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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Medical Terminology

Veronica Hackethal MD MSc · Alpha; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

An essential guide for anyone in a healthcare career, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Medical Terminology shows readers how to master medicine's core terminology so they can successfully pass their academic courses and certification tests. Readers will be introduced to Greek and Latin...
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Fifty Is the New Fifty: Ten Life Lessons for Women in Second Adulthood

Suzanne Braun Levine · Plume; Reprint edition
Format: Book

Read Suzanne Braun Levine's posts on the Penguin Blog. An inspiring guide to maximizing creativity and happiness in the second half of life Suzanne Braun Levine follows her groundbreaking Inventing the Rest of Our Lives with fresh insights, research, and practical advice on the challenges...
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Super Shred: The Big Results Diet: 4 Weeks, 20 Pounds, Lose It Faster!

Ian K. Smith · St. Martin's Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

The diet that works faster and forever!SUPER SHRED Using the same principles--meal spacing, snacking, meal replacement and diet confusion--that made his SHRED a major 1 bestseller--Dr. Ian Smith has developed what dieters told him they needed a quick-acting plan that is safe and easy to follow...
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How to Care for Aging Parents, 3rd Edition: A One-Stop Resource for All Your Medical, Financial, Housing, and Emotional Issues

Virginia Morris · Workman Publishing
Pages: 671
Format: Paperback

"The bible of eldercare" - ABC World News. "An indispensable book" - AARP. "A compassionate guide of encyclopedic proportion" - The Washington Post. And, winner of a Books for a Better Life Award. How to Care for Aging Parents is the best and bestselling book...
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The Brain Book: Development, Function, Disorder, Health

Dr. Ken Ashwell · Firefly Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

The brain (and mental health) is the most important medical issue of our time. Just two handfuls in size and made of billions of nerve and ganglial cells, the living brain controls our thoughts, movements, behavior and emotions. It is the seat of our consciousness, yet scientists...
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Substance Abuse in America: A Documentary and Reference Guide

James A. Swartz · Greenwood; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Substance Abuse in America: A Documentary and Reference Guide examines the history of U.S. drug policy chronologically, from the early 1900s through the current day, covering topics such as patent medicines, Prohibition, Reefer Madness, the psychedelic '60s, Nixon's War on Drugs,...
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Complete Guide to Prescription and Nonprescription Drugs 2015

H. Winter Griffith · Perigee Books; 1 Exp Rev edition
Format: Book

The 2015 edition of the most accessible, comprehensive and affordable guide to prescription and nonprescription drugs.The classic guide to all major prescription and nonprescription drugs, featuring revised, up to date FDA information and an A-Z list of illnesses for easy reference. Includes...
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The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We’ve Lost in a World of Constant Connection

Michael Harris · Current
Format: Hardcover

Soon enough nobody will remember life before the Internet What does this unavoidable fact mean For future generations it wont mean anything very obvious They will be so immersed in online life that questions about the Internets basic purpose or meaning will vanish But those of us who have...
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A Bone to Pick: The good and bad news about food, with wisdom and advice on diets, food safety, GMOs, farming, and more

Mark Bittman · Pam Krauss Books
Format: Hardcover

Since his New York Times op-ed column debuted in 2011, Mark Bittman has emerged as one of our most impassioned and opinionated observers of the food landscape. The Times' only dedicated opinion columnist covering the food beat, Bittman routinely makes readers think twice about how the food...
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Invisible Chains: Overcoming Coercive Control in Your Intimate Relationship

Lisa Aronson Fontes PhD · The Guilford Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

When you are showered with attention, it can feel incredibly romantic and can blind you to hints of problems ahead. But what happens when attentiveness becomes domination? In some relationships, the desire to control leads to jealousy, threats, micromanaging--even physical violence. If you or someone...
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