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'Neurology Multiple Choice Questions with Explanations (Volume I)' is meant for medical students, residents and other healthcare professionals. This volume contains 140 questions covering nerve, muscle, junction, motor neuron, cerebellum and spinal cord. Each question is followed by a brief discussion, answer and references. Uniqueness of this format ensures that the reader is able to view a logical flow i.e. question followed by explanation, answer...
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'Neurology Multiple Choice Questions with Explanations (Volume III)' is meant for medical students, residents and other healthcare professionals. This volume contains 133 questions covering dementia, Parkinson's disease, brain tumors, CNS infections, lobar infections and related disorders. Each question is followed by a brief discussion, answer and references. Uniqueness of this format ensures that the reader is able to view a logical flow i.e. question...
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'Neurology Multiple Choice Questions with Explanations (Volume II)' is meant for medical students, residents and other healthcare professionals. This volume contains 136 questions covering epilepsy, stroke, EEG, acute confusional states, headache and related disorders. Each question is followed by a brief discussion, answer and references. Uniqueness of this format ensures that the reader is able to view a logical flow i.e. question followed by explanation,...
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"A leading neurologist recounts some of her most astonishing, challenging cases, which demonstrate how crucial the study of epilepsy has been to our understanding of the brain. Brainstorm follows the stories of people whose medical diagnoses are so strange even their doctor struggles to know how to solve them. A man who sees cartoon characters running across the room; a girl whose world suddenly seems completely distorted, as though she were Alice...
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This early work by German psychiatrist Frieda Fromm-Reichmann is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It details the attributes needed for a successful psychiatrist and the processes involved in psychotherapy. This fascinating work, written by a contemporary of Sigmund Freud, is thoroughly recommended for anyone with an interest in the history and development of psychotherapeutic treatment.
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Addiction: What's Really Going On? Contains powerful true-life stories woven together to form a tapestry filled with pain, joy, defeat, and success. The entire book is molded around Deborah McCloskey's heartfelt desire for her clients to be free of drugs. Her counseling methods both endeared her as "the counselor to get" and locked her into a decade of searching for better ways to help those she felt were stuck on the merry-go-round of a methadone...
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Until now there has been no book giving an overview of childhood hemiplegia for the people who are most affected by it - the children and young people themselves, and their parents, families, friends and teachers, as well as the professionals working with them on the management of their condition. This highly accessible guide provides this overview, giving the background to how and why hemiplegia happens in children, outlining the different approaches...
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In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Karen Pape tells the story of how some children with early brain damage astounded everyone around them. The brain injury they suffered at or near birth had led to motor problems such as the awkward gait we associate with cerebral palsy. Yet they were able to run, kick a soccer ball, tap dance, and play tennis. This was not supposed to happen. It ran counter to the prevailing belief that the brain is hardwired and fixed....
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El motivo de este texto es compartir un modelo de método clínico, que hemos usado cotidianamente por años. "La atención profesional médica de un paciente, no es un simple ejercicio intelectual teórico personal o una trivia cognitiva entre profesionales, sino que es un proceso orientado a la tarea de diagnosticar y tratar, con el fin de curar o recuperar lo mejor posible, la salud alterada de una persona vulnerable, sufriente y real, lo que requiere...
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Normal is the true story of the author's survival and recovery from a ruptured cerebral aneurysm. It poignantly and humorously addresses dealing with altered self-image, finding ways around barriers, and appreciating the play of serendipity and synchronicity in our lives. The book is a moving and sometimes hilarious account of her determination to reconnect with reality and construct an active, rewarding life in the aftermath of a traumatic event....
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Adentrarse en un laberinto es más que una aventura. Quien emprende tal tarea se desafía a encontrar su salida, pero puede quedar atrapado en el intento. Así le sucede al cerebro que inicia su desarrollo. En su camino hacia la independencia de la edad adulta debe superar distintas etapas que ponen a prueba su habilidad para la adaptación.
Este libro nos enseña los itinerarios alternativos que el cerebro en crecimiento toma para hacer frente a...
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Battling a chronic disease can often be a lonely and frustrating ordeal. It doesnt have to be. Alone in My Universe, compiled by Wayne Brown, presents a series of writings from patients suffering from acromegaly. Based on actual personal experiences, these narratives provide a primer of understanding for others dealing with this chronic, debilitating disease that affects many of the bodys systems.This collaborative effort, written by real people touched...
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Gracias a un cerebro de un kilo y medio, los humanos somos los seres más hábiles y complejos de la Tierra. La evolución genética nos ha llevado a tener un cerebro versátil que determina nuestras interacciones con el entorno, acumula experiencia y programa nuestra conducta. Este libro nos permite descubrir cómo funciona este órgano fundamental para andar, pensar, hacer la digestión, amar, odiar o ser feliz.
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This handbook is aimed at clinicians and others who are engaged in caring for ageing adults with developmental disabilities. It is intended to inform understanding, promote assessment, assist in care planning, and especially to improve everyday living for this needy but sadly often neglected group of vulnerable individuals. The authors base their guidance on evidence, focusing on important insights that are likely to be valuable to the clinician interested...
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They Human nervous system is the soft tissue conduit within our body in which signals from the brain travel to various parts of the body to perform specific functions. Some of these functions may be automatic, such as breathing and others may be by the express intent of the individual, such as typing on the computer. A chart showing the body's nervous system would help explain how signals are sent from the brain to various parts of the body.
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Get the Summary of Christopher M. Palmer MD's Brain Energy in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More" by Christopher M. Palmer MD presents a novel perspective on mental health disorders, positing that they are fundamentally metabolic disorders of the brain. Palmer argues that...
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This book is written to assist those who have responsibility for the nutritional and gastrointestinal care of children with neurodisability. The emphasis throughout is on the importance of multidisciplinary care. It is concerned with the problems surrounding the nutritional management of children with neurological impairment who have difficulty swallowing and feeding. Written from a multidisciplinary perspective by a group of authors with considerable...
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If you are experiencing severe headaches, brain fog, multitasking and memory issues, or sensitivity to light and sound, mood swings and lack of energy to name a few, did you know this could be caused by a brain trauma? This "invisible injury" that is life changing could have been caused by a sports injury, auto accident, a fall or blast injury, or even chemo therapy of general anesthesia. These are all forms of brain trauma and concussion.
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