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  • A Life Worth Living

    A Doctor's Reflections on Illness in a High-Tech Era

    by Robert Martensen ...
    Critical illness is a fact of life. Even those of us who enjoy decades of good health are touched by it eventually, either in our own lives or in those of our loved ones. And when this happens, we grapple with serious and often confusing choices about how best to live with our afflictions.A Life Worth Living is a book for people facing these difficult decisions. Robert Martensen, a physician, ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

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    A Citizen's Guide to Policy and Politics

    by Katherine Fierlbeck ...
    Health Care in Canada examines the challenges faced by the Canadian health care system, a subject of much public debate. In this book Katherine Fierlbeck provides an in-depth discussion of how health care decisions are shaped by politics and why there is so much disagreement over how to fix the system.Many Canadians point to health care as a source of national pride; others are highly critical of ... Read more

    $44.29 CAD

  • Drug Muggers

    Which Medications Are Robbing Your Body of Essential Nutrients--and Natural Waysto Restore Them

    by Suzy Cohen ...
    Unpleasant, uncomfortable, and unexplained side effects? Drug Muggers is your side effect solution.Prescription and over-the-counter drugs help millions of people with devastat-ing diseases and chronic conditions. But in the process, these medications can also deplete the body's natural stores of vitamins, minerals, and hormones—the very nutrients you need to keep energy levels high, fend off ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • The Medical Science of House, M.D.

    by Andrew Holtz ...
    How can a teenager adopted at birth nearly die because his real mother didn’t get a measles shot?How can a husband’s faith in his wife’s fidelity determine whether radical treatment will cure her or kill her?How can a missed eye doctor appointment reveal a genetic disease?How can doctors choose the right course for a pregnant woman when one may kill her and the other would abort her fetus?Answers ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Are Your Prescriptions Killing You?

    How to Prevent Dangerous Interactions, Avoid Deadly Side Effects, and Be Healthier with Fewer Drugs

    by Armon B. Neel, Jr., PharmD., Bill Hogan ...
    In an epidemic of overmedication, who can you turn to for help?You most certainly know someone whose life depends on the prescription drugs they take: it may be your husband, who takes sleeping pills to counteract the anxiety his heart medications cause him, or it may be your aging father, who takes upwards of twenty pills a day for everything from arthritis to high blood pressure. But we’ve all ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Older Adults and Walking for Health

    by National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly ...
    Older adults should take part in at least 2.5 hours of moderate to vigorous activity each week. A walking program is an inexpensive, easy and convenient way to improve overall well-being and to enhance quality of life.What are the Benefits of Walking?Increasing physical activity through walking can help with:• decreasing blood glucose levels• decreasing systolic blood pressure• reducing the risk ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD

  • Breast Cancer

    Learn What Is Cause, Risk Factors, Symptom, Diagnosis, Treatment, Health Care

    by National Cancer Institute ...
    Breast cancer is a type of cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas, while those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas. Breast cancer occurs in humans and other mammals. While the overwhelming majority of human cases occur ... Read more

    $6.86 CAD

  • You Still Won't Believe It's Gluten-Free!

    200 More Delicious, Foolproof Recipes You and Your Whole Family Will Love

    by Roben Ryberg ...
    You've been living the gluten-free life for years. Or maybe you've just started. Perhaps your family is complaining you make the same meals over and over again. Whatever has put you in gluten-free boredom, fear not--Roben Ryberg, author of the original You Won't Believe It's Gluten-Free, is back with even more recipes to get you living gluten-free to the fullest.Roben Ryberg has been working with ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Herbal Soap Making: A Complete Homemade Soap Guide for Beginners, Including Dozens of Easy Soap Making Recipes

    by Isabel Jones ...
    The process of making herbal soap is something not many people know about. It is more of an art and creativity rather than just putting effort in producing something useful for you. People are many times skeptical on making homemade herbal soaps but once they start making them, they fall in love with this art. There is a lot of creativity that you can put into this process. Making many types and ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Value of Systems and Complexity Sciences for Healthcare

    Edited by Joachim P Sturmberg ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This visionary reframing of health and healthcare uses a complexity science approach to building healthcare systems that are accessible, effective, and prepared for change and challenges. Its holistic map for understanding the human organism emphasizes the interconnectedness of the individual’s physical, psychological, cognitive, and sociocultural functioning. Applications of this approach are ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Complete Medical Guide and Prevention for Heart Diseases Volume II; Heart Murmur

    by Medical Professionals ...
    Murmurs are pathologic heart sounds that are produced as a result of turbulent blood flow that is sufficient to produce audible noise. Most murmurs can only be heard with the assistance of a stethoscope ("on auscultation").A functional murmur or "physiologic murmur" is a heart murmur that is primarily due to physiologic conditions outside the heart, as opposed to structural defects in the heart ... Read more

    $4.11 CAD

  • The Transformation of Contemporary Health Care

    The Market, the Laboratory, and the Forum

    by Tiago Moreira ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare
    The past three decades have seen enormous changes in the organisation of health care. This book explores the role of knowledge production and technology on these transformations, focusing on the market (attempts to embed principles of economic rationality and efficient use of resources in the shaping and delivery of health care), the laboratory (science, experiments and 'evidence' in the ... Read more

    $100.30 CAD