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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.
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Johns Hopkins University Press
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English
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In Adolescent Depression, psychiatrists Francis Mark Mondimore, MD, and Patrick Kelly, MD, explain that serious depression in adolescents goes beyond "moodiness." Depression is in fact an illness - one that can be effectively treated. The authors describe the many forms of depression and the many symptoms of depression in young people - from sadness to irritability, self-harm, drug and alcohol abuse, and violent rages.
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Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2010
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xi, 211 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
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English
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Discusses symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options for patients with heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias) explaining the heart's basic function, related conditions, biventricular therapy, and other related topics.
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Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2012
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ix, 211 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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Offers advice on minimizing or avoiding depression and anxiety in later life, including how to live with illness and disability, how to cope with the loss of a loved one, and how to maintain a healthy body weight and nutrition.
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Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2012
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x, 166 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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English
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"In A Parent's Guide to Children's Medicines, an experienced pediatric pharmacist answers questions about how to give safe and effective medications to children. Whether medicine is used to treat asthma or ear infections, medicine is often necessary and can be life saving--yet many parents worry about side effects and possible long-term consequences. This book tells parents how drugs for children are prescribed and used, and how to give these medications...
19) Get inside your doctor's head: 10 commonsense rules for making better decisions about medical care
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Johns Hopkins Press health book volume 33
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English
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Get Inside Your Doctor's Head provides advice about such questions as when to seek treatment, when to get another opinion, and when to let time take its course.
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2013.
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English
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Find relief from chronic itch in this comprehensive guide.
We have all experienced itch, whether from insect bites or dry skin, but millions of people worldwide have chronic or even intractable itch. Just like chronic pain, chronic itch interferes with a person's ability to function—and even affects quality of life. Living with Itch offers relief, drawing on the authors' vast knowledge of itch, the suffering it causes, and
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