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The riveting true story of John and Aileen Crowley's race to find a cure for Pompe disease that inspired the movie Extraordinary Measures With three beautiful children, a new house, and financial security, John and Aileen Crowley were on top of the world--until their two youngest children, fifteen-month-old Megan and five-month-old Patrick, were diagnosed with Pompe disease and given only months to live. Refusing to accept a death sentence, John quit his financial consultant job and invested his life savings in a biotechnology start-up to research the disease and find a cure. Battling scientific setbacks, conflict of interest accusations, and business troubles, John and Aileen would be tested to their limits as they valiantly fought, and succeeded, in finding revolutionary new treatment for the disease--offering hope to Megan, Patrick, and the many children and families affected by Pompe disease around the world. The inspiration for the captivating film Extraordinary Measures, starring Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford, The Cure is a remarkable true story of cutting-edge science, business acumen and daring, and one family's indomitable spirit.
What is dementia? Is it the same as Alzheimer's? What symptoms should you look out for? Where can you go to find help? What treatments are available? In this short but comprehensive introduction, Dr Simon Atkins clears away the myths, and sets out the facts about this increasingly common condition. Whether you are concerned for yourself or someone else, First Steps to living with Dementia will advise you about how it is diagnosed, conventional medical treatments and alternative remedies, the social and financial support available, and the lifestyle changes that can help prevent it.
From the author of the global bestseller How Not To Die comes The How Not To Die Cookbook – a lavish, beautifully illustrated collection of delicious recipes based on the groundbreaking nutritional science of the original book. Dr Michael Greger, founder of the wildly popular website NutritionFacts, takes his comprehensive, lifesaving science into the kitchen. Why suffer from disease and ill health when the right food is proven to keep you healthy, and without the side effects of drugs? We can avoid heart disease, cancer and our other biggest killers if we use food as medicine, and the How Not To Die Cookbook offers a sustainable and delicious guide to preparing and eating the foods that will prevent and reverse fatal diseases. Featuring over 100 easy-to-follow, beautifully photographed plant-based recipes, with plenty of recipes suitable for vegetarians and vegans, the How Not To Die Cookbook merges cutting-edge science with everyday ingredients from the supermarket to help you and your family eat your way to better health and a longer life.
Get the facts about Hepatitis C Having hepatitis C can be a transformative, extremely tough experience--especially without the right information. "Healing Hepatitis C" remedies that by combining the personal story of Christopher Kennedy Lawford, who unknowingly contracted the virus during his years of drug use, with the medical expertise of Dr. Diana Sylvestre, who has devoted her career to treating hepatitis C sufferers. Together they deal with the stigma and misinformation, and the fears and frustrations of this illness. "Healing Hepatitis C" serves as a valuable sourcebook for medical and treatment information: from what hepatitis C is to what it does, and from what to expect during treatment to how to communicate with your physician, to finding the support you need. Most of all, it walks you through the process of facing the diagnosis and treatment head-on, showing you that it is possible to get through hepatitis C--to be cured of it--without surrendering your life to it. Together Lawford and Sylvestre offer hope, humor, and medical expertise to help patients, their friends, and families navigate the numerous challenges of hepatitis C virus education, testing, and treatment.
Now a major Channel 4 series Rose Cartwright has OCD, but not as you know it. Pure is the true story of her ten-year struggle with 'Pure O', a little-known form of the condition, which causes her to experience intrusive sexual thoughts of shocking intensity. It is a brave and frequently hilarious account of a woman who refused to give up, despite being undermined at every turn by her obsessions and enduring years of misdiagnosis and failed therapies. Eventually, the love of family and friends, and Rose's own courage and sense of humour prevailed, inspiring this deeply felt and beautifully written memoir. At its core is a lesson for all of us: when it comes to being happy with who we are, there are no neat conclusions.
A six-step, practical guide that helps you through the first few weeks following diagnosis. Cancer is a Word, Not a Sentence is a straightforward guide to life after diagnosis. It explains what your diagnosis actually means, what the tests are about, what the future holds, how to judge the treatment options open to you, how to cope with the side effects, and the inevitable ups and downs you experience following treatment. Dr Buckman focuses on the day-to-day: how to talk to your partner, children and friends, and how to communicate with your medical team. There's even a section addressed to those close to you who 'just don't know what to say.' His informed, no-nonsense approach offers reliable and essential facts and advice for everyone dealing with a diagnosis of cancer.
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The Sibo Diet Plan
- Four Weeks to Relieve Symptoms and Manage Sibo
(Paperback)
Kristy Regan; Foreword by Allison Siebecker
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Living a Healthy Life with Long-Term Conditions
- Self-Management Skills for Physical and Mental Health Conditions including Heart Disease, Arthritis, Diabetes, Depression, Asthma, Bronchitis, Emphysema, Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Others
(Paperback)
Kate Lorig
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The Origins of Aids and Autism
(Paperback)
Ronald L Besser
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Mastering Diabetes
- The Revolutionary Method to Reverse Insulin Resistance Permanently in Type 1, Type 1.5, Type 2, Prediabetes, and Gestational Diabetes
(Paperback)
Cyrus Khambatta, Robby Barbaro; Foreword by Neal Barnard
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The Best Life Guide to Managing Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes
(Paperback)
Bob Greene, John J. Merendino Jr., M.D., Janis Jibrin, M.S., R.D.
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LET BOB GREENE HELP YOU TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR HEALTH AND CLAIM THE
LIFE YOU DESERVE
BOB GREENE has helped millions of Americans become fit and healthy
with his life-changing Best Life plan. Now, for the first time,
Oprah's trusted expert on diet and fitness teams up with a leading
endocrinologist and an expert dietitian to offer a Best Life
program tailored to the needs of people with diabetes and
pre-diabetes.
Coping with the unique challenges of living with these conditions
can feel like a full-time job, but "The Best Life Guide to Managing
Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes "gives you a gradual, three-phase plan
designed to improve your blood sugar and stave off heart disease,
neuropathy, and other diabetes- and pre-diabetes-related
conditions. Whether you are controlling your disease simply with
diet and exercise, taking drugs orally, or need injected insulin,
this comprehensive volume gives you all the information you need to
stay healthy and motivated.
Detailed but flexible meal plans take the guesswork out of eating,
and recipes for budget- and family-friendly dishes come with
complete nutritional analyses. Extensive reference sections,
including a complete guide to diabetes drugs and a chart of the
carbohydrate value of foods, give you quick answers you can trust,
while a log for tracking your blood sugar readings, exercise, diet,
and medication helps you stay organized without hassle or added
expense.
With "The Best Life Guide to Managing Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes,"
you won't have to let your life be defined by your diagnosis.
The Myth of Autism
- How a Misunderstood Epidemic Is Destroying Our Children, Expanded and Revised Edition
(Paperback)
Michael J. Goldberg
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Experts agree that America is in the midst of a disturbing epidemic
of what has thus far been diagnosed as autism. In just thirty years
autism diagnoses have risen from 1 in 5,000 children to 1 in 110,
according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
But in the history of our society there has never been an
"epidemic" of any developmental or genetic disorder--it is
scientifically impossible. So what is this mysterious affliction
known as "autism," and how can we stop it? Dr. Goldberg and his
colleagues illustrate why autism cannot be genetic, but is a
symptom of a treatable neurological disease that attacks the
brain's immune system. Readers will come to understand that Autism
is not psychological or developmental, but a medical disease,
Autism is caused by a dysfunction in the neuro-immune system and
often by secondary neurotropic viruses that impact the neuro-immune
system and brains, illnesses such as autism, ADD/ADHD, and chronic
fatigue syndrome all have different "labels" but are actually
variations on the same thing: neuro-immune dysfunction syndromes
(NIDS), and what you can do to transform your own life or the lives
of your loved ones.
"Dr. Goldberg's knowledge base is greater than anyone else's in
this treatment area. He is the best expert in this field, in my
opinion. I could have taken my son to any autism doctor in the
world and I chose Dr. Goldberg."
--Bruce L. Russell, MD, FAAFP
Fibromyalgia Freedom!
- Your Essential Cookbook and Meal Plan to Relieve Pain, Clear Brain Fog, and Fight Fatigue
(Paperback)
Kathleen Standafer
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The New Family Cookbook for People with Diabetes
(Paperback, Revised ed.)
American Diabetes Association, The American Dietetic Association
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Great-Tasting Food for People with Diabetes and their Families
Revised and updated to reflect the latest recommendations from The
American Diabetes Association and The American Dietetic
Association, "The New Family Cookbook for People with Diabetes
"remains the most authoritative and comprehensive resource
available for people with diabetes and their families.
With more than 370 healthful and flavorful recipes accompanied by
complete nutritional analysis, this book makes it easy to prepare
satisfying and delicious meals that the whole family will enjoy.
RECIPES INCLUDE:
Whole Wheat Blueberry Rice Pancakes - Baked Orange French
Toast
Black Bean and Cilantro Spread - Honey-Mustard Chicken Wings
Curried Chicken Salad - Marinated Skirt Steak with Vegetable
Chutney
Lamb Over Minted Couscous - Italian Turkey Sausage with Peppers
and Onions
Baked Salmon with Horseradish Mayonnaise - Sugar Snap Peas with
Basil and Lemon
Baked Potato Skins - Rum Baked Black Beans - Apple Raspberry
Crisp
Port-Poached Pears - New York Cheesecake - Raisin Rice Pudding
The Complete Dash Diet for Beginners
- The Essential Guide to Lose Weight and Live Healthy
(Paperback)
Jennifer Koslo
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When Breath Becomes Air
- THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER
(Paperback)
Paul Kalanithi
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THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'A vital book about dying. Awe-inspiring and exquisite. Obligatory reading for the living' Nigella Lawson At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade's training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next he was a patient struggling to live. When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi's transformation from a medical student asking what makes a virtuous and meaningful life into a neurosurgeon working in the core of human identity - the brain - and finally into a patient and a new father. What makes life worth living in the face of death? What do you do when when life is catastrophically interrupted? What does it mean to have a child as your own life fades away? Paul Kalanithi died while working on this profoundly moving book, yet his words live on as a guide to us all. When Breath Becomes Air is a life-affirming reflection on facing our mortality and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a gifted writer who became both. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2017
The Ultimate Memory Activity Book
- 130 Puzzles and Recreational Ideas for People Living with Memory Loss
(Paperback)
Alexis Olson, Phil Fraas
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Coping with Crohn's and Colitis
- A Patient and Clinician's Guide to CBT for IBD
(Paperback)
Melissa G Hunt
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This practical guide provides patients who have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) strategies for coping with IBD. It teaches a number of skills that can make coping with Crohn's or colitis easier. Chapters provide an overview of Crohn's and colitis as well as the interplay between stress and the gut, before offering strategies on relaxation training, physical activity, managing stress and avoidance, diet and nutrition, and medical treatment options. The book also emphasizes the importance of the doctor-patient relationship and helps patients learn how to think about medical management (including the possibility of surgery) to minimize anxiety from catastrophic thoughts and balance potential risks and benefits appropriately. Dr. Hunt challenges readers to engage in specific behavioral experiments to reduce shame and stigma and highlights practical applications with case illustrations and clinical vignettes. This book can be used as a standalone self-help book or in conjunction with practitioners during in-person therapy.
When Force Meets Fate
- A Mission to Solve an Invisible Illness
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Jamison Hill
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The Easy Arthritis Diet Cookbook
- 75 Anti-Inflammatory Recipes to Manage Symptoms
(Paperback)
Ruth Frechman
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Less than Crazy
- Living Fully with Bipolar II
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Karla Dougherty
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Bipolar II is a form of bipolar disorder in which a person, when in a manic cycle, is crippled by anxiety, irritability, and highs just intense enough to be embarrassing. Instead of being the life of the party, someone with Bipolar II might be too nervous to go to the party at all. And, unlike the Bipolar I sufferer who may attempt suicide in a depressive cycle, the Bipolar II might be incapacitated by guilt over an imaginary crime. In "Less than Crazy," health writer and Bipolar II sufferer Karla Dougherty shares her story, presenting the first patient-expert's guide to recognizing and living well with this condition. Covering both adults and children, this accessible, all-in-one resource includes information on diagnosis, conditions that may mimic Bipolar II, and treatments.
The Craving Brain
- A Bold New Approach to Breaking Free from Drug Addiction, Overeating, Alcoholism, Gambling
(Paperback, 2nd ed 1st Perennial ed)
Ronald Ruden
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Where do the roots of addictive behavior lie -- in our genes or in our environment, in our chemistry or in our character? In the Craving Brain, Dr. Ronald Ruden asserts that the roots of addiction most defintetly do not lie in our character. Rather, they lie in a complex chain reaction that originates in an ancient survival mechanism in the brain. When this system is inappropriately activated, it drives the body to crave, sometimes with addictive behavior as the end result. In clear, straightforward language, Dr. Ruden outlines his remarkable successful treatment program which he believes can cure this problem.
The Craving Brain offers crucial insights into the world of addiction. This revolutionary book will bring hope to millions of people who suffer from a wide range of addictions, from gambling and alcohol to drugs and food.
The Naked Truth
- Young, Beautiful, and (Hiv) Positive
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Marvelyn Brown, Courtney Martin
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The surprisingly hopeful story of how a straight, nonpromiscuous, everyday girl contracted HIV and how she manages to stay upbeat, inspired, and more positive about life than ever before
At nineteen years of age, Marvelyn Brown was lying in a stark white hospital bed at Tennessee Christian Medical Center, feeling hopeless. A former top track and basketball athlete, she was in the best shape of her life, but she was battling a sudden illness in the intensive care unit. Doctors had no idea what was going on. It never occurred to Brown that she might be HIV positive.
Having unprotected sex with her Prince Charming had set into swift motion a set of circumstances that not only landed her in the fight of her life, but also alienated her from her community. Rather than give up, however, Brown found a reason to fight and a reason to live.
The Naked Truth is an inspirational memoir that shares how an everyday teen refused to give up on herself, even as others would forsake her. More, it's a cautionary tale that every parent, guidance counselor, and young adult should read.