Brain Disease

Der Vagusnerv ist ein langes, sich schlängelndes Bündel aus motorischen und sensorischen Fasern, das den Hirnstamm mit Herz, Lunge und Darm verbindet. Er verzweigt sich außerdem, um die Leber, Milz, Gallenblase, Harnleiter, weibliche Fruchtbarkeitsorgane, Hals, Ohren, Zunge und Nieren zu berühren und zu beeinflussen.

Bárbara Anderson narra con brutal franqueza el día a día de tener un hijo con discapacidad: los retos dentro y fuera de casa, las complicaciones de salud y de vida; los cambios de prioridades; el Everest de cada día al tener un hijo con - hasta ahora - un diagnóstico irreversible como es la parálisis cerebral infantil.

The vagus nerve is a large, branching nerve that begins in your brain and sends signals to your body’s major organs such as your heart, your lungs, and your digestive system. It’s responsible for your heart rate, your digestion, your reaction to stress, and many other things. That’s why a lot can go wrong in your body if the vagus nerve doesn’t function perfectly.

Are you struggling with fatigue, brain fog, or depression? Is there something wrong with your stomach or gut? It may be your vagus nerve malfunctioning! The vagus nerve is a large, branching nerve that begins in your brain and sends signals to your body’s major organs such as your heart, lungs, and digestive system. It’s responsible for your heart rate, digestion, reaction to stress, and many other things. That’s why, a lot can go wrong in your body if the vagus nerve doesn’t function perfectly.

Did you know that the vagus nerve in your body has a direct role in alleviating depression and stress? Explore the simple and general information on one of the most crucial nerves present inside your body. Take a deep breath and step into a world of factual knowledge gathered from the professional and personal experiences of Theodore O'Malsomighi.

The part of the brain most heavily associated with mental health, memory, emotion, and mood is called the hippocampus - the biological name for the seahorse. It is the unusual seahorse-like shape of the hippocampus that has led to its evocative name. Just as the seahorse charms the depths of oceans, our own hippocampus, when supported and nurtured, can help enchant our own lives.

Dem Kaufzwang den Kampf ansagen. Wollen Sie verstehen, warum Leute zwanghaft Shoppen gehen? Kaufen Sie oftmals mehr als nötig und fragen sich im Nachhinein, weshalb Sie bestimmte Dinge überhaupt gekauft haben? "Einkaufen gehen ist für die meisten Menschen eine Alltäglichkeit, die entweder mit Spaß oder Stress verbunden ist und dem Erwerb von Waren und Produkten dient. Für gewöhnlich ist die Motivation hinter dem Erwerb einer bestimmten Ware meistens die Notwendigkeit sie zu benötigen...."

Di fronte a una malattia per la quale non è ancora disponibile un rimedio risolutivo, pazienti, familiari e medici si trovano a intraprendere un cammino lungo e impegnativo. Che cos'è il Parkinson? Come si manifesta? Come è possibile affrontarlo? Il libro descrive le varie fasi della malattia, gli aspetti diagnostici, le terapie, ma anche le modalità per rendere meno ardua la vita dei malati e dei loro familiari, senza dimenticare uno sguardo al domani e alla ricerca.

If you want to know how to cope with the unpredictable disease called multiple sclerosis, then check out this How to Live with MS guide.

This quick-consult self-help book goes beyond describing which herbs, vitamins, and nutrients help specific ailments. In this book, you’ll find the best ways to take these products, as well as the correct dosages. You’ll also discover a host of other modalities like exercise, mindfulness, and meditation that alleviate the distress associated with anxiety and stress. This practical guide is formulated to give you the help you need in an easy-to-use format.

In this darkly comic memoir, a young woman recounts the steps she took to rebuild her sense of self in the aftermath of two devastating strokes that robbed her of her ability to communicate. Nina Mitchell was an accomplished Harvard graduate whose world changed forever when her facility with language - and much of her personality - disappeared. Lacking the tools to navigate her old life, Nina was forced to create another one. In After Words, she shares her remarkable journey as she slowly reclaims the power to converse, write, assert her identity, and to be herself - with words.

Explicar el mundo a su hijo Cris, que nació con parálisis cerebral hace más de treinta años, es para Andrés Aberasturi una tarea dura y dolorosa. Pero el autor de estas páginas honestas y sin adornos, que solo pretende dejar testimonio de una parte de su verdad, la considera esencial para combatir el desasosiego. "Andrés hace hablar a Cris. A sus manos, a su silla, a sus movimientos, a su siempre implorada sonrisa, a su mutismo, Andrés les da vida," como bien explica Javier Sádaba en el prólogo.

Robert McCrum was 42 when he suffered a massive stroke which left one side of his body paralysed, his speech drastically impaired and his sense of himself radically altered. My Year Off traces McCrum's gruelling recovery as he regains sensation and begins to come to terms, with the help of his family, with what can and cannot be recovered after a grave injury. It is a moving remonstrance against human frailty and a vital and insightful exploration of hope, despair, determination and, ultimately, love.

Growing up Derek Evans was a good student and athlete in a middle-class suburban area in southeastern Pennsylvania. The future looked bright for Derek. Then everything changed. After months of not feeling right and several doctors' visits, Derek was diagnosed with a disorder called Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (P.O.T.S.). Derek managed to keep his illness a secret from almost everyone, in fear of being judged and not understood, but now has found a passion to let the truth out about his illness. It is time to bring awareness.

While everyone knows of the Ice Bucket Challenge, the viral craze that swept the nation in summer 2014, too few know the truly inspirational story behind it. Pete Frates was a man at war with his own body, a man whose love for others was unshakable. He was a man who refused to fight alone and, in so doing, mobilized a global army to combat one of the most devastating diseases on earth: ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease.

The story of a family's dramatic clinical and emotional journey as they try to understand why their third-grader is failing school. They assume that his problems stem from anxiety and stress because Dad is serving in the US military in Iraq. The child's blackouts are finally identified by a neurologist's evaluation, and the cause is epilepsy! The parents are devastated. Will Conner ever be able to live a normal life?

It sounds easy, but we live in a world where external influences control so much of what we do, and yes, that includes our breathing. Breathe reveals that we are all born knowing the correct way to breathe, and there are ways to find our way back to that great breathing technique hidden deep inside of us. It's simply a matter of learning the techniques outlined in this book that can help you let go and live and breathe deeply.

Before you read this, think for a moment: Do you know where your keys are? What was the name of that last visitor to your office? We rely on memory every moment of the day, but many of us constantly complain that we're losing it faster than we ever imagined.

Jesse Cooper was an honor-roll student who loved to windsurf and write poetry. He also had severe cerebral palsy and was quadriplegic, unable to speak, and wracked by seizures. He died suddenly at age 17. In fiercely honest, surprisingly funny, and sometimes heartbreaking prose, Jesse's mother, Marianne Leone, chronicles her transformation by the remarkable life and untimely death of her child.

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.