Medicine, health and fitness

  • Rapid response guide to opioid emergencies

    Creator

    Clarkes, Greg

    Abstract

    In the current opioid epidemic, opioid emergencies can arise without warning, among those we didn’t expect to be affected. If you are prepared, you can save lives. This guide shows you how to prepare and what to do. It describes the equipment you need, and the step-by-step procedures you need to know to care for a person in crisis and keep yourself safe. As a rescuer, you may have training in opioid emergency response through your job, or you may no formal training. This guide is for everyone. In an easy-to-scan format, it breaks down information by level of expertise.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Edmonton, Alberta

    Brush Education Inc.

    Non spécifié
  • Gross morphology of common diseases

    Abstract

    This book presents a systematic compilation of macroscopic images of common human diseases. Each image is accompanied by the most important clinical and pathological information, as well as a gross description. The central aim is to provide a comprehensive guide of macropathology to undergraduate medical students and pathology trainees. However, the images and information collected here will also help clinicians in formulating differential diagnoses, and help readers from the general public in visualizing particular diseases of their interest.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Edmonton, Alberta

    Brush Education Inc.

    Non spécifié
  • On pandemics : deadly diseases from bubonic plague to coronavirus

    Creator

    Waltner-Toews, David

    Abstract

    Authored by a leading epidemiologist, this engrossing book answers our questions about animal diseases that jump to humans-called zoonoses-including what attracts them to humans, why they have become more common in recent history, and how we can keep them at bay. Almost all pandemics and epidemics have been caused by diseases that come to us from animals, including SARS, Ebola, and-now-Covid-19. Epidemiologist, veterinarian, and ecosystem health specialist, David Waltner-Toews, gathers the latest research to profile dozens of illnesses in On Pandemics.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    Greystone Books

    Non spécifié
  • The PCOS plan : prevent and reverse polycystic ovary syndrome through diet and fasting

    Creator

    Pateguana, Nadia Brito, ND

    Fung, Jason, MD

    Abstract

    The author of the bestselling The Obesity Code joins forces with a naturopath who recovered from PCOS to offer methods for its prevention and reversal. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is the most common reproductive disorder in the world, affecting an estimated eight to 20 percent of women of reproductive age, almost half of whom are unable to conceive. PCOS is also associated with increased risks of heart disease, ovarian and endometrial cancers, and type 2 diabetes. In this clearly written guide, backed by science and personal experience, Drs.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    Greystone Books

    Non spécifié
  • Still : a memoir of love, loss, and motherhood

    Creator

    Hansen, Emma

    Abstract

    A moving, candid account of one woman's experience with stillbirth. Emma Hansen is 39 weeks and six days pregnant when she feels her baby go quiet inside of her. At the hospital, her worst fears are confirmed: doctors explain that her baby has died, and she will need to deliver him, still. Hansen gives birth to her son, Reid, amidst an avalanche of grief. Nine days later, she publishes a candid essay on her website sharing photos from the delivery room. Much to her surprise, her essay goes viral, sparking positive reactions around the world.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    Greystone Books

    Non spécifié
  • Rethink chronic pain : relieve suffering, heal your body, own your health

    Creator

    Brouillard, Dr. Gaétan

    Abstract

    At a time when as many as 1 in 5 adults suffer from chronic pain, a medical doctor and proven pain expert offers an original guide to healing and recovery. Rethink Chronic Pain identifies the physical and psychological roots of pain and recommends not one single treatment (as the vast majority of advice does) but many: Dr. Gaétan Brouillard incorporates osteopathy, hypnotherapy, acupuncture, nutrition and natural products (including cannabis and CBD) into his tried-and-tested approach.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    Greystone Books

    Non spécifié
  • Help! someone I love has cancer : how you can really make a difference

    Creator

    Hughes, Joel

    Abstract

    In 2015, Joel and Rebekah were married. Seven months later, Joel's dad was diagnosed with stage four stomach cancer. A month after that, at the age of twenty-six, Rebekah was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer. What do you say? What do you do? These questions and many others are answered in this book.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Non spécifié
  • La cigarette électronique : La solution au bout des doigts

    Creator

    Christian Morissette

    Abstract

    Qu'est-ce qui différencie la cigarette électronique de la traditionnelle? Comment choisir et utiliser sa e-cigarette pour éviter les erreurs? Quel e-liquide adopter ? Dosez votre niveau de nicotine tout en mariant les saveurs.

    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    Pratiko

    Non spécifié
  • Chaperon Roux devient femme

    Creator

    Pierrette Dotrice

    Abstract

    Après ses aventures colorées au pays des loups spirituels, Chaperon Roux entreprend, à présent, le plus exquis, et aussi et le plus éprouvant des voyages: la découverte de sa féminité. D'abord garçon manqué, puis petite fille qui court avec les loups, Chaperon Roux explore l'autre versant de sa créativité.

    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    Oser la vie

    Non spécifié