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Suspicion: Vaccines, Hesitancy, and the Affective Politics of Protection in Barbados - Paperback

$42.05

by Nicole Charles (Author)In 2014 Barbados introduced a vaccine to prevent certain strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) and reduce the risk of cervical cancer in young women. Despite the disproportionate burden of cervical cancer in the Caribbean, many Afro-Barbadians chose not to immunize their daughters. In Suspicion, Nicole Charles reframes Afro-Barbadian vaccine refusal from a question of hesitancy to one of suspicion. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, black feminist theory, transna...

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El Libro de la Medicina (the Medicine Book) - Hardcover

$27.99

by DK (Author)Grandes ideas, explicaciones sencillas Con un lenguaje claro, sencillos esquemas e ingeniosas ilustraciones aprenda sobre los sorprendentes avances médicos y los descubrimientos en el libro de medicina.Este libro aborda temas complejos en un formato simple y fácil de seguir. Ideal para los novatos que buscan obtener más información y expertos que desean refrescar sus conocimientos por igual! Este libro cautivador ampliará la comprensión de la medicina, con: - Más de 100 ideas ...

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Our Hormones, Our Health: How to Understand Your Hormones and Transform Your Life - Paperback

$20.00

by Susanne Esche-Belke (Author), Suzann Kirschner-Brouns (Author), Alexandra Roesch (Translator)A handbook for women who want to understand their hormones and transform their lives. Joint pain, weight gain, migraines, acne, sleepless nights, loss of libido--hormones can cause all of this, and much more. Luckily, medical science has come a long way in recent years, and there are many treatment options available, including HRT, diet, and exercise. Hormones affect our health throughout our live...

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The Boy Who Wasn't Short: Human Stories from the Revolution in Genetic Medicine - Paperback

$18.00

by Edwin Kirk (Author)A geneticist tells the stories of men, women, and children whose genes have shaped their lives in unexpected ways. It was while listening to a colleague tell the parents of a newborn girl that their daughter was going to die that a lifelong interest in genetic medicine was sparked in Dr. Edwin Kirk. Warmth and gentleness tempered a direct, sure manner--this was the medicine he wanted to practice, where the most advanced science and the most deeply humane care meet and me...

Evidence-Based Clinical Chinese Medicine - Volume 16: Atopic Dermatitis - Paperback

$63.18

by Charlie Changli Xue (Editor in Chief), Chuanjian Lu (Editor in Chief), Meaghan Coyle (Author)The authors start the book with overviews of the understanding and management of atopic dermatitis in conventional and Chinese medicine. They then review how atopic dermatitis was treated with herbal medicine and other Chinese medicine therapies in past eras, and highlight the treatments that continue to be used in contemporary clinical practice.The authors use evidence-based medicine principles an...

McAd: Mechanical Circulatory Assist Devices - Paperback

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by Ccp Susan Smetana (Author), Fp-C Ccp-C Nrp (Author), Mike Boone Bsn Cfrn Ccrn (Illustrator)The MCAD: Mechanical Circulatory Assist Devices takes advantage of the IA MED's educational approach to make complex topics easier to understand. More frequently, critical care clinicians are expected to understand and manage a wide range of hemodynamics and circulatory support devices. MCAD will review the fundamentals of hemodynamics, arterial line management, ECMO, Impella, LVAD, and IABP in the t...

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Dmt Entity Encounters: Dialogues on the Spirit Molecule with Ralph Metzner, Chris Bache, Jeffrey Kripal, Whitley Strieber, Angela Voss, and Others - Paperback

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by David Luke (Editor), Rory Spowers (Editor), Anton Bilton (Introduction by)- Includes contributions from the late Ralph Metzner, Chris Bache, Whitley Strieber, Jeffrey Kripal, Angela Voss, Bill Richards, Chris Timmermann, Michael Winkelman, Luis Eduardo Luna, Anton Bilton, Bernard Carr, Daniel Pinchbeck, Dennis McKenna, Ede Frecska, and David Luke - Explores DMT beings, alien abduction, plant sentience, neuroscientific DMT research, the connections between LSD and DMT entities, and the natu...

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Holistic Medicine and the Extracellular Matrix: The Science of Healing at the Cellular Level - Paperback

$19.99

by Matthew Wood (Author), Stephen Harrod Buhner (Foreword by)Reveals how the extracellular matrix offers scientific proof for holism - Examines the function of the extracellular matrix, the inner ocean that unifies all our cells and controls them in a coordinated and integrated fashion - Explores how the extracellular matrix builds and repairs itself and how holistic therapy can be applied based on this knowledge - Introduces new and old holistic and herbal protocols for treatment of the mat...

On Pestilence: A Renaissance Treatise on Plague - Hardcover

$88.15

by Girolamo Mercuriale (Author), Craig Martin (Translator)In the spring of 1576, the Health Office of Venice, fearful of a growing outbreak of plague, imposed a quarantine upon the city. The move was controversial, with some in power questioning the precise nature of the disease and concerned about the economic and political impact of the closure. A tribunal of physicians was summoned by the Doge, among them Girolamo Mercuriale, professor of medicine in nearby Padua and perhaps the most famou...

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by Roy A. Meals (Author)Human bone is versatile and entirely unique: it repairs itself without scarring, it's lightweight but responds to stresses, and it's durable enough to survive for millennia. In Bones, orthopedic surgeon Roy A. Meals explores and extols this amazing material that both supports and records vertebrate life.Inside the body, bone proves itself the world's best building material. Meals examines the biological makeup of bones; demystifies how they grow, break, and heal; and c...

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The Great Secret: The Classified World War II Disaster That Launched the War on Cancer - Paperback

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by Jennet Conant (Author)On the night of December 2, 1943, the Luftwaffe bombed a critical Allied port in Bari, Italy, sinking seventeen ships and killing over a thousand servicemen and hundreds of civilians. Caught in the surprise air raid was the John Harvey, an American Liberty ship carrying a top-secret cargo of 2,000 mustard bombs to be used in retaliation if the Germans resorted to gas warfare.When one young sailor after another began suddenly dying of mysterious symptoms, Lieutenant Co...

Licensed to Thrive: A Mouth Owner's GPS to Vibrant Health & Innate Immunity - Paperback

$32.63

by Felix Liao (Author)Now you can take charge of your natural health and immunity without feeling like a sitting duck in the face of killer diseases. Here comes the GPS that every mouth owner-operator has always needed but never had - until now.Are you putting up with high blood pressure, pot belly, diabetes, teeth grinding, double chin, chronic pain and fatigue? Your mouth can sabotage your health without your knowing. A structurally sound mouth sensibly used can turbocharge your energy, sle...

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Learning Process-Based Therapy: A Skills Training Manual for Targeting the Core Processes of Psychological Change in Clinical Practice - Paperback

$59.95

by Stefan G. Hofmann (Author), Steven C. Hayes (Author), David N. Lorscheid (Author)Step-by-step guidance for implementing process-based therapy in practiceEvidence-based mental health treatments--including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)--have long been defined in terms of scientifically validated protocols focused on syndromes. This is rapidly changing. A process focus is now emerging for evidence-based therapies, as the era of "protocols for syndromes," passes away. This groundbreaking ...

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The Care We Dream of: Liberatory and Transformative Approaches to LGBTQ+ Health - Paperback

$21.95

by Zena Sharman (Author)What if you could trust in getting the health care you need in ways that felt good and helped you thrive? What if the health system honored and valued queer and trans people's lives, bodies and expertise? What if LGBTQ+ communities led and organized our own health care as a form of mutual aid? What if every aspect of our health care was rooted in a commitment to our healing, pleasure and liberation? LGBTQ+ health care doesn't look like this today, but it could. This is...

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Clinical Kinesiology and Anatomy - Paperback

$153.83

by Lynn S. Lippert (Author)Clinical Kinesiology and Anatomy, 7th Edition and an updated and enhanced Kinesiology in Action work together to create an immersive, multimedia experience that tracks your progress until you've mastered the must-know primary concepts and principles of human movement and are ready to apply them in class, clinic, and practice. You'll develop the foundational knowledge, critical-thinking skills, and technical competencies you need to understand kinesiology. An access ...

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The Evidence-Based Practitioner: Applying Research to Meet Client Needs - Paperback

$119.81

by Catana Brown (Author)Put the evidence to work for your clients. Become an effective evidence-based practitioner. Master the knowledge and clinical decision-making skills you need to provide the very best care for your clients...based on the evidence. Step by step, you'll learn how to find, read, understand, critique, and apply research evidence in practice. Five Stars! Great Book!"This is an exceptional book for not only OT students but other students in other health profession discipline...

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I Love a Fire Fighter: What the Family Needs to Know - Paperback

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by Ellen Kirschman (Author)How can fire fighter families cope with the emotional toll of loving a first responder? There are ceaseless worries--about the physical dangers of the profession, the cumulative stress, and the long hours spent away from home. In this compassionate and knowledgeable guide--now fully revised and updated--psychologist Ellen Kirschman shares sage advice and practical strategies for when times get tough. From dealing with occupational hazards like trauma, marital tensio...

Equine Training with Compassion and Respect: Keeping your Horse Sound - Hardcover

$70.54

by Mary L. Frances (Author)This book is for Horse lovers and riders who wish to learn and understand better how the horse's body works under a rider and how best to enhance and develop that body so we put the horse's welfare first at all times and never damage or break down our horse through the ridden work that we do.It explains in depth the posture that the horse should work in to carry a rider with ease and how we should all achieve that posture.Mary explains well the pain and the discomfo...

Earth Medicines: Ancestral Wisdom, Healing Recipes, and Wellness Rituals from a Curandera - Hardcover

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by Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz (Author)Winner of the 2022 Eating the West Award! An accessible guide to time-honored Indigenous wisdom, healing recipes, and wellness rituals for modern life from an experienced curandera. In Earth Medicines, Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz, a curandera (or traditional healer) who is a Xicana with Tewa ancestry, combines Indigenous wisdom from many traditions with the power of the four elements. This modern guide is designed to support readers on their path to wellness with li...

Dr. Brooks: Billionaires' Club Book 3 - Paperback

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by Raylin Marks (Author)We shared the love of a lifetime. Too bad I don't remember any of it.Pieces of my life were ripped away without warning. My career, my control, my sense of self...it's gone.So are my memories of him.I now know him as the handsome doctor who was there for me when I first woke up after the accident. But before that, he was the love of my life. My everything. Or so I'm told.I'm not the woman he remembers. I'm just a ghost with her face. An unfortunate remnant of the happi...

Sinus Diet: A Beginner's Step-by-Step Guide to Managing Sinusitis and Other Sinus Symptoms Through Nutrition: With Curated Recipes and a Meal Plan - Paperback

$14.29

by Brandon Gilta (Author)Like other nasal cavity infection, sinusitis can cause serious physical and mental discomforts to people. Acute sinusitis, the most common form of sinusitis, can be managed easily using simple home remedies. Doctors may prescribe over-the-counter medications to help manage the symptoms and prevent further complications. Chronic sinusitis, on the other hand, can stay in your life forever. Management may include antifungal medications and corticosteroid sprays.According...

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Mimic Makers: Biomimicry Inventors Inspired by Nature - Hardcover

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by Kristen Nordstrom (Author), Paul Boston (Illustrator)"Young readers will be captivated by the contemporary inventors and inventions featured, and inspired to incorporate biomimicry into their own designs."--Miranda Paul, author of One Plastic Bag and Water is Water Who's the best teacher for scientists, engineers, AND designers? Mother nature, of course! When an inventor is inspired by nature for a new creation, they are practicing something called biomimicry. Meet ten real-life scientists...

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Red Book Pediatric Infectious Diseases Clinical Decision Support Chart - Spiral

$68.78

by David W. Kimberlin (Editor)Fully revised and updated, the second edition of this full-color chart collects many of the most clinically useful tables, algorithms, and other items from the Red Book, 32nd edition and presents them in an enlarged, enhanced, colorized format that is lightweight, portable and easy to navigate. Additionally, new tables have been created exclusively for this chart, synthesizing important clinical information from the Red Book text. Topics include: Staphylococcal ...

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Bionanotechnology: Engineering Concepts and Applications - Hardcover

$159.12

by Jie Chen (Author), Yiwei Feng (Author), Scott MacKay (Author)Understand the principles, practices, and applications of bionanotechnologyThis hands-on textbook covers key aspects of bionanotechnology from an engineering perspective. The book delves into a wide variety of topics, including materials science, micro/nano fabrication, general physics, fluid flow, electromagnetics, thermodynamics, molecular biology, immunology, biochemistry, and organic chemistry.Developed from an advanced engin...

The ABCs of Diabetes for Children: Simplifying Diabetes Education - Paperback

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by Amanda Jones (Author)Every child should LEARN about Diabetes Rhymes are used for the child's benefit Studies have shown that rhymes promote the recalling of facts as listening/repeating rhymes develop our memorizing skill. It is easier to apply information you remember. Lower the risk of diabetes in children through education. The ABCs of Diabetes for children is written as an introduction to diabetes. This book gives children an understanding of diabetes in its simplest form. At the en...

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The Premonition: A Pandemic Story - Hardcover

$30.00

by Michael Lewis (Author)Fortunately, we are still a nation of skeptics. Fortunately, there are those among us who study pandemics and are willing to look unflinchingly at worst-case scenarios. Michael Lewis's taut and brilliant nonfiction thriller pits a band of medical visionaries against the wall of ignorance that was the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of COVID-19.The characters you will meet in these pages are as fascinating as they are unexpected. A thirtee...

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by Alfredo Nappa (Author), Marisa Villalba (Author), Federico Nappa (Author)A FULLY CLINICAL BOOK: Aimed, both for those colleagues who want to take another step in their training and expand their knowledge ... and for those who are starting ... With this book we promise that each one will receive the appropriate information to apply immediately in your daily practice.4 Sections- TIME AND SPACE OF AESTHETICS- TIMES IN SIMULTANEOUS BIOMECHANICS- ASYMMETRIES AND ASYMMETRIC BIOMECHANICS- TIME AN...

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The Historical Roots of Human Trafficking: Informing Primary Prevention of Commercialized Violence - Hardcover

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by Makini Chisolm-Straker (Editor), Katherine Chon (Editor)Back JacketA public health approach to human trafficking requires a nuanced understanding of its root causes. This textbook applies a historical lens to human trafficking from expert resources for the multidisciplinary public health learner and worker. The book challenges the anti-trafficking paradigm to meaningfully understand historical legacies of present-day root-causes of human trafficking. This textbook focuses on history's util...

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Skid Road: On the Frontier of Health and Homelessness in an American City - Hardcover

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by Josephine Ensign (Author)A compelling look at the historical roots of poverty and homelessness, the "worthy" and "unworthy" poor, and the role of charity health care and public policy in the United States.Home to over 730,000 people, with close to four million people living in the metropolitan area, Seattle has the third-highest homeless population in the United States. In 2018, an estimated 8,600 homeless people lived in the city, a figure that does not include the significant number of "...

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Unequal Cities: Structural Racism and the Death Gap in America's Largest Cities - Hardcover

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by Maureen R. Benjamins (Editor), Fernando G. de Maio (Editor), Julie Morita (Foreword by)Across the United States, Black people have shorter life expectancies than white people--reflecting structural racism and deep-rooted drivers of population health. But are some cities more equal than others?The elimination of racial and ethnic inequities--differences that are avoidable, unnecessary, and unfair--has been one of the overarching health-related goals of the United States for decades. Yet dra...

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American Dementia: Brain Health in an Unhealthy Society - Hardcover

$29.95

by Daniel R. George (Author), Peter J. Whitehouse (Author)Have the social safety nets, environmental protections, and policies to redress wealth and income inequality enacted after World War II contributed to declining rates of dementia today--and how do we improve brain health in the future?Winner of the American Book Fest Health: Aging/50+ by the American Book Fest, Living Now Book Award: Mature Living/Aging by the Living Now Book AwardsFor decades, researchers have chased a pharmaceutical ...

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The Busy Caregiver's Guide to Advanced Alzheimer Disease - Hardcover

$76.14

by Jennifer R. Stelter (Author), Rachael Wonderlin (With)The only guide to caring for those with advanced Alzheimer disease.Winner of the IPPY Book Award Health/Medicine/Nutrition by the Independent PublisherCaring for someone living with advanced Alzheimer disease is a challenge. It can make you feel like you're on a hamster wheel--running in circles, trying the same things over and over with no effect on your loved one. You may also find it difficult to connect with your loved one and to un...