Relief at Last for the Millions of Chronic Heartburn SufferersWritten by an internationally recognized expert on digestive diseases, this much-needed book brings relief to the tens of millions who suffer from the pain of severe heartburn almost daily. If you find yourself dependent on antacids, losing sleep, missing work, or canceling plans because of heartburn discomfort, you may be among those who struggle with gastroesophageal reflux disorder, or GERD. The good news is that your condition is treatable----especially in its early stages. Drawing from his extensive experience diagnosing and treating patients, as well as the latest research from around the globe, Dr. Anil Minocha explains the causes of heartburn----and the potentially serious consequences of leaving it untreated. In addition to providing an overview of the problem, Dr. Minocha offers invaluable information on:* The latest treatment options-from nutrition and simple lifestyle changes to drugs, surgery, and alternative remedies* How your diet and weight may be affecting your GERD* The relationship between stress and heartburn* Dealing with GERD during pregnancy, and in infants, children, and the elderly""An in-depth analysis of how to heal heartburn and acid reflux, a problem that afflicts humans across the lifespan, from infancy to old age. . . . A valuable home reference.""-Elizabeth D. Tate, F.N.P., M.N., coauthor of Unforgettable Faces: Through the Eyes of a Nurse Practitioner""Priceless and practical. . . . Easy to read. . . . A must-buy book for all heartburn sufferers.""-Joel E. Richter, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.G., Chairman, Department of Gastroenterology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

How to Stop Heartburn

Health, Fitness & Dieting

FACP

Christine A. Adamec

Anil Minocha MD

FACG

Diseases & Physical Ailments

John Wiley&Sons

Nutrition is always in the news. Hardly a week passes without headlines about some new study or discoveryresearch showing that a certain diet (high in carbohydrates or fat, for instance) promotes weight loss or lowers cholesterol, that a vegetable reduces the risk of cancer, or that a food previously considered harmful has turned out to be healthful (or vice versa). This Wellness Report 2008: Eating For Optimal Wellness, focuses on the latest research connecting nutrition and disease prevention, and its aim is to help you make better-informed choices when it comes to your diet. We have evaluated hundreds of studies over the past year to see how they contribute to ongoing debates about healthy eating and provide practical advice for readers interested in optimal wellness.

Eating for Optimal Health: Wellness Reports 2008

Business & Money

John Edward Swartzberg

Management & Leadership

University Health Publishing, UC Berkeley Wellness

The objectives of this book are two fold: (1) to offer an understandable source of information to educate the patient who has thyroid cancer as well as the patient's family members and friends, and (2) to improve not only the patient's quality of medical care but also the patient's support from family and friends.

Thyroid Cancer: A Guide for Patients

MACP

Douglas Van Nostrand

Leonard Wartofsky

Gary Bloom

FACNM

Kanchan Kulkarni

MBBA

Keystone Press, Inc.

This handbook enables your organization to systemize the tedious, ongoing, and mandatory process of credentialing your medical staff and to understand why you must! Healthcare organizations lose substantial revenue when providers on their medical staff are not properly credentialed. Payers have unique requirements for providers to satisfy before they will pay for services. Hospitals often face difficulty in getting the information from the provider and are challenged by a lack of systems for initial and ongoing verification and documentation. Administrators must weigh the cost benefits of in-house or outsourced credentialing and evaluate the options for software and other tools. Readers who use this handbook will feel confident and secure in their knowledge. Expanded description for online store: Healthcare organizations must have credentialed medical staffs to deliver their services. The reasons are two-fold: First, educated, licensed, experienced, and proven caregivers ensure that a hospital or medical practice is capable of delivering quality care. Secondly, payers require that the physicians and other licensed healthcare professionals are qualified and licensed to work with their patients. Before receiving payment for services, the provider must have specific credentials for providing that service. Verifying and documenting the credentials of a healthcare provider is tedious, ongoing, and mandatory. An organization with a large medical staff may struggle with keeping the credentialing function current, as many licenses have rolling expirations. Credentialing ensures that clinical practitioners are duly qualified, licensed, and board certified. It reports the history of malpractice claims, state-instituted sanctions, or other undesirable professional circumstances of providers. Credentialing and privileging of healthcare professionals protects patients and hospitals by minimizing the risk of medical errors that may result from the work of incompetent providers. It also undergirds the reputation and credibility of the institution in the eyes of providers and across the healthcare community. Further, credentialing with insurers forms the basis for reimbursement for professional services. Without the acceptance of the professional credentials of a provider, insurers and other third-party payers will not compensate his or her claims. The purpose of this book is to explain the necessity and to provide the process for the official documentation of each practitioner. The information presented in these chapters will serve as a practical resource for strengthening your organization s credentialing function. Book Features! -Outlines the necessity for credentialing in the delivery of care and in attaining reimbursements for services provided -Explores options for in-house and outsourced credentialing function -Provides systematic process for ongoing credentialing operations Table of Contents Chapter 1: Credentialing The Foundation for Quality and Safety Chapter 2: Types of Credentialing Chapter 3: The Pros and Cons of Outsourcing Credentialing Chapter 4: Regulatory Requirements Chapter 5: Automated Payer and Medical Staff Credentialing System Chapter 6: Training for the Credentialing Function Chapter 7: Conclusion The Importance of the Credentialing Process

The Handbook for Credentialing Healthcare Providers

Medical Books

FACHE

Ellis M. (Mac) Knight

Administration & Medicine Economics

Greenbranch Publishing

This second edition of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Handbook for Clinicians (HSCT) offers comprehensive and practical information for healthcare providers working in the HSCT field. It provides relevant information on all areas of HSCT, including indications for transplantation; donor and patient evaluation; conditioning regimens; collection, processing, and characterization of stem cell products; management of immunosuppressive therapy; evaluation and management of the most common complications during HSCT; supportive care management; common procedures; and aspects of follow-up care. The emphasis of the Handbook is placed on providing up-to-date information in a clinically meaningful way. This edition s content has been reorganized to facilitate finding topics of interest more easily and the authors emphasized an educational bent in presenting their material. Each of the topics in the first edition has been revised to ensure the content is up to date. New chapters covering nonmalignant diseases, haploidentical transplants, photopheresis, financial considerations, and iron overload have been added. Topics include: General Principles Pretransplant Concerns Donor Selection Graft Preparation Infusion and Support Outcomes Complications

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Handbook for Clinicians

John R. Wingard

Dennis A. Gastineau

Helen L. Leather

BPharm

Edward Snyder

Zbigniew M. Szczepiorkowski

MD PhD

FCAP

Amer Assn of Blood Banks

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) due to atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death in the U.S. Consuming excess carbohydrate (e.g. fructose, alcohol, and glucose in their decreasing order of proclivity to form fat in the liver)is the cause of this problem. Excess carbohydrate intake, particularly fructose, not cholesterol intake, gives rise to one's so-called bad cholesterol which causes atherosclerosis. We have uniquely determined that one must eat right for your height to avoid obesity, diabetes, and fatty liver disease. We pass our insights on to you, including those involving sugar habituation or addiction. Cognitive behavioral therapy offers a very effective means of self-coping with habituation or addiction to either sugar or alcohol.

Avoiding Atherosclerosis: A Scientific Approach to Eating

M.D.

ABPP

PH.D.

Ronald L. Wathen

Curtis L. Barrett

Orange Frazer Pr

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