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Dialysis without Fear : A Guide to Living Well on Dialysis for Patients and Their Families

A Guide to Living Well on Dialysis for Patients and Their Families

By: Daniel Offer Professor of Psychiatry Northwestern University Medical School,Marjorie Kaiz Offer Professor of Psychiatry Northwestern University Medical School,Susan Offer Szafir Professor of Psychiatry Northwestern University Medical School

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Dialysis without Fear : A Guide to Living Well on Dialysis for Patients and Their Families

A Guide to Living Well on Dialysis for Patients and Their Families

More than 400,000 people in the United States undergo kidney dialysis. If you or a member of your family are one of them, then the prospect of a regular appointment with a dialysis machine may seem like the end of life itself. But that reaction couldn't be more wrong. In Dialysis Without Fear, psychiatrist and dialysis patient Dr. Daniel Offer joins with his wife, Marjorie Kaiz Offer, and daughter, Susan Offer Szafir, to reveal how life can be lived--and lived well--on dialysis. Drawing on his long medical career and more than seven years of personal experience with dialysis, Dr. Offer dispels many misconceptions surrounding this treatment, explaining how you can adapt to the new diet, travel, work and continue to partake in life's joys and celebrations. But the fears and hardships can be quite real, and Dr. Offer brings his years as a psychiatrist to bear as he provides practical advice on how patients can overcome them. Walking through each step of dialysis, he explains different types of treatment, examines the pros and cons of a transplant, and discusses side effects. Since dialysis affects the entire family, Dr. Offer and his coauthors also provide realistic insights into how relatives can cope and thrive together, sharing the humor, courage, and triumphs of real families who have successfully faced the challenges of dialysis. The result is an inspiring, practical guide that will help you and your family learn to overcome the difficulties of dialysis, live without fear, and enjoy every day.

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0199724458

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34 Years Beyond Adolescence

By: Daniel Offer,Marjorie Kaiz Offer,Eric Ostrov

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34 Years Beyond Adolescence

By: Daniel Offer,Marjorie Kaiz Offer,Eric Ostrov

One of the few extant longitudinal studies of normal men; has the best follow-up rate (94%) of any longitudinal study of its length ever done.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0306485494

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9780306485497

The Sierras Weight-Loss Solution for Teens and Kids

A Scientifically Based Program from the Highly Acclaimed Weight-Loss School

By: Daniel Kirschenbaum,Daniel S. Kirschenbaum,Ryan Craig,Lisa Tjelmeland

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The Sierras Weight-Loss Solution for Teens and Kids

A Scientifically Based Program from the Highly Acclaimed Weight-Loss School

By: Daniel Kirschenbaum,Daniel S. Kirschenbaum,Ryan Craig,Lisa Tjelmeland

A twelve-week program based on the Academy of the Sierras weight-loss program that features weekly meal plans, a workout regimen, and tips for promoting family involvement, counsels young people on how to adopt a healthy lifestyle.

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Penguin

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1583332871

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9781583332870

The Wellspring Weight Loss Plan

The Simple, Scientific & Sustainable Approach of the World's Most Successful Weight Loss Programs for Overweight Young People and How You Can Achieve Lifelon

By: Daniel S. Kirschenbaum

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The Wellspring Weight Loss Plan

The Simple, Scientific & Sustainable Approach of the World's Most Successful Weight Loss Programs for Overweight Young People and How You Can Achieve Lifelon

By: Daniel S. Kirschenbaum

The Wellspring Weight-Loss Plan outlines the weight-loss program of the same name that has helped thousands of teens lose weight and find happiness. This plan is built on three principles: science, simplicity and sustainability and follows the 3-1-8 plan: • 3 Simple Behavioral Goals: eat as little fat as possible, walk at least 10,000 steps per day, and write down your eating and activities • 1 Challenging Mission: to develop a “healthy obsession" • 8 Steps to Developing a Healthy Obsession: Make the Decision; Know the Enemy—Your Biology; Eat to Lose; Find Lovable Foods that Love You Back; Move to Lose; Self-Monitor and Plan Consistently; Understand and Manage Stress—With and Without Food; and Use Slump Busters to Overcome Slumps Hundreds of news and television stories around the world have followed the development of Wellspring's programs, starting with two camps in the summer of 2004 and expanding to 12 programs in the summer of 2010. From Wellspring Camps to Wellspring Academies (the world's first boarding schools for overweight teenagers) to Wellspring Vacations and Retreats (eight-day programs for adults), Wellspring participants learn to master the 3-1-8 approach described in The Wellspring Weight-Loss Plan. Find out why this program works and use it to transform the lives of teens you know.

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BenBella Books, Inc.

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1936661004

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9781936661008

Alzheimer's Early Stages

First Steps for Family, Friends and Caregivers, 2nd Edition

By: Daniel Kuhn

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Alzheimer's Early Stages

First Steps for Family, Friends and Caregivers, 2nd Edition

By: Daniel Kuhn

FIRST STEPS FOR FAMILIES, FRIENDS, AND CAREGIVERS.

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Hunter House

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0897933974

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9780897933971

Sierras Weight Loss for Teens and Kids

A 12 Week Program From The Highly Acclaimed Weight-Loss School For Children

By: Daniel S Kirschenbaum,Ryan Craig,Li Tjelemeland

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Sierras Weight Loss for Teens and Kids

A 12 Week Program From The Highly Acclaimed Weight-Loss School For Children

By: Daniel S Kirschenbaum,Ryan Craig,Li Tjelemeland

The Academy of the Sierras (AOS) has attracted world-wide attention, including CNN, The New York Times, Dateline NBC, USA Today, Maclean’s, and Dr. Phil. It is widely considered to be the most effective weight loss program for overweight kids and teens, and has produced the best-documented outcomes of any weight loss program. Written by the creators of AOS, The Sierras Weight Loss Solution for Kids and Teens provides the essentials of this ground-breaking program—a very low-fat, low calorie–density diet—to help transform the lives of overweight children by helping them to lose weight and keep it off for life.

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Penguin Canada

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0143055356

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The Teenage World

Adolescents’ Self-Image in Ten Countries

By: Daniel Offer,Eric Ostrov,K.I. Howard,R. Atkinson

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The Teenage World

Adolescents’ Self-Image in Ten Countries

By: Daniel Offer,Eric Ostrov,K.I. Howard,R. Atkinson

A Cross-National Study of Adolescent Self-Image Adolescence is not, as has been previously assumed, a developmental stage that was defined after the industrial revolution. There is substan tial historical evidence to suggest that adolescence and youth, as a stage, was recognized by the ancient Romans, Greeks, and even Egyp tians. The concept survived through the Dark Ages. In Le Grand Pro prietaire, written in 1556, it is stated: "The third age, which is called adolescence, . . . ends in the twenty-first year . . . and it can go on till thirty or thirty-five. The age is called adolescence because the person is big enough to beget children. In this age the limbs are soft and able to grow and receive strength and vigor from natural heat" (Aries, 1962, p. 21). The span of years devoted to adolescent development varies in different cultures and with different definitions. The term adolescence is no longer equivalent to pubescence. "Adolescence" is a psycho social-biological stage of development that corresponds to changes in many areas which accompany the transition from childhood to adult hood. The working definition of adolescence we use is the stage of life that starts with puberty and ends at the time when the person has attained a reasonable degree of independence from his parents. Once in high school or its equivalent, the vast majority of teenagers have al ready undergone the biological changes of puberty.

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Springer

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1489907661

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The ABC-CLIO Companion to the Media in America

By: Daniel Webster Hollis

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The ABC-CLIO Companion to the Media in America

By: Daniel Webster Hollis

This book tracks the history of radio, television, newspapers, and periodicals.

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087436776X

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Science Over Stigma

Education and Advocacy for Mental Health

By: Daniel B. Morehead, M.D.

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Science Over Stigma

Education and Advocacy for Mental Health

By: Daniel B. Morehead, M.D.

Dr. Morehead argues that it is time for a full-throated defense of mental health treatment, and that it falls to everyone, from medical and mental health professionals to the general public, to advocate on its behalf. He cogently lays out the science behind mental illness and mental health care, candidly discussing both what is known and what re

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1615373071

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Dialysis without Fear : A Guide to Living Well on Dialysis for Patients and Their Families

Dialysis without Fear : A Guide to Living Well on Dialysis for Patients and Their Families

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The Sierras Weight-Loss Solution for Teens and Kids

The Sierras Weight-Loss Solution for Teens and Kids

The Wellspring Weight Loss Plan

The Wellspring Weight Loss Plan

Alzheimer's Early Stages

Alzheimer's Early Stages

Sierras Weight Loss for Teens and Kids

Sierras Weight Loss for Teens and Kids

The Teenage World

The Teenage World

The ABC-CLIO Companion to the Media in America

The ABC-CLIO Companion to the Media in America

Science Over Stigma

Science Over Stigma

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