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Have you always wanted the benefits of a beautiful, bright smile?
Are you worried about oral cancer - but can't afford to pay for a screening?
Are you searching for a reputable dentist who will take care of your kid's teeth for the next 16 years?
Unfortunately, not all dentists are created equal.
Yes, they've all finished dental school.
But that's where the comparison starts and ends.
Picking the wrong dentist can cost your thousands of dollars,...
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In this essay collection, Michael Cohen presents the odd idea of the suicide note as a writing project that can be critiqued like any other, describes encounters with illegal border crossers in south Texas, and ponders the sudden popularity of books about atheism. Books are a frequent subject here, and Cohen makes an argument for The Maltese Falcon as the Great American Novel, searches for the perfect, the Platonic, nature handbook, and compares playing...
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Critical illness is a fact of life. Even those of us who enjoy decades of good health are touched by it eventually, either in our own lives or in those of our loved ones. And when this happens, we grapple with serious and often confusing choices about how best to live with our afflictions.
A Life Worth Living is a book for people facing these difficult decisions. Robert Martensen, a physician, historian, and ethicist, draws on decades of experience...
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Physical is the story of a hard living, happily married, middle-aged American (the author) who gets a three-day "executive checkup" at the Mayo Clinic and is thereby forced to confront his mortality, not to mention glove-wearing doctors and the pair of dominatrix-esque technicians who supervise his stress test quite strictly. James McManus must understand his revised actuarial odds in the light of his not-so-long-lived forebears and the fact that...
5) Wall of Silence: The Untold Story of the Medical Mistakes That Kill and Injure Millions of Americans
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Medical mistakes occur with alarming frequency in this country. Nightly newscasts and daily newspapers tell of botched surgeries, mistaken patient identities, careless overdoses, and neglected diagnoses. You may have dismissed these stories as unfortunate mistakes, misunderstandings, or just isolated incidents with the occasional bad doctor.
Wall of Silence reveals that these medical mistakes are not rare incidents with the occasional bad doctor....
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With America's healthcare system in the midst of upheaval, and with government officials, physicians, and the public-at-large focused as never before on the cost and quality of these vital services, a hidden epidemic-medical malpractice-destroys hundreds of thousands of lives each year and is ignored by the majority of the medical establishment.
Lethal Medicine is the first book to thoroughly examine malpractice, and its author, Harvey F. Wachsman,...
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Las sociedades se basan en el principio del derecho inalienable a la vida y, en efecto, los Estados tienen el deber de preservarla. La eutanasia se basa en otro principio, uno humano: acortar el sufrimiento innecesario de un enfermo terminal. Por supuesto, diferentes culturas y diferentes cuerpos de leyes tienen diferentes evaluaciones sobre el tema. El derecho al suicidio asistido o a la llamada "muerte digna" genera debates: los partidarios se preguntan...
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Medications for everything from depression and anxiety to ADHD and insomnia are being prescribed in alarming numbers across the country, but the "cure" is often worse than the original problem. Medication Madness is a fascinating, frightening, and dramatic look at the role that psychiatric medications have played in fifty cases of suicide, murder, and other violent, criminal, and bizarre behaviors.
As a psychiatrist who believes in holding people...
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Unveiling Resilience: A Stroke and TBI Survivor's Journey
"Brainstorming" is a profound collection of essays born from the life experience of Isaac Peterson, a remarkable survivor of a near-fatal stroke that left him grappling with a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Isaac's journey through recovery led him to explore, research, and share his insights, offering a beacon of hope and wisdom to others on a similar path.
Within these essays, drawn from...
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Societies are based on the principle of the inalienable right to life, and indeed States have a duty to preserve life. Euthanasia is based on a human principle: to shorten the unnecessary suffering of the person undergoing a process of terminal deterioration. Of course, different cultures and different bodies of law have different assessments of the subject. The right to assisted suicide or to a so-called "dignified death" generates debates: those...
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Reconecta con tu periné
Muchas mujeres sufren pérdidas de orina, disfunciones en las relaciones sexuales, prolapsos o dolor lumbar y se conforman. "Será la edad", "Serán los partos", "Será normal", dicen. Pero no lo es. Una valoración del suelo pélvico puede dar con el problema y facilitar la solución. Mireia Grossmann, fisioterapeuta especializada en el cuerpo femenino, describe la fisiología del periné y nos ayuda a entender un mundo que...
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Growing healthy and beautiful hair is one of the most common and desirable goals that many people have. It is also one of the most important factors that affect your beauty and well-being. However, achieving this goal can be difficult, especially with all the misinformation, myths, and scams that surround the topic of hair health and nutrition.How do you know what your hair type and condition are, or how to assess them? How do you know what foods...
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This book aims to critically examine the contribution of the discipline of sociology and a number of theoretical sociological perspectives, from classical to postmodern to our understanding of health, illness and medicine. Specifically, the broad areas covered in this book include: critical perspectives on key sociological theories and themes in the sociology of health and illness including the profession of medicine, doctor-patient relationships,...
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Introducing The Natural Way To Help You Fall Asleep Easily Each And Every Night & Quit Smoking (Without Harmful Side Effects)!
You'll find precise Self-Hypnosis scripts and Guided Meditations within to speed up your quest to quit smoking for good and release yourself from the bonds of your addiction.
Additionally, it will make the process of quitting joyful!
On top of that, we've provided the Deep Sleep hypnosis scripts, which can rewire...
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Are you overwhelmed and underprepared?Feeling confused or even guilty?Concerned that you could miss something?Don't have all the answers? Caregiving is a journey that can be both beautiful and frustrating (sometimes at the same time). The truth is it is devastating seeing someone you love sick, hurt or facing declining health. Care Coordination and patient advocacy is the guidance you need for the journey. Read and discover how to bring calm into...
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Varicose veins are a common condition that affects many people, particularly those over the age of 50.
They are caused by a malfunction of the valves in the veins,which results in blood flowing in the wrong direction
and causing the veins to become swollen and twisted.
Symptoms of varicose veins can include aching, swelling, and itching in the affected area. In this guide,
we will discuss the causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of varicose...
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Second Opinion is the definitive resource for any of the 15 million people each year who are told they need surgery. This is the one book to turn to when you are sorting out whether or not to have surgery. Dr. Eric Rose and his collegues provide patients a reassuring arsenal of approaches and alternatives so they can participate fully in this important process to assure the best possible outcome. You'll want to bring Second Opinion with you for note-taking,...
18) Les clés de la réussite: développer la résilience, l'ambition et les autres traits pour atteindr
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Ce livre aborde les différents aspects de la réussite, en se concentrant sur la résilience, l'ambition, la passion, la persévérance, la visualisation positive, la détermination, le développement personnel, l'entourage, et la prise de risques. L'objectif est de fournir une compréhension de la définition de la résilience et de son importance pour la réussite, ainsi que des conseils sur la façon de la développer. De même, l'importance de...
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Conflicts of interest, misrepresentation of clinical trials, hospital price-fixing, and massive expenditures for procedures of dubious efficacy--these and other critical flaws leave little doubt that the current U.S. health-care system is in need of an overhaul. In this essential guide, preeminent physician Nortin Hadler urges American health-care consumers to take time to understand the existing system and to visualize what the outcome of successful...
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In a fast-paced world filled with stress and anxiety, the search for natural remedies to improve our health has never been more crucial. By embracing Nature's Prescription, readers will discover a newfound sense of vitality while enjoying the benefits of improved heart health. With easy-to-understand explanations backed by scientific evidence, this book serves as an indispensable resource for anyone seeking long-lasting solutions to lower blood pressure...
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