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Author
Publisher
Dutton
Physical Desc
xxv, 498 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Author of the iconic bestsellers This Is Your Brain on Music and The Organized Mind, Daniel Levitin turns his keen insights to what happens in our brains as we age; why we should think about health span, not life span; and, based on a rigorous analysis of neuroscientific evidence, how you can make the most of your seventies, eighties, and nineties today, no matter how old you are now"--
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
xvi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Caplan discusses the medical conditions and other factors that create risk, stroke symptoms, abnormalities that doctors look for, tests available to evaluate strokes, and the paths of treatment and rehabilitation.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
x, 180 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Have you ever wondered why you have a brain? Let renowned neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett demystify that big gray blob between your ears. In seven short essays (plus a bite-sized story about how brains evolved), this slim, entertaining, and accessible collection reveals mind-expanding lessons from the front lines of neuroscience research. You'll learn where brains came from, how they're structured (and why it matters), and how yours works in tandem...
7) My brain
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When you open a book, you can see the pictures, read the words, and even turn the pages all thanks to one special part of you. What do you think it is? It's your brain! Your busy brain keeps the rest of your body going. It helps you move, talk, and think. It's even at work when you don't even notice. Explore what's inside you with fun text, bright pictures, and lively illustrations"--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Language
English
Description
A neurologist describes how carbohydrates, even the healthy ones, destroy brain function and cause a range of diseases, including ADHD, anxiety, chronic headaches, and depression, and offers a thirty-day plan to reprogram dietary habits and repair brain cells.
Author
Publisher
Little A
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
262 p.
Language
English
Description
When Sarah Vallance is thrown from a horse and suffers a jarring blow to the head, she believes she's walked away unscathed. The next morning, things take a sharp turn as she's led from work to the emergency room. By the end of the week, a neurologist delivers a devastating prognosis: Sarah suffered a traumatic brain injury that has caused her IQ to plummet, with no hope of recovery. Her brain has irrevocably changed. Afraid of judgment and deemed...
Author
Publisher
Wild Jot Press
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
349 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Sea is Wide is the story of Rundy Purdy, who at the age of twenty-four, began taking care of his grandfather who was sick with Alzheimer's. This started a three year battle against inevitable decline, in which Rundy shares his journey of perseverance and love.
Author
Language
English
Description
Joe and Rose Kennedy's strikingly beautiful daughter Rosemary attended exclusive schools, was presented as a debutante to the queen of England, and traveled the world with her sisters. Yet rosemary was intellectually disabled, a secret fiercely guarded by her powerful and glamorous family.
Author
Series
Medical medium volume 8
Publisher
Hay House
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
xxvii, 577 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The second of two essential books on the brain offers customizable protocols, new recipes, heavy metal detox guidelines, cleanses, and cutting-edge information to protect yourself from 300+ symptoms and disorders. Your brain has abilities to heal beyond what medical research and science are aware of today. The brain remains a mystery to medicine when it comes to chronic illness and mental health struggles. Measuring deficits of the brain doesn't equate...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
xix, 188 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In January 2015, Barbara Lipska, a leading expert on the neuroscience of mental illness, was diagnosed with melanoma that had spread to her brain. Within months, her frontal lobe, the seat of cognition, began shutting down. She descended into madness, exhibiting dementia- and schizophrenia-like symptoms that terrified her family and coworkers. But miraculously, just as her doctors figured out what was happening, the immunotherapy they had prescribed...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
347 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A memoir about Jeff Henigson's teen Starlight Children's Foundation wish after being diagnosed with brain cancer: to meet Mikhail Gorbachev and plea for nuclear disarmament and world peace.
17) Odyssey's end
Author
Series
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
viii, 308 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"San Diego private investigator Rick Cahill's past comes back to haunt him when he's at his most vulnerable. His wife, Leah, has fled with their daughter, Krista, to her parents' home in Santa Barbara. She fears Rick's violent outbursts brought on by his potentially fatal brain disorder, CTE-and she doesn't trust that he'll ever be able to tame his manic desire to bring his own brand of justice to an unjust world. Rick desperately wants to reunite...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Throughout our life, we look for ways to keep our mind sharp and effortlessly productive. Now, globetrotting neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta offers insights from top scientists all over the world, whose cutting-edge research can help you heighten and protect brain function and maintain cognitive health at any age. Keep Sharp debunks common myths about aging and cognitive decline, explores whether there's a "best" diet or exercise regimen for the brain,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"It is a wicked disease that robs its victims of their memories, their ability to think clearly, and ultimately their lives. For centuries, those afflicted by Alzheimer's disease have suffered its debilitating effects while family members sit by, watching their loved ones disappear a little more each day until the person they used to know is gone forever. The disease was first described by German psychologist and neurologist Alois Alzheimer in 1906....
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
After years of homeschooling and a surgery that helped her lose hundreds of pounds, Libby enters high school but soon becomes entangled in a cruel game with Jack, a boy whose disability prevents him from recognizing faces.