Covid-19 - Fact Not Fiction Volume II
The world began to alter in full force at the start of 2020. We would never be able to return to the lives we had known before, forcing us to modify our ways of living.Everyone has been equally affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. People have lost loved ones, their jobs, and their homes. While businesses and governments fell, individuals began to realise they needed to take safeguards to preserve themselves. Governments advocated policies for social distancing and lockdowns.Most of the year was spent in terror. They knew the virus was here to stay, and all they could do was take the appropriate measures and protect themselves and their loved ones.Covid-19 - Fact Not Fiction Volume II: Timeline and Chronology May 2020 - Aug 2020 is written as a memory of the harrowing year we have all experienced. This series takes its readers on a chronological trip starting on January 1st and concluding on December 31st, detailing what transpired throughout the world on each date of the year 2020.
Common Pediatric Knee Injuries
This book is designed as a practical and quick reference guide on the evaluation and management of common pediatric knee injuries for those who provide clinical care to children and adolescents, including pediatricians, family practitioners, pediatric nurse practitioners, and trainees in these fields. It focuses on the important findings on evaluation and considerations for management of common knee injuries and is arranged in three general sections, as follows: general evaluation of the pediatric knee, specific injuries in the pediatric knee and injury prevention. Concise and practical, this book adds and improves on current academic offerings in the field, while providing an easy-to-read reference for both common and concerning pediatric knee issues. It contains cases to aid understanding, as well as helpful pearls and pitfalls along with a chapter summary for each condition. All chapters are structured in a similar way to ensure that this remains a well-organized quick resource for the clinician in a hurry. This book appeals to the pediatrician, and the sports medicine specialist alike, interesting all clinicians that work with the pediatric athlete and with pediatric knee injuries.
Living with Tinnitus and Hyperacusis
Tinnitus can be a terrible affliction, both for the individual, and also for friends and family, and many people with tinnitus are currently left to fend for themselves. Despite this, prospects for recovery have never been better, based on recent advances in psychology, auditory neuroscience and medicine. Tinnitus (colloquially known as ringing in the ears) is common, affecting some five percent of people. Hyperacusis, or hypersensitivity of hearing, is commonly associated with troublesome tinnitus. However, these basic definitions give no idea of the individual, even idiosyncratic nature of both disorders, which can be profoundly affected by someone's personality and psychological state. While this may complicate medical treatment, it does mean that self-help techniques can often be effective in minimizing the distress caused by these disorders, which can range from lack of sleep and irritability, to loss of concentration and confidence. The latest edition of Living with Tinnitus and Hyperacusis looks at strategies for living with tinnitus and hyperacusis, and includes a complete program for recovery. It features the latest research from the fields of psychology, neuroscience and medicine to offer a full overview of the causes, impact, and most effective treatments available. It has practical advice on relaxation and sound therapy as well as insights into relieving the stress of tinnitus and hyperacusis. It also contains advice on misophonia and related disorders.
Recovering from Multiple Sclerosis
A diagnosis of multiple sclerosis conjures up images of wheelchairs and a shortened life, but in fact it's possible to regain mobility and make a recovery. These deeply moving life stories of twelve people from around the world offer real hope to people with MS everywhere. These determined women and men have been able to halt the progression of the disease and recover mobility by making significant lifestyle changes including diet, sunshine, meditation, exercise, and for some, using drug therapy. Based on extended interviews, these stories offer an insight into the different journeys to recovery. They also highlight the challenges faced by people with different types of MS and at different stages in the progression of the disease.
Self Defense
If what you are learning, or more importantly, HOW you are learning, you are in serious trouble should you ever need to use it for self-protection! This book will examine what factors make self-defence training great. It will look at the problems training and the mindset and training changes you can make right now to turn yourself into a formidable force to be reckoned with should you ever need to defend yourself. The self-defense mindset is an honest and open approach to training and the philosophy you need to protect yourself and improve your martial arts and self-defense skill set. Discover powerful crystals for rock-solid protection - Potent and effective crystal combinations revealed- Learn how to use self-regenerating protection shields- Stop psychic attacks and prevent them from happening- Free yourself from psychic energy vampires- Learn high-impact energy clearing techniques- How to repair, heal and strengthen your aura- Shield your home from negative energies- Make crystal grids to protect you and your loved ones- Plus so much more... This book will highlight your natural instincts that can get you out of serious situations as well as point out some that may land you in trouble. It will debunk myths that many people have about defending themselves in real-life situations and give you a clear understanding of the attacker's mind-set as well as that of the person under attack. Much of what is discussed you already know, but it needs to be unlocked. Many of our survival instincts have been suppressed and dulled by the modern era in which we live; others have become outdated.
Mayo Clinic on Hearing and Balance, 3rd Edition
If you struggle with hearing loss and balance issues, you're not alone; nearly 500 million people around the world also suffer. In Mayo Clinic on Hearing and Balance, leading audiologist Jamie M. Bogle helps readers understand the causes of hearing loss and balance issues, how these conditions can be prevented, and how those afflicted with these issues can improve their quality of life. Hearing impairment can be a debilitating condition. From tinnitus and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo to chronic migraines and ear infections, there are a host of underlying causes that can impact your ability to hear well. And hearing loss often goes hand-in-hand with feelings of vertigo. Problems with balance and chronic dizziness can affect every aspect of daily life and put you at risk of injury. In Mayo Clinic on Better Hearing and Balance, you'll get the answers to many common questions about hearing and balance, like how hearing and balance are tested, ways to protect your hearing health, what you can do to improve your balance, how underlying causes of hearing loss are treated, and how to select hearing aids and cochlear implants. You will also find helpful tips and tools for improving your quality of life while living with hearing and balance issues, as well as real-life solutions for recovering from some of the more immobilizing symptoms of the condition. With Mayo Clinic on Better Hearing and Balance, you can take back control of your life and move past your common hearing and balance issues.
Super Gut
From a New York Times bestselling author, a guide to restoring good bacteria to your gut--and keeping your microbiomes happy and healthy. Because of our highly processed diet, pesticides, and overuse of antibiotics, our guts are now missing so many of the good bacteria that we require to be healthy. As a result, many of us have lost control over our health, weight, mood, and even behavior. With cutting-edge research, Dr. Davis connects the dots between gut health and modern ailments such as SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth), a silent and profound epidemic, which affects one out of three people and is responsible for an astounding range of human health conditions. Super Gut shows us how to fix your microbiome once and for all. It includes more than forty recipes, a diet plan, and resources so you can pinpoint your gut issues, correct them, and maintain your long-term health and well-being.
Transformational Dentistry
Get Your Smile BackDentistry is about so much more than operating drills and tools. Patients' emotions are often overlooked when receiving dental care. They oftentimes do not understand that oral health is extremely important to their overall health, which can lead to more complicated issues than just needing a tooth filled or dentures created. Dentistry needs to push past the standard model of care and address the emotional concerns of every patient.That's why Dr. Bradley Bishop wrote Transformational Dentistry: Discover the Life-Changing Power of a Smile. Through his decades of experience, Dr. Bishop details solutions that are available to treat your oral health--solutions that allow you to work through processes from disaster to success. It's never too late to strive for better health. This book will highlight the emotional journey of dentistry rather than the technical process and remind you that you are not alone. There is a clear path on how to get the smile of your dreams--but first, you have to take the first step.
A Lifetime of Smiles
Healthy Mouth--Healthy LifeDr. Aaron Strickland believes a smile is one of the most precious gifts you can give someone, and he is committed to serving the Columbus community by crafting world-class smiles through exceptional oral care. But more than anyone, Dr. Strickland knows that visiting the dentist is often an event met with fear, anxiety, and dread. For that reason, he prides himself on cultivating a relaxed environment so dental care is accessible to any patient who walk through the door.In A Lifetime of Smiles: Your Complete Guide to Modern Dentistry, you will learn how Dr. Strickland has set White River Dental apart from the rest in terms of patient care, quality of service, and community engagement. In addition, you will also learn how to best care for your own dental health at every stage of your life and gather helpful information for addressing common dental ailments. This book will teach you how to: Improve your overall health Increase your self-confidence Reduce your risk of oral disease Unlock your full potential
The Low Back Pain-Free Program
How to Overcome Lower Back Pain and Finally Live a Life Free of Discomfort Do you feel back pain all the time and find it hard to do simple tasks without having to rest? Does this everyday experience torture you because the pain keeps persisting? Does your pain prevent you from performing well in almost every aspect of your life? Listen to what your body says... because what you feel is valid and should be given proper care and attention. It's not just the pain itself that's the problem, but also its negative impact on your mental and emotional wellbeing. Serious back pain ruins the way you live.Even though your daily activities play a critical role, there are other factors to consider if you want to overcome your lower back pain once and for all. In The Low Back Pain-Free Program, you will discover: ● How each structure in your lower back functions, so you can understand your pains and remedy them properly● 5 alternative ways for relieving chronic pain● What sabotages your chance of recovery● 18 possible causes of back pain - and how to get down to the root issue● The first step you should take to improve the way you manage your pain● How your brain perceives pain... and how it can affect both your mind and body● Strengthening exercises to develop a healthy back and good posture (can be done in less than 10 minutes!)● The essential practice you need to help ease your mental, emotional, and physical discomfort● An important exercise if you suffer from disc herniations... and how to be extra cautious to stop it from getting worse● How natural remedies can reduce lower back pain● What whole foods are - and how they can help you fight chronic inflammation And many more. You don't need expensive equipment to do the exercises provided in this guide - you can use everyday items you have at home, such as a mattress or a chair. What's more, is that you will also discover alternative therapies so you won't have to resort to surgery to find pain relief. A pain-free life is possible - you just need the right resources by your side! If you want to improve the quality of your life by recovering from lower back pain, then scroll up and click the "Add to Cart" button right now.
The Bowersox Protocol for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fat
Stop Feeling Sick & Tired All the Time! Finally, there is an effective treatment that uses homeopathic medicines and natural supplements to treat both Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue syndromes without drugs or special diets. In his life-changing book, Dr. Bowersox offers a recovery protocol that is based on extensive research and has proven successful in his daily medical practice. For many physicians, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue syndromes are mysterious and difficult to treat, which is why you may have been to multiple doctors and still don't feel better. Dr. Bowersox validates the physical causes of your symptoms and explains how his recovery protocol has been shown to resolve underlying body imbalances, thereby freeing you from the symptoms of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue syndromes. His proven recovery protocol: Uses NO drugs Requires NO special diets Has an average recovery time of less than four (4) months Is very cost effective
Gateway to Your Body
Dentistry Is All About People Dr. Bradley Dykstra believes a smile is one of the most precious gifts you can give someone and she is committed to serving the Hudsonville community by crafting world-class smiles through exceptional oral care. But more than anyone, Dr. Dykstra knows that visiting the dentist is often an event met with fear, anxiety, and dread. For that reason, he prides himself on cultivating a relaxed, pain-free environment so dental care is accessible to any patient who walks through the door. In The Gateway to Your Body: How Your Smile Impacts Your Overall Health, you will learn how Dr. Dykstra has set Hudsonville Dental apart from the rest in terms of patient care, quality of service, and community engagement. In addition, you will also learn how to best care for your own dental health at every stage of your life and gather helpful information for addressing common dental ailments. This book will teach you how to: - Improve your overall health - Increase your self-confidence - Reduce your risk of oral disease - Unlock your full potential
Hair Food
Lacy Fields and Charisma McLaughlin wrote Hair Food for men and women experiencing hair loss and those who desire healthier and stronger hair. Most men and women who suffer from hair loss never consider what they're eating. The foods we consume substantially affect our overall health, including our hair, hair follicles, and scalp. Our hair maintains itself from the inside out, and we need an intake of healthy, balanced, and nutritional meals to aid in our hair's health, growth, and strength. Healthy hair starts with a healthy scalp, and a healthy scalp begins with a healthy diet. As a hair loss specialist, and a luxury caterer and chef, Lacy and Charisma believe these small diet changes will lead to substantial lifestyle changes. For some, this means breaking generational cycles of unhealthy eating and creating new legacies of wellness and success! With the right love, knowledge, and guidance -our hair can be healthier from the inside out!Chef Charisma McLaughlinLuxury Caterer. Private Chef. Event Curator. A native of Washington, DC and Prince Georges County, MD -Chef Charisma specializes in infusing local culture into her luxurious dishes. Her culinary career began in 2005 at her family-owned restaurant, and she has held a host of management and front-of-house positions in various hotels and restaurants. Her years of experience have given her extensive knowledge of the food and beverage industry. In addition, her inherited and God-given talent, along with her eclectic personality, has led her to many successful collaborations with other talented chefs and celebrity clients.Connect with Chef Charisma for your catering needs at: Instagram.com/chefcharismaa Chefcharisma5@gmail.comLacy FieldsHair Technician. Beauty Enthusiast. Healthy Hair Expert. Lacy Fields is a beauty professional with over 20 years of experience in the hair industry. With over 11 years of experience in Trichology, she coined herself "Ms. Healthy Hair." She began instructing her clients to eat healthier diets and live healthy lifestyles, which leads to healthier hair. Lacy has treated over 50 women for hair loss issues. Those issues ranged from postpartum hair loss, stress-related hair loss, alopecia, alopecia areata, traction alopecia, CCCA, and more. With direct consultations, Lacy investigates her client's lifestyles, from each client's genetic background to current related issues. She then develops a personalized hair care regimen that includes diet changes and scalp treatments.If you're seeking answers and more help related to hair health and hair loss restoration -you can visit Lacy Fields and her trained staff at: Therapeutique Salon and Spa 1401 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20853www.therapeutiquesalonspa.com
Supporting Anxiety and Vagus Nerve Dysfunction Through Nutrition and Lifestyle
The vagus nerve is responsible for the regulation of all our internal organ functions. When it is damaged, the wide-ranging impact on our nervous system can manifest in a multitude of ways, including anxiety, hormonal imbalances, gastrointestinal distress, and vertigo.Based on current research into the vagus nerve and vagus nerve stimulation, this practical guide addresses a crucial missing link in healthcare and functional medicine by providing an innovative protocol on the management of anxiety and vagus nerve dysfunction through nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle. With a holistic, whole-person approach, this protocol bridges the divide between the physical and the psychological, providing a holistic approach that can be applied widely across various disciplines within healthcare, bodywork, and mental health. It provides detailed theory and is supplemented with an abundance of practical guidance including various recipes whilst also helping practitioners understand how clients may transition to a more sustainable, long-term protocol.
Ortho Review
Ortho Review: A Resident's Study Guide to the Orthopaedic Surgery Board Exam-Second Edition has undergone extensive improvements and significant content additions to build upon the success of the first edition. The text has been completely revised and reorganized for enhanced readability, which will improve the learner's experience. Most importantly, every section has been updated with the most current and clinically relevant content to prepare the orthopaedic surgery resident for passing the board exam and succeeding in clinical practice. Ortho Review is an essential resource for the time-strapped resident to study effectively and efficiently. Key Features: - Question-and-answer format prepares for oral examinations- Comprehensive content- Extensively referenced - 30+ newly added topics - Many more updated and revised topics
Ortho Review
Ortho Review: A Resident's Study Guide to the Orthopaedic Surgery Board Exam-Second Edition has undergone extensive improvements and significant content additions to build upon the success of the first edition. The text has been completely revised and reorganized for enhanced readability, which will improve the learner's experience. Most importantly, every section has been updated with the most current and clinically relevant content to prepare the orthopaedic surgery resident for passing the board exam and succeeding in clinical practice. Ortho Review is an essential resource for the time-strapped resident to study effectively and efficiently. Key Features: - Question-and-answer format prepares for oral examinations- Comprehensive content- Extensively referenced - 30+ newly added topics - Many more updated and revised topics
The Mysterious Winging Scapula
This book was written by a physiotherapist who became the patient. From her unique perspective, Janet Delorme recognized and understood a complex problem that might otherwise go undiagnosed. Do these symptoms sound familiar?* Cannot tolerate repetitive/forceful arm movement, especially overhead. * Arm feels "weak"* Fatigue, shortness of breath, sense of arm "disconnect" or a twisted body* Pain in shoulder but also in the back, neck, arm or head.These symptoms suggest instability of the chest wall, the most familiar cause of which is long thoracic nerve palsy.With an unstable chest wall, diagnostic tests of the "shoulder" are often negative and complaints of fatigue and shortness of breath are unsubstantiated from a medical perspective.This complex problem will often require patients and therapists to work together. This book was written for both the therapist and the patient. It provides insightful information about this condition and explains how to modify activities and lifestyle to manage symptoms and restore a "new normal". The book also teaches key elements necessary for recovery: movement principles and exercise programs.Not all people recover. Many make a full recovery. Both outcomes are addressed with advice for every step of the recovery process.
Tracking a Shadow
A memoir of the author's twenty-five-year, self-designed experiment with a nonpharmaceutical approach to multiple sclerosis and of the indomitable mother who taught her to meet trouble with active resistance. When novelist Edith Forbes experienced her first episode of multiple sclerosis in 1993, few treatments existed. The famously crippling disease was a medical mystery, its cause unknown and its course unpredictable. The only medical advice Forbes received then was to "simply live your life." She had other ideas.Forbes grew up on a ranch in Wyoming, raised by a widowed mother who met challenges head on. Besides shouldering responsibility for seven children and a cattle ranch, Forbes's dynamo mother had ambitions to change the world. As a forward-thinking woman in a largely male business, she became a model of tenacity and independence for her daughter.After her MS diagnosis, Forbes turned her fear into action, immersing herself in the medical literature to search for ideas. Finding an unexpected connection between the medical information and her own knowledge of agriculture, she embarked on a self-designed experiment that continues to this day.Tracking a Shadow weaves together the story of Forbes's personal twenty-five-year medical experiment with a memoir of the mother whose constant determination to look for better answers shaped the author's unique approach to her disease.
Paranoic In The Age of Stupid
Today's date is November 16th, 2021. I am writing to you at exactly 21:51 pm. It's pitch black outside. The only thing I have heard is two large foxes that play and fight outside almost every night. It feels the same, but the reality is right now life isn't the same. The thoughts in this book are expanded thoughts I had written over the period of the pandemic. There are also some fictional stories based on real events. There are also a rambling or two of words some will call poetry, but I simply call them some thoughts I am having so I write them as I think them. It's just a few months short of two years since this pandemic began. Even as I write this to you the politicians can change their thinking on a daily basis. Mostly their thinking has been specifically designed to add human fear to push compliance. If this was ever a pandemic of health that ended a long time ago. This is now a pandemic of power where career and salvationist politicians feel they have almost touched death, and appear to feel they have the gift of life in their hands. They don't. But this book isn't really about those people in control. It is about something much bigger, something more powerful and something that directly affects you and me. That something is an idea and how that idea like the smallest seeds can become the biggest of trees. I also wanted to mention that it is so easy for us all to accept what is going on, accept the changes and go with the flow. That is appearing to be a mistake that could cost you, me, us all dearly. These are not times to let go of what humans fought over for millenniums. That thing is freedom to do the things we need to do to be happy free people. Freedoms to travel the world, the freedom of choice and something as simple as sitting in a coffee shop. Incredibly as I write to you today Austria have decided to divide their nation into two parts. They now have two 'legal' classes of citizens. The clean and the unclean, the vaccinated and the unvaccinated. As I edit this book Austria have also announced that the unvaccinated will face jail if they refuse to get vaccinated by February 1st. Can they really throw over two million citizens into jail? It looks as though Germany is heading the same perverse way. Police can be seen everywhere checking the papers of everyone on the streets or any location outside a private home. This is not a time for lovers of truth and freedom to relax. If this shocking change can happen in countries like those it might be coming to you.
Covid-19 - For the Record
The world began to alter in full force at the start of 2020. We would never be able to return to the lives we had known before, forcing us to modify our ways of living.Everyone has been equally affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. People have lost loved ones, their jobs, and their homes. While businesses and governments fell, individuals began to realise they needed to take safeguards to preserve themselves. Governments advocated policies for social distancing and lockdowns.Most of the year was spent in terror. They knew the virus was here to stay, and all they could do was take the appropriate measures and protect themselves and their loved ones.Covid-19 - For the Record: Timeline and Chronology Jan 2020 - Apr 2020 is written as a memory of the harrowing year we have all experienced. This book takes its readers on a chronological trip starting on January 1st and concluding on December 31st, detailing what transpired throughout the world on each date of the year 2020.
Breath Taking
From an expert in pulmonary medicine, the story of our extraordinary lungs, the organ that both explains our origins and holds the keys to our future as a speciesWe take an average of 7.5 million breaths a year and some 600 million in our lifetime, and what goes on in our body each time oxygen is taken in and carbon dioxide expelled is nothing short of miraculous. "Our lungs are the lynchpin between our bodies and the outside world," writes Dr. Michael Stephen. And yet, we take our lungs for granted until we're incapacitated and suddenly confronted with their vital importance.In Breath Taking, pulmonologist Michael Stephen takes us on a journey to shed original and much-needed light on our neglected and extraordinary lungs, at a most critical societal moment. He relates the history of oxygen on Earth and the evolutionary origins of breathing, and explores the healing power of breath and its spiritual potential. He explains in lay terms the links our lungs have with our immune system and with society at large. And he offers illuminating chronicles of pulmonary research and discovery--from Galen in the ancient world to pioneers of lung transplant--and poignant human stories of resilience and recovery--from the frantic attempts to engage his own son's lungs at birth to patients he treats for cystic fibrosis today.Despite great advances in science, our lungs are ever more threatened. Asthma is more prevalent than ever; rising stress levels make our lungs vulnerable to disease; and COVID-19 has revealed that vulnerability in historic ways. In this time, Breath Taking offers inspiration and hope to millions whose lungs are affected and vital perspective to us all.
Oxford Textbook of the Newborn
Well into the 20th century, one in four newborns failed to survive their first year of life. It was after World War II that medicine "discovered" the newborn as a human being entitled to medical treatment and prioritised care. Since its definition by Alexander Schaffer in 1960, neonatology has evolved into a mature, innovative, and ethical field. A large number of medical professionals' care for neonates, yet no definitive medical history of the newborn has been available until now. The Oxford Textbook of the Newborn: A Cultural and Medical History offers readers a unique and authoritative resource on the 3000-year history of the newborn within Western societies. Written by Professor Michael Obladen, a leading voice in neonatology, this book reflects on our perception of newborns, from the earliest days of human thought, through to the traces that remained in medieval life and persist today. It unearths ideas and evidence of societies' perceptions of newborns through a beautifully illustrated, impressive and often never-seen-before set of historical sources from libraries, archives, churches, excavation fields, and hospital charts around the world. Split into 8 sections which each cover aspects of the natural lifecycle of a neonate, this book demonstrates the impact of religion, law, ethics, philosophy and culture on newborns' quality of life, and covers fascinating topics such as the rites of passage for the newborn, infanticide, opium use, breastfeeding, and artificial feeding. Each chapter is written in an accessible style and includes high-quality historical illustrations which really bring the subject to life.
Crohn's and Colitis the Flare Stopper(TM)System.
Do you have IBD: Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis?Tired of flares and living in the bathroom?Disappointed with both conventional and natural treatments?If you're desperate to poop normally again, this book is for you. The Flare Stopper System was created by Galina Kotlyar, a healthcare professional who is also a former, fully recovered IBD patient. Her innovative program for IBD is backed by over 30 years of research, clinical experience and more than 200 scientific studies.Learn how to stop your flares and go into remission - even if you stopped responding to medications and supplements. Start your day with a healthy poop, just like before you got sick: no more diarrhea, no more bleeding, no more pain and cramping.Discover: Why you got sick and stay sick with IBD Effective, scientifically proven therapies that stops IBD flares How to use The Flare Stopper Diet to bring you into remission
Crohn's and Colitis the Flare Stopper(TM)System.
Do you have IBD: Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis?Tired of flares and living in the bathroom?Disappointed with both conventional and natural treatments?If you're desperate to poop normally again, this book is for you. The Flare Stopper System was created by Galina Kotlyar, a healthcare professional who is also a former, fully recovered IBD patient. Her innovative program for IBD is backed by over 30 years of research, clinical experience and more than 200 scientific studies.Learn how to stop your flares and go into remission - even if you stopped responding to medications and supplements. Start your day with a healthy poop, just like before you got sick: no more diarrhea, no more bleeding, no more pain and cramping.Discover: Why you got sick and stay sick with IBD Effective, scientifically proven therapies that stops IBD flares How to use The Flare Stopper Diet to bring you into remission
An Anatomy of Pain
An illuminating, authoritative, and in-depth examination of the fascinating science behind pain that "combines a career's worth of expertise with a long history of pain treatment" (GQ)--from one of the internationally leading doctors in pain management. Pain is a universal human experience, but we understand very little about the mechanisms behind it. We hurt ourselves, we feel pain, we seek help from a professional or learn to avoid certain behaviors that cause pain. But the story of what goes on in our body is far from simple. Even medical practitioners themselves often fail to grasp the complexities between our minds and bodies and how they interact when dealing with pain stimulus. Throughout history we've tried to prevent and mediate the effects of pain--which has only resulted in a highly medicated population and a booming opiates industry. Written by a medical expert trained as an anesthesiologist, An Anatomy of Pain is the first book to clearly explain the current issues and complexities surrounding the treatment of pain and how society deals with those in pain, as well as how our bodies relate to pain. Common conception still equates pain with tissue damage but that is only a very small part of the story--the organ which produces pain is the brain. Case studies show that a woman who has undergone a c-section reports dramatically less pain than a patient who has had kidney stones removed in a similarly invasive operation. The soldier who drags himself or herself to safety after being shot deals with pain in a remarkably different way from someone suffering a similar injury on a street. The truth is that pain is a complex mix of nerve endings, psychological state, social preconceptions, and situational awareness. Filled with case studies and medical history, this enlightening book offers a crash course in all aspects of pain, from chronic to acute, and walks us through the current landscape of pain treatments--from medication (including opioids) to electrical nerve stimulation. Whether it's a mild ache or severe discomfort, we all encounter pain in our lives and "this splendid book--informative, empathic, and wise--about a universal experience will surely promote healing" (Booklist, starred review).
The Autoimmune Brain
Millions of people experience issues related to brain health yet can't figure out what's causing their problems and can't find any relief. David Younger, a world-renowned physician, provides diagnostic techniques and treatment protocols will help readers identify the true cause of their symptoms and put them on a clear path to healing.
Cataract Surgery
Provides a practical overview of cataract surgery Contains clinical pearls and surgical tips throughout Written by respected experts in the field
A Crisis Like No Other
This report examines the impacts of COVID-19 on labour markets along with adjustment patterns in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam. Labour markets in Southeast Asia were particularly hit hard in 2020 when government pandemic containment measures were most severe. COVID-19 exacerbated growing inequalities in the region and exposed large gaps in social protection . This report aims to help policymakers identify priorities, constraints, and opportunities for developing effective labour market strategies for economic recovery and beyond.
Virus vs Mankind
It is the year 2019, and fear looms in on the world. A deadly virus, one with the ability and venom to wipe away half of the world's 7.8 billion people, or even extinct humanity forever, has emerged. And now, mankind must summon all the strength, knowledge, experiences, science, technology, resilience, courage, and everything else that they have at their disposal to combat this dark, mysterious, dangerous disease and all its entities. World War III could just end up being between man and the Coronavirus Disease.
Managing the Development of Digital Marketplaces in Asia
This book examines the scope, potential benefits, and challenges of digital platforms in Asia and the Pacific. It proposes measures and policies to help maximize social and economic gains while alleviating adverse effects. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is accelerating digital transformation across Asia and the Pacific. Digital platforms have become prominent intermediaries or marketplaces that allow the exchange of goods, services, and information. They are opening new transaction channels while lowering service costs and enhancing market efficiency. This volume explores topics that include trade and e-commerce, fintech payments, the digital divide, promoting competition, the digitalization of work and the role of universal basic income, and international taxation.
Arming the Immune System
This book is a public service announcement. Discover the power of your natural immunity. Learn why we should allow our bodies to run their intelligent health maintenance programs, including those of the immune system. As they are more effective at eliminating invaders than any military on earth. You will discover that fever is an essential part of the immune response, and is found throughout the animal kingdom. I'm talking hamsters, rats, guinea pigs, lizards, gators, crabs, scorpions, grasshoppers, lobsters, beetles, leeches, snakes, snails, mice, monkeys, fish, ferrets, baboons, and even my beloved bees. Learn how hard our bodies work to maintain our body temperature, and what happens when our internal thermostat intelligently and purposefully shifts up the heat. The fever response has developed over a very long time, slowly perfecting its orchestral brilliance. I'll share stories of bees who make an effort to fever together, lizards who lounge around trying to get a fever, kids who've had chickenpox longer because they took antipyretic medicines, and, people whose cancer completely disappeared after a fever. Until the late 1800s, fever was widely considered a healthy sign during disease. This has changed with fever-lowering drugs now the knee-jerk reaction worldwide. When people feel lousy, achy, tired, hot, and miserable, the idea of taking medication and interfering with this process is pretty compelling. They simply want to get rid of the nasty, noxious feeling that comes with fever. But this may not be wise. We will establish what happens biochemically during an infection and how can we actually use fever therapeutically and harness it for our benefit. This is not a new idea, as fever therapy has been used for a long time, with sometimes incredible results. Like with the malarial fevers used to treat neurosyphilis that won Dr. Julius Wagner-Juaregg the 1927 Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology, and the cancer treatments of Dr. William Coley (who used bacteria) and Dr. Nina Klyuyeva (who used a parasite).We've really come a long way in our understanding of the immune system in the last few decades. Since the turn of the 21st century, the scientific and medical communities have rapidly accelerated research in this field, with exponential growth since 2000. In 2020 alone, the FDA approved fifteen new immunotherapy treatments.I'm happy to be sharing this important, age-old knowledge, especially at this time in the world. Inspired by the tireless efforts of the scientific and medical communities, I'm optimistic that this book will help spark conversation and change. Trust the wisdom inherent in your body, arm your immune system, and share the incredible power of the fever response. Because when we honour our bodies, we can be sick less, get better faster, and live healthier lives.
Nurse Florence(R), How Do We Smell Things?
Sometimes it seems only a nurse can bring technical information down to an understanding that an ordinary person can grasp. The Nurse Florence(R) book series provides high quality medical information that even a child can grasp. By introducing young kids to correct terminology and science concepts at an early age, we can help increase our children's health literacy level as well as help to prepare them for courses and jobs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. We need more scientists so I hope that many children will enjoy this book series and consider a job involving science.
New Handbook of Health and Preventive Me
Despite the availability of more new treatments and medicines than ever before, many medical professionals believe that the health of the average person has not improved substantially, and that better prevention is actually the best medicine. This is a view that most people seem willing to accept; but the current health and fitness craze has produced a proliferation of faddish "cures" and panaceas, many of them more dangerous than beneficial. The New Handbook of Health and Preventive Medicine is the definitive guide to staying healthy. It is filled with the latest scientific information on current health issues and the prevention of disease. Using clear, readable language designed for the general public, this concise yet comprehensive book addresses essential information about good health: HEALTHY HABITS - what everyone should know about nutrition, fitnessand exercise PRIMARY PREVENTION - descriptions of the diseases everyone shouldknow how to prevent, the consequences of contracting theseailments, and practical means of preventing them SELF CARE AND SECONDARY PREVENTION - what symptoms callfor the care of a physician; information about screening tests andphysical exams PHARMACEUTICALS - prescription and non-prescription, vaccines, herbal, addictive, and street drugs The New Handbook of Health and Preventive Medicine encourages an active, informed approach to good health and is an antidote to the dangerous fads and misinformation that so often surround health topics. Refreshingly focused on the undeniable fact that good habits are as easily established and maintained as bad ones, this is the one book everyone should have.
Nurse Florence(R), How Does Our Hair Grow?
Sometimes it seems only a nurse can bring technical information down to an understanding that an ordinary person can grasp. The Nurse Florence(R) book series provides high quality medical information that even a child can grasp. By introducing young kids to correct terminology and science concepts at an early age, we can help increase our children's health literacy level as well as help to prepare them for courses and jobs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. We need more scientists so I hope that many children will enjoy this book series and consider a job involving science.
Frontiers in Natural Product Chemistry
Frontiers in Natural Product Chemistry is a book series devoted to publishing monographs that highlight important advances in natural product chemistry. The series covers all aspects of research in the chemistry and biochemistry of naturally occurring compounds, including research on natural substances derived from plants, microbes and animals. Reviews of structure elucidation, biological activity, organic and experimental synthesis of natural products as well as developments of new methods are also included in the series. Volume seven of the series brings seven reviews covering these topics: - Plant-Derived Anticancer Compounds Used in Cancer Therapies- Pradimicin and Benanomicin Antibiotics- The Chemical Compositions of Bixa orellana and their Pharmacological Activities- Overview of Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Nilakanthi (Ajuga bracteosa Wall. ex Benth.)- Tetracyclic benzocarbazoles and derivatives- Chalcones as Antiinflammatory, Antidiabetic, and Antidepressant Agents- Bioactive Steroids from Marine Organisms
Coronaviruses
Scientific literature on SARS-COV-2 viruses and its variants (especially variants of concern such as the 'Delta variant') and important cellular targets is crucial to help researchers, epidemiologists, virologists and clinicians around the globe to develop a new generation of safer and more effective vaccines, and other treatments to address COVID-19 disease. The accompanying damage to the many organs and tissues of SARS-Co-2-infected people also needs to be understood and researchers are using data to devise meaningful protocols for treating these symptoms. This second volume of Coronaviruses brings together more useful information about the prevention, vaccination, and chemotherapies for the potential treatment of coronavirus infections. The volume includes eight chapters: (1) Broad spectrum antivirals to combat COVID-19 The reality and challenges, (2) COVID-19: Preventive and protective control management strategies, (3) Plant-derived extracts and bioactive compounds against coronavirus progression: preventive effects, mechanistic aspects, and structures, (4) Gastroenteritis: symptoms and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2, (5) The chronicles of coronavirus: A Chinese king who conquered the entire world, (6) Traditional medicine as a natural remedy in ARDS & COVID-19, (7) Molecular pathogenesis of human coronaviruses of the 21st century, (8) COVID-19, mental health and neuropathophysiology of pain related to temporomandibular disorder. The volume serves as a novel compilation of key data on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 and represents a resource of the utmost value for all scholars studying SARS-CoV infections. It should also be of great interest to clinicians who may be facing an overwhelming number of individuals affected with COVID-19, with over 267 million global cases documented as of the first week of December 2021).
Orthostatic Hypotension in Older Adults
This book provides a comprehensive and practical guide to orthostatic hypotension (OH) for doctors and nurses involved in the care of older adults, together with a state-of-the-art update on OH, covering its epidemiology, pathophysiology, assessment, diagnosis, causes, prevention, management, and relevance for geriatric practice. In addition, it addresses mechanisms of orthostatic tolerance and other orthostasis related conditions, as well as drugs, comorbidities and geriatric syndromes related to OH. The homeostatic ability to maintain blood pressure while standing requires an adequate blood volume and the integrity of the nervous system, heart, blood vessels and muscle pump. However, in older adults, some age-related factors can contribute to the development of OH. For example, decreased baroreflex sensitivity, α-1-adrenergic vasoconstrictor response to sympathetic stimuli, parasympathetic activity, renal salt and water conservation, increased vascular stiffness and decreased ventricular diastolic filling, as well as concentrated capacities of the kidney may be associated with changes in postural blood pressure. It has also been shown that OH is associated with falls, cardiac events, heart failure, stroke, reduced quality of life, and increased risk of overall mortality in these patients. "Orthostatic Hypotension in Older Adults" will be of considerable interest to all professionals working in the fields of geriatrics, geriatric psychiatry, neurology, internal medicine, cardiology, and emergency medicine, or working with older people in hospitals or in their community.
Health Promotion
Health Promotion: A Practical Guide to Effective Communication introduces students to the fundamental principles of health promotion in Australian and international public health contexts. Combining the core principles and theories of health promotion with those of effective communication, the text guides readers through the practical steps of planning, implementing and evaluating programs that empower health consumers and facilitate improved health outcomes for individuals and communities. The chapters consolidate and extend readers' understanding of key topics through case-study scenarios, problem-based learning activities, revision questions and recommendations for further reading. The 'Elsewhere in the World' sections link the text to health promotion programs globally. The final chapter brings together key concepts and highlights initiatives in action through a selection of eight extended international case studies. This essential resource will equip students with the knowledge and tools to prepare them for practice across a range of health and policy settings.
Eyesight, Good and Bad
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Night Vision
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Epidemic Delusions
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The Canadian Mother's Book
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The Practical Study of Malaria
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