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No More Tears

The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson

by Gardiner Harris ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An explosive, deeply reported exposé of Johnson & Johnson, one of America’s oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies—from an award-winning investigative journalist“A damning portrait.”—Associated Press**“A page-turning drama that raises life-or-death questions about the world’s largest healthcare conglomerate.”—Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An explosive, deeply reported exposé of Johnson & Johnson, one of America’s oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies—from an award-winning investigative journalist“A damning portrait.”—Associated Press**“A page-turning drama that raises life-or-death questions about the world’s largest healthcare conglomerate.”—Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of
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Bellevue

Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America's Most Storied Hospital

by David Oshinsky ...

From a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian comes a riveting history of New York's iconic public hospital that charts the turbulent rise of American medicine.Bellevue Hospital, on New York City's East Side, occupies a colorful and horrifying place in the public imagination: a den of mangled crime victims, vicious psychopaths, assorted derelicts, lunatics, and exotic-disease sufferers. In its two and a ... Read more

$7.99 CAD

From a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian comes a riveting history of New York's iconic public hospital that charts the turbulent rise of American medicine.Bellevue Hospital, on New York City's East Side, occupies a colorful and horrifying place in the public imagination: a den of mangled crime victims, vicious psychopaths, assorted derelicts, lunatics, and exotic-disease sufferers. In its two and a
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The Medicine Book

by DK ...

Series series DK Big Ideas
Learn about astonishing medical breakthroughs and discoveries in The Medicine Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Medicine in this overview guide to the subject, great for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Medicine Book brings a fresh and ... Read more

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Learn about astonishing medical breakthroughs and discoveries in The Medicine Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Medicine in this overview guide to the subject, great for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Medicine Book brings a fresh and
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All Our Relations

Finding the Path Forward

by Tanya Talaga ...

Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
Winner, 2024 Blue Metropolis First Peoples Prize, for the whole of her workFinalist, 2018 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural UnderstandingFinalist, 2018 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for NonfictionTanya Talaga, the bestselling author of Seven Fallen Feathers, calls attention to an urgent global humanitarian crisis among Indigenous Peoples — youth suicide.“Talaga’s research is metic... ... Read more

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Winner, 2024 Blue Metropolis First Peoples Prize, for the whole of her workFinalist, 2018 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural UnderstandingFinalist, 2018 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for NonfictionTanya Talaga, the bestselling author of Seven Fallen Feathers, calls attention to an urgent global humanitarian crisis among Indigenous Peoples — youth suicide.“Talaga’s research is metic...
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SPANISH FLU 1918 - The Great Inlfuenza: The True Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History, how it changed the World and what can we learn from it

by Barry Larson ...

"Spanish Flu through the Lens of One Who Lived through it and the Indispensable Lessons Learned as a Result" – Medical History JournalThe Spanish Flu was one of the deadliest viral outbreaks in history. It erupted just as World War I was coming to an end in 1918. The virus wreaked havoc across the entire world and ravaged as many 50 million lives by conservative estimates. While we do not know ... Read more

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"Spanish Flu through the Lens of One Who Lived through it and the Indispensable Lessons Learned as a Result" – Medical History JournalThe Spanish Flu was one of the deadliest viral outbreaks in history. It erupted just as World War I was coming to an end in 1918. The virus wreaked havoc across the entire world and ravaged as many 50 million lives by conservative estimates. While we do not know
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Eat Dirt

Why Leaky Gut May Be the Root Cause of Your Health Problems and 5 Surprising Steps to Cure It

by Josh Axe ...

Doctor of Natural Medicine and wellness authority Dr. Josh Axe delivers a groundbreaking, indispensable guide for understanding, diagnosing, and treating one of the most discussed yet little-understood health conditions: leaky gut syndrome.Do you have a leaky gut? For 80% of the population the answer is “yes”—and most people don’t even realize it. Leaky gut syndrome is the root cause of a litany ... Read more

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Doctor of Natural Medicine and wellness authority Dr. Josh Axe delivers a groundbreaking, indispensable guide for understanding, diagnosing, and treating one of the most discussed yet little-understood health conditions: leaky gut syndrome.Do you have a leaky gut? For 80% of the population the answer is “yes”—and most people don’t even realize it. Leaky gut syndrome is the root cause of a litany
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DSM-5 Handbook Of Differential Diagnosis (Speedy Study Guides)

by Speedy Publishing ...

Defining mental disorders is easy but to actually diagnose a patient needs a lot of hard work and proper information. You need to be able to classify the symptoms in order to narrow down to the right diagnosis. A wrong diagnosis could lead to more serious problems later on. This quick DSM-5 study guide helps you begin with the right treatment for the right patient. ... Read more

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Defining mental disorders is easy but to actually diagnose a patient needs a lot of hard work and proper information. You need to be able to classify the symptoms in order to narrow down to the right diagnosis. A wrong diagnosis could lead to more serious problems later on. This quick DSM-5 study guide helps you begin with the right treatment for the right patient.
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"Cause Unknown"

The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022

by Ed Dowd, Gavin de Becker ...

Series series Children’s Health Defense
What is killing healthy young Americans?2020 saw a spike in deaths in America, smaller than you might imagine during a pandemic, some of which could be attributed to COVID and to initial treatment strategies that were not effective. But then, in 2021, the stats people expected went off the rails. The CEO of the OneAmerica insurance company publicly disclosed that during the third and fourth ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

What is killing healthy young Americans?2020 saw a spike in deaths in America, smaller than you might imagine during a pandemic, some of which could be attributed to COVID and to initial treatment strategies that were not effective. But then, in 2021, the stats people expected went off the rails. The CEO of the OneAmerica insurance company publicly disclosed that during the third and fourth
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A Woman's Guide to Living with Heart Disease

by Carolyn Thomas ...

Series series A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
The daily challenges of living—and coping—with a chronic and progressive invisible illness.Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women worldwide. Yet most people are still unaware that heart disease is not just a man's problem. Carolyn Thomas, a heart attack survivor herself, is on a mission to educate women about their heart health. Based on her popular Heart Sisters blog, which has ... Read more

$22.67 CAD

The daily challenges of living—and coping—with a chronic and progressive invisible illness.Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women worldwide. Yet most people are still unaware that heart disease is not just a man's problem. Carolyn Thomas, a heart attack survivor herself, is on a mission to educate women about their heart health. Based on her popular Heart Sisters blog, which has
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Six Steps to Managing Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia

A Guide for Families

by Andrew E. Budson, MD, Maureen K. O'Connor, PsyD ...

Your needs as a caregiver are just as important as those your family member with Alzheimer's Disease or dementia. This book will provide just the insight and guidance you need. Caregiving for a loved one with Alzheimer's disease or dementia is hard. It's hard whether you're caring for your spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling, other family member, or friend. Even if you had an extra ten hours each ... Read more

$23.75 CAD

Your needs as a caregiver are just as important as those your family member with Alzheimer's Disease or dementia. This book will provide just the insight and guidance you need. Caregiving for a loved one with Alzheimer's disease or dementia is hard. It's hard whether you're caring for your spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling, other family member, or friend. Even if you had an extra ten hours each
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Foodservice Manual for Health Care Institutions

by Ruby Parker Puckett ...

Series Book 150 - J-B AHA Press
The thoroughly revised and updated fourth edition of Foodservice Manual for Health Care Institutions offers a review of the management and operation of health care foodservice departments. This edition of the book-which has become the standard in the field of institutional and health care foodservice- contains the most current data on the successful management of daily operations and includes ... Read more

$131.99 CAD

The thoroughly revised and updated fourth edition of Foodservice Manual for Health Care Institutions offers a review of the management and operation of health care foodservice departments. This edition of the book-which has become the standard in the field of institutional and health care foodservice- contains the most current data on the successful management of daily operations and includes
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The Atlas of Disease

Mapping Deadly Epidemics and Contagion from the Plague to the Coronavirus

by Sandra Hempel ...

"A pleasingly written lay person's primer to disease epidemiology, as well as a gentle introduction to the social and cultural history of medicine." — The BiologistIncludes extensive illustrationsBehind every disease is a story, a narrative woven of multiple threads—from the natural history of the disease to the tale of its discovery and its place in world events. The Atlas of Disease is the first ... Read more

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"A pleasingly written lay person's primer to disease epidemiology, as well as a gentle introduction to the social and cultural history of medicine." — The BiologistIncludes extensive illustrationsBehind every disease is a story, a narrative woven of multiple threads—from the natural history of the disease to the tale of its discovery and its place in world events. The Atlas of Disease is the first
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Empire of Pain

The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

by Patrick Radden Keefe ...

A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin, by the prize-winning, bestselling author of Say NothingThe Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions—Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, the Louvre. They are one of the richest ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin, by the prize-winning, bestselling author of Say NothingThe Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions—Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, the Louvre. They are one of the richest
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Lifestyle Medicine

Essential MCQs for Certification in Lifestyle Medicine

by Ifeoma Monye, Adaeze Ifezulike, Karen Adamson, Fraser Birrell ...

LIFESTYLE MEDICINEWritten by an interdisciplinary and multinational team of distinguished medical doctors and authors, Lifestyle Medicine presents a collection of multiple-choice questions (MCQs) designed to help prepare a new generation of clinicians with the necessary knowledge to practice lifestyle medicine safely and confidently. Ideal for anyone preparing for examinations in the new specialty ... Read more

$79.99 CAD

LIFESTYLE MEDICINEWritten by an interdisciplinary and multinational team of distinguished medical doctors and authors, Lifestyle Medicine presents a collection of multiple-choice questions (MCQs) designed to help prepare a new generation of clinicians with the necessary knowledge to practice lifestyle medicine safely and confidently. Ideal for anyone preparing for examinations in the new specialty
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Shut Away

When Down Syndrome Was a Life Sentence

by Catherine McKercher ...

An explosive book that exposes the abuses of institutionalization."How many brothers and sisters do you have?" It was one of the first questions kids asked each other when Catherine McKercher was a child. She never knew how to answer it.Three of the McKercher children lived at home. The fourth, her youngest brother, Bill, did not. Bill was born with Down syndrome. When he was two and a half, his ... Read more

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An explosive book that exposes the abuses of institutionalization."How many brothers and sisters do you have?" It was one of the first questions kids asked each other when Catherine McKercher was a child. She never knew how to answer it.Three of the McKercher children lived at home. The fourth, her youngest brother, Bill, did not. Bill was born with Down syndrome. When he was two and a half, his
... Read more
After Covid

The Health Impacts That Will Last Generations

by Jason Gale ...

A gripping investigation into the Covid-19 pandemic's lasting effects on our bodies, systems, and trust in science.The Covid-19 pandemic may have faded from headlines, but its shadow remains. In After Covid, award-winning journalist Jason Gale delivers a gripping, deeply researched account of a crisis that has fundamentally changed the world, and continues to reshape it in ways we're only ... Read more

$34.46 CAD

A gripping investigation into the Covid-19 pandemic's lasting effects on our bodies, systems, and trust in science.The Covid-19 pandemic may have faded from headlines, but its shadow remains. In After Covid, award-winning journalist Jason Gale delivers a gripping, deeply researched account of a crisis that has fundamentally changed the world, and continues to reshape it in ways we're only
... Read more
The Language of Medicine E-Book

The Language of Medicine E-Book

by Davi-Ellen Chabner ...

Effectively master medical terminology with Davi-Ellen Chabner's The Language of Medicine, 13th Edition. Centering on Chabner's proven method of learning medical terms by studying them in the context of the human body, this highly praised and bestselling text helps individuals of all educational backgrounds easily understand and remember important medical terminology by incorporating easy-to ... Read more

$105.11 CAD

Effectively master medical terminology with Davi-Ellen Chabner's The Language of Medicine, 13th Edition. Centering on Chabner's proven method of learning medical terms by studying them in the context of the human body, this highly praised and bestselling text helps individuals of all educational backgrounds easily understand and remember important medical terminology by incorporating easy-to
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Routledge Handbook of Urban Forestry

Edited by Francesco Ferrini, Cecil C. Konijnendijk van den Bosch, Alessio Fini ...

Series series Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks
More than half the world's population now lives in cities. Creating sustainable, healthy and aesthetic urban environments is therefore a major policy goal and research agenda. This comprehensive handbook provides a global overview of the state of the art and science of urban forestry.It describes the multiple roles and benefits of urban green areas in general and the specific role of trees, ... Read more

$87.46 CAD

More than half the world's population now lives in cities. Creating sustainable, healthy and aesthetic urban environments is therefore a major policy goal and research agenda. This comprehensive handbook provides a global overview of the state of the art and science of urban forestry.It describes the multiple roles and benefits of urban green areas in general and the specific role of trees,
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Quality by Design

A Clinical Microsystems Approach

Edited by Marjorie M. Godfrey, Tina C. Foster, Julie K. Johnson, Eugene C. Nelson, Paul B. Batalden ...

The latest edition of the bestselling text on quality improvement in health care, providing powerful theoretical frameworks and principles, valuable tools and techniques, and a proven action-learning programNow in its second edition, Quality By Design contains an evidence and practice based strategy for teaching and practicing the clinical microsystem approach across all levels of health care ... Read more

$115.99 CAD

The latest edition of the bestselling text on quality improvement in health care, providing powerful theoretical frameworks and principles, valuable tools and techniques, and a proven action-learning programNow in its second edition, Quality By Design contains an evidence and practice based strategy for teaching and practicing the clinical microsystem approach across all levels of health care
... Read more
Health for All

A Doctor's Prescription for a Healthier Canada

by Jane Philpott ...

**An Instant #1 National BestsellerFinalist for the Writers' Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political WritingFrom one of Canada's most respected and high-profile health professionals (and former federal Minister of Health), a timely, practical, ambitious, and deeply personal call for action on health that sets out the roadmap to our future well-being.**Jane Philpott has spent her life learning ... Read more

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**An Instant #1 National BestsellerFinalist for the Writers' Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political WritingFrom one of Canada's most respected and high-profile health professionals (and former federal Minister of Health), a timely, practical, ambitious, and deeply personal call for action on health that sets out the roadmap to our future well-being.**Jane Philpott has spent her life learning
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Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor

The hilarious and thought-provoking account of life on the NHS frontline by Daily Mail's Dr Max

by Max Pemberton ...

The bestselling real life story of a hapless junior doctor, based on his columns written anonymously for the Telegraph.'Reads like Scrubs: The Blog . . . funny and awful in equal measure' - Observer'Absurdly funny and beautifully observed' - Maureen LipmanIf you're going to be ill, it's best to avoid the first Wednesday in August. This is the day when junior doctors graduate to their first ... Read more

$4.99 CAD

The bestselling real life story of a hapless junior doctor, based on his columns written anonymously for the Telegraph.'Reads like Scrubs: The Blog . . . funny and awful in equal measure' - Observer'Absurdly funny and beautifully observed' - Maureen LipmanIf you're going to be ill, it's best to avoid the first Wednesday in August. This is the day when junior doctors graduate to their first
... Read more
How Doctors Think

by Jerome Groopman ...

"Must reading for every physician who cares for patients and every patient who wishes to get the best care." —Time magazineFrom Dr. Jerome Groopman, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chief of Experimental Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and one of the world’s leading researchers in cancer and AIDS, a groundbreaking, profound view of twenty-first-century medical ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

"Must reading for every physician who cares for patients and every patient who wishes to get the best care." —Time magazineFrom Dr. Jerome Groopman, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chief of Experimental Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and one of the world’s leading researchers in cancer and AIDS, a groundbreaking, profound view of twenty-first-century medical
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Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism

My Journey as a Vaccine Scientist, Pediatrician, and Autism Dad

by Peter J. Hotez ...

Internationally renowned medical scientist, frequent media contributor, and autism dad Dr. Peter J. Hotez explains why vaccines do not cause autism.In 1994, Peter J. Hotez's nineteen-month-old daughter, Rachel, was diagnosed with autism. Dr. Hotez, a pediatrician-scientist who develops vaccines for neglected tropical diseases affecting the world's poorest people, became troubled by the decades ... Read more

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Internationally renowned medical scientist, frequent media contributor, and autism dad Dr. Peter J. Hotez explains why vaccines do not cause autism.In 1994, Peter J. Hotez's nineteen-month-old daughter, Rachel, was diagnosed with autism. Dr. Hotez, a pediatrician-scientist who develops vaccines for neglected tropical diseases affecting the world's poorest people, became troubled by the decades
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How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me, Revised Edition

One Person's Guide to Suicide Prevention

by Susan Rose Blauner ...

NOW WITH A NEW CHAPTER AND AN UPDATED RESOURCES SECTIONSuicide has touched the lives of nearly half of all Americans, yet it is rarely talked about openly. In her highly acclaimed book, Susan Blauner—a survivor of multiple suicide attempts—offers guidance and hope for those contemplating ending their lives and for their loved ones.“Each word written with thoughtful intent; each story told with the ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

NOW WITH A NEW CHAPTER AND AN UPDATED RESOURCES SECTIONSuicide has touched the lives of nearly half of all Americans, yet it is rarely talked about openly. In her highly acclaimed book, Susan Blauner—a survivor of multiple suicide attempts—offers guidance and hope for those contemplating ending their lives and for their loved ones.“Each word written with thoughtful intent; each story told with the
... Read more

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