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This e-book is drawn from a US Journal Training session Dr. Pohl presented in June of 2011. Dr. Pohl is a board-certified family practitioner, Vice President of Medical Affairs, and the Medical Director of Las Vegas Recovery Center (LRVC), the only private freestanding, medically managed inpatient detoxification and addiction treatment facility in Las Vegas.

Mel Pohl, MD, FASAM is a well-known and respected addiction specialist with more than thirty years of experience treating addiction and addiction-related conditions. Dr. Pohl was a key force in developing the successful Las Vegas Recovery Center Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Program.

Empowering persons living with pain to be active in their pain management together with healthcare professionals and others. Focus not just on pain but also on the pain’s impact on quality of life. Easy understandable overview of problems at hand for acknowledgement and validation of the pain experience....

How's your memory? With each passing year, do you find it hard to remember names of friends and neighbors, birthdays, and phone numbers? Do you feel scared that you may now be suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s? Based on US statistics, more than 5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s...

Police families are brave, resilient, and proud--and they face remarkable challenges, sometimes on a daily basis. Now thoroughly updated for today's turbulent times, this is the resource that cops and their loved ones have relied on for decades. Trusted expert Ellen Kirschman gives you practical ways...

Breakthroughs in brain-imaging technology (CT scans, fMRIs, etc.) and pioneering brain research show the brain is still capable of learning and changing despite stroke or aging. Such findings give new hope for stroke survivors. That’s why this handbook was written. Rewire Your Brain, Rewire Your Life...

If you're among the millions of grandparents raising grandchildren today, you need information, support, and practical guidance you can count on to keep your family strong. This is the book for you. Learn effective strategies to help you cope with the stresses of parenting the second time around,...

In 2003 the Bush Administration's New Freedom Commission asked mental health service providers to begin promoting "recovery" rather than churning out long-term, "chronic" mental health service users. Recovery's Edge sends us to urban America to view the inner workings of a mental...

The Things I Learnt About Cancer Without Doing A Google Search is a book to help you with the practical side of a cancer diagnosis. This book can help you increase your awareness of not only the physical changes and how to manage them, but also to help your family and friends support you through...

“A sweeping chronicle of life and heart transplantation . . . Reminiscent of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. It is a Truth Well Told.” (Craig R. Smith, MD)   Quite suddenly, Bob Mitchell became a very sick man. He would endure three near-fatal episodes of ventricular tachycardia...

If you are reading this story you possibly have recently been diagnosed with MS or you know someone who has this debilitating disease. Each person is different so will not necessarily share the same experiences, pain or disabling episodes. I hope my contribution is helpful.

Major Matthew Carr is a professional soldier who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan. When faced with a cancerous invasion of his body, Matthew used the training he had received in the Australian Army to wage his own relentless battle with an enemy force. Autobiographical, practical and inspiring in the...

An affecting, insightful and warm memoir of growing up Samoan in New Zealand - and of coping with heart disease. Andrew Fiu came to Ponsonby, Auckland as a three-year-old, part of the wave of immigration from Samoa that turned Auckland's inner city suburbs into a vibrant cultural melting pot. At 14...

This Digest - Volume 2- presents an easily read summary of the latest information which may protect your family's health. This is the second edition for 2017, with contents including : Spanish Flu - the 1918 Pandemic which killed between 50 - 100 million people in 25 weeks; Leprosy or Hansen's...