Cancer Mediagraphy
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- Breast cancer coping strategies/
RC280.B8B743 2000
- From the video series entitled, Picture of Health. Discussed is the need of getting involved with a support group, exercising, managing stress, and meeting nutritional needs. Also discussed is how to cope with cancer and having friends and family members involved.
- Breast cancer risk assessment and screening/
RG493.B7437 2000
- From the video series entitled, Picture of Health. This video helps explore a person's risk for developing breast cancer, screening recommendations, and chances of getting a false positive or false negative mammogram result.
- C.S. Lewis through the shadowlands
PR6023.E926C85
- Presents Lewis' marriage, his wife's death to cancer, and his grief and journey in faith out of the "shadowlands."
- Colonoscopy
RC804.C64C656 2005
- Outlines why patients may require a colonoscopy, including to screen for colorectal cancer. It helps allay patients' fears by showing them what to expect throughout this procedure. Explains cleansing preparations, possible complications, side effects and recovery. Scenes of polyps and their removal shot through the scope will help patients understand the importance of this procedure.
- Conversations stories about living and dying /
R726.8.C65 1995
- Story of a middle-aged woman who lost both her adult son and husband to cancer within months of each other. Tells how important hospice care became to Gloriann and her loved ones during this extremely difficult- - yet, at times, surprisingly enriching--experience.
- Endocrine signs & symptoms
RC649.E53 2007
Assessing fever, diaphoresis, and tachycardia -- Assessing impaired cognition, lethargy, and edema -- Assessing polyuria and polydipsia -- Summary. - Shows how to spot clusters of endocrine signs and symptoms, assess them rapidly and thoroughly, uncover their probable cause, and provide appropriate nursing care.
- Genetic testing for breast cancer risk it's your choice /
RB155.65.G56 1997
- (Producer) This video, narrated by ABC News correspondent, Cokie Roberts, presents a balanced view of genetic testing, and neither recommends nor discourages its use. The video will help answer women's questions about the complex and profound issues of genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancers,
- How to build a human. Forever young
QH529.H68 2003
- One of a four-part series presenting research and breakthroughs in the field of human genetics. This segment analyzes the aging process, showing ways to build a longer-lasting human. Dr. Ron Livesey, who runs an anti-aging clinic in New York, discusses the benefits and perils of hormones as an elixer of youth. Professor Stephen Shalet, an expert on human growth hormone, explains its link to cancer. Shows an attempt to retard aging by slowing metabolism in a man on a special diet of less than 1500 calories a day. Molecular geronologists Dr. Simon Melov and Dr. Gordon Lithgow, both of the Buck Institute for Age Research in California, discuss the most promising strategy--controlling rogue elements called free radicals, the by-products of metabolizing oxygen, with antioxidants.
- Medical-surgical nursing
RT41.M424 1994
1. Hip fracture -- 2. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder -- 3. Myocardial infarction -- 4. Congestive heart failure -- 5. Acute care of burns -- 6. Breast cancer -- 7. Complications from diabetes -- 8. Cerebrovascular accident -- 9. Colon cancer -- 10. Tuberculosis -- 11. Spinal cord injury -- 12. Acute renal failure. - Series presents acute-care nursing management of specific disorders in a case-study format.
- Patient to patient : cancer clinical trials and you /
RC267.P38 1999
- Patients who have participated in a clinical trial talk about their experiences and address many common concerns of patients considering a clinical trial, such as risks, benefits, eligibility, enrollment and costs.--Container.
- Secret of life, The
QH442.S42
[1.] The immortal thread -- [2.] Accidents of creation -- [3.] Birth, sex and death -- [4.] Conquering cancer -- [5.] The mouse that laid the golden egg -- [6.] Cell wars -- [7.] Children by design -- [8.] Who are you? - This 8-part series reveals how scientists' ability to decipher and manipulate human genes will transform medicine and perhaps the human race. It chronicles the scientific findings in molecular biology through tales of discovery, personal case studies and engaging histories. Using three-dimensional animation and special photographic techniques, the series reveals an unseen world and showcases how DNA, base pairs, genes, proteins, promoters and receptors work.
- To choose no harm : ethical decision making at the end of life.
R726.8.T55 1996
- Uses case studies of a young man with AIDS and a terminal cancer patient to discuss issues facing caregivers and patients at the end of life.
- To live until we say goodbye.
R726.8.T6
- Deals with the process of dying and preparing for death; the care of the dying and their family and friends; cancer pain management; and interventions concerning children with AIDS.
- Understanding cancer pain
RC262.U53 2000
- Explains why cancer patients have pain, the ways pain can be treated, and what patients should do when they have pain. For cancer patients and their families.
- Voices
RC263.C362 2005
- Second in a four-part series about the medical and personal complexities of cancer. This segment presents the reality of cancer as experienced by patients. Commentary from Dr. Julia Rowland, director of the NCI's Office of Cancer Survivorship, focuses on a patient's quality of life as cancer treatment proceeds, as well as the impact of the disease on a patient's family. Five patients of varied ages and stages of cancer progress with their families and caregivers through diagnosis, treatment, and the hopes and uncertainties that follow. Patients include a 28-year-old woman with breast cancer, and a 54-year-old man with Hodgkin's lymphoma and lung cancer.
- What I would do : breast cancer treatment options.
RC280.B8W43 1997
- Provides information to understand your situation, learn about your treatment options, and make the right decisions.
- What is cancer?
RC263.C36 2005
- Presents a basic explanation of how normal cells behave and cancer cells begin. This is illustrated by following a hypothetical cancer patient through diagnosis and treatment.
- Wit
PN1997.W58 2001
- An English professor, who alienates her students, has always had control over her life. That is until she is diagnosed with a devasting illness. She agrees to undergo a series of procedures that are brutal, extensive and experimental. She finds that the fine line between life and death can only be walked with wit.
- World of abnormal psychology, The
RC435.W67 1991
1. Looking at abnormal behavior -- 2. The nature of stress -- 3. The anxiety disorders -- 4. Psychological factors and physical illness -- 5. Personality disorders -- 6. Substance abuse disorders -- 7. Sexual disorders -- 8. Mood disorders -- 9. The schizophrenias -- 10. Organic mental disorders -- 11. Behavior disorders of children -- 12. Psychotherapies -- 13. An ounce of prevention. - A video series that covers the spectrum of psychological disorders from simple stress to paranoid schizophrenia. In documentary style, therapists, physicians, and researchers weave their commentary on causal factors, treatments and prognoses around the patients' own stories.
- You don't have to die Jason's story /
RC281.C4Y68 1991
- The story of Jason Gaes, a young cancer patient, who authored a book entitled My book for kids with cansur, which offers advice to other young cancer patients.