Essentials of Diabetes Medicine
Essentials in Diabetes Medicine serves as an essential resource for medical students, medical professionals, patients, and caregivers. Leslie Bahn Kawa, a Papua New Guinean physician working as a consultant in acute and general internal medicine, highlights the soaring health and human costs tied to the increasing prevalence of diabetes. He presents the academic and the clinical management aspects of diabetes for students and the front-end healthcare practitioners. In addition, he identifies appropriate policies and legislation that could help mitigate the crisis. The book provides: - clear information on diabetes, including its pathology, diagnosis, classification, and management; - insights on its complications and the comorbidities in contemporary practice; - and information on how to prevent diabetes and manage overt diabetes. The author notes that dieting, exercise, and pharmacotherapies remain the three pillars of diabetes management. In fact, randomized clinical trials show that diabetes is preventable among high-risk groups of different populations in different geographies by focusing on those three things. Get valuable information on diabetes and an array of perspectives on how to manage the disease depending on an individual's lifestyle, so patients can continue to enjoy life to the fullest.
Work, Health and Wellbeing in the Construction Industry
This book covers a wide range of topics relating to the health and wellbeing of the construction workforce. Based on more than two decades of work examining various aspects of workers' health and wellbeing, the book addresses a key topic in construction management: how the design of work environments, construction processes and organisation of work impact upon construction workers' physical and psychological health.Occupational health is a significant problem for the construction industry. However, the subject of health does not receive as much attention in occupational health and safety research or practice as the subject of safety. Traditional management approaches (focused on the prevention of accidents and injuries) are arguably ill-suited to addressing issues of workers' health and wellbeing. This book seeks to explain how workers' health and wellbeing are impacted by working in the construction sector, and suggest ways in which organisations (and decision makers within them) can positively shape workplaces and practices in ways that better support construction workers to maintain healthy and productive working lives.Including chapter summaries and discussion questions to encourage student readers to reflect on and formulate their own viewpoints about the issues raised in each chapter, the book has the potential to be used as a textbook in undergraduate or postgraduate occupational health and safety, or construction management courses dealing with occupational health and safety. It could also be used as supplementary recommended reading in undergraduate or postgraduate programmes in architecture, engineering or management.
Looking After An Older Person
Are you confident about caring for an older relative or understand what care support they need? Being responsible for another adult's wellbeing, can be a daunting task but it does not need to be. Looking After An Older Person provides lots of information and guides you to provide the best care and support for your relative. Looking After An Older Person also provides insight into the experience of ageing and encourages the reader to observe care from the older person's perspective. It recognises the value in working with an individual who needs care and empowering them to speak up and say what they want and feel, at this stage of their life.As pensioners enter the care system, whether in hospital or in a community setting, people's attitude towards them changes. They become classified as being vulnerable and in need of protection, when in fact they need to be respected and listened to. With experience as a Registered Nurse and Manager of an Outstanding care home, the author provides advice and helpful suggestions, to encourage sensitive conversations with older relatives and encourages one to think about their own life journey and be open with their own family.
Twinkies
In Twinkies, Kathleen Quigley offers a sensual exploration of that which goes missing, creating a world of textures -- bristling hairs, the contours of a lip, the tender fingertips of a friend pressed against a face or scalp. Yet the memoir is also the tale of psychological interiors and the close emotional bond between two women, best friends and college track mates, who undergo distinct cancer odysseys separated by three decades. Despite the intensity of the subject matter, a wry humor wanders in and out of the braided narrative, heightening the pathos with a modest flourish at one moment and landing a blow directed at insensitive strangers the next. With Quigley's sure-handed voice, the world at large gains a mighty cancer foe, and the world of literature gains a dynamic and gifted writer.Dawn Newton, author of The Remnants of Summer and Winded: A Memoir in Four Stages
Thriving Through Cancer
You've just received the diagnosis: cancer. You sit, stunned, trying to absorb all the medical jargon and "what ifs" being thrown at you. Chemo. Radiation. Surgery. Ports. Infusions. These words rattle around your brain, seeking purchase. There's no doubt about it: you're in a battle for your life. Your medical team focuses on eliminating your cancer. You wonder, though, what you can do. In Thriving Through Cancer: A Whole-Istic Approach for Your Journey, you'll see that you can, in fact, do a lot to improve your health through this process. From what you consume-visually, physically, and emotionally-to the words you chose, you're in the driver's seat. This book offers clear direction, practical tips, and unerring support so that when you ring that bell signifying the end of treatment, you'll really feel victorious!
Dear Meniere's - Letters and Art
Real. Raw. Heartfelt.Dear Meniere's Letters & ArtA global Meniere's project by people living with Meniere's disease.An insightful and revealing collection of letters and art about the journey of people living with M矇ni癡re's disease. Take a look inside and see why it is the most liveable disease that no doctor wants, and why many celebrities and people are unable to continue in their careers.Collated by Julieann Wallace, Anne Elias, Heather Davies and Steven Schwier.Proceeds donated to M矇ni癡re's disease research.Dear Meniere's, You f@&$ing suck!Never Yours, Fuming FlorenceDear M矇ni癡re's, I wish I could stand at the ends of the earth, where the winds blow swiftest, and feel the gentle sway caused by the blowing, not by my lack of balance, and have the winds blow away the tinnitus and the brain fog. To have, for just one moment again in time, the silence of sound. The clarity of mind. To feel energised by life and not drained by it. I imagine standing on a windswept shore. The noise I hear is the rustle of seagrass, the blowing of the southerly wind, the heave and heft of the ocean. Sea salt and sand pepper my skin. The incessant ring in my ears is quiet, drowned out by the oceans song or swept away, I neither know nor care, I cannot hear it. The salty air fills my lungs, its brusqueness blows away the ever present fog in my brain. Thoughts, swirling vaguely in my brain, come to the forefront. They take shape, as clear and sharp as the broken shells beneath my feet. I'm not moving through a miasma, I'm as clear as the sun shining through the water that rolls onto the sand and back out again. Each deep breath clears more fog from my head and returns more of me to myself, as if the real me lives out there in the ocean, waiting to be breathed in on the winds.I miss who I was.KellyM矇ni癡re's disease since 1998Dear Meniere's Disease, Because of you ...Last year my neighbour asked my girlfriend if we had separated because he hadn't seen me for months. That hurt.Last year I couldn't make the fl ight that enabled me to say a proper goodbye to my dying Gran. That hurt.Last year you took away my creative soul, and most of my hobbies until I could just stare at nothing but four walls 24/7. That hurt.Last year I counted to 73. Th at was the amount of times I was well enough to leave my door. That hurt.Last year my girlfriend spent time in a hospital bed and I couldn't visit and be by her side. That hurt.Last year I had to learn how to walk properly again as I'd been stuck in bed for so long. That hurt.Last year my mental health made me believe I was a worthless waste of space to myself and those around me. That hurt.Last year so many times I was ready to give up, and leave behind my gift of life and those I love. That hurt.Th is year, I'm trying so hard to take back parts of my life from your grasp, and next year I'll take back a little bit more. Your full control over me is dying away and my inner strength is slowly growing. I hope that REALLY HURTS YOU!Colin (That Monster M矇ni癡re's)Diagnosed in 2019Instagram: @that_monster_menieres
Health-Care meets Self-Care
Health-Care meets Self-Care: The Chronic Illness Details, is a guided medical diary to help people with any chronic illness/es navigate their health journey. The book is part of a three book collection with The Chronic Tracker & The Chronic Combo. Alana Parisotto created this collection after personally dealing with chronic illnesses herself, to help support others in the same boat. Sections of this book include detailed lists of doctors & specialists, pharmacies & chemists, symptoms, medical history, and more - all focused on the details surrounding one's chronic illness/es & on-going health-care. This book is designed to last indefinitely, although depending on the complexity of your health-care, you may wish to purchase another in future.
Work, Health and Wellbeing in the Construction Industry
This book covers a wide range of topics relating to the health and wellbeing of the construction workforce. Based on more than two decades of work examining various aspects of workers' health and wellbeing, the book addresses a key topic in construction management: how the design of work environments, construction processes and organisation of work impact upon construction workers' physical and psychological health.Occupational health is a significant problem for the construction industry. However, the subject of health does not receive as much attention in occupational health and safety research or practice as the subject of safety. Traditional management approaches (focused on the prevention of accidents and injuries) are arguably ill-suited to addressing issues of workers' health and wellbeing. This book seeks to explain how workers' health and wellbeing are impacted by working in the construction sector, and suggest ways in which organisations (and decision makers within them) can positively shape workplaces and practices in ways that better support construction workers to maintain healthy and productive working lives.Including chapter summaries and discussion questions to encourage student readers to reflect on and formulate their own viewpoints about the issues raised in each chapter, the book has the potential to be used as a textbook in undergraduate or postgraduate occupational health and safety, or construction management courses dealing with occupational health and safety. It could also be used as supplementary recommended reading in undergraduate or postgraduate programmes in architecture, engineering or management.
Baby Animals, A No Text Picture Book
People with dementia often experience a decline in their cognitive abilities, which can make it difficult for them to enjoy the things they used to love. One way to help people with dementia stay engaged and connected is to provide them with no text picture books.No text picture books are books that do not contain any words. This makes them ideal for people with dementia, who may have difficulty reading or understanding text. No text picture books can be enjoyed by people of all ages, and they can be used to stimulate memories, emotions, and creativity.Baby Animals is a no text picture book that features adorable photographs of baby animals from all over the world. The photographs are stunning and the book is sure to bring a smile to the face of anyone who sees it.Benefits of No Text Picture Books for People with DementiaThere are many benefits to using no text picture books with people with dementia. Some of the benefits include: Stimulating memories and emotions: No text picture books can help to stimulate memories and emotions in people with dementia. The photographs in the books can trigger memories of happy times and places.Providing a calming and relaxing experience: No text picture books can provide a calming and relaxing experience for people with dementia. The beautiful photographs can help to reduce stress and anxiety.Reducing feelings of isolation and loneliness: No text picture books can help to reduce feelings of isolation and loneliness in people with dementia. The books can provide a sense of connection to the world around them.Promoting communication and interaction: No text picture books can promote communication and interaction between people with dementia and their caregivers or family members. The books can be used to start conversations and to build relationships.Providing a sense of purpose and accomplishment: No text picture books can provide a sense of purpose and accomplishment for people with dementia. The books can be used to create art, to write stories, or to simply enjoy the beauty of the world around them.If you are caring for a loved one with dementia, I encourage you to consider using no text picture books. These books can be a valuable tool for stimulating memories, emotions, and creativity.
Health-Care meets Self-Care
Health-Care meets Self-Care: The Chronic Illness Combo, is a guided medical diary to help people with any chronic illness/es navigate their health journey. The book is a condensed combo of the other two books in the collection, The Chronic Illness Details & The Chronic Illness Tracker. Author, Alana Parisotto, created this collection after personally dealing with chronic illnesses herself, to help support others in the same boat. Sections of this book include emergency contacts & action plans, medication lists, medical contacts, daily notes, appointment plans & debriefs, and many more. We encourage purchasing Health-Care meets Self-Care: The Chronic Illness Tracker, on a yearly basis.
The Top 10 Traits of Highly Resilient People
Resilience is an inborn trait. It is part of your innate survival capacity. This means you can rebound after a setback and even bounce forward with more strength and wisdom. You can proactively and consciously choose to develop your ability to manage stress, recover from burnout and thrive despite extreme challenges by developing a stress-resistant personality. This book will show you how.In The Top 10 Traits of Highly Resilient People (2nd edition) Dr. Andrea Pennington, now known as Dr. DaeEss 1Drea Pennington Wasio, presents 24 real life stories of people from various backgrounds and cultures who have dug deep within themselves to heal and move forward after facing difficult circumstances. These were sometimes life threatening, and often led to rock bottom or burnout. What these stories all have in common is how they prove that the traits of resilience can be built and expanded with intention so that we can thrive after trauma, and experience more growth than we thought possible. There is great hope and inspiration to be found here. This book has 10 sections with stories covering each of the top 10 traits of resilience, giving the reader examples from each of the traits that Dr. 1Drea has taught her students and clients alike over the years. This expanded 2nd edition includes self-reflection exercises and journal prompts to serve as a practical workbook for building resilience. The authors in this book come from all walks of life with a range of life experiences; from far away military deployments and the dizzy heights of Dubai's business world, to understaffed hospital wards, a veterinary clinic, and in places all over the world.Featuring Stories By: Elsa ReganKenny BeyGegga BirgisLizzy Bernthal, Ph.DSarah K. BrandisCatherine CallahanAmy DavisBusie DhlodhloSusan EdwardsJulia FarmerGinseng Gray-TilmanRob GoddardHomaniDeri Llewellyn-DaviesJOYce Petra Melendez Julia MunroMelissa Neff, Ph.D.Ruth OwenDaeEss 1Drea Pennington Wasio, MDJoana SoaresKhaya SkhosanaJeff Sutherland, MDGelu TrutaAnn Marie WyrschThere are 10 traits of highly resilient people, based on Dr. 1Dreah's research as presented in this book, which can be built upon and strengthened. The 10 traits are: TRAIT #1 INSIGHT & EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCETRAIT #2 FLEXIBILITY & ADAPTABILITYTRAIT #3 PERSISTENCETRAIT #4 TOLERANCE & COMPASSION TRAIT #5 OPTIMISMTRAIT #6 CONFIDENCE & SELF-EFFICACYTRAIT #7 POSITIVE SELF-TALKTRAIT #8 CONNECTION TO POSITIVE PEOPLETRAIT #9 POSITIVE EMOTIONSTRAIT #10 PURPOSE & MEANING IN LIFE
Okay ... Now What?
It is a very scary word: cancer. It's even scarier when it's your own child.Every parent wants to be Wonder Woman or Superman, but even the strongest and bravest of parents sometimes need help during stressful and tumultuous times. For Pamela Chila Smith, that time was when her teenage son, Nicholas, was diagnosed with brain cancer. Okay.. Now What? is a guide for new cancer parents, written from the heart of experience. Throughout the book, Pamela offers clear, direct, and empathetic advice for parents challenged with the task of keeping their sick child as healthy and comfortable as possible as well as making sure proper care is provided. She stresses the importance of listening and paying attention to the child and staying on top of everything and everyone, so nothing is missed.Take notes. Ask questions. Stay strong. And remember to breathe.
Type 2 Diabetes Dessert Cookbook
Say goodbye to boring, flavorless desserts and say hello to TYPE 2 DIABETES DESSERT COOKBOOK! This cookbook offers over 100 delicious and diabetes-friendly recipes that are sure to satisfy your sweet tooth without the guilt. Whether you're looking for breakfast favorites like French Toast or crave something sweet like a Chocolate Cake, this cookbook has got it all. Each recipe includes easy-to-follow instructions with ingredients that won't break the bank.So go ahead and indulge in some tasty treats without feeling guilty about it! With TYPE 2 DIABETES DESSERT COOKBOOK, you can have your cake (or brownies or cookies!) and eat it too. Get your copy today and let the diabetes-friendly desserts begin!
Fierce Medicines, Fragile Socialities
Set in Tanga, a city on the Tanzanian Swahili coast, Dominik Mattes examines the implementation of antiretroviral HIV-treatment (ART) in the area, exploring the manifold infrastructural and social fragilities of treatment provision in public HIV clinics as well as patients' multi-layered struggles of coming to terms with ART in their everyday lives. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, the book shows that, notwithstanding the massive rollout of ART, providing treatment and living a life with HIV in settings like Tanga continue to entail social, economic, and moral challenges and long-term uncertainties, which contradict the global rhetoric of the "normalization of HIV".
Nurse Florence(R) Coloring Book
Sometimes it seems only a nurse can bring technical information down to an understanding that an ordinary person can grasp. The Nurse Florence(R) book series provides high quality medical information that even a child can grasp. By introducing young kids to correct terminology and science concepts at an early age, we can help increase our children's health literacy level as well as help to prepare them for courses and jobs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. We need more scientists so I hope that many children will enjoy this book series and consider a job involving science. Introducing Some Medical Words to Kids in Every Book
I Don't Have Cancer When I'm Sleeping
"I felt okay, not sick, not wounded, just part of a new club in which no one wanted membership." Noreen was not immune to the effects of cancer, as her mother had experienced lung cancer, but she was not prepared for navigating cancer herself or how her faith would be tested. I Don't Have Cancer When I'm Sleeping explores a husband and wife's journey through her cancer. Twice. With a sense of understanding, love, and devotion, this as-told-by memoir offers the unvarnished truth about living and dying with cancer-a path in which time holds new meaning and priorities change. For readers who want to hear a story of both struggle and hope, for readers who are going through the cancer experience or know someone who is, and for readers who are experiencing grief or are a surviving spouse trying to cope ... there is every bit of perfectness in the imperfectness of being human.
Healthy Cancer Comeback Journal
The Healthy Cancer Comeback Journal is the perfect companion to Your Healthy Cancer Comeback: Sick to Strong. Cancer is complicated, emotional, challenging, and filled with unique moments. Packed with thoughtful prompts, you'll be able to keep track of your experiences in oncology, along with your thoughts, feelings, fears, faith, and facts about your care. Share your laughter, tears, hopes, strange side effects, and strawberry moments in this 300-page full-color book. You'll have the perfect place to document your strategies for health, fitness, exercise, nutrition, and progress on your way from sick to strong.
Navigating Cancer
FINDING THE WAY FORWARD AFTER A CANCER DIAGNOSISA must-read guide for you and your loved ones on this journeyA diagnosis of any type of cancer is frightening, and the journey through diagnosis and treatment is complex and often confusing. This workbook, Navigating Cancer: A Workbook for Managing Your Cancer Care, will help you track, manage, understand, and communicate the information that is important for you to progress through your cancer care.The pages in this workbook walk you step by step through the care journey, providing an easy way for you to list and organize your doctor and test appointments, treatments schedules, and dates of any surgery and procedures. There is also a list of possible side effects for you to track and date, should they occur. One of the disheartening side effects of learning that you have cancer is the feeling that your life is spinning out of control and that cancer is in charge. This workbook can help you regain some of that control.
Goodbye, Tumor and Friends!
To the World, you are a mother;To your child, you are the World.When you learn of an impending disruption, how do you explain to your child that changes are coming that might be upsetting? Life will not be the same.Goodbye Tumor attempts to address that challenge in a straightforward but calming tone."A great lesson and reminder told in a simple and lovely way: True love enables us to do hard things--even when they are scary."Love never gives up and helps to heal all hurts." Melisa Boersma, M.D."Especially for Children, cancer can be full of darkness and confusion. However, this book provides the light needed to inspire understanding, hope, and a sense of peace for all children when a loved one is diagnosed with cancer." J. Scott Rogers, D.O., FAAP"With this book Lauren offers a tool for parents who are facing the difficult and unexpected challenge of pursuing cancer treatment. This book inspires courage and hope for families as they navigate this journey." Anne P. O'Dea, M.D.
Success Secrets for Wellbeing
Are you well? There are many ways to answer that question. All have in common a sense of what can help you to be and feel well - and what does not. This book provides a comprehensive and inclusive look at wellbeing and how to fully experience richness in life and health. Each of the eleven contributing authors is an expert in their field and shares valuable advice for people of all backgrounds, situations and experience - but their words are particularly pertinent for leaders who feel the pressure and stress of building a career or running a business. The authors are all part of the BIP100 community, a group of experts who put friendship and caring at the top of their values. Together they actively seek to share wisdom while giving back to each other and paying forward in society at large. Meet our world-class expert authors! Deborah Abbott, Nichola Adams, Christian Espinosa, Kate Faragher, Gaia Ferreira, Dr Elmar Jung, Owen O'Malley, Jane Piper, Penny Power OBE, Tj Power and Michael-Don Smith.
Cancer and Aging
80% of cancer related issues is prominent among people of 60 and above. Old people have more potential exposures which can easily decline their immune system and this has a direct role in increasing cancer incidence. Attitude exhibited and daily activities contribute tremendously to cancer in aging. This book creates awareness on the cause of cancer at old age and some measure to be taken with the advice of a doctor.
Allergy Relief
This book will help you better understand allergies and see how you can deal with it. It has been written as a general overview outlining the main things you need to know about this subject. It's a short read and a great start for people who know little about the subject.Allergies usually stem from an inappropriate reaction of the immune system to certain proteins. These proteins are known as allergens, and they are usually common and harmless substances such as pollen, mold spores, animal dander, dust, various foods, insect venoms, or medicines. In this book, here is a preview of what you'll learn...What are allergies?What are the types of allergiesEating for allergy cureCuring allergies naturally through liver detoxHerbs for natural allergy treatmentComplete Allergy Relief is an extremely practical and easy-to-read source of information that covers everything from airborne substances, ingested foods, drinks, medications, chemicals, clothing, pets, and plants that come in contact with your skin.
Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic debilitating demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. It is caused by an autoimmune attack resulting in the progressive loss of the myelin sheath on neuronal axons. The resultant decrease in the speed of signal transduction leads to a loss of functionality that includes both cognitive and motor impairment depending on the location of the lesion. The progression of MS occurs due to episodes of increasing inflammation, which is proposed to be due to the release of antigens such as myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein, myelin basic protein, and proteolipid protein, causing an autoimmune response. This sets off a cascade of signaling molecules that result in T-cells, B-cells, and macrophages to cross the blood-brain barrier and attack myelin on neuronal axons leading to inflammation. Further release of antigens drives subsequent degeneration, causing increased inflammation. MS presents itself as a spectrum based on the degree of inflammation. A majority of patients experience early relapsing and remitting episodes of neuronal deterioration following a period of recovery. Some of these individuals may transition to a more linear progression of the disease, while about 15% of others begin with a progressive course on the onset of MS. The inflammatory response contributes to the loss of the grey matter and, as a result, current literature devotes itself to combatting the auto-inflammatory aspect of the disease. While there are several proposed causal links between the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and the HLA-DRB1*15:01 allele to the onset of MS - they may contribute to the degree of autoimmune attack and the resultant inflammation - they do not determine the onset of MS.
Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic debilitating demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. It is caused by an autoimmune attack resulting in the progressive loss of the myelin sheath on neuronal axons. The resultant decrease in the speed of signal transduction leads to a loss of functionality that includes both cognitive and motor impairment depending on the location of the lesion. The progression of MS occurs due to episodes of increasing inflammation, which is proposed to be due to the release of antigens such as myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein, myelin basic protein, and proteolipid protein, causing an autoimmune response. This sets off a cascade of signaling molecules that result in T-cells, B-cells, and macrophages to cross the blood-brain barrier and attack myelin on neuronal axons leading to inflammation. Further release of antigens drives subsequent degeneration, causing increased inflammation. MS presents itself as a spectrum based on the degree of inflammation. A majority of patients experience early relapsing and remitting episodes of neuronal deterioration following a period of recovery. Some of these individuals may transition to a more linear progression of the disease, while about 15% of others begin with a progressive course on the onset of MS. The inflammatory response contributes to the loss of the grey matter and, as a result, current literature devotes itself to combatting the auto-inflammatory aspect of the disease. While there are several proposed causal links between the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and the HLA-DRB1*15:01 allele to the onset of MS - they may contribute to the degree of autoimmune attack and the resultant inflammation - they do not determine the onset of MS.
The Unfettered Urologist
In The Unfettered Urologist, readers will find the expertise of one of the first one hundred women urologists (in the world), Martha B. Boone, M.D., as she answers the questions patients never have time to ask their doctor in a time pressured office visit.
No Such Thing As a Diabetic!
Having been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes early in her childhood, Kirrily Chambers grew up learning to negotiate both the health system and relationships with her health care professionals. This is a rare insight into living with a chronic health condition and its impact on the physical and mental well-being on an individual. A must-read for any person working in the health care industry, those living with diabetes or any chronic health condition.
Running All Over the World
Part travelogue/part medical memoir, Running All Over the World is an offbeat story of one couple's decision to live nomadically, running marathons and traveling the globe, after they received the life-changing medical diagnoses of Early Onset Alzheimer's and heart-valve complications.
The Politics of Disease
Even a pandemic is subject to politics. Disease has always been a catalyst for change, influencing wars, the rise and fall of leaders, economics, religion, art, and, most certainly, people's lives. Disease, as Covid demonstrates, can be politicized as well. While the pandemic that erupted in 2019 may be the most politicized in American history, it is far from the only one. Indeed, disease has afflicted the United States since the beginning, and it has been exploited by politicians, the media, and others to further their agendas. Parties have defined disease, and disease has defined political parties. From the 16th century to the present, this work traces the interactions of disease and politics in the United States. Major pandemics, local outbreaks, and even presidential illnesses are all examined to see how political parties have seized upon their origins, spread, and treatment to promote their own ideologies. Immigration, civil rights, gender, war, economics, public health, modernization, and elections are all discussed in relation to the outbreaks. The book demonstrates how disease helped secure independence, led to the writing of the Constitution, brought America into the War of 1812 and the Spanish-American War, led to limits on immigration, kept the United States out of the League of Nations, led to women voting, produced two political parties--and more.
Androgen Deprivation Therapy
Awarded first place in the 2023 AJN Book of the Year Awards in Consumer Health. "Androgen deprivation therapy is the main treatment for locally advanced and metastatic prostate cancer. It is a very effective treatment, but it has major impact on many aspects of men's health. Thousands of articles have been dedicated to that subject. This book distills these down and provides a comprehensive understanding and path forward for the many challenges associated with androgen deprivation therapy." - David Crawford, M.D., Professor of Urology, University of California San Diego "As someone who has treated men with prostate cancer for over 25 years, I recognize the burden of care of the patients and their loved ones. This book provides excellent tips on how to deal with the disease. I have used prior versions for many years in my practice and wholly endorse this new version. It's a must read!" - Neil Fleshner, MD, Chair of Urology, University of Toronto Ontario, and Love Chair in Prostate Cancer Prevention, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario Androgen Deprivation Therapy is the only guide written exclusively about the side effects of hormone therapy. The authors have collaborated with the European Association of Urology to produce this specially revised new edition to serve men affected by ADT across the globe. This comprehensive workbook for prostate cancer patients and their loved ones is filled with practical advice from experts in the field. The book covers a wealth of strategies to help men cope with ADT and maintain a good quality of life while on this treatment. It is not only an informational manual, but a guide for both patients and partners about ways to make changes in their lives that can keep them healthy and positive when the patient is on ADT. New to this Edition: Updates on the primary drugs used to treat prostate cancer with tables for common brand names worldwide. Updates on the physical side effects of ADT, such as hot flashes, weight gain, muscle loss and fatigue--plus management strategies. Expanded information on exercise and nutrition for men diagnosed with prostate cancer. Expanded information on the psychological and relational impact of ADT on both patients and their partners, with strategies to maintain intimacy despite reduced libido and difficulties with erections. Expanded discussion on dealing with emotional side effects, such as mood swings and depression. Exercises, activities, worksheets, and other tools to promote discussion and inspire behavioral changes that can reduce the burden of ADT. Officially endorsed by the European Association of Urology and the Canadian Urological Association.
Kickass Healthy Lada
Nautilus Book Awards Silver Recipient The award-winning first book for the general public on LADA (Latent Auto-immune Diabetes in Adults), endorsed by a former president of the American Diabetes Association, Kickass Healthy LADA is a fun, empathetic, and practical guide brimming with insights and inspiration. If you are one of the millions of Americans with Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA), you may not even know it. You may be one of the ten percent of people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes who actually have LADA. Even if you do know that you have LADA, sometimes called "diabetes 1.5," you're likely to be inundated with unhelpful advice and potentially harmful treatments, leaving you feeling confused and overwhelmed. That was Jacqueline Haskins' experience. After visiting five doctors before getting helpful guidance, and realizing there wasn't a friendly "how-to" book meant for the general public about LADA--she decided to write one. Winner of the 2023 American BookFest Award in Health and a 2023 Reader's Favorite Five-Star selection, Kickass Healthy LADA is a welcoming, supportive book packed with practical strategies and tips that can be tailored to any lifestyle or heritage. This medically vetted go-to guide offers patients and their loved ones relief, hope, and critical information including: A detailed breakdown of the different diabetes diagnoses What makes LADA different and how to find the best treatment team Insulin: what it is, what it does, and how to know if we need more of this natural hormone Tools for good health with LADA, including food and nutrition advice Introducing Carb-Craft: how to safely enjoy the foods you love With a biologist's keen eye, a patient-advocate's tenacity, and the humor of a trusted friend, Jacqueline offers an essential toolkit for anyone diagnosed with LADA.
Dementia Prevention
Worried about memory loss and dementia risk? This new book will show you easy-to-follow steps to keep your brain healthy.Emily Clionsky, MD, and Mitchell Clionsky, PhD, are a physician and neuropsychologist couple who have cared for their own parents with dementia, created a test used by doctors to measure cognitive function, and treated more than 25,000 patients with cognitive impairment. In Dementia Prevention, they combine the most current scientific findings about Alzheimer's disease and other dementias with their experience to present a practical guide that empowers you to improve your brain's future. This book skips the fads, the unsupported claims of advertised products, and fringe theories. Instead, the authors guide you through a science-based tour of dementia, including how your brain works and how its function is affected by everything from blood circulation and blood pressure to sugar levels, medications, vision, and hearing. You will learn how your activity level, weight, habits, mental outlook, and social engagement may affect your likelihood of developing dementia. Dementia Prevention provides a dementia risk checklist to better understand your personal risk profile to help you on your journey. The authors' training and experience as behavioral scientists will help you set better goals, identify roadblocks to success, and overcome these obstacles. Forgetfulness and confusion are not an inevitable part of growing older--you can make changes to keep your brain working well into your 70s and beyond. From how you breathe while you sleep to what you do socially and physically every day, Dementia Prevention will give you practical--and sometimes surprising--methods for you to protect your brain.
An Amazing Grace Celebrating Memories With Flowers
Have all your health and household information in one place, in a format that's easy to grab and go. If you are a caregiver or if you think may need one this is a journal is for you. Putting all of your important information into one location and providing it to those who need it is the only way to ensure that you are taken care of should you become unable to do so yourself. Let nothing slip away by keeping a planner/journal for your family to easily locate vital information about your life. This planner/journal is specifically designed for seniors and their caregivers, with ample space to jot down notes, contact numbers, doctors' appointments and more. In case I Forget is a planner/journal that would be used by a senior for their kids or caregivers to locate vital information to care for them. There are sections of information such as medical history, medications, allergies, financial accounts and more. It also has a section where you can record what you have shared with loved ones in case you forget to tell them something important. this is the perfect way for seniors to be able to tell you all about their care needs or for caregivers to stay organized. FEATURES: Size: 8"x10" Pages: 122
Lyndon’s Fog
"Lyndon's Fog" weaves together an eclectic group of past vignettes with present events which are echoed by many families who encounter Alzheimer's. Exploring the topics of memory loss and taking responsibility while wading through the mucky morality of the diminishing brain is a wild ride. Every caregiver will grapple with either living lies or telling lies. A desperate lie is told to try to help the author's father believe the truth that his wife is dead. With a fragile mind, simple tasks like cooking and driving become impossible. Even though they grieve and fight their loss of independence, the care giver also grieves and fights to take on the responsibility of caring for their loved one. Juggling all these balls in life are compared to a memorable raft ride down a raging river. The journey begins with frustration, confusion follows, and nonsense swallows up reality. Filters on speech seem to fail, life values appear to be in flux, losses on every front increase, but joy can be found in the story of living. Recording the tenderness of her father's missed speech on her wedding day because he was thoughtfully driving his own dementia diseased mother-in-law back to the nursing home, embodies the cycle of life's motto-- love equals family and families love. Sweeping up a crawling carpet of white maggots out of the back of a jeep and fishing a wallet out of a smelly outhouse will bring tears and laughter that meld together as you enter this family's encounters. These and more treasured stories are crafted into a beautiful authentic tale of life shared. You will enter the emotional roller coaster and finally grieve when he breathes his last breath and death comes, even like taxes, inescapable; but there is purpose, even in all of this.
Lyndon’s Fog
"Lyndon's Fog" weaves together an eclectic group of past vignettes with present events which are echoed by many families who encounter Alzheimer's. Exploring the topics of memory loss and taking responsibility while wading through the mucky morality of the diminishing brain is a wild ride. Every caregiver will grapple with either living lies or telling lies. A desperate lie is told to try to help the author's father believe the truth that his wife is dead. With a fragile mind, simple tasks like cooking and driving become impossible. Even though they grieve and fight their loss of independence, the care giver also grieves and fights to take on the responsibility of caring for their loved one. Juggling all these balls in life are compared to a memorable raft ride down a raging river. The journey begins with frustration, confusion follows, and nonsense swallows up reality. Filters on speech seem to fail, life values appear to be in flux, losses on every front increase, but joy can be found in the story of living. Recording the tenderness of her father's missed speech on her wedding day because he was thoughtfully driving his own dementia diseased mother-in-law back to the nursing home, embodies the cycle of life's motto-- love equals family and families love. Sweeping up a crawling carpet of white maggots out of the back of a jeep and fishing a wallet out of a smelly outhouse will bring tears and laughter that meld together as you enter this family's encounters. These and more treasured stories are crafted into a beautiful authentic tale of life shared. You will enter the emotional roller coaster and finally grieve when he breathes his last breath and death comes, even like taxes, inescapable; but there is purpose, even in all of this.
Modulation Of Sialidases In Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer with a very low survival rate. Sialidases are enzymes that play a key role in cancer progression by cleaving sialic acid residues from glycoproteins and glycolipids. The modulation of sialidases in pancreatic cancer has gained considerable attention as a potential therapeutic target for inhibiting tumor growth, invasion, and metastasis.In recent years, research has focused on understanding the mechanisms of sialidase modulation and its impact on tumor biology. Studies have identified sialylated glycans and tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens as important biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis. Additionally, sialidase modulation has been shown to affect cancer cell signaling pathways, apoptosis, chemoresistance, and immune response.The tumor microenvironment, including extracellular matrix, stromal cells, and immune cells, plays a critical role in pancreatic cancer progression. Sialidase modulation has been shown to impact the tumor microenvironment by influencing the behavior of cancer-associated fibroblasts, tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, and angiogenesis.Emerging evidence suggests that sialidase modulation may have significant implications for personalized cancer treatment and precision medicine. Furthermore, the identification of novel therapeutic targets and the development of glycan-targeted therapeutics offer exciting prospects for the development of new and effective treatments for pancreatic cancer.
Downs Children
This is the story of enduring love, sad and happy times with Roland, his parents Robert and Pat, their families, close friends and many people in various care-related organisations. Their combined efforts contributed significantly to the challenging task of raising a Downs Syndrome child all the way from birth into a surprisingly independent adult. Robert offers information about the organisations that helped Roland, and sources of guidance about caring for children and young people with Downs Syndrome. He shows that having a child with such problems isn't always easy, but neither is it the end of the world. This book would be useful to anyone who works with Downs children and adults, or to families who find themselves in the same position that Robert and Pat were in after Roland was born.
Perspectives from a Psych-Oncology Team Working with Teenagers and Young Adults with Cancer
Exploring the work of a Psych-Oncology Team in an inpatient and outpatient setting, this powerful, interesting, and engaging book is about teenagers and young adults diagnosed with cancer.As part of the few multidisciplinary teams of this type in the United Kingdom, the authors offer helpful insights into supporting young people and their families as they navigate this complex and devastating disease, writing on key areas such as trauma, the effects of early childhood cancer in adolescence and beyond, the social and cultural effects of cancer treatment, hope, and hopelessness, and questions of mortality. Each chapter contains a mixture of clinical reflections and patient vignettes, along with clear guidance about how to support patients and their families both during and after treatment, and at the point of death too.With a compassionate approach to understanding the challenges for patients, their families, and clinicians alike, this is a book for nurses, doctors, occupational therapists, and physiotherapists, for parents and carers, and for young people who find themselves in this position and who can easily feel as though they are alone with their overwhelming feelings.
Nurse Florence(R), Tell Me About Shingles?
Sometimes it seems only a nurse can bring technical information down to an understanding that an ordinary person can grasp. The Nurse Florence(R) book series provides high quality medical information that even a child can grasp. By introducing young kids to correct terminology and science concepts at an early age, we can help increase our children's health literacy level as well as help to prepare them for courses and jobs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. We need more scientists so I hope that many children will enjoy this book series and consider a job involving science.
100 Funny Short Stories for Seniors and the Elderly
Some say laughter is the best medicine against ageism. Many elderlies tend to view nursing homes as a boring and stressful environment. Laughter has proven itself to be a natural form of medicine that is available to everyone. Humorous stories and anecdotes can help you relax and manage stress while boosting your immune system and releasing endorphins!How this book can help you. These 100 humorous tales, essays and anecdotes include a grand variety of feel-good subjects, like humorous short novels based on a true story, wedding anniversary humor, humorous anecdotes after decades in the bedroom, and a whole collection of essays and good-hearted jokes about the elderly. This collection of short stories, anecdotes and jokes aim to make you happy and laugh out loud!All 100 humorous stories and essays are told in a simple, humorous style, they are fun and engaging at the same time, making this book the perfect present for a beloved senior in your life.
Insulin Resistance Diet for Beginners
Help your body naturally reverse insulin resistance using delicious food.Whether you're dealing with diabetes, PCOS, or just looking to manage an erratic metabolism, the insulin resistance diet can be key to a very satisfying, healthy lifestyle. Break the monotonous boundaries of managing your insulin response with The Insulin Resistance Diet for Beginners. This complete lifestyle guide will help your body naturally regulate glucose and insulin levels while putting creative, delicious, and diverse meals on the table.Relatable analogies, food humor, and realistic recipes make it fun to understand how the insulin resistance diet and lifestyle can change not only your metabolism, but your entire life outlook. The included shopping guides and meal plans make it easy to start your new lifestyle right away. The path to steady glucose levels and a strong metabolism begins in the kitchen-here's your guide to the insulin resistance diet.Inside The Insulin Resistance Diet for Beginners you'll find: Roadmap for success-A five-step plan makes the insulin resistance diet something you can start today.Shop in a snap-Complete shopping lists to help fill your pantry with all the right food-no more wondering.A meal in 5-Most recipes use just five ingredients so they're fast and easy to prepare, but slow to digest.Insulin resistance and delicious meals don't have to be mutually exclusive. Start reversing insulin resistance and loving the food that you eat with The Insulin Resistance Diet for Beginners.
The abyss is staring back
"in their exemplary confessional style, nat raum consults the void in the abyss is staring back. this collection is an invitation into raum's personal gravity-a space exploring monotony, queerness, and disability with a stream-of-consciousness type spirit. however, raum is also just as gifted with precision. the result: words that are as raw and real as they are beautiful, and writing that is truly for anybody...even a black hole."-arden will, eic of the winnow and author of acts of performative newness
Your Healthy Cancer Comeback
Your Healthy Cancer Comeback: Sick to Strong is a comprehensive guidebook and powerful tool for all cancer patients and survivors. If you're eager to slow decline during treatment and regain overall health in recovery, this book is a MUST! You'll learn: How exercise, nutrition, and quality rest can increase your chances of remission and decrease chances of recurrence. To improve strength, stamina, mobility, balance, and athleticism.How to pursue fitness during and after chemotherapy, radiation, surgeries, and other cancer therapies. Mental strategies for conquering stress and harnessing joy.How to manage weight loss or weight gain.Exercises you can do in exam rooms, hospitals, chairs, beds, showers, and beyond.How and why to seek supplemental services like physical therapy, acupuncture, mental health counseling, sexual health counseling, and more. How to trade weakness and fatigue for fitness and athletic adventure.Fitz Koehler is a world-renowned fitness innovator with a Master's in Exercise and Sport Sciences who was brutalized by cancer and strategically designed her own incredible healthy cancer comeback. Concerned for her peers, Fitz combined her fitness expertise and cancer street cred to create this invaluable blueprint that will steer you from sick to strong!
Care at Home for People Living with Dementia
What 'kind' of community is demanded by a problem like dementia? As aspects of care continue to transition from institutional to community and home settings, this book considers the implications for people living with dementia and their carers. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and case studies from Canada, this book analyses the intersections of formal dementia strategies and the experiences of families and others on the frontlines of care. Considering the strains placed on care systems by the COVID-19 pandemic, this book looks afresh at what makes home-based care possible or impossible and how these considerations can help establish a deeper understanding necessary for good policy and practice.
Type-2 Diabetes Case Study
In 2018 I was diagnosed a type-2 Diabetic. I got out a bound notebook and began documenting my situation. My past glucose was above the glucose normal range of 74-100 mg/dL, my HbA1C 11.5%, my weight was 185 lbs. and my height 5 feet 11.5 ins. I was already using Dr Amy LEE's, probiotic BIO-X4. Dr, Lee is a Nutritionist and Weight Management Specialist. A side benefit of her program was my HbA1C dropped to as low as 3.5%. I was monitoring my finger-stick blood glucose levels preBREAKFAST, preLUNCH and preDINNER. On February 15th I started with Dr Marlene Merritt's Blood Glucose Formula (BGF) to see if this probiotic would indeed lower my circulating blood glucose. The preLUNCH and preDINNER began to separate from the preBREAKFAST (nocturnal) glucose values. This glucose change was statistically significant and the preDINNER glucose levels separated statistically faster led me to identify a nocturnal phase and a diurnal phase of Diabetes. I was able to verify and extend the finger-stick data with the LibreLink technology. Now this single Type-2 Case Study needs to be verified with ten (5 female/5 male) patients and extended to nondiabetics and severe diabetic groups for comparison, and a better understanding of Diabetes. Glucose is a universal energy molecule that can be found in every cell in the body, and maintaining its normal levels is critical to good health.
The Complete Guide to Breast Reconstruction
The definitive guide to breast reconstruction--now completely revised and updated. For more than twenty years, The Complete Guide to Breast Reconstruction (formerly The Breast Reconstruction Guidebook) has been an essential resource for individuals who are undergoing mastectomy and thinking about breast reconstruction. In this revised edition, two-time breast cancer survivor Kathy Steligo covers the critical information patients need, from finding the right surgeon to weighing options and making informed decisions.Anyone considering a mastectomy faces a perplexing array of issues, questions, and decisions in their treatment options. This updated and expanded edition provides a comprehensive road map of the entire mastectomy and reconstruction experience. Steligo explains the advantages and disadvantages of postmastectomy options, including staying flat, using prostheses, and undergoing reconstruction with breast implants or a patient's own tissue. The extensively updated text includes new information on- The benefits and limitations of traditional versus advanced procedures - How mastectomy affects sensation, scarring, and projection - What to expect from nipple-sparing mastectomy - How reconstruction restores shape, size, and projection- The pros and cons of saline and silicone breast implants - The differences between muscle-sparing and muscle-sacrificing natural tissue reconstruction- Improving results with fat grafting - 3-D nipple tattooing - How radiation therapy impacts reconstruction- Male mastectomy and reconstruction - The physical and emotional effects of surgery and recoveryFeaturing before-and-after patient photos, expert commentaries, and patient stories, this guide describes the mastectomy and reconstructive journey from research to recovery so readers can make informed decisions about what is best for them.
The Dementia Caregiver's Survival Guide
If you have a loved one with dementia, then The Dementia Caregivers Survival Guide is an essential read.This guide will equip you with the tools and knowledge to care for your loved one more efficiently to prevent caregiver burnout.You will understand the dementia patient's and caregiver's perspectives when dealing with dementia.This book is for you as a caregiver of a loved one facing the challenges of dementia. Understanding the progression of dementia will help you plan and prepare for the future. You may find this information powerful when deciding about your loved one's care.According to the Alzheimer's Association, over 16 million Americans are already providing care for a loved one suffering from dementia.Dementia caregivers often face challenges such as sleep deprivation, financial strains, emotional distress, depression, and anxiety. This guide will provide caregivers with the tools they need to cope with these challenges and provide the best possible care for their loved ones.You probably think that the best way to care for your loved one is by providing him/her with as much normalcy and routine as possible. This may help the patient feel comfortable and secure, while also giving you a sense of control during what can be a very chaotic and unpredictable time.You also believe that it is important to keep the lines of communication open with the patient and to never give up hope. You think that even though the disease may progress, there are still moments of connection and joy that can be shared between you as a caregiver and your loved one.Learning about the different stages of dementia will help you understand what your loved one is going through and, more importantly, anticipate his/her needs.This can help reduce stress and provide a more supportive environment. Knowing about the progressive nature of dementia can also help you make long-term plans for your loved one's care.To provide care, it is crucial that you first take care of yourself so that you can continue providing the support your loved one needs.If you are struggling to keep your loved one with dementia safe and comfortable at home, this guide is for you.This well-researched book will provide you with: Knowledge and Power: The tools and information you need to survive and thrive as a caregiver.11 Step-by-Step Plan: Actionable advice to ease your burden and help you create a more positive caregiving experience.Practical Tips: How to navigate the challenges of being a caregiver while still taking care of yourselfBalance Your Own Needs: You will learn how to manage the challenging behaviors of the dementia patient while dealing with the overall decline in health.Action: How to keep your loved one with dementia safe and comfortable at home.Rewarding: Find out how caregiving can be a rewarding experience.Foreword by Jose G. Garcia, MD.Stop struggling while caregiving to your loved one.
