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Author
Publisher
Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"This book explores serious diseases and disorders that most readers have never heard of, ranging from genetic, infectious, and environmental diseases to autoimmune, idiopathic, and mental disorders"--
"This title informs and educates readers about rare and unusual diseases"--
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Medicine, through science, can also be art, a reality skillfully revealed in Jill Moretti's debut novel, White Lies and Other Colors. The book presents a medical mystery based on a rare condition that afflicts about one percent of the population. At the same time, White Lies is fantasy fiction -- a mystery focused on unwrapping the lies and deceit surrounding criminal behavior. A Clinical Nurse Specialist with 30 years of experience, Moretti's novel...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Christy Beam is a Texas mother whose whole life revolves around her sick daughter. Anna is a 12 year old girl who suffers from a rare disorder that leaves her unable to eat without a feeding tube. The family struggles to help Anna live a normal life with her illness. After falling over 30 feet out of a tree, Anna lands on her head. Instead of dying or being harmed in any way, she survives the fall, and Anna miraculously recovers from her disorder."--
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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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 parents set up a collaboration with researchers and doctors...
Author
Series
It happened to me ; 49
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Brill looks at conditions that affect thousands of young adults. Though not quite as common as other medical issues, these afflictions are no less threatening to teens who want to know more"--Amazon.com.
