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Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues
Martin J Blaser · Henry Holt & Co
Pages: 273
Format: Book
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A critically important and startling look at the harmful effects of overusing antibiotics, from the field's leading expert Tracing one scientist's journey toward understanding the crucial importance of the microbiome, this revolutionary book will take readers to the forefront of trail-blazing... |
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Beauty Sick: How the Cultural Obsession with Appearance Hurts Girls and Women
Renee Ph D Engeln · Harpercollins
Pages: 400
Format: Print book
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An award-winning Northwestern University psychology professor reveals how the cultural obsession with women's appearance is an epidemic that harms women's ability to get ahead and to live happy, meaningful lives, in this powerful, eye-opening work in the vein of Naomi Wolf, Peggy... |
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No Apparent Distress: A Doctor's Coming-of-Age on the Front Lines of American Medicine
Rachel Pearson · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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A brutally frank memoir about doctors and patients in a health care system that puts the poor at risk.In medical charts, the term "N.A.D." (No Apparent Distress) is used for patients who appear stable. The phrase also aptly describes America's medical system when it comes to treating... |
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The Big Picture: 11 Laws That Will Change Your Life
Tony Horton · HarperCollins
Pages: 272
Format: Book
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P90X creator Tony Horton is known by millions of fans for his take-no-prisoners, straight-talking approach to fitness. Now, with The Big Picture, Tony brings his energetic, no-nonsense style to bear on the rest of your life, sharing his formula for success outside of the gym.Tony's... |
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You Can Stop Humming Now: A Doctor's Stories of Life, Death, and in Between
Daniela Lamas · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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A critical care doctor's breathtaking stories about what it means to be saved by modern medicineModern medicine is a world that glimmers with new technology and cutting-edge research. To the public eye, medical stories often begin with sirens and flashing lights and culminate in survival... |
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Drug Abuse Sourcebook
Laura Larsen · Omnigraphics
Pages: 640
Format: Print book
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"Provides basic consumer health information about the abuse of illegal drugs and misuse of prescription and over-the-counter medications, along with facts about causes and consequences of drug abuse, prevention, treatment, and recovery. Includes index, glossary of related terms and directory... |
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The Sex Issue: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know about Sexuality, Seduction, and Desire
Goop, Inc. · Grand Central Life & Style
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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An eye-catching, conversation-sparking book that answers all your questions on sexuality, seduction, and sex by the editors of GOOP.A beautifully illustrated, gift-y, sometimes shocking, fact-filled book that explores everything we've always wondered about sex and relationships, but may have... |
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Childhood Leukemia: A Guide for Families, Friends & Caregivers
Nancy Keene · Childhood Cancer Guides
Pages: 476
Format: Paperback
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Approximately 4,500 children and teens are diagnosed with leukemia in the United States and Canada each year. The illness and its treatment can have a devastating effect on family, friends, classmates, and the larger community. This newly updated edition of Childhood Leukemia contains the information... |
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Childhood Cancer: A Parent's Guide to Solid Tumor Cancers
Anne Spurgeon · Childhood Cancer Guides
Pages: 576
Format: Paperback
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Each year more than 6,000 children and teens in the United States are diagnosed with a solid tumor (e.g., kidney tumor, liver tumor, neuroblastoma, retinoblastoma, or sarcoma) . The illnesses and their treatments can have devastating effects on family, friends, schoolmates, and the larger... |
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Lose the Clutter, Lose the Weight: The Six-Week Total-Life Slim Down
Peter Walsh · Rodale Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A houseful of clutter may not be the only reason people pack on extra pounds, but research proves that it plays a big role. A recent study showed that people with super-cluttered homes were 77 percent more likely to be overweight or obese! Why? Author Peter Walsh thinks it's because... |
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The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living
Meik Wiking · William Morrow
Pages: 221
Format: Print book
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Embrace Hygge (pronounced hoo-ga) and become happier with this definitive guide to the Danish philosophy of comfort, togetherness, and well-being.Why are Danes the happiest people in the world? The answer, says Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen, is Hygge.... |
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The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet
Nina Teicholz · Free Press
Pages: 479
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times bestseller Named one of The Economist's Books of the Year 2014 Named one of The Wall Street Journal's Top Ten Best Nonfiction Books of 2014 Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2014 Forbes's Most Memorable Healthcare Book of 2014 Named a Best Food Book of 2014 by Mother... |
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