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List of the fellows and members Extra-Licentiates and Licentiates of the Royal College of Physicians of London. 1907... List of the fellows and members Extra-Licentiates and Licentiates of the Royal College of Physicians of London. 1907 (Hardcover)
R969 R881 Discovery Miles 8 810 Save R88 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Selected Roberts Papers - Seven Generations of a Southern Lineage (Hardcover): Charles Stewart Roberts Selected Roberts Papers - Seven Generations of a Southern Lineage (Hardcover)
Charles Stewart Roberts
R1,129 R974 Discovery Miles 9 740 Save R155 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book describes seven generations of a single Roberts lineage in the Southern States. A selection of public and private papers is included which refl ects the times and the temperaments of the authors. The Roberts in this lineage crossed the Blue Ridge in 1770 and were British loyalists on the Virginia frontier at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. In the next three generations, the family settled in newly-opened Indian Territory in South Carolina, Georgia, and Mississippi, respectively. At the outbreak of the Civil War, the Roberts patriarch was a Unionist judge in Georgia, while the eldest son was a Secessionist attorney in Mississippi. The post War generations commenced with a literary college president who was life-long friends with the Candler brothers of Emory and Coca Cola. The next three generations were physicians. The first was the fi rst cardiologist in Georgia and a national medical leader. The second is a researcher in heart disease whose publications and addresses have had worldwide influence in medicine. And the last is author of this book.

Cover Photograph James William ("Will")

Roberts was twelve when this photograph was taken in Atlanta during the Civil War, in which his father, in the 13th Mississippi regiment, had died. To support his mother and younger siblings, Will sold newspapers and apples (shown in the basket he is holding) in front of the Atlanta hardware store of Joseph Spencer Stewart, an Emory College graduate (1849), who later funded the education of Will at Emory College (1st honors,1877) in Oxford, Georgia. Will married Cliff ord Rebecca Stewart, a daughter of Mr. Stewart, and became minister of Trinity Church in Atlanta and president of Wesleyan College in Macon.

The Little Book of Positive Actions - That Can Move Your Life in Big Ways (Hardcover): T. a. Winter The Little Book of Positive Actions - That Can Move Your Life in Big Ways (Hardcover)
T. a. Winter
R566 Discovery Miles 5 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Nothing could ever adequately prepare you to receive a diagnosis of cancer, but when you do, you know instantly that your life has been irrevocably changed. You take up arms and go into battle, not against the disease, but for your life. This "Little Book" is a collection of the lessons I learned while facing my own personal challenge with cancer and what I know to be true.

Diets, Foods and Food Components Effect on Dyslipidemia (Hardcover): Federica Fogacci, Arrigo Cicero, Claudio Borghi Diets, Foods and Food Components Effect on Dyslipidemia (Hardcover)
Federica Fogacci, Arrigo Cicero, Claudio Borghi
R1,936 R1,662 Discovery Miles 16 620 Save R274 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Building Confianza - Empowering Latinos/As Through Transcultural Health Care Communication (Hardcover): Dalia Magaña Building Confianza - Empowering Latinos/As Through Transcultural Health Care Communication (Hardcover)
Dalia Magaña
R3,588 Discovery Miles 35 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
My Twenty Year Journey With PKD In The Dialysis World (Hardcover): Gloria Ann Jeff-Moore My Twenty Year Journey With PKD In The Dialysis World (Hardcover)
Gloria Ann Jeff-Moore
R918 Discovery Miles 9 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Exceptional (Hardcover): Fletcher Johnson Exceptional (Hardcover)
Fletcher Johnson; Edited by Thomas Trzyna
R845 R733 Discovery Miles 7 330 Save R112 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Update on the Management of Non-Obstructive Azoospermia - Current Evidence and Unmet Needs (Hardcover): Giovanni M. Colpi,... Update on the Management of Non-Obstructive Azoospermia - Current Evidence and Unmet Needs (Hardcover)
Giovanni M. Colpi, Ettore Caroppo
R1,322 R1,160 Discovery Miles 11 600 Save R162 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Bayesian Design in Clinical Trials (Hardcover): Paola Berchialla, Ileana Baldi Bayesian Design in Clinical Trials (Hardcover)
Paola Berchialla, Ileana Baldi
R1,331 R1,169 Discovery Miles 11 690 Save R162 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Cloud Messenger - Love and Loss in the Indian Himalayas (Hardcover): Karen Trollope-Kumar Cloud Messenger - Love and Loss in the Indian Himalayas (Hardcover)
Karen Trollope-Kumar
R852 Discovery Miles 8 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 2 a Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies (Hardcover): W Grant... The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 2 a Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies (Hardcover)
W Grant (William Grant) Hague
R998 Discovery Miles 9 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of international literature classics available in printed format again - worldwide.

The Wrong Prescription for Women - How Medicine and Media Create a "Need" for Treatments, Drugs, and Surgery (Hardcover):... The Wrong Prescription for Women - How Medicine and Media Create a "Need" for Treatments, Drugs, and Surgery (Hardcover)
Maureen C. McHugh, Joan C. Chrisler
R2,263 Discovery Miles 22 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This groundbreaking book challenges the medicalized approach to women's experiences including menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause and suggests that there are better ways for women to cope with real issues they may face. Before any woman diets, douches, botoxes, reduces, reconstructs, or fills a prescription for antidepressants, statins, hormones, menstrual suppressants, or diet pills, she should read this book. Contesting common medical practice, the book addresses the many aspects of women's lives that have been targeted as "deficient" in order to support the billion-dollar profits of the medical-pharmacological industry and suggests alternatives to these "remedies." The contributors-psychologists, sociologists, and health experts-are also gender experts and feminist scholars who recognize the ways in which gender is an important aspect of the human experience. In this eye-opening work, they challenge the marketing and "science" that increasingly render women's bodies and experiences as a series of symptoms, diseases, and dysfunctions that require treatment by medical professionals who prescribe pharmaceutical and surgical interventions. Each article in the book addresses the marketing of a specific "condition" that has been constructed in a way that convinces a woman that her body is inadequate or her experience and behavior are not good enough. Among the topics addressed are menstruation, menopause, pregnancy, post-partum adjustment, sexual desire, weight, body dissatisfaction, moodiness, depression, grief, and anxiety. Addresses popular topics including the "thin ideal," the health realities of weight, cosmetic surgery, birth as a medical emergency, sexual desire and menopause, depression, and mourning Critiques the "science" and marketing that sees all women's complaints as symptoms, diseases, and dysfunctions requiring medical treatment Explains how psychological and social factors affect women's health and argues for a more well-founded approach such as using talk therapy first Explains why events like menopause, sexual desire, body dissatisfaction, and grief are examples of issues often not best treated with drugs, but with psychotherapy for permanent resolution Will appeal to all adult women who might, or do, question current medical approaches and media promises

From Thomas to Train Conductor - The Story of a Special Boy (Hardcover): Suzanne Jacobsen From Thomas to Train Conductor - The Story of a Special Boy (Hardcover)
Suzanne Jacobsen
R872 R761 Discovery Miles 7 610 Save R111 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 2010 Kirin Jacobsen walks across the auditorium stage to receive his Bachelor's Degree. For his parents, Suzanne and John Jacobsen, this moment is more than a milestone - it is a celebration of Kirin's courage to overcome enormous obstacles. Follow the Jacobsen family as Kirin grows from a boy who passionately loves Thomas the Tank Engine into a wise and wonderful young man who becomes a train conductor. The Jacobsen family faces many challenges with medical professionals and educators, demonstrating the extent of the advocacy required to support Kirin into adulthood. Individuals with developmental differences and their families are constantly faced with ignorance, complacency, disrespect and misunderstanding. The Jacobsens' story is shared to encourage parents to advocate for their loved ones, and inspire changes that will make a difference in the lives of these individuals.

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (Crps) Explained (Hardcover): G. R. Lauder Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (Crps) Explained (Hardcover)
G. R. Lauder
R755 Discovery Miles 7 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Which Poison Will Change Your Life? - An MCS Survivor's Eye-Opening View into the Socio-Political Forces Which Make... Which Poison Will Change Your Life? - An MCS Survivor's Eye-Opening View into the Socio-Political Forces Which Make Today's "Invisible Illnesses" Possible and Probable (Hardcover)
Glenna J. Chance
R601 Discovery Miles 6 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Are chemicals and electro-smog in your home and workplace making you sick?

Does your doctor tell you that your symptoms are not real? are all in your head?

Has your condition been dismissed or labelled "idiopathic" (and then dismissed)?

Turn on any newscast. Open any newspaper. Read any blog.

What are they talking about? Pollution, global warming, and our skyrocketing disease rate. With so many research studies, how can these intricately-related topics still be called "controversial" and the results "inconclusive"? How can the scientists giving advice all have different versions of scientific fact? What and whom are we supposed to believe?

Real science doesn't lie! The answers and solution are clear. Read this book to discover why today's so-called invisible illnesses are never idiopathic and to learn how to hold your own within a system that gets you sick, keeps you sick, and wants you sick!

Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Sub-Saharan Africa (Hardcover): Michael Charles Kew Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Sub-Saharan Africa (Hardcover)
Michael Charles Kew
R727 Discovery Miles 7 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The book comprehensively covers all aspects of hepatocellular carcinoma (cancer) as it occurs in sub-Saharan black Africans and how the cancer differs from that in other parts of the world, in most of which it occurs infrequently. The first chapter is introduced with a discussion of the difficulty in recording all cases of this cancer in sub Saharan Africa and then covers its epidemiology, emphasising the very high incidence of liver cancer in sub Saharan black Africans. The relatively young age at which the tumor occurs in comparison with the older age of the patients in resource-rich regions is stressed. The sex distribution of the cancer is also discussed. The second chapter describes the ways in which hepatocellular cancer presents in black Africans, its symptoms and signs, and how its presentation differs from that in other parts of the world. The third chapter summarises the grave outlook for patients with the tumor, the very short survival times of the patients, and the reasons for their deaths. The fourth chapter discusses the diagnosis of the cancer and why this is far more difficult than it is in resource-rich countries. The fifth chapter deals with the pathology of the tumor-its similarities and differences from that in other parts of the world. The sixth chapter is the longest in the book, and it deals comprehensively with the causes of liver cancer in sub-Saharan Africa. The major cause is chronic infection with the hepatitis B virus, an infection acquired in early childhood, and the possible mechanisms by which this may cause the cancer. Other less common but still important causes in the subcontinent-such as exposure to the fungal carcinogen, aflatoxin, chronic hepatitis C virus infection, dietary iron overload among Africans, and membranous obstruction of the inferior vena cava-are also discussed. The seventh chapter discusses the difficulty in treating hepatocellular cancer and the poor results obtained in sub-Saharan Africa in comparison with the results of treatment in industrialized countries. The penultimate chapter presents possible ways to prevent the cancer or, at least, to detect it at a far earlier time than is currently the case and when it may be more amenable to treatment. The current status of vaccination in preventing hepatitis B virus infection, and hence liver cancer, is discussed in detail. The final chapter asks the question, "How can we improve the diagnosis and treatment of this dreadful malignant disease?"

Beauty By Design - The Artistry of Plastic Surgery (Hardcover): Malcolm W. Marks, Christopher a Park Beauty By Design - The Artistry of Plastic Surgery (Hardcover)
Malcolm W. Marks, Christopher a Park
R854 Discovery Miles 8 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
ESAP (TM) 2018: Endocrine Self-Assessment Program - Questions, Answers, Discussions, Reference Edition (Hardcover): Lisa R... ESAP (TM) 2018: Endocrine Self-Assessment Program - Questions, Answers, Discussions, Reference Edition (Hardcover)
Lisa R Tannock
R2,390 Discovery Miles 23 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Endocrine Self-Assessment Program (ESAP (TM)), Reference Edition 2018 is a self-study curriculum for physicians and health professionals wanting a self assessment and a broad review of endocrinology. It consists of 120 brand-new multiple choice questions in all areas of endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. There is extensive discussion of each correct answer, a comprehensive syllabus, and references. ESAP is updated annually with new questions. Customers are advised that this book is a reference edition and the questions in it are designed for self-study and reference. The content is the same as the non-reference edition, but CME and MOC credits are not available upon completion of the material. Anyone with questions about CME and/or MOC credits should consult www.endocrine.org/store for further information.

Environmental Cns Stimulation In Aging, Health And Disease (Hardcover): Lei Cao Environmental Cns Stimulation In Aging, Health And Disease (Hardcover)
Lei Cao
R3,838 Discovery Miles 38 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Social and environmental factors have profound impacts on health and diseases across the lifespan. Each year, hundreds of millions of animals are used in biomedical research. Yet many experimental studies utilize animals housed in standard conditions conferring minimal physical, social, and mental stimulation. Lacking appreciation of macroenvironment impacts on physiology and disease risks of the laboratory animals may not only hinder the use of appropriate animal models for human diseases, but also question the validity of preclinical assessments of therapeutic agents.This book summarizes our work on environmental enrichment, a housing condition for laboratory animals, recapitulating an active lifestyle by providing a complex physical, social, and cognitive stimulations. Environmental enrichment exerts a wide range of benefits on energy balance, cancer, immunity, stress, behavior, and healthy aging. One underlying mechanism is the activation of a specific neuroendocrine brain-adipocyte axis with brain-derived neurotrophic factor as the key brain mediator. This book integrates recent discoveries regarding mechanisms, mediators, and biomarkers of environmental enrichment, and discusses its translational potential.By providing a timely review and discussion of murine models, this book should be of interest to basic, translational, and clinical researchers, as well as psychologists, nutrition scientists, and students that have interest in cancer, obesity, aging, and genetic disorders.

Analysing Health Communication - Discourse Approaches (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Gavin Brookes, Daniel Hunt Analysing Health Communication - Discourse Approaches (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Gavin Brookes, Daniel Hunt
R4,932 Discovery Miles 49 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This edited book showcases original research in the study of healthcare and health communication, while also providing a detailed overview of contemporary methods of discourse analysis. Discourse approaches remain under-represented in the field of health communication, despite their potential for affording detailed understanding of health-related text and talk across an array of contexts, for example in face-to-face and digital healthcare encounters, health promotion, and patients' accounts of illness experiences. This book aims to address this gap in the literature by offering the first book-length treatment of different approaches to discourse analysis in health(care) and illness contexts, and it will appeal both to linguists and to researchers in nursing and health sciences, sociology and anthropology.

On the Go (Hardcover): Greg McCaffrey Micn Micp On the Go (Hardcover)
Greg McCaffrey Micn Micp
R1,160 Discovery Miles 11 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Simple Gifts - Memoirs of a Hometown Doctor (Hardcover): Harold S Jenkins Simple Gifts - Memoirs of a Hometown Doctor (Hardcover)
Harold S Jenkins
R734 Discovery Miles 7 340 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Journey of My Heart - A Memoir (Hardcover): Mary Ann Sheveland Journey of My Heart - A Memoir (Hardcover)
Mary Ann Sheveland
R638 Discovery Miles 6 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

December 9, 2003, is a day Mary Ann Sheveland will never forget. With the sun just coming up and a fresh pot of coffee perking in the kitchen, she walked into the bedroom she shared with her husband that early December morning and found him dead. Death had come quickly and silently; he was gone.

In Mary Ann's memoir, "Journey of My Heart," she shares a story written with love, humility, and a great amount of faith. It is an account of emotional courage, determination, and the desire to have the best quality of life in our allotted time. She chronicles the challenges faced when caring for a terminally ill spouse and the love that she and her husband shared during the good and the bad times of their crisis.

"Journey of My Heart" also tells how Mary Ann overcame grief using the tools of music, journaling, travel, and the various social activities she depended upon to put her in a positive frame of mind. She hopes to help illuminate the steps along the slippery road of a progressively worsening medical condition. Gradually, with every day, she became stronger, more independent, and at peace with her new life. She emerged from grief a completely different person; she is a survivor.

The Keeper of the Stories - Tales from a Life in Medicine (Hardcover): Michael Levin The Keeper of the Stories - Tales from a Life in Medicine (Hardcover)
Michael Levin
R732 Discovery Miles 7 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Greetings from Cancerland - Writing the Journey to Recovery (Hardcover): Alysa Cummings Greetings from Cancerland - Writing the Journey to Recovery (Hardcover)
Alysa Cummings
R615 R559 Discovery Miles 5 590 Save R56 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Shortly after Alysa Cummings was diagnosed with breast cancer, she sat down at her laptop computer and began keeping a journal. Over the two years of her cancer treatment, Alysa continued writing as she moved through the healthcare delivery system:

"I fantasized that I could somehow use my computer to craft a story with an upbeat next chapter or fairy tale happily-ever-after ending. Looking back, that's the only explanation I can come up with, why I felt so compelled to create a record of my day-to-day experiences as a cancer patient. The one thing I could control were these words that crowded each other as they quickly appeared on my computer screen; these stories that flowed through my fingertips in such a manic rush; these traumatic adventures that happened to me in a place I began to call CancerLand.

CancerLand: it's this parallel universe, I swear, separate and apart from the rest of life as I once knew it. How did I end up in this wacky Bizarro World filled with freaky language and even stranger rituals? "

Gradually her daily journal entries became vignettes and poems that were published on the OncoLink website. Greetings from CancerLand, a collection of Alysa's writing from 2002-2012, charts one breast cancer survivor's journey as she discovers the power of writing to move her recovery forward.

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