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  • Promoting the Emotional Well Being of Children and Adolescents and Preventing Their Mental Ill Health

    A Handbook

    This comprehensive guide provides overviews of the key psychological processes affecting mental health, such as development, attachment, emotion regulation and attention, and draws out the implications for preventive measures and promotion of emotional well-being. The authors, from a range of professional disciplines, emphasise the importance of early intervention and prevention, exploring in ... Read more

    $48.39 CAD

  • Myotonic Dystrophy

    by Peter Harper ...
    Series series The Facts
    Myotonic dystrophy is part of the group of muscular dystrophies. It is the commonest inherited muscular dystrophy and has a profound effect on individuals who are diagnosed with the disease and their families. It is present for many decades of a patient's life but, unlike the other dystrophies, it also affects the organs in the body, making this a very distinctive disorder, and a very troubling ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Evolution of Medical Genetics

    A British Perspective

    by Peter Harper ...
    This informative new book presents an accessible account of the development of medical genetics over the past 70 years, one of the most important areas of 20th, and now 21st, century science and medicine. Based largely on the author’s personal involvement and career as a leader in the field over the last half century, both in the UK and internationally, it draws on his interest and involvement in ... Read more

    $100.30 CAD

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  • Sleep

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Why do we need sleep? How much sleep is enough? What is sleep? What happens when we don't get enough? We spend about a third of our lives asleep - it plays a crucial role in our health and wellbeing. References to sleep abound in literature and art, and sleep has been recognized as fundamental to the human condition for thousands of years. Over the past century, our knowledge of how sleep occurs, ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Inducing Labour

    making informed decisions

    by Sara Wickham ...
    When is it better to induce labour than to let a woman’s body or baby decide the best time for birth? What are the pros and cons of waiting and of being induced? What about after the due date? When the baby is thought to be bigger than average? When the woman is older? If she had IVF? Or when her waters have broken earlier than usual?Induction of labour is an increasingly common recommendation and ... Read more

    $10.61 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In Your Own Time

    How western medicine controls the start of labour and why this needs to stop

    by Sara Wickham ...
    Pregnant women and maternity services are facing an induction epidemic. As medical guidelines include more “at risk” categories, women and our already overwhelmed and under resourced maternity systems are increasingly pressured to induce birth before labour begins spontaneously. Women are deemed to be too large and too old, while babies are estimated to be too big and too overdue. But is ‘better ... Read more

    $11.05 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Genome

    The Story of the Most Astonishing Scientific Adventure of Our Time—the Attempt to Map All the Genes in the Human Body

    An "invaluable [and] highly readable" account of the quest to map our DNA, the blueprint for life—and what it means for our future ( The Philadelphia Inquirer).Genome tells the story of the most ambitious scientific adventure of our time. By gradually isolating and identifying all the genes in the human body—the blueprint for life—scientists are closing in on the ability to effectively treat and ... Read more

    $6.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Circadian Rhythms

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The earth's daily rotation affects just about every living creature. From dawn through to dusk, there are changes in light, temperature, humidity, and rainfall. However, these changes are regular, rhythmic and, therefore, predictable. Thus, the near 24 hour circadian rhythm is innate: a genetically programmed clock that essentially ticks of its own accord. This Very Short Introduction explains how ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • The Emperor's New Drugs Brain Shot

    Everyone knows that antidepressant drugs are miracles of modern medicine. Professor Irving Kirsch knew this as well as anyone. But, as he discovered during his research, there is a problem with what everyone knows about antidepressant drugs. It isn't true.This is not a book about alternative medicine and its outlandish claims. This is a book about fantasy and wishful thinking in the heart of ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • p53

    The Gene that Cracked the Cancer Code

    All of us have lurking in our DNA a most remarkable gene, which has a crucial job – it protects us from cancer. Known simply as p53, this gene constantly scans our cells to ensure that they grow and divide without mishap, as part of the routine maintenance of our bodies. If a cell makes a mistake in copying its DNA during the process of division, p53 stops it in its tracks, summoning a repair team ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Secret Body

    How the New Science of the Human Body Is Changing the Way We Live

    'A big-picture forecast of how medicine stands on the threshold of a revolution that will radically change all of our lives' The TimesWelcome to a revolution in the science of you. This landmark new book from award-winning scientist Daniel M. Davis explores the future of the human body.Imagine taking drugs to help you acquire new skills, or knowing years in advance the precise likelihood of ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Molecular Biology

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Molecular Biology is the story of the molecules of life, their relationships, and how these interactions are controlled. It is an expanding field in life sciences, and its applications are wide and growing. We can now harness the power of molecular biology to treat diseases, solve crimes, map human history, and produce genetically modified organisms and crops, and these applications have sparked a ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD