Health Care Issues category: 1336 books
by Bob Northam
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2012
A humorous look at the issues faced by dialysis patients. Dialysis is the most prominent treatment for people with kidney failure, not a subject one would normally associate with humor. But between side effects like cramping that can lead to embarrassing social situations; the use of needles that...
Seeing The Need For Health Insurance Plans
An Outline Of The Benefits, The Types Of Coverage And The Process Of Obtaining Proper Health Insurance
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Many people do not see the usefulness of health insurance. It’s expensive, for one thing. Many people cannot afford health insurance and so they would rather take the risk of not having this pre-need rather than obtaining one. Secondly, many people feel that health insurance plans are rip-offs....
by Valentina Vadi
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Is a State free to adopt measures to protect the public health of its citizens? If so, what are the limits, if any, to such regulatory powers? This book addresses these questions by focusing on the clash between the regulatory autonomy of the state and international investment governance. As a wide...
The Economics of Social Capital and Health
A Conceptual and Empirical Roadmap
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
This book defines the field of social capital and health. Over the last two decades, there has been a recognition of the importance of social capital (usually defined as ties in the community, attachment to the community, and participation in community activities) and its impact on the health of those...
Before Your Time
The Early Menopause Survival Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
HAS "THE CHANGE" COME TOO SOON ? DON’ T WORRY, YOU’RE NOT ALONE!
Every year more than two million women enter early menopause and find themselves suddenly dealing with a host of unforeseen (and little discussed) issues. In Before Your Time, Evelina Weidman Sterling and Angie Best-Boss provide...
by V.T.
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2014
Are you having trouble to conceive? Difficulties in getting pregnant? Don't worry, many couples in the world are having similar issues, and there are ways to fix it.
This ebook compiles tons of tips from couples who have difficulties in conceiving, but managed to overcome the problem and now...
by Pamela Stevens
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Fatty liver is a descriptive term that refers to the buildup of lipid within hepatocytes.
It is normal to have fat in your liver, but if it exceeds some percentage, it starts to invade the liver, gradually penetrating the healthy parts of your liver which lessen the healthy tissues in it.
This...
Physician Burnout
A Guide to Recognition and Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2015
Given the current state of the American healthcare system, physician burnout is an almost inevitable response. It doesn't have to be that way. Eighteen years after his enthusiastic first day in medical school, Dr. Tom Murphy was a burned-out physician disillusioned enough to leave clinical medicine...
by Medical Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Cardiac dysrhythmia (also known as arrhythmia or irregular heartbeat) is any of a large and heterogeneous group of conditions in which there is abnormal electrical activity in the heart. The heartbeat may be too fast or too slow, and may be regular or irregular. A heart beat that is too fast is called...
Narratives, Health, and Healing
Communication Theory, Research, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2005
This distinctive collection explores the use of narratives in the social construction of wellness and illness. Narratives, Health, and Healing emphasizes what the process of narrating accomplishes--how it serves in the health communication process where people define themselves and present their social...
by Ms. Nova Corcoran
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2010
Good communication is at the heart of strategies for effective health promotion and public health. At a time when lifestyle and preventable diseases are still on the rise, practitioners are in need of the skills to deliver effective health messages to the right audience, at the right time.
Responding...
Medication Madness
A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
Medications for everything from depression and anxiety to ADHD and insomnia are being prescribed in alarming numbers across the country, but the "cure" is often worse than the original problem. Medication Madness is a fascinating, frightening, and dramatic look at the role that psychiatric medications...
Hawaiian Gout Cure
2 simple steps to long term relief
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Hawaiians have used this cure for gout,diabetes,and other blood issues related to insulin,ph,and other auto immune disorders.
balance the bloods PH.
follow steps and see benefits.
streghthen the immune system.
increase longevity.
Otherwise Law-Abiding Citizens
A Scientific and Moral Assessment of Cannabis Use
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2008
Matthew Stolick presents a detailed social and scientific exploration of the social history of cannabis, chemical make-up of the cannabis plant, and effects of cannabis use. By offering a truly interdisciplinary look at this highly political issue, he clearly articulates the reasoning behind the categorical...