Health & Family

Reduce your risk of dementia! Dementia is the second highest killer of Australians today - don't become a statistic! How we live has a powerful effect on our brain. So...

You can't teach an old dog new tricks. Oh, no? This is one of the nine common myths about aging debunked by Dr Powell in his new book. Succinct and...

A radical scientific breakthrough that could transform our health and longevity. Genetics and lifestyle are thought to be the two most important determinants of good health. But that's not the...

'The noises were fuzzy in the darkness. Like hearing a domestic dispute through an apartment wall. As a cop, it was a scenario I'd experienced many times as I'd approached...

On the morning of the 10th December 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke when a blood vessel exploded in the left side of...

"Persuasive, impassioned. . . hopeful news [for those] suffering from functional bowel disease." - New York Times Book Review Dr. Michael Gershon's groundbreaking book fills the gap between what you...

Finding flow when it matters is the single most important strategy for performing under pressure and delivering our best work. It is also key to personal well-being. In How to...

Features tons of advice for recovery and rehabilitation Get the latest on the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of stroke Have questions and concerns about strokes? This reassuring guide provides invaluable...

Quick, easy-to-use exercise sequences for time-poor people, demonstrated step by step for effective results. Fit exercise into your busy life with short but effective programmes for the back. Does the...

Offers a wealth of information on this debilitating condition for stroke patients and their families, friends, and caregivers.

Relaxing at home one sunny afternoon in 1995, Kirk Douglas suddenly felt a strange sensation in his right cheek. When he tried to describe what was happening, all that came...

Author Renee Mill specialises in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), the gold standard of treating stress, anxiety and depression and has developed a 90-day, drug free program designed to literally rewire...

p>Dementia is never one personrsquo;s illness. Its ripples spread wide, enveloping family, touching friends and bumping up against professional services and care. Dementia can be cruel mdash; hard for those...

The Second-Leading Killer in the USA Shouldn't Be This Deadly Written by Bruce Ratner and Adam Bonislawski, .... Catching cancer early remains the single best way to combat a disease...

A potentially life-changing book for anyone wanting to experience grief and death in a more meaningful way. Grounded in the author's experiences with hundreds of dying people and their families,...

We spend more than 200,000 hours sleeping in a lifetime, the equivilant of more than 8,000 days, yet research has only just begun to decode the mysteries behind what can...

Ever sustained a knee injury? Want to prevent one? Whether you're young and actively involved in sports, an enthusiastic weekend warrior, or someone who's simply getting older and whose body...

In this new edition of Your Life in Your Hands she shares her account of all she has discovered and experienced in dealing with the illness, and updates it with...

A step-by-step guide to restful sleep, better health and more energy through changing the way you breathe. Do you wake up feeling as if you haven't slept at all? Has...

Here at last is a compelling and inspiring presentation of what determines how well we age--the results of the MacArthur Foundation Study of Aging in America, which show how to...

Allergies are increasing at a rapid rate and the team of experts behind Allergy Sense are here to break them down for families, ensuring people have up to date, and...

The book titled Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by the author Mary Pipher (Teacher, University of Nebraska and Nebraska Wesleyan University, USA). This is a secondhand book....

The heartwarming true story of how one man's life was saved by adopting an overweight, middle-aged shelter dog named Peety. Eric O'Grey was 150 pounds overweight, depressed, and sick. After...

We've been led to believe that when we get sick, it's our genetics. Or it's just bad luck-and doctors alone hold the keys to optimal health. For years, Lissa Rankin,...

Strong as a Mother is a practical and compassionate guide to preparing for a smooth start to motherhood. Everyone knows the secret to having "the Happiest Baby on the Block."...

Yoga is reputed to improve our physical and mental health, and to help us become more productive at work, more caring in relationships, and a more responsible contributor to society...

Written over twenty years ago, The Restless Heart was the product of a lonely young man searching for meaning to his feelings of emptiness and isolation. Powerful and autobiographical this...

Global bestselling author Raynor Winn returns with her third and most ambitious memoir, a chronicle of her journey across Great Britain. As the fracture lines between nations grow wider, how...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark in the field of analytical psychology, The Inner World of Childhood by Frances G....

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. At a time when women were being asked to do it all...

This guide covers anatomy and physiology, the functions of the organs and systems, and disease and treatment. The first part of the book forms an illustrated handbook to the anatomy...

On 12 May 2009 Margaret Evison's son Lieutenant Mark Evison of 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, died of wounds sustained whilst leading a patrol in Helmand Province. Hailed a hero, Mark's...

A ground-breaking argument for better treatment of mental health from Richard Layard (author of Happiness) and David M. Clark. Britain has become a world leader in providing psychological therapies thanks...

This tech could change everything for women - here's how. From periods and childbirth to menopause, female pain has been normalized, as society shrugs and says 'welcome to being a...

'The lives of the characters get entangled in this powerful read' WOMAN'S OWN 'A pacy, gripping tale of secrets, love and betrayal in 1950s Catalonia, written with skill and colour....

From the celebrated author of Nickel and Dimed , Barbara Ehrenreich explores how we are killing ourselves to live longer, not better. A razor-sharp polemic which offers an entirely new...

Revised for the seventh edition, and called a "gem" by Mothering magazine, our book has sold over 30,000 copies to date. This is a practical guide for mothers who are...

While coping with grief over the loss of a loved one, we also have to handle such necessary details as registering their death, organising the funeral, organ donations, money matters...

The essential guide for understanding and managing of rheumatoid arthritis with companion recipes. Recent CDC reports indicate that over 30 million Americans have diabetes and another 84 million have prediabetes....

This bold and witty, yet scholarly biography is the first to trace the full life and work of this highly influential and brilliant pediatrician-turned-analyst. This insightful story probes the roots...

Health writer Angela Smyth has teamed up with well-known TV doctor Hilary Jones to produce a comprehensive guide to home treatments and remedies for over 300 common problems, from acne...

Reproductive rights have never been in more dire straits. Roe v. Wade protected abortion rights and Planned Parenthood v. Casey unexpectedly preserved them. Then an ultra-conservative Supreme Court decimated Roe...

New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman, a journalist for many years, collects here her recent essays exploring motherhood as an older mom, her life as a reader, her relationships...

The number of prescriptions issued by family doctors has soared threefold in just fifteen years with millions now committed to taking a cocktail of half a dozen (or more) different...

At twenty-two, Julie Barton collapsed on her kitchen floor in Manhattan. She was one year out of college and severely depressed. Summoned by Julie's incoherent phone call, her mother raced...

Surviving Manic Depression is the most comprehensive, up-to-date book on the disorder that affects more than two million people in the United States alone. Based on the latest research, it...

What do obesity, insulin resistance, diabetes, fatty liver disease, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, stroke, neurological disorders and premature death have in common? All can be stoked by high uric acid levels....

In Cannabis Is Medicine , medical cannabis specialist Bonni Goldstein, MD, explains the science behind the use of this amazingly therapeutic plan t and describes in easy-to-understand detail the recently...