Resultados para "Knife" en Salud y bienestar

Dr. Liz O'Riordan is a breast cancer surgeon who has battled against social, physical and mental challenges to practice at the top of her field. Under the Knife charts Liz's incredible highs: performing like a couture dressmaker as she molded and reshaped women's breasts, while saving their lives; to the heart-breaking lows of telling ten women a day that they had cancer. But this memoir is more than just an eye-opening look at the realities of training to be a female surgeon in a man's world

Whether you choose a mostly carbohydrate or protein entrée can impact your sleep, disposition, and mood. Other menu options may actually improve your memory in the wake of stress. Even pain and the symptoms of depression can be better managed by what you eat. In addition, many plants have been long viewed as having medicinal properties. This scientifically grounded yet pragmatic program will provide you with the necessary understanding to experience a state of optimal mental health.

A TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2019 An intimate and compelling exploration into the unique psyche of the heart surgeon, by one of the profession’s most eminent figures. Although Professor Stephen Westaby was born with the necessary coordination and manual dexterity, it was a head trauma sustained during...

Based on in-depth interviews with 46 women who underwent cosmetic surgery to enhance their appearance, the authors investigate motivations for surgery as well as women’s thoughts about looking natural after the procedures. Under the Knife highlights the role of deep-seated yet contradictory gendered meanings about women’s bodies, passing, and boundary work. The authors also consider traditional notions of femininity and normalcy that trouble women’s struggle to preserve an authentic moral self.

The history of surgery in 28 famous operations - from Louis XIV to JFK, and from Einstein to Houdini. In Under the Knife, surgeon Arnold Van de Laar uses his own experience and expertise to tell the witty history of the past, present and future of surgery. From the story of the desperate man...

As one of the world's leading brain surgeons, Dr Jandial is the last hope for many patients who have extreme forms of cancer - patients who can't be saved, but deserve more time. Life on a Knife's Edge is his account of the resilience, courage and belief he has witnessed in his patients, and the lessons he has learned from them. 

Sara invites us to join her on a far more personal journey, this time, as she tests her own beliefs in the alternative health-care practices she’s learnt of over recent years.

This audiobook features an exclusive Q&A between reader Chipo Chung and author, Dorcas Gwata 'Fascinating . . . While the rest of us are worrying about it, Dorcas Gwata is doing something about it' - Wendy Joseph, author of Unlawful Killings Through the lives of ten young people an award-winning...

The reality of knife attacks is grim, especially for those unarmed and unprepared. From my personal observations, and discussions with individuals who have survived such encounters, a common pattern emerges: the attacker must get close, find a grip (whether on your lapel, collar, or body), and then proceed to stab in a piston-like motion. This predictable behavior offers an opportunity to craft a practical and effective response.