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"Celiac disease is a hereditary autoimmune condition that damages the lining of the small intestine so that it cannot properly absorb food. Without essential nutrients, the entire body begins to suffer. The disease is triggered by gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley. The only "cure" for the disease is a life-long gluten-free diet. The disease affects nearly 1 in every 100 people in the United States--50 percent of whom remain undiagnosed...
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After her Aunt Teza’s test results turn out to be inconclusive, Dot Cooper resolves to raise money for a new mammogram machine, through the creation and auction of a magnificent, king-sized quilt to be sewn by the women of Jefferson City.
Dot’s efforts quickly draw the support of disparate members of the community, including newcomer Beth Donnelly, married to a local pastor; Elaine Giovanni, the stylish wife of a local surgeon;...
Dot’s efforts quickly draw the support of disparate members of the community, including newcomer Beth Donnelly, married to a local pastor; Elaine Giovanni, the stylish wife of a local surgeon;...
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Endometriosis materializes when the endometrium — the tissue that lines the inside of the uterus — sheds, but does not exit a woman's body during her period. Instead, it grows outside of the uterus, spreading to organs and nerves in and around the pelvic region. The resulting pain is so physically and emotionally insufferable that it can mercilessly dominate a woman's life. The average woman with endometriosis is twenty-seven years old before...
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Dear Edie, I wanted you to know so many things. I wanted to tell you them in person, as you grew up by my side. But it wasn't to be…
When Jess gives birth to Edie, it's the happiest day of her life. She knows, from the moment her little girl's hand grasps her finger, that her daughter owns her heart, completely and utterly. And even though Edie's father has left them, and single motherhood isn't easy, her beautiful, innocent child brings her untold...
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"Diagnose any health problem with this simple visual symptom guide: simple illustrations of every part of the body lead you straight to the problem ; easy-to-follow descriptions of symptoms guide you to the likely cause and more information about the condition ; symbols indicate the appropriate form of medical help ; ailments that need urgent medical advice are clearly flagged; updated to include COVID-19 symptoms ; written and authenticated by a...
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Nurses are involved daily in the emergency care of people who have strokes and head injuries. Later these same people and others may require nursing of a different kind if they suffer from dysphagia or swallowing difficulty. This programme outlines the causes of dysphagia and examines feeding techniques which can help to overcome swallowing difficulties. The nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation is explained in relation...
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"Post-traumatic stress disorder--and its predecessor diagnoses, including soldier's heart, railroad spine, and shell shock--was recognized as a psychiatric disorder in the latter part of the nineteenth century. The psychic impacts of train crashes, wars, and sexual shocks among children first drew psychiatric attention. Later, enormous numbers of soldiers suffering from battlefield traumas returned from the world wars. It was not until the 1980s that...
12) The liver cure
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"The liver is the most overlooked and misunderstood of all our body's organs. Because of the sudden, potentially fatal consequences of heart attack and stroke, everyone's attention is always focused on the heart or the brain, but without a healthy liver, you ultimately cannot survive; of all your organs, none does more for you than the liver. Still, until something goes wrong with the liver, it's usually completely overlooked. Until now? "The Liver...
13) All my life
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Based on a powerful true story, it follows the journey of a young engaged couple who make the difficult decision to accelerate their wedding in the wake of a devastating discovery. In a race against time, they launch a crowdfunding campaign that spreads the story of their inspiring love far and wide to help create their dream wedding. This year, love like there's no tomorrow.
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Are you fearful or surrounded by people who are fearful of so many things-terrorists, bullies, losing your job, and more? Are you tired of letting your emotions dictate how you behave, sometimes, hurting other people? Are you tired of being angry because certain people are trying to hurt you? The key to ridding ourselves of destructive emotions and maintaining positive emotions, in spite of our surroundings, is emotional intelligence.
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Picking up where Berton Roueche's The Medical Detectives left off, The Deadly Dinner Party presents fifteen edge-of-your-seat, real-life medical detective stories written by a practicing physician. Award-winning author Jonathan Edlow, MD, shows the doctor as detective and the epidemiologist as elite sleuth in stories that are as gripping as the best thrillers.
In these stories a notorious stomach bug turns a suburban dinner party into a disaster...
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"Despite having access to more resources than ever, our doctors are overloaded with demands for their time and expertise. In Deep Medicine, leading physician Eric Topol shows how artificial intelligence can help. Natural-language processing can record our doctor's notes, make sense of our medical histories, and read more deeply into the scientific literature than any human ever could. Deep-learning algorithms -- applied to wearable sensors, genomic...
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How Patients Think. At age twenty-one, Chloë Atkins began suffering from a mysterious illness, the symptoms of which rapidly worsened. Paralyzed for months at a time, she frequently required intubation and life support. She eventually became quadriplegic, dependent both on a wheelchair and on health professionals who refused to believe there was anything physically wrong with her. When test after test returned inconclusive results, Atkins's doctors...
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En este libro de verdad impresionante, Héctor Luis Castillo despeja todas las dudas en torno a esos cinco litros de líquido rojo que recorren sin parar todos los recovecos de nuestro cuerpo para llevar ayuda, recibir quejas y ser el mensajero de los dioses: ¿dónde se forma la sangre? ¿Para qué sirve? ¿Cómo hace para moverse libremente a través de los vasos? ¿Qué relación tienen el aumento o la disminución de glóbulos blancos con el estrés,...
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Aborda las distintas especialidades médicas involucradas en el diagnóstico y seguimiento de la Neurofibromatosis Tipo 1.
Es un pequeño libro que muestra todas las formas de presentación de esta condición genética multifacética con manifestaciones a nivel de piel, ojos, huesos y predisposición a la formación de tumores en el sistema nervioso central y periférico. A pesar de presentar las típicas manchas café con leche en la piel desde la...
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The DSM-5-TR is a comprehensive and critical resource for clinical practice. It features a new disorder - prolonged grief disorder - as well as codes for suicidal behavior available to all clinicians of any discipline without the requirement of any other diagnosis. With contributions from over 200 subject matter experts, this updated volume boasts updates based on scientific literature. The DSM-5-TR provides a cohesive, updated presentation of criteria,...