Stories
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Dating on dopamine
Drug treatment for Parkinson’s can come with an unwanted side serving of compulsive behaviour, as Pete Langman discovered. Read about his dating journey in a dopamine cloud.
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The healing power of breathing
The healing powers of different breathing methods are said to help with a range of health challenges, from asthma to PTSD. Effie Webb traces their spiritual origins and explores the modern proliferation of breathwork therapies.
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Rethinking the placebo effect
The placebo effect has long been harnessed for both legitimate and fraudulent use, but we’re only just discovering how and why our bodies respond positively to dummy drugs, as Anjuli Sharma reveals.
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The epilepsy diagnosis
Epilepsy exists between the mind and body, something that Aparna Nair experienced for herself when she was diagnosed as a teenager.
Catalogue
- Books
The selfish pig's guide to caring : how to cope with the emotional and practical aspects of caring for someone / Hugh Marriott ; illustrations by David Lock.
Marriott, HughDate: 2009- Books
From lesion to metaphor : chronic pain without lesion in British, French and German medical writings: 1800-1914 / Andrew David Hodgkiss.
Hodgkiss, Andrew.Date: 1996- Books
Poor little sick girls : a love letter to unacceptable women / Ione Gamble.
Gamble, IoneDate: 2022- Books
The myth of normal : trauma, illness & healing in a toxic culture / Gabor Maté ; with Daniel Maté.
Maté, GaborDate: [2022]- Books
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Clinical facts and reflections ; also, remarks on the impunity of murder in some cases of presumed insanity / by Thomas Mayo.
Mayo, Thomas, 1790-1871.Date: 1847