The book provides up to date facts, medically accurate information, and a host of helpful ideas, practical tips and guidelines for coping with arthritis in daily life with courage, good sense and independence. It aims at enabling the reader to understand this disease as one that takes several forms and is capable of considerably altering one's feeling of well-being. The author provides herein an outline of some of the forms of arthritis as well as some suggestions for self-help, lifestyle changes and aid of a second person such as a physician. The book helps the reader better understand the disease as well as the remedial and preventive measures that can be undertaken. The treatment of arthritis requires confidence in one's physician as well as patience with a prescribed regime. The book highlights the significance of diet, rest, exercise, medications and surgery in arthritis and contains a special section on women and children.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ada P Kahn
Ada P. Kahn, Ph.D. is the award winning author of a wide range of health-related books including Stress A-Z, The Encyclopedia of Work-Related Injuries, Illnesses and Health Issues and Keeping The Beat: Healthy Aging Through Amateur Chamber Music Playing. She has co-authored many other books, including Facing Fears: The Sourcebook for Phobias, Fears and Anxieties, The Encyclopedia of Phobias, Fears and Anxieties, The Encyclopedia of Mental Health, Midlife Health, The A-Z of Women's Sexuality, and Empower Yourself. Ada has appeared on several international television programs and presented programs in bookstores and libraries and at organizational meetings in many cities. In addition to her several books, she has had extensive experience in writing health-related materials. She has worked with the American Medical Association, American Academy of Dermatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, and Rush North Shore Medical Center, Skokie where she served as Manager, Community Health Education for 10 years. Ada has also worked for several public relations agencies and publishers in editorial capacities. She is a Fellow of the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) a recipient of the AMWA President's Award, and has presented workshops and programs at more than 20 national AMWA conferences.
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