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  • Accupressure's Potent Pointsby Michael Reed Phd Gach

    Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 15.99

    With your hands you have potential to relieve everyday aches, pains and ailments without taking drugs, to improve your health, and to increase your vitality. Acupressure is an ancient healing art that uses the fingers to stimulate key points on the skin that, in turn, activate the body's natural self-healing processes. With this book, it is a skill you can learn now--and use in your own home. In Acupressure's Potent Points , Michael Reed Gach, founder and director of the Acupressure Institute of America, reveals simple techniques that enable you to relieve headaches, arthritis, colds and flu, insomnia, backaches, hiccups, leg pain, hot flashes, depression, and more--using the power and sensitivity of your own hands. This practical guide... more...

  • Magnet Therapy - A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet Referencesby James N. Parker; Philip M. Parker

    ICON Group International Inc. 2004; US$ 28.95

    This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to magnet therapy. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to magnet therapy. If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time... more...

  • Physical Activity and Healthby Adrianne Hardman; Professor Jeremy Morris CBE; David Stensel

    Taylor & Francis 2003; US$ 59.95

    This major new textbook takes an international perspective and is the first to provide a comprehensive, authoritative guide to the important area of exercise and health. more...

  • Acupressure - A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet Referencesby James N. Parker; Philip M. Parker

    ICON Group International Inc. 2004; US$ 48.95

    This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to acupressure. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to acupressure. If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money... more...

  • Therapeutic Hypothermiaby Stephan A. Mayer; Daniel I. Sessler

    Informa Healthcare 2004; US$ 169.95

    Heralding critical developments in the rapidly expanding field of therapeutic hypothermia, this reference serves as the first authoritative source on thermoregulation, body temperature manipulation, and the consequences of hypothermia. Contributors include recognized leaders and pioneers who have done much of the critical research in the field. more...

  • Cryotherapy - A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet Referencesby James N. Parker; Philip M. Parker

    ICON Group International Inc. 2004; US$ 34.95

    This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to cryotherapy. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to cryotherapy. If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money... more...

  • Exercise Therapyby John Gormley; Juliette Hussey

    Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2009; US$ 66.99

    Though exercise has been the mainstay of musculoskeletal physiotherapy for decades, its value in other systems of the body, such as cardiovascular, respiratory and neurological has emerged in recent years. This trend is being increasingly reflected in degree curricula. This novel textbook is designed predominantly for physiotherapists and offers a dynamic insight into the applications of exercise therapy across the body's systems in disease management and health promotion. The focus on exercise as a crucial modality in preventing and treating disease will attract readers following courses in sport & exercise science and physical activity as well as physiotherapy. The book will also appeal to practitioners, particularly those pursuing post-qualification... more...

  • The Science of Phototherapyby Leonard I.Linda R. Grossweiner Jones; James B. Grossweiner; B.H. Gerald Rogers

    Springer 2005; US$ 229.00

    Phototherapy exemplifies scientific medicine. The major advances have resulted from effective collaborations between basic researchers and clinicians. This book is directed to clinicians and basic researchers who are interested in current and emerging implementations of phototherapy. It can serve as an introductory reference and a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in medical physics and biomedical engineering. The emphasis is on the science underlying the various phototherapy procedures, which encompasses aspects of classical and molecular photophysics, biological photochemistry, photobiology and biophotonics. Topics that do not usually appear in other general sources include the theory and applications of tissue optics,... more...

  • Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapyby S. Webb

    CRC Press 2001; US$ 94.95

    This work describes the physics germane to the development of a particular form of clinical conformal radiotherapy called intensity modulated therapy (IMRT). It collates recent literature, along with the author's and colleagues' experience in this field. more...

  • Occupational Therapy in Housingby Sylvia Clutton; Jani Grisbooke; Sue Pengelly

    John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2006; US$ 68.99

    This book provides practitioners with the foundations onto which they can build their own understanding and practice within housing. It is based on two fundamental principles: the importance of homes becoming enabling environments, and promoting user-centred services. The authors argues that occupational therapists working in the distinct context of housing require additional background knowledge and professional skills to those used within healthcare settings. Explores a broad range of theory bases and developing practice within the area of occupational therapy in housing Presents a vast array of knowledge, research and experience Written by occupational therapists working as practitioners, educators and managers, alongside academics in the... more...