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U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services., PHS Office on Women's Health, National Action Plan on Breast Cancer
Pub. Date
1997
Description
Introduces this new technology for detecting cancer susceptibility to women with a history of breast cancer and ovarian cancer and to those diagnosed with breast cancer at an early age, and conveys the complexity of the decision-making process in having a genetic test.
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Publisher
W Publishing, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"A comprehensive guide to total breast health from the go-to breast care expert for Good Morning America and The Doctors. One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer over the course of their lives, and breast cancer is the #1 killer of women ages 20-59. But did you know that only 15 percent of those diagnosed have a single relative with breast cancer? For most of us, family history and genetics do not determine who gets breast cancer--we...
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Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"In How to End the Autism Epidemic, Generation Rescue's co-founder J.B. Handley offers a compelling, science-based explanation of what's causing the autism epidemic, the lies that enable its perpetuation, and the steps we must take as parents and as a society in order to end it. While many parents have heard the rhetoric that vaccines are safe and effective and that the science is settled about the relationship between vaccines and autism, few realize...
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Most human diseases come from nature, from pathogens that live and breed in non-human animals and are "accidentally" transmitted to us. Human illness is only the culmination of a complex series of interactions among species in their natural habitats. To avoid exposure to these pathogens, we must understand which species are involved, what regulates their abundance, and how they interact. Lyme disease affects the lives of millions of people in the...
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Publisher
Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"Suicide in America has become a public health crisis. Now this insightful book sheds much needed light on the many risk factors that combine to drive suicide forward so that we can try to identify and stop them. On average about 45,000 people in America die by suicide each year, a death toll higher than car accidents or homicides. For every person who dies there are about ten unsuccessful attempts. And every day some 15 million Americans endure suicidal...
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"One Doctor's Surprising Answer to the Epidemic of Autoimmunity and Chronic Disease; Over the past fifty years, rates of autoimmunity and chronic disease have exploded: currently 1 in 2.5 American children has an allergy, 1 in 11 has asthma, 1 in 13 has severe food allergies, and 1 in 36 has autism. While some attribute this rise to increased awareness and diagnosis, Thomas Cowan, MD, argues for a direct causal relationship to a corresponding increase...
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
Each of the three programs that make up "The mysterious human heart focuses on a different aspect of what we thought we knew, what we know now, and what we're on the verge of learning about the heart. This material is presented through the real-life dramas of people who suddenly learn that a normal, functioning heart is not something that can be taken for granted. In Episode 1. we examine the heart as a muscle - pumping more than 100,000 times a day,...
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Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"The new standard for pediatric care from one of today's most trusted pediatricians Paul Thomas, M.D., is a vaccine-friendly doctor: knowledgeable about both the latest scientific research and the community's disease exposure, and respectful of a family's risk factors, health history, and concerns. In The Vaccine-Friendly Plan, he presents his proven approach to building immunity, a new protocol that limits a child's exposure to aluminum, mercury,...
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Publisher
Hatherleigh Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
FAMILY & HEALTH. Regardless of where you stand on the issue of childhood vaccination, everyone agrees that the health of our children is paramount. The Parents' Concise Guide to Childhood Vaccinations, Second Edition is your complete guide to making sure your child gets the proper care at this important time in their development. For those who have chosen to vaccinate, The Parents' Concise Guide to Childhood Vaccinations, Second Edition offers both...
16) Illicit drugs
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Publisher
Greenwood
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
This volume compiles information and materials documenting illicit drugs and their use from multiple perspectives. Some 20 million Americans, or 8 percent of the population of the United States aged 12 and older, use marijuana, cocaine, heroin, amphetamines, ecstasy, or other illicit drugs. The cost to our society is enormous, more than $300 billion annually for related expenses such as health care and treatment, social services, law enforcement,...
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