Health Technology

Stuart Jamieson's story is the story of four decades of advances in heart surgery. Taut, elegantly crafted, and ever-attentive to the patients for whom he was the last best chance, Close to the Sun is an adventurous, riveting account based on the experience of over 40,000 heart surgeries, where everything was on the line every moment in the O.R.

When Susannah Breslin is a toddler, her parents enroll her in an exclusive laboratory preschool at the University of California, Berkeley, where she becomes one of 128 children who are research subjects in an unprecedented 30-year psychological experiment that predicts who she and her cohort will grow up to be. Decades later, trapped in an abusive marriage to a man with a violent history and battling breast cancer, she starts to wonder how growing up under a microscope shaped the person she became and her life choices. Is she the narrator of the story of her life, or is something else?

Against a global backdrop of wartime suffering and postwar hope, Borrowing Life gathers the personal histories of the men and women behind the team that enabled and performed the modern medical miracle of the world's first successful organ transplant.

When a waiting world learned on April 12, 1955, that Jonas Salk had successfully created a vaccine to prevent poliomyelitis, he became a hero overnight. Born in a New York tenement, humble in manner, Salk had all the makings of a 20th-century icon - a knight in a white coat. In the wake of his achievement, he received a staggering number of awards and honors; for years his name ranked with Gandhi and Churchill on lists of the most revered people.

Temple Grandin is the most famous person with autism in the world. Whether you know her from the HBO movie Temple Grandin, her decades of work in the meat and cattle industry, or her unmatched contribution to the autism world, surely you know a thing or two about Temple. Well, prepare to meet a whole new side of her! Temple's close friend and author, Anita Lesko, conducts personal and unique interviews.

The Future of Humanity: Marco Polo’s Journey to Revolutionize Psychiatry, by Augusto Cury, PhD The Journey Within: Discovering the True Meaning of Life Are you ready to embark on a profound journey? In “The Future of Humanity”, Augusto Cury, PhD, a world-renowned psychiatrist and bestselling author, invites you to explore the depths of human experience and our collective future. With over 40 million copies sold worldwide, Cury's insights inspire new ways of thinking about life and self-discovery. Cury emphasizes that the most transformative journey is the one within ourselves. Through...

Tech-Powered Healing: The Future of Medicine in the AI Age by Harvey Castro MD MBA, Doug Hohulin & Brooks Wood. In "Tech-Powered Healing," Doug Hohulin, a 33-year veteran of the cellular industry, will provide insights into the 21st Century of the Billion & Billions when the first billion users of cellphones, internet, computers, vehicles, and smartphones were reached and how it impacted society. He then shifts the focus to 1 billion users of digital fitness & well-being devices and services, AI, and other “Tech-Powered Healing” solutions. He then focuses on the future of when new ...

Discover the secrets to aging gracefully in the digital age with "Age with Grace: Technology & ChatGPT for Healthy Aging - Compact Edition." This informative guide delves into the science of aging and provides practical strategies for maintaining physical and mental health as you age. Harness the power of technology, including innovations like ChatGPT, to support healthy aging and stay informed about the latest breakthroughs in age-related research. In "Age with Grace," you'll explore: • The biological and physiological processes of aging, including cellular aging, hormonal changes, and ...

Dr. Temple Grandin gets to the real issues of autism, the ones parents, teachers, and individuals on the spectrum face every day. Temple offers helpful dos and don'ts, practical strategies, and try-it-now tips, all based on her insider perspective and a great deal of research.

This audiobook series is dedicated to tackling the security challenges faced by healthcare provider organizations and enhancing the patient experience. In today's healthcare landscape, Information Technology serves as a vital lifeline. Crafting robust and secure applications and infrastructure is crucial for healthcare professionals to deliver optimal patient care while safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of both applications and patient data.

In the pioneering work "Humane AI Pin in Healthcare," the author explores the groundbreaking integration of wearable artificial intelligence in the medical field. This book delves into the development, features, and potential of the AI Pin, a wearable device designed to revolutionize healthcare delivery, patient care, and medical education. Discover the AI Pin: Learn about this cutting-edge technology that combines the convenience of wearable devices with the power of AI to assist both healthcare professionals and patients. The AI Pin stands out as a beacon of innovation, from design and ...

In Human Technology, Ilchi Lee offers you his essential teachings, which are distilled from a lifetime of study. Lee presents a toolkit for self-reliant management of the core issues of life: health, sexuality, and life purpose. Meditation, breath-work, and Oriental healing arts are offered as health-management skills. You will also be guided to discover your passionate life purpose.

Although each instance of creativity is singular and specific, Kyna Leski tells us, the creative process is universal. Artists, architects, poets, inventors, scientists, and others all navigate the same stages of the process in order to discover something that does not yet exist. All of us must work our way through the empty page, the blank screen, writer's block, confusion, chaos, and doubt.

This audiobook’s content and entertaining style will appeal equally to science-fiction enthusiasts and scholars, including cognitive and neuroscientists, as well as philosophers of mind. It is a refreshing romp through the science and science fiction of consciousness.

Spotting a face in a crowd is so easy, you take it for granted. But how you do it is one of science's great mysteries. And vision is involved with so much of everything your brain does. Explaining how it works reveals more than just how you see. In We Know It When We See It, Harvard neuroscientist Richard Masland tackles vital questions about how the brain processes information - how it perceives, learns, and remembers - through a careful study of the inner life of the eye.

Are your kids unable to step away from the screens? Here is a practical, step-by-step guide that gives parents the tools to teach children, from toddlers to teens, how to gain control of their technology use.

Are you increasingly distracted, demotivated and unable to focus on simple tasks? There's a good chance your smartphone is to blame. In the always-on age of notifications, emails and the news cycle, it's easy to waste the majority of our days mindlessly scrolling. But according to psychiatric specialist and mental health guru Dr Anders Hansen, being tethered to our devices 24/7 is taking its toll on our mental wellbeing. Hansen shares an informative guide to what unrestricted social media use is actually doing to our brains, and the practical steps we can take to break the addiction cycle.

Tips for Life, 101 Ways to Live Better, is a compilation of life advice that has worked for the author over the years. It can help anyone, regardless of experience and knowledge. The book covers a wide range of topics, including tips for better health, how to save money, tips to use electronic devices and making life easier. These tips represent a compilation of advice and better way to live that Paul has collected as self-reflection. This book fulfills the need for resources for everyday living, based on advice received, researched, or leaned by trial-and-error.

Unlock the secrets to a thriving future with "Future-Proof Your Career," the essential guide to navigating the ever-evolving job landscape. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting, this eBook illuminates pathways to sustainable career success in today's most dynamic industries. Begin with a deep dive into transformative career shifts, where you'll understand the importance of booming industries and discover how intertwining passion with growth leads to long-term satisfaction. Delve into industry trends and learn to identify emerging sectors through proven tools and inspiring...

What if you knew that something terrible was going to happen? A sudden flash, the words Charing Cross. Four days later, a packed express train comes off the rails outside the station. What if you could share your vision, and stop that train? Could these forebodings help the world to prevent disasters? In 1966, John Barker, a dynamic psychiatrist working in an outdated British mental hospital, established the Premonitions Bureau to investigate these questions.