Health & Fitness, Diseases & Conditions
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I'm Not Crazy, I'm Celiac
Gluten-Free/Low-Fodmap Cookbook by Lynda Board
After receiving a celiac disease diagnosis in her late thirties, author Lynda Board knows the difficulties of implementing a celiac-safe, reliable, gluten-free diet. People who don’t understand celiac disease thought she was crazy when eating out...
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Laughter, Learning and Gratitude on a Journey with Alzheimer's
by Marlene Loney
This is a book about Alzheimer’s that is funny, positive and heartfelt. The author Marlene Loney documented the twelve year journey with her mother in short stories and ultimately reframed the tragedy of Alzheimer’s into a positive life changing...
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Delegate and Disappear
Invisible Wounds and Mefloquine-Messed Minds by Bruce Given
Overlapping with and compounding the impacts of post-traumatic stress disorder, mefloquine toxicity is a condition caused by anti-malarial drugs once routinely used in the Canadian Armed Forces—issued and ordered to be taken by tens of thousands...
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Obesity
Does it need a Self-Balanced Lifestyle? by Lee B
What contributes to an unhealthy lifestyle? Often linked to decreased physical activity and lack of healthy choices in diet, The Public Health Agency of Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey Data, as well as Canadian Health Measures Survey...
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Swallowed by a Jaguar
A Mother's Memoir on the Loss of an Adult Child by Deborah Pearcey, Amber Landgraff and Michelle Retterath
Through the eyes of her devoted mother, Deborah, Swallowed by a Jaguar unveils the vibrant journey of Amber Landgraff, a passionate woman who lived fiercely despite numerous challenges. From an early age, Amber found inspiration in fine art,...
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Stuttering and its Management
What the Brain Tells Us by William G. Webster
In Stuttering and Its Management, William Webster shares his academic research into brain mechanisms underlying stuttering, as well as his lifelong journey as a person who stutters. Webster explores the patterns of patterns of brain activation in...
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Climbing Parkinson's Mountain Takes Faith
Does it make any difference if Jesus goes with us? by Robert W. Lever
Robert Lever has appropriated the writing metaphor of climbing a mountain to navigating Parkinson’s Disease (PD). Just as there are essential skills and equipment needed to climb a mountain, so are there multiple skills, attitudes, and belief...
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Strength From Within
Surviving Cancer: The Power of Gifts and Hope by Kim Nelson
On September 5th, 2018, Kim Nelson received a diagnosis that would change her life forever. In this candid memoir, she tells of her emotional, physical, and spiritual journey through breast cancer—from the moment of diagnosis, through surgery,...
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Riley and Learning Tourettes
The Rage out of Nowhere by TM Ritter
Riley’s teacher knows Riley is a bright student, but he learns differently than most other children. She wants to understand him better and help him be successful in school. Riley’s parents do their best to understand and support Riley too. One...
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Stone Cold Tea
by Winn Bray Rathbun
In Stone Cold Tea, a beautifully rendered creative non-fiction memoir, Winn Bray Rathbun takes us from early childhood in small-town Welland, Ontario, where she was the youngest in a working-class family of six, to her growing awareness much...
