Als

Author : Mark B. Bromberg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190241624
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Navigating Life with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis written by Mark B. Bromberg and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Navigating Life with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis provides accessible, comprehensive, and up-to-date information about the challenges patients, family members, and caregivers face when confronted by ALS, a disease that affects approximately 5,600 Americans every year, with as many as 30,000 people managing the disease at any given time. ALS is a difficult disease for the patient and is also challenging for the caregiver and family as there are many questions, issues relating to care, and problems to manage. This guide covers all aspects of managing ALS, from the onset of symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, and coping strategies, to the use of home health care or hospice, and new research in the field. The book also sheds lights on difficult topics, such as end-of-life care and managing legal affairs. Navigating Life with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is unique because it covers two perspectives: one author is a neurologist with 30 years of experience treating ALS patients, and the other author experienced first-hand the issues in providing care for a parent with ALS. Formatted in a question-and-answer style, peppered throughout with patient stories, and with sections devoted to family members and caregivers, this compassionate resource provides guidance to those seeking to understand how to live with this disease.

Author : American Red Cross
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781736744703
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Advanced Life Support Participant's Manual written by American Red Cross and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Oliver
Publisher : Oxford University Press (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0199686025
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Palliative Care in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis written by David Oliver and published by Oxford University Press (UK). This book was released on 2014 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an evidence-based guide to the care of people with ALS/MND, including the control of symptoms, the psychosocial care of patients and their families, and care in bereavement.

Author : Martin Turner
Publisher : Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1912776111
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fast Facts: Diagnosing Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis written by Martin Turner and published by Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease or motor neuron disease) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that exerts a notorious life-shortening physical toll. Understandably, clinicians are keen to avoid a wrong diagnosis when there are such serious consequences, but any delay in diagnosis can result in unnecessary, and sometimes harmful, interventions, and prevents prompt implementation of much-needed physical and emotional support. Starting from the premise that ALS is not one disease but a syndrome, with a spectrum of upper and lower motor neuron involvement, this highly readable resource examines the causes of diagnostic delay and how to avoid them. With no diagnostic test to confirm the disease, no mandatory investigations and very few plausible 'ALS mimics', the authors take a pragmatic approach to what must always be a clinical diagnosis. With case presentations and teaching points to aid understanding, 'Fast Facts: ALS' will give clinicians the confidence to confirm or exclude a diagnosis of ALS, so that individuals facing this most challenging of conditions can receive rapid multidisciplinary support to maximize the quality of their remaining life. Contents: • Defining the syndrome • Epidemiology and pathophysiology • The first symptoms • Differential diagnosis • Investigations • Emerging diagnostic biomarkers

Author : Hilton Als
Publisher : David Zwirner Books
ISBN 13 : 1941701604
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alice Neel: Uptown written by Hilton Als and published by David Zwirner Books. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known for her portraits of family, friends, writers, poets, artists, students, singers, salesmen, activists, and more, Alice Neel created forthright, intimate, and, at times, humorous paintings that quietly engaged with political and social issues. In Alice Neel, Uptown, writer and curator Hilton Als brings together a body of paintings and works on paper of African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, and other people of color for the first time. Highlighting the innate diversity of Neel’s approach, the selection looks at those whose portraits are often left out of the art-historical canon and how this extraordinary painter captured them; “what fascinated her was the breadth of humanity that she encountered,” Als writes. The publication, which opens with a foreword by Jeremy Lewison, advisor to The Estate of Alice Neel, explores Neel’s interest in the diversity of uptown New York and the variety of people amongst whom she lived. This group of portraits includes well-known figures such as playwright, actress, and author Alice Childress; the sociologist Horace R. Cayton, Jr.; the community activist Mercedes Arroyo; and the widely published academic Harold Cruse; alongside more anonymous individuals of a nurse, a ballet dancer, a taxi driver, a businessman, and a local kid who ran errands for Neel. In short and illuminating texts on specific works written in his characteristic narrative style, Als writes about the history of each sitter and offers insights into Neel and her work, while adding his own perspective. A contemporary and personal approach to the artist’s oeuvre, Als’s project is “an attempt to honor not only what Neel saw, but the generosity of her seeing.” This catalogue is published on the occasion of the 2017 exhibitions of Neel’s paintings and drawings at David Zwirner, New York, and Victoria Miro, London.

Author : Robert Rymore
Publisher : Imb Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781909151604
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lou Gehrig Disease, Als Or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Explained. Als Symptoms, Signs, Stages, Types, Diagnosis, Treatment, Caregiver Tips, Aids And written by Robert Rymore and published by Imb Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, Robert Rymore, had a good friend who was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig Disease. He wanted to be able to help her and decided to buy some books about the disease. To his disappointment there was a lack of good informative books available on the subject. He decided to investigate the subject thoroughly and write a book about it to be able to help others. He decided he would start talking to professionals - doctors, physical therapists, speech therapists and occupational therapists - to learn more. He quickly realized the information he was getting would be extremely valuable for other people with ALS and their loved ones. This book has been a labor of love, one born of necessity and certainly one that aims to help those with ALS, their families, and their friends. ALS symptoms, signs, stages, types, diagnosis, treatment, caregiver tips, aids and what to expect is all covered. Including chapters about financial considerations, famous people with Lou Gehrig Disease and resources. The book is written in an easy to read and understandable style and contains tips for caregivers.

Author : Amalia Flecksteiner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578896571
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book But She Still Can Love: A Child's Understanding of ALS written by Amalia Flecksteiner and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-08 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that currently has no cure. ALS is a disease that typically involves a gradual onset, with initial symptoms that can be quite varied in different people. One person may struggle with lifting a coffee cup or grasping a pen, while others may begin slurring or losing their speech - ALS affects everyone differently. Regardless, ALS is a disease that always takes - takes someone's ability to help themselves, takes someone's ability to express themselves, and ultimately takes someone from the ones who love them most.Mom was taken from us by this disease too soon. She was a nurse of over 30 years, always taking care of others, to end up being taken care of herself. Though we ultimately lost Mom to ALS, we gained a purpose to bring awareness and support to others who may have or had the same experience with their loved one. Whether it's Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, or another loved one affected by this disease that always takes, always remember - but they still can love.For more ALS information and resources, visit als.org. A large portion of the proceeds from this book will benefit the ALS Association of Georgia Chapter's 'Walk to Defeat ALS' in honor of Mom, Marina Pascarelli.

Author : Carrey Dewey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781941953877
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kickin' ALS written by Carrey Dewey and published by . This book was released on 2019-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carrey Dewey and her husband, Eric, worked hard to build their dream life: a strong marriage, three incredible kids, and a beautiful home. It all came crashing down when Carrey was diagnosed at age 42 with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - a disease that had no treatment or cure, a disease that is 100 percent fatal. Her doctor told her, "Get your paperwork in order and go make memories." But Carrey, a smart, courageous, and often very funny woman, was determined to do more - to spend what life she had left advocating for ALS research and educating people about the disease.Kickin' ALS is a compilation of Carrey's personal Facebook posts, written from shortly after her diagnosis in June 2014 until just before her death in May 2018. It is a powerful and poignant chronicle of one woman's experience with the disease made famous through the Ice Bucket Challenge.More than 5,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with ALS each year, according to the ALS Association, and it is estimated that at least 16,000 Americans may be living with ALS at any given time.Proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to organizations supporting ALS research and education, as well as ALS patients and their families.

Author : Hilton Als
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 052550656X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book White Girls written by Hilton Als and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book will change you." --Chicago Tribune White Girls is about, among other things, blackness, queerness, movies, Brooklyn, love (and the loss of love), AIDS, fashion, Basquiat, Capote, philosophy, porn, Eminem, Louise Brooks, and Michael Jackson. Freewheeling and dazzling, tender and true, it is one of the most daring and provocative books of recent years, an invaluable guide to the culture of our time.

Author : Casey Sherman
Publisher : University Press of New England
ISBN 13 : 1512601594
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ice Bucket Challenge written by Casey Sherman and published by University Press of New England. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While everyone knows of the Ice Bucket Challenge, the viral craze that swept the nation in summer 2014, too few know the truly inspirational story behind it. Pete Frates was a man at war with his own body. A man whose love for others was unshakable. A man who refused to fight alone, and in so doing mobilized a global army to combat one of the most devastating diseases on earth: ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. When disease crippled Frates, the former Boston College baseball star turned tragedy into inspiration. Pete's story is a testament to the power of love, the steadfastness of family, the generosity of strangers, and the compassion of crowds. Half of the authors' proceeds will go to the Frates family.