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General health
Strictly Bipolar
By Darian Leader
Paperback
Published 02-May-2013
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What could explain this explosion of bipolarity? Is it a legitimate diagnosis or the result of Big Pharma marketing? Exploring these questions, this title challenges the rise of 'bipolar' as a catch-all solution to complex problems, and argues that we need to rethink the highs and lows of mania and depression.
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Body Economic
By Sanjay Basu
Hardback
Published 21-May-2013
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Why, it asks, did Sweden experience a fall in suicides during its banking crisis? What triggered a mosquito-borne epidemic in California in 2007? What caused 10 million Russian men to 'disappear' in the 1990s? Why is Greece experiencing rocketing HIV rates? This title deals with these questions.
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You're Not Crazy - It's Your Mother!
By Danu Morrigan
Paperback
Published 23-Jul-2012
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Diving-bell and the Butterfly
By Jean-Dominique Bauby
Paperback
Published 07-May-2002
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'Locked-in syndrome: paralysed from head to toe, the patient, his mind intact, is imprisoned inside his own body, unable to speak or move. In my case, blinking my left eyelid is my only means of communication.'
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100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's
By Jean Carper
Paperback
Published 03-Mar-2011
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Teaches readers how to take simple and effective steps to prevent Alzheimer's disease by providing the scientific rationale behind the tools. This title provides strategies for battling age-related memory loss, including drinking apple juice, taking care of your gums.
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Plot Against the NHS
By Colin Leys
Paperback
Published 14-Apr-2011
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Getting Things Done
By David Allen
Paperback
Published 24-Jan-2002
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Is your workload overwhelming? This volume aims to teach you how to keep a clear head, relax and organize your thoughts while implementing the organizational methods taught in the book, which include planning and progressing projects, reassessing goals, and overcoming feelings of anxiety.
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Nature Cure
By Richard Mabey
Paperback
Published 19-Jun-2008
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Narrates the story of a rite of passage - from sickness into health, from retreat into curiosity. This book reflects on the inherent value of various creatures; on our presumptions that mankind is superior; on the ancient morality of common land; and on the role of the imagination.
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Drugs - Without the Hot Air
By David Nutt
Paperback
Published 31-May-2012
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David Nutt ("the scientist sacked by the government") explains the science of what drugs are and how they work. This lets us quantify and compare the harms caused by different drugs. With this information we can radically transform drugs law, and hugely reduce crime and all the other social, economic and health harms.
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Why Do People Get Ill?
By Darian Leader
Paperback
Published 28-Feb-2008
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Have you ever wondered why we get ill? Can our thoughts and feelings worsen or even cause conditions like heart disease, cancer or asthma? And what can we do about it? This book explores the relationship between what's going on in our heads and what happens in our bodies. It is suitable for those who care about their health and that of others.
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