depressionen. Anspannung und Stress werden durch einen Teil des vegetativen Nervensystems gesteuert, der Sympathikus genannt wird.

Do you suffer from Sjogren's Syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis, Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Colitis, Diabetes Type 1, Fibromyalgia or another autoimmune disease? You're about to discover a proven dietary change that can relieve your symptoms and improve your immune system for the rest of your life! This isn't a fad diet.

At a time when many Americans may be seeking alternatives to current health care choices, Dr. Knope offers an option that allows patients to directly contract with healthcare providers for individualized care. Using first-hand accounts and plenty of examples of how concierge medicine works, Knope offers a plan for patients looking to make a change to a medical system that is negotiated between doctor and patient, rather than through insurance and pharmaceutical companies.

Warum ist das Immunsystem immer noch unerforscht unverstanden, ungelehrt, unterschätzt und Angst einflößend? Weil die Ausbildung unserer Medizin ungenügend ist. Weil wir glauben, das Immunsystem stärken würde bedeuten Nahrungsergänzungsmittel im nächsten Drogeriemarkt zu kaufen. Für unsere gehobenen Störungen des Immunsystems, der Abwehr, gar der gesamten Darm-Gehirn-Achse, reicht dieses Wissen nicht aus. Das Wissen über unser Immunsystem - also Dünndarm, Darm, Leber, Nieren, Lunge, Herz, und Milz - sollte eigentlich das wichtigste Hauptfach für uns selbst sein, um gut vorbereitet für diese Zeiten gewappnet zu sein.