Health & Medicine

Sarah Gilbert / Vaxxers

 Chosen as a Book of the Year 2021 by the Financial Times, Sunday Times, Daily Mail, Prospect, Guardian and The Times. 'Vaxxers is so good that the book will be read for long after the pandemic is...

Kevin Jordan / Dying to Live - Motor Neurone Disease

 How much more time do I have left? I fell for the second time yesterday. Am I deteriorating more quickly than I thought? I will have to be fed. I will have to be helped on the toilet. These thoughts churn in my mind. For the first time I have a...

Charlie Hoare / Man Down: A Guide for Men on Mental Health

 How often do you put on a "coping" front, when in reality you're troubled with insecurities and anxieties? Do you find it difficult to open up about how you're feeling?  You might be surprised to learn that you are not alone, and that many...

Terence J. Sandbeck / The Deadly Diet: Recovering from Anorexia and Bulimia (Large Paperback)

Describes a step-by-step method for sufferers of anorexia and bulimia to help themselves to overcome the diseases and change their behavior      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the...

American Heart Association Guide to Heart Attack Treatment, Recovery, and Prevention (Large Paperback)

Discusses a range of available treatments for heart attack victims and answers questions about diagnosis, recovery, and lifestyle      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all...

Lucy O'Donnell / Cancer is My Teacher (Large Paperback)

Every two minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with cancer. Lucy O'Donnell was one herself three years ago. Cancer is My Teacher is her story, describing unflinchingly how she has turned the disease into a positive experience - and how you can do the...

Patricia R. Casey / From the Heart - Your Mental Health Questions Answered (Large Paperback)

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Jennifer Hunt / Coping Successfully with Your Irritable Bladder (Large Paperback)

Affecting around 20 per cent of women, irritable bladder is the term for urgency and frequency incontinence problems. This book offers practical advice on how to cope. It explains the causes and treatments available, and gives advice on overcoming...

Ellen de Visser / That One Patient (Large Paperback)

For every doctor there is that one patient, whose story touches them in a way they didn’t expect, changing their entire outlook on life. This inspiring and deeply moving book is the story of those patients.Every weekend, in Holland’s most...

Sue Dyson / Coping Successfully With Migraine (Large Paperback)

This guide explains what migraine is and the different types that exist including classical and cluster headaches. This book helps to identify particular triggers to migraine attacks and how to arm against them. The effects of migraine on your life is...

Marie de Hennezel / Sex After Sixty: a French guide to loving intimacy (Large Paperback)

From couples who have long-since given up sex altogether to people who discover new aspects of their sexuality, or even enter a second adolescence in advanced age, this study by a French psychologist draws on extensive interviews and case studies to...

Brian S. Freeman / The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Medical Specialty (Large Paperback)

You owe it to yourself to read this book before you choose a medical specialty! The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Medical Specialty , 3rd edition delivers a well-researched, insiders look at the complex issues medical students face when choosing a medical...

Sinéad Walsh / Getting to Zero: A Doctor and a Diplomat on the Ebola Frontline (Large Paperback)

In 2014, a 28-year old British doctor found himself co-running the Ebola isolation unit in Sierra Leone's main hospital after the doctor in charge had been killed by the virus. Completely overwhelmed and wrapped in stifling protective suits, he and his...

Jr. Parker, John L. / Heart Monitor Training for the Compleat Idiot (Large Paperback)

You have nothing to lose but your old PR's! Attention Runners, Triathletes, Cyclists & Fitness buffs! Do you suspect that your best race or sleekest body is in there somewhere, waiting for the right schedule, coach, or series of workouts to bring it...

Muir Gray / Sod Sitting, Get Moving!: Getting Active in Your 60s, 70s and Beyond (Hardback)

Sod Sitting, Get Moving! is the must-have guide to keeping fit and healthy in your sixties, seventies and beyond. Specifically designed for older adults the exercises, stretches and strengthening movements will help keep you fit, strong and supple for...

Gerd Kempermann / Adult Neurogenesis - Stem Cells and Neuronal Development in the Adult Brain(Hardback)

The discovery of adult neurogenesis and of stem cells in the brain has changed our view of the mature brain. Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the...

Albert Bourla / Moonshot - Inside Pfizer's Nine Month Race to make the Impossible Possible (Hardback)

Wall Street Journal Bestseller 2022 Genesis Prize Laureate Axiom Award Bronze Medalist for Business Intelligence / Innovation The exclusive, first-hand, behind-the-scenes story of how Pfizer raced to create the first Covid-19 vaccine, told by...

Alastair Campbell / Living Better : How I Learned to Survive Depression (Hardback)

 Last Christmas I almost killed myself. Almost. I've had a lot of almosts. Never gone from almost to deed. Don't think I ever will. But it was a bad almost.Living Better is Alastair Campbell's honest, moving and life affirming account of his...

''M'' ( Terry Garrity ) - The Sensuous Man - Vintage PB 1972 - ( Originally 1971)

The Sensuous Man was written by an author initially known as "M", later revealed to be Joan Garrity,  John Garrity, and Len Forman. First published in 1971 , The Sensuous Man is a detailed instruction manual on male...

Cecily Gilligan - Cures of Ireland - A Treasury of Irish Folk Cures - HB - BRAND NEW - 2023

BRAND NEW COPIES - Published AUGUST 2023, Merrion Press, Hardcover.  THEBOOKSHOP.IE ' BOOK OF THE YEAR' 2023 !  It’s said that almost everyone in Ireland, particularly in rural communities, will know of someone with a ‘cure’...

Richard Merrill Cohen / Blindsided: Lifting a Life Above Illness: A Reluctant Memoir (Large Paperback)

 Richard Cohen, a veteran writer, producer and distinguished journalist, has lived with multiple sclerosis for over 25 years. Recently diagnosed again with colon cancer, Cohen describes his lifelong struggle with multiple sclerosis, his first bout...

Michael Ffrench-O'Carroll / The Irish Drugs Epidemic

 A detailed description of the growing drug and alcohol addiction problem in Ireland.     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...

James Fleming / Beat Cellulite Forever

  Beat Cellulite Forever     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. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from...

Alan E.H. Emery / Muscular Dystrophy: theFacts

 The muscular dystrophies are a group of genetic diseases that severely affect children and adults. For sufferers and their families, presents enormous physical and psychological challenges. Written specifically for people with muscular dystrophy...

Sherrie J. Palm / Pelvic Organ Prolapse: The Silent Epidemic (Hardback)

 Pelvic Organ Prolapse, or POP, is a little talked about female health issue that half of all childbearing women will experience late in life. There are more than 300,000 surgeries for POP annually. Due to various causes such as menopause, estrogen...

Jason Vale / Super Juice Me!: 28 Day Juice Plan (Large Paperback)

   Off the back of his groundbreaking and critically acclaimed documentary film, "Super Juice Me! The Big Juice Experiment," comes Jason Vale's most comprehensive juice program to date. In the film eight people with twenty-two different...

Don Colbert / What You Don't Know May be Killing You (Large Paperback)

 MAKE BETTER HEALTH DECISIONS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. You already know that proper diet, exercise, controlling your environment and rest can keep you in good health. But you're still not sure you're doing enough. You may have seen family or...

Deepak Chopra / Super Genes : The hidden key to total well-being (Large Paperback)

 "You are not simply the sum output of your genome," write Deepak Chopra and Rudy Tanzi, Director of the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. "You are the user and inventor of your genome." For years it was accepted...

Jan de Vries / The Five Senses (Large Paperback)

 Author and naturopath Jan de Vries has become increasingly aware of the damage that today's environment has had on the five senses of taste, smell, touch, sight and hearing. In this text, he describes many self-help exercises which are available to...

David Richman / Cycle of Lives (Large Paperback)

 Have you ever been forced to consider the fact of your mortality? If confronted with cancer, how would you feel? What would you say to the people you love? What would they say to you? No two people have the same answers to these questions, a...

Siobhan Cleary / Check up Children

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George Target / Your Arthritic Hip and You

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Liz Earle / Post-Natal Health

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Leonard Mervyn / Stomach Ulcers and Acidity

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Danuta M. Krotoski / Women with Physical Disabilities : Achieving and Maintaining Health and Well-being (Large Paperback)

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Bill Long / Change of Heart (Large Paperback)

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Ross Valentine / Banish Stress and Pain

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H. Laurence Ross / Confronting Drunk Driving : Social Policy for Saving Lives (Large Paperback)

 Drunk driving is most often viewed as criminal behavior that is best addressed through the justice system. However, in this new book H. Laurence Ross argues that drunk driving is more than a criminal issue. It is an inevitable consequence of...

Paul Carson / How to Cope with Your Child's Allergies

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Suzanne Duckett / Bathe : The Art of Finding Rest, Relaxation and Rejuvenation in a Busy World (Hardback)

 'I'll cherish my baths even more now!' Melissa Hemsley'A timely reminder of the meditative ritual of bathing' Laura BaileyBatheverb \'bat?h\: to take a bath: to become immersed or absorbedBathe explores the many types of baths and bathing from...

Mary Redmond Ussher / Following the Pink Ribbon Path (Hardback)

 The Pink Ribbon Path is a path for healing and hope, which once embarked upon, becomes a daily joy. The first edition of this book was written during Mary Ussher's fight against cancer; from diagnosis to treatment, and what came after. It includes...

Neal Barnard / The 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart

 This easy to follow diet still allows you to eat unlimited carbohydrates, and promises:Appetite reductionMetabolism boostNo calorie countingNo points to calculateDr Neal Barnard has been at the forefront of cutting-edge research on what it takes to...

Jo Mears / Coping with Endometriosis (Large Paperback)

 Two million women in the UK are thought to suffer from endometriosis. This is a condition in which the tissue lining of the uterus grows in other parts of the body, causing a variety of problems including painful periods and infertility. This book,...

David R. Hamilton / How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body (Large Paperback)

   In this compelling and groundbreaking new book Dr David Hamilton shows how the mind can have the power to heal the body. Here he describes the power of positive thinking and how thoughts and emotions mould the structure of the brain and...

Lucy Atkins / The Cancer Survivor's Companion : Practical ways to cope with your feelings after cancer (Large Paperback)

 Coping with life after cancer can be tough. The idea that the end of successful treatment brings relief and peace just isn't true for countless survivors. Many feel unexpectedly alone, worried and adrift. You're supposed to be getting your life...

Lars Peterson & Per Renstrom - Sports Injuries : Their Prevention and Treatment - HB 1st 1986

Originally published in Sweden ( where both authors were medical physiotherapists) this is the UK 1988 edition published by Martin Dunitz. Illustrated hardcover, 488 pages with index. There is a presentation inscription on the inside front cover from a...

Christine Hamill / B is for Breast Cancer : From anxiety to recovery and everything in between - a beginner's guide (Large Paperback)

 The day after I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I was standing in the chemist with a basket in my hand, blinking back tears and thinking, "Now what does a breast cancer patient need?" All I could come up with was waterproof mascara. I put some in...

Miriam Stoppard / Natural Menopause (Large Paperback)

 Many women choose not to undertake hormone replacement therapy (HRT) during menopause and want to go through the lifestage naturally. Dr. Stoppard explains the process of menopause in detail including the health risks associated with...

Chrissie Wildwood / Flower Remedies : Natural Healing with Flower Essences (Large Paperback)

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Robert Harrison / The Smart Guide to Infertility : Fact and Fiction(Large Paperback)

   Have you been trying to have a baby for more than a year?Do you want to understand the complex processes involved in conception and beyond to see where things might be going wrong for you?Do you want to know what you can do to help yourself...

Katherine Griffin / Hope to Cope : Accepting what we cannot change, changing what we can (Large Paperback)

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Kate Burton / Building Self-confidence For Dummies (Large Paperback)

 We could all use a little more confidence in our lives. With a push in the right direction, you can discover how to carry yourself confidently at work, at home, and even in relationships. This friendly guide shows you what confidence is and where...