Health Systems

Motherhood can often feel overwhelming and isolating, but for moms with a chronic illness, those feelings are often intensified. When your life is a constant battle with pain, fatigue, and isolation, it's easy to lose sight of any joy in your life. Wife and mother Hannah Wingert knows this all too well. After finally being diagnosed with a chronic illness following the birth of her fourth child, Hannah has had to come to terms with her diagnosis and to learn to be a wife and mother in the midst of her invisible illness.

Manage anxiety effectively with simple, practical, life-giving strategies to find equilibrium and focus on what you love.

If you're interested in getting super ripped as fast as possible...without steroids, good genetics or lifting a one weight (or even leave home), this audiobook will show you how an "elite" group of Russian military soldiers do it.

How has the United States, with more resources than any nation, developed a healthcare system that delivers much poorer results, at near double the cost of any other developed country - such that legendary seer Warren Buffett calls the Medical Industrial Complex "the tapeworm of American economic competitiveness"?

Dr. Erika Schwartz believes that today's patient is but a leaf blowing in the wind of groupthink protocols, corrupt medical societies, insurance companies on the take, and billions of dollars in marketing and lobbying pressure from drug companies. What is the quick fix? The answers are here in 10 clear chapters, giving examples every step of the way. It's a simple process that takes you, the patient, from being a victim to being in charge.

In The Long Fix, physician and health-care CEO Vivian S. Lee, MD, cuts to the heart of the health-care crisis. The problem with the way medicine is practiced, she explains, is not so much who's paying, it's what we are paying for. Insurers, employers, the government, and individuals pay for every procedure, prescription, and lab test, whether or not it makes us better - and that is both backward and dangerous.

It is widely accepted that meditation can result in reduced stress, greater health and a sense of calmness and balance. Studies show that in states of meditation we produce a greater quantity of slow frequency theta brainwaves. Pulses of sound embedded in this musical soundtrack activate your own Theta brainwaves and lead you easily into restful and rejuvenating meditation.

Since Dr. Stephen Porges has developed Polyvagal theory to explain how our autonomic nervous system controls our physical reactions as well as our emotional reactions, a lot of research and study has gone into this hypothesis to see how the working of our nervous system relates to our physical and mental health. The findings were mind-blowing, as the vagus nerve was actually found to hold the key to good physical and mental health to a degree that was never thought possible.

Gastritis is a digestive condition that causes gastric mucosa damage and inflammation of stomach lining and gastrointestinal tract. Stomach lining degradation contributes to acid that triggers digestive system, causing burning sensations, pain and, sometimes, nutrient malabsorption. Many of the gastritis symptoms are similar to symptoms caused by stomach ulcers, though gastritis tends to affect only the stomach (as opposed to ulcers, which can also damage parts of the intestines and esophagus).

The SPOM Workbook provides step-by-step action plans and exercises based on the revolutionary SPOM! recovery system for excoriation (skin picking) disorder (SPD). This highly interactive accelerated learning workbook takes the guesswork out of trying to figure what your triggers are and encourages you to be proactive in making huge strides in your personal recovery.

In this classic of "fringe" literature, the enlightened sage, Valiant Thor (also known as "The Stranger at the Pentagon"), discusses the various ways one can concentrate, tone, and rebuild one's "Nerve Force" or "Vril" power. A must-have for modern spiritual searchers wanting to know more about Venusian healing methods.

Know your food allergies with three simple elimination diet steps! Complete with tasty and helpful meal plans you can follow to take the guesswork out of what you can eat while on the diet plan! If you've never heard of the process of elimination O Diet, don't worry, you will soon. It's quickly gaining attention as the most effective way to identify the everyday foods in your diet that may be causing trouble.

Gut health issues are some of the most common health issues that can be experienced, with women experiencing them much more often than men. Your gut is vital to all areas of your life, as it makes up 80 percent of your immune system and has a deep connection with the brain.

Here’s what you don't know about stress management that’s going to save your life. Can you feel your mental health slowly slipping away from you? Do you want to take action and restore your energy to what it once was but don't know where to begin? The core of your being knows a truth beyond what you have yet discovered and, once you tap into it, you will be able to release the potential for something greater. All the stress and sleepless nights will fade away...only to be replaced with determination and focus!

More than half of Americans live with a digestive disorder or autoimmune disease like IBS, Crohn's, colitis, or celiac. Finally, the simple solution is revealed by someone who put his “impossible” autoimmune disease into remission. Our modern world is set up with systems and processes that lead us to a weakened immune system and depleted microbiome, which in turn can cause disease.

If you are suffering from Inflammatory Bowel Disease, you may be looking for a holistic approach to add to your treatment that can help you stay in remission longer, control symptoms before they lead to relapse, and find relief from symptoms during periods of relapse. In this book, you will learn what factors contributed to your diagnosis, what symptoms you may experience, the benefits and drawbacks of current treatments, how CBD may be able to treat specific acute and chronic symptoms, and what you need to know before purchasing CBD for yourself.

This anti-inflammatory diet helps to reduce the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with meals designed to help you lose weight, be kinder to your joints, and avoid flare-ups. Ross Lennox, a rheumatoid arthritis sufferer, realized early on that there were a close link between RA and the food choices he was making. The recipes in this book are specifically designed for people with RA who need to eat well and need to lose some weight.

Ruth's tribe are her lively children and her filmmaker husband, Simon, who has motor neurone disease and can communicate only with his eyes. Ruth's other tribe are the friends who gather at the cove in Greystones, Co. Wicklow, and regularly throw themselves into the freezing cold water just for kicks. The Tragic Wives' Swimming Club, as they jokingly call themselves, meet to cope with the extreme challenges life puts in their way, not to mention the monster waves rolling over the horizon.

Thyroid disease patients can experience a number of different complications as a result of their hypothyroid (underactive thyroid) or hyperthyroid (overactive thyroid) conditions. Two of these complications are nerve pain and dysfunction, referred to as "peripheral neuropathy" and muscle weakness with possible atrophy (shrinkage of muscles), referred to as "thyroid myopathy".

Dr. Okun is well-known for infusing his audiences with positivity and optimism. In this book, he reveals the breakthroughs and therapies surrounding Parkinson's disease that will pave the road to meaningful progress, which extends far beyond a single drug or stem cell. He paints the broader and more exciting picture and reviews the portfolio of breakthroughs spanning drug, cell, vaccine, device, genetics, care, and behavior.