Resultados Editorial "Audible Studios" en Enfermedad física y trastornos

Por cada mujer que acude al médico por algún problema relacionado con su ciclo menstrual, ¿cuántas se quedan en casa retorciéndose de dolor o automedicándose antiinflamatorios? La verdadera magnitud es imposible de determinar; en pocos asuntos clínicos existe un desequilibrio tan acentuado entre la cantidad de gente que sufre y lo marginal que resulta para la investigación médica y científica. Más de1800 millones de mujeres tienen ahora mismo edad de menstruar. Si los hombres menstruaran, como escribía Gloria Steinem en 1978, "la menstruación se convertiría en una realidad masculina envidiable y digna de alarde. Los hombres se jactarían de lo largo y copiosos que serían sus periodos".

Pandemia es una obra fundamental de historia epidemiológica que explora los orígenes de las epidemias, trazando paralelismos entre el cólera - uno de los patógenos causantes de pandemias más letales y perturbadores de la historia - y otras nuevas enfermedades que nos acechan.

¿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.

Alva Noë is one of a new breed - part philosopher, part cognitive scientist, part neuroscientist - who are radically altering the study of consciousness by asking difficult questions and pointing out obvious flaws in the current science. In Out of Our Heads, he restates and reexamines the problem of consciousness, and then proposes a startling solution: Do away with the 200-year-old paradigm that places consciousness within the confines of the brain.

Awakenings - which inspired the major motion picture - is the remarkable story of a group of patients who contracted sleeping sickness during the great epidemic just after World War I. Frozen for decades in a trance-like state, these men and women were given up as hopeless until 1969, when Dr. Oliver Sacks gave them the then-new drug L-DOPA, which had an astonishing, explosive, "awakening" effect. Dr. Sacks recounts the moving case histories of his patients, their lives, and their extraordinary transformations.

Lina es una persona que posee muchas virtudes, en este audiolibro afloran dos en especial: la honestidad y un pragmatismo especialmente inteligente. Me consta que todo lo que aquí se dice fue así, tal cual está escrito. En cada capítulo hay una serie de lucidez que nos llega con fuerza. No es un impacto solo para las personas que padecen cáncer de mama, sino una experiencia vital que le hace frente al sufrimiento, no importa si estás o no enfermo o enferma.

Seconda causa di morte della popolazione e prima causa di invalidità, l'ictus cerebrale è oggi un vero problema sociale oltre che medico. La prevenzione è certo il primo pilastro per arginarne le conseguenze. Al tempo stesso gli avanzamenti della ricerca hanno messo a disposizione strategie terapeutiche efficaci nella fase acuta che permettono di ottenere un recupero neurologico in più del 50% dei casi. In questo volume: le cause, i fattori di rischio, la prevenzione, i nuovi modelli assistenziali, come le Stroke Unit, e le novità terapeutiche insieme a quelle attese nel futuro.

Hoy en día, el estar permanentemente ocupado se ha convertido en una insignia de honor y de prestigio. Queremos decir y mostrar al mundo que estamos ajetreados, pero al mismo tiempo nos sentimos agotados. Este contrasentido resulta muy pernicioso para nuestra salud física y mental, por lo que hemos de empezar a tomarnos en serio el descanso como método de autocuidado, y este libro puede ayudarnos a descubrir cómo hacerlo. El arte del descanso se basa en una investigación innovadora en la que colaboró la autora, Claudia Hammond.

For over two decades, The Addictive Personality has helped people understand the process of addiction. Now, through this second edition, author Craig Nakken brings new depth and dimension to our understanding of how an individual becomes an addict. Going beyond the definition that limits dependency to the realm of alcohol and other drugs, Nakken uncovers the common denominator of all addiction and describes how the process is progressive.

What to Expect Before You’re Expecting has everything that eager-to-be moms and dads need to know about getting pregnant, from getting their bodies ready to make a healthy baby to getting that healthy baby on board faster. You'll find baby-friendly foods to order up (say yes to yams); fertility busters to avoid (see you later, saturated fat); how to pinpoint ovulation, time baby-making sex, keep on-demand sex sexy, and separate conception fact - it takes the average couple up to 12 months to make a baby - from myth - position matters.

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.

Ognuna delle vicende dimenticate, che Giuseppe Remuzzi ricostruisce con passione e gusto del dettaglio nel suo nuovo libro, è stata un passo da gigante non solo per la sanità ma per la stessa evoluzione della specie. E senza quelle storie di fallimenti e successi non sarebbe stato possibile arrivare oggi in tempo record alla nuova frontiera del vaccino a mRNA contro il Covid-19 e le sue varianti con cui ancora ci confrontiamo.

In this Audible Original series, Mary Hoang has paired proven psychological techniques with sound therapy to create a guided journey to a restful sleep. Cocoon yourself with the soundscapes by sound therapy composer Rich Lucano, choose the meditation that feels right for you and fall sound asleep.

Psychiatry has made great advances in the past 50 years but needs a new direction. Today's emphasis on psychiatric drugs will not stand the test of time. Recent advances in epigenetics and the molecular biology of the brain have provided a roadmap for the development of effective, natural, drug-free therapies that do not produce serious side effects. Psychiatric medications have served society well over the last 50 years, but the need for drug therapies will fade away as science advances.

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Intrigante prostate, c’est l’histoire d’un médecin qui s’autodiagnostique un cancer de la prostate à soixante-cinq ans, un peu par hasard, sans y croire vraiment. Avec ce témoignage sincère, tantôt drôle, tantôt philosophique, le Dr Routy raconte sa traversée de l’autre côté du miroir : ses angoisses, l’acceptation de sa maladie, le fait d’apprendre à ralentir… et à parler aux autres. Il brise plus d’un tabou en expliquant les dessous de cette maladie que l’on surnomme « le cancer des hommes ».

American taxpayers spend $30 billion annually funding biomedical research, but over half of these studies can't be replicated due to poor experimental design, improper methods, and sloppy statistics. Bad science doesn't just hold back medical progress, it can sign the equivalent of a death sentence for terminal patients. In Rigor Mortis, Richard Harris explores these urgent issues with vivid anecdotes, personal stories, and interviews with the top biomedical researchers. We need to fix our dysfunctional biomedical system - before it's too late.

When Jenny Lexhed and her husband have their first child Lucas, they are living the dream. They're happily married, they've just bought a house, the company they built together from the ground up is starting to blossom. But with the arrival of their son, a feeling of anxiety slips into their life. What starts as a feeling becomes a conviction.

A true scientific pause-resister that traces a remarkable scientific breakthrough (the isolation of endorphins in the brain) as dedicated scientists race - not only with their fellow scientists - but against time and the profit hungry giant pharmaceutical companies. This audiobook chronicles the fascinating discovery of endorphins, the body's natural painkiller.

Alzheimers books should help everyone involved through this incredibly difficult time. That’s why Alzheimer’s Through the Stages shows you what you can do for your loved one - and yourself - every step of the way. This book’s detailed descriptions of all seven stages of the disease are both helpful and comforting. With each section divided into three parts - what to expect, what to say, and what to do - this is one of the easiest to use Alzheimers books for caregivers.