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[2019]
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English
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Hygiene is about more than just smelling good and feeling clean. It's about being healthy. Every day, kids just like you get sick. They get sick from germs, and they get sick from not being clean. Hygiene takes a bit of work. But it's worth it. Getting in the hygiene habit means you will feel better. You will be sick less often. And you might even have fun while you're doing it!
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Prescription drug use in America has increased tenfold in the past fifty years, and over-the counter drug use has risen just as dramatically. In addition to the dozens of medications we take to treat serious illnesses, we take drugs to help us sleep, to keep us awake, to stop our noses from running, our backs from aching, and our minds from racing. Name a symptom, there's a pill to suppress it. Modern drugs can be miraculously life saving, and many...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Between micro- and macro-aggressions at school, the workplace, and even the grocery store, a constant news cycle highlighting Latine trauma, and a general lack of resources for women of color, it's tough to be a Latina woman and prioritize your wellness, both physically and mentally. With Self-Care for Latinas, you'll find 150 exercises to radically choose to put yourself first. Whether you need a quick pick-me-up in the middle of the day, you're...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"In this shocking, hard-hitting expose in the tradition of Naomi Klein and Barbara Ehrenreich, the editorial director of Feministing.com reveals how gender bias infects every level of medicine and healthcare today--leading to inadequate, inappropriate, and even dangerous treatment that threatens women's lives and well-being. Modern medicine is failing women. Half of all American women suffer from at least one chronic health condition--from autoimmune...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"From psychotherapist and TikTok personality Dr. Annie Zimmerman comes a toolkit to transform yourself and your relationships, with advice on how to heal past trauma, build sustainable connections, and take ownership of your mental health. Every day, psychotherapist Dr. Annie Zimmerman meets clients in her private London practice who are struggling with their lives. They're committed to achieving personal growth, making changes--but they're struck...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"Common has achieved success in many facets of his life and career, from music to acting to writing. But for a long time, he didn't feel that he had found fulfillment in his body and spirit. And Then We Rise is about Common's journey to wellness as a vital element of his success. A testimony to the benefits of self-care, this book is composed of four different sections, each with its own important lessons: "The Food" focuses on nutrition. "The Body"...
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""Dust may seem inconsequential, so tiny and mundane as to slip below the threshold of thought. Yet within the next one hundred years, life on Earth will be profoundly changed by heat and drought - and that means dust. In this ground-breaking book, Jay Owens argues that dust is a legacy of twentieth-century progress and a toxic threat to life in the twenty-first. Dust: The Modern World in a Trillion Particles tells the gripping story of how the relentless...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
Description
"An engaging exploration of the unique history and biology of fasting-an essential component of many traditional health practices, religions, and philosophies, resurging in popularity today-perfect for readers of Breath by James Nestor and Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker.We fast all the time, even when we're not conscious of doing so. A fast manifests the idea of holding back, resisting the animal impulse to charge ahead. Its flip side is similarly...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A literary, historical exploration about the way in which our industrialized lives have made us sick--from diarist Alice James and the 19th century neuraesthenics to current day chronic and stress-related illnesses--that seeks to answer the question who gets sick, and why?"--
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2013.
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English
Description
Contains twenty-two branches or fields of study in healthcare and allied health, such as nursing, dental hygiene, nuclear medicine, physical therapy, radiation therapy, speech pathology, respiratory therapy, athletic training, healthcare information management and more.
13) Pilates
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English
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In our fitness obsessed World, we have no end of fitness options. Weight training.
Cross Training.
HIIT. Kettlebells.
Running. Jogging. With all of those methods measured to the millisecond by a dazzling array of digital wearable tech.
But amid all this focus on the "no pain-no gain" school of fitness, there is a much older, and painless way to optimum fitness. That way - is Pilates.
Named after its inventor - Joseph Pilates. He originally devised...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"Quietly heartbroken, Edwin Tully lives alone in the house he used to share with the man he once loved. He tends to damaged books and faded memories, trying to build a future from the fragments of the past. Then the weather turns, and the river spills into Edwin's quiet world, bringing with it Adam Dacre from the Environment Agency. An unlikely knight, this stranger with roughened hands and worn wellingtons offers Edwin the hope of something he thought...
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English
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Ileostomy For Beginners is the definitive guide to living with an ileostomy.Fully illustrated and with clear instructions, you too can master the proven techniques. No other book tackles the key issues that need to be addressed in order to achieve comfort in your daily life.Ileostomy For Beginners is essential reading for those with an ileostomy or are about to have one.
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English
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Home Workout Hero" is a comprehensive fitness guide designed to empower individuals with the knowledge and tools they need to transform their homes into a personal training haven. The book features a diverse collection of over 45 training exercises, ranging from bodyweight movements to those requiring minimal equipment, catering to all fitness levels. This expertly crafted resource provides step-by-step instructions, and variations for each exercise,...
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Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Provides in-depth coverage of pediatric diseases and disorders, along with issues related to physical, cognitive and behavioral development. Covers every major body system. There is a distinct emphasis on health issues affecting children under the age of four.
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English
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The Deep Blue Sleep book helps people who have trouble sleeping, who are tired of feeling tired, and who are interested in finding natural solutions to their nighttime struggles through a functional medicine approach.
Drawing from over a decade of experience as a holistic sleep specialist, Dr. Damiana Corca has discovered that sleep can be improved naturally and holistically.
This in-depth book is a roadmap based on five types of insomnia:
• Anxious
• Overthinking
• Overtaxed
• Depleted
• Overburdened
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The...
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Español
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Destrozando los Mitos: Verdades Reveladoras sobre el Aumento de Masa Muscular" es una obra esencial que desmonta las falsas creencias y proporciona información basada en la ciencia para aquellos comprometidos con el fortalecimiento y aumento de su masa muscular. Este libro profundiza en los principios biológicos y las estrategias prácticas necesarias para lograr un crecimiento muscular óptimo, manteniendo un enfoque equilibrado y saludable.Desde...
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English
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Tired of fatigue and lack of energy due to poor sleep? If you follow these sleep hygiene tips then this book will help you get the sleep you've always dreamed of.With the practical advice that is humorous and engaging, you'll learn the science of sleep and how to make the most of your bedroom environment.Sharing a bed is a personal thing, so intimacy has been covered in a very sensitive manner, acknowledging those who may also share the bed, such...
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