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Explore a comprehensive selection of medical books, including medical medium books, dictionaries, and textbooks covering dermatology, human anatomy, physiology, surgery, and pediatrics.
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Coping with Prednisone, Revised and UpdatedApproximately one million Americans per year take high doses of prednisone and related drugs. While these medicines may be necessary to treat serious illnesses, they may also have unpleasant, and even devastating, side effects, including changes in mood, weight, and physical strength, and vulnerability...
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The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids: The Current State of Evidence and Recommendations for ResearchSignificant changes have taken place in the policy landscape surrounding cannabis legalization, production, and use. During the past 20 years, 25 states and the District of Columbia have legalized cannabis and/or cannabidiol (a component of cannabis) for medical conditions or retail sales at the...
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Dr. Knox"Peter Spiegelman's Dr. Knox is a bruised wonder of a crime novel. Filled with page-turning intrigue and an L.A. atmosphere so richly rendered you can practically smell the 'eucalyptus and dust, ' it is both thrilling and rueful, harrowing and moving. DON'T MISS IT"--Megan...
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Musculoskeletal Disorders, an Issue of Orthopedic Clinics: Volume 53-4In this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic. Provides in-depth reviews on the latest updates in the field, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors...
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Sickness and Health in America: Readings in the History of Medicine and Public Health (Revised)This second edition of Peru s Indian Peoples and the Challenge of Spanish Conquest includes Stern s 1992 reflections on the ten years of historical interpretation that have passed since the book s original publication setting his analysis of Huamanga in a larger perspective....
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Living with Lupus: Women and Chronic Illness in EcuadorOnce associated only with the wealthy and privileged in Latin America, lifelong illnesses are now emerging among a wider cross section of the population as an unfortunate consequence of growing urbanization and increased life expectancy. One of these diseases is the chronic autoimmune disorder...
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Escaping Wars and Waves: Encounters with Syrian RefugeesWhile on assignment between 2013 and 2017, often for M decins Sans Fronti res (Doctors Without Borders), Olivier Kugler interviewed and photographed Syrian refugees and their caregivers in camps, on the road, and in provisional housing in Iraqi Kurdistan, Greece, France, Switzerland, and England....
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Dynamical Systems in Neuroscience: The Geometry of Excitability and BurstingExplains the relationship of electrophysiology, nonlinear dynamics, and the computational properties of neurons, with each concept presented in terms of both neuroscience and mathematics and illustrated using geometrical intuition.In order to model neuronal behavior or to interpret the results of modeling studies, neuroscientists must...
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People, Parasites, and Plowshares: Learning from Our Body's Most Terrifying InvadersDickson D. Despommier's vivid, visceral account of the biology, behavior, and history of parasites follows the interplay between these fascinating life forms and human society over thousands of years. Despommier focuses on long-term host-parasite associations, which have evolved to avoid or even subvert the...
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Getting your head around the brainHave you ever wondered how it's possible to walk down a street, with your thoughts on what you're going to have for lunch? What's telling your legs to move while your mind is on other things? And how are you reading these words right...
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Choked: Life and Breath in the Age of Air PollutionNothing is as elemental, as essential to human life, as the air we breathe. Yet around the world, in rich countries and poor ones, it is quietly poisoning us. Air pollution prematurely kills seven million people every year, including more than one hundred thousand...
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The Discovery of InsulinWhen insulin was discovered in the early 1920s, even jaded professionals marveled at how it brought starved, sometimes comatose diabetics back to life. In the twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of a classic, Michael Bliss unearths scientists' memoirs and confidential appraisals of insulin by members of the...
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Training in OphthalmologyThe second edition of this excellent and highly popular textbook continues to address the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) syllabus for trainee ophthalmologists and is an essential read for those studying ophthalmology, optometry and orthoptics. As a theoretical and practical aid, it guides readers...
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Cancer: A Very Short IntroductionEvery year around 10 million people are diagnosed with cancer, around 80% of whom are destined to die from the disease, accounting for 1 in 6 of all deaths worldwide. And while research into cancer is bringing huge improvements in the range of options...
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McWhinney's Textbook of Family Medicine, 4th EditionHighly acclaimed in its first three editions, McWhinney's Textbook of Family Medicine is one of the seminal texts in the field. While many family medicine texts simply cover the disorders a practitioner might see in clinical practice, McWhinney's defines the principles and practices of...
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Navigating Life with EpilesyRoughly 3 million people in the United States have already been diagnosed with epilepsy and another 200,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. Worldwide, approximately 1 percent of the global population is diagnosed with epilepsy at some point in their lives. With the diagnosis...
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Epidemiology and the People's Health: Theory and ContextEpidemiology is often referred to as the science of public health. However, unlike other major sciences, its theoretical foundations are rarely articulated. While the idea of epidemiologic theory may seem dry and arcane, it is at its core about explaining the people's health. It...
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Human VirologyViruses are some of the simplest infectious agents on the planet, yet can cause severe and even life-threatening diseases in all forms of life - including humans. Despite relying on host cells in order to replicate, viruses can be capable of extremely rapid reproduction...
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Environmental Systems and Societies Skills and Practice: Oxford Ib Diploma ProgrammeEquip your learners with the skills central to success. Enabling you to build, extend and perfect the skills crucial to achievement, this text strengthens performance in all areas of assessment. With a focus on practical work that accessibly connects material to real, global issues,...
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Surviving the Storm: A Workbook for Telling Your Cancer StorySurviving the Storm presents a humanistic psychological perspective on how to support cancer survivors by offering an individualized narrative structure designed to help them tell their stories. This is a book for people who need to tell the story of how they've been touched...
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