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The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai

John Tayman

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Total reviews: 82 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Overall a good read 4 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

Overall I liked this book. I think the author largely achieved what he set out to, which was to tell the story of the lepers of Molokai and tell it in a way that could hold your attention throughout the book.

This book was not however perfect. My main criticism was the constant flow of characters coming in/out of the story, especially all the outsiders (IE members of the board of health). I was often left with questions such as "who was this person again?". I must admit I read this somewhat sporadically over a months time, so that could have had some to do with it, but I did find the sheer number of people presented a bit over the top. This criticism aside, I still found it to be an enjoyable read and would recommend it to anyone who has an interest in this kind of story.

Editorial Review:

Beginning in 1866 and continuing for over a century, more than eight thousand people suspected of having leprosy were forcibly exiled to the Hawaiian island of Molokai -- the longest and deadliest instance of medical segregation in American history. Torn from their homes and families, these men, women, and children were loaded into shipboard cattle stalls and abandoned in a lawless place where brutality held sway. Many did not have leprosy, and many who did were not contagious, yet all were ensnared in a shared nightmare.

Here, for the first time, John Tayman reveals the complete history of the Molokai settlement and its unforgettable inhabitants. It's an epic of ruthless manhunts, thrilling escapes, bizarre medical experiments, and tragic, irreversible error. Carefully researched and masterfully told, The Colony is a searing tale of individual bravery and extraordinary survival, and stands as a testament to the power of faith, compassion, and the human spirit.

Microbiology: A Systems Approach

Marjorie Kelly Cowan, Kathleen Park Talaro

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

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Good Microbiology Textbook Transaction 5 out of 5 stars.
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Received this textbook in an orderly fashion. Was in the condition I expected it to be in. Have already used it to study for my microbiology class and find the textbook pretty interesting. Great transaction! Great price! Thank you!

Editorial Review:

�Making Connections� Microbiology: A Systems Approach is a non-majors/allied health microbiology textbook that has quickly become known for its unique organization, engaging writing style, and instructional art program. Cowan�s �building blocks� approach establishes the big picture first and then gradually layers concepts onto this foundation. This logical structure helps students build knowledge and connect important concepts..

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10 Simple Solutions to Stress: How to Tame Tension And Start Enjoying Your Life (10 Simple Solutions)

Claire Michaels Wheeler

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

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It’s practically the watchword of modern American life. We all know we should learn to manage it. We know that it can shorten our lives, age us prematurely, make us fat. We know it can cause a host of physical and psychological problems, from heart disease to impotence—but we all seem to keep suffering from it. One more thing we all know is that, ultimately, we are responsible for reducing the stress we experience each day. This little book offers ten simple solutions any of us can use to make this important change once and for all.

Based on positive psychology, mind-body medicine, and cognitive behavioral therapy, the ten solutions in this book take stress management to an unprecedented level of effectiveness. These short assessments, lifestyle enhancement tips, and emergency stress rescue techniques help you to cope effectively with stress and to reduce its frequency in your life. More than just lowering blood pressure and being generally happier, the techniques in this book can lead you to physical wellness and foster a greater sense of purpose, joy, and fulfillment.

Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, Revised Edition

James H. Jones, Jones

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Total reviews: 15 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

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From 1932 to 1972, the United States Public Health Service conducted a non-therapeutic experiment involving over 400 black male sharecroppers infected with syphilis. The Tuskegee Study had nothing to do with treatment. It purpose was to trace the spontaneous evolution of the disease in order to learn how syphilis affected black subjects. The men were not told they had syphilis; they were not warned about what the disease might do to them; and, with the exception of a smattering of medication during the first few months, they were not given health care. Instead of the powerful drugs they required, they were given aspirin for their aches and pains. Health officials systematically deceived the men into believing they were patients in a government study of "bad blood", a catch-all phrase black sharecroppers used to describe a host of illnesses. At the end of this 40 year deathwatch, more than 100 men had died from syphilis or related complications. "Bad Blood" provides compelling answers to the question of how such a tragedy could have been allowed to occur. Tracing the evolution of medical ethics and the nature of decision making in bureaucracies, Jones attempted to show that the Tuskegee Study was not, in fact, an aberration, but a logical outgrowth of race relations and medical practice in the United States. Now, in this revised edition of "Bad Blood", Jones traces the tragic consequences of the Tuskegee Study over the last decade. A new introduction explains why the Tuskegee Study has become a symbol of black oppression and a metaphor for medical neglect, inspiring a prize-winning play, a Nova special, and a motion picture. A new concluding chapter shows how the black community's wide-spread anger and distrust caused by the Tuskegee Study has hampered efforts by health officials to combat AIDS in the black community. "Bad Blood" was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and was one of the "N.Y. Times" 12 best books of the year.

Veterinary Parasitology Reference Manual

William J. Foreyt

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Total reviews: 14 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Veterinary Parasitology: Refrence manual 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book is great, I use it for parasitology class every week. It has great identification pictures. I would highly recommend this book to anyone, especially vet techs.

Excellent Reference 4 out of 5 stars.
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This literature is an excellent photographic reference of microscopic parasites. A failing is photos lack color.

No complaints 4 out of 5 stars.
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The book arrived in the time frame it was supposed to and in the condition they said it would be in.

veterinary parasitology reference mannual fifth edition 4 out of 5 stars.
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the book came in handy for a project I had to do for parisitology. I would recomend this book and hope Vet Tech Schools would use it for their studends as the main book.

Editorial Review:

This reference manual is arranged by host species. It covers parasite life cycles, importance, location in host, zoonotic potential, current literature, diagnosis, and treatment; offers a taxonomy of parasites that is designed specifically for veterinary use; features photographs of the most important diagnostic stages; provides extensive end-of-chapter reverences for further reading; and includes information on marine mammals and reptiles, in addition to more common animals; contains animal tabs at the top of each page for easy reference; and includes life cycles and normal examples.

Secret Agents: The Menace of Emerging Infections

Madeline Drexler

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Total reviews: 19 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Easy to read and interesting. 4 out of 5 stars.
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After hearing Madeline Drexler speak at my university, I had to read this book. It is clear that Ms. Drexler has put forth a lot of effort toward producing a well-researched and well-written book. There are many quotes from professionals on the front lines of infection control, and there are many examples of normal people suffering from frightening and strange emerging infections.

Drexler's book offers a warning that we must focus on public health issues if we hope to avoid the tragedy that an agent such as a pandemic flu could cause. The book is filled with warnings about the overuse of antibiotics and the inefficiency of public health beauracracy and lack of funding. I hope that more professionals and lay people read this book and heed its message.

Editorial Review:

As timely as it is urgent, this well-researched book from veteran science journalist Madeline Drexler delivers a compelling report on today's most ominous infectious disease threats. She focuses on a different danger in each chapter-from the looming risk of lethal influenza to in-depth information on the public health perils posed by bioterrorism. With a novelist's descriptive eye and a thriller writer's sense of tension, she warns us that the most ceaselessly creative bioterrorist is still Mother Nature, whose microbial operatives are all around us, ready to pounce when conditions are right.

Managing Herpes: Living and Loving With HSV

Charles Ebel and Anna Wald, MD, MPH

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This book is one of my most important 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

This book has helped me so much. I thought my partner and I were the only ones with herpes. This book made it clear that isn't true. I'm making my boyfriend read it now too.
My two favorite chapters ar "Telling a Partner" and "Treatment Options." Those two chapters alone saved me - I was too scared in the beginning to even talk to him and then this book helped me decide what medicine I should use.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

Editorial Review:

An estimated one million Americans are infected each year with genital herpes. Though most are initially unaware of the infection, those diagnosed may face difficult questions about how they acquired herpes and how to manage it. This book provides a balanced perspective on medical and emotional issues including: - Recurrences - Treatment Options - Transmission - Pregnancy - Telling Your Partner

Seductive Delusions: How Everyday People Catch STDs

Jill Grimes

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Anyone can catch a sexually transmitted disease. STDs are widespread in all walks of life, regardless of gender, race, social status, or education. Seduced into complacency by the notion that "it can't happen to me," many sexually active teens and young adults are stunned when they are diagnosed with an STD.

To drive home the risks and realities of unprotected sex, Dr. Jill Grimes narrates real-life stories of young people infected with STDs. The accounts of these young men and women, and their exam-room conversations with their doctors, evoke both the physical symptoms and the emotional reactions that can accompany infection.

Dr. Grimes introduces each disease with a pair of stories that capture the distinct experiences of a man and a woman, in the process allowing readers to identify and empathize with such patients. The stories are followed by an information section that provides medical facts and answers to frequently asked questions about symptoms, treatment, and prevention.

Whether reading the book from cover to cover or jumping directly to a specific disease, readers will relate to the dramatic stories while learning medically reliable information to help them make decisions about life and love.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that one in four teenage girls in the United States has a sexually transmitted disease. Seductive Delusions reveals what physicians across America see every day. Anyone who is sexually active is at risk and needs to read this book.

Statistical Methods for Health Care Research

Barbara Hazard Munro

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Statistical Methods for Health Care Research 5 out of 5 stars.
10 of 11 people found this review helpful.

A very well-written and helpful statistics book. It was required reading for a course in Quantitative Nursing Research last semester. Overall, the concepts such as t-tests, correlation and regression were explained in relatively simple terms. Examples with answers were found at the end of each chapter and the book came with a data disk. This was the most user-friendly statistics book that I have used so far!

Statistics 3 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

This book is written for PhD level students. It is not an easy read, even for someone who has had statistics before. I would not recommend this text to anyone except experienced statistics students.

Editorial Review:

Focusing on the statistical methods most frequently used in the health care literature and featuring numerous charts, graphs, and up-to-date examples from the literature, this text provides a thorough foundation for the statistics portion of nursing and all health care research courses. All Fifth Edition chapters include new examples and new computer printouts using the latest software, SPSS for Windows, Version 12. New material on regression diagnostics has been added. Includes a complete set of powerpoint slides on the Connection website

Diseases and Disorders: The World's Best Anatomical Charts (The World's Best Anatomical Chart Series)

Anatomical Chart Company

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The Second Edition of Diseases and Disorders: The World's Best Anatomical Charts features 60 new and updated anatomical charts created by some of the world's best medical illustrators. This reference is an essential addition for every library, whether you are a health professional, student, or interested consumer. Since the last edition we've added 15 more charts, divider pages to segment the now-alphabetized topics by therapeutic area, and a covered spiral binding that allows the book to lay flat on a desk. Anatomical charts show the human body in a format that provides a clear and visual understanding of human anatomy, physiology, and diseases. Medical terminology and easy-to-understand supporting text are printed directly on each chart so you never have to refer to a separate key card or manual. Printed in vivid, lifelike colors on high-quality paper, and spiral bound in a convenient sized format, this book is ideal for studying human anatomy, patient consultation, or quick reference.