Friday, June 1, 2012

Free (Reg. $96!!) from Amazon:Personal Health Kindle edition ebook


Wow! This is a fantastic freebie. This 3 book set, Personal Health: What You Need to Know from Modern Science (Collection) [Kindle Edition] is usually $96. For a limited time, Amazon if offering this collection for FREE. Remember that Amazon changes their prices frequently so be sure to look at the price before you make your purchase. If it is still free when you get there, I highly recommend this ebook collection. Even if you don't have a kindle, you can still read kindle books for FREE! Just go here to get Kindle apps for your computer or mobile devices - it's totally free!
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3 remarkable books reveal the latest scientific discoveries about addiction, antibiotic-resistant disease, bacteria – and you

These three remarkable books take you to the cutting edge of health science, revealing today’s most powerful scientific discoveries about addiction, antibiotic-resistant disease, and bacteria. In The Addicted Brain, leading neuroscientist Michael Kuhar, Ph.D. explains how and why addiction destroys lives, and presents the latest advances in treatment and prevention. Using breathtaking brain imagery and other research, Kuhar reveals the powerful, long-term brain changes that drugs can cause, explaining why it can be so difficult for addicts to escape them. He describes why some people are unusually susceptible to addiction; illuminates striking neural similarities between drugs and pleasures ranging from alcohol and gambling to sex and caffeine; and outlines the 12 characteristics most often associated with successful treatment. Next, in Antibiotic Resistance: Understanding and Responding to an Emerging Crisis, Karl S. Drlica and David S. Perlin presents a thorough and authoritative overview of the growing resistance of pathogenic bacteria to antibiotics, and what this means to our ability to control and treat infectious diseases. The authors answer crucial questions such as: What is resistance? How does it emerge? How do common human activities contribute to resistance? What can we do about it? Are there better ways to discover new antibiotics? How can we strengthen our defenses against resistance, minimize public health risks and extend the effectiveness of the antibiotics we have? Finally, in Allies and Enemies, Anne Maczulak tells the story of the amazing, intimate partnership between humans and bacteria. Offering a powerful new perspective on Earth’s oldest creatures, Maczulak explains how bacteria work, how they evolve, their surprising contributions and uses, the roles they’ve played in human history — and why you can't survive without them.

From pioneering scientists and researchers including Michael Kuhar, Karl S. Drlica, David S. Perlin, and Anne Maczulak