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Everything you need to know about bipolar disorder and manic depressive illness Everything you need to know about bipolar disorder and manic depressive illness Sommers, Michael A. Defines bipolar disorder and manic-depressive illness, explains how they effect teenagers, and how they are treated. OL15836100W
HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Noah Berlatsky In Global Viewpoints: HIV/AIDS, differerent viewpoints from around the world express competing perspectives about how to address the issues raised by HIV/AIDS. As technology makes the world more acce… OL16125062W
Celiac disease Celiac disease Jacqueline Langwith "Celiac Disease: Each volume in this timely series provides essential information on a disease or disorder (symptoms, causes, treatments, cures, etc.); presents the controversies surrounding causes, … OL16585171W
Stay Where You are and Then Leave Stay Where You are and Then Leave John Boyne Four years after Alfie Summerfield's father left London to become a soldier in World War I he has not returned but Alfie, now nine, is shining shoes at King's Cross Station when he happens to learn t… OL16814595W
When Mr. Dog bites When Mr. Dog bites Brian Conaghan All seventeen-year-old Dylan Mint wants is to keep his Tourette's in check and live as a normal teen, but during a routine hospital visit he overhears that he is going to die, and in an attempt to cl… OL17874067W
HPV HPV Jacqueline Langwith "Perspectives on Diseases and Disorders: HPV: Each volume in this timely series provides essential information on a disease or disorder (symptoms, causes, treatments, cures, etc.); presents the contr… OL17881393W
Exercise Addiction Exercise Addiction Laura Kaminker Focuses on exercise addiction and its relationship to eating disorders; explains how compulsive exercise can be harmful and how one can get help to deal with it. OL1824507W
Everything you need to know about having an addictive personality Everything you need to know about having an addictive personality Jay Bridgers Discusses the nature of addictions to gambling, food, sex, alcohol, and other drugs, how they form and develop, their negative effects, and how to deal with them. OL1831689W
Everything you need to know about ADD/ADHD Everything you need to know about ADD/ADHD Eileen Beal Defines both attention deficit disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and discusses what can be done to treat these conditions, including medication, behavior modification, and counsel… OL1914727W
Let's talk about sickle cell anemia Let's talk about sickle cell anemia Melanie Apel Gordon A simple introduction to sickle cell anemia, describing its symptoms, its effects on the body, and how to cope with this disease. OL1963133W
The workers' detective The workers' detective Stephanie Sammartino McPherson A biography of Dr. Alice Hamilton, social worker and doctor, whose work brought attention to the health risks associated with particular jobs. OL1986746W
The friendship experiment The friendship experiment Erin Teagan "When scientist-in-the-making Madeline Little starts sixth grade, she soon learns that middle school is nothing like a perfect lab experiment--and that she now has to find the cure for her newly mess… OL20040855W
Prozac Prozac Helen C. Packard Discusses the drug Prozac and its use in treatment of depression. OL2658032W
Drugs and your brain Drugs and your brain Beatrice R. Grabish Discusses how the brain functions, the effects of drugs on the brain, how drug use can lead to addiction, and where to get help. OL2691130W
Living in a world with AIDS Living in a world with AIDS Forbes, Anna MSS. Introduces readers to AIDS, the disease caused by HIV viruses, tells how people become infected and how to avoid infection. OL3233595W
What you can do about AIDS What you can do about AIDS Forbes, Anna MSS. Describes three things everyone can do about AIDS: learn the facts, teach others, and help people with HIV or AIDS. OL3233597W
Where did AIDS come from? Where did AIDS come from? Forbes, Anna MSS. Discusses the possible origin of AIDS, how it is spread, and how it can be avoided. OL3233629W
Everything you need to know about codependency Everything you need to know about codependency Al Septien Discusses the unhealthy relationships that exist in some families and how to break the cycle of codependency. OL3922543W
Everything You Need to Know About Eating Disorders Everything You Need to Know About Eating Disorders Rachel Kubersky Discusses eating disorders, the role of food in our lives, and how to stay healthy physically and mentally. OL4124076W
Smile Smile Raina Telgemeier A true story from Raina's early years. One day after girl scouts raina trips and falls damaging her two front teeth. Even after she gets her braces off she isn't treated the same. When she meets a bu… OL8756330W
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