James Balch and Mark Stengler, coauthors of the hugely successful "Prescription for Natural Cures", and Robin Young Balch have teamed up to create the most comprehensive and up-to-date book available on natural alternatives to prescription medications. The book provides natural, safe, and effective ways to treat a wide range of common ailments, ...
Today's leading authorities present the succinct, yet thorough guidance you need to successfully avoid or manage complications stemming from pre-existing medical conditions. Organized by disease, the new edition of this popular guide has been completely revised and updated to reflect the latest information on definition, current pathophysiology, ...
A psychiatrist's devastating critique of how the "new psychiatry" is damaging millions of people. "Biopsychiatry", says Dr. Breggin, is the dominant ideology of the medical-pharmaceutical establishment which frequently announces "breakthroughs in brain chemistry" to justify the use of drugs, electroshock, involuntary hospitalization, and other ...
This new full-colour edition has been revised and expanded to present the most accurate and up-to-date information on the subject of radiation protection. This third edition continues to offer instruction to the student radiographer on the principles of radiation protection and the safe administration of radiation for the purposes of diagnosis and ...
From the Foreword: [An] astounding book . . . put simply, there is no doubt that autoimmune diseases are on the rise and increasing environmental exposures of toxins and chemicals is fueling this rise.--Dr. Douglas Kerr, Director, Johns Hopkins Transverse Myelitis Center.
"Doubt is our product," a cigarette executive once observed, "since it is the best means of competing with the 'body of fact' that exists in the minds of the general public. It is also the means of establishing a controversy." In this eye-opening expose, David Michaels reveals how the tobacco industry's duplicitous tactics spawned a multimillion ...
The Vaccine Safety Manual is the world's most complete guide to immunization risks and protection. It includes pertinent information on every major vaccine: polio, tetanus, MMR, hepatitis A, B, HPV (cervical cancer), Hib, Flu, chickenpox, shingles, rotavirus, pneumococcal, meningococcal, RSV, DTaP, anthrax, smallpox, TB, and more. All of the ...
This work gives consumers the information they need to make informed decisions about vaccines. Parents who face a multitude of vaccines for their children and adults who must decide about flu shots, vaccine for international travel, hepatitis and booster doses, should find this guide useful.
Geared specifically to short courses in blood collection, this concise full-color text teaches the skills necessary to obtain blood specimens effectively and safely, in accordance with Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (formerly NCCLS) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidelines. The book presents step-by-step procedure ...
From one of the leading public-health experts of our time, a passionate call to arms to protect ourselves from environmental pollution--and an astonishing revelation of how it's already affected our health. In When Smoke Ran Like Water, the world-renowned epidemiologist Devra Davis confronts the public triumphs and private failures of her lifelong ...
This volume offers authoritative, evidence-based recommendations for preventing and managing complications in all current general surgery procedures. The opening sections discuss institutional risk management issues and risks common to all operations, such as wound healing problems, infection, shock, and complications in immunosuppressed patients. ...
This comprehensive, problem-based textbook discusses the full range of complications in anesthesiology. Major sections cover intraoperative and postoperative complications affecting each organ system - respiratory, cardiovascular, neurologic, ophthalmologic, renal, hematologic and hemostatic, gastrointestinal, endocrine, obstetric, immunologic and ...
A thorough revision of this outstanding reference on the medical implications of co-existing pathophysiology concerning the management of anaesthesia. The third edition continues to provide coverage within this unique area in a format which is practically designed for everyday use. Features: * New larger trim size for easier reading and access to ...
This book is a complete guide for massage therapists or massage therapy students interested in adding aromatherapy to their practice. It addresses the massage therapist's specific needs and concerns, and provides useful answers to the questions about aromatherapy that most practitioners only learn after years of experience. Information on ...
This is a comprehensive guide to assessing the health effects of environmental toxicants in nonoccupational settings. Now in a second edition, "Environmental Toxicants: Human Exposures and Their Health Effects" continues to offer a unique perspective on a topic that is usually focused on exposure and effects in industrial settings. Fully revised ...
A comprehensive oral pharmacology book that reviews the principles of pharmacology and their application to dental hygiene practice. Extremely practical, this book discusses many oral manifestations of drugs that the dental hygiene student should be aware of. Quick drug guides in the beginning of each chapter, fun facts, and unique rapid dental ...
This book is about treating patients who get worse during therapy rather than better - the negative therapeutic reaction. It shows how to interpret the bad internal object, intervene with the out-of-contact patient, interpret the tie to the bad internal object and interpret the bad object transference.
A science columnist offers the compelling story of a small town devastated by asbestos and the frightening report of how asbestos could be infecting readers today--and what the government and lawyers don't want people to know about this toxic killer.
"Focus on Safe Medication Practices" gives an overview of the risks of various types of medication incidents and preventive strategies. It is designed as an adjunct to comprehensive training in communication skills and dispensing procedures to improve patient safety. The book provides an overview as well as specific examples of medication ...
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