Item category 2: Health Information Point

This guide aims to provide expert advice and the latest research on sun safety and the treatment of skin cancer. There are chapters on how to use sunscreen, how a diagnosis of skin cancer is made and ways the skin can be treated during and after cancer.

Coeliac is not a food allergy, it is an autoimmune condition where the body's immune system attacks it's own tissues. This reaction is set off by gluten which is found in cereals, wheat, rye and barley. With clear and comprehensive information, this guide explains what the disease is, how it's di...

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the UK. This book is for women and their families who are looking for a comprehensive but plain language guide to breast cancer and its treatments.

Seeking to remove the unknown from this mysterious disease, this informative guide clarifies what HIV is, and how it is identified and treated. The book can help people recognise signs and symptoms of HIV and AIDS. It can also help people identify and avoid risky behaviours that may lead to an HI...

Anorexia is a serious mental illness which is too often stereotyped, glamourised, misunderstood, simplified and belittled. There can be no simple, straightforward explanation for an illness as thoroughly complex as anorexia nervosa. Characterised by an overwhelming fear of weight gain, those affe...

This title has been written to inform anyone interested in reading about bowel cancer. It is also intended to help those who are diagnosed with the disease as well as their family and friends, providing information about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of bowel cancer.

Research suggests that as many as eight million people in the UK have Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). This guide provides advice and support to those looking for positive ways of treating the condition.

The bones, joints and muscles of the body make up the locomotor system, which enables us to move around. All sorts of problems may develop in this system, particularly as we get older.

Based on a real-life challenge, this book demonstrates how you can achieve your dream body in just 12 weeks. It shows exactly how you can change your body and lifestyle for the better, illustrated by non-airbrushed photos of the author showing his progression over the 12 week period.