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by Aruchamy Lakshmanaswamy
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
This book is part of the LWW India publishing program. This program is developed for the Indian market working with Indian authors who are the foremost experts in their respective fields. Our Indian authors do research and teach at the most respected Indian medical schools and academic hospitals. Specially...
by Elizabeth L. Auchincloss, MD
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
Despite the widespread influence of psychoanalysis in the field of mental health, until now no single book has been published that explains the psychoanalytic model of the mind to the many students and practitioners who want to understand it. The Psychoanalytic Model of the Mind represents an important...
The Poisoner's Handbook
Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2011
**Equal parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and science thriller, The Poisoner's Handbook is "a vicious, page-turning story that reads more like Raymond Chandler than Madame Curie"—**The New York Observer
A fascinating Jazz Age tale of chemistry and detection, poison and...
by Scott M Fishman, MD, Srinivasa N. Raja
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Accessible, concise, and clinically focused, Essentials of Pain Medicine, 4th Edition, by Drs. Honorio T. Benzon, Srinivasa N. Raja, Scott M. Fishman, Spencer S. Liu, and Steven P. Cohen, presents a complete, full-color overview of today’s theory and practice of pain medicine and regional anesthesia....
The Vaccine-Friendly Plan
Dr. Paul's Safe and Effective Approach to Immunity and Health-from Pregnancy Through Your Child's Teen Years
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
An accessible and reassuring guide to childhood health and immunity from a pediatrician who’s both knowledgeable about the latest scientific research and respectful of a family’s risk factors, health history, and concerns
In The Vaccine-Friendly Plan, Paul Thomas, M.D., presents his proven...
by American Psychiatric Association
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Since the DSM-IV® was published in 1994, we've seen many advances in our knowledge of psychiatric illness. This Text Revision incorporates information culled from a comprehensive literature review of research about mental disorders published since DSM-IV® was completed in 1994. Updated information...
Wired for Intimacy
How Pornography Hijacks the Male Brain
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2010
Pornography is powerful. Our contemporary culture as been pornified, and it shapes our assumptions about identity, sexuality, the value of women and the nature of relationships. Countless Christian men struggle with the addictive power of porn. But common spiritual approaches of more prayer and accountability...
by Gay Salisbury, Laney Salisbury
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2005
"A stirring tale of survival, thanks to man's best friend." —Seattle Times
When a deadly diphtheria epidemic swept through Nome, Alaska, in 1925, the local doctor knew that without a fresh batch of antitoxin, his patients would die. The lifesaving serum was a thousand miles away, the port...
When the Brain Can't Hear
Unraveling the Mystery of Auditory Processing Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2002
Millions of Americans have difficulty understanding spoken language.
They're not deaf, autistic, or slow. They have APD.
APD has been called the auditory equivalent of dyslexia, and its debilitatiting effects cross all ages, genders, and races. APD can cause children to fail in school and adults to...
by Steven Pinker
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2009
“A model of scientific writing: erudite, witty, and clear.” —New York Review of Books
The Pulitzer Prize finalist and national bestseller How the Mind Works is a fascinating, provocative work exploring the mysteries of human thought and behavior. How do we see in three dimensions? How...
Brain Storms
The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson's Disease
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
A Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2015 - Publishers Weekly
A star science journalist with Parkinson's reveals the inner workings of this perplexing disease
Seven million people worldwide suffer from Parkinson's, and doctors, researchers, and patients continue to hunt for a cure. In Brain...
Erasing Death
The Science That Is Rewriting the Boundaries Between Life and Death
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
Erasing Death: The Science That Is Rewriting the Boundaries Between Life and Death reveals that death is not a moment in time. Death, rather, is a process—a process that can be interrupted well after it has begun. Innovative techniques have proven to be effective in revitalizing both the body and...
Switched On
A Memoir of Brain Change and Emotional Awakening
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
An extraordinary memoir about the cutting-edge brain therapy that dramatically changed the life and mind of John Elder Robison, the New York Times bestselling author of Look Me in the Eye
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST
Imagine spending the first forty...
by Randi Hutter Epstein, M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2011
"[An] engrossing survey of the history of childbirth." —Stephen Lowman, Washington Post
Making and having babies—what it takes to get pregnant, stay pregnant, and deliver—have mystified women and men throughout human history. The insatiably curious Randi Hutter Epstein journeys...