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Chronic Diseases
Jean Kaplan Teichroew · Greenwood
Pages: 852
Format: Hardcover
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This comprehensive two-volume work provides an overview of an area of growing concern, offering readers a one-stop resource for researching the chronic conditions that increasingly plague our society.* Presents comprehensive, up-to-date information in an easily accessible style* Examines... |
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Out of the Wreck I Rise: A Literary Companion to Recovery
Neil Steinberg · The University of Chicago Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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"There's still time to change things." - Siri Hustvedt, The Blazing World Addiction is easy to fall into and hard to escape. It destroys the lives of individuals, and has a devastating cost to society. The National Institute of Health estimates seventeen million adults in the United... |
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Getting Risk Right: Understanding the Science of Elusive Health Risks
Geoffrey C Kabat · Columbia University Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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Do cell phones cause brain cancer? Does BPA threaten our health? How safe are certain dietary supplements, especially those containing exotic herbs or small amounts of toxic substances? What role does the HPV virus play in the development of cervical cancer, and is the HPV vaccine safe?... |
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Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague
David K. Randall · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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A spine-chilling saga of virulent racism, human folly, and the ultimate triumph of scientific progress.For Chinese immigrant Wong Chut King, surviving in San Francisco meant a life in the shadows. His passing on March 6, 1900, would have been unremarkable if a city health officer hadn't... |
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Got Milked?: The Great Dairy Deception and Why You'll Thrive Without Milk
Alissa Hamilton · William Morrow; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Refuting the milk industry's overwhelmingly popular campaign - "Got Milk?" - which has convinced us that milk is essential, this scientifically based expose proves why we don't need dairy in our daily diets, how our dependence on it is actually making many people sick,... |
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Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction
Judith Grisel · Doubleday
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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From a renowned behavioral neuroscientist and recovered drug addict, this is the authoritative and accessible guide to understanding drug addiction that we've been waiting for: clearly explained brain science and vivid personal stories combine to reveal how addiction happens and what can be done... |
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Sleep Disorders Sourcebook
Keith Jones · Omnigraphics
Format: Print book
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This print and online resource provides consumer health information about sleep and sleep disorders, plus facts about diagnostic procedures, treatment strategies, sleep medications, and tips for improving sleep quality. |
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Somebody I Used to Know: A Memoir
WENDY MITCHELL · Ballantine Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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"A brave and illuminating journey inside the mind, heart, and life of a person with early-onset Alzheimer's disease." - Lisa Genova, author of Still Alice Wendy Mitchell had a busy job with the British National Health Service, raised her two daughters alone, and spent her weekends... |
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