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This practical manual explains a comprehensive, alternative system
of diagnosis and treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain.
Medications and commonly available physical therapies often give
only temporary relief. The success of the intramuscular stimulation
method described here has led to a new model for chronic pain. The
manual, and the techniques described in it, will be invaluable to
those seeking a more effective physical modality for the management
of chronic musculoskeletal pain.a practical clinical manual showing
a clear and coherent approach to the treatment of pain written by
Dr Gunn who is an acknowledged expert in this area excellent
illustrations guide the practitioner through the techniques
described
Svadhyaya (self-reflective) Breath Journal is a companion workbook
to Restoring Prana. Restoring Prana is a training manual on
transformative breathing for yoga therapists, yoga teachers and
bodyworkers and it presents a new way of understanding and applying
breath to a wide range of ailments. Each chapter in Restoring Prana
ends with specific practices that the reader is asked to track in a
breath journal and this workbook provides a pre-formulated journal
for this purpose. This workbook follows the chapter chronology of
the parent text, with the key concepts highlighted and with space
for breath charts, logs and reflection.. Svadhyaya Breath Journal
is the perfect companion to Restoring Prana and highlights the
importance of practical application of theory discussed in the
parent book.
This superbly written text gives students, residents, and practitioners the edge in understanding the mechanisms and clinical management of acid-base disorders. Presents the core information to understand renal and electrolyte physiology, and reviews the treatment rationale for all major acid-base and electrolyte disturbances. The entire text is exhaustively revised, and now includes questions and answers in each chapter.
Native Americans long resisted Western medicine - but had less
power to resist the threat posed by Western diseases. And so, as
the Office of Indian Affairs reluctantly entered the business of
health and medicine, Native peoples reluctantly began to allow
Western medicine into their communities. Fighting Invisible Enemies
traces this transition among inhabitants of the Mission Indian
Agency of Southern California from the late nineteenth through the
mid-twentieth century. What historian Clifford E. Trafzer describes
is not so much a transition from one practice to another as a
gradual incorporation of Western medicine into Indian medical
practices. Melding indigenous and medical history specific to
Southern California, his book combines statistical information and
documents from the federal government with the oral narratives of
several tribes. Many of these oral histories - detailing
traditional beliefs about disease causation, medical practices, and
treatment - are unique to this work, the product of the author's
close and trusted relationships with tribal elders. Trafzer
examines the years of interaction that transpired before Native
people allowed elements of Western medicine and health care into
their lives, homes, and communities. Among the factors he cites as
impelling the change were settler-borne diseases, the negative
effects of federal Indian policies, and the sincere desire of both
Indians and agency doctors and nurses to combat the spread of
disease. Here we see how, unlike many encounters between Indians
and non-Indians in Southern California, this cooperative effort
proved positive and constructive, resulting in fewer deaths from
infectious diseases, especially tuberculosis. The first study of
its kind, Trafzer's work fills gaps in Native American, medical,
and Southern California history. It informs our understanding of
the working relationship between indigenous and Western medical
traditions and practices as it continues to develop today.
Bristol - 1953 It's Coronation Year. A new beginning in the
aftermath of war, but there are still battles to be fought and
secrets to be kept. Charlotte Hennessey-White copes with the
shortcomings of her marriage and throws herself into helping
refugees unwelcome by some and exploited by others. Edna Burbage
has three beautiful children and considers herself lucky until the
advent of a deadly twentieth century disease makes her think
otherwise. Polly Chandler still hopes for a better life, but there
are too many obstacles standing in her way. These three women lived
through a war, can they now cope with the demands of peace? Praise
for Lizzie Lane: 'A gripping saga and a storyline that will keep
you hooked' Rosie Goodwin 'The Tobacco Girls is another
heartwarming tale of love and friendship and a must-read for all
saga fans.' Jean Fullerton 'Lizzie Lane opens the door to a past of
factory girls, redolent with life-affirming friendship, drama, and
choices that are as relevant today as they were then.' Catrin
Collier 'If you want an exciting, authentic historical saga then
look no further than Lizzie Lane.' Fenella J Miller
This book provides a road map for defining the care of acute heart
failure (HF) patients in the short stay or observation unit
setting. Supported by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care, a
quality improvement organization that trains and accredits over
1,000 hospitals for heart failure, chest pain, and atrial
fibrillation management, it presents a description of the problem,
defines the measures of success, elucidates the implementation of
interventions required to be successful, and provides the tools to
insure quality HF management. Fully updated and revised, the Third
Edition discusses administrative and regulatory issues relating to
HF management; pathophysiology and demographics of acute HF;
emergency department assessment and treatment of acute HF;
admission, treatment, and disposition of acute heart failure in
short stay units; and resources such as clinical pathways,
algorithms, and patient education tools that can be directly
utilized in various healthcare settings. Short Stay Management of
Acute Heart Failure, Third Edition, is an essential guide for
cardiologists, emergency physicians, and hospital administrators,
as well as for institutions wishing to be recognized as quality
heart failure centers.
Malaria sickens hundreds of millions of people--and kills one to
three million--each year. Despite massive efforts to eradicate the
disease, it remains a major public health problem in poorer
tropical regions. But malaria has not always been concentrated in
tropical areas. How did other regions control malaria and why does
the disease still flourish in some parts of the globe?
From Russia to Bengal to Palm Beach, Randall Packard's
far-ranging narrative traces the natural and social forces that
help malaria spread and make it deadly. He finds that war, land
development, crumbling health systems, and globalization--coupled
with climate change and changes in the distribution and flow of
water--create conditions in which malaria's carrier mosquitoes
thrive. The combination of these forces, Packard contends, makes
the tropical regions today a perfect home for the disease.
Authoritative, fascinating, and eye-opening, this short history
of malaria concludes with policy recommendations for improving
control strategies and saving lives.
The world is witnessing a burgeoning global epidemic of chronic
cerebro- and cardiovascular disease and depression disorders. The
reader will find this comprehensive book to be a long-needed,
up-to-date knowledge base on these increasingly recognized comorbid
conditions that have long-term consequences for individual function
and well-being and society in general. This comprehensive book
outlines the complex and bidirectional relationship between various
types of depression and cerebro- and cardiovascular diseases. It is
written by a range of experts in the field, including
psychiatrists, cardiologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, and
epidemiologists, with the aim of presenting and discussing the most
recent evidence on the pathophysiology, neurobiology, and clinical
presentation of these common and disabling comorbid conditions and
the available pharmacological, psychological, and behavioral
interventions. By elucidating the underlying clinical and
neurobiological mechanisms in the brain and the rich interplay
between the body and the brain biology, the book brings together
the latest knowledge of this overlapping area in Psychiatry and
Cardiology. The clear descriptions of evidence-based approaches to
clinical treatment ensure that it will serve as both an up-to-date
overview and a future guide for practicing clinicians and graduate
students.
This compelling account of the author's experience with a chronic
pain disorder and subsequent interaction with the American health
care system goes to the heart of the workings of power and culture
in the biomedical domain. It is a medical whodunit full of
mysterious misdiagnosis, subtle power plays, and shrewd detective
work. Setting a new standard for the practice of autoethnography,
Susan Greenhalgh presents a case study of her intense encounter
with an enthusiastic young specialist who, through creative
interpretation of the diagnostic criteria for a newly emerging
chronic disease, became convinced she had a painful, essentially
untreatable, lifelong muscle condition called fibromyalgia.
Greenhalgh traces the ruinous effects of this diagnosis on her
inner world, bodily health, and overall well-being. "Under the
Medical Gaze "serves as a powerful illustration of medicine's power
to create and inflict suffering, to define disease and the self,
and to manage relationships and lives.
Greenhalgh ultimately learns that she had been misdiagnosed and
begins the long process of undoing the physical and emotional
damage brought about by her nearly catastrophic treatment. In
considering how things could go so awry, she embarks on a cogent
and powerful analysis of the sociopolitical sources of pain through
feminist, cultural, and political understandings of the nature of
medical discourse and practice in the United States. She develops
fresh arguments about the power of medicine to medicalize our
selves and lives, the seductions of medical science, and the deep,
psychologically rooted difficulties women patients face in
interactions with male physicians. In the end, "Under the Medical
Gaze "goes beyond the critique of biomedicine to probe the social
roots of chronic pain and therapeutic alternatives that rely on
neither the body-cure of conventional medicine nor the mind-cure of
some alternative medicines, but rather a broader set of strategies
that address the sociopolitical sources of pain.
From epidemiology and pathogenesis to disease management, this book
reviews our current understanding of and provides up-to-date
information of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). A subtype of
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias (IIP), IPF is one of the most
elusive and intractable respiratory disease to date and its
triggering factors remain unclear. However, new developments such
as serum markers that are highly specific to IPF (i.e. KL-6, SP-A,
and SP-D), the establishment of systematic diagnostic imaging
(HRCT) and accumulated reports of treatment using an antifibrotic
agent (pirfenidone) are slowly improving our understanding of the
disease. Edited by an established authority in the field and
written by experts, this book will be valuable to not only to
beginning learners but also to physicians, instructors and
researchers whose work involves IIPs. With each chapter exploring
critical questions, with unresolved issues and future prospects,
the book offers a valuable resource for understanding issues such
as the newly proposed entity of interstitial pneumonia with
emphysema (combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema: CPFE) and the
mechanism of how so many IIP sufferers develop lung cancer.
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