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Endometriosis materializes when the endometrium — the tissue that lines the inside of the uterus — sheds, but does not exit a woman's body during her period. Instead, it grows outside of the uterus, spreading to organs and nerves in and around the pelvic region. The resulting pain is so physically and emotionally insufferable that it can mercilessly dominate a woman's life. The average woman with endometriosis is twenty-seven years old before...
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"For any woman who has experienced illness, chronic pain, or endometriosis comes an inspiring memoir advocating for recognition of women's health issues. In the fall of 2010, Abby Norman's strong dancer's body dropped forty pounds and gray hairs began to sprout from her temples. She was repeatedly hospitalized in excruciating pain, but the doctors insisted it was a urinary tract infection and sent her home with antibiotics. Unable to get out of bed,...
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Are you fearful or surrounded by people who are fearful of so many things-terrorists, bullies, losing your job, and more? Are you tired of letting your emotions dictate how you behave, sometimes, hurting other people? Are you tired of being angry because certain people are trying to hurt you? The key to ridding ourselves of destructive emotions and maintaining positive emotions, in spite of our surroundings, is emotional intelligence.
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En este libro de verdad impresionante, Héctor Luis Castillo despeja todas las dudas en torno a esos cinco litros de líquido rojo que recorren sin parar todos los recovecos de nuestro cuerpo para llevar ayuda, recibir quejas y ser el mensajero de los dioses: ¿dónde se forma la sangre? ¿Para qué sirve? ¿Cómo hace para moverse libremente a través de los vasos? ¿Qué relación tienen el aumento o la disminución de glóbulos blancos con el estrés,...
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Aborda las distintas especialidades médicas involucradas en el diagnóstico y seguimiento de la Neurofibromatosis Tipo 1.
Es un pequeño libro que muestra todas las formas de presentación de esta condición genética multifacética con manifestaciones a nivel de piel, ojos, huesos y predisposición a la formación de tumores en el sistema nervioso central y periférico. A pesar de presentar las típicas manchas café con leche en la piel desde la...
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How Patients Think. At age twenty-one, Chloë Atkins began suffering from a mysterious illness, the symptoms of which rapidly worsened. Paralyzed for months at a time, she frequently required intubation and life support. She eventually became quadriplegic, dependent both on a wheelchair and on health professionals who refused to believe there was anything physically wrong with her. When test after test returned inconclusive results, Atkins's doctors...
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25 MEDICAL TESTS YOUR DOCTOR SHOULD TELL YOU ABOUT ...and 15 You Can Do Yourself is an easy-to-use, up-to-date, A-to-Z guide that is a must-have reference book for any home library. This compact guide will give families the basic information they need in the most everyday medical situations, and allow readers to approach doctor visits not with fear, but with the confidence of an informed patient.
Author Deborah Mitchell has provided the essential...
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"In a trance-like state, Albert walks--from Bordeaux to Poitiers, from Chaumont to Macon, and farther afield to Turkey, Austria, Russia--all over Europe. When he walks, he is called a vagrant, a mad man. He is chased out of towns and villages, ridiculed and imprisoned. When the reverie of his walking ends, he's left wondering where he is, with no memory of how he got there. His past exists only in fleeting images"--Dust jacket flap.
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Dermatology Essentials for Medical Assistants is a must-read for anyone wanting a head start in dermatology. This easy-reading guide will allow any medical assistant to hit the ground running in a new office. The book contains information on basic dermatology terms, clinic flow, procedure set up and break down, and everything else you need to know to walk in and contribute to the medical team on day one.
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Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes are dangerous if left unchecked, but with early diagnosis and careful management, people can live long, healthy lives without complications from the disease. Learning about the symptoms is key to detecting diabetes before it becomes a problem, and readers discover those symptoms as they explore this important topic. Enlightening sidebars and full-color photographs enhance the engaging text, and quotes from medical experts...
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"Over thirty years, doctors diagnosed Sarah Fay with six different mental illnesses--anorexia, major depressive disorder (MDD), anxiety disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and bipolar disorder. Pathological is the gripping story of what it was like to live with those diagnoses, and the crippling impact each had on her life. It is also a rigorous investigation into the Diagnostic and Statistical...
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Defining mental disorders is easy but to actually diagnose a patient needs a lot of hard work and proper information. You need to be able to classify the symptoms in order to narrow down to the right diagnosis. A wrong diagnosis could lead to more serious problems later on. This quick DSM-5 study guide helps you begin with the right treatment for the right patient.
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El tratamiento clínico de las conjuntivitis alérgicas es un reto diario de los profesionales de salud visual y ocular, no solo por la alta prevalencia de la alergia ocular, sino por la gran necesidad de controlar las manifestaciones inflamatorias de estas conjuntivitis. Diversas expresiones de la patología alérgica se encuentran principalmente en la población pediátrica, desencadenando síntomas molestos y procesos inflamatorios perjudiciales...
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On average, a physician will interrupt a patient describing her symptoms within eighteen seconds. In that short time, many doctors decide on the likely diagnosis and best treatment. Often, decisions made this way are correct, but at crucial moments they can also be wrong—with catastrophic consequences. In this myth-shattering book, Jerome Groopman pinpoints the forces and thought processes behind the decisions doctors make. Groopman explores...
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From New York Times bestselling author and nationally recognized patient advocate Mary J. Shomon comes a groundbreaking guide to safely managing menopause through a better understanding of and better care for your thyroid. If you're one of the forty million American women struggling through menopause, you probably know all about the symptoms of fatigue, weight gain, and depression. But what you may not know is that the drop in reproductive hormones...
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A Complete, Definitive Guide to Mental Health Care! Do you have questions about mental health care? You're not alone. Despite solid proof that good mental health care can greatly improve both physical health and quality of life, managed care systems have made mental health care a low priority. Without easy access to professional advice from psychologists and psychiatrists, most of us turn to the Internet or the news media for information about mental...
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Jody Berger has discovered this first hand: at forty-three, the award-winning journalist and marathoner sees a doctor about a minor tingling sensation in her hands and feet. One MRI later, she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and told to pick a drug and accept her fate. Instead Jody starts asking questions--only to receive a different diagnosis from each specialist she turns to, from vitamin deficiencies to metal toxicity to depression. In this...
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¿Sabías que puedes realizar una consulta médica a través de tu smartphone y desde la comodidad de tu propia casa? Imagina poder hablar con un médico bien formado y con experiencia sobre cualquier tema que te preocupe y desde cualquier lugar del mundo. Gracias a un joven emprendedor llamado Jeffery Khoury, ahora puedes disponer de los consejos de un equipo de especialistas médicos sin esperas, sin tener que coger el coche y sin necesidad de exponerte...
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