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Medical tests that can save your life : 21 tests your doctor won't order--unless you know to ask / by Johnson, David W.(David Wayne),1955-(CARDINAL)648340; Sandmire, David.(CARDINAL)464000; Klein, Daniel M.,1939-(CARDINAL)515101;

Subjects: Diagnosis.; Medicine, Popular.;

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4

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Village / by Diggs, LaTasha N. Nevada,author.(CARDINAL)873295;

"In propulsive and formally inventive verse, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs examines how trauma reshapes lineage, language, and choice, disrupting attempts at reconciliation across generations. Questioning who is deemed worthy of public memorialization, Diggs raises new monuments, tears down classist tropes, offers detailed instructions for her own international funeral celebrations, and makes visible the hidden labors of care and place. From corners in Harlem through North Carolina back roads, Diggs complicates the concept of "survivor," getting to the truth of living in the dystopia of poverty"--

Subjects: Poetry.;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis an essential guide for the newly diagnosed / by Sklar, Jill.(CARDINAL)667996;

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Crohn's disease.; Ulcerative colitis.;

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3

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Rebel with a clause : tales and tips from a roving grammarian / by Jovin, Ellen,author.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-363) and index.Grammar table road trips -- Introduction: A table unfolded -- 1. A national obsession : the Oxford comma -- 2. The joy of grammar vocabulary -- 3. "Affect" and "effect" are mean spelling trolls -- 4. Corrections, humility, and etiquette -- 5. Adverbial antics -- 6. How are you? -- 7. Bookzuberance -- 8. Going farther and further -- 9. Texting grammar -- 10. Sentimental speller -- 11. Please____ (lie, lay) down and read this -- 12. The life, times, and punctuation of the appositive -- 13. Weird plurals : your data ____ (is/are) giving me a headache -- 14. Yes, ma'am! -- 15. Accents keep things fresh -- 16. The great American spacing war -- 17. cAPiTaLizAtiON CHAoS -- 18. Contract with confidence! -- 19. The pleasure of pronunciation -- 20. I saw____ (a, an) UFO on Main Street -- 21. Compound sentences -- 22. Semicolonphobia! -- 23. Labyrinthine lists -- 24. Colonoscopy -- 25. Comma volume -- 26. You can read this chapter in five minutes or fewer -- 27. Possessed by apostrophes -- 28. Plural possessive holiday extravaganza -- 29. Peculiar pasts -- 30. Peripatetic past participles -- 31. What's passed is past -- 32. Gerund v. present-participle smackdown -- 33. Horizontal-line lessons--hyphens and dashes, A-Z -- 34. Good fun with bad words -- 35. ... -- 36. Where's that preposition at? -- 37. Faces and facets of "they" -- 38. The precarious case of the pronoun case -- 39. Whom ya gonna call? -- 40. Bewitching whiches -- 41. Punctuation location contemplation -- 42. Subject-verb synchronicity -- 43. More than then -- 44. It's time for "its"! -- 45. More homophonous happenings : 'your" and 'their" -- 46. Had had, that that, do do, do be do! -- 47. The art of writing with your actual hand -- 48. School days -- 49. Grammar boogie -- Tabletop bibliography : what's on the grammar table?"When Jovin first walked outside her Manhattan apartment building and set up a folding table with a Grammar Table sign, it took about thirty seconds to get her first visitor. Everyone had a question for her. Jovin soon took it on the road, traveling across the US to answer questions from anyone who uses words in this world. Here she tackles what is most on people's minds, grammatically speaking: from the Oxford comma to the places prepositions can go, the likely lifespan of whom, semicolonphobia, and more." --

Subjects: Instructional and educational works.; Anecdotes.; Travel writing.; Jovin, Ellen; English language; English language; English language;

Available copies: 17 / Total copies: 17

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I feel great about my hands : and other unexpected joys of aging / by Graydon, Shari,1958-(CARDINAL)545627;

Forty-one notable women, all over fifty, provide essays and poems about the discoveries that come from aging.

Subjects: Aging; Aging; Aging; Ageism.; Widowhood.; Older people.; Old age;

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2

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The rant zone : an all-out blitz against soul-sucking jobs, twisted child stars, holistic loons, and people who eat their dogs / by Miller, Dennis,1953-(CARDINAL)369465;

Subjects: American wit and humor.;

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3

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Fifty things to do when you turn fifty : fifty experts on the subject of turning fifty / by Sellers, Ronnie,1948-editor.(CARDINAL)727878; Sellers, Ronnie,1948-(CARDINAL)727878;

Subjects: Aging; Aging; Life skills.; Older people;

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3

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Healthier without wheat : a new understanding of wheat allergies, celiac disease, and non-celiac gluten intolerance / by Wangen, Stephen.(CARDINAL)691427;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-270) and index.10. Problems common in gluten intolerance : anemia, iron deficiency, hypothyroidism, and osteoporosis -- Iron deficiency, anemia, and fatigue -- Iron deficiency anemia -- Supplementing with iron -- Low-quality iron versus high-quality iron -- Vitamin B12 and folic acid deficiency anemias -- Osteoporosis -- Prevalence -- Causes and risk factors -- Prevention -- Treatment -- Vitamins and minerals -- The importance of vitamin D -- Medications -- Hypothyroidism -- Thyroid stimulating hormone -- Treating hypothyroidism -- Summary -- The elements of a healthy diet -- 11. Optimizing good health and the healing process -- Dietary supplements -- High potency multivitamins -- Potency -- Quality -- L-glutamine and fish oil -- L-glutamine -- Fish oil -- Summary -- 12. Avoiding gluten but not getting better -- Age -- Lactose intolerance : not always what it seems -- The relationship between lactose intolerance and gluten intolerances -- The misconception about lactose intolerance -- Other food allergies and intolerances -- Food allergies versus food intolerances -- Allergies -- Intolerances -- Types of allergic reactions -- IgE reactions -- IgG reactions -- IgA reactions -- Skin testing versus blood testing -- The ecosystem in the digestive tract -- The bugs inside of you -- Bacteria : the good, the bad, and the ugly -- Factors that affect bacterial balance -- Yeast, a.k.a. Candida -- Parasites -- Bacteria, yeast, and parasite testing -- Good guys to the rescue -- Summary -- 13.Finding an answer -- Summary -- Appendix A. Frequently asked questions about gluten intolerance, celiac disease, and wheat allergies -- Appendix B. Information resources -- Appendix C. Gluten-free food companies, products, and restaurants -- Appendix D. Conditions associated with gluten intolerance in alphabetical order -- Appendix E. Conditions potentially caused by food allergies -- Appendix F. Foods included in the standard food allergy panel -- Appendix G. Sample results for testing for food allergies and intolerances -- Appendix H. DNA bacteria, yeast, and parasite testing -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.5. The untold story : understanding and testing for non-celiac forms of gluten intolerance -- The difference between celiac disease and other forms of gluten intolerance -- Is celiac disease worse than other forms of gluten intolerance? -- Is celiac disease the end stage of gluten intolerance? -- What are the symptoms of non-celiac gluten intolerance? -- How many people have non-celiac gluten intolerance? -- What goes wrong for these people when they see the doctor? -- Finding out if you have a non-celiac gluten intolerance -- Elimination diets -- Blood tests for diagnosing non-celiac gluten intolerance -- Food antibodies as markers for health -- Testing for gliadin antibodies -- Testing for antibodies against gluten-containing grains -- Total IgA -- Biopsy of the small intestine -- Stool testing for antibodies -- Salivary testing for antibodies -- Skin testing -- Summary -- Conventional wheat and gluten allergies -- 6. Conventional wheat allergies and non-gluten wheat reactions -- Non-gluten wheat allergies and intolerances -- Summary -- pt. IV. Testing summary for all forms of gluten intolerance and wheat allergies -- 7. Testing for reactions to wheat and gluten -- Who should be tested? -- Elimination diets -- Lab tests -- 8.Infants, children, and gluten intolerance -- Infants -- The role of breast-feeding -- Testing infants -- Children -- Celiac disease in children -- Testing children for non-celiac gluten intolerance -- Summary -- pt. V. Treating gluten intolerance -- 9. Treating gluten intolerance and wheat/gluten allergies -- Avoiding gluten -- Breads -- Battered, breaded, and deep-fried foods -- Pasta -- Beer -- Barley malt -- Flour and gluten as an additive -- Soy sauce -- Deli meats -- Play-Doh -- Medications and supplements -- Foods deserving special consideration -- Oats -- Buckwheat -- Caramel coloring -- Modified food starch -- Corn gluten -- Blue cheese -- Vinegar -- Distilled alcohol and spirits -- Processed foods -- Dining out -- Avoiding wheat -- Contamination of gluten-free foods -- How much gluten is too much? -- Coping with the transition to a gluten-free diet -- Withdrawal symptoms -- The social impact -- Don't stress out -- GIG's stepwise program -- Attitude is everything! -- The gluten-free diet -- What is left to eat? -- The good news -- But it's more expensive to eat gluten free! -- Will I outgrow it? -- How long will it take to heal? -- Current and future treatments -- Zonulin -- Vaccinations -- Digestive enzymes -- Summary --Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- pt. I. Wheat and the problems it can cause -- 1. The whole of wheat -- Challenging the health assumption -- The history of wheat -- Wheat : a staple in the American diet -- The evolution of health in the United States -- Summary -- 2. A look inside wheat : gluten -- Two different types of gluten intolerance -- Gluten allergies -- Wheat allergies and intolerances -- What is gluten? -- What is gliadin? -- Where is gluten? -- About oats -- Summary -- 3. Reacting to wheat : the many faces of gluten intolerance and gluten-associated diseases -- It's not just a digestive problem -- Problems commonly seen in infants and toddlers -- Problems commonly seen in adults and older children -- The complete list -- Why so many problems? -- Malabsorption -- Inflammation -- Other specific issues -- Malignancies/cancer -- Eosinophils -- Fertility -- Autoimmune disorders -- Neurological problems -- Why do different people get different symptoms? -- Can gluten be addictive? -- Summary -- pt. II. Celiac disease -- 4. Understanding and testing for celiac disease -- What happens to the body in celiac disease? -- How do villi get damaged? -- Other names for celiac disease -- Who gets celiac disease? -- What are the symptoms of celiac disease? -- Testing for celiac disease -- Positive versus negative test results -- The biopsy -- What can go wrong with the biopsy -- Other potential causes of a positive biopsy -- The tissue transglutaminase antibody test -- Endomysial antibodies -- Reticulin antibodies -- Gliadin antibodies -- Stool testing for antibodies -- Salivary testing for antibodies -- Genetic testing -- Confocal laser endomicroscopy -- Camera in a capsule -- MRI, CT scan, X-ray, and ultrasound -- Colonoscopy -- Fecal fat -- Intestinal permeability -- The biopsy as the gold standard? -- What is the treatment for celiac disease? -- What is the long-term outcome for people with celiac disease? -- Dermatitis herpetiformis : celiac disease of the skin? -- Summary -- pt. III. Non-celiac gluten intolerance and wheat allergies --Discusses how to identify, diagnose, and treat wheat intolerances and allergies, covering such topics as the types of wheat intolerances and allergies, and what to do when symptoms do not improve after avoiding gluten.

Subjects: Celiac disease.; Food allergy.; Gluten-free diet.; Wheat-free diet.;

Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 10

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I'll mature when I'm dead [Dave Barry's amazing tales of adulthood] [sound recording]. by Barry, Dave.(CARDINAL)732986;

The elephant and the dandelion (a defense of men) -- If you will just shut up, I can explain: a man answers questions from women -- The heart of dadness: a letter to a first-time-father-to-be -- Dance recital -- Technology -- Solving the celebrity problem -- Tips for visiting Miami -- Dog ownership for beginners -- My Hollywood career: the big dumpster -- The ultimate script -- The full coward package -- The health-care crisis -- Colonoscopy -- A practical, workable plan for saving the newspaper business -- Judaism for Christians -- Fangs of endearment: a vampire novel -- A festival of grimness -- Father of the groom.Read by the author.In this brilliantly funny exploration of the treacherous state of adulthood by the Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist, Barry tackles everything from fatherhood to songs.

Subjects: American wit and humor.; Audiobooks.;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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