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Follow world-renowned cardiologist Valentin Fuster's essential recommendations to a healthier heart and a longer life Cardiovascular disease affects, and often cuts short, millions of lives every year--and very few doctors have had as much success as Dr. Valentin Fuster in treating this widespread scourge. For years, U.S. presidents and world leaders have sought Dr. Fuster's expertise and advice--and now he offers it to a wide audience. Dr. Fuster knows it isn't easy putting your health first--to reach and maintain an ideal weight, to quit smoking, and to conquer stress and depression . . . all the behaviors and alterations necessary to keep cardiovascular disease at bay. In The Heart Manual, the legendary physician gets to the core of many of today's most important health issues, and offers solid, easy-to-follow tips and advice on how to better the quality of your life and transform cardiovascular disease into a manageable ailment.
'It all starts with waking up... to what our bodies are expressing and our minds are suppressing' Western countries invest billions in healthcare, yet mental illness and chronic diseases are on a seemingly unstoppable rise. Nearly 70% of Americans are now on prescription drugs. So what is 'normal' when it comes to health? Over four decades of clinical experience, renowned physician and addiction expert Dr Gabor Mate has seen how health systems neglect the role that trauma exerts on our bodies and our minds. Medicine often fails to treat the whole person, ignoring how today's culture stresses our bodies, burdens our immune systems and undermines emotional balance. Now, in his most ambitious and urgent book yet, Dr Mate connects the dots between our personal suffering and the pressures of modern-day living - with disease as a natural reflection of a life spent growing further and further apart from our true selves. But, with deep compassion, he also shows us a pathway to health and healing. Filled with stories of people in the grip of illness or in the triumphant wake of recovery, this life-affirming book, co-written with his son Daniel, proves true health is possible - if we are willing to reconnect with each other and our authentic selves.
America's health care system is unraveling, with millions of hard-working people unable to pay for prescription drugs and regular checkups, let alone hospital visits. Jonathan Cohn traveled across the United States--the only country in the developed world that does not guarantee its citizens access to medical care--to investigate why this crisis is happening and to see firsthand its impact on ordinary Americans. Passionate, powerful, illuminating, and often devastating, Sick chronicles the decline of America's health care system, and lays bare the consequences any one of us could suffer if we don't replace it.
IN "THE ANTIDOTE," Barry Werth draws upon unprecedented inside
reporting spanning more than two decades to provide a
groundbreaking closeup of the upstart pharmaceutical company Vertex
and the ferocious but indispensable world of Big Pharma that it
inhabits.
Om laekoolhidraat-maaltye voor te berei hoef nie vervelig of saai te wees nie. Ine Reynierse, outeur van die topverkoper Low-Carb Is Lekker, bring alledaagse disse weer terug na die laekoolhidraat-hoevet-spyskaart. Met haar unieke deegresepte kan jy nou brood, muffins, oliebolle, nachos, pizza, vetkoek en selfs koeksisters geniet, maar sonder die oortollige koolhidrate. Haar eenvoudige en fynproewermaaltye, waaronder ’n paar plaaslike gunstelinge asook gunstelinge van oor die wereld heen, sal die hele gesin laat vra na meer ... meer gesonde maaltye! As jy op soek is na eenvoudige en sakpasresepte vir 'n laekoolhidraat-leefstyl, is die boek jou beste bondgenoot.
LOOK AND FEEL TWENTY YEARS YOUNGER WITH THE LIFE PLAN
Offers information and advice on the causes, symptoms, consequences, and treatments of depression during the difficult teen years, with a Christian perspective.
Get the facts about Hepatitis C Having hepatitis C can be a transformative, extremely tough experience--especially without the right information. "Healing Hepatitis C" remedies that by combining the personal story of Christopher Kennedy Lawford, who unknowingly contracted the virus during his years of drug use, with the medical expertise of Dr. Diana Sylvestre, who has devoted her career to treating hepatitis C sufferers. Together they deal with the stigma and misinformation, and the fears and frustrations of this illness. "Healing Hepatitis C" serves as a valuable sourcebook for medical and treatment information: from what hepatitis C is to what it does, and from what to expect during treatment to how to communicate with your physician, to finding the support you need. Most of all, it walks you through the process of facing the diagnosis and treatment head-on, showing you that it is possible to get through hepatitis C--to be cured of it--without surrendering your life to it. Together Lawford and Sylvestre offer hope, humor, and medical expertise to help patients, their friends, and families navigate the numerous challenges of hepatitis C virus education, testing, and treatment.
All that you ever wanted to know - and never imagined - about what goes on behind-the-scenes at one of the world's most prestigious plastic surgeon's office. '"I don't care if I die," she said. "I waited my whole life to look good. I'm not going one more day looking the way I do ... if I'm not happy, nothing else matters.'" What is it that drives women, and men, to the extreme measure of cosmetic surgery? People are popping out for botox in their lunch breaks, face-lifts before job reviews, breast implants before dates, and liposuction before just about any major event. From the living room to the boardroom to the catwalk, even the most successful and beautiful men and women are paying to go under the surgeon's knife. And the obsession just keeps on growing! Cap Lesesne, one of the world's most sought-after and respected cosmetic surgeons, has seen them all. He's worked on queens, models, executives and housewives, turned a man into Elvis, been threatened by a Venezuelan oil magnate whose penis turned black and has been asked to implant breasts onto a transexual's back. He travels around the world, calls royalty and glitterati his friends, and can claim to have both saved and destroyed hundreds of relationships with his life-altering fingers. In this timely part-autobiography, part-expose, Cap reveals what life is like as the fairy-godfather with a scalpel, what it is that drives different people around the world to go under the surgeon's knife, and the secret tell-tale signs of a post-op patient, as well as hundreds of real-life examples of the people he has worked on, from the urbane to the truly bizarre. Cap also reveals what it was that made him choose to take up the profession that is most sneered on in surgical circles and how his choice of profession has altered the way he looks at the world around him. Exciting, revealing and always cutting-edge, CONFESSIONS OF A PARK AVENUE PLASTIC SURGEON puts an astonishing new face on one of the world's fastest growing trends.
Pull Yourself Together, Man is written as a simple, usable guide on how to find some effective rhythms and healthy habits in your life. It offers ideas and thoughts to help people better manage their own emotional health. It contains stories, lists and ideas, as well as top tips and anecdotes. This book is for people who sometimes struggle with difficult emotions. In truth, that's most of us. Most of us have built up unhealthy thinking habits which hold us back from being the best we can be. This book encourages you to build a healthier emotional approach to life. The author talks about this goal as a project. It's not quick, and it's not easy, but it is achievable. All the best projects need a guide, and this book is that guide.
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