Recent innovations, including deep brain stimulation and new and improved medications, have significantly enhanced the lives of people who have Parkinson's disease. Nevertheless, patients and families continue to face many challenges. This book is suitable for reliable advice about medical, emotional, and physical issues.

"Celiac disease is being diagnosed more and more frequently, as people recognize their digestive issues may be linked to their gluten intake and sensitivity to various foods that include gluten. Here, Ali, in typical fashion, reviews the biology of celiac disease, its various symptoms, causes, and outcomes, and includes information about treatment, prevention, and living well with celiac. --Publisher's description."--

A stroke is a brain attack, which can affect thinking, movement, speech and/or senses, and is caused by blockage or rupture of a blood vessel within or surrounding the brain. When a brain attack occurs, it kills brain cells in the immediate area. A stroke can occur at any age, even in babies and infants. This Speaking from experience program offers offer first-hand accounts from people who have experienced stroke. It was produced in partnership with...

Explores several successful methods for dealing with residents who have altered mental status. These methods will make your job easier, even rewarding, and calm the concerns of the family members.

"Alzheimer's disease is on the rise. Do you know the 10 warning signs? This story is about the author's family taken from a journal she kept. It's the struggle of her father and the family for the ten years that Bill Bullock suffered from this terrible mind stealing disease. With what Alzheimer's tossed Bill's way as he and his family struggled, his wife, Sylvia, stands out for her strength, courage and determination to take care of Bill to the end...

"This article has been available as a pdf file since 2002. In that time it has been downloaded by thousands of people and linked on many caregiver web sites. In this version, the pamphlet, 'How to Interact with a Person with Dementia (with memory loss)', which has been popular since 2000, by the same author, has been included. Also included is the table of contents of the book expansion."--

It is 1987, and only one person has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus -- her uncle, the renowned painter Finn Weiss. Shy at school and distant from her older sister, June can only be herself in Finn's company; he is her godfather, confidant, and best friend.

This taut nonfiction thriller pits a band of medical visionaries against the wall of ignorance that was the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of COVID-19. The characters you will meet in these pages are as fascinating as they are unexpected. A thirteen-year-old girl's science project on transmission of an airborne pathogen develops into a very grown-up model of disease control. A local public-health officer uses her worm's-eye...

"Addressing a disease that affects half a million Americans today-with 100,000 new cases diagnosed annually-this reference emphasizes how treatment and education are vital to maintaining the best quality of life possible. Coauthored by a former physician who has lived with Parkinson's for 20 years, this handbook discusses both the basics of the disease, for which there is no "cure," and ways that patients can stay active and maintain independence....

"Navigating the challenging journey that families and friends of Alzheimer's patients must endure, this heartfelt guide reveals how their struggle is as complex and drawn out as the illness itself. Confronting their natural but difficult process of grieving and mourning, the study covers the inevitable feelings of shock, sadness, anger, guilt, and relief, illustrating the initial reactions people commonly feel from the moment of the dementia's onset....