McLaughlin, Kathleen
Summary: "Bad Blood meets Dreamland in this kaleidoscopic investigation into the shadowy and vampiric blood business and the dangerous limits of demand for the crucial resource that runs through our very veins. Every year, about twenty million Americans sell blood plasma for cash in a barely regulated market dominated by private industry and off-the-grid trafficking. These commercial efforts prey on an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One Signal Publishers/Atria 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.17 MCLHalvorson, Karin
Summary: Find out what goes on every day Inside the Blood! Detailed illustrations, color photos, and simple text combine to make a fun and easy introduction to how blood works. This book also includes simple activities and crafts like Plasma Soup, Blood Pumpers and Blood-Type Hype with how-to photos to further engage young learners.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Super Sandcastle, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J612.1 HALSummary: "Provides basic consumer health information about blood and circulatory system function, diseases, and treatments. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Omnigraphics 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.1 BLOMcAnulty, Stacy
Summary: "This funny and fact-filled picture book is all about blood: where it's found, what it does, how it travels, and why vampires shouldn't drink it. From the four chambers of the heart to the platelets that clot your blood when you scrape your knee, everything you want to know about the cardiovascular system is right inside these pages. Just watch out for thirsty vampires"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Godwin Books/Henry Holt and Company 2022
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Summary: "If you've ever suspected that not everyone should eat the same thing or do the same exercise, you're right. In fact, what foods we absorb well and how our bodies handle stress differ with each blood type. Your blood type reflects your internal chemistry. It is the key that unlocks the mysteries of disease, longevity, fitness, and emotional strength. It determines your susceptibility to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2016
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Summary: Explores the science, traditions, and myths surrounding blood, from ancient bloodletting practices to the development of mass blood donations during the Blitz and from researchers working on synthetic blood to the lucrative business of plasma transfusions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books/ Henry Holt and Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.1 GEOMcGoogan, Cara
Summary: "Award-winning journalist Cara McGoogan follows the twisting trail of tightlipped executives and missing documents to bravely ask if the line of corruption could have been broken, whether people could have been saved, and, ultimately, who is to blame for the thousands of unnecessary deaths. McGoogan not only uncovers the scandal of Factor VIII but also exposes a sweeping blueprint for corporate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Diversion Books, a division of Diversion Publishing Corp. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.97 MCGGuthrie, Julian.
Summary: "In 1951 in Sydney, Australia, a fourteen-year-old boy named James Harrison was near death when he received a transfusion of blood that saved his life. A few years later, and half a world away, a shy young doctor at Columbia University realized he was more comfortable in the lab than in the examination room. Neither could have imagined how their paths would cross, or how they would change the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.32 GUTInchauspé, Jessie
Summary: "Improve all areas of your health from your weight, sleep, cravings, mood, energy, skin, and even slow down aging, with easy-to-implement, science-based hacks to manage your blood sugar levels while still eating the foods you love. Glucose, or blood sugar, is a tiny molecule in our body that has a huge impact on our health. It enters our bloodstream through the starchy or sweet foods we eat....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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Summary: Discusses the brief life of an extraordinary young African American doctor whose research with blood left us many legacies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DRERuhl, Jenny
Summary: Based on the award winning Bloodsugar101.com web site, this book explains what peer-reviewed research published in top medical journals has to say about: What is a normal blood sugar? How does diabetes develop? What really causes diabetes? What blood sugar levels cause complications? Must you deteriorate? What diet is right for you? How can you make that diet work? What medications are safe?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Technion Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.4 RuhSummary: Childbirth expert Sheri Bayles, RN, covers all aspects of labor and delivery, including pain relieving options, Lamaze training, a breathing technique, natural childbirth, and everything you need to know about cord blood banking.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Expect This L.L.C. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.4 LAUHyman, Mark
Summary: Outlines a low-insulin weight-loss program that demonstrates how to activate the body's natural abilities to burn fat, reduce inflammation, and enable other long-term health benefits.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Brown & Co 2014
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House 2010
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Summary: Proposes that a person's blood type can both influence health and reactions to foods.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1997
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Summary: " Cardiovascular disease is the #1 killer of Americans today, and while most doctors focus on lowering cholesterol and blood pressure they are overlooking the real culprit: glucose levels. With today's overweight population adn dramatic increase in Type II Diabetes, studies now show that sugar, not fat, does most of the heart damage. Plague reducing statins used to lower high cholesterol treat...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.12 MASD'Adamo, Peter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2004
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Summary: Proposes that a person's blood type can both influence health and reactions to foods.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.25 DADHyman, Mark
Summary: Dr. Hyman reveals that the secret solution to losing weight and preventing not just diabetes but also heart disease, stroke, dementia, and cancer is balanced insulin levels. Here he describes the seven keys to achieving wellness and explains his revolutionary six-week healthy-living program.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2012
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley Pub. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.136 RINAhern, Cecelia
Summary: How can you know someone you've never met? Justin Hitchcock is divorced, lonely and restless. He arrives in Dublin to give a lecture on art and meets an attractive doctor, who persuades him to donate blood. It's the first thing to come straight from his heart in a long time. When Joyce Conway leaves the hospital after a terrible accident, with her life and her marriage in pieces, she moves back...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harperluxe 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC AHEMann, Meredith
Summary: "The Blood Sugar Balance Cookbook presents easy and delicious low-glycemic and blood sugar balancing recipes from Instagram influencer Meredith Mann of @thepeachiespoon"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: 4 blood types, 4 diets by the writers of eat right 4 your type.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 1998