Kenneth: 4007 books

Heart block is a medical disorder that affects the heart's electrical system.The electrical system is the main control of the rate and rhythm of heartbeats.As it moves, the electrical signal induces the heart muscles to contract and pump blood.Heart block happens when the electrical signal is...

Kernicterus Exchange Transfusion Quote:"This is why my classmate a neonatal pediatrician retired at the age of fifty five years old because he was sick of doing exchange transfusion every few days on small infants.He felt very uncomfortable doing the exchange transfusion for the poor neonates who...

Leukocytosis is a medical disorder when the white blood cell count (the leukocyte count) is higher than the normal range in the bloodHigh white blood cell count is a higher amount in disease-fighting cells (leukocytes) circulating in the blood.Leukocytosis is frequently a sign of the inflammatory...

Palpitations are medical symptoms of feelings that the heart is beating irregularly or pounding too hard or too fast.These sensations can also be felt in the chest, throat, or neck.Palpitations can happen during physical activity or when the patient is lying down or sitting still.Palpitations...

Intercostal Neuralgia is a medical symptom which is caused by the compression of nerve in thoracic or the abdominal area (i.e., the ribcage).This neuralgia is not a common disease where there is pain along the intercostal nerves.These nerves run between the ribs and any form of injury to one of the...

Following completion of his medical training and a one-year stint as attending physician on Howard Champion's Surgical Critical Care Service and MedStar Unit at Washington Hospital Center in the District of Columbia, Kenneth Liegner, M.D. returned to Westchester County, home of his Alma Mater, New...

What is Malabsorption syndrome? Malabsorption syndrome is a disease resulting from impaired intestinal absorption of nutrients. What are the causes of Malabsorption syndrome? Malabsorption syndrome is usually caused by the following: A. Intraluminal defects Pancreatic...

This book describes Cardiac Syndrome X, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases Cardiac syndrome X (also called Coronary micro-vascular disease or Small vessel disease) is angina (chest pain) with signs linked with reduced blood flow to heart tissue but with normal coronary arteries. It is a...

This startling and original study emerged from Kenneth Rockford's wish to vindicate Aristophanes' Clouds against detractors. As a result of years of rereading and teaching Aristophanes, he realized that the Clouds could not be defended in an analysis of that play in isolation. A better approach, he...

In this “probing and literate examination of a brilliant maverick in search of ideals,” the man behind the German Blitzkrieg is revealed (History Net). Widely regarded as the father of modern tank warfare, Generaloberst Heinz Guderian was a man ahead his time. He built the German tank corps—the...

During the past five decades, sub-Saharan Africa has received more foreign aid than has any other region of the world, and yet poverty remains endemic throughout the region. As Kenneth Kalu argues, this does not mean that foreign aid has failed; rather, it means that foreign aid in its current form...

In his introduction to the anthology The Wisdom of the Sufis, Kenneth Cragg offers the Western reader valuable insight into the religion and richly poetic literature of the Middle East, and the esoteric, deeply experiential inner tradition of Islam. Bishop Cragg’s selections of prayers and legends...

Kenneth Cragg (1913–2012) was one of the West's most gifted interpreters of Islam. In this deeply insightful, classic work of Qur’anic studies, he argues that the West must put aside a "spiritual imperialism" that draws on Western prescripts alien to Muslims and "learn to come within" Islam. Only...

The docks and alleys of Philadelphia's riverward neighborhoods teem with forgotten stories and strange histories. In the overlooked corners of Kensington and Fishtown are the launching of the Industrial Revolution, the bizarre double suicide of the Rusk twins and the violent Cramp Shipyard strike. With...