Medicine For Children

This book is for any person who wishes to have clearer functioning of his or her mind and not to be bogged down with useless thinking. Within three weeks the result will be more control over thoughts, better concentration, more energy, more joy, happiness and appreciation for life. This is a simple and straightforward self-help book approached from two different and yet related perspectives.

People with speaking difficulties are at the mercy of insurance companies who are determining how often and for how long speech therapy services should be delivered. It is also a disturbing reality that the likelihood for therapy frequency and length of care is contingent upon either the level of competence or comfort level of the speech-language pathologist or the financial policies of each institution.

A life-saving guide that includes signs, symptoms, first aid treatments, and step-by-step skills to care for adults, children, and infants in case of everyday emergencies. This book is written in simple language to help anyone develop the skills to save lives, from splinting a sprained ankle, performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and using an automated defibrillator (AED) responding to symptoms of strokes, diabetic emergencies, and emergency childbirth.

The field of medicine is fascinating. But some medical conditions, treatments, and experiments are almost unbelievable! Did you know workers test medications and medical equipment for bacteria by using a chemical from horseshoe crab blood? Have you ever heard of freezing people's bodies in the hopes of bringing them back to life in the future? Check out these fascinating findings and even more bizarre medicine!

For centuries, medicine has made reckless use of one of earth's most toxic substances: mercury - and the consequences, often invisible or ignored, continue to be tragic. Today, global emissions of mercury as well as other toxicants, make us all more vulnerable to its effects. From the worst cases of syphilis to Sigmund Freud's first cases of hysteria, from baffling new disorders in 19th century Britain to the modern scourge of autism, The Age of Autism traces the long overlooked history of mercury poisoning.

In Dear NHS, an amazing list of inspirational people come together to share their stories of how the national health service has been there for them and changed their lives in the process. By turns deeply moving, hilarious, hopeful and impassioned, these stories together become a love letter to the NHS and the 1.4 million people who go above and beyond the call of duty every single day - selflessly, generously, putting others before themselves, never more so than now.

A novel about two women who settle in the Northwest. Washington State didn’t want the ex-slaves to come there from the South. This book showcases the racism present in Washington State in 1895. Black people couldn’t vote or own property. A very active chapter of the Ku Klux Klan was in Chehalis. The land the Cowlitz tribes had lived on for thousands of years was taken from them without compensation and given to the white settlers. Duha (pronounced DooHa) is the daughter of a slave midwife. She and her mother are determined to escape the racism in Independence, Missouri, by migrating to ...

In Kid Food, nationally recognized writer and food advocate Bettina Elias Siegel explores one of the fundamental challenges of modern parenting: trying to raise healthy eaters in a society intent on pushing children in the opposite direction. Siegel dives deep into the many influences that make feeding children healthfully so difficult - from the prevailing belief that kids will only eat highly processed "kid food" to the near-constant barrage of "special treats".

Leukemia is a type of cancer that affects blood cells in the bone marrow. It's caused by a mutation in the DNA of a bone marrow stem cell, which leads to the rapid production of abnormal white blood cells. These abnormal cells can't fight infection and can crowd out healthy cells in the bone marrow and blood. This book describes one way to fix this problem. We tell you how to increase the life supporting oxygen to the cells of your body. In 1950 your chances of getting cancer were one in eighty. Today your chances of getting cancer are one in two. Yes, disease is out there! This is a good ...

On December 24, 1992, six-year-old Lauren Rudolph was hospitalized with excruciating stomach pain. Less than a week later she was dead. Doctors were baffled: How could a healthy child become so sick so quickly? After a frenzied investigation, public-health officials announced that the cause was E. coli O157:H7, and the source was hamburger meat served at a Jack in the Box restaurant. During this unprecedented crisis, four children died and over seven hundred others became gravely ill.

Futurologist Luna Lee presents possibilities for the future of medicine in the next 100 years.

Destiny’s Child No Longer: Rewriting Genetic Fate invites readers to imagine a world where the genetic hand dealt at birth is no longer a fixed destiny. For millennia, our lives have been shaped by the silent lottery of DNA, a microscopic shuffle that determines health, risk, and potential before our first breath. But with the arrival of advanced genetic medicine, we now stand at the threshold of a new era, one where the mysteries of our genes can be decoded and, remarkably, rewritten. The book opens with a vivid exploration of this transformation, blending the latest scientific ...

When it comes to achieving the best health for your child, it can be hard to get things right. Although some quick-fix medicines and remedies promise instant health, there’s nothing “instant” when it comes to taking care of your kids.

Have you ever thought about the fact that before the fridge you'd have had maggots in your margarine? Ever thought about what you might use to wipe your bum before loo roll was a thing? And what about what everybody did before computers?! In this third hilarious book from Adam Kay and Henry Paker you'll learn about all of these and more.

Going to the doctor today looks a lot different than it did in the past. In fact, the entire history of medicine is riddled with unusual, amazing, and sometimes strange facts. Learn about how people used inventions, treatments, and more to survive and thrive in everyday life.

Un interesante recorrido por la historia de la medicina, que recrea la época en la que los médicos eran magos y hechiceros, las operaciones se hacían sin anestesia y en cualquier sitio, los cirujanos no eran médicos sino peluqueros y la gente se moría por enfermedades que hoy son fácilmente curables. La historia contada a través de los descubrimientos y avances científicos que hicieron de la medicina lo que es hoy.

Margaret Mohrmann has devoted most of her professional life to caring for children, and in Attending Children she shares the remarkable education those children and their families have given her. Her narratives are both painful and hopeful, tragic and funny, full of remarkable characters and sometimes bizarre families.

This book is about radical healing for women. It will teach you how to cleanse your soul, let go of unhealthy imprinting, and heal your ancestral line. It's about 'unlearning' everything you have been told about yourself that is negative, unkind, shaming, and holding you back from your golden light. Inside this book you will discover meditations, affirmations, prayers, mantras, and other powerful tools. Susy will also share with you other potent healing modalities. Susy will teach you how to let go, connecting with your higher self - which is love.

Laughter is the best medicine and this comedy has the right dose. Joyce’s cooking is so bad that her husband and kids want to cut off their tongues to save themselves for the taste of her food. Joyce's husband, Gary, loves his football team more than he loves her. But they are not an entirely unhappy couple. They have five children. Twenty-one-year-old Fred, their eldest child, is a loafer who believes he will soon be a millionaire. He spends most of his time chasing his elusive dream. A gourmand, he is the only member of the family who enjoys Joyce’s cooking. Nineteen-year-old Nyasha ...

It's easier for pharmacists to get their kids to take medicine, and in this audiobook, I explain why. It makes so much sense for a child to take their medicine, logically. But getting children to take their medicine by justifying it logically is doomed to failure. I'm a dad with three seven-year-old triplet daughters, and I bring you into my thought process when it's time to give them medicine and how I bring them into the conversation - literally. At worst, you'll learn a lot about the most common over-the-counter medicines and some of the most prescribed pediatric medicines.