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Publisher
Demos Medical Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
5th ed.
Physical Desc
xxii, 426 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book is a guide for everyone concerned with the disease, those who have MS and those who share their lives with someone who has it. It covers a wide range of topics in an accessible question and answer format that allows people to easily find the information they need while providing a model of successful communication with healthcare providers. The contributors are leading authorities in all areas of multiple sclerosis management, who proffer...
Author
Publisher
Demos Health
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
4th ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 265 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This book has been written specifically for anyone who has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, as well as family members and friends. It serves as a guide to learning about the disease, its potential impact on your life, and the medical treatments now available for managing it successfully. This is a time of great excitement in research and rapid advances in clinical management, such that most people who have multiple sclerosis will be able to...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 44 min., 10 sec.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the central nervous system. It affects twice as many women as men, who are usually diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 40.This Speaking from experience DVD offers offer first-hand accounts from people living with multiple sclerosis. It was produced in partnership with the MS Society VIC.
Publisher
Libra Verde Media
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (143 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This documentary focuses upon those who 'look so well' but suffer from invisible symptoms such as numbness, tingling and pain in their limbs, fatigue, headaches, and vision and cognitive problems. Four individuals were filmed coping with this illness, alongside medical professionals who offer insight and advice.
Author
Publisher
Avery, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
viii, 421 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An integrative approach to healing chronic autoimmune conditions by a doctor, researcher, and sufferer of progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) whose TEDx talk is already a web sensation"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Chicago police detective Gina Simonetti is keeping a secret from the department: she has multiple sclerosis. Raising her young niece on her own, Gina hides her disease; she can't afford to lose her job. Anyway, she is healthier than most of the cops she knows, and greatly appreciates the responsibility of caring for a child. But Gina's secret is threatened when a colleague calls her in to help trace a suspect..."--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ann Romney, former First Lady of Massachusetts, bestselling author, and founder and global ambassador of the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, will talk candidly about her journey with multiple sclerosis. She will share details from her initial diagnosis in 1998, through the highs and lows of her treatment to the sources of faith that gave her strength and ultimately transformed her life and that...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
303 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The first story Selma Blair Beitner ever heard about herself is that she was a mean, mean baby. With her mouth pulled in a perpetual snarl and a head so furry it had to be rubbed to make way for her forehead, Selma spent years living up to her terrible reputation: biting her sisters, lying spontaneously, getting drunk from Passover wine at the age of seven, and behaving dramatically so that she would be the center of attention. Although Selma went...
Author
Publisher
Warner Faith
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
355 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
After twenty years of marriage, Elizabeth Whittaker is forced to confront a devastating diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, an ailment that will have a profound impact on her family relationships, lifestyle, and belief in God.
Author
Language
English
Description
Fox & Friends meteorologist Janice Dean explains how she purposefully finds the silver lining in every cloud, no matter what challenge she faces. Janice is well-known for the infectious joy she brings to segments on Fox & Friends, no matter the weather. Yet many of her fans know there's more to her story than blizzards that are brewing or National Pancake Day celebrations. In this honest yet optimistic book, Janice reveals obstacles she's faced that...
13) Lourdes
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 96 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Christine has been confined to a wheelchair for most of her life. In order to escape her isolation, she makes a journey to Lourdes, the iconic site of pilgrimage in the Pyrenees Mountains. She wakes up one morning seemingly cured by a miracle. The leader of the pilgrimage group, a handsome 40 year-old volunteer from the Order of Malta, begins to take an interest in her. She tries to hold on to this new-found chance for happiness while her cure provokes...
14) Love from A to Z
Author
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Muslims Adam and Zayneb meet in Doha, Qatar, during spring break and fall in love as both struggle to find a way to live their own truths.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 293 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A doctor's powerful and deeply human memoir about the mysteries of the brain and his 40 year quest to find a treatment for MS. Dr. Stephen L. Hauser is an acclaimed physician and neuroimmunologist who has spent his career performing cutting-edge research on multiple sclerosis (MS), a devastating brain disease that affects millions of people worldwide. His work has revolutionized our understanding of the genetic immunology and treatment of MS, and...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Achieve real gains and remove obstacles in your path to fitness with Everyday Health and Fitness with Multiple Sclerosis. David Lyons' program is designed to help you maintain a healthy lifestyle maintain a healthy lifestyle and includes anecdotes from real people with MS, their limitations and how they followed this plan to reach their fitness goals. The customizable, high-intensity, calorie-burning workout builds lean muscle mass. Find advice and...
Author
Publisher
Blue Rider Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xv, 279 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Richard Cohen struggles with failing limbs and is legally blind. He has survived two bouts of colon cancer and a life-threatening blood clot in his lungs. After enduring decades of harsh treatments and invasive therapies, Cohen decided to trade in his life as a patient. In 2012, Cohen and his wife, Meredith Vieira, were invited to host and chair an adult stem cell conference at the Vatican. Scientists would be gathering in Rome to discuss stem cell...
Author
Publisher
IGM Legacy d.o.o
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The book in front of you holds not only words, but a mother's hope, tears, and countless sleepless nights. As diligent a businesswoman as a baker and therapist, follow her story as a mother who would move mountains to secure a good life for her child, one devoid of the scrutiny and limitations that plague so many special needs kids' lives. This work not only catalogues the ups and downs of her daughter's autism diagnosis, but also highlights her...
Author
Publisher
The Feminist Press at the City University of New York
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Feminist Press edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 206 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Shahd Alshammari is just eighteen when she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and told by her neurologist that she would not make it past age thirty. Despite what she is told, by thirty, she has become a professor of literature, and has managed to navigate education systems in both Kuwait and the United Kingdom and inspire generations of students. Head above Water is the intimate, philosophical memoir of Shahd Alshammari's life of triumph and...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
One afternoon, Abi Morgan returned home to find her longtime partner and father to their two kids collapsed on the bathroom floor. Jacob, who had been undergoing treatment for multiple sclerosis, had suddenly experienced a series of seizures and had to be put into a medically induced coma. As he slowly regained consciousness after six months, he made tentative steps to communicate with those around him, and grappled with the host of issues that had...
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