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Recent Ebola outbreaks have focussed the world's attention on disease and quarantine. In this first global history of quarantine, an international cast of leading experts examine the enduring historical problems of migration and mobility, segregation, prevention and protection by states with different interests in freedoms, health and commerce.

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This book presents a comprehensive and scientific review of the research during the past fifty years on the relationship between religion and health in later life. Next investigated are the impacts on health of private religious activity, community religious involvement, and personal religious experience.

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This volume focuses on a study of the trends in disaster and health risk reporting and offers guidelines on how to report the dangers of these risks more accurately.

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This volume focuses on a study of the trends in disaster and health risk reporting and offers guidelines on how to report the dangers of these risks more accurately.

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Britain is sick with diabetes, depression and more besides. As a consequence, society faces systemic risks. This book is a challenge to all citizens, employers, institutions to face up to the changes that society needs. A plan of action is outlined for a Health Society based on prevention of these conditions so as to extend our healthy lives.

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An holistic study of the physical and mental health conditions that predominate among people of colour. By presenting a review of Third World cultural values, beliefs and behaviours centring on health care, Henderson lays a foundation for understanding traditional non-Western cultures.

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A practical dietary programme for combating a wide range of health problems, including: irritable bowel syndrome; migraine; asthma and rhinitis; eczema; and, urticaria. Each food type is systematically excluded from the diet for a period of time, and then gradually reintroduced, with guidelines for monitoring the body's responses.

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The aim of this volume is to demonstrate that sound science is prevalent in environmental decision-making processes but that it is often misinterpreted by policymakers, with critics unfairly blaming poor policy on the underlying science.

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An analysis of how local knowledge, based on the first-hand experience of community members, can strengthen science in environmental health decision making; with four case studies from a Brooklyn neighborhood.

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For decades, American doctors have done their best to help patients lose weight, quit smoking, eat better, and exercise more. But for most Americans, the family doctors kind advice just isnt enough to change lifelong bad habits. This book provides a truly effective program for stamping out the deeply rooted health habits that lead to heart disease, stroke, atherosclerosis, and cancer.

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From the Bulletproof Executive, the revolutionary "biohacking" plan to reclaim energy and focus, upgrade your life, and lose up to a pound a day.

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A substantially revised and updated edition of the highly respected guide to using nutrition as an integrated part of an athlete's total performance enhancing package.

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A "New York Times"-bestselling author shows how industrialized democracies other than the United States provide health care for their citizens at a reasonable cost.

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The body's built-in reward system, driven by the chemical dopamine, tells us to do more of the things that give us pleasure. In this title, the author uses neuroscience to explain how unhealthy food and behavioural "fixes" have ensnared us in a vicious cycle of overeating and addiction.

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The Measurement of Health will be of great value to health statisticians, scholars interested in health policy, students in courses concerning research methods in health, health services administrators, and health proessionals.

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This book examines the quest to promote the health and vigour of individuals and populations in Denmark and England. Based on a detailed account of obesity control and mental recovery programs, the book shows that these interventions are supported by a form of optimistic vitalism that seems to have no political limitations. -- .

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This book unveils and demystifies a revolution occurring in health care in the United States and beyond and how it will reform the health care system.

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An essential tool for success, this completely revised and updated bestseller features a new, more user-friendly format and an expanded list of foods, as well as the most up-to-the-minute new information on nutrition and healthy eating to aid the now millions of early adopters.

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The Tuberculosis Movement presents a detailed description of the evolution of the American tuberculosis movement from its inception in the late 19th century to its maturity in 1917.

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This work provides an evenhanded and authoritative overview of vaping and its impact on American culture and public health, especially among younger Americans.

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