Science Longevity Health

This wonderful book is filled with stories of healing, curing, and the ongoing and wonderful interaction between Dr. DuPree and her family of patients. It tells the story of her journey from Western-trained medicine to being a surgeon with a new and transforming belief in the power of spirit to heal even when cure is not attainable. This new edition contains a long series of spiritual messages on healing, trust, and hope.

In his landmark book How We Die, Sherwin B. Nuland profoundly altered our perception of the end of life. Now in The Art of Aging, he steps back to explore the impact of aging on our minds and bodies, strivings and relationships. Melding a scientist's passion for truth with a humanist's understanding of the heart and soul, Nuland has created a wise, frank, and inspiring book about the ultimate stage of life's journey.

There is a lot of misinformation thrown around today, especially Online. Headlines tell us to do this, not that - all in the name of living longer, better, thinner, younger. In Hype, Dr. Nina Shapiro distinguishes between the falsehoods and the evidence-backed truth. In her work at Harvard and UCLA, with more than 20 years of experience in both clinical and academic medicine, she helps patients make important health decisions everyday. She’s bringing those lessons to life here with a blend of science and personal stories to discuss her new definition of “a healthy life”.

Discover the transformative power of peptides and enhance your health naturally, even if you're new to the world of amino acids. Are you feeling overwhelmed by the complexity of peptides and unsure of how they can benefit your health? Do you struggle to find reliable information on how to safely and effectively integrate peptides into your wellness routine? Are you curious about the potential of peptides to boost longevity, build muscle, and strengthen immunity but skeptical of unverified claims? You're not alone. If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you’re not alone. Many...

We're all getting older, all the time, but too often our culture defines the aging process negatively instead of embracing it as a natural part of life. Nowhere is this problem more pronounced than in our health care system, where ageist medicine often serves to worsen our medical issues instead of helping us figure out how to address or avoid them. What we need is an insider's guide to staying healthy.

In his first book, visionary social care leader Liam Palmer shares anecdotes and well-researched articles to challenge, inform, and, ultimately, raise standards in the care home sector. He applies his strategic thinking to a number of complex problems within care to unpick these dynamics and identify the drivers and forces at work.

Caregiving can be a positive experience if families better understand aging, understand the disease their loved one has, learn how to improve family communication, and have an aging plan. The Invisible Patient provides inspiration, encouragement, and step-by-step guidance to ease the caregiving journey. The author leaves no stone unturned, providing personal anecdotes and scenarios about the caregiving process, and includes numerous references and resources in this guide to caring for the caregiver.

In the 21st century, a developmental phase of life is emerging as significant and distinct, capturing our interest, engaging our curiosity, and expanding our understanding of human potential and development. Demographers talk about this new chapter in life as characterized by people - those between ages 50 and 75 - who are considered "neither young nor old." In our "third chapters" we are beginning to redefine our views about the casualties and opportunities of aging.

The Science of Aging Backward: How to Stay Younger, Stronger, and Healthier unravels the hidden truths about longevity, vitality, and the surprising ways you can take control of your biological age. Packed with groundbreaking research, real-life success stories, and practical, science-backed strategies, this book challenges conventional wisdom and shows you how to slow, stop, or even reverse the aging process.

In this groundbreaking book, Alanna Collen explores the extraordinary world of the powerful microbes that make up 90 percent of the human body. You are just 10 percent human. For every one of the cells that make your body, there are nine impostor cells. You are not just flesh and blood, muscle and bone, brain and skin, but bacteria and fungi. You are not an individual but a colony of microbes. Far from being passive, the trillions of microbes that live on and in you are intimately involved in running your body.

In her lively social history of American women and aging, acclaimed New York Times columnist Gail Collins illustrates the ways in which age is an arbitrary concept that has swung back and forth over the centuries. From Plymouth Rock (when a woman was considered marriageable if "civil and under fifty years of age"), to a few generations later, when they were quietly retired to elderdom once they had passed the optimum age for reproduction, to recent decades, American attitudes towards age have been a moving target.

The aging process has historically been thought of as a time of slowing down, declining, and "running out the clock". By introducing the concept of Rejuvenaging, psychologist Ron Kaiser provides a blueprint for making the aging proces an active and exciting one. With seven keys and countless practical strategies, the book draws upon the exciting fields of positive psychology and neuroplasticity to provide guidance for maximizing physical and emotional health, social involvements, and improved intellectual functioning during the senior years.

Hysterical seeks to explore the connections between hormones and health, particularly in the frequent mood changes and mental health issues women typically chalk up to the influence of hormones. Journalist Eleanor Morgan investigates the relationship between biochemistry, our bodies, and our mental health, including the context for this discussion: the historic culture of silence around women's bodies. As Morgan argues, we've gotten better at talking about mental health, but we still shy away from discussing periods, miscarriage, endometriosis, and menopause.

Sleep is the hottest of hot topics. Experts queue up to warn us that lack of sleep, or the wrong kind, will bring down a bewildering array of dire consequences. But how do we keep from being overwhelmed by this deluge of data? What if all this knowledge just feeds anxiety and drives sleep even further from our grasp? Heather Darwall-Smith's message is simple: Don't panic! Humans are biologically programmed to sleep - and by interrogating the factors that might impede this innate instinct, we can make changes in our lifestyles and find our way back to good sleep.

Lymphedema is a disease characterized by a swelling in the limbs and certain other body parts due to a condition in one’s lymphatic system. Because there is no cure, it can be easy for people diagnosed with the condition to think there is simply nothing they can do. The fact is lymphedema and its symptoms can certainly be successfully managed. There are many things you can do, from diet to exercise modifications to at-home therapies, to help manage lymphedema.

Yoga instructor, nutrition expert, and healthy-living blogger Elise Marie Collins has compiled a comprehensive look at what "Super Agers" are doing to live long and prosper. Learn about movement at any age, brain fitness and memory maintenance, foods, vitamin and mineral content cues and clues, and what they do to promote health, prevent disease, and decrease and reverse symptoms of illness. In this revolutionary book, Collins presents us with a bold new paradigm of aging, telling us how we can increase not only our lifespan but also our health span.

Expand your memory, concentration, energy, and learning ability with this 4-step holistic program which helps your brain perform at optimum mental ability. Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa's Brain Longevity Program uses complementary medicine from Eastern and Western traditions, along with nutritional therapy, stress management, exercise therapy, and pharmacology, to reduce the effects of "normal" brain aging.

Daniel Amen, MD, one of the world's foremost authorities on the brain, has news for you: your brain is involved in everything you do - learn to care for it properly, and you will be smarter, healthier, and happier in as little as 15 days!

Unlock the Secrets to Lifelong Vitality and Transform Your Health Reality Discover the profound wisdom within "Manifesting Health & Longevity: New Realities for Quantum Biological Humans" by Kidest OM—a revolutionary guide that bridges the gap between science, consciousness, and your limitless health potential. This isn’t just a book; it’s a gateway to a new way of being. Kidest OM reveals ground-breaking insights into the consciousness-health connection, the power of quantum access, and science-backed pathways to not just optimal health, but a life full of vibrancy and longevity. ...

In telling the intimate story of caring for her aged and ailing mother, Jane Gross offers indispensable, and often surprising, advice for the rapidly increasing number of adult children responsible for aging parents. Gross deftly weaves the specifics of her personal experience with a comprehensive resource for effectively managing the lives of one's own parents while keeping sanity and strength intact.