Summary: This resource guide is structured around the 89 most prevalent chronic illnesses and provides a comprehensive overview of the support services and information resources available for people diagnosed with a chronic illness. Each chronic illness has its own chapter and contains a brief description in layman's language followed by important resources.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Reference, Call number: Reference 616.044 Mars 2021Jobson, Meghan
Summary: "In 2020, a surge of long-haul COVID-19 patients came to Drs. Jobson and Morgan's clinics and one thing was clear to them: We have seen this before. The pattern was strikingly similar to other long conditions: fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain, post-infectious syndromes, and autoimmune diseases. And that is because long illnesses manifest in similar ways. They follow patterns...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Go 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616 JOBGoodreau, Olivia
Summary: "So many young people are faced with life-changing hardships--from illness and disease to loss and calamity. What Olivia Goodreau discovers through her journey with chronic Lyme , and what she has been sharing with the world, is that inside of every predicament is also a possibility. This is the story of how Olivia turned the physical challenges and emotional hardships she had faced since she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gaudium Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GOODREAU, OLIVIA GOOLeFort, Sandra M.
Summary: "Chronic pain includes many types of conditions from a variety of causes. This book is designed to help those suffering from chronic pain learn to better manage pain so they can get on with living a satisfying, fulfilling life. This resource stresses four concepts: each person with chronic pain is unique, and there is no one treatment or approach that is right for everybody; there are many...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bull Publishing Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616 LEFOrnish, Dean
Summary: Fight cancer, diabetes, heart disease, weight gain, and even the aging process itself with one simple, scientifically proven plan to reverse disease--as well as prevent and reduce symptoms--from the world-renowned pioneer of lifestyle medicine. Dean Ornish, M.D., has directed revolutionary research proving, for the first time, that lifestyle changes can often reverse--undo!--the progression of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616 ORNCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616 ORNWeeks, Emily
Summary: In The Everything Easy Anti-Inflammatory Cookbook, you'll find guidance on identifying anti-inflammatory foods and advice on creating a personal anti-inflammatory plan that works best for you and your life. With flexible meal plans, 200 easy and delicious recipes, and meal prep tips, you'll have everything you need to create delicious, healthy meals using fresh, unprocessed foods that will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The documentary film PlantPure Nation tells the story of three people on a quest to spread the message of one of the most important health breakthroughs of all time. After renowned nutritional scientist and bestselling author Dr. T. Colin Campbell gives a stirring speech on the floor of the Kentucky House of Representatives, his son Nelson, and Kentucky State Representative Tom Riner work...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PlantPure Productions LCC 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PLALustig, Robert H.
Summary: "The NYT bestselling author of Fat Chance, Dr. Robert Lustig explains the eight pathologies that underlie all chronic disease, and how they are not "druggable," but how they are "foodable"-meaning, medication can't cure what nutrition can-by following twobasic principles: protect the liver and feed the gut"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperWave 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health LustigHopper, Annie
Summary: Wired for healing sheds light on how trauma causes the brain to disorganize neural circuits and shares triumphant stories of recovery of people who have been liberated from chronic and mysterious illnesses through remapping the brain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Dynamic Neural Retraining System 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616 HOPLufkin, Robert B.
Summary: Modern medicine is lying to you. Discover the true science behind chronic diseasesand implement an actionable plan to restore your health and longevity once and for all.For the first time in history, chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, and obesity plague our population on a global scale. From a seasoned physician, this paradigm-shifting book comprehensively explains the linked cause...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Products, LLC 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Lufkin, Robert B.
Summary: "In Lies I Taught in Medical School, Robert Lufkin, MD, explains that metabolic dysfunction is the common underlying cause of most chronic diseases that has been overlooked for decades, providing the tools needed to prevent and reverse them in ourselves. He draws on expansive, peer-reviewed evidence, proving that standard medical recommendations are killing us"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: BenBella Books, Inc. 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.3 LUFSummary: This film examines the claim that most if not all degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods. It traces the personal journeys of a pair of pioneering researchers, Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn. Although they didn't know each other, their individual research led to startlingly similar conclusions:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Monica Beach Media 2011
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3 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FORJunger, Alejandro.
Summary: In Clean Gut, Alejandro Junger, M.D, New York Times bestselling author of Clean and creator of the world-famous Clean Program, delivers a complete toolkit for reversing disease and sustaining life-long health.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.O'Rourke, Meghan
Summary: "A landmark exploration of one of the most consequential and mysterious issues of our time: the rise of chronic illness and autoimmune diseases A silent epidemic of chronic illnesses afflicts tens of millions of Americans: these are diseases that are poorly understood, frequently marginalized, and can go undiagnosed and unrecognized altogether. Renowned writer Meghan O'Rourke delivers a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616 O'ROSt. John, Mackenzie
Summary: Living with an autoimmune disease can be very challenging at any age. This collection of work gives the young adult perspective on living with autoimmune diseases. The perspectives you will find in this anthology are all inspiring, unique, and empowering in their own way. The juvenile autoimmune diseases represented in this book include arthritis, lupus, type one diabetes, alopecia, and Crohn's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Independently published 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616 STJKopecky, Stephen L.
Summary: In the past century, the leading causes of death around the world have shifted from infectious diseases to long-term chronic illnesses. What's killing us today isn't so much flu or tuberculosis, but heart disease and cancer. In fact, more than 1.2 million Americans die from these two diseases each year. Paradoxically, these chronic diseases are a consequence of living longer than ever. But even...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Med KopeckyStephens, Patricia
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tate Pub. & Enterprises 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Med StephensHadid, Yolanda
Summary: In early 2011, just before her wedding to David Foster, Yolanda fell ill. From an outspoken, multi-tasking social butterfly she became trapped in a paralyzing mental cocoon. She suffered from severe debilitating fatigue, migraines, joint pain, anxiety, insomnia, Bell’s palsy, tremors, muscle weakness, severe brain fog, word retrieval difficulty, memory loss and intermittent loss of eyesight. As...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HADID, YOLANDA HADSummary: "Join Rip Esselstyn, former Texas firefighter ... , as he teaches the White and Wali families the basics of a whole-food, plant-based diet. Step-by-step, Rip guides these families on how to take control of their own health through: undertaking a top-to-bottom patnry clean-out; showing them how to navigate the grocery store aisles to not get burned by misleading nutrition labels; [and] cooking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Monica Beach Media 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Nonfic EnHazard, Rowland
Summary: "Back pain afflicts more than 3 in 4 adults and costs Americans over $100 billion every year. While most people recover quickly, the disabilities suffered by people who don't generate the vast majority of the costs and heartache. Talking Back offers people disabled by chronic back pain personal strategies for recovering active lives and wellness"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 617.5 HAZRamey, Sarah
Summary: "The funny, defiant memoir of Sarah Ramey's years-long battle with a mysterious illness that doctors thought was all in her head--but wasn't. A revelation and an inspiration for millions of women whose legitimate health complaints are ignored. In her darkly funny and courageous memoir, Sarah Ramey recounts the decade-long saga of how a seemingly minor illness in her senior year of college...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RAMEY, SARAH RAMGruman, Jessie C.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker 2007