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    • Popular medicine & healthx
    • Trusted Partner
      Humanities & Social Sciences
      April 2009

      Caring for someone with a long-term illness

      by John Costello

      Caring for someone with a long-term illness is the first book in the Support for Friends and Family series from Manchester University Press. Caring for, or being close to someone who cares for a person with a long-term illness can be very difficult, and not knowing how to help can be frustrating. The book is designed to help friends, family and carers understand the practical and personal issues that face carers; providing useful suggestions on how to understand the carer's role and ways to make the experience easier for the carer and those around them. This is less of a how to do book and more a selection of chapters giving advice on things to say, things to do, and where to look for advice and practical help when needed. Carers and their friends and family will find this book an invaluable resource on how to act (or simply give peace and quiet) in the most welcome and appropriate way.

    • Trusted Partner
      The Arts
      March 2026

      Surrealist women artists and mental illness

      by Jenny Anger

      Female mental illness has been a prominent and complicated theme in surrealist cultural traditions, including the idealization of women with mental illness in works such as André Breton's Nadja (1928). Art historians have examined this tendency before, but to date there has been no comprehensive study of the lived reality of women surrealist artists with mental illness. How did women's experience and their work intersect with this romanticized vision? Was the masculine dream of feminized, "mad" genius prohibitive or productive for these women artists? After establishing the ideological field within which these women worked, the book turns to case studies of well-known and some lesser-known artists, including Ángeles Santos, Leonora Carrington, Dora Maar, Claude Cahun, Frida Kahlo, Meret Oppenheim, Sonja Sekula, and Unica Zürn. This collection of essays contains a wide range of responses, revealing surrealism's generative as well as restrictive force.

    • Health & Personal Development
      December 2015

      The Macrobiotic Kitchen in Ten Easy Steps

      Balanced Eating in 21st Century

      by Kushi, Gabriele / Kushi, Michio / Barnard, Neal D.

      The Macrobiotic Kitchen in Ten Easy Steps Gabriele Kushi with Michio Kushi When you have a greater connection to your food, you have more power to control your health and your environment. The step-by-step approach for this book was developed over years of experience in macrobiotic counseling and teaching by the authors, and is most helpful in achieving a lasting, health-supportive lifestyle. This exciting collaboration between Gabriele Kushi and her father in-law, globally acclaimed macrobiotic teacher Michio Kushi, will guide and support you as you learn to skillfully employ many techniques to help you enjoy the entire essential natural and whole food groups in each season. • The Macrobiotic Kitchen in Ten Easy Steps supports healthy daily eating practices and offers suggestions for family meals as well as workable lifestyle solutions. • In addition to plans for regular meals, guidelines are included for healing meals that provideinspiration for a lifetime of wellness. • The book contains inspirational color photos of many dishes, as well as illustrations and charts that explain cooking techniques on how to prepare dishes for all seasons. • Vegan and gluten-free recipes as well as recommendations for suitable food proportions provide an easy way to create delicious, yin-yang balanced meals. • The authors clarify the unique macrobiotic wellness approach and profound holistic system of living in harmony with nature in relation to seasonal, local, and sustainable food and lifestyle choices. • This book also provides a significant amount of up-to-date, peer-reviewed scientific documentation that supports major macrobiotic teachings on health and nutrition.

    • Popular medicine & health

      Common health, common good

      by Paolo Vineis

      In 2014, epidemiologist Paolo Vines described in Salute senza confini how in a globalized and constantly changing world, where it is easier to travel but which is also more chaotic and difficult to control, the concepts of health and illness are changing: they are no longer simple biological processes but complex phenomena which involve the environmental, social, economic, political and cultural spheres.With a new chapter dedicated to Covid-19, Global health, common good explains that today, climate change, migratory flows, the economic crisis and the industrialization of food production are fundamental phenomena in order to understand the state of well-being (or illness) of populations, and offers a strong argument on the political level: in such a mobile and articulated panorama, health at global level could be going towards a deterioration similar to what happened in 2008 with the economy.

    • Sticker & stamp books

      The Children's Book of First Aid Skills

      by Helen Stanton,Helen Stanton,Sophie Giles

      Designed to enable children to understand the basics of how to look after themselves and others, using scenarios to illustrate what needs to be done, and how to do it safely. The principles shown will provide children with important life skills and an awareness that will guide them through childhood and throughout the rest of their lives. Includes wipe-clean reward chart and stickers to encourage and reward learning.

    • Health & Personal Development
      January 2015

      HEALTH, MIND BODY & SPIRIT Series

      Understanding Phobias; How To Look Great On Any Budget; Positive Thinking, Positive Living; Yoga and Meditation; A Guide to Diabetes; Healing Foods; Live Longer, Extend Your Life; Detox; A Guide to Headaches and Migraines; The Healthy Eating Plan; A Guide to Back Pain; Practising Reiki

      by Katherine Wright, Rossalyn Patrick, Jennie Austin, Stella McGovern, Dr David Fong

      SERIES SUMMARY, BOOK BY BOOK : Title: UNDERSTANDING PHOBIAS Author: Katherine Wright Phobia is characterised by an overwhelming fear or dread of certain objects, animals, events or situations. It can cause severe restriction of everyday activities and, at its worst, intense misery and suffering for the phobic person. In spite of the fact that the experience of phobia is commonplace, phobics themselves frequently go to great lengths to hide the existence of their condition and do not seek treatment that would be helpful to them. The message of this book, Understanding Phobias, is that there is a great deal that can be done to relieve the phobia sufferer, ranging from self-help measures and alternative therapies to psychotherapeutic treatment programmes. Title: HOW TO LOOK GREAT ON ANY BUDGET Author: Katherine Wright Looking good, and feeling great, is within the reach of most people as long as they have right products, diet, attitude and discipline. Beauty is no longer something possessed by a blessed few. Modern beauty products mean that improving your looks is nothing like the chore it used to be, and few things put a spring in your step like knowing that you look well-groomed, glowing with health and dressed to impress. Many thousands of people have had surgical procedures to enhance their breasts, lift sagging skin and tired-looking features, and subsequently report increased happiness and confidence. But it might not even be necessary to go that far – the answer to a fresher face and more confident outlook could be in your beauty or hairdressing salon, bathroom cabinet, wardrobe or even your fridge! And sometimes the answer is in your head! Title: POSITIVE THINKING, POSITIVE LIVING Author: Dr David Fong A positive book bursting with useful advice and invaluable tips. Learn where self-doubt comes from, its effects and how to banish it. Learn how to grow from negative experiences and use them to your benefit. No rash claims – no miracle cures – just a practical and achievable approach to improving your life. Title: YOGA AND MEDITATION Author: Katherine Wright Yoga and Meditation provides a helpful introduction to the journey towards self-enlightenment, and fitness through yoga and focus. The book shows you clear and concise instructions for the major positions and meditation techniques. It also gives sound practical advice for creating a lifestyle that is conducive to inner calm. The book shows you yoga positions through line drawings. Title: A GUIDE TO DIABETES Author: Katherine Wright We’ve all heard of diabetes but what does the average person know about it? With growing numbers diagnosed with it, and untold others suffering from it without knowing, it’s important to be informed about this common condition. Diabetes affects the body’s ability to process the sugar (or glucose) that we get from the food we eat. This is caused by a problem in the body’s production and use of a hormone called insulin. There are two kinds of diabetes: type 1, where the body cannot produce insulin, and type 2, where the body does not produce enough or becomes resistant to insulin. Both types can cause serious health problems, however, with medication and careful attention to lifestyle, people with diabetes can lead normal, healthy, active lives. For anyone suffering from diabetes – or for those who feel they may be at risk of developing it – it is important to become informed about the condition. This book aims to present an overview of the many aspects of this complex disorder, to help increase understanding. Covering symptoms and treatments, as well as dietary and lifestyle recommendations, this is an invaluable introduction to living with diabetes, Title: HEALING FOODS Author: Katherine Wright Great advances have been made in medicine and science in recent years and there is no doubt that these advances have made, and will continue to make, an enormous difference to people’s health and quality of life. However, there has also been a growing realisation that medicine does not have all the answers. When it comes to a healthy lifestyle, there is universal agreement among nutritionists, doctors and scientists about the importance of diet in both the incidence and prevention of disease. Healing Foods looks at the health-enhancing and healing properties of a wide range of foods, helping to explain why these should be included in our daily diet. Individual entries contain a description of the food in question, its essential properties and health benefits, advice on how much should be eaten and cooking methods where appropriate. Title: LIVE LONGER, EXTEND YOUR LIFE Author: Katherine Wright Humankind has always been fascinated with finding an ‘elixir of life’. This, of course, is the stuff of fantasy. However, in modern times, new medical developments and scientific breakthroughs already mean that successful treatments are now being used against some of the major killer diseases of the past. Other developments in medical science, especially in the field of genetics, are aimed at directly tackling the ageing process itself. A few scientists have even gone as far as to claim that future research will eventually enable ageing to be written out of the human genome altogether! Live Longer, Extend Your Life explores the ways in which an ordinary person can influence his or her own life span and health to achieve longevity and a healthy and active old age. Title: DETOX Author: Rosalyn Patrick Detox outlines a plan for a healthy diet, which will enhance your body’s natural functions. Within days you will feel refreshed, with your energy levels increased. Your skin will become clearer, your hair glossier and stronger, and your moods highly improved. Contains recipes and some juice recipes. Title: A GUIDE TO HEADACHES AND MIGRAINES Author: Katherine Wright Explore the symptoms, causes and treatments of tension, cluster or migraine headaches. Look at the role of complementary therapies in the treatment, management and prevention of headaches and migraines. Title: THE HEALTHY EATING PLAN. Author: Stella G. McGovern This is a helpful and inspiring book as it explains how we should eat and exercise for good health, and then gives a section for recording your diet and exercise so you can chart your progress towards your health goals and target weight and size. Title: A GUIDE TO BACK PAIN Author: Katherine Wright Back pain is a universal human experience, being an ailment that affects most people throughout the world in one form or another at some stage in life. It is a problem that has many ramifications, not only for the individual sufferer but also for friends and family, the workplace, economy and society as a whole. The aim of this book is to provide straightforward, useful information about the workings of the human back and the things that may go wrong to cause pain. It also provides guidance on the alleviation and management of such pain. Title: PRACTISING REIKI Author: Jennie Austin This is an updated edition of an affordable and useful book on reiki by Jennie Austin who both writes about reiki, and practices it. Reiki is a way of healing and cleansing your body, and this book is an ideal introduction to a complementary therapy than can bring both positive changes to both mental and physical health, and also help in the process towards self-discovery.

    • Popular medicine & health
      September 2020

      Home and Dry?

      by Birgit Bulla

      Did you know that your bladder, just like your skin, reflects your emotional health? That the male urethra is eight inches long, while the female urethra is only five to seven? But until a few years ago, medical research only looked at the male body? That we hold our breath when we pee and two sphincters control our bladders? The bladder is a special and complex organ that is shrouded in ignorance. In a fresh, direct style, Birgit Bulla’s book explores the biggest problem area for women’s health. Because you can only take care of your body if you know how it works.

    • Health & Personal Development
      June 2018

      Winning the War on Cancer

      The Epic Journey Towards a Natural Cure

      by Sylvie Beljanski

      President Nixon declared the War on Cancer in 1971. 45 years and billions of dollars later, it looks like we have lost the battle. Or have we? When a natural, non-toxic way to fight cancer is discovered, it is big news in the scientific community. But instead of being embraced, it is fiercely opposed by those tied to the pharmaceutical industry. Research by the late Mirko Beljanski, PhD,—one of the first green molecular biologists—revealed that natural molecules can selectively target cancer cells and work alongside many chemotherapy drugs. Called upon by President Mitterrand of France to treat his prostate cancer, Beljanski allowed Mitterand to reach his second term in office; but upon the president’s death, the scientist became the subject of relentless persecution. This book, written through the eyes of Dr. Beljanski’s daughter, Sylvie, tells the true story of one woman’s quest to carry on her father’s legacy and to discover a new treatment for cancer. The book combines scientific information with a tale of defiance, hope, despair, personal growth and love.

    • Health & Personal Development

      ACTIVATE YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM

      A new programme for virus-proof health

      by Dr. Ivo Bianchi MD

      Dr. Ivo Bianchi, MD, is a specialist in internal medicine and an internationally renowned expert in the field of homotoxicology. In Activate Your Immune System he explains the best way to strengthen your immunity, your more efficient shield against disease and pandemics. Our immune system is extremely specialised and complex, working all the time against aggressions, within (viruses, bacteria, pollutants) and without (cancer cells, aging-related factors). When its functioning is poor, we tend to get sick at the first aggression, and healing becomes slower and more difficult. When on the contrary it works “too much”,allergies and even serious autoimmune diseases come into play.Dr. Ivo Bianchi explains in detail how this precious ally, its cells, organs and regulatory factors work. In addition, he suggests how and what to eat to strengthen our immune system, and what plant and mineral supplements are best suited.Our longer-term goal in fact is not only stimulating, but above all rebalancing the entire system. Because the secret of health is not in strength, but in balance.

    • Women's health
      June 2020

      Decoding Your Cycle

      Your guide to pre-period mood swings

      by Sina Oberle

      Good times, bad times When a woman is in a bad mood, people always ask: Is it that time of the month? But in reality, the cycle is about more than just menstruation and the days in between. Different hormones influence the female body depending on life phases and the phases of her cycle. As a result, there are better and worse times for a woman to negotiate her salary, hold a difficult conversation or make a major purchase. These mood swings can be so intense that women may not even recognize themselves, particularly during the second half of their cycle. In her book, Sina Oberle explains which hormones are active in the female body at a given time, what they mean for your wellbeing and how to best use them to live your best life. She also explains how to manage your psychological symptoms just before menstruating. FACTS It also includes a handy guide for men: Do’s and Don’ts during the different phases of the cycle Managing psychological and physical symptoms before your period Decode your cycle

    • Health & Personal Development
      January 2004

      Les cinq saisons de l'énergie

      La médecine chinoise au quotidien.

      by Isabelle Laading

      Isabelle Laading was born in 1952 and studied and taught Yoga for 25 years, as well as Do-In, and Korean relaxation, before beginning Shiatsu and other oriental health exercises. A study of acupuncture, and Chinese nutrition and herbal medicine completes her training. After her book, Chinese Astrology - A Practical Guide to the Energy of the 9 Stars, published in 1991, The Five Seasons remarkably translates the wealthy experience acquired by the author in traditional Chinese medicine, which she continues to study, practice and teach. Reinforced by its for 4000 years of existence, traditional Chinese medicine gives us, above all else, a key to the art of living that stresses prevention and the necessary harmony between man and the elements. Far from being content to treat, traditional Chinese medicine firstly proposes a healthy lifestyle in direct relationship with the natural cycles. The Five Seasons of Energy is a practical work that draws its lessons from the heart of the Chinese tradition, all the while taking into account the demands of the modern world. It is written in a clear style, which is accessible to everyone. By maintaining a perfect balance between the practical and the theoretical, the author invites us to be attentive and creative in everyday life.

    • Health & Personal Development
      April 2020

      The Supreme Health Preservation Method

      by Lee Yu-Ming

      Start thinking about health preservation from this book, and learn to use your body and improve your self-healing ability in 50 good ways! Dr. Lee Yu-Ming, who is good at inspection and reading people's mind to cure diseases, has observed the common contradiction in the health preservation after years of clinical and research─ many seemingly normal and healthy lifestyles do not likely bring health. With different ages and life stages, changes in illness and physique, or changes in the living environment, the health preservation method needs to be adjusted continuously. Even if you have tried a good health preservation method, it may not be suitable for a lifetime. The needs vary from time to time, from place to place, and from person to person. The traditional health health preservation is divided into three levels. Most people’s health health preservation is at the middle and lower levels. This can help speed up recovery and prevent diseases, but if you wish to live an ultimate healthy life and completely cure the disease, you need to master the whole concept of health preservation method: The Supreme Health Preservation Method. The Supreme Health Preservation Method advocated by Dr. Lee focuses on how to correctly “use your body”, including three major categories: lifestyle, diet, and emotions. Behind each method are years of medical research plus the experiments so that Dr. Lee would share with his readers. The 50 simple and actionable exercises for the supreme health preservation and they are all basic skills for living in daily life: Wash your hair with only water is healthier. Practice abdominal breathing to keep the five internal organs healthy. Eating meat causes weakness, practice vegetarian diet for 21 days. Being in a daze every day is necessary. Many diseases occur and spread because of using the body in the wrong way! The Supreme Health Preservation Method is to maintain health, carefully deconstruct the techniques of using the body, so that your body, mind and soul are raised together.

    • Pregnancy, birth & baby care
      October 2021

      Consultation with a midwife

      by Ingeborg Stadelmann

      Over 750.000 copies sold in Germany. The bestseller for pregnant women: completely revised and expanded. This guidebook accompanies you competently and reliably from the beginning of pregnancy until the first year of your child's life. Ingeborg Stadelmann, midwife and naturopathy expert, accompanies you sensitively, expertly and with a realistic view through the time of pregnancy, birth, postpartum and breastfeeding. She encourages you in your self-determination and personal responsibility and takes you gently by the hand in difficult moments. In most cases, it is "rescue forces" from nature that help and calm the situation, whether aroma mixtures, homeopathic globules, Bach flowers or teas. To which kind of support or therapy you feel attracted, you will recognize yourself. “Since 'Die Hebammen-Sprechstunde' came into existence, there has been a noticeable change in the self-confident way in which expectant parents deal with pregnancy, birth, the postpartum period and breastfeeding. Ingeborg Stadelmann encourages mothers and fathers-to-be to take their own responsibility and trust in their own strength." Dr. Christiane Schwarz, Professor of Midwifery at the University of Lübeck

    • Health & Personal Development
      April 2022

      THE LIVER CURE

      Natural Solutions for Liver Health to Target Symptoms of Fatty Liver Disease, Autoimmune Diseases, Diabetes, Inflammation, Stress & Fatigue, Skin Conditions, and Many More

      by Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.

      PROTECT YOUR MIGHTY LIVER! HOW IT KEEPS YOU HEALTHY – HOW TO KEEP IT HEALTHY – WHY YOU NEED TO ACT NOW! The liver is the most overlooked and misunderstood of all our body’s organs. Because of the sudden, potentially fatal consequences of heart attack and stroke, everyone’s attention is always focused on the heart or the brain, but without a healthy liver, you ultimately cannot survive; of all your organs, none does more for you than the liver. Still, until something goes wrong with the liver, it’s usually completely overlooked. Until now… The Liver Cure: Natural Solutions for Liver Health to Target Symptoms of Fatty Liver Disease, Autoimmune Diseases, Diabetes, Inflammation, Stress & Fatigue, Skin Conditions, and Many More explains the major reasons why you need to take action NOW to protect your liver, because it is assaulted everyday by factors in our modern-day life. The liver is the site for the body’s most powerful detoxification, but over the years an unhealthy diet, sedentary lifestyle choices, and environmental toxics can take its toll on liver health. World renowned physician and author Dr. Russell Blaylock provides a comprehensive overview of the liver, and outlines the latest health information on the many dangers to your liver-health and what you can do to protect it, including: Why the Liver is Your Body’s Most Important Organ Your Liver’s Role in Disease The Dangers of Cancer, Cirrhosis, Hepatitis & Fatty Liver Disease Medication & Environmental Hazards Poor Lifestyle Choices that Will Hurt Your Liver The Best Exercise for Liver Health How to Follow a Pro-Liver Diet Transplant Options & Cautions The Liver Cure offers natural remedies, lifestyle strategies and dietary solutions that can take your liver off overload to resolve a wide range of symptoms and conditions, along with the latest treatment solutions from conventional and alternative therapies to new scientific discoveries and interventions.

    • Health & Personal Development
      May 2020

      THE SIMPLE HEART CURE

      The 90-Day Program to Stop and Reverse Heart Disease REVISED AND UPDATED

      by Chauncey Crandall, M.D.

      REVISED AND UPDATED NEW MEDICAL RESEARCH NOW WITH 28 DAYS OF MEALS & NEW RECIPES Heart disease kills more people than any other medical condition. And no one is more aware of this than top cardiologist Dr. Chauncey Crandall, who has performed over 40,000 heart procedures during his career.In his new book, The Simple Heart Cure, you’ll find this top doc’s groundbreaking approach to preventing and reversing heart disease — an approach honed by his study of foreign cultures free of heart disease and decades of experience helping patients achieve a healthier heart at any age.Dr. Crandall is living proof of his program’s success. At the age of 48, and with no major risk factors, he found himself in the ER with a “widow-maker” blockage of his main coronary artery. After emergency heart surgery, he recovered from heart disease using the same course of treatment he recommends to his thousands of patients — and details for your benefit — in The Simple Heart Cure.His unique perspective as both doctor and patient helps him empathize with the difficulties in making a transition from years of bad habits to a heart-healthy way of life. Plus, Dr. Crandall believes in using every weapon in his medical arsenal — conventional medicine, emerging treatments, lifestyle changes, even alternative therapies — to help his patients recover.Here are just a few of the potentially life-saving gems you’ll discover:> Proven ways to banish bad cholesterol > How to slash your risk of a deadly heart attack by 61% > 8 easy steps to head off that high blood pressure > How you can safeguard against stroke > Simple strategies to unclog your arteries without surgery > What your belly says about your heart health > Must-have heart tests for everyone over 50 > Easy solutions to steer clear of statin drugs, and much more...So whether you just want to prevent heart problems, or you’ve already had a heart attack, you’ll find the help you need in The Simple Heart Cure, along with tasty, heart-healthy menus and a 90-day week-by-week plan to help you start taking action immediately.

    • Consumer advice
      October 2022

      The big book of the healthy skin

      The great book about natural care for body and soul with plant oils

      by Ruth von Braunschweig

      In this book, the latest findings from research, but also practical experiences from care are compiled and explained in an understandable way. Numerous recipes and applications show the simple but effective means we can use to care for our skin and keep it healthy, strengthen our immune system, mitigate negative environmental influences and the effects of stress, and ensure our well-being. The book is a basic work in which the network "skin, immune system and psyche" is described; the positive effects of plant oils/fats and essential oils in this network are explained in detail; rounded off with recipes and practical applications. Gute Hautpflege bedeutet weit mehr als nur eine gut gepflegte Haut. Gute Hautpflege stärkt auch das Immunsystem und steigert die Belastbarkeit gegenüber Stress. Kurz, gute Hautpflege erhöht das gesamte körperliche und psychische Wohlbefinden: Gute Hautpflege ist Pflege mit natürlichen, pflanzlichen Mitteln. In diesem Buch erfahren Sie, welche Rolle unser größtes Organ für unser Immunsystem spielt und warum unsere seelische Ausgeglichenheit und unser gesamtes Wohlbefinden auch Hautsache ist. Unterstützt wird die Autorin durch das Fachwissen und die ebenso lange praktische Erfahrung der beiden Aromaexpertinnen Ingeborg und Natalie Stadelmann.

    • Family & health
      January 2021

      The Two Hemispheres of Lucca

      by Barbara Anderson

      Written in a straightforward tone, Argentinian journalist Barbara Anderson tells the story of her son, Lucca, and the trip his family took with him to India for a futuristic treatment for the cerebral palsy he suffered from birth. Telling the story of the trip is also telling the story of how Barbara and her husband deal with the challenges of raising a child with an irreversible diagnosis. But the trip to India was life-changing…for everyone. Lucca became one of the first children to take two 28-day treatments with Indian scientist Rajah Kumar, in 2017 and 2019. Kumar is the inventor and developer of a groundbreaking neurogenesis treatment using Cytotron, a revolutionary technology. Lucca’s story does not end at the treatment, as Barbara championed the idea of bringing Cytotron to Mexico.

    • Women's health

      The Menopause

      As the Experts

      by Norma Goldman

      Whether you are experiencing the symptoms of menopause or your partner, mother or friend is passing through it, you will find you have lots of questions: what is happening and why; what can we expect; and, how can we relieve the negative aspects using a choice of options. The panel of experts brought together by Norma Goldman for the "Menopause Exchange" has long experience of answering the real-life questions of women with menopausal symptoms. Norma has selected the most relevant of these questions and the most up-to-date answers to cover the broad range of issues relevant to what can, but may not, be a difficult time; general aspects; symptoms; osteoporosis; coping with the menopause, including a variety of approaches - Hormone Replacement therapy (HRT); complementary therapies; nutrition; prescription drug alternatives to HRT; lifestyle and self-help measures; and, womens' and general health issues related to menopause.

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