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10 Blessings of Celery Juice: The simplest Guide on Celery Juice Vitamins its Claims and Blessings - Paperback

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by Jackson Oraimo (Author)Celery belongs to a family known as the "umbellifers." Some members of this family, like carrots and parsnips, are well known and delicious root vegetables. Other members include some of our favorite spices, including coriander, cumin, caraway, dill, and parsley. And there are even a tiny few, like hemlock, that can be poisonous.Celery contains a plant compound called apigenin, which plays a role in traditional Chinese medicine as an anti-inflammatory, antibacterial,...

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Into the Abyss: A Neuropsychiatrist's Notes on Troubled Minds - Paperback

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by Anthony David (Author)'Highly eloquent, fascinating and deeply compassionate' Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm We cannot know how to fix a problem until we understand its causes. But even for some of the most common mental health problems, specialists argue over whether the answers lie in the person's biology, their psychology or their circumstances. As a cognitive neuropsychiatrist, Anthony David brings together many fields of enquiry, from social and cognitive psychology to neurology. T...

Hydrogen-Oxygen Inhalation for Treatment of Covid-19: With Commentary from Zhong Nanshan - Hardcover

$126.36

by Kecheng Xu (Author)COVID-19 pneumonia is ravaging the world. Faced with the lack of specialized treatment, a novel form of hydrogen-oxygen inhalation therapy has been successfully developed. Molecular hydrogen, a very safe "physiological gas", has proven to be able to reduce lung damage caused by viruses including COVID-19, improve dyspnea, and promote disease recovery due to its healing biological properties.This book details an innovative form of treatment from theory to practice, and co...

Viruses: More Friends Than Foes (Revised Edition) - Paperback

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by Karin Moelling (Author)Reviews of the Previous Edition: "Her style is chatty, and just when you want to break into the conversation and ask a question, she's thrown in an aside about a spat at a scientific meeting or discussed how we should dispose of our tissues when we have a cold. If this sort of mental gymnastics on top of some heavyweight science doesn't put you off, you'll like her book and learn much from it."Times Higher Education "Moëlling uses her successful career in the discipl...

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The Price of Health: The Modern Pharmaceutical Enterprise and the Betrayal of a History of Care - Hardcover

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by Michael Kinch (Author), Lori Weiman (Author)From "pharma bros" to everday household budgets, just how did the pharmaceutical industry betray its own history--and how can it return to its tradition of care? It's an unfortunate and life-threatening fact: one in five Americans has skipped vital prescriptions simply because of the cost. These choices are being made even though we have reached a point in the conveyance of medical options where cancers can be cured and sight restored for those b...

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Oxford Handbook of Respiratory Nursing - Paperback

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by Terry Robinson (Author), Jane Scullion (Author)Respiratory disease is one of the leading causes of both mortality and morbidity, causing a significant burden on healthcare resources, the economy, and on individual patients and their carers. Respiratory conditions are managed in many different settings, from home and residential care through the full range of primary to tertiary care. The multifaceted nature of both diseases affecting respiration and the care options is comprehensively cove...

Distributional Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Quantifying Health Equity Impacts and Trade-Offs - Paperback

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by Richard Cookson (Editor), Susan Griffin (Editor), Ole F. Norheim (Editor)Distributional cost-effectiveness analysis aims to help health care and public health organisations make fairer decisions with better outcomes. Whereas standard cost-effectiveness analysis provides information about total costs and effects, distributional cost-effectiveness analysis provides additional information about fairness in the distribution of costs and effects - who gains, who loses, and by how much. It can a...

Back and Neck Health: Mayo Clinic Guide to Treating and Preventing Back and Neck Pain - Paperback

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by Mohamad Bydon (Author)The spine is one of the most important parts of the human body. And yet, studies suggest that, along with back pain, 10% to 30% of the adult population is impaired by neck pain, with seemingly minimal treatment options available. If left untreated, back and neck pain can cause chronic discomfort while sitting, standing, and performing other daily activities. A study published in 2020 by the Journal of the American Medical Association found that low back pain and neck ...

Autism Recovery: A Manual For Parents - Paperback

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by Sonya Doherty Nd (Author)This is a step by step guide educating parents on the biomedical approach to treating people diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Biomedical treatments are safe, effective and are based on the most recent research on the medical aspects of autism. Dr. Sonya has been practicing for 17 years and has helped thousands of children from around the world using biomedical treatment... including her own. Number of Pages: 154 Dimensions: 0.4 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publicati...

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The Plague Cycle: The Unending War Between Humanity and Infectious Disease - Hardcover

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by Charles Kenny (Author)A vivid, sweeping history of mankind's battles with infectious disease, for readers of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Yuval Harari's Sapiens and John Barry's The Great Influenza. For four thousand years, the size and vitality of cities, economies, and empires were heavily determined by infection. Striking humanity in waves, the cycle of plagues set the tempo of civilizational growth and decline, since common response to the threat was exclusion--quarantining the si...

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by Patricia Cornwell (Author)Discover the "dazzling...fascinating" (Los Angeles Times) forensic thriller that launched the New York Times bestselling Kay Scarpetta series from #1 bestselling crime writer Patricia Cornwell. Under cover of night in Richmond, Virginia, a monster strikes, leaving a gruesome trail of stranglings that has paralyzed the city. Medical examiner Kay Scarpetta suspects the worst: a deliberate campaign by a brilliant serial killer whose signature offers precious few clue...

The Remarkable Life of the Skin: An Intimate Journey Across Our Largest Organ - Paperback

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by Monty Lyman (Author)A fascinating exploration of the skin in its multifaceted physical, psychological, and social aspects Providing a cover for our delicate and intricate bodies, the skin is our largest and fastest-growing organ. We see it, touch it, and live in it every day. It is a habitat for a mesmerizingly complex world of micro-organisms and physical functions that are vital to our health and our survival. It is also a waste removal plant, a warning system for underlying disease and...

Coping with Chronic Illness: Theories, Issues and Lived Experiences - Paperback

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by Silvia Bonino (Author)This valuable book combines psychological theories of health with the lived experience of coping with chronic health conditions, focusing on the "ill person" as an actor of their own development. It draws on perspectives from developmental and health psychology alongside the author's personal experience of chronic illness. Bonino considers all aspects of living with illness, from issues that impact on everyday functioning such as pain and fatigue, to the rebuilding of...

Epidemic modelling - Some notes, maths, and code - Paperback

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by Simon Dobson (Author)Science is based on models that we construct to help us to better understand the world. This is especially true for epidemic diseases, where we want to know the effects of different sorts of transmission, different control strategies, and so forth.But what is a model of disease? How are they built, and what questions can we ask of them? This book tries to explain network-based epidemicmodelling through a unique combination of accessible text, introductory mathematics, ...

The Sawbones Book: The Hilarious, Horrifying Road to Modern Medicine: Paperback Revised and Updated for 2020 NY Times Best Seller Medicine and Science - Paperback

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by Sydnee McElroy (Author), Teylor Smirl (Illustrator), Justin McElroy (Author)New for 2020! Join the 750,000 listeners of the Sawbones Podcast as Dr Sydnee McElroy and her husband Justin humorously discuss centuries of medical myths, mishaps and mayhem, including modern day medicine and pandemics. Newly revised and updated for 2020, this new Paperback edition of the bestselling Sawbones Book gives you a fascinating, horrifying, funny and memorable tour through centuries of medical experiment...

Hijras, Lovers, Brothers: Surviving Sex and Poverty in Rural India - Hardcover

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by Vaibhav Saria (Author)Winner, 2023 Bernard S. Cohn Prize, Association for Asian StudiesWinner, 2021 Joseph W. Elder Prize in the Indian Social SciencesWinner, 2021 Ruth Benedict Prize, Association for Queer AnthropologyHijras, one of India's third gendered or trans populations, have been an enduring presence in the South Asian imagination--in myth, in ritual, and in everyday life, often associated in stigmatized forms with begging and sex work. In more recent years hijras have seen a degre...

Hijras, Lovers, Brothers: Surviving Sex and Poverty in Rural India - Paperback

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Dr. High Yield's Step 2 CK Notes - Paperback

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by Steven Vuu (Author)Enter the mind of a top scorer for the USMLE Step 2 CK exam. This book cuts out the fluff, gets to the main points, and helps you obtain the most information in the least amount of time possible. It is best used as a last minute read the last week prior to the exam when you don't have enough time to read a textbook or do more practice questions. The idea is that you are essentially covering all of 3rd year medical school material in less than 1 week. The notes are writte...

Enfermedades neurodegenerativas - Paperback

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by Michael Adewole Ajadi (Author)Las enfermedades neurodegenerativas se caracterizan por una disfunci n progresiva del sistema nervioso. Estos trastornos son el resultado de la p rdida gradual y progresiva de c lulas neurales, lo que conduce a una disfunci n del sistema nervioso. Las enfermedades neurodegenerativas pueden afectar al pensamiento abstracto, los movimientos h biles, los sentimientos emocionales, la cognici n, la memoria y otras capacidades. Entre los factores de riesgo conocidos...

Beautyscapes: Mapping Cosmetic Surgery Tourism - Paperback

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by Ruth Holliday (Author), Meredith Jones (Author), David Bell (Author)Beautyscapes is the first book to focus specifically on cosmetic surgery tourism. It draws on key themes of interest to students and researchers interested in globalisation and mobility, such as gender and class, neoliberalism, social media, conviviality and care, to explain the nature and growing popularity of international medical travel.Back JacketBeautyscapes is a fascinating and vibrant exploration of the rapidly deve...

Implant Surface Microtopography - Paperback

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by Sunny Sharma (Author), Prof &. Head Gaurav Gupta (Author), Prof Rupinder Singh Dhall (Author)The study of biomedical implant surfaces and the effects of surface modifications has become popular in recent years because of the consideration that surface characteristics directly influence biomaterial tissue interactions. Studies have been directed toward defining the nature of the interactions between the oxide layer on cpTi and the surrounding tissue and toward investigating the biologic...

Feeling the Strain: A Cultural History of Stress in Twentieth-Century Britain - Paperback

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by Jill Kirby (Author)By examining the popular and vernacular discourse of stress, the book traces the ways in which stress became a ubiquitous condition of everyday life by the end of the twentieth century in Britain.Back JacketHow did stress become the ubiquitous explanation for a range of everyday ills by the end of the twentieth century in Britain? Examining the popular discourse of nerves and stress, this book provides a historical account of how ordinary people understood, explained and...

The Birthing Goddess: Reclaiming the Legacy of Natural, Pain-Free Childbirth - Paperback

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by Laila Valere (Author)Can a woman really have a natural, pain-free childbirth? Yes, she can Can she feel completely in control and actually enjoy her birthing experience? Absolutely I know this for sure and in The Birthing Goddess, I share my own pregnancy journey and epiphanies as I prepared myself and achieved that glorious goal of pain-free birthing.The Birthing Goddess is a carefully structured holistic program that engages women in an easy step- by- step training process and enables...

The Constituents of Medicinal Plants: An Introduction to the Chemistry and Therapeutics of Herbal Medicine - Paperback

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by Andrew Pengelly (Author)Pengelly's user friendly text will encourage educators in medical science to consider using this material in the complementary medicine/nutraceuticals areas May I congratulate Andrew Pengelly for writing this text as it is going to be very popular with undergraduate students as well as more experienced readers.' D. Green, London Metropolitan University, UK This unique book explains in simple terms the commonly occurring chemical constituents of medicinal plants. The...

ABCs of Pharmacokinetics: Second Edition - Paperback

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by Fawzy Elbarbry (Author)What is Pharmacokinetics?Pharmacokinetics is the study of what the body does to the drug. ABCs of Pharmacokinetics provides an easy to understand guide to pharmacy students, new pharmacists, and long-term health professionals to be able to apply this critical concept into patient care. Adequate utilization and application of the pharmacokinetics principles is vital in disease management in order to reduce the risk of achieving subtherapeutic or toxic drug levels.High...

CONQUERING ARTHRITIS DIET HANDBOOK for YOU: Full Guide on Arthritis Diet/Foods A to Z; Meal Requirements You Should Know; What to Consume & Avoid; Dos - Paperback

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by Peter L. Turnbull (Author)Conquering Arthritis Diet Handbook for YouFull Guide on Arthritis Diet/Foods A to Z; Meal Requirements You Should Know; What to Consume & Avoid; Dos & Don'ts & so Much MoreSArthritis/Joint pain as it is called is a general term enveloping conditions that offer joint torment and aggravation. There are a wide range of sorts of joint inflammation, including rheumatoid joint pain, osteoarthritis, and psoriatic joint inflammation. More so, run of the mill t...

Duty of Care: One Nhs Doctor's Story of Courage and Compassion on the Covid-19 Frontline - Paperback

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by Pimenta Dr Dominic Pimenta (Author)ALL ROYALTIES FROM SALES GO TO HEROES, A CHARITY PROTECTING AND SUPPORTING HEALTHCARE WORKERS. The first book to tell the full story of the Covid-19 pandemic, from an NHS doctor working inside hospitals to save lives and combat the virus on the front line. "We weren't prepared, we weren't listened to, but together we fought it." On the 8th of February 2020, Dr Dominic Pimenta encountered his first suspected case of coronavirus. Within a week, he began wea...

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Seasonal Self-Care Rituals: Eat, Breathe, Move, and Sleep Better--According to Your Dosha - Hardcover

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by Susan Weis-Bohlen (Author)Reap the health benefits of Ayurveda and optimize your seasonal routines with powerful, personalized self-care rituals to achieve sustainable weight loss, increased focus, and improved mental health. According to the ancient texts of Ayurveda, "All diseases begin at the junctions of the seasons." When we push against the essence of each season--going to bed late in the winter, eating sweet, heavy foods in the spring, or neglecting our skincare in the summer--we fa...

100 Essential Answers to Your Orthodontic Questions - Hardcover

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by Christopher H. Chung (Author)Dr. Christopher H. Chung shares 100 essential knowledge keys about braces in this orthodontic answer book. A welcoming question-and-answer format grants easy access to the same expert advice he gives his in-office patients daily. Arranged in quick-to-read sections for preteens, teens, and adults, the book can be read in sequence or by jumping directly to a topic of interest. Either way, you'll discover a wealth of information to help you make the best treatment...

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Oxford Handbook of Neuroscience Nursing - Paperback

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by Sue Woodward (Editor), Catheryne Waterhouse (Editor)Author BiographySue Woodward, Lecturer, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London, UK, Catheryne Waterhouse, Clinical Nurse Educator, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK Catheryne Waterhouse has worked in the neuroscience specialty for over 40 years as a ward manager and clinical nurse educator. She enjoys neuroscience nursing because it is both demanding and rewarding, enabling nurses to provide c...

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Corporatizing American Health Care: How We Lost Our Health Care System - Paperback

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by Robert W. Derlet (Author)Tracking the evolution of medical care from an individualized small cottage profession to a giant impersonal corporate industry costing Americans over $3 trillion each year.Over the past three decades, the once-efficient American health care system has evolved into a complex maze of monopolies and a racket of bureaucratic checks, approvals, denials, roadblocks, and detours. This shift has created a massive and at times redundant workforce that frustrates patients, ...

Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Epidemiology, Pathomechanism and Treatment - Hardcover

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by Bikov (Guest Editor), Silvano Dragonieri (Guest Editor)Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disease that may affect up to 50% of the adult population and whose incidence, as well as its health and socio-economic burden, continues to rise. OSA is a well-known risk factor for motor vehicle accidents and decreased work performance, and it is frequently accompanied by cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this Special Issue is to focus on the characteristics of OSA in special populations th...