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Traces the history of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, explaining how it was first diagnosed as a serious problem, the professional, public, and political reaction to it, and the ethical debates it brings up about a woman's rights.

The treatment of coexisting conditions - chemical dependency coupled with a pyschiatric disorder - is a serious challenge for care providers.

Timothy Denevi's memoir of growing up as a hyperactive child diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) intertwined with his even-handed and thorough reporting on the history of the diagnosis and its treatment. Simultaneously, the author traces our understanding of the origins of ADHD, from the late 19th and early 20th centuries when hyperactivity was atributed to defective moral conscience, demons, or head trauma, through the twentieth century when food additives, bad parenting, and even government conspiracies were blamed, to the most recent genetic research.

Do vaccines cause autism, asthma, diabetes? You want to do what is best for your child--but there is so much conflicting information out there. Although science does not provide answers to all the questions that concern you, science is the best tool we have to get reliable answers. While we can't make your child's world completely safe, we can help you make it safer, by helping you get the information you need to protect your child against serious diseases. Here, you'll learn how to: balance the risks and benefits of immunizations for your child; recognize red flags that should raise alarms about vaccine-related information you read in the media; determine whether or not a vaccine is the cause of an adverse event or disease. This guide will help you sort through all the misinformation that makes it hard to decide what's best for your child's health.--From publisher description.

"Just twenty-two years old, Su Meck was already married and the mother of two children in 1988 when a ceiling fan in the kitchen of her home fell from its mounting and struck her in the head. She survived the life-threatening swelling in her brain that resulted from the accident, but when she regained consciousness in the hospital the next day, she didn't know her own name"--Provided by publisher.

Tells the story of Greg and Tierney Fairchild's experiences after learning the baby they were expecting had a heart defect related to Down syndrome, discussing how they reached their decision to continue the pregnancy, and following the infant Naia through her heart surgery, physical therapy, and happy early life.

Provides background and basic information about vaccines and some of the medical conditions associated with them, explains the benefits and risks of vaccines typically given to children, discusses parental rights to refuse vaccines, and includes a list of questions for parents to ask their pediatricians, as well as guidelines for reporting an adverse event.

Offers step-by-step instructions to fixing incorrect walking gaits, discussing how learning to walk in a balanced and properly aligned manner will reduce and help back, neck, hip, shoulder, knee, or ankle pain.

Takes a look at the role of the brain and nervous system in the performance and injuries experienced by athletes in a variety of sports.