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Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Using his forty years of experience and knowledge in medical research and his own journey with kidney failure, the author provides the latest information from the scientific literature on kidney diseases and treatment. He provides patients with a road map to navigate the choices and difficulties involved with having kidney disease, from diagnosis to transplant, to help them make informed choices from a patient's point of view. For the second edition,...
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It was a story that couldn't possibly be true: identical twins, separated at birth. Anna Drury wouldn't have believed it, but the woman standing before her was physically alike her in every way, and held in her hands a keepsake baby bracelet, the same as Anna had. How could it be? Anna, with her tall, strong husband and two adorable children, grew up loved and secure, and she freely opens her heart to others, so she embraces the idea of her new-found...
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Hatherleigh Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Learning to manage your risk factors for kidney stones can seem overwhelming, but by taking everything one day at a time and making sure you're provided with the care and support you need, you can minimize your risk while maximizing your quality of life. Don't just live with kidney stones--live well."--Amazon.com.
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"Peter Bent Brigham Hospital; Boston, Massachusetts; 1954. Nobel Prize-winning surgeon Joseph Murray and his team do the impossible. They transplant a donated kidney from Ronald Herrick to his twin brother, Richard, rescuing him from acute renal failure. This first successful organ transplant was the summit of a long hard climb by a group of scientists and surgeons across the globe. Borrowing Life profiles these giants of science and reveals the intimate,...
7) Serena says
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"After her best friend, JC, has a kidney transplant, Serena feels that they are falling out of touch, especially as JC makes a new best friend in the hospital"--
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She Writes Press
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English
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At twenty-two, Jennifer Cramer-Miller was thrilled with her new job, charming boyfriend, and Seattle apartment. Then she received a devastating autoimmune diagnosis-and suddenly, rather than planning for a bright future, she found herself soaking a hospital pillow with tears and grappling with words like "progressive" and "incurable."
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Basic Books
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"An esteemed mathematician shows how math powers the world, from technology to health care and beyond"--
Almost all of us have sat in a math class, wondering if we would ever use it in the real world. Stewart argues that math isn't just about boring computations: it's a means to achieve great things, such as space exploration and organ donation. He shows that trigonometry is essential to keeping a satellite in orbit, and how the prime numbers power...
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Syndicado
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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A gritty and unflinching descent into the shadowy world of black-market organ trafficking: the street-level brokers, the rogue surgeons, the impoverished men and women in who are willing to sacrifice a slice of their own bodies for a quick payday, and the desperate patients who face the agonizing choice of obeying the law or saving their lives. Every year, tens of thousands of human organ transplants are performed around the globe. Most transplanted...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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This is the story of Karen Skinner. She has Type 1 diabetes and her body is no longer able to make insulin. She's had it for over twenty years and, try as she might, she just isn't able to control it well with insulin injections. Her blood sugar levels swing from so high that they are slowly stealing her sight and damaging her kidneys and heart, to so low she is at risk of slipping in to a coma and dying. She's going to take part in a remarkable trial....
15) Microbe Invasion
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Longtail Distribution Network
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
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Humans are constantly under attack from relentless waves of microbes fighting to set up home in every living environment the body has to offer – and there’s no escape...With some of the world’s leading microbial experts guiding the way and through extensive use of computer graphics, this fifty minute documentary takes us into the world of bacteria and bugs as we’ve never seen them before and demonstrates that we need them as much as they need...
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