In this book, Robert Bryson, a mechanical engineer specializing in automated manufacture and robotics, who certainly thinks outside the box, discusses aging, breast cancer, and AIDS. He explains how the solution to many of our health problems may be, easier to find than most of us have thought. Bryson reveals how a new type of medicine, which uses engineered viruses, could eliminate diseases that are presently, deemed incurable. He maintains that...

Re-Membering is a memoir about being congenitally physically disabled and experiencing traumatic brain injury. Millett-Gallant recounts her accident, recovery, and consequential discoveries by engaging multiple genres of writing. Chapters are composed of personal narrative, research on brain injury and art therapy, disability studies and other critical theory, information from medical records, voices from other memoirs, and examples of her artwork....

Are there biological mechanisms that lead to some conditions that can cause a temporary facial paralysis? This is exactly what had happened to Bernice that felt like a dream, but it was far from that. It's looking deeply into the body of self which can open our eyes to our self-destruction, our habits, and our attitudes. It opens the door to identify the things in our lives that give us a sense of inner peace, comfort, strength, and connection. Looking...

The Chronic Wound Care book series is generally considered the gold standard for wound care textbooks. Over the past 23 years, each new edition has brought you the latest educational and clinical information, from a who's who of wound care thought-leaders. The theme of the fifth edition of Chronic Wound Care (CWC5) - International Interprofessional Wound Caring - reflects the editor's personal experiences that the problems faced by people with chronic...

When it comes to CBD and Cannabis, the jury is still out. Once individual states began to legalize medical marijuana, physicians found themselves in a unique situation. Caught between conflicting federal and state laws, they also were challenged with several conflicting studies, and were still left with many questions. Dr. Mary Clifton and Dr. Tom O'Bryan combed through those studies, extracting the evidence-based research from more heavily biased...

Gunner sets out on a quest to save his ill mother by searching for a mythic figure who possesses the secret to immortality, the Water Man. After enlisting the help of a mysterious local girl, Jo, they journey together into the remote Wild Horse forest, but the deeper they venture, the stranger and more dangerous the forest becomes. Their only hope for rescue is Gunner's father, who will stop at nothing to find them.

What happened to us in childhood is a strong predictor of our risk for future physical and mental health problems. Here Oprah joins forces with Dr. Perry to marry the power of storytelling with the science of trauma.

Paula and John met in Italy, fell in love, and married in Rome four years later. But less than a month after the wedding, tragedy struck. They had transferred from their Italian paradise to Warsaw and, while reporting on an uprising in Romania, John was shot and nearly killed by sniper fire. Although he recovered from his physical wounds in less than a year, the process of healing had just begun. Unable to regain his equilibrium, he sank into a deep...

If you are experiencing severe headaches, brain fog, multitasking and memory issues, or sensitivity to light and sound, mood swings and lack of energy to name a few, did you know this could be caused by a brain trauma? This "invisible injury" that is life changing could have been caused by a sports injury, auto accident, a fall or blast injury, or even chemo therapy of general anesthesia. These are all forms of brain trauma and concussion. In this...