A doctor grapples with the challenges of mother and child health in the developing world. Recounting medical missions in half of the thirty countries in which she has worked for the past twenty-five years in Africa, Asia, and the South...
Medicine, health and fitness
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Author:Roedde, Gretchen, Evans, JohnSummary: - Author:Curtis, SkySummary:
A Gut Reaction is an entertaining as well as informative true story about the author’s battle to save her son’s life — or at least his large intestine — from a very severe case of Crohn’s disease. With persistence, humour, much...
- Author:Meili, RyanSummary:
This gripping account of the COVID-19 experience in Saskatchewan goes beyond pandemic memoir to draw lessons we can use to create a healthier future. Filled with moving stories of how COVID changed people's lives, Ryan Meili's deeply...
- Author:Meili, Ryan, Romanow, RoySummary:
Income, education, employment, housing, the wider environment, and social supports; far more than the actions of physicians, nurses, and other health care providers, it is these conditions that make the greatest difference in our health...
- Author:Gabbard, ChrisSummary:
For readers of When Bad Things Happen to Good People and When Breath Becomes Air, the story of how one father's Kafka-esque foray into the bowels of American medicine forced him to reexamine his own values and the purpose of human...
- Author:Gray, SarahSummary:
After donating her newborn son's remains to science, Sarah Gray goes behind-the-scenes to see how Thomas' donation was used, and retells her experiences finding solace and understanding in the face of tragedy.
- Author:Kraegel, IreneSummary:
A Mindful Moment is the book you need to center yourself with God. A guide for Christian prayer, meditation, and mindfulness, this unique devotional includes guided meditations that are Biblically centered and 100% accessible to teens...
- Author:Martin, AlysonSummary:
In November 2012, voters in Colorado and Washington passed landmark measures to legalize the production and sale of cannabis for social use-a first not only in the United States but also the world. Medical cannabis is now legal in...
- Author:Somers, SuzanneSummary:
At seventy-three years young, #1 New York Times bestselling author and health guru Suzanne Somers has established herself as a leading voice on antiaging. With A New Way to Age , she "is at the forefront again, bringing seminal...
- Author:Patenaude, DianeSummary:
Note : refonte et nouvelles éditions des 3 titres précédemment parus : À nous deux Parkinson – chroniques humoristiques pour apprivoiser la maladie. No parking – Parkinson – des gestes concrets pour retarder l’évolution du Parkinson....
- Author:Mongan, Paul, Soriano, Sulpicio G., Sloan, Tod B.Summary:
A Practical Approach to Neuroanesthesia is the latest addition in the Practical Approach to Anesthesiology series. This important volume provides updated information on the approach and management for both adult and pediatric patients...
- Author:Perrino, Albert C., Reeves, Scott T.Summary:
A Practical Approach to Transesophageal Echocardiography, Third Edition, offers a concise and intensely illustrated guide to the current practice of perioperative TEE. Anesthesiology and cardiology attendings, fellows, and residents...
- Author:Small, RebeccaSummary:
This third volume in the Cosmetic Procedures series details a broad array of minimally invasive cosmetic skin procedures. Regardless of your experience level with aesthetic medicine, this reference delivers useful facts and procedural...
- Author:Blumenthal, Paul D., Berek, Jonathan S.Summary:
Office based procedures in surgical fields are rapidly growing allowing for quicker diagnosis and treatment. This new book, A Practical Guide to Office Gynecologic Procedures provides the step-by-step guide to office-based procedures...
- Author:Berkowitz, Jonathan M.Summary:
Using the best of conventional and natural therapies, Dr. Berkowitz offer a program for lasting and effective relief from irritable bowel syndrome.
- Author:Goodwin, DebiSummary:
Ever since her childhood on a Niagara farm, Debi has dug in the dirt to find resilience. But when her husband, Peter, was diagnosed with cancer in November, it was too late in the season to seek solace in her garden. With idle hands and...
- Author:Ernaux, AnnieSummary:
Upon her mother's death from Alzheimer's, Annie Ernaux embarks on a daunting journey back through time, as she seeks to "capture the real woman, the one who existed independently from me, born on the outskirts of a small Normandy town,...
- Author:Strong, Jeff, Flanagan, Michael O.Summary:
According to the National Institutes of Health, an estimated five to 10 percent of children suffer from Attention Deficit Disorder (A.D.D.) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (A.D.H.D.). This book provides answers for parents...
- Author:Stettner, Shannon, Burnett, Kristin, Hay, TravisSummary:
When Henry Morgentaler, Canada’s best-known abortion rights advocate, died in 2013, activists and scholars began to reassess the state of abortion in the country. In this volume, some of Canada’s foremost researchers challenge current...
- Author:Stienstra, DeborahSummary:
In the second edition of About Canada: Disability Rights, Deborah Stienstra explores the historical and current experiences of people with disabilities in Canada, as well as the policy and advocacy responses to these experiences.
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