Health Care Issues category: 1336 books
Wall of Silence
The Untold Story of the Medical Mistakes That Kill and Injure Millions of Americans
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2003
Medical mistakes occur with alarming frequency in this country. Nightly newscasts and daily newspapers tell of botched surgeries, mistaken patient identities, careless overdoses, and neglected diagnoses. You may have dismissed these stories as unfortunate mistakes, misunderstandings, or just isolated...
Writer, M.D.
The Best Contemporary Fiction and Nonfiction by Doctors
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
From Chekhov to Maugham to William Carlos Williams, doctors have long given voice to their unique perspectives through literature. Writer, M.D. celebrates this rich tradition with a collection of fiction and nonfiction by today’s most beloved physician-writers, including,
• Abraham Verghese,...
by Medical Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) (aka primary form of myxomatous degeneration of the mitral valve aka floppy mitral valve syndrome) is a valvular heart disease characterized by the displacement of an abnormally thickened mitral valve leaflet into the left atrium during systole.[1] There are various types...
by Medical Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Pericarditis is an inflammation of the pericardium (the fibrous sac surrounding the heart). A characteristic chest pain is often present.
The causes of pericarditis are varied, including viral infections of the pericardium, idiopathic causes, uremic pericarditis, bacterial infections of the...
by Medical Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Kawasaki disease (KD), also known as Kawasaki syndrome, lymph node syndrome and mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome,[1] is an autoimmune disease in which the medium-sized blood vessels throughout the body become inflamed. It is largely seen in children under five years of age. It affects many organ...
by Medical Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
Cardiogenic shock is based upon an inadequate circulation of blood due to primary failure of the ventricles of the heart to function effectively.
Since this is a type of shock there is insufficient perfusion of tissue (i.e. the heart) to meet the required demands for oxygen and nutrients. Cardiogenic...
Sacred Trust
The Ten Rules of Life, Death, and Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2005
An insiders view by a practicing family physician, Sacred Trust reveals the art and practice of medicine and opens a window into its soul. With wry humor, no-holds-barred candid writing style, Dr. Hollenbeck pops the balloon of sanctity that insulates those at the top of the medicine field, exposing...
Normal at Any Cost
Tall Girls, Short Boys, and the Medical Industry's Quest toManipulate Height
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2009
A fascinating story of medical experimentation, parental love, and the extreme measures taken to make children fit within ?the norm.?
Most people rarely think about their height beyond a little wishing and hoping. But for the parents of children who are ridiculed by their peers for being extraordinarily...
Paramedic
On the Front Lines of Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2009
In this unforgettable, dramatic account of one man's experience as an EMT, Peter Canning relives the nerve-racking seconds that can mean the difference between a patient's death and survival, as Canning struggles to make the right call, dispense the right medication, or keep a patient's heart beating...
The Devil's Poison
How Fluoride Is Killing You
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2008
Fluoride and fluoridation will go down as one of the greatest controversies of the 20th century. Up until the early 1940’s, fluorine’s effect on life was always deemed poisonous. It was proven to be altering enzymes used by living organisms to carry out a multitude of essential processes. Fluorine,...
by Medical Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Atrial fibrillation (AF or A-fib) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia (irregular heart beat). It may cause no symptoms, but it is often associated with palpitations, fainting, chest pain, or congestive heart failure. However, in some people atrial fibrillation is caused by otherwise idiopathic or...
by Medical Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Heart failure (HF), often called congestive heart failure (CHF) or congestive cardiac failure (CCF), occurs when the heart is unable to provide sufficient pump action to distribute blood flow to meet the needs of the body. Heart failure can cause a number of symptoms including shortness of breath,...
by Medical Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Murmurs are pathologic heart sounds that are produced as a result of turbulent blood flow that is sufficient to produce audible noise. Most murmurs can only be heard with the assistance of a stethoscope ("on auscultation").
A functional murmur or "physiologic murmur" is...
The Language of Cells
A Doctor and His Patients
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
As a surgical pathologist for more than twenty-five years, Spencer Nadler was not content with the distance between his lab and the patient. Meeting with those whose diseased cells he has diagnosed, he offers them a rare understanding.
Hanna Baylan is a woman as determined as he is to confront the...