Summary: This program features profiles of three women who have developed successful careers in medicine and health care: Karine Fortin, a pharmaceutical plant manager overseeing production and factory expansion; Sandra Swanson, a biomedical technologist who maintains and repairs hospital equipment; and Ann Perreault, a prosthetics technician in charge of evaluating and measuring patients. Additional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Plastic breathing apparatus an improvement on the Iron Lung
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1946
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William, Anthony
Summary: Introduces celery juice's ability to create improvements on every level of our health. Includes instructions on how to make the juice, how much to drink, and when to drink it, and what to expect as your body begins to detox, plus answers to FAQs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House, Inc. 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 1980s Medical Procedures
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1981
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Summary: With advances in genetics and pharmacology capturing much of the public's attention, it's easy to overlook another rapidly evolving area of health science: medical imaging. This program fully explores that topic, spotlighting technologies which enable doctors to visually render the body's interior at an astonishing level of detail. New possibilities for surgical precision are also featured....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Medical imaging technologies-true marvels of medical science-give doctors the ability to analyze and interpret bodily anatomy and processes noninvasively. But how do ultrasound, hard and soft X-rays, CT scans, PET scans, and MRI scans create their remarkable images? This program thoroughly examines the physics of health-related imaging as it investigates the medical properties of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Backes, Michael
Summary: In Cannabis Pharmacy, expert Michael Backes offers evidence-based information on using cannabis to address symptoms associated with an array of ailments and conditions. He provides information on how cannabis works with the body's own endocannabinoid system, how best to prepare and administer it, and how to modify and control dosage. This newly revised edition is now completely up-to-date with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.3 BACBrody, Howard.
Contents: The good, the bad, and the ugly : a story of two medications -- An ethical framework -- The pharmaceutical industry and the free market -- Patents, generic drugs, and academic science -- Research and profits -- Suppression of research data -- The quality of pharmaceutical research -- The drug rep: historical background -- The drug rep today -- The influence of drug reps: what the data show --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 174.2 BROSummary: Oak Ridge National Laboratories, tests of atomic medicine techniques
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1953
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Summary: This episode of the U.S. Army’s The Big Picture television series gives a behind-the-scenes look at the Brooke Army Medical Center, a state-of-the-art facility in Fort Sam Houston, Texas, where specialists are trained in more than 100 military occupational specialties to support professional physicians. This video from the National Archives and Records Administration shows this important...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Bryant, Jill
Summary: "Innovations in the medical field save countless lives daily. In this fascinating title, a timeline of breakthrough medical inventions is explored through dynamic photographs and interesting fact boxes. Fleming's advances with penicillin and the invention of the X-ray machine are some of the featured inventions that keep us in "the best of health!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Publishing Company 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 610 BRYSummary: Exhibition of new medical equipment
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1960
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Summary: Over the past century, Nobel Prize-winning scientists and doctors have worked untiringly to develop and fine-tune highly effective medical imaging equipment-tools that play a vital role in diagnosis and treatment. Combining rarely seen archival footage, interviews with imaging specialists, and incredible medical images, this program highlights milestones in X-ray scanning, magnetic resonance...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: With the staggering variety of pharmaceuticals available today, training in correct drug administration is more important than ever. This program serves to build skills and awareness that will ensure the safe and accurate administration of medicines by health care personnel, as well as by the layperson. It examines factors that lead to medication errors, explores methods of prevention, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Nothing can replace the skills of good doctors and nurses, but without digital technology and advanced electronic systems, the field of medicine would soon collapse. X-Rays, ultrasounds, CT scans, and MRI and PET imaging all use electronics to map different aspects of the human body and convert the information into a visual format. This program visits one of the world's leading research centers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Explains what to do in a medical emergency, offering the latest information and instruction in CPR, the treatment of sports injuries, what to do and expect in an emergency room, and when to call for help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Reference 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.02 AMESummary: Presents instruction in American Sign Language for use in medical emegencies. Includes open-captioning and audio. Vital vocabulary groups include: disasters & situations, hospital terms, medical conditions, medical terms, religious terms, time, transportation and treatments & procedures.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 419 EMESummary: Science has made leaps and bounds in its assault on AIDS-but do antiretroviral drugs guarantee a long life? Why does the disease still cause widespread suffering in Africa, despite the development of new medicines? Author and actor Stephen Fry investigates, traveling across the U.S., Great Britain, and Uganda as he studies the medical obstacles to an AIDS-free world. Fry highlights good news,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: U.S. health care has changed dramatically during the past century. A new breed of physicians use new machines, vaccines, and ideas in ways that have touched the lives of virtually everyone. How and why did these changes occur?
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.774 MEDSummary: Germs aren't the only health threat lurking at a medical care facility. This program helps train health care staff in the proper use, storage, and organization of hazardous chemicals and other potentially lethal materials. Separating bodily risks (flammables and explosives) from chronic health risks (chemicals that can be inhaled, ingested, or absorbed), the video describes substances-from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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William, Anthony
Summary: The second of two essential books on the brain offers customizable protocols, new recipes, heavy metal detox guidelines, cleanses, and cutting-edge information to protect yourself from 300+ symptoms and disorders. Your brain has abilities to heal beyond what medical research and science are aware of today. The brain remains a mystery to medicine when it comes to chronic illness and mental...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In the drive to save lives, American medical technology prolongs the dying process for many, creating a number of end-of-life scenarios that have done much to rob death of its dignity and significance. This Fred Friendly Seminar, moderated by Harvard Law School's Arthur Miller, brings together a diverse group of panelists, including Yale professor Sherwin Nuland, author of How We Die;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: A respected source of balanced, first-rate journalism, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer raises urgent and challenging questions whenever it covers the healthcare field. This anthology of NewsHour segments confronts ethical dilemmas and complex issues in medicine today. Through in-depth reporting and interviews with doctors, nurses, patients, and other experts, the anthology examines case studies,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Chopra, Sanjiv.
Summary: Today we're barraged by a never-ending array of conflicting medical advice. Learn how to tell the difference between true medical news and irrelevant media hype.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2011