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"Jake volunteers at a nursing home because he likes helping people. He likes skating and singing, playing Bingo and Name That Tune, and reading mysteries and comics aloud to his teachers. He also likes avoiding people his own age . . . and the cruelty of mirrors . . . and food. Jake has read about kids like him in books--the weird one, the outsider--and would do anything not to be that kid, including shrink himself down to nothing. But the less he...
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Examines the history of disease and the birth of public health, focusing on developments such as the microscope, hospitals, and vaccines. Highlights common health problems and diseases today, including AIDS, tuberculosis, COVID-19, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Also discusses health care as a human right. Includes color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
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In this revelatory memoir, Anna Gazmarian tells the story of how her evangelical upbringing in North Carolina failed to help her understand the mental health diagnosis she received, and the work she had to do to find proper medical treatment while also maintaining her faith. When Anna is diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2011, she's faced with a conundrum: while the diagnosis provides clarity about her manic and depressive episodes, she must confront...
7) The anxious generation: how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness
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"From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health--and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood. After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In The Anxious Generation, social...
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"Backed by science, The Imperfect Nutritionist celebrates food first, rather than looking at it as points on a plate. Instead of adopting a one-size-fits-all approach and telling the reader what they can and cannot eat, it acknowledges the complexities and uniqueness of the body and offers a diet that you can tailor to your own individual needs. Part One outlines seven general principles that Jennifer believes underpins any healthy diet: eat whole,...
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"Join author-illustrator Cara Bean as she takes readers on an illustrated journey to the center of the brain. Each chapter explores a different aspect of mental health, from the brain and the mind, to feelings and emotions. By portraying complex neuroscience concepts with a cast of illustrated brain part characters, the book explains what is really going on in the reader's head in an accessible, approachable way that ultimately serves to empower the...
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"For readers of Kolbert's Under a White Sky and Merlin Sheldrake's Entangled Life, to all those who love science books about the brain The effects of climate change on our brains are a public health crisis that has gone largely unreported. Based on six years of research, award-winning journalist and trained neuroscientist Clayton Page Aldern synthesizes the emerging neuroscience, psychology, and behavioral economics of climate change and brain health....
11) Heilen mit den Händen - Wie Osteopathie Schmerzen lindert, Blockaden löst und Sie beweglicher wer
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Osteopathie - eine Medizin, die den Menschen berührt
Karsten Richter arbeitet seit vielen Jahren als Osteopath und Dozent. In seiner Praxis hat er Tausende Menschen untersucht und behandelt. Er kennt nicht nur ihre Leiden - Rückenschmerzen, Knieprobleme, Migräne, Tinnitus, hormonelle Verstimmungen, Magen-Darm-Probleme, Burnout -, sondern auch ihre Fragen: Warum behandeln Sie statt des steifen Nackens meinen Bauch? Warum meinen Blinddarm, wenn der...
12) Zu Risiken und Nebenwirkungen fragen Sie Ihre Apothekerin - Alles über die fantastische Welt der
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Sie sind für uns Helfer in der Not und manchmal lebensnotwendig, Medikamente bergen aber auch Risiken und Nebenwirkungen. Die Pharmazeutin Christine Gitter kennt sie ganz genau: die Fragen und Sorgen all jener, die eine Apotheke aufsuchen. Wie soll man es schaffen, eine riesige Kapsel zu schlucken? Woher weiß die Kopfschmerztablette, dass sie in den Kopf soll und: Gibt es diese Pille auch vegan? Jetzt hat sie ihr gesammeltes Apothekenwissen aufgeschrieben....
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Examines the role of mental health in sports, offering dozens of stories of how professional athletes work on mental performance and cope with mental illness. Describes the recent importance on mental health in sports, the history and practice of sports psychology, the stigmas that force athletes to keep mental health concerns to themselves, and the ways injury and retirement can affect mental states. Provides a look at a variety of mental health...
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"A practical guide to aging and health for women who have felt ignored or marginalized by the medical profession, from a leading Ob/Gyn and expert on menopausal and post-reproductive health. The medical system today is increasingly complicated and impersonal, and unfortunately, it is not going to be less so in the future. The rules of engagement have changed in medicine, but no one has bothered to inform patients. Much is written about Black women...
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Es gibt Gedanken, die uns in Panik versetzen. Was, wenn ich alles verliere? Was, wenn andere schlecht über mich reden? Was, wenn ich scheitere, finanziell nicht über die Runden komme, wenn ich allein bleibe - für immer? Ursula Karvens Name steht für innere Kraft und den Mut weiterzumachen, für die Fähigkeit, nach Schicksalsschlägen wieder aufzustehen. In diesem Hörbuch gibt die Schauspielerin und Yoga-Pionierin diese Stärke an uns weiter...
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Summary of Peter J. D'Adamo's Eat Right 4 Your Type is a detailed diet book based on D'Adamo's groundbreaking research that links an individual's blood type to foods that support overall health and wellness. The Blood Type Diet is not a cure-all for disease-there are many factors, such as genetics and environment, that play into the development of illnesses. However, eating according to blood type can help people boost the body's natural immune systems...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Chris Crowley & Henry S. Lodge's Younger Next Year
What if you could get younger the more you aged? Most men think that, once they're past their fifties, life has passed them by. They think their futures are no longer exciting, and they're doomed to be grumpy grandpas with sagging bodies.
In Younger Next Year (2005), Chris Crowley and Henry S. Lodge aim to debunk this myth, and teach older men how to regain...
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Do you feel helpless in the face of your children's excessive internet use? Have you noticed changes in their behavior that concern you?
What if I told you there's a solution that can help you understand and address the issue?
"Internet Addiction in Children" is your guide to unraveling the dynamics of digital dependence and safeguarding the mental and physical health of your loved ones.
Discover what makes the online world so appealing to today's...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Jason Fung, Eve Mayer & Megan Ramos's Life in the Fasting Lane
Intermittent fasting is becoming more and more popular. Life in the Fasting Lane (2020) is a dive into every aspect of fasting for weight control and overall health. Eve Mayer offers her personal experience with fasting, Jason Fung explains the science and debunks the myths, and Megan Ramos chimes in with tips that have worked for her patients. Both...