Help, Hope, and Insights from an Affected Physician
Kym Orsetti Furney was a 34-year-old physician enjoying her exciting career and life with her husband and young daughter when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. At first terrified, Furney has rebounded from the shock of diagnosis and -empowered by information, treatment, and support - continues her work as a doctor, teacher, wife, and ......
The new, revised Breastfeeding Facts for Fathers is a 38-page booklet, packed with information, humor, tips for fathers who want to know more about breastfeeding.
Citing health concerns as the number one reason that people adopt a vegetarian diet, this collection makes important scientific connections between good health and vegetarianism.The Complete Vegetarian examines the diet's impact on chronic diseases and serves as a nutritional guide and meal-planning resource. Cutting-edge research by leading ......
Strategies for Success in Fertility Assistance, Adoption, and Surrogacy
Planning to become a parent is a profound experience, at times agonizing, hopeful, stressful, and joyous. Not everyone is able to become pregnant, however. When the journey to parenthood proves challenging, Planning Parenthood will guide prospective parents through the complicated mazes of assisted reproduction and adoption. Specialist authors ......
Strategies for Success in Fertility Assistance, Adoption, and Surrogacy
Planning to become a parent is a profound experience, at times agonizing, hopeful, stressful, and joyous. Not everyone is able to become pregnant, however. When the journey to parenthood proves challenging, Planning Parenthood will guide prospective parents through the complicated mazes of assisted reproduction and adoption. Specialist authors ......
Eighty percent of Americans experience back pain in varying degrees at some point in their lives. In fact, back pain is second only to the common cold as a reason why people visit a doctor. In The Back Book, Johns Hopkins surgeons Ziya L. Gokaslan and Lee Hunter Riley explain the causes and complexities of back pain and the various paths to ......
Coronary heart disease kills more people in the United States than any other heart disorder, and it is the leading cause of death among American women. Jerome E. Granato, a distinguished cardiologist with more than twenty-five years of experience, has created an authoritative and accessible guide to this common condition, providing patients and ......
How Cancer Therapies Can Affect Your Mind: What Patients, Families, and
The brain fog that afflicts many people who have undergone standard or high-dose chemotherapy is known as 'chemobrain'. This guide for cancer patients, survivors, families, friends, and caregivers, provides information on the poorly understood side effect of chemotherapy treatment. It explains how chemotherapy works at the basic biological level.
