Meltdown the neuroscience of stress / by Arnold Eggers.

This book investigates the concept of stress, how it causes a cluster of life-threatening diseases, and what you can do to save yourself. It is a summation of what the author, a neurologist, has learned about stress throughout his career. Stress damages the brain in specific ways that cause migraine...

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Main Author: Eggers, Arnold (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.
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Summary:This book investigates the concept of stress, how it causes a cluster of life-threatening diseases, and what you can do to save yourself. It is a summation of what the author, a neurologist, has learned about stress throughout his career. Stress damages the brain in specific ways that cause migraine headaches, high blood pressure, and obesity. These conditions lead eventually to stroke, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, and heart attacks. It all starts in the brain. The book will appeal to the medical community, such as doctors, nurses and medical students, as well as the general reader wh.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 111 pages)
ISBN:9781527535688
1527535681
Access:Legal Deposit;
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 11, 2020)
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