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Experiencing Abortion
A Weaving of Women's Words
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
If you’ve had an abortion and are feeling isolated and vulnerable, Experiencing Abortion will remind you that you are not alone and that you must feel your emotions in order to accept your choice and heal. Each woman responds to abortion in her own way, yet, as this sensitive, insightful book shows,...
Prenatal Diagnosis
Cases and Clinical Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2011
How can prenatal testing help your patients?
In utero diagnosis has undergone an amazing revolution in recent years. More tests are available; the indications for prenatal diagnosis have expanded - you can now advise your patients about disorders you could not have previously detected. Medical...
In Vitro Fertilization
A Comprehensive Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
In Vitro Fertilization: A Comprehensive Guide represents the next frontier in the integrated clinical and laboratory practice of ART. Uniquely balanced, the book provides the necessary understanding of the key laboratory techniques involved in ART and the complex aspects of clinical care. Featuring...
by Harini Narayan
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
High-risk pregnancies are increasing and form a significant proportion of the pregnant patient population. Compendium for the Antenatal Care of High-Risk Pregnancies takes a unique approach to over 140 conditions, combining 'Fact Files', 'Care Pathways', and 'Information for Patients' in one volume....
Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat:The science behind drugs in sport
The science behind drugs in sport
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2012
Drugs in sport are big news and the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport is common. Here, Chris Cooper, a top biochemist at the University of Essex, looks at the science behind drugs in sport. Using the performance of top athletes, Cooper begins by outlining the limits of human performance....
Betrayed by Nature
The War on Cancer
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
Seven million people die from cancer each year around the world, and many more are impacted by this universal scourge. In Betrayed by Nature, research scientist and lecturer Robin Hesketh demystifies the nature of cancer.
Hesketh provides a concise and comprehensive history of both the science...
by Joseph Martin
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Understanding Brain Disease is as much for the specialist as it is for the lay person interested in finding out where we are today in the scientific attempts to understand and control such conditions as stroke, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and BSE.
The book will help build bridges...
by Nick James
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011
In 1961 John F. Kennedy pledged to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Nine years later, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Ten years later, Richard Nixon echoed this pledge by declaring a 'war' on cancer. More than 30 years later, however, cancer remains one of the largest...
Healing Secrets of Avicenna
It Is Compiled from Avicenna’s Work, "The Canon of Medicine" and Then Simplified
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2017
Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) was born in 980 in Buhara, and died in 1037 in Hamadan, Persia (now Iran). He is a physician, physicist, writer, philosopher and scientist. He was known in the West as the founder of modern science in the medieval ages, the leader of physicians and dubbed as the “Doctors’...
Medicine from the Kitchen
Safe and Simple Remedies from the Kitchen for First Aid and Minor Ailments
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Jessie Emerson has been a practicing registered nurse since 1965. In the 1970s she began studying herbal medicine, and in 1989 graduated as a certified clinical herbalist from Michael Moores Southwest School of Botanical Medicine. She is founder and owner of OSO Herbals and offers consultations, native...
by CancerCare
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Colorectal cancer can change everything for patients and families. But it is important to keep in mind that treatment advances have led to great progress in managing this diagnosis. This publication provides a reader-friendly overview of new treatment options and strategies that are helping people...
by Thomas M Walshe, III
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Neurological history claims its earliest origins in the 17th century with Thomas Willis's publication of Anatomy of the Brain, coming fully into fruition as a field in the late 1850s as medical technology and advancements allowed for in depth study of the brain. However, many of the foundations in...
Conquering Your Child's Chronic Pain
A Pediatrician's Guide for Reclaiming a Normal Childhood
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
From a renowned expert in the field, a parent's guide to managing their child's chronic pain—to give back normal life to the 1 in 5 children for whom pain is a serious problem. A child's chronic pain undermines school performance and social and emotional health, erodes finances, and devastates the...
Paraendurance
Una nuova risorsa per lo sport - Un progetto scientifico
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Il Paraendurance si svolge in aperta campagna lungo tracciati dove le prove sono testate e giudicate secondo il Regolamento della Federazione Italiana Sport Equestri che è affiliata Federazione Equestre Internazionale dalla quale è riconosciuta quale unico rappresentante degli Sport Equestri in...