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Paramedic's step-by-step guide to preventing and treating common injuries and illnesses. Includes instructions for administering CPR and first aid and…
advice for dealing with emergencies such as fires, snakebites, and natural disasters. 2012
Clinical nurse and sexuality counselor offers advice for cancer survivors. Uses anecdotes from patients with different types of the disease…
to discuss common issues such as follow-up care, return to work, fear of reoccurrence, depression, fatigue, cognitive difficulties, sex, and childbearing. Includes resources. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011
Chronicles the life of James A. Garfield (1831-1881), the twentieth American president. Highlights Garfield's rise from poverty to the Oval…
Office. Details the attack by deranged office-seeker Charles Guiteau and the medical care that killed Garfield despite the efforts of Alexander Graham Bell. Bestseller. 2011
Harvard Medical School staff and practicing physicians Groopman and Hartzband use research, case studies, and experts to explain the ways…
personal beliefs and conflicting information can aid or impede a patient's choice of treatment. Companion to How Doctors Think (DB 64620). 2011
Urologist Houser and physical therapist Hahn explain the anatomy of the female pelvis and common health problems. They detail the…
causes of urinary incontinence, organ prolapse, and sexual dysfunction and discuss treatment options including at-home exercises and surgical solutions. 2012
Blog posts by Norwegian Regine Stokke (1991-2009), who was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myelogenous leukemia in 2008. Chronicles…
her treatments and details her thoughts about and struggles with cancer. Includes Regine's poetry and messages from family and readers. Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2010
Details scientist Randy Lewis's study of the golden orb weaver spider's silk and its possible uses. Discusses his research with…
transgenic goats--which he injected with spider genes--and provides a basic introduction to DNA and gene theory. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2013
Journalist explains the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act--coined Obamacare--and its effect on various groups, including the insured, the…
uninsured, senior citizens, illegal aliens, and others. Discusses the rollout and details changes in health insurance, long-term care, Medicaid, and Medicare. Offers suggestions to control personal costs. Bestseller. 2013
Teens' guide to coping with a parent's cancer diagnosis. Provides information on the disease and offers advice on communicating with…
family and friends, dealing with stress, and seeking support. Includes accounts from peers and resources. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2013
Former New York Times editor chronicles her own hearing loss and relates the experiences of others with the condition. Investigates…
the causes, effects, and management--with hearing aids and cochlear implants--of this disability. Also discusses tinnitus, vertigo, and research into biological cures. Offers communication tips. 2013
Patient advocate and former lieutenant governor of New York presents a guide to understanding the federal Patient Protection and Affordable…
Care Act, which becomes law in January 2014. Discusses health-insurance exchanges, individual mandates, Medicare, Medicaid, and more. Contains a time line. Bestseller. 2013
Hitchens (1949-2011), author of Why Orwell Matters (DB 74336), chronicles his battle with esophageal cancer, which began with his diagnosis…
in June 2010. Describes accepting the inevitability of death and the questions of faith he dealt with as an avowed atheist. Includes afterword by Hitchens's widow Carol Blue. Bestseller. 2012
Literature professor investigates the world of Mary Shelley as she wrote Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (DB 25835). Profiles literary…
influences, including Lord Byron and Shelley's husband Percy Bysshe Shelley. Discusses eighteenth- and nineteenth-century medical practices such as stealing corpses for dissection and anatomical study. Young adult appeal. 2013
Neurologist and author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (DB 23901) examines the phenomenon, history, and…
treatment of hallucinations. Investigates visual, auditory, and olfactory events. Discusses drug-induced, mind-altering experiences and diseases with hallucinatory symptoms such as Charles Bonnet syndrome, which affects blind individuals. Bestseller. 2012
Fechtor reflects on her life before and after suffering a brain aneurysm at the age of twenty-eight. She describes hospitalizations,…
surgeries that resulted in her losing sight in one eye, and her rehabilitation process, in which her love of food and cooking played a key role. Includes recipes. 2015
Description of the physical, logistical, and emotional aspects of rheumatoid arthritis. Provides patients and caregivers the knowledge to better communicate…
with medical professionals. Includes information on coping strategies, exercise and rehabilitation, medications, alternative and complementary therapies, pregnancy and childbirth, and financial matters, such as disability benefits and insurance. 2014
Journalist surveys the field of neuroscience in the early twenty-first century. Examines research into the use of mechanical interfaces, profiles…
scientists and neurosurgeons, and studies the patients who volunteer to be subjects of experimental techniques and procedures. 2015
Married couple geomorphologist Montgomery and biologist Biklé recount the efforts they have made in transforming their yard into a thriving…
garden and the ways their experiences factored into Biklé's cancer diagnosis. The authors discuss the need for introducing organic material and maintaining a healthful balance with microbes, among other subjects. 2016
Duncan examines the dangers in food production, transportation, storage, and preparation that may result in preventable illness and death. The…
author also includes a broad examination of problems and potential solutions in food safety practices, inspections, and enforcement. 2015