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Best Medical Nutrition

The China Study: Revised and Expanded Edition: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-Term Health
In 2005, Colin and his son Tom, now a physician, shared those findings with the world in The China Study , hailed as one of the most important books about diet and health ever written. Featuring brand new content, this heavily expanded edition of Colin and Tom’s groundbreaking book includes the latest undeniable evidence of the power of a plant-based diet, plus updated information about the changing medical system and how patients stand to benefit from a surging interest in plant-based nutrition. He is the founder of the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies and the online internationally recognized plant-based nutrition certificate offered by the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies in partnership with eCornell.
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"I dumped the western diet and my 50yr habit of what I ate since birth to simply eating...plants. Im going on to my 3rd yr now after reading this book and changing to whole plants I feel like I did when I was in grade school with energy and skip in my step. Never being a gym person, I've recently begun to add modest exercise 1 or 2x per week in the past 6 months which makes me feel additionally very good after a 45 min workout. My version of it goes like this: 1-1.5 cups of raw oatmeal, sliced fresh strawberries, blueberries, figs, dates, rasins, prunes, add fresh blackberries and/or raspberries or whatever fruit you want. The other thing I do is make 2-liters of green smoothies and drink it all throughout my day. I change up the frozen fruit in the smoothie (I'll use frozen mangos, pineapple, strawberries...for leafy green I may use a combo of baby spinach, kale, chard); here is an example of a smoothie I made today: 3 cups baby spinach, 1.5 cups of frozen berries (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries), 2 apples, 2 pears, ground flax seed and chia seeds, 2 bananas, 2fl-oz of almond milk+2fl-oz of spring water. After making the smoothie, take two to three large containers of the smoothie with u to work and drink this all through the day. For dinner, I started out using the "big salad" recipe that can be found at chrisbeatcancer.com In two weeks of consisitent eating whole plant based diet, I began to notice the change and feel better overall; the positive change in two weeks kept me going, week after week, month after month."
"Americans, Australians and New Zealanders drink the most milk, and have the most bone fractures from middle age on. The facts, usually contrary to everything we’ve been taught, keep coming fast and hard. They have corrupted our universities with grants, infiltrated government agencies to keep the truth at bay, and spend billions advertising their false promises. The scientific proof is endless – and so are the defenders of the SAD – Standard American Diet - that is about one third animal, between meat and dairy. When I read the first China Study ten years ago, I immediately went back online and ordered a whole case of them."
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The End of Diabetes: The Eat to Live Plan to Prevent and Reverse Diabetes
Dr. Fuhrman makes clear that we don’t have to “control” diabetes. No more highs and lows Less insulin; most typically, dose is cut by half Healthy, stable body weight A normal life span, without complications.
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"I hardly ever write reviews but I feel compelled to share my wife, Robyn's, experience after five weeks on Dr. Fuhrman's diet. She ate a full filet of salmon with two cobs of corn and a full cup of great northern beans with onions and garlic. Needless to say, tomorrow we will be back on this diet permanently with only an infrequent special occasion to interrupt it. If you suffer from type 2 diabetes but are willing to dedicate yourself to this diet, make no mistake, it will reverse your disease and give you a great chance at a long, complication-free life. 8-17-2016 UPDATE. New test results from recent blood work: Triglycerides six week ago - 259."
"I started the ADA diet and followed it 100% for a few weeks and could not get my blood sugar to go below 140. I started the diet that day and the next morning my blood sugar was down to 100, the next day was in the 90's and now i have a fasting blood sugar between Mid 70's and the 80's. My doctor took me off the metformin after just one week of being on this lifestyle change."
"When I read the recipes in the back of the book I thought they were so radical that no one, unless they were, 'on death's doorstep', would eat that way. I was diagnosed with diabetes two years ago and since then, my life has been a rollercoaster between feeling awful and just fair. I'm also eating steel cut oats and taking red rice yeast. I see on his website you can sign up, for a nominal sum, and get additional recipes and recommendations, etc., personally, I think that's, 'milking', it but, that's just my opinion. When I began this way of eating, my blood sugar was 7.8 and my doctor wanted to start me on insulin...which I was VERY opposed to. AND, although I stick to it about 99% I do use olive oil when I want to, I eat grilled shrimp on a caesar salad smothered in grated cheese occasionally."
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Food Can Fix It: The Superfood Switch to Fight Fat, Defy Aging, and Eat Your Way Healthy
Improve your life through your diet with a friendly, non-punishing, and completely authoritative approach to harnessing the healing power of food from Dr. Mehmet Oz, America’s #1 authority on health and well-being. Through simple modifications and a meal plan filled with nutrient-rich superfoods, Dr. Oz explains how to kickstart weight loss, improve your energy, decrease inflammation, and prevent or alleviate a host of other common conditions—all without medication. I know from personal experience, food can fix it!” (Rocco DiSpirito, award-winning chef and author of Rocco’s Healthy & Delicious ). “It was Hippocrates who once said, ‘Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.’ Both Dr. Oz and I first heard that in medical school many years ago. Now, with Food Can Fix It , Dr. Oz will teach everyone this valuable lesson and explain what it means and how to draw upon the amazing healing powers of food.” (—Sanjay Gupta, M.D., Associate Chief of Neurosurgery at Grady Memorial Hospital, Chief Medical Correspondent at CNN, and contributor to 60 Minutes ). “In his groundbreaking new book, Dr. Oz empowers readers to take charge of their health through the foods they choose to eat. No one is better suited to fix this problem, deliver this empowering memo, and help millions add years to their lives and life to their years than Dr. Mehmet Oz.” (David L. Katz, M.D., M.P.H., founding director of Yale University Prevention Research Center and founder and president of the True Health Initiative ). “What we eat is one of the most powerful determinants of our health and well-being. Highly recommended!” (Dean Ornish, M.D., founder and president of Preventive Medicine Research Institute and author of The Spectrum and Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease ). “ Food Can Fix It elegantly reveals the science and wisdom that food can be a powerful medicine for the body.” (Mike Roizen, M.D., Chief Wellness Officer at Cleveland Clinic and co-author of YOU: On a Diet ). “As a heart surgeon and early pioneer to some of the Blue Zones areas, Dr. Oz knows how to eat your way to a longer and stronger life. Mehmet Oz’s FOOD CAN FIX IT.” (New York Times Book Review). "Sprinkled throughout the book, making it not only an interesting but also a fun read, are tips and factoids to devour.
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"The recipes are not difficult to follow and are easy to shop for."
"Very informative book."
"I am a huge fan of Dr. Oz but , the recipes seemed basic, things that could likely be looked up on the Dr. Oz website or general internet search."
"Love this book and of course Dr. Oz."
"My coworker liked the information so much that she order the book."
"Great information!"
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Best Nursing Nutrition

Peace of Cake: The Secret to an Anti-Inflammatory Diet
Swap out the top inflammatory ingredients and still eat what you love Detox from the foods that have been causing chronic inflammation Experience health-based fat loss (no calorie counting or points system here) Stop cravings in their tracks Melt away inflammation Learn how to follow an anti-inflammatory diet while on the road or in the air PLUS master over 40 anti-inflammatory food swap recipes free of processed sugar, wheat, cow dairy, inflammatory oils, alcohol, and GMOs. She makes breaking free from a bad diet super easy.” - Vani Hari, Creator of FoodBabe.com and New York Times Bestselling Author of The Food Babe Way.
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"I love this book! I loved the chapter on the water."
"This book is clearly written, and the steps to changing to an anti-inflammatory way of eating are straight forward and easy to initiate."
"Jenny makes implementing and sticking to an anti-inflammatory diet seem approachable, and dare I say possible for a busy new mom like myself."
"Jenny breaks it down so that it is easy to follow an anti-inflammatory diet."
"My family has been following the AIP diet as my daughter has been diagnosed with Graves Disease and after reading your book it has made grocery shopping so much easier."
"I personally appreciate books like this one - books that definitions for words I might not know are right there beside the word in the book - so it doesn't distract from the flow."
"We need satisfying healthy suggestions for people with food sensitivities!"
"It teaches you how to develop healthy life long eating habits to live without refined sugars, as well as several other types of food."
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Best Medical Drug Guides

Food Over Medicine: The Conversation That Could Save Your Life
Overmedicated, overfed, and malnourished, most Americans fail to realize the answer to lower disease rates doesn’t lie in more pills but in the foods we eat.With so much misleading nutritional information regarded as common knowledge, from “everything in moderation” to “avoid carbs,” the average American is ill-equipped to recognize the deadly force of abundant, cheap, unhealthy food options that not only offer no nutritional benefits but actually bring on disease. Food Over Medicine is an outstanding resource for anyone wanting to maximize their health and minimize their dependence on western medicine." — John Robbins, author of No Happy Cows and Diet for a New America “ Food Over Medicine explains nutrition in an original, highly compelling way. “ Food Over Medicine is an excellent book that reveals the truth that health is more about dietary choices and plant-based nutrition than about doctors, diagnostic tests, surgeries, procedures, and medications. “ Food Over Medicine cuts through every nutrition-related controversy to give you the information you need for a lifetime of health and trim weight.”. — Janice Stanger, Ph.D., author of The Perfect Formula Diet. Pamela A. Popper, PhD, ND , is a naturopath, an internationally recognized expert on nutrition, medicine, and health, and the Executive Director of The Wellness Forum. Dr. Popper serves on the Physician’s Steering Committee and the President’s Board for the Physicians’ Committee for Responsible Medicine in Washington, D.C. Dr. Popper is one of the health care professionals involved in the famed Sacramento Food Bank Project, in which economically disadvantaged people were shown how to reverse their diseases and eliminate medications with diet. In 2006, Sroufe joined Wellness Forum Foods as co-owner and chef, where he continued the tradition of delivering great tasting, plant-based meals to clients in Columbus as well as throughout the continental U.S. Sroufe also joined The Wellness Forum as a member where, after a lifetime of yo-yo dieting, he has lost over 200 pounds on a low fat, plant-based diet.
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"One of the best books I have ever read on health."
"Although I agree with most of the things in the book, it's a shame that our health system has failed us."
"At times the frustration of the authors tends to work against their message that the underlying scientific evidence is clearly in support of what they are saying, but given the impact of how our current environment distorts the evidence of how we can live much better lives their frustration is understandable."
"Dr. Popper shares her expertise not only about the power of diet reversing and preventing disease, but also how diagnostic testing and the "health care" system can do us more harm than good."
"I do take the time to read labels when shopping and buying my foods. I have been a partial vegetarian for 3 years now (I do not eat beef, chicken or pork) and have improved my health and basic functions, however I learned quite a bit more from this book."
"An excellent book, very eye-opening for those who follow the standard eating patterns that most of us were brought up by."
"This book is great."
"Written in a conversation format."
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Best Medicine in Portuguese

Cds: a saúde é possível (Portuguese Edition)
Um grande passo revolucionário no âmbito da saúde, uma solução incrível para ajudar o seu corpo a se prevenir e a superar desde o mais simples até os mais severos problemas de saúde.
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Best Preventive Medicine

How Not To Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease
Dean Ornish, M.D., author of The Spectrum Why rely on drugs and surgery to cure you of life-threatening disease when the right decisions can prevent you from falling ill to begin with? How Not To Die gives effective, scientifically-proven nutritional advice to prevent our biggest killers - heart disease, breast cancer, prostate cancer, high blood pressure, diabetes - revealing the astounding health benefits that simple dietary choices can provide. Based on the very latest scientific research, How Not To Die examines each of the most common diseases, chapter by chapter, to reveal what, how and why different foods affect us and how increasing our consumption of certain foods and avoiding others can dramatically reduce our risk of falling sick and even reverse the effects of disease. Dr. Michael Greger presents the groundbreaking science onhow simple plant-based food choices help us live healthier and happier lives.Dr. Greger describes which foods to eat to prevent the leading causes ofdisease-related death and shows how a diet based on fruits, vegetables, tubers,whole grains, and legumes might even save your life." Not onlydoes Dr. Michael Greger drop a metric f*ckton of evidence that a plant-baseddiet will save your damn life, he lays out the blueprint to make it happen. "Finally a physician has pulled together the latest scientific studies onhow to fight disease and prolong life. Gerger also offers upfriendly tips, like his favorite smoothie recipe and a turmeric tutorial.Follow his advice and you may not live forever, but you'll almost certainlylive a healthier life." Dr Gregertends to rely on the gold standard of medical research randomised controlledtrials rather than the latest fads. Michael Greger, MD , is a physician, author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, food safety and public health issues. He runs the popular website NutritionFacts.org, a nonprofit, science-based public service providing free daily videos and articles on the latest in nutrition research. Dr. Greger also proudly serves as the Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at the Humane Society of the United States.
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"I bought this book in January 2016, after hearing an interview with Dr. Greger on a podcast. At first I found it hard to read, but not because it difficult or confusing, but because it was changing everything I thought I knew about food. By May 2016 I was miserable with my rash and still sitting at 204 lbs, despite my healthy lifestyle and consuming 1500 calories a day."
"for the person that wants to dig deeper, but in a style that has become uniquely his, Dr Greger uses quoted language from the papers to give an unitimidating explanation of the science contained within. He stands almost alone in a mass media that can't seem to get past the catchy titles, abstracts, and carefully worded, often misleading conclusions. The first 15 chapters (how not to die from..cancers, coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, etc..) are arranged based on easy to recognize conditions and though they are related can be read completely independent from one another. The book doesn't follow a chronology, so I found myself flipping through an early review copy reading small sections at a time. He doesn't give in to gluten or coconut oil just because it is popular or profitable and while some might find it frustrating, he sticks to the entire body of evidence not the latest single study. Finally, his "Daily Dozen" is a great place to begin implementing the message of bountiful health he enjoys teaching to anyone that will listen. In spite of all the economic momentum for more profitable and popular food, each year hundreds of articles surface on the benefits of adding more plant-based nutrition to one's diet for health and Dr Michael Greger seems to find them all."
"For the same price that would get me a week in the Caribbean sun, lying on deck of a cruise ship drinking margaritas, listening to reggae music and watching the waves go by, I was going to get a lighted probe stuck up my butt. The closer we stick to that, the healthier we become, and the more our bodies revert to their natural state of robust health rather than the sickly, wimpy physiques resulting from the Standard American Diet (SAD). The books' greatest strength is the thorough and objective research combined with Dr. Greger's ability to break complex and extensive information down into a language that even those of us artsy types who tried to dodge science in school can understand."
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Best Medical Transportation

ASTNA Patient Transport - E-Book: Principles and Practice (Air & Surface Patient Transport: Principles and Practice)
Comprehensive overviews familiarize you with the most common diseases and injuries encountered in practice, accompanied by important management considerations to help you ensure the most effective communication and the safest patient care in all transport settings. 3 new chapters highlight emerging trends in transport care: The Use of Technology During Transport, including ventricular assist devices, a chapter devoted to Mechanical Ventilation, and Military Transport with EnRoute care. Obesity considerations included in the Patient Assessment and Preparation for Transport chapter outline special challenges and possible solutions for the care of obese patients.
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"This should be in every paramedic and transport nurse's library."
"I purchased this book as a guide to critical care nursing and to help with the CFRN exam."
"This book is exactly what I was looking for to review for my job interview that included a written test."
"This book has been an invaluable resource for studying for CFRN."
"Although the information is detailed and important it does not include practice questions and answers with rationales."
"This book is really helpful."
"The book has stains of food in it but other than that it's good ."
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Best Medical Prosthesis

Artificial Parts, Practical Lives: Modern Histories of Prosthetics
From the wooden teeth of George Washington to the Bly prosthesis, popular in the 1860s and boasting easy uniform motions of the limb, to today's lifelike approximations, prosthetic devices reveal the extent to which the evolution and design of technologies of the body are intertwined with both the practical and subjective needs of human beings. "These essays are valuable first forays into the history of prosthetics."
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"This book covers a lot of really interesting perspectives on prosthetics and the world in which we live; from the history of prosthetics to the cultural influences of prosthetics and the science behind the technology."
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Best Medical Biotechnology

Preserving the Promise: Improving the Culture of Biotech Investment
Explains why translation of biotech discovery into medicine succeeds so infrequently that it’s been dubbed the Valley of Death Uncovers specific decision-making strategies that more effectively align incentives, improving clinical and financial outcomes for investors, inventor/entrepreneurs, and patients Examines the critical, early stages of commercialization, where technology transfer offices and Angels act as gatekeepers to development, and where tension between short-term financial and long-term clinical aspirations sinks important technologies Deconstructs the forces driving biotech, recasts them in a proven conceptual framework, and offers practical guidance for making the system better. He is currently an associate professor at Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (LIMR) in Pennsylvania and an attending physician at the Lankenau Medical Center, where he specializes in medical oncology, runs an immunology research laboratory, and teaches in the Hematology/Oncology fellowship program. He co-created and serves as program executive for the Commercialization Acceleration Program (CAP) at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a consultancy focused on the development and funding of technology-based start-up companies. Fishman holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and The University of Texas, teaches in the MBA program at Philadelphia University, and is an in-demand speaker at biotechnology development events around the United States, including recent engagements at Yale’s Healthcare Colloquium, Harvard’s i-lab, and the National Science Foundation.
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"Ordered for faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, no complaints."
"It is the only book that clearly explains the pitfalls that are unique to biotech investment: high technical complexity, high risk, a long timeline to return on investment (ROI), the extreme technical complexity and how to overcome them. It then explains how each of these Gaps works against biotech investors and gives examples of how some biotech innovators are making changes for the better."
"Dessain and Fishman have written a much needed and honest account of the challenges early stage biotechnology companies face when seeking funding. Preserving the Promise is written by two experienced professionals - one is a doctor, professor, and biotech company founder, and the other is a successful businessman who is an early stage angel investor. Funding for early companies is extremely small, compared to potential for success, especially for the ground-breaking science the is required to create high potential drugs for large populations."
"Dessain’s and Fisherman’s “Preserving the Promise – Improving the Culture of Biotech Investment” is easy to read and understand and ideally suited for anyone considering to participate in this game as well as those that are involved already. Compared to other industries there often are no well-defined objective criteria to judge a proposed product and this is further blurred by unknowns and high attrition rates lurking in the clinical development program. Preserving the Promise also looks at the roles of the Public Sector (Technology Transfer Offices) and Scientists (Inventors) and provide helpful insight into the different mechanisms, forces and sometimes lunacies at play."
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Best Lasers in Medicine

Stop Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain
Stop Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain provides extensive information about the realities and the myths of endometriosis and pelvic pain and various treatment options. This book is a most welcome source of hope for women to break open the taboos about discussing endometriosis and get the medical community to recognize their obligation to rethink how this disease is treated.” —Susan Sarandon, actress. Andrew Cook is just such a physician and surgeon whose book provides expert and comprehensive advice that will benefit many patients.”— G. David Adamson MD, FRCSC, FACOG, FACS, Director of Fertility Physicians of Northern California, Adjunct Clinical Professor at Stanford University, Clinical Associate Professor at the University of California San Francisco. There are sections of it that totally resonate with the experience of endometriosis.” — Mary Lou Ballweg, president and executive director of the Endometriosis Association, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “In Stop Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain, Dr. Andrew Cook shows exactly why so many women are improperly treated and left to suffer and why his rate of success is so high.
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"On the other hand, because my appointments seem to take a long time to go over all of my issues, I would often refrain from asking questions out of respect for his time. I absolutely dread the idea of her having to go through any of this. My greatest hope is that Dr. Cook's idea of Endometriosis being its own specialized field (e.g. Cardology) comes to fruition. This would mean my daughter would have several physicians to choose from, instead of trying to find a needle in a haystack of Endo-illiterate physicians."
"This book is a relief and consolation that 1. there is someone out there who actually understands the misery this condition brings and 2. something can be done ( you don't have to live with this the rest of your life)."
"I strongly recommend this book to any woman who is suffering with pelvic pain and feeling lost."
"This book gives you good explanations as to the cause, treatment options, patient advocacy, and hope in the face of a disease that can be a life long battle."
"This is an essential read for anyone who thinks they may have or have been diagnosed with endometriosis or adenomyosis."
"Both books describe what it takes to find endometriosis, and how to best treat it, along with adhesions."
"By April of this year I was able to travel 400 miles to get to one great endometriosis excision specialist."
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