Penguin Life Expert Series

6 books in this series
#1 - Preparing for the Perimenopause and Menopause
#1 - Preparing for the Perimenopause and Menopause
So much is still misunderstood about the menopause and how to manage it successfully - GP and menopause specialist, Dr Louise Newson, is here to change that.

Managing the Perimenopause and Menopause will be a short, practical guide guaranteed to help women become both perimenopause and menopause savvy. Using new research and expert advice, Dr Newson will explain what the menopause is, why it happens, and why every woman should be perimenopause aware, whatever their age.

Dr Newson will offer easy-to-follow explanations of bodily function, identify main symptoms of perimenopause and menopause, and equip readers with simple tips to help them tackle and reduce discomfort through exercise, nutrition and lifestyle choices.

Managing the Menopause and Perimenopause will empower women to take care of their changing bodies.
#2 - Managing Your Migraine
#2 - Managing Your Migraine
One in seven people suffer from migraine and women are three times more likely to suffer from migraine than men. In 2016, the WHO ranked migraine as the second cause of disability after low back pain in the world.

So why do we still know so little about migraine and its causes? Despite being one of the most common, most prevalent and most debilitating conditions in the world, migraine is widely misunderstood, stigmatised and misdiagnosed.

Managing Your Migraine is a short, practical guide and introduction to understanding primary and secondary headaches. It will improve the reader's knowledge of what migraine is, and offer tried, tested and new strategies to manage it well. Dr Katy Munro's expert advice will help migraine sufferers live their lives with reduced impact from this genetic, lifelong neurological condition.
#3 - Keeping Your Heart Healthy
#3 - Keeping Your Heart Healthy
Keeping Your Heart Healthy is a short, practical, guide to heart disease from one of the world's leading cardiologists.

From hypertension, cholesterol and inherited cardiac conditions, to chest pain, stress, and fainting to structural heart problems, Dr Lim draws on his years of knowledge and expertise to offer easy to follow advice and explanations on the most common heart conditions.

Concise and accessible, this book will address everything you could possibly need to know about how to properly take care of your heart and keep it in great shape. It will provide step-by-step, easily actionable tips on how to prevent and reduce heart issues by simply exercising more, being mindful of your nutrition and diet, and by making smarter, healthier lifestyle choices.

Keeping Your Heart Healthy will be the go-to book for readers looking to improve their heart health.
#4 - Understanding Allergy
#4 - Understanding Allergy
Allergies are one of the major causes of illness in developed countries and more and more of us are seeking treatment for them every year.

Allergies now affect about one in every three of the UK population and one in two of us think we suffer from them. We are more allergic than ever before, so why is the term 'allergy' still so misunderstood?

Understanding Allergy will be the practical go-to guide for equipping allergy sufferers and their families with the knowledge needed to help them navigate this minefield. With expert tips from a London-based allergy consultant, this book will be a whistle-stop tour from diagnosis, to treatment and lifestyle changes that will help you understand when, where and how to seek help.
#5 - Managing IBS
#5 - Managing IBS
Irritable bowel syndrome is a complex and frustrating condition that is not yet fully understood but affects an astounding ten per cent of the global population.

The troubling conundrum is that the most common IBS symptoms are also manifestations of several other gastrointestinal disorders, and IBS is also closely associated with many physical and mental health conditions. Unfortunately, IBS patients don't often get the right advice or the support they need.

In Managing IBS, Dr Lisa Das, UK-leading gastroenterologist and IBS specialist, offers practical, empowering and evidence-based advice on how to manage and treat the condition successfully. Sharing a wealth of accessible information and drawing on decades of experience, Dr Das will explore everything from what IBS is and how the digestive system works, to risk factors, the gut-brain axis, gut microbiome, IBS symptom red flags, and dietary, psychological and lifestyle treatments.

This essential and concise guide will equip you with all the answers you need to take your health into your own hands and better understand, manage and treat IBS.
#6 - Living with ME and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
#6 - Living with ME and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
ME/CFS affects an estimated 250,000 people in the UK, roughly 3 in every 1,000 people. Chronic Fatigue conditions are some of the most frustrating and life-altering conditions to suffer from, so why are they still so poorly understood?

As of 2020, medical science still cannot explain why some people get chronic fatigue syndromes and there is very little effective treatment.

This will be the much-needed, go-to, evidence-based guide for people struggling with ME/CFS, or their friends and family, providing information and advice about the nature of the condition, how it progresses, and what they can do to improve their health. Many treatments are therapeutic, so Living with ME and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome will be written by two leading experts - consultant rheumatologist, Dr Gerald Coakley, and occupational therapist, Beverly Knops.

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