A complete medical examination includes a history, physical examination and basic laboratory analysis. Performed with compassion and care, it provides a diagnosis eighty percent of the time.Busy physicians, who find themselves pressed for the time necessary to complete this important task, compromise this complicated and time-consuming procedure. As a result, initial diagnosis is prone to errors and delays negatively affecting the patient and physician alike.As the new gove...

There is danger in delaying the evaluation of an unexplained medical symptom.The author lists thirty-four such symptoms, describes them in detail, lists the possible diagnoses the symptoms may represent, their urgency, and the consequences of delay in diagnosis.Procrastination is the thief of time and results in many preventable deaths. Hopefully, the book will stimulate patients to a more prompt appraisal of an unexplained symptom.

Cancer, the second leading killer after heart disease, has plagued mankind for centuries. This book outlines its past history and primitive therapy, discusses the breakthrough advances in understanding the cellular mechanisms, the current therapeutic approaches and future hopes for cures. Never a single entity amenable to a specific, generalized cure for all, cancer represents a different disease in each individual requiring targeted therapy directed against the specific cellular change ca...

How I Found God in Everyone and Everywhere captures for a general audience the spiritual shift away from a God “up there” and “out there” and towards an immanent divine right here. It’s built around the personal journeys of a close-knit group of prominent contributors. Their spiritual visions of immanence, sometimes called “panentheism,” are serving as a path of spiritual return for a growing number of seekers today. Contributors include Deepak Chopra, Richard Rohr, Matthew Fox, R...

Dr. Robert Gullberg is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and has three decades of clinical experience. He knows how to communicate the intricacies of Internal Medicine to medical students, PA students, and nursing students of all levels. He utilizes bullet points, which are handy for quick reference and memorization, and he has handpicked the most common topics you need to know. "Internal Medicine Bulletpoints Handbook" is essential to building a sturdy foundational knowledge of Interna...

For every man – regardless of hair pattern, shoe size or IPA preference – Man Overboard! by Mayo Clinic Press helps you understand your health and live your best life with this humorous but authoritative manual for the aging male.Let’s face it, guys: we barely know what we’re doing with our health. We’re not stupid, we’re just disinterested. Clouded by the hallucinogenic effects of testosterone, we tell ourselves “I’m fine, and so I will continue to be fin...

In this richly woven narrative of "Mud'dah," embark on a transformative journey through the life of an extraordinary woman whose strength, ingenuity, and unwavering spirit illuminate every page. This deeply moving story is a tribute to the indomitable courage of women, especially the Black women whose experiences and contributions are often overlooked. Set against the backdrop of a world that frequently tests her resolve, Mud'dah's life is a testament to the power of perseverance and the u...

This book outlines how to optimize your body based upon scientific data and includes objective scientific references to support every statement. The subject matter includes successful medical weight loss; bariatric surgery; essential cardiovascular exercises; resistance training; how to build muscle at any age; value of dietary proteins, fats, and carbohydrates; essential supplements based upon science; hormone replacement for both men and women; why and how we age; and supplements that ma...

What is a brainworm? The word evokes possibilities; is it perhaps like an earthworm, tilling the soil and making it more fertile? Or perhaps a parasite, harvesting from an organism without care for its host’s health and well-being? The brainworm could well be a new revelation: what mysteries might be contained within a book entitled Brainworms…and Other Surprises at the Margins of the Impossible?Brainworms, a series of essays, reveals the rumblings and grumblings of an unsatiable m...

iMedicine Review: A Comprehensive Board Review of Internal Medicine for ABIM Certification & Recertification – Exam Prep & Self-Assessment offers comprehensive preparation for ABIM Internal Medicine Certification and Recertification examinations. This course material has been taught in iMedicine Live Board Review Courses for the last many years, and it is modified and improved with ongoing revisions and updates.The review features:• Hundreds of MCQs based on clinical vignette...

About the BookSuccess is Just Running Out of Mistakes is about a life-long quest to improve the therapy of kidney failure, especially with hemodialysis technology. Dr. Ash began to write this because of a lack of progress in dialysis therapy. He is tired of physicians and politicians saying that there is a "lack of innovation" among nephrologists. The problem isn't lack of innovation, but rather a failure to commercialize radically better new technology. In some ways the book is als...

Hopelessness to Normalcy takes readers on a compelling journey through the evolution of hemophilia care in Canada, providing a detailed and personal account of its many transformations—good, bad, and disastrous. Drawing on over fifty years of experience, respected hematologists Dr. Man-Chiu Poon and Dr. Robert T. Card combine firsthand insights with interviews from more than seventy healthcare professionals and patients to tell the captivating, in-depth story of hemophilia care in Canada.