Health & Medicine

Stephen Westaby / Fragile Lives: A Heart Surgeon’s Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table

An incredible memoir from one of the world’s most eminent heart surgeons, recalling some of the most remarkable and poignant cases he’s worked on.Grim Reaper sits on the heart surgeon’s shoulder. A slip of the hand and life ebbs away...

John D. Preston, Melissa Kirk / Depression 101: A Practical Guide to Treatments, Self-Help Strategies, and Preventing Relapse

When you have depression, it can feel like there's no way out. To begin changing the way you feel, you'll need an arsenal of proven techniques for lifting your mood and preventing relapse. The pocket-sized Depression 101 distills the most...

Anne Dickson & Nikki Henriques/ Menopause - The Woman's View

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David Veale, Rob Willson / Taking Control of OCD: Inspirational Stories of Hope and Recovery

Selected by Dr David Veale and Rob Willson, authors of the self-help guide 'Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder', the first person accounts contained in this collection reflect a broad range of experiences of those with OCD...

Beauchamp Colclough / Effective Way To Stop Drinking

An alcoholic until the age of 34, he then became a highly trained counsellor on addiction and runs the Prom recovery centre in Kent, where he treats alcoholics, drug addicts and people with eating disorders. Thus he would say he's been in the...

Allen Carr / Allen Carr's No More Hangovers : Control Your Drinking the Easy Way

Allen Carr's Easy way to Stop Smoking has helped millions of smokers to quit. In No More Hangovers Allen turns his common sense approach to drinking. Using examples from his own experience, one by one Allen demolishes all the myths that surround the...

The New Complete Medical and Health Encyclopedia Vol 1-4. (4 Book Collection)

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The New Complete Medical and Health Encyclopedia Vol 1-4 (4 Book Collection)

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Bob Arnot / The Breast Health Cookbook: Fast and Simple Recipes to Reduce the Risk of Cancer (Hardback)

The companion book to the author's bestselling The Breast Cancer Prevention Diet features 172 easy-to-prepare recipes designed to prevent the onset of cancer, accompanied by menu suggestions and tips on converting recipes to reduce prostate cancer...

Tom Burns / Our Necessary Shadow: The Nature and Meaning of Psychiatry (Hardback)

Our Necessary Shadow is the first attempt in a generation to explain the whole subject of psychiatry, from the UK's leading expert, Tom BurnsA lot is written about psychiatry and the things it deals with, but very little that describes psychiatry itself...

Nathan Filer / The Heartland: Finding and Losing Schizophrenia (Hardback)

This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health, originally published as The Heartland: Finding and Losing Schizophrenia, presents a balanced summary of the controversy around the biological model of mental ill health, along with the model's...

Patrick Conlon / The Essential Hospital Handbook: How to Be an Effective Partner in a Loved One's Care (Hardback)

Hospitalization is often as dismaying and frightening for family members as it is for the patient. And despite a heartfelt desire to understand what is happening and to comfort a sick or injured loved one, too often relatives and friends feel helpless...

Adrian Adger / Facing Cancer, Standing Tall: One Christian's journey to finding joy (Large Paperback)

At the age of fifty-four, Adrian Adger—church minister in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland and recently married—discovered he had inoperable, incurable cancer. He was full of questions:Why me? Is God punishing me?Is my life effectively...

Leigh Fortson , Bing Lee / What to Do When the Doctor Says Its IBS: Alternative and Traditional Treatments for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Large Paperback)

This book explores the nature and causes of irritable bowel syndrome and outlines the current treatment options. A large section of the book is devoted to the use of Chinese medicine to heal IBS, which has been proven in double-blind studies to have a...

Andrew Pallas / Beating Sports Injuries: Through Conventional and Complementary Methods (Large Paperback)

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Brian Roet / All in the Mind - Think Yourself Better (Large Paperback)

Drawing on his practical experience, Dr Brian Roet shows how the mind plays a major role in causing and maintaining illness, and how many physical and psychological symptoms are messages from the unconscious. Case histories and stories support...

Kelly A. Turner / Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds (Large Paperback)

Discover the nine keys that can unlock your pathway to dramatic healing.Kelly Turner, Ph.D., a researcher and psychotherapist who specializes in integrative oncology, gives the reader the results of her research on over a thousand cases of Radical...

Nic Sheff / We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction (Large Paperback)

In his follow-up to his bestselling memoir Growing Up On Methamphetamines, Nic Sheff reveals a brutally honest account of a young person's struggles with relapse and rehab.In his bestselling memoir Tweak , Nic Sheff took readers on an emotionally...

Ruth Appleby / Menopause: The Common Sense Approach (Large Paperback)

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Ann Robinson / Which?' Guide to Women's Health (Large Paperback)

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Gill Jacobs / Beat Candida Through Diet: A Complete Dietary Programme for Suffers of Candidiasis (Large Paperback)

Largely dismissed by the medical profession, the increasing incidence of candida-related health problems has been called 'the silent epidemic'. All of us have the yeast organism candida albicans in our bodies. It is only when the production of candida...

Sherrill Sellman / Hormone Heresy: What Women Must Know About Their Hormones (Large Paperback)

A comprehensively researched book that explains how the use of conventional hormone replacement therapies have put women at great risk and shows the suffering they have endured. It provides women of all ages the vital information necessary for making...

Steve Carroll / The "Which?" Guide to Men's Health (Large Paperback)

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Suzanne Harrington / The Liberty Tree : Drunk to Sober Via Love, Death, Disintegration & Freedom (Large Paperback)

A touching and brutally honest memoir, painful yet ultimately life affirming in its humor, warmth, and candor Suzanne Harrington did all the thing that adults do, long before she'd grown met Leo, married, had babies. She also partied, was homeless for a...

Maggie Rich / Coping With Brain Injury (Large Paperback)

Offers advice to people who have a family member or close friend who has suffered a brain injury.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition...

Marilyn Glenville / Natural Solutions to PCOS: How to Eliminate Your Symptoms and Boost Your Fertility (Large Paperback)

Practical ways to manage and treat polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) through diet and other self-management techniques Offering simple steps to living a symptom-free life with PCOS, this reassuring guide takes a natural approach designed to respect...

Sue Breton / Dont Panic: Guide to Overcoming Panic Attacks (Large Paperback)

Describes the causes and symptoms of an anxiety attack, gives practical advice on handling stress, and suggests sources of help     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our...

Allie Cashel / Suffering the Silence: Chronic Lyme Disease in an Age of Denial (Large Paperback)

Allie Cashel has suffered from chronic Lyme disease for sixteen years—but much of the medical community refuses to recognize her symptoms as the result of infectious disease. In Suffering the Chronic Lyme Disease in an Age of Denial, Cashel paints...

Neil Van Dokkum / Nursing Law for Irish Students (Large Paperback)

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Myriad Sara Lewis,Juliette Kellow / Cholesterol - Food, Facts and Recipes (Large Paperback)

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Hilary Jones / Before You Call The Doctor (Large Paperback)

Recognising symptoms of illness at an early stage is often vital to achieving a cure. But how do you know when something is trivial or really serious? Here at last is a book that can help you decide if and when you should consult a doctor. In this...

Don S. Dizon / 100 Questions & Answers About Uterine Cancer (Large Paperback)

Whether you are a newly diagnosed uterine cancer patient, a survivor, or a friend or relative of either, this book offers help. 100 Questions and Answers About Uterine Cancer addresses the issues that are specific to the woman with uterine cancer...

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa / 100 Questions & Answers About Liver Cancer (Large Paperback)

EMPOWER YOURSELF! Whether you're a newly diagnosed liver cancer patient, a survivor, or a friend or relative of either, this book offers help. The only text to provide the doctor's and patient's/caregiver's views, 100 Questions & Answers About Liver...

Lillie D. Shockney / 100 Questions & Answers About Advanced And Metastatic Breast Cancer (Large Paperback)

Empower yourself! Whether you're a newly diagnosed patient, survivor, or loved one of someone suffering from advanced breast cancer, 100 Questions & Answers About Advanced and Metastatic Breast Cancer, offers essential and practical guidance...

Victoria Hallerman / How We Survived Prostate Cancer: What We Did and What We Should Have Done (Large Paperback)

In this unflinchingly honest account of one couple's struggles through prostate cancer, told from the wife's point of view, Victoria Hallerman writes poignantly of the six-year journey that changed the landscape of her and her husband's lives. She and...

Jack Barrott / Dealing with Chronic Pain: The Pain Management Approach (Large Paperback)

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Dick Roth / "No, It's Not Hot in Here": A Partner's Guide to Understanding Menopause (Large Paperback)

At long last - a book written to help men understand what their partners are experiencing as they approach and go through menopause. With a minimum of scientific and academic jargon, this book presents the facts about menopause. It explores the physical...

Matt Green , Tony Edgar / Succeeding in your Medical School Interview (Large Paperback)

An essential student resource which looks at the part the Medical School Interview plays in the overall process through which students are selected to study Medicine.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact...

Mark Levy / Asthma at Your Fingertips (Large Paperback)

This handbook offers straightforward, positive and medically accurate answers to questions frequently asked by asthma sufferers and their families. The authors' expert advice offers the knowledge to help the reader lead a happy, healthy and normal life...

Colette Harris , Theresa Cheung / You Can Beat PMS (Large Paperback)

Beat the symptoms of PMS by making simple changes to your diet with this lively and authoritative self-help guide from the authors of the best-selling PCOS and PCOS Diet Book. A must-have for all women who feel they're spending half their life feeling...

Elizabeth Dowen , Lisa Thompson / What's it Like to be an... Emergency Nurse? (Large Paperback)

This series provides fun and accessible careers information for young people choosing what to study post-14. Each title offers a behind-the-scenes tour of a high-interest job typically entered through a vocational route. Snappy, easy-to-digest...

Marie-Claire Mason / Coping with Fibroids (Large Paperback)

A guide to one of the most common health problems for women. Fibroids are bundles of fibrous tissue which can grow in the muscle of the womb. Many women find it difficult to talk to their doctor about the menstrual problems these cause, and this book...

Frank V. McCarthy / Stroke: And the Long Road Back (Large Paperback)

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David B. Redwine / 100 Questions & Answers About Endometriosis (Large Paperback)

EMPOWER YOURSELF! It is estimated that between 10 and 20 percent of American women of childbearing age have endometriosis. About 5.5 million women in the U.S. and Canada are diagnosed with the disease each year. Whether you're a newly diagnosed patient,...

James S. Lawson / Breast Cancer: Can You Prevent It? (Large Paperback)

James and Amelia Lawson summarise the results of current research findings on the prevention of breast cancer and offer a practical set of guidelines for women that can reduce their personal risk of developing the condition.'     All of our...

Tony Barnett / Aids in Africa (Large Paperback)

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You, Me and Everyone We Know: Everyday Adventures in Mental Health

You, Me & Everyone We Know is a collection of personal stories and recollections by journalists, broadcasters, sportspeople, men, woman, boys, and girls, looking at how they have faced and coped with a range of day-to-day challenges to their...

Karen Evennett / Coping with Your Cervical Smear

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David Wray / Understanding Your Teeth and Mouth

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Janet Wright / Eat Safely

This is a short guide to sortiing the facts from the scaremongering and media myths, telling you how to spot and avoid trouble at the outset; how to shop wisely and eat safely. From food preparation to food production, from pesticidesto plant genetics,...

Adam Phillips / Going Sane

From Britain's leading psychoanalyst, author of On Kindness and Missing Out, Adam Phillips explains what it means to be a sane person in an insane world. Volumes have been dedicated to madness, but sanity is rarely mentioned. We can define the mad, but...

Carl Djerassi / This Man's Pill: Reflections on the 50th Birthday of the Pill

On October 15, 1951, in a small laboratory in Mexico City, one of the key episodes in 20th century social history the first synthesis of a steroid oral contraceptive--an event that triggered the development of the Pill. Carl Djerassi has been honored...