Books On Prescription

We have being very fortunate that an application to the Westland Medical Trust was successful. This means that we have being able to purchase over 100 new health items. These include books, audios and DVDs

Click on the links below to see what the library has on these topics

Addiction	ADHD	Allergies	Alzheimers/Dementia
Anger	Anxiety/Panic Attacks and Phobias	Arthritis	Aspergers/Autism
Asthma/Breathing	Assertiveness	Babies and Toddlers	Bereavement/Grief
Breastfeeding	Cancer	Celiac	Childrens Health
Chrohns	Chronic Pain - Back, Neck, Shoulders	Diabetes	Diet/Weight Loss
Depression	Downs Syndrome	Dyslexia	Eating Disorders
Exercise/Stretching/Yoga Etc	Fibromyalgia	Headaches/Migraines	Healthy Cooking
Heart Problems	Hypnosis	Injuries : Head/Back etc	Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Massage	Meditation	Medical Handbooks: Symptons/Illnesses/Prescription Drugs	Mens Health
Mental Illness	Multiple Sclerosis	Natural Remedies: Alternative Therapies Healing/Medicine/Homeopathy/Naturopathy	Nutrition
Parenting	Personal Growth/Self Improvement	Pregnancy/Childbirth	Relationships
Self Esteem	Sexual Abuse	Sleep/Fatigue	Speech/Stuttering
Stress	Stroke	Teenage Health & Safety	Womens Health

Some Useful Health Websites -

www.everybody.co.nz :

Everybody aims to provide useful and accurate consumer health information for New Zealanders. It is written and reviewed by medical writers, consumer health organisations and health professionals.

www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

You can use MedlinePlus to learn about the latest treatments, look up information on a drug or supplement, find out the meanings of words, or view medical videos or illustrations.You can also get links to the latest medical research on your topic or find out about clinical trials on a disease or condition.

Health & Wellness Database:

More than 600 mainstream and alternative health magazines, journals and reference books online, covering medicine, nutrition, diseases, pregnancy, health remedies and more. (for library members only)

www.headspace.org.nz :

Headspace is a community resource. It is aimed at providing good information about mental health and illness for young people, their family/whanau and their schools.

www.kidshealth.org.nz:

Kids health provides useful health information for parents and caregivers

www.inform.co.nz:

If you are looking at health insurance then this website will give you expert advice and help you to find the best insurance for you

Click here to see our parenting page. The following links have been chosen for parents who are looking for information about our resources and services, as well as parenting information for their children and families

Suggestions For More Health Books-

We would love you to recommend some health books which you think would be useful in our "Books on Prescription Collection"

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