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In 1992, Marilyn French was told she had one year to live. A smoker of 48 years she was diagnosed as having cancer of the oesophagus, a cancer which is almost always fatal. Five years on, having battled with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, a heart attack and her back breaking, she is very much alive. And - astonishingly - her body shows no sign of cancer.

Dans ce livre unique, fruit d'enquêtes réalisées dans le monde entier, Norman Doidge montre ce que nous savons aujourd'hui des capacités surprenantes de notre cerveau. Vous découvrirez un homme rendu aveugle à la suite d'une maladie auto-immune qui recouvre la vue en méditant ; un enfant souffrant de retard intellectuel apprendre d'un seul coup à parler en écoutant de la musique... Un livre plein d'espérance devenu une référence dans le monde entier.

Dormir es uno de los aspectos más importantes pero menos comprendidos de nuestra vida. Hasta hace muy poco, la ciencia no tenía respuesta a la pregunta de por qué dormimos, para qué sirve el sueño o por qué sufrimos consecuencias devastadoras para la salud cuando está ausente.

Vous ne soupçonnez sûrement pas de quoi votre mémoire est capable. Et vous savez encore moins toutes les opportunités que vous manquez jour après jour en ne l'utilisant pas pleinement. Imaginez un instant pouvoir retenir n'importe quelle information, et ceci, en vous amusant. À travers ce livre audio, vous découvrirez des techniques simples, ludiques et efficaces pour mémoriser rapidement : des cours entiers ; des formules complexes ; des informations de culture générale ; les visages et les noms des personnes que vous rencontrez ; les conversations ; le contenu intégral des livres.

Unlocked begins with a vivid depiction of the author's life with her autistic son, Ben. Feelings of isolation, self-hate, and even moments of hatred toward her own child in response to his behaviors, as well as the impact on her marriage and younger daughter, impel her to seek solutions for his condition. Through years of trial and error, Susan eventually discovers methods that bring about radical improvement in Ben.

A shocking expose of the reckless proliferation of bioweapon research and development facilities across the U.S. - and the threat this poses to everyday Americans. Battling a new generation of corporate giants and uncovering threats right in our own backyard, Kenneth King’s Germs Gone Wild reveals the massive expansion of America’s biodefense research labs and the culture of deception surrounding hundreds of facilities that have opened since 9/11.

¿Por qué tenemos pesadillas? ¿Qué son los sueños lúcidos? ¿En qué consiste el insomnio y cómo combatirlo? ¿Es saludable la siesta? ¿Cuáles son los puntos que influyen en nuestro descanso? Dormir bien es clave para la formación de nuestro cerebro y para una buena salud. Este libro ameno y práctico nos proporcionará trucos y hábitos sencillos para descansar mejor y nociones sobre los principales problemas de salud que deterioran nuestro sueño.

In 2006, the Wall Street pioneer and philanthropist Ray Chambers flicked through some holiday snapshots taken by a friend and remarked on the placid beauty of a group of sleeping Malawian children. "They're not sleeping," his friend told him. "They're in malarial comas. A few days later, they were all dead." This moment sparked Chambers' determination to coordinate an unprecedented, worldwide effort to eradicate a disease that has haunted humanity since before the advent of medicine.

健康で強い体を作るために大切な『免疫力』をテーマに、実用ジャンルで制作する図解シリーズ 新型コロナウィルスによる影響もあり、改めて注目が集まっている免疫力。

Nine million Americans are touched by aneurysms during their lifetimes. This is one story of love. Brainstorm is the candid and powerful memoir of the author's harrowing experience of an aneurysm and his road to recovery. It is a journey of love and devotion and a clash of medical beliefs and countercultures.

Guter Schlaf ist Balsam für Körper und Seele - er macht widerstandsfähig, klug und kreativ. Doch wie schaffen wir es, das Maximum aus unseren Ruhestunden herauszuholen? Der preisgekrönte Schlafforscher Christian Benedict lädt gemeinsam mit Wissenschaftsjournalistin Minna Tunberger zu einer unterhaltsamen Reise in die Welt des Schlafs und seine Geheimnisse ein. Sie erklären anschaulich und anhand von Alltagsbeispielen, wie der Schlaf das Immunsystem stärkt, wie Tief- und Traumschlaf uns klüger und kreativer machen.

Der Darm ist als Gesprächsthema salonfähig geworden: Laktoseintoleranz, Gluten- Unverträglichkeit und Blähungen treiben uns um. Das Thema birgt aber noch viel mehr Potenzial und geht über das körperliche Befinden hinaus: Das Mikrobiom im Darm könnte gar auch ein Schlüssel zu unserem Glück sein! Gregor Hasler, Professor für Molekulare Psychiatrie, wandelt schon lange auf den Spuren der Därme beziehungsweise der Ernährung seiner psychisch erkrankten Patienten.

Despite extensive evidence highlighting the influence of genetics in the business world, this critical connection has been glossed over by corporate leaders and management gurus. Now, for the first time, author Scott Shane explains why genes matter, and how an understanding of their relationship to behavior is of vital importance to employers, employees, and policy makers.

At the peak of her career, classical homeopath and health-care columnist Katina Makris was stricken with a mysterious "flu". Only after five years of torment - two completely bedridden - and devastating blows to her professional and family life was Katina's illness finally diagnosed as Lyme disease.

During and after several long hospital stays for what should have been a simple knee replacement but turned into something much more exhausting, writer Robert Ungar reflects on his deep intrigue with the way hospitals are managed. In Hospital Impressions, Ungar delves into the roles of nurses and doctors, the day-to-day madness visited upon the patients, and his own personal history with the medical world.

How will sex be after breast cancer? How does a couple cope with the sensitivities? For both women and men, the question is rarely asked. Soon after her 25th birthday, Katherine Schmidhofer was diagnosed with breast cancer, and her doctor advised an immediate mastectomy. Her breasts were removed, and she underwent ghastly sessions of chemotherapy and hormone therapy. She wondered whether she would ever have children. She mourned her incapacity to breastfeed.

Unbreakable Bonds tells 10 touching stories of mothers who spent years aiding the recovery of their children, US soldiers and Marines who suffered severe injuries during the War on Terror. The survival of these wounded warriors is a testament not only to the extraordinary efforts of military medical personnel and their own inner fortitude, but also to their mothers.

Here is a moving story of personal triumph - and a prescription for how to tame a disease that afflicts millions of Americans and is doubling among children. The former Miss America, a diabetic herself, offers an inspirational guide to living with diabetes, discussing the need for early detection and treatment of the disease and explaining how, with proper diet, exercise, medication, and attitude, to cope with it.

Marc Sedaka stood by while he and his wife endured endless rounds of drug therapies, 16 artificial inseminations, 10 in-vitro fertilizations, three miscarriages, and finally, a gestational surrogate (“womb for rent”) who carried their twin girls to term. He was as supportive and loving as he could be, but he really wished he'd had a book like What He Can Expect When She's Not Expecting during the process.

The average individual is far more likely to die in a car accident than from a communicable disease...yet we are still much more fearful of the epidemic. Even at our most level-headed, the thought of an epidemic can inspire terror. As Philip Alcabes persuasively argues in Dread, our anxieties about epidemics are created not so much by the germ or microbe in question - or the actual risks of contagion - but by the unknown, the undesirable, and the misunderstood.