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This is the first how-to-handbook that helps families of all types navigate the little talked about but widely practiced egg donor landscape with a warm and friendly tone, giving those in search of a different kind of stork the answers and information they need as they begin to research family-building options.

When attorney Jeffrey 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. Facing the Cognitive Challenges of Multiple Sclerosis is a courageous and compelling personal account of one man's anguishing struggle with this aspect of the disease.

Provides easy and efficient access to common physical examination techniques and other neurological tests performed in a broad range of specialties. Mainly composed of tables, charts, and photographs, this handy reference puts together and organises the information that clinicians use on a daily basis.

Authored by some of the world's leading cancer experts from wide ranging disciplines including oncology, radiation oncology, neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, and radiology this compact volume provides authoritative state-of-the-art primer level overviews of the various cancer types, their evaluation, and treatment. Every aspect of oncology is covered with clear, up-to-date descriptions of the general principles and concepts fundamental to attaining a clinical appreciation of the foundations of cancer care.Each chapter is concise but highlights the basic tenets health care professionals working with cancer patients need to know to understand the diseases and current treatment options. To facilitate review, Key Points are boxed in each chapter to summarize important clinical information and concepts at a glance. This book represents a synthesis of information from some of the top physicians in oncology that is not as easily accessed anywhere else.Features of Synopsis of Clinical Oncology include:Multi-specialty expert authorshipFocus on therapeutics management of cancerKey Points boxed in each chapter for quick review

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Pocket Companion meets the needs of PM&R residents, practicing physiatrists, and physicians in other specialties seeing rehabilitation patients. for a practical guide focused solely on the day-to-day issues encountered. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Pocket Companion provides insight into situations physiatrists face such as the management of the rehabilitation team, coordination of care, and the tailoring of medical management to achieve rehabilitation goals. It features practical information useful in daily practice including disease-specific order sets, practical methods to solve common medical problems, and methods to manage issues that commonly occur during a patient's rehabilitation. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Pocket Companion is a resource not only for physiatrists but also for physicians in other specialties particularly neurologists, orthopedic surgeons, and neurosurgeons.

Discusses headaches in terms of risk symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and risk factors. It covers headache basics, includes information on how to build your healthcare team, discusses over a dozen headache types based on the American Headache Society classification, and examines headache care, including coping measures, support.

In the United States, an estimated 42 million people suffer from some form of movement disorder. Common movement disorders include Parkinson's disease (PD), essential tremor (ET), and dystonia. Although medications may be helpful for these conditions, in many patients, symptoms cannot be controlled with medications alone.

More than an exercise programme, this is a deeply soothing form of moving meditation and a physical activity and is a safe way to rebuild strength, stamina, and flexibility and to address the spinal curvature of scoliosis without surgery. It demonstrates how the practice of Iyengar yoga leads to a lessening of the degree curvature of the spine in patients with scoliosis.

This practical, easy-to-use book gives brain injury survivors, their families, and their loved ones the strategies they need to boost brain function and live well. It is a compendium of tips, techniques, and life-task shortcuts that author Cheryle Sullivan, a medical doctor and brain injury survivor, has compiled from personal experience.

In 2008, the author was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma and opted for bilateral mastectomy with Direct to Implant Reconstruction. Within three weeks of being diagnosed she had a mastectomy and was on the road to recovery. But after the surgery she had a lot of questions, the same that most women may have. This title answers the questions.

This will help people with chronic illness, physical disability, temporary or permanent, and age-related limitations make their homes safer and more accessible without costly remodelling or structural changes. Shelly Peterman Schwarz shares her unique blend of motivation, inspiration, and practical tips, techniques, and shortcuts.

Urinary incontinence is an under diagnosed and under reported condition. Women are more likely to experience it due to issues with the pelvic floor brought on by pregnancy and menopause. This is a treatment plan for women to cure their own incontinence issues. It also allows women to identify with other women through the anecdotal stories that echo their feelings of isolation and embarrassment.

This is the definitive guide for everyone concerned with the disease - those who have MS and those who share their lives with someone who has it. It covers a wide range of topics in an accessible question and answer format that allows people to easily find the information they need while providing a model of successful communication with healthcare providers.

Over 10 million adults in the United States have chronic problems with dizziness and imbalance - vestibular problems. This title provides a detailed description of symptoms, what can trigger them, the emotional reactions to symptoms, how to recognize their subtle differences, and how to track them in order to contribute to your diagnosis.

This is a step-by-step guide through treatment for women living with breast cancer. It provides ample space and encouragement to record questions, thoughts and feelings, doctor's appointments, medications, and contact information for the oncology team and others. It also covers myriad other details that are often lost in the trauma and emotion of diagnosis and illness.

This is a unique collaboration between a doctor and a food consultant that both addresses the subject of smell and taste loss and provides food preparation tips and a special recipe section that will appeal to other senses and make food attractive again. This is a must-have reference book for all those living with smell and taste disorders.

Provides a cognitive-behavioural approach to overcoming the depression, anxiety, and stress that goes hand-in-hand with MS. Patricia Farrell helps individuals and their families better understand the effects that MS has on mood levels and anxiety, and offers a plan of simple remediation in a self-help format.

According to the National Headache Foundation, over 45 million Americans suffer from chronic, recurring headaches (28 million from migraine alone). Headache is the most common complaint for which people see neurologists. Headache can impede job functioning and undermine oneÌs quality of life if not managed effectively. Despite this, research that would help in the care and management of headache patients is sadly lacking. The Jefferson Headache Manual is a practical guide for the practitioner seeking assistance in diagnosing and treating headache patients. Written by the experts at one of the foremost headache centers in the United States, the Manual provides a systematic approach to identifying and managing all types of headaches. Migraine, chronic daily and tension headache, cluster headache, post-lumbar puncture and high and low pressure headaches, medication overuse, and unusual primary headaches are all covered. In addition, this handy reference includes chapters on post-traumatic headache, associated comorbid disorders, headache in the emergency department, and regional considerations in the neck, nose and sinuses, and contains up-to-date information on the latest prescription drug treatments, infusion and inpatient therapies, botulinum toxin, and behavioral management. Based upon the Jefferson philosophy and unique experience of the authors, this comprehensive yet concise manual will appeal to anyone who strives to practice state of the art headache medicine. Features of the Jefferson Headache Manual include Practical, problem-oriented approach to diagnosis and management Expert advice and recommendations Packed with useful graphics, tables, and illustrations Differential diagnoses lists, clinical criteria boxes, and Red Flags help practitioners make informed decisions quickly Covers pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments

This is a practical, how-to guide to using yoga to manage stress, relieve pain, and gain the strength necessary to make it through this illness. More than simply an exercise primer, the is a deeply soothing guide to moving meditation and physical activity, giving readers a safe way to rebuild strength, stamina, and flexibility both during and following cancer treatments.

No matter where you are in treatment, what side effects you may be experiencing, or your general fitness level, Pilates is a safe and effective way to help you regain flexibility, power, and endurance while relieving treatment side effects such as lymphedema, fatigue, depression, peripheral neuropathy, osteoporosis, and upper extremity impairment. Naomi Aaronson and Ann Marie Turo, occupational therapists and certified Pilates instructors, show you how to use exercises to:Strengthen arms and shoulders and regain your range of motion. Reduce pain and swelling and stretch tight areas affected by scars. Build core strength and back stability, especially important after TRAM or DIEP flap breast reconstruction surgery. Improve balance and coordination. Make it easier to perform basic daily living tasks. Release stress and boost energy. Including programs that can be done lying down, seated, or standing, Pilates for Breast Cancer Survivors will help you achieve maximum wellness, now and throughout your journey living life after cancer.

Provides the core knowledge the busy practitioner needs to deliver top-notch rehabilitative care to patients with musculoskeletal, sports, or occupational injuries. Covering 107 alphabetically arranged topics from Achilles Tendinopathy to Whiplash, this nuts and bolts resource is designed to provide concise and accurate information.

Provides crucial information for people living with diabetes and practical examples that demonstrate how this information can be most effectively used. A roadmap for patients, it provides encouragement, education, and inspiration with concrete examples, illustrative quotes, exercises, and references.

Mild traumatic brain injury can happen to anyone, anytime - in cars, sports, or workplace accidents, falls, or through physical assault, including domestic violence and shaken-baby syndrome. This book provides tools and facts to make the recovery process more intelligible - and to support the wide range of people affected by MTBI.

Peripheral neuropathy affects up to twenty million people in the United States. This book covers such topics as: what to ask at doctor appointments; making the house easier to navigate with neuropathy; where to find a support group; using vitamins and herbs for treatment; and, tips for traveling.

An under-recognized condition that can potentially cause brain damage and even death, nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) is an important clinical problem, occurring in about 25 per cent of status epilepsy cases. This text covers its diagnosis and management.

Identifies the factors that making working particularly difficult for women with autoimmune disease, and offers suggestions to address them. This book looks issues such as the complex nature of autoimmune disease; and the correlation between disease, diagnosis, and career development.

Offers wheelchair users a road map to living life to the fullest. It helps them make adjustments sooner and more completely by explaining how to adapt to disability and addressing misconceptions that delay the ability to adapt. Packed with practical advice on a wide range of topics this essential guide helps wheelchair users live active, independent lives.

Headache is the most common complaint for which people see neurologists and the seventh most common reason they visit their primary care doctors. It is the third most common cause of missed work, and can seriously undermine the quality of life if not effectively managed. Migraine and Other Headaches is the essential guide for everyone who suffers from headaches, and will provide the information needed to obtain effective medical care and long-term relief. Different types of headache are thoroughly explained in easy to understand language, beginning with migraine, the most common severe headache, which occurs in approximately 12 percent of the U.S. population. The authors discuss the different types of migraine: migraine without aura (previously called common migraine), migraine with aura, and basilar migraine. Emphasis is placed on the necessity of early treatment, the importance of understanding the difference between a headache cause and a headache trigger, and how to avoid common triggers. Rebound headache, caused by the overuse of acute medication, is a topic of special significance and is discussed in detail. The book also considers tension-type headache, the most common primary headache disorder - 80 percent of us will have a tension-type headache at some time in our lives, cluster headache, unusual headaches, non-headache illnesses that frequently accompany headache, sinus headache, disorders of the neck, post-traumatic headache, and atypical facial pain and trigeminal neuralgia. Treatment options for all types of headache are thoroughly discussed, including the treatment of migraine with medications that can be taken daily to help prevent headache, stop headache pain once it has begun, and prevent worsening of headaches. Responses to medication - both prescription and nonprescription - are highly individualized, and the physician will work with the headache sufferer in order to determine the most beneficial medication options. Managing headache pain goes beyond simply popping pills and, therefore, lifestyle issues are considered, including the possibility of depression or other psychological factors, and family relationships. The doctor may recommend changes in diet in order to avoid triggers, exercise, change in sleeping patterns, or relaxation techniques. Also included is information about alternative therapies, such as vitamins and herbal supplements, physical therapy, acupressure, massage, acupuncture, chiropractic care, craniosacral therapy, hydrotherapy, and yoga. Also covered are behavioral treatments, such as stress-management training and psychotherapy.Emphasis is placed on the importance of the doctor/patient relationship should be a partnership with open communication, with the patient communicating goals and desires about the preferred headache management, the doctor contributing knowledge and values, and the final plan incorporating both perspectives. Migraines and Headaches will help those suffering with headaches, and those who care for them, to gain a deeper understanding of what is known about headache and what is not known, allowing them to explore diagnosis and treatment with this knowledge in hand. It is the first volume in a new series sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology, An AAN Press Quality of Life Guide.

An indispensable resource for patients, families, and caregiversFilled 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 energy while living with Parkinson's disease. It includes:Ways to make your home safe and accessible, your mealtimes more pleasurable, and your communications easierUnique product suggestions that make daily living tasks less stressfulExtensive resources to help you easily locate items and services

Explains what we know about neuropathy, including its causes and manifestations, and what can be done to manage it. Topics covered include the causes of peripheral neuropathy; drug therapy for the condition itself and for managing symptoms such as pain; interventional therapy; caring for your feet; personal accounts of people living with neuropathy; and alternative medicines.