Health Care Issues category: 1336 books

Discover the secrets to Living a Healthy, Happy, Active, and Long Life! In the beginning, God had a perfect plan. Humans were designed to live with abundant health…but we’ve strayed from that path. So where are we now? People are sick and tired of being sick and tired. Rates of obesity,...

Many Carers are often faced with unexpected situations in their daily lives & need gentle, practical & spiritual insights into why their patient is ill, how to care for them & how to make sure that they too, don't become exhausted & ill! Whether your patient is an ill child, an injured partner...

The problem of obesity has grown to an alarming level in many parts of the world. It is a challenging health issue that requires understanding not only the pathophysiology but also the cultural and psycho-social issues that contribute to its spread. It is difficult to treat, and no quick fix is available....

Mushrooms are fungus that exist on different class of their own. This is to say that they grow from a spore. To grow them at home, they require some level of care and maintenance.  In this book, it has been explicitly diffusion how to grow and maintain your magic mushroom, health benefits of Psilocybin mushrooms, how to harvest and properly store your magic mushroom. 

This edited collection is the first to apply the theoretical lens of post-Foucauldian governmentality to an analysis of health problems, practices, and policy in Ireland. Drawing on empirical examples related to childhood, obesity, mental health, smoking, ageing and others, the collection explores...

Have you ever wondered why omega oils or fatty acids give you super health? No need to wonder anymore.  If you have ever been confused about essential fatty acids, omega 3, or omega 6, that time is over. You will see how these fatty acids breakdown into their individual chemical components and discover...

First published in 1976, You and Your Aging Parent is a classic--the first book to shed light on the challenging relationship between adult children and their aging parents, illuminating the emotional, health, and financial difficulties that elderly parents and their children face during the senior...

Physical is the story of a hard-living, happily married, middle-aged American (the author) who gets a three-day "executive checkup" at the Mayo Clinic and is thereby forced to confront his mortality, not to mention glove-wearing doctors and the pair of dominatrix-esque technicians who supervise...

After the Diagnosis is a heartfelt and moving lesson on the art of living well through serious illness. Dr. Julian Seifter understands the difficulty of managing a chronic condition in our health-obsessed, take-life-by-the-horns, live-forever world. When he found out he was suffering from diabetes,...

A. Gregory Frankson, also known as Ritallin, provides a poetic form of leadership within the global mental health movement - a movement that seeks improved services, greater awareness, reduced stigma and full acceptance for consumers / survivors / service users no matter where they live in the world. ...

Critical illness is a fact of life. Even those of us who enjoy decades of good health are touched by it eventually, either in our own lives or in those of our loved ones. And when this happens, we grapple with serious and often confusing choices about how best to live with our afflictions. A...

Drawing on fifty years of experience caring for children and adults, Dr. Moskowitz examines vaccines and our current policy regarding them. Weaving together a tapestry of observed facts, clinical and basic science research, news reports from the media, and actual cases from his own practice, he offers...

This is the first book for nurses on how the environment affects nursing practice. Nurses should be concerned with environmental issues for two reasons: 1. Many diseases (such as asthma, lead poisoning, and some cancers) are caused by exposures to toxins in the environment; and 2. Hospitals themselves...

As medical technology advances and the number of users across different mediums increases, how do we continually shape medical education and practice to meet the needs of these users? Clinical Solutions and Medical Progress through User-Driven Healthcare provides comprehensive coverage and understanding...