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1) Communicable Medical Diseases: A Holistic and Social Medicine Perspective for Healthcare Providers
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Although communicable infections have been known to man since the dawn of time, outbreaks of communicable infections still occur regularly. Known and unknown communicable infections continue to emerge and re-emerge due to factors such as drug-resistant microbes, the over-use of antimicrobial drugs, and many others. Many changes in society have weakened healthcare systems while enhancing the effects of poverty and malnutrition. Although the mortality...
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Taking an informative, science-based look at the coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19 and the Virus that Shook the World examines the virus and its far-reaching effects on societies all over the globe. This book is a compelling and valuable resource for anybody who wants to learn more about COVID-19 and what we can do to stay safe both now and in the future.
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- An introduction to viruses- How diseases are transmitted form animals...
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Dr. Max Dent, a respected heart surgeon in Boston, was content to put his former life as an assassin for a foreign intelligence service behind him. When he agrees, reluctantly, to undertake one more mission, he finds himself drawn into a web of intrigue and increasing danger. First, a group of college students in Atlanta fall fatally ill from a mysterious illness. Next, six men are found dead in a hotel in the Caribbean, with similar symptoms. As...
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Embark on a journey of understanding and empowerment with "Ascariasis Demystified: Doctor's Secret Guide." This comprehensive guide sheds light on ascariasis, offering historical insights, unraveling the transmission and life cycle, and exploring the condition through the lens of the biopsychosocial model. Delve into global prevalence, uncover the symptoms, and gain insights into holistic management approaches. From dietary interventions and psychological...
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Updated on a regular basis, this e-book contains 35 pages of practical advice for all international travelers! It has up-to-date advice on all important topics for travel including: immunizations, immunization reference chart, costs of vaccines and prescriptions, routine travel advice on water purification and foods to avoid, decreasing arthropod exposure, pediatric travel information, anti-malarial medications, prescription needs for traveler's diarrhea,...
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La epidemia de fiebre amarilla que surgió en 2002 en los territorios del Catatumbo nortesantandereano y que se expandió en 2004 hacia la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta generó protestas desde distintos sectores sociales y cuestionamientos a la Ley 100 de 1993 que ha regido el sector salud del país en medio de grandes controversias.
Esta no fue la primera vez en la historia reciente de Colombia que se presentó una epidemia de fiebre amarilla de...
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Diseases have had more influence on us than we realize. They have taken a major role in making us humans and probably determine the way we run our lives. They emerged with us from our ancestral home in Africa, to spread to the rest of the planet. History is full of the great epidemics of plague, smallpox and anthrax, with the present catastrophe of HIV that is changing the demography of the world in a similar way to its predecessors. We survived because...
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From military expeditions in antiquity to peacekeeping missions in the twentieth century, malaria has been the single most important medical problem confronting nonimmune troops in malarious regions. It's devastating effects were clearly visible during both world wars. During the Macedonian campaign in World War I, an exasperated French general could not counterattack as he desperately reported, "Regret that my army is in hospital with malaria." Malaria...
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Con un punto de vista informativo y científico sobre la pandemia del coronavirus, COVID-19 y el virus que sacudió al mundo examina el virus y sus profundos efectos en las sociedades de todo el planeta. Este libro es un recurso valioso y cautivador para cualquiera que quiera saber más acerca del COVID-19 y sobre lo que podemos hacer para protegernos de él, ahora y en el futuro.
Los temas tratados en la obra incluyen:
- Una introducción a los...
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What to do in the case of…? is a thoracic transplant-oriented Guidebook for the initial evaluation and diagnosis of common syndromes in cardiothoracic transplant recipients. This manual has been written by a wide international representation of authors with different areas of expertise, to give a multifaceted response to a broad range of clinical syndromes encountered after cardiothoracic transplantation. This project has been designed as an educational...
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Because of his years of experience, Dr. Gullberg knows that Bulletpoints are the best format for learning a core of Infectious Disease subjects. He has handpicked the most common topics in ID. The book is a bottom line format, and should be a helpful tool for quick reference in the office or hospital. Subjects covered include: General principles, Antibiotics, Basic Microbiology, Cardiovascular infections, Fever of Unknown Origin, Fungal infections,...
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The field of infectious diseases is fascinating. Mystery, intrigue, victory, and devastation are encountered on many levels.
Both the invading microbes and their competitors within the immune system are complex. The diseases fomented and the human response makes for gripping tales. But the in-depth study of infectious diseases is decidedly one of the most complicated subjects out there. The innumerable indecipherable terms and the scientific jargon...
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In 1990, hospital and medical officials conducted a hostile takeover of the J.K. and Susie L. Wadley Research Institute and Blood Bank. That ended nearly 56 years of my father and I serving as the medical directors and CEOs of the principle blood bank in Dallas, Texas.
How and why did this occur? In the 1980s, scientists discovered and developed tests to identify AIDS, T-cell leukemia, and hepatitis C virus infections. In March 1985, blood banks...
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Infectious Disease Case Studies contains over 200 case studies in 20 areas of Infectious Diseases. It has well over 100 illustrations. Areas covered include: Antibiotics, Basic microbiology, Cardiovascular infections, Fever of unknown origin (FUO), Fungal infections, Gastrointestinal infections, Genitourinary infections, Healthcare Associated Infections, HIV, Immuno-suppression, Musculoskeletal infections, Nervous system infections, Nuclear Medicine,...
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"Management of Fungal Infections in Mechanical Circulatory Support and Cardiothoracic Organ Transplant Recipients," summarizes the most current literature in the field of fungal infections related to MCS and heart/lung transplantation. It is the collective effort of many people in the international field and works to inform readers about contemporary innovations.
This as a useful resource in improving medical procedural outcomes and is the culmination...
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These personal ground level observations and posts about life in New York City during the Covid pandemic are unlike what was commonly reported in the national mass media. This looks at the people in the streets, subways, bars, restaurants, stores and museums. It is an attempt to see and remember the fine details that previous accounts missed. Ranging from April 2020 to April 2022 it is not just about the horrors of the plague itself, but also of the...
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In 1970, at the beginning of a glorious career, a newly graduated Harvard Medical School physician named Michael Crichton published "Five Patients". This book was an insightful and captivating study of practicing medicine that wove medical history and trends in society into intimate portrayals of humans facing tragic health challenges.
In "Carnage in America," Dr. Steve Weiss has updated this approach 50 years later, with no less literary power....
18) Las zoonosis
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En esta obra, la autora nos explica sobre todo los modos de transmisión, las diferencias entre las zoonosis "aparentes" y las "no aparentes", las bacterianas y las víricas, qué personas pueden estar en situación de riesgo, las grandes reglas preventivas... y a continuación, la enfermedad por enfermedad, nos decribe los agentes patógenos, los síntomas en el ser humano y en los animales, los tratamientos más adecuados para prevenirlas y combatirlas....
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Why Millions Died reviews the painfully slow development of research by isolated investigators who believed that diseases could be caused by infectious organisms. The brutally contentious and vivid arguments that raged between the proponents of the germ theory of disease and those who condemned it from both the scientific community and the pulpits delayed the implementation of vaccines and antimicrobial agents. Such delays resulted in millions of...
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Dissenting Voices-an Imprint of Abundant World Institute-is dedicated to helping create and foster the conditions that enable human flourishing and abundance everywhere. To these ends, we seek to inspire, inform, educate, encourage, enable, and support the application of critical thinking, imagination, and innovation to global challenges. Today, the COVID-19 pandemic is one global grand challenge that is on everyone's mind, and is likely to remain...
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