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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise February 2019
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Doing Harm : The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick by Maya Dusenbery"In this shocking, hard-hitting expose in the tradition of Naomi Klein and Barbara Ehrenreich, the editorial director of Feministing.com, reveals how gender bias infects every level of medicine and healthcare today--leading to inadequate, inappropriate, and even dangerous treatment that threatens women's lives and well-being. Modern medicine is failing women. Half of all American women suffer from at least one chronic health condition--from autoimmune disorders and asthma to depression and Alzheimer's disease--and the numbers are increasing. A wealth of research has revealed that women often exhibit different symptoms than their male counterparts, suffer disproportionately from many debilitating conditions, and may react differently to prescription drugsand other therapies. Yet more thantwenty years after the law decreed that women be included in all health-related research and drug development, doctors are still operating with a lingering knowledge gap when it comes to women's health. And they're not immune to unconscious biases and stereotypes that can undermine the doctor-patient relationship. The consequences can be catastrophic: Too often, women are misdiagnosed, poorly treated, and find their complaints dismissed as "just stress" or "all in your head." Meanwhile, they're getting sicker. Maya Dusenbery brings together scientific and sociological research, interviews with experts within and outside the medical establishment, and personal stories from regular women to provide the first comprehensive, accessible look at how sexism in medicine harms women today. In addition to offering a clear-eyed explanation of the root causes of this insidious and entrenched bias and laying out its effects, she suggests concrete steps we can take to cure it. Eye-opening and long-overdue, Doing Harm is an empowering call to action for health care providers and all women"
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The Clean Plate : Eat, Reset, Heal by Gwyneth PaltrowThe Oscar-winning actress and author of the best-selling My Father's Daughter shares clean, flexible recipes for the week's most time-challenged meals and explains how to promote healing and rebalance in accordance with specialist recommendations. 250,000 first printing
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Science and Spiritual Practices : Transformative Experiences and Their Effects on Our Bodies, Brains, and Health
by Rupert Sheldrake
Book AnnotatBiologist Sheldrake attempts to beat new atheists at their own game by using science to shore up devotion to spiritual practices in this persuasive appeal for a more enchanted world. To do that, he considers seven practices that are spiritually fulfilling while also having proven health benefits: meditation, gratitude, connecting with the non-human world, human-plant relationships, ritual, singing, and pilgrimage. For each, he provides a brief, intriguing history of its rise and modern diminishment across various traditions. New Item - 201.65 SHELDRA 2018
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In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It by Lauren GrahamThe popular Gilmore Girls actress and author of the best-selling memoir, Talking as Fast as I Can, shares an expansion of her 2017 commencement speech at her hometown high school that counsels graduates on the importance of finding joy in one's life while recognizing the power of empathy, curiosity and kindness. NonFiction170.44 GRAHAM 2018
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| The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image, and Guilt in America by Virginia Sole-SmithWhat it's about: humanity's relationship with hunger and appetite, topped with up-to-date research and the author's own history with diet culture.
Topics of note: the role parenting plays in forming attitudes toward food and body image; the health struggles of the author's daughter, whose time on a feeding tube affected both of their relationships with hunger.
Want a taste? "September 17, 2013. It is the day before my daughter Violet's one-month birthday. It is also the first day that she will almost die." |
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| The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload by Daniel J. LevitinWhat it's about: the "Stone Age" characteristics of the human brain and how the mind manages (or doesn't manage) modern demands and distractions.
Author alert: Daniel J. Levitin is the author of other books about the human brain and the modern age, including This Is Your Brain On Music and Weaponized Lies.
Reviewers say: "Levitin's fascinating tour of the mind helps us better understand the ways we process and structure our experiences" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal NewportWhat it is: an impassioned discussion of the obstacles standing between many professionals and their most effective, efficient work.
Don't miss: a discussion of the surprising possible benefits of distraction and boredom to productivity.
Is it for you? Cal Newport describes himself as something of a luddite, but his self-awareness and his lack of nostalgia about working in the pre-digital age make this less of an issue. |
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| Work Simply: Embracing the Power of Your Personal Productivity Style by Carson TateWhat it is: a no-nonsense guide to managing your time, changing your mindset toward getting work done, and building work habits that stick.
What sets it apart: the focus on customizing your approach to productivity; the author's willingness to engage with less commonly discussed obstacles like guilt and shame.
Includes: a 28-question Productivity Style Assessment, to help you determine your productivity type (Prioritizer, Visualizer, Arranger, or Planner) and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each. |
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| I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time by Laura VanderkamWhat it's about: the common time management strategies of women who have found ways to balance their successful careers with their fulfilling private lives.
Why you might like it: The author's recommendations are built on hard numbers, gathered from a 1000-day study of high-earning women who logged their time hour by hour.
Is it for you? The research is focused exclusively on upper-class women, although the author is upfront about it and about the shortcomings of this approach. |
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