This special edition coincides with La Leche League's 35th anniversary. Today, with more than 50 percent of new mothers choosing to breastfeed their babies, the need for a practical, confidence-building guide is greater than ever. In addition to being an authoritative text on breastfeeding, this guide offers advice on planning and caring for ...
Dr. Kevin Leman's ever-popular book on birth order is getting a new look and updated writing. With insight and wit, Dr. Leman offers readers a fascinating and often funny look at how birth order affects personality, marriage and relationships, parenting style, career, and children. Birth order powerfully influences the way people interact with ...
This text emphasizes "applied/real-life" issues related to human development, allowing students to make connections between the material world and the world around them. Throughout the text, multicultural and gender issues are examined. The book covers many new topics; some of these include genetic testing, ethnic factors in identity formation, ...
The Language of Medicine demonstrates the author's unique method of teaching, in which students learn how to divide complex medical terms into their component parts. The meanings of these terms are carefully described in the context of how the body works in health and disease. In a workbook format, the first four chapters introduce word analysis ...
This text presents material for the beginning clinician in the important areas of genetics, immunology, and infectious diseases and analyzes disease mechanisms as well as the signs and symptoms of different disease syndromes. Organized by the major body systems and organs, the function of each is discussed in normal and abnormal conditions. Also ...
Dr. Walker focuses attention on this forgotten part of the body. He leads the reader on a tour of each vital organ, explaining how it is affected by the condition of the large intestine and the colon. Dr. Walker estimated that 80% of all disease begins in the colon. Learn how, through proper care of the colon, to prevent and experience relief ...
Confirm drug names quickly and accurately with the "Saunders Pharmaceutical Word Book 2009". This bestselling reference has been completely updated, and contains the correct spelling and capitalization of over 27,000 brand-name and generic drugs with dosages, reasons for administration, investigational drug names and codes, chemotherapy protocols, ...
Kring, Davison, Neale, and Johnson's "Abnormal Psychology" sets the standard for clarity, cutting-edge coverage, authoritative content, and clinical emphasis. The authors invite students to examine the many different facets of psychopathology - to search for clues, follow-up on hunches, and evaluate evidence on the origins of these disorders and ...
Preparing great-tasting meals that fit into a healthy meal plan is a challenging task. Preparing them in 30 minutes or less seems impossible - but it's not! This cookbook, which has sold more than 100,000 copies, is back in an all-new format. Each recipe now adheres to the new nutrition guidelines of the American Diabetes Association and is ...
Third edition of this classic on family therapy. The introduction calls it "a conceptual frame around which to organize your data and your impressions . . . a suggested path."
Peroxides are supposed to be bad for you. Free radicals and all that. But now we hear that hydrogen peroxide is good for us. Hydrogen peroxide will put extra oxygen in your blood. There's no doubt about that. Hydrogen peroxide costs pennies. So if you can get oxygen into the blood cheaply and safely, maybe cancer (which doesn't like oxygen), ...
A classic that teaches you how to think in a contextually sensitive, directive, and goal-focused way. A highly readable and practical volume that focuses on solving problems within the context of the entire social unit--the family, the school, the community.
This is the landmark clinical guide to the role microorganisms play in human health and illnesses - extensively revised and updated. Linking fundamental microbiology concepts with the diagnosis and treatment of clinical infections, this one-of-a-kind, portable text delivers an essential overview of the organisms and agents involved in clinical ...
This pocket-sized companion includes the tools needed to quickly analyze medical terms, accurately form medical plurals, understand clinical tests and diagnostic procedures, interpret medical laboratory tests, identify common prescription drugs and their uses, translate medical word parts to English, and translate from English to medical word ...
Confused by medical terms? Don't know a carcinoma from a hematoma? "Medical Terminology For Dummies" gets you up to speed quickly on medical terminology fundamentals and helps you master medical definitions, pronunciations, and applications across all health care fields. Once you understand medical prefixes, suffixes, and root words, you'll ...
Highly illustrated and extensively revised, Dr. Lawrence has gone to great lengths to provide the most current and up-to-date information on general surgery in this long-awaited Third Edition. This text follows the need-to-know information and objectives relating to specific diseases and areas of surgery that the Association of Surgical Educators ...
Zero-in on what you must know to excel in medical school and ace your course exams and the USMLE! From the authors of "First Aid for the(R) USMLE Step 1" comes this comprehenisve summary of essential basic science organ systems covered in the first two years of medical school. It provides the background you need before reviewing for the board and ...
This easy-to-read, user-friendly text is ideal for professionals in health, physical education, exercise science, athletic training, and recreation. The text explores the full range of basic topics typically covered in research courses in exercise science, kinesiology, and physical education. The book provides the information and skills needed to ...
Use the proven format of the best-selling "Secrets Series[trademark] to prepare for the USMLE Step 1. Presented as questions and answers based on clinical vignettes, "USMLE Step 1 Secrets" will aid you in not only retaining but understanding key information for the boards. Co-authored by Dr.Tom Brown, author of "Rapid Review in Physiology", and Dr ...
This is the most trusted source of review questions for the USMLE Step 1 - featuring three hundred-question practice exams! This book provides a review that ensures that the real test is not your first test. It is practical, effective, comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date. It offers the best preparation available for the USMLE Step 1. The ...
"The Drug Information Handbook for Dentistry" is designed for all dental professionals seeking information on commonly prescribed medications and supplemental products. Written by dentists for dentists, this best-selling resource includes dental-specific content on thousands of drugs, natural products, and dietary supplements. In this handbook, ...
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The Language of Medicine: A Write-In Text Explaining Medical Terms
