Thyroid problems are notoriously difficult to diagnose and many people suffer for years, undergoing treatments for the symptoms rather than the underlying problem. Based on many years' experience in this complex field, the author describes the practical ways in which sufferers can help themselves.

Chronic fatigue syndrome, or myalgic encephalitis, (CFS/ME) affects approximately 180,000 people in the UK. This title offers expert advice, accompanied by real life stories, on managing different aspects of everyday life that can affect energy and they show how to put this advice into practice.

Shortly after the birth of her daughter, Rebekah Beddoe was diagnosed with postnatal depression. Two years later she was taking six different drugs, including lithium, a tranquiliser, an antipsychotic and antidepressants. She had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, given electric-shock therapy, made numerous attempts on her life and was alternately manic and consumed by crippling despair, when .

Have you been trying to have a baby for more than a year? Do you want to understand the complex processes involved in conception and beyond to see where things might be going wrong for you? And if you do opt for IVF, do you need guidance on how to give this the best chance of succeeding? This work gives you guidance on these key topics and more.

Mental Health Act redefines mental disorder and removes the 'treatability' test. These and other changes have caused great controversy, but the legislation is in place there is a need to understand what it means for the individual practitioner when making decisions about the care of individual patients. This guide provided this understanding.

Once a taboo subject, end of life is becoming a 'red-hot' topic as more people realize that the care and arrangements for their own end of life are in their own hands. This guide provides information across a range of concerns surrounding end of life. It tackles this difficult subject in a practical and caring way.

Presents stories that teach us about ourselves and our attitudes to health and illness, whether we are deliverers or recipients of health care. This book takes the reader from apartheid South Africa, where the author did his initial training to the London of the early 1970s, where he forswore medicine to become an anthropologist and poet.

Natural Health and Weight Loss talks about healthy eating. It states that true healthy eating means eating more fat and for less carbohydrate including fruit and grain.

Between a third and half of all patients seeking help from the medical profession are suffering from medically unexplained symptoms. Featuring real-life case studies, this work shows how Medical NLP can be used to achieve more positive outcomes for both patients and the professionals from whom they seek help.

Tales of Medical Adventure and Misadventure. Twenty-four stories spread across four countries in two continents and over thirty-five years - as their common theme the uniqueness of each encounter between doctor and patient and the need for doctors to be endlessly creative. Sometimes funny, sometimes tragic, nearly every story involves a mystery or problem that the author and the reader along with

A guide to the factors that precipitate Anorexia Nervosa and then sustain it and how these can be overcome, looking particularly at underlying body chemistry and the effects of short and long term starvation on health and behaviour.

10,000 to 15,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with type I diabetes every year. The peak age of diagnosis is between 10 and 14 years. Coming so early in life, such a diagnosis can feel like a life sentence, both for the young person and for their family.

Illustrated with individual case stories, this book covers physical, social, and financial needs, across the stages of immediate, intermediate and advanced care. It is useful as a practical companion for those caring for, or responsible for the care of, an elderly friend or relative.

Making Sense of Health Advice. This fully revised and updated second edition will advise you with the tools for assessing health advice, whether it comes from a specialist, general practitioner, naturopath, the media, the internet, or a friend. It shows you how to take an active role in your health care, and how to make the best decisions for you and your loved ones, based on personal preferences

A practical guide to the technique developed for treating ME as a structural disorder with definite diagnosable physical signs.

Combines historical and contemporary evidence to show how M E is almost certainly a physical condition resulting from viral and other influences that reduce essential chemicals in the body. This book also shows how and why EPA ('eicosapentaenoic acid') is essential to recovery, how to take it, what supplements to have with it, and more.

Tells the author's personal story of the consequences of Love Addiction. This book features a story - which may be recognized by so many others who are locked into the same painful cycle of behaviour - forms the basis to understanding what Love Addiction is and how to end it.

The part played by traditional medicines in our health care continues to increase year on year. Covering Chinese, Afro-Caribbean, Unani and Ayurvedic traditional medicines, this book describes the sources of these medicines, their known effects and side-effects, recommended dosages, and, very importantly, precautions.

Whether you are experiencing the symptoms of menopause or your partner, mother or friend is passing through it, you will find you have lots of questions: what is happening and why; what can we expect; and, how can we relieve the negative aspects using a choice of options. This title answers real-life questions of women with menopausal symptoms.