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Are you struggling with attention problems, mood swings, food obsession, or depression? Whatever the issue, you have far more control over your thoughts, feelings, and behavior than you realize. Although medications may bring some relief, in Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind, Dr. Georgia Ede reveals that the most powerful way to change brain chemistry is with food, because that’s where brain chemicals come from in the first place. In this provocative, illuminating guide, Dr. Ede explains why nearly everything we think we know about brain-healthy diets is wrong.

In Blind Spots, Dr. Makary explores the latest research on critical topics ranging from the microbiome to childbirth to nutrition and longevity and more, revealing the biggest blind spots of modern medicine and tackling the most urgent yet unsung issues in our $4.5 trillion health care ecosystem. The path to medical mishaps can be absurd, entertaining, and jaw-dropping—but the truth is essential to our health.

Are you exhausted from restless nights, your mind racing with endless thoughts, and stress weighing you down? Do you lie in bed, staring at the ceiling, desperately wishing for sleep to come—only to wake up feeling just as drained as the night before?

The sun sinks over the Rio Grande, the mountains around it glow orange, and the world slows down. The Mexican free-tailed bats inside the Jornada Cave are just starting to stretch and murmur. In this episode, we visit the nursery where all the baby bats stay together, and we accompany a new mother as she journeys into the sky with the rest of her crew for a night of hunting bugs via echolocation.

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in medicine: The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, which are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than 60 years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the atom bomb’s effects.

Produced by McGraw Hill, Harrison's Podclass delivers illuminating and engaging discussions led by Drs. Cathy Handy Marshall and Charlie Wiener of The John Hopkins School of Medicine on key topics in medicine, featuring board-style case vignettes from Harrison's Review Questions and chapters from the acclaimed Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine – available on AccessMedicine from McGraw Hill.

Featuring engaging conversations and insightful interviews covering a wide range of topics including caregiving, family dynamics, and getting help for schizophrenia. Hosted by Rachel Star Withers, who lives with schizophrenia. Inside Schizophrenia brings firsthand experiences from individuals with schizophrenia, family members, caregivers, and medical experts, aiming to foster a deeper understanding of schizophrenia, shed light on its impact, and develop strategies for managing this serious mental illness. Co-hosted by Gabe Howard, new episodes are released on the third Wednesday of every ...

Are you tired of feeling like a prisoner in your own body? The Fibromyalgia Podcast® is here to help you reclaim control of your life and health! Along with her Fibromyalgia Wellness Framework℠, host Tami Stackelhouse shares her joy and expertise, plus the tips and tools that helped her go from disabled to thriving. In the Fibromyalgia Podcast®, Tami brings together top fibromyalgia experts and advocates, from doctors and researchers to coaches and alternative providers, creating a virtual dream team of experts to empower you to feel your best and live a life you love. Since its launch in ...

HOT for Your Health is a fast paced, high energy, luxury lifestyle brand focusing on relentless health innovations. Subscribe to our podcast to hear from innovative speakers, experts and change makers as we discuss what's "HOT for your Health."

Quit Smoking for Good introduces the 5-Pillar Neuroplastic Rewire System—a full-body, evidence-based approach to breaking free from nicotine at the root.

The Covid pandemic quickly led to the greatest mobilization of emergency powers in human history. By early April 2020, half the world's population were living under quarantine. The most devastating pandemic in a century and the policies adopted in response to it upended life as we knew it. In this book, Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee examine our pandemic response and pose some provocative questions: Why did we ignore pre-Covid plans for managing a pandemic? Did we adequately consider the costs and benefits of different policy options?

Tonight, travel with Candace Parker deep into the Appalachian mountains to visit one of the most famous homes in the world: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater. Candace Parker is an entrepreneur, an activist, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, and one of the most decorated women’s basketball players of all-time with two WNBA MVP Awards. Off the court, Parker is a bold, insightful, and inspiring thought leader who is passionate about the importance of women’s rights, voters’ rights, and Black Lives Matter.

An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable. Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Norman Doidge, MD, traveled the country to meet both the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity and the people whose lives they've transformed - people whose mental limitations or brain damage were seen as unalterable.

Like soaking in a warm tub, sound baths are an immersive, full-body experience that allow you to take a break from doing and instead just be. Here, the low frequency of the crystal bowls and higher chime of the wind harp help clear the mind and ease you into a deep state of relaxation. In order to get the most out of your listening experience, pioneering sound therapist Sara Auster recommends you dim the lights and lie down or sit in a comfortable position with an eye mask and a blanket, silence any alerts or notifications, and use earphones.

Allow Gabby Bernstein to help you recalibrate your senses to relieve stress and find deep relaxation in this guided Yoga Nidra (sleep yoga). In a Yoga Nidra, you set an intention for rejuvenating sleep at the end of your day, almost like a wish for your sleep. Millions rely on her disarmingly candid and life-affirming wisdom, and her best-selling books inspire sold-out live tours

If we were as tiny as ants to another being, what would they make of our philosophies? The great satirist Voltaire imagines alien visitors who have opinions. Bedtime stories are narrated by the world's most celebrated voices and written with no beginning, middle, or end so you don't stay up to hear what happens next. They're interesting enough to give your mind something to focus on, but delivered in a way that encourages sleep.

Affecting 96 million Americans, prediabetes often develops into full-blown type 2 diabetes, one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Increasingly diagnosed by doctors, prediabetes is a condition in which blood sugar levels are elevated, but not yet high enough to be labeled diabetes. While diabetes cannot be cured, prediabetes can be reversed, so it is critical to take action at an early stage.

This award-winning book is the most recent book published on lichen sclerosus! Easy to read, informative and encouraging, this book takes a holistic approach to LS while keeping management of it simple. Multi award-winning author, Stephanie Hrehirchuk, never planned to write a book on a "rare" autoimmune disorder, nor did she expect to receive a diagnosis of vulvar LS two days before her 50th birthday. Here, she combines research on LS with her 25-year background in health and wellness. From: causes to signs and symptoms topicals to pelvic floor therapy nutrition to meditation writing ...

Hear singer, songwriter, and actor Nick Jonas lend his voice to the history of one of his favorite subjects: baseball. This unique story is written specifically to help you drift off, with no clear beginning, middle, or end, so you don’t need to follow the details too closely. In it, you’ll hear Nick Jonas describe how Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams reached legendary status, and how they shaped the three components of a perfect swin.

Bringing a new life into the world is one of the most profound and transformative journeys a human being can experience. It’s raw, real, and deeply personal. For many, the idea of a “natural birth”—childbirth without the assistance of pain-relieving medications such as an epidural—feels not just appealing, but ideal. It speaks to something primal, something rooted in ancient wisdom and modern-day empowerment.