The Age Of Diagnosis : Sickness, Health And Why Medicine Has Gone Too Far

Suzanne O'Sullivan

Hodder Press

The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of Mystery Illness

The Sleeping Beauties

A leading neurologist recounts some of her most astonishing, challenging cases, which demonstrate how crucial the study of epilepsy has been to our understanding of the brain.Brainstorm follows the stories of people whose medical diagnoses are so strange even their doctor struggles to know how to solve them. A man who sees cartoon characters running across the room; a girl whose world suddenly seems completely distorted, as though she were Alice in Wonderland; another who transforms into a ragdoll whenever she even thinks about moving.The brain is the most complex structure in the universe. Neurologists must puzzle out life-changing diagnoses from the tiniest of clues, the ultimate medical detective work. In this riveting book, Suzanne O’Sullivan takes you with her as she tracks the clues of her patients’ symptoms. It’s a journey that will open your eyes to the unfathomable intricacies of our brains and the infinite variety of human experience.

Brainstorm

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diseases & Physical Ailments

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<p>Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image Shall be Dispatched Collectively: Titles: The Sleeping Beauties [Hardcover] Brainstorm It's All in Your Head Suzanne O'Sullivan Collection 3 Books Set: The Sleeping Beauties [Hardcover]: In Sweden, refugee children fall asleep for months and years at a time. In upstate New York, high school students develop contagious seizures. In the US Embassy in Cuba, employees complain of headaches and memory loss after hearing strange noises in the night.These disparate cases are some of the most remarkable diagnostic mysteries of the twenty-first century, as both doctors and scientists have struggled to explain them within the boundaries of medical science and – more crucially – to treat them. Brainstorm: In Brainstorm the Wellcome Prize-winning author of It's All in Your Head uncovers the most eye-opening symptoms medicine has to offer.'Powerfully life-affirming... Brainstorm is testament to O'Sullivan's unshowy clarity of thought and her continued marvelling at the mysteries of the brain' Guardian Brainstorm examines the stories of people whose symptoms are so strange even their doctor struggles to know how to solve them. It's All in Your Head: Pauline first became ill when she was fifteen. What seemed to be a urinary infection became joint pain, then life-threatening appendicitis. After a routine operation Pauline lost all the strength in her legs. Shortly afterwards, convulsions started. But Pauline’s tests are normal: her symptoms seem to have no physical cause whatsoever.This may be an extreme case, but Pauline is not alone. As many as a third of people visiting their GP have symptoms that are medically unexplained.</p>

Suzanne O'Sullivan Collection 3 Books Set (The Sleeping Beauties [Hardcover], Brainstorm, It's All in Your Head)

Picador / Vintage Ltd

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