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One of the first scientists to take samples from Ground Zero after the destruction of the Twin Towers, Lioy shares his personal and professional perspectives on the World Trade Center dust. What was in the material that rained down after the disintegration of these buildings? Why did officials wrongly choose to focus on the release of asbestos? How did the size of the dust particles influence the development of the World Trade Center Cough among rescue workers and other New Yorkers? When were re...

Noncommunicable Diseases: a Compendium introduces readers to NCDs – what they are, their frequency, their determinants, and how they can be prevented and controlled. Focusing on cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory disease, and their five shared main risk factors (tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and air pollution) as defined by the United Nations, this book provides a synopsis of one of the world’s biggest challenges of the...

This unique book from doctor and international best-selling author Sarah Brewer provides a highly authoritative yet easy-to-follow program of complementary medicine and self-care treatments, specially designed to support the conventional treatment for asthma. If you’re suffering from this debilitating condition, and are looking for an expert to guide you through all the positive steps you can take to alleviate your symptoms and enhance your health and well-being, this is the book for you. Dr Sar...

This title provides a healthy eating plan, which should not only boost general well-being and resistence to infection but may also play a part in supressing inflammatory responses. Learn how to recognize and eliminate the triggers for these conditions and deal with the symptoms using diet, orthodox and complementary treatments. There are simple self-help treatments and nutritional advice for asthma and allergy sufferers, including children. There are 80 recipes provided.

The next book in our What To Do...series, this book is a comprehensive guide to dealing with asthma from a top asthma physician. Asthma has reached epidemic proportions in the Western world, and nobody is really sure why - there are lots of theories, but no real cure for the millions of children and adults who suffer from this life-threatening disease. This book offers information and solutions, based on cutting-edge research, for newly diagnosed asthma patients and their caregivers. Topics incl...

It's a world we barely see, but it is teeming with life. In the dust of a typical house, carpet beetles, mites, silverfish, spiders and other creatures live and die, producing new generations every few months. Mould, bacteria and yeast lurk undetected in heating and cooling systems. Debris dispersed into the air from these creatures can cause runny noses, itchy eyes, coughing, headaches and breathing difficulties. Some people, especially those made highly sensitive by allergies, suffer from deva...

This is a practical and patient-complaint focused handbook, directed to motivate non-sleep experts and beginners in sleep medicine and technology. This book provides a basic review of the area of sleep, identifies some common patient presentations and illustrates the types of investigations that should be requested. With sleep and breathing problems being so common and affecting many other chronic clinical conditions, it is important that primary care and other general physicians as well as alli...