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Introduces young readers to the life and legacy of Patricia Bath who invented laser surgery. Describes how Bath is the first African American female doctor granted a patent for a medical invention. Includes color photographs, a glossary, and additional resources.
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This guidebook artfully presents options for getting rid of unwanted body art, systematically discussing the ins and outs of the different removal methodslaser removal, impulse light therapy, dermabrasion, and even excisionas well as the risks and costs associated with each.
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"An exploration of the transformative impact of inventions and discoveries in the field of medicine. Features include fact boxes, sidebars, biographies, and a timeline, glossary, list of recommended reading and Web sites, and index"--Provided by publisher.
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Several years after he was given less than a year to live, David, a patient with glioblastoma multiforme, is alive and cancer-free. In this program, Henry Friedman, of the Duke University Medical Center; Michael Prados, of the University of California at San Francisco; and other medical experts use case studies to show how scientific advances in the areas of brain mapping, laser surgery, and chemotherapy are offering patients like David a new lease...
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Perhaps more disturbing than the global statistics concerning blindness-for example, one child goes blind every minute-is the fact that much of it is easily preventable. This program shows how scientific and technological advances offer new hope for millions suffering from vision loss. Experts such as ophthalmologists David Yorston and Bruce Allan of London's renowned Moorfields Eye Hospital discuss cataracts, trachoma, and vitamin A deficiency, the...