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Amazing Adventures of a Heart Surgeon: The Artificial Heart: The Frontiers of Human Life - Paperback

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by Domingo Liotta (Author)The startling originality of Amazing Adventures of a Heart Surgeon is intrinsically imbued in its focus on historical ethics and esthetic theories. Author and cardiovascular surgeon Domingo Liotta provides a penetrating interpretation from the first millennium BC, considered a major mystery to the world, to modern science. He also discusses the early conception of cardiovascular system, the oxygenation of tissues, the mysterious medical power of shamanism, Taoism, Ug...

Senior Secrets: Caregiving Advice from the Front Lines - Paperback

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by Judith I. Stevens (Author)How to Deal With the Elderly successfully Get Informed - About the Aging Process and Living at Home Safely Get Support-There are agencies To Help Find the Secrets to Making Your Life Easier Number of Pages: 140 Dimensions: 0.33 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: June 28, 2007

A Caregiver's Story: Coping with a Loved One's Life-Threatening Illness - Paperback

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by Ann Brandt (Author)"One caregiver's chronicles of the journey she took with her husband, as they battled his brain tumor. Beautifully written."-Naomi Berkowitz, Executive Director, American Brain Tumor Association Just one year after battling a little-known illness called Guillain Barre, Ann Brandt faced another challenge when her husband was diagnosed with a rare, debilitating, and aggressive form of brain cancer. Lacking in resources or formal instruction, Brandt relied heavily on her fa...

Taking Care of Our Folks: A Manual for Family Members Caring for the Black Elderly - Paperback

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by Deborah Y. Liggan (Author)With the growing concern over healthcare in America, studies show that elderly African- Americans often come out on the losing end of the system due to lack of health insurance. Because of this growing population, taking care of elderly patients in the African-American community has become the responsibility of their family. If you're facing such a situation, your questions may be many and your answers few. Taking Care of Our Folks is a definitive guide to caring ...

Random Musings in Psychiatry: Study Aids for Board Examination for Residents and Practitioners - Paperback

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by Daniel Chinedu Okoro (Author)Don't let the title of this book fool you. This medical study guide is packed with information. Random Musings earned its title to reflect the random nature of the occurrence of illness and the random nature of questions that medical students, resident doctors and specialist doctors must answer during the course of their training, re-certification examinations, and practice. Because the most popular formats for assessments are multiple choice and short answer ...

Deadly Sleep: Is Your Sleep Killing You? - Paperback

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by D. Jones Mack D. Jones (Author), Mack D. Jones MD (Author)After surviving his own personal adventure with Sleep Apnea, Dr. Mack Jones wants to pass on to others what he learned so that they might avoid the many pitfalls that he encountered. Who has Sleep Apnea? What are its consequences? How do you detect Sleep Apnea and how can you stop it? In Deadly Sleep: Is Your Sleep Killing You?, Dr. Jones answers these vital questions. While discussing the basics, he emphasizes an area that has been...

Alive and Cutting: A Teenager's Journey in Therapy to Understanding Her Self-Harm - Paperback

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by Richard Bryant-Jefferies (Author)Alive and Cutting takes you into the world of self-harming behaviour. Katie had a difficult childhood. Neglected and alone she spent much of her time consoling herself as best she could with her doll and teddy bear. Taken into care and fostered, she was then bullied at school. Later in childhood she learned to fight back. Now, aged nineteen, Katie is depressed, binge-drinks and regularly cuts herself, in part to find release from emotional build up, but als...

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by Sandy Powers (Author)You won't believe what the U.S. Department of Agriculture permits farmers to inject into beef cattle, sheep, poultry, and dairy cows. After all, the faster an animal gains weight, the more quickly it can be slaughtered and sped to your dinner table. More telling yet, the USDA has mandated that organic food cannot contain added hormones, antibiotics, synthetic pesticides, irradiated components, genetically modified organisms, or reprocessed sewage. That means non-organi...

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by M. Clement Hall (Author)An injured derelict receives inadequate attention and dies in Milltown Hospital. He's found to be a Federal agent The hospital will be forced to close unless their emergency surgical care is improved. Trauma surgeon, Simeon Macdonald, joins their staff. He performs a life-saving, damage control operation in the Emergency Department on a severely injured truck driver but is crudely criticized by the chief of surgery. The trucker recovers and then surprisingly dies, t...

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by Patrick Fratellone (Author), Barbara Mendez (With)"When my own father came down with cardiovascular problems, Dr. Fratellone was the physician I called." --Ann Louise Gittleman, PhD., author of New York Times bestsellers Fat Flush Plan and Before the Change. Integrated Cardiologist Patrick Fratellone, M.D., has noticed an alarming trend of treating health problems with ever-new-and-evolving drugs--often without regard to potentially dangerous side effects. Studies suggest that the best wa...

Brain Warp: A Medical Thriller - Hardcover

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by Gilbert Snider (Author)Doctor Peter Branstead's neurology department at St. Mark's Hospital in New York's picturesque Greenwich Village is flooded with a series of critically ill vagrants exhibiting identical symptoms. Confused and agitated upon admission, they rapidly progress into convulsions, cardiac arrest, and death. The deaths are too methodical to be a coincidence, but how-and why-are they being killed? Peter's investigation leads him into a dark underworld of international intrigu...

Passion for Living a Long Life: How to Prevent and Cope with Ailments - Hardcover

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by Farzad Tabibzadeh (Author)The captivating stories in Passion for Living a Long Life were inspired by actual patient and family cases handled by author Farzad Tabibzadeh, MD, MSc. Each story depicts significant medical topics and health-related issues from the patient's perspective and includes an analysis of Tabibzadeh's actions as a physician. The supplemental 'Medical" and 'Medicolegal Wisdom" sections are organized and presented in simple language for those who wish to learn more about ...

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by Keith A. Steadman (Author)The Bipolar Expeditionist describes what it is like to experience every level of mania right up to the fully blown stage, as well as the depressing stagnating flipside. Far less stigma and taboo are attached to illnesses of the mind these days, but that's still not good enough, so these issues are also addressed. This book enables readers of any level, age or race to comprehend an often tricky subject in a way that isn't too heavy and overpowering, but with just e...

Healing From Within Be Still and Know: Fourth Edition - Hardcover

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by Robert C. Brooksby Do (Author)"We were not taught in medical school about the spiritual/energetic aspect of our true nature; that I had to learn from my patients and the master healer Himself." In Healing From Within, Be Still and Know, Fourth Edition, Dr. Brooksby describes how we can reclaim and maintain our health when traditional medicine has failed us. Liberally peppered with case histories, Dr. Brooksby teaches us about our nature and how it's possible to work with our intrinsic ener...

Critical Care Patient Transport, Principles and Practice - Paperback

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by Christina Patterson (Author)Our textbook, online course, and CD Audio Box Set is APPROVED by the Board for Critical Care Transport Paramedic Certification (BCCTPC) and is used by our nationally recognized lecturers who present Review Courses for Certified Flight Registered Nurse (CFRN), Flight Paramedic-Certified (FP-C), Certification in Emergency Nursing (CEN), Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN), & Certified Transport Registered Nurse (CTRN). In addition to being industry recognize...

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by Sylvia Gill (Author)Herbs To Help You Heal, is a quick reference book connecting ailments to the healing herbs. This book was birthed out of the author's search for healing herself ten years ago when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. This book is designed to be a quick reference, alphabetically connecting the ailments or the disease to the herbs. Number of Pages: 304 Dimensions: 0.64 x 11.02 x 8.27 IN Publication Date: April 22, 2009

Gemmotherapy For Our Animal Friends - Paperback

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by Stephen R. Blake (Author)Gemmotherapy For Our Animal Friends is a step-by-step handbook for both veterinarian and pet caregivers on how to use Gemmotherapy for the natural care of their animal friends. Dr. Stephen Blake shares his decades of experience on natural health care for his friends the animals.An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, is the corner stone of Dr. Blake's philosophy of health care for his animal friends. He explains how Gemmotherapy can be used to help our ani...

Communication Skills for Medical Professionals - Paperback

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by Mark Jerome Walters (Author)As a physician, nurse, veterinarian, dentist, or other health professional, you constantly face the challenge of describing complex ideas or delivering difficult information to laypeople. Whether this involves conveying the risk of a drug or the complexities of a procedure, or simply trying to elicit basic information from a client or patient, this book is designed to help. Concise, practical, and highly accessible, Communication Skills for Medical Professionals...

Conversations for Paco: Why America Needs Healthcare For All - Paperback

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by James Lenhart (Author)A mysterious illness is about to splinter an unsuspecting family ... An expos jam-packed with love, lust, debauchery and greed unfolds when disease collides with healthcare profiteers and physician indifference in Conversations for Paco. Inspired by a true account, Conversations for Paco juxtaposes the venerable institutions of medicine against the personal anguish of enigmatic disease as PACO and SARITA S NCHEZ battle Paco's mysterious illness and JUSTIN SUTHERLAND ...

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by Ginny Masullo (Author), Amy Wilson (Editor), Dot Neely (Designed by)For the ill and those who care for them, the tasks and the feelings that arise can often be overwhelming. This book was written to address that. Envision a system of circles at the center of which is the person to be helped. Friends, family members, and others surround this person to perform specific tasks. No one person does all the tasks. Help is Hope, written by a former nurse and caregiver, provides a succinct, step-by...

How To Ace The Physician Assistant School Interview: From the author of the best -selling book, The Ultimate Guide to Getting Into Physician Assistant - Paperback

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by Andrew J. Rodican (Author)Give yourself the Competitive Edge at the Physician Assistant School InterviewHow to "Ace" the Physician Assistant School Interview is a unique, step-by-step blueprint covering the entire PA school interview process. Written by Andrew Rodican, a former member of the Yale University School of Medicine PA Program Admissions Committee, and author of the best- selling book, The Ultimate Guide to Getting Into Physician Assistant School, How to "Ace" the Physician Assis...

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by Scott Brown (Author), Clint Hurdle (Introduction by), Ben Petrick (Author)What if I told you that a decade ago, one of the greatest baseball prospects of his era was hitting home runs off Hall of Famers while hiding Parkinson's disease? What if I told you this is not the most amazing part of Petrick's story? When he signed a big-league contract, baseball executives and scouts uniformly predicted he would be the Rockies starting catcher for a decade. 'Think Buster Posey with speed, ' says P...

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by Frank Lobb (Author)The book blows the whistle on a fraud in nation 's health care system that strikes at the very heart of the Constitution, due process and the Ryan Plan; --- A fraud that allows health care insurers to deny (ration) care for their own profit while denying policyholders the right to purchase that same denied care. All supported in carefully written provisions that provide full deniability, but absolute enforceability. Learn the truth as the author did. Discover how and why...

Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom - Paperback

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by Taro Alexander (Author), Joel Korte (Author), Phil Schneider (Author)This book reflects a wide range of experiences and knowledge found in the stuttering community and includes 25 chapters written by people who stutter and leading professionals. In the first section of the book (16 chapters), people who stutter share their inspiring stuttering stories. Topics include growing up stuttering, chasing fluency, facing fears, covert stuttering, voluntary stuttering and other speech tools, avoidi...

Guiding Principles of Natural Horse Care: Powerful Concepts for a Healthy Horse - Paperback

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by Stephanie Krahl (Author)In Guiding Principles of Natural Horse Care, Stephanie Krahl teaches horse guardians the foundational concepts necessary to enhance and optimize their horse's overall health and well-being. This is not a book about cookie cutter approaches, nor does it tailor to the silver bullet mentality, but rather it's a practical guide that provides valuable information if you're wanting to keep your horse naturally. Natural horse care has become a popular approach to maintaini...

How We Conquered Keratoconus: Personal Stories of Those Who Conquered Keratoconus - Paperback

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by Brian S. Boxer Wachler (Editor), Steven Holcomb (Foreword by)Keratoconus is a progressive, non-inflammatory eye disorder that results in reduction of visual acuity and sensitivity to glare and light. Devastating and progressively worsening in many people, the eye disease now affects 1 in 500 people-- a 400% greater frequency than before. Previous treatments included hard contacts or even cornea transplants. Now, in Dr. Brian S. Boxer Wachler's new book How We Conquered Keratoconus - First ...

Pulse--voices from the heart of medicine: The First Year - Paperback

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by Diane Guernsey (Author), Peter Selwyn MD Mph (Introduction by), Paul Gross MD (Author)Every Friday, Pulse--voices from the heart of medicine (www.pulsemagazine.org) sends its readers a compelling first-person story or poem about health care. These intimate and authentic voices of health professionals, patients and students have earned Pulse an enthusiastic and growing international readership. This volume includes every story and poem from Pulse's first year of publication. "All of the sto...

Strategic Pricing for Medical Technologies: A Practical Guide to Pricing Medical Devices & Diagnostics - Paperback

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by Christopher D. Provines (Author)In Strategic Pricing for Medical Technologies, industry veteran and pricing expert, Christopher D. Provines, provides a comprehensive and practical guide to pricing medical technologies. Medical technologies include medical devices, in-vitro diagnostics, in-vivo diagnostics, combination products, and medical supplies & equipment. The book will help you better quantify, communicate, and capture value in an increasingly challenging environment. Drawing on ...

Using Rubrics to Monitor Outcomes in Occupational Therapy: Improve Critical Thinking and Clinical Reasoning by Adding Rubrics to Assess Goal Progress - Paperback

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by M. S. Otr Cawley (Author)Every practice setting that an occupational therapist, or any other health care provider, works in is demanding accountability and transparency. School-based practice is not immune, gone are the days of a teacher's or therapist's opinion. Reports are now required to be a balanced assessment of a student's abilities, strengths and weakness including both formative and summative data. Occupational therapists need to know how to meet the demands of today's data driven...

PTCB Exam Simplified Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam Study Guide - Paperback

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by Douglas Keeling (Illustrator), David a. Heckman Pharmd (Author)When it comes to investing in a PTCB exam review book, you have a lot of options. To help you make your decision easier, we have created a list of the top 5 factors you should consider when choosing a study guide. Top 5 factors to consider when selecting a PTCB exam study guide: #1 --Up To Date-- Standardized exams are always evolving. Make sure you prepare yourself with a study guide that is up to date with current informati...

You Say Goodbye and We Say Hello: The Montessori Method for Positive Dementia Care - Paperback

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by Frank Adam Brenner (Author), Tom And Karen Brenner (Author)Follow Tom and Karen Brenner as they help people living with dementia, their families and caregivers navigate this challenging condition using techniques first developed by Maria Montessori. This positive and inspiring book values the person being cared for and offers methods and strategies to engage them and help families and caregivers connect.Author BiographyTom and Karen Brenner train family members, professional caregivers and...

Ultimate Gastric Sleeve Success: A Practical Patient Guide To Help Maximize Your Weight Loss Results - Paperback

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by Duc C. Vuong (Author)Building on his popular Ultimate Success series, "Support Surgeon" Dr. Duc Vuong returns with his latest weight loss surgery guide, this time for Gastric Sleeve patients. Written in an easy-to-understand manner, he explains some of the anatomical and surgical aspects of the gastric sleeve, while providing practical strategies on how to be successful long-term. He delves into some of the most elusive topics that plague weight loss surgery patients, such as weight loss p...