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A Gift of Time - Continuing Your Pregnancy When Your Babys Life Is Expected to Be Brief by Amy Kuebelbeck; Deborah L. Davis
Category: Parenting | Series: A\Johns Hopkins Press Health Book Ser.
Now updated and expanded--a gentle and comprehensive guide for parents expecting a baby with a prenatal diagnosis of a life-limiting condition.When prenatal testing reveals that a baby is expected to die before or shortly after birth, many parents choose to proceed with the pregnancy and embrace the tim ...Show more
A Loving Approach to Dementia Care - Making Meaningful Connections While Caregiving by Laura Wayman
Category: Health and Wellbeing | Series: A\Johns Hopkins Press Health Book Ser.
An encouraging and compassionate guide for dementia caregivers. Caring for someone with dementia means devotedly and patiently doing a hundred little things each day. But few care providers are trained to meet the challenges of dementia--despite the fact that millions of people will struggle with it as ...Show more
Before and After Loss; A Neurologists .. by Lisa M. Shulman
Category: Science | Series: A\Johns Hopkins Press Health Book Ser.
In Before and After Loss, neurologist Dr. Lisa M. Shulman describes a personal story of loss and her journey to understand the science behind the mind-altering experience of grief. Part memoir, part creative nonfiction, part account of scientific discovery, this moving book combines Shulman's perspectiv ...Show more
Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for You and Your Loved Ones by Francis Mark Mondimore
Category: Personal Development | Series: A\Johns Hopkins Press Health Book Ser.
Compassionate and comprehensive, Dr. Francis Mondimore's pathbreaking guide has helped thousands of people and their loved ones cope with bipolar disorder. Now in its fourth edition, Bipolar Disorder has been totally revised and reorganized to reflect dramatic improvements in the treatment of the illnes ...Show more
COPD - Answers to Your Most Pressing Questions about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Donald A. Mahler
Category: Health and Wellbeing | Series: A\Johns Hopkins Press Health Book Ser.
A leading expert answers your questions about how to live to your fullest with COPD. Significant lung damage from smoking, exposure in some jobs, or even diseases such as AIDS and tuberculosis can lead to COPD. Having chronic obstructive pulmonary disease can leave you feeling short of breath, sometimes ...Show more
Food Allergies - A Complete Guide for Eating When Your Life Depends on It by Scott H. Sicherer
Category: Health | Series: A\Johns Hopkins Press Health Book Ser.
Posing the questions that anyone with food allergies will think to ask--and then some--Food Allergies provides practical, emotional, and scientific guidance on the topics that affect your life. Allergy expert Scott H. Sicherer addresses the full spectrum of food allergies, from mild to life threatening, ...Show more
Living With Rheumatoid Arthritis by Tammi L. Shlotzhauer
Category: Health | Series: A\Johns Hopkins Press Health Book Ser.
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which inflammation plays a major role in causing joint problems. Warmth and swelling in the joints, along with significant stiffness and pain, can make daily life difficult. Many people with rheumatoid arthritis also experience fatigue, low-grade fever, l ...Show more
Living with Breast Cancer - The Step-By-Step Guide to Minimizing Side Effects and Maximizing Quality of Life by David P. Ryan; Vicki A. Jackson; Michelle D. Seaton (As told to); Jennifer A. Shin
Category: Health and Wellbeing | Series: A\Johns Hopkins Press Health Book Ser.
At the time of diagnosis, breast cancer patients are faced with many overwhelming decisions about possible treatments. Living with Breast Cancer provides you with an overview of what to expect from testing and treatment, which cancer specialists you may need to see, and common terms to use to help commu ...Show more
Omega Balance - Nutritional Power for a Happier, Healthier Life by Anthony John Hulbert
Category: Health | Series: A\Johns Hopkins Press Health Book Ser.
Learn how to live a happier and healthier life by finding the right balance of omega fatty acids in your diet. Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids are essential in the human diet. In Omega Balance, noted scientist Anthony J. Hulbert explains how the balance between these fatty acids in the human food chain ...Show more
Peripheral Neuropathy - What It Is and What You Can Do to Feel Better by Janice F. Wiesman
Category: Self-Help | Series: A\Johns Hopkins Press Health Book Ser.
Nearly one in fifteen people--that's 20 million people in the United States--suffers from peripheral neuropathy, or nerve damage. Caused by such conditions as diabetes, cancer, vitamin deficiencies, and kidney disease as well as certain drugs and toxins, neuropathy brings numbness, tingling, and burning ...Show more
Prostate Cancer - Expert Advice for Helping Your Loved One by Neil H. Baum; David Mobley; Richard G. Key
Category: Health and Wellbeing | Series: A\Johns Hopkins Press Health Book Ser.
An illuminating guide for those newly diagnosed with prostate cancer as well as their partners and caregivers--one filled with extensive details about diagnosis, treatments, and tips for thriving. The second leading cause of cancer death for men, prostate cancer affects more than a quarter of a million ...Show more
Searching for Health - The Smart Way to Find Information and Put It to Use by Anna Dirksen; Kapil Parakh
Category: Health and Wellbeing | Series: A\Johns Hopkins Press Health Book Ser.
We've all been there. Late at night, staring into the glow of a phone trying to make sense of some health-related issue that we know nothing about. In Searching for Health, Dr. Kapil Parakh, with Anna Dirksen, brings to life knowledge he gained from working at Google and practicing medicine. Helping rea ...Show more