Download or read book What s Up with Bridget s Mom Medikidz Explain Breast Cancer written by Kim Chilman-Blair and published by Medikidz. This book was released on 2011-07-04 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over a million women worldwide are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. Female breast cancer incidence rates have increased by around 50% over the last 25 years. A child whose life has been touched by breast cancer is likely to require a clear and simple explanation of the common symptoms. With this and other diseases and conditions in mind, Dr. Kim Chilman-Blair and Dr. Kate Hersov teamed up with a former Marvel graphic novel artist to create a series of comic books. Each comic is written by doctors and peer-reviewed by leading specialists in each respective therapy area. Medikidz is a resource designed to educate not only young patients, peers and their parents, but also to aid practitioners and educators in explaining health conditions as effectively as possible. The books follow a team of five larger than life superheroes. The Medikidz each specialise in explaining a different part of the body. What?s up with Bridget?s Mom? is an engaging way to educate children about Breast Cancer. SYNOPSISBridget is a top student and star of her school soccer team. Her mom?s support means everything to her but lately she has no energy and stays in bed all day. Luckily, the Medikidz arrive on the scene to whisk Bridget to Mediland, a planet shaped like the human body, to what explain what is going on. Join Bridget as she is taken on an educational journey inside the body to learn about cancer. Will Bridget return from Mediland with the knowledge she needs to understand her mom's condition?
Download or read book Medikidz Explain Breast Cancer written by Kim Chilman-Blair and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medical facts explained to children in the form of a fictional comic strip story. Peer reviewed.
Download or read book She s Got Breast Cancer written by Peter Calder and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-25 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A resource for men to help them cope with a partner having breast cancer. Consists of interviews with New Zealand men recalling what life was like supporting their partners with breast cancer.
Download or read book What s Up with Bridget s Mum written by Kim Chilman-Blair and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Medikidz range of graphic novels explains childhood illness in a way that is imaginative, engaging and easy to understand. This book looks at breast cancer.
Download or read book The Other Kind of Funnies written by Han Yu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-14 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Other Kind of Funnies refutes the mainstream American cultural assumption that comics have little to do with technical communication-that the former are entertaining (in a low-brow sense) and juvenile, whereas the latter is practical and serious (to the point of stuffiness). The first of its kind, this book demonstrates the exciting possibilities of using comics in technical communication. It defines comics as a medium and art form that includes cartoons, comic strips, comic books, and graphic novels; provides conceptual and historical backgrounds on comics; and discusses the appeals and challenges of using comics-style technical communication. More specifically, it examines comics-style instructions, educational materials, health/risk communication, and political/propaganda communication. The author argues that comics-style technical communication encourages reader participation, produces covert persuasion, facilitates intercultural communication, benefits underprivileged audiences such as children and readers of lower literacy, and challenges the positivist view of technical communication. An abundance of comics-style technical communication examples, carefully selected from across cultures and times, demonstrates the argument. While the book proposes that comics can create user-friendly, visually oriented, engaging, and socially responsible technical communication, it is also quick to acknowledge the limitations and challenges of comics-style technical communication and provides heuristics on how to cope with them. The Other Kind of Funnies is unique in its interdisciplinary approach. It focuses on technical communication but speaks to design, cultural and intercultural studies, historical studies, and to some extent, education, politics, and art.
Download or read book This is Cancer written by Laura Holmes Haddad and published by Seal Press. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cancer is indiscriminate. It cares little for class, creed or color. Its patients are literally everywhere. When Laura Holmes Haddad was diagnosed, she discovered shelf upon shelf of overly-earnest, somber, gray survival books, and knew there had to be a better way. This Is Cancer is the thoughtful, informative fabulous-looking result for those who prefer their pathos with equal parts humor and reality and a touch of flair. A "what to expect when you're expecting" book for the diagnosis you don't want but are stuck with, This Is Cancer is the book that patients keep in their "heading to the hospital bag," because it's the only one that tells them what's going on and keeps them company. Including such useful snippets as: There is no limit to what you will put yourself through when told it might save your life. Stay away from the Internet. And don't let anyone tell you "what they looked up" about your diagnosis. You'll be surrounded by people but you'll feel lonely, and alone, sometimes. Lexapro is Tylenol for the soul. If you don't like your doctor(s), find new ones. You will feel somewhat at the mercy of them, like they hold the key to your mortality, but in fact more than one doctor can potentially save you and some are nice and some are mean. Whether you or your loved ones want a primer full of useful information in an easy to reference format or a friendly and comforting read, the honest, grave, and mordantly funny stories and tips from young survivors will bring you the real intel and advice that you need most during this tremendously difficult time.
Download or read book MediKidz Explain Type 1 Diabetes written by Kim Chilman-Blair and published by Medikidz Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-03 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ashleigh is hiding quietly up a tree; her friends below are armed with water pistols and if they find her, she is in for a thorough soaking. But just as Ashleigh thinks shes escaped a soggy afternoon she starts to feel sleepyshes had lunch but forgotten to take her insulin! In a panic, she calls a truce and hurries down the tree but loses her footing before reaching the floor and falls She wakes up in Mediland HQ surrounded by the five superheroes. They take her on an adventure to Mediland to explain type 1 diabetes. On the way, they get caught up in the epic annihilation of the beta cells by the immune system army and meet some very disgruntled glucose molecules. Will their insulin partners ever turn up? Will they ever be allowed into the glamorous Club Cell?Will Ashleigh make it through the day without getting drenched? Join her to find out, in this exciting Medikidz adventure.
Download or read book Why Millions Survive Cancer written by Lauren Pecorino and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The enormous recent progress in fighting cancer, and the science behind it, is revealed fully for the first time in this book. Using scientific evidence from around the world, Lauren Pecorino examines the biology of cancer, looks at new cancer treatments, and provides recommendations about lifestyle choices that can help reduce our cancer risk.
Download or read book The Publishers Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Child Pain Migraine and Invisible Disability written by Susan Honeyman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the twenty-first century there is increasing global recognition of pain relief as a basic human right. However, as Susan Honeyman argues in this new take on child pain and invisible disability, such a belief has historically been driven by adult, ideological needs, whereas the needs of children in pain have traditionally been marginalised or overlooked in comparison. Examining migraines in children and the socially disabling effects that chronic pain can have, this book uses medical, political and cultural discourse to convey a sense of invisible disability in children with migraine and its subsequent oppression within educational and medical policy. The book is supported by authentic migraineurs’ experiences and first-hand interviews as well as testimonials from a range of historical, literary, and medical sources never combined in a child-centred context before. Representations of child pain and lifespan migraine within literature, art and popular culture are also pulled together in order to provide an interdisciplinary guide to those wanting to understand migraine in children and the identity politics of disability more fully. Child Pain, Migraine, and Invisible Disability will appeal to scholars in childhood studies, children’s rights, literary and visual culture, disability studies and medical humanities. It will also be of interest to anyone who has suffered from migraines or has cared for children affected by chronic pain.
Download or read book Cancer Vixen written by Marisa Acocella Marchetto and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The groundbreaking graphic memoir that inspires breast cancer patients to fight back—and do so with style. • “Powerful … A vibrant, neon chronicle with plenty of attitude … A triumph of imagination and spirit.” —Los Angeles Times “What happens when a shoe-crazy, lipstick-obsessed, wine-swilling, pasta-slurping, fashion-fanatic, about-to-get-married big-city girl cartoonist with a fabulous life finds ... a lump in her breast?” That’s the question that sets this powerful, funny, and poignant graphic memoir in motion. In vivid color and with a taboo-breaking sense of humor, Marisa Acocella Marchetto tells the story of her eleven-month, ultimately triumphant bout with breast cancer—from diagnosis to cure, and every challenging step in between.
Download or read book From Earth s End written by Adrian Kinnaird and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first major book dedicated to New Zealand cartoonists, and a well researched celebration of New Zealand comics and graphic novels. New Zealand has a rich history of comics and cartooning and has produced award-winning, internationally recognised creators such as Dylan Horrocks and Roger Langridge. The very active community of respected writers, artists and designers is becoming more prominent, and gaining mainstream recognition: Ant Sang's best-selling Shaolin Burning and Chris Grosz's New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards finalist Kimble Bent being recent examples. From Earth's End: The Best of New Zealand Comics reveals, for the first time, the history of one of the country's most enduring, and subversive artforms. Discover the origins of New Zealand comics, from the pioneering local cartoonists of the early twentieth century, to the rebirth of local comics in the 1970s, through to the bestselling graphic novels of today. The collection showcases comics from 30 of New Zealand's best cartoonists, ranging from internationally acclaimed creators, to emerging new talents. Handsomely designed by the award-winning Alan Deare, and lavishly illustrated, it's a 'must-have' for every art lover's bookshelf.
Download or read book Mom s Cancer written by Brian Fies and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year, approximately 1.5 million people in the United States and Canada are diagnosed with cancer. This is one family’s story. Brian Fies is a freelance journalist whose mother was diagnosed with lung cancer. As he and his two sisters struggled with the effects of her illness and her ongoing recovery from treatment, Brian processed the experience in his journal, which took the form of words and pictures. The story that came to be known as “Mom’s Cancer” first gained notice on the internet. It was posted anonymously, with the intention of sharing information and insights gained from his family’s experience. Thanks to the words and illustrations of Brian Fies, readers have already responded that they were surprised and gratified to realize that they weren’t alone. Abrams ComicArts is proud to bring this story to a whole new audience.
Download or read book Medikidz Explain Autism written by Kim Chilman-Blair and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Medical content reviewed for accuracy by Professor Simon Baron-Cohen and Dr. David Skuse."
Download or read book Medikidz Explain Depression written by Kim Chilman-Blair and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Medikidz, five superheroes who teach about medical conditions, explain depression, providing information about what it is, what causes it, and how it is treated.
Download or read book What s Up with Lyndon written by Kim Chilman-Blair and published by Amer Cancer Society. This book was released on 2011 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Lyndon discovers he has osteosarcoma, the Medikidz help explain how osteosarcoma forms in the body, why it is a dangerous disease, and how it is diagnosed and treated.
Download or read book British national formulary 56 written by Bnf and published by Pharmaceutical Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biannual publication provides details on all medicines currently available on the UK market, with particular reference to their uses, contraindications, side effects, dosage and relative cost.
