Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy

Trade Paperback | 560 pages | North Atlantic Books | Health & Fitness - Alternative Therapies; Medical - Alternative Medicine; Health & Fitness - Healing
978-1-55643-933-9 (1-55643-933-4)

November 30, 2010 | $47.00



Dr. Michael J. Shea’s series on Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy is based on healthcare providers physically sensing love and accessing a deep sense of warmth and stillness in the heart. He begins this third volume by emphasizing the therapeutic application of touch therapy skills. As in the previous two books, he teaches...

Biocidal

Hardcover | 288 pages | Beacon Press | Nature - Environmental Conservation & Protection; Medical - Toxicology; Science - Biochemistry
978-0-8070-0612-2 (0-8070-0612-2)

November 9, 2010 | $



The first full account of the scientific and political dynamics of global PCB contamination, and its threat to human health and the environment
 
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were first manufactured in 1920 for the electronics industry. This highly toxic group of substances was then put to widespread military and domestic use, and were...

Self Comes to Mind

Hardcover | 336 pages | Pantheon | Science - Human Physiology; Medical - Neuroscience
978-0-307-37875-0 (0-307-37875-6)

November 9, 2010 | $34.00



One of the most important and original neuroscientists at work today tackles a question that has confounded neurologists, philosophers, cognitive scientists, and psychologists for centuries: how consciousness is created.
 
Antonio Damasio has spent the past thirty years studying and writing about how the brain operates, and his work has garnered acclaim...

Weekends at Bellevue

Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Bantam | Biography & Autobiography; Medical - Psychiatry
978-0-553-38652-3 (0-553-38652-2)

October 26, 2010 | $18.00



Julie Holland thought she knew what crazy was.
Then she came to Bellevue.

New York City’s Bellevue Hospital, the oldest public hospital in the United States, has a tradition of “serving the underserved” that dates back to 1736. For nine eventful years, Dr. Holland was the weekend physician in charge of...

Body Encyclopedia

Trade Paperback | 528 pages | North Atlantic Books | Health & Fitness - Alternative Therapies; Psychology & Psychiatry - Developmental Psychology; Medical - Anatomy
978-1-55643-940-7 (1-55643-940-7)

October 12, 2010 | $35.00



Based on Bodynamic Analysis, a body-oriented psychology developed in Denmark by the authors and their colleagues, Body Encyclopedia describes the developmental sequence in which psychological and emotional elements are linked to specific muscles. The book shows how certain responses to events in our lives end up bound and connected with our...

Every Patient Tells a Story

Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Broadway | Medical
978-0-7679-2247-0 (0-7679-2247-6)

September 21, 2010 | $17.99



A riveting exploration of the most difficult and important part of what doctors do, by Yale School of Medicine physician Dr. Lisa Sanders, author of the monthly New York Times Magazine column "Diagnosis," the inspiration for the hit Fox TV series House, M.D.

"The experience of being ill can be like...

Pharmako/Dynamis, Revised and Updated

Trade Paperback | 304 pages | North Atlantic Books | Body, Mind & Spirit; Nature - Plants; Medical - Pharmacology
978-1-55643-803-5 (1-55643-803-6)

September 21, 2010 | $26.95



***This paperback edition has a new introduction by the author and updated content.

This is the second volume of North Atlantic Books’ updated paperback edition of Dale Pendell’s Pharmako trilogy, an encyclopedic study of the history and uses of psychoactive plants and related synthetics first published between 1995 and 2005. The books...

Pharmako/Gnosis, Revised and Updated

Trade Paperback | 398 pages | North Atlantic Books | Body, Mind & Spirit; Nature - Plants; Medical - Pharmacology
978-1-55643-804-2 (1-55643-804-4)

September 21, 2010 | $26.95



***This paperback edition has a new introduction by the author and updated content.

This is the third and final volume of North Atlantic Books’ updated paperback edition of Dale Pendell’s Pharmako trilogy, an encyclopedic study of the history and uses of psychoactive plants and related synthetics first published between 1995 and 2005...

Pharmako/Poeia, Revised and Updated

Trade Paperback | 304 pages | North Atlantic Books | Body, Mind & Spirit; Health & Fitness - Alternative Therapies; Medical - Pharmacology
978-1-55643-805-9 (1-55643-805-2)

September 21, 2010 | $26.95



***This paperback edition has a new introduction by the author and updated content.

This is the first volume of North Atlantic Books’ updated paperback edition of Dale Pendell’s Pharmako trilogy, an encyclopedic study of the history and uses of psychoactive plants and related synthetics first published between 1995 and 2005. The books...

Maximum Healing

Trade Paperback | 228 pages | North Atlantic Books | Health & Fitness - Alternative Therapies; Health & Fitness - Healthy Living; Medical - Alternative Medicine
978-1-55643-922-3 (1-55643-922-9)

September 14, 2010 | $19.95



Based on his CAIM (Complementary-Alternative-Integrative-Medicine) approach, Dr. H. Robert Silverstein outlines a program that integrates modern medical practices with alternative and ancient forms of healing. Recalling the work of Andrew Weil and Larry Dossey, the book argues that our self-healing mechanism—the immune system—is more powerful than we think. If we make...

White Coat, Black Hat

Hardcover | 224 pages | Beacon Press | Medical; Social Science - Sociology
978-0-8070-6142-8 (0-8070-6142-5)

September 14, 2010 | $



From a New Yorker and Atlantic Monthly writer, a darkly humorous account of the serious business of medicine
 
Over the past twenty-five years, the practice of medicine has been subverted by the business of medicine, sacrificing old-style doctoring to fit the values of consumer capitalism. In this lively narrative, physician and moral...

Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers

Hardcover | 200 pages | Other Press | Medical
978-1-59051-342-2 (1-59051-342-8)

August 10, 2010 | $28.95



Every year almost a quarter of a million confused and frightened American men are tossed into a prostate cancer cauldron stirred by salespeople representing a multibillion-dollar industry. In this flourishing business, the radical prostatectomy is still the most widely recommended treatment option. Yet a recent and definitive study in the New...

Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers

eBook | 256 pages | Other Press | Medical
978-1-59051-385-9 (1-59051-385-1)

August 10, 2010 | $23.99

A Pathway to Health

Trade Paperback | 232 pages | North Atlantic Books | Health & Fitness - Alternative Therapies; Medical - Alternative Medicine; Health & Fitness - Healing
978-1-55643-901-8 (1-55643-901-6)

July 27, 2010 | $21.50



Based on the premise that movement is essential for life and any restriction will affect our health, visceral manipulation starts with the core, the viscera (organs), and extends throughout the entire body to address pain, structural imbalances, tensions, and restrictions. The practitioner uses specifically placed manual pressure that promotes normal movement...

Cell Talk

Trade Paperback | 544 pages | North Atlantic Books | Health & Fitness - Healing; Health & Fitness - Alternative Therapies; Medical - Alternative Medicine
978-1-55643-913-1 (1-55643-913-X)

July 13, 2010 | $35.00



Craniosacral therapy (CST) has become an important modality in treating trauma and promoting wellness. With its gentle approach to working with the spine, the skull and its cranial sutures, diaphragms, and fascia, CST has proven equally useful for physical therapists, massage therapists, naturopaths, chiropractors, and osteopaths. One reason for its success...