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Overcoming allergies and stress-related illnesses: new paths to mind-body healing
Par Chris Greene. 1993
Successful therapist Chris Greene explores new paths to healing by helping people to find the internal resources, abilities and strength…
of mind to overcome the stresses that cause allergies and illnesses. Illustrated by case studies and simple healing procedures, this 20th century blight, including such illnesses as chronic fatigue syndrome, petrochemical allergies and food intolerances are discussed and resolved.Epilepsy, I can live with that!: writings by people with epilepsy
Par Susan Wills Goss. 1995
Epilepsy can be a frightening and bewildering condition, especially if you don't know much about it. Many questions arise along…
with fears about the condition and unforeseen problems with the new lifestyle. Find the answers from people who really know - other people with epilepsy.This book explains what arthritis is and provides a safe and sensible exercise program that will help reduce the adverse…
effects of arthritis and improve overall fitness. It targets the flexibility, strength and aerobic activities most beneficial to people with arthritis.Stroke: your complete exercise guide (The Cooper Clinic and Research Institute fitness series)
Par Neil F Gordon. 1993
This book provides a safe, sensible exercise program designed to pick up where formal therapy leaves off. For those recovering…
from a stroke who have a slight to moderate disability, the exercise program can be used to continue recovery, improve fitness, optimise functional capacity and prevent another stroke. Also explains what a stroke is and how the brain recovers from a stroke.Living with Parkinson's (McCulloch positive health guide)
Par Lesley Cross. 1993
The author, an occupational therapist working with Parkinson's sufferers, discusses what is Parkinson's, medical treatment, the health care team, living…
every day with Parkinson's, community support and resources and latest research.Flights of fancy?: 100 years of paranormal experiences
Par Lynn Picknett. 1987
In this investigation the author explores the impossible and sometimes dubious world of the paranormal, from famous hoaxes to phenomena…
for which even science cannot provide rational explanations. "Flights of fancy?" presents an array of astonishing facts and unusual theories, many of which rock the foundations of our perceived ideas of the "real" world.Nurses of the Outback: 15 amazing lives in remote area nursing
Par Annabelle Brayley. 2014
The work of a nurse is challenging enough, but when you add a remote location, the stakes are so much…
higher. Meet fifteen courageous people who prove that the inland runs on nurse power.There's Anna, who is on duty as the fury of Cyclone Yasi tears through inland Queensland; Maureen in outback New South Wales, who faces everything from a snakebite to a helicopter crash; Aggie, who overcomes her demons to help young people in the Kimberley; and Catherine, newly graduated and determined to make a difference in the Gulf Country she and her rodeo-riding husband call home.From some of the most remote places on the earth, these stories bring the outback to life - we witness the harshness and isolation as well as the camaraderie of life in small towns in the middle of nowhere. These intrepid nurses tend to life-threatening emergencies, manage everyday health care and even patch up the local pets. From Bidyadanga to Broken Hill, Mount Isa to Marree, these tales are by turns moving and inspiring, full of gutsy feats and classic outback spirit.Weary: the life of Sir Edward Dunlop
Par Sue Ebury. 1994
Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop is known for looking after the men under his command during their time as prisoners of…
war. However, many would not know about his involvement in the Colombo Plan, his pioneering period in cancer surgery, and his time as a young and brilliant student who also represented Australia in rugby.