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The Home Herbal: Restorative Herbal Remedies for the Mind, Body, and Soul - Hardcover

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by Andrew Chevallier (Author)Boost your health and improve your self-care with over 100 herbal medicine recipes to make at home An herbal medicine-making guide for modern life that starts with you. Learn how to make over 100 easy herbal remedies at home that will improve both your mental and physical well-being. Organized by everyday needs and ailments rather than by herb, this intuitive, beautifully illustrated guide will help you find the right herbal restorative for you, investigate the ro...

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The Foot Book: The Complete Guide to Caring for Your Feet and Ankles - Paperback

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by Jonathan D. Rose (Author), Vincent J. Martorana (Author)Now completely revised and updated! The ultimate guide to taking care of your feet.Written by leading experts with decades of experience in podiatry, this new edition of The Foot Book covers everything you need to know to care for your feet. It addresses the entire foot, inside and out, describing in plain English its anatomy and biomechanical operations. The second edition also: - Provides an overview of common and rare foot injuries...

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High Blood Pressure for Dummies - Paperback

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by Richard Snyder (Author)Maintain healthy blood pressure with timeless wisdom and new breakthroughs in prevention and treatment High Blood Pressure For Dummies explains all you need to know about blood pressure--and what to do when it gets too high. High blood pressure can lead to serious complications, but with lifestyle changes and medication, it's easily treatable. This jargon-free, compassionate book walks you through the necessary changes to help lower blood pressure and live a healthy ...

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by Maggie O'Farrell (Author)The stunning, groundbreaking debut novel of wrenching love and grief from the New York Times bestselling author of The Marriage Portrait and National Book Circle Award Winner Hamnet Alice Raikes takes a train from London to Scotland to visit her family, but when she gets there she witnesses something so shocking that she insists on returning to London immediately. A few hours later, Alice is lying in a coma after an accident that may or may not have been a suicide ...

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The Lupus Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Guide for Patients and Health Care Providers - Paperback

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by Donald E. Thomas (Author)Now completely updated! The best-selling, most comprehensive guide to lupus, its complications, and management.Lupus is an autoimmune disease that can attack any body organ. It is three times more common in the United States today than it was in the 1980s, so there is an increased need for accurate, practical information on this potentially devastating disease. Lupus expert and clinician Donald E. Thomas, Jr., MD, provides all the helpful information patients need...

Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep: Your All-In-One Guide to the Kaplan and Hesi Exams - Paperback

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by Kaplan Nursing (Author)Now with a new, easy-to-read page design, Kaplan's Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep is a focused review of the HESI A2 and the Kaplan Nursing Admission Test--two major nursing school entrance assessments. Exam-specific practice, concise content review, and proven test-taking strategies will prepare you to face the first test of your nursing career with confidence. The Best Review Four sample practice tests: two for HESI A2, two for the Kaplan exam. Diagnostic test ...

Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book - Paperback

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by Susan M. Love (Author), Elizabeth Love (With)The "Bible" (New York Times) and the "seminal work" (LA Times) offering the most authoritative guidance through all stages of breast cancer diagnosis and recovery, fully revised and updated. While the amount of information regarding a breast cancer diagnosis is vaster than ever, online and off, what continues to be missing is the explanation behind the options. Most of the data online on medical sites is generic and often comes from the same so...

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by Robin Cook (Author)In this new fast-paced medical mystery-thriller from The New York Times bestselling author Robin Cook, fan favorites Jack and Laurie must determine the Manner of Death after a pathology resident's suspicious suicide. Due to Jack Stapleton's ongoing recovery from his near-death confrontation with a serial killer, his wife Laurie Montgomery, the NYC Chief Medical Examiner, is carrying the load both at work and at home. When she insists an underperforming pathology resident...

The Pharmacy Technician's Pocket Drug Reference - Paperback

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by Theresa A. Echaiz (Author)Small and light enough to carry comfortably in a lab coat pocket, this newly revised edition of The Pharmacy Technician's Pocket Drug Reference contains the five main components of drug information that a pharmacy technician seeks. For each of the most commonly prescribed drugs, this book provides generic names (with pronunciations), trade names, therapeutic classes, general FDA-approved therapeutic uses, and commercially available dosage forms/strengths.Small and...

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by J. Michael Straczynski (Author)"Echoes of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest reverberate through this cinematic tale...readers looking for an adrenaline-inducing resistance plot will find this worth their time." --Publishers WeeklyFrom award-winning author J. Michael Straczynski, The Glass Box is a hard-hitting, fast-paced sci-fi novel about the choices we make and the ramifications we face.Riley Diaz was born to fight back.When she's incarcerated under the authority of a shadowy new defense ...

Official Ati Teas Study Guide 7 (2024-2025 Edition) - Paperback

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by Ati (Author)Official ATI TEAS Study Guide 2024-2025 Everything You need to know from the creators of the exam! Ready to conquer the ATI TEAS, Version 7 Exam? Get your hands on the "Official ATI TEAS Study Guide 2024-2025," the only guide crafted by the makers of the TEAS exam. Tailored to the latest exam blueprint, this guide is your secret weapon to nail the test. What's Inside: 1. Focused Study: Zoom in on key areas - Reading, Math, Science, and English. Study smart with targeted content...

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Breaking Through Depression: A Guide to the Next Generation of Promising Research and Revolutionary New Treatments - Hardcover

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by Philip William Gold (Author)"A thorough, up-to-date, and upbeat introduction to current scientific thinking about mood disorders and their treatment. An important resource for patients and their families--and for anyone curious about progress in psychiatric research."―Peter D. Kramer, Listening to Prozac This inspiring exploration of the recent advances in depression research and treatment shares new methods that offer promising paths to wellness. Breaking Through Depression explores how ...

Chronic Pain Reset: 30 Days of Activities, Practices, and Skills to Help You Thrive - Hardcover

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by Afton L. Hassett (Author), Barbara L. Fredrickson (Foreword by)This indispensable guide explores the key role that your brain plays in processing pain and how small, simple actions can make profound changes in how you experience chronic pain. Chronic Pain Reset will help you evaluate your pain and its triggers, offering straightforward and often fun strategies to improve it. Using the principles of cognitive-behavioral therapy, you'll try one new evidence-based strategy each day for 30 day...

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Policing Pregnant Bodies: From Ancient Greece to Post-Roe America - Hardcover

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by Kathleen M. Crowther (Author)Explores the historical roots of controversies over abortion, fetal personhood, miscarriage, and maternal mortality.On June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision, asserting that the Constitution did not confer the right to abortion. This ruling, in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health case, was the culmination of a half-century of pro-life activism promoting the idea that fetuses are people and therefore entitled to the rights and pr...

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Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation: Why Physicists Are Studying Human Consciousness and AI to Unravel the Mysteries of the Universe - Hardcover

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by George Musser (Author)"This is a delightful account of one of the deepest and most fascinating explorations going on today at the frontier of our knowledge." --Carlo Rovelli, bestselling author of The Order of Time and Seven Brief Lessons on Physics "Musser knows that the point of popular science is [. . .] to get a sense of what's at stake, what kinds of answers are being offered to difficult questions, and why it all matters. One could not ask more of Putting Ourselves Back in the Equati...

A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, Ai, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains - Hardcover

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by Max Bennett (Author)Equal parts Sapiens, Behave, and Superintelligence, but wholly original in scope, A Brief History of Intelligence offers a paradigm shift for how we understand neuroscience and AI. Artificial intelligence entrepreneur Max Bennett chronicles the five "breakthroughs" in the evolution of human intelligence and reveals what brains of the past can tell us about the AI of tomorrow. In the last decade, capabilities of artificial intelligence that had long been the realm of sci...

Mapping the Darkness: The Visionary Scientists Who Unlocked the Mysteries of Sleep - Hardcover

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by Kenneth Miller (Author)NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 BY THE NEW YORKER NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICE SELECTION "A propulsive, utterly engrossing history... None of it is simple and all of it is captivating."--The New York Times "Mapping the Darkness offers two narratives at once: a sweeping journey of discovery about dreams, sleep and the terra incognita of unconsciousness; and a wake-up call about the dangers of chronic exhaustion. It's time, Mr. Miller tells us, to take our slee...

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by Abraham Verghese (Author)The Covenant of Water is the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of the major word-of-mouth bestseller Cutting for Stone, which has sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States alone and remained on the New York Times bestseller list for over two years.Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India's Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every ...

The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis - Hardcover

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by Maria Smilios (Author)New York City, 1929. A sanatorium, a deadly disease, and a dire nursing shortage. In the pre-antibiotic days when tuberculosis stirred people's darkest fears, killing one in seven, white nurses at Sea View, New York's largest municipal hospital, began quitting en masse. Desperate to avert a public health crisis, city officials summoned Black southern nurses, luring them with promises of good pay, a career, and an escape from the strictures of Jim Crow. But after arr...

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Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature's Toxins--From Spices to Vices - Hardcover

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by Noah Whiteman (Author)An evolutionary biologist tells the story of nature's toxins and why we are attracted--and addicted--to them, in this "magisterial, fascinating, and gripping tour de force" (Neil Shubin). A deadly secret lurks within our spice racks, medicine cabinets, backyard gardens, and private stashes. Scratch beneath the surface of a coffee bean, a red pepper flake, a poppy seed, a mold spore, a foxglove leaf, a magic-mushroom cap, a marijuana bud, or an apple seed, and we find...

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by Bridgette Allan (Author), Bernadine Douglas (Author), Noakes Tim (Author)Due to your requests for more basic recipes and a user-friendly format, The Banting Solution is now available in a size that fits every pocket. This little guide will provide all the tips and advice you need with which to start, successfully conclude and maintain your Banting lifestyle. The Banting Pocket Guide includes a chapter from Banting's most respected and passionate supporter, Prof. Tim Noakes; answers your mo...

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Oxford Professional Practice: Handbook of Patient Safety - Paperback

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by Peter Lachman (Editor), Jane Runnacles (Editor), Anita Jayadev (Editor)Every day, doctors are faced with the challenge of keeping the people they treat safe and free from harm. Patient safety is a relatively new field of study, but the field is expanding and there is now better understanding of what is needed to measure and achieve safety for patients. The Handbook of Patient Safety will empower doctors, nurses and other professionals to be able to develop safe clinical processes that allo...

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by Michael J. Aminoff (Author)Sir Victor Horsley (1857-1916) was a brilliant and pioneering neurosurgeon who also shaped the direction of clinical medicine through his work with the British Medical Association, Medical Defence Union, and General Medical Council. Before the nervous system could be imaged, Horsley operated successfully on the brain and spinal cord, and performed palliative procedures on patients dying from brain tumours. Nevertheless, he became a social pariah due to his suppor...

Madness in the Family: Women, Care, and Illness in Japan - Hardcover

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by H. Yumi Kim (Author)To fend off American and European imperialism in the nineteenth century, Japan strove to strengthen itself by drawing on the most updated ideas and practices from around the world. By the 1880s, this included the introduction of Western-derived psychiatry and its ideas about mental illness. The first Japanese psychiatrists claimed that mental illnesses required medical treatment in specialized institutions rather than confinement at home, as had been common practice. Ye...

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CPT Changes 2024: An Insider's View - Paperback

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by American Medical Association (Author)For a better understanding of the latest revisions to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT(R)) code set, rely on the best-selling CPT(R) Changes 2024: An Insider's View. Find the meaning behind all the changes included in the American Medical Association's (AMA) CPT(R) 2024 Professional Edition codebook. Invest in this annual publication and get the insider's perspective into the annual changes in the CPT code set directly from the source--the Americ...

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The Right to Pain Relief and Other Deep Roots of the Opioid Epidemic - Paperback

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by Mark Sullivan (Author), Jane Ballantyne (Author)The Right to Pain Relief and Other Deep Roots of the Opioid Epidemic offers a new lens through which to view the opioid epidemic as a consequence of serious misunderstandings of both opioids and pain. Based on their extensive research and experience with chronic pain care, science, ethics, and policy, the authors look beyond the usual villains-pharmaceutical companies and pharmacotherapy distributors-to examine the ethical and scientific conc...

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Guidelines for Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs - Paperback

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by Aacvpr (Editor)As the field of pulmonary rehabilitation has continued to advance and evolve, standards for patient care and for programs have become increasingly important. Guidelines for Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs, Fifth Edition With Web Resource, offers the best practices for patient care and serves as the must-have resource for programs to prepare for the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) pulmonary rehabilitation program certification. R...

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Substance Use Disorders: A Biopsychosocial Perspective - Paperback

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by Perry M. Duncan (Author)This textbook surveys the current knowledge on substance use disorders (SUD), summarizing scientific evidence from numerous fields. It uses a biopsychosocial framework to integrate the many factors that contribute to addictions, from genetic predispositions, neurological responses caused by drugs, co-occurring psychiatric disorders, personality traits, and developmental conditions to cultural influences. Real-life vignettes and first-person accounts build understand...

Habit Forming: Drug Addiction in America, 1776-1914 - Paperback

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by Elizabeth Kelly Gray (Author)Habitual drug use in the United States is at least as old as the nation itself. Habit Forming traces the history of unregulated drug use and dependency before 1914, when the Harrison Narcotic Tax Act limited sales of opiates and cocaine under US law. Many Americans used opiates and other drugs medically and became addicted. Some tried Hasheesh Candy, injected morphine, or visited opium dens, but neither use nor addiction was linked to crime, due to the dearth o...

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by Scott Fishman (Author), Lisa Berger (Author)If you are one of the 45 million Americans suffering from chronic pain, you've most likely seen numerous doctors and tried a wide range of medicines and treatments, only to alleviate your pain. You've probably come to believe that there's nothing to be done and that your chronic pain, is, well, chronic. Now, in a groundbreaking contribution, Dr. Scott Fishman introduces an interdisciplinary pain-management approach that integrates traditional and...

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by Stanley Johnson (Author)From renowned British politician Stanley Johnson, an exciting, intelligent thriller about the rise of a mysterious virus and one man's fight to stop a deadly pandemic, perfect for fans of Michael Crichton and Dan Brown.How do you stop an invisible killer?When a young woman in New York City dies mysteriously after a trip to Europe, top epidemiologist Lowell Kaplan identifies the cause of death as the Marburg Virus--a fatal strain that has surfaced only once before i...

Trace Elements in Human and Animal Nutrition - Hardcover

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by Walter Mertz (Volume Editor)The major change in the format of the fifth edition is the presentation of the book in two volumes, necessitated by the rapidly increasing knowledge of metabolism, interactions, and requirements of trace elements ... The guiding principle was to present the minimum of results that would serve as a logical foundation for the description of the present state of knowledge. Recent results of research were accommodated by devoting new chapters to the subjects "Method...