Neurology category: 2138 books

Delmar Sanders, MD, has chronicled his life story in a poignant and magnificent manner. Despite almost insurmountable obstacles along the way, he has successfully accomplished his objective in life - to be become a successful neurosurgeon. And now he shows his gratitude by giving us a Gift which will benefit many patients with Multiple Sclerosis and many other diseases.

One day in 2002 the fifty-year old body of former Pittsburgh Steeler and hall of famer Mike Webster was laid on a cold table in front of pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu. Webster’s body looked to Omalu like the body of a much older man, and the circumstances of his behavior prior to his death were clouded...

Un libro sobre lo espiritual y lo no tangible. Y sobre el cambio de conciencia protagonizado por gente -cada vez más- convencida de que todos somos uno y de que no existimos como seres individuales. He aquí un diario real que parece protagonizado por un personaje de ficción. Tras...

Del autor de El exorcista Un misterioso suceso preocupa al Pentágono: en una mansión gótica escondida en un bosque se encuentran encerrados veintisiete oficiales, antiguos componentes del Cuerpo de Marines, que combatieron en la guerra de Vietnam. Todos ellos, sorprendentemente, han comenzado...

Gripping, raw, and beautiful, this book reveals the struggles and rewards of caring for a child with severe disability and helps professionals work more sensitively and effectively with families of children with special needs. Written with grace and candor by special education professional Beth Harry,...

A Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2015 - Publishers Weekly A star science journalist with Parkinson's reveals the inner workings of this perplexing disease Seven million people worldwide suffer from Parkinson's, and doctors, researchers, and patients continue to hunt for a cure. In Brain...

“My book … details the living hell that was my experience with concussions. The majority of this story was kept from even my closest relationships. It wasn’t easy, but it’s time to tell it.” – Dale Jr. It was a seemingly minor crash at Michigan International Speedway in June 2016...

Whether you are recovering from a traumatic brain injury or supporting someone with a TBI, this collection of 101 inspiring and encouraging stories by others like you will uplift and encourage you on your healing journey. With a traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurring every 18.5 seconds in this...

Never Give Up is the inspiring memoir of Jenny Maher who in 2006 woke-up paralyzed. As a quadriplegic, with no family support or place to live, I had to live in the hospital/nursing home. My goal no matter what therapists told me was to get around in a manual chair and to live independently.' I suffered...

In this collection of seven provocative essays, acclaimed theatre director and playwright Mick Gordon argues that the theatre represents a physical corollary of the invisible workings of our minds. In this publication the award-winning Gordon draws upon his five years experience working with...

Addiction: What's Really Going On? contains powerful true-life stories woven together to form a tapestry filled with pain, joy, defeat, and success. The entire book is molded around Deborah McCloskey's heartfelt desire for her clients to be free of drugs. Her counseling methods both endeared her as...

To these seven narratives of neurological disorder Dr. Sacks brings the same humanity, poetic observation, and infectious sense of wonder that are apparent in his bestsellers Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. These men, women, and one extraordinary child emerge as brilliantly...

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...