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61) Random acts of medicine: the hidden forces that sway doctors, impact patients, and shape our health
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English
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"Why do kids born in the summer get diagnosed more often with A.D.H.D.? How are marathons harmful for your health, even when you're not running? What do surgeons and salesmen have in common? Which annual event made people 30 percent more likely to contract COVID-19? As a University of Chicago-trained economist and Harvard medical school professor and doctor, Anupam Jena is uniquely equipped to answer these questions. And as a critical care doctor...
62) Doctors
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Bridgestone Books/Capstone Press
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Explains the clothing, tools, schooling, and work of doctors.
64) Miracle Creek
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English
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"A literary courtroom thriller about a mother accused of murdering her eight-year-old autistic son." --
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English
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"From registered nurse and public health advocate Sana Goldberg, a timely, accessible, and comprehensive handbook to navigating common medical situations. From the routine to the unexpected, How to Be a Patient is your ultimate guide to better healthcare. Let's face it: nobody likes going to the doctor. It can be uncomfortable, nerve wracking, expensive--and that's just for routine care! When it's an emergency--how do you choose between the ER, Urgent...
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Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Easy to read and to use, this A-to-Z mini-encyclopedia covers the most important medical innovations of the last 200 years. Medical innovation is an extremely important topic-and one to which relatively little study has been devoted. This volume is designed to introduce readers to the history and development of key advances in the science and practice of medicine. It explores issues in medical history and provides perspective on contemporary scientific...
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2015
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English
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"The authors of the New York Times bestseller Super Brain present a bold new understanding of our genes and how simple changes in lifestyle can boost genetic activity. The leap into "radical well-being" is a promise waiting to be fulfilled. "You are not simply the sum total of the genes you were born with," writes Deepak Chopra and Rudy Tanzi. "You are the user and controller of your genes, the author of your biological story. No prospect in self-care...
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English
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National Geographic's riveting narrative explores the world of placebos, hypnosis, false memories, and neurology to reveal the groundbreaking science of our suggestible minds. Could the secrets to personal health lie within our own brains? Journalist Erik Vance explores the surprising ways our expectations and beliefs influence our bodily responses to pain, disease, and everyday events. Drawing on centuries of research and interviews with leading...
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English
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"A thoughtful and compelling case for the power and potential of natural medicine to heal the human body, from bestselling author Dr. Andreas Michalsen We are living longer than ever before. Average life expectancy is higher today than at any other period in our history. But our prolonged lives have come at a price: a rise in chronic disease. More and more of us are developing chronic conditions like digestive disorders, high blood pressure, heart...
71) Charlatans
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English
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"Newly minted chief resident at Boston Memorial Hospital Noah Rothauser is swamped in his new position, from managing the surgical schedules to dealing with the fallouts from patient deaths. Known for its medical advances, the famed teaching hospital has fitted several ORs as "hybrid operating rooms of the future"--An improvement that seems positive until an anesthesia error during a routine procedure results in the death of an otherwise healthy man....
73) Veterinarians
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces veterinarians to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
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English
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"Acupuncturist and traditional Chinese medicine scholar Jill Blakeway... invites readers along on her journey to better understand her craft... In her travels from the halls of academia to healing centers around the world, Blakeway introduces readers to a variety of practitioners...all of whom are attempting to better understand how we can harness energy to heal what ails us."--
75) Downsizing
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2018].
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English
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A social satire in which a guy realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself.
76) The jury
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Paul Madriani novels volume 6
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English
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Paul Madriani has ample reason to suspect he's representing a guilty man. Dr. David Crone, a respected medical researcher and principal in mapping the human genome, is charged with the murder of a young colleague: twenty-six-year-old Kalista Jordan, an African-American research physician whose body washed up on a beach in San Diego Bay. Forensic evidence links her murder with material in Crone's garage. Crone had both opportunity and motive: Kalista
...77) The five elements of self-healing: using Chinese medicine for maximum immunity, wellness, and health
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Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
78) Medusa
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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In the Micronesian islands, a top-secret U.S. government—sponsored undersea lab conducting vital biomedical research on a rare jellyfish known as the Blue Medusa suddenly disappears. At the same time, off Bermuda, a bathysphere is attacked by an underwater vehicle and left helpless a half-mile below the surface, its passengers–including Zavala–left to die. Only Kurt Austin’s heroic measures save them from a watery grave, but...
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English
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"A guide to healing chronic, recurring headaches through lifestyle changes, stress management, and other natural methods. Includes chapters on centered breathing, meditation, posture, diet, movement exercises, sleep, proper ergonomics, and environmental factors"--
80) Lucy
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
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English
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Altered by a dangerous new drug allowing her to use 100% of her brain capacity, Lucy transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic, allowing her to turn the tables on her captors who intended to use her for their own purposes.