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Nothing can ruin a trip like an illness, an accident, or a medical emergency. But many of these situations are preventable - or at least, more manageable - with knowledge and planning. Healthy Travel is a concise, well-organised handbook for all travellers. According to the authors, smart travellers are those who do their health homework ahead of time. When you travel, do you take along a comprehensive list of medical, emergency, and contact information...
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The ultimate guide to research, plan, and prepare for your next vacation abroad, Staying Healthy When You Travel is filled with over 300 pages that will prepare you for anything! Author Dr. Jane Wilson-Howarth is an expert in parasitology, vector ecology, and child health, and she's also traveled around the world to treat the sick. She condenses all her years of medical experience into this incredibly helpful guide that's packed with international...
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"Wellness and travel journalist Annie Daly will take readers way off the beaten path to explore five little-known wellness practices from across the globe. She will travel to Jamaica, Brazil, Japan, India, Norway, and Hawaii to learn why their inhabitants are so much healthier than Americans, and what we can learn from them. And while these traditions may appear to have little in common, at their root is an essential truth: living well isn't a trend--or...
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The American doctor and his wife describe their visit to the small Chinese village of Bapan where they learned the healthy traditions and practices of the locals that help them achieve long, active lives.
"A renowned Johns Hopkins- and Stanford-educated cardiologist travels from America to a remote Chinese village where he learns seven lessons that change his life and his medical practice. At forty-four, acclaimed cardiologist John D. Day was overweight...
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"In the middle of a yearlong backpacking trip around the world with his wife, Cassie, Oren Liebermann is teaching English to young Buddhist monks in Pokhara, Nepal when his body begins to fail him. He is constantly thirsty and exhausted, and by the time he steps on a scale, he has lost forty-five pounds. At a local clinic, a doctor gives him a diagnosis that will change his life forever: "I'm sorry to tell you, my friend, that you are a diabetic."...
6) So B. It
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So B. it volume 1
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After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agora phobic neighbor, twelve-year-old Heidi sets out from Reno, Nevada, to New York to find out who she is.
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Explains seven insurance strategies: from no insurance to full coverage by an international carrier, with sample rates and exclusions. Illustrated with charts, comparative prices, and live links to insurers. Full description of Thai Hospitals, their hierarchy, standards of care, and certifications. Stories by people who have used, refused to use, and failed to use medical insurance in Thailand. The report was compiled with participation of Thailand...
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>>> "Our goal is that you fall asleep before hearing the last chapter of this audiobook."
Introducing "Travel Dreams," the groundbreaking audiobook series designed exclusively for adventurous adults who find solace in the world of travel but struggle to experience the peaceful embrace of sleep. Immerse yourself in the soothing articulate and vivid descriptions of captivating destinations, narrated by real human voices, meticulously crafted to...
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Continuing on the path of The Gift of Fear (Gavin deBecker) Spotting Danger Before It Spots You is geared towards the average citizen who at any moment could find themselves faced with a violent encounter but may lack the training needed to detect the situation early or react to it appropriately.
• Written in a manner that can be easily understood by the average citizen who may lack any formal training in the areas of situational awareness and...
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CHEF WOLFGANG HANAU, born and educated in Eastern Europe, learned to love good cooking from an early age, so it was only natural that he'd go on to become a world-renowned chef. What isn't so natural, however, is his willingness to share the secret recipes he's learned over a decades-long career at some of the world's most exclusive restaurants, luxury hotels, and resorts. In this memoir/recipe book, he revels in dishes with a French flair, Bavarian...
11) Chef Interrupted
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When Trevis Gleason, a chef at the top of his culinary career, was, diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, he lost everything, including his job and his marriage. Surveying the ruins of his former life, he decided to fulfill a long-postponed dream. He'd travel from Seattle to west Kerry, Ireland for the winter. There he found that his dreams weren't lost, just waiting to be rediscovered
12) The Thames
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It may not be the longest, deepest or widest river in the world but few bodies of water reveal as much about a nation's past and present, or as suggestive of its future, as England's River Thames. Tales of legendary lock-keepers and long-vanished weirs evoke the distant past of a river which evolved into a prime commercial artery linking the heart of England with the ports of Europe. In Victorian times, the Thames hosted regattas galore, its new bridges...
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More than ten million patients now travel abroad every year for affordable, high-quality healthcare. From Thailand's American-accredited Bumrungrad International Hospital to Eric Clapton's Crossroads Center in Antigua to Johns Hopkins International Medical Center in Singapore, health travelers now have access to a full array of the world's safest, best choices in healthcare facilities and physicians. Now in its Third Edition, Patients Beyond Borders...
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"In this fascinating journey through the human body and across the globe, Dr. Reisman weaves together stories about our insides with a unique perspective on life, culture, and the natural world. Jonathan Reisman, M.D.-a physician, adventure traveler and naturalist-brings readers on an odyssey navigating our insides like an explorer discovering a new world with The Unseen Body. With unique insight, Reisman shows us how understanding mountain watersheds...
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A clear, concise and comprehensive guide to staying healthy while abroad. Regardless of why a person is traveling abroad, having up-to-date health information before departing and readily available along the way is critical. Travel Health Guide is an easy-to-use, no-nonsense book written in everyday language by a physician who specializes in travel medicine. This book is essential for new travelers as well as seasoned globetrotters and includes all...
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The complete guide to Dengue. Here is the Table of Contents:
1. What not to Do if You Get Dengue!
2. What is Dengue?
3. Diagnosing Dengue
5. Folk Remedies
6. Children & Dengue
7. Pregnancy & Dengue
8. Severe Dengue
9. Painkillers & Your Liver
10. Recovery & TCM
11. Doctors & Drugs
12. Immunity
13. Lab Tests
14. Somebody Stop Me!
15. Call Me Aedes
16. 99% Prevention
17. Insecticides & Repellents
18. Traps, Nets, Coils & More
19. Case...
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When growing up in the former Soviet Union (now Russia) the Author was, exposed to natural medicine. That time the Russians pharmacies' glass shelves and cabinets were full of such natural potions. Russian physicians, instead of drugs, very often prescribed "herbal compound" to patients. These were old good times. Today, physicians prescribed only expensive medications.
When working in post-colonial Africa, the author observed how the local population...
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The average woman will live 30 years after menopause. You can have lots of fun in that time. This is our third act, the time that many women learn to ROAR! I'm now marinating in all the things I love most and writing about them.
After retiring from a distinguished career in education and health, Jay Courtney found life rather beige. 'I realised that I didn't know how to do this part of my life' she says. 'There was no route map to follow, only a...
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Embrace the Southern Italian philosophy of Dolce Far Niente and find happiness and contentment in the here and now. How often to you focus on being in the moment and doing nothing? Whether staring out of the window, watching the waves roll up on the beach or immersing yourself in nature? It is when you take those moments that you discover the small and wonderful, arouse your senses and find the joy in living.
The perfect companion for today's busy...
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