Fast Asleep (Aust/Nz Edition) by Michael Mosley

$35.00 NZD

Category: Health

Can’t sleep? Who better to deliver the recipe for a peaceful night based on groundbreaking sleep science than the bestselling author of The Fast 800, The Clever Guts Diet and The 8-week Blood Sugar Diet.A good night’s sleep is essential for a healthy brain and body. So why do so many of us struggle to s leep well?   In Fast Asleep, Dr Michael Mosley explains what happens when we sleep, what triggers common sleep problems and why standard advice rarely works.   Prone to insomnia, he has taken part in numerous sleep experiments and tested every remedy going. The result is a radical, four-week programme, based on the latest science, designed to help you re-establish a healthy sleep pattern in record time.   With plenty of surprising advice including tips for teenagers, people working night shifts and those prone to jet lag, plus recipes which will boost your deep sleep by improving your gut microbiome, Fast Asleep provides the tools you need to sleep better, reduce stress and feel happier. ...Show more

Fast 800: How to Combine Rapid Weight Loss and Intermittent Fasting for Long-term Health by Michael Mosley

$35.00 NZD

Category: Health | Reading Level: very good

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO FASTING, WEIGHT LOSS AND LONG-TERM GOODHEALTH THE CULMINATION OF DR MOSLEY'S BESTSELLING DIETING TRILOGY FEATURES REVELATORY NEW SCIENCE WITH A HIGHER 800-CALORIE LIMIT   Six years ago, Dr Michael Mosley started a health revolution with The 5.2 Fast Diet, telling the world about th e incredible power of intermittent fasting. In this book he brings together all the latest science (including a new approach: Time Restricted Eating) to create an easy-to-follow programme. Recent studies have shown that 800 calories is the magic number when it comes to successful dieting – it’s an amount high enough to be manageable but low enough to speed weight loss and trigger a range of desirable metabolic changes. Depending on your goals, you can choose how intensively you want to do the programme: how many 800-calorie days to include each week, and how to adjust these as you progress. Along with delicious, low-carb recipes and menu plans by Dr Clare Bailey, The Fast 800 offers a flexible way to help you lose weight, improve mood and reduce blood pressure, inflammation and blood sugars. Take your future health into your own hands. ...Show more

Dear Boobs - One Hundred Letters to Breasts from Women Affected by Breast Cancer by Emily Searle (Compiled by)

$45.00 NZD

Category: Health

Treat Your Own Neck by Robin McKenzie

$36.00 NZD

Category: Health

If you have persistent neck pain, this informative step-by-step handbook will help you relieve your pain and prevent symptoms from occurring in the future. Learn the primary causes of neck pain and treatments for neck pain, plus a series of simple exercises designed to help alleviate your neck pain quic kly and prevent any recurrence. Providing a comprehensive system of awareness, education and exercise prevention for common neck pain and injury, Treat Your Own Neck is your comprehensive resource for neck self-management. ...Show more

Treat Your Own Shoulder by Robin McKenzie; Grant Watson; Robert Lindsay

$36.00 NZD

Category: Health

This easy-to-read patient handbook provides the reaxer with an active self-treatment plan to effectively treat and prevent the return of shoulder pain and other related pain. Wellington born Robin McKenzie is a world renowned spinal expert and is recognized internationally as an authority on the diagnos is and treatment of lower back pain and neck pain. He was voted the most influential person in orthopaedic physical therapy in the USA. His titles have been translated into almost 20 languages and have sold millions of copies all over the world. ...Show more

The Internal Flame by Roderick Mulgan; Sue Beguely (Editor)

$33.00 NZD

Category: Health

New insights into silent inflammation, longevity and the science of functional food. This book is likely to be an international best seller! Putting into practice the advice here could help reduce sickness and disease for millions. You may be lucky enough to enjoy good health until the very end of your days, but the odds are against it. As you get older, the chances go up that something big, like a stroke or cancer, will drag down your quality of life. If you're already leading a healthy lifestyle, there's still more you can you do to fight sickness and disease. This is the story of inflammation and health-what goes wrong as we age, and what you can do about it. ...Show more

The Final Choice: End of Life Suffering: Is Assisted Dying the Answer? by Caralise Trayes

$30.00 NZD

Category: Health | Reading Level: near fine

BE INFORMED FOR YOUR VOTE AT THE REFERENDUM On 17 October 2020 A Kiwi journalist on the hunt for the truth about assisted dying and the End of Life Choice Act. Join her on a journey of discovery as she tells the stories of those with terminal illness and interviews lawyers, doctors, ethicists and cleric s around New Zealand and the world. Includes interviews from Act MP David Seymour, Shirley Seales (mother of the late Lecretia Seales), Dr Jack Havill and Mary Panko PhD of the End-of-Life Choice Society, as well as influencer & disabilities advocate Claire Freeman, palliative care expert Professor Roderick MacLeod MNZM and NZ Disability Rights Commissioner, Paula Tesoriero MNZM among many others. Written in a remarkably personable way while plunging into some of life's most challenging topics, and resurfacing with intriguing results ...Show more

Matters to a Head: Cannabis, Mental Illness and Recovery by Kate K

$45.00 NZD

Category: Health

This astonishing, witty and highly readable new book explores the links between cannabis and mental illness through the personal and professional experiences of New Zealand author Kate K. The book combines valuable tools for recovery from dual diagnosis disorders with an insightful look at the socio-po litical context of our mental health system and societal attitudes towards drug and alcohol use. The author questions the notion of cannabis as a ‘soft drug’, and challenges mental health providers to embrace the Te Whare Tapa Wha model of recovery to improve outcomes for people with co-existing addiction and mental health disorders. ...Show more

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Rosamund Vallings

$50.00 NZD

Category: Health

Being Mortal : Illness Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande

$25.00 NZD

Category: Health | Series: Wellcome Ser. | Reading Level: very good

For most of human history, death was a common, ever-present possibility. It didn't matter whether you were five or fifty - every day was a roll of the dice. But now, as medical advances push the boundaries of survival further each year, we have become increasingly detached from the reality of being mort al. So here is a book about the modern experience of mortality - about what it's like to get old and die, how medicine has changed this and how it hasn't, where our ideas about death have gone wrong. With his trademark mix of perceptiveness and sensitivity, Atul Gawande outlines a story that crosses the globe, as he examines his experiences as a surgeon and those of his patients and family, and learns to accept the limits of what he can do.Never before has aging been such an important topic. The systems that we have put in place to manage our mortality are manifestly failing; but, as Gawande reveals, it doesn't have to be this way. The ultimate goal, after all, is not a good death, but a good life - all the way to the very end.Published in partnership with the Wellcome Collection.WELLCOME COLLECTIONWellcome Collection is a free museum and library that aims to challenge how we think and feel about health. Inspired by the medical objects and curiosities collected by Henry Wellcome, it connects science, medicine, life and art. Wellcome Collection exhibitions, events and books explore a diverse range of subjects, including consciousness, forensic medicine, emotions, sexology, identity and death. Wellcome Collection is part of Wellcome, a global charitable foundation that exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas to thrive, funding over 14,000 researchers and projects in more than 70 countries.wellcomecollection.org ...Show more

Tell Me: What Children Really Want To Know About Bodies, Sex And Emotions by Katharina von der Gathen

$30.00 NZD

Category: Parenting

Everything children really want to know about sexuality and bodies - and aren't afraid to ask. This book collects questions asked by boys and girls and answers them directly: the questions are real, the answers honest and the images funny. How much sex education do children need? As much as they ask fo r, say the experts. And exactly what do children want to know? Ask them! This book collects real questions asked by children in classes about the human body, love, and sexuality. The answers are both direct and warmhearted, giving children the information they really want to know in a form they can relate to. This is a book for both boys and girls that is relevant to today's conversations about sexuality. It brings humour and lightness to help families comfortably approach this topic that many find awkward. ...Show more

The 4 Day Week - How the Flexible Work Revolution Can Increase Productivity, Profitability and Wellbeing, and Help Create a Sustainable Future by Andrew Barnes

$38.00 NZD

Category: Health | Reading Level: near fine

In The 4 Day Week, entrepreneur and business innovator Andrew Barnes makes the case for the four-day week as the answer to many of the ills of the 21st-century global economy. Barnes conducted an experiment in his own business, the New Zealand trust company Perpetual Guardian, and asked his staff to des ign a four-day week that would permit them to meet their existing productivity requirements on the same salary but with a 20% cut in work hours. The outcomes of this trial, which no business leader had previously attempted on these terms, were stunning. People were happier and healthier, more engaged in their personal lives, and more focused and productive in the office. The world of work has seen a dramatic shift in recent times: the former security and benefits associated with permanent employment are being displaced by the less stable gig economy. Barnes explains the dangers of a focus on flexibility at the expense of hard-won worker protections, and argues that with the four-day week, we can have the best of all worlds: optimal productivity, work-life balance, worker benefits and, at long last, a solution to pervasive economic inequities such as the gender pay gap and lack of diversity in business and governance. The 4 Day Week is a practical, how-to guide for business leaders and employees alike that is applicable to nearly every industry. Using qualitative and quantitative data from research gathered through the Perpetual Guardian trial and other sources by the University of Auckland and Auckland University of Technology, the book presents a step-by-step approach to preparing businesses for productivity-focused flexibility, from the necessary cultural conditions to the often complex legislative considerations. The story of Perpetual Guardian's unprecedented work experiment has made headlines around the world and stormed social media, reaching a global audience over 4.5 billion. A mix of trenchant analysis, personal observation and actionable advice, The 4 Day Week is an essential guide for leaders and workers seeking to make a change for the better in their work world. ...Show more