ASTHMA
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Examines how to avoid triggers, manage asthma, use medications properly, and live life to its fullest. Includes a worksheet for creating an asthma management plan.
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An excellent overview written especially for parents. Clear and concise, it discusses triggers, signs of attack, medicines, and the benefits of parent-provider teamwork.
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Helps patients understand how exercise affects asthma. Urges patients to learn how to manage condition and develop exercise plan with caregiver. Explains how to prevent exercise-induced asthma with medications and other techniques.
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
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Provides a knowledge base for individuals with lung disease, including information on disease management, surgical approaches, smoking cessation, pulmonary rehabilitation, staying healthy with COPD, current trends in research and resources.
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Understanding the condition in order to take steps to breathe easier and live a more active life.
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Understanding the disease and its risk factors as well as providing information on getting help.
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TUBERCULOSIS (TB)
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This booklet explains how TB attacks the body and distinguishes between TB infection and TB disease. Discusses testing, how it is performed and what the results mean. Explains what happens in the event of a positive result, outlines treatment methods, and urges people with TB to complete treatment.
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EMPHYSEMA
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What emphysema is, its causes, how it affects lungs, treatment methods and more.
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LUNG CANCER
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Get the knowledge, treatment, and support you need. Lung anatomy, diagnosis, staging, treatment, side effects, and self-care guidelines.
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Explains how lungs function. Examines infections, allergies and chronic diseases.
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| SMOKING |
The booklet is aimed at primarily teens/young adults. Explains the habit-forming, health damaging nature of smoking.
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Clearly explains the health risks of secondhand smoke. Reminds readers of their right to a smoke-free environment and tells how to protect oneself and one's family from secondhand smoke.
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Gives people a clear look at smoking hazards, plus practical advice on a variety of proven-effective quitting methods.
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SLEEP APNEA
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This important booklet reviews and explains the types of sleep apnea. You are provided with a brief questionnaire that helps determine whether you might have sleep apnea. You will learn how apnea is diagnosed (including discussion of sleep studies), and what treatment options exist. The booklet also answers common questions and suggests other sources of help and information.
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| STRESS MANAGEMENT |
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Helps people understand the causes and effects of stress, manage stress, and seek help when they need it. Booklet pinpoints signs of anxiety.
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Helps young people recognize the signs of stress and learn to relieve it in healthy ways. Also discusses sources of stress such as transitions at school and home, social situations and school pressures.
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EXERCISE
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Encourages parents to ensure that kids exercise regularly - and eat right - by modeling this behavior themselves. Also advising on how to maintain a healthy weight, and lists exercises appropriate to child's age.
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Choose the right exercise for you. Emphasizes warm up and stretching, exercise and fat burning, target heart rate, strength building, and how to fit exercise in with a hectic schedule.
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Gives advice on one of the best forms of exercise from goal setting, warm-up, target heart rate, and managing injury/discomfort.
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HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
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Explains what high blood pressure is and how to manage and lower your blood pressure to match your lifestyle.
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NUTRITION
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The safe and healthy way to eating well, includes the skinny about fats, smart shopping, reading labels, and healthy food preparations.
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Clear up the confusion about cholesterol with this clear, concise, accurate booklet. It discusses the link between cholesterol and cardiovascular disease, defines LDL and HDL, advocates a diet that reduces LDL, and tells how medications, exercise and smoke-free lifestyle can raise HDL.
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DIABETES
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Information about early detection, types, symptoms, and how to manage diabetes.
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STROKE
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Explains the two primary types of stroke, early warning signs to watch for, risk factors, steps to help prevent a stroke and urgency to seek immediate medical attention should symptoms occur.
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