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Hydrometeorological Extreme Events and Public Health - Hardcover

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by Franziska Matthies-Wiesler (Editor), Philippe Quevauviller (Editor)CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR INCREASED FLOODS AND DROUGHTS RESULTING FROM CLIMATE CHANGE TO PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH Hydrometeorological Extreme Events and Public Health outlines the links between climate change, trends in hydrometeorological extreme events, and the effects on human health, and describes new developments in health adaptation and disaster risk management. The work provides technical facts, examples of international ...

Endodontic Advances and Evidence-Based Clinical Guidelines - Hardcover

$180.00

by Hany M. a. Ahmed (Editor), Paul M. H. Dummer (Editor)Explores recent research and innovations in the field of endodontics and provides evidence-based guidelines for contemporary dental practice Endodontic Advances and Evidence-Based Clinical Guidelines provides a comprehensive and up-to-date description of recent research findings and their impact on clinical practice. Using an innovative approach to the field, the book enables readers to translate the current body of knowledge on endodon...

Anatomy and Physiology for Nursing and Healthcare Students at a Glance - Paperback

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by Ian Peate (Author)Anatomy and Physiology for Nursing and Healthcare Students at a Glance The market-leading at a Glance series is popular among healthcare students and newly qualified practitioners for its concise, simple approach and excellent illustrations. Each bite-sized chapter is covered in a double-page spread with clear, easy-to-follow diagrams, supported by succinct explanatory text. Covering a wide range of topics, books in the at a Glance series are ideal as introductory texts f...

Alkaloids: Their Importance in Nature and Human Life - Hardcover

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by Joanna Kurek (Editor)"Alkaloids" is intended for by chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacy, and other medical students, biologists, chemists, biochemists, and other professionals involved in the field of alkaloids. All chapters in this book are written by professionals in the areas of alkaloid chemistry, biology, pharmacy, and other interesting applications. The chapters cover interesting and less obvious information about different groups of alkaloids. Number of Pages: 100 Dimensions: 0.31 x 9...

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by Matt Chandler (Author)This book explores how vaccines work and are developed, highlighting examples of historic vaccines and the diseases they help prevent as well as the debates and challenges related to vaccination that remain today. The book also includes a table of contents, two infographics, informative sidebars, two Case Study special features, quiz questions, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. This Focus Readers title is at the Voyager level, aligned to reading levels o...

Homeostasis: An Integrated Vision - Hardcover

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by Fernanda Lasakosvitsch Castanho (Editor), Sergio Dos Anjos Garnes (Editor)The human body is composed of several systems and organs, consisting of millions of cells that need relatively stable conditions to function and contribute to the survival of the body as a whole. The maintenance of stable conditions for the cells against the variations of the external environment is an essential function of the body and is called homeostasis. As a consequence of the loss of homeostasis, a disease is ...

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Crohn's and Colitis for Dummies - Paperback

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by Tauseef Ali (Author), David T. Rubin (Foreword by)Get relief from your inflammatory bowel disease symptoms Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are diseases that disrupt your body's ability to digest food, absorb nutrition, and eliminate waste in a healthy manner. Crohn's And Colitis For Dummies is the ultimate reference to these common forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including tips on how to recognize and control the symptoms, so you can get your life back. Get ideas for keep...

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by Janet Mauk (Author), Peter Radigan (Other), Jim McGrath (As Told to)Tragedy to Triumph-The Story of Tom's Heart provides an up-close and personal look at the journeys of two individuals facing death as they present their individual perspectives as the donor family and the recipient.There are very few stories in life that grip you like the loss of a child. When that story hits home, it can feel like your very heart is being ripped out. This story is about life and death.When a family member...

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You Are More Powerful Than You Think: A Step by Step Guide to Owning Your Life - Hardcover

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by Fred Didomenico (Author)What if you could reconnect to the power you hold inside by taking six simple steps? Dr. Fred Didomenico leads you through those steps in this guide to fulfillment that reveals the self-imposed illusions and limitations that thwart success. The steps will awaken your energy, inner enlightenment, and self-awareness in a progressive manner. As you heal yourself, you'll also be equipped to empower and enlighten others. You can remember the six steps with a simple acron...

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Pediatric Primary Care: Practice Guidelines for Nurses: Practice Guidelines for Nurses - Paperback

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by Beth Richardson (Author)Pediatric Primary Care Practice: Guidelines for Nurses, Fifth Edition is a comprehensive resource for well-child management and acute care management of childhood illnesses in a primary care setting. Written by practicing experts, this text is intended for advanced practice nursing students as a quick reference guide once they enter clinical practice. To manage initial and follow-up visits, the Fifth Edition features templates for gathering first visit history, as w...

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Core Curriculum for Interdisciplinary Lactation Care - Paperback

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by Lactation Education Accreditation and Ap (Author), Becky Spencer (Author), Suzanne Hetzel Campbell (Author)Core Curriculum for Interdisciplinary Lactation Care continues to be a trustworthy source for lactation-specific information and education in a thoroughly updated second edition. Published in association with the Lactation Education Accreditation and Approval Review Committee (LEAARC), it presents the core curriculum required to practice as a beginning lactation consultant in an easy-...

Faith Cures, or, Answers to Prayer in the Healing of the Sick - Hardcover

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by Charles Cullis (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reprod...

Athletic Training Exam Secrets Study Guide - NATA Test Review for the National Athletic Trainers' Association Board of Certification Exam: [2nd Editio - Hardcover

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by Mometrix (Editor) Mometrix Test Preparation's Athletic Training Exam Secrets Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass their National Athletic Trainers' Association Board of Certification Exam. The exam is extremely challenging, and thorough test preparation is essential for success. Our study guide includes: * Practice test questions with detailed answer explanations * Tips and strategies to help you get your best test performance * A complete review of all Athl...

CEN Exam Secrets Study Guide - CEN Review Book for the Certified Emergency Nurse Exam, Full-Length Practice Test, Step-by-Step Review Video Tutorials: - Hardcover

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by Mometrix Test Prep (Editor)Mometrix Test Preparation's CEN Exam Secrets Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass their Certification for Emergency Nursing Examination. The exam is extremely challenging, and thorough test preparation is essential for success. Our study guide includes: * Practice test questions with detailed answer explanations* Step-by-step video tutorials to help you master difficult concepts* Tips and strategies to help you get your best test pe...

Maternal Newborn Nursing Exam Secrets Study Guide - Exam Review and Practice Test for the Maternal Newborn Nurse Test: [2nd Edition] - Hardcover

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by Mometrix (Editor)Mometrix Test Preparation's Maternal Newborn Nursing Exam Secrets Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass their Maternal Newborn Nurse Exam. The exam is extremely challenging, and thorough test preparation is essential for success. Our study guide includes: * Practice test questions with detailed answer explanations* Step-by-step video tutorials to help you master difficult concepts* Tips and strategies to help you get your best test performance...

Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Review Book - FNP Examination Secrets Study Guide, Full-Length Practice Test, Step-by-Step Video Tutorials: [3 - Hardcover

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by Matthew Bowling (Editor) Mometrix Test Preparation's Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Review Book - FNP Examination Secrets Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass their Nurse Practitioner Exam. The exam is extremely challenging, and thorough test preparation is essential for success. Our study guide includes: * Practice test questions with detailed answer explanations * Step-by-step video tutorials to help you master difficult concepts * Tips and strate...

Save Your Health Save the Planet: Dentistry for a Bright, Green Future - Paperback

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by Rosanna Cavalletto (Author)Practice Dentistry That Truly Makes an ImpactIn this dual-language book (English and Spanish), Dr. Cavalletto draws from in-depth research and her own experience, Dr. Cavalletto explains current obstacles and risks involved with common dental practices. She shows how the current system is depleting the environment and our health and what studies reveal regarding the environmental and health dangers related to highly toxic materials.Dr. Cavalletto presents holisti...

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All Creatures: Heartwarming Tales from a Yorkshire Vet - Paperback

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by Julian Norton (Author)'A delightful read' RADIO TIMES'Heartwarming tales' DAILY MAIL A celebration of the different creatures - great and small - that this Yorkshire vet has come to know and love. Yorkshire Vet Julian Norton has spent his days as a mixed practice vet treating animals across the bucolic Yorkshire Dales. Julian's voice and humour - well known from his titular role in Channel 5's long-running series The Yorkshire Vet - leap out from every page as stories of drama and exciteme...

Single Port Gynecologic Laparoscopic and Robotic-Assisted Surgery - Hardcover

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by Greg Marchand (Editor)This is the first ever textbook completely devoted to single-incision minimally invasive gynecologic surgery. Expert gynecologic surgeons have collaborated to produce well-referenced and thought-provoking chapters on all common single-incision techniques in use today, including laparoscopic, robotic, and vaginal, with special sections devoted to hysterectomy and gynecologic oncology procedures. Chapter topics range from the history and fundamentals of procedures to a ...

Differential Diagnosis of Chest Pain - Hardcover

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by Umashankar Lakshmanadoss (Editor)This book aims to provide an excellent overview of the differential diagnosis and approach to chest pain in various clinical settings. This book is divided into two sections including the introduction and the approach to chest pain. Our introductory chapter starts with the basic principles of statistics and its application in various diagnostic modalities of heart disease. Our authors present a nice approach to patients presenting with chest pain in various...

Sino-Nasal and Olfactory System Disorders - Hardcover

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by Thomas Heinbockel (Editor), Balwant Singh Gendeh (Editor)Our sense of smell is of critical importance in our daily lives and it contributes to our personal wellbeing and safety as well as communication with others. However, it is only when disease or injury impairs its function that we appreciate the relevance of this sensory modality. During the past three decades, research of the olfactory sense has seen an ever-growing interest in this exciting field of study. This book provides the rea...

Mycotoxins: Impact and Management Strategies - Hardcover

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by Patrick Berka Njobeh (Editor), Francois Stepman (Editor)This Edited Volume Mycotoxins - Impact and Management Strategies is a collection of reviewed and relevant research chapters, offering a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the field of Mycotoxicology. The book comprises of single chapters authored by various researchers and edited by an expert active in this research area. This book is divided into three sections. Section 1 consists of one chapter that gives an overview o...

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Understanding the Heart: Surprising Insights Into the Evolutionary Origins of Heart Diseaseand Why It Matters - Paperback

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by Stephen Hussey (Author)*2022 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist for Health"The most mind-blowing information on heart disease. . . . I consider this to be one of the best books I've ever read on cardiovascular health."--Ben Greenfield, New York Times bestselling author Heart disease is the number-one killer in the world. Despite ever-advancing medical procedures and more and more powerful pharmaceutical drugs, the rate of heart disease continues to rise. According to Dr. Steph...

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The Truth about Covid-19: Exposing the Great Reset, Lockdowns, Vaccine Passports, and the New Normal - Paperback

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by Joseph Mercola (Author), Ronnie Cummins (Author), Robert F. Kennedy (Foreword by)USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly National Bestseller "An eloquent, charismatic, and knowledgeable [critique] of a corrupt system."--Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., from the foreword "Dr. Mercola is a visionary, pioneer, and leader."--Del Bigtree, host of The Highwire Multiple New York Times best-selling author Dr. Joseph Mercola and Ronnie Cummins, founder and director of the Organic Consumers A...

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Hope in the Heartache: A Journey of Grace and Growth with a Special Needs Child - Hardcover

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by Kelly Speck (Author)"He was born blue; he was barely alive. All the air had been sucked from the room." Kelly Speck had planned for her newborn son, Bennett, to be placed on her bare chest for his first attempt at breastfeeding. Instead, he was whisked away to the NICU. It was, as Speck writes, "the kickoff of a nightmare journey." The doctors said the end was near for Bennett. Was there any hope? Hope in the Heartache, Kelly Speck's true-to-life and immaculately detailed memoir, tells o...

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by Terri Wallo Strauss (Author)DURING A MOMENTOUS TIME in nursing in the middle of the 20th Century, students attending the St. Vincent School of Nursing lived, worked, studied and even prayed under the guidance of Harriett Osborn, the first nurse in Oregon to receive a bachelor's degree. As the Director of Education for the school, which became affiliated with the University of Portland, Harriett professionalized nursing, demanding perfection and patient-centered education. She ultimately pr...

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Edmunds' Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider - Paperback

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by Constance G. Visovsky (Author), Cheryl H. Zambroski (Author), Rebecca M. Lutz (Author)Master the pharmacologic principles and drug information you need to safely and effectively prescribe drugs for primary care! Edmunds' Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider, 5th Edition is written for Nurse Practitioners, other Advanced Practice Nursing prescribers, and Physician Assistants. Unlike other pharmacotherapeutics textbooks, it focuses on the drugs most commonly used in primary care settin...

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The Wine-Dark Sea Within: A Turbulent History of Blood - Hardcover

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by Dhun Sethna (Author)A revisionist history of medicine, in which blood plays the starring role Inspired by Homer's description of the ebb and flow of the "wine dark sea," the ancient Greeks conceived a back-and-forth movement of blood. That false notion, perpetuated by the influential Roman physician Galen, prevailed for fifteen hundred years until William Harvey proved that blood circulates: the heart pumps blood in one direction through the arteries and it returns through the veins. Harv...

To Survive Caregiving: A Daughter's Experience, A Doctor's Advice - Paperback

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by Cheryl E. Woodson (Author)In the second edition of her popular resource, Dr. Cheryl still shoots from the hip and from the heart, guiding families to give excellent eldercare without killing themselves (or each other). She is a fellowship-trained geriatrician (UCLA), a former medical school faculty member (The University of Chicago and Northwestern University), and holds board certifications in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, and Health Care Quality Management. Dr. Cheryl also knows family ...

Advances in Applied Electromyography - Hardcover

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by Joseph Mizrahi (Editor)The electrical activity of the muscles, as measured by means of electromyography (EMG), is a major expression of muscle contraction. This book aims at providing an updated overview of the recent developments in electromyography from diverse aspects and various applications in clinical and experimental research. It consists of ten chapters arranged in four sections. The first section deals with EMG signals from skeletal muscles and their significance in assessing biom...

Multiple Myeloma: An Overview - Hardcover

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by Ajay Gupta (Editor)Multiple myeloma is a malignant disorder characterized by the proliferation of plasma cells. Much insight has been gained into the molecular pathways that lead to myeloma and indeed much more remains to be done. The understanding of these pathways is closely linked to their therapeutic implications and is stressed upon in the initial chapters. Recently, the introduction of newer agents such as bortezomib, lenalidomide, thalidomide, liposomal doxorubicin, etc. has led to ...