Matthew D LaPlante
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"The world’s largest land mammal could help us end cancer. The fastest bird is showing us how to solve a century-old engineering mystery. The oldest tree is giving us insights into climate change. The loudest whale is offering clues about the impact of solar storms. For a long time, scientists ignored superlative life forms as outliers. Increasingly, though, researchers are coming to see great value in studying plants and animals that exist on the...
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"It's a seemingly undeniable truth that aging is inevitable. But what if everythign we've been taught to believe about aging is wrong? What if we could choose our lifespans? In thes groundbreaking book, Dr. David Sinclar a leading world authority on genetics and longevity, reveals a bold new theory for why we age. As he explains: Aging is a disease, and that disease is treatable. This eye-opening and provocative work takes us to the front lines...
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Conventional wisdom dictates that our genetic destiny is fixed at conception. But Dr. Moalem's groundbreaking book shows us that the human genome is far more fluid and fascinating than your ninth grade biology teacher ever imagined. By bringing us to the bedside of his unique and complex patients, he masterfully demonstrates what rare genetic conditions can teach us all about our own health and well-being. In the brave new world we're rapidly rocketing...
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From a renowned Johns Hopkins- and Stanford-educated cardiologist at Intermountain Medical Center-a hospital system that President Obama has praised as an "island of excellence"-comes the story of his time living in Longevity Village in China, and the seven lessons he learned there that lead to a happy, healthy, long life
At forty-four, acclaimed cardiologist John Day was overweight and suffered from insomnia, degenerative joint disease, high blood...
6) The A-Fib Cure: Get Off Your Medications, Take Control of Your Health, and Add Years to Your Life
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Atrial fibrillation strikes one in four American adults. Not only do people suffering from this condition suffer from shortness of breath, fatigue, chest discomfort, decreased ability to exercise and do activities of daily living, arrhythmia, and palpitations, but their risk of a stroke, cognitive decline and dementia, heart failure, or premature death also shoots way up.
Today, a whole new body of research-one most physicians are unaware of-shows...