The author explains what, exactly, a cold is, how it works, and whether it's really possible to "fight one off."
Medicine, health and fitness
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Author:Ackerman, JenniferSummary: - Author:Hay, Louise L. , Khadro, Ahlea, Dane, HeatherSummary:
L’auteure à succès Louise Hay a transformé la vie des gens durant des dizaines d’années en leur enseignant à se libérer des croyances limitatives. Louise fait aujourd’hui équipe avec ses spécialistes personnelles en santé et en...
- Author:Norman, DavidSummary:
Alcohemy offers real, practical advice and a proven solution to those struggling with an alcohol habit. It reveals the extent of the problems alcohol causes globally and the resulting human suffering. David Norman describes how he...
- Author:Lalancette, Marie-FranceSummary:
Des pistes de solution pour améliorer la qualité de vie des gens souffrant d'inflammation. Fréquente dans la population, principalement dans les pays industrialisés, l'inflammation chronique amène avec elle son lot de...
- Author:Clement, Brian R., DiGeronimo, Theresa FoySummary:
Le corps humain est une merveilleuse machine capable de se guérir et dese régénérer elle-même. La nourriture que nous consommons a littéralementle pouvoir de nous donner la santé ou de nous rendre malades. Certainsaliments, plutôt que d...
- Author:Phelan, ThomasSummary:
By the author of the bestselling parent book 1-2-3 Magic For the estimated 20 million Americans with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder comes the third edition of All About ADHD by Dr. Thomas W. Phelan, an internationally renowned...
- Author:Comen, ElizabethSummary:
A surprising, groundbreaking, and fiercely entertaining medical history that is both a collective narrative of women's bodies and a call to action for a new conversation around women's health. For as long as medicine has been...
- Author:McMechan, RobertSummary:
Allison, a retired music teacher and lifelong musician, was advised in 2011 that she had a "giant" brain aneurysm, after experiencing olfactory hallucinations. In a twelve hour operation the aneurysm was "clipped". Following surgery...
- Author:McKinnon Crook, MarionSummary:
In the long-awaited sequel to Always Pack a Candle, intrepid public health nurse Marion Crook juggles marriage, children, and a vast array of patients and cases in rural British Columbia in the 1970s. It has been over a decade since...
- Author:Poirier, Judes, Gauthier, Serge, Sandilands, Barbara, Chagnon, André, Jean, MichaëlleSummary:
A guide for caregivers and sufferers coping with Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s disease is a reality in millions of lives and a serious concern for seniors and their loved ones. In developed countries where people are living longer than ever...
- Author:Smith, Patricia B., Kenan, Mary Mitchell, Kunik, Mark EdwinSummary:
An estimated 4 million people are living with Alzheimer's disease (AD) in America today, with approximately 370,000 new cases diagnosed every year. AD patients live anywhere from 5 to 20 years after their diagnosis; and their inability...
- Author:Scully, JohnSummary:
Mental illness doesn’t have to be a prison sentence. International award-winning journalist John Scully has been committed to mental institutions seven times. He has been locked up. He has attempted suicide. He has been diagnosed with...
- Author:Burden, George, Grant, DorothySummary:
The twenty true tales in Amazing Medical Stories give a rich and entertaining picture of the ways in which medical workers (both real and fake) have used the keys to the mysterious kingdom of life: health, disease, and physical anomaly...
- Author:Conrad, JohnSummary:
A gripping account of PTSD, and a stark reminder that, for many, wars go on long after the last shot is fired. In the shadows of army life is a world where friends become monsters, where kindness twists into assault, and where self-...
- Author:Armstrong, Melissa DianeSummary:
During the apartheid era, thousands of South African political activists, militants, and refugees fled arrest by crossing into neighbouring southern African countries. Although they had escaped political oppression, many required...
- Author:Richtel, MattSummary:
A cancer patient risen from the grave, an HIV patient considered a medical marvel, two "invisible" women suffering the frustration and pain of autoimmunity. Matt Richtel uses the stories of these four people to tell the...
- Author:Norris, Maggie, Siegfried, Donna RaeSummary:
Perfect for those just starting out or returning to Anatomy after some time away, Anatomy Essentials For Dummies focuses on core concepts taught (and tested on!) in a typical Anatomy course. From names and technical terms to how the...
- Author:Whitaker, RobertSummary:
Updated with bonus material, including a new foreword and afterword with new research, this New York Times bestseller is essential reading for a time when mental health is constantly in the news.
In this astonishing and startling...
- Author:Cousins, NormanSummary:
The power of laughter triumphs over illness in Norman Cousins's bestselling classic memoir that revolutionized medicine. Norman Cousins's iconic firsthand account of victory against terminal disease, Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived...
- Author:Wheatley, ThelmaSummary:
The shocking true story of the institutionalization and abuse of children and adults with intellectual and physical handicaps in Canada’s oldest provincial institution in Orillia, Ontario. Daisy Lumsden and her family were such victims...
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