TOP MEDICAL BOOKS

Book Description The Next Generation of the Zone! Dr. Barry Sears is one of the world’s most trusted voices on health, diet, and nutrition. Over the past decade, millions of people worldwide have followed his prescriptions for healthy living through his bestselling books. He introduced the world to the Zone, a state of improved hormonal control that has helped a generation of people lose... Read the story →

Book Description “If I Only Had a Brain Injury is a page-turner and a must-read. It is a testimony of the power of believing in oneself, a true survival story.” –Alina Oswald “The ‘Oz’ analogy is something I had never thought of and it is perfect. … The book will be a great resource. … I especially like that you offer ways to deal with the emotional... Read the story →

Depression in its different forms (stress, fatigue, insomnia, anxiety, vague aches and pains) is the most common complaint heard from the people having celiac disease. Researchers have shown that celiac disease causes persistent low energy and depleted health condition in one-in-ten people. And the worst is – this is caused by damage to your brain and nerves. Gluten from your diet acts as... Read the story →

Book Review ‘A useful reference for the student and generalist concerned with the life problems and mental health of elders. For a single author to be able to encompass this body of knowledge is remarkable, and Kennedy does it well.’ – American Journal of Psychotherapy ‘It is noteworthy that Dr. Kennedy gives special consideration to the complexities of providing consultation... Read the story →

Book Description You’ve been doing it since birth. You will do it till you die. You spend a full third of your life doing it. So why is it so hard sometimes? Sleeping seems like it should be the easiest thing in the world. Lie back, close your eyes, and drift off to dream land! But for some people, sleep is anything but easy. For a growing segment of our population, sleep difficulties are... Read the story →

Book Review With first-chapter allusions to martial arts, “flow,” “mind like water,” and other concepts borrowed from the East (and usually mangled), you’d almost think this self-helper from David Allen should have been called Zen and the Art of Schedule Maintenance. Not quite. Yes, Getting Things Done offers a complete system for downloading all those free-floating... Read the story →

Book Description: In 1999, in The Return of Depression Economics, Paul Krugman surveyed the economic crises that had swept across Asia and Latin America, and pointed out that those crises were a warning for all of us: like diseases that have become resistant to antibiotics, the economic maladies that caused the Great Depression were making a comeback. In the years that followed, as Wall Street... Read the story →

Book Description: The Mindful Way through Depression draws on the collective wisdom of four internationally renowned cognitive therapy and mindfulness experts, including bestselling author Jon Kabat-Zinn, to help you break the mental habits that can lead to despair. This authoritative, easy-to-use self-help program is based on methods clinically proven to reduce the recurrence of chronic unhappiness. Informative... Read the story →

Book Description Dr. William Kroen offers sound advice, comfort and compassion to any adult helping a child cope with death. Weaving in anecdotes about real children and their families, he explains how children from infancy through age 18 perceive and react to death and offers suggestions for how to respond to children at different ages and stages. Specific strategies are offered to guide and... Read the story →

Book Review It would be a pity if this interesting, humane, and practical book were read only by parents of recently bereaved children–for two reasons. First, the book is about grief in a broad sense. Its lessons apply not only to the child whose pet, aunt, or parent has died, but also to the child whose parents have divorced, who has suffered a debilitating injury, or who has experienced... Read the story →

Book Description Bipolar disorder is often not recognized as an illness, and people may suffer for years before it is properly diagnosed and treated. Like diabetes or heart disease, bipolar disorder is a long-term illness that must be carefully managed throughout a person’s life. Pharmacotherapy is central to the acute treatment and long-term management of the disorder and as there are several... Read the story →