Just to Be Safe: Healthcare Waste in Modern Medicine. Modern medicine has achieved remarkable advances. We can diagnose disease with unprecedented precision, monitor patients more closely than ever before, and offer treatments that previous generations could only imagine. Yet amid these extraordinary achievements lies a difficult question: Can doing more sometime cause harm? Just to Be Safe is a thoughtful and deeply personal exploration of one of healthcare's most important and least disc...

From one of the world’s leading concussion researchers, a revolutionary evidence-based guide to healing from a traumatic brain injury"Healing the Brain cuts through the fear and uncertainty of this injury to offer actionable advice—and, just as importantly, hope—for a full recovery. It is also a joy to read.” —Dr. Sanjay GuptaConcussions are one of the most debilitating medical episodes a person can have, and one of the most myster...

A greatest hits tour of death, 99 Ways to Die is a curation of all the ways you can possibly die, from hypertension to hippopotamus gouging and from altitude sickness to anthrax.As an emergency medicine doctor, Dr. Ashely Alker has spent a career outwitting death. Drawing on stories from her life and medical practice, she takes readers on a journey through A&E that manages to be both compassionate and darkly hilarious, covering lethal agents including sex, poison, drugs, b...

A visually rich, ABIM-aligned board review with over 350 practice questions and 3 full mock exams – total access to more than 1000 multiple choice questions! This engaging new hematology-oncology review delivers a high-yield approach to preparing for the ABIM Medical Oncology Certification Exam. Organized by exam blueprint categories, this comprehensive resource combines more than 250 full-color illustrations and images, evidence-based standards of care, a...

Most books about supplements try to answer the same question: what should you take?This book asks a better one: how do you decide what belongs in your life in the first place?Walk into any pharmacy and you'll find shelves of vitamins, powders, and capsules promising energy, immunity, longevity, focus, and repair. Some of them help in specific cases. Many don't. Most people end up somewhere in between, taking a few things they're unsure about, skipping othe...

This book provides a comprehensive and practical framework for understanding, implementing, and maintaining halal compliance in accordance with the global halal standards and sustainability requirements.As the global halal industry continues to expand rapidly, halal certification has grown from being a niche requirement to a competitive advantage in attracting diverse customer bases. Drawing on rigorous research and real-world insights, this book introduces the Halal Compliance Rat...

A Parent's Companion is a book to read, absorb, and reread as childhood unfolds. It treats parents, children, and childhood as a composite: three dynamic, evolving pathways that continually separate and rejoin over many years. Each day of childhood is different from the one that preceded it and from those to come. For this reason, the book is woven around recurring relational themes that come and go, rather than focusing on an age, stage, or a narrow topic. For example, Wellness, Unwellnes...

His Life Is the Message is a powerful blend of memoir and self-guided healing—an intimate story of legacy, wisdom, and the evolving role of medicine across generations. Spanning from the World War II era to today's complex healthcare landscape, this deeply personal narrative follows the life and influence of a devoted physician father and the enduring lessons he passed on—not through words, but through the quiet integrity of how he lived. Raised in the stillness of the Chesapeake Bay, the ...

The postpartum period is a high-risk time for new mothers potentially developing anxiety and depression, as well as a variety of behavioral and interpersonal difficulties involving their babies, partners, and family. Although a range of treatments are available, including psychotherapies, psychosocial interventions, and medications, each has limitations in addressing the complex challenges posed by postpartum difficulties. Many women also face significant barriers to accessing quality ment...

Beyond the Pink educates and empowers you to be your own—and best—advocate.A breast cancer diagnosis is life-changing at any age, but it can be especially distressing when you are navigating diagnosis, treatment, and side effects while balancing work, relationships, parenting, fertility concerns, and more. In these moments, thoughtful, compassionate, and evidence-based support can make all the difference.In Beyond the Pink...

Honor your values, advocate for your health-become empowered.Most clinicians are unwilling to admit a dangerous truth: women's healthcare is biased.In Brown Girls' Disease?, Dr. Sameena Rahman calls for change in a system failing to meet all women's needs by exploring the intersection of gender, culture, religion, and medicine. More than a medical resource, Brown Girls' Disease? equips women with the tools they need a...

"An engaging mix of scientific mystery, family drama, and corporate intrigue."-Jennifer Artley, author of Improvising in Italian"Ticked all the boxes on my list of favorite fiction genres: sci-fi and biotech industrial thrillers . . . Absolutely wonderful!"-Steven R. Bauer, PhD, director of regulatory science affairs, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative MedicineAfter her father, a visionary regenerative scientist, dies under sus...