Brain Disease

Pro football Hall of Famer Jim Kelly and his wife, Jill, were catapulted from a seemingly fairy-tale life of celebrity into a world of private struggle and medical uncertainty. What the public didn’t know, however, was that behind the scenes lurked more than a family’s pain at the dire prognosis of their only son. Hunter’s illness exposed the troubled depths of a marriage that had long been shadowed by uncertainties of its own.

Over 100 types of PN have been identified, according to medical research organizations. This demonstrates the fact that each person will experience the physical results of damaged or diseased nerves, differently than do their fellow patients. Some people feel more of the burning sensation while others may feel very strong tingling that literally feels as if a colony of ants are stinging them simultaneously on their feet and/or legs. Some PN patients are affected exclusively within their feet and they may experience not only tingling and burning sensations within them but they may also feel stabbing pains as well.

Lina was a precocious toddler - charming, chatty, joyful. At the age of three, in the aftermath of her second MMR vaccine, first came a seizure, and then, to her parents’ horror, the loss of Lina’s ability to play, use language, and control her impulses. Over the next few years they continued to lose Lina. She communicated her acute discomfort by biting, screaming, hitting, laughing maniacally, and throwing violent tantrums.

For the first time in my life, I didn't need to pretend, I didn't need to be tough: I only needed to be honest. "I have cerebral palsy. I walk funny and my balance is bad. I fall a lot. My hands shake, too. That means I'm not so good at carrying things. And if I drop stuff, sometimes it's hard to just bend down and get it." I waited anxiously for the interviewer's response. She smiled. "It sounds like a service dog could be great for you."

Twenty-one-year-old narcoleptic Angel Duet knows her father harbors secrets. He loves and protects her, but his suspicious refusal to discuss her mother's death drives Angel to worship an image created from the little history she does have: her father's sketchy stories and her mother's treasured photography, studies of clouds that have hung in the their foyer for more than twenty years. When her father's girlfriend moves in, the photographs come down, and Angel's search for truth becomes an obsession.

Ein motivierendes Hörbuch über den guten Umgang mit schlechten Diagnosen. Hendrik Heuermann erzählt seine Geschichte, von dem Moment an, in dem seine Welt unterging: Die Diagnose einer neuro-degenerativen Erkrankung und die Aussicht, in ein paar Jahren im Rollstuhl zu sitzen. Doch diese Tipps haben ihm geholfen, den Spaß am Leben zurückzugewinnen und die Gesundheit im Blick zu behalten. Getreu dem Motto: Warum der Reifen platt ist, ist egal.

According to reputable medical sources, there are more than 100 identified types of Peripheral Neuropathies (PN) that are experienced by between 15 and 30 million people in the U.S. and at least 130 million people, globally (statistics vary somewhat among sources).

The thrust of this book is nutrition and complimentary therapies for digital addiction, anxiety, bipolar, depression, and schizophrenia. Useful resources to find authoritative information on all the included mental disorders from the American medical perspective are included. Truisms that have been passed down through the ages about mental health that have stood the rigors of scientific inquiry are presented. The role of nutrition in ameliorating anxiety is discussed.

In Against Football Steve Almond details why, after 40 years as a fan, he can no longer watch the game he still loves. Using a synthesis of memoir, reportage, and cultural critique, Almond asks a series of provocative questions: Does our addiction to football foster a tolerance for violence, greed, racism, and homophobia? What does it mean that our society has transmuted the intuitive physical joys of childhood--run, leap, throw, tackle--into a billion-dollar industry?

Following a stellar 12-year career as a linebacker, including a Super Bowl win with Baltimore in 2000, O. J. "Juice" Brigance joined the Ravens' front office. But in 2007, Brigance was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - also known as Lou Gehrig's disease - and told he had only three to five years to live. As a player, he'd battled hundreds of injuries and setbacks. None of them prepared him to face ALS.

When Tom DeBaggio turned 57 in 1999, he thought he was embarking on the golden years of retirement -- time to spend with his family, his friends, and the herb garden he spent decades cultivating. One winter day, he told his doctor during a routine exam that he had been stumbling into forgetfulness. After it subsequent battery of tests, DeBaggio joined the legion of 12 million others afflicted with Alzheimer's disease.

If you are one of the individuals that is seeking health and wellness on not just the physical level but the mental as well, you need to listen to Mental Strength Positive Attitude: 7 Core Lessons for Achieving Peak Performance In Life. This text gets right to the point and explains the best techniques that can be used to improve mental performance. The author has gone to great lengths to make the text as easy to understand as he possibly can and he also has put his own seal of approval of the methods as these are things that he has tried himself and has found to be successful.

Wie Sie trotz Fibromyalgie Ihre Lebensfreude beibehalten und sich in Ihrem Körper wohl fühlen. Können Sie sich an den Augenblick der Diagnose, die sich sicherlich wie ein Hammerschlag angefühlt hat, zurückerinnern? So wie Ihnen geht es weiteren 1,6 Millionen Deutschen, die an der schmerzhaften Krankheit und deren Folgen leiden. Sicherlich haben Sie in der Vergangenheit bereits zahlreiche Ärzte konsultiert, selbst Recherche angestellt und dutzende Ratgeber gelesen, deren Kernaussage häufig lautet.

Was ist eine Polyneuropathie? Welche Ursachen können für eine solche Erkrankung vorliegen und mit welchen Symptomen geht diese einher? Wie sehen die herkömmlichen Therapieformen aus, und was kann ich selber für mich tun, damit ich besser mit der Diagnose Polyneuropathie leben kann? Auf all diese Fragen erhältst du in diesem Ratgeber spannende Informationen und Antworten. Bei diesem Buch spielt es keine Rolle, ob du selbst an einer Polyneuropathie erkrankt bist oder jemanden in deinem Umfeld kennst, der an dieser Erkrankung leidet.

Unlock the secrets to a sharper mind and healthier brain with the Cognitive Fitness Formula. Discover the 8 essential steps to maintaining mental acuity and preventing cognitive decline. Take control of your brain health today and start living your best life!

For decades, researchers have chased a pharmaceutical cure for memory loss. But despite the fact that no disease-modifying biotech treatments have emerged, new research suggests that dementia rates have actually declined in the United States and Western Europe over the last decade. Why is this happening? And what does it mean for brain health in the future?

Das umfassende Standardwerk zur psychischen Gesundheit und Krankheit von den Expert:innen für Psychologie, Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie - mit vielen praktischen Hilfestellungen. Seelische Krisen gehören zum Leben dazu, doch wo beginnt die Krankheit? An wen kann ich mich wenden? Und was kann ich selbst präventiv für mein seelisches Wohlbefinden tun? Beeinträchtigungen der psychischen Gesundheit sind weit verbreitet und in unserer Gesellschaft immer noch tabuisiert. Klare, sachliche Aufklärung tut Not.

Many people–maybe even most people—know someone who has what they call Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s seems to be everywhere. That people are living longer today—long enough for it to manifest itself—is often given as the reason for its prevalence. But some of those people who have puzzling brain changes are surprisingly young; in their fifties—the middle of their lives. And what they have is not the “traditional” Alzheimer’s disease.

La prima serie di metodi guidati da ascoltare durante la fase del sonno per creare la tua migliore realtà... senza fare niente! Questo è un metodo guidato straordinario per la programmazione della mente subconscia durante la fase del sonno. Questi brani sono progettati come un percorso grazie al quale potrai programmare attivamente la tua mente subconscia per raggiungere il tuo obiettivo di benessere fisico, mentale e spirituale. Tutti i livelli cerebrali vengono stimolati con frequenze specifiche. Le onde cerebrali (Brainwave) variano a seconda dello "stato" o "livello" della mente.

La vida contemporánea nos brinda infinitas oportunidades de satisfacer nuestros deseos, aunque también numerosas tentaciones. Y en un mundo saturado de pantallas, inmersos en rutinas que no nos permiten alimentarnos adecuadamente, descansar o ejercitarnos, nuestros cerebros libran una dura batalla cuyos resultados nos han dejado más solitarios, ansiosos, deprimidos y propensos a las enfermedades y al sobrepeso. Pero no tenemos que vivir así.