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This is your gut talking to your brain – and it is time you started listening. Unlock the secrets of your second brain and the way your gut bacteria not only impact your digestion, but can uplift your mood and sharpen your thinking.
Leading microbiome scientist Dr Emily Leeming expertly guides you through the latest science behind your gut-brain connection, giving you 10 simple yet powerful hacks on how to:

• Feel happy and energised
• Beat cravings
• Eat smart
• Boost brain performance

The PLAB examination assesses your ability to work safely in your first appointment as a Senior House Officer in an NHS hospital. Are you ready? Comprehensive and completely up-to-date, the Third Edition of this best-selling guide to passing the PLAB is based on actual questions from previous examinations and enhanced by detailed, explanatory answers from the author's extensive clinical experience. Considering a wide variety of topics, the book suggests techniques to answer the extended matching questions by providing focused solutions and explanations. It also highlights clues to the correct response within the question itself. It is highly recommended for PLAB candidates, final year medical students and candidates for the MRCGP. "In this book by Dr Sherif Helmy, a step-by-step approach to the test is presented in a lucid, easy-to-read format with comprehensive coverage of the subject." From the foreword by Sir Magdi Yacoub

Medical schools are rapidly adopting the popular style of Single Best Answers (SBAs), Best of Fives (BOFs) and Extended Matching Questions (EMQs). This unique and up-to-date book contains over 1000 clinically relevant questions, a selection of SBAs/BOFs an EMQs - the essential aid for every medical student. No need to spend time reading through several textbooks, everything you need is here in one place. Questions are presented to include typical scenarios you will encounter as a Junior Doctor and covers the core curriculum subjects: Medicine, Surgery, Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Paediatrics. Since the first edition was published, Get Through Medical School has been a bestselling revision book for medical students. Retaining the classic question types - SBAs/BOFs and EMQs, this second edition benefits from a host of new questions and a great deal more explanatory information within the answers. Written by Seema Khan MBBS MRCS MRCGP DRCOG, who has first hand experience of preparing for and taking this format of exam, Get Through Medical School, second edition is a valuable revision book for all candidates preparing for medical school exams and an equally useful tool to help Foundation Doctors prepare for managing patients.

'Dr Sharma has definitely mastered the art of producing a comprehensive, evidence-based review tool of core paediatric knowledge whilst at the same time appealing to a broad audience, which in my opinion is quite a remarkable achievement. You're definitely looking at an invaluable resource and buying this book will help you to rise up to the challenge that is the complexity of paediatrics.' - Tiago Villanueva in his Foreword. Undergraduate medical students often struggle with at least some of the specialty elements of their studies. Some face a further challenge with the advent of the Medical Schools Council Assessment Alliance (MSC-AA, formerly known as UMAP), with a move away from testing specific clinical facts to an assessment focused on preparing to be a foundation doctor and the knowledge such a trainee needs on a daily basis. Neel Sharma has written three self-assessment books - on psychiatry, obstetrics and gynaecology, and paediatrics - designed to help students tackle both the new form of assessment as well as the traditional style of examination. Questions covering all common presentations are included in SBA and EMQ formats with relevant, concise explanations as answers.

In the United States, 50-60 individuals suffer a cardiac arrest each hour, amounting to approximately 250,000 deaths every year. In the first five minutes of a cardiac arrest, ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular fibrillation are the most frequent cardiac arrhythmias encountered. Despite emergency medical response systems, the long-term survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest remains poor in most US cities. Paramount to achieving successful resuscitation of a cardiac arrest victim is providing early defibrillation. This issue of Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics covers a full spectrum of issues related to sudden cardiac death, including the epidemiology of sudden cardiac death, advances in CPR, the implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD), and VT ablation.

Every farm needs a cow – open the gates! With an approach built around investing for the long term, Homestead Cows prepares homesteaders and small farmers to open the farm gate to cattle, whether a single milk cow or a small beef herd. Homestead Cows covers the A to Z of husbandry: Cow history, biology, diet, and nutrition Understanding what you want, what's involved, and creating a plan Selecting breeds and determining herd size Housing and facilities, transportation, and equipment Financial management and the dollars and cents of cows Breeding and reproduction Cow health and happiness, including safety, handling, and good husbandry Processing, products, and cooking. Cattle are the most productive, versatile, and low-input sources of food and revenue on the farm and can help regenerate and build soil. The secret to success is excellent management, and Homestead Cows distills decades of hard-won, practical knowledge into an essential guide to successful small-scale cattle farming for every homesteader and farmer.

Modelled on the current MRCOG syllabus, Get Through MRCOG Part 2: EMQs is designed to test candidates' theoretical and practical knowledge of obstetrics and gynaecology.
The book opens with an introductory section explaining the format of the examination, providing advice on how to prepare for it and how EMQs should be approached in order to obtain the highest marks. 320 EMQs are presented in the form of eight practice papers, reflecting the level of difficulty and style of the actual examination, and each answer is supplemented with a detailed explanation to help candidates assess and improve their own level of knowledge.
Providing an invaluable bank of revision questions, Get Through MRCOG Part 2: EMQs is the essential revision guide for all specialist trainees preparing for this examination. The book is comprehensive and authoritative: Justin Konje was closely involved in pioneering the introduction of EMQs into the MRCOG examination and runs a highly regarded MRCOG Part 2 course in the UK.

What is a living will? Why would anyone need one? What are the advantages of having one? How does a person make one? The answer to these and other questions concerning the struggle of people, especially the elderly, to keep from being overwhelmed by others who would manage their health and property can be found in Writing a Living Will. Written for the educated layperson who is interested and concerned about his/her own health care future and the health care future of loved ones, this book will also be a useful reference to the legal profession in determining legal options in health care issues.

Currently, clinical training for undergraduates is becoming more difficult. To be a good doctor with adequate training, one must be exposed to many different patients with a variety of pathologies and diseases. At present, we are unable to achieve this, mainly due to the increase in the medical student cohort each year and fewer in-patients. In short, the student-to-patient ratio is worsening, thus lessening students' contact with patients and learning experience. Fortunately, with the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) format, undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and examination have become more efficient. This book will be very useful for students preparing for surgical OSCEs by covering the different clinical scenarios that a certain condition might present, and allowing self-testing of the questions as well as learning from the provided answers.

This is a career-focused practical guide for medical students and Foundation doctors, dealing with the challenges of the programme. With hints, tips, and practical advice on various aspects of the course, from self-care to prescribing, this guide provides invaluable support and guidance, with up-to-date information on postgraduate training and recruitment, practical management skills and career pathways to help build confidence, enabling you to hit the ground running.

This won't hurt a bit...How do you show that you consistently provide high quality clinical care both as an individual doctor and member of a team? How do you provide convincing evidence of your performance that justifies you as being fit to practise? And how do you achieve this in a way that is not too burdensome?Revalidation will now be more stringent that ever. You might need help gathering information so that your evidence is sufficiently robust and objective, presenting it so that addresses the fields in the General Medical Council's document. You'll need to make sure you match your portfolio with what is expected in your specialty area.This book helps you to sustain your energy in gathering and reviewing evidence of your day-to-day performance at work so that you are recertified and relicensed with ease, whatever future revisions are made to the revalidation process. By suggesting proactive and structured methods, this book offers easy to comprehend ways to guide you through the evidence cycle, with many examples in both clinical and non-clinical fields. It is ideal for primary care and hospital doctors preparing for revalidation, including trainee doctors. Appraisers, and trainee appraisers in trusts, deaneries or general practice will find the guidance invaluable, as will appraisal leads in healthcare organisations and those with responsibility for quality assurance of appraisal as part of clinical governance or regulation.

Every aspiring writer should read this book before he starts. Every doctor whose work has been rejected or changed should read it to find out what went wrong. Journalism is one of the msot challenging and rewarding of the writing skills, but success depends on sound preparation and careful thought. Tim Albert is widely recognized as the leading trainer in medical journalism and those who follow his step-by-step advice could quickly see their name in print. 'Tim Albert is ideally qualified to write this book. Not only is he a accomplished writer but he's one of the few journalists I know who is also a talented teacher. My only grouse about the book is that it didn't exist when I first hung up my stehoscope and tried to turn myself into a writer. It would have spared me months of struggle in an alien world where experience eventually taught me some of the lessons I could have learned less traumatically from these pages.' From the foreword by Michael O'Donnell

This is a comprehensive medical and scientific dictionary for the 21st century. New vocabulary is constantly being introduced into fast moving medico-scientific disciplines such as genomics, clinical trials, medico-legal, health economics and pharmacovigilance. This new terminology is included in this dictionary, clearly defined and accurately translated into Spanish.

The dictionary contains more than 28,000 main entries and many subentries: (a) medical terms used outside the medical community, including colloquial usage; (b) technical medical terms in current use in clinical practice and research; (c) new technical terms in the fields of medicine, medical research and basic scientific research applied to medicine, defined in recent years.

The breadth of subjects covered and the accessibility of the definitions make it user-friendly for the educated general public, while the level of detail and state-of-the-art coverage of recent terminology make it a unique tool for professionals.

Medical confidentiality is universally recognised as a value worth protecting. However, difficulties arise when confidential medical information becomes relevant in the context of crime prevention and criminal prosecution. Should medical confidentiality be upheld where the physician holds information which is essential for the investigation of a serious crime; for establishing the truth in a criminal trial; for an accused's defence; or for the prevention of a criminal offence? And according to which criteria should such decisions be made? Based on an examination of different approaches in medical ethics and a comparison of the relevant law of France, Germany, England and Wales and the US, this book analyses how a balance of the competing interests can best be struck.

This book takes a unique approach to 'learning medicine' in a manner that places primary emphasis on recall. Drawing upon well-established psychological principles, it uses a broad range of strategies to maximize the ability of the reader to recollect large swathes of information at a later date. The result is an original and refreshing book in which no two pages are quite alike, and where facts are presented in a hierarchical fashion so that essential features of each condition or symptom can be grasped immediately, while finer points are given in more detailed reading.

Dr. Logan W. Hovis parachuted onto Corregidor with the 503rd Regimental Combat Team. Dr. Jeremiah Henry Holleman served with the 89th Division all the way into Germany, liberating a concentration camp. Nurse Mary A. Breeding, five feet tall, and 100 pounds, served with the 174th General Hospital in France. Dr. Vincent Stephen Conti was awarded a Bronze Star for fighting typhus in Naples, Italy. These accounts and 31 others covering the heroics of 44 individuals working in the Medical Corps are gathered here by editor Patricia W. Sewell. Firsthand accounts are given by doctors, nurses, ambulance drivers, front-line medics, Navy corpsmen, medical personnel who served on air evacuation teams and hospital ships, and others who functioned in many different capacities. Autobiographies, interviews, letters and cassette tapes helped compose most of these narratives.

The Cancer Guide is a definitive and inspirational book designed to help patients, partners, family and work colleagues navigate the trials and difficulties associated with cancer and its treatment.

With over forty years worth of experience to her name, O’Dwyer writes about cancer with humanity and clarity, helping to combat the myths and misinformation surrounding the disease in an age of information overload.

Adopting an integrated biological and psychological perspective, O’Dwyer highlights the person at the heart of every treatment, providing helpful advice and shared experiences that are able to destigmatize the shame, fear and denial faced by those affected by cancer.

The Cancer Guide is an empowering and informative book for all those whose lives and loved ones have been touched by cancer.

How to Master the BMAT will help you to maximize your UK BMAT test score in the shortest time possible with the least possible effort. With over 400 practice questions including six mock tests, it focuses on core knowledge in six key areas: -aptitude and skills -maths -physics -chemistry -biology -writing tasks At the end of each section, a set of review questions enable you to identify and improve your weak areas before you sit the test, then once you are ready you can complete the practice papers that reflect the BMAT test. Candidates are supported throughout the book, and, where possible, every question comes complete with its revision topics indicated in brackets, useful hints and expanded answers.

Often thought to be a primitive or ancient practice, scapegoating is revealed here as occurring in the justice systems of modern democracies. Ann Daniel, as a first-hand witness, documents several widely publicized disciplinary cases brought against prominent professionals in law and medicine. These were the people who became scapegoats as their professional communities tried to rid itself of troubles and confusions threatening their reputation at the time.
"Scapegoats for a Profession" is an insightful and ground breaking analysis of the scapegoat as a sociological process, which emerged from a three-year Australian Research Council grant into disciplinary practices in the professions. While appealing to those fascinated by famous trials and the workings of discipline and punishment, this book is essential reading for professionals, students and academics in the social sciences, management, law, and medicine.

Medical students encounter many challenges on their path to success, from managing their time, applying theory to practice, and passing exams. The Medical Student Survival Skills series helps medical students navigate core subjects of the curriculum, providing accessible, short reference guides for OSCE preparation and hospital placements. These guides are the perfect tool for achieving clinical success. Medical Student Survival Skills: Clinical Examination provides step-by-step guidance on the physical evaluation of the body and its functions. This portable and concise guide leads readers through each component of a clinical examination, including cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal and peripheral arterial and venous system exams. OSCE key learning points, exam preparation lists, practical tips, website access for videos and OSCE checklists help medical students and junior doctors efficiently perform a clinical examination.

Often thought to be a primitive or ancient practice, scapegoating is revealed here as occurring in the justice systems of modern democracies. Ann Daniel, as a first-hand witness, documents several widely publicized disciplinary cases brought against prominent professionals in law and medicine. These were the people who became scapegoats as their professional communities tried to rid itself of troubles and confusions threatening their reputation at the time.
"Scapegoats for a Profession" is an insightful and ground breaking analysis of the scapegoat as a sociological process, which emerged from a three-year Australian Research Council grant into disciplinary practices in the professions. While appealing to those fascinated by famous trials and the workings of discipline and punishment, this book is essential reading for professionals, students and academics in the social sciences, management, law, and medicine.

Guidelines are powerful instruments of assistance to clinicians, capable of extending the clinical roles of nurses and pharmacists. Purchasers and managers perceive them as technological tools guaranteeing treatment quality. Guidelines also offer mechanisms by which doctors and other health care professionals can be made more accountable to their patients. - But how can clinicians tell whether a guideline has authority, and whether or not it should be followed? - Does the law protect doctors who comply with guidelines? - Are guideline developers liable for faulty advice? This timely book provides a comprehensive and accessible analysis of the many medical and legal issues arising from the current explosion of clinical guidelines. Featuring clear summaries of relevant UK, US and Commonwealth case law, it is vital reading for all doctors, health care workers, managers, purchasers, patients, and lawyers.

Developed by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), NSCA’s Essentials of Personal Training, Third Edition With HKPropel Access, is the definitive reference for personal training professionals and students. This comprehensive guide to personal training, with contributions from leaders in the field, provides the most accurate and reliable information and guidance for current and aspiring professionals. Updated to reflect the latest research, with clear explanations of supporting scientific evidence, this edition will give readers the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) needed by modern personal training professionals. New content addresses the latest objectives found on the National Strength and Conditioning Association’s Certified Personal Trainer (NSCA-CPT) exam, maintaining this text’s position as the single best resource for those preparing for the NSCA-CPT exam. NSCA’s Essentials of Personal Training, Third Edition, provides guidelines for the complex process of designing safe, effective, and goal-specific resistance, aerobic, plyometric, and speed training programs for clients of all ages and fitness levels. With comprehensive coverage of various categories of unique client needs, readers will learn how to make specific modifications and adjust exercise programs for each individual client. Multiple fitness testing protocols and norms for each component of fitness—including 10 new tests—are all presented, along with instructions that are detailed yet easy to follow. Over 200 full-color photos and accompanying instructions clearly describe and visually show proper technique for exercises and drills, including stretching, plyometrics, and stability ball exercises. There are new sections on suspension training, manual resistance training, and common types of resistance training equipment. Plus, 27 online videos, delivered through HKPropel, demonstrate exercise technique in action, preparing readers to instruct clients through safe exercise performance. Students will also be able to complete chapter quizzes assigned by instructors through HKPropel. Study questions at the end of each chapter, written in the same style and format as those found on the NSCA-CPT exam, facilitate learning of chapter content and fully prepare candidates for exam day. Practicing professionals and aspiring professionals alike will benefit from a new appendix of advice on building a successful career as a personal trainer. NSCA’s Essentials of Personal Training, Third Edition, remains the most comprehensive resource available for personal training preparation and professional development. Unmatched in scope, this essential text continues to be a definitive reference for current and future personal trainers, exercise instructors, fitness facility and wellness center managers, and other fitness professionals. Note: A code for accessing HKPropel is included with this ebook.

The sixth edition of this internationally successful text includes the many positive advances in radiation oncology that have occurred over the past decade, and which continue to keep radiation at the cutting edge of cancer therapy. As previously, a multi-national authorship includes some of the top radiation oncologists, biologists, and physicists from North America and Europe, who highlight the core principles of radiobiology.

Table of Contents

Preface

About the editors

List of contributors

Glossary

1. Introduction: The significance of radiobiology and radiotherapy for cancer treatment - Michael C. Joiner, Albert J. van der Kogel, and G. Gordon Steel. 2. Irradiation-induced damage and the DNA damage response - Marianne Koritzinsky, Shane M. Harding, Conchita Vens, and Bradly G. Wouters. 3. Cell death after irradiation – how, when and why cells die - Bradly G. Wouters. 4. Quantifying cell kill and cell survival - Michael C. Joiner. 5. Radiation dose-response relationships - Søren M. Bentzen. 6. Linear energy transfer and relative biological effectiveness - Michael C. Joiner and Jay W. Burmeister. 7. Physics of radiation therapy for the radiobiologist - Jay W. Burmeister and Michael C. Joiner. 8. Tumour growth and response to radiation - Daniel Zips. 9. Fractionation: The Linear-Quadratic approach - Michael C. Joiner and Søren M. Bentzen. 10. The linear-quadratic approach in clinical practice - Søren M. Bentzen and Michael C. Joiner. 11. Modified fractionation - Vincent Grégoire, Michael Baumann, and Mechthild Krause. 12. Early effects in epithelial tissues, the role of stem cells and time factors - Robert P. Coppes, †Wolfgang Dörr, Peter van Luijk and Lara Barazzuol. 13. The dose-rate effect - Albert J. van der Kogel and Michael C. Joiner. 14. Pathogenesis of late normal tissue effects - Lara Barazzuol, Peter van Luijk, Robert P. Coppes, Albert J. van der Kogel, and †Wolfgang Dörr. 15. Volume effects, regional responses, and risk models - Peter van Luijk, Robert P. Coppes, †Wolfgang Dörr, and Albert J. van der Kogel. 16. Biological modifiers of normal tissue effects - Robert P. Coppes and †Wolfgang Dörr. 17. The oxygen effect and therapeutic approaches to tumour hypoxia - Michael R. Horsman, J. Martin Brown, Albert J. van der Kogel, Marianne Koritzinsky, Bradly G. Wouters, and Jens Overgaard. 18. The tumour microenvironment and cellular hypoxia responses - Bradly G. Wouters, Marianne Koritzinsky, J. Martin Brown, and Albert J. van der Kogel. 19. Combined radiotherapy and chemotherapy from the perspective of the Radiation Oncologist - Vincent Grégoire, Chiara Gottardi, Jean-Pascal Machiels, and Michael Baumann. 20. Molecular targeted agents for enhancing tumour response - Ina Kurth, Karin Haustermans, Sofie Isebaert, Henning Willers, and Michael Baumann. 21. Biological individualisation of radiotherapy - Catharine M.L. West, Laure Marignol, and Sarah L. Kerns. 22. Molecular image guided radiotherapy - Vincent Grégoire, Olivier Beuf, Cédric Draulans, Karin Haustermans, and John A. Lee. 23. Retreatment tolerance of normal tissues - Dorota Gabryś and †Wolfgang Dörr. 24. Cancer stem cells in radiotherapy - Robert P. Coppes, Michael Baumann, Mechthild Krause, and Richard P. Hill. 25. Hadron therapy: The clinical aspects - Vincent Grégoire, Jay W. Burmeister, Cai Grau, and Michael C. Joiner. 26. Radiation and the immune system - Dörthe Schaue and William H. McBride. 27. Second cancers after radiotherapy - Klaus Rüdiger Trott and David C. Hodgson.

Index