Random House New Releases - Medical - Healing

God, Medicine, and Miracles by Dr. Daniel Fountain

2011-03-09T00:30:00-05:00

God, Medicine, and Miracles The Spiritual Factor in Healing
Written by Dr. Daniel Fountain

eBook, 272 pages | Shaw Books | Religion - Christian Life; Religion - Spirituality; Medical - Healing | $12.99 | 978-0-307-76889-6 (0-307-76889-9)

Have you ever gone into a doctor's office and come out feeling like a laboratory project rather than a human being? This book offers a refreshing perspective.

In Dr. Daniel's forty years in the medical community, he has discovered an important truth: people find more complete healing when treated as integrated persons - with minds as well as bodies, emotions as well as muscles, spirits as well as skin.

Through real-life stories and insightful studies, Fountain uses his experience to explore a balanced relationship between faith, medicine, and ultimate spiritual hope.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

National Geographic Desk Reference to Nature's Medicine by Rebecca Johnson

2008-08-19T00:30:00-05:00

National Geographic Desk Reference to Nature's Medicine
Written by Steven Foster and Rebecca Johnson

Trade Paperback, 416 pages | National Geographic | Nature - Plants; Medical - Healing | $24.00 | 978-1-4262-0293-3 (1-4262-0293-8)

For millennia, humans have looked to nature for remedies to ailments great and small. Long before formal science enabled us to take a systematic approach to medicine, healers used plants to alleviate pain, ease the symptoms of dozens of diseases, and treat complaints of every kind. And today, countless people still use medicinal plants, whether in traditional roles or as building blocks for new research and innovative drugs.

Featuring 350 full-color photographs, botanical drawings, and maps, this accessible, fact-filled book is based on the work of renowned botanical experts and presents alphabetically arranged, beautifully illustrated entries for hundreds of plants touted for thousands of years to soothe, even heal. Each is clearly described, with full details of its physical appearance and medicinal uses; its origins and geographic distribution, how it’s harvested and used in conventional and alternative medicine, a range map; and more.

With fascinating medical chronicle filled with informative sidebars on everything from ancient folklore to the latest research, readers learn how aspirin evolved from a concoction of willow bark to the familiar white pill of today, how the foxglove’s flowery beauty contributes to the potent heart drug digitalis, and how many other now common treatments have deep historical and cultural roots. It’s a journey that starts many centuries ago in remote places like the Amazon rain forest, where shamans practiced their powerful curative magic of plants, and leads to the high-tech pharmaceutical labs of today’s scientists working to discover new plant-based drugs that can be used effectively to treat diseases major and minor alike, from cancer to the common cold.

To Be Healed by the Earth by Warren Grossman

2007-01-07T00:30:00-05:00

To Be Healed by the Earth
Written by Warren Grossman

Trade Paperback, 288 pages | Seven Stories Press | Body, Mind & Spirit - Healing - Energy (Chi Kung, Reiki, Polarity); Health & Fitness - Alternative Therapies; Medical - Healing | $22.95 | 978-1-58322-749-7 (1-58322-749-0)

Warren Grossman interweaves his expertise as a psychologist with his natural gift for healing in this tranquil, generous acknowledgment that physical strength and emotional wellbeing are possible to grasp simply by reconnecting with the earth. Grossman’s words are elegantly paced with beautiful illustrations that anchor his message: nature and love are the keys to good health.

God, Medicine, and Miracles by Dr. Daniel Fountain

2000-03-07T00:30:00-05:00

God, Medicine, and Miracles The Spiritual Factor in Healing
Written by Dr. Daniel Fountain

Trade Paperback, 272 pages | Shaw Books | Religion - Christian Life; Religion - Spirituality; Medical - Healing | $14.99 | 978-0-87788-321-0 (0-87788-321-1)

The Lost Art of Healing by Bernard Lown

1999-02-02T00:30:00-05:00

The Lost Art of Healing Practicing Compassion in Medicine
Written by Bernard Lown

Trade Paperback, 368 pages | Ballantine Books | Medical - Healing; Health & Fitness - Reference; Health & Fitness | $16.00 | 978-0-345-42597-3 (0-345-42597-9)

The real crisis in medicine today is not about economics, insurance, or managed care--it's about the loss of the fundamental human relationship between doctor and patient. In this wise and passionate book, one of our most eminent physicians reacquaints us with a classic notion often overlooked in modern medicine: health care with a human face, in which the time-honored art of healing guides doctors in their approach to patient care and their use of medical technology.

Drawing on four decades of practice as a cardiologist and a vast knowledge of literature and medical history, Dr. Lown probes the heart and soul of the doctor-patient relationship. Insightful and accessible to all, The Lost Art of Healing describes how true healers use sympathetic listening and touch to hone their diagnostic skills, how language affects the perception of illness, how doctors and patients can cultivate a relationship of trust, and how patients can obtain the most complete and beneficial care through a combination of healing techniques and conventional practices.

As Dr. Lown explains, the art of healing does not mean abandoning the spectacular advances of modern science, but rather incorporating them into a sensitive, humane, enlightened approach to medical care. With its urgent message and poignant, fascinating vignettes, The Lost Art of Healing is a book of vital, universal importance.

Healing Hip, Joint, and Knee Pain by Kate O'Shea

1998-01-28T00:30:00-05:00

Healing Hip, Joint, and Knee Pain A Mind-Body Guide to Recovery from Surgery and Injuries
Written by Kate O'Shea

Trade Paperback, 176 pages | North Atlantic Books | Health & Fitness - Pain Management; Medical - Healing | $14.95 | 978-1-55643-258-3 (1-55643-258-5)

Studies show that patients who contribute to their own treatment and recovery fare better in rehabilitation.Tailoring the concept for those suffering from joint pain, orthopedic psychologist Kate O'Shea draws from her patients and her own congenital hip orblems (she has four major surgeries by the time she was thirteen) to describe a program for caring for the emotional and physical body while healing joint pain or after surgery. Conventional medical care, thouch technologically sophisticated, often ignores the humanity of individuals--patients are on their own once they are home. Healing Hip, Joint and Knee Pain offers exercises, breathing techniques, visualization and writing suggestions for becoming aware emotionally and for enhancing awareness of the healing joint. Drawing from Rosen work, Feldenkrais, Eutony, and orthopedic psychologym O'Shea provides the reader with inviting methods to hasten healing.

Healing Your Body Naturally by Gary Null

1997-05-06T00:30:00-05:00

Healing Your Body Naturally Alternative Treatments to Illness
Written by Gary Null

Trade Paperback, 344 pages | Seven Stories Press | Health & Fitness - Alternative Therapies; Medical - Healing; Body, Mind & Spirit - Mental & Spiritual Healing | $18.95 | 978-1-888363-46-3 (1-888363-46-0)

In Healing Your Body Naturally, Gary Null interviews leading alternative health practitioners nationwide to learn the secrets of their successes. He asks the hard questions about heart disease, mental illness, cancer, arthritiis, allergies, diabetes, back and leg ailments, and digestive disorders. The answers he receives, distilled here into one volume, will thrill and surprise anyone suffering from the symptoms of any of these conditions who has been frustrated by the conventional approaches of traditional Western medicine.

Random House New Releases - Medical - Healing

God, Medicine, and Miracles by Dr. Daniel Fountain

God, Medicine, and Miracles The Spiritual Factor in HealingWritten by Dr. Daniel Fountain

National Geographic Desk Reference to Nature's Medicine by Rebecca Johnson

National Geographic Desk Reference to Nature's Medicine Written by Steven Foster and Rebecca Johnson

To Be Healed by the Earth by Warren Grossman

To Be Healed by the Earth Written by Warren Grossman

God, Medicine, and Miracles by Dr. Daniel Fountain

God, Medicine, and Miracles The Spiritual Factor in HealingWritten by Dr. Daniel Fountain

The Lost Art of Healing by Bernard Lown

The Lost Art of Healing Practicing Compassion in MedicineWritten by Bernard Lown

Healing Hip, Joint, and Knee Pain by Kate O'Shea

Healing Hip, Joint, and Knee Pain A Mind-Body Guide to Recovery from Surgery and InjuriesWritten by Kate O'Shea

Healing Your Body Naturally by Gary Null

Healing Your Body Naturally Alternative Treatments to IllnessWritten by Gary Null

God, Medicine, and Miracles The Spiritual Factor in Healing
Written by Dr. Daniel Fountain

National Geographic Desk Reference to Nature's Medicine
Written by Steven Foster and Rebecca Johnson

To Be Healed by the Earth
Written by Warren Grossman

God, Medicine, and Miracles The Spiritual Factor in Healing
Written by Dr. Daniel Fountain

The Lost Art of Healing Practicing Compassion in Medicine
Written by Bernard Lown

Healing Hip, Joint, and Knee Pain A Mind-Body Guide to Recovery from Surgery and Injuries
Written by Kate O'Shea

Healing Your Body Naturally Alternative Treatments to Illness
Written by Gary Null