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Coping With Prednisone Revised And Updated
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Book Synopsis Coping with Prednisone, Revised and Updated by : Eugenia Zukerman
Download or read book Coping with Prednisone, Revised and Updated written by Eugenia Zukerman and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2013-05-10 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approximately one million Americans per year take high doses of prednisone and related drugs. While these medicines may be necessary to treat serious illnesses, they may also have unpleasant, and even devastating, side effects, including changes in mood, weight, and physical strength, and vulnerability to infection. In 1997, after acclaimed flutist Eugenia Zukerman was prescribed prednisone for a rare lung disease, she teamed up with her sister, Harvard physician Julie Ingelfinger, to write the first book that helps patients deal with the side effects of the prescription. This welcome update to a superb resource—which is still the only book on the subject— covers the latest knowledge about bone health, the use of steroids for children, and new steroid compounds, along with additional strategies and exercises based on their own experiences and responses from other patients and physicians.
Book Synopsis Coping with Prednisone by : Eugenia Zukerman
Download or read book Coping with Prednisone written by Eugenia Zukerman and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1997-07-15 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a guide to making treatment with this steroid as effective and trouble-free as possible.
Book Synopsis Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis by : Kate. Ph.d. Gilbert
Download or read book Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis written by Kate. Ph.d. Gilbert and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-29 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) and Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) are linked rheumatic inflammatory illnesses that affect older people - generally, people over 50. They are chronic autoimmune conditions that cause untold misery, pain and debilitation. More acutely, undiagnosed GCA can lead to blindness, which is irreversible. In the United Kingdom each year, there are an estimated 40,000 new cases of PMR and 10,000 new cases of GCA, with a significant degree of overlap, many people having both conditions together. Many people, when they first get their diagnosis, have never heard of PMR or GCA before, and have to get used to the idea of having a chronic inflammatory illness, together with the steroid therapy that is the only standard effective treatment widely available. Several months into their diagnosis they often have many questions about why their journey through PMR and GCA isn't as smooth as they were led to expect. This book is written to give people who have Polymyalgia Rheumatica, or Giant Cell Arteritis (sometimes known as temporal arteritis), and their friends and carers, information about these illnesses, drawing on recent research. It also aims to give insights into what it is like to have these conditions, and how sufferers and those close to them can help themselves in the self-management of their condition towards recovery. It is not intended to replace information provided by your doctor or clinician. This second edition incorporates recommendations by international working groups on the diagnosis and management of PMR and GCA, and findings from research published since 2014. A full references list and index have been added. The author, Dr Kate Gilbert, PhD, is a semi-retired lecturer in management development, now concentrating on writing and voluntary work. She has spent several years, as a PMR survivor, studying these conditions and working as a volunteer with the PMR and GCA charity, PMRGCAuk. A former Chair of Trustees, she helps to edit the charity's website www.pmrgcauk.com and its regular newsletter. She has also served as a patient representative on a number of working groups, including the ACR/EULAR group to develop international recommendations for PMR, and has recently contributed a chapter on patient education to a medical textbook on PMR and GCA published by Oxford University Press.
Book Synopsis SAFE USES OF CORTISOL by : William McK. Jefferies
Download or read book SAFE USES OF CORTISOL written by William McK. Jefferies and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2004-01-04 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Third Edition of this popular book brings up to date the material that so many readers found helpful in the previous editions. The text has been revised and reorganized with current chapters focusing on the history of cortisol use, sources of confusion regarding cortisol therapy, the significance of normal adrenocortical function, generally accepted uses of physiological dosage, viral infections, miscellaneous clinical conditions, and future directions for research and therapy. The author provides explanation and confirmation of the rationale for the effectiveness and safety of the uses of physiological dosages of cortisol in the treatment, not only of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune disorders, but also of patients with chronic allergies, chronic fatigue syndrome, gonadal dysfunction, infertility, shingles, acne, hirsutism, respiratory infections, and other less common disorders. It is a known fact that the influenza virus attacks the human body by impairing the production of the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), which, in turn, impairs the production of cortisol; the only hormone that is absolutely essential for life. In addition, within the past two years, a new infection has developed in central China and has been labeled Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The ACTH hormone and the SARS epidemic is addressed, and it is hoped that this type of cortisol therapy will not only be helpful in the treatment of the various disorders mentioned but will lead to a better understanding of the factors that contribute to the development of these disorders and ultimately contribute towards their prevention.
Book Synopsis Clearing the Way to Health and Wellness by : Ellen Cutler
Download or read book Clearing the Way to Health and Wellness written by Ellen Cutler and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-02-25 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Ellen Cutler is one of the pioneering holistic doctors who have spent years of research to find the best ways to boost our immune system and get it back in its power. By following her advice, you can not only get younger biologically and become more vital, but you are also making your body more cancer-proof. There is no one I trust more than Dr. Ellen Cutler. To have her in your corner is already winning half the battle. Please study this book and apply all the advice as soon as possible. Your life and health could depend on it. Roy Martina, MD, bestselling author of Emotional Balance Four years ago, my fibromyalgia symptoms forced me to retire from medical practice. Thanks to Ellen Cutlers treatments, the guaifenesin protocol, and acupuncture, my health is so much better. I have been able to return to practice medicine as a fibromyalgia consultant, and I feel blessed to be able to continue my recovery with the help of Dr. Cutlers digestive enzymes and clearing treatments. Melissa Congdon, MD, fibromyalgia consultant If you are one of the millions of people who suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, Crohns Disease, colitis, Hashimotos thyroiditis, candidiasis, sinusitis, hay fever, environmental illnesses, and other autoimmune disorders and sensitivities, youve probably tried a myriad of treatments just trying to gain control of your life. Clearing the Way to Health and Wellness presents the Ellen Cutler Method (ECM), an innovative technique that offers hope for those for whom other treatments have failed. It provides an empowering new explanation of allergies and sensitivities as the cause of chronic illness, as well as a groundbreaking approach to overcoming them. Allergies and sensitivities can be reduced or eliminated, not miraculously and instantaneously, but inevitably and permanently. With contributions from Dr. Richard Tunkel, Dr. Ellen Cutler outlines the relationships among allergies, sensitivities, and chronic health and autoimmune disorders, guiding both patients and health-care practitioners in identifying and eliminating sensitivities that trigger symptoms. Case studies and personal stories illustrate how this powerful new approach has ended the suffering for thousands of all ages without the use of drugs.
Book Synopsis Clinical Case Studies for the Family Nurse Practitioner by : Leslie Neal-Boylan
Download or read book Clinical Case Studies for the Family Nurse Practitioner written by Leslie Neal-Boylan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-11-28 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clinical Case Studies for the Family Nurse Practitioner is a key resource for advanced practice nurses and graduate students seeking to test their skills in assessing, diagnosing, and managing cases in family and primary care. Composed of more than 70 cases ranging from common to unique, the book compiles years of experience from experts in the field. It is organized chronologically, presenting cases from neonatal to geriatric care in a standard approach built on the SOAP format. This includes differential diagnosis and a series of critical thinking questions ideal for self-assessment or classroom use.
Book Synopsis Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff by : Jim Johnson
Download or read book Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff written by Jim Johnson and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treat your own rotator cuff? Who needs to worry about that? According to the medical research, a lot of people. The rotator cuff, a group of four, flat tendons that connect to the critical muscles that stabilize your shoulder, can cause a lot more problems than you might think. Consider a few of these statistics from the published literature: .It's simply just a matter of time until the majority of shoulders get a rotator cuff tear. According to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans, approximately 4% of people under forty years of age have a torn rotator cuff. After age sixty, however, 54% of people have one (Sher 1995). .Once the rotator cuff gets torn, it doesn't look good either. One study followed a group of patients with tears in their rotator cuffs and found that 80% of the them went on to either enlarge or turn into full thickness tears-in less than a two-year period (Yamanaka 1994). As you can tell, rotator cuff problems aren't just for elite athletes. Seriously consider investing just a few minutes a week doing the simple exercises in this book if you: .have been diagnosed with either a partial or full thickness rotator cuff tear (yes, many studies show that even full thickness tears can be helped with exercise ) .experience shoulder pain .do upper body weight lifting .have a job or play a sport where you do a lot of work with your arms above shoulder level .have been diagnosed with "impingement syndrome" .want a healthy and properly functioning rotator cuff So whether you already suffer from a rotator cuff problem, or simply want to prevent one, Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff will guide you step-by-step through an evidence-based program that can iron-plate your shoulders in just minutes a week. Jim Johnson, P.T., is a physical therapist who has spent over fifteen years treating both inpatients and outpatients with a wide range of pain and mobility problems. He has written many books based completely on published research and controlled trials including The Multifidus Back Pain Solution, Treat Your Own Knees, The No-Beach, No-Zone, No-Nonsense Weight Loss Plan: A Pocket Guide to What Works, and The Sixty-Second Motivator. His books have been translated into other languages and thousands of copies have been sold worldwide. Besides working full-time as a clinician in a large teaching hospital and writing books, Jim Johnson is a certified Clinical Instructor by the American Physical Therapy Association and enjoys teaching physical therapy students from all over the United States.
Book Synopsis Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations by : Jadwiga A. Wedzicha
Download or read book Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations written by Jadwiga A. Wedzicha and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-09-22 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations covers the definition, diagnosis, epidemiology, mechanisms, and treatment associated with COPD exacerbations. This text also addresses imaging and how it plays a pivotal role in the diagnosis and study of exacerbations.Written by today's top experts, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbat
Book Synopsis Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis by : Jozef Rovensky
Download or read book Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis written by Jozef Rovensky and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-05-06 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the present monograph, we offer current insights into polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arthritis. Both diseases are typical for advanced age, and their incidences increase with aging. Both diseases are a center point of interest not only for rheu- tologists, gerontologists, ophthalmologists or neurologists, but also for general prac- tioners. Early diagnosis and rapid treatment, mainly with glucocorticoids can save one of the most precious senses-vision. Damage to other organs (heart, aorta, co- nary arteries, liver, lungs, kidneys), which are supplied by the arteries affected by ischemic syndrome in the setting of giant cell arthritis, has serious consequences as well. Late diagnosis of giant cell arthritis can have fatal consequences for affected patients. It is a matter of fact that the human population is aging. Therefore, more attention has to be paid not only to diagnosis, clinical course and treatment of rheumatic d- eases in elderly, but also to their genetic, immunologic, endocrinologic, chronobiologic mechanisms, and state-of-the-art diagnostic modalities. I am convinced that the int- disciplinary research of the diseases will allow us to diagnose and treat the rheumatic diseases even faster and more effectively in the future.
Book Synopsis Survival Analysis by : John P. Klein
Download or read book Survival Analysis written by John P. Klein and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making complex methods more accessible to applied researchers without an advanced mathematical background, the authors present the essence of new techniques available, as well as classical techniques, and apply them to data. Practical suggestions for implementing the various methods are set off in a series of practical notes at the end of each section, while technical details of the derivation of the techniques are sketched in the technical notes. This book will thus be useful for investigators who need to analyse censored or truncated life time data, and as a textbook for a graduate course in survival analysis, the only prerequisite being a standard course in statistical methodology.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Drug-Nutrient Interactions by : Joseph I. Boullata
Download or read book Handbook of Drug-Nutrient Interactions written by Joseph I. Boullata and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-03-17 with total page 823 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook of Drug-Nutrient Interactions, Second Edition is an essential new work that provides a scientific look behind many drug-nutrient interactions, examines their relevance, offers recommendations, and suggests research questions to be explored. In the five years since publication of the first edition of the Handbook of Drug-Nutrient Interactions new perspectives have emerged and new data have been generated on the subject matter. Providing both the scientific basis and clinical relevance with appropriate recommendations for many interactions, the topic of drug-nutrient interactions is significant for clinicians and researchers alike. For clinicians in particular, the book offers a guide for understanding, identifying or predicting, and ultimately preventing or managing drug-nutrient interactions to optimize patient care. Divided into six sections all chapters have been revised or are new to this edition. Chapters balance the most technical information with practical discussions and include outlines that reflect the content; discussion questions that can guide the reader to the critical areas covered in each chapter, complete definitions of terms with the abbreviation fully defined and consistent use of terms between chapters. The editors have performed an outstanding service to clinical pharmacology and pharmaco-nutrition by bringing together a multi-disciplinary group of authors. Handbook of Drug-Nutrient Interactions, Second Edition is a comprehensive up-to-date text for the total management of patients on drug and/or nutrition therapy but also an insight into the recent developments in drug-nutrition interactions which will act as a reliable reference for clinicians and students for many years to come.
Book Synopsis International Medical Guide for Ships by : World Health Organization
Download or read book International Medical Guide for Ships written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2007 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication shows designated first-aid providers how to diagnose, treat, and prevent the health problems of seafarers on board ship. This edition contains fully updated recommendations aimed to promote and protect the health of seafarers, and is consistent with the latest revisions of both the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines and the International Health Regulations.--Publisher's description.
Book Synopsis Managing Diabetes and Hyperglycemia in the Hospital Setting by : Boris Draznin
Download or read book Managing Diabetes and Hyperglycemia in the Hospital Setting written by Boris Draznin and published by American Diabetes Association. This book was released on 2016-05-20 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the number of patients with diabetes increases annually, it is not surprising that the number of patients with diabetes who are admitted to the hospital also increases. Once in the hospital, patients with diabetes or hyperglycemia may be admitted to the Intensive Care Unit, require urgent or elective surgery, enteral or parenteral nutrition, intravenous insulin infusion, or therapies that significantly impact glycemic control (e.g., steroids). Because many clinical outcomes are influenced by the degree of glycemic control, knowledge of the best practices in inpatient diabetes management is extremely important. The field of inpatient management of diabetes and hyperglycemia has grown substantially in the last several years. This body of knowledge is summarized in this book, so it can reach the audience of hospitalists, endocrinologists, nurses and other team members who take care of hospitalized patients with diabetes and hyperglycemia.
Book Synopsis Breaking the Vicious Cycle by : Elaine Gloria Gottschall
Download or read book Breaking the Vicious Cycle written by Elaine Gloria Gottschall and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-05 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis In My Mother's Closet by : Eugenia Zukerman
Download or read book In My Mother's Closet written by Eugenia Zukerman and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the unique relationships of mother and daughters through personal stories of such people as Claire Bloom, Carrie Fisher, and Lesley Stahl.
Author :Canada. Comité consultatif national de l'immunisation Publisher : ISBN 13 :9780660193922 Total Pages :392 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (939 download)
Book Synopsis Canadian Immunization Guide by : Canada. Comité consultatif national de l'immunisation
Download or read book Canadian Immunization Guide written by Canada. Comité consultatif national de l'immunisation and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seventh edition of the Canadian Immunization Guide was developed by the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI), with the support ofthe Immunization and Respiratory Infections Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, to provide updated information and recommendations on the use of vaccines in Canada. The Public Health Agency of Canada conducted a survey in 2004, which confi rmed that the Canadian Immunization Guide is a very useful and reliable resource of information on immunization.
Book Synopsis Glucocorticoid Action by : Tomoshige Kino
Download or read book Glucocorticoid Action written by Tomoshige Kino and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glucocorticoids regulate multiple metabolic and developmental processes and play a vital role in the maintenance of basal and stress-related homeostasis. For the last 50 years, pharmacologic doses of glucocorticoids have been used in the treatment of inflammatory, autoimmune, and lymphoproliferative diseases and in the prevention of allograft rejection, while substitution doses have been employed in the management of adrenocortical insufficiency. aspects of glucocorticoid action, in particular, (i) the impact of maternal and early life stress on stress-related gene regulation in the offspring; (ii) the importance of glucocorticoids and their receptors; (iii) further understanding of the mechanisms of GR action, including its effect on chromatin modulation, its interaction with coactivators and corepressors, and the genetic dissection of GR function in mice; (iv) The interaction of hGR with other transcription factors, such as NF-kappa-B, p53, transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) and the chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter transcription factor II (COUP-TFII); recycling, ubiquitination and degradation of the receptor, actions of the GR-beta isoform, a novel synthetic nonsteroidal target gene-specific agonist, the importance of target tissue activity of 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 in glucocorticoid action in health and disease, the interaction of the receptor with the nutrient carnitine, the anthrax products protective antigen (PA) and lethal factor (LF), and the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1)-encoded molecules Vpr and Tat; (vi) an update on the effects of glucocorticoids on the immune system; and (vii) the clinical implications of glucocorticoid action, including glucocorticoid resistance/hypersensitivity, familial and sporadic glucocorticoid resistance, and the effects of stress and depression.