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The Book of Echo is a textbook of echocardiography that covers the basic and advanced echocardiography subjects. It has 20 chapters and more than 600 images -- the book complies with the latest echocardiography guidelines at the time of writing.

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Examines the course of the AIDS epidemic over the next 15 years. The authors propose a universal routine voluntary testing programme to avert the impending catastrophe and argue that this can offer one of the best defences against the epidemic.

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Discusses the current demographic patterns of AIDS, noting the rapid spread of AIDS/HIV to "new" populations, such as women and adolescents. The authors establish guide-lines for need definition, effective service delivery and case practice among different population segments.

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Using data from the early 1990s and from follow-up interviews conducted later in the decade, this work shows that many clergy became involved in the pastoral care for and counselling of people stigmatized by AIDS, including gay men, despite expressions of antipathy from their denominations.

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This authoritative work provides a thorough overview of the COVID-19 pandemic that swept the globe in 2020, devoting particular attention to its impact on all aspects of American society.

The 21st Century Turning Points series is a one-stop resource for understanding the people and events changing America today.

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Helping you to control and prevent diabetes, this programme of diet and exercise is based on clinical experience. It outlines the basis of diabetes, the effects of the disease and the complications that can arise; describes the medical reasons why a person is overweight; and includes case studies where lifestyle changes produced dramatic results.

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In the 1980s, a research team led by Parisian scientists identified several unique DNA sequences, or haplotypes, linked to sickle cell anemia in African populations. This title traces how this genetic discourse has blotted from view the roles that Senegalese patients and doctors have played in making sickle cell 'mild' in a social setting.

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Behavior change is viewed as essential, so precepts of health promotion and health belief models used to predict motivation and risk behavior are discussed. This book is essential reading for AIDS researchers, public health administrators and policymakers, health care practitioners, and sociologists.

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The essential lifeplan for people with irritable bowel syndrome

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A resource for women explaines how to read one's fertility signals in order to prevent or achieve pregnancy, as well as how to observe and chart fertility cycles, strengthen reproductive wellness, and measure gynecological health.

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Offers an introduction to mathematical models in epidemiology and shows how they can be used to predict and control the geographic spread of major infectious diseases. This work explains the key concepts in infectious disease modeling, guides readers from simple mathematical models to more complex ones, and explores their strengths and weaknesses.

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This unique, research-based investigation of the U.S. breast cancer movement compares the "pink" and "green" efforts within the movement and documents their use of similar citizen-science alliances, despite the contention over the use of consumer-based activism and pink products.

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Welbourn, a retired endocrine surgeon who has written two books on the subject, has compiled the definitive history of the new and advancing discipline of endocrine surgery. The book traces the history of endocrine surgery from its origins to the 1980s, detailing the stories behind the surgery of each gland.

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Provides an overview of the diverse areas that constitute HIV research. Each chapter is a comprehensive presentation of one area of AIDS research - including work on the virus life cycle, epidemiology, genetics, protease and reverse transcriptase inhibitors, receptor and co-receptor interactions, therapeutic targets, clinical treatment, and more.

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A proposal by two eminent biological scientists for a mechanism whereby mind becomes manifest from the operations of brain tissue.

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A vivid, sweeping, history of mankinds battles with infectious disease that contextualizes the COVID-19 pandemic for readers of bestsellers Yuval Hararis Sapiens and John Barrys The Great Influenza.

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The book explains, with a simple overview of hearing anatomy and physiology, how we hear, and details hearing evaluation tests, the interpretation of those tests, and the conditions that most commonly cause hearing loss in adults.

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Written by experts in psycho-oncology, this book synthesizes the findings of the latest research on women's cancers to empower women to make informed choices about treatment options.