Published January, 2022
By Benjamin Reilly
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Examines how Rome's allure to European visitors and its resident malaria species impacted the historical development of Europe. The book covers the environmental and biological factors at play and focuses on two of the periods when malaria potentially had the greatest impact on the continent.

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Published January, 2022
By Ari Heart
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Explores the practices of people living without chair-based chronic pain, and includes eight shapes essential for healing the human body that replace the chair shape. The book demonstrates how reconnecting with ourselves and freeing our bodies from the trappings of modern life can allow us to live a life free from pain.

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Published December, 2021
By Jeff Fraser
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Guides respiratory patients on having the most productive relationships with their doctors. A registered respiratory therapist, the author uses almost fifty years of clinical experience to outline how patients can be more active participants in their own medical care.

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Published November, 2021
By Janice Post-White
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Janice Post-White was an oncology nurse who thought she knew what life with cancer was about - until her four-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia. Her introspective memoir shares her son's perspective as a young cancer patient and teen survivor, and explores her own personal and professional insights.

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Published November, 2021
By Cyril H. Wecht, M.D., J.D. and Dawna Kaufmann
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Since the day that President John F. Kennedy was murdered in Dallas, Dr Cyril Wecht has earned his reputation as one of the foremost skeptics of the US government's official answer to the death of the 35th president. Co-authored by true crime writer Dawna Kaufmann, this book rehashes Dr Wecht's decades-long experience with the JFK case.

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Published October, 2021
By Elaine A. Moore and David Gordon
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Cardiovascular disease is no longer viewed as an as an inevitable feature of the natural course of aging, and complacency has given way to hope. This book focuses on developments that influenced the rise and decline of cardiovascular mortality since 1900, but also includes insider insights from the author, a 42-year NIH employee.

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Published October, 2021
By Jeremy Agnew
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Takes a thorough look at unconventional medical gadgets, as well as the strange devices and therapies used by both fringe and legitimate healers, and places them in the perspective of modern medicine. The author argues that quackery should not be defined by the ineffectiveness of a therapy, but rather be based on fraudulent intent.

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Published October, 2021
By Marcus K. Harmes, Barbara Harmes and Meredith A. Harmes
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Provides a comprehensive collection of unique insights from scholars across the Western world. Essays explore a diversity of nursing types that traverse popular characterizations of nurses from various time periods. The shifting roles of nurses are explored across media, including picture postcards, film, TV, and journalism.

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Published October, 2021
By Joseph K. Houts, Jr.
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Tells a timely story about yellow journalism, coverup, corruption, the struggle between science and politics, and the consequences of blind denial of the truth.

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Published September, 2021
By Carolyn Roy-Bornstein
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Outlines the struggles of a fledgling foster family who, despite all odds, remains devoted to one another throughout the healing process.

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