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 Starting Points: Guide to Arthritis

 

Reference Books     l     Circulating Books      l      Large Print Books, Audio Books & Videos     l     Finding Articles      l      Websites

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 Reference Books 

 

 The Encyclopedia of Arthritis

 

 

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 Circulating Books

 

 How to Eat Away Arthritis  

 

 The Arthritis Foundation's Guide to Alternative Therapies

 

 The Unofficial Guide to Overcoming Arthritis

 

 The Arthritis Helpbook: A Tested Self-Management Program for Coping with Arthritis and Fibromyalgia

 

 Strong Women and Men Beat Arthritis: The Scientifically Proven Program that Allows People with Arthritis to Take Charge of their Disease

 

 The Duke University Medical Center Book of Arthritis

 

 Arthritis RX: A Cutting-Edge Program for a Pain-Free Life

 

 Arthritis: An Alternative Medicine Definitive Guide

 

 

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 Large Print Books, Audio Books & Videos

 

 Understanding Arthritis

 

 Curing Arthritis: More Ways to a Drug-Free Life

 

 Mayo Clinic on Arthritis

 

 Yoga for Arthritis: Pathways to Better Living with Arthritis and Related Conditions

 

 

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 Finding Articles

 

 The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature - Search for articles on a subject within any given year.
 

  EBSCOhost and InfoTrac OneFile - Access from the Library or at home using your library card numberSearch for full text articles on these online

 databases using your choice of keywords. You can limit your search to a certain year or even a certain 

 magazine.

 


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  Websites

 

 About.com’s Arthritis Site:  

        Articles and links s addressing arthritis from signs and symptoms, conditions, treatments, finances, & practical tips about day-to-day living and      more.  
 

 Arthritis Foundation:  

        Support for over 100 types of arthritis and related conditions with advocacy, programs, services and research. 

 

 Healingwell.com - Arthritis:

        Resources & interactive tools to enable patients “to take control of their illness and start the healing process.”  News, articles, doctor-produced webcasts, message boards, chat rooms, newsletters, books and reviews, & resource directories.   

 

 Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center:

        Information on different types of arthritis, Ask the Expert section (under Physican Corner) and other helpful categories, a Case Rounds section in which 11 cases of arthritic patients are presented and their cases explored step by step through the medical process. 

 

 Johns Hopkins’ Yoga for Arthritis

     Questions, answers, instruction and advice about the benefits of yoga for arthritis sufferers.

 

 Medline Plus - Arthritis:

        Links to the latest arthritis news, clinical trials, dictionaries, nutrition, disease management, rehabilitation, diagnosis/symptoms, treatment and much more. 

 

 

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