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The Pleasure Shock
The Rise of Deep Brain Stimulation and Its Forgotten Inventor
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
The electrifying, forgotten history of Robert Heath's brain pacemaker, investigating the origins and ethics of one of today's most promising medical breakthroughs: deep brain stimulation
The technology invented by psychiatrist Robert G. Heath in the 1950s and '60s has been described as among...
Beyond Belief
Alternative Ways of Working with Delusions, Obsessions and Unusual Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2013
Tamasin Knight's book "Beyond Belief" explores ways of helping people who have unusual beliefs. These are beliefs that may be called delusions, obsessions, or another kind of psychopathology.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Dealing With PTSD
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2018
There was a time not so long ago when someone suffered a great trauma or a tragic event the sufferer was expected to get over it. The idea that real and lasting damage had been done was dismissed. Soldiers who suffered from what was called battle fatigue were called cowards and those who did not quickly...
Glory Game
The Joost van der Westhuizen Story
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
In 2011 the world was shocked when the news broke that Joost van der Westhuizen, known for years as the golden boy of South African rugby and a former Springbok captain, had been diagnosed with motor neuron disease (MND). This rare condition attacks the central nervous system, causing progressive...
In My Room
The Recovery Journey as Encountered by a Psychiatrist
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
Jim Lucey has been working for more than 25 years with patients suffering from mental health problems. When people at their most vulnerable present to his room at St Patrick’s University Hospital, Dublin, they reveal their fears, traumas, and very real human predicaments. Most of the assessments...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
A growing body of evidence shows that physical activity can be a cost-effective and safe intervention for the prevention and treatment of a wide range of mental health problems. As researchers and clinicians around the world look for evidence-supported alternatives and complements to established forms...
Making Babies
personal IVF stories
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2007
Around 15 per cent of couples in various Western countries suffer from infertility. Every year thousands try IVF and other assisted-reproduction techniques, but only about a third go home with a baby in their arms. IVF now accounts for 3 per cent of all births in Australia, and the numbers are similar...
Viagra
Viagra: The Wonder Pill That Treats Erectile Dysfunction and Impotence. It Gives You a Rock Hard Erection So You Can Enjoy Sex and BECOME A TIGER IN THE BEDROOM
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2018
VIAGRA The Wonder Pill That Treats Erectile Dysfunction and Impotence Gives You a Rock Hard Erection so You Can Enjoy Sex and Become A TIGER IN THE BEDROOM
Are you a man who is suffering from erectile dysfunction (ED) or impotence? Perhaps you are having problems getting it up at all, or you’re...
The Shape of the Eye
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
**"[An] elegantly written, unsentimental memoir."—PEOPLE MAGAZINE [PEOPLE's Pick of the Week]
Winner of the 2014 Nautilus Award represents “Better Books for a Better World”—the Silver Award in the category of Parenting /Family.**
When Laura Estreich is born, her appearance...
by James Bogash, DC
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2013
I have been publishing posts related to cholesterol for many years. This book is a compilation of blog posts done over the years in a organized format with some additional commentary to help make the information clearer.
Many of the topics discussed in this book may be new to you and may never...
50 Diabetes Myths That Can Ruin Your Life
And the 50 Diabetes Truths That Can Save It
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2009
This one-stop information spot for diabetes management dispels the most common diabetes myths and shares critical info on prevention, nutrition, medication, insulin and more
Patient-expert Riva Greenberg's book is an essential guide for the more than 24 million Americans with diabetes and the...
by Rodney Ford
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
This book confronts the biggest controversy surrounding our traditional food. It is the story of adopting wheat 10,000 years ago (which launched mankind into the agricultural revolution); the incorporation of the gluten-grains into every aspect of our diets (which nourished the peoples of this world...
When Quietness Came
A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey With Schizophrenia
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
When Quietness Came is the true story of a young woman studying neuroscience who, in her final undergraduate year, has a psychotic break, attempts suicide and ends up in hospital. Her struggles to get well and to pursue her PhD are described in this book. Her story is geared to people from a variety...
by Linda Gask
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
‘If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel’s heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence.’
George Eliot, Middlemarch
Having spent her life trying to patch up the...