Medicine, health and fitness

  • Pathology review and practice guide

    Abstract

    Ace your board exams with almost 4000 practice questions and enhance your pathology practice with compentency-based training tools. Prepare for licensing exams offered by the American Board of Pathology and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. The most comprehensive review guide on the market will ensure you're confident and ready when you sit down to write your certification exam.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    Brush Education

    Not specified
  • A healthy future : lessons from the frontlines of a crisis

    Creator

    Meili, Ryan

    Abstract

    This gripping account of the COVID-19 experience in Saskatchewan goes beyond pandemic memoir to draw lessons we can use to create a healthier future. Filled with moving stories of how COVID changed people's lives, Ryan Meili's deeply humane account of the pandemic draws on his unique experience as a doctor and the leader of Saskatchewan's official opposition during the first two years of the outbreak. A Healthy Future reveals how the pandemic exposed problems in health care, elder care, education, and social supports-- and made them worse.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Vancouver

    Purich Books

    Not specified
  • My daughter's heart : a family's journey of resilience through a life-threatening crisis

    Creator

    Kim Jasken

    Abstract

    The arrival of spring 2020 held nothing but promise for the Jasken family. With plans for camping trips and yard upgrades, life was moving along as usual. But fate had other plans. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, their youngest daughter suddenly collapsed, plunging the family into a tumultuous world of fear and uncertainty—they were devastated to learn that the source of Sierra's ailment was a failing heart. In the months to come, Sierra was surrounded by doctors and nurses, undergoing countless medical procedures in an unfamiliar city to give her another chance at life.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Calgary

    Your Nickel's Worth Publishing

    Not specified
  • And then we rise : a guide to loving and taking care of self

    Creator

    Common

    Abstract

    From the multi-award-winning performer, author, and activist, a comprehensive program for addressing mental and physical health - and encouraging communities to do the same - featuring a conversation between the author and Lauren Von Der Pool, "...one of the people who has played an important part in my journey," and original music transitions created for the audiobook by Common (vocals), Burniss Earl Travis II (electric and upright bass), Marcus Strickland (sax), James Francies (Fender Rhodes, piano, synthesizers, vibraphone) and Marcus Gilmore (drums).

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    HarperAudio

    Not specified
  • All in her head : the truth and lies early medicine taught us about women's bodies and why it matters today

    Creator

    Comen, Elizabeth

    Abstract

    A surprising, groundbreaking, and fiercely entertaining medical history that is both a collective narrative of women's bodies and a call to action for a new conversation around women's health. For as long as medicine has been a practice, women's bodies have been treated like objects to be practiced on: examined and ignored, idealized and sexualized, shamed, subjugated, mutilated, and dismissed.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    HarperAudio

    Not specified
  • Self-care for people with adhd : 100+ ways to recharge, de-stress, and prioritize you

    Creator

    Hamdani, Sasha

    Abstract

    aDestress, find your community, and practice self-love with these 100+ exercises to reinforce ADHD as a strength. When you have ADHD, it can be hard to stay on top of your wellness. Self-Care for People with ADHD is here to help! This book can help you engage in some neurodiverse self-care--without pretending to be neurotypical. You'll find more than 100 tips to accepting yourself, destigmatizing ADHD, finding your community, and taking care of your physical and mental health.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Simon & Schuster Audio

    Not specified
  • Hearing loss for dummies

    Creator

    Lin, MD, PhD, Frank

    Abstract

    Hearing naturally declines over time, even for those of us who didn't attend loud concerts or crank up the volume in our earbuds. Nearly 20 percent of Americans have hearing loss, and for those 60 and older, that spikes to 50 percent. Too many of us neglect our hearing, and when we do, we can miss out on conversations, lose connections, and increase our risk for falls, loneliness, depression, cognitive decline, and even dementia. In Hearing Loss For Dummies, Dr. Frank Lin and Dr.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Old Saybrook

    Tantor Audio

    Not specified
  • Losing music : a memoir

    Creator

    Cotter, John

    Abstract

    A devastating account of the author's experience with the debilitating condition known as Ménière's Disease that sheds urgent, bracingly honest light on both the taboos surrounding disability and the limits of medical science.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Ashland

    Blackstone Publishing

    Not specified
  • The COVID journals : health-care workers write the pandemic

    Abstract

    Early in the pandemic, medical personnel were our front lines. What was that like? Through stories, art, and poetry, Canadian health-care workers from across the country recount their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The contributors to The COVID Journals share the determination and fear they felt as they watched the crisis unfold, giving us an inside view of their lives at a time when care itself was redefined from moment to moment.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    University of Alberta Press

    Not specified
  • Walking together, working together : engaging wisdom for Indigenous well-being

    Abstract

    This collection takes a holistic view of well-being, seeking complementarities between Indigenous approaches to healing and Western biomedicine. Topics include traditional healers and approaches to treatment of disease and illness; traditional knowledge and intellectual property around medicinal plant knowledge; the role of diet and traditional foods in health promotion; culturally sensitive approaches to healing work with urban Indigenous populations; and integrating biomedicine, alternative therapies, and Indigenous healing in clinical practice.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Edmonton, Alberta

    Polynya Press, an imprint of University of Alberta Press

    Not specified