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After spending the past two years in and out of Seattle mental institutions, unable to remember the details of her son's disappearance, Ava returns home and, secretly visiting a hypnotist, discovers that her son may still be alive.

A Harvard-trained psychiatrist, Cornell nutrition specialist, and professional chef shares actionable dietary recommendations and brain-healthy recipes for foods that can support the treatments of common psychological and cognitive health challenges, from anxiety to sleep disorders.

Explains what causes memory loss and how readers can reverse the problem and enhance their ability to focus, concentrate, and comprehend.

"It's Halloween, Saturday night, on a pastoral East coast college campus. Scantily-costumed students ride the fine line between adolescence and adulthood as they prepare for a night of debauchery. Alcohol is flowing. Sex is in the air. Expectations are high as Leda flirts with her thrilling new crush, Ian, and he flirts back. But by the end of the night things will have taken a turn. When Leda later wakes up in Ian's room, she is unsure exactly what...

Offers a nutritional plan for improving brain function, reducing irritation and lack of focus and preventing diseases by adding foods rich in folates and B vitamins and reducing dairy, alcohol and toxic metals.

Loss of memory and acuity is not a natural part of aging. The author, a neurologist, explains how everyday memory-loss problems, misplacing your car keys, forgetting a name, losing concentration in meetings are actually warning signs of a distressed brain, and offers a simple plan for repairing those problems and regaining and maintaining mental clarity. Whether you have become forgetful, less focused, absentminded, or are trying to help a loved...

"Brain degeneration affects millions of Americans of all ages. The destruction sets in years or even decades before Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, or other serious neurological diseases can be diagnosed. Learn how to spot brain degeneration before it's too late. Why isn't my brain working? will teach you easy-to-understand strategies to save and improve your brain function. You will learn how simple diet and lifestyle changes and nutritional...

Have you ever experienced a memory lapse? Maybe you blanked on an acquaintance's name misplaced your keys or walked into a room for something only failing to recall why you entered it. Forgetfulness happens from time to time but sometimes it can be alarmingly common.

"Seven hard-won months into her sobriety, sociology professor Maris Heilman has her first blackout. She chalks it up to exhaustion, though she fears that her husband and daughter will suspect she’s drinking again. Whatever their cause, the glitches start becoming more frequent. Sometimes minutes, sometimes longer, but always leaving Maris with the same disorienting question: Where have I been? Then another blackout lands Maris in the ER, where...

a"The remarkable true story of a team of doctors who, through years of scientific sleuthing and observant care, discover a surprising connection between opioids and memory, one that holds promise and peril for any one of us"-- "How could you lose your memory overnight, and what would it mean? The day neurologist Jed Barash sees the baffling brain scan of a young patient with devastating amnesia marks the beginning of a quest to answer those questions....