Conquering Sickness

Author : Mark Allan Goldberg
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780803295827

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Published through the Early American Places initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Conquering Sickness presents a comprehensive analysis of race, health, and colonization in a specific cross-cultural contact zone in the Texas borderlands between 1780 and 1861. Throughout this eighty-year period, ordinary health concerns shaped cross-cultural interactions during Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo colonization. Historians have shown us that Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo American settlers in the contested borderlands read the environment to determine how to live healthy, productive lives. Colonizers similarly outlined a culture of healthy living by observing local Native and Mexican populations. For colonists, Texas residents' so-called immorality--evidenced by their "indolence," "uncleanliness," and "sexual impropriety"--made them unhealthy. In the Spanish and Anglo cases, the state made efforts to reform Indians into healthy subjects by confining them in missions or on reservations. Colonists' views of health were taken as proof of their own racial superiority, on the one hand, and of Native and Mexican inferiority, on the other, and justified the various waves of conquest. As in other colonial settings, however, the medical story of Texas colonization reveals colonial contradictions. Mark Allan Goldberg analyzes how colonizing powers evaluated, incorporated, and discussed local remedies. Conquering Sickness reveals how health concerns influenced cross-cultural relations, negotiations, and different forms of state formation. Focusing on Texas, Goldberg examines the racialist thinking of the region in order to understand evolving concepts of health, race, and place in the nineteenth century borderlands.

Author : Jeff Primack
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Diet therapy
ISBN : 0989469670

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Conquering Any Disease by Jeff Primack Pdf

The author presents his insights and perspective, along with cited publications, on how ingredient selection and food preparation can address a variety of chronic diseases and health issues.

Author : Brian A. Fallon,Jennifer Sotsky
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780231545181

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Conquering Lyme Disease by Brian A. Fallon,Jennifer Sotsky Pdf

Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne illness in the United States, with more than 300,000 cases diagnosed each year. However, doctors are deeply divided on how to diagnose and treat it, giving rise to the controversy known as the “Lyme Wars.” Firmly entrenched camps have emerged, causing physicians, patient communities, and insurance providers to be pitted against one another in a struggle to define Lyme disease and its clinical challenges. Health care providers may not be aware of its diverse manifestations or the limitations of diagnostic tests. Meanwhile, patients have felt dismissed by their doctors and confused by the conflicting opinions and dubious self-help information found online. 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.

Author : Dr. Jeffrey S. Bland
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-06
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780062290755

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The Disease Delusion by Dr. Jeffrey S. Bland Pdf

For decades, Dr. Jeffrey Bland has been on the cutting edge of Functional Medicine, which seeks to pinpoint and prevent the cause of illness, rather than treat its symptoms. Managing chronic diseases accounts for three quarters of our total healthcare costs, because we’re masking these illnesses with pills and temporary treatments, rather than addressing their underlying causes, he argues. Worse, only treating symptoms leads us down the path of further illness. In The Disease Delusion, Dr. Bland explains what Functional Medicine is and what it can do for you. While advances in modern science have nearly doubled our lifespans in only four generations, our quality of life has not reached its full potential. Outlining the reasons why we suffer chronic diseases from asthma and diabetes to obesity, arthritis and cancer to a host of other ailments, Dr. Bland offers achievable, science-based solutions that can alleviate these common conditions and offers a roadmap for a lifetime of wellness.

Author : Kjelle Marylou
Publisher : Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781612286143

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Conquering Disease by Kjelle Marylou Pdf

Conquering Disease explores the crisis of world disease, and the people and organizations that are working to solve the crisis. This title also focuses on people who have been helped, the progress that has already been made, and the challenges still left to be met. The young reader analyzes the stories and develops their own opinion of what can be done to solve the world disease crisis. The book has been developed to address many of the Common Core specific goals, higher level thinking skills, and progressive learning strategies from informational texts for middle grade and junior high level students.

Author : Tareq Azim,Seth Davis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781982150679

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Empower by Tareq Azim,Seth Davis Pdf

From finding common ground with warlords, introducing the Taliban to change, and working with NFL greats such as Marshawn Lynch, this uplifting and inspirational memoir from coach and personal development expert, Tareq Azim, will help you build a relationship with fear and embrace your own power. A descendant of Afghan nobles, Tareq Azim’s family was forced to flee their homeland in 1979. He assimilated in the United States through his love of sports, excelling in wrestling, boxing, and football. In 2004, Azim decided to visit his home country, and upon arriving, he discovered countless children living on the streets, waiting for the inevitable recruitment into terrorist networks and anti-peace militias. Azim’s close encounter with the ravages of a war-torn society taught him how pain can generate the most intense forms of fear, anxiety, and depression. He had found his salvation through sports and physical activity, and he knew these children could, too. He put his method to the test and created the Afghan Women’s Boxing Federation, the official governing body for women’s sports for the National Olympic Committee and the first ever in the history of any Islamic republic, proving that Afghanistan was ready for social change by addressing the harms of accumulated trauma. Now, his remarkable full story is revealed in this book that is both a memoir and a roadmap. Through his own experiences, he effortlessly explains how fear is an invitation to seek a deeper feeling within—a feeling that is achieved when we engage in righteous and sincere struggle. Only then will our choices be guided by values that help us avoid the pitfalls of moral and personal failure. Featuring actionable advice and varied clear-eyed case studies, including MMA star Jake Shields, former congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, and San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York—Empower is the ultimate guide to living a life understanding that fear is there to help you.

Author : Lesley Moffat
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781642796223

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I Love My Job But It's Killing Me by Lesley Moffat Pdf

I Love My Job But It’s Killing Me is the step-by-step guide teachers need to get back to the career they love without compromising their health any longer. I Love My Job But It’s Killing Me is a no-nonsense and practical guide to help get teachers started today on the path to improved health and more energy, so they can get back their career – and their life. Within I Love My Job But It’s Killing Me, teachers learn techniques that will: Improve their ability to fall and stay asleep Reduce brain fog and exhaustion brought on by stress Eliminate or greatly minimize aches and pains that interfere with daily work Help them reclaim the energy needed to support their work and family life Gives concrete steps to take when it feels like it’s all falling apart

Author : Meghan O'Rourke
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780698190764

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The Invisible Kingdom by Meghan O'Rourke Pdf

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION Named one of the BEST BOOKS OF 2022 by NPR, The New Yorker, Time, and Vogue “Remarkable.” –Andrew Solomon, The New York Times Book Review "At once a rigorous work of scholarship and a radical act of empathy.”—Esquire "A ray of light into those isolated cocoons of darkness that, at one time or another, may afflict us all.” —The Wall Street Journal "Essential."—The Boston Globe A landmark exploration of one of the most consequential and mysterious issues of our time: the rise of chronic illness and autoimmune diseases A silent epidemic of chronic illnesses afflicts tens of millions of Americans: these are diseases that are poorly understood, frequently marginalized, and can go undiagnosed and unrecognized altogether. Renowned writer Meghan O’Rourke delivers a revelatory investigation into this elusive category of “invisible” illness that encompasses autoimmune diseases, post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome, and now long COVID, synthesizing the personal and the universal to help all of us through this new frontier. Drawing on her own medical experiences as well as a decade of interviews with doctors, patients, researchers, and public health experts, O’Rourke traces the history of Western definitions of illness, and reveals how inherited ideas of cause, diagnosis, and treatment have led us to ignore a host of hard-to-understand medical conditions, ones that resist easy description or simple cures. And as America faces this health crisis of extraordinary proportions, the populations most likely to be neglected by our institutions include women, the working class, and people of color. Blending lyricism and erudition, candor and empathy, O’Rourke brings together her deep and disparate talents and roles as critic, journalist, poet, teacher, and patient, synthesizing the personal and universal into one monumental project arguing for a seismic shift in our approach to disease. The Invisible Kingdom offers hope for the sick, solace and insight for their loved ones, and a radical new understanding of our bodies and our health.

Author : Susan Sontag
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:602245135

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Illness as Metaphor by Susan Sontag Pdf

Author : Lisa J. Copen
Publisher : Rest Ministries, Inc.
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Chronic diseases
ISBN : 9780971660069

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Beyond Casseroles: 505 Ways to Encourage a Chronically Ill Friend by Lisa J. Copen Pdf

Author : Steven Otfinoski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0816027528

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Alexander Fleming by Steven Otfinoski Pdf

Describes the life of Alexander Fleming and his work in using penicillin to conquer diseases.

Author : Dean T. Jamison,Hellen Gelband,Susan Horton,Prabhat Jha,Charles N. Mock,Rachel Nugent
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781464805288

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Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 9) by Dean T. Jamison,Hellen Gelband,Susan Horton,Prabhat Jha,Charles N. Mock,Rachel Nugent Pdf

As the culminating volume in the DCP3 series, volume 9 will provide an overview of DCP3 findings and methods, a summary of messages and substantive lessons to be taken from DCP3, and a further discussion of cross-cutting and synthesizing topics across the first eight volumes. The introductory chapters (1-3) in this volume take as their starting point the elements of the Essential Packages presented in the overview chapters of each volume. First, the chapter on intersectoral policy priorities for health includes fiscal and intersectoral policies and assembles a subset of the population policies and applies strict criteria for a low-income setting in order to propose a "highest-priority" essential package. Second, the chapter on packages of care and delivery platforms for universal health coverage (UHC) includes health sector interventions, primarily clinical and public health services, and uses the same approach to propose a highest priority package of interventions and policies that meet similar criteria, provides cost estimates, and describes a pathway to UHC.

Author : Jeanne E Abrams
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780814759363

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Revolutionary Medicine by Jeanne E Abrams Pdf

An engaging history of the role that George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin played in the origins of public health in America. Before the advent of modern antibiotics, one’s life could be abruptly shattered by contagion and death, and debility from infectious diseases and epidemics was commonplace for early Americans, regardless of social status. Concerns over health affected the Founding Fathers and their families as it did slaves, merchants, immigrants, and everyone else in North America. As both victims of illness and national leaders, the Founders occupied a unique position regarding the development of public health in America. Historian Jeanne E. Abrams’s Revolutionary Medicine refocuses the study of the lives of George and Martha Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John and Abigail Adams, and James and Dolley Madison away from politics to the perspective of sickness, health, and medicine. For the Founders, republican ideals fostered a reciprocal connection between individual health and the “health” of the nation. Studying the encounters of these American Founders with illness and disease, as well as their viewpoints about good health, not only provides a richer and more nuanced insight into their lives, but also opens a window into the practice of medicine in the eighteenth century, which is at once intimate, personal, and first hand. Today’s American public health initiatives have their roots in the work of America’s Founders, for they recognized early on that government had compelling reasons to shoulder some new responsibilities with respect to ensuring the health and well-being of its citizenry—beginning the conversation about the country’s state of medicine and public healthcare that continues to be a work in progress.

Author : Bill Vincent
Publisher : RWG Publishing
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-06
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Conquering Spiritual Battles by Bill Vincent Pdf

In the dynamic and compelling book, "Conquering Spiritual Battles: Navigating Through Faith and Warfare," readers are invited on a transformative journey into the heart of spiritual warfare. This book serves as a vital compass for believers navigating the often-turbulent waters of spiritual conflicts. The author masterfully demystifies the concept of spiritual warfare, guiding readers through the nuances of the Armor of God, the potency of prayer, and the believer's authority over unseen forces. Each chapter delves into critical aspects of spiritual warfare, from discerning spiritual attacks to the triumphant role of worship in battle. Discover the significance of overcoming fear and doubt, and learn how to confront the 'giants' in your life with unwavering faith. Explore the profound topics of deliverance and the breaking of demonic strongholds, providing readers with practical strategies and biblical wisdom. "Conquering Spiritual Battles" is more than just a book; it is a spiritual toolkit. Whether you're facing the subtle deceptions of witchcraft or seeking deliverance from spiritual oppression, this book offers a beacon of hope and a roadmap to victory. Perfect for believers at any stage of their spiritual journey, this book is a must-read for those eager to claim victory in their spiritual lives. Embrace the journey within these pages and step into the fullness of your God-given authority and the victory that awaits in "Conquering Spiritual Battles: Navigating Through Faith and Warfare."

Author : Joel Fuhrman
Publisher : St Martins Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0312130716

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Fasting and Eating for Health by Joel Fuhrman Pdf

Unlike other books on fasting, this guide integrates this age-old health practice with state-of-the-art medical research to provide a complete diet and fasting program that will help relieve--and even cure--such maladies as psoriasis, high blood pressure, diabetes, hypoglycemia, sinusitis, and chronic fatigue. Illustrations.