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Osteoarthritis: The Facts aims to help patients and their carers better understand their condition with a view toward self-management.

Eating Disorders: The Facts is a guide to the three major eating disorders: anorexia, bulimia and obesity. This comprehensive guide considers why eating disorders occur, and then looks at each in turn, describing the eating behaviours, diagnosis, and treatments available.

Essential reading for sufferers of post-traumatic stress (PTS), their families and friends on the causes, treatment, and support available for sufferers of PTS and its associated anxiety disorders, which can develop after exposure to one or more terrifying events.

Stroke is the second most common cause of death worldwide. This fully-updated new edition provides clear facts and practical advice as to why strokes occur and how they can be prevented. Supplemented with case studies, the book concentrates on important facts, reliable evidence, practical advice, and up-to-date treatments.

Concise and accessible, Breast Cancer: The Facts guides the newly-diagnosed breast cancer patient through what they can expect to encounter on their journey. Updated to include new treatment options, and more information for the patient's family and friends, this is an essential yet approachable guide.

Schizophrenia: The Facts provides a concise and up-to-date account of the underlying causes and symptoms of schizophrenia, as well as current theories about the disorder. The book provides a welcome source of information and advice both for families of schizophrenics and those involved in caring for them.

Huntington's disease affects 1 person in 10,000 but this figure is an underestimate because the immediate carer, spouse/partner and the close relatives at risk of developing this condition in the future are also affected. The new edition has been revised to include important new developments that have occurred in the field in recent years.

This third edition of ADHD: The Facts provides information on how ADHD is diagnosed, on conventional medical and alternative therapies, and on ways of helping children to improve their own behaviour, selfesteem, and academic results.

This book provides clear, evidence-based information for young people with skin conditions. It covers the most common skin problems including acne, eczema, alopecia, psoriasis, vitiligo, and others. Each chapter describes the condition in an easy-to-read format and offers practical advice for treating and managing symptoms.

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS), currently grouped under the term axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), is a chronic form of arthritis that causes inflammation of the spine and other joints. This book provides clear and practical information on symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, and daily life with AS for patients and their families.