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Mind and Body Fitness February 2017
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| If Our Bodies Could Talk: A Guide to Operating and Maintaining a Human Body by James HamblinIn this engaging, convenient book, the physician behind The Atlantic's video series with the same title presents a host of queries about the human body and briefly discusses the answers. Drawing on his medical training and interviews with other physicians and biological scientists, author James Hamblin provides information, counters misinformation, critiques health-related marketing, and bemoans the effects of money and politics on health policy. Whether you're looking for specific answers or want an informative and thought-provoking overview of health issues, If Our Bodies Could Talk offers a one-stop resource. |
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Ten conversations you must have with your son : preparing your son for a happy and successful life
by Tim Hawkes
Offers straightforward advice for parents for initiating ten important but difficult conversations with boys, covering love, identity, values, leadership, achievement, sex, money, health, living together, and resilience
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| The Secret Life of Fat: The Science Behind the Body's Least Understood Organ... by Sylvia TaraAccording to biochemist Sylvia Tara, fat is the least-understood organ in our bodies, which may explain why, though we're spending billions of dollars on the war on fat, we're fighting a losing battle. In this well-researched book, Tara explains how fat works, providing fascinating scientific explanations of its biochemistry, its influence on the rest of the body, and why some people stay slim while others gain weight easily. |
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| Breathe: The Simple, Revolutionary 14-Day Program to Improve Your Mental and Physical... by Belisa VranichWhile awareness of our breathing is an important aspect of meditation practice, clinical psychologist Belisa Vranich argues that it's also essential to good physical and psychological health. In addition to explaining point-by-point the physiology of breathing -- and why we should breathe better -- she provides illustrated exercises in a two-week workbook that allows the average "underbreather" to learn better technique, banish stress, and feel better. We all know that oxygen is essential to life; now we can truly take advantage of its healing power. |
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The drug hunters : the improbable quest to discover new medicines
by Donald R. Kirsch
"The surprising, behind-the-scenes story of how our medicines are discovered, told by a veteran drug hunter. Through serendipity-- by chewing, brewing, and snorting--some Neolithic souls discovered opium, alcohol, snakeroot, juniper, frankincense, and other helpful substances. Otzi the Iceman, the five-thousand-year-old hunter frozen in the Italian Alps, was found to have whipworms in his intestines and Bronze-age medicine, a worm-killing birch fungus, knotted to his leggings. Nowadays, Big Pharma conglomerates spend billions of dollars on state-of the art laboratories staffed by PhDs to discover drugs. Despite our best efforts to engineer cures,luck, trial-and-error, risk, and ingenuity are still fundamental to medical discovery. Drug Hunters is a colorful, fact-filled narrative history of the search for new medicines from our Neolithic forebears to the professionals of today,. The chapters offer a lively tour of how new drugs are actually found, the discovery strategies, the mistakes, and the rare successes.
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Focus on: Animals and Human Health
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Riding home : the power of horses to heal
by Tim Hayes
Explains how and why horses have the ability to heal, sharing personal journeys of recovery to illustrate how equine therapy has become an effective therapeutic method while clarifying the principles of modern horsemanship
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Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him
by Luis Carlos Montalván
Meet Luis Montalván, a decorated war veteran with devastating physical and psychological pain. And meet Tuesday, a golden retriever trained as a service dog, who transformed Montalván's life. Author Montalván had cut himself off from family and friends and could barely keep himself alive until Tuesday came into his life. Montalván details both the challenges he faced after returning from Iraq and the resistance he encountered while seeking assistance. He also makes crystal clear the benefits of service dogs to people with mental illness. Readers interested in various aspects of mental illness, especially PTSD, will find Until Tuesday both informative and inspiring.
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| Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust... by Michael Hingson with Susy FloryIn Thunder Dog, Michael Hingson relates how he grew up blind and learned to rely on guide dogs, providing details about how he gets along in the world. In this engaging and inspiring memoir, he also shares how, on September 11, 2001, he was at work on the 78th floor of the World Trade Center when a terrorist-flown airliner crashed into it. Hingson's guide dog Roselle proved her worth as the pair walked down 1,463 stairs in the collapsing skyscraper, helping others remain calm during the ordeal. |
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| Weekends with Daisy by Sharron Kahn LuttrellDaisy the Labrador retriever lived five days a week in a prison, where she was a pupil in the National Education for Assistance Dog Services program, which employs prison inmates as dog trainers. On weekends, Daisy went to live with journalist Sharron Luttrell, who volunteered to help with the dog's accommodation to life in the "real world." Keith, Daisy's trainer in the prison, and Sharron often consulted about training matters, and Sharron's family played a big role in Daisy's life at their house. |
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| Comet's Tale: How the Dog I Rescued Saved My Life by Steven D. Wolf with Lynette PadwaComet's Tale relates how macho, workaholic attorney Steven Wolf refused to admit that his spinal condition significantly impaired his ability to work, until his law firm forced him to resign. Moreover, Wolf's attitude angered his wife, who wanted a separation. When Wolf moved alone to Arizona for its warm winter climate, loneliness and depression magnified his physical pain. Then he learned about greyhound rescue and adopted -- or was adopted by -- Comet, who began helping him with simple tasks. Wolf trained her to be his service dog, and their relationship healed both his psychological state and his marriage. |
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