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Publisher
Vie
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Coronary heart disease is now the leading cause of death worldwide.* The effects of coronary heart disease include angina, heart failure, abnorma lheart rhythms, and most importantly, heart attacks. Heart disease has a serious effect on the lives of not only its sufferers, but also those who care for them, their family and friends. Includes details on: ? How the heart works ? Problems caused by coronary heart disease ? Recovering from a heart attack...
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Publisher
PCCS Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
This wide-ranging book takes a person-centred approach to supporting the person and their families/carers to live with dementia and challenge the stigma attached to the condition. Divided into four parts, it starts with the voices of people with dementia themselves, as they describe their own experience and how they are living with the disease. It moves on to look at how the range of caring and support professions can help people living with dementia...
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Publisher
Profile Books
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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Across the world, 44.4 million people suffer with dementia. Hundreds of millions of people are affected by the dementia of parents, partners, siblings or friends. And as much of the world struggles with an aging population, dementia is set to become ever more of a challenge for societies and individuals. But still, most people who are diagnosed, or who are dealing with the diagnosis of a loved one, feel as though they are alone. This guide provides...
5) Fuzzy mud
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Language
English
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Tamaya is on a scholarship to the prestigious Woodridge Academy and every day she and seventh-grader Marshall walk to school together. They never go through the woods. And when they arrive at school they stop talking to each other - because Marshall can't be seen to be friends with a little kid like Tamaya. Especially not with Chad around. Chad-the-bully, who makes Marshall's life utterly miserable. But today, hoping to avoid Chad, Marshall and Tamaya...
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Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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I stood at the start of the new year feeling renewed, thinking that having got through the challenges of I'm a Celebrity ... I had survived the toughest experience of my life, faced my worst fears and thrived. Surely 2020 would be a breeze. How wrong I was. It hadn't been anything close to the toughest experience of my life. My biggest challenge was just around the corner, and it was, for the most part, going to take place in my own home. In March...
Author
Series
Studies on medical and population subjects volume no. 26
Publisher
HMSO
Pub. Date
1974
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Professor Devi Sridhar has risen to prominence for her vital roles in communicating science to the public and speaking truth to power. In Preventable she highlights lessons learned from outbreaks past and present in a narrative that traces the COVID-19 pandemic - including her personal experience as a scientist - and sets out a vision for how we can better protect ourselves from the inevitable health crises to come. In gripping and heartfelt prose,...
Series
Studies on medical and population subjects volume no. 60
Publisher
Stationery Office
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
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Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
No disease sparked as much dread in the 18th century as smallpox. The virus killed millions across the globe, carrying off one in every five victims and disfiguring survivors with tell-tale pitted scars. But one mysterious method offered hope: inoculation, the practice of piercing the skin to insert a drop of infected matter and induce a mild case of smallpox. Those inoculated safely were protected from the ?Speckled Monster? and stayed immune for...
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Cancer Support
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
A booklet talking about the heart and why having a healthy heart is important. It also covers the cancer treatments that can cause heart problems, and discusses how these are monitored and managed by your medical team.There are also some helpful tips on how to look after your heart. Produced in partnership with the British Heart Foundation.
Author
Publisher
Robinson
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Stop worrying about your health and enjoy life. Many of us have a tendency to worry unnecessarily about our health. This can be worse in a time of global panic about pandemics. For some, the anxiety becomes chronic, and they may spend many hours checking for symptoms, seeking reassurance from others, surfing the internet for information about different diseases, or repeatedly visiting the doctor. It is distressing for them and for everyone around...
17) A monster calls
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Language
English
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The monster showed up just after midnight. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting. He's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the one he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his back garden, though, this monster is something different. Something ancient, something wild.
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Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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What can a diseased brain tell us about being human, living our own lives better and helping those with dementia get the best from theirs? When Wendy Mitchell was diagnosed with young-onset dementia at the age of fifty-eight, her brain was overwhelmed with images of the last stages of the disease - those familiar tropes, shortcuts and clich�s that we are fed by the media, or even our own health professionals. But her diagnosis far from represented...
Author
Publisher
Souvenir Press
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
'Will help families and friends of people with dementia all over the world' Dame Judi Dench Written by an expert, this essential guide will help those with dementia, and their families, make sure that they can stay well and happy for as long as possible. It offers clear and sensible information and advice about: - Recognising symptoms and getting help - Treatment and remaining healthy - Being a carer - Managing financially - Care homes and staying...
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