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  • Infectious Disease in the Aging

    A Clinical Handbook

    Edited by Thomas Yoshikawa, Dean Norman ...
    Series series Infectious Disease
    Because aging is accompanied by a steady decline in resistance to infectious diseases, the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases in the elderly is not only much more complex, but also often quite different from that for younger patients.In the second edition of Infectious Disease in the Aging: A Clinical Handbook, a panel of well known and highly experienced geriatric physicians and infectious ... Read more

    $215.99 USD

  • Infectious Disease in the Aging

    A Clinical Handbook

    Edited by Thomas Yoshikawa, Dean Norman ...
    Series series Infectious Disease
    Because aging is accompanied by a steady decline in resistance to infectious diseases, the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases in the elderly is not only much more complex, but also often quite different from that for younger patients.In the second edition of Infectious Disease in the Aging: A Clinical Handbook, a panel of well known and highly experienced geriatric physicians and infectious ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

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    City Birds (Unabridged)

    by Dean Norman ...
    Narrated by Eric Mann ...

    Unabridged

    7 min

    Stars and Stripes, two young falcons, are introduced to the life of a bird of prey in a big city. With their parents' guidance, the young birds learn to catch pigeons (and not the "fowl" balls that come from the nearby baseball stadium); how to interact with humans (who are kind enough to feed the local pigeon "livestock"); and finally, how to fly, the final skill that will allow them to leave ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    In the Dark Cave (Unabridged)

    by Richard Watson ...
    Narrated by David Rothauser ...

    Unabridged

    3 min

    A cricket, a rat, and a bat live happily in a dark cave. Each one has a unique way of navigating without light, but one day, an explorer enters the cave and brings a new kind of light. ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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  • Dementia

    A Global Approach

    Edited by Ennapadam S. Krishnamoorthy, Martin J. Prince, Jeffrey L. Cummings ...
    Growth in the incidence of dementia presents major challenges to global healthcare systems. As the burden of dementia in non-Western cultures grows, developing nations are expected to overtake developed nations in terms of dementia prevalence. Insights from developing nations and transcultural considerations are, nevertheless, neglected in the published literature. Dementia: A Global Approach, ... Read more

    $132.09 USD

  • Living with Germs

    In health and disease

    by John Playfair ...
    The word germ is defined as 'a microbe that causes disease'. The vast majority of microbes do not infect us at all: it is pathogens that make us ill. These include bacteria, viruses, protozoa, fungi, worms, and prions. Living with Germs not only looks at all of these in detail, but also at the defence mechanisms by which we come to terms with them, whether by eliminating them, stopping them from ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Demography and Epidemiology of Human Health and Aging

    by Jacob S. Siegel, S. Jay Olshansky ...
    With this book, Siegel, an internationally known demographer and gerontologist, has made a unique contribution to the fledgling fields of health demography, and the demography and epidemiology of aging. The book represents a felicitous union of epidemiology, gerontology, and demography, and appears to be the first and only comprehensive text on this subject now available. Drawing on a wide range ... Read more

    $287.09 USD

  • Infections in the Elderly

    Edited by M.J. Denham ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Public health and antiseptic measures, vaccination and antibiotics, have all contributed to the reduction in the incidence and impact of diseases due to infections in younger age groups. Unfortunately, however, infections remain a very important cause of both morbidity and mortality in the elderly. The reasons for the continued effect of infection on the older person are multifactorial. Firstly, ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Diseases in the Elderly

    Age-Related Changes and Pathophysiology

    by Nages Nagaratnam, Kujan Nagaratnam, Gary Cheuk ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This book provides a comprehensive overview of the two important issues relating to disease in elderly: the age-related changes and the pathophysiology of the diseases. The book contains 19 chapters that are arranged by organ system and structured to cover the specific areas for a quick but in-depth understanding of diseases in aging patients. Unlike any other book on the market, this text is ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Deadliest Enemy

    Our War Against Killer Germs

    by Mark Olshaker, Michael T. Osterholm ...
    A leading epidemiologist shares his "powerful and necessary" (Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone) stories from the front lines of our war on infectious diseases and explains how to prepare for global epidemics -- featuring a new preface on COVID-19.Unlike natural disasters, whose destruction is concentrated in a limited area over a period of days, and illnesses, which have devastating ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

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  • Epidemiology

    An Introduction

    by Kenneth J. Rothman ...
    In the past thirty years epidemiology has matured from a fledgling scientific field into a vibrant discipline that brings together the biological and social sciences, and in doing so draws upon disciplines ranging from statistics and survey sampling to the philosophy of science. These areas of knowledge have converged into a modern theory of epidemiology that has been slow to penetrate into ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • An Introduction to Infectious Disease Modelling

    by Emilia Vynnycky, Richard White ...
    Mathematical models are increasingly being used to examine questions in infectious disease control. Applications include predicting the impact of vaccination strategies against common infections and determining optimal control strategies against HIV and pandemic influenza. This book introduces individuals interested in infectious diseases to this exciting and expanding area. The mathematical level ... Read more

    $42.29 USD