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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise April 2018
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100 Questions & Answers About HIV & AIDS
by M.D Gallant, Joel
EMPOWER YOURSELF!Whether you're a newly diagnosed patient or a friend or relative of someone suffering from HIV or AIDS, this book can help. Offering both doctor and patient perspectives, 100 Questions & Answers About HIV and AIDS, Fourth Edition provides authoritative and practical answers to the most commonly asked questions by patients and their loved ones. What is the difference between HIV and AIDS? How can HIV infection be prevented? How do I find the right medical care?Along with the answers to these and other questions, this book provides information on diagnosis, treatment, living with HIV and more. Written by an expert in the field 100 Questions & Answers About HIV and AIDS, Fourth Edition is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional uncertainty of this disease.
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After the War : Surviving PTSD and Changing Military Culture
by Stéphane Grenier
After serving in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide and civil war, Lieutenant Colonel Stéphane Grenier returned to Canada haunted by his experiences. Facing post-traumatic stress disorder and an archaic establishment, he spent ten years confronting-and changing-the military mental health system from within. Coining the term "Operational Stress Injury" to allow the military to see mental injury in the same light as a physical wound, Grenier founded the Operational Stress Injury Social Support program that provides help for mentally injured soldiers and veterans. Since retiring from the military in 2012, his groundbreaking approach has been adopted by civilian society. Working with the Mental Health Commission of Canada, he founded Mental Health Innovations, a social enterprise which delivers Grenier's direct "walk the talk" method to improve mental well-being in government and business.
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At peace : choosing a good death after a long life
by Samuel Harrington
A practical follow-up to Being Mortal cites current practices in aggressive medical intervention that are compromising end-of-life quality, counseling older patients and their health-care proxies on the patterns of six chronic diseases while sharing compassionate advice on recognizing a terminal diagnosis, dementia, and hospice care.
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Conquering Lyme disease : science bridges the great divide
by Brian Fallon
In this authoritative book, the Columbia University Medical Center physicians Brian A. Fallon and Jennifer Sotsky explain that, despite the vexing "Lyme Wars," there is cause for both doctors and patients to be optimistic. The past decade's advances in precision medicine and biotechnology are reshaping our understanding of Lyme disease and accelerating the discovery of new tools to diagnose and treat it, such that the great divide previously separating medical communities is now being bridged. Drawing on both extensive clinical experience and cutting-edge research, Fallon, Sotsky, and their colleagues present these paradigm-shifting breakthroughs in language accessible to both sides. They clearly explain the immunologic, infectious, and neurologic basis of chronic symptoms, the cognitive and psychological impact of the disease, as well as current and emerging diagnostic tests, treatments, and prevention strategies. Written for the educated patient and health care provider seeking to learn more, Conquering Lyme Disease gives an up-to-the-minute overview of the science that is transforming the way we address this complex illness. It argues forcefully that the expanding plague of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases can be confronted successfully and may soon even be reversed.
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Dollars and sense : how we misthink money and how to spend smarter
by Dan Ariely
The New York Times best-selling author of Predictably Irrational and his co-author share anecdotal insight into the illogical influences behind poor financial decisions and how to outmaneuver them, covering topics ranging from credit-card debt and household budgeting to holiday spending and real estate sales.
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Utopia for realists : how we can build the ideal world
by Rutger Bregman
The author presents a history of utopian thinking and a pragmatic manifesto for today, suffused with facts, success stories and lively anecdotes, in a book that advocates for a universal basic income, a 15-hour workweek and open borders. An international best-seller.
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How to Fix a Broken Heart
by Guy Winch
A licensed psychologist and author explains how heartbreak works, how it impacts the human brain and behavior in dramatic and unexpected ways and offers a toolkit on how to handle the emotion and learn to move on.
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Meltdown : Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It
by Chris Clearfield
Explains how the increasing complexity of our modern systems, which have given us new capabilities, creates conditions vulnerable for surprising meltdowns and offers eye-opening and empowering solutions to design better systems and make better decisions at work and at home.
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Skin in the game : hidden asymmetries in daily life
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Black Swan comes a new work that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility.
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The year of less : how i stopped shopping, gave away my belongings, and discovered life is worth more than anything you can buy in a store
by Cait Flanders
"In her late twenties, Cait Flanders found herself stuck in the consumerism cycle that grips so many of us: earn more, buy more, want more, rinse, repeat. Even after she worked her way out of nearly $30,000 of consumer debt, her old habits took hold again. When she realized that nothing she was doing or buying was making her happy--only keeping her from meeting her goals--she decided to set herself a challenge:she would not shop for an entire year. The Year of Lessdocuments Cait's life from July 2014 to June 2015, during which time she bought only consumables: groceries, toiletries, gas for her car. Along the way, she challenged herself to consume less of many other things besides shopping. She decluttered her apartment and got rid of 70 percent of her belongings; learned how to fix things rather than throw them away; researched the zero waste movement; and completed a television ban. At every stage, she learned that the less she consumed, the more fulfilled she felt. What started as a simple challenge quickly became a lifeline, however, as Cait found herself in a number of situations that turned her life upside down. In the face of hardship, she realized why she had always turned to shopping, alcohol and food--and what it had cost her, for so many years. By not being able to reach for any of her usual vices, Cait changed habits she'd spent years perfecting and discovered what truly mattered to her"
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