The Man's Health Sourcebook

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Number Of Pages: 288
• Publication Date: 1999-01-01
• ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0737301090
• ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780737301090
• Binding: Paperback

The first easy-to-read and to understand book on men's health. A woman could pick up a tip ot two as well. The best word-to-the-wise advice book around.


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The Pregnancy Sourcebook: Everything You Need to Know

Pregnancy is a time of great joy and anticipation, but an expectant mother's road is paved with many questions. "The Pregnancy Sourcebook" furnishes the answers, covering everything women need to know through the pregnancy and after.

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Nutrition: A Handbook for Nurses (Wiley Series in Nursing)

This book provides a comprehensive look at all aspects of nutrition from roles and responsibilities to caring for a patient with specific nutritional needs. It is aimed primarily at nurses and addresses some of the issues they will encounter when caring for patients nutritional needs in a hospital setting. It also highlights the benefits of a hospital based Nutrition Team providing a multidisciplinary approach to nutrition. It includes a number of case studies to clarify some of the issues discussed and concludes by examining issues that need to be considered before discharging a patient home from hospital into the community.

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Counseling for Asperger Couples

"Counselling for Asperger Couples" is the first book to provide a complete model for counselling couples where one partner has Asperger Syndrome (AS). The book provides details of the seven different stages of the model and includes anecdotal evidence from clients who have used it and whose relationships have been greatly helped by it. The author explains the importance of initial separate counselling and describes the co-counselling process, using case studies to demonstrate how the process works. The book offers a wealth of valuable advice on improving communication and cooperation and includes photocopiable activity sheets that couples can fill in and use to help understand each other better. Strategies and visual aids are also offered for dealing with or preventing anticipated future miscommunications.Based on considerable experience, this book will be invaluable for counsellors treating couples where one partner has Asperger Syndrome, or for couples that want to improve their relationship but may not have access to counselling. It will also be useful to teachers wanting better communication with AS pupils or parents wanting better communication with an AS child.

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Pediatric Surgery: 2-Volume Set

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Tap into the definitive source that continues to serve pediatric surgeons throughout the world. With more than 200 expert contributors and under the new editorial leadership of Dr. Jay Grosfeld, this 6th Edition features comprehensive, up-to-date information on all aspects of childhood surgery, emphasizing congenital malformations, tumors, trauma, and urologic problems.

• Provides comprehensive coverage of cutting-edge technology in pediatric surgical diseases.
  
• Presents an organization by body region and organs for ease of use.
  
• Offers top-notch information from world-renowned experts in the field.

• Presents new chapters on bariatric surgery in adolescents and small bowel and multi-visceral transplantation.
  
• Features completely rewritten and updated chapters, ensuring the absolute latest in the areas of fetal surgery · neonatal surgery · congenital anomalies · trauma · childhood cancer · organ transplantation · ECLS · respiratory conditions · and alimentary tract disorders.
  
• Discusses the newest techniques and technologies available, including imaging concepts · minimally invasive techniques · robotics · and diagnostic and therapeutic advances.
  
• Offers new information on molecular biology and genetics to help you make informed decisions.
  
• Includes 25% new illustrations.

With 200 additional contributing experts.

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Diabetes: Questions You Have ... Answers You Need

Diabetes: Questions You Have ... Answers You Need
By Paula Brisco

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• Publisher: People's Medical Society
• Number Of Pages: 190
• Publication Date: 1997-04
• ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1882606531
• ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781882606535
• Binding: Paperback

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Blood Pressure: Questions You Have ...Answers You Need

Cuts through medical jargon, discussing the problem of high blood pressure and offering information in a handy question and answer format.

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Asthma: Questions You Have, Answers You Need

Powerful Information You Need To Prevent Or Live With Asthma--A Reversible And Controllable Disease

Asthma affects nearly fifteen million Americans. It is the cause of nearly three million lost workdays; the most common chronic disease among children; the leading cause of absenteeism from American schools--and even potentially deadly.Asthma: Questions You Have...Answers You Need gives you a clear understanding of this disease and provides the most up-to-date information on how to prevent and control it. This book answers hundreds of essential questions, including: What are asthma's common and distinctive symptoms? What are the latest tests and treatments? How does stress affect asthma? Is there a genetic factor? What are the key asthma triggers and how do you avoid them? How do exercise, foods, and weather affect asthma? When does an asthma attack require a trip to the emergency room? What kind of doctor can best treat asthma? And Much, Much More!

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Back Pain: Questions You Have... Answers You Need

In an accessible question-and-answer format, this reference explains where back pain comes from and what people can do about it. Salmans objectively discusses common diagnoses, chiropractic, the pros and cons of various treatments, surgery, and the role of diet, exercise, smoking, and stress, so that consumers can make wise and informed healthcare decisions.

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Allergies: Questions You Have... Answers You Need

Allergies: Questions You Have... Answers You Need is your complete guide to allergy. From the different types of allergies to the triggers that set them off and the treatments that bring them under control - you'll find all the answers in this book. Find out what diagnostic tests help rule out other illnesses and pinpoint your allergy; what the differences are between food sensitivity or intolerance and true food allergy; when your symptoms may spell trouble - including potentially fatal anaphylactic shock, the most serious form of allergic reaction - and what immediate measures you need to take; and what the leading allergy medications are and when to use a decongestant versus an antihistamine versus a combination drug.

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Encyclopedia of Health and Aging

As an ever increasing percentage of the population of western societies enters "old age," health issues grow in importance in terms of the well-being of this population, economic impact within the health-care system, impacts on families and family relationships, and so many other ways. The Encyclopedia of Health and Aging presents state-of-the-art research and ready-to-use facts on health and aging.

This one-volume resource captures some of the excitement of the research in the field in terms of new findings as well as conceptual developments guiding research, practice, and policy. With more than 200 entries, it covers the biological, psychological, social, and economic aspects of health and aging and impacts within the health-care system. This Encyclopedia also focuses heavily on geriatrics with respect to geriatric syndromes and common diseases of aging.

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Take This Book to the Hospital With You: A Consumer Guide to Surviving Your Hospital Stay

Each time someone enters a hospital as a patient, his money and his life may be at risk. Consumers can now learn how to protect themselves when booking a hospital stay, how to avoid malpractice, take advantage of patient rights, and handle managed care matters. 10 charts.

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Tells parents how to provide the best health care for their children, including when to call the doctor, what to do when a child must be hospitalized, how to evaluate a pediatrician's competence, and much more. Original.

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Hormones, Brain and Behavior

Hormones, Brain, and Behavior is a comprehensive work discussing the effect of hormones on the brain and, subsequently, behavior. This five-volume major reference work has 106 chapters covering a broad range of topics with an extensive discussion of the effects of hormones on insects, fish, amphibians, birds, rodents, and humans.

To truly understand all aspects of our behavior, we must take every influence (including the hormonal influences) into consideration. Donald Pfaff and a number of well-qualified editors examine and discuss how we are influenced by hormonal factors, offering insight, and information on the lives of a variety of species.

Hormones, Brain, and Behavior offers the reader comprehensive coverage of an emerging and prominent field with a state-of-the-art overview of hormonally-mediated behaviors. The set provides unique treatment of all major vertebrate and invertebrate model systems with excellent opportunities for relating behavior to molecular genetics. The topics cover an unusual breadth (from molecules to ecophysiology), ranging from basic science to clinical research, making this reference of interest to a broad range of scientists in a variety of fields.

Key Features
* Contributors from 16 different countries and more than 70 institutions
* Unlike any other hormone reference on the market Hormones, Brain and Behavior addresses hormone effects in all major vertebrate and non-vertebrate models
* A timely, current reference on an emerging field with each chapter providing an in-depth exploration of the topic
* Discusses molecular aspects of hormone function, systems, development, and hormone-related diseases
* Addresses hormone effects in both the developing and adult nervous system
Topics include:
* Mammalian and Non-mammalian Hormone-behavior Systems
* Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Hormone Actions on Behavior
* Development of Hormone-dependent Neuronal Systems
* Hormone/Behavior Relations of Clinical Importance

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Hair and Scalp Diseases: Medical, Surgical, and Cosmetic Treatments

Hair and Scalp Diseases; guide to medical and non-medical management is a succinct and comprehensive guide examining the treatment of scalp and hair disorders, with a special concentration on ethnicity, hair type, and morphologyl of hair, and Incorporates treatments that go beyond accepted US and international guidelines, as authors examine the use of off-label medications for case-sensitive scenarios.

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Type 2 Diabetes in Adults fof All Ages

After Gretchen Becker was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 1996, she educated herself on every aspect of this chronic condition — by reading medical and scientific books and journals, talking with doctors and listening to her own body. In 2001, she marshaled everything she had learned as a "patient-expert" into the first edition of this book, which she has now completely updated and revised. The First Year®—Type 2 Diabetes uniquely guides you step-by-step through your first year with diabetes, walking you through everything you need to learn and do each day of your first week after diagnosis, each subsequent week of the first month, and each subsequent month of the crucial first year. In clear, concise, accessible language, Becker covers a wide range of practical, medical, and lifestyle issues, beginning with coming to terms with your diagnosis and then moving on to subjects including: Choosing the diet that is best for you The role of exercise Daily blood-glucose testing routines and understanding lab tests Medications and supplements Networking with others Insurance issues Traveling and socializing.

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ECG Interpretation: The Self-Assessment Approach

Accurate interpretation of the ECG is an essential skill for all health professionals. Using a unique self-assessment format, this book presents a comprehensive, incremental approach to ECG interpretation, progressing from basic to advanced concepts in electrocardiography. Amply illustrated with electrocardiograms both in the main text and the self-assessments, ECG Interpretation is a must-have practical guide that features:
• An appealing, user-friendly format that will help with exam preparation
• Clearly defined learning objectives to guide readers efficiently through the intricacies of ECG interpretation
• Numerous practical examples of ECG strips to illustrate important concepts, including clean ECG strips to practice skills
• Multiple-choice questions to consolidate learning and emphasize pertinent facts

This second edition has been thoroughly revised from the original 12-lead ECG Interpretation: The Self-Assessment Approach, with fully updated text, additional electrocardiograms and new chapters covering a variety of arrhythmias and ion channelopathies. The book is an essential aid to structured learning for electrophysiologists cardiologists in training, Internists, emergency room physicians, , medical students, nurses and. cardiac technicians.

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Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support ACLS [Video Training]

The Topol Solution gives you a complete print and multimedia package consisting of Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, Third Edition, a DVD, and access to a wealth of online resources. Updated throughout by renowned international authorities, Dr. Topol's best-selling text provides a comprehensive, contemporary view of every area of cardiovascular medicine--preventive cardiology; clinical cardiology; cardiovascular imaging; electrophysiology and pacing; invasive cardiology and surgical techniques; heart failure and transplantation; molecular cardiology; and vascular biology and medicine. The bound-in DVD contains the full text, plus heart sounds, an image/chart/table bank, and videos of procedures--catheterization, CT/MRI, echocardiography, electrophysiology and pacing, intravascular ultrasonography, nuclear cardiology, and surgery. The Topol Solution Website includes the fully searchable text, heart sounds, and an image/chart/table bank downloadable to PowerPoint--plus questions and answers from The Cleveland Clinic Cardiology Board Review; a PDA download of cardiology drug facts; quarterly articles from Critical Pathways in Cardiology, and links to other cardiology Websites

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Manual of Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

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In recent years, a myriad of surgical protocols have been developed to manage atrial fibrillation, increasing the confusion over which are the most effective approaches. This timely book presents a multidisciplinary, international team of authorities who have reviewed the evidence in order to establish which surgical approaches should be used under which circumstances.
Divided into five parts, the book not only explores surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation, it also offers a complete understanding of its underlying causes:

• Anatomy, Pathophysiology, and Electrophysiologic Basis of Atrial Fibrillation
• Surgical Approach to Atrial Fibrillation: The Cox-Maze Procedure
• Modifications of the Cox-Maze, Use of Alternative Surgical Patterns, and Energy Sources
• The Invasive Cardiologist Approach
• Perioperative Complications, Reporting Results, and Statistical Analysis

With its clear presentation and analysis of the current findings in surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation, this book points the way towards a scientific approach for the surgical cure of atrial fibrillation and is essential reading for all cardiac surgeons.


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