Borgert-Spaniol, Megan
Summary: "This title examines viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoa with a focus on rhinoviruses and coronaviruses from how they infect the body and cause colds and are spread from person-to-person, the body's immune response, to symptoms and treatment, and when to see a doctor. Secondary complications are also covered. A list of healthy habits is included to help readers combat disease."--Provided by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616.079 BOROlson, Elsie
Summary: "This title examines viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoa with a focus on flu viruses from how they infect the body and are spread from person-to-person, to symptoms and treatment, and when to see a doctor. Secondary complications and flu vaccines are also covered. A list of healthy habits is included to help readers combat disease."--Provided by publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616.079 OLSRichtel, Matt
Summary: "A groundbreaking narrative exploration of the human immune system--the key to human health and longevity--from the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist and acclaimed author of A Deadly Wandering"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.07 RICCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.07 RICMidthun, Joseph
Summary: "A graphic nonfiction volume that introduces the human body's immune response to infectious disease"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, a Scott Fetzer Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616.07 MIDGundry, Steven R.
Summary: "In this addition to his New York Times bestselling Plant Paradox series, Steven R. Gundry, MD offers a guide to the gut biome and its control over its home-us!-revealing the unimaginably complex and intelligent ecosystem controlling our health and teaching us how to heal our guts to prevent and reverse every type of disease"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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Summary: "Although everyone who has ever had a cold is familiar with the human immune system and its importance, few understand just how complex and intricate the immune system is. In Immune, Internet creator and storyteller Philipp Dettmer takes readers on a journey through the fortress of the human body and its defenses. There is a constant battle raging just under our skin, full of stories of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.07 DETRhodes, John
Summary: "At the turn of the twentieth century, smallpox claimed the lives of two million people per year. By 1979, the disease had been eradicated and victory was declared across the globe. Yet the story of smallpox remains the exception, as today a host of deadly contagions, from polio to AIDS, continue to threaten human health around the world. Spanning three centuries, The End of Plagues weaves...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.1969 RHOChutkan, Robynne
Summary: "A practical plan for strengthening the incredible antiviral defenses located in your gut and resolving symptoms-from a renowned gastroenterologist and the author of Gutbliss"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.3 CHUSummary: Covers allergies, defined as hypersensitivity to the immune system, and immune disorders, which are dysfunctions of the immune system classified as different from allergies based on immune system disorders. Entries explore allergies to common allergens, like pollen and certain foods, as well as a variety of immune disorders, such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. Coverage includes causes,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Reference, Call number: Reference 616.079 Buratovich 2021Gates, Donna.
Summary: "If you're experiencing discomfort, fatigue, or other symptoms that won't go away no matter what you do or how many doctors you see, chances are you're one of the millions unknowingly suffering from a systemic fungal/yeast infection, "the hidden invader." The result of an imbalance starting in your internal ecosystem, this can be a key factor in headaches, joint and muscle pain, depression,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.9 GATRicotta, Mary C.
Contents: How tests are born -- Hematology -- Coagulation--blood clotting -- Clinical chemistry -- Microbiology -- Immunology and serology -- Donor collection center and blood bank laboratory -- Urinalysis -- Histotechnology -- Cytotechnology -- Molecular biotechnology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.075 RICSummary: This program discusses the Human Genome Project, gene-related medical research, and beneficial and potentially dangerous applications of genetic technology both to humans and to plants. Efforts to fight disease through gene therapy and recombinant DNA technology are addressed, as well as research into genetically controlling cancer and organ transplant rejection. The risks of agricultural...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: "Provides basic consumer health information about immune system function, diseases, treatments and management of related disorders. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Omnigraphics 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.97 IMMVanishing Twin (Musical group)
Contents: KRK (At home in strange places) -- Wise children -- Cryonic suspension may save your life -- You are not an island -- The age of immunology -- Magician's success -- Planète sauvage -- Backstroke -- Invisible world -- Language is a city (Let me out!).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK VANTrivers, Robert.
Summary: Explores the author's theorized evolutionary basis for self-deception, which he says is tied to group conflict, courtship, neurophysiology, and immunology, but can be negated by awareness of it and its results.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.4 TRIWalker, Richard
Summary: Presents comprehensive information on the human body, covering such topics as the musculoskeletal system, immunology, digestion and nutrition, the human life cycle, the nervous system, and the respiratory system--
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2012