New Releases by Allan J. Hamilton

A profound and profoundly important book that, using the most up-to-date revolutionary discoveries in neuroscience, shows us how to understand the brain; how it allows us to think, feel, experience and perceive, written by an acclaimed Harvard-trained neurosurgeon. It took a brain surgeon who’s spent a lifetime in the operating room experiencing the brain''s union of form and function to write this book. Cerebral Entanglements, unlike most books on the brain, looks at the intimate and vital emotions in our lives, and shows as well, how neuroimaging studies can transform our understanding of crucial emotional or mental health concerns. Why do we love? Why do we hate? Why do we kill? Why do we laugh? Why do we have faith? Why does time stand still or speed up? Focusing on the nature of consciousness, affection, trust, romance, empathy, kindness; prejudice, sadness, happiness, depression, grief, and the nature of laughter, the author shows us how neuroscience has changed our understanding of these emotions as he explores the extraordinary revelations that have emerged from brain imaging and functional studies. We see that we are the first generation to perceive the contours of a human thought, track the course of an emotion, even watch memory come together. Allan Hamilton writes clearly and accessibly, about the complex science driving our emotions and experiences, and shows how our newfound knowledge can impact our well-being, individually and as a society. As the book explores the nature of happiness, laughter, stress, PTSD. Hamilton writes about how the brain perceives and experiences music, memory, and time itself.

★ 美國知名老年學、內科權威醫生暢銷經典 ★ 銷售突破200萬冊、被翻譯成20多種語言 ★ 《紐約時報》、《華爾街日報》、《今日美國》（USA Today）、《出版人週刊》暢銷書、亞馬遜破四星好評、廣大讀者證實有效 80歲阿公照樣能享受衝浪、滑雪等極限運動！ 你無法停止年紀增長，但你可以決定怎麼過熟齡生活！ 無論你幾歲，只要從今天開始做到七件事， 就能打破年齡限制，人生逆生長！ ►你以為的老化，其實是「退化」！ 你不必衰弱、痠痛、疲憊地度過熟齡生活， 因為，70%的退化症狀都可以預先阻止！ 透過日常運動、合理營養、情感投入， 全面啟動你身體的不老因子， 讓你一年比一年更年輕、更有活力！ 跟著本書，一起倒轉你的生理時鐘—— 從這一刻起，讓自己活得更加強壯、健康、性感、聰明， 直到你的80歲，90歲，甚至是100歲！ 專研老年學的亨利・洛奇醫學博士，在本書中負責講述關於身體隨年紀增加的變化原理，並告訴我們如何能順流而行，讓你的行為跟感受都不用顯老；他將帶你明白，不必因為怕變老，就開始用抵抗的力量去面對「老」這件事，畢竟硬碰硬的結果，說不定只是更加傷害自己的身體而已。 另一位作者克里斯・克勞利，從律師行業退休的他，決定開始奉行全新概念的「養生」計畫，他的身體力行，展現出了八十歲後仍能享受越野滑雪快感的驚人成果，而且，駕駛快艇、划船、自行車長途旅行、風帆衝浪等極限運動也通通難不倒他，筆調詼諧風趣的他則負責給你滿滿的實踐動力。 透過他們這套在《紐約時報》暢銷多年、捲起風潮的熟年生活計畫，你將了解到只要改善你的生活方式和型態，真的就能夠延緩70％的常見老化問題（包括虛弱、關節痠痛、平衡感不佳），並減少50％的嚴重疾病和傷害。 另外，本書最後還加入了著名的腦神經科學專家艾倫・漢密爾頓醫學博士為你解釋，遵循「哈利的法則」中的飲食、運動和保持情感連結，將如何直接影響你的大腦，細微至從你的細胞開始轉化。 當你學會為了下個階段的三分之一人生而鍛鍊，你將可以玩得很痛快。 當你相信你辦得到這一切，你就已經成功了一大半！ ★ 亨利醫生的扭轉老化七大守則： 1. 每週運動6天 2. 每週有氧運動4天 3. 每週負重訓練2天 4. 量入為出 5. 拒吃垃圾食物 6. 用心生活 7. 與社會有所連結 專業推薦 王明勇／食療養生專家 朱為民／臺中榮民總醫院健康管理科主任 邱靜如／國立成功大學老年學研究所教授 黃惠如／《慢老》作者 黎慧芝／中央廣播電台「健康知識家」、「世界大國民」主持人 （依姓名筆畫排列） 全球盛讚 「令人著迷、幽默有趣、最棒的書。如果你準備好了……這本書將改變你的人生。」──《華盛頓郵報》 「關於『如何優雅地變老』，這本書是我們目前最推薦的作品。……所有年紀漸長的人，以及所有眼光長遠的年輕人都該熱切地讀這本書。」──《柯克斯》 「我們都該知道『我們可以選擇健康地變老』。這本書將告訴你怎麼做。」──約翰．里德（John S. Reed），紐約證交所前董事長 「無與倫比的一本書……願意實行亨利．洛奇和克里斯．克洛利建議的人，都能延緩身心的老化。真希望我的患者能夠照他們的建議去做！」──克雷格．肯特（K. Craig Kent）醫學博士，維吉尼亞大學健康中心副執行長 「在新的一年，這會是你長期且充滿生機的新年目標」。——《紐約時報》 「讓你的大腦覺醒、充滿吸引力而且好笑。如果你願意，這本書可以改變你的人生。」——《華盛頓郵報》 「在我們身處困境時，一位在最前線執業的醫生站出來告訴我們，我們視為正常的老化並不正常。哈利的法則點亮了恢復活力的這條路，他所教的步驟將會改變你的人生。」——梅曼・奧茲醫學博士（Mehmet Oz, MD，著有《YOU：你的身體導覽手冊》與《YOU：你的飲食導覽手冊》） 「本書將告訴你許多真相。學習這些論據很有趣，因為它們很重要，也因為本書的論述充滿了快樂和熱情。令人驚豔的是，作者成功將複雜的概念，例如情緒腦、發炎、營養學和新陳代謝，與日常生活的結構編織在一起。」——吉羅德・D・費斯巴赫醫學博士（Gerald D. Fischbach, MD，美國國家衛生研究院國家精神疾病及中風協會總監、哥倫比亞大學健康科學學院與醫學院院長） 「這本書很特別……它很容易理解，科學理論是正確的，而且，如果你依照書中的建議，你的精神和身體老化都可以延後發生。我希望我的病人都可以聽從他們的建議！」——克雷格・肯特醫學博士（美國俄亥俄州立大學醫學院院長） 「去了解自己握有健康老化的選擇權，是我們該做的事情，而這本書就是在告訴你這些事情。快把書翻開來讀吧！」——約翰・里德（紐約證券交易所前任主席、花旗銀行集團前任主席與執行長）

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2016 Foreword INDIES Gold Award Winner 2016 Gold Nautilus Book Award Winner 2017 Silver Independent Publisher Book Award Winner 2017 Silver IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Winner Award-winning author and celebrated neurosurgeon Allan J. Hamilton combines his understanding of the human brain with nearly 30 years’ experience training horses to offer wisdom on such universal themes as leadership, motivation, ambition, and humility. The results are showcased in more than 100 thoughtful essays that treat working with horses as a metaphor for personal, professional, and spiritual growth. Whether you’re searching for greater spiritual depth or simply want to better understand your four-legged partner, this wise and important collection has something for you.

Eastern philosophy enters the stables in this unique guide to horsemanship. Allan Hamilton describes how horses understand and respond to the flow of vital energy around them. They use this energy, called chi, to communicate with their herd, express dominance, and sense predators. Hamilton shares safe, simple techniques to make you more receptive to your animal’s chi, so you can develop a calm and effective training style that will not only help your horse follow commands, but strengthen the spiritual bond between horse and rider.

A Harvard-educated neurosurgeon reveals his experiences—in and out of the operating room—with apparitions, angels, exorcism, after-death survival, and the miracle of hope. For the millions who have enjoyed Proof of Heaven, Heaven is Real, To Heaven and Back, and Getting to Heaven—an inspiring tale from where the veil between life and death is often at its thinnest. The Scalpel and the Soul explores how premonition, superstition, hope, and faith not only become factors in how patients feel but can change outcomes. It validates the spiritual manifestations physicians see every day and empowers patients to voice their spiritual needs when they seek medical help. Finally, it addresses the mysterious, attractive powers the soul exerts during life-threatening events.

The effects of acute and chronic hypoxic exposure on peripheral skin blood flow were examined in six naive subjects by measuring skin blood flow in the right index finger with a laser doppler velocimeter. After baseline skin blood flows were determined, measurements of the vasoconstrictor responses to breath holding (BH), Valsalva maneuver (VM), and cold pressor test (CPT) employing ice water immersion of the contralateral hand were made. Subjects were first tested at sea level (SL), after two-hour exposure to a simulated altitude (SA) of 4300 meters (445 torr), and then tested on days 2, 3, 5, and 8 during chronic exposure at Pikes Peak, Colorado (4300 meters). Baseline and vasoconstrictor responses were not significantly altered by acute hypobaric exposure. However, during days 2-5 of chronic exposure there were significant falls in baseline peripheral skin blood flow. Similar reductions were also found in vasomotor responsiveness on days 2-5 but had recovered by day 8.