Oxford Medical Handbook Collection (22 ebooks)

In the wake of the swine flu outbreak, virologist Dr Mike Leahy goesw back over 50 years of BBC archives to explore the history of pandemics: waves of infectious diseases caused by bacteria, viruses or parasites.

Treating Yourself magazine was created to provide adults with information to assist them in their responsible use of medical marijuana.
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For a generation Romanian women were forced to have babies they didn't want. Nicolae Ceausescu imposed a ban on abortion and birth control and forced every woman of child bearing age to have at least four children. Control over reproduction was strictly enforced. The infant and maternal death rate was high. Thousands babies were born with AIDS. In cases when children were born with mental or physical disabilities, their parents were explicitly encouraged to leave them in the special orphanages. In certain cases, when parental agreement was not easily obtainable, parents were made to believe that their infant was dead while in reality the new-born was transferred to the special "child-care" institution. Plagued by horrifying living conditions and wide-spread abuse, these orphanages were often situated in remote areas of the country, keeping the "embarrassing" sight of disabled children away from public view. The film crew shot much of the footage in such institutions and the result is a shockingly graphic sequence of skeleton-like emaciated and neglected children. Ceausescu's lasting legacy is a generation of unwanted children.

Medical Secrets, 4th Edition FULL 561 PAGES - 5.28MB

By Anthony J. Zollo, MD | English | 5.5MB | Compiled HTML
Table of Contents
1. General Internal Medicine Wayne J. Riley and Anthony L. Zollo, Jr.
2. Endocrinology Whitney Woodmansee
3. Cardiology Gabriel H. Habib and Anthony L. Zollo, Jr.
4. Infectious Diseases Richard J. Hamill
5. Gastroenterology Rhonda A. Cole
6. Oncology Terry Hayes
7. Nephrology Sharma S. Prabhakar
8. Acid/Base and Electrolytes Sharma S. Prabhakar
9. Hematology Mark M. Udden
10. Pulmonary Medicine Sheila Goodnight-White
11. Rheumatology Richard A. Rubin
12. Allergy and Immunology Roger D. Rossen
13. AIDS and HIV Infection Christopher J. Lahart
14. Neurology Loren A. Rolak
15. Medical Consultation Jane M. Geraci
16. Ambulatory Care Mary P. Haward
17. Geriatric Care Sarah E. Selleck

The current level of popular interest in health and behavior reinforces the urgent need for better information so practitioners, academics, and the public can perform research and make lifestyle choices based on sound science. From adherence to a doctor’s advice, to emotions and health, to obesity treatment and prevention, to women’s health and all topics in between, the Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior comprehensively covers all aspects of what has become the dynamic domain of behavioral medicine. This A-to-Z Encyclopedia was designed with the overarching goal to collect together in a single resource the knowledge generated by this interdisciplinary field, highlighting the links between science and practice. In it, scholars, health care practitioners, and the general public will find a wealth of information on topics such as physical activity, stress and health, smoking, pain management, social support and health, cardiovascular health, health promotion, and HIV/AIDS. This two-volume set includes over 200 entries on topics covering all aspects of health and behavior. In addition, the Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior includes a comprehensive set of additional resources with both entries on selected organizations and an appendix with a detailed annotated listing of such organizations as well as Web sites of interest.

The Encyclopedia of AIDS covers all major aspects of the first 15 years of the AIDS epidemic, including the breakthroughs in treatment announced at the International AIDS Conference in July 1996. The encyclopedia provides extensive coverage of major topics in eight areas: basic science and epidemiology; transmission and prevention; pathology and treatment; impacted populations; policy and law; politics and activism; culture and society; and the global epidemic.
With more than 300 entries written by 175 specialists and illustrated with more than 100 photographs and charts, the Encyclopedia of AIDS is an essential reference work for students at the undergraduate and graduate levels, professionals in a wide variety of medical, service, and care fields, academics, researchers, journalists, and general readers.

Publisher: HighWire Press
Language: English
Number of Pages: 137 / PDF: 11.2 MB
ISSN: 0036-8075

Science is the academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is considered one of the world’s most prestigious scientific journals. The peer-reviewed journal, first published in 1880 is circulated weekly and has a print subscriber base of around 130,000. Because institutional subscriptions and online access serve a larger audience, its estimated readership is one million people.