Nervous System The Brain category: 536 books
Denial
How Refusing to Face the Facts about Our Autism Epidemic Hurts Children, Families, and Our Future
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
Even as the autism rate soars and the cost to our nation climbs well into the billions, a dangerous new idea is taking hold: There simply is no autism epidemic.
The question is stark: Is autism ancient, a genetic variation that demands acceptance and celebration? Or is it new and disabling,...
The Big Autism Cover-Up
How and Why the Media Is Lying to the American Public
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
An unflinching look at the truth behind the media’s lies about autism.
Autism now affects 2 percent of US children. A once rare disorder is now so common that everyone knows someone with an affected child. Yet neither mainstream doctors nor government officials can tell the American public...
How to Prevent Autism
Expert Advice from Medical Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
The statistics are alarming and become more so every year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 in 68 children have been identified with an autism spectrum disorder, making it one of the fastest growing developmental disorders in the United States. Further, the CDC estimates...
by Christine Glenn
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
The journey through dementia or Alzheimer's is a challenge filled with riddles and mazes that families often cannot solve. This is the story of one such journey told through the eyes of a daughter who loses her mother to dementia only to find a new and different relationship.
Marie is...
Waging War on the Autistic Child
The Arizona 5 and the Legacy of Baron von Munchausen
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
As the number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders grows each year, new discoveries and controversies arise. Andrew Wakefield explores many of these in his thorough investigation of the recent trial case of the Arizona 5,” which destroyed an Arizona family. Two parents, with five...
Vaccine Injuries
Documented Adverse Reactions to Vaccines
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Reveals the truth behind the controversial issue of vaccine-related injuries.
Proponents declare that vaccines have saved millions of lives. Critics claim that the success is overstated and that vaccines may even be dangerous. Many consider mandatory vaccinations a violation of individual rights...
Silent Running
Our Family's Journey to the Finish Line with Autism
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Running is a way of life for the Schneider family, but not in the same way as it is for most runners. Twin brothers Alex and Jamie Schneider are severely autistic—they are nonverbal and when anxiety takes over they bite themselves or slam their feet into the hard floor, they cannot tell their mother...
A Shot of Hope
Real Wisdom from a Real Sibling Warrior Providing Real Hope for Autism
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
Autism shakes up your world. It has changed my life and I wasn’t even the one diagnosed with it. My brother’s name is Ethan Wolfgang, but we call him Deets. He is one of the greatest gifts my family has ever received. And one of the most challenging.”
So begins Zack Peter’s memoir...
by Kenneth Kee
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Cubital tunnel syndrome is believed to be the second most common compressive neuropathy.The elbow is the most frequent location of compression of the ulnar nerve.Cubital tunnel syndrome is present in men more often than women.Symptoms are:1. Wasting and weakness of the small muscles of the hand and...
by Isabel Jones
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2017
When your child is diagnosed with Autism, the range of their symptoms are known as the Autism Spectrum.
Where your child falls on this spectrum will influence how you approach discipline, therapy, and daily activities.
Some children will only experience minor social difficulties while...
A Short Walk Home
With Love All Things Are Possible
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
A Short Walk Home is a heartfelt and inspirational memoir of a father raising and ultimately losing a child to the neurological disorder adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). Exploring the full extent to which a disease like ALD can shape and affect a life, as both David Cry and his family try to come to grips...
by Tracey Howard
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
All the emotional ups and downs that the average person and family goes through in time of crisis. This is the true story of my experiences during the weeks of testing prior to my diagnosis of M.S. From the beginning of the emotional journey, through the tears and tantrums to the acceptance of the reality of life with a permanent disability.
by Kenneth Kee
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
Morton’s Neuroma (inter-digital neuralgia) is a medical disorder which causes pain in the forefoot especially in between the digits.A neuroma is a benign tumor of a nerve.Morton's neuroma is not exactly a tumor, but a thickening of the tissue that covers the digital nerve leading to the toes.Morton...
by Kenneth Kee
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2018
This book describes Meniere’s Disease, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases
Meniere's Disease is a disease of the inner ear which is characterized by the triad of episodic vertigo (giddiness), tinnitus (buzzing sound in ear) and progressive hearing loss.
It is more common in...