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Menopause and perimenopause are still a black box to most doctors, leaving patients exasperated as they grapple with symptoms ranging from hot flashes to insomnia to brain fog. As a leading neuroscientist and women’s brain health specialist, Dr. Mosconi unravels these mysteries by revealing how menopause doesn’t just impact the ovaries—it’s a hormonal show in which the brain takes center stage.

Devuelve el poder a tus manos: Descubre el secreto para dominar la fuerza a cualquier edad, incluso si las limitaciones físicas te han frenado antes. ¿Tu edad avanzada está poniendo en riesgo tu independencia o movilidad? ¿Te preocupa que tus problemas de salud te impidan llevar un estilo de vida activo?

For active women, menopause hits hard. Overnight, your body doesn’t feel like the one you know and love anymore—you’re battling new symptoms, might be gaining weight, losing endurance and strength, and taking longer to bounce back from workouts that used to be easy. The things that have always kept you fit and healthy just seem to stop working the way they used to.

A revolutionary and much-needed exploration of Alzheimer’s and how patients and their caregivers can take back control from this insidious disease. A significant portion of our population worries about the grip of dementia as we age. With over 6.5 million Americans living with Alzheimer's, the urgency for a solution has never been greater.

In Tai Chi & Qigong Balancing Exercises For Seniors, you will uncover the secrets of these ancient Chinese practices, now tailored for your golden years. This comprehensive manual demystifies Tai Chi and Qigong and delivers a host of enriching benefits right to your doorstep. Dive into the philosophy of Yin and Yang, the life energy of Qi, and learn how these principles can transform your whole existence.

Inspired by a personal health crisis that put his wife in the ICU, the author embarked on a transformative wellness journey. Neglecting his health for over a decade due to career pursuits, he discovered the power of holistic strategies and lifestyle changes that transformed their lives forever. This guide combines scientific evidence, practical strategies, and personal insights to empower you on your wellness journey.

In Try Softer, you'll learn how to: know and set emotional and relational boundaries; make sense of the difficult experiences you've had; identify your attachment style-and how that affects your relationships today; move through emotions rather than get stuck by them; and grow in self-compassion and talk back to your inner critic. Trying softer is sacred work. And while it won't be perfect or easy, it will be worth it. Because this is what we were made for: a living, breathing, moving, feeling, connected, beautifully incarnational life.

For 40 years, "The 36-Hour Day" has been the leading work in the field for caregivers of those with dementia. Written by experts with decades of experience caring for individuals with memory loss, Alzheimer's, and other dementias, the book is widely known for its authoritativeness and compassionate approach to care. Featuring everything from the causes of dementia to managing its early stages to advice on caring for those in the later stages of the disease, it is widely considered to be the most detailed and trusted book available.

How great would it feel to wake up feeling rested; have a brain that is calm, joyful, and clear; and to finally lose weight in an easy and sustainable way? The good news is that there is a way for you to do all of this and more. Nutrition and functional medicine expert and best-selling author Dr. Mindy Pelz has helped thousands of women just like you reset their health during their turbulent menopausal years. Join Dr. Mindy as she reconnects you to your more vibrant and youthful self.

Are you a nursing student or healthcare professional struggling to navigate the complex world of medical terminology? Do confusing medical terms and jargon leave you feeling overwhelmed and frustrated? Imagine confidently stepping into your healthcare career, armed with a deep understanding of medical language that allows you to communicate effectively with colleagues and provide the best care for your patients. With this comprehensive guide, you can quickly grasp and memorize medical terms, unraveling the mystery of complex terminology in no time!

This book offers clarity amidst the confusion from understanding the physiological changes to navigating the emotional rollercoaster. This guide provides invaluable insights for women at every stage of this journey. Equipped with proven strategies, you'll confidently navigate the ups and downs of this journey, emerging on the other side stronger, healthier, and vibrantly alive.

What does it really mean to be a grown-up in today's world? We assume that once we "get it together" with the right job, marry the right person, have children, and buy a home, all is settled and well. But adulthood presents varying levels of growth and is rarely the respite of stability we expected. Turbulent emotional shifts can take place anywhere between the ages of 35 and 70 when we question the choices we've made, realize our limitations, and feel stuck - commonly known as the "midlife crisis".

Can what you eat determine how long, and how well, you live? The clinically proven answer is yes, and The Longevity Diet is easier to follow than you'd think. The culmination of 25 years of research on aging, nutrition, and disease across the globe, this unique program lays out a simple solution to living to a healthy old age through nutrition. The key is combining the healthy everyday eating plan the audiobook outlines, with the scientifically engineered fasting-mimicking diet, or FMD.

An in-depth understanding of progressive brain failure, dementia symptoms, the conditions that cause dementia, what to expect, investigating behaviors, dementia care facilities, promoting a high quality of life, and determining when it's time for Hospice care.

The Inflammation Spectrum is about learning to love your body enough to nourish it with delicious, healing foods. Its insightful quizzes and empowering advice will put you on a path toward food freedom and overall healing.

The first love in our lives is our mother. Recognizing her face, her voice, the meaning of her moods, and her facial expressions is crucial to survival. In this book, Dr. Christine Ann Lawson vividly describes how mothers who suffer from borderline personality disorder produce children who may flounder in life even as adults, futilely struggling to reach the safety of a parental harbor, unable to recognize that their borderline parent lacks a pier, or even a discernible shore.

Award-winning author and researcher Dan Buettner has traveled the world to meet the planet’s longest-lived people, and learned nine powerful yet simple lessons that could put you on the path to longer life. Where did he find them? In the Blue Zones....

Do you want to lose weight and keep it off while feeling more energy, mental clarity, and slowing aging? If so, this book will empower you to achieve your goals. In modern society, we are constantly bombarded with advice on how to lose weight quickly. Although we ought to be skeptical about some of these, they often draw us in. Many women have told me they've fallen for many of those weight loss marketing tactics that don't work.

Many know Kimberly Williams-Paisley as the bride in the popular Steve Martin remakes of the Father of the Bride movies, the calculating Peggy Kenter on Nashville, or the wife of country megastar Brad Paisley. But in 2014, Williams-Paisley revealed a tragic secret: Her mother had been diagnosed with a rare form of dementia called primary progressive aphasia at the age of 61.

A compelling defense of hormone replacement therapy, exposing the faulty science behind its fall from prominence and empowering women to make informed decisions about their health.