An easy-to-understand yet comprehensive guide to help people live longer and more purposeful lives.

An emotional and inspiring look at the people who use and champion the treatment of cancer with Cannabis.

The IBM WebSphere Business Integration for Healthcare Collaborative Network is an internet-based, private information network that enables secure transmission of clinical data to healthcare participants. Healthcare Collaborative Network enables immediacy in the dissemination of clinical data and provides participants with capabilities to detect and respond rapidly to health risks such as adverse drug effects, to manage quality of care, and to implement...

"Driving Automation: A Human Factors Perspective addresses a range of issues related to vehicle automation beyond the "how" or "can we" to "what will be the implications". It covers important topics including mental workload and malleable resources theory, effects of adaptive cruise control on mental workload, in-vehicle interface design, driver modeling and monitoring, eco-driving, responses to automation failure, and brake reaction time with automation"--...

Combining accessible language with cutting-edge research, eye-opening studies and examples from pop culture, a pioneering neuroscientist and psychologist unveils the hidden role memory plays throughout our lives and how once we understand its power, we can cut through the clutter to remember the things we want to remember.

"Stories from doctors, nurses, and therapists dealing on a daily basis with the opioid crisis in Appalachia should be heartbreaking. Yet those told here also inspire with practical advice on how to assist those in addiction, from a grass-roots to a policy level. Readers looking for ways to combat the crisis will find suggestions alongside laughter, tears, and sometimes rage. Each author brings the passion of their profession and the personal losses...

"Dillon J. Carroll's Invisible Wounds examines the effects of military service, particularly combat, on the psyches and emotional well-being of Civil War soldiers-Black and white, North and South. Soldiers faced harsh military discipline, arduous marches, poor rations, debilitating diseases, and the terror of battle, all of which took a severe psychological toll. While mental collapses sometimes occurred during the war, the emotional damage soldiers...

"Set in Appalachia, the story follows four generations in the family of Dr. Arthur Lee Jones, whose destinies are interwoven with the planning, building, and operation of Ashe Memorial Hospital. This traces the evolution of community healthcare from the days of folk remedies and midwives to horseback doctors and hospitals to the technological advances and outreach of today"--