Medical : Preventive Medicine

2001 Bell's Palsy is the first and most authoritative e-book on Bell's palsy or the paralysis of the muscles of the face of unknown cause. It shows that all current treatments used by physicians, including steroids, are ineffective. It uniquely shows the discovery of an effective treatment for the prevention of and cure for Bell's palsy and the results of treated patients. First described in 1813, Bell's palsy remains a 190-year enigma for physicians and is a catastrophic facial disfiguring illness. Bell's palsy indiscriminately strikes some 51,000 American men and women of all ages each year. About 10% - 50% of the victims are sentenced to eternal facial disfigurement and terrible disorders of vision, talking, taste, eating and hearing. more...

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This guide on assessment of people with some sort of mental impairment is a broad ranging report produced jointly by the British Medical Association and the Law Society. It is an authoritative statement on an important area. Its wide ranging coverage makes it essential reading for these groups. The second edition has been revised throughout to bring it right up to date with present requirements. more...

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Drawing on their work with patients and studies from major scientific journals and corporations, the authors of Back Sense – all three are former chronic back pain sufferers themselves – developed a revolutionary self-treatment approach targeting the true causes of chronic back pain. It is based on conclusive evidence proving that stress and inactivity are usually the prime offenders, and it allows patients to avoid the restrictions and expense of most other treatments. more...

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This handbook blends tried-and-true disease prevention practices and behavioral science principles into a hands-on manual for health workers, community health promoters, nurses and family physicians. Many others, such as social workers and teachers, can also see here how to promote health and prevent disease. The book offers step-by-step instruction in behavioral change techniques to use at the society, community, family, and individual levels. The author, Dr. C. David Jenkins, is an internationally known health worker, researcher, and Professor of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, of Epidemiology, and of Psychiatry. The book is structured into five sections, which detail theoretical and practical aspects of health promotion. Within the handbook’s pages you will find an overview of principles of disease prevention and strategies of community health intervention, including practical examples and step-by-step planning. The book also includes an in-depth examination of the causes of morbidity, disability, and premature mortality that most seriously burden broad age groups across the life cycle and a review of the protective and risk factors for each of the leading forms of disability and death. Throughout its chapters, the book recommends simple, hands-on preventive interventions. more...

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Fibromyalgia, fibrositis, fibromyositis, trigger point, myofascial pain syndrome, cervicobrachial pain syndrome - to name several - and related disorders belong to an extremely common constellation of nerve, muscular and skeletal diseases and disorders afflicting humans. They share the same origin and path leading to complex and diverse symptoms, manifestations and illnesses. Enigma Unraveled brings together the information derived from basic and clinical sciences, thereby uniquely providing a scientific explanation for the origin and biomechanism of fibromyalgia. more...

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