2nd edition. — Wiley, 2024. — 416 p. — ISBN: 978-1394266340, 1394266340. An essential guide to help you demystify the complex topic of neurobiology and jump into this fascinating scientific field. Neurobiology is a notoriously difficult subject, but Neurobiology For Dummies explains the essentials in terms anyone can understand. This fun and accessible book covers the...
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2021. — 225 p. Basic curiosity-driven biomedical science has delivered many of today’s most significant medical advances. This book provides clearly explained examples from recent biomedical history and includes convincing arguments for sustaining a robust portfolio of basic research. Intended as an engaging read, that will delight undergraduate and...
Little, Brown Spark, ISBN-10: 0316343692, 2017. - p. 352. A leading epidemiologist shares his "powerful and necessary" stories from the front lines of our war on infectious diseases and explains how to prepare for global epidemics (Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone). Unlike natural disasters, whose destruction is concentrated in a limited area over days, and illnesses,...
2nd edition. — DK Publishing, 2022. — 258 p. A simple, visual symptom checker that helps you match your symptoms and health problems to possible conditions, and quickly directs you to the correct treatment. Whether it's a symptom you've been ignoring for a while or something like a sudden pain after a fall, this book tells you what it could be and what action to take....
DK Publishing, 2021. — 336 p. — ISBN: 9780241471258. How are illnesses diagnosed? What is cancer? Why are some pandemics so deadly? This book explores big questions like these, explaining the breakthroughs and discoveries that have shaped our modern-day understanding of medicine and helped us protect and promote our health. Written in plain English, The Medicine Book cuts...
DK Publishing, 2021. — 336 p. — ISBN: 9780241471258. How are illnesses diagnosed? What is cancer? Why are some pandemics so deadly? This book explores big questions like these, explaining the breakthroughs and discoveries that have shaped our modern-day understanding of medicine and helped us protect and promote our health. Written in plain English, The Medicine Book cuts...
3rd Edition. — John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2023. — 419 p. — ISBN: 978-1-394-17121-7. A fascinating look at what's rattling around in your skull. Neuroscience For Dummies introduces you to the mind-boggling study of the human brain. It tracks the content of a typical introductory neuroscience class at the college level - and it's perfect for anyone curious about what makes us tick....
2nd Edition. — DK Publishing, 2022. — 254 p. — ISBN: 978-0-2415-3783-1. Whether it's a symptom you have been ignoring for a while or something like a sudden pain after a fall, this ebook tells you what it could be and what action to take. Check out any health problem and discover what it might be and what you should do. A series of head-to-toe visual diagnostic guides help you...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2020. — 150 p. From the author of How Emotions Are Made, a captivating collection of short essays about your brain, in the tradition of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry and Seven Brief Lessons on Physics. Have you ever wondered why you have a brain? Let renowned neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett demystify that big gray blob...
Dorling Kindersley, 2021. — 336 p. How are illnesses diagnosed? What is cancer? Why are some pandemics so deadly? This book explores big questions like these, explaining the breakthroughs and discoveries that have shaped our modern-day understanding of medicine and helped us protect and promote our health. Written in plain English, The Medicine Book cuts through the jargon and...
Princeton University Press, 2022. — 248 p. — ISBN: 9780691237077. By the time a baby is born, its brain is equipped with billions of intricately crafted neurons wired together through trillions of interconnections to form a compact and breathtakingly efficient supercomputer. Zero to Birth takes you on an extraordinary journey to the very edge of creation, from the moment of an...
New York: DK, 2020. — 224 p. Are men's and women's brains really different? Why are teenagers impulsive and rebellious? And will it soon be possible to link our brains together via the Cloud? Drawing on the latest neuroscience research, this visual guide makes the hidden workings of the human brain simple to understand. How the Brain Works begins with an introduction to the...
Black Inc., 2020. — 462 p. — ISBN: 9781743821275 When discussing modern medicine there is a lot to consider. There are the complexities of the doctor/patient relationship. The wellbeing of doctors. How responsible treatment and the law sometimes intersect poorly. Where the responsibility for health and resultant care truly lies. The list goes on. The Medicine, written by doctor...
2nd Edition. — Family Tree Books, 2019. — 272 p. — eISBN 9781440300585. Discover the answers to your family history mysteries using the most cutting edge tool available. This plain-English guide (newly updated and expanded to include th latest DNA developments) will teach you what DNA tests are available; the pros and cons of the major testing companies; and how to choose the...
Manchester: Carcanet, 2015. — 455 p. In this wide-reaching abecedarium, doctor and poet Iain Bamforth dissects the conflict of values embodied in what we call medicine — never entirely a science and no longer quite the art it used to be. Bamforth brings to bear his experience of medicine from around the world, from the hightech American Hospital of Paris to community health...
Grand Central Publishing, 2009. — 304 p. — ISBN: 978-0446558761 (ebook). An unborn baby with a fatal heart defect... a skier submerged for an hour in a frozen Norwegian lake... a comatose brain surgery patient whom doctors have declared a "vegetable." Twenty years ago all of them would have been given up for dead, with no realistic hope for survival. But today, thanks to...
Family Tree Books, 2016. — 240 p. — ISBN: 978-1440345326. Discover the answers to your family history mysteries using the most-cutting edge tool available. This plain-English guide is a one-stop resource for how to use DNA testing for genealogy. Inside, you'll find guidance on what DNA tests are available, plus the methodologies and pros and cons of the three major testing...
Minneapolis: Essential Library, 2015. — 115 p. Thrilling new discoveries in science and technology are announced almost daily. Cutting-Edge Science and Technology keeps readers at the forefront of new research. Brain Sciencecovers fascinating cutting-edge neuroscience topics, from brain-to-brain communication systems to thought-controlled limbs and brain-mapping technologies....
Enslow Pub, 2009. — 128 p. — (Ace Your Biology Science Project). — ISBN: 978-0766032187. How does antibacterial soap affect bacteria? What diet meets your energy requirements? How can you measure blood pressure, metabolic rate, and calories? Young scientists learn about the scientific method while experimenting with hygiene and health. Many experiments in this book include...
DK Publishing, 2018. — 256 p. — ISBN: 978-1465459145. A simple, visual symptom checker that helps you match your symptoms and health problems to possible conditions, and quickly directs you to the correct treatment. Whether it's a symptom you've been ignoring for a while or something like a sudden pain after a fall, this book tells you what it could be and what action to take....
Doubleday, 2016. In 2014, James Hamblin launched a series of videos for The Atlantic called "If Our Bodies Could Talk." With it, the doctor-turned-journalist established himself as a seriously entertaining authority in the field of health. Now, in illuminating and genuinely funny prose, Hamblin explores the human stories behind health questions that never seem to go away — and...
Adams Media, 2017. — 391 p. Our genetic makeup determines so much about who we are, and what we pass on to our children — from eye color, to height, to health, and even our longevity. Genetics 101 breaks down the science of how genes are inherited and passed from parents to offspring, what DNA is and how it works, how your DNA affects your health, and how you can use your...
BBC Books, 2012. — 272 p. Set in Glasgow in the 1930s, Young James Herriot is the fascinating story of Herriot’s formative years at veterinary college, recounting the tales behind his calling to work with animals and his early friendships. With no modern drugs, and a lot of trial-and-error, James sets about learning how to treat the local farm animals and the pets of city folk....
New York: National Geographic, 2017. — 320 p. — ISBN10: 142621846X; ISBN13: 978-1426218460 Written by the leading researchers in the field, this information-rich guide to improving your mood explains how gut health drives psychological well-being, and how depression and anxiety can be relieved by adjusting your intestinal bacteria. This groundbreaking book explains the...
New York: National Geographic, 2017. — 320 p. — ISBN10: 142621846X; ISBN13: 978-1426218460 Written by the leading researchers in the field, this information-rich guide to improving your mood explains how gut health drives psychological well-being, and how depression and anxiety can be relieved by adjusting your intestinal bacteria. This groundbreaking book explains the...
New York: National Geographic, 2009. — 354 p. Did you know that listening to music tunes up your brain? Or that certain foods can help maintain mental fitness? Or that exercise can keep both body and mind in good shape? Delving into the science behind these strategies, Brain goes even deeper to reveal the brain’s inner workings. Overseen by distinguished neuropsychiatrist Dr....
Eighteenth Edition. — Cambridge University Press, 2008. — 246 p. Learning Medicine is a must-read for anyone thinking of a career in medicine, or who is already in the training process and wants to understand and explore the various options and alternatives along the way. Whatever your background, whether you are school-leaver or mature student, if you are interested in finding...
Quick American Archives, 2008. — 270 p. — ISBN: 9780932551863 An estimated 40 million Americans have medical symptoms that marijuana can relieve. Marijuana Medical Handbook is a one-stop resource that gives candid, objective advice on using marijuana for healing, understanding its effects on the body, safe administration, targeting illnesses, side effects, and the various...
Left Coast Press, 2011. — 296 p. — ISBN: 978-1-61132-097-8. Surface Tensions is an expansive, yet intimate study of how people remake themselves after catastrophic bodily change — the loss of limbs, the loss of function, the loss or replacement of organs. Against a sweeping cultural backdrop of art, popular culture, and the history of science and medicine, Manderson uses...
Hoboken: Wiley, 2014. — 412 p. The approachable, comprehensive guide to neurobiology Neurobiology rolls the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the nervous system into one complex area of study. Neurobiology For Dummies breaks down the specifics of the topic in a fun, easy-to-understand manner. The book is perfect for students in a variety of scientific fields ranging from...
Skyhorse Publishing, 2017. — 142 p. — ISBN10: 151071250X, ISBN13: 978-1510712508. Charles Darwin considered them extraneous, but this witty book sheds moderns scientific light on the Darwin Six --appendix, tailbone, "third eyelid," wisdom teeth, external ear muscles, body hair -- once considered useless, now known to be both valuable and interesting, plus a chapter on the true...
McGraw-Hill, 2015. — 545 p. Evidence-based medicine involves the careful interpretation of medical studies and its clinical application. And no resource helps you do it better-and faster-than this book. This streamlined reference distills the most clinically-relevant coverage from the parent Users' Guide Manual into one highly-focused, portable resource. Praised for its clear...
Dorling Kindersley, 2016. — 322 p. Medicine tells the fascinating story of the discipline, from ancient times to the present day, charting developments in healing, diagnosis, surgery, and drugs in a vividly visual and accessible format. Follow the gory pitfalls and the miraculous breakthroughs of medical history from trepanning, bloodletting, and body snatching to the latest...
Dorling Kindersley, 2016. — 320 p. — ISBN: 978-1465453419. Medicine tells the fascinating story of the discipline, from ancient times to the present day, charting developments in healing, diagnosis, surgery, and drugs in a vividly visual and accessible format. Follow the gory pitfalls and the miraculous breakthroughs of medical history from trepanning, bloodletting, and body...
Was diabetes evolution's response to the last Ice Age? Did a deadly genetic disease help our ancestors survive the bubonic plagues of Europe? Will a visit to the tanning salon help lower your cholesterol? Why do we age? Why are some people immune to HIV? Can your genes be turned on -- or off? Joining the ranks of modern myth busters, Dr. Sharon Moalem turns our current...
New York: For Dummies, 2016. — 324 p. Investigating how your senses work, how you move, and how you think and feel, Neuroscience For Dummies, 2nd Edition is your straight-forward guide to the most complicated structure known in the universe: the brain. Covering the most recent scientific discoveries and complemented with helpful diagrams and engaging anecdotes that help bring...
Random House, 2015. — 256 p. In Alpha Docs, Daniel Muñoz, M.D., recounts his transformation from wide-eyed young medical student to caring, empathetic professional — providing a rare inside look into the day-to-day operations of one of the world’s most prestigious medical institutions. The training is arduous and often unforgiving, as Muñoz and his colleagues are schooled by a...
London: Nobrow Press, 2013. — 126 p. Do you know what your brain is made of? How does memory function? What is a neuron and how does it work? For that matter what's a comic? And in the words of Lewis Carroll's famous caterpillar: "Who are you?". Neurocomic is a journey through the human brain: a place of neuron forests, memory caves, and castles of deception. Along the way,...
Basic Books, 2013. — 320 p. Despite the widespread belief that natural is better when it comes to sex, pregnancy, and parenting, most of us have no idea what “natural” really means; the origins of our reproductive lives remain a mystery. Why are a quarter of a billion sperm cells needed to fertilize one egg? Are women really fertile for only a few days each month? How long...
Berkeley, California: Hesperian Foundation, 2010. — 230 p. Where There Is No Dentist is a companion volume to the village health care handbook, Where There Is No Doctor . Together, the books encourage people to take the lead in caring for their own health. This approach to health care implies respect for the dignity of all persons, as well as confidence in their...
N.-Y.: Springer, 2015. — 558 p. This book offers a clearly written, entertaining and comprehensive source of medical information for both writers and readers of science fiction. Science fiction in print, in movies and on television all too often presents dubious or simply incorrect depictions of human biology and medical issues. This book explores the real science behind such...
Aşgabat: Hesperian fondu, 2012. — 36; 462 s. — ISBN: 0-942364-15-5 Family Health. Medicine in simple terms. Bu ýönekeýje ilkinji lukmançylyk kömegi baradaky kitapdan hem has giň göwrümli kitapdyr. Ol içgeçmeden başlap tä inçekesele çenli öý bejerilişiniň zyýanly ýa-da peýdaly taraplary baradaky maglumatlardan başlap, tä belli bir häzirki zaman dermanlaryň ulanylyşynyň...
Springer Science+Business Media, 2009. — 145 p. — ISBN10: 1441910336. Advice to the Young Physician introduces the origins of important teachings that form the basis of medicine as it has been taught by some of history's greatest educators in medicine. Advice to the Young Physician reveals how to make the transition from technician to healer. This book reinforces the humanistic...
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