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Super agers : an evidence-based approach to longevity / by Topol, Eric J.,1954-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."One of the most respected, celebrated, and influential medical researchers in the world gives a guided tour of the revolution in longevity science that is exploding now. This is an evidence-based approach to longevity in a market drenched in snake oil-Eric Topol doesn't promise a silver bullet to magically stop the aging process, he shows how preventing the development of killer chronic diseases like obesity, heart disease, cancer and neurodegeneration is completely changing what "old age" can be. And we can start long before middle age-or long after. Dr. Topol shows how and why you can deal with chronic problems now instead of waiting until it is too late. Breakthrough treatments have been developed from new tools, new understanding of how our personal genomes work, and what AI can see in our health data. We can now engineer cells, build proteins and find drugs that make us live longer, better. Many of these treatments are on the shelf now-or soon will be-and improving fast. Our author is the ultimate guide because he participated in developing and testing many of them. The first part of the book "The New Age of Healthspan" describes inspiring patients aged 90+, sets out the dimensions of the new advances in the treatments of age related diseases, and details an expanded definition of what a healthy lifestyle means now-good sleep, diet, exercise, sure, but much beyond. He calls it Lifestyle+. He then turns to the "Chronic Killers"-Obesity/Diabetes, Heart Disease, Cancer, and Neurodegeneration. Parts on the "Big Collateral Implications" and "Thinking Ahead" follow and include ways we might eventually come to reverse the aging process itself"--
Subjects: Aging; Artificial intelligence; Longevity.; Medicine, Preventive.; Older people;
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Blind spots : when medicine gets it wrong, and what it means for our health / by Makary, Marty,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.More Americans have peanut allergies today than at any point in history. Why? In 2000, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a strict recommendation that parents avoid giving their children peanut products until they're three years old. Getting the science perfectly backward, triggering intolerance with lack of early exposure, the US now leads the world in peanut allergies-and this misinformation is still rearing its head today. How could the experts have gotten it so wrong? Dr. Marty Makary asks, Could it be that many modern-day health crises have been caused by the hubris of the medical establishment? Experts said for decades that opioids were not addictive, igniting the opioid crisis. They refused menopausal women hormone replacement therapy, causing unnecessary suffering. They demonized natural fat in foods, driving Americans to processed carbohydrates as obesity rates soared. They told citizens that there are no downsides to antibiotics and prescribed them liberally, causing a drug-resistant bacteria crisis. When modern medicine issues recommendations based on good scientific studies, it shines. Conversely, when modern medicine is interpreted through the harsh lens of opinion and edict, it can mold beliefs that harm patients and stunt research for decades. In Blind Spots, Dr. Makary explores the latest research on critical topics ranging from the microbiome to childbirth to nutrition and longevity and more, revealing the biggest blind spots of modern medicine and tackling the most urgent yet unsung issues in our $4.5 trillion health care ecosystem. The path to medical mishaps can be absurd, entertaining, and jaw-dropping-but the truth is essential to our health.
Subjects: Medical care.; Medical errors.; Medical policy.; Public health.;
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The substance [videorecording] / by Fargeat, Coralie,film producer,screenwriter,film director.; Moore, Demi,actor.; Quaid, Dennis,actor.; Qualley, Margaret,actor.; MUBI (Firm),film distributor.;
Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Gore Abrams, Edward Hamilton-Clark."Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister, is past her prime and suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey. She is then drawn to the opportunity presented by a mysterious new drug: the Substance. All it takes is one injection and she is reborn-- temporarily--as the gorgeous, twenty-something Sue"-Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Horror films.; Feature films.; Body image; Drugs; Aging; Middle-aged women; Man-woman relationships; Medicine, Experimental;
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The twelve [sound recording] / by Cronin, Justin.; Brick, Scott.;
Read by Scott Brick.The great viral plague had left a small group of survivors clinging to life amidst a world transformed into a nightmare. Led by the mysterious, charismatic Amy, they go on the attack, leading an insurrection against the virals--the first offensives of the Second Viral War--infiltrating a dozen hives, each presided over by one of the original Twelve. Their secret weapon: Alicia, transformed at the end of book one into a half human, half viral--but whose side, in the end, is she really on?
Subjects: Science fiction.; Epic fiction.; Audiobooks.; Human experimentation in medicine; Strangers; Survival; Vampires; Virus diseases;
© p2012., Random House Audio,
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Natural baby and childcare / by Feder, Lauren.; Hoang, LeTrinh.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Infants; Children; Infants; Children; Holistic medicine.; Child care.;
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3801 Lancaster: American Tragedy. by Altrogge, David,film director.; Slobodzian, Joseph,actor.; Gosnell, Kermit,actor.; Williams, Seth,actor.; Gravitas Ventures (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Joseph Slobodzian, Kermit Gosnell, Seth WilliamsOriginally produced by Gravitas Ventures in 2015.Six years ago, Dr. Kermit Gosnell was known in West Philadelphia as "The Good Doctor." Today, he sits behind bars, convicted of three counts of first degree murder. How did this beloved doctor become one of the most hated and controversial figures of the decade?In February of 2010, the Philadelphia Police Department and the FBI raided the offices of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, a respected physician and late-term abortion provider in West Philadelphia. The doctor was suspected of selling prescription drugs illegally. However, what investigators discovered upon entering the clinic was unthinkable.Through exclusive interviews with detectives, crime scene investigators, journalists, victims, and Dr. Gosnell himself, 3801 LANCASTER: AMERICAN TRAGEDY tells a story of violence, greed, and a coverup that shook the nation."Remarkable!" - Anderson Cooper, CNNMode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Criminal law.; Social sciences.; Medicine.; Health.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; Crime.; Murder.; Abortion.; Physicians.; True crime stories.;
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Mind the science : saving your mental health from the wellness industry / by Stea, Jonathan N.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A clinical psychologist who regularly deals with some of society's most vulnerable exposes and debunks the predatory pseudoscience and grift of the multi-trillion-dollar wellness industry and points us towards a better way to take care of our mental health. Can the unbroken gaze of a lone man on a stage in front of hundreds of people truly alleviate their mental distress? Can Berlin Wall pills or a coffee enema cure depression? Can we improve our mental health with past-life regression therapy, cold-water shock therapy, rebirthing therapy ... try none of the above. Wellness grifters and alternative-health snake oil salesmen are everywhere these days, and when our medical systems are under stress (and we are, too!) these costly purveyors of false hope are worse than a waste of money, they can lead us to delay badly needed care from real professionals, exacerbate our conditions and, in the most tragic of cases, even kill us. Today, people looking to care for their mental health face a market with at least 600 "brands" of psychotherapy-and counting. Most are invalid, and many could be harmful. There exist countless unregulated providers of mental-health services in the $4.5 trillion USD wellness industry and alternative medicine community who market themselves as "life coaches," "wellness consultants," and-depending on particular countries and jurisdictions-other various non-legally-protected titles, such as "therapists," "psychotherapists," "counselors," and "practitioners." Looking to exploit people's financial and emotional vulnerabilities, anyone can call themselves a "therapist" without a license. The world of mental healthcare is very much caveat emptor: buyer beware. Having seen so many of his patients hurt by the pseudoscience circulating in the industry, Dr. Jonathan N. Stea is on a mission to expose its harm and protect the public from pseudoscientific mental-health misinformation. In a landscape of rampant burnout and at a time when mental health concerns are at a fever pitch, Mind the Science provides hope and real information to those who have been touched by mental illness, have been misled by false marketing, or are simply curious about the relationship between science and mental health."--
Subjects: Communication in medicine.; Electronic information resource literacy.; Mental health education.; Mental health;
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Lucy [videorecording] / by Asbaek, Pilou.; Besson, Luc,film director.; Chʻoe, Min-sik,1962-; Freeman, Morgan,actor.; Johansson, Scarlett,1984-; Rhind-Tutt, Julian.; Tipton, Analeigh.; Waked, Amr.; Universal Studios Canada.; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm);
Min-Sik Choi, Pilou Asbaek, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Amr Waked, Analeigh Tipton, Morgan Freeman, Scarlett Johansson.An action-thriller that tracks a woman accidentally caught in a dark deal who turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen ; Dolby digital 5.1, DVS 2.0.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Brain; Feature films.; Human evolution; Human experimentation in medicine; Revenge;
© 2014., Universal Studios Home Entertainment,
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Lifesavers and body snatchers : medical care and the struggle for survival in the Great War / by Cook, Tim,1971-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The perception of medical care on the Great War battlefield recalls scenes from the American Civil War fifty years earlier: blood-soaked surgeons hacking off limbs with grim determination as broken men crawled into their dirty operating rooms. This couldn't be more wrong. Medical care in almost all armies, and especially in the Canadian medical services, was sophisticated and constantly evolving, with vastly more wounded soldiers saved than lost. After the war, the hard lessons learned by civilian doctors who were temporarily in military uniform were brought back to Canada. A new Department of Health created guidelines in the aftermath of the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic, which had killed 50,000 Canadians and millions around the world. In a grim irony, the fight to save soldiers' lives and improve civilian health was furthered by the most destructive war up to that point in human history. But medical advances were not the only thing brought back from Europe: Life Savers and Body Snatchers exposes the shocking story of the exploitation of human body parts during the Great War. Tim Cook has spent over a decade investigating the hidden history of Canadian medical doctors harvesting the body parts of slain Canadian soldiers and transporting their brains, lungs, bones, and other tissue or bones to the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) in London. At least 1,200 individual Canadian body parts were removed from dead soldiers and sent to London, where they were stored, treated, and some put on display in exhibition galleries at the RCS. After being exhibited there, the body parts were displayed several times in both Montreal and Hamilton in the early 1920s. Life Savers and Body Snatchers will be the definitive medical history of the Canadian forces in the Great War, and a broader look into the medical advances that came from the carnage."--
Subjects: Body snatching; Medicine, Military; World War, 1914-1918;
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Grey's anatomy. [videorecording] / by Chambers, Justin.; Dane, Eric,1972-; Dempsey, Patrick,1966-; Leigh, Chyler,1982-; McKidd, Kevin.; Oh, Sandra,1971-; Pompeo, Ellen.; Ramirez, Sara.; Raver, Kim,1969-; Rhimes, Shonda,1970-; ABC Studios.;
Disc 1. Free falling -- She's gone -- Take the lead -- What is it about men.Disc 2. Loss, love and legacy -- Poker face -- Put me in, coach -- Heart-shaped box.Disc 3. dark was the night -- Suddenly -- This magic moment -- Hope for the hopeless.Disc 4. If/Then [extended] -- All you need is love -- Have you seen me lately? -- If only you were lonely.Disc 5. One step too far -- The lion sleeps tonight -- Support system -- The girl with no name -- Moment of truth.Disc 6. Let the bad times roll -- Migration -- Flight -- Bonus features.Patrick Dempsey, Kim Raver, Sara Ramirez, Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Justin Chambers, Eric Dane, Kevin McKidd, Chyler Leigh.As fifth year residents, it's do or die for the doctors of Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital. Things heat up in the operating room and in the bedroom as competition abounds and passions are ignited. Relive every unforgettable love and loss.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, NTSC, region 1, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Hospitals; Interns (Medicine); Man-woman relationships; Television programs.;
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