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Silent Angel
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Sixty Five Roses: The Richard C. Gannon Story
: :Richard Cummins Gannon was born September 19, 1952 with a life expectancy of less than 12 years. To the author's knowledge, in January, 2007, he is one of the oldest living persons who were diagnosed with cystic fibrosis as a newborn infant. Richard is the first person in Ohio to successfully undergo a triple-organ transplant, and the sixteen-hour surgery made medical news around the world! In January, 1991, at University Hospitals of Cleveland, he received a new liver, kidney, and pancreas. With the progression of modern medicine, his own constant ...
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Understanding Breast Cancer Genetics (Understanding Health and Sickness Series)
: : Health & Sickness -- Consumer Health --> This book by a scientist whose background is in cellular and molecular biology examines the fearsome disease that strikes one in eight women in the United States. Although women are more likely to die of heart disease or of lung cancer, a diagnosis of breast cancer is the medical pronouncement that a woman is most likely to fear. It kills more than 40,000 Americans annually. Why are some women more vulnerable than others? The interplay between genetics and environment is suspected. Thus ...
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Understanding Genetics: A Primer for Couples and Families
: :One in every 100 Americans is born with a serious genetic disorder, and more will face a disease with genetic components in their lifetime. In the past decade, fledgling genetic science has identified more than 4,000 diseases connected to genetic factors. Genetic doctors and testing have become relatively common. But what is genetics'? How do these doctors and their tests work, and what if anything can they change? Dr. Scheuerle walks us through this new field and explains the basics, detailing diseases and disordes that can present in each life ...
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Weight Loss, Exercise And Health Research
from: Nova Science Publishers
: :Weight loss can be achieved in many ways including reduction of caloric intake, exercise and because of health reasons. This book combines research from around the world in all three areas.
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The Withered Rose
: :While Jillian Foster is vacationing with her parents in Florida, she meets Robert Jarrett, a young and aspiring writer. In just a few days, the two teens become very close. When Jillian returns to South Carolina from vacationing, Robert doesn’t hear from her again. Almost twenty-five years later, Robert comes across a rose that Jillian had given him the night he last saw her. Although withered, the rose sparks Robert’s interest to locate Jillian. When the two finally meet, Jillian explains why she avoided Robert all these years. Currently, Robert ...
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Analysis of Multifactorial Diseases (Human Molecular Genetics)
: :Analysis of Multifactorial Diseases examines the evidence of genetic factors that increase susceptibility to a range of complex diseases and describes the approaches taken to identify these genes. It reviews the successes and failures and examines whether there are any general conclusions to be drawn from this current range of approaches.
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Understanding Arthritis and Rheumatism (Family Doctor Books)
: :Analysis of Multifactorial Diseases examines the evidence of genetic factors that increase susceptibility to a range of complex diseases and describes the approaches taken to identify these genes. It reviews the successes and failures and examines whether there are any general conclusions to be drawn from this current range of approaches.
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Genetic Promise
: :Analysis of Multifactorial Diseases examines the evidence of genetic factors that increase susceptibility to a range of complex diseases and describes the approaches taken to identify these genes. It reviews the successes and failures and examines whether there are any general conclusions to be drawn from this current range of approaches.
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Living With Muscular Dystrophy: Illness Experience, Activities of Daily Living, Coping, Quality of Life & Rehabilitation (Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala ... from the Faculty of Medicine, 1025)
: :Analysis of Multifactorial Diseases examines the evidence of genetic factors that increase susceptibility to a range of complex diseases and describes the approaches taken to identify these genes. It reviews the successes and failures and examines whether there are any general conclusions to be drawn from this current range of approaches.
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