Health & Fitness, Diseases
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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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The Nana Elaine Chronicles
Our Journey with Alzheimer’s and Dementia by Jodi Walsh
If you are, were, or might ever be a caregiver, the Nana Elaine Chronicles was written for you. In it, Jodi Walsh shares the highs and lows of being a caregiver for her grandmother, who suffered from Alzheimer’s, as her nana moves from living in her ...
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Tangled in the Curves
Real Life with Idiopathic Scoliosis by Caroline Bell
Receiving a diagnosis of scoliosis - a condition where the spine bends and rotates for no known reason - can be an emotional time full of questions and concerns. You might feel like you have to navigate it all by yourself. But, know this: you are ...
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Living With Cancer
A Few Things Your Friends Want You to Know by Dr. Gillian Dolansky Presner
After happily achieving many of my personal and professional childhood dreams, I was unexpectedly diagnosed with terminal cancer while pregnant with my 3rd daughter at the age of 36. In this book I write about my lived experience since that time and ...
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Determined to Get a Life
The Story Doesn't End with Dementia by Ken Crassweller
In this candid story, this author asks one of life’s essential questions: How do we go on when our hearts are broken? Book One of Determined to Get a Life tells the story of Ken and his wife Lesley, her journey through dementia and eventual death, ...
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The Ultimate Thyroid Book
Your Answer to Feeling Great, Repairing Hashimoto's, Fatigue, Hair Loss, Depression, Infertility and More! by Dr. Beverly Goode-Kanawati
Estimates suggest that close to 20 percent of the population in the United States suffers from some sort of thyroid imbalance—that’s close to sixty million people! Thyroid issues often go undetected as people get treated for seemingly separate ...
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Grab the Spark
How My Parkinson's Journey Sparked My Creativity Through Stories, Poems and Photos by Joe W. van Koeverden
Joe W. van Koeverden, MBA, PwP, has lived with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) for ten years. For the last twenty years, he worked in senior management as a CEO, president, and CAO. He’s twenty years cancer free and has been clean and sober for over ...
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From Fear To Faith
Surviving Cancer Six Times by Ruth Orr
“You have cancer.” When your doctor says these words, how do you react? Fear often overwhelms any other response to a cancer diagnosis. What if the treatments don’t work? What does the future look like? Will I die? Questions like these can lead to a ...
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My Diabetic Journal
A comprehensive 52 week goalsetting, planning and tracking workbook by Vicki Myhre
Begin taking control of your diabetes today with My Diabetic Journal—a fifty-two-week workbook for people with diabetes. More than a tracking tool, this journal promotes planning and goal-setting, so that you may understand how to implement ...
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In Sickness and in Health
by Arthur C. Blais
Did you ever think of going on a vacation with no idea of where you were going or how long you’d be away—not preparing, not packing, not bringing anything with you? Then, while you’re on this vacation, you don’t know where you are, you’re not sure ...
