Fact and Fiction of Healthy Vision

Clyde Kitchen

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Contemporary Health and Living
• Written by a practicing ophthalmologist, this book explains the eye and how it develops and functions--or can malfunction, especially as we age--and w... Lees meer

When the Diagnosis Is Multiple Sclerosis

Kym Orsetti Furney

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Contemporary Health and Living
• Kym Orsetti Furney was a 34-year-old physician, specializing in Internal Medicine, busy with her exciting job and enjoying life with her husband and y... Lees meer

An Introduction to Botanical Medicines

Antoine Al-Achi

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Contemporary Health and Living
• For those who want to make educated decisions about whether, and when, to use natural products, this text explains the most current scientific evidenc... Lees meer

Understanding the Dangers of Cesarean Birth

Nicette Jukelevics

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Contemporary Health and Living
• Cesarean delivery - childbirth through an incision in the mother's lower abdomen - is now the most common major surgical procedure performed in the Un... Lees meer

The Criminalization of Medicine

Ronald Libby

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Contemporary Health and Living
• Medical doctors have been made political scapegoats for the financial crisis of healthcare and the failed war on drugs in the United States, says auth... Lees meer

Jihad and American Medicine

Adam Dorin

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Contemporary Health and Living
• State-of-the-art counter-terrorism techniques, insights into modern medical practice, medical errors, and disaster prevention all intersect in this gr... Lees meer

Understanding Fitness

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Contemporary Health and Living
• We've all heard the mantra, exercise for good health. In fact, exercise, or lack of it, may be the most important factor in avoiding, or surviving and... Lees meer

Vitamin Discoveries and Disasters

Frances Frankenburg

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Contemporary Health and Living
• A new work on the history of vitamins and the brilliant men and women who discovered the existence and nature of these small molecules so vital to our... Lees meer

The Coming Shortage of Surgeons

Thomas Williams, E Ellison, Bhagwan Satiani

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Contemporary Health and Living
• A critical, quantitative look at the future supply and demand of surgical specialists that may foretell rationing of surgical services. The Coming Sho... Lees meer

Emotional Overeating

Marcia Sirota

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Contemporary Health and Living
• This compelling book examines what causes compulsive eating, and provides methods for dealing with the emotional and psychological issues at the root ... Lees meer

An Introduction to Botanical Medicines

R Johnstone

• Paperback | Engels | Praeger Contemporary Health and Living
• For those who want to make educated decisions about whether, and when, to use natural products, this text explains the most current scientific evidenc... Lees meer

Sustenance and Hope for Caregivers of Elderly Parents

Gloria Barsamian

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Contemporary Health and Living
• This volume provides a practical exploration of one of today's most complex and challenging issues--the care of an elderly parent--with an innovative ... Lees meer

Polio Voices

Julie Silver

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Contemporary Health and Living
• Incorporating many rare photographs from the family albums of survivors who tell their stories, Harvard professor Julie Silver, M.D., and historian Da... Lees meer

Understanding the Antioxidant Controversy

Paul Milbury, Alice Richer

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Contemporary Health and Living
• Current scientific evidence suggests that free radicals-- unstable by-products produced by normal human metabolic processes--damage the body, resultin... Lees meer

A Guide to Getting the Best Health Care for Your Child

Roy Benaroch

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Contemporary Health and Living
• Roy Benaroch, MD, explains how to find your ideal pediatrician, how to get the most out of every visit, how to schedule to your advantage, and other o... Lees meer

Excellent Care for Cancer Survivors

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Contemporary Health and Living
• A clear, concise, and essential guide providing key information about cancer survivors and their needs--and how those needs can best be met. Excellent... Lees meer

A Guide to Weight Loss Surgery

Rhonda Hamilton

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Contemporary Health and Living
• With obesity rising at alarming rates in the US, UK, and developed countries around the world - so much that the US Department of Health has officiall... Lees meer

Solving Health and Behavioral Problems from Birth through Preschool

Roy Benaroch

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Contemporary Health and Living
• Emory University Pediatrician Roy Benaroch wrote this guide to help parents understand the most common childhood maladies and misbehaviors and know wh... Lees meer

Kids, Sports, and Concussion

William Meehan

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Contemporary Health and Living
• A comprehensive summary of sport-related concussion for parents, coaches, and athletes that considers the physics behind the injury, identifies what c... Lees meer

Defending and Parenting Children Who Learn Differently

Scott Teel

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Contemporary Health and Living
• Teel incorporates the fascinating story of Nancy Edison's love for her son Thomas, who had been labeled unteachable, then presents us with the wider a... Lees meer

Suicide by Security Blanket, and Other Stories from the Child Psychiatry Emergency Service

Laura M Prager M D, Abigail Louise Donovan M D

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Contemporary Health and Living
• This book offers a unique glimpse into the startlingly complex world of acute children's psychiatry through 12 chapters, each inspired by the actual v... Lees meer

The Harsh Realities of Alzheimer's Care

Andrew Rosenzweig

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Contemporary Health and Living
• A prominent geriatric psychiatrist details the good, the bad, and the ugly aspects of places where those with dementia are treated--from emergency roo... Lees meer

Understanding Pain

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Contemporary Health and Living
• This empowering book provides a comprehensive resource to help readers of all ages understand pain, seek the right diagnosis and treatment, and allow ... Lees meer

Ordinary Miracles

S Nathanson

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Contemporary Health and Living
• After nearly three decades of providing medical care for women and men facing breast cancer, surgeon S. David Nathanson calls the survival rates today... Lees meer