Modern Medicine

In medical school, Paul Farmer found his life’s calling: To cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need them most. Tracy Kidder’s magnificent account shows how one person can make a difference in solving global health problems through a clear-eyed understanding of the interaction of politics, wealth, social systems, and disease.

Medicines are arguably the most highly regulated - and cost-inflated - products in the United States. The discovery, development, manufacturing, and distribution of medicines is carried out by an ever more complex and crowded set of industries, each playing a part in a larger “pharmaceutical enterprise” seeking to maximize profits. But this was not always the case. The Price of Health is the reveals the story of how the pharmaceutical enterprise took shape and led to the present crisis.

Believed to hold restorative powers over our health, crystals have served humanity for millennia. With Crystal Healing for Women, you can unlock the ancient secrets of healing and wisdom held within these stones. Crystal healer and Reiki Master Mariah K. Lyons shares her knowledge in this practical guide that helps women awaken to their feminine divinity and healing powers and rekindle their instinctual relationship with nature. She also shows you how to select and care for crystals and incorporate them in rituals.

This is a historical, nonfiction, true story and addresses necessary changes that must be implemented, maintained, and enforced in worldwide healthcare provider professional training programs and hospitals. The book exposes abuses and enslavement policies and attitudes in health care training programs and hospital administrations worldwide and offers simple and genius remedies to eradicate these deleterious policies and slave owner attitudes of hospital administrators.

Go behind the scenes to meet the trailblazing executives and visionaries who have reshaped the health and wellness landscape. Discover how they've challenged the status quo and are ushering in a new era of wellness, where prevention and alternative therapies are at the forefront. Gone are the days of reactive sick care! In this new age, the universal pursuit isn't merely about managing sickness, it's a quest for optimized health; the shift from "sick care" to "well care" is now more evident than ever.

Thanks to the popularity of personal genetic testing services, it's now easier than ever to get information about our own unique DNA - but who does this information really benefit? And, as genome editing and gene therapy transform the healthcare landscape, what do we gain - and what might we give up in return?

Ayurveda is a centuries-old practice that aims to achieve optimal health and well-being. Who doesn’t want that? We live in a fast-paced, stressful world, and the ability to slow down and focus on yourself is vital. But sometimes, it’s difficult to know how to do that. Ayurveda gives you a pathway to achieve the best level of health possible, and it’s a lot easier than you might think! If you have no idea where to start, “Ayurveda for Beginners: A Complete Guide to Understanding and Embracing Ancient Wisdom for Modern Well-Being and Balance” is for you.

Dr. Melody Glenn didn’t expect to find herself working with addiction patients when she started out in medicine. Like most physicians she’s encountered, she harbored a set of conscious and unconscious beliefs about addicts—she even sometimes resented them. Once she realized how effective harm reduction treatments like methadone could be, she set out to discover why these treatments weren’t used more broadly. This led her to Dr. Marie Nyswander.

"The Modern Meditation Technique (MMT)" introduces a contemporary approach to meditation, designed to cater to the fast-paced lives of modern individuals. Meditation is an age-old practice that promotes mental clarity, relaxation, and emotional stability. Traditional forms of meditation like Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism often require specific setups and long sessions. In contrast, MMT offers a simplified and flexible approach, suitable even for those with busy schedules.

For those interested in traditional Chinese medicine, relaxation techniques, and chi (qi) healing methods - don't pass up the chance to get the chi flowing and to enjoy a long list of health benefits. Sifu William Lee explains how very simple self-massage methods can maximize your energy and reduce symptoms of ill health - from arthritis to allergies, back pain to weight loss.

This book is a spiritual memoir on the life and explorations of Anthony “Prem” Carlisi, as well as a source of practical, applicable information about the practices of Ashtanga Yoga, Ayurveda, and Tantra. The synergy of these three sciences are what Prem believes to be the key to living a healthy, rooted, and ecstatic life!

I have recently completed an educational book entitled Modern Nursing: How We Got There. The nursing profession has undergone an enormous transformation over the past four decades, and I observed every change as it unfolded during my 41-year career as a registered nurse. In this short work, I explore the ancient origins of nursing and explain how what began as a mysterious art steeped in myth and folklore grew into the modern profession that it is today.

Jeremy Colledge has embarked on a tour de force of all the major healing modalities and spiritual practices, finally settling on a reboot of an ancient Chinese exercise system called Zhineng Qigong. Dr. Pang Ming built this system from ancient understandings and launched it into the 20th century. Jeremy has taken this Eastern teaching and presented it here, along with many other ideas and exercises, giving them Western relevance.

Freedom of choice lies at the heart of American society. Yet, many Americans don't realize that these choices are illusory at best. The available options in food, healthcare, education, transportation, and even online presence are largely constructed by corporations. At What Cost confronts how globalization, financial speculation, monopolies, and control of science and technology have enhanced the ability of corporations and their allies to overwhelm influences of government, family, community, and faith.

In the fugue of deep meditation, Jaya Devi tumbles outdoors into a muggy south Florida dawn. Sliding on a pair of orange flip-flops, she cuts across a dirt path skirting the ashram lawn. She glances down as a fat black snake slithers up her bare leg, wrapping itself tight. Astonished, she pauses, exemplifying the yogi’s art of non-reaction, breathing and assessing. Here, we enter into the wild wisdom-experience of a modern yogi who uses each moment as fuel for personal transformation.

Sit back, relax, meditate, and enjoy the ride. Yes, Stoicism is a philosophy. Better yet? One that can be easily be applied and can change your life forever. This audiobook contains a detailed explanation of the philosophy of Stoicism in an understandable and relatable manner. It will actively attempt to describe Stoicism in such real-life situations that the application of its ideologies will seem very achievable. This is because Stoicism is very easy in application.

When thinking about the acupressure, most of us think about the procedures that are somewhat complicated to learn. Therefore many people never try using it, or if they do, they give up quickly. However, the acupressure (ancient art of healing by simple use of hands and fingers) in this book is a well-proven self-healing processes that anyone can learn fast.

Ayurveda: Mit der ältesten Gesundheitslehre der Welt im 21. Jahrhundert zu umfassendem Wohlbefinden und perfekter Ausgeglichenheit Sie wollen für Ihren Körper und Geist beste Bedingungen schaffen, aber vor lauter Ernährungstrends, Fitnesstipps & Co. verlieren Sie den Überblick? Sie suchen ein ganzheitliches System, das alle Ihre Bedürfnisse erkennt und abdeckt? Und ohnehin wollen Sie nicht bei allen Beschwerden sofort zur Tablette greifen? Dann gestalten Sie ab jetzt Ihr Leben nach den Richtlinien des Ayurveda und dieses Buch zeigt Ihnen den Weg.

Der Neustart für den ganzen Körper Ayurveda ist die älteste ganzheitliche Heilkunst der Welt, wird jedoch oft esoterisch verklärt. Einen ganz anderen Ansatz vertritt die in Indien und den USA aufgewachsene Neurowissenschaftlerin Dr. Kulreet Chaudhary: Sie verbindet die westliche Schulmedizin mit fernöstlicher Heilkunde. Ihre Empfehlungen, die sie ihren Patienten für ihre Ernährung und Lebensweise mit auf den Weg gibt, haben aber noch einen angenehmen Nebeneffekt: Man verliert dadurch überflüssige Pfunde - und das ganz ohne Mühe.

Dr. Asha Prasad redirects our concept of health from the symptomatic to the foundational. Blending the teachings of ancient Chinese philosophers and Indian healers with cutting-edge modern research on epigenetics, bio-energetics, and psychology, she shows how true health is more than simply the absence of pain—it is nothing less than maximizing the hidden, almost limitless potential in each of us. Don't settle for less than the best that life has to offer. The journey to a better you begins here!