L'oncologue parle depuis plusieurs minutes. Ses explications abondent, mais je n'en retiens que des bribes: dose-densité, stade, adjuvant, ganglions, carcinome, infiltrant...Puis il veut savoir si j'ai des questions. J'en ai une: La pratique de la course à pied est-elle contre-indiquée pendant les traitements de chimiothérapie? Pris de court, l'oncologue reste silencieux quelques secondes. Il finit par me confirmer qu'il n'y a aucun inconvénient...

Neurofeedback is a scientifically proven form of brainwave feedback that trains the child's brain to overcome slow brainwave activity, and increase and maintain its speed permanently. Neurofeedback is quick, noninvasive and cost effective. In fact, 80 percent of the time, neurofeedback is effective without any of the side effects associated with drugs commonly used to such childhood disorders as autism, ADHD, dyslexia, sleep disorders, and emotional...

You can become a professional massage therapist! That can be, said with certainty because that is exactly what this author did at age 50. If you desire to be a qualified massage practitioner, this book will motivate you and provide valuable insights and guidance as you navigate the enriching path to your massage career. Topics covered include the long and rich history of therapeutic massage; selecting the right massage school; navigating licensing...

A memoir of the author's twenty-five-year, self-designed experiment with a nonpharmaceutical approach to multiple sclerosis and of the indomitable mother who taught her to meet trouble with active resistance. When novelist Edith Forbes experienced her first episode of multiple sclerosis in 1993, few treatments existed. The famously crippling disease was a medical mystery, its cause unknown and its course unpredictable. The only medical advice...

A biography of the English physician and scientist and a history of the advancement of science in the Victorian era. In Victorian Britain, scientific medicine encompassed an array of activities, from laboratory research and the use of medical technologies through the implementation of sanitary measures that drained canals and prevented the adulteration of milk and bread. Although most practitioners supported scientific medicine, controversies arose...

Jack and Eldora Vetter began Vetter Health Services (VHS) in 1975 with the belief that elderly people deserve dignity in life. Forty years later, what began as the couple's personal mission has grown to include more than 30 award-winning senior-care facilities home to 2,200 residents and patients who are cared for by 3,500 team members. Based in Elkhorn, Nebraska, VHS is recognized as a national leader in providing safe, comfortable, and happy senior...

This "informative" look at the causes of high mortality rates among black Civil War soldiers "gives readers some insight into current health disparities" (JAMA). Black soldiers in the American Civil War were far more likely to die of disease than were white soldiers. In Intensely Human, historian Margaret Humphreys explores why this uneven mortality occurred and how it was interpreted at the time. In doing so, she uncovers the perspectives of mid-nineteenth-century...

Focus sur les analyses génomiques et leurs enjeux. Une révolution est en marche! Réalisée en 2003, la première analyse génomique complète a duré 8 ans et coûté un milliard d'euros. Aujourd'hui, une analyse génomique dure deux mois et coûte environ 3000 euros. • Que peuvent prédire les gènes? Et que ne peuvent-ils pas prédire? • Quand un dépistage est-il nécessaire? • Qu'est-ce que mon médecin saura... et que j'ignorerai? •...

For women who believe that childbirth is a normal event, and that hospitals are places to treat illness, home birth with a licensed professional midwife is a safe and viable option.   Unlike the rest of the world where home birth and midwifery are the norm, Western society has captured the traditional childbirth model and recreated it as a high-tech pathological event fraught with dangerous interventions. Yet, the United States continues to rank...

When her mother is diagnosed with a rare cancer, Karen Babine-cook, collector of vintage cast iron, and fiercely devoted daughter, sister, and aunt-can't help but wonder: feed a fever, starve a cold, but what do we do for cancer? And so she commits to preparing her mother anything she will eat, a vegetarian diving into the unfamiliar world of bone broth and pot roast. In this series of mini-essays, Babine ponders the intimate connections between...