Nervous System The Brain category: 536 books
In the Crucible of Chronic Lyme Disease
Collected Writings & Associated Materials
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
Following completion of his medical training and a one-year stint as attending physician on Howard Champion's Surgical Critical Care Service and MedStar Unit at Washington Hospital Center in the District of Columbia, Kenneth Liegner, M.D. returned to Westchester County, home of his Alma Mater, New...
by Laurance Johnston, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
Studies indicate that 40% of Americans use some form of alternative medicine; for individuals with long-term disabilities, learning about their options is even more critical. Written by the former director of the Spinal Cord Research and Education Foundation of the PVA, this is the first book to cover...
The First Episode of Psychosis
A Guide for Patients and Their Families
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2009
The First Episode of Psychosis is the ideal book for patients experiencing the frightening and confusing initial episode of psychosis, which often occurs during late adolescence or early adulthood, and which affects nearly 3% of all people over the course of their lifetime. The book covers a range...
The Ketogenic and Modified Atkins Diets
Treatments for Epilepsy and Other Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016
Now in its sixth edition, The Ketogenic and Modified Atkins Diets is the established, authoritative book on these groundbreaking epilepsy treatments. Written for parents, patients, dieticians, and neurologists, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone considering or starting a ketogenic diet...
Multiple Sclerosis
A Self-Care Guide to Wellness, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2005
Education about multiple sclerosis has traditionally been medically oriented and related to disease and dysfunction. In contrast, this brand-new second edition of the Guide continues to focus on staying well in the presence of MS, a disease that - while incurable - can be managed. The book covers...
by Rosalind Kalb, Barbara Giesser, Kathleen Costello
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
Your trusted, compassionate guide to living with MS
Being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) doesn't mean your life is over. Everyone's MS is different and no one can predict exactly what yours will be like. The fact is, lots of people live their lives with MS without making a full-time...
by Kevin Talbot, Rachael Marsden
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2008
Motor neuron disease (MND) is a common but devastating disability that has a profound impact on people's lives. This book provides an easily-accessible guide to the disease for patients with motor neuron disease and their carers. The authors have organised it around a series of the commonest questions...
Ketogenic Diets
Treatments for Epilepsy and Other Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2011
Sometimes referred to as a "miracle diet," the ketogenic diet has helped doctors treat difficult-to-control epileptic seizures in thousands of children. Coauthored by four respected experts from Johns Hopkins, Ketogenic Diets continues to be the definitive guide for parents, physicians,...
by Kenneth Kee
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2017
Neuropathic pain (neuralgia) is the medical symptom of sharp, shocking pain that follows the path of a nerve and is due to irritation or damage to the nerve.
Causes of Neuropathic pain
Pressure on a nerve (intervertebral disc or injury)
Nerve inflammation by herpes zoster virus (shingles...
MS and Your Feelings
Handling the Ups and Downs of Multiple Sclerosis
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
Multiple Sclerosis is a devastating, incurable disease that afflicts about one in a thousand North Americans. Striking in the prime of life, it is the most common debilitating neurological disorder of people between the ages of 20 and 40. Eighty percent of patients suffer from cognitive impairments,...
by Liz Attewell, John Devereux
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2000
This true story concerns the ever unfolding road to freedom and the strange events that occur along the way. It’s a story about how one person, Liz Attewell who with the help of homeopathy overcame her version of multiple sclerosis and has lived the past twenty years symptom free. Starting at childhood,...
by Patricia Kennedy, RN, CNP
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012
Incorporating exercise, nutrition, and positive thinking, the Guide to Lifestyle Empowerment shows you how to move the focus from what you canít do by putting it on what you can do to live fully with multiple sclerosis. When Olympic champion Jimmie Heuga founded the Can Do Multiple Sclerosis non-profit...
101 Tips for the Parents of Girls with Autism
The Most Crucial Things You Need to Know About Diagnosis, Doctors, Schools, Taxes, Vaccinations, Babysitters, Treatment, Food, Self-Care, and More
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
The latest research shows that as many as 1 in 88 US children now has autism, and the number keeps rising. Parents of these children become full-time researchers, always looking for the latest information on doctors, education, and treatments, and parents of girls with autism face particularly unique...
by Mary Robertson, Andrea Cavanna
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2008
Tourette's Syndrome (TS) is an inherited neuropsychiatric disorder affecting up to 1% of the population. It is characterised by motor and vocal tics, and upsetting anti-social behaviour such as involuntary swearing and obscene gestures. This second edition of Tourette Syndrome: The Facts explains...