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One Step Med was created to ensure no one ever looses track of their medical history. Stressful times come, when we or someone close is dealing with a medical issue, so I created One Step Med to help log important medical information. Let One Step Med assist you with retaining and providing medical data.
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This book covers Life and Death but is mainly about Life. It covers the five worse causes of death in the history of mankind and what has been done to prevent a repeat of these causes. This story covers the dramatic efforts since the eighteenth century by key individuals to overcome illness and extend the life of man. It takes you to the present time (2015) and what is being done to overcome many of the everyday illnesses and the death threatening...
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'Yet another compulsively readable, astonishingly encyclopedic book from Roy Porter...his best to date: an epic, one-volume narrative history of man's struggle with the infirmities of his body, from Aesculapius to AIDS.' SIMON SCHAMA
'Whether you are interested in the advent of the stethoscope, the history of yellow fever, the bubonic plague or, closer to home, coronary heart disease, the feminist influence on medicine, drug abuse, childbearing or...
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This Booklet has been written and compiled for the use of any student or layman who seeks concise and clear information on the history of Influenza. Brief and salient facts are set forth relating to "Flu" epidemics and pandemics: other collateral features have also been discussed, connected with or bearing upon this subject. EXPLANATION OF MEDICAL WORDS: Infection. The entrance into the system or body of living disease-producing germs, such as by...
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Excerpt: "Sexuality is the most powerful factor in individual and social existence; the strongest incentive to the exertion of strength and acquisition of property, to the foundation of a home, and to the awakening of altruistic feelings, first for a person of the opposite sex, then for the offspring, and, in a wider sense, for all humanity. Thus, all ethics and, perhaps, a good part of esthetics and religion depend upon the existence of sexual feeling....
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The book examines inebriety from a wide range of angles: although that caused by alcohol is the main focus, he also explores use of opium (popular at the time), tobacco, nitrous oxide, and also other various poisons, such as hemlock, "bangue" (cannabis), foxglove and nightshade.
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The doctor suddenly appeared beside Will, startling him. He was sleek and prosperous, with a dainty goatee. Though he smiled reassuringly, the poet noticed that he kept a safe distance. In a soothing, urbane voice, the physician explained the treatment: stewed prunes to evacuate the bowels; succulent meats to ease digestion; cinnabar and the sweating tub to cleanse the disease from the skin. The doctor warned of minor side effects: uncontrolled drooling,...
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This tool kit comprises information on how to create a shared vision for digital health through a national strategy, focused on maximizing the value of resources. It supports efforts to introduce digital health solutions that make systems interoperable and less fragmented, and thus provide equitable access to health care services and offer every patient continuity of care. This tool kit provides a practical framework for structuring digital health...
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Patients legally own their medical records that are stored either manually or on an assortment of computers, software, and operating systems in a variety of disorganized healthcare facilities, which are spiraling healthcare costs out of control. In 1910, the Flexner Report by the Carnegie and Rockefeller Foundations, established medical education standards and licensing of qualified physicians who took the moral and ethical Hippocratic Oath to Do...
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Regresa en el tiempo hasta finales del siglo XIX mientras la poderosa United Fruit Company toma el protagonismo en la bulliciosa ciudad de Bocas del Toro. Sea testigo de su ascenso al dominio y del establecimiento de Punta Hospital, un centro médico vital que garantiza el bienestar de la mano de obra. Este cautivador relato se adentra en la historia entrelazada del comercio y la sanidad en una época pasada. Clyde S. Stephens, estadounidense de Florida,...
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Tobacco has been one of the most important gifts from the New World to the Old. In spite of the attempts of various authors to prove its Old World origin there can be no doubt that it was introduced into both Europe and Africa from America. Most species of Nicotiana are native to the New World, and there are only a few species which are undoubtedly extra-American. The custom of smoking is also characteristic of America. It was thoroughly established...
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Les défis posés par les maladies rares agitent de plus en plus les mondes politiques, médical et scientifique.
Ces 30 dernières années, il est de plus en plus question de maladies rares, souvent assimilées aux maladies dites « orphelines ». Outre que leur nombre a explosé, ces maladies se sont aussi imposées au point de devenir un véritable problème de santé publique.
Quelles sont donc les raisons de l'engouement presque planétaire...
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After the start of the National Health Service, ambitious dental surgeons expanded their role from dental extractions, minor mouth surgery and the treatment of jaw fractures with wires and dental appliances to comprehensive surgery of the mouth, face and jaws often in the face of sustained opposition from the established surgical specialties.
The result was the specialty of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, which was recognised by the wider surgical...
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Des chamanes aux médecins scientifiques de nos jours en passant par les prêtres-médecins, parcourez l'histoire surprenante des pratiques médicales!
Recours des malades victimes des maléfices de sorciers hostiles, le chamane des origines fit place au prêtre. Dans l'Ancien Empire égyptien, les sciences sont en la possession de Thot, le dieu à tête d'ibis, qui connaît tout et est chargé de diffuser la connaissance. Thot donne l'habileté...
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Extrait : "Vers la fin du XVIIIe siècle, les auteurs qui se sont occupés des hpitaux nous ont laissé un tableau sombre et terrible de certains de ces établissements..."
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Les éditions LIGARAN proposent des versions numériques de grands classiques de la littérature ainsi que des livres rares, dans les domaines suivants :
• Fiction : roman, poésie, théâtre, jeunesse, policier, libertin.
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'Touch-to-know' capability has become a ubiquitous part of our lives. From searching for the nearest petrol station, or finding the best route to take for a meeting, you probably touch your smart phone before acting on your impulse.
Yet, this capability hasn't reached hospitals to assist clinicians perform critical tasks more easily. Tracking and tracing the thousands of medical items used for patient care is humanly impossible without touch-to-know...
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Are you responsible for entering accurate client progress notes for your occupational therapy clients and feel they are often incomplete? Have you considered setting up dot or smart phrases in your electronic health records (EHR) or need to update or expand the templates you currently have? We have produced ready-to-use dot phrase templates for occupational therapists that you can adapt. Medical notes often lack important information, which can lead...
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GET THE MOST OUT OF MEDICARE
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Every day, over 10,000 Americans will become eligible for Medicare, but most of us don't even know the basics. When do I enroll? What does it cover? Do I need Part B? You could watch the commercials or reply to direct mail. You could ask your best friend. Or you can take charge of these very important decisions and READ THIS BOOK!
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