Southwest EMS Education, Inc., Glendale, AZ. Pocket reference covers anatomy and physiology, basic electrophysiology, sinus mechanisms, atrial rhythms, junctional rhythms, ventricular rhythms, atrioventricular (AV) blocks, pacemaker rhythms, and an introduction to the 12-lead ECG. Previous edition: c1995. Color illustrations. Softcover.
Nestled in the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, the townof Johnson City saw its first AIDS patient in August 1985. Workingin Johnson City was Abraham Verghese, a young Indian doctorspecializing in infectious diseases who became, by necessity, thelocal AIDS expert. Out of his experience comes a startling,ultimately uplifting portrait of the American heartland.
America’s perceptions about the inevitable effects of aging areabout to be completely rethought, thanks to groundbreaking newinformation from an internationally known expert on hormones andantiaging medicine. Thierry Hertoghe, M.D., has an importantmessage to share: people are aging unnecessarily. Based on thirty-five years of scientific studies, The HormoneSolution: Stay Younger Longer with Natural Hormone and NutritionTherapies is the first book that offers a pre*ive programto counter memory loss, weight gain, wrinkles, shrinking musclemass, impotence, hair loss, and a host of other signs and symptomsof aging. Dr. Hertoghe offers an effective program of hormonereplacement therapy using safe, low doses of natural hormones—inconjunction with a healthy diet and vitamin and mineralsupplements—to help people maintain physical, mental, and emotionalhealth and literally restore their bodies to a state that’s threeto twelve years younger than their actual age. He identifies thefifteen main, crucial horm
In this astonishing and startling book, award-winning scienceand history writer Robert Whitaker investigates a medical mystery:Why has the number of disabled mentally ill in the United Statestripled over the past two decades? Every day, 1,100 adults andchildren are added to the government disability rolls because theyhave become newly disabled by mental illness, with this epidemicspreading most rapidly among our nation’s children. What is goingon? Anatomy of an Epidemic challenges readers to think through thatquestion themselves. First, Whitaker investigates what is knowntoday about the biological causes of mental disorders. Dopsychiatric medications fix “chemical imbalances” in the brain, ordo they, in fact, create them? Researchers spent decades studyingthat question, and by the late 1980s, they had their answer.Readers will be startled—and dismayed—to discover what was reportedin the scientific journals. Then comes the scientific query at the heart of this book: Duringthe past
We are in the middle of a cultural revolution in the healthcare industry. Nearly eight thousand people practice TraditionalChinese Medicine in the US and thirty-five states currently offersome form of legal status for its practice. Many people are seekingalternatives to the Western, medical approach to health care. Tothese seekers, Voices of Qi is an invaluable aid inexploring what Traditional Chinese Medicine has to offer. AlexHolland has done an admirable job of presenting the basic tenetsand practices to this ancient tradition in a clear, concise andaccessible manner.
The first easy-to-use reference guide to saving 50% or more onthe 250 most commonly prescribed medications in the UnitedStates. Over 40 million Americans lack health insurance. Another 40 millionAmericans are insured by Medicare and do not have pre*ionmedications as a covered benefit. The 50 million covered byMedicaid are threatened by reduced benefits and limited formularycoverage. Even the 74 million Baby Boomers with health insuranceare impacted, as pharmaceutical companies pass their costs on inthe form of higher co-pays and insurance premiums. We all areaffected by the problem of rising pre*ion drug costs. Drugs for Less is the answer to the problem. Empowering consumerswith needed information, the book outlines seven simple strategiesto reduce rising pharmaceutical prices. Here, for example, are tipson how to ensure that drugs you buy online are safe, guidelines onhow to slice medications, and information on which generic drugsare more effective than the expensive brand-name versions. Mostimportantly
