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One in every 100 people in the United States is affected by the autoimmune condition called Celiac Disease. And 97 percent of them are undiagnosed. Discover how this inflammatory condition of the intestines can affect every system in the body and why it is important to get a proper diagnosis.

If you've been searching for a different perspective of healing and how to relieve the extra suffering that comes with disease, the Buddha has a lot to teach. Explore what is behind your suffering and learn to reconnect with your true nature. Learn how to balance the immune system with meditation, mindfulness, and guided imagery. Discover the benefits of greater awareness, unconditional love, compassion, and enlightenment.

Hyperthyroid conditions account for about 20% of thyroid disease cases. The causes of an overactive thyroid gland can be varied but the most common cause is an autoimmune condition called Graves' disease. Complications can also occur with hyperthyroidism, including Thyroid Eye Disease, toxic diffuse goiter, hot nodules and myopathy of the muscles.

We have all been touched by cancer in some way; this audiobook serves many audiences and points of view. The cancer patient, medical professional, blood donor, and anybody who has been affected by cancer will find something interesting and informative from their perspective. Cancer treatment including blood and platelet transfusions, chemotherapy, consolidation chemotherapy, and resulting nadir issues are explained.

The dean of Columbia University's medical school explains why our bodies are out of sync with today's environment and how we can correct this to save our health. Over the past 200 years, human life-expectancy has approximately doubled. Yet we face soaring worldwide rates of obesity, diabetes...

Learn how to take control of your Hashimoto symptoms and live a happier, healthier life. Do you or a loved one suffer from hypothyroidism? If so, chances are you may also suffer from the autoimmune disease Hashimoto's. This disease, otherwise known as Hashimoto's thyroiditis, is where your immune system attacks your thyroid and can cause serious conditions and symptoms throughout your body.

So what is adrenal fatigue syndrome? What can I do to feel better? Adrenal fatigue is one of those officially nonexistent ailments. However, it affects thousands of people. Symptoms range from perpetual tiredness to being totally debilitated. If you have been exhausted for months, but cleared of any recognized illness, or if you are being treated for your symptoms, but are not seeing improvements, this audiobook will answer your questions and put you back on the road to vitality.

As a Thyroid Patient Advocate, I have experienced many of the same struggles my fellow patients go through. In the chapters of this book I share some of the more helpful knowledge I gained as a newly diagnosed thyroid patient, beginning in year 2003, to the present. I also express a few opinions and take a look at some of the controversies that have continued between medical professionals and patient advocates in regard to symptoms, diagnosis and treatments for hypothyroidism.

In an increasingly complex U.S. healthcare system, patients suffering from chronic illness are not always well served. Surviving Healthcare: Five STEPS to Cutting Through the BS, Getting the Treatment You Need, and Saving Your Life does exactly what the title promises. Dr. Cristy Kessler shares her five-step protocol for navigating a difficult medical journey, providing strategies that patients and their caregivers can easily put into practice as they strive with their doctors for a positive outcome.

Renowned gastroenterologist and nutritionist shares his seven-point digestive restoration plan that targets the gut-immune-skin-brain axis based on medical evidence and decades of experience. True health care reform begins with your gut! The roots of your future health were laid while you were in the womb and during your early years. Genes are only a small part of it! If you are at a loss as to what is wrong and why you can't be healthy, think about your gut.

Leukemia is a terrible disease! It rips families apart at the core. When leukemia takes hold, families can keep it together for only so long. This is the story of my mother's battle with leukemia and how she endured this disease in the early 1980s. We were without a cure and hope as she withered away before us.

At the peak of her career, classical homeopath and health-care columnist Katina Makris was stricken with a mysterious "flu". Only after five years of torment - two completely bedridden - and devastating blows to her professional and family life was Katina's illness finally diagnosed as Lyme disease.

The paleo diet, in general, aims to recreate the peak health conditions of paleolithic humans by copying what they ate. The autoimmune paleo diet modifies the overall approach by restricting foods that trigger unpleasant immune responses. This audiobook provides useful information to help you know what to eat so you can get the most pleasure and nutrition from food.

Rund zehn Millionen Deutsche leiden an behandlungsbedürftigen rheumatischen Erkrankungen: ältere Patienten, Jüngere und sogar Kinder sind betroffen. Weil sie je nach Krankheitsbild andere Symptome zeigen, sind viele Hausärzte mit der richtigen Diagnose überfordert. Die meisten Patienten landen erst nach Monaten oder Jahren beim Spezialisten. Heilbar ist Rheuma bisher nur in wenigen Ausnahmefällen: durch einen lebensgefährlichen Neustart des Immunsystems.

Many of us are more than happy to rely on prescribed medication to help us cure a wide variety of ills. But did you know that people all over the world have been using spices to help relieve and even cure a variety of conditions? Turmeric and ginger are two of the most powerful and commonly used spices that are known to fight inflammation, infections, and so much more.

What is inflammation and how is it affecting people's lives? What is an anti-inflammatory diet and how can it help you? This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to lose or lessen inflammatory areas in our bodies. It contains information on different ways to heal your inflammation, combat heart disease, and eliminate pain.

Scientists call this the Golden Age of the Common Cold because Americans suffer up to a billion colds each year, resulting in 40 million days of missed work and school and 100 million doctor visits. They've also learned over the past decade much more about what cold viruses are, what they do to the human body, and how symptoms can be addressed. In this ode to the odious cold, Jennifer Ackerman sifts through the chatter about treatments and dispels myths.

Many thyroid disease patients become aware of the fact that they are at an increased risk for developing thyroid malignancy but they are unsure how much that risk increases following diagnosis of their thyroid condition. Within the chapters of this book, I offer information regarding these increased risk factors, backed by reputable medical information sources.

Most of the 25,000 genes we possess are the same for all of us. Compatibility genes are those that vary most from person to person and give each of us a unique molecular signature. These genes determine both the extent to which we are susceptible to a vast range of illnesses and the different ways each of us fights disease.

This book establishes and clarifies the true method of practicing cupping and in manifesting the scientific precise rules of true scientific hygienic cupping. These rules control the cupping operation, therefore they prevent any side effect and make it very fruitful. This book actually helps listeners differentiate between true cupping and the other false method of applying cupping.