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Fact and Fiction of Healthy Vision
Eye Care for Adults and Children
Inbunden, 2007
732 kr
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Written by a practicing ophthalmologist, this book explains the eye and how it develops and functions—or can malfunction, especially as we age—and what our options are to maximize or retain eye health. Dr. Kitchen also explains the many treatments and surgical options available, as well as myths …
Guide to Getting the Best Health Care for Your Child
Inbunden, 2007
904 kr
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Roy Benaroch, MD, explains how to find your ideal pediatrician, how to get the most out of every visit, how to schedule to your advantage, and other office tricks. Perhaps more important, he explains how to assure your pediatrician has kept up to date, and how to understand what lab reports and …
Solving Health and Behavioral Problems from Birth through Preschool
A Parent's Guide
Inbunden, 2007
660 kr
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Emory University Pediatrician Roy Benaroch wrote this guide to help parents understand the most common childhood maladies and misbehaviors and know what the best options are for action. Himself the father of three, Benaroch shares the insights of a medically-trained parent, telling us what he would …
Understanding the Antioxidant Controversy
Scrutinizing the Fountain of Youth
Av Paul E. Milbury, Alice C. Richer
Inbunden, 2007
732 kr
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Current scientific evidence suggests that free radicals— unstable by-products produced by normal human metabolic processes—damage the body, resulting in chronic health disorders and degenerative changes associated with aging. Nutritional products on the market today promise antioxidants can …
Polio Voices
An Oral History from the American Polio Epidemics and Worldwide Eradication Efforts
E-bok, 2007
883 kr
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Incorporating many rare photographs from the family albums of survivors who tell their stories, Harvard professor Julie Silver, M.D., and historian Daniel Wilson help readers understand the sheer terror that gripped parents of young children every spring and summer during the first half of the 20th …
Jihad and American Medicine
Thinking Like a Terrorist to Anticipate Attacks via Our Health System
Inbunden, 2007
732 kr
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State-of-the-art counter-terrorism techniques, insights into modern medical practice, medical errors, and disaster prevention all intersect in this groundbreaking book by Adam Dorin, M.D., an anesthesiologist and medical director across 15 years. Dr. Dorin shows us why our healthcare system may be …
Jihad and American Medicine
Thinking Like a Terrorist to Anticipate Attacks via Our Health System
E-bok, 2007
763 kr
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State-of-the-art counter-terrorism techniques, insights into modern medical practice, medical errors, and disaster prevention all intersect in this groundbreaking book by Adam Dorin, M.D., an anesthesiologist and medical director across 15 years. Dr. Dorin shows us why our healthcare system may be …
Understanding the Dangers of Cesarean Birth
Making Informed Decisions
Inbunden, 2008
1063 kr
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Cesarean delivery - childbirth through an incision in the mother's lower abdomen - is now the most common major surgical procedure performed in the United States. No one argues over the fact that it can be a life-saving procedure when the baby or mother is at risk. But for almost three decades in …
Understanding the Dangers of Cesarean Birth
Making Informed Decisions
E-bok, 2008
1188 kr
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Cesarean delivery - childbirth through an incision in the mother's lower abdomen - is now the most common major surgical procedure performed in the United States. No one argues over the fact that it can be a life-saving procedure when the baby or mother is at risk. But for almost three decades in …
Defending and Parenting Children Who Learn Differently
Lessons from Edison's Mother
Av Scott Teel
E-bok, 2007
636 kr
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Teel incorporates the fascinating story of Nancy Edison's love for her son Thomas, who had been labeled unteachable, then presents us with the wider array of and issues for children who learn differently. We all know Thomas Edison was a genius of seemingly limitless imagination. Yet few know he was …
Criminalization of Medicine
America's War on Doctors
Inbunden, 2007
711 kr
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Medical doctors have been made political scapegoats for the financial crisis of healthcare and the failed war on drugs in the United States, says author Ronald Libby. In order to combat health fraud and abuse, the government launched tough new laws and guidelines designed to battle rising urban …
Criminalization of Medicine
America'S War on Doctors
E-bok, 2007
803 kr
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Medical doctors have been made political scapegoats for the financial crisis of healthcare and the failed war on drugs in the United States, says author Ronald Libby. In order to combat health fraud and abuse, the government launched tough new laws and guidelines designed to battle rising urban …
Introduction to Botanical Medicines
History, Science, Uses, and Dangers
E-bok, 2008
437 kr
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For those who want to make educated decisions about whether, and when, to use natural products, this text explains the most current scientific evidence of the roles that plants can play in our health: how they can prevent, modify, or treat disease. Since antiquity, humans have used botanicals to …
Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic
Professional Views and Personal Insights
Inbunden, 2009
660 kr
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Who is the typical alcoholic among the 12.5 million living in the United States now? Many, if not most of us when asked that question, would envision a skid row bum or someone at least out of work or with little education locked into a low-skill, low-paying job. But that is not accurate, according …
Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic
Professional Views and Personal Insights
E-bok, 2009
700 kr
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Who is the typical alcoholic among the 12.5 million living in the United States now? Many, if not most of us when asked that question, would envision a skid row bum or someone at least out of work or with little education locked into a low-skill, low-paying job. But that is not accurate, according …
Vitamin Discoveries and Disasters
History, Science, and Controversies
Inbunden, 2009
852 kr
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A new work on the history of vitamins and the brilliant men and women who discovered the existence and nature of these small molecules so vital to our health.Vitamin Discoveries and Disasters: History, Science, and Controversies describes the emergence of nutritional science and its contributions …
Vitamin Discoveries and Disasters
History, Science, and Controversies
E-bok, 2009
971 kr
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A new work on the history of vitamins and the brilliant men and women who discovered the existence and nature of these small molecules so vital to our health. Vitamin Discoveries and Disasters: History, Science, and Controversies describes the emergence of nutritional science and its contributions …
Pain Detective, Every Ache Tells a Story
Understanding How Stress and Emotional Hurt Become Chronic Physical Pain
Inbunden, 2009
680 kr
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Sure to be welcomed by the thousands suffering persistent pain, this volume explores what physicians often ignore—how psychological and social issues can influence health, illness, pain, and recovery."Pain is everywhere and everyone is talking about it," says Dr. Hillel Finestone, M.D., a …
Pain Detective, Every Ache Tells a Story
Understanding How Stress and Emotional Hurt Become Chronic Physical Pain
E-bok, 2009
745 kr
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Sure to be welcomed by the thousands suffering persistent pain, this volume explores what physicians often ignore—how psychological and social issues can influence health, illness, pain, and recovery. "Pain is everywhere and everyone is talking about it," says Dr. Hillel Finestone, M.D., a …
Sustenance and Hope for Caregivers of Elderly Parents
The Bread of Angels
Inbunden, 2009
828 kr
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This volume provides a practical exploration of one of today's most complex and challenging issues—the care of an elderly parent—with an innovative approach that emphasizes how rewarding the caregiver/care-receiver relationship can be.For anyone facing this often overwhelming situation, Sustenance …
Sustenance and Hope for Caregivers of Elderly Parents
The Bread of Angels
E-bok, 2009
909 kr
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This volume provides a practical exploration of one of today's most complex and challenging issues—the care of an elderly parent—with an innovative approach that emphasizes how rewarding the caregiver/care-receiver relationship can be. For anyone facing this often overwhelming situation, Sustenance …
Aging, But Never Old
The Realities, Myths, and Misrepresentations of the Anti-Aging Movement
E-bok, 2010
963 kr
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This much-needed book provides honest, clear, and helpful medical information for older adults and their caregivers, written in an easily understandable language. There are many myths and much misinformation about aging. At the same time, there are few trustworthy books on the subject. Aging, But …
Coming Shortage of Surgeons
Why They are Disappearing and What That Means for Our Health
Av M.D., Ph.D., Thomas E. Williams Jr., E. Christopher Ellison M.D. m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
963 kr
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A critical, quantitative look at the future supply and demand of surgical specialists that may foretell rationing of surgical services. The Coming Shortage of Surgeons: Why They Are Disappearing and What That Means for Our Health is the only quantitative analysis of the workforce in orthopedic and …
Understanding Pain
What You Need to Know to Take Control
Av Alan D. Kaye M.D., Richard D. Urman
Inbunden, 2011
732 kr
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This empowering book provides a comprehensive resource to help readers of all ages understand pain, seek the right diagnosis and treatment, and allow them to take control of their pain.Unfortunately, pain is a universal human experience. For many, their experience of pain transcends an occasional …
Understanding Pain
What You Need to Know to Take Control
Av Alan D. Kaye M.D., Richard D. Urman
E-bok, 2011
828 kr
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This empowering book provides a comprehensive resource to help readers of all ages understand pain, seek the right diagnosis and treatment, and allow them to take control of their pain. Unfortunately, pain is a universal human experience. For many, their experience of pain transcends an occasional …
Excellent Care for Cancer Survivors
A Guide to Fully Meet Their Needs in Medical Offices and in the Community
Inbunden, 2011
877 kr
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A clear, concise, and essential guide providing key information about cancer survivors and their needs—and how those needs can best be met.Excellent Care for Cancer Survivors: A Guide to Fully Meet Their Needs in Medical Offices and in the Community is edited by the director of the Lance Armstrong …
Excellent Care for Cancer Survivors
A Guide to Fully Meet Their Needs in Medical Offices and in the Community
E-bok, 2011
993 kr
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A clear, concise, and essential guide providing key information about cancer survivors and their needs—and how those needs can best be met. Excellent Care for Cancer Survivors: A Guide to Fully Meet Their Needs in Medical Offices and in the Community is edited by the director of the Lance Armstrong …
Harsh Realities of Alzheimer's Care
An Insider's View of How People with Dementia Are Treated in Institutions
Inbunden, 2012
599 kr
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A prominent geriatric psychiatrist details the good, the bad, and the ugly aspects of places where those with dementia are treated—from emergency rooms and psychiatric hospitals to assisted living facilities and nursing homes.The Harsh Realities of Alzheimer's Care: An Insider's View of How People …
Harsh Realities of Alzheimer's Care
An Insider's View of How People with Dementia are Treated in Institutions
E-bok, 2012
655 kr
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A prominent geriatric psychiatrist details the good, the bad, and the ugly aspects of places where those with dementia are treated—from emergency rooms and psychiatric hospitals to assisted living facilities and nursing homes. The Harsh Realities of Alzheimer's Care: An Insider's View of How People …
Suicide by Security Blanket, and Other Stories from the Child Psychiatry Emergency Service
What Happens to Children with Acute Mental Illness
Av Laura M. Prager M.D., Abigail Louise Donovan M.D.
Inbunden, 2012
623 kr
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This book offers a unique glimpse into the startlingly complex world of acute children's psychiatry through 12 chapters, each inspired by the actual visit of a child in psychiatric crisis to one of the most well-known psychiatric emergency rooms in the nation.Suicide by Security Blanket, and Other …
