Health & Fitness - Health Care Issues

The trials and tribulations of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) can be confusing, embarrassing, and impact your mental and physical well-being. As the indispensable and definitive guide to understanding and managing IBS, Gut Goals will empower you with knowledge, restore your dignity, and help you...

An urgent, data-driven framework for understanding--and repairing--America's fractured social fabric, written by the progressive leader, public health expert, and host of Crooked Media's America Dissected.In Healing Politics, epidemiologist and public health leader Dr. Abdul El-Sayed diagnoses the underlying driver of modern political polarization. It...

In this "must-read" (Chip Conley), an internationally recognized longevity and aging expert uncovers the secret to an enduring, thriving life: meaningful social connections Contrary to popular belief, the secret to living longer is not just about eating well, exercising, or getting regular checkups. Instead,...

A "thought-provoking exploration of healing and compassion in the face of adversity" (Jen Gunter, MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Menopause Manifesto) following one psychiatrist and four of her patients as they deal with the unspoken physical and mental health costs of...

Do you have a bucket list of things you'd like to accomplish in your life? Have you thought about how your end-of-life scenario may play out? Does the thought of dying or a loved one dying scare you, and you'd rather not talk about...

#1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of This is Your Mind on Plants, How to Change Your Mind, The Omnivore's Dilemma, and Food Rules Food. There's plenty of it around, and we all love to eat it. So why should anyone need...

The "wrenching but inspiring" true story of a tragic medical mistake that turned a grieving mother into a national advocate (The Wall Street Journal).Sorrel King was a young mother of four when her eighteen-month-old daughter was badly burned by a faulty water heater in...

This book written for the average reader, offers useful information for patients with very mild CKD to those patients who need to plan for dialysis or kidney transplant. It offers scientifically proven ways to slow progression of CKD, including a chapter on a Smart...

This is a groundbreaking book for everyone facing the "what now?" moment after using weight-loss medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro or Saxenda. In the United States, one in eight people have taken GLP-1s for weight-loss. Yet a recent study found that only 44%...

'A radical antidote to the constraints of our current conceptualisation of mental health' Dazed'Exposes the underlying truth that capitalism is fundamentally incompatible with our wellbeing, and teaches us how to transform the ways we understand madness, illness, and disability to build a better world'...

MAHA A simple message EVERYONE needs to hear and heed, NOW!MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAINDr Chauncey Crandall--world-renowned cardiologist and author of the bestselling, groundbreaking The Simple Heart Cure--presents a comprehensive blueprint for improving public health in America, by addressing not just individuals' behaviors, but systemic...

An estimated 1.28 billion adults worldwide have hypertension. And about half don't even know they have it. That's because high blood pressure develops with no signs or symptoms ... until it has caused serious damage. Mayo Clinic on High Blood Pressure offers information and...

Our healthcare system is broken. But it doesn't have to break you. This practical, realistic guide is designed to help women fight medical bias and neglect in order to get the care they need--and deserve. For women, the possibility of experiencing medical gaslighting--having a...

The New York Times bestselling author of Fat Chance explains the eight pathologies that underlie all chronic disease, documents how processed food has impacted them to ruin our health, economy, and environment over the past 50 years, and proposes an urgent manifesto and strategy...

For everyone involved, having an infant in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is full of many emotions overshadowed by anxiety. An admission to the NICU is not anticipated and therefore can be a very trying experience. Explaining the hospitalization of the baby to the...

A searing critique of medical racism and a powerful call for health-care professionals to make real change in their field, written by a leading activist and doctor Unequal access to care. Misdiagnosis. Mistreatment. Medical gaslighting. An increasing number of studies show the profound impacts...

This workbook complements Pandemic Busters, a life-saving handbook of simple home remedies everyone should be aware of in light of the spread of infectious diseases in our world today (including COVID-19). This workbook divides the 22 chapters from Pandemic Busters into 12 sessions. Each...

In the spring of 1983 Terry Tempest Williams learned that her mother was dying of cancer. That same season, The Great Salt Lake began to rise to record heights, threatening the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and the herons, owls, and snowy egrets that...

An eye-opening investigation into the history of diabetes research and treatment by the award-winning journalist and best-selling author of Why We Get Fat - "[Gary] Taubes's meticulous, science-based work makes him the Bryan Stevenson of nutrition, an early voice in the wilderness for an...

Take control of your health with the help of this informative and practical guide to integrative, natural, and preventative approaches to health care.For years, we have been conditioned to accept the status quo of modern medicine. But what if the conventional approach to health...