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1) 12 monkeys
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
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After the world's population is devastated by a killer virus, Cole volunteers to travel into the past to obtain a pure virus sample to help scientists develop a cure
2) Stepmom
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999.
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1 DVD (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Anna and Ben, the two children of Jackie and Luke, have to cope with the fact that their parents are divorced and that there is a new woman in their father's life: Isabel, a successful photographer. She does her best to treat the kids in a way that makes them still feel at home when being with their dad, but also loves her work and does not plan to give it up. But Jackie, a full-time-mother, regards Isabel's efforts as offensively insufficient. She...
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"This sensitive and supportive story helps children recognize and cope with sadness. Using gentle and straightforward language, this simple story offers an entrance point for adults and children to identify and address childhood depression symptoms and helps banish the stigma around mental illness. Includes a section with tips for adults"--
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Timber Press
Pub. Date
2014
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312 p. ;
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"What's Wrong With My Fruit Garden? offers a path toward a healthy garden packed with fresh fruit. In addition to learning how to diagnose a plant problem through clear visual keys, you will also learn the most effective organic solutions for every problem. Detailed plant portraits include information on growth; seasonality; temperature, light, and soil requirements; and planting techniques. The 37 plants include everything from almonds to watermelons."--www.Amazon.com....
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Free Press
Pub. Date
c2010
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ix, 306 p. ; 24 cm.
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"What makes us the way we are? Is it the genes? The childhood environment? Or could it be that many of our individual characteristics--our health, our intelligence, our temperaments--are influenced by conditions encountered before birth? That's the claim of a provocative field known as fetal origins. Scientists are developing a radically new understanding of our very earliest experiences and how they exert lasting effects on us well into adulthood....
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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An elite team of medical and scientific specialists race to save a top government scientist who is suffering from blood clot on the brain. Their mission is to be reduced along with their submarine-like craft to microscope size, enter the bloodstream of the ailing scientist, and journey to the brain to perform an emergency procedure. With only sixty minutes to complete their mission, the scientists find themselves fighting off an attack by white corpuscles,...
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Publisher
Turner
Pub. Date
[2016]
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272 pages cm
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"This book gives hope to everyone connected to endometriosis. That includes every woman and young girl who has it, and the women and men in their lives -- the mothers, fathers, husbands, children, and friends -- who know something is wrong, but do not know what it is or what to do about it. This book is written at a level that everyone with ties to this disease can relate to and understand, but it is also for doctors with good intentions who lack...
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Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
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xv, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"Diagnoses are often just educated guesses, and prognoses less certain still. There is a significant amount of uncertainty in the daily practice of medicine, resulting in confusion and potentially deadly complications. Dr. Steven Hatch argues that instead of ignoring this uncertainty, we should embrace it. By digging deeply into a number of rancorous controversies, from breast cancer screening to blood pressure management, Hatch shows us how medicine...
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
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532 pages ; cm
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"When Dr. Richard Horowitz moved to the Hudson Valley over a decade ago to start his own medical practice, he didn't know that he would be jumping into the center of one of the fiercest, most heated medical disputes being waged today. The ongoing debate over Lyme disease as a chronic illness has made it difficult for sufferers to find care, as doctors are in many cases unable or unwilling to diagnose it. This is how once-treatable infections can become...
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Are you fearful or surrounded by people who are fearful of so many things-terrorists, bullies, losing your job, and more? Are you tired of letting your emotions dictate how you behave, sometimes, hurting other people? Are you tired of being angry because certain people are trying to hurt you? The key to ridding ourselves of destructive emotions and maintaining positive emotions, in spite of our surroundings, is emotional intelligence.
Why Is This...
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Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
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xxii, 218 pages ; 24 cm
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"Eat smart, exercise regularly, and get routine health screenings," the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services advises the public in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. And that is absolutely true - except for the checkup part. The American public has been sold the idea that seeking medical care is one of the most important steps to maintain wellness. However, surprisingly, medical care is not in fact well correlated with good health. The major...
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Dermatology Essentials for Medical Assistants is a must-read for anyone wanting a head start in dermatology. This easy-reading guide will allow any medical assistant to hit the ground running in a new office. The book contains information on basic dermatology terms, clinic flow, procedure set up and break down, and everything else you need to know to walk in and contribute to the medical team on day one.
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
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317 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"As the Nazi regime slaughtered millions across Europe during World War Two, it sorted people according to race, religion, behavior, and physical condition for either treatment or elimination. Nazi psychiatrists targeted children with different kinds of mindsespecially those thought to lack social skillsclaiming the Reich had no place for them. Asperger and his colleagues endeavored to mold certain "autistic" children into productive citizens, while...
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McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
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x, 251 pages ; 23 cm
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"The goal of this book is to help the bipolar person manage their illness and live a full and meaningful life. The reader will learn about bipolar disorder: how it presents, is diagnosed, is passed down in families, and how it affects women as compared to men. The types of treatment and daily maintenance are discussed"--
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Harper Wave
Pub. Date
[2014]
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xviii, 313 pages ; 22 cm
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"Few mental disorders have been met with more controversy in recent years than Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder. An estimated 4.7% of adults, and up to 16% of children are living with ADHD in the US. However, some allege that doctors are handing out prescriptions indiscriminately. Thousands of patients respond poorly to stimulant medication, which is at times prescribed to individuals without the condition. There have been countless reports...
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Defining mental disorders is easy but to actually diagnose a patient needs a lot of hard work and proper information. You need to be able to classify the symptoms in order to narrow down to the right diagnosis. A wrong diagnosis could lead to more serious problems later on. This quick DSM-5 study guide helps you begin with the right treatment for the right patient.
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Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013
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ix, 334 pages ; 24 cm.
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Discusses how to avoid harmful medical mistakes, offering advice on such topics as working with a busy doctor, communicating the full story of an illness, evaluating test risks, and obtaining a working diagnosis.
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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
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xiii, 382 pages ; 24 cm
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"For centuries, doctors have struggled to define mental illness--how do you diagnose it, how do you treat it, how do you even know what it is? In search of an answer, in the 1970s a Stanford psychologist named David Rosenhan and seven other people--sane, normal, well-adjusted members of society--went undercover into asylums around America to test the legitimacy of psychiatry's labels. Forced to remain inside until they'd "proven" themselves sane,...
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