Childrens Eye Care and Family Eye Care (Program)
We started as Children's Eye Care in 1986 for one simple reason: better vision can completely change a child's life. There is no greater feeling than helping a child, and since day one we've tried to...
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Pediatrics: An Approach to Independent Learning -- by C. William Daeschner, Jr., C. Joan Richardson (Authors) (Book)
"The third edition of this classic textbook has been fully revised and updated by thirty-nine contributing authors. Essential information about the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Epidermolysis Bullosa : Clinical, Epidemiologic, and Laboratory Advances and the Findings of the National Epidermolysis Bullosa Registry -- by Alan Moshell, Joseph McGuire, Eugene Bauer, Jo-David Fine (Authors) (Book)
Book News, Inc. The first full report of the Registry, which was established in September 1986 to track the protean family of mostly inherited skin diseases. Scientists involved with the project...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Bodies Under Siege: Self-Mutilation and Body Modification in Culture and Psychiatry -- by Armando Favazza (Author) (Book)
"Although instances of deliberate skin-cutting are recorded as far back as the old and New Testaments of the Bible the behavior has generally been regarded as a symptom of various mental disorders....
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
The Machine in the Nursery: Incubator Technology and the Origins of Newborn Intensive Care -- by Jeffrey Baker (Author) (Book)
"In The Machine in the Nursery Jeffrey Baker examines the transformation that overtook the incubator after it arrived from France in the United States. He argues that the apparatus furnishes an...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
The Double-Edged Helix: Social Implications of Genetics in a Diverse Society -- by Lisa Geller, Peter Conrad, Jon Beckwith, Adrienne Asch, Catherine Ard, Joseph Alper (Authors) (Book)
"The Double-Edged Helix explores the impact of recent genetic discoveries on both different population segments and society as a whole. The authors address the medical and ethical implications of the...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Science at the Borders: Immigrant Medical Inspection and the Shaping of the Modern Industrial Labor Force -- by Amy Fairchild (Author) (Book)
"In Science at the Borders, Fairchild retells the immigrant story, offering a new interpretation of the medical exam and the role it played in the lives of the 25 million immigrants who entered the...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Cracking the Genome: Inside the Race to Unlock Human DNA -- by Kevin Davies (Author) (Book)
"In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick unveiled the double helix structure of DNA. The discovery was a profound moment in the history of science, but solving the structure of the genetic material...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Healthy Aging for Functional Longevity: Molecular and Cellular Interactions in Senescence -- by Sang Chul Park, Hyun Sook Kim (Authors) (Book)
"This volume discusses the latest significant research on the molecular and cellular basis of aging, including the role of oxidative stress in the aging process, and age-related degenerative...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Choices in Childbirth: Volume 1: Epidural Anesthesia (Video - Parent)
"Compare and contrast two birth stories: an epidural and a nonmedicated birth. As these stories unfold, parents better understand the epidural procedure and how it may affect labor and birth. The...
All Ages
Age groups: Infancy (<1)
