Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
"At the age of 36, on the verge of a completing a decade's worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi's health began to falter. He started losing weight and was wracked by waves of excruciating back pain. A CT scan confirmed what Paul, deep down, had suspected: he had stage four lung cancer, widely disseminated. One day, he was a doctor making a living treating the dying, and the next, he was a patient struggling to live. Just like that,...
Author
Series
My weird school daze volume 12
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ella Mentry School hires a health teacher who tries to force the students to eat healthy foods and exercise, whether they want to or not.
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"We've all felt anxious, sad, traumatized, grief-stricken, stressed, angry, or hopeless at some point in life. It's perfectly normal to go through emotional crises or have periods when you feel panicked or out of sorts. It is how you respond to these challenges that will make all the difference in how you feel-not just immediately, but also in the long run. Unfortunately, many people turn to self-medicating behaviors, such as overeating, drugs, alcohol,...
26) Keeping clean
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Discusses the importance of keeping clean by showering, bathing, washing hands before eating, and keeping the house clean.
28) You--the owner's manual: an insider's guide to the body that will make you healthier and younger
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Emotions are like a rainbow--there is a color for every one we feel. And when the angry feeling starts to take over the rainbow, it's time for The Red Book! Simple activities, tips, and tricks help young readers whose angry red shines brightest in the rainbows of their colorful minds. They can turn the pages from front to back or back to front. They can use every single page or open the book to just one random page. Soon, the other colors of their...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The highly anticipated new novel by acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Haigh-"a gifted chronicler of the human condition" (Washington Post Book World)-is a tense, riveting story about the disparate lives that intersect at a woman's clinic in Boston"--
"For almost a decade, Claudia has counseled patients at Mercy Street, a clinic in the heart of the city. The work is consuming, the unending dramas of women in crisis. For its patients,...
31) The detox prescription: supercharge your health, strip away pounds, and eliminate the toxins within
Author
Publisher
Rodale Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"The human body has an extraordinary ability to detoxify itself. We rely on this system when we wait for a hangover to lift or recover from a bout of food poisoning. However, cutting-edge science is revealing how toxic exposures can actually affect our genes and lead to conditions such as obesity, diabetes, arthritis, mood disorders, energy, allergies, fertility, and heart disease--all of which are on the rise.The good news is that each of us can...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. Her memoir of the next two years is a "poignant, honest ... triumphantly funny ... and heartbreaking story" (The New York Times Book Review).
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR
The ward for teenage...
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR
The ward for teenage...
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Would you feed your child a candy bar for breakfast? Of course not. And yet today our children routinely consume three times the recommended daily allowance of added sugar, which puts them at an unprecedented risk for type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, excess weight, and even nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Half the Sugar, All the Love is here to help, with 100 doctor-approved recipes that cut the sugar (by half or more!) without...
Author
Series
Butternut Lake volume 3
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"On the run from her abusive husband, Mila Jones flees the big city for the safety of Butternut Lake. Ready to forge a new life, Mila's position as home health aide to Reid Ford is more than a job. It's a chance at a fresh start. Though her sullen patient seems determined to make her quit, she refuses to give up on him. Haunted by the car accident that nearly killed him, Reid retreats to his brother's cabin on Butternut Lake and lashes out at anyone...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Microbiologists Brett Finlay and Marie-Claire Arrieta explain how the trillions of microbes that live naturally in and on our bodies influence childhood development; why an imbalance of those microbes can lead to obesity, diabetes, and asthma, among other chronic conditions; and what parents can do-- from conception on-- to positively affect their own behaviors and those of their children. They describe how natural childbirth, breastfeeding, and solid...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A cutting-edge account of the latest science of autism, from the best-selling author and advocate Temple Grandin is a star, a Time Magazine top 100 Hero and an inspiration to millions worldwide. Since she started writing and speaking about autism, the number of people diagnosed with it has skyrocketed--but so has the research that is transforming our understanding of the autistic brain. Now she brings her singular perspective to a thrilling journey...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids comes a deeply researched and incredibly entertaining guide to navigating the still-taboo topic of menopause"--
"When Jancee Dunn hit her mid-forties, she was bombarded by seemingly random symptoms: rampant insomnia, spring-loaded nerves, weirdly dry mouth, and Rio Grande-level periods. After going to multiple doctors who ran test after fruitless test, she was...
In MnLINK
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Plum Creek Library System can be requested from other MnLINK libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.