A Revolutionary New Understanding of a Medical Mystery
The author of the international bestsellers The Diabetes Code and The Obesity Code returns with a groundbreaking look at the origins and treatment of cancer, providing practical tools to help prevent this deadly disease from taking root. More »
The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons
A riveting thriller reminiscent of The Hot Zone, this true story dives into the mystery surrounding one of the most controversial and misdiagnosed conditions of our time—Lyme disease—and of Willy Burgdorfer, the man who discovered the microbe behind it, revealing his secret role in developing bug-borne biological weapons, and raising terrifying questions about the genesis of the epidemic of tick-borne diseases affecting millions of… More »
The Science of Connection, from Soul to Psychedelics
Julie Holland argues that it is our disconnection—from nature, from each other, and even from our own bodies, thoughts, and feelings—that's causing our psychological discomfort and dysfunction. Holland looks to our neurobiology for clues for what allows social connections, good feelings and healing—oxytocin, dopamine, pheromones, endocannabinoids, and more—to understand what we're missing and how we can get it back. More »
The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World
The book we need NOW to avoid a social recession, Murthy’s prescient message is about the importance of human connection, the hidden impact of loneliness on our health, and the social power of community. More »
The Epic Battle Between People and Pathogens
A riveting look at why and how microbes are evolving into superbugs—a story of science and evolution that looks to history, culture, attitudes and our collective human behavior, from award-winning scientist Prof. Zaman. His research is focused on developing global health technologies as they are related to mortality and morbidity issues associated with anti-microbial resistance. Scientific American has named technologies from the Zaman… More »
How to Use the Ancient Science of Sound to Heal the Body and Mind
From a leading neuroscientist and practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine, rigorous scientific investigation of sound as energy frequency, showing readers how to use its powers for healing and wellness.Why does a baby's cry instantaneously flood a mother's body with a myriad of stress hormones? How can a song on the radio stir up powerful emotions, from joy to anger, regret to desire? Why… More »
How to Reclaim Your Life from Endometriosis
From two of the country's leading experts in women's health, a hopeful, practical, and essential toolkit for women with endometriosis, filled with practical guidance and a proven, holistic treatment regimen. More »
The Science and Mystery of Healing
From the Founder and Director of the YinOva Center, Dr. Jill Blakeway, comes an integrative, groundbreaking look at energy healing that draws on the fundamental tenets of Traditional Chinese Medicine and marries Eastern and Western perspectives, offering evidence-based examples of the ways in which energy healing can be applied to heal the body. More »
Inside the Surprising Science of Infectious Behaviors and Viral Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves
A groundbreaking look at the science and lived experience of social contagions, revealing how thoughts, feelings, and actions are just as contagious as viruses and what we can do to cure them. Kravetz's journalistic expertise unpacks this emerging field, illustrating the latest research through fascinating, true narratives, bringing to life how we transmit behaviors and thoughts. More »
How the Hidden Conversation Within Our Bodies Impacts Our Mood, Our Choices, and Our Overall Health
Based on Dr. Emeran Mayer's cutting-edge research and clinical practice, The Mind-Gut Connection details the evidence of the mind-body connection on a cellular level, explaining how the microbiome influences cognitive function and mood, and how the brain can affect the functioning of our gut. Dr. Mayer offers practical information about how our diets, medications, and family history can… More »
One Doctor. Seven Billion Patients.
Medical doctor and economist Christopher Murray and the Gates Foundation supported Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) are changing what we know about how to measure global health, using new metrics to analyze how well we live and how we die. Journalist Jeremy Smith has exclusive access to tell the story. More »
Unraveling the Mystery of Mental Suffering
Former FDA Commissioner and bestselling author of The End of Overeating, Dr. David Kessler explores how and why our logical minds and better intentions can feel as though they have been hijacked by something we cannot control. What he discovers is the very underpinning of human suffering whether it be from depression, anxiety, obsession, addiction, phobia, or panic. More »
The Science of Weight Loss, the Myth of Willpower, and Why You Should Never Diet Again
Based on two decades of research at Stanford, UCLA, and the University of Minnesota, Traci Mann delivers a provocative investigation of the myth of willpower, and why all weight loss programs that rely on this behavioral belief ultimately fail. In Secrets from the Eating Lab, Mann reveals new evidence to challenge commonly-held assumptions about obesity, health, and the effectiveness of dieting, offering strategies to achieve long-term health. More »
The Secret to Recognizing and Coping with Narcissists
Harvard Medical School affiliated psychologist and Huffington Post blogger Craig Malkin addresses the "narcissism epidemic" by illuminating the spectrum of narcissism, ways to control the trait, and why too little of it may be a bad thing. Malkin deconstructs healthy from unhealthy narcissism and offers clear, step-by-step guidance on how to promote healthy narcissism in our partners, our children, and ourselves. More »
The Truth About Depression and How Women Can Heal Their Bodies to Reclaim Their Lives
Dr. Kelly Brogan offers an entirely new perspective on depression and exposes the cruel truth about modern psychiatry. Rather than approaching depression as a disease or a brain disorder best treated with drugs, Dr. Brogan offers a path to peace of mind that will rescue millions of women currently considering or taking antidepressants. Her evidence-based theory teaches us that we owe most of our mental illnesses to lifestyle factors and… More »
How to Reduce Inflammation, Reverse Nerve Damage, and Reclaim Good Health
A clinically researched book that explores how sugar leads not only to diabetes but to gall bladder and kidney disease, inflammation, and nerve damage, while offering methods to prevent and reverse diabetes and other sugar-related conditions through early detection. More »
The Surprising Link Between Suffering and Success
What can we learn from the remarkable accomplishments of those who have experienced trauma? Supersurvivors investigates science and stories to inspire and instruct ordinary people on how to achieve extraordinary things. The authors' research reveals surprising results: positive thinking may do more harm than good. Instead, having realistic expectations and putting in hard work are more likely to lead to success. More »
The Truth About Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder
In this controversial and landmark work, behavioral neurologist Dr. Richard Saul draws from five decades as a practicing physician and researcher in the field to contend that our definition of ADHD, as we know it, is completely wrong. Instead, he argues that the "disorder" is a cluster of symptoms, stemming from over twenty other conditions, each requiring separate treatment. The detailed list ranges from mild problems like poor… More »
Conquering the Causes of Chronic Illness for a Healthier, Longer, and Happier Life
The 21st-centruy paradigm shift in medicine from treatment to understanding the cause is analogous to the advances in bacteriology in the late 19th. Dr. Jeffery Bland, the father of functional medicine, leverages a lifetime of being on the cutting edge of research and practice in integrative medicine to provide a roadmap for good health by helping us understand the root causes of chronic illness. Supported by recent advances in health… More »
Hurricane Sandy, Our Changing Climate, and Extreme Weather of the Past and Future
Atmospheric scientist and Columbia University professor Adam Sobel takes an inquisitive look into super storm Sandy, examining the science behind the storm, its connections to our changing climate, and the implications for the future. More »
The Invisible Link Between the Food We Eat and the Microbes Within Us-and How We Can Take Back Our Health
From researcher, professor, and author of The Mind-Gut Connection, Emeran Mayer, comes fresh look at the new science of the microbiome, including not only its connection to cognitive health but also its critical role in preventing the chronic disease.
A Peruvian curandero (healer) who runs a small lodge on the banks of the Amazon where he cultivates Ayahuasca vines and other sacred plants explains what shamanism really is, how it works and why, what it is and what is it not. He details how a traditional Ayahuasca ceremony unfolds, step-by-step, when run by an experienced curandero and helps us see that, if approached with the proper sincerity, these ceremonies can heal us of our…
A look at the science, psychology, philosophy, and spirituality of silence that will change the way we hear the world. The authors offer a way of understanding the unprecedented mass proliferation of sensory input we live with, how it impacts us, and strategies and practices we as individuals, groups, organizations, and society at-large can use to turn down the noise. As we learn how to navigate an increasingly noisy world we begin to…