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'Francis Ackerman is a manipulative monster with a corrupt conscience' THE TIMESVengeance is in my heart. Murder in my mind. Infamous serial killer Francis Ackerman Jr turns his unique and brutal talents to solving a cold case. Working alongside federal agent Marcus Williams, he discovers that the twenty-year-old murder is linked to a string of abductions in the Navajo Nation. The investigation leads Ackerman and Williams deep into the largest American Indian reservation in the US, where a ruth...

"More than 100,000 people a year die in American hospitals from adverse reactions to medication, making drug reactions one of the leading causes of death in this country". -- The New York TimesIt is no longer a secret that adverse drug reactions can be dangerous or even fatal, or that two relatively safe drugs can be life-threatening if taken together as evidenced by recent coverage in Newsweek and The Wall Street Journal. This book tells what other pill books do not about these medicines.Consum...

Keep forgetting where you put your keys? Wish you could get through the crossword faster? Experiencing too many "intellectual pauses"? Then this is the book for you. Brain Candy is an authoritative, comprehensive, and above all, cutting-edge look at what you can take to rev up your brain—enhance memory, think faster, sharpen creativity, focus better. The only authors yet to tackle this subject who are experts in both brain function and drug action, Theodore Lidsky and Jay Schneider explain in p...

The Medical Review Officer's Guide to Drug Testing makes it easy to understand current federal guidelines and select the best approaches for your needs. Tables, checklists, and record-keeping forms help you standardize your drug testing operations. This reference also reviews federal drug testing regulations, describes drug testing procedures and addresses risk management strategies.

Find the essential information you need to safely administer more than 400 intravenous drugs! For nearly 50 years, Elsevier's Intravenous Medications: A Handbook for Nurses and Health Professionals has been a trusted resource for complete, accurate drug information in a concise, quick-access format. New to the 2023 edition are nine monographs of the most recent IV drugs to be approved by the FDA, in addition to updated drug uses, interactions, precautions, alerts, and patient teaching instructio...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, and for decades conventional health authorities have pushed that the culprits are fat and cholesterol clogging up coronary arteries. Consequently, lowering cholesterol has become a hugely lucrative business, and cholesterol-lowering Statin drugs are now the most prescribed medication in the world, with clinical data showing one billion people eligible for prescription. However, these cholesterol guidelines have been heavily criticized, and i...