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by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011
Earth's most powerful storms - hurricanes and tornadoes - are the subject of this massive 1700 page report with authoritative coverage of all aspects of these deadly superstorms: meteorology, forecasting, history, safety, preparedness, research, and health hazards.
Tornadoes: Tornado Overview,...
by Jeffory Morshead
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
This short work has been written to share my caregiving emotions with yours. The objective in listing and describing them is to assure you that you are not the only one experiencing them, which may make them a little easier to bear.The list is not complete. How could it be? But here are some I felt were worth describing.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living with Alzheimer's & Other Dementias
101 Stories of Caregiving, Coping, and Compassion
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia? You are not alone. With 101 encouraging and inspiring stories by others like you, this book is a source of support and encouragement throughout your caregiving journey.
Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia affect...
The Human Side of Cancer
Living with Hope, Coping with Uncertainty
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
For more than twenty years, Dr. Holland has pioneered the study of psychological problems of cancer patients and their families -- whom she calls "the real experts." In The Human Side of Cancer, she shares what she has learned from all of them about facing this life-threatening illness and...
by Dylan Peters
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In his own words, nine-year-old Dylan Peters shares with his readers what its like to suffer from Tourette Syndrome. Written with humor, insight, and acceptance.
Power Sleep
The Revolutionary Program That Prepares Your Mind for Peak Performance
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2012
"Rest is the basis of dynamic activity. . . . Want to be more creative, loving, and successful? Follow Dr. Maas's powerful practical advice for doing less but accomplishing more."
--Harold H. Bloomfield, M.D., author of The Power of 5 and TM
"As the world speeds...
In Pursuit of Memory
The Fight Against Alzheimer's
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
**For readers of Atul Gawande, Siddhartha Mukherjee, and Henry Marsh, a riveting, gorgeously written biography of one of history's most fascinating and confounding diseases--Alzheimer's--from its discovery more than 100 years ago to today's race towards a cure.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY...
Surviving After Cancer
Living the New Normal
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2011
With so many people surviving cancer and living 'the new normal,' guiding survivors and their families through the phases of recovery has become an imperative. But learning to live as a survivor and dealing with both the triumphs and challenges, including fear of recurrence, depression, life and occupational...
The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Takes On Alzheimer's
A Groundbreaking Look At This Mind-Blowing Disease And Its Effect On Women As Patients, Caregivers, And Advocates
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Takes on Alzheimer’s will be the first comprehensive multi-disciplinary look at these questions at this transformational moment. The Report will digest the current trends in thinking about Alzheimer’s, examine cutting-edge medical research, look at societal...
by K. Paul Stoller
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
When his son was killed in a train accident in 2007, Dr. Stoller discovered the effectiveness of hormone oxytocin in treating Pathological grief. Now, you can benefit from his personal experience, extensive research, and the sharing of this vital and life-changing information.
by Randi Hutter Epstein, M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
**A Science News Favorite Science Book of 2018
“A sweeping, glorious story of hormones, threaded through with sex, suffering, neurology, biology, medicine, and self-discovery.” —Siddhartha Mukherjee**
Metabolism, behavior, sleep, mood swings, the immune system, fighting, fleeing,...
Cancer Talk
Voices of Hope and Endurance from The Group Room, the World's Largest Cancer Sup port Group
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2010
For the first time, Cancer Talk provides a support group in a book.
Research shows that cancer patients who attend support groups can survive longer and lead fuller lives than patients receiving medical treatment alone. Cancer Talk, based on "The Group Room®," the nation's only talk-radio...
by Jayla Averill
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
Huntington's disease is an inherited disease that causes the progressive breakdown (degeneration) of nerve cells in the brain. Huntington's disease has a broad impact on a person's functional abilities and usually results in movement, thinking (cognitive) and psychiatric disorders.
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Blood Matters
From BRCA1 to Designer Babies, How the World and I Found Ourselves in the Future of the Gene
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2009
A National Book Award winner’s personal journey through the ethical dilemmas and unsettling choices raised by the new frontier of DNA testing.
Several years after Masha Gessen’s mother died of breast cancer, she discovered she too had the BRCA1 gene mutation, which predisposes women to...