Gesundheit

This book explores the connection between family structure and circumstances, parental engagement, and adolescent sexual behavior. Given that South Africa contains the highest portion of the global HIV epidemic within a single country, a comprehensive, book-length investigation into-sometimes risky-adolescent sexual behaviour is necessary. Drawing from the longitudinal Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS) of more than 4,000 adolescents between the ages of fourteen and twenty-two, as well as qualitative interviews and focus group discussions with parents and adolescents, this study pioneers empirical investigation of adolescent sexual behavior within the intricate framework of family dynamics in South Africa.

Negli ultimi anni la scienza medica è stata invasa da notizie false e falsi guru. Se da un lato la rete ha democratizzato l'accesso alle informazioni, dall'altro l'uso pervasivo di internet ha contribuito, costantemente, alla disinformazione in ambito sanitario. I "pinocchi" in camice bianco sono tutti quei medici, pseudomedici, farmacisti, infermieri, nutrizionisti, osteopati che, in malafede, per facili guadagni o per ignoranza, mentono ai loro pazienti, facendo credere di poter risolvere i loro problemi con terapie che non hanno alcun fondamento scientifico. Ma come si smascherano le grandi bugie attorno alla medicina? Quali risposte dare a pazienti che ogni giorno si sentono raccontare i mirabolanti rimedi ai loro problemi di salute? Matteo Bassetti ripercorre le storie più celebri di cure rivelatesi inefficaci o dannose, le truffe più eclatanti e i meccanismi attraverso cui alcuni supposti luminari hanno spesso goduto del plauso e della difesa di istituzioni e media. Dal Covid all'omeopatia, dalle diete miracolose fino a Stamina, dal metodo Di Bella all'uso smodato degli antibiotici, un campionario di credenze e supposte verità che hanno illuso, ingannato o semplicemente distorto cure e trattamenti in questi ultimi decenni. Con una verve insolita e una sferzante sicurezza derivata da tanti anni di studi e ricerche sul campo, Matteo Bassetti marca una netta linea di separazione tra ciò che è scientificamente dimostrato e ciò che rientra nel campo della speculazione, se non della vera e propria truffa organizzata, anche grazie alle testimonianze di autorevoli esponenti del mondo dell'informazione e della scienza, da Bruno Vespa a Ilaria Capua, per citarne alcuni, ma anche di semplici cittadini. Un libro utile per capire il valore fondamentale del metodo scientifico e come agiscono le fake news in ambito medico.

Sie ist 34, als plötzlich die erste Psychose auftritt. "Schizophrenie" lautet die Diagnose. Diese schwere Krankheit von großer Zerstörungskraft ist nach wie vor stark angst- und schambehaftet, und es herrscht große Unkenntnis, obwohl Millionen Menschen in Deutschland von ihr direkt oder indirekt betroffen sind. Die sozialen Konsequenzen dieser Mischung aus Krankheitsfolgen, Unkenntnis und Ablehnung bekommt Christiane Wirtz grausam zu spüren. Sie verliert alles: Job, Freunde, Eigentumswohnung, Altersvorsorge. Das Leben war vorbei. Aber darf die Gesellschaft zulassen, dass Menschen so tief fallen?Wirtz erzählt, wie sie komplett abrutschte, lässt Ärzte, Psychologen, Anwälte, Eltern, ehemalige Kollegen zu Wort kommen. Sie fordert eine breite Debatte über psychische Krankheiten, ein Ende der Diskriminierung. Sie appelliert an die soziale Verantwortung der Gesellschaft. Ihre Botschaft an die Betroffenen: Lasst Euch nicht stigmatisieren. Und an die anderen: Baut Vorurteile ab und erkennt, dass eine Krankheit Menschen nicht aussondern darf, dass sie während und nach einer Psychose Solidarität verdienen.

The invention of online techniques such as early warning outbreak detection has dramatically changed the action capacity and social organization of global infectious disease control. This book, one of the first to examine these transformations, is a stunning addition to the fields of global health, global news, surveillance, and globalization.

Reproductive Boundaries examines the shifting boundaries of prenatal care in Switzerland, focusing on the Pregnancy Support Center's innovative psychosocial model. By redefining the territory of care, the Center extends its reach beyond the medical domain, exemplifying the reproductivization of life, the increasing organization of various life aspects through a reproductive lens. The book explores how this approach challenges traditional borders between medical and psychosocial care, offering an alternative to Switzerland's heavily medicalized reproductive care. Through ethnographic insights into reproductive talk, it reveals how psychosocial advisors shift the boundaries of reproductive care, balancing support with broader state goals of reproductive governance. Set against Switzerland's history of stratified reproductive policies, the study critically examines how psychosocial care reshapes the landscape of pregnancy, raising questions about surveillance and evolving gender roles. This thought-provoking work invites readers to reconsider the limits and possibilities of care in a fragmented society.

A psychedelic guru, a magical toad and the dark side of the modern quest for transcendence.'Entirely mesmerising . . . The Ego Trip is itself a trip' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE'A one-of-a-kind book. I loved it' WILLIAM FINNEGAN'Strange and wonderful' SUSAN ORLEANIn 2012, physician Octavio Rettig claimed he had revived a forgotten indigenous ritual: smoking the secretions of the Sonoran Desert toad, which releases a potent psychedelic substance known as 'the God molecule'. The experience promised ego death, communion with the divine and extraordinary relief for those suffering from PTSD, depression and drug addiction. As word spread, Octavio became the face of a global psychedelic movement, drawing seekers from around the world.Yet as his fame grew, so did troubling reports of extreme dosing, abusive behaviour and a disturbing cult-like following. what began as a spiritual revival evolved into something far more dangerous.In this gripping and deeply reported book, Kimon de Greef explores the promise and the peril of 'toad medicine'. Part true crime, part cult story, part investigative journalism, The Ego Trip chronicles the rise and fall of a self-made messianic figure while probing our relentless search for cosmic understanding.

Der Konsum von psychoaktiven Substanzen, legalen wie illegalen, ist eine gesellschaftliche Realität und eine große Herausforderung - für die Konsumierenden, aber auch für ihr Umfeld und die Gesellschaft. Je mehr wir über Drogen wissen, desto besser können wir mit ihnen umgehen und Schäden vermeiden. 'High Sein - Ein Aufklärungsbuch' ist in Fachkreisen ein Referenzwerk zum Thema, es verbindet Erfahrungsberichte von jungen Konsumierenden mit wissenschaftlichen Informationen über Wirkungen, Nebenwirkungen und Risiken unterschiedlicher Substanzen und aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse mit konkreten Tipps zu Prävention, Harmreduktion, Safer Use und Erster Hilfe. Ein Handbuch für alle, die sich ein umfassendes Bild von psychoaktiven Substanzen, von Rausch und Abhängigkeit, von integrierten und risikohaften Konsumformen machen wollen.

A sweeping analysis uncovers the causes of-and solutions to-one of the most daunting public health challenges facing the world today: antibiotic resistance exploding in India.<BR><BR>The discovery of antibiotics was one of the most significant medical breakthroughs of the twentieth century, dramatically increasing human lifespans. Yet today, with antibiotic-resistant superbugs implicated in as many deaths as HIV/AIDS and malaria combined, the limits of these miracle drugs have become alarmingly clear. <BR><BR>At ground zero of the growing crisis is India, one of the world's largest consumers of antibiotics and a powerhouse in pharmaceutical manufacturing. In A World of Resistance, Assa Doron and Alex Broom draw on years of fieldwork in hospitals, in pharmacies, and on factory farms to examine the enormous social and environmental costs of overreliance on antibiotics. They show how an overtaxed healthcare system with limited oversight, widespread use of antibiotics in industrial agriculture, and the incessant dumping of pharmaceutical waste into waterways have created the ideal conditions for antibiotic-resistant microbes to grow.<BR><BR>As resistance spreads across India and beyond, Doron and Broom argue that the solution isn't to restrict access to antibiotics but to embrace forms of health education, indigenous practices, and policies grounded in social solidarity. Only then, the authors contend, is it possible to turn the page on India's precarious relationship with antibiotics and to address resistance globally-before it is too late.

Schauspielerin Karin Thaler spricht in ihrer Autobiografie das erste Mal über die Beziehung zu ihrer Mutter, die ihr Leben geprägt hatOb als Marie Hofer bei Die Rosenheim-Cops oder als Gerichtsmedizinerin in der ARD-Krimiserie Hubert und Staller- Karin Thaler ist ein beliebtes und bekanntes Fernsehgesicht. Doch hinter den Kulissen trug sie Jahrzehnte lang eine schwere Last mit sich: Während die aufstrebende Schauspielerin Karriere macht, gerät das Leben der geliebten Mutter, die spielsüchtig war, zunehmend aus den Fugen. Karin Thaler verliert nicht nur die Nähe zu ihr, sondern leidet immer mehr unter der Belastung des Doppellebens zwischen Filmstudio und Familiensorgen.Karin Thaler erzählt in ihren Memoiren, wie sie stark wurde, weil sie es musste, wie es ihr trotz allem gelungen ist, nie ihre Zuversicht und das Glück aus den Augen zu verlieren, und wieso ihr Leben durch all den Schmerz noch viel wertvoller geworden ist.'Karin schreibt so lebendig und liebevoll, dass ich ihre Stimme höre.' - Senta Berger

The inside story of the race to develop Ozempic - the world's first truly effective and safe obesity drug - and its potentially revolutionary effects on public health, and our deeper culture and values.'A FASCINATING DEEP DIVE' Guardian'VERY ENGAGING' New Scientist'ENLIGHTENING' Publishers WeeklyA 'cure' for obesity has long evaded the pharmaceutical industry, until the development of Ozempic: a diabetes medication that targets the GLP-1 hormone and makes people feel fuller for longer.After decades of research, Ozempic's creator Novo Nordisk quickly became one of the most valuable companies in Europe. Now it struggles to keep up with its rivals in an explosive and lucrative market for weight-loss injections. The treatment is so effective that it's already disrupted industries from healthcare to fast food to fashion. Financial investment has skyrocketed and public demand continues to soar alongside celebrity endorsements. Beyond million-dollar profits, countless lives could now be saved from preventable diseases, but one question remains: are these drugs too good to be true?Through original reporting and rigorous research, Aimee Donnellan uncovers the complicated history of a medical breakthrough that is changing the world, while raising difficult questions about inequality, morality, our beauty ideals and the pursuit of thinness. Along the way, Donnellan profiles the female scientist whose contributions to the discovery of GLP-1 were overlooked and some of the earliest Ozempic users share powerful testimonies.The Hunger Game is a revelatory, gripping and urgent study of the unexpected consequences of finally getting what we've wanted for so long.'A lively tale of the stunning rise of Ozempic. This detailed, eye-opening account is bolstered by an insider look at commercial drug development' Irish Times'The definitive account of a singular global force - essential reading to help us understand what has been unleashed and what may be coming next' Andy Slavitt, author of Preventable'[A] Meticulously reported account ... and it is done very well - briskly and brightly ... Donnellan has performed a public service by taking down the first draft of history: by speaking to the main players and untangling the rivalries and disputes' The Times'A riveting read ... Donnellan captures the drama behind the science ... and explores the wider implications for society, health and business in this deeply researched book' John Collingridge, Guardian business editor-Previously published as Off the Scales.

A fairer, healthier, more caring and sustainable society is entirely within our grasp. The renowned co-author of The Spirit Level shows us the way.<BR><BR>'Just what these times are crying out for' KATE RAWORTH, author of Doughnut Economics<BR><BR>'Poverty and inequality are at the heart of all our problems. Kate Pickett's book shows how tackling them must be at the heart of our solutions too' ZACK POLANSKI<BR><BR>'An uplifting vision for solving inequality that benefits everyone' ANDY BURNHAM<BR><BR>¿ How do we ensure that everyone has good health and receives the care they need?<BR>¿ How do we provide education that allows every child to flourish?<BR>¿ How do we ensure safety, justice and a sustainable environment for all?<BR><BR>Kate Pickett is a world-leading social scientist whose life's work has been to identify the underlying causes of society's most important problems - and the long-term solutions that will actually work.<BR><BR>In this inspiring book, she shows that to make a good society - in which everyone has what they need to be well, and everyone would be better off - we must prioritise the health, care, education and rehabilitation of those who have the least and suffer the most. This means confronting once and for all the fundamental problems of poverty and inequality that lie behind all the others.<BR><BR>Drawing on over three decades of evidence, and an array of proven solutions and real-world success stories from across the globe, The Good Society cuts to the essence of the challenges we face and presents us with a practical, galvanising, perspective-shifting vision for how to tackle them.

There is no meant to be but the love I've known has made it hard to believe that<BR><BR>An inventive, funny and deeply moving family epic: a love story, an elegy and a reminder that even in the mess of family and memory there is something to laugh about<BR><BR>AN OBSERVER NON-FICTION BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2026<BR><BR>'A wild ride' JON McGREGOR<BR><BR>'Raw and intimate, so daring and disobedient' SARAH HALL<BR><BR>'The most beautiful and truthful song to the pain present in a good life' EVIE WYLD<BR><BR>Jarred McGinnis was born to a Southern US clan where masculinity, resilience and physical violence were intertwined. In There Is No Meant to Be he unearths the legends, secrets and scars that have shaped his family line from his outlaw Irish ancestors to his mother Momo's gift of foresight, and the ghosts - both real and remembered - that follow him into adulthood.<BR><BR>Two decades on from the near-fatal accident that left him in a wheelchair, McGinnis is married and the father of two girls, living first in East London and now Marseille. He writes about love within the context of care and of the particular vulnerability that comes from being a parent with a disability. In a daring imaginative leap, he writes of the end of life too, reaching beyond his own death to look at what truly makes a life.<BR><BR>'An exploration of how to lead a commendable life' The Observer<BR><BR>'Caustic, hilarious, unflinchingly honest and so captivatingly humane, I couldn't put this book down' JAN CARSON<BR><BR>'In a world teetering on madness, here is an ode to truth, courage, and the beautiful power of vulnerability' ELAINE FEENEY<BR><BR>'A multi-layered, many-textured masterpiece' CHARLIE GILMOUR<BR>