Highlights from the Print Collection: Turning Heads

Each month, the Health and Education Resource Center highlights a book from its print collection.  This month's featured title is Turning Heads: Portraits of Grace, Inspiration, and Possibilities.  This book is filled with large, beautiful portraits of cancer survivors who share a common trait of being bald.  The facing page of each portrait contains a comment or story of from the survivor.  These powerful images can do much to help women living with cancer retain or regain a positive self-image.

  • Many people with high blood pressure don’t know they have it, even though about 1/3 of American adults do. (American Heart Association)

  • To decrease the risk of hospital infections, remember to ask visitors as well as hospital staff to clean their hands.

  • Calcium, exercise, and quitting smoking can all help improve bone density and prevent osteoporosis.

  • Arthritis is the second most common cause of work disability after heart disease. (Arthritis Foundation)