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An exploration of medical discoveries-from the ancient Greeks to the present
"Always help, or at least do no harm." Following this simple yet revolutionary idea, Hippocrates laid the foundation for modern medicine over two millennia ago. From the Hippocratic Oath to the human genome, from Pasteur's germ theory to the worldwide eradication of smallpox, Medical Firsts brings to life 2,500 years of medical advances and discoveries. Organized chronologically,...
62) Lakeside cottage
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A summer by the lake offers refuge and romance for a single mom and a celebrity hero in this classic novel by a #1 New York Times–bestselling author.
Each summer, Kate Livingston returns to her family's lakeside cottage, a place of simple living and happy times-a place where she now hopes her shy son can blossom. But her quiet life gets a bit more interesting with the arrival of an intriguing new neighbor, JD Harris. Although she is a confirmed...
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Every time surgeons operate, they're betting their skills are better than the brain tumor, the faulty heart valve, the fractured femur. Sometimes, they're wrong. At Chelsea General, surgeons answer for bad outcomes at the Morbidity and Mortality conference, known as M & M. This extraordinary peek behind the curtain into what is considered the most secretive meeting in all of medicine is the back drop for the entire book.
Monday Mornings, by Dr. Sanjay...
64) We, Jane
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A remarkable debut about intergenerational female relationships and resistance found in the unlikeliest of places, We, Jane explores the precarity of rural existence and the essential nature of abortion?
Searching for meaning in her Montreal life, Marthe begins an intense friendship with an older woman, also from Newfoundland, who tells her a story about purpose, about a duty to fulfill. It's back home, and it goes by the name of Jane.??
Marthe travels...
66) Chaos
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"When it comes to the forensic sciences, nobody can touch Cornwell."
—New York Times Book Review
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CHAOS
From the Ancient Greek (χάος or kháos)
A vast chasm or void. Anarchy. The science of unpredictability.
On a late summer evening in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
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Expecting to treat some mildly ill children from the streets of Bolivia on a quick "service trip," an idealistic young medical student gets more than he bargained for when he takes a year off from Harvard Medical School to work at an orphanage in La Paz. As he comes to know the children, and sees how they live, Chi Huang is drawn deeper and deeper into their complex and desperate lives. The doctor soon realizes that to truly help these children, he...
68) Flesh and Blood
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It's Dr. Kay Scarpetta's birthday, and she's about to head to Miami for a vacation with Benton Wesley, her FBI profiler husband, when she notices seven pennies on a wall behind their Cambridge house. Is this a kids' game? If so, why are all of the coins dated 1981 and so shiny they could be newly minted? Her cellphone rings, and Detective Pete Marino tells her there's been a homicide five minutes away. A high school music teacher has been shot with...
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La Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia ha sido fundamental en el desarrollo de la medicina en el país. Aunque la historiografía médica nacional ha reconocido su importancia en varias ocasiones, hasta el momento ninguna obra se había propuesto indagar sobre su historia. En el marco del sesquicentenario de la Facultad y de la Universidad, el Centro de Historia de la Medicina Andrés Soriano Lleras presenta un relato articulado...
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Fake news is bad enough. We cannot allow ourselves to be buried in fake medicine.
This book looks at quackery practiced under the cover of CIM (Complementary and Integrative Medicine). Why? To inform the consumer that there is a better way to spend their health-care dollar. How? By a better understanding of science and the scientific method.
A brief summary of the development of science is given, from early Greece, through the Dark Ages, and into...
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In their latest book, best-selling authors and holistic health practitioners Drs. C. Norman Shealy and Sergey Sorin are joined by experimental psychologist Amber Massey-Ambernathy. Recovering Common Sense offers a program for lifelong physical, emotional, and spiritual health based in Five-Factor Theory (FFT) and the "Five Health Basics." The authors make two claims, both rather bold though backed by clinical practice and experiment. The first claim...
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RN Math Excellence, We are Here to Help. Our workbook is guaranteed to provide 100 percent accuracy before patient medication administration. Safety requires virtual accountability among all health care professionals which will reduce preventable medication errors.
Trust the process of practicing math calculations using the x factor with dimensional analysis metric formula.
You can save many lives by using critical thinking and developmental skills...
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#1 I'm a traveling nurse, and I currently live in California. I don't think I'm cut out to be a nurse. The hospital job is important because it's a front-row seat to the reality of nursing. The nurses here run around at a hundred miles a minute, but they project to everyone that they are cool, calm, and collected.
#2 As a traveling nurse, I was assigned to a hospital...
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The reality is that IQ is not the way to go to measure intelligence, it is about the notion that we have not measured intelligence well. We have focused on bad tests to access mental functioning of a person where that we have put labels on a person.We need to stop putting labels on a person and focus on the real measure of what it means to be smart, we all are intelligent.
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The book describes what goes on behind the scenes in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, scientific research and general medical practice in the United Kingdom. It covers the years 1945 to 2012 and is an account of a unique medical journey. The author was brought up by parents who were general practitioners in Yorkshire. His upbringing was thoroughly middle class and his observations of his parents work and lifestyle resulted in his...
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#1 Your spine is an important part of your body, and it provides you with structure and support. It is also a protector, serving as a bony barrier between your spinal cord and nerves.
#2 The spine is made up of 33 spool-shaped bones called vertebrae. Each vertebra is about an inch thick and stacked one on top of another. The vertebrae are supported by ligaments and connected to muscles...
77) You and Your Gut
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There is an unprecedented amount of gut complaints in today's world. Many are referred to as "functional" because when investigated, there are no anatomical causes found. Despite no anatomical findings, many are still treated with pharmaceuticals, which in the long run may cause more problems. This book explores the reasons behind this phenomenon and looks at a more natural way of dealing with them.
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#1 The most common form of acid damage is gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, which has more than doubled since 1995. It is not always easy to diagnose, as it can only be seen in patients with throat-based symptoms.
#2 Acid reflux is when gastric acid from the stomach goes the wrong way, or refluxes, up into the delicate tissues of the esophagus, causing a burning...
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Do you want to learn how you can turn your dreams of becoming a sports medicine professional into a reality? If so, the solution you have been looking for is finally here! Discover:- How to assess your suitability and eligibility according to your character, interests and education.- How make sports medicine your career and how to land a job!- Different areas of sports medicine and the education possibilities- And more!
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#1 The city's coroner, Patrick Riordan, was trying to fast-talk himself out of charges that he showed up for work drunk. He had been accused of sneering at bodies during an accident eight hours after the crash.
#2 Mors was a nurse at a German Odd Fellows home in Yonkers. He was asked to help with the removal of some of the sickest residents, and he decided to poison...
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