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Language
English
Description
"An authoritative, accessible guide to how our lungs work and how to protect them. Most of us pay little attention to the workings of our lungs, but the COVID-19 pandemic has sparked interest in their functioning and fear about the risks they face. Dr. MeiLan K. Han, a leading pulmonologist and a national spokesperson for the American Lung Association, takes readers on a fascinating tour of this most vital organ. Han explains the wonder of breathing...
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The author answers many of the most common questions he has been asked in more than thirty years of treating patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease"--
Author
Language
English
Description
On the verge of completing a decade's worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. Just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated. Kalanithi chronicles his transformation from a naïve medical student into a neurosurgeon at Stanford working in the brain, the most critical place for human identity, and finally into a patient and new father confronting his own mortality.
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"We take an average of 7.5 million breaths a year and some 600 million in our lifetime, and what goes on in our body each time oxygen is taken in and carbon dioxide expelled is nothing short of miraculous. 'Our lungs are the lynchpin between our bodies and the outside world,' writes Dr. Michael J. Stephen. And yet, we take our lungs for granted until we're incapacitated and suddenly confronted with their vital importance. In Breath Taking, pulmonologist...
12) Five feet apart
Author
Language
English
Description
Can you love someone you can never touch? Stella and Will both suffer from cystic fibrosis. Being together means they could pass an infection. Stella is waiting for a lung transplant; Will is on a clinical drug trial. The only way to stay alive is to stay apart. Staying six feet apart doesn't feel like safety, it feels like punishment. Would five feet apart really be so dangerous if it stops their hearts from breaking too? --
13) Lungs
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Take a deep breath and plunge right into this exciting book about the lungs. Learn about the parts and function of this organ and how to keep your lungs healthy. Features dynamic photographs and illustrations.
Author
Publisher
Addicus Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 110 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
What is my prognosis? What are my treatment options? Which therapies would be the most effective for my stage of lung cancer? These and other frequently asked questions are addressed in this crucial reference designed to help patients educate themselves and obtain the best possible treatments. The completely revised second edition has been updated to include a discussion of the movement towards customized chemotherapy; treatment options for early-stage...
Series
Publisher
American Cancer Society
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
206 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Covering everything from risk factors to living well after treatment, a pocket-sized reference helps patients to make informed decisions and incorporates into the latest edition the most current patient treatment guidelines, recommended questions to ask a health-care team and an advanced glossary of cancer-related terms.
17) My lungs
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the parts of the lungs and respiratory system, how they function, and problems that can affect them.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xiii, 363 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Lung cancer is a disease long associated with smokers, but, the fact of the matter is, it can strike anyone. This book describes how this cancer develops, what the warning signs are, and how it can be treated. It serves as an excellent introduction for both patients and their loved ones.
19) Lungs
Author
Series
Publisher
Copper Beech Books
Pub. Date
1996.
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
A look at our respiratory system.
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