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When Your Spouse Has a Stroke will relieve your burden and strengthen your partnership.

Hysterectomy is the second most common major surgical procedure performed on women in the United States. This book describes and explains every aspect of the procedure, including, Symptoms of gynecological disorders that may require uterine fibroid removal or hysterectomy; and the full range of diagnostic and therapeutic imaging techniques.

Offering candor, compassion, and hope, this remarkable book explains how to add quality to your life and take care of medical and social needs while living with ovarian cancer.

Silver Winner of the 2019 Benjamin Franklin Awards (Health & Fitness) of the Independent Book Publishers Association.

Recent innovations, including deep brain stimulation and new medications, have significantly improved the lives of people who have Parkinson's disease. Nevertheless, patients and families continue to face many challenges. This title is suitable for reliable advice about medical, emotional, and physical issues.

The Foot Book is an all-inclusive resource for everyone suffering from foot and ankle disorders, as well as physicians and other medical personnel who care for them.

It will leave readers feeling empowered and inspired.

With proper treatment, people with borderline personality disorder can enjoy long remissions and improved quality of life.

This guide is essential for health professionals seeking more information about this underdiagnosed disease.

The authors hope that their honest yet hopeful perspective will help all people with cancer and those who care about them.

Patients at every stage will find Living with Cancer a comprehensive, thoughtful, and accessible guide for navigating the illness and its treatment.

Donald Thomas provides information for women who wish to become pregnant and advises readers about working with a disability, complementary and alternative medicine, infections, cancer, and a host of other topics.

Depression and Anxiety in Later Life will help older people, their family members, and caregivers make positive changes to take control of their own individual situations.

Up-to-date, accurate information and a clear understanding of how germs and our bodies work will help you and your child stay afloat in the microbial sea.

The only book to outline detailed instructions for melanoma patients at all stages of their disease, it is a guide that people with melanoma will turn to with confidence.

Featuring a list of reliable web sites and a glossary of terms, Lyme Disease is an invaluable resource for everyone who is at risk of the disease or is involved in preventing and treating it.

Heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias) can be a matter of life or death, and people with arrhythmias must get an accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment. This guide provides information about palpitations, rapid heart rhythms (tachycardias), slow heart rhythms (bradycardias), cardiac arrest, and other conditions related to irregular heartbeats.

Choices in Breast Cancer Treatment is a rare blend of medical expertise and compelling personal accounts that empowers those with breast cancer to meet the disease with confidence, knowledge, and hope.

Searching for Health is a valuable resource for charting a healthier path through life.

It is of enormous value to the layperson, hungry for knowledge about how best to interact and help their loved one face the dreadful ravages of depression."-Nursing Times

Bipolar Disorder is exhaustive and detailed, discussing every aspect of the illness: diagnosis, treatments, causes, special considerations for children and youth, women with the diagnosis, and the challenge of co-occurring addiction.

Anyone who cares for someone living with dementia will gain valuable knowledge from this compassionate book.

As they reach middle age, most men begin looking forward to "what's next." They gear up to experience renewed productivity and purpose and are more conscious of their health. This book provides a guide to healthy aging from a man's perspective.

Is It Alzheimer's? is a quick, accessible, and essential reference for anyone who hopes to navigate the confusion of dementing illnesses.

Neck pain is a common and debilitating problem. This guide to the nonsurgical treatment of neck pain tells people what they need to know to become a partner in charting an effective course of treatment. It identifies the various causes of pain and details the range of medical treatments and physical and alternative therapies available.

Full of information compassionately presented, this guide provides hope and help to patients and their families.

Additional information on IBD medications, complementary treatments, and further reading round out this comprehensive and reliable resource.