Springer Publishing Company: 1497 books
After a Stroke
300 Tips for Making Life Easier
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2005
An essential resource for all stroke survivors and their families and caregivers
With more than 300 tips, this useful guide offers tried and true methods for coping with the aftermath of a stroke. Written by a stroke survivor and nurse, After a Stroke provides ideas, techniques, and exercises...
by Jeffrey Gingold
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2011
When attorney Jeffrey N. Gingold misplaced his wife on the living room couch and lost awareness of his children, little did he know that he was experiencing a hidden symptom of multiple sclerosis: cognitive difficulties. How do you handle getting lost, while driving just blocks from your home? Facing...
Life on Wheels
The A to Z Guide to Living Fully with Mobility Issues
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2008
There are 1.7 million regular wheelchair users in the United State. Like anyone else, they work, marry, have children, travel, play sports, and are full members of their community. Life on Wheels makes sure they take full advantage of every available opportunity. It is the A-Z guide for all you need...
Yoga and Parkinson's Disease
A Journey to Health and Healing
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
Ease stiffness, improve strength and balance, and relieve stress with gentle, easy yoga postures.
Yoga is one of the most beneficial complementary therapies for Parkinsonís disease (PD), helping to increase flexibility, correct posture, loosen tight, painful muscles, build confidence, and...
Parkinson's Disease
300 Tips for Making Life Easier, 2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2006
An indispensable resource for patients, families, and caregivers
Filled with creative tips and techniques, this updated second edition of Parkinson's Disease: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier contains a wealth of ideas and shortcuts for working, organizing, simplifying, and conserving time and...
by Lorraine Steefel, RN, MSN
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
Live the best quality of life possible with this expert guide to chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)
CFS is not ìall in your head.î Written by a registered nurse and parent of a child with chronic fatigue, What Nurses Know: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome provides compassionate support and practical...
It's Not All in Your Head
Anxiety, Depresson, Mood Swings, and MS
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010
One of the greatest challenges people face when dealing with an unpredictable disease such as Multiple Sclerosis is learning to overcome the psychological burden of not knowing what each day will bring. MS is a true roller coaster of emotions and dealing with these feelings is a critical issue for...
Multiple Sclerosis
300 Tips for Making Life Easier, 2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
This completely revised second edition of Multiple Sclerosis: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier contains tips, techniques, and shortcuts to help MS patients organize and simplify their lives. With over 300 tips readers will learn to conserve valuable time and energy, develop techniques for making life...
Overcoming Post-Deployment Syndrome
A Six-step Mission to Health
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
A comprehensive guide for service members, veterans, and their families dealing with the all-too-common repercussions of combat duty, including traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, chronic pain and musculoskeletal injury, and substance abuse.
Written...
22 Accessible Road Trips
Driving Vacations for Wheelers and Slow Walkers
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
Bronze Winner 2012 Foreword Reviews Book of The Year, Travel Guides Category22 Accessible Road Trips contains useful and detailed information about accessible travel, that's readable, informative and pertinent. The book is aimed at those who use wheelchairs, walkers or just have mobility issues. Organized...
Epilepsy
A Patient and Family Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2007
Epilepsy is the most common neurologic disorder in children, adults, and the elderly, affecting over 2.7 million people in the United States. Every year almost 200,000 people will be diagnosed with epilepsy and will face drastic lifestyle changes but a proper understanding of epilepsy is the first...
by Wendy Cohan
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012
Headaches are one of the most common medical complaints. Nearly everyone gets one at some point in their lives and over 45 million Americans suffer with chronic headaches each year. Headache disorders are a major contributing factor to disability and lost-work time world-wide. Altogether, diagnosis...
Snoring & Sleep Apnea
Sleep Well, Feel Better
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2008
Snoring is the most common sign of sleep apnea, a potentially fatal sleep disorder that affects approximately twelve million Americans, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Untreated sleep apnea is associated with heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, and premature death. It...
Androgen Deprivation Therapy
An Essential Guide for Prostate Cancer Patients and Their Loved Ones
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
"This is an excellent resource for individuals who are both being treated by and caring for those on androgen deprivation therapy. It addresses commonly understood as well as sensitive topics impacted by this treatment and offers explanations and strategies for how to address and cope with these...