Reading Well: Long Term Conditions

More than 10 million adults consult their GP each year with arthritis and related conditions. Exercise your way to health: Arthritis will show you how to include a simple fitness programme in your life, while considering the specific challenges raised by arthritis. This simple to follow guide helps you to manage your arthritis by giving you an understanding of your diagnosis and how it impacts on your body and health. Arthritis can be painful but...

IBS is an invisible disease - sufferers battle on pretending nothing is wrong and hiding their embarrassing symptoms. And it isn't life-threatening - so why would anyone take it seriously? Yet it can seriously restrict how we live, work and play. Based on their experience as both sufferers and health specialists, Dr Arroll and Professor Dancey provide the latest guidance on the causes, diagnosis and treatment, including the hugely significant part...

Asthma is a very common condition, affecting people of all ages from infant to adult. It can be very dangerous, even fatal, if it is not taken seriously and properly treated, as it can flare up without warning. The authors of this book explain why this is so important and give answers to genuine questions raised.

This guide to diabetes provides information on symptoms, treatment and diet plans. It includes questions to ask your GP, a range of special recipes, the top ten ways to prevent or reverse the effects of diabetes and where to get help online.

This book will tell the reader everything they need to know about type 2 diabetes. Topics covered include monitoring, medication, healthy eating, exercise, illness, smoking, travel, blood glucose levels, and managing hypogycaemia.

This book explains the symptoms of angina, and describes how the heart works, and how it can go wrong. The author looks at how lifestyle and diet can affect the risks of developing angina, and describes how treatments work.

The physical effects of a stroke are often the most obvious, and hospitals can offer medication and therapy to help alleviate them. However, the psychological consequences of having a stroke, such as memory problems or depression are often ignored. Written by a team of psychologists, this book provides learning tools and practical advice to aid in recovery from the psychological effects of a stroke.

As a forensic psychologist, David Roland often saw the toughest, most heartbreaking cases. The emotional trauma had begun to take its toll - and then the global financial crisis hit, leaving his family facing financial ruin. When he found himself in an emergency ward with little idea of how he got there, doctors wondered if he had had a nervous breakdown. Eventually they discovered the truth: David had suffered a stroke, which had resulted in brain...

Filled with hundreds of proven tips, helpful suggestions and concrete strategies to deal with chronic illness, this book explains how to manage emotions and to live a productive life.

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a seriously debilitating illness characterised by extreme exhaustion and severe flu-like symptoms. This text provides a breakthrough self-help treatment for this major health problem.