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Health Tips: 50 Super Sure Tips to a Better Health
Amazing Facts Series
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2014
Health Tips: 50 Super Sure Tips to a Better Health.
This is the first book in The 50 Super Sure Tips Series 1. If you want to have tips on how to have a better health, then this book is for you. It presents 50 easy tips which you can adopt or practice to have a better health. Remember that health...
Gender, Health, and Popular Culture
Historical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
Health is a gendered concept in Western cultures. Customarily it is associated with strength in men and beauty in women. This gendered concept was transmitted through visual representations of the ideal female and male bodies, and ubiquitous media images resulted in the absorption of universal standards...
Getting Risk Right
Understanding the Science of Elusive Health Risks
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
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? Is the HPV vaccine safe? We depend on science and medicine as never before, yet there is widespread misinformation...
by Kenneth Kee
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2012
I do not pretend to be an expert on sexual health.
But today with the new permissive society there has been an increase in sexually transmitted diseases and division in the family with the divorces and family abuses.
It is important to realize that the physical aspect of sexual intercourse...
The Symbiont Factor
How the Microbiome Redefines Health, Disease and Humanity
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
The study of the human microbiome has revealed the most revolutionary concept ever discovered in health sciences: Our gut bacteria, brain and immune system are in constant communication, each influencing the others. Science has shown we are not a singular organism but function as a superorganism (also...
DOES IT RUN IN MY FAMILY?
A GUIDE TO FAMILY HEALTH HISTORY, GENETICS AND HEALTH
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
The Does It Run In the Family? The book combines family health history, oral traditions, and genetics in order to help individuals and families gather their health history and use that information to make positive health choices. The toolkit consists of two chapters and supplementary materials that...
by Daniel Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2017
Highly Commended in the BMA Medical Book Awards 2018!
Here’s what the judges said: "This is one of the few textbooks I would suggest every clinician reads.”
From reviews of the first edition:
“This is a clearly written and accessible introduction to health economics… This...
by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2014
Many people talk about wanting good health, but few actually take the time to make serious life changes. Are you tired of telling yourself you’re going to start eating healthy and you’re going to start exercising? Are you tired of trying one fad diet after another? Are you tired of joking about...
There's No Smoke Without Fire
Health Guide for Smoker's (Health tips for smokers, Herbal remedy for smokers, Healthy ways to smoke, Healthy diets and supplements for smokers, Quitting smoking, Facts about smoking)
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
Are you a smoker, but still concerned about your general health? Kicking the smoking habit is very difficult. Studies show that addiction to tobacco is stronger than the addiction to either heroin or cocaine. While quitting smoking is certainly a worthwhile objective, it can be extremely difficult...
Zero desease
The birth of the collaborative model (Commons) of health. The birth of Health Smart Grid Digital.
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
The book stems from the desire of the authors to disseminate tools and transformation of models in healthcare, inspired by Jeremy Rifkin’s theory `Zero Marginal Cost`.
The ambitious attempt to make an accessible and usable participative model of health, illness and treatment, meets the need of...
by Alex Wellar
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2014
Have you ever wondered what some of the health benefits of legalizing prostitution are? Have you ever wondered what types of things prostitutes face in their lives that affect not only their physical health, but also their mental health as well? Then this book is for you! This book covers not...
by Jennifer J. Edwards, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
Health Promotion Pathways offers activities for college students enrolled in health promotion classes. It supports the applied nature of the public health field by presenting activities that require students to relate textbook knowledge to real life. In general, this activity guide best supports content...
Universal Healthcare without the NHS: Towards a Patient-Centred Health System
Towards a Patient-Centred Health System
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
The National Health Service remains the sacred cow of British politics – any criticism is considered beyond the pale, guaranteed to trigger angry responses and accusations of bad faith. This book argues that the NHS should not be insulated from reasoned debate. In terms of health outcomes, it is...
by John A. Bishop, Juan Gabriel Rodriguez
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
Economists are increasingly turning their attention to the measurement and causes of health inequality. This is in response to widespread concern that health disparities reflect social injustices but is also part of the trend away from the narrow focus on inequality in income to the more encompassing...