Pulmonary Fibrosis: Coping With a Terminal Disease by Robert PostWhat do you do when you learn you have Pulmonary Fibrosis, a terminal disease for which there is presently no cure? The author relates his personal experience and explains how he has learned to cope with the disease, products and methods he uses for maintaining health and combating progression of the disease and explains how you can, too.A linked resources section gives advice on finding and using support grou...

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is the number one cause of irregular periods and infertility in women - yet most gynecologists fail to diagnose it. The disorder causes irregular cycles, infertility, weight gain, acne, and unsightly hair growth -- symptoms that can ultimately prove life-threatening as well as uncomfortable, humiliating, and emotionally disruptive.Only recently have women realized the danger lurking in what they thought were stress-induced problems. While researchers have...

If you or a family member has been diagnosed with thyroid disease, you may feel overwhelmed by the challenges ahead. The Everything® Healthy Living Series is here to help. These concise, thoughtful guides offer the expert advice and the latest medical information you need to improve your health.Inside you’ll find expert advice and helpful tips on understanding the thyroid’s effect on weight and the importance of a balanced diet and regular exercise. Living with thyroid disease can ...

Both a memoir and an investigation, Swimming in a Sea of Death is David Rieff's loving tribute to his mother, the writer Susan Sontag, and her final battle with cancer. Rieff's brave, passionate, and unsparing witness of the last nine months of her life, from her initial diagnosis to her death, is both an intensely personal portrait of the relationship between a mother and a son, and a reflection on what it is like to try to help someone gravely ill in her fight t...

Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. Symptoms of bipolar disorder are severe - they are different from the normal ups and downs that everyone goes through from time to time. They can result in damaged relationships, poor job or school performance and even suicide. But bipolar can be treated and people with this illness can lead full and product...

If you or a family member has been diagnosed with thyroid disease, you may feel overwhelmed by the challenges ahead. The Everything® Healthy Living Series is here to help. These concise, thoughtful guides offer the expert advice and the latest medical information you need to improve your health.Inside you’ll find expert advice and helpful tips on factors that can increase your risk of thyroid disease, how complications with your thyroid can affect the rest of your body, and when it...

Do you feel wasted? -- Get It Out! Passing a kidney stone is considered one of the most painful experiences the human body can endure. Diverticulitis causes a stabbing pain in the belly, and can lead to internal bleeding, infection and death. Prostate enlargement can torment a man day and night, just as menopausal hot flashes, sweats and imbalances can destroy a woman's quality of life. Cervical dysplasia and yeast infections plague young women, who must now also fear cervical cancer. And ...

Candida affects millions of women. There is no need to suffer unneccessarily. This definitive guide to the natural treatment of these conditions will help every sufferer of one of these debilitating conditions. Dr. Hasnain Walji is an international expert on natural remedies and writes prolifically on the subject.

Parents worry about their kids, especially when it comes to their health. Conventional medicine has its place, but health conscious parents often worry about the serious side effects associated with many prescription drugs and other conventional treatments. Treatment Alternatives for Children is an easily accessible reference guide that enables parents to look up any number of childhood ailments—acne, ear infections, ADHD . . . you name it—and get all of the vital comparative info...

Giant cell arteritis (GCA), also called temporal arteritis, is a serious condition where the arteries are inflamed. Although it can affect any artery, it typically affects the arteries in the head, (the temporal artery), the eyes (the optic artery) and the aorta (the artery leading from the heart). If you are suffering from GCA or GCA with polymyalgia (PMR), this book will guide you through your condition and possible treatment options. If you are a caregiver, this book will give you the u...

The Essential Guide to Living With Prostate Cancer This book covers several topics including: - Prostate Cancer – An Overview - Who Gets Prostate Cancer? - Diagnosis - Signs and Symptoms of Prostate Cancer - Treatment Options for Prostate Cancer and so much more! Scroll up... and click on "Buy Now" to deliver almost instantly to your Kobo or other reading device.

Topics in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychology provides information pertinent to neuropsychology and behavioral neurology. This book serves as a guide to those caring for patients with disorders of higher cortical function. Organized into 18 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the classes of disorders of higher cortical function according to major behavioral disturbance. This text then presents the various classification schemes for aphasic syndromes. Other chapters consider...