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Operation Valastro: Promise Me A Miracle Series, Book 4 - Paperback

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by U. M. Hiram (Author), J. L. Woodson (Designed by)Valentina Romano, a world-famous celebrity chef, is hired to prepare the meal and signature cake for the wedding of Dro Reyes and his fianc?e, Lola Samuels. But days before the celebration, she and her four specialty chefs are flat on their backs in an Italian hospital after falling eerily ill.Dr. Marcus Kyncade, known for his advances in neurotoxins, is the attending physician for the five new patients. His attraction to Valentina is undeni...

El paciente olvidado. Teoría del Valor y Atención Médica - Paperback

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by Roberto Tafani (Author), Nuri Beatriz Gaspio (Author)A cierta edad, las personas hemos recibido todo tipo de atención médica. La decisión de dónde ir, y quien habría de atendernos, se ha basado en la confianza que nos daban nuestros prestadores. Nos respaldamos en su nombre conocido, su reputación o la de la institución en donde trabaja. Eso, si se tiene el privilegio de poder elegir. Para mucha gente, los prestadores son aquellos que les indican las cartillas cerradas de sus seguros médic...

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Chronic Pain the Drug-Free Way: A Drug-Free Way to Feel Better - Paperback

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by Phil Sizer (Author)'Buy this book and make sure your doctor reads it too!' Dr Steve Gilbert, former Lead Clinician for Chronic Pain in Scotland Chronic pain is much more common than you might think - it affects nearly one-fifth of the population. Chronic pain is defined as any pain that continues for longer than three months. It has a variety of causes including arthritis, back pain, fibromyalgia, accidents or operations, although sometimes there is no apparent cause. Many people sufferi...

PreTest Emergency Medicine, Fifth Edition - Paperback

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by Adam J. Rosh (Author), Ciara Barclay-Buchanan (Author)The trusted resource that asks the right questions so that you'll will be equipped with the answers Emergency Medicine: PreTest(R) is the the perfect way to ensure that you are prepared for the Emergency Medicine shelf exam. Written by clerkship faculty and reviewed by students who know what it takes to pass, Emergency Medicine: PreTest(R) is perfect for clerkship exam review and the USMLE Step 2CK. You'll find hundreds of high-yield q...

Interdisciplinary Approach to Geriatric Medicine - Paperback

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by Jeremy William Grabbe (Author)According to the National Institute of Aging there are more than half a billion people over the age of 65 across the globe. This has lead to a need for medical and psychiatric care on a scale unprecedented in history. In light of this increase in the global elderly population, the field of geriatric medicine has expanded and become multidisciplinary to accommodate the need of the elderly in the 21st century. This volume highlights research in geriatric medicin...

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Being Ill: On Sickness, Care and Abandonment - Hardcover

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by Neil Vickers (Author), Derek Bolton (Author)Original, moving, and drawing from a range of fields, an essential exploration of what it means to be ill. A serious illness often changes the way others see us. Few, if any, relationships remain the same. The sick become more dependent on partners and family members, while more distant contacts become strained. The carers of the ill are also often isolated. This book focuses on our sense of self when ill and how infirmity plays out in our relat...

In Search of the Hidden Moon - Paperback

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by Tim Eichenbrenner (Author)The depravity of human trafficking meets Jesus's message in the parable of the lost sheep in In Search of the Hidden Moon.Gil Sullivan, a young physician happily ensconced in his medical practice in a sleepy North Carolina town, rushes to the scene of an explosion to provide emergency care to a dying man. The man's puzzling request to find missing children in Peru creates a dilemma for Gil: Should he stay in his secure, settled life or honor the man's end-of-life ...

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High Reliability Healthcare: Applying the Secrets of the Nuclear Navy to Save Patient Lives - Hardcover

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by Robert Navy Bob Roncska Dba (Author), Jeffrey Kuhlman (Author)Mistakes can be fatal--this reality is all too familiar in the healthcare industry. Do you want better clinical outcomes, fewer errors, increased productivity, and highly reliable patient care? High Reliability Healthcare offers some actionable tips from the safest and most reliable industry ever: the nuclear navy. For over seventy-five years, the nuclear navy has operated highly enriched nuclear reactors with sailors in their ...

Biomedical Engineering Principles - Paperback

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by Arthur B. Ritter (Author), Vikki Hazelwood (Author), Antonio Valdevit (Author)Current demand in biomedical sciences emphasizes the understanding of basic mechanisms and problem solving rather than rigid empiricism and factual recall. Knowledge of the basic laws of mass and momentum transport as well as model development and validation, biomedical signal processing, biomechanics, and capstone design have indispensable roles in the engineering analysis of physiological processes. To this end...

Seven Deadly Sins: The Biology of Being Human - Hardcover

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by Guy Leschziner (Author)A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Seven Deadly Sins will explore the underlying nature of the seven deadly sins, their neuroscientific and psychological basis, and their origin in our genes.Gluttony. Greed. Sloth. Pride. Envy. Lust. Anger. These are The Seven Deadly Sins, the vices of humankind that define immorality. But do these sins really represent moral failings, or are they simply important and useful biological functions that humans need to survive? Inst...

The Cure for Women: Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Challenge to Victorian Medicine That Changed Women's Lives Forever - Hardcover

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by Lydia Reeder (Author)How Victorian male doctors used false science to argue that women were unfit for anything but motherhood--and the brilliant doctor who defied them After Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to graduate from medical school, more women demanded a chance to study medicine. Barred entrance to universities like Harvard, women built their own first-rate medical schools and hospitals. Their success spurred a chilling backlash from elite, white male physicians who were o...

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by Robin Cook (Author)From the bestselling author and "master of the medical thriller" (The New York Times), Robin Cook, comes a new tale of suspense-horror about a first-year resident whose life-shattering visions reveal the truth behind some of the greatest medical advances in the history of medicine. Twenty-three-year-old Michael "Mitt" Fuller starts his surgical residency with great anticipation at the nearly three-hundred-year-old, iconic Bellevue Hospital, following in the footsteps of ...

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Sickening: How Big Pharma Broke American Health Care and How We Can Repair It - Paperback

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by John Abramson (Author)The inside story of how Big Pharma's relentless pursuit of ever-higher profits corrupts medical knowledge--misleading doctors, misdirecting American health care, and harming our health.The United States spends an excess $1.5 trillion annually on health care compared to other wealthy countries--yet the amount of time that Americans live in good health ranks a lowly 68th in the world. At the heart of the problem is Big Pharma, which funds most clinical trials and theref...

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You: The Owner's Manual: An Insider's Guide to the Body That Will Make You Healthier and Younger - Paperback

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by Mehmet C. Oz (Author), Michael F. Roizen (Author)The #1 bestseller that gives YOU complete control over your body and your health.In this updated and expanded edition, America's favorite doctors, Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz, discuss how YOU actually have control over your genes. Discover how diseases start and how they affect your body--as well as advice on how to prevent and beat conditions that threaten your quality of life.YOU: The Owner's Manual challenges preconceived notions about h...

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by Augustus y. Napier (Author), Carl A. Whitaker (Author)"If you have a troubled marriage, a troubled child, a troubled self, if you're in therapy or think that there's no help for your predicament, The Family Crucible will give you insights . . . that are remarkably fresh and helpful."--New York Times Book ReviewThe classic groundbreaking book on family therapy by acclaimed experts Augustus Y. Napier, Ph.D., and Carl Whitaker, M.D.This extraordinary book presents scenarios of one family's th...

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by Jean Carper (Author)Food -- Your Miracle Medicine is the breakthrough book on food and health for the nineties. This comprehensive guide, based on more than 10,000 scientific studies, reveals how you can use the extraordinary powers of food to prevent and alleviate such common maladies as headaches and hay fever, as well as to ward off major killers, including heart disease and cancer. Jean Carper, the bestselling author of The Food Pharmacy, has now translated the amazing new discoveries...

No Good Deed: A Story of Medicine, Murder Accusations, and the Debate Over How We Die - Paperback

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by Lewis Mitchell Cohen (Author)Accomplished physician and researcher Dr. Lewis Cohen writes the untold story of two Massachusetts nurses, their struggles with end of life care, and how they were accused of murdering a patient. Captivating and powerful, No Good Deed explores what happens when decisions about end of life issues and the purpose of modern medicine move from the hospital to the courtroom to the church.Back JacketOn a blustery night, detectives from the Massachusetts State Police ...

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I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life - Hardcover

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by Ed Yong (Author)New York Times BestsellerNew York Times Notable Book of 2016 - NPR Great Read of 2016 - Named a Best Book of 2016 by The Economist, Smithsonian, NPR's Science Friday, MPR, Minnesota Star Tribune, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, The Guardian, Times (London)From Pulitzer Prize winner Ed Yong, a groundbreaking, wondrously informative, and vastly entertaining examination of the most significant revolution in biology since Darwin--a "microbe's-eye view" of the world that rev...

Saving Normal: An Insider's Revolt Against Out-Of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, Dsm-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life - Paperback

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by Allen Frances (Author)International Bestseller - "An extraordinarily important book." --Marcia Angell, Harvard Medical SchoolA deeply fascinating and urgently important critique of the widespread medicalization of normality, by "one of the world's most prominent psychiatrists" (The Atlantic)Anyone living a full, rich life experiences ups and downs, stresses, disappointments, sorrows, and setbacks. Today, however, millions of people who are really no more than "worried well" are being diagn...

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The End of Heart Disease: The Eat to Live Plan to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease - Paperback

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by Joel Fuhrman (Author)The New York Times bestselling author of Eat to Live, Super Immunity, The End of Diabetes, and The End of Dieting presents a scientifically proven, practical program to prevent and reverse heart disease, the leading cause of death in America--coinciding with the author's new medical study revealing headline-making findings.Dr. Joel Fuhrman, one of the country's leading experts on preventative medicine, offers his science-backed nutritional plan that addresses the lead...

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The End of Dieting: How to Live for Life - Paperback

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by Joel Fuhrman (Author)In The End of Dieting, Joel Fuhrman M.D., a board-certified family physician who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional and natural methods, and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat to Live, Super Immunity and The End of Diabetes, delivers a powerful paradigm-shifting book that shows us how and why we never need to diet again.Fuhrman writes, "By reading this book, you will understand the key principles of the science of health, nutri...

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The Autoimmune Solution: Prevent and Reverse the Full Spectrum of Inflammatory Symptoms and Diseases - Paperback

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by Amy Myers (Author)Over 90 percent of the population suffers from inflammation or an autoimmune disorder. Until now, conventional medicine has said there is no cure. Minor irritations like rashes and runny noses are ignored, while chronic and debilitating diseases like Crohn's and rheumatoid arthritis are handled with a cocktail of toxic treatments that fail to address their root cause. But it doesn't have to be this way.In The Autoimmune Solution, Dr. Amy Myers, a renowned leader in functi...

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Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World's Strangest Brains - Hardcover

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by Helen Thomson (Author)An Amazon Best Nonfiction Book of the MonthIndiebound Bestseller Award-winning science writer Helen Thomson unlocks the biggest mysteries of the human brain by examining nine extraordinary casesOur brains are far stranger than we think. We take it for granted that we can remember, feel emotion, navigate, empathise and understand the world around us, but how would our lives change if these abilities were dramatically enhanced - or disappeared overnight? Helen Thomson h...

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Younger: A Breakthrough Program to Reset Your Genes, Reverse Aging, and Turn Back the Clock 10 Years - Paperback

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by Sara Gottfried (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe New York Times bestselling author of The Hormone Cure and The Hormone Reset Diet shows every woman how to create a lifestyle that will help her look great, feel energized, and slow down the effects of aging.Feel destined for cellulite, saddle bags, and belly fat? Does your family come from a long line of Alzheimer's, cancer, or heart disease? Will nothing help your aging skin or declining libido or flagging energy? This book is for you. T...

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Doing Harm: The Truth about How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick - Paperback

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by Maya Dusenbery (Author)Editor of the award-winning site Feministing.com, Maya Dusenbery brings together scientific and sociological research, interviews with doctors and researchers, and personal stories from women across the country to provide the first comprehensive, accessible look at how sexism in medicine harms women today. In Doing Harm, Dusenbery explores the deep, systemic problems that underlie women's experiences of feeling dismissed by the medical system. Women have been discha...

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How to Be a Patient: The Essential Guide to Navigating the World of Modern Medicine - Paperback

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by Sana Goldberg (Author)From registered nurse and public health advocate Sana Goldberg, RN, a timely, accessible, and comprehensive handbook to navigating common medical situations. From the routine to the unexpected, How to Be a Patient is your ultimate guide to better healthcare.Did you know that patients have statistically better outcomes when their surgeon is female? That you can mark-up an informed consent sheet before you sign it, or get second opinions on CTs and MRIs? That there's a ...

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Surviving Schizophrenia, 7th Edition: A Family Manual - Paperback

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by E. Fuller Torrey (Author)Updated throughout and filled with all the latest research, treatment plans, commonly asked questions and more, the bestselling resource on schizophrenia is back--now in its seventh edition."E. Fuller Torrey is a brilliant writer. There is no one writing on psychology today whom I would rather read."-- Los Angeles TimesSince its first publication in 1983, Surviving Schizophrenia has become the standard reference book on the disease that has helped thousands of pati...

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Change Your Schedule, Change Your Life: How to Harness the Power of Clock Genes to Lose Weight, Optimize Your Workout, and Finally Get a Good Night's - Paperback

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by Suhas Kshirsagar (Author), Michelle D. Seaton (Author), Deepak Chopra (Foreword by)An eye-opening handbook from a leading Ayurvedic physician that blends cutting-edge science on "clock genes" with ancient eastern wisdom to help us understand how to harness the power of chronobiology to effortlessly lose weight, sleep better, exercise stronger, reduce stress, and boost our wellbeing."It's not you, it's your schedule." Does it sound like magic? It's not. We've all heard of circadian rhythms-...

Oxford Handbook of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine - Paperback

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by Jon Dallimore (Editor), Sarah R. Anderson (Editor), Chris Imray (Editor)Fully revised for its third edition, the Oxford Handbook of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine continues to be the essential resource for all expedition medics and well-informed travellers, as well as nurses, paramedics, medical students, and other expedition members travelling in remote, wilderness areas of the world. Now containing more guidance about caving medicine, the third edition includes revised and additional...

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The Genius Life: Heal Your Mind, Strengthen Your Body, and Become Extraordinary - Hardcover

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by Max Lugavere (Author)The author of the New York Times bestselling Genius Foods offers a lifestyle program for resetting your brain and body to their "factory settings"--to help fight fatigue, anxiety, and depression and to optimize cognitive health for a longer and healthier life.The human body was honed under conditions that no longer exist. The modern world has changed dramatically since our days as hunter gatherers, and it has caused widespread anxiety, stress, and disease, leaving our ...

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The Candida Cure: The 90-Day Program to Balance Your Gut, Beat Candida, and Restore Vibrant Health - Paperback

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by Ann Boroch (Author)Foreword by David Perlmutter, MD, author of Grain BrainThe cult-classic health book, now revised and updated with a quick start cleanse, easy recipes, and more.It's not news that Americans are sicker than ever. Seventy million of us suffer from digestive problems like acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), or gastro esophageal reflex disorder (GERD). Another forty million have been diagnosed with anxiety and/or depression and a staggering fifty million Americans li...

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How to Make Disease Disappear - Paperback

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by Rangan Chatterjee (Author)A much-needed program to prevent and reverse disease, and discover a path to sustainable, long-term health from an acclaimed international doctor and star of the BBC program Doctor in the House.How to Make Disease Disappear is Dr. Rangan Chatterjee's revolutionary, yet simple guide to better health--a much-needed, accessible plan that will help you take back control of your health and your life.A physician dedicated to finding the root cause of ill health rather t...