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Cerebrovascular disease Cerebrovascular disease Treatment Lyme disease Lyme disease Alternative treatment Lyme disease Patients United States Biography Lyme disease Treatment Occupational therapy Occupational therapy Practice Parents of children with disabilities Rare diseases PatientsSummary: "A gripping tale of microbes, medicine and money, Under our skin exposes the hidden story of Lyme disease, one of the most controversial and fastest growing epidemics of our time. Each year, thousands go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, often told that their symptoms are 'all in their head.' Following the stories of patients and physicians fighting for their lives and livelihoods, the film brings...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Open Eye Pictures 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNDIngels, Darin
Summary: It is a comprehensive, natural approach to treating acute and chronic Lyme disease that includes the latest research about the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme. Darin Ingels offers a simple, five-step plan, including: the most effective early treatment and prevention measures to avoid contracting the disease or stop it in its tracks, an Immune Boosting Diet and list of herbal supplements that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.9 INGSummary: "In 1951 at Fort Detrick, Maryland, construction crews built a hollow metal sphere four stories high. Inside germ weapons were to be exploded, creating mists of infectious aerosols for testing on animals....and people. Employees called it the eight ball. In their eighteen month long journey Grey and Russell travel the country in search of answers and interview top experts in the world of Lyme...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNDDe Santis, Andy
Summary: Heart healthy cooking is easy and delicious with 5-ingredient recipes. Supporting your heart's health is fast and flavorful with The 5-Ingredient Heart Healthy Cookbook. Find expert guidance for maintaining a heart healthy diet, along with 101 ultra-simple recipes that focus on fresh, whole-food ingredients and enhancing flavor with spices. 5-ingredient dishes: Minimal ingredients mean less...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2021
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Summary: A diagnosis of chronic Lyme disease during her sophomore year at Stanford sends Priya back to her loving but overbearing family in New Jersey. Will she ever be able to go back to premed? Thankfully she has her online pen pal, Brigid, and the "oof ouch my bones" virtual support group that meets on Discord to crack jokes and vent about their own chronic illnesses. When Brigid suddenly goes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC O'NENewby, Kris
Summary: "A riveting thriller reminiscent of The Hot Zone, this true story dives into the mystery surrounding one of the most controversial and misdiagnosed conditions of our time--Lyme disease--and of Willy Burgdorfer, the man who discovered the microbe behind it, revealing his secret role in developing bug-borne biological weapons, and raising terrifying questions about the genesis of the epidemic of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.9 NEWPfeiffer, Mary Beth
Summary: Lyme disease is spreading rapidly around the globe as ticks move into places they could not survive before. The first epidemic to emerge in the era of climate change, the disease infects half a million people in the US and Europe each year, and untold multitudes in Canada, China, Russia, and Australia. Mary Beth Pfeiffer shows how we have contributed to this growing menace, and how modern...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.9 PFESummary: "Deaths due to drug related overdose in the United States are 115 people every day. Thousands of families are affected by the drug epidemic in this country, and it is a serious national crisis. The parents, siblings, friends, and loved ones left behind are faced with many unanswerable questions, made worse by the stigma associated with this kind of death. The truth is that addiction is a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.937 AMOKhakpour, Porochista
Summary: "In the tradition of Brain on Fire and Darkness Visible, an honest, beautifully rendered memoir of chronic illness, misdiagnosis, addiction, and the myth of full recovery that details author Porochista Khakpour's struggles with late-stage Lyme disease. For as long as writer Porochista Khakpour can remember, she has been sick. For most of that time, she didn't know why. All of her trips to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KHAKPOUR, POROCHISTA KHADouglas, Janet R.
Summary: When an occupational therapist suffers a massive stroke while attending a wedding in her native England, she can't believe it. Janet R. Douglas emerges from a coma weeks later at a Chicago hospital where she once worked. Her left side is totally paralyzed, her eyesight impaired, her memory and identity lost. Trapped in the present, she finds herself talking in German even though she has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Archway Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DOUGLAS, JANET R. DOUEdmeades, Eric
Summary: "The hardship caused by type 2 diabetes is fueled by profit-seeking food manufacturers. And while it is easy to place blame on the food industry, it is also important to understand our own roles in creating these circumstances. You might wonder why, if type 2 diabetes is reversible, it is commonly treated as a lifelong condition. ... In this book, Eric Edmeades and Dr. Rubén Ruiz give you a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House, Inc. 2024
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Summary: The Gut Makeover is based on revolutionary new science that reveals that the state of our gut is central to our weight and health. Learn how to rebuild your microbiome – the bacteria living in the human gut – which is the key to every single aspect of our health.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Green Tree 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.1 HYDScher, Amy B.
Summary: "The true story of a fiery young woman's heartwarming and hilarious journey that takes her from near-death in California to a trip around the world in search of her ultimate salvation. Along the way, she discovers a world of cultural mayhem, radical medical treatment, and, most importantly, a piece of her life she never even knew she was missing. When Amy B. Scher was struck with undiagnosed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2018
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Summary: "Lyme disease infects a minimum of 300,000 people per year in the United States and millions more throughout the rest of the world. Symptoms run from mild lethargy to severe arthritis to heart disease to incapacitating mental dysfunction. Although tests have improved over the past decade, they are still not completely reliable, and antibiotics are only partially effective. Up to thirty-five...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Med BuhnerSummary: After years of living with mysterious symptoms, a young girl from Brooklyn and a Duke University scientist are diagnosed with a disease said to not exist: Chronic Lyme disease. The Quiet Epidemic follows their search for answers, which lands them in the middle of a vicious medical debate. What begins as a patient story evolves into an investigation into the history of Lyme disease, dating back...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC QUIGates, Donna.
Summary: "If you're experiencing discomfort, fatigue, or other symptoms that won't go away no matter what you do or how many doctors you see, chances are you're one of the millions unknowingly suffering from a systemic fungal/yeast infection, "the hidden invader." The result of an imbalance starting in your internal ecosystem, this can be a key factor in headaches, joint and muscle pain, depression,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.9 GATHorowitz, Richard.
Summary: "When Dr. Richard Horowitz moved to the Hudson Valley over a decade ago to start his own medical practice, he didn't know that he would be jumping into the center of one of the fiercest, most heated medical disputes being waged today. The ongoing debate over Lyme disease as a chronic illness has made it difficult for sufferers to find care, as doctors are in many cases unable or unwilling to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.9246 HORMarcus, Amy Dockser
Summary: "Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Amy Dockser Marcus shows what happened when a group of parents joined forces with doctors and researchers to try to save children's lives. Parents whose children had been diagnosed with the rare and fatal genetic condition Niemann-Pick Type C disease recognized there would never be a treatment in time to save their children if things stayed the same, so the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92 MARJacob, Aglaée.
Summary: "A practical guide to an anti-inflammatory, low-irritant, nutrient-dense diet for IBS & other digestive issues"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paleo Media Group 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.3 JACHilfiger, Ally
Summary: Ally was at a breaking point when she woke up in a psych ward at the age of eighteen. She couldn't put a sentence together, let alone take a shower, eat a meal, or pick up a phone. What had gone wrong? In recent years, she had produced a feature film, a popular reality show for a major network, and had acted in an off-Broadway play. But now, Ally was pushed to a psychotic break after struggling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HILFIGER, ALLY HILChesney, Alexis
Summary: "Alexis Chesney offers a comprehensive strategy for reducing exposure to disease-causing organisms and boosting the effectiveness of standard treatment protocols"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 614.5 CHECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5 CHESummary: This film examines the claim that most if not all degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods. It traces the personal journeys of a pair of pioneering researchers, Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn. Although they didn't know each other, their individual research led to startlingly similar conclusions:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Monica Beach Media 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FORCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 616.39 FORCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FORGoldberg, Burton
Contents: Related epidemics: Chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, environmental illness, and Lyme disease -- Testing: the key to understanding the causes of chronic fatigue -- Eliminating viruses, infections, candidiasis, and parasites -- Restoring immune vitality -- Detoxifying the body -- Reversing hidden thyroid problems -- Eliminating heavy metal toxicity: your mercury fillings may be fatiguing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Celestial Arts 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Med GoldbergHadid, Yolanda
Summary: In early 2011, just before her wedding to David Foster, Yolanda fell ill. From an outspoken, multi-tasking social butterfly she became trapped in a paralyzing mental cocoon. She suffered from severe debilitating fatigue, migraines, joint pain, anxiety, insomnia, Bell’s palsy, tremors, muscle weakness, severe brain fog, word retrieval difficulty, memory loss and intermittent loss of eyesight. As...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017