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An expert on traumatic stress outlines an approach to healing, explaining how traumatic stress affects brain processes and how to use innovative treatments to reactivate the mind's abilities to trust, engage others, and experience pleasure-- Publisher's description.
Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three...
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xi, 299 pages; 22 cm
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English
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"A scientist, physician, and former president of the American Thyroid Association explains why the standard treatment for hypothyroidism fails many patients and calls for alternatives. The thyroid is a small gland located in your neck, right above the front of your shirt collar. It is shaped like a butterfly and weighs less than an ounce, but it is hugely important. Patients with hypothyroidism-the inability to produce the needed amounts of thyroid...
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205 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Español
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"Como si de un trabajo de detectives se tratara, el alergólogo investiga la vida de la persona alérgica, desde sus hábitos diarios en casa hasta su lugar de trabajo. Una vez determinadas las sustancias que le producen síntomas alérgicos, aconseja sobre cómo remediar estas molestias: estornudos, picores, dificultad para respirar, problemas digestivos... De la mano de una de las mayores expertas de nuestro país, en este libro aprenderás todo...
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xvi, 238 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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"In Help Heal Yourself from Cancer, cancer survivors and medical-profession veterans Bill and Martha Sears help you go from patient to partner in your cancer-healing journey. They outline the steps you can take, both in working with your cancer-care providers and on your own, to maximize your chances of not just beating cancer, but thriving in its wake"-- Provided by publisher.
7) Arthritis
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xvi, 382 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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"Join forces with For Dummies to manage joint pain. Arthritis For Dummies helps you make sense of arthritis and understand your diagnosis and treatment options. This updated edition show you the latest advances in diagnostic techniques, medications, and treatment plans. With these expert tips and proven medical wisdom, you'll be able to calm those joints, so you can get back to the business of living. Alternative medicine and lifestyle changes...
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xvi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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"Yoga and Scoliosis: A Journey to Health and Healing is intended to be a source of encouragement, knowledge, and healing for those who have scoliosis and need to treat it, but want to avoid braces and/or surgery. The book looks at scoliosis not as a pathological syndrome but as a spiritual, and metaphysical pattern that embraces the multiple dimensions of the spine (vertical, horizontal, and sagittal). It briefly covers the history and treatment modalities...
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"Why does Cliff, a successful lawyer who regularly wins landmark cases, step over two-foot piles of paper whenever he opens his front door? Why do Joan and Paul ask Children's Services to take their three children instead of decluttering their home? Why does Lucinda feel intense pressure to hold onto her family's heirlooms even though she has no room for them? They have hoarding disorder, which an estimated 2% to 6% of the adult population worldwide...
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xx, 624 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"The aim of the Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) Sourcebook is to survey the existing landscape and compile an authoritative document that assesses the current state of Type 1 Diabetes and guides the practicing diabetes professional in providing state-of-the-art T1D care"--Provided by publisher.
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xiv, 210 pages ; 24 cm
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"For more than fifty years, we have been waging, but not winning, the war on cancer. We're better than ever at treating the disease, yet cancer still claims the lives of one in five men and one in six women in the US. The astonishing news is that up to two-thirds of all cancer cases are linked to preventable environmental causes. If we can stop cancer before it begins, why don't we? That was the question that motivated Kristina Marusic's revelatory...
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viii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
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"Navigating Life with Chronic Pain provides accessible, comprehensive, and up-to-date information about the challenges patients, family, and caregivers face when confronted by chronic pain. No two pain experiences are the same, so your chronic pain depends on where you have pain, how long you have experienced pain, and how the pain symptoms developed. Everyone needs a customized approach because pain symptoms, other medical conditions, past pain experiences,...
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xv, 190 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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In our current era of rapidly developing cancer drugs and therapies, we also see improvement of cancer treatment outcomes stagnating when it comes to determining quality of life or long-term survival. This is because while new treatments are making small incremental progress in outcomes, most cancer patients still depend on conventional methods that are both toxic and ineffective. While new cancer drugs are becoming more precise or targeted, less...
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231 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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" ... a comprehensive guide to understanding common vision problems, preventing age-related eye disorders, and keeping your eyes healthy at every stage of life. As we age, our eyes become more susceptible to common conditions like age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and cataracts. Even younger adults can suffer from painful eye conditions like dry eyes, infected tear ducts, styes, floaters, pink eye, and eye strain ......
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