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2021.
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English
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"Although everyone who has ever had a cold is familiar with the human immune system and its importance, few understand just how complex and intricate the immune system is. In Immune, Internet creator and storyteller Philipp Dettmer takes readers on a journey through the fortress of the human body and its defenses. There is a constant battle raging just under our skin, full of stories of invasion, strategy, defeat, and noble self-sacrifice. In fact,...
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"A groundbreaking narrative exploration of the human immune system--the key to human health and longevity--from the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist and acclaimed author of A Deadly Wandering"--
The immune system is a guardian vigilantly fighting illness, healing wounds, maintaining order and balance, and keeping us alive. Richtel interweaves the stories of four people: a terminal cancer patient who rises from the grave; a medical...
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"From two of the world's top scientists and one of the world's top science writers (all parents), Dirt Is Good is a Q & A-based guide to everything you need to know about kids & germs. "Is it OK for my child to eat dirt?" That's just one of the many questions authors Jack Gilbert and Rob Knight are bombarded with every week from parents all over the world. They've heard everything from "My two-year-old gets constant ear infections. Should I give her...
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Scribner
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Whether it is asthma, food or pollen allergies, type-1 diabetes, lupus, multiple sclerosis, or Crohn's disease, everyone knows someone who suffers from an allergic or autoimmune disorder. And if it appears that the prevalence of these maladies has increased recently, that's because it has--to levels never before seen in human history. These days no fewer than one in five, and likely more, Americans suffer from one of these ailments. We seem newly,...
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Alpha, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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A healthy immune system means a healthy you. But making the right nutritional choices isn't always easy. This guide gives you everything you need to know to live healthfully, and get your immune system working to fight disease --
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Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Microbiologists Brett Finlay and Marie-Claire Arrieta explain how the trillions of microbes that live naturally in and on our bodies influence childhood development; why an imbalance of those microbes can lead to obesity, diabetes, and asthma, among other chronic conditions; and what parents can do-- from conception on-- to positively affect their own behaviors and those of their children. They describe how natural childbirth, breastfeeding, and solid...
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Edaf
Pub. Date
2017.
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Español
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"«No es muy común que un libro sobre salud y nutrición introduzca conceptos realmente novedosos, y esaún más raro que los respalde con sólidos datos científicos y pruebas clínicas, pero este hace precisamente eso». Esta essólo una de las críticas venidas de la mano de expertos nutricionistas que ha suscitado La paradoja vegetal, best selleren Estados Unidos y número 1 en Amazon. La mayoría de nosotros ha oído hablar de los efectos nocivosdel...
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Writers Republic
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[2021]
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English
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INFECTED: SECRETS FROM THE MEDICAL UNDERGROUND, will teach you how to prevent and treat ANY INFECTION you may encounter. Learn how the different systems of your body work to repel infections, and how you can enhance each one. You will learn previously unknown methods to supercharge your body's immune system, preventing most infections from ever starting. These are secrets only known to a handful of courageous doctors, who have done their own research,...
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PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Take a deep-dive into the universe that's inside each one of us, by exploring shared biology that people often don't take the time to appreciate, or understand. Heart, brain, eyes, blood, tears; uncover not only the science behind how the bodies work but how what's inside powers every moment of what is done out in the world. Personal profiles of people from around the globe become entry points into deeper stories about how the body's many systems...
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A leading Democrat challenges his party to return to liberal values and evidence-based science.
Democrats were the party of intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and faith in scientific and liberal empiricism. They once took pride in understanding how to read science critically, exercising healthy skepticism toward notoriously corrupt entities like the drug companies that brought us the opioid crisis, and were outraged by the phenomenon of "agency...
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With contributions from eminent doctors, scientists, and experts in their fields, Lies My Gov't Told Me offers a comprehensive look at the coronavirus pandemic—where we are today, how we got here, and what's on the horizon. Challenging the mainstream government-pharma-media narrative, the chapters in this book will not only outrage readers but will also inform and give readers hope.
20) Up your nose
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Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"An exploration of the five main types of germs-bacteria, viruses, protozoa, fungi, and helminths-and the human immune system that protects us against them"--
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