The Imaginary Patient: How Diagnosis Gets Us Wrong by Jules Montague
45.00 NZD
Category: Health
An incisive analysis and fascinating history of modern medicine's flawed relationship with diagnosis, and a clarion call to our medical establishment to do better. A diagnosis - the label we give to a disease - is supposed to offer certainty: a system for classifying and treating sickness, valid across ...Show more
Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn
28.00 NZD
Category: Health
Medicine carries the burden of its own troubling history. Over centuries, women's bodies have been demonised and demeaned until we feared them, felt ashamed of them, were humiliated by them. But as doctors, researchers, campaigners and most of all as patients, women have continuously challenged medical ...Show more
Move!: The New Science of Body Over Mind by Caroline Williams
25.00 NZD
Category: Health
Exercise changes the brain. But which exercises have what effect? Time to get up to speed with the cutting-edge science of the mind-body connection and discover how just a little bit of movement could shift your own head to a better place. Did you know that walking can improve your cognitive skills? T ...Show more
Hippocrasy: How doctors are betraying their oath by Rachelle Buchbinder, Ian Harris
40.00 NZD
Category: Health
In Hippocrasy, two world-leading doctors — rheumatologist and epidemiologist Rachelle Buchbinder and orthopaedic surgeon Ian Harris — reveal the true state of modern medicine and how doctors are letting their patients down. They argue that the benefits of treatments are often wildly overstated and the h ...Show more
The Physick Garden: Ancient Cures for Modern Maladies by Martin Purdy, Martin Purdy
33.00 NZD
Category: Health
The intriguing tales of 80 plants that have been used to heal and cure our bodies - from ancient superstitions to old wives tales that worked.
Next Level: Your Guide to Kicking Ass, Feeling Great, and Crushing Goals Through Menopause and Beyond by Selene Yeager, STACY SIMS
40.00 NZD
Category: Health
A comprehensive, physiology-based guide to peak performance for active women approaching or experiencing menopause--from the author of Roar, renowned exercise and nutrition scientist Dr. Stacy Sims For active women, menopause hits hard. Overnight, your body doesn't feel like the one you know and love a ...Show more
A Delicate Game: Brain Injury, Sport and Sacrifice by Hana Walker-Brown
38.00 NZD
Category: Health
A footballer dies of dementia, younger than he should.A 14-year old-rugby player is told to play on through multiple blows. He never wakes up from the last one.A scientist reveals endemic brain disease in NFL players and is discredited.A survivor of domestic abuse can't remember details when standing up ...Show more
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Anna Lembke
38.00 NZD
Category: Health
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES and LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER"Brilliant... riveting, scary, cogent, and cleverly argued."--Beth Macy, author of DopesickAs heard on Fresh Air This book is about pleasure. It's also about pain. Most important, it's about how to find the delicate balance between the two, and wh ...Show more
This Changes Everything: The Honest Guide to Menopause and Perimenopause by Niki Bezzant
37.00 NZD
Category: Health
The must-have guide to perimenopause and menopause for every woman- What's happening, what you can do, and what really works.'This book covers everything. No snake oil, no sugar-coating and, above all, a celebration of the greatest change a woman will go through after puberty. Wish I'd read it at 30, 40 ...Show more
Unlocking the Keto Code: The Revolutionary New Science of Keto That Offers More Benefits Without Deprivation by Steven R. Gundry
38.00 NZD
Category: Health | Series: The\Plant Paradox Ser.
From the author of the New York Times bestselling Plant Paradox series comes this revolutionary take on the keto diet that debunks common myths and shows readers how to reap the rewards of keto with less restrictionLike many doctors and nutrition experts, bestselling author Dr. Steven Gundry has long en ...Show more
Age Proof: The New Science of Living a Longer and Healthier Life by Rose Anne Kenny
33.00 NZD
Category: Health
One of the world's leading scientists on ageing delivers a revealing and enjoyable account of what ageing is and how we can tackle its more serious side effects. We all age. But why do some of us live longer than others? Why do we live twice as long today as our ancestors did 200 years ago? And what do ...Show more
The Mind-Gut Connection: How The Hidden Conversation Within Our Bodies Impacts Our Mood, Our Choices, And Our Overall Health by Emeran Mayer
30.00 NZD
Category: Health
Chances are, at some point in your life you've noticed the connection between your brain and your gut. If you've ever felt queasy as you walked into an uncomfortable situation or based a life decision based on a "gut feeling," then you know that sometimes our bodies react faster than our minds. Most of ...Show more