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Ending Medical Reversal

Improving Outcomes, Saving Lives

de Vinayak K. Prasad, Adam S. Cifu ...

Why medicine adopts ineffective or harmful medical practices only to abandon them—sometimes too late.Medications such as Vioxx and procedures such as vertebroplasty for back pain are among the medical "advances" that turned out to be dangerous or useless. What Dr. Vinayak K. Prasad and Dr. Adam S. Cifu call medical reversal happens when doctors start using a medication, procedure, or diagnostic ... Leer más

$22.99 USD

Why medicine adopts ineffective or harmful medical practices only to abandon them—sometimes too late.Medications such as Vioxx and procedures such as vertebroplasty for back pain are among the medical "advances" that turned out to be dangerous or useless. What Dr. Vinayak K. Prasad and Dr. Adam S. Cifu call medical reversal happens when doctors start using a medication, procedure, or diagnostic
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Blind Spots

When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health

de Marty Makary ...

An Instant New York Times Bestseller**Choice 2025 Outstanding Academic TitleFrom Johns Hopkins medical expert Dr. Marty Makary, the New York Times-bestselling author of The Price We Pay**-**an eye-opening look at the medical groupthink that has led to public harm, and what you need to know about your health.More Americans have peanut allergies today than at any point in hi... ... Leer más

$16.69 USD

An Instant New York Times Bestseller**Choice 2025 Outstanding Academic TitleFrom Johns Hopkins medical expert Dr. Marty Makary, the New York Times-bestselling author of The Price We Pay**-**an eye-opening look at the medical groupthink that has led to public harm, and what you need to know about your health.More Americans have peanut allergies today than at any point in hi...
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Doing Dignity

Ethical Praxis and the Politics of Care

de Christa Teston ...

Series series Health Communication
Explores human dignity and care in the face of disease and disability.Complex contemporary experiences with disease, death, and disability in the United States have made the concept of human dignity seem outdated. In Doing Dignity: Ethical Praxis and the Politics of Care, Christa Teston challenges conventional notions of dignity and, based on analyses of clinical observations, interviews, and ... Leer más

$45.09 USD

Explores human dignity and care in the face of disease and disability.Complex contemporary experiences with disease, death, and disability in the United States have made the concept of human dignity seem outdated. In Doing Dignity: Ethical Praxis and the Politics of Care, Christa Teston challenges conventional notions of dignity and, based on analyses of clinical observations, interviews, and
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Telling Genes

The Story of Genetic Counseling in America

de Alexandra Minna Stern ...

The history of contemporary genetic counseling, including its medical, personal, and ethical dimensions.Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRLFor sixty years genetic counselors have served as the messengers of important information about the risks, realities, and perceptions of genetic conditions. More than 2,500 certified genetic counselors in the United States work in ... Leer más

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The history of contemporary genetic counseling, including its medical, personal, and ethical dimensions.Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRLFor sixty years genetic counselors have served as the messengers of important information about the risks, realities, and perceptions of genetic conditions. More than 2,500 certified genetic counselors in the United States work in
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Social Security: The New Rules, Essentials & Maximizing Your Social Security, Retirement, Medicare, Pensions & Benefits Explained In One Place

de Peter Allen ...

Let's be honest, Social Security can be complicated.Social Security is vital to many people's retirement plans. Yet is so shrouded in uncertainty.There are so many different rules, income limitations, age requirements, cut-offs, and so on that it can drive a person mad.Your choices influence the size of your Social Security checks and making mistakes could accidentally shrink them.Understanding ... Leer más

$2.99 USD

Let's be honest, Social Security can be complicated.Social Security is vital to many people's retirement plans. Yet is so shrouded in uncertainty.There are so many different rules, income limitations, age requirements, cut-offs, and so on that it can drive a person mad.Your choices influence the size of your Social Security checks and making mistakes could accidentally shrink them.Understanding
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Preventing the Next Pandemic

Vaccine Diplomacy in a Time of Anti-science

de Peter J. Hotez ...

The last five years saw a significant return of epidemic infectious disease, culminating in COVID-19. In our new post–COVID-19 world, how do we prevent future illnesses by expanding scientific and vaccine diplomacy and cooperation, especially to combat the problems that humans have brought on ourselves?Modern diseases and viruses have been spurred anew by war and conflict as well as shifting ... Leer más

$22.99 USD

The last five years saw a significant return of epidemic infectious disease, culminating in COVID-19. In our new post–COVID-19 world, how do we prevent future illnesses by expanding scientific and vaccine diplomacy and cooperation, especially to combat the problems that humans have brought on ourselves?Modern diseases and viruses have been spurred anew by war and conflict as well as shifting
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Member of the Family

My Story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness That Ended the Sixties

de Dianne Lake, Deborah Herman ...

In this poignant and disturbing memoir of lost innocence, coercion, survival, and healing, Dianne Lake chronicles her years with Charles Manson, revealing for the first time how she became the youngest member of his Family and offering new insights into one of the twentieth century’s most notorious criminals and life as one of his "girls."At age fourteen Dianne Lake—with little more than a note in ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

In this poignant and disturbing memoir of lost innocence, coercion, survival, and healing, Dianne Lake chronicles her years with Charles Manson, revealing for the first time how she became the youngest member of his Family and offering new insights into one of the twentieth century’s most notorious criminals and life as one of his "girls."At age fourteen Dianne Lake—with little more than a note in
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Verbal Judo, Second Edition

The Gentle Art of Persuasion

de George J. Thompson, PhD ...

Verbal Judo is the martial art of the mind and mouth that can show you how to be better prepared in every verbal encounter. Listen and speak more effectively, engage people through empathy (the most powerful word in the English language), avoid the most common conversational disasters, and use proven strategies that allow you to successfully communicate your point of view and take the upper hand ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

Verbal Judo is the martial art of the mind and mouth that can show you how to be better prepared in every verbal encounter. Listen and speak more effectively, engage people through empathy (the most powerful word in the English language), avoid the most common conversational disasters, and use proven strategies that allow you to successfully communicate your point of view and take the upper hand
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Verbal Judo

The Gentle Art of Persuasion

de George J. Thompson, PhD ...

Verbal Judo is the martial art of the mind and mouth that can show you how to be better prepared in every verbal encounter. Listen and speak more effectively, engage people through empathy (the most powerful word in the English language), avoid the most common conversational disasters, and use proven strategies that allow you to successfully communicate your point of view and take the upper hand ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

Verbal Judo is the martial art of the mind and mouth that can show you how to be better prepared in every verbal encounter. Listen and speak more effectively, engage people through empathy (the most powerful word in the English language), avoid the most common conversational disasters, and use proven strategies that allow you to successfully communicate your point of view and take the upper hand
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Living Well with Hypothyroidism, Revised Edition

What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...that

de Mary J. Shomon ...

The Most Comprehensive Resource Available on the Diagnosis and Treatment of HypothyroidismFor millions of Americans, hypothyroidism often goes untreated ... or is treated improperly. This book, thoroughly researched by the nation's top thyroid patient advocate—a hypothyroidism patient herself—provides you with answers to all your questions, including:What is hypothyroidism?What are the warning ... Leer más

$8.99 USD

The Most Comprehensive Resource Available on the Diagnosis and Treatment of HypothyroidismFor millions of Americans, hypothyroidism often goes untreated ... or is treated improperly. This book, thoroughly researched by the nation's top thyroid patient advocate—a hypothyroidism patient herself—provides you with answers to all your questions, including:What is hypothyroidism?What are the warning
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Smarter Not Harder

The Biohacker's Guide to Getting the Body and Mind You Want

de Dave Asprey ...

World-renowned biohacker and bestselling author Dave Asprey reveals how to maximize your well-being with the minimum effort, by taking control of your body’s operating systemIf you want to lose weight, boost your energy, or sharpen your mind, there are shelves of books offering myriad styles of advice. If you want to build up your strength and cardio fitness, there are plenty of gyms and trainers ... Leer más

$17.49 USD

World-renowned biohacker and bestselling author Dave Asprey reveals how to maximize your well-being with the minimum effort, by taking control of your body’s operating systemIf you want to lose weight, boost your energy, or sharpen your mind, there are shelves of books offering myriad styles of advice. If you want to build up your strength and cardio fitness, there are plenty of gyms and trainers
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) w/full table of contents

de Barack Obama ...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is one of the hottest issues heading into President Barack Obama's second term as president. Passed in early 2010 amidst extreme controversy and general public negativity, the bill still has yet to be fully understood by laypeople and legal experts alike.Because of President Obama's re-election, the focus of supporters and detractors alike has quickly ... Leer más

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is one of the hottest issues heading into President Barack Obama's second term as president. Passed in early 2010 amidst extreme controversy and general public negativity, the bill still has yet to be fully understood by laypeople and legal experts alike.Because of President Obama's re-election, the focus of supporters and detractors alike has quickly
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The Great Escape

Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality

de Angus Deaton ...

The world is a better place than it used to be. People are wealthier and healthier, and live longer lives. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many have left gaping inequalities between people and between nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton--one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty--tells the remarkable story of how, starting 250 years ago, some parts of the ... Leer más

$33.89 USD

The world is a better place than it used to be. People are wealthier and healthier, and live longer lives. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many have left gaping inequalities between people and between nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton--one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty--tells the remarkable story of how, starting 250 years ago, some parts of the
... Leer más
The Vitamin E Factor

The miraculous antioxidant for the prevention and treatment of heart disease, cancer, and aging

de Andreas Papas ...

It is too early to conclude that vitamin E has all the beneficial effects attributed to it, but even if only 25% of current expectations were to be fulfilled, vitamin E would become an important weapon against a range of chronic diseases.The book is not simply scientific and education but also a please to read. ... Leer más

$6.99 USD

It is too early to conclude that vitamin E has all the beneficial effects attributed to it, but even if only 25% of current expectations were to be fulfilled, vitamin E would become an important weapon against a range of chronic diseases.The book is not simply scientific and education but also a please to read.
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Liberating Abortion

Claiming Our History, Sharing Our Stories, and Building the Reproductive Future We Deserve

de Renee Bracey Sherman, Regina Mahone ...

“A gift to future generations.”—Cecile Richards, author of Make Trouble“Our storytellers meet the moment with powerful insight and testimonials.”—Congresswoman Ayanna PressleyA galvanizing history of abortion, this powerful work of social justice recenters people of color to put forth a timely argument that we must liberate abortion for all.People of color have been having abortions since the dawn ... Leer más

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“A gift to future generations.”—Cecile Richards, author of Make Trouble“Our storytellers meet the moment with powerful insight and testimonials.”—Congresswoman Ayanna PressleyA galvanizing history of abortion, this powerful work of social justice recenters people of color to put forth a timely argument that we must liberate abortion for all.People of color have been having abortions since the dawn
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Health Care Reform and American Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know

de Lawrence R. Jacobs, Theda Skocpol ...

Series series What Everyone Needs to Know
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed by President Obama in March 2010 is a landmark in U.S. social legislation. The new law extends health insurance to nearly all Americans, fulfilling a century-long quest and bringing the United States to parity with other industrial nations. Affordable Care aims to control rapidly rising health care costs and promises to make the United States ... Leer más

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed by President Obama in March 2010 is a landmark in U.S. social legislation. The new law extends health insurance to nearly all Americans, fulfilling a century-long quest and bringing the United States to parity with other industrial nations. Affordable Care aims to control rapidly rising health care costs and promises to make the United States
... Leer más
The Political Determinants of Health

de Daniel E. Dawes ...

How do policy and politics influence the social conditions that generate health outcomes?Reduced life expectancy, worsening health outcomes, health inequity, and declining health care options—these are now realities for most Americans. However, in a country of more than 325 million people, addressing everyone's issues is challenging. How can we effect beneficial change for everyone so we all can ... Leer más

$27.09 USD

How do policy and politics influence the social conditions that generate health outcomes?Reduced life expectancy, worsening health outcomes, health inequity, and declining health care options—these are now realities for most Americans. However, in a country of more than 325 million people, addressing everyone's issues is challenging. How can we effect beneficial change for everyone so we all can
... Leer más
Sometimes Brilliant

The Impossible Adventure of a Spiritual Seeker and Visionary Physician Who Helped Conquer the Worst Disease in History

de Larry Brilliant ...

When a powerful mystic steps on the hand of a radical young hippie doctor from Detroit, it changes lives and the world. Sometimes Brilliant is the adventures of a philosopher, mystic, hippie, doctor, groundbreaking tech innovator, and key player in the eradication of one of the worst pandemics in human history. His story, of what happens when love, compassion and determination meet the right ... Leer más

$7.49 USD

When a powerful mystic steps on the hand of a radical young hippie doctor from Detroit, it changes lives and the world. Sometimes Brilliant is the adventures of a philosopher, mystic, hippie, doctor, groundbreaking tech innovator, and key player in the eradication of one of the worst pandemics in human history. His story, of what happens when love, compassion and determination meet the right
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Reducing Gun Violence in America

Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis

Edición de Daniel W. Webster, Jon S. Vernick ...

Outstanding Academic Title, Choice MagazineThe staggering toll of gun violence—which claims 31,000 U.S. lives each year—is an urgent public health issue that demands an effective evidence-based policy response.The Johns Hopkins University convened more than 20 of the world's leading experts on gun violence and policy to summarize relevant research and recommend policies that are both ... Leer más

$12.79 USD

Outstanding Academic Title, Choice MagazineThe staggering toll of gun violence—which claims 31,000 U.S. lives each year—is an urgent public health issue that demands an effective evidence-based policy response.The Johns Hopkins University convened more than 20 of the world's leading experts on gun violence and policy to summarize relevant research and recommend policies that are both
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Dear Universe

200 Mini-Meditations for Instant Manifestations

de Sarah Prout ...

Discover how to use the power of your feelings to create the success, love, and joy you deserve, with emotional empowerment expert, Sarah ProutFor years it has been said, "you can achieve anything you set your mind to." But have you ever wondered why so many people struggle to achieve health, wealth, and happiness? Why do we bottle-up our emotions and feel like life is happening to us, rather than ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

Discover how to use the power of your feelings to create the success, love, and joy you deserve, with emotional empowerment expert, Sarah ProutFor years it has been said, "you can achieve anything you set your mind to." But have you ever wondered why so many people struggle to achieve health, wealth, and happiness? Why do we bottle-up our emotions and feel like life is happening to us, rather than
... Leer más
Tapping into The Wire

The Real Urban Crisis

de Peter L. Beilenson, MD MPH, Patrick A. McGuire ...

Story lines from The Wire challenge public perceptions about the deadly, real-world connections between drugs, crime, and poverty.Did Omar Little die of lead poisoning? Would a decriminalization strategy like the one in Hamsterdam end the War on Drugs? What will it take to save neglected kids like Wallace and Dukie? Tapping into 'The Wire' uses the acclaimed television series as a road map for ... Leer más

$25.39 USD

Story lines from The Wire challenge public perceptions about the deadly, real-world connections between drugs, crime, and poverty.Did Omar Little die of lead poisoning? Would a decriminalization strategy like the one in Hamsterdam end the War on Drugs? What will it take to save neglected kids like Wallace and Dukie? Tapping into 'The Wire' uses the acclaimed television series as a road map for
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Pain

A Political History

de Keith Wailoo ...

Pain touches sensitive nerves in American liberalism, conservatism, and political life.People in chronic pain have always sought relief—and have always been judged—but who decides whether someone is truly in pain? In this history of American political culture, Keith Wailoo examines how pain and compassionate relief define a line between society's liberal trends and conservative tendencies. Tracing ... Leer más

$22.99 USD

Pain touches sensitive nerves in American liberalism, conservatism, and political life.People in chronic pain have always sought relief—and have always been judged—but who decides whether someone is truly in pain? In this history of American political culture, Keith Wailoo examines how pain and compassionate relief define a line between society's liberal trends and conservative tendencies. Tracing
... Leer más
How to Arm Yourself Against Vaccine Injuries And What to Do If Things Go Wrong

de Leah V. Durant ...

Vaccines are medical marvels. They've allowed humanity to eradicate infectious diseases and have saved millions of lives worldwide. But they're not risk-free. In this book, vaccine attorney Leah Durant details how people can arm themselves against vaccine injuries — and what they can do if something goes wrong. Durant dives into two federal programs — the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program and ... Leer más

$0.99 USD

Vaccines are medical marvels. They've allowed humanity to eradicate infectious diseases and have saved millions of lives worldwide. But they're not risk-free. In this book, vaccine attorney Leah Durant details how people can arm themselves against vaccine injuries — and what they can do if something goes wrong. Durant dives into two federal programs — the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program and
... Leer más
Malignant

How Bad Policy and Bad Evidence Harm People with Cancer

de Vinayak K. Prasad ...

How hype, money, and bias can mislead the public into thinking that many worthless or unproven treatments are effective.Each week, people read about new and exciting cancer drugs. Some of these drugs are truly transformative, offering major improvements in how long patients live or how they feel—but what is often missing from the popular narrative is that, far too often, these new drugs have ... Leer más

$29.49 USD

How hype, money, and bias can mislead the public into thinking that many worthless or unproven treatments are effective.Each week, people read about new and exciting cancer drugs. Some of these drugs are truly transformative, offering major improvements in how long patients live or how they feel—but what is often missing from the popular narrative is that, far too often, these new drugs have
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