#paperback #nonfiction #medical #stiff #science #medicine #newyorktimesbestseller #maryroach 

This book has some minor wear on the spine and cover and the inside pages are *slightly* warped.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New York

A look inside the world of forensics examines the use of human cadavers in a wide range of endeavors, including research into new surgical procedures, space exploration, and a Tennessee human decay research facility.

Stiff

d391a9c3-39f0-4892-a2e7-b8cd307893e4-1

Elizabeth Blackburn

Elissa Epel

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Utah

A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer

The New York Times bestselling book coauthored by the Nobel Prize winner who discovered telomerase and telomeres' role in the aging process and the health psychologist who has done original research into how specific lifestyle and psychological habits can protect telomeres, slowing disease and improving life.

Have you wondered why some sixty-year-olds look and feel like forty-year-olds and why some forty-year-olds look and feel like sixty-year-olds? While many factors contribute to aging and illness, Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn discovered a biological indicator called telomerase, the enzyme that replenishes telomeres, which protect our genetic heritage. Dr. Blackburn and Dr. Elissa Epel's research shows that the length and health of one's telomeres are a biological underpinning of the long-hypothesized mind-body connection. They and other scientists have found that changes we can make to our daily habits can protect our telomeres and increase our health spans (the number of years we remain healthy, active, and disease-free).

The Telemere Effect reveals how Blackburn and Epel's findings, together with research from colleagues around the world, cumulatively show that sleep quality, exercise, aspects of diet, and even certain chemicals profoundly affect our telomeres, and that chronic stress, negative thoughts, strained relationships, and even the wrong neighborhoods can eat away at them.

Drawing from this scientific body of knowledge, they share lists of foods and suggest amounts and types of exercise that are healthy for our telomeres, mind tricks you can use to protect yourself from stress, and information about how to protect your children against developing shorter telomeres, from pregnancy through adolescence. And they describe how we can improve our health spans at the community level, with neighborhoods characterized by trust, green spaces, and safe streets.

The Telemere Effect will make you reassess how you live your life on a day-to-day basis. It is the first book to explain how we age at a cellular level and how we can make simple changes to keep our chromosomes and cells healthy, allowing us to stay disease-free longer and live more vital and meaningful lives.

The Telomere Effect

c91d272b-263a-4f97-ab73-37777d6ac0d9-1

Julie Holland

A few minor flaws but all pages are crisp, clean and intact. Great book! Huge..550 pages.

Nevada

A Complete Guide to Cannabis

Leading experts on the science, history, politics, medicine, and potential of America's most popular recreational drug

* With contributions by Andrew Weil, Michael Pollan, Lester Grinspoon, Allen St. Pierre (NORML), Tommy Chong, and others

* Covers marijuana's physiological and psychological effects, its medicinal uses, the complex politics of cannabis law, pot and parenting, its role in creativity, business, and spirituality, and much more

Exploring the role of cannabis in medicine, politics, history, and society, The Pot Book offers a compendium of the most up-to-date information and scientific research on marijuana from leading experts, including Lester Grinspoon, M.D., Rick Doblin, Ph.D., Allen St. Pierre (NORML), and Raphael Mechoulam. Also included are interviews with Michael Pollan, Andrew Weil, M.D., and Tommy Chong as well as a pot dealer and a farmer who grows for the U.S. Government.

Encompassing the broad spectrum of marijuana knowledge from stoner customs to scientific research, this book investigates the top ten myths of marijuana; its physiological and psychological effects; its risks; why joints are better than water pipes and other harm-reduction tips for users; how humanity and cannabis have co-evolved for millennia; the brain's cannabis-based neurochemistry; the complex politics of cannabis law; its potential medicinal uses for cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis, and other illnesses; its role in creativity, business, and spirituality; and the complicated world of pot and parenting. As legalization becomes a reality, this book candidly offers necessary facts and authoritative opinions in a society full of marijuana myths, misconceptions, and stereotypes.

The Pot Book

c05e1c3a-1add-4a26-a02c-863687b4e824-1

Oliver Sacks

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Pennsylvania

A Life

When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: "Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far." It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going. From its opening pages on his youthful obsession with motorcycles and speed, On the Move is infused with his restless energy. As he recounts his experiences as a young neurologist in the early 1960s, first in California, where he struggled with drug addiction, and then in New York, where he discovered a long-forgotten illness in the back wards of a chronic hospital, we see how his engagement with patients comes to define his life. With unbridled honesty and humor, Sacks shows us that the same energy that drives his physical passions--weight lifting and swimming--also drives his cerebral passions. He writes about his love affairs, both romantic and intellectual; his guilt over leaving his family to come to America; his bond with his schizophrenic brother; and the writers and scientists--Thom Gunn, A. R. Luria, W. H. Auden, Gerald M. Edelman, Francis Crick--who influenced him. On the Move is the story of a brilliantly unconventional physician and writer--and of the man who has illuminated the many ways that the brain makes us human.

On the Move

1b6def9b-081d-4209-9f89-7e3e9c12ae5a-1

Richard A. Preston

Massachusetts

Science

A brief, highly readable book providing the clinician with a straightforward approach to solving even the most complex, acid-base, fluid, and electrolyte problems. Useful to medical students, interns and residents, nurses responsible for IV fluid therapy, and first year nephrology fellows.

Acid-Base, Fluids, and Electrolytes Made Ridiculously Simple

f67a1d16-1550-4c7f-bdf6-b74f16d2b18a-1

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Minnesota

Prescription for Natural Healing 

"The 30-Day Diabetes Cure: Special Reports" is a comprehensive book that offers valuable insights and strategies for managing and potentially reversing diabetes over the course of 30 days. Through a combination of expert advice, scientific research, and practical guidance, this book provides readers with a step-by-step approach to improving their health and well-being. With a focus on dietary changes, exercise, and lifestyle adjustments, the book aims to empower individuals with diabetes to take control of their condition and make positive changes that can lead to better outcomes. Whether you're looking for information on managing diabetes or seeking to adopt a healthier lifestyle, "The 30-Day Diabetes Cure: Special Reports" offers a comprehensive resource to help you achieve your health goals.

Wisconsin

Special Reports 

The 30-Day Diabetes Cure 

Lots of pen notes inside. Some signs of use.

Texas

Fundamentals of Pathology

Steve Parker

Robert Winston

Richard Walker

Tennessee

Physics

The Human Body

28e2c3fe-5dad-4786-9aad-d605f0820be0-1

Eric Manheimer

New Jersey

Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital (the Inspiration for the NBC Drama New Amsterdam)

The inspiration for the NBC drama New Amsterdam and in the spirit of Oliver Sacks, this intensely involving memoir from a former medical director of a major NYC hospital looks poignantly at patients' lives and reveals the author's own battle with cancer. Using the plights of twelve very different patients--from dignitaries at the nearby UN, to supermax prisoners at Riker's Island, to illegal immigrants, and Wall Street tycoons--Dr. Eric Manheimer "offers far more than remarkable medical dramas: he blends each patient's personal experiences with their social implications" (Publishers Weekly). Manheimer was not only the medical director of the country's oldest public hospital for over 13 years, but he was also a patient. As the book unfolds, the narrator is diagnosed with cancer, and he is forced to wrestle with the end of his own life even as he struggles to save the lives of others.

Twelve Patients

664ffb8e-b17c-4d55-a8f9-5ea0559c63f8-1

#paperback #nonfiction #autobiography #medicine #traceykidder #paulfarmer #pulitzerprize #fiction 

South Carolina

The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World

A portrait of infectious disease expert Dr. Paul Farmer follows the efforts of this unconventional Harvard genius to understand the world's great health, economic, and social problems and to bring healing to humankind.

Mountains Beyond Mountains

734f872f-3334-4aa4-8f94-41893f767b97

Bradley B. Nelson

There is cosmetic wear on the cover. Inside is clean and crisp. No markings other than inside page. 

A renowned holistic physician and lecturer skillfully lays bare the inner workings of the subconscious mind to reveal how emotionally charged events from the past can become "trapped emotions"--emotional energies that literally inhabit ones body. Dr. Nelson explains clearly and concisely how trapped emotions can create pain, malfunction, and eventual disease--and ways of ridding oneself of that baggage.

The Emotion Code

a912ac02-41e5-4b9b-89a1-269ef5a79cec-1

Jonah Lehrer

An ingenious blend of biography, criticism, and first-rate science writing, New York Times bestselling author Jonah Lehrer's Proust Was a Neuroscientist urges science and art to listen more closely to each other, for willing minds can combine the best of both, to brilliant effect.



In this technology-driven age, it's tempting to believe that science can solve every mystery. After all, science has cured countless diseases and even sent humans into space. But as Jonah Lehrer argues in this sparkling debut, science is not the only path to knowledge. In fact, when it comes to understanding the brain, art got there first.



Taking a group of artists -- a painter, a poet, a chef, a composer, and a handful of novelists -- Lehrer shows how each one discovered an essential truth about the mind that science is only now rediscovering. We learn, for example, how Proust first revealed the fallibility of memory; how George Eliot discovered the brain's malleability; how the French chef Escoffier discovered umami (the fifth taste); how Cézanne worked out the subtleties of vision; and how Gertrude Stein exposed the deep structure of language -- a full half-century before the work of Noam Chomsky and other linguists.



Proust Was a Neuroscientist is the ultimate tale of art trumping science, demonstrating that there's a cost to reducing everything to atoms and acronyms and genes. Measurement is not the same as understanding, and art knows this better than science does.

Proust Was a Neuroscientist

ba0b2dda-ddfb-4220-addb-4ffb1751eaee-1

Former library book. Please see pictures of library markings.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity

The first book for the general public about mindfulness and medical practice, a groundbreaking, intimate exploration of how doctors think and what matters most--safe, effective, patient-centered, compassionate care--from the foremost expert in the field.

As a third-year Harvard Medical School student doing a clinical rotation in surgery, Ronald Epstein watched an error unfold: an experienced surgeon failed to notice his patient's kidney turning an ominous shade of blue. In that same rotation, Epstein was awestruck by another surgeon's ability to avert an impending disaster, slowing down from autopilot to intentionality. The difference between these two doctors left a lasting impression on Epstein and set the stage for his life's work--to identify the qualities and habits that distinguish masterful doctors from those who are merely competent. The secret, he learned, was mindfulness.

In Attending, his first book, Dr. Epstein builds on his world-renowned, innovative programs in mindful practice and uses gripping and deeply human clinical stories to give patients a language to describe what they value most in health care and to outline a road map for doctors and other health care professionals to refocus their approach to medicine. Drawing on his clinical experiences and current research, and exploring four foundations of mindfulness--Attention, Curiosity, Beginner's Mind, and Presence--Dr. Epstein introduces a revolutionary concept: by looking inward, health care practitioners can grow their capacity to provide high-quality care and the resilience to be there when their patients need them.

The commodification of health care has shifted doctors' focus away from the healing of patients to the bottom line. Clinician burnout is at an all-time high. Attending is the antidote. With compassion and intelligence, Epstein offers a crucial, timely book that shows us how we can restore humanity to medicine, guides us toward a better overall quality of care, and reminds us of what matters most.

Attending

0850a5f5-6604-42f3-8e8b-14a38f3204fd-1

Kenneth Meadows

Indiana

Revealing Hidden Teachings of the Native American Medicine Wheel

Revealing hidden teachings of the native American medicine wheel.

Earth Medicine

0dd444ea-85ec-4ac4-b3d1-3152726f9725-1

#Natural #Healing
#Alternative #medicine



Florida

Over 1,800 of the Best Self-Help Remedies from the World of Alternative Medicine

The first book to take alternative medicine out of its mystical fringe and into the mainstream, New Choices in Natural Healing features more than 20 unique alternative remedies for each of 160 health problems, from acne to wrinkles, plus practical explanations of 20 natural therapies, from aromatherapy to vitamin therapy. Includes 440 illustrations.

New Choices in Natural Healing

38aae1d4-0f1a-4903-b64c-ae31e4a5610a

#hardcover #nonfiction #health #naturalhealing #healing #medicine #alternativemedicine #remedies #self-help

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Integrative Oncology

209fb496-0b6d-4d16-aacc-4e1f3e835872-0

Classic textbook on orthopedic nursing from 1944. 

Missouri

Orthopedic Nursing

Audrey Blake

A Novel

SheReads Best Historical Fiction Of Summer 2022!

"This is an intense, suspenseful, and insightful read about the challenges both women and doctors faced in the 19th century...Our heroine rises to the challenge with courage and determination." --Historical Novel Society

From the USA Todaybestselling author of The Girl in His Shadowcomes a riveting historical fiction novel about the women in medicine who changed the world forever.

Women's work is a matter of life and death.

Nora Beady, the only female student at a prestigious medical school in Bologna, is a rarity. In the 19th century women are expected to remain at home and raise children, so her unconventional, indelicate ambitions to become a licensed surgeon offend the men around her.

Everything changes when she allies herself with Magdalena Morenco, the sole female doctor on-staff. Together the two women develop new techniques to improve a groundbreaking surgery: the Cesarean section. It's a highly dangerous procedure and the research is grueling, but even worse is the vitriolic response from men. Most don't trust the findings of women, and many can choose to deny their wives medical care.

Already facing resistance on all sides, Nora is shaken when she meets a patient who will die without the surgery. If the procedure is successful, her work could change the world. But a failure could cost everything: precious lives, Nora's career, and the role women will be allowed to play in medicine.

Perfect for book clubs and for fans of Marie Benedict, Tracey Enerson Wood, and Sarah Penner comes a captivating celebration of women healthcare workers throughout history.

The Surgeon's Daughter

29920253-ebc8-46a3-a8b1-40f08670b88c-1

Mosby

Patricia A. Nutz

Joseph A. Albanese

Plan care and prepare for clinicals with Mosby's Nursing Drug Cards, 22nd Edition!More than 360 durable cards make it easy to find pharmacologic details and nursing management guidelines for over 750 generic and 600 brand-name drugs. Each 4 x 6 card provides essential nursing information including descriptions, use(s), mechanism(s), pharmacokinetics, side/adverse effects, contraindications/precautions, interactions, dosing, and nursing management priorities. Organized alphabetically,Mosby's Nursing Drug Cards provide quick access to the information you need to prepare care plans and review medication orders. More than 360 colorful 4"x 6" cards include cards for individual drugs plus drug category cards for 65 categories of drugs. Coverage of over 750 generic and over 600 brand-name drugs provides one-stop access to the information most needed for clinical practice. Concise entries feature generic name, pronunciation, category, pregnancy category, brand name, dosage forms, use(s), mechanism(s), pharmacokinetics, side/adverse effects, contraindications/precautions, interactions, dosing, and nursing management priorities. Black Box Warnings highlight high-alert drugs. NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses for all drug categories familiarize you with the application of nursing diagnoses in pharmacology. Convenient appendix provides access to additional drug information such as antagonists and antidotes, nutritional supplements, and look-alike/sound-alike drug names. Common conversion formulas are found on the inside lid of the box. UPDATED, streamlined content is designed with nurses in mind. NEW Critical Thinking fill-in-the-blank card may be used on any drug. UPDATED! Category cards are condensed to allow for easier retrieval.

Mosby's Nursing Drug Cards

b2816c24-7356-432c-b433-d9ccdca3d08c-0

2017

Appendix H Lifespan, cultural aspects, and pharmacogenomics of drug therapy -- Appendix I Normal laboratory values -- Appendix J Cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes -- Appendix K Poison antidote chart -- Appendix L Preventing medication errors and improving medication safety -- Appendix M Parenteral fluid administration -- Appendix N Common terminology criteria for adverse events (CTCAE) -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Commonly used abbreviations -- Dangerous abbreviations

Saunders Nursing Drug Handbook 2017

0b00d55a-37a0-4b09-b531-77a70fce7696-1

Candice Millard

A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * The extraordinary account of James Garfield's rise from poverty to the American presidency, and the dramatic history of his assassination and legacy, from the bestselling author of The River of Doubt.
 
James Abram Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, a renowned congressman, and a reluctant presidential candidate who took on the nation's corrupt political establishment. But four months after Garfield's inauguration in 1881, he was shot in the back by a deranged office-seeker named Charles Guiteau. Garfield survived the attack, but become the object of bitter, behind-the-scenes struggles for power--over his administration, over the nation's future, and, hauntingly, over his medical care. Meticulously researched, epic in scope, and pulsating with an intimate human focus and high-velocity narrative drive, The Destiny of the Republic brings alive a forgotten chapter of U.S. history.

Destiny of the Republic

c8e5a797-0230-46c3-b94a-c9772dfe6d25-1

Basic Techniques in Clinical Laboratory Science Third Edition hardcover textbook by Jean J. Linné & Karen M. Ringsrud. In excellent, pre-owned condition.

Aimed primarily at students embarking on laboratory science courses, the language and content of this text is geared to the beginner, exploring basic concepts first and then moving on to more comprehensive descriptions.

ISBN: 978-0801628641

Browse by categories

Save this search

Mary Roach

Stiff

Elizabeth Blackburn; Elissa Epel

The Telomere Effect

Julie Holland

The Pot Book

Oliver Sacks

On the Move

Richard A. Preston

Acid-Base, Fluids, and Electrolytes Made Ridiculously Simple

James F. Balch/Phyllis A. Balch

Prescription for Natural Healing

Dr. Stefan Ripich, ND, CNP and Jim Healthy

The 30-Day Diabetes Cure

Husain A. Sattar

Fundamentals of Pathology

Steve Parker; Robert Winston; Richard Walker

The Human Body

Eric Manheimer

Twelve Patients

Tracy Kidder

Mountains Beyond Mountains

Bradley B. Nelson

The Emotion Code

Jonah Lehrer

Proust Was a Neuroscientist

Ronald Epstein

Attending

Kenneth Meadows

Earth Medicine

Bill Gottlieb (Editor)

New Choices in Natural Healing

Bill Gottlieb (Editor)

New Choices in Natural Healing

Donald Abrams and Andrew Weil

Integrative Oncology

Robert V. Funsten and Carmelita Calderwood

Orthopedic Nursing

Audrey Blake

The Surgeon's Daughter

Mosby; Patricia A. Nutz; Joseph A. Albanese

Mosby's Nursing Drug Cards

Robert J. Kizior

Saunders Nursing Drug Handbook 2017

Candice Millard

Destiny of the Republic

Jean J. Linné; Karen M. Ringsrud

Basic Techniques in Clinical Laboratory Science Third Edition