THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER: an uplifting account of hope and healing by GP Gavin Francis 'I cannot think of anybody - patient or doctor - who will not be helped by reading this short and profound book' - Henry Marsh 'Such a wise, gentle, quietly hopeful book. Exactly what I needed' - Rachel Clarke 'A lovely little book' - Michael Rosen When it comes to illness, sometimes the end is just the beginning. Recovery and convalescence are words that exist at the periphery of our lives - until we are forced to contend with what they really mean. Here, GP and writer Gavin Francis explores how - and why - we get better, revealing the many shapes recovery takes, its shifting history and the frequent failure of our modern lives to make adequate space for it. Characterised by Francis's beautiful prose and his view of medicine as 'the alliance of science and kindness', Recovery is a book about a journey that most of us never intend to make. Along the way, he unfolds a story of hope, transformation, and the everyday miracle of healing.

It's amazing what we can learn from animals ... From summers at his grandparent's farm to serving the community through animal care as the local veterinarian, Dr. Keene spins heart­warming stories that do more than just entertain. These memoirs are rich with anecdotes and insights on how to care for your pets, for others, and yourself. God loves all creatures great and small, and surprisingly He can use the life and love of animals to teach and inspire us to become the best versions of ourselves possible. Take a journey through the colorful memories of Dr. Keene as he cared for all different types of animals, from pigs to parrots, cats, dogs, snakes, skunks, horses, cows, and everything in between.

The day Jessica Hamel-Akré discovered the ideas of George C heyne - an eighteenthcentury polymath and London society figure known as 'Dr Diet' - it sparked an intellectual obsession, a ten-year study of women's appetite and a personal unravelling.

In this bold and radical book, Hamel-Akré follows C heyne through the pages of medical studies, novels and historical scandals, meeting ash-eating mystics, wasting society girls, impoverished female fasters and early feminist philosophers, all of whom were once
grappling with nascent ideas around food, longing and the body. In doing so, she uncovers the eighteenth-century origins of both today's diet culture and her own troubled relationship with wanting.

Blending history and memoir, The Art of Not Eating will change the way we look at appetite, desire, rationality and oppression, and show how it all got tangled up with what we eat.

Immunological Concepts in Transfusion Medicine provides a thorough discussion of the immune aspects of blood component transfusion, with in-depth information on the intricacies of immune responses to blood components and the immune processes that may be initiated in response to blood exposure. Written to increase knowledge and awareness of immune challenges such as alloimmunization and transfusion-related acute lung injury, this title bridges current basic scientific discoveries and the potential effects seen in blood recipients. Complies the knowledge and expertise of Dr. Robert Maitta, an expert in immune responses and antibody function/structure studies. Helps clinicians in the daily practice of caring for patients in need of transfusion support, as well as physicians in training when considering utilizing blood transfusions in a limited scope or in the setting of massive transfusion. Includes an immunology primer as an introduction to in-depth chapters covering allergic immune reactions to blood components, transfusion-related immunomodulation, fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia and neonatal neuthropenia, complications of haploidentical and mismatched HSC transplantation, chimeric antibody receptor therapies, and much more. Consolidates today's available information on this timely topic into a single, convenient resource.

Comprehensive Preparation for GAMSAT Section 3: General Chemistry (Inorganic Chemistry), fully updated for 2023-2024. You cant get new insights from old editions! From a very basic, introductory level, up to GAMSAT level with clear teaching including graph analysis and equation manipulations as expected for the current GAMSAT; Covers all General Chemistry topics (assumed knowledge) in Section 3 of the GAMSAT: Everything from Ionization Potential to Electrochemistry, and all equations taught and applied in context with relevant manipulations; Clear teaching with more content as compared to 10 pre-pandemic editions with new diagrams, illustrations, and access hundreds of practice questions with helpful worked solutions in the book and online! This new book contains foundational (basic understanding) multiple-choice questions (MCQs), followed by new GAMSAT-level MCQs - completely updated to reflect the most current exam trends. Also new: Need for Speed exercises to practice basic concepts; Spoiler Alerts so you can compare your learning to specific ACER practice questions; and Chapter Checklists to ensure that you have completed your understanding before moving on to the next chapter. Note that this book comes with answers, helpful worked solutions and free discussion boards for all worked solutions online (free access to the original owner for 1 continuous year; extensions available).

Dr. Leonard Molczan's, DECOMPRESS: Live Your Life Free From Back Pain, offers readers a better solution for eliminating their chronic low back and neck pain without reliance on medications or spine surgery through the revolutionary technology of non-surgical spinal decompression. As many as 31 million adults are affected by low back pain at any given time while experts estimate that 80% of the population will experience a back problem at some time in their lives. Dr. Molczan details these sobering statistics while debunking the effectiveness of common treatments for chronic low back pain as well as the financial and emotional strains these quick fixes can cost an individual. He introduces us to VAX-D Therapy, a non-surgical spinal decompression that literally reverses the effects of gravity on our spines. Created by Dr. Alan Dyer, VAX-D Therapy has been touted by many as a medical breakthrough, revolutionizing the treatment of chronic low back and neck pain. Peer reviewed studies have shown VAX-D Therapy to be highly effective with results that last. Said simply, VAX-D Therapy works Dr. Molczan has a superior understanding on how and why the spine degenerates and offers a wealth of knowledge to guide those who are suffering needlessly. Within this book, he teaches us how to take responsibility, explore all treatment possibilities towards ultimately finding a solution, not just palliate symptoms. Dr. Molczan has been successfully treating chronic low back pain for over a decade. For many of the people who sought his consultation, he was their last hope. That last hope most often resulted in success through the use of VAX-D Therapy and additional support. Say YES And DECOMPRESS and you too can Live Your Life Free From Back Pain because as Dr. Molczan succinctly puts it: living in pain is not living at all.