Hepatitis C is the most common blood-borne virus in the US. Writing from both a medical and personal viewpoint, the author uses her experience as a Stanford nurse in the HCV field, a patient who was treated twice for HCV, and long-time HCV writer to coach readers through the rigors of treatment - one step at a time.
This will help people with chronic illness, physical disability, temporary or permanent, and age-related limitations make their homes safer and more accessible without costly remodelling or structural changes. Shelly Peterman Schwarz shares her unique blend of motivation, inspiration, and practical tips, techniques, and shortcuts.
An illustrated guide to assistive technologies and devices (AT/AD). It chronicles the use of AT/AD - technology used by individuals with disabilities to perform functions that might otherwise be difficult or impossible. It includes real-life examples about how people with disabilities use assistive technology to assist them in daily tasks.
A Compassionate and Comprehensive Guide for All Parents-To-Be
This is the first how-to-handbook that helps families of all types navigate the little talked about but widely practiced egg donor landscape with a warm and friendly tone, giving those in search of a different kind of stork the answers and information they need as they begin to research family-building options.
Anxiety, Depression, Mood Swings, and Multiple Sclerosis
Provides a cognitive-behavioural approach to overcoming the depression, anxiety, and stress that goes hand-in-hand with MS. Patricia Farrell helps individuals and their families better understand the effects that MS has on mood levels and anxiety, and offers a plan of simple remediation in a self-help format.
For more than half of all children with Epilepsy, the only reliable way to control seizures is the ketogenic diet, a rigid, mathematically calculated, Doctor-supervised regimen that is high in fat and low in carbohydrate and protein and strictly limits both calories and liquid intake. In Keto Kid: Helping Your Child Succeed on the Ketogenic Diet, ......
The A to Z Guide to Living Fully with Mobility Issues
Offers wheelchair users a road map to living life to the fullest. It helps them make adjustments sooner and more completely by explaining how to adapt to disability and addressing misconceptions that delay the ability to adapt. Packed with practical advice on a wide range of topics this essential guide helps wheelchair users live active, ......
This empowering and encouraging resource, written for dystonia patients and their families and caregivers, provides an overview of a variety of dystonias, including cervical dystonia, spasmodic dysphonia, blepharospasm, and writer's cramp, and the breadth of treatment options available. The authors also offer practical advice for improving quality ......
