Healing Disease

Despite her training and years of experience as an oncology and hospice nurse, Brown finds it difficult to navigate the medical maze from the other side of the bed. Why is she so often left in the dark about procedures and treatments? Why is she expected to research her own best treatment options? Why is there so much red tape? At times she’s mad at herself for not speaking up and asking for what she needs but knows that being a “difficult” patient could mean she gets worse care.

Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) is the most commonly diagnosed birth abnormality in the US. Little attention, however, has been paid to the psychosocial impacts on these individuals. Liza Morton and Tracy Livecchi are both mental health professionals who have developed a specialty in working with clients who have chronic medical conditions, and they are both themselves living with CHD. While their powerful personal stories are woven into the narrative, the book is focused on providing evidence-based coping and self-care skills for adults living with CHD.

Greetings from the amazing world of anti-inflammatory diets! Everything you need to properly implement this kind of dieting into your daily routine will be covered in the lessons that follow. Dieting to reduce inflammation is more than simply a passing trend. You will have to adopt this lifestyle daily to get the most advantages.

In this revelatory memoir, doctor Cynthia Li shares the truth other doctors don’t always understand and often won’t share if they do - that chronic illness is complicated, and that treatment is not just a matter of test results and prescriptions but requires a more comprehensive approach. By sharing her own struggle with a disabling autoimmune crisis, which forced her to question her own conventional medical training and embrace the integrative principles of functional medicine, Li reveals the insider knowledge sufferers need to truly begin healing - mind, body, and spirit.

Lyme disease infects a minimum of 300,000 people per year in the United States and millions more throughout the rest of the world. Symptoms run from mild lethargy to severe arthritis to heart disease to incapacitating mental dysfunction. Although tests have improved over the past decade, they are still not completely reliable, and antibiotics are only partially effective. Up to 35 percent of those infected will not respond to antibiotic treatment or will relapse.

Recovering from a brain injury can be a challenging and prolonged process. Learn how to maximize your recovery from the effects of brain injuries with the guidance of Sandeep Vaishnavi, MD, PhD, and Vani Rao, MBBS, MD, two leading medical experts with extensive experience helping patients recover from concussion and other brain injuries. Healing the Traumatized Brain explains how the brain works, how injuries affect the brain, and how to use your brain's own power to recover.

Do you suffer from abdominal bloating; a chronic, nagging cough or sore throat; postnasal drip; a feeling of a lump in the back of your throat; allergies; or shortness of breath? If so, odds are that you are experiencing acid reflux without recognizing its silent symptoms, which can lead to serious long-term health problems, including esophageal cancer.

Do you want to easily understand how generic traumas, anxiety, stress, and chronic diseases may influence your nervous system and consequently your mental and physical health? The polyvagal theory helps us understand how we can defend ourselves, and how we can face diseases better, especially mental disorders, such as anxiety, stress, depression, etc. The aim of this audiobook is helping people understand the polyvagal theory, its interconnection with the vagus nerve, and the extremely effective benefits that it could bring to our body and our health.

When it comes to cancer, conventional doctors are trained to treat their patients exclusively with surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. These methods are grueling on the whole body - and they don't treat beyond the tumor or the cancer itself. The focus is on the disease, not the whole person - and because of this, the outcomes in conventional medicine can be bleak. But it doesn't have to be this way. Dr. Leigh Erin Connealy has developed a whole-person approach to treating cancer.

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If you have autoimmune disease, live with terrible fatigue, constant pain, and you need to take back your health, then you're going to want to hear Heidi's story. Many of us are told: But you don't look sick, or Get up, you're being lazy. Or perhaps dismissed - as I was - with: Come back when you're worse and I'll put you on steroids. Fortunately, there are better solutions available!

DMSO is a miracle for the healing of virtually all health challenges from pain to bleeding stroke and many other ailments. It can be used in the medical field as a pharmaceutical and in the manufacturing field as industrial. RIMSO-50 has been approved for use for treating bladder disease, but the drug is very useful in other ailments. Though there are side effects on the use of DMSO just like any other pharmaceutical therapy but the advantages of using DMSO for the therapeutic purpose out ways its disadvantages.

Mark Stengler, NMD, draws upon his over 25 years of expertise in naturopathic medicine and holistic hormone therapies to provide a comprehensive approach to optimal prostate health, including a focus on bladder function, hormone balance, and a thorough exploration of prostate cancer diagnosis, treatment options, and holistic support. By thoroughly addressing these key aspects of the genitourinary system, you will be able to discover optimal prostate health and functionality.

Leading medical innovator Kenneth Bock, MD, has helped change the lives of more than 1,000 children, and in this important book he offers help to children everywhere. This is the book that finally puts hope within reach. Doctors have generally overlooked the connections among the 4-A disorders, despite their concurrent rise and the presence of many medical clues.

We are currently witnessing a paradigm shift in the understanding of autoimmune disease. The latest scientific research reveals that an individual’s microbiome can have a profound impact on inflammation throughout the body. In those with psoriasis or autoimmune arthritis, there is often a lack of beneficial bacteria that normally calm the immune system - known as “keystone” species. Without these species, harmful bacteria can flourish, the gut barrier becomes damaged, and the immune system runs wild.

Tried all the medical advice but still hurting from reflux? You're not alone. I was there for 15 years, trusting advice that just didn't help. Medications faded in effect, and the fear of long-term side effects grew. Thankfully, a tip from a friend changed everything for me. In the same way, I hope that the tips in my free digestion challenge—digestionchallenge.com—are what you needed to confirm that you're ready for my three-step plan.

The GAPS diet is a strict elimination diet that requires its followers to cut out grains, pasteurized dairy, starchy vegetables, and refined carbs. It is a natural treatment for people with a wide specter of health conditions. GAPS stands for Gut and Psychology Syndrome, a term invented by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, the designer of the GAPS diet. At the core of the GAPS diet is the idea that people must avoid foods that are difficult to digest and might damage the intestinal flora or lining. Instead, it is recommended to stick to nutrient-rich food that will help the gut heal.

Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) is a common cause of unwanted bloating, abdominal pain, weight fluctuations, and GI distress. In this guide for achieving long-term healing, health advocate, chef, and SIBO sufferer Phoebe Lapine covers everything you need to know about SIBO and how to thrive in spite of it. Lapine answers all your questions, from what SIBO is (and what it isn’t) to related conditions (Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Celiac disease, and more) to practical strategies for on-going prevention.

Most of the people are unaware of the existence of the vagus nerve and how important it is for our body: It’s not just a nerve, it’s much more because it affects different organs of our body and, if stimulated correctly, it produces numerous important benefits. Polyvagal theory tells us that the body operates in two chemical states: the state of danger and the state of safety. All exercises and stimulating techniques that facilitate vagus nerve functions are all designed with one primary goal: to restore the vagus nerve to a safe state.

Many people often associate the fatty liver condition with alcohol intake. However, fatty liver is not always the result of excessive alcohol consumption. This is only one of the reasons why the condition occurs. There is a prediabetes stage that can also cause fatty liver; this stage is called insulin resistance, which is characterized by weight gain and fat deposits in all viscera, including the liver.

Gastritis is one of the most common diseases today. This is due to the eating habits that occur in such a convulsive context. Faced with multiple responsibilities, full schedules and other aspects, we go through life consuming canned or fast food, without paying attention to the signals that our body gives. This is how symptoms occur that, if not paid attention, can cause acute or chronic gastritis. In this audiobook, you will learn how to cure gastritis without consequences or collateral damage.