It is more concise and easier to read than some, yet it covers the breadth of emergency medicine practice more comprehensively than others. The bottom line is that I like this book. Just as previous editions did, the seventh presents all of the most pertinent and up-to-date information in a well-organized format that is comprehensive yet easy to read. That and many of the attractive new features in this current edition will ensure its place on my bookshelf for years to come."--JAMAWith 418 contributors representing over 120 medical centers around the world, Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine is the most practical and clinically rigorous reference of its kind. It covers everything from prehospital care, disaster preparedness, and basic resuscitative techniques, to all the major diseases requiring emergency treatment, such as pulmonary emergencies, renal and GU disorders, and hemophilia. This authoritative, in-depth coverage makes this classic text indispensible not only in emergency departments, but also for residents and practitioners when studying or preparing for any exam they may face.While continuing to provide the most current information for acute conditions, the Seventh Edition of Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine has been substantially revised and updated to cover all of the conditions for which patients seek emergency department care in a concise and easy-to-read-manner.NEW Features• Full-color design with more figures and tables than ever• Reader-friendly chapter presentation makes it easy to find important material.• Updated tables covering drugs and important clinical information• Patient safety considerations and injury prevention are integrated into chapters, as appropriate• Total revision of the dermatology section enables diagnosis by lesion description and body area affected, and provides current treatment• Organ systems sections reorganized to reflect considerations for actual clinical practice.• New chapters: New adult chapters include Natural Disasters, Aneurysms of the Aorta and Major Arteries; Hip and Knee Pain, Aortic Dissection; Acute Urinary Retention; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Intracranial Bleeding; Clotting Disorders; Community –acquired Pneumonia and Noninfectious Pulmonary Infiltrates; Type I Diabetes; Type II Diabetes; Anemia; Tests of Hemostasis; Clotting Disorders; Head Injury in Adults and Children; the Transplant Patient; Grief, Death and Dying; and Legal Issues in Emergency Medicine. Twelve new pediatric chapters including The Diabetic Child, Hematologic-Oncologic Emergencies, Ear and Mastoids, Eye Problems in Infants and Children, Neck Masses, GI Bleeding, Nose and Sinuses, Urologic and Gynecologic Procedures in children, Renal emergencies in children, Behavioral and Psychiatric Disorders in children, Pediatric Procedures, Pediatric ECG Interpretation• Greater coverage of procedures throughout for the most common conditions seen in the emergency department.• Companion DVD features an additional 17 chapters, such as Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Principles of Imaging, Prison Medicine, Military Medicine, The Violent Patient, Forensics, Wound Ballistics, and Drug Interactions.• Companion DVD also features videos and animations for teaching and learning performance of important procedures, especially Ultrasound-Guided Procedures

    It contains realistic advice and information on all the major forms of contraception including emergency contraception, fertility awareness methods and female and male sterilization. Edited and written by leading experts, it also acts as a comprehensive reference on other key aspects of contraception, including: education and counselling; HIV/AIDS and reproductive health; postpartum contraception and lactation; preconception care; adolescent sexual behaviour, pregnancy and childbearing; and contraceptive efficacy.

    Ballentine resolves conflicting views on such controversial issues as the link between modern diet, cancer, and heart disease; the use and misuse of vitamin and mineral supplementation; how much protein is enough; the bran controversy; the "sugar story; " raw vs. cooked; vegetarianism vs. omnivorism; additives and preservatives and much more.

    In easy-to-scan outline format, it provides current, comprehensive, concise, consistent, and clinically relevant guidelines for anesthesia procedures throughout the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative periods and in the ICU. The book has been written, reviewed, updated, and field-tested by the internationally recognized anesthesia department of the Massachusetts General Hospital.This edition includes new information on quality assessment, patient safety, the electronic medical record, and new techniques and medications. A new design makes information easier to access. An alphabetical drug appendix is also included.A PDA version of this edition will also be available. See PDA listing for details.

    SWEAT BATHING AND THE BODYThe phenomenon and function of sweating.Skin, the body's largest organ.Positive effects of negative ions.Spiritual and social implications of sweat bathing.II. SWEAT BATHS AROUND THE WORLDHammans in Turkey.Early Greek and Roman baths.Bathing in Medieval Europe.Finnish sauna, history and influence.Sauna in America today.Bania, the great Russian bath.Sweat baths in Ireland and tribal Africa.Japanese Mushi-Buro in Kyoto.Native American sweat lodge as used by the Navajo and Sioux.Mayan origins of the Mexican Temescal.Eskimo sweat lodges.III. BUILDING YOUR OWN SWEAT BATHA permanent sauna.A simple tent sweat bath.A portable trail sweat bath.A private sweat bathing cubicle.IV. APPENDIXPrecautions.Amenities.Sweat bathing's effects on women.Effects on arthritis and rheumatism; on sleep, hangovers and weight reduction.Sweat bathing with children.Manufacturers and supplies.

    

    Official Edition with 81 pages. Two books in one/Two famous basic plans for exercise and physical fitness. Many b/w photographs and illustrations. - 12-Minute-a-Day Plan for Woman and 11 Minute-a-Day Plan for Men as used by the Canadian Air Force.

    These amazing mineral-rich cell salt remedies offer a simple, effective, inexpensive healing system free of side effects for common ailments from acne and arthritis, depression and fatigue to headaches and back pain.

    

    Beneficial for young and old alike, these easy-to-follow exercises foster a satisfying approach to experience based on appreciation and self-understanding.

    As an authority in both Eastern and Western techniques, Swami Rama presents a philosophy of total health. Maintaining that each individual possesses the responsibility and the tools to regulate his own well-being, he discusses the practical aspects of cleansing, nourishing, being still, utilizing the emotions, self-training, and exercise.

    

    

    This book presents some basics of the art, in a simple form easily employed by the layperson. For qualified instruction on the details and professional applications of Jin Shin Do(r) Acupressure, seek instruction from an authorized, certificated teacher, who will prominently display the Jin Shin Do symbol. For directory of authorized teachers and registered practitioners throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe, write to the Jin Shin Do Foundation for Bodymind Acupressure, TM P.O. Box 1097, Felton, California 95018 USA.

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    This book is the only text of its kind that covers clinical methods and principles; updated content in this edition continues that tradition. Edited by a noted professor of communication disorders, with numerous contributors, this book features 300 illustrations and 41 comprehensive chapters. Chapter topics range from the basics of clinical audiology to developmental disorders, cochlear implants and tactile aids, management of hearing-impaired children and adults, and more.

    Once an alleged fact has been well established, no matter how erroneous it is. all the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Nowhere in this fact so well illustrated as in the history of the efforts to break down the stubborn resistance of science to the idea that the human organism, like the organisms of the lower animals, can safely abstain from food for prolonged periods. Long after thousands of men and women had fasted for periods ranging from a few days to several weeks and were benefitted by the experience, science persisted in repeating, as though it were a fully demonstrated fact, its stupid notion that man cannot fast for more than a few days without dying. Indeed, after some of these long fasts had received much world-wide publicity and some of them had been studied by men of science, the devotees of the modern infallible god. science, continued to repeat the old fallacy that if a man should abstain from food for six days his heart would collapse and he would die.