"Would you sell your hand for a million dollars? Regan "Roz" Osbourne is broke. Her ex-boyfriend won't take no for an answer, and no one is taking her art work seriously. So when a mysterious stranger offers her a million dollars and safety from her unstable ex in exchange for her left hand, she can't afford to refuse. Immediately following the amputation, she's racked with insufferable phantom limb pain. Desperate for relief, she enrolls in an experimental...

Earth, 2144. Jack is an anti-patent scientist turned drug pirate, traversing the world in a submarine as a pharmaceutical Robin Hood, fabricating cheap scrips for poor people who can't otherwise afford them. But her latest drug hack has left a trail of lethal overdoses as people become addicted to their work, doing repetitive tasks until they become unsafe or insane. Hot on her trail, an unlikely pair: Eliasz, a brooding military agent, and his robotic...

"For those who need to know what doctors and pharmaceutical companies are doing to people's health . . . this belongs in the library of every home."
— Lendon H. Smith, M.D., author of Feed Your Body Right

Prescription Alternatives is an easy-to-use, immediate reference for all the information you need about how medications affect your body, what you can do to counteract imbalances, and what alternative treatments

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"FLEX. Distilled magic in crystal form. The most dangerous drug in the world. Snort it, and you can create incredible coincidences to live the life of your dreams. FLUX: The backlash from snorting Flex. The universe hates magic and tries to rebalance the odds; maybe you survive the horrendous accidents the Flex inflicts, maybe you don't. PAUL TSABO: The obsessed bureaucromancer who's turned paperwork into a magical Beast that can rewrite rental agreements,...

"When the application for a new sedative called Kevadon--commonly known as thalidomide--landed on Frances Kelsey's desk at the FDA in 1960, it seemed destined to sail through the review process. The drug, billed as entirely risk-free, was already being sold in forty-six countries. But when Kelsey learned that the drug caused terrible birth defects, she and a team of dedicated doctors, parents, and journalists fought Merrell, the drug's American manufacturer,...

Follows the stories of Isabel and Emma, two girls with "hair problems." One wants her hair to be longer; the other has lost her hair because of cancer treatment and would just like it back. Each girl's experience leads her to a new understanding: for one girl, the realization that she can help someone through giving her hair away; for the other girl, the emotion of losing her hair while finding that others want to help.

Many prescription medicines deplete the body of much needed nutrients. Readers will learn which medications deplete nutrients, and how they can maintain their nutritional health. Safe, natural ways to restore healthy levels of the necessay nutrients while taking prescription medicines is provided.

When Jeli the bear takes doctor-prescribed medication that turns her fur purple, she receives colorful and caring support from friends who help her see that there is more to her than what shows on the outside.

As the mental health reporter for the Boston Globe, Alison Bass's front-page reporting on conflicts of interest in medical research stunned readers, and her series on sexual misconduct among psychiatrists earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination. Now she turns her investigative skills to a controversial case that exposed the increased suicide rates among adolescents taking antidepressants such as Paxil, Prozac, and Zoloft. Side Effects tells the tale of...

Kaplan's pocket-sized NCLEX Drug Guide is a concise review for nursing school graduates ready to sharpen their recall of 300 medications frequently prescribed in clinical practice. Drugs are grouped by category and subcategory, with up-to-date nursing considerations, side effect, purpose, and generic and brand names on each flashcard-style page.