| Descript |
314 pages ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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Introduction: Too much medicine -- Part one: Evidence of self-healing (and how you know) (1. Your amazing body ; 2. When to trust the evidence ; 3. Beware of stories and expert opinion ; 4. Powerful placebo effects) |
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Part two: Fight, flight, feed and breed (5. The stress response ; 6. How a yogi taught the Beatles to relax ; 7. It is never just in your mind) |
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Part three: A closer looks at your inner healer (8. The power of positive thinking ; 9. Conditioning: awakening the body's inner pharmacy) |
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Part four: Individual health depends on relationships (10. The doctor is a cure ; 11. Love as a drug ; 12. In giving we receive) |
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Part five: Change your brain and your DNA (13. Nature versus nurture, with an epigenetic twist ; 14. Neurolosticity and changing your brain) -- 15. Conclusion: What this all means for you and your health |
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"The wonders of modern medicine have also obscured the body's ability to heal itself. Your body produces its own drugs that can treat pain as well as drugs, cure some joint problems as well as a surgeon, and treat most mild depression as well as a psychologist."--Back cover |
| Subject |
Self-care, Health
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Egenvård
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Fysiologi
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Human physiology
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Placebos (Medicine)
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| Classmark |
615.8/51
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9781473654211 (pbk.) |
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1473654211 (pbk.) |
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9781635060775 |
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163506077X |
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9781635060782 |
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1635060788 |
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9781473654204 |
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1473654203 |
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9781473654235 (ePub ebook) |
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