chronic diseases

Explains a cognitive therapy approach to help patients with chronic or terminal illnesses, discussing the Cognitive Coping Therapy (CCT) model and its three distinct phases, and describing the tasks and coping skills with case illustrations.

Presents a discussion of the role of inflammation in the human body, explains what it is and how it works to protect and harm the body; identifies diseases and disorders related to inflammation; and recommends lifestyle changes, medical tests, medications, and other steps to balance inflammation in the body.

Discusses the role of foods in increasing the incidence of chronic inflammation in the human body, leading to a wide range of diseases including diabetes, asthma, arthritis, and cardiovascular disease, and presents a diet plan for preventing chronic inflammation, as well as case histories, and information on natural supplements.

Argues that serious illnesses are caused by a plague of chronic infections and not by a person's genes and lifestyle.

Discusses chronic illness and its problems, with specific chapters on asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, cancer, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia, and stress.

Pete is both angry and sad when his father becomes sick and can no longer race and play with him, but his father explains that, while he will probably never have fast legs again, he can still teach Pete about running. Includes note to parents.

Presents a story about Dylan, a boy who suffers from epilepsy, and the challenges he faces with a chronic illness; and provides information about types of chronic illnesses and their causes, diagnoses, and treatments.

Discusses ways that chronic abuse of both legal and illicit drugs can damage a person's health.