Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History-Taking by Lynn Bickley

By Lynn Bickley

The eleventh version of the pre-eminent textbook on actual exam comprises foundational content material to steer students’ methods to heritage taking, interviewing, and different center evaluate abilities, in addition to absolutely illustrated, step by step recommendations that define right functionality of actual exam. The publication encompasses a bright full-color artwork application and an easy-to-follow two-column layout with step by step exam suggestions at the left and abnormalities with differential diagnoses at the correct. the excellent, evidence-based content material is meant for scientific students, high-level nursing schooling and perform markets, in addition to comparable overall healthiness professions comparable to health practitioner assistants.

New for this edition:
--Content has been totally revised and up-to-date to mirror the newest health and wellbeing care literature.
--More than two hundred new and revised images and drawings were additional to raised illustrate key issues within the accompanying text.
--Design and format has been revised to extend discoverability of center fabric and distinct overview tips.
--Techniques of interviewing bankruptcy has been reorganized to supply clearer insights into the talents of empathic listening.

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Medical Myths That Can Kill You: And the 101 Truths That by Nancy L. Snyderman

By Nancy L. Snyderman

Do you recognize what's fantastic for you?

In this age of numerous miracle therapies, it's very important to split the myths that endanger your wellbeing and fitness from the clinical evidence you need.

FACT:
Unfiltered espresso can clog your arteries.

FACT:
Donating blood may perhaps decrease your chance of center disease.

FACT:
You don't actually need 8 glasses of water a day.

FACT:
Coughing won't aid if you're having a middle assault. (But aspirin will!)

We've develop into a country of cyberchondriacs, diagnosing ourselves with fake details and half-truths came upon on sketchy web content. In Medical Myths that could Kill You, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, leader clinical editor for NBC information, offers transparent, functional, scientifically confirmed recommendation that could lead you to a more healthy, happier life.

Discover the straightforward, daily issues that impact healthiness, and get the knowledge you must revitalize your physique, retain your toughness, deal with your care, and probably even shop a life–yours.

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100 Q&A About Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD): A by David L. Burns

By David L. Burns

Greater than 25 million americans be afflicted by gastro-esophageal reflux illness (GERD). even if you've got lately been clinically determined with GERD, are looking to achieve a greater figuring out of GERD, or comprehend an individual who suffers from this , this e-book bargains aid. the single textual content to supply either the patient's and physician's views, this useful source bargains readers authoritative, functional solutions to a hundred of the most typical questions requested approximately GERD.

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Aspirin: The Extraordinary Story of a Wonder Drug by Diarmuid Jeffreys

By Diarmuid Jeffreys

In the course of the global we pop greater than 2 hundred billion of those little white tablets each year. Aspirin is valuable not just opposed to daily diseases, equivalent to complications and fever, but in addition as a preventative remedy for center assaults, strokes, or even a few kinds of cancers. upload to this its beneficiary function in a bunch of different stipulations from Alzheimer's to gum disorder, and you have got a medication of unheard of significance to humanity, let alone sizeable enterprise. but till 1971 we didn't even understand how Aspirin labored. during this interesting and informative booklet Diarmuid Jeffreys follows the outstanding and dramatic tale of the drug from its origins in old Egypt, via its business improvement on the finish of the 19th century and its key function within the nice flu pandemic of 1918 to its next exploitation via the pharmaceutical conglomerates.

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Textbook of Erectile Dysfunction by Carson C.C. (Ed), Kirby R. S. (Ed), Goldstein I.

By Carson C.C. (Ed), Kirby R. S. (Ed), Goldstein I.

Erectile disorder (ED) impacts 20-30 million American males, such a lot of whom are over 50 years of age. In a UK-based research, 32% of British males had trouble acquiring an erection, 20% with protecting an erection. lately the body structure and pathophysiology of ED have replaced our realizing of what ED is from a merely psychological-based ailment to a multifactorial one, with neurological, endocrinological, mental components and the function of the vascular approach. lately pointed out threat elements contain diabetes, heart problems, spinal wire damage, smoking, melancholy, atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, pelvic surgical procedure and trauma, pharmacological drugs, arthritis, peripheral vascular ailment, substance abuse, endocrine abnormalities and peptic ulcer illness. Many ED sufferers have a mix of those danger elements, hence exacerbating ED extra. The therapy of ED used to be revolutionized in 1998 with the advent of sildenafil. Beside those oral remedies, more recent injectable brokers are being investigated as are topical arrangements. although, now not all sufferers are tolerant of oral brokers, many sufferers nonetheless require penile reconstruction with penile implants, an choice with low problems and morbidity. there are alternatives for all sufferers and this glorious, up to date textual content, edited via many of the world's major professionals - Culley Carson, Roger Kirby and Irwin Goldstein - discusses all of them.

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Kinematic Analysis of Human Movement (Focus) by Laurence Cheze

By Laurence Cheze

After a brief survey of the recognized pioneers of human move research and the particular wishes in several domain names, this booklet offers the most kinds of platforms available to buy (with the professionals and cons), after which info the main everyday: the optoelectronic platforms utilizing passive markers. The theoretical history for joint kinematics calculation is defined, specifying the overseas standardization for parameters experiences. One bankruptcy is devoted to dimension error and their administration, by means of a number of purposes, quite often within the medical fields

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First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 2014 (First Aid Series) by Tao Le, Vikas Bhushan

By Tao Le, Vikas Bhushan

The world's bestselling scientific assessment book--with greater than 1,250 often demonstrated proof and mnemonics.

An unequalled number of 1,250+ must-know evidence and mnemonics supply an entire framework to your USMLE review
• Updates and new evidence in response to the biggest pupil survey in First relief history
• 350+ colour scientific images with new arrows and captions
• New composite diagrams combine advanced techniques for simple memorization
• up-to-date rapid-review part for last-minute cramming
• multiplied school assessment technique with nationally identified USMLE instructors
• loose real-time updates and corrections at www.firstaidteam.com

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Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgical Oncology by Martin M. Malawer, James C. Wittig, Jacob Bickels

By Martin M. Malawer, James C. Wittig, Jacob Bickels

Operative ideas in Orthopaedic Surgical Oncology offers full-color, step by step causes of all operative approaches in orthopaedic oncology. this article comprises the chapters from the oncology part in Sam W. Wiesel's Operative recommendations in Orthopaedic surgical procedure. Written by means of specialists from top associations around the globe, this fantastically illustrated quantity specializes in mastery of operative recommendations and likewise offers an intensive realizing of ways to pick the easiest technique, tips to keep away from problems, and what results to count on. Accompanying the e-book is a better half web site with the absolutely searchable textual content and procedural videos.

The common layout is perfect for fast preoperative overview of the stairs of a approach. each one process is damaged down step-by-step, with full-color intraoperative photos and drawings that exhibit find out how to practice every one approach. broad use of bulleted issues and tables permits speedy and straightforward reference.

Each medical challenge is mentioned within the related structure: definition, anatomy, actual tests, pathogenesis, traditional historical past, actual findings, imaging and diagnostic stories, differential analysis, non-operative administration, surgical administration, pearls and pitfalls, postoperative care, results, and issues.

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