| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
134 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Perspectives on diseases & disorders |
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Perspectives on diseases and disorders.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-130) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 1: Understanding Cystic Fibrosis -- 1: Overview of cystic fibrosis / Richard Robinson and Tish Davidson -- 2: Life expectancy for cystic fibrosis patients has increased / Ben Whitford -- 3: Gene therapy and genetic research may provide new cystic fibrosis treatments / National Human Genome Research Institute -- 4: Common food preservative might help cystic fibrosis sufferers / Karen McNulty Walsh and Mona S Rowe -- 5: Many cystic fibrosis patiences also suffer from diabetes / Medical News Today -- 6: Lung transplants may be the last option for some cystic fibrosis patients / Jane E Brody -- 2: Controversies About Cystic Fibrosis -- 1: Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis is important / Cystic Fibrosis foundation -- 2: Newborn screening has downsides / CBS News -- 3: Genetic testing for cystic fibrosis should be routinely offered / R John Massie, Martin B Delatycki, and Agnes Bankier -- 4: Genetic testing is worrisome and should not be routinely offered / Richard W Sams -- 5: Lung transplants extend life for many cystic fibrosis patients / American Thoracic Society -- 6: Lung transplants may not extend life for some Cystic Fibrosis patients / Ed Edelson -- 3: Personal Stories -- 1: Every breath he takes / Roland Merullo -- 2: Ups and downs of cystic fibrosis / Grant -- 3: Mother's story / Margaret Simmons -- Glossary -- Chronology -- Organizations to contact -- For further reading -- Index. |
| Summary |
From the Publisher's Website: Each volume in this timely series provides essential information on a disease or disorder (including symptoms, causes, treatments and cures); presents the controversies surrounding causes, alternative treatments, and other issues; and offers first-person narratives from people coping with the disease-either as patients, family members or caregivers. Essays are carefully edited and introduced to make them easily accessible to student researchers as well as general readers. By focusing on the controversies surrounding diseases and disorders, this series supports debate assignments and helps develop critical thinking skills, and also helps patients and family members learn about and deal with a disease or disorder. Each volume includes numerous color photos, charts, graphs and tables as well as a glossary of key terms, a chronology of developments relating to the disease or disorder, a bibliography to assist with further research, a list of organizations to contact and an index. |
| Subject |
Cystic fibrosis.
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| Added Author |
Langwith, Jacqueline.
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| ISBN |
9780737742459 hardcover |
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0737742453 hardcover |
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