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Author
Series
Publisher
Checkmark Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
xii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: Pandemics and Global Health is part of the Global Issues series, which is designed to be a first-stop resource for research on the key challenges facing the world today. Each volume contains three sections, beginning with an introduction that clearly defines the issue, followed by detailed case studies of the issue's impact in the United States and several other countries or regions. The second section draws together significant...
Author
Publisher
MSI Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
147 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Living Well with Chronic Illness is a self-help guide for anyone who has a chronic illness or who knows and cares about someone else who does. The 20 chapters concisely address a comprehensive range of issues including daily routines, relationships, medical and legal services, a joyful life, and much more. In our hectic, information-laden world where the Internet places billions of contradictory facts at our fingertips, the straightforward content...
83) Illness
Author
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
2nd edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 249 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Using his forty years of experience and knowledge in medical research and his own journey with kidney failure, the author provides the latest information from the scientific literature on kidney diseases and treatment. He provides patients with a road map to navigate the choices and difficulties involved with having kidney disease, from diagnosis to transplant, to help them make informed choices from a patient's point of view. For the second edition,...
89) Malaria
Author
Series
Publisher
Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mosquitoes are often considered the deadliest animals on Earth, mostly because they spread malaria. Without treatment, malaria can be fatal. Using things such as mosquito nets and insecticides, people are fighting malaria by fighting the bugs that spread it. Malaria explores the history and science behind this disease, as well as how it's treated.
90) Coldbrook
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The world as we know it has changed forever. The reason is Coldbrook. The facility lay deep in Appalachian Mountains, a secret laboratory called Coldbrook. Its scientists had achieved the impossible: a gateway to a new world. Theirs was to be the greatest discovery in the history of mankind, but they had no idea what they were unleashing.
92) COPD for dummies
Author
Series
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
xviii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Recognize the signs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and take advantage of the latest treatments.
93) Head on
Author
Series
Lock in novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
Hilketa is a frenetic and violent pastime where players attack each other with swords and hammers. The main goal of the game: obtain your opponent's head and carry it through the goalposts. With flesh and bone bodies, a sport like this would be impossible. But all the players are "threeps," robot-like bodies controlled by people with Haden's Syndrome, so anything goes. No one gets hurt, but the brutality is real and the crowds love it. Until a star...
Author
Series
Publisher
Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xxvii, 154 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Uses a simple Q&A format to make the subject accessible to readers. Provides real-world examples of concepts discussed in the book via case studies. Helps readers to hone their research and critical thinking skills. Dispels popular misconceptions and points readers toward accurate information. Guides readers toward useful books, organizations, and websites and serves as a gateway to further study and research.
Author
Series
Eric Steele novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
On a remote mountaintop in western China, a doctor and her team have created a terrifying new coronavirus called C-62 that is capable of killing a person in twenty minutes. But her conscience tells her she must destroy the deadly bioweapon before it can bring devastation to millions. The doctor's plans are interrupted when mysterious commandos swarm the lab, kill everyone in sight, and take off with the C-62 virus. Meanwhile, Eric Steele is on a cleanup...
98) Staying well
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
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