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To understand mental health, we need to talk openly about it. This collection explores a wide range of topics, from the authors' personal experiences with mental illness and understanding how our brains are wired, to exploring the do's and don'ts of talking about mental health."--Adapted from back cover
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Briefly explores a number of pandemics from throughout history, culminating in the COVID-19 pandemic, and the unique challenges pandemics pose to communities. Discusses ways experts and readers may be able to help make their own communities safer during a pandemic, with increased sanitary steps and things they can do to take care of their families and neighbors. Includes photographs and a glossary.
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"For young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, a spa stay becomes a lot more thrilling when TWO dead bodies are found in this third book in the Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen series, inspired by the life of Agatha Christie as a child and her most popular creation, Hercule Poirot. For fans of Enola Holmes. Aspiring writer Aggie Morton is ready to enjoy an invigorating trip to a Yorkshire spa, where her widowed mother can take the waters and...
9) Medicine
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Profiles women in health careers, including physicians, nurses, physical therapists, and paramedics.
10) Born just right
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When Jordan Reeves was born without the bottom half of her left arm, the doctors reassured her parents that she was "born just right." And she has been proving that doctor right ever since! With candor, humor, and heart, Jordan's mother, Jen Lee Reeves, helps Jordan tell her story about growing up in an able-bodied world and family, where she was treated like all of her siblings and classmates--and where she never felt limited. Whether it was changing...
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Presents two separate perspectives on school lunches: offering healthy meals, or offering favorite foods that may not be very healthy but are popular among students. Includes pros and cons for both options, critical thinking questions using the Common Core, a glossary, and a list of additional resources.
12) Sleep disorders
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Discusses different types of sleep disorders as well as the various causes and treatments available.
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Uncover the true story of America's first plague epidemic in 1900 in this book is perfect to share with young readers looking for a historical perspective of the Covid-19/Coronavirus pandemic that recently gripped the world.
In March 1900, San Francisco's health department investigated a strange and horrible death in Chinatown. A man had died of bubonic plague, one of the world's deadliest diseases. But how could that...
In March 1900, San Francisco's health department investigated a strange and horrible death in Chinatown. A man had died of bubonic plague, one of the world's deadliest diseases. But how could that...
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"Imagine microscopic worms living in the soil. They enter your body through your bare feet, travel to your intestines, and stay there for years sucking your blood like vampires. You feel exhausted. You get sick easily. It sounds like a nightmare, but that's what happened in the American South during the 1800s and early 1900s. Doctors never guessed that hookworms were making patients ill, but zoologist Charles Stiles knew better. Working with one of...
20) Depression
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An introduction to depression discussing symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, gene therapy, and more.