Resultados para "George" en Enfermedad física y trastornos

At 14, Georgia was on top of the world. Her life as a teenager was filled with hope and promise, until a mysterious pain developed in her back and leg. When doctors failed to help, she spiraled into hopelessness. This book chronicles her feelings during that dark period of her life, and follows her inspirational journey back to health and happiness.

Applying insights from neuroscience to philosophical questions about the self, consciousness, and the healthy mind. Can we "see" or "find" consciousness in the brain? How can we create working definitions of consciousness and subjectivity, informed by what contemporary research and technology have taught us about how the brain works? How do neuronal processes in the brain relate to our experience of a personal identity? Where does the brain end and the mind begin?

For decades, researchers have chased a pharmaceutical cure for memory loss. But despite the fact that no disease-modifying biotech treatments have emerged, new research suggests that dementia rates have actually declined in the United States and Western Europe over the last decade. Why is this happening? And what does it mean for brain health in the future? 

Unbreakable Bonds tells 10 touching stories of mothers who spent years aiding the recoveries of their children, U.S. 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.

Did you know... Before the advent of surgery, ancient Egyptian doctors put their patients under by hitting them on the head with a mallet. Working with pigs can raise your risk of appendicitis. The Catholic Church has patron saints for many conditions, including hernias and syphilis. In 18th-century New York, eight people were killed and many more wounded during three days of anti-doctor riots. Doctors Killed George Washington reveals these and other stories of accidental medical discoveries, medical follies, bizarre cures, and more.

Combine the surprising truth about brain food with the cutting-edge science of brain metabolism to achieve extraordinary emotional, cognitive, and physical health. Are you struggling with attention problems, mood swings, food obsession, or depression? Whatever the issue, you have far more...

When Georgia Ging’s husband, Don, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, their world was shattered overnight. What followed was a journey of love, faith, pain, and resilience—captured here in raw, unfiltered journal entries that reveal the daily battles of treatment, the small victories, and the heartbreak of watching a loved one slip away.

Der erste Titel hat das Ziel, körperliche Spannungen abzubauen und sanft in eine leichte Form der Trance zu führen. Der Titel enthält sinnvolle und wirkungsvolle Suggestionen, die natürlich mit sanfter Musik untermalt sind. Der zweite Titel des Hörbuchs ist eine geführte Phantasie-Reise in den Schlaf. Gerade die eigenen Gedanken und Sorgen sind es, die viele Menschen nicht zur Ruhe kommen lassen. Die geführte Reise unterstützt dich darin zu entspannen und deine sorgenvollen Gedanken loszulassen.

This book is, first, a memoir of and praise for my mother, Sharon Riff Ackerman, who was my best friend through both our lives until her untimely death. The book is a heartfelt and often heart-wrenching recollection of the beginnings of her Parkinson's disease symptoms to the inevitable end. This book, too, is primarily for relatives and caregivers of those with Parkinson's.

In "Beating The Odds," Georges describes his Holistic Health Journey, exposing the cancer industry's ineffective approaches, and shares the strategies he learned and used to overcome advanced cancer. These strategies include diet and lifestyle changes, and mental, emotional, and spiritual healing.

A Still Life is a story of illness and pain that rarely sees the light: illness and pain with no end or resolution; illness and pain that we must meet with courage, joy, ingenuity and hope. Against a world which values ‘feel good’ progress and productivity above all else, Josie sets out a quietly radical alternative: to value and treasure life for life itself, with all its defeats and victories, with all its great and small miracles.

"Probevorlesung über Schädelnerven“ ist ein Text, in welchem der Mediziner Georg Büchner den aktuellen wissenschaftlichen Status Quo des Gehirns erläutert. Dabei zeigt er die nachgewiesenen Parallelen zwischen Fischen und Wirbeltieren und die daraus resultierenden Sackgassen und Variationen der Evolution auf. Interessant zum einen wegen der noch überschaubaren medizinischen Termini und zum anderen wegen den praktischen Beispielen, die Darwins Evolutionstheorie schön veranschaulichen und begreifbar machen.

If you experience chronic pain (or you care for a loved one who suffers chronic pain), you know how challenging and frustrating it can be to cope with on a daily basis. In this book, Dr. George Beilin offers sound advice and a comprehensive strategy for handling the challenge of chronic pain and its many dimensions—physical, emotional, cognitive, life stressors, and fortitude. Dr. Beilin's pain management lifestyle model provides effective strategies for pain management, many of them drawn from his own experiences with chronic pain.

Overcoming the Darkness of COVID is about two doctors who used a treatment protocol early in the pandemic and early in treatment, when the conventional wisdom issued was not to provide any treatment to patients and send them home. To the contrary, every one of the patients Dr. Tyson and Dr. Fareed treated early in the illness recovered and there were no deaths. This book is their story, complete with testimonials from patients and other doctors, research studies, news clippings, and most of all, the reasons why this successful treatment was held back from the public.

When the woman he loved was diagnosed with a metastatic cancer, science writer George Johnson embarked on a journey to learn everything he could about the disease and the people who dedicate their lives to understanding and combating it. What he discovered is a revolution under way—an...

If you have ever wondered what the whole food plant-based lifestyle is all about, or you want better overall health, or you are looking to lose weight, or you have type 2 diabetes, this book can help you get on the path to your best you....

Our modern way of life has caused a sleep deprivation epidemic. We don't sleep enough! Unfortunately, the second-order effects go deeper than most of you realize. The ability to engage with your subconscious mind, the control panel of yourself, is diminished when you don't spend enough time in the REM state. This book seeks to re-establish that direct communication line.

Lillian was a college freshman, a promising theater major facing the challenge of Stargardt’s disease, a condition that was causing her to go blind. When, in the fall of 2009, Lillian became sick, she assured her parents it was just the flu. Four days later she was in the university hospital, relying on a machine to breathe for her. Based on her father’s journal, this memoir describes what it’s like to live through a parent’s worst nightmare, conveying the heart-wrenching ups and downs of Lillian’s time in the hospital.

In Get in the Boat, Darlene Fuchs shares the powerful and poignant story of her father Richard's experience as a caregiver to his wife Gail during her decline into dementia. This memoir, based on the journals of Richard Sonnichsen, is a heart-wrenching yet inspiring exploration of the enduring power of love, faith, and resilience in the face of life's most difficult challenges.

In early 2020, the world was on edge. An ominous virus was spreading and no one knew what the coming weeks would bring. Far from the hotspots, the cruise ship Zaandam was preparing to sail from Buenos Aires loaded with 1,200 passengers—British, American, Australian, European and South American tourists, plus 600 crew. Most passengers were over the age of 65.