"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...

You can access an extraordinary amount of information about health conditions on a smartphone while sitting in a doctor's waiting room, but do you know what you're looking for and how to make sense of everything? Too often, patients end up with incomplete knowledge, don't know what questions to ask their doctors, and are reluctant to be completely frank about what they're experiencing and what they need from their health care providers. To address...

Why are doctors, teachers, and parents incorrectly diagnosing healthy American children with serious psychiatric conditions? Gnaulati examines the factors that have led to our current crisis, provides parents with information about symptoms that to a casual or untrained eye can mimic a psychiatric disorder, and gives parents of struggling children hope, perspective, and direction.

En este libro de verdad impresionante, Héctor Luis Castillo despeja todas las dudas en torno a esos cinco litros de líquido rojo que recorren sin parar todos los recovecos de nuestro cuerpo para llevar ayuda, recibir quejas y ser el mensajero de los dioses: ¿dónde se forma la sangre? ¿Para qué sirve? ¿Cómo hace para moverse libremente a través de los vasos? ¿Qué relación tienen el aumento o la disminución de glóbulos blancos con el estrés,...

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...

"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...

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.

El tratamiento clínico de las conjuntivitis alérgicas es un reto diario de los profesionales de salud visual y ocular, no solo por la alta prevalencia de la alergia ocular, sino por la gran necesidad de controlar las manifestaciones inflamatorias de estas conjuntivitis. Diversas expresiones de la patología alérgica se encuentran principalmente en la población pediátrica, desencadenando síntomas molestos y procesos inflamatorios perjudiciales...

The author recounts her journey to understand and reconnect with her twelve-year-old son after they were both diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

The world of health is undergoing a significant evolution. There is a tangible sense of urgency and great expectation that affects everyone: patients, healthcare organisations, doctors and companies. Pharmaceutical Resilience offers us a compass to orient ourselves in this growing complexity, indicating the cardinal points and helping us find a path to follow in this historic moment, which is the result of the convergence of at least three macrophenomena...