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The human body is amazing. Your blood makes up about 8% of your body weight. On average, your heart will beat more than 3 billion times in your lifetime! Doctors and scientists make choices every day about how to keep our bodies going. But what would you change if you could? Would you choose to have super strength or super speed? Would you rather have no bones or no muscles? It's your turn to pick this or that!
202) Spit and Phlegm!
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The human body is pretty gross when it gets sick. The nose gets stuffed up, and some people go through boxes of tissues trying to get it clear. But what is all that stuff in the ears, nose, and throat anyway? It's phlegm! This sometimes gross and always fascinating book explores why our bodies make spit and phlegm through colorful photographs and insightful explanations of bodily functions. Readers will discover the science behind the gross-studying...
204) Losing a Tooth
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Uh-oh! You've got a loose tooth! Don't worry. Losing a tooth is a normal process our body goes through. What do you do? Find out in this easy-to-read Pebble Emerge book. With simple text and color photos, young readers will learn all about their teeth.
205) Dental Hygienist
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Part of the Career and Tech Education series, this book explains many aspects of the job of a Dental Hygienist, including training and skills needed.
206) My Fingernails Grow
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Young children are naturally curious about themselves. Tell Me Why My Fingernails Grow offers answers to their most compelling questions about our nails and the protein keratin. Age-appropriate explanations and appealing photos encourage readers to continue their quest for knowledge. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words.
207) I Get the Hiccups
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Young children are naturally curious about themselves. I Get the Hiccups offers answers to their most compelling questions about hiccups and how to stop them. Age-appropriate explanations and appealing photos encourage readers to continue their quest for knowledge. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words.
208) I Get Sunburned
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Young children are naturally curious about themselves. Tell Me Why I Get Sunburned offers answers to their most compelling questions about summer skin conditions. Age-appropriate explanations and appealing photos encourage readers to continue their quest for knowledge. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words.
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"A wry, witty account of what it is like to face death--and be restored to life. After being diagnosed in her early 40s with metastatic melanoma--a "rapidly fatal" form of cancer--journalist and mother of two Mary Elizabeth Williams finds herself in a race against the clock. She takes a once-in-a-lifetime chance and joins a clinical trial for immunotherapy, a revolutionary drug regimen that trains the body to vanquish malignant cells. Astonishingly,...
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Una guía completa de las úlceras: síntomas, causas, dietas, tratamientos herbarios y remedios caseros. Con este libro aprenderá: •Las diferentes técnicas de diagnóstico y tratamiento •Tratamientos convencionales •Los diferentes tratamientos herbarios •La relación entre los tratamientos herbarios y los convencionales. Explicaremos los diferentes efectos secundarios y propondremos medidas y sustitutos para evitarlos. •Las mejores dietas...
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Everything from A to Z about going number one and two.
This deep dive into the science and history of poop (and pee) covers everything kids ever wanted to know about their favorite subject. Both expertly researched and hilarious, the book starts with human waste: what's in our poop, how our digestive system works, the history of sanitation. It then moves on to other fascinating topics: why some animals eat poop, poop's potential use as fuel, how...
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Did you know that there are animals all around you that you can't see without a microscope? Sometimes it's good you can't see them. As you shed dead skin cells, thousands of dust mites gobble them up. Gross! Tiny water bears are super tough. They can survive in Earth's coldest and hottest places and even in space! Young readers will learn amazing, weird, and sometimes gross facts about a variety of microscopic creatures.
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Buh-bye, bad hair days! This complete guide to care, cuts and cute styles makes it easy to have amazing hair each and every day of the week. With tons of tutorials for pretty ponies, bold braids and easy updos, you'll go from school to sports to sleepovers with your loveliest-ever locks. Plus, get the answers to your trickiest tress troubles: How do you fix frizz once and for all? What's the best way to get tousled curls or an awesome blowout? What...
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Do you have IBD: Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis?
Tired of flares and living in the bathroom?
Disappointed with both conventional and natural treatments?
If you're desperate to poop normally again, this book is for you. The Flare Stopper System was created by Galina Kotlyar, a healthcare professional who is also a former, fully recovered IBD patient. Her innovative program for IBD is backed by over 30 years of research, clinical experience and...
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Embark on a transformative journey to understanding and managing colitis with "Colitis Demystified: Doctor's Secret Guide." This illuminating guidebook, penned by a compassionate medical expert, unravels the complexities of colitis, offering a holistic approach to coping and thriving with this condition. From demystifying the biological, psychological, and social aspects of colitis to exploring dietary strategies, lifestyle modifications, and alternative...
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If you, or a friend or family member has gallstones, or is having gallbladder attacks, you have no doubt been told by a medical doctor that you need to have surgery to remove your gallbladder. This procedure, called a cholecystectomy, which results in the permanent amputation of an important internal organ, is advertised as a safe procedure. The reality, however, is a bit different.
Twenty five percent of those who have their gallbladder removed...
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Are you tired of constantly reminding your kids to clean up after themselves? Do you want to instill a sense of responsibility and teamwork in your family? Look no further than "My 1st Book of Being A Super Helper"!This charming children's book offers a fun and engaging way to introduce household chores to young children. With colorful illustrations and rhyming verses, kids will be excited to lend a hand around the house. Here are some of the key...
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The Holistic Gut Prescription is designed to be a simple guide to healing the gut, based on the following premise: If people give the body what it needs to heal itself and remove the obstacles to its cure, then within reason, healing will follow.
"Nature Cure" is not easy to employ, but it is usually easy to understand. There are only so many building blocks, and there are only so many possible obstacles to cure. The physician's job is not to "make...
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This invaluable reference discusses every aspect of an ostomy-a surgical procedure that creates an alternative opening in the body for waste discharge from the kidney, colon, intestines, or bladder-from the first shock of diagnosis through surgery and rehabilitation. The coauthor's moving and motivational story of her colostomy experience is blended with information on the latest surgical techniques and equipment, providing prospective ostomy patients...