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Ralph Wood was diagnosed with dementia, and over the ensuing years his daughter, a medical doctor, along with other close family members, walked that journey beside him.Through poems, drawings and brief comments, I'm Ralph, I'm Dad lovingly tells the...

Global Public Health Vigilance is the first sociological book to investigate recent changes in how global public health authorities imagine and respond to international threats to human health. This book explores a remarkable period of conceptual...

Despite decades of research, billions of dollars spent worldwide, the development of many drugs, many failed clinical trials, and the extensive publication of research and other articles on the subject, it is clear that our approach to solving...

Adolescence and young adulthood is often a difficult enough time without serious illness. However, research has shown that cancer, and surviving cancer, at this age presents distinctive problems medically, socially and psychologically. This important...

The novel coronavirus and the resultant COVID-19 pandemic have disproportionately affected older adults in terms of the number of lives lost, concerns about safety of institutional and home and community-based care, the impact of isolation and seclusion,...

This psychobiographical study of the renowned French pediatrician and psychoanalyst Françoise Dolto introduces both her theories of child development and her unique insights into language and identity.A friend of Jacques Lacan's, Dolto believed that we...

Las enfermedades cardíacas son la causa de muerte número uno entre hombres y mujeres en los Estados Unidos. Pero en muchos casos esta condición mortal puede ser prevenida. Con sólo hacer el cambio a una dieta saludable para el corazón, el riesgo de...

If you're one of the millions of American women suffering from PMS, irregular periods, difficulty getting pregnant, low sex drive, postpartum depression, menopausal symptoms, or many other hormonal problems, what you may not realize is that thyroid...

Premature births, musculoskeletal diseases, diabetes mellitus, and psychiatric disorders. Nutrition plays a direct or indirect role in the causes, treatment, and/or management of many chronic disorders and diseases, yet nutritional and dietary...

Zen and the Art of Illness is a collection of gentle and insightful reflections on single days, sometimes single moments, in a year-long journey that began following her husband's cancer diagnosis. In it, Ronna invites us to 'transverse the...

An updated edition of the essential guide to dealing with common respiratory illness, featuring a new chapter offering practical strategies on how to prevent, treat, and recover from Covid-19.From cold and flu to pneumonia and bronchitis; from...

Refuting the milk industry's overwhelmingly popular campaign--"Got Milk?"--which has convinced us that milk is essential, this scientifically based expose proves why we don't need dairy in our daily diets, how our dependence on it is actually making many...

Are you allergic to any of the Top 10 Priority Food Allergens? If yes, then this is the book for you.Every single recipe inside is free from all Top 10 Priority Food Allergens: wheat, dairy, egg, soy, tree nuts, peanuts, sesame, fish, shellfish and...

Have you ever wondered why cancer remains such a dreadful illness? Why is it so common? How can you reduce your cancer risk? Why is screening not better at finding cancers early? How does cancer make people feel so sick?How do different types of...

T.J. Brown, PSP - FTD is an ordinary family man with an extraordinary story.  He is from Toronto, On but has called the small town of Ayr, in southwestern Ontario home for the past twenty-five years. He worked in the automotive parts manufacturing...

'It was a disaster from the word go,' Barb Spriggs said when telling the story of her husband Bob's admission to the Oakden Older Persons' Mental Health Service in Adelaide. Barb had no idea that her story would launch a landmark inquiry, The Oakden...

Type 1 Diabetes Management, Type 2 Diabetes Management, Pre-diabetes Management and Weight Management are all completely achievable if you follow the Meal Plan in Peggy's new book You Quack Me Up! A Fun Look at a Serious Subject - Diabetes and Weight...

Insider's Guide to Mayo Clinic offers patients and family members insider tips on the questions most asked by visitors to the Rochester, Minnesota, campus of the world-famous Mayo Clinic.Authored by a long-time patient given official access to the...

My Father's Journey with Dementia is a compassionate look at my father's life journey and the sudden twist of faith after being diagnosed with Vascular Dementia and the parallelism with Alzheimer's. Leading up to the diagnosis, we all knew,...

Deja atrás la culpa que te abruma y amarga. Es hora de encontrar la paz y la felicidad que desapareció cuando escuchaste el diagnóstico de tus padres: Demencia /Alzheimer. Es hora de liberar a tu Guerrero de luz en tu interior.Una...

Using case-studies from East and Southeast Asia, this book examines sexuality and AIDS-related sexual risk in the context of Asian cultures. It offers a complementary perspective, documented with sociological and anthropological data, to historical...

Public Policy Lessons from the AIDS Response in Africa　examines how the interplay between national state dynamics in Africa and the global political arena has shaped the global AIDS response, and in this context develops a framework for analysing public...

Recent toxicological studies show that nanoparticles released in technological processes and combustion processes outside industry can be dangerous for humans especially when entering the body through the mouth and nose. In connection with the above, the...

Multiple system atrophy is a rare condition of the nervous system that causes gradual damage to nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord and progressive loss of associated functions. It is a member of a class of neurodegenerative diseases known as...

The book is a short memoir of my journey through diagnosis, treatment and recovery from leukemia. The timeline extends about 18 months. The journey is ongoing and therefore is never really complete. It does, however, get somewhat easier as I get closer...

The groundbreaking, scientifically based anti-aging program for people of all ages Many people believe that sags, bags, and wrinkles--on the face and body--are inevitable. According to award-winning research scientist and dermatologist Nicholas...