Stronger After Stroke
Now in its third edition, Stronger After Stroke puts the power of recovery in the reader's hands by providing simple-to-follow instructions for reaching the highest possible level of recovery. The book's neuroplastic recovery model stresses repetition of task-specific practice, proper scheduling of practice, setting goals, and measuring progress to achieve optimal results. Researcher Peter G. Levine breaks down the science and gives survivors evidence-based tools to retrain the brain and take charge of recovery.In easy-to-read sections, Stronger After Stroke introduces readers to leading-edge stroke recovery information while simplifying the process to attain specific benchmarks. Also included is a sample recovery schedule, a helpful glossary of frequently used stroke recovery terms, and a list of resources for readers to research emerging stroke recovery options.The new Third Edition of Stronger After Stroke features: Complete update of all chapters to reflect new knowledge about maximizing recoveryThe latest research insights applied to individual recovery programsSteps to cope with challenges at each stage of recovery and achieve successDIY strategies to save time and moneyNew chapters on using electrical stimulation, reducing post-stroke pain, and understanding spasticity
8 Lessons Lupus Taught Me
Written as a narrative short story, CallyRae shares her candid insights as she journeys through surviving with autoimmune diseases. Suffering from chronic daily pain, infections, and extreme fatigue, her outlook was one of frustration and hopelessness. As her life journey down the autoimmune highway took twists and turns, she learned to read the signs and listen to her body, mind, and spirit. She continues on the journey but has replaced pain with vitality, infections with health, and extreme fatigue with immense energy. Her outlook is now one of hope and happiness, and she considers herself blessed to live with the autoimmune diseases of rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and oral lichen planus. She no longer suffers and survives but rather thrives and shares hope and inspiration to those who are looking for a better healthier way to live.
Developing Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents with Learning Disabilities
There is an ever-increasing obligation on child and adolescent mental health services to meet the needs of children and young people with learning disabilities. This practical and concise book will help clinicians, service managers and commissioners to rapidly develop the necessary skills and knowledge in this expanding area of clinical practice. It provides a comprehensive overview of epidemiology, mental health disorders and their clinical presentations, multidisciplinary assessment and intervention, and multi-agency working. It reviews the specific roles of different medical practitioners, such as clinical psychologists and occupational therapists. Plus there are sections on working in partnership with families, and service tiers and models.
My Other Bag’s a Prada
You've just gotten an ileostomy. Now what?Living with an ileostomy seems daunting, but it doesn't have to be. In My Other Bag's a Prada: Quick and Dirty Tips for Surviving an Ileostomy, author and ileostomy veteran AW Cross gives you a first-hand, non-medical perspective of what to expect from your ileostomy and how to cope successfully day-to-day.Through a straightforward blend of practicality and humor, you'll learn how to: - Survive the physical consequences and emotional impact of having an ostomy- Choose your appliance, your accessories, and change your bag- Cope with odor, leaks, obstructions, and skin damage- Pack a survival kit and navigate the outside world- Dress, eat, and have sex- Deal with healthcare professionals and enjoy your stays in the hospital- Manage the ignorant public and use social media to your advantageWhether you've just gotten your ileostomy, or you've had it for years, if you're determined to own it like a boss, this book is for you.If you'd rather suffer blow-outs and bagtastrophies, have no sense of humor about your stoma, and hate puppies and sunshine, DON'T BUY THIS BOOK!
Reinvent Your Personal Safety
Reinvent Your Personal Safety gives women all over the world the tools, tactics, and strategies to succeed in life and more importantly to protect them along their journey.
Quick Creole for Medical Personnel
Dorothy Shumans is a vibrant, devoted follower of Christ, mother of four and grandmother of nine who has served as Director of House of Hope Ministries, Inc. in Haiti for many years. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Education with certifications in Elementary Education, vocal music, Vocational Home Economics, English as a Second Language and Bible. Her graduate studies have included Geriatric Nutrition, Counseling families with special needs, Biblical financial counseling, and Missionary Medical Intensive training. She has authored several books in Kreyl / English including: Creole With A Smile Grammar Textbook, Creole With A Smile Kreyl / English Dictionary, and Quick Creole for Medical Personnel. She and her team have edited many other works for various ministries and established Kreyl libraries in Haiti.
Stabbed in the Back
Nortin M. Hadler knows backaches. For more than three decades as a physician and medical researcher, he has studied the experience of low back pain in people who are otherwise healthy. Hadler terms the low back pain that everyone suffers at one time or another "regional back pain." In this book, he addresses the history and treatment of the ailment with the healthy skepticism that has become his trademark, taking the "Hadlerian" approach to backaches and the backache treatment industry in order to separate the helpful from the hype.Basing his critique on an analysis of the most current medical literature as well as his clinical experience, Hadler argues that regional back pain is overly medicalized by doctors, surgeons, and alternative therapists who purvey various treatment regimens. Furthermore, he observes, the design of workers' compensation, disability insurance, and other "health" schemes actually thwarts getting well. For the past half century, says Hadler, back pain and back pain-related disability have exacted a huge toll, in terms of pain, suffering, and financial cost. Stabbed in the Back addresses this issue at multiple levels: as a human predicament, a profound social problem, a medical question, and a vexing public policy challenge. Ultimately, Hadler's insights illustrate how the state of the science can and should inform the art and practice of medicine as well as public policy. Stabbed in the Back will arm any reader with the insights necessary to make informed decisions when confronting the next episode of low back pain.
Practical Solutions for Back Pain Relief
Relieve back pain with 40 easy-to-follow mind-body exercises from Practical Solutions for Back Pain ReliefWhether you've recently injured your back or suffer from chronic discomfort, you know the impact pain has on your daily life. In Practical Solutions for Back Pain Relief, "mobility maker" Dana Santas CSCS, E-YRT shares the physical and mental exercises she teaches professional athletes to relieve your back pain without drugs or surgery. With exercises designed to help you build the strength and flexibility you need to support healthy, pain-free movement throughout your spine, this is a proactive plan to heal from back pain. Practical Solutions for Back Pain Relief includes: Back Pain Basics explaining how our backs work and why they hurt40 Illustrated Exercises improving posture, mobility, core strength, and pain reliefMind-Body Tips and Strategies relieving pain and preventing it in the futureStrengthen your core, reduce pain, and heal your back with the exercises from Practical Solutions for Back Pain Relief
Cancer
A book for cancer sufferers and those wishing to prevent it, written by the Medical Director and the Nutritional Advisor to the famous Bristol Cancer Help Centre Eat To Beat Cancer shows that there are ways you can help yourself to: - Eat well to avoid the onsett of serious illness- Keep cancer in remission- Use nutrition to fight cancer. Dr Rosy Daniel Explains: - Why Change The Way You Eat?- How To Change The Way You Eat - and make the change easy.- What To Change In The Way You Eat - what's really important.- Food As Therapy - including detoxification, raising your energy levels, correcting nutritional imbalances. All recipes are free from animal products, saturated fat and are low in salt and sugar.
Powered ON
Powered On is the uplifting, true story of Sarah Churman's amazing transition from a life without natural hearing to a new world of sound. Nearly three decades after being born profoundly deaf, an advancement in technology allowed Sarah to hear the voices of her own children clearly for the very first time. In this deeply personal work, she reveals what it means to experience both sides of a disability-including the remarkable life skills and lessons she gained from years of being "inside herself," the hoys inherent in listening, and the importance of tuning out certain noises in the commotion that surrounds us all.
Cold War Triangle
A small group of scientists were doggedly working in the field of antiviral treatments when the AIDS epidemic struck. Faced with one of the grand challenges of modern biology of the twentieth century, scientists worked across the political divide of the Cold War to produce a new class of antivirals. Their molecules were developed by a Californian start-up together with teams of scientists at the Rega Institute of KU Leuven and the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (IOCB) of the Academy of Sciences in Prague. These molecules became the cornerstone of the blockbuster drugs now used to combat and prevent HIV. Cold War Triangle gives an insight into the human face of science as it recounts the extraordinary story of scientists in East and West who overcame ideological barriers and worked together for the benefit of humanity.
The Informed Patient
Even the most capable individuals are challenged when confronted with the complexity of the modern hospital experience. The Informed Patient is a guide and a workbook, divided into topical, focused sections with step-by-step instructions, insights, and tips to illustrate what patients and their families can expect during a hospital stay. Anyone who will experience a hospital stay--or friends or family who may be in charge of a patient's care--will find all the help and advice they could need in the detailed sections that cover every aspect of what they can expect.Karen A. Friedman, MD, and Sara L. Merwin, MPH, offer hands-on advice about how patients, health care providers, and medical staff can work together to achieve good outcomes. Through anecdotes, tips, sidebars, and clinical scenario vignettes, The Informed Patient presents ways to enhance and optimize a hospital stay, from practical advice on obtaining the best care to dealing with the emotional experience of being in the hospital.
Cholesterol Cures
This newly revised and updated edition of Cholesterol Cures examines in-depth research on improving your overall cholesterol profile. Cholesterol Cures goes beyond traditional advice and explains how specific foods and nutritional supplements, along with physical activity and lifestyle changes, have a direct correlation to healthy cholesterol levels. From familiar remedies--such as garlic, oats, and fish oil supplements--to unique finds such as grapeseed extract and coenzyme Q10, this book offers a definitive guide to improving your health. It also debunks the myth of "forbidden foods" like red meats and dairy and provides a guide on how to integrate high cholesterol foods as part of a healthy, cholesterol-friendly diet.
Pain-free Joints
If pain-free joints are the goal, qigong movements can help According to the Centers for Disease Control, over fifty million Americans struggle with doctor-diagnosed arthritis. Obesity and inactivity are proven aggravating factors, limiting mobility and making everyday activities difficult and painful. For many, arthritis progresses to the point where they will have to manage pain for years to come. Some will have little choice but to rely on prescription medication. But for the millions of others with joint pain, there is hope. By committing to a series of simple exercises, we can remain loose and flexible. We can prevent and heal injuries to maintain flexible, healthy joints. Motion is the key, and in this book Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming will get you moving. You will regain natural, pain-free motion, and suppleness with qigong, a timeless Chinese art that promotes healing, flexibility, and balance. The gentle, meditative movements emphasize proper motion in coordination with breath, making qigong the right choice for preventing, treating, and even reversing arthritis. This book presents 46 movements to help you loosen, stretch, strengthen, heal, and maintain comfortable, flexible joints for a lifetime. You will learn what qigong is and why it is a good choice for treating arthritis and maintaining healthy joints 4 gentle torso-loosening movements 9 hand massage movements and techniques 6 massage methods for immediate relief 3 qigong movements for neck, spine, and waist 7 qigong movements for fingers, hands, and wrists 8 qigong movements for elbows and shoulders 4 qigong movements for toes and ankles 5 qigong movements for hips and knees Many people who live with joint pain rely on acupuncture, chiropractic treatments, and even surgery. By committing to a simple qigong practice, you can begin to take care of your own joints, with less reliance on others.
Lower Your Blood Pressure
Eat your way to lower blood pressure. There are ways to help treat high blood pressure that don't require medications with unpleasant side effects. Lower Your Blood Pressure provides you with the guidance you need to manage your hypertension with the foods you eat. It's also filled with heart-healthy advice and delicious DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet recipes. The DASH diet focuses on improving your blood pressure using foods that are low in sodium and high in magnesium and potassium. New to DASH? Lower Your Blood Pressure makes things easy with a three-week meal plan--complete with shopping lists--designed to get you started on the right (and yummy) path. Lower Your Blood Pressure includes: 21-day meal plan--Jump right into healthy eating with a simple and straightforward meal plan that helps you adjust to the DASH diet in just three weeks. 75+ quick and easy recipes--From Stuffed Breakfast Peppers to Pecan-Crusted Catfish, start deciding your own meals using these healthy and mouthwatering options. Hypertension explained--Learn all about how to manage your blood pressure naturally, including dietary goals, de-stressing tips, exercise advice, and more. Take the pressure off with this complete dietary guide to lowering your blood pressure.
The Low-fodmap Diet for Beginners
Fast gut relief with a low FODMAP diet--the meal plan to make it easierThe low FODMAP diet involves limiting certain kinds of carbohydrates to help soothe IBS and other gut health issues. It's a transition that can seem overwhelming, but this beginner's introduction lays out just how doable it is to find relief with one week of low FODMAP eating. Explore dozens of easy recipes and a detailed 7-day meal plan that make it easy to understand how the diet works and how to feel better faster with food that's tasty and easy to prepare.This guided plan to starting a low FODMAP diet includes: 5 steps to healing--Break down your new diet with easy explanations of how to remove high FODMAP foods for just one week, and then slowly add them back to uncover which types are troubling you.Essential information--Find out which foods are high or low in which FODMAPs, how to track your symptoms, meal prep in batches, and more.Easy recipes for every taste--Every recipe is gluten-free and labeled to indicate whether it's dairy-free, vegan, vegetarian, one pot, or extra fast to make.Kick-start better gut health with an easy action plan for adopting the low FODMAP diet.
Multiple Sclerosis
Now in its fifth edition, Multiple Sclerosis: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed is the best-selling guide to MS for newly diagnosed patients and their families. Written in plain language by renowned MS expert physician T. Jock Murray, this book guides patients at any stage who want to know more about the disease, its potential impact on their lives, and the medical treatments now available for managing it successfully. The fifth edition is updated to reflect recent advances in understanding the underlying mechanisms and disease progression, the diagnostic criteria and classification of MS, and new drugs and therapies. This book opens the window on an MS diagnosis and provides answers to the multitude of questions patients will have so they can take charge and make informed decisions about their health and treatment.
Beyond Powerful
A personal, relatable, inspiring guide to overcoming chronic illness
The New Superpower for Women
It takes only seven seconds for a criminal to pick you as a target. This empowering guide for women to protect themselves and their loved ones, from a self-defense expert and longtime veteran of law enforcement, combines commonsense advice on staying safe with concrete actions on what to do if find yourself in a dangerous situation. Acts of terror. Kidnapping. Cyberstalking. Campus assaults. Getting drugged at a party by a "friend." One out of four women will be a victim of a crime or assault in her lifetime. Don't let this be you. In The New Superpower for Women, Steve Kardian, a thirty-year veteran of law enforcement, FBI defense tactics instructor, and an expert on the criminal mind, demonstrates how to become a "hard target" and not a "soft target" by simply trusting your gut. Additionally, he shows how the habits of safety can become an integral part of your daily routine. This guide is your essential resource to understanding how to stay safe in today's world, whether you're experiencing unwelcome attention, feel threatened in a large crowd, or are facing online harassment. Kardian shares proven safety tips, shows how to be proactive in identifying potential trouble, and illustrates defense techniques specially created to enhance the physical strengths of a woman. Real-life stories and examples are included to demonstrate what criminals look for in a victim. You will learn how to avoid being targeted and what to do in a confrontation. Be prepared. Know the habits of safety to protect yourself and your loved ones.
The Easy Anti Inflammatory Diet
Help relieve chronic inflammation with quick, easy recipes Learn to help ease inflammation with the right foods. The Easy Anti Inflammatory Diet cookbook makes it simple, with tempting recipes that come together quickly and are built around wholesome, soothing ingredients. Comprehensive guidance-Learn the basics of how inflammation works in your body and how the anti inflammatory diet can help.Plenty of options-Try out more than 90 straightforward, low-effort dishes that only require five main ingredients and 30 minutes to make.The anti-inflammatory ingredients master list-Find out which 15 ingredients are most effective at fighting inflammation and which ones to avoid. Bonus time-saving tips-Learn how to plan meals in advance, batch prep ingredients, get creative with leftovers, and more. Find relief from inflammation with an anti inflammatory diet guide that makes it simple to change your habits and your health.
The Complete Dash Diet for Beginners
Go DASH in a flash-a meal plan for getting started.Looking for a diet that will improve your health, help you lose weight, and isn't too restrictive or complicated? Then The Complete DASH Diet for Beginners is just what the dietician ordered. Not only does this cookbook fully explain how and why the DASH diet works, it also makes starting out as simple as can be.Two complete meals plans-plus a quick guide for familiarizing yourself with DASH diet basics-make beginning your new diet easy. The Complete DASH Diet for Beginners also provides you with 75 mouthwatering (and heart-healthy) recipes, including Southwest Tofu Scramble, Balsamic-Roasted Chicken Breasts, and Pan-Seared Scallops.The Complete DASH Diet for Beginners includes: Go DASH in 5 steps-Start your new diet right with advice for tossing non-DASH foods, shopping smarter, setting up your kitchen, planning meals, and getting fit and active.Two, 7-day meal plans-It's easy to eat right with meal plans-shopping lists included-that will take you from breakfast to dinner for an entire week.75 simple, tasty recipes-From Strawberry Yogurt Smoothies and Loaded Baked Sweet Potatoes to Honey-Mustard Chicken and Steak Tacos, discover healthy foods you'll absolutely love.Hit the ground running on your new diet thanks to The Complete Dash Diet for Beginners.
Analysis Of Longitudinal Studies In Epidermology
Aimed at a nontechnical audience, with intuitive explanations instead of mathematical derivations, Analysis of Longitudinal Studies in Epidemiology covers a wide range of topics that include Poisson regression, survival analysis, repeated measure, clustered data, longitudinal observations, and generalized linear models such as logistic regression. The book illustrates examples through extensive case studies, placing particular emphasis on the extension of simple cross-sectional methods and exploring how they can be adapted to longitudinal settings. It also explains the importance of time-dependent confounding and introduces methods including inverse probability weighted estimators.
First Aid Fast for Babies and Children
Do you know what to do if your baby or child falls and cuts their arm? Are you confident to identify when an illness is serious? First Aid Fast for Babies and Children is a step-by-step guide that helps you treat babies and children for more than 100 conditions and injuries. This book guides you through essential initial care that can prove tremendously important to preserve life and improve the recovery process. The detailed guidelines are accompanied by step-by-step images for clear, easy-to-follow instructions. From first aid for cuts and bruises to treating a child who is unresponsive, this book covers all emergency situations that you may face. Clear symbols highlight key areas and draw your attention to areas of concern. The cross-reference boxes on a page take you to associated information regarding the injuries. This clear and informative guide is ideal for parents, teachers, and primary caregivers to help deal with emergencies. Look after your little people - keep First Aid Fast for Babies and Children handy.
The Quick and Easy IBS Relief Cookbook
Easy, stress-free meals to manage your IBS.You can stop worrying about what to eat thanks to The Quick & Easy IBS Relief Cookbook. Designed to make an IBS-friendly diet as simple and straightforward as possible, this cookbook focuses on easy-to-fix meals that taste great and are easy on your gut. Rediscover the joy of eating with recipes for tasty dishes like Fried Eggs with Potato Hash, Parmesan Baked Zucchini, Sirloin Chimichurri, and Peanut Butter Cookies.Newly diagnosed with IBS? Just looking for more information? The Quick & Easy IBS Relief Cookbook is full of helpful guides. Learn about all 4 types of IBS, what FODMAPs are, and more.The Quick & Easy IBS Relief Cookbook includes: 120 low-FODMAP recipes-Help control your IBS with recipes that avoid FODMAPs-a type of carbohydrate that may trigger gastrointestinal distress.Limited ingredients, quick prep-Take the stress out of sticking to your IBS-friendly diet with recipes that feature 5 or less ingredients, 30-minute cook times, and more.Simple, straightforward guidance-Learn how to pick the right foods with easy-to-read charts, tricks for identifying problem foods, and advice for all 4 types of IBS.Discover how simple (and tasty) feeling better can be with The Quick and Easy IBS Relief Cookbook.
If Your Eyes Could Talk
Your eyes show you the world. But what would they tell you, if they could talk? The answer to that question is in your hands. Within these pages, Dr. D. Todd Wylie, OD, FCOVD-an optometrist and leading expert in vision therapy-explores and explains the many causes of poor vision, as well as the pioneering therapy and revolutionary corrective lenses that solve even the most bizarre cases and symptoms. In If Your Eyes Could Talk, you will find the answers to baffling mysteries such as why a person with 20/20 eyesight could still be failing in school due to a vision problem; how anxiety or panic attacks could be caused by a vision problem; and how looking at a particular color of light for eight minutes a day can literally change a person's life. To find these answers and many, many more, all you need to do is open this book and listen to the secrets that your eyes have to tell. Before you know it, you'll be viewing the world of vision health through a whole new lens.
Stop Carrying the Weight of Your MS
Helps readers end intense dieting and lose weight in a steady, consistent way. Gives readers the support they need while making the changes they choose that work for them. Guides readers on how to understand precisely how to evolve their plan as their body changes. Teaches readers how to stay motivated for the long-term (not just at the beginning). Moves beyond the basic do-as-I-say approach to provide readers with the skills to maintain a healthy body and life.
Stop Carrying the Weight of Your MS
Helps readers end intense dieting and lose weight in a steady, consistent way. Gives readers the support they need while making the changes they choose that work for them. Guides readers on how to understand precisely how to evolve their plan as their body changes. Teaches readers how to stay motivated for the long-term (not just at the beginning). Moves beyond the basic do-as-I-say approach to provide readers with the skills to maintain a healthy body and life.
Multiple Sclerosis
An MS diagnosis presents many unanswered questions: How is this diagnosis going to change my life? Where do I begin? How will I manage to take care of my family, work, and travel? No one knows the answers to these questions better than Shelley Peterman Schwarz, who has lived nearly forty years with multiple sclerosis. Schwarz imbues her updated collection of practical tips and short cuts with personal stories that highlight her trials and triumphs. Shelley shares her real-life experiences as a wife, mother, friend, and employee/employer coping, managing, and growing with MS with a humorous warmth and unflinching honesty. This extensively revised and updated third edition is packed with helpful information and now includes over 800 tips and new solutions and strategies for confronting the challenges of living a full life with a debilitating chronic illness. With Shelley's guidance, readers will learn to conserve valuable time and energy, develop techniques for making everyday tasks easier, manage symptoms, maintain positive relationships, stay motivated, and bounce back when MS knocks you down. Expanded chapters cover medical issues, home safety and accessibility, dressing and looking your best, and travel. NEW sections include: A Thriver's Guide Taking Charge-Mentally and Physically Family and Friends Marriage Sexual Compatibility and Intimacy Being a Parent Driving and Disability Working Finding Help and Support With hundreds of new tips and tools, and practical wisdom for meeting challenges large and small, this book continues to inform, encourage, validate, and empower individuals and families living with multiple sclerosis.
The Autoimmune Solution
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A medically proven, prescriptive, and intuitive program to heal symptoms of inflammation and autoimmune disorders to reclaim your health, and life"The Autoimmune Solution is a medical breakthrough. Dr. Myers' protocol is a proven way to heal and reverse any illness on the autoimmune spectrum. This book revolutionizes the way we understand and treat autoimmunity and I am thrilled to be able to recommend it to my patients." -- Mark Hyman, M.D., New York Times Bestselling author and functional medicine expertOver 90 percent of the population suffers from inflammation or an autoimmune disorder. Until now, conventional medicine has said there is no cure. Minor irritations like rashes and runny noses are ignored, while chronic and debilitating diseases like Crohn's and rheumatoid arthritis are handled with a cocktail of toxic treatments that fail to address their root cause. But it doesn't have to be this way.In The Autoimmune Solution, Dr. Amy Myers, a renowned leader in functional medicine, offers her medically proven approach to prevent and reverse a wide range of inflammatory-related symptoms and diseases, including allergies, obesity, asthma, cardiovascular disease, fibromyalgia, psoriasis, lupus, IBS, chronic headaches, and Hashimoto's thyroiditis.Offering a foundation to understand the root cause of autoimmune issues, a 30-day protocol filled with easy, gluten-free recipes and meal plans, and a solution for navigating the medical maze once and for all, The Myers Way is built on four pillars: Eliminating toxic foods, such as sugar and caffeine, and inflammatory foods, like dairy, gluten, and grains, which disrupt our digestive system.Introducing restorative ingredients and supplements, such as quality proteins, healthy fats, and probiotics, to repair the gut and microbiome.Identifying environmental toxins in everyday products like shampoo, soap, cosmetics, detergent, and other household products.Healing autoimmune-related infections while relieving the mental, emotional, and physical stress that exacerbate the immune system's response to external toxins.Through this program, Dr. Myers has proved how conventional treatment methods are failing millions suffering from autoimmune diseases and their debilitating symptoms. Whether you have long dealt with chronic illness or are simply ready to restart your wellness journey, The Autoimmune Solution provides a hopeful, clear, and attainable path towards improving your gut health, healing your body, and achieving optimal health.
Restore Your Lost Vision
See The Improvement Take Control And Restore Your Eyesight As you get older, you expect certain elements of health to deteriorate. It's a fact of life that some things are beyond your control. But why let a critical element of your health and quality of life-your vision-deteriorate, when there are steps for improvement? Such steps are revealed by Dennis Courtney, MD, in his book Restore Your Lost Vision Now, where he shows that there is a way to stop the further progression of your current eye disease and that you can get a substantial improvement in just three days with simple exercises and lifestyle improvements. Dr. Courtney has remedied the doubts and fears of many who struggle with vision loss and has brought them comfort knowing there is something they can do, steps they can take, and improvements they can see, and he is now reaching out to you-the patient looking to heal your eyesight-in this book. Don't let life go blurry-take back control of your vision!
The Lupus Diet Plan
The definitive Lupus diet plan-recipes for symptom relief.Eating well is an important part of feeling well-especially when it comes to symptom relief. The Lupus Diet Plan helps you take control of your diet and take back your life from Lupus, one deliciously healing meal at a time.Kick-start your anti-inflammatory diet with three, 28-day meal plans that cater to your specific needs and eliminate the guesswork of what to eat and when. With recipes like fatigue-friendly banana pancakes for breakfast, flare-soothing turkey piccata for dinner, and kidney-supporting pumpkin pie for dessert, you'll be able eat good food that's good for you too.The Lupus Diet Plan presents three practical, 28-day meal plans: The Basic Lupus Diet Meal Plan-Follow a general anti-inflammatory diet plan with affordable, easy-to-find ingredients.The Flare Soother Meal Plan-Treat symptom flares with super inflammation-fighting nutrients and super easy recipes.The Kidney Care Meal Plan-Support damaged kidneys with recipes low in sodium, potassium, and fat.Get the relief you need when you need it with delicious, symptom fighting recipes from The Lupus Diet Plan.
Understanding Parkinson's Disease
If you've been told by your doctor, "You have Parkinson's disease," you probably found it difficult to hear those words. Such a diagnosis can be frightening and leave you filled with questions. How will it affect your life? What are your treatment options? These authors are uniquely qualified to understand your concerns. Steven Schechter, M.D., is a neurologist who has treated thousands of patients with Parkinson's disease, and David Cram, M.D., lived with the disease himself. Among the topics they cover are: diagnosis, symptoms and stages, the emotional side of PD--conquering fear and denial, choosing the right health care team, drug therapy--medications and how they work, surgical options, deep brain stimulation, the importance of exercise, coping with day-to-day problems, and care for caregivers.
The Complete Anti-inflammatory Diet for Beginners
Feel healthier and happier this year with this easy anti-inflammatory cookbookIt's possible to reverse chronic inflammation and improve overall health through simple dietary changes, and The Complete Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Beginners breaks the process down into simple, actionable steps that anyone can take--and the new year is the perfect time to start!With easy recipes and weekly shopping lists, this essential anti-inflammatory diet cookbook makes it easy for you to start and follow an anti-inflammatory diet that can help you strengthen your immune system, relieve pain, ease healing, and feel more satisfied and energized every day.Learn the basics of an anti-inflammatory diet--Find clear guidelines from a registered dietician, including an anti-inflammatory foods list that covers which foods can soothe inflammation and which ones to avoid.Easy meal prep and planning--A 2-week meal plan takes you through exactly what to cook and eat for every meal as you get started, so there's no stress or guesswork.Quick and tasty cooking--Beyond the meal plan, you'll find plenty of healthy recipes to try, most of which only require about 5 main ingredients--from roast chicken with a side of white beans to a hearty lentil and beet salad.Eat and live better with The Complete Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Beginners.
The Rheumatoid Arthritis Cookbook
The revolutionary cookbook for managing rheumatoid arthritis. Nutrition plays an important role in finding day-to-day relief from joint pain and stiffness. The Rheumatoid Arthritis Cookbook is the groundbreaking cookbook for people with RA, written to take control of symptoms through delicious and nutritious meals. From chia-coconut porridge for breakfast to lamb souvlaki for dinner, these anti-inflammatory recipes prove that food as medicine can taste really good too. Complete with a 2-week meal plan to get started off right, this cookbook makes it easy to fight flares and fatigue naturally with the things you eat. The Rheumatoid Arthritis Cookbook offers: A Nutritional Overview--Understand the relationship of food and medicine and how nutrition can relieve the side effects of rheumatoid arthritis medications. A 2-Week Meal Plan--Get started right away, with guidelines for modifying calories to lose or gain weight. 100 Easy Recipes--Cook up good food that's good for you too with choices for vegetarian and vegan, fish and seafood, poultry and meat, and dessert dishes. Eating well has the power to make you feel well--The Rheumatoid Arthritis Cookbook shows you how.
Acid Reflux
Stop acid reflux dead in its tracks - NATURALLY!Whether you want to (1) reverse the damage done to your digestive system, (2) treat your symptoms, or (3) heal your acid reflux entirely, this book will get you there.How long will you suffer needlessly?The best news of all is that acid reflux is reversible. You can stop that nasty acid from wreaking havoc on your digestive system. And most of the time, you can do this without costly medical treatments!Use natural down-to-earth strategies to stop acid reflux.The solutions I propose are mostly natural-based. Use foods you already have, or items that are readily available, to heal your body. Not only will you stop the burning pain of acid reflux, but you will prepare your entire digestive system to function optimally, making it less likely that you will experience acid reflux again.Yes, you can feel good again.I used to suffer from acid reflux. After popping antacids like they were candy and finding little to no relief, I finally decided to work on a permanent solution. I checked out all the possible treatments, from home remedies to the various treatments offered by the medical industry. Today, I'm happy to report, I'm symptom-free. I can eat whatever I want, I live a normal, active life, and I feel great!Isn't It About Time You Conquered The Pain Once And For All?What I'm offering you in this book is the results of my research, the best of what has worked for me and what seems to work the best for most people.What Will You Learn About Acid Reflux? What causes it in the first place. What kinds of activities help you heal. What foods help the most and why. What to avoid while you're healing. Non-medical treatment that really helps. You Will Also Discover: How to find your acid reflux "triggers." The one thing that will make the most difference. Modern medical treatments. How to avoid acid flare ups when you go to bed. Stamp out the burn from acid reflux today! Get rid of acid reflux for good: Buy It Now!
A Teen’s Guide to Gut Health
Are you a teen dealing with stomach problems? If so, you're not alone! Fourteen percent of high school students have symptoms of IBS--such as pain, bloating, and frequent trips to the bathroom. Plus (as if that weren't bad enough!), poor gut health can mean missed school days and trips, awkward explanations, extra doctor's visits, and major cafeteria confusion. Here's the good news: In A Teen's Guide to Gut Health, registered dietitian Rachel Meltzer Warren explains how you can find relief--on a low-FODMAP diet. GET DIAGNOSED: Whether it's IBS, Crohn's disease, colitis, or something else, Rachel Meltzer Warren explains the differences and who can help. GET FODMAP SAVVY: "FODMAPs" are certain carbs that can be hard to digest, and they lurk in many kinds of goodfor-you food, from apples to yogurt. Identify your triggers and learn to avoid them--with a twopart elimination diet, shopping lists, meal plans, and more. GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED: No topic is too embarrassing for Meltzer Warren. You'll also find "Real Talk" from real teens throughout! GET COOKING! Plus, 30 simple, gluten-free recipes that are low-FODMAP-approved and great for meals, snacks, and sharing.
The Gastroparesis Healing Diet
With no identifiable cause, no known cure and life-sapping symptoms, gastroparesis can make you feel helpless. But you're not! The Gastroparesis Healing Diet empowers you to tame your symptoms by taking total control of your diet. Featuring a step-by-step program that you personalize for your specific needs, this helpful handbook offers: - A guided elimination diet for identifying triggers - Carefully formulated yet amazingly delicious recipes - A plan to stock your pantry with nutrient-dense foods - Tips and tricks for dealing with flare-ups - Shared stories from others with gastroparesis - Advice on reducing stress and finding support
Heal Your Frozen Shoulder
Learn how to prevent injury and quicken the healing process from frozen shoulder with this doctor-created, comprehensive at-home rehab, strengthening, and maintenance program. The cause of your frozen shoulder may be a mystery, but the way to fix it is no secret. Heal Your Frozen Shoulder guides you through the entire rehabilitation process, from understanding the problem to regaining full movement. It even tells you how to avoid this debilitating condition in the future. Featuring over 200 step-by-step photos, this book presents a complete program to get your shoulder back to its best possible condition, including: - Effective movements - Progressive stretches - Gentle strengthening techniques - Long-term lifestyle adjustments Author Dr. Karl Knopf, who specializes in the needs of aging patients, emphasizes proven treatments and proper form to guarantee help with your shoulder pain regardless of your fitness level.
Neurologic
A groundbreaking investigation of the brain's hidden logic behind our strangest behaviors, and of how conscious and unconscious systems interact in order to create our experience and preserve our sense of self. From bizarre dreams and hallucinations to schizophrenia and multiple personalities, the human brain is responsible for a diverse spectrum of strange thoughts and behaviors. When observed from the outside, these phenomena are often written off as being just "crazy," but what if they were actually planned and logical? NeuroLogic explores the brain's internal system of reasoning, from its unconscious depths to conscious decision making, and illuminates how it explains our most outlandish as well as our most stereotyped behaviors. From sleepwalking murderers, contagious yawning, and the brains of sports fans to false memories, subliminal messages, and the secret of ticklishness, Dr. Eliezer Sternberg shows that there are patterns to the way the brain interprets the world--patterns that fit the brain's unique logic. Unraveling these patterns and the various ways they can be disturbed will not only alter our view of mental illness and supernatural experience, but will also shed light on the hidden parts of ourselves. (With black-and-white illustrations throughout.)
Medication Management of Chronic Pain
This book is meant to meet the needs of people with chronic pain, their families and significant others who need to understand important facts and concepts about pharmacological (medication) management of chronic pain. Its orientation is to provide the reader with practical and clinically useful information in a format that will allow rapid processing of the information to assist in rational decision making. The book is not meant to be a comprehensive research compendium, nor does it emphasize basic science research so important as a precursor to clinical drug trials. Good pain management requires a partnership between you, the patient, and your treating physician. Therefore, my hope is that many physicians and other healthcare providers will benefit from reading this book. It is essential that you know as many facts as possible that are likely to shape your physicians decision making. Therefore, I wrote this book as a sequel to The Handbook on the Pharmacological Management of Chronic Pain written for physicians and other pain clinicians to assist them in their decision making. I wrote the book at a level that may be somewhat difficult for some non health care providers because of a vocabulary that often may be more technical than your usual reading. None the less, because some of you may have difficult chronic pain problems or have family members or friends with such problems I chose to cover each topic in a thorough rather than cursory fashion. Whenever possible, I discussed or defined medically technical terms to assist you.
Medication Management of Chronic Pain
This book is meant to meet the needs of people with chronic pain, their families and significant others who need to understand important facts and concepts about pharmacological (medication) management of chronic pain. Its orientation is to provide the reader with practical and clinically useful information in a format that will allow rapid processing of the information to assist in rational decision making. The book is not meant to be a comprehensive research compendium, nor does it emphasize basic science research so important as a precursor to clinical drug trials. Good pain management requires a partnership between you, the patient, and your treating physician. Therefore, my hope is that many physicians and other healthcare providers will benefit from reading this book. It is essential that you know as many facts as possible that are likely to shape your physicians decision making. Therefore, I wrote this book as a sequel to The Handbook on the Pharmacological Management of Chronic Pain written for physicians and other pain clinicians to assist them in their decision making. I wrote the book at a level that may be somewhat difficult for some non health care providers because of a vocabulary that often may be more technical than your usual reading. None the less, because some of you may have difficult chronic pain problems or have family members or friends with such problems I chose to cover each topic in a thorough rather than cursory fashion. Whenever possible, I discussed or defined medically technical terms to assist you.
Pandemics: A Very Short Introduction
The 2014 Ebola epidemic demonstrated the power of pandemics and their ability not only to destroy lives locally but also to capture the imagination and terrify the world. Christian W. McMillen provides a concise yet comprehensive account of pandemics throughout human history, illustrating how pandemic disease has shaped history and, at the same time, social behavior has influenced pandemic disease. Extremely interesting from a medical standpoint, the study of pandemics also provides unexpected, broader insights into culture and politics. This Very Short Introduction describes history's major pandemics - plague, tuberculosis, malaria, smallpox, cholera, influenza, and HIV/AIDS - highlighting how each disease's biological characteristics affected its pandemic development. McMillen discusses state responses to pandemics, such as quarantine, isolation, travel restrictions, and other forms of social control, and pays special attention to the rise of public health and the explosion of medical research in the wake of pandemics, especially as the germ theory of disease emerged in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Today, medicine is able to control all of these diseases, yet some of them are still devastating in much of the developing world. By assessing the relationship between poverty and disease and the geography of epidemics, McMillen offers an outspoken and thought-provoking point of view on the necessity for global governments to learn from past experiences and proactively cooperate to prevent any future epidemic.
Jenny’s Journey with Cystic Fibrosis
This is the true story of Jennifer Sunderland and her experiences with an incurable lung disease. Her struggles and triumphs are documented as they happened year by year. Her personal relationship with Jesus Christ gave her the hope and strength to continue on.
End Everyday Pain for 50＋
End muscle and joint pain for good. You've probably heard that as you get older, you are guaranteed to have more muscle and joint pain. That's simply not true. These chronic ailments arise from years of decreased activity and poor posture--not aging. End Everyday Pain for 50+ presents a complete 10-minute-a-day program to correct previous damage, develop healthier joints, and stay pain free at any age. This book's step-by-step approach provides quick relief and lasting solutions by fixing your body's alignment through simple stretching and movement. No matter what part of your body is hurting, End Everyday Pain for 50+ offers a treatment to heal it, including: - Neck Stiffness - Shoulder Bursitis - Tendinitis - Hip Misalignment - Headaches - Lower Back Pain - Sciatica - Meniscal Tears
The Snoring Cure
If you snore, you've probably had to suffer through years of bad sleep and elbows in the ribs. If you share a bed with a snorer, you've endured endless nights of tossing and turning with your head stuffed under a pillow. But you can put an end to snoring. This authoritative, accessible book will provide much-needed relief to snorers --and their captive audiences --everywhere. Contrary to popular belief, snoring represents more than mere noise. Incorporating the latest developments in sleep disorder research, the authors explain what causes snoring and what its various implications are, including its role as an indicator of more serious problems such as obstructive sleep apnea (a condition that can lead to strokes, impotence, hypertension, and heart disease). Step by step, the reader will learn how to get an accurate diagnosis and then cure snoring once and for all, whether through weight loss, positional therapy, medications, special equipment, or outpatient surgery. Throw out your earplugs and give those ribs a rest. After following The Snoring Cure's straightforward advice, you'll finally be sleeping comfortably through the night.
After a Stroke
An essential resource for all stroke survivors and their families and caregivers.Updated and expanded new edition of the popular resource written by a stroke survivor who has spent 24 years helping other survivors live life to the fullest potential. After a Stroke: 500 Tips for Living Well is filled with practical tips and support to help you cope with the lifestyle changes that come in the wake of a stroke. This book will show you how to: Get the medical care you needIntegrate robotics and other modern tools to help prevent spasticity and make daily life easierNavigate personal relationships as one partner becomes a survivor and another a caregiverIncorporate alternative and integrative therapies into your recoveryConnect with organizations and outreach centers for stroke patientsGet the most out of home careCut through rhetoric with frank, candid, and truthful answers to Frequently Asked QuestionsThe second edition includes three totally new chapters, over 200 more tips, and covers the latest in stroke prevention, medical treatment, and rehabilitation to help survivors transition from being a patient to returning to a life well-lived.
Living with Parkinson’s
An accessible and vastly informative guide for the more than one million Americans who suffer from Parkinson's Disease.
