Health Care Issues category: 1336 books
The Sober Truth
Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
An exposé of Alcoholics Anonymous, 12-step programs, and the rehab industry—and how a failed addiction-treatment model came to dominate America.
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AA has become so infused in our society that it is practically synonymous with addiction recovery. Yet the evidence shows that AA has only a 5–10...
Hydrogen Peroxide
Learn the Secrets of Hydrogen Peroxide – Health, Wellness and Household Cleaning Made Easy
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2015
Adult ADD
The Complete Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2010
Impulsivity, hyperactivity, inattention and distractability—words that ring a bell? For the estimated six million Americans suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder, such words interfere with daily life! For another 40 million people, such words alone make them think they have ADD.
A disorder that...
Alzheimer's Early Stages
First Steps for Family, Friends and Caregivers, 2nd edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
If someone you love has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, you may not know where to turn. The early stages can be the most difficult time for relatives and friends because they often don't know much about the disease, or how they can be of help. This compassionate and practical book fills the information...
Breast Cancer Screening and Prevention
Health Screening and Prevention
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
Each year, about 230,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed. This translates to about 1 in 8 women developing breast cancer in their lifetimes, with around 40,000 losing their lives every year to the fight. But breast cancer is often preventable, and beatable, with early detection through...
by John Gahan, LCGI
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
Sunburn is a form of radiation burn that affects living tissue, such as skin, that results from an overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, commonly from the sun.
You lie out in the sun hoping to get a golden tan, but instead walk away from your lounge chair looking like a lobster that's...
The Vaccine Answer Book
200 Essential Answers to Help You Make the Right Decisions for Your Child
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
From the cover of Time magazine to high-profile celebrity crusades, childhood vaccines are one of the most intensely debated topics affecting parents today. The Vaccine Answer Book cuts through the controversy, giving parents impartial answers to more than 200 of the top questions about vaccines.
Written...
by Mark Selikowitz
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2009
ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) is now recognized as one of the most common causes of learning and behavioural difficulties in school-aged children. Symptoms may include poor concentration, forgetfulness, poor organization, impulsivity, restlessness, poor social skills, learning difficulties,...
by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
Exposing the body to extreme heat can push it beyond its normal conditions and can result to death.
This is common in old and young people, as well as sickly and overweight people.
There are studies that show that a rise in the number of heat-related illnesses takes place when the atmosphere is extremely...
by Martha James
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2017
More often than once you have passed through a vegetable market and/or your own garden and seen these beautiful fresh vegetables, herbs or even weeds of varying colours, texture and shapes. Chances are you are looking at a powerful antiviral or antibiotic natural substance that could be the answer...
Coconut Oil: A Step-By-Step
Guide for Beginners Including Easy Recipes
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2015
Almond oil, olive oil, jojoba oil, coconut oil, and mustard oil are some of the most common choices to pick the oil you like the most. But why choose coconut oil? What is so good about it that other kinds of oil do not have? Tropics call it the magical oil because of its unique properties in terms...
by Keith Souter
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
There is an average of one new case of dementia every four seconds.*
Dementia encompasses a range of brain diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease. They cause cognitive impairment and are much more likely to occur with age. Dementia has a serious effect on the lives of not only its sufferers,...
by Brian Jeff
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
Without doubt the name Dementia represent a medical term used to refer to a number of symptoms of cognitive degeneration such as forgetfulness which moderates a person’s ability to perform everyday undertakings.
However, the diagnostic procedure begins with your health practitioner evaluating...
The Pain Antidote
The Proven Program to Help You Stop Suffering from Chronic Pain, Avoid Addiction to Painkillers--and Reclaim Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
Chronic pain is not a life sentence
If you are one of the 100 million people who suffer from chronic pain, you may be feeling hopeless and helpless, relying on endless medications that don't work, feeling worse and worse. But there is hope-and help. The innovative program at the acclaimed Las...