Download or read book What Nurses Know Gluten Free Lifestyle written by Sylvia A. Llewelyn Bower, RN and published by Demos Medical Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04-18 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: User-friendly, evidence-based advice for living a healthy gluten-free lifestyle. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with celiac disease or has a sensitivity or allergy to gluten, What Nurses Know: Gluten-Free Lifestyle provides the clear, science-backed information necessary to live and eat safely and well. As a registered nurse living with celiac disease, Sylvia Llewelyn Bower understands how challenging it can be to know what to eat and what to avoid, how to set up a gluten-free kitchen, what to watch for in medications, and how to safely dine out and travel. Here, she cuts through the confusion and offers clear, practical advice and tips for dealing with the every day issues and challenges of living gluten free. Youíll find: Quick-reference lists of gluten-free foods and those that contain gluten What you need to know about reading labels A one-week healing meal plan of simple, delicious, and nutritious gluten-free dishes to help you get started Ways to help a child live gluten free How to get the nutrients and vitamins you need and prevent weight gain from too many gluten-free packaged foods Advice to help you stay gluten free while traveling and eating out What Nurses Know: Gluten-Free Lifestyle takes the guesswork out of living gluten free. About the Series Nurses constantly straddle the line between the world of medicine and the patientís experience. This series offers down-to-earth, evidence-based advice from expert nurses who offer straightforward and practical guidance for dealing with all kinds of medical conditions.

Download or read book What Nurses Know Gluten Free Lifestyle written by Sylvia A. Llewelyn Bower, RN and published by Demos Health. This book was released on 2011-04-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: User-friendly, evidence-based advice for living a healthy gluten-free lifestyle. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with celiac disease or has a sensitivity or allergy to gluten, What Nurses Know: Gluten-Free Lifestyle provides the clear, science-backed information necessary to live and eat safely and well. As a registered nurse living with celiac disease, Sylvia Llewelyn Bower understands how challenging it can be to know what to eat and what to avoid, how to set up a gluten-free kitchen, what to watch for in medications, and how to safely dine out and travel. Here, she cuts through the confusion and offers clear, practical advice and tips for dealing with the every day issues and challenges of living gluten free. YouÌll find: Quick-reference lists of gluten-free foods and those that contain gluten What you need to know about reading labels A one-week healing meal plan of simple, delicious, and nutritious gluten-free dishes to help you get started Ways to help a child live gluten free How to get the nutrients and vitamins you need and prevent weight gain from too many gluten-free packaged foods Advice to help you stay gluten free while traveling and eating out What Nurses Know: Gluten-Free Lifestyle takes the guesswork out of living gluten free. About the Series Nurses constantly straddle the line between the world of medicine and the patientÌs experience. This series offers down-to-earth, evidence-based advice from expert nurses who offer straightforward and practical guidance for dealing with all kinds of medical conditions.

Download or read book What Nurses Know Gluten Free Lifestyle written by Sylvia A. Llewelyn Bower, RN and published by Demos Health. This book was released on 2011-04-18 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celiac disease and gluten intolerance are sensitivities to the gluten in wheat. People with celiac disease have a genetic predisposition, causing the proteins in wheat, barley and rye to create an inflammatory process in the small intestine. For a person with celiac disease, it is absolutely mandatory to maintain a strict diet for life. Currently there is no other treatment. The gluten-free lifestyle may also reduces the risk of many other diseases, including cancer, caused by the inflammatory process. What Nurses Know . . . Gluten-Free Living provides medical-based advice with a common sense leaning that people expect from nurses. The book explains the differences between celiac disease, gluten intolerance, and gluten allergy. Tips and suggestions are provided for setting up a gluten-free kitchen, what to watch for in medications, how to safely dine out and travel. The book includes a One Week Simple Healing Meal Plan to introduce how to eat gluten free and be healthy. Written in a user-friendly style, it will be easy for people to access the information they want and need without dealing with complex data or details. What Nurses Know Series: Nurses hold a critical role in modern health care that goes beyond their day-to-day duties. They share more information with patients than any other provider group, and are alongside patients twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week offering understanding of complex health issues, holistic approaches to ailments, and advice for the patient that extends to the family. Nurses themselves are a powerful tool in the healing process. The What Nurses Know series will give down-to-earth information, address consumers as equal partners in their care and explain clearly what a reader needs to know and wants to know to understand their condition and move forward with their lives.

Download or read book What Nurses Know Headaches written by Wendy Cohan and published by Demos Medical Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-18 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of headaches focusing on how to help prevent headaches, from modifications to diet and stress level to such mind-body techniques as deep relaxation, visualization, and biofeedback.

Download or read book What Nurses Know PTSD written by Mary E. Muscari and published by Demos Medical Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-12 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A holistic overview of the disorder describes symptoms, causes, and the currently available treatments while providing tips for managing stress, discussing the situation with a doctor, and finding sources of help.

Download or read book What Nurses Know HIV AIDS written by Rose Farnan and published by Demos Medical Publishing. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " What Nurses KnowÖHIV/AIDS provides up-to-date, reliable and practical health information for people living with HIV and their significant others. In easy-to-understand everyday language the authors give information to help individuals with HIV navigate the healthcare system, covering everything from receiving an initial HIV test to becoming an engaged member of their healthcare team, knowledgeable and actively involved in their healthcare decisions. The authors include vignettes based on their real-life experiences that speak to the individual with aids. However, they approach HIV in a holistic manner and write not for the individual with HIV, but also their friends, family, and community. What Nurses Know Series: Nurses hold a critical role in modern health care that goes beyond their day-to-day duties. They share more information with patients than any other provider group, and are alongside patients twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week offering understanding of complex health issues, holistic approaches to ailments, and advice for the patient that extends to the family. Nurses themselves are a powerful tool in the healing process. The What Nurses Know series will give down-to-earth information, address consumers as equal partners in their care and explain clearly what a reader needs to know and wants to know to understand their condition and move forward with their lives. "

Download or read book What Nurses Know Multiple Sclerosis written by Carol Saunders, BA, BSN, MSCN and published by Demos Medical Publishing. This book was released on 2011-02-19 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An initial response to a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis is typically an active search for information about the disease itself and its potential long-term effects. Over 450,000 people in the US have received a diagnosis of MS and are living with this chronic debili- tating condition. What Nurses Know...Multiple Sclerosis sheds new light on this illness and itÌs symptoms from a trusted source: nurses. Written by a nurse who has practiced with MS patients for 25 years and was named the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Volunteer of the Year in 2008, the author presents up-to-date information on every- thing a person with MS would want to know. Special Features Include Numerous call-out boxes with "What Nurses Know..." Resources Definitions of Common Terms And much more! About the Series Nurses hold a critical role in modern health care that goes beyond their day-to-day duties. They share more information with patients than any other provider group, and are alongside patients twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, offering understanding of complex health issues, holistic approaches to ailments, and advice for the patient that extends to the family. Nurses themselves are a powerful tool in the healing process. What Nurses Know gives down-to-earth information, addresses consumers as equal partners in their care, and explains clearly what readers need to know and wants to know to understand their condition and move forward with their lives.

Download or read book What Nurses Know Chronic Fatigue Syndrome written by Lorraine Steefel and published by Demos Medical Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What Nurses Know ... CFS provides validation to the more than one million PWCFS in the United States. It presents an overview of the illness and the latest informa-tion about, and description of, symptoms, as well as sug-gested management of them. It discusses getting a diagno-sis and putting together a health care team; for example, readers may choose a neurologist for management of their newly acquired headaches or a rheumatologist for joint pain. Emphasis is placed on the importance of finding a knowledgeable, caring health care provider who is suppor-tive, learning how to communicate with the health care provider and team, and making the most of appointment time"--

Download or read book Celiac Disease written by Sylvia Llewelyn Bower and published by Demos Medical Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-11 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease characterized by an inability to digest gluten, a protein found in wheat and other grains. This guide provides everything you need to know about how to get diagnosed, manage your symptoms, and adjust to living a gluten-free lifestyle.

Download or read book Dough Nation A Nurses Memoir of Celiac Disease from Missed Diagnosis to Food Health Activism written by Nadine Grzeskowiak and published by Gluten Free RN Press. This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sharing her extensive research, professional experience, investigative journalism, and personal history, health activist Nadine Grzeskowiak takes us on a journey from the throes of celiac disease to the thriving health of a mountain climber. Written as an easy-to-read memoire style account, Nadine's passion for helping to prevent others from necessary sufferings shines through as she personalizes the crucial wisdom she has gathered while becoming an authority on this topic. Dough Nation investigates the health, social, political and economic factors regarding gluten intolerance and celiac disease, and how the target untapped market in the world is being manipulated." Compelling stories from the authors' circle of patients, friends and family reinforce this primary call for a national mass screening for celiac disease. This provocative evidence of how much we need to be paying attention to the power of the food we are eating describes the lack of health care education regarding gut disease, the history of celiac in the United States and the world, and how individuals can become their own health care advocate. Book jacket.

Download or read book Autoimmune Diseases and Diagnostic Approaches written by Kenan Demir and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collection of essays reviews, explores, and reports state-of-the-art autoimmune diseases and their diagnostics. It provides a comprehensive presentation of autoimmune diseases, diagnostic approaches with current trends, and possible developments in health sciences. As such, it is a unique resource for medical educators, medical practitioners, and academics.

Download or read book Genetic and Acquired Disorders written by Paul C. McCabe and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2010-02-23 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educators often face the pressure to address children's medical needs within the school setting, but sometimes find themselves having to make difficult decisions without adequate training, support, or information about important pediatric issues. When faced with a medical question, many may turn to the Internet where information is sometimes reliable, sometimes not. This concise and well-researched investigation into genetic and acquired health issues provides credibility and verifiability of data and establishes a foundation of confidence for any educator who must make policy, differentiate instruction, provide educational accommodations, offer special education services, collaborate with families, and work with the community to serve to children's medical, physical, and psychological needs. Written for school psychologists, counsellors, administrators, and teachers, this highly practical and easy-to-understand reference describes genetic, chromosomal, and acquired disorders and discusses behavioural issues that may manifest themselves in classrooms as well as treatment options and intervention strategies. Readers will find: - A section on chromosomal, genetic, and metabolic disorders covering topics such as phenylketonuria, the genetics of autism, the biology of shyness, and families of children with genetic disorders - A section on acquired disorders with chapters on prenatal alcohol exposure, prenatal exposure to antidepressants, celiac disease, maternal post-partum depression and behaviour problems, asthma and quality of life, food allergies in the classroom, and diabetes. Each chapter includes a case study, parent handouts, and a literature review based on the latest and best scientific research.

Download or read book Frontiers in Celiac Disease written by Alessio Fasano and published by Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few other fields in human biology have experienced such a tremendous progress as celiac disease has during the past few years. The contributors to 'Frontiers in Celiac Disease' are world-renowned opinion leaders who made these advances possible. Their expertise has been assembled here to provide a comprehensive overview of the current knowledge of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentations, diagnosis and treatment of celiac disease. In addition, the stage is set for innovative strategies for preventive interventions and treatment alternatives to a gluten-free diet. A valuable reference for basic and translational scientists, this book also serves as a practical resource to healthcare professionals, including general practitioners, subspecialists, dieticians, nutritionists, and nurses and nurse practitioners. Students from different disciplines will find this book a helpful guide to expand and deepen their knowledge of celiac disease.

Download or read book Recognizing Celiac Disease written by Cleo J. Libonati and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognizing Celiac Disease is the complete guide to recognizing, diagnosing andmanaging celiac disease. It is a reader-friendly reference manual written for both medical professionals and the general public. The NIH now estimates celiac disease affects up to 1 in 100 people, making Recognizing Celiac Disease both timely and urgently needed. The book provides: Up-to-date scientific information obtained from hundreds of cited research studies and case reports from around the world. Explanations of gluten (the cause of celiac disease), sources of gluten in food and how gluten triggers a harmful eaction in the body. An overview of celiac disease, including background, prevalence, description, pathophysiology, manifestations, diagnosis, management and prognosis. A complete description of the digestive process and how gluten disrupts both organ structure and function. The 3-Step Process for gluten-free diet self-management. This book will act as a guide and resource for successful dietary management by clinicians and individuals. Helpful lists of foods and ingredients commonly allowed and not allowed on a gluten-free diet. Nutritional charts detailing how deficiencies show, research study findings, case reports, response to gluten-free diet, and lists of foods with the highest sources of each nutrient to enable any person to assess his own, or a patient's, state of health regarding nutritional deficiencies related to celiac disease and then manage those deficiencies. Concise charts of over 300 health manifestations detailing prevalence, description, relationship to celiac disease, symptoms, causes and response to the gluten-free diet aid clinicians and patients in identifying and treating disorders caused by, or related to, celiac disease. 2 indexes, a comprehensive glossary, charts, figures and numbered citations from hundreds of medical journals, periodicals and texts for further study. The main index, listing over 1,000 entries, enables readers to quickly find what they are looking for and learn whether any worldwide medical studies have associated a medical condition or symptom with celiac disease. Recognizing Celiac Disease is the first compendium on celiac disease. It hasreceived endorsements from faculty at Columbia, Harvard, Jefferson and Temple University medical schools. Recognizing Celiac Disease is also endorsed by theNational Foundation for Celiac Awareness and the Celiac Sprue Association USA. Whether you work in a medical field or are just interested in celiac disease, Recognizing Celiac Disease is a valuable reference tool you will use again andagain.

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Download or read book Coeliac Disease written by Helen Griffiths and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-12-05 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coeliac Disease: Nursing Care and Management provides nurses with the knowledge and evidence base to understand the impact of the diagnosis of Coeliac disease, and examine the long term treatment and management of the condition. The authors take the reader through an investigative journey from the history of the disease through its pathology, characteristics, diagnosis, treatment and management. Clinical case studies bring to life both the physical and psychosocial aspects of care of patients making this an ideal text for clinical nurse specialists, Gastroenterology nurses and Endoscopy nurses.

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