Ailments category: 10428 books
Bite Me
How Lyme Disease Stole My Childhood, Made Me Crazy, and Almost Killed Me
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Ally was at a breaking point when she woke up in a psych ward at the age of eighteen. She couldn't put a sentence together, let alone take a shower, eat a meal, or pick up a phone. What had gone wrong? In recent years, she had produced a feature film, a popular reality show for a major network, and...
A Twist of Lyme
Battling a Disease That “Doesn’T Exist”
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
When she moved to Barrington, Rhode Island, Andrea Caesar was an active, happy, vivacious ten-year-old who loved to play kickball and hang from the monkey bars. A year later, Andrea had trouble catching her breath while running, was plagued by migraines, and battled constant muscle aches. Andrea had...
by Marnie Peterson
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014
The latest Ebola outbreak is the worst in history. What happens if the infection is spread further into the U.S.?
Although officials clam a worldwide pandemic is unlikely, maybe that is not a risk you should be willing to take.
Don't just sit idly and regret it when the stakes are raised....
Migraine Headaches
Discover What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About Migraine Headache Treatment, The Truth About What Causes Migraine Headaches, Symptoms of Migraine Headaches and More
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
This must-have book arms you with vital insights about migraine headache treatment, symptoms of migraine headaches, what causes migraine headaches and much more.
On the Trail of Ebola
my life as a virus hunter
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
'Just give me a few viruses.' When young researcher Guido van der Groen went to his boss with that request in 1976, it marked the start of an improbable career as a virus hunter. A cheap thermos flask containing blood samples from a deceased Belgian missionary in Zaïre put him on the trail of a 'humdinger'...
The Ebola Survival Handbook
An MD Tells You What You Need to Know Now to Stay Safe
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2014
As the Ebola epidemic becomes more frightening-and hits closer to home-people are looking for answers. How does it spread? Are we at risk? How do we protect ourselves and our families from this deadly disease? In this necessary new book, Dr. Joseph Alton, an MD who is at the forefront of crisis medicine,...
TIME The Science of Epidemics
Inside the Fight Against Deadly Diseases, from Ebola to Aids
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
TIME's The Science of Epidemics brings deeper understanding of Ebola and other infectious diseases from plague to polio. TIME takes readers behind the headlines not only to look at what caused Ebola to spread, but how doctors are trying to fight the disease in Africa, what the US and other countries...
The Bird Flu Pandemic
Can It Happen? Will It Happen? How to Protect Yourself and Your Family If It Does
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Based on the recent avian flu outbreaks that have emerged into human populations, the World Health Organization now warns us that bird flu--if mutated into a supercontagious pandemic form--could visit millions of homes within two years.
The Bird Flu Pandemic provides definitive answers to the...
by Constantine N. Nana PhD
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
The Zaire Ebola virus appeared out of nowhere and then disappeared into thin air after killing scores of humans in West Africa. In The Ebola Outbreak in West Africa, author Constantine N. Nana attempts to better understand the outbreak and answer the question: why?
Through meticulous research,...
Tuberculose
Les Grands Articles d'Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Le terme tuberculose englobe toutes les manifestations pathologiques susceptibles d'être provoquées dans l'organisme par un agent pathogène bactérien spécifique, le bacille de Koch (Mycobacterium tuberculosis). De toutes les localisations de cette affection, la tuberculose pulmonaire (cf...
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About(TM) Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery
Everything You Need to Know to Make the Right Decisions
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2004
Readers get the facts they need to make informed decisions about hip and knee replacement surg-eries-the two most common joint replacements in America. Hundreds of thousands of Americans suffer from painful, deteriorating joints-and for many, surgery is their only option for relief. Now, Dr. Ronald...
by Frank Bowden
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Frank Bowden, a specialist in the field of infectious disease and sexual health, looks at one bug at a time, weaving around them the stories of his patients and their families, the doctors and the difficulties they face and the horrors and successes of hospitals and health care programs. Through Bowden’s...
by Kenneth Kee
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2013
Neuralgia
What is Neuralgia?
Neuralgia is any form of pain along a nerve.
What are the causes of Neuralgia?
Pressure on a nerve (intervertebral disc or trauma)
Inflammation of the nerve by herpes zoster virus ( shingles or herpes zoster)
Unknown cause...
A Patient's Guide to Unnecessary Knee Surgery
How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Hasty Medical Advice
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Every year millions of Americas are told by an orthopedic surgeon that the only way to successfully get rid of their knee pain is to undergo some form of knee surgery. But so many of these procedures could have been avoided if the patient was fully informed regarding all the intricacies of his or...