Book Review: Natural Pain relief – A Practical Handbook for Self-Help

The author , Jan Sadler, developed these techniques for pain-relief after drug therapy was ineffective in controlling her pain caused by a back injury and operation. Unlike many books on alternative pain relief, which concentrate on alternative therapies from outside our bodies, this book is entire

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Book review: ‘The Fibromyalgia Healing Diet’ by Christine Craggs-Hinton

Book review: 'The Fibromyalgia Healing Diet' by Christine Craggs-Hinton I had high hopes for this book, hoping that it would provide me with the knowledge to have more control over my fibromyalgia through diet. I realized that I would likely be reading some information that I already knew, but I w

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Book Review: You Don’t Look Sick – Living Well With Invisible Chronic Illness

When I first saw the title of this book, I was obviously intrigued, since the name of my website is Butyoudontlooksick.com. I knew the author and I would have some things in common. This book is a simple journal type chronicle of the life of a woman dealing with a chronic illness. The reader follo

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Book Review: Embracing the Wolf

Author: Joanna Baumer Permut Lupus is the Latin word for Wolf. A nineteenth century French doctor named the disease lupus for two reasons; one because of the effects it has on a person's insides which reminded him of a wolf's ravenous appetite, and secondly, because of the rash that often accompanie

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Book Review: Just Fine: Unmasking Concealed Chronic Illness And Pain

by Carol Sveilich I could very easily be one of the interesting people featured in this book. It could be my face in the pictures and my story to be told and I can only imagine that if you are reading this review, it could also be your story of living and acting "just fine" when your body

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Book Review: The New Sjogren’s Syndrome Handbook, Revised and Expanded Third Edition

Edited by: Daniel J. Wallace, M.D. This is the definitive book on Sjogren's syndrome, a condition affecting up to four million Americans. Sjogren's is the second most common autoimmune rheumatic disease. Sjogren's syndrome occurs when white blood cells attack moisture producing areas of the body,

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Book Review: Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld’s Breakthrough Health

by Isadore Rosenfeld. M.D There's a kindly looking, grandfatherly doctor on the cover of this book and inside he confides to you 167 up-to-the-minute medical discoveries, treatments and cures that can save your life. Who wouldn't want to read this book? Have you ever wanted to corner a doctor at

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