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Bestsellers > Books > Disorders and Diseases
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My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey»rank: 84by: Jill Bolte Taylor
: :Unabridged CDs • 5 CDs, 5 1?2 hours A brain scientist’s personal experience with a stroke and her journey to a full recovery. Review:A brain scientist's journey from a debilitating stroke to full recovery becomes an inspiring exploration of human consciousness and its possibilities 0n the morning of December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist, experienced a massive stroke when a blood vessel exploded in the left side of her brain. A neuroanatomist by profession, ... |
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Against Medical Advice: One Family's Struggle with an Agonizing Medical Mystery»rank: 234by: James Patterson, Hal Friedman, Cory Friedman
: :Cory Friedman woke up one morning when he was five years old with the uncontrollable urge to twitch his neck. From that day forward his life became a hell of irrepressible tics and involuntary utterances, and Cory embarked on an excruciating journey from specialist to specialist to discover the cause of his disease. Soon it became unclear what tics were symptoms of his disease and what were side effects of the countless combinations of drugs. The only certainty is that ... |
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Anticancer: A New Way of Life»rank: 152by: David Servan-Schreiber
: :A radical synthesis of science and personal experience that advocates a sea change in the way we understand and confront cancerWhen David Servan- Schreiber, a dedicated scientist and doctor, was diagnosed with brain cancer, it changed his life. Confronting what medicine knows about the illness, the little known workings of the body’s natural cancer-fighting capacities, and his own will to live, Servan-Schreiber found himself on a fifteen-year journey from disease and relapse into scientific exploration, and finally to health. Combining ... |
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The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer»rank: 196522by: Dr. Harvey Karp
: :ln perhaps the most important parenting book of the decade, Dr. Harvey Karp reveals an extraordinary treasure sought by parents for centuries --an automatic “off-switch” for their baby’s crying.No wonder pediatricians across the country are praising him and thousands of Los Angeles parents, from working moms to superstars like Madonna and Pierce Brosnan, have turned to him to learn the secrets for making babies happy.Never again will parents have to stand by helpless and frazzled while their poor baby cries ... |
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The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-Term Health»rank: 17872by: T. Colin Campbell, Thomas M. Campbell
: :This exhaustive presentation of the findings from the China Study conclusively demonstrates the link between nutrition and heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Referred to as the 'Grand Prix of epidemiology' by The New York Times, this study examines more than 350 variables of health and nutrition with surveys from 6,500 adults in 65 counties, representing 2,500 counties across rural China and Taiwan. While revealing that proper nutrition can have a dramatic effect on reducing and reversing these ailments as well ... |
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Eat Right for Your Type»rank: 425950by: Peter D'adamo
: :New York Times best seller“l found the information in Eat Right For Your Type absolutely fascinating.”- Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of Women's Bodies, Women's WisdomFlNALLY, A DlET THAT'S JUST Y0UR TYPE!Noted naturopathic physician Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo introduces a revolutionary new way to eat - and to live. ln Eat Right For Your Type, he explains his groundbreaking diet plan based upon blood type. 0ur blood type is a roadmap to our inner chemistry - and each blood type processes ... |
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Taking Charge of Your Fertility, 10th Anniversary Edition: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health»rank: 681by: Toni Weschler
: : Celebrating 10 years of helping hundreds of thousands of women achieve pregnancy, avoid pregnancy naturally, and gain better control of their health and lives, the 10th Anniversary Edition of the classic bestseller will include: •New 'Preface to the 10th Anniversary Edition' •Updates on new fertility technologies •Natural approaches to conception •Updated Resources and Books For any woman unhappy with her current method of birth control; demoralized by her quest to have a baby; or experiencing confusing symptoms in her ... |
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The Migraine Brain: Your Breakthrough Guide to Fewer Headaches, Better Health»rank: 1721by: Carolyn Bernstein, Elaine McArdle
: :You know that your migraine isn't just a headache. But you may not know that migraine actually is a neurological disease. Affecting one in five women, one in twenty men, and one in twenty children, it's a debilitating, complex, and chronic condition that manifests in a combination of symptoms that can include excruciating head pain as well as other distinctive physical and emotional effects. Yet it's also a disease that you can get control of, improve, and manage, as Dr. ... |
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The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, Second Edition»rank: 436by: Clair Davies, Amber Davies
: :Trigger point therapy is one of the most intriguing and fastest-growing bodywork styles in the world. Medical doctors, chiropractors, physical therapists, and massage therapists are all beginning to use this technique to relieve formerly undiagnosable muscle and joint pain—conditions that studies have shown to be the cause of nearly 25 percent of all doctor visits. The technique involves applying short, repeated massage strokes to trigger points, tiny contraction knots in muscle tissue where restricted circulation and lack of oxygen cause ... |
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The Notebook»rank: 436by: Nicholas Sparks
: :ln a testimony to the lasting power of love, a man tells an elderly woman a story from a faded old notebook, his voice relating the heartbreaking tale of two lovers and their fifty-year journey to happiness. 200,000 first printing. Tour. Review:'Somewhere,' muses Noah Calhoun, while sitting on his porch in the moonight, 'there were people making love.' The Notebook, a Southern-fried story of love-lost-and-found-again, revolves around a single time-honored romantic dilemma: will beautiful Allison Nelson stay with Mr. ... |
