Health Sciences

The Chopra Centre for Well Being is a retreat that serves as a beautiful, nurturing place where people can come to heal their physical pain, find emotional freedom, empower themselves,...

Brain science is at the dawn of a new era—and the technologies emerging as a result could forever alter what it means to be human. Welcome to what tech pioneer...

A handbook for women who want to understand their hormones and transform their lives for the better.Hormones affect our health throughout our lives. So why do we so often assume...

Hailed as a “classic” by leading herbalist Rosemary Gladstar, this botanical compendium provides a wide-ranging history of herbalism and useful guidance for healing with herbs Matthew Wood is one of the...

The Fragrant Pharmacy opens the way to a whole world of fresh possibilities. It is a new approach to nature through one of its most powerful forms - those fragrant 'essential...

Explore the intricate relationship between nutrition and wellness with this comprehensive guide. Discover how dietary choices influence your body's healing capacity, the science behind functional foods, and evidence-based strategies for...

Today, human genetics is for everyone. It is about variation more than about illnesses, and increasingly about the common rather than about the rare. Once an obscure science or an...

This introductory text assumes little prior scientific knowledge on the part of the student. It includes sufficient information for some shorter introductory botany courses open to both majors and nonmajors,...

The dramatic search for spices through history, and how the pursuit of rare flavors changed and opened up our worldSpices have been highly valued since at least the Bronze Age,...

NUTRITION and GLOBAL HEALTH Nutrition and Global Health began as a series of short literature reviews; since then, the work has become an authoritative and highly accessible resource on the vast...

A TIME top 100 must read book of 2020—a spellbinding dive into paralyzing fear that Rolling Stone says “could not be timelier” with a new afterword to this paperback editionSince childhood, Eva Holland has...

Our senses are at the heart of how we navigate the world. They help us recognise the expressions on a loved one's face, know whether fruit is ripe by its...

The healthcare professionals who save and extend our lives are helpless without the medicines and technologies that have revolutionised medical care. But the industry that invents, makes and provides these...

Why do diets fail? Is it because of genetic disposition? A sluggish metabolism? An underactive thyroid?A behavioural psychologist reveals the truth about dieting, including how she lost over 100lb in...

The yoga teacher’s guide to planning and sequencing yoga classes—with over 2,000 instructional photos and 67 yoga pose sequences for students of all skill levels.Also features additional resources, including yoga...

Breath is essential for life, but did you know that the way you breathe can be detrimental to your well-being? Poor posture, stress, muscular tension … all can make the...