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The Mind-Gut Connection

How the Hidden Conversation Within Our Bodies Impacts Our Mood, Our Choices, and Our Overall Health

de Emeran Mayer ...

Cutting-edge neuroscience combines with the latest discoveries on the human microbiome to inform this practical guide to gut health that proves once and for all the inextricable, biological link between mind and body.We have all experienced the connection between our mind and our gut—the decision we made because it “felt right;” the butterflies in our stomach before a big meeting; the anxious ... Leer más

$14.99 USD

Cutting-edge neuroscience combines with the latest discoveries on the human microbiome to inform this practical guide to gut health that proves once and for all the inextricable, biological link between mind and body.We have all experienced the connection between our mind and our gut—the decision we made because it “felt right;” the butterflies in our stomach before a big meeting; the anxious
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Surfing Uncertainty

Prediction, Action, and the Embodied Mind

de Andy Clark ...

How is it that thoroughly physical material beings such as ourselves can think, dream, feel, create and understand ideas, theories and concepts? How does mere matter give rise to all these non-material mental states, including consciousness itself? An answer to this central question of our existence is emerging at the busy intersection of neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, and ... Leer más

$16.19 USD

How is it that thoroughly physical material beings such as ourselves can think, dream, feel, create and understand ideas, theories and concepts? How does mere matter give rise to all these non-material mental states, including consciousness itself? An answer to this central question of our existence is emerging at the busy intersection of neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, and
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Wounded Nostalgia

de Michele Dantini, Eugenio Borgna ...

Traducido por Jamie Richards, Adrian West ...

With La nostalgia ferita [Wounded Nostalgia], Eugenio Borgna develops another term in his personal lexicon of emotion. Here he describes wounded nostalgia, with its constellation of keywords: memory, time, homesickness, childhood.But there is also nostalgia for death, for a face that, as Rilke wrote, haunts us, sometimes impossible to find, as well as nostalgia for life when we are afflicted by ... Leer más

$13.29 USD

With La nostalgia ferita [Wounded Nostalgia], Eugenio Borgna develops another term in his personal lexicon of emotion. Here he describes wounded nostalgia, with its constellation of keywords: memory, time, homesickness, childhood.But there is also nostalgia for death, for a face that, as Rilke wrote, haunts us, sometimes impossible to find, as well as nostalgia for life when we are afflicted by
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The Body Keeps the Score

Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

de Bessel van der Kolk M.D. ...

**#1 New York Times bestseller“Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding and treating traumatic stress and the scope of its impact on society.” —Alexander McFarlane, Director of the Centre for Traumatic Stress StudiesA pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing in this New York Times bestseller**Trauma is a fact of life. ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

**#1 New York Times bestseller“Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding and treating traumatic stress and the scope of its impact on society.” —Alexander McFarlane, Director of the Centre for Traumatic Stress StudiesA pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing in this New York Times bestseller**Trauma is a fact of life.
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Minor Emergencies E-Book

Edición de Philip Buttaravoli, Stephen Leffler, R. Ramsey Herrington ...

For clinicians who see patients suffering from non-life-threatening crises, Minor Emergencies, 4th Edition, provides concise, expert guidance on what to do and what not to do for nearly 200 common presentations, including both the correct procedural and pharmaceutical treatments. Completely updated with the latest equipment, devices, dosages, and techniques, this award-winning reference delivers ... Leer más

$72.89 USD

For clinicians who see patients suffering from non-life-threatening crises, Minor Emergencies, 4th Edition, provides concise, expert guidance on what to do and what not to do for nearly 200 common presentations, including both the correct procedural and pharmaceutical treatments. Completely updated with the latest equipment, devices, dosages, and techniques, this award-winning reference delivers
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Seeing Voices

de Oliver Sacks ...

**The renowned neurologist and bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat takes us on a journey into the world of deaf culture, and the underpinnings of the remarkable visual language of the congenitally deaf."This book will shake your preconceptions about the deaf, about language and about thought.... One of the finest and most thoughtful writers of our time." —Los Angeles Times ... Leer más

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**The renowned neurologist and bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat takes us on a journey into the world of deaf culture, and the underpinnings of the remarkable visual language of the congenitally deaf."This book will shake your preconceptions about the deaf, about language and about thought.... One of the finest and most thoughtful writers of our time." —Los Angeles Times
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Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole

A Renowned Neurologist Explains the Mystery and Drama of Brain Disease

de Allan H. Ropper, Brian David Burrell ...

A Harvard neurologist's "gripping" account of his day-to-day work that "rarely falls into jargon and always keeps the narrative lively and engaging" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).Tell the doctor where it hurts—it sounds simple enough, unless the problem affects the very organ that produces awareness and generates speech. What is it like to try to heal the body when the mind is under attack? In ... Leer más

$14.39 USD

A Harvard neurologist's "gripping" account of his day-to-day work that "rarely falls into jargon and always keeps the narrative lively and engaging" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).Tell the doctor where it hurts—it sounds simple enough, unless the problem affects the very organ that produces awareness and generates speech. What is it like to try to heal the body when the mind is under attack? In
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The Poisoner's Handbook

Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

de Deborah Blum ...

**Equal parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and science thriller, The Poisoner's Handbook is "a vicious, page-turning story that reads more like Raymond Chandler than Madame Curie." —**The New York Observer**“The Poisoner’s Handbook breathes deadly life into the Roaring Twenties.” —Financial Times“Reads like science fiction, complete with suspense, mystery and foolhardy guys in lab coats ... Leer más

$14.99 USD

**Equal parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and science thriller, The Poisoner's Handbook is "a vicious, page-turning story that reads more like Raymond Chandler than Madame Curie." —**The New York Observer**“The Poisoner’s Handbook breathes deadly life into the Roaring Twenties.” —Financial Times“Reads like science fiction, complete with suspense, mystery and foolhardy guys in lab coats
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

And Other Lessons from the Crematory

de Caitlin Doughty ...

In this "morbid and illuminating" (Entertainment Weekly) New York Times bestseller that launched the death positive movement, a young mortician goes behind the scenes of her curious profession.Armed with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre, Caitlin Doughty took a job at a crematory and turned morbid curiosity into her life’s work. She cared for bodies of every color, shape, ... Leer más

$12.39 USD

In this "morbid and illuminating" (Entertainment Weekly) New York Times bestseller that launched the death positive movement, a young mortician goes behind the scenes of her curious profession.Armed with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre, Caitlin Doughty took a job at a crematory and turned morbid curiosity into her life’s work. She cared for bodies of every color, shape,
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輕鬆當爸媽，孩子更健康【最新增修版】：超人氣小兒科醫師黃瑽寧教你安心育兒

de 黃瑽寧 ...

累銷超過150,000冊，暢銷15年──臺灣父母人手一本的必備育兒指南！史上最大幅度更新、增量修訂，收錄最新科學照護知識，爸媽最安心！從新生兒呱呱墜地那一刻起，一連串挑戰即將展開！嬰兒床要怎麼買？副食品何時給？無緣無故發燒、不小心撞到頭，要不要就醫？新手爸媽別害怕，有經驗的爸媽更要看，黃瑽寧醫師將給您最專業的解答！本書提供最新的嬰幼兒照護須知與疾病介紹，詳實圖文幫助判別病徵、就醫時機。陪伴每位父母度過每一個育兒現場的慌亂與困惑，輕鬆帶出健康快樂的寶寶！史上最大幅度新增修搶先看★自費疫苗要不要打？市面上自費疫苗琳瑯滿目，本書收錄8種自費疫苗，詳細說明其重要性、副作用、價格和接種時機，並結合黃醫師的專業建議，幫助家長全面掌握資訊！★如何幫助孩子對抗炎熱？炎夏高溫容易發生熱衰竭或中暑，但兩種狀況的嚴重程度和處理方式差很大！書中詳細解說熱衰竭與中暑成因、症狀、急救方式、預防方法，教父母正確判斷。 ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

累銷超過150,000冊，暢銷15年──臺灣父母人手一本的必備育兒指南！史上最大幅度更新、增量修訂，收錄最新科學照護知識，爸媽最安心！從新生兒呱呱墜地那一刻起，一連串挑戰即將展開！嬰兒床要怎麼買？副食品何時給？無緣無故發燒、不小心撞到頭，要不要就醫？新手爸媽別害怕，有經驗的爸媽更要看，黃瑽寧醫師將給您最專業的解答！本書提供最新的嬰幼兒照護須知與疾病介紹，詳實圖文幫助判別病徵、就醫時機。陪伴每位父母度過每一個育兒現場的慌亂與困惑，輕鬆帶出健康快樂的寶寶！史上最大幅度新增修搶先看★自費疫苗要不要打？市面上自費疫苗琳瑯滿目，本書收錄8種自費疫苗，詳細說明其重要性、副作用、價格和接種時機，並結合黃醫師的專業建議，幫助家長全面掌握資訊！★如何幫助孩子對抗炎熱？炎夏高溫容易發生熱衰竭或中暑，但兩種狀況的嚴重程度和處理方式差很大！書中詳細解說熱衰竭與中暑成因、症狀、急救方式、預防方法，教父母正確判斷。
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Legacy

A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

de Uché Blackstock MD ...

**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF TIME’S 100 MOST INFLUENTUAL PEOPLE IN GLOBAL HEALTH“This book is more than a memoir—it also serves as a call to action to create a more equitable healthcare system for patients of color, particularly Black women.” —EssenceOne of NPR’s 11 Books to Look Forward to in 2024One of Good Morning America’s 15 New Books to Read for the New Year“Legacy is both a ... Leer más

$4.99 USD

**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF TIME’S 100 MOST INFLUENTUAL PEOPLE IN GLOBAL HEALTH“This book is more than a memoir—it also serves as a call to action to create a more equitable healthcare system for patients of color, particularly Black women.” —EssenceOne of NPR’s 11 Books to Look Forward to in 2024One of Good Morning America’s 15 New Books to Read for the New Year“Legacy is both a
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The 36-Hour Day

A Family Guide to Caring for People with Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss

de Nancy L. Mace, Peter V. Rabins ...

Series series A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
With over 4 million copies sold, the best-selling guide to understanding and caring for people with dementia is now redesigned, revised, and updated!For 40 years, The 36-Hour Day has been the leading work on the care of people with dementia and their family members. Written by experts with decades of experience caring for individuals with memory loss, Alzheimer disease, and other dementias, the ... Leer más

$20.49 USD

With over 4 million copies sold, the best-selling guide to understanding and caring for people with dementia is now redesigned, revised, and updated!For 40 years, The 36-Hour Day has been the leading work on the care of people with dementia and their family members. Written by experts with decades of experience caring for individuals with memory loss, Alzheimer disease, and other dementias, the
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The NeuroICU Board Review, 2e

de Saef Izzy, David P. Lerner, Kiwon Lee, Julia Carlson ...

With 700+ practice questions, this comprehensive guide delivers the information, insights, and practice you need to pass your certification with flying colorsWith serious brain issues that lead to breathing problems, heart problems, kidney problems, and more, patients in the neuro ICU are the sickest of the sick. From strokes to brain tumors to liver disease to cardiac arrest, The Neuro ICU Study ... Leer más

$122.39 USD

With 700+ practice questions, this comprehensive guide delivers the information, insights, and practice you need to pass your certification with flying colorsWith serious brain issues that lead to breathing problems, heart problems, kidney problems, and more, patients in the neuro ICU are the sickest of the sick. From strokes to brain tumors to liver disease to cardiac arrest, The Neuro ICU Study
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Ankle Arthroscopy

Techniques Developed by the Amsterdam Foot and Ankle School

de C. Niek van Dijk ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
Ankle injuries are often sport related and pose a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Over the past 25 years, Niek van Dijk, founder of the Amsterdam Foot and Ankle School and author of this book, has developed a new philosophy of ankle arthroscopy. It entails a comprehensive approach which includes various diagnostic strategies and the application of a number of minimally invasive endoscopic ... Leer más

$116.09 USD

Ankle injuries are often sport related and pose a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Over the past 25 years, Niek van Dijk, founder of the Amsterdam Foot and Ankle School and author of this book, has developed a new philosophy of ankle arthroscopy. It entails a comprehensive approach which includes various diagnostic strategies and the application of a number of minimally invasive endoscopic
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Erythrocytes: Physiology And Pathophysiology

de Florian Lang, Michael Foller ...

The book covers the functional significance and properties of erythrocytes, their generation, senescence, and suicidal death. It further summarizes knowledge about hormones influencing erythrocyte formation including erythropoietin as well as disorders affecting and involving erythrocytes such as anemia, malaria, and sepsis.This seminal work forms a unique reference on the most abundant cell type ... Leer más

$32.39 USD

The book covers the functional significance and properties of erythrocytes, their generation, senescence, and suicidal death. It further summarizes knowledge about hormones influencing erythrocyte formation including erythropoietin as well as disorders affecting and involving erythrocytes such as anemia, malaria, and sepsis.This seminal work forms a unique reference on the most abundant cell type
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You've Been Pooping All Wrong

How to Make Your Bowel Movements a Joy

de Trisha Pasricha MD, MPH ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER"This book is a must read. It answers every question you’re too embarrassed to talk about.”—Mel RobbinsA GI’s guide to the brain-gut-microbiome connection, including research on why people develop IBS and how anyone can achieve poophoria**Welcome to the easy-to-digest user’s manual for your body’s unsung hero: the gut. Leading Harvard gastroenterologist, Dr. Trisha Pasricha ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER"This book is a must read. It answers every question you’re too embarrassed to talk about.”—Mel RobbinsA GI’s guide to the brain-gut-microbiome connection, including research on why people develop IBS and how anyone can achieve poophoria**Welcome to the easy-to-digest user’s manual for your body’s unsung hero: the gut. Leading Harvard gastroenterologist, Dr. Trisha Pasricha
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How to Think Like a Neurologist

A Case-Based Guide to Clinical Reasoning in Neurology

de Ethan Meltzer ...

How to Think Like a Neurologist flips the neurology educational narrative on its head and attempts to lift the veil of neurophobia to show how neurologists use critical thinking and clinical reasoning to diagnose neurologic diseases. This book aims to provide a practical representation of the modern-day practice of medicine, where the good clinical neurologist is no longer seen as somebody who ... Leer más

$40.49 USD

How to Think Like a Neurologist flips the neurology educational narrative on its head and attempts to lift the veil of neurophobia to show how neurologists use critical thinking and clinical reasoning to diagnose neurologic diseases. This book aims to provide a practical representation of the modern-day practice of medicine, where the good clinical neurologist is no longer seen as somebody who
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Divide and Conquer

A Comparative History of Medical Specialization

de George Weisz ...

This wide-ranging book is the first to examine one of the most significant and characteristic features of modern medicine - specialization - in historical and comparative context. Based on research in three languages, it traces the origins of modern medical specialization to 1830s Paris and examines its spread to Germany, Britain, and the US, showing how it evolved from an outgrowth of academic ... Leer más

$46.79 USD

This wide-ranging book is the first to examine one of the most significant and characteristic features of modern medicine - specialization - in historical and comparative context. Based on research in three languages, it traces the origins of modern medical specialization to 1830s Paris and examines its spread to Germany, Britain, and the US, showing how it evolved from an outgrowth of academic
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Remembering Smell

A Memoir of Losing--and Discovering--the Primal Sense

de Bonnie Blodgett ...

In November 2005, Bonnie Blodgett was whacked with a nasty cold. After a quick shot of a popular nasal spray up each nostril, the back of her nose was on fire. With that, Blodgett—a professional garden writer devoted to the sensual pleasures of garden and kitchen—was launched on a journey through the senses, the psyche, and the sciences. Her olfactory nerve was destroyed, perhaps forever. She had ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

In November 2005, Bonnie Blodgett was whacked with a nasty cold. After a quick shot of a popular nasal spray up each nostril, the back of her nose was on fire. With that, Blodgett—a professional garden writer devoted to the sensual pleasures of garden and kitchen—was launched on a journey through the senses, the psyche, and the sciences. Her olfactory nerve was destroyed, perhaps forever. She had
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The Tennis Partner

A Doctor's Story of Friendship and Loss

de Abraham Verghese ...

An unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive, from Abraham Verghese, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Cutting for Stone and The Covenant of Water, an Oprah's Book Club Pick.“Heartbreaking. . . . Indelible and haunting, [The Tennis Partner] is an elegy to friendship found, and an ode to a good friend lost.”—The Boston GlobeIn this pow... ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

An unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive, from Abraham Verghese, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Cutting for Stone and The Covenant of Water, an Oprah's Book Club Pick.“Heartbreaking. . . . Indelible and haunting, [The Tennis Partner] is an elegy to friendship found, and an ode to a good friend lost.”—The Boston GlobeIn this pow...
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Back to Basics

Critical Care Transport Certification Review

de Orchid Lee Lopez ...

As a registered nurse for the last 28 years, my primary clinical expertise has been working in the pre-hospital environment as a flight nurse and a paramedic, as well as continuing to work in a variety of clinical areas which include the emergency department, pediatrics and endoscopy. My extensive clinical background has also given me the opportunity to work as a legal nurse consultant with one of ... Leer más

$8.69 USD

As a registered nurse for the last 28 years, my primary clinical expertise has been working in the pre-hospital environment as a flight nurse and a paramedic, as well as continuing to work in a variety of clinical areas which include the emergency department, pediatrics and endoscopy. My extensive clinical background has also given me the opportunity to work as a legal nurse consultant with one of
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Time to Heal

American Medical Education from the Turn of the Century to the Era of Managed Care

de Kenneth M. Ludmerer, M.D. ...

Already the recipient of extraordinary critical acclaim, this magisterial book provides a landmark account of American medical education in the twentieth century, concluding with a call for the reformation of a system currently handicapped by managed care and by narrow, self-centered professional interests. Kenneth M. Ludmerer describes the evolution of American medical education from 1910, when a ... Leer más

$58.49 USD

Already the recipient of extraordinary critical acclaim, this magisterial book provides a landmark account of American medical education in the twentieth century, concluding with a call for the reformation of a system currently handicapped by managed care and by narrow, self-centered professional interests. Kenneth M. Ludmerer describes the evolution of American medical education from 1910, when a
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The Great Menopause Myth

The Truth on Mastering Midlife Hormonal Mayhem, Beating Uncomfortable Symptoms, and Aging to Thrive

de Kristin Johnson, Maria Claps ...

“A must read for every woman in midlife, and an excellent resource to truly understand what is happening during this transition time. Additionally, within these pages, you will find ways to optimize your health before, during, and after menopause and be well informed, and empowered in your own personal advocacy. You will love it!”—Dr. Anna Cabeca, OB/GYN, bestselling author of The Hormone Fix and ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

“A must read for every woman in midlife, and an excellent resource to truly understand what is happening during this transition time. Additionally, within these pages, you will find ways to optimize your health before, during, and after menopause and be well informed, and empowered in your own personal advocacy. You will love it!”—Dr. Anna Cabeca, OB/GYN, bestselling author of The Hormone Fix and
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Concurrent Aerobic and Strength Training

Scientific Basics and Practical Applications

Edición de Moritz Schumann, Bent R. Rønnestad ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
This book provides an extensive guide for exercise and health professionals, students, scientists, sport coaches, athletes of various sports and those with a general interest in concurrent aerobic and strength training. Following a brief historical overview of the past decades of research on concurrent training, in section 1 the epigenetic as well as physiological and neuromuscular differences of ... Leer más

$89.09 USD

This book provides an extensive guide for exercise and health professionals, students, scientists, sport coaches, athletes of various sports and those with a general interest in concurrent aerobic and strength training. Following a brief historical overview of the past decades of research on concurrent training, in section 1 the epigenetic as well as physiological and neuromuscular differences of
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