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Myringotomy and Ear Tubes

Healthline — Lim, David J., ed., et al. Recent Advances in Otitis Media: Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium, June 4-8, 1995, Marriott Harbot Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Hamilton, Ontario: B. C. Decker Inc., 1996. Wiet, Richard J., Steven A. ...More…

Magnesium

Healthline — DIAGNOSIS. The levels of magnesium in a patient's blood or body fluids can help diagnose several illnesses. A high magnesium level in the blood may indicate kidney failure, hypothyroidism, severe dehydration, Addison's disease, or overingestion .. ...More…

Wild Oat

Healthline — Wild oat (Avena sativa) is a member of the grass family native to Scotland. There are approximately 25 varieties of the oat plants, and oat is now grown throughout the world. Avena sativa is the species that is used in herbal remedies. The mature ...More…

Selenium

Healthline — Selenium is a nonmetallic element with an atomic number of 34 and an atomic weight of 78.96. Its chemical symbol is Se. Selenium is most commonly found in nature in its inorganic form, sodium selenite. An organic form of selenium, ...More…

Quan Yin

Healthline — Quan yin is the English transliteration of the Chinese name for a Buddhist divine figure whose Sanskrit name is Avalokitesvara. The meaning of this name is usually given as "the lord who hears and sees all," or "the lord who is seen within ...More…

Holistic Medicine

Healthline — The words "holism" and "holistic" are derived from the Greek word holos, meaning "whole." Jan Christian Smuts coined the term "holism" in a book published in 1926 titled Holism and Evolution. Holism is based on an ...More…

Holistic Medicine

Healthline — Holistic medicine is a term used to describe therapies that attempt to treat the patient as a whole person. That is, instead of treating an illness, as in orthodox allopathy, holistic medicine looks at an individual's overall physical, mental, ...More…

Alternative, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine

Healthline — Traditionally, public health relies extensively on conventional (allopathic) medicine in its mission to prevent and treat disease. It accepts reductionistic methods to identify the origin of illness at the cellular and subcellular level, and then ...More…

Alternative Medicines and Therapies

Healthline — Alternatives to conventional medical care are increasingly popular in the United States, and their growing use by consumers represents a major trend in Western medicine. Alternative therapies appear to be used most frequently for medical ...More…

Arrowroot

Healthline — Growing to a height of up to 6 ft (2 m), arrowroot is a tropical perennial with clusters of long, thin stems and small, cream-colored flowers that grow in pairs. Once revered by the ancient Mayans and other inhabitants of Central America as an ...More…

Coyote & Bobcat (Sign Language Literature Series)

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An Alphabet of Animal Signs (Early Sign Language)

Amazon.com — Author Stanley Collins Dewey Decimal Number 419 EAN 9781930820081 ISBN 1930820089 MPN GP108 Number Of Pages 28 Part Number GP108 Publication Date 2002-11 Reading Level Baby-Preschool SKU 806150933More…

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