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"For over a century, we've accepted the scientific consensus that cancer results from genetic disease due to chromosomal damage in cell nuclei. But what if cancer isn't a genetic disease after all? What if scientists are chasing a flawed paradigm, and cancer isn't a disease of damaged DNA but rather of defective metabolism as a result of mitochondrial dysfunction? What if that startling truth could revolutionize our understanding of other diseases...
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In the tradition of Temple Grandin, Oliver Sacks, and Neil Shubin, cardiologist and psychiatrist Natterson-Horowitz and science writer Bowers look at the remarkable correspondences between the way human beings and animals live, die, get sick, and heal in their natural settings.
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"From "A is for Anus" to "Z is for Zygomatic Bone," Nicole Angemi's My Anatomy Book offers a unique anatomical manual, accessible to all, that mixes a humorous tone with academic rigor. This guide, written by "the internet's most famous human dissector" (Vice), features well-documented medical descriptions of all the pathologies, rare and common, that can worry, fascinate, or damage the bodies of people around the world, even in the age of modern...
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London, 1782: center of science and commerce, home to the newly rich and the desperately poor. In the midst of it all is the Giant, O'Brien, a freak of nature, a man of song and story who trusts in myths, fairies, miracles, and little people. He has come from Ireland to exhibit his size for money. O'Brien's opposite is a man of science, the famed anatomist John Hunter, who lusts after the Giant's corpse as a medical curiosity, a boon to the advancement...
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My child is not speaking yet. Or, my child is speaking but very little. Or, my child is speaking but we can't understand what is said. Is this normal? As a parent, it can be hard to know.
This book will help you to understand what speech development is typical at each age and what indicates that your child may be struggling. Written by a speech-language pathologist who has spent the last 30 years doing speech evaluations, this book will also guide...
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Physician and reporter Sheri Fink reconstructs 5 days at Memorial Medical Center and draws the reader into the lives of those who struggled mightily to survive and to maintain life amid chaos. After Katrina struck and the floodwaters rose, the power failed and the heat climbed. Exhausted caregivers chose to designate certain patients last for rescue. Months later, several health professionals faced criminal allegations that they deliberately injected...
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With more than 300,000 cases diagnosed each year, Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne illness in the United States. However, doctors are deeply divided on how to diagnose and treat it, leading to the controversy known as the "Lyme Wars." Firmly entrenched camps have emerged, causing physicians, patient communities, and insurance companies to be pitted against one another in a struggle to define Lyme disease and its clinical challenges. Health-care...
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This book provides a concise, step-by-step guide to accurate microscopic diagnosis for clinicians who deal with patients with breast lesions. The emphasis is on a practical approach to dealing with breast biopsies and reaching a diagnosis. It outlines the procedures used for the microscopic diagnosis of various breast lesions and the significance of the nomenclature and terms used in pathology reports, including those dealing with uncommon or rare...
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Things have changed for Doctor Lucien Blake. His co-conspirator Lawson has been fired from Ballarat, his emotional embrace with Jean has changed life in the house. Doctor Blake finds his tenure under threat by a new arrival. But that's the least of his troubles when he uncovers a dark story behind his mother's death. In this eight-part series return, the wonderfully maverick Doctor Blake is pushed to his limits to find the truth behind a range of...
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Sometimes detectives get the glory of being the crime solvers, but the true heroes are the scientists who give them the information they need to do their job. Forensic pathologists are experts in determining a person's cause of death. This unique book is part narrative and part science text, explaining how pathologists use their knowledge of the human body to help solve mysteries. Readers will learn about the different aspects of this fascinating...
13) Slipknot
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Callum Hughes has been labelled a killer and a psycho. He has been labelled by the press, by his classmates and most of all by the family of the boy he stabbed. Roger Gough has been labelled a victim. He is described by everyone that the police question as a sporty, funny and popular boy who was brutally murdered by Callum.
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¿Su hijo cecea un poco, tartamudea, le cuesta aprender a leer, escribe mal, tiene dificultad con las matemáticas, comete muchas faltas de ortografía...? ¿Cree que puede ser disléxico? Por lo general, con un poco de paciencia, todo se arregla al cabo de unos meses. Sin embargo, en algunos casos existe un problema real. Ante esta situación es posible que el profesor de su hijo, o usted mismo, se haya planteado si debería examinarlo un logopeda....
15) As I Breathe
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As a sixteen year old, there was times I held myself back. Not raising my hand in class for an answer at my fingertips or the fear of introducing myself on the first day of school. These are some things many kids my age didn't have to worry about. Eventually I stopped seeking help for my stutter; instead, I focused on embracing it. As a result, I started to see the world in a more positive light and found joy in the little things I had previously...
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The ability to communicate is amazing. No other human ability is so complicated, so sophisticated, so important to civilizationand yet so taken for granted. How tragic would life be without the marvelous ability to communicate? In Simply Amazing: Communication Sciences and Disorders, Dr. Dennis C. Tanner explores the stages of the communication chain and examines the act of speech communication from the speakers thoughts to the listeners understanding...
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This book provides a state-of-the-art account of voice research and issues in clinical voice practice. The contributors are all voice experts and bring a range of international perspectives to the volume, which includes chapters focusing on Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, the UK and the USA. This is a pioneering work that brings together previously unpublished cutting-edge research and evaluations of clinical practice....
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Explorations Psychologiques est un voyage captivant à travers les différents aspects de la psychologie humaine. Des rêves mystérieux à la quête de sens profond, de la prise de décision aux mécanismes d'influence, des pratiques de transformation personnelle à la sagesse de la pleine conscience, ce livre offre un aperçu unique et instructif sur l'esprit humain. En explorant les travaux de grands penseurs tels que Freud, Frankl, Kahneman, Cialdini,...
19) River deep
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Over the years, the residents of Shrewsbury have become used to the occasional flood - living close to the River Severn, it comes as no surprise. But the latest deluge stirs up more than just mud and silt, and the locals are horrified by what comes floating to the surface...Coroner Martha Gunn is one of the first called to the scene when a body is found floating in a flooded cottage. Martha's instinct tells her that this is a homicide - a hunch borne...
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