This book is a go-to guide for all families seeking trustworthy information about the science and safety of vaccines. Paul A. Offit and Charlotte A. Moser—scientists and parents with decades of experience—equip readers with the facts they need to navigate vaccine decisions for the whole family, from babies to elders. In straightforward prose, they offer accessible and authoritative answers to today’s most common vaccine-related questions. Offit and Moser explain how vaccines work, how they are...
The latest advice from the original bestselling Back Doctor Twenty-five years ago, Dr. Hamilton Hall wrote the book that changed the way back-pain sufferers deal with their affliction. In The Back Doctor, he advocated activity instead of bed rest. In place of braces and girdles, he suggested that patients follow a program of specific exercise. Most of all, he took the mystery out of back pain. Three out of four Canadian adults, and an increasing number of children, suffer some form of back dis...
This book explores the existing inequities within the U.S. healthcare system and their impacts on individuals and in particular Black women, who seek life-saving healthcare. Specifically, it documents the impact of racial and ethnic inequities on the quest for critical health care in the context of a major health care crisis. More poignantly, as a healthcare consumer recently plunged into the marketplace for life-saving health care, the author systematically explored and documented the process...
Eine natur- und umweltbewusste Bekampfung von Haus- und Vorratsschadlingen muss artspezifisch erfolgen. Nur so kann man Gifte gezielt einsetzen bzw. vermeiden und durch biologische Bekampfungs- oder Vorbeugemassnahmen ersetzen. Anhand dichotomer Schlussel und zahlreicher Zeichnungen spezieller Merkmale lassen sich mit diesem Buch alle in Mitteleuropa vorkommenden Vorrats- und Materialschadlinge, Hausungeziefer sowie Ektoparasiten von Mensch und Haustieren bis zur Art bestimmen. In der 7. Auflage...
Natural Polymers
This book is a compiled contribution from experts in the field of natural polymers, and it is organised into two volumes. The purpose of this book is to provide an entire catalogue of natural polymers, beginning with their introduction, mass production, qualitative and quantitative characterisation and leading to their advanced applications in every aspect of life (i.e. from food packaging to biomedical studies such as cancer treatments). Overall, it compiles all abundant natural polymers origin...
Simcoach Evaluation
by Neema Iyer, Jeremy R. Kurz, Deborah M. Scharf, Daniella Meeker, Jennifer L Cerully, and Megan D. Johnson
Health and Disease
The 62 articles in this reader represent the varied and controversial perspectives of the contributors - including academic researchers in the natural and social sciences and health-care professionals. The book also includes extracts from several "classic" texts written on this subject in the 20th century, five specially-commissioned articles and many articles which are not easily accessible elsewhere. The editors have grouped the articles under seven headings: concepts of health, disease and he...
This important book provides a comprehensive guide to understanding vaccine hesitancy, as well as the nuances of antivaccination claims. It is designed to give clinicians and other professionals targeted information to help them address vaccine hesitancy and antivaccination claims, as well as ways of responding to immunisation concerns. Alongside the scientific facts around vaccinations, it considers the historical foundations of modern vaccine scepticism, while offering key insights into the...
Self Help for Your Back
by H Duane Saunders, Duane Saunders, and Saunders
Administration of environmental health programmes (Public Health Papers)
Does the Consumption of Alcohol Significantly Increase the Risk of Self-Harm?
by Gavin Hutchison
WHO handbook of resolutions and decisions of the World Health Assembly and the Executive Board
The collection, fractionation, quality control and uses of blood and blood products
Die Verantwortung von Vorgesetzten erstreckt sich nicht zuletzt auf das Wohlbefinden der Mitarbeiter. Wer aber kummert sich um ihre eigene Gesundheit? Was sind die wichtigsten Beanspruchungen, was die Ressourcen von Fuhrungskraften? Wie schatzen sie selbst ihre Gesundheit ein? Zu welchem Ergebnis kommt dagegen ein Check-Up beim Praventivmediziner? Die in diesem Buch dargestellten Untersuchungsergebnisse beantworten alle diese Fragen ausfuhrlich. Die Befragung der Fuhrungskrafte hat unter anderem...
Environment for Children
by David Ross, Carolyn Stephens, Roger Hart, Caren Levy, and David Satterthwaite
Each year, millions of children die of environmental causes and many more suffer serious illness or injury. Children are often the most vulnerable to the condition of their environment -and their health is an index of its quality - but their wellbeing is rarely given priority by governments or aid agencies. Ironically, the problems can be traced back to matters which can be treated straightforwardly and at relatively low cost - poor drinking water or food, or infectious diseases which can be con...
'This book may help those who are susceptible to illnesses that can be prevented with proper nutrition' - His Holiness the Dalai Lama The international bestseller, Dr Michael Greger's How Not To Die gives effective, scientifically-proven nutritional advice to prevent our biggest killers - including heart disease, breast cancer, prostate cancer, high blood pressure and diabetes - and reveals the astounding health benefits that simple dietary choices can provide. Why rely on drugs and surgery to...
Gesundheitsschadliche Arbeitsstoffe (MAK - Werte Begrundungen (VCH), #49)
Die toxikologisch-arbeitsmedizinischen Begrundungen der in der 'MAK- und BAT-Werte-Liste' festgesetzten Grenzwerte und Einstufungen fur rund 1000 gesundheitsschadliche Arbeitsstoffe sind in dieser Loseblattsammlung zusammengefasst. Die Begrundungen wurden von der allein transparenten wissenschaftlichen Kriterien verpflichteten "Senatskommission zur Prufung gesundheitsschadlicher Arbeitsstoffe" der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) erarbeitet.
Entwurf Zur Einheitlichen Werthbestimmung Chemischer Desinfektionsmittel
by Theodor Paul