{"product_id":"signals-by-dr-saira-hameed-9780571389780","title":"Signals","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSignals\u003c\/i\u003e is a special book, a witty, utterly fascinating guide to who you are and how you work. It's compassionate, humane, and grounded in the author's deep clinical experience. A true gift. — \u003cb\u003eChris van Tulleken\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eULTRA-PROCESSED PEOPLE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA fascinating insight into the real-world mystery-solving of the doctor's clinic, and discoveries past and present. — \u003cb\u003eMishal Husain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHormones animate every aspect and every moment of our lives, controlling our milestone moments as well as our day-to-day emotions and behaviour. Dr Saira Hameed is one of the UK's leading endocrinologists and in \u003ci\u003eSignals\u003c\/i\u003e she invites us into her clinic to see the lives interrupted by misfiring hormones and how fixing the problem recalibrates a life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe sit beside Dr Hameed as she hears stories from spirit-sapping exhaustion to agonising infertility, absent libido to frenzied disorientation. We see an emaciated girl who is close to death and another battling obesity. We meet a young boy who can't stay awake and a teenage girl whose racing heart will not be able to keep going much longer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSignals\u003c\/i\u003e takes us on a journey inside our bodies to reveal the spectacular endocrine life force at work. Combining compassionately told patient histories with stories of pioneering medical breakthroughs and addressing common misconceptions and 'hormone hacks', this is a vital book for anyone who wants to understand their health and their happiness, and to appreciate the wonder that to be human is to be hormonal too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSignals\u003c\/i\u003e is a special book, a witty, utterly fascinating guide to who you are and how you work. Saira Hameed reveals the endocrine system and places it at the centre of self-knowledge; a system of control, but also a set of signals we can learn to interpret. You won't find hormone \"hacks\", or glib shortcuts, but by the end, I understood my own appetite, fatigue, stress, and all the other experiences my hormones control, so much better. It's compassionate, humane and grounded in the author's deep clinical experience. A true gift. — \u003cb\u003eChris van Tulleken\u003c\/b\u003e ― author of \u003ci\u003eULTRA-PROCESSED PEOPLE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA fascinating tour of endocrinology, surely the most outlandish but also humane of the medical specialties. Hameed isn't just an exceptional doctor, she is a natural storyteller. Unputdownable! — \u003cb\u003eGabriel Weston\u003c\/b\u003e ― author of \u003ci\u003eALIVE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSignals\u003c\/i\u003e is fascinating and totally absorbing. Dr Saira Hameed is both an insightful guide to the mysteries of our hormones and a gifted storyteller. — \u003cb\u003eJenny Kleeman\u003c\/b\u003e ― author of \u003ci\u003eSEX ROBOTS AND VEGAN MEAT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the book I have been waiting for since I was a teenager. Hameed's timely, brilliant and engaging journey through the hormones that control our brains and bodies is infused not just with deep curiosity but wisdom, and compassion. \u003ci\u003eSignals\u003c\/i\u003e will make you question everything you thought you knew about the choices we make and emotions we feel: men, and women, and at every stage of our lives. — \u003cb\u003eAarathi Prasad\u003c\/b\u003e ― author of \u003ci\u003eIN THE BONESETTER'S WAITING ROOM\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHameed is as eloquent as she is knowledgeable... A must-read in any era, but especially this one. — \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47783995179244,"sku":"9780571389780","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780571389780-signals.jpg?v=1782360694","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/signals-by-dr-saira-hameed-9780571389780","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}