Bøger af Debra Fulghum Bruce

As many as 1.5 million Americans each year suffer a heart attack and 500,000 of them die. More than 11 million Americans are affected by coronary heart disease, while an even greater number don't know that they have heart problems. Sixty million Americans have high blood pressure and 80 million report abnormal cholesterol levels - both important risk factors for heart attack. While these statistics may be alarming, heart attacks can be prevented and treated. Living after a heart attack does not have to be an ordeal. You can win the battle with heart attack if you begin now to reduce the chances of further problems. Winning with Heart Attack is a comprehensive guide written by leading specialists to offer new hope to those who have suffered a heart attack or who feel they are at risk. This important new book offers case examples of people from all walks of life who are leading active and normal lives - even after suffering a heart attack. Written in a format that's easy to read and understand, it explains the importance of: - exercise and a healthy, low-fat diet - taking aspirin and vitamin E - treating hypertension and high cholesterol while cutting out smoking - understanding the special risks all women face for heart attack, especially aftermenopause - knowing whether you have "high risk" personality traits for heart attack - electing surgery as an option for treatment - managing stress - acting promptly in the event you or someone close to you shows signs of sufferinga heart attack If you are concerned about your heart, Winning with Heart Attack will change your life. As you move from patient to person, it will teach you how you can begin today with a realistic program to prevent further coronary problems, and will enable those who have suffered a heart attack to become once again healthy participants in a full range of activities.

If you are among the millions who suffer from chronic pain, this book will change your life! It is easy to feel lost and overwhelmed by chronic pain. Not only is there the physical suffering of the constant pain. In trying to cope with chronic pain, many patients lose significant sums of money in trying expensive healthcare treatments and medication. Chronic pain can cause sufferers to lose their jobs. It can cause depression. It can ruin relationships. It can ruin lives. A must read for anyone challenged with chronic pain, Winning with Chronic Pain is written to offer new hope for the millions who suffer everyday. The authors tell how people are living busy, normal lives - despite the pain. They offer suggestions for immediate treatment, provide the reasons why exercise and movement can end chronic pain, and show how sufferers can ease stress and begin to manage their pain.

If you snore, you've probably had to suffer through years of bad sleep and elbows in the ribs. If you share a bed with a snorer, you've endured endless nights of tossing and turning with your head stuffed under a pillow. But you can put an end to snoring. This authoritative, accessible book will provide much-needed relief to snorers --and their captive audiences --everywhere. Contrary to popular belief, snoring represents more than mere noise. Incorporating the latest developments in sleep disorder research, the authors explain what causes snoring and what its various implications are, including its role as an indicator of more serious problems such as obstructive sleep apnea (a condition that can lead to strokes, impotence, hypertension, and heart disease). Step by step, the reader will learn how to get an accurate diagnosis and then cure snoring once and for all, whether through weight loss, positional therapy, medications, special equipment, or outpatient surgery. Throw out your earplugs and give those ribs a rest. After following The Snoring Cure's straightforward advice, you'll finally be sleeping comfortably through the night.