Medicine, health and fitness

  • Grit & grace : train the mind, train the body, own your life

    Creator

    McGraw, Tim

    Abstract

    From Grammy Award-winning music superstar and actor Tim McGraw comes a one-of-a kind lifestyle book that melds his personal fitness transformation story with practical advice to inspire healthy changes in readers' lives.Tim McGraw is as well-known for his unparalleled accomplishments in the entertainment industry as he is for his boundless energy-he is the embodiment of vitality and success. But only a decade ago, he found himself struggling with his health. The demands of his meteoric career and life on the road had taken a toll.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Harper Audio

    [Distributed by] RBdigital

    Non spécifié
  • I'm telling the truth, but I'm lying : essays

    Creator

    Ikpi, Bassey

    Abstract

    A Publishers Weekly Spring Preview Selection. A deeply personal collection of essays exploring Nigerian-American author Bassey Ikpi's experiences navigating Bipolar II and anxiety throughout the course of her life. Bassey Ikpi was born in Nigeria in 1976. Four years later, she and her mother joined her father in Stillwater, Oklahoma -a move that would be anxiety ridden for any child, but especially for Bassey. Her early years in America would come to be defined by tension: an assimilation further complicated by bipolar II and anxiety that would go undiagnosed for decades.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Harper Audio

    [Distributed by] RBdigital

    Non spécifié
  • Restraints in dementia care : a nurse's guide to minimizing their use

    Creator

    Millman, Heather

    Gonzalez, Yarima

    Luthra, Atul Sunny

    Abstract

    This book offers nurses and other healthcare professionals a practical decision making tool when deciding when to use restraints in dementia care.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Edmonton, Alberta

    Brush Education Inc.

    Non spécifié
  • Uniquely human : a different way of seeing autism

    Creator

    Fields-Meyer, Thomas

    Prizant, Barry M.

    Abstract

    While it never discounts the difficulties of living with autism, this book offers inspiring stories and practical advice drawn from Dr. Prizant's four-decade career. It offers a compassionate perspective that family members and professionals will find uplifting and hopeful.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Non spécifié
  • Love sex again : a gynecologist finally fixes the issues that are sabotaging your sex life

    Creator

    Streicher, Lauren F.

    Abstract

    Dr. Streicher's much anticipated book sets women on a path to discovering (or rediscovering) deeply pleasurable, satisfying sex. She offers practical advice for women of all ages, explaining what a woman needs to know about her body, her life, and her relationships, and how it connects to a satisfying sex life.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    HarperCollins

    Non spécifié
  • How to change your mind : what the new science of psychedelics teaches us about consciousness, dying, addiction, depression, and transcendence

    Creator

    Pollan, Michael

    Abstract

    A brilliant and brave investigation by Michael Pollan, author of five New York Times best sellers, into the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs-and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiences When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression, addiction and anxiety, he did not intend to write what is undoubtedly his most personal book.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Books on Tape

    [Distributed by] RBdigital

    Non spécifié
  • Five days at Memorial : life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital

    Creator

    Fink, Sheri

    Abstract

    Fink provides a landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina--and a suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and justice. After Katrina struck and the floodwaters rose, the power failed, and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers chose to designate certain patients last for rescue. Months later, several health professionals faced criminal allegations that they deliberately injected numerous patients with drugs to hasten their deaths.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Books on Tape

    [Distributed by] OneClick Digital

    Non spécifié
  • Ah-choo! : the uncommon life of your common cold

    Creator

    Ackerman, Jennifer

    Abstract

    The author explains what, exactly, a cold is, how it works, and whether it's really possible to "fight one off."

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Old Saybrook, Conn.]

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Tantor Media

    [Distributed by] OneClick Digital

    Non spécifié