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Patient Care: Death and Life in the Emergency Room
Paul Seward MD - Dreamscape Media, LLC
Format: Audiobook
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Recalling remarkable cases - and people - from a career launched in the first days of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Paul Seward leads us in his memoir through suspenseful diagnoses and explorations of anatomy. By his side, we learn to distinguish nursemaids elbow from a true broken arm. We learn... |
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Pump: A Natural History of the Heart
Bill Schutt - Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover
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Millennia ago, when we first began puzzling over the mysteries of the human body, one organ stood out as vital. The heart was warm, it was central, and it moved as it pumped blood. The ancient Egyptians treated it with reverence, mummifying it separately from the body so that the soul inside... |
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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
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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Chronic: The Hidden Cause of the Autoimmune Pandemic--And How to Get Healthy Again
Phillips, Steven - HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
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After nearly dying of the disease himself, Steven Phillips, MD, experienced firsthand the confusion in the medical community about Lyme disease that too often leads to misdiagnosed and undiagnosed cases. He has made it his mission to separate facts from misconceptions, working with top universities... |
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American Diabetes Association Guide to Nutrition Therapy for Diabetes
Alison B. Evert (Editor) - American Diabetes Association
Format: Paperback
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Marion J. Franz, MS, RD, LD, CDE, is a nutrition/health consultant with Nutrition Concepts by Franz, Inc. For over 20 years she was the Director of Nutrition and Health Professional Education at the International Diabetes Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her Masters Degree in Nutrition is from... |
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Unexpected Life: A Short History of Living Longer
Steven Johnson
Format: Hardcover
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As a species we have doubled our life expectancy in just one hundred years. All the advances of modern life - the medical breakthroughs, the public health institutions, the rising standards of living - have given us each about twenty thousand extra days on average. There are few measures... |
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Beating Osteoporosis: The Facts, The Treatments, The Exercises
Diana Moran
Format: Paperback
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Diana Moran is here to help spread the word about treatments and preventative measures we can all take to tackle osteoporosis.Written in association with the National Osteoporosis Society, this practical book is a must-have for anybody affected by osteoporosis. Packed with advice, friendly... |
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