Medical Kids

Get ready to gag, laugh, and learn with Scary Medicine: Horrible Cures and Creepy Diseases from History! From leeches and bloodletting to quack devices that promised to cure everything from headaches to “the vapors,” medical history is stranger - and grosser - than you ever imagined. This book dives into the weird, shocking, and sometimes hilarious world of medicine from 1800 to the 1970s, revealing: Deadly diseases like tuberculosis, typhoid, smallpox, and the Spanish flu - and how people tried to survive them Bizarre treatments including electric belts, vibrating chairs, and “...

AUTISM AND ADHD UNMASKED: The Functional Medicine Breakthrough That Reverses Toxin, Hormone, Infection, and Nutrient-Induced Neurodivergence Are you searching for answers beyond medications and mainstream labels? This groundbreaking book unveils the untold story of how environmental toxins, hormonal imbalances, chronic infections, and nutrient deficiencies have contributed to the global surge in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)—and how functional medicine offers science-backed, practical solutions that bring lasting change. In AUTISM AND ...

Brace yourself for the flight of your life in James Patterson's New York Times #1 bestselling as Max's quest to save the world comes to a rip-roaring climax. In Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, the time has arrived for Max and her winged Flock to face their ultimate enemy...

If you treat children struggling with mental health conditions such as depression or anxiety, you know that approaches designed for adults do not work with younger clients. ACT for Treating Children presents skills grounded in evidence-based acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help children regulate emotions and cope with the inevitable ups and downs of life, and is suitable for clinicians with no prior knowledge of or training in ACT, as well as seasoned ACT clinicians.

As one of the few pediatric palliative care doctors in the United States, Bob Macauley was used to people saying, “I’m so glad I don’t have your job.” To which he would explain that palliative care is more about living than dying, then offer to share some of the inspiring stories he witnessed on a daily basis. He might mention that also being an Episcopal priest helped him console people in the hardest situations. But he never revealed the true reason for his career choice: he didn’t want anyone else to hurt the way he had when he was a kid.

An unbiased, neutral, fact-based investigation that simply allows the science to do the talking on childhood vaccinations. Written by father and son investigative journalism/research team Lance & James Morcan, with a foreword by medical laboratory scientist Elísabet Norris, VACCINE SCIENCE REVISITED is possibly the most well-referenced work yet to explore this contentious healthcare subject. This exhaustively-researched book avoids all rumor, conjecture and anecdotal evidence, and steadfastly focuses on what the latest medical studies actually reveal about vaccines listed on the ...

Discover 1,341 amazing facts across sports, animals, science, history, food, pop culture, and more! Looking for a book that will keep curious kids entertained while sneaking in a little learning? Curious Kids’ Mega Fact Book is packed with short, surprising, and laugh‑out‑loud facts designed for ages 8–12. Perfect for travel, waiting rooms, family game nights, or even as a fun bathroom reader, this collection makes knowledge feel like play. Inside you’ll find 10 exciting chapters: 🏆 Sports & Games – wild records, strange rules, and athlete oddities 🐾 Animal Kingdom ...

Brace yourself for the flight of your life in James Patterson's New York Times #1 bestselling as Max's quest to save the world comes to a rip-roaring climax. In Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, the time has arrived for Max and her winged Flock to face their ultimate enemy...

This audio version of Dear Mama in the Darkness, as read by the author, is truly a "Light in the Darkness" for anyone going through something difficult. Hearing these letters, (organized topically, not chronologically) will move you even if you don't relate to specifics. Life is HARD, but we can learn to THRIVE rather than just survive — and we can laugh while doing it!

The long-awaited follow-up to the million-copy bestseller The Out-of-Sync Child, presenting information and advice for tweens, teens, and young adults living with Sensory Processing Disorder, and their parents. The Out-of-Sync Child Grows Up will be the new bible for the vast...

Winner of the 2022 Global Book Awards & instant crowdfunding success! • Hope and human compassion envelope this inspiring, eye-opening and heart wrenching true story exposing the systematic oppression and persecution of medicinal cannabis patients, and the group of underground “angels in disguise” fighting to bring the medicinal herb to those who need it most. Early into his 40s, Tom Wegner received the one piece of news everybody fears; his father was diagnosed with cancer. Just like that, Wegner’s life course evaporated: One day he was living the life of a hotshot political ...

An emotional story that encourage us to overcome ourselves We will meet a doctor who only prescribes injections and medicines. Will he cure all the patients who go through his consultation? In this emotional story we will get into the skin of a child who is afraid of punctures and who may also need a special treatment. Bilingual Tale available in both English and Spanish. The book also contains pictures to learn the alphabet through three sections: Learn the alphabet Letter ... is for ... Spell it out Other books in the series Tales to be told All the tales together can also be found in a ...

How can a child respond when a loved one faces a sudden medical emergency? In When Grandpa’s Heart Stops, young Eddie is thrilled to spend the day with his beloved grandpa. Their woodland adventure is full of wonder—until everything changes. When Grandpa suddenly collapses from a heart attack, Eddie must act quickly, face his fear, and find help. This heartwarming and courageous story gently introduces children to the realities of medical emergencies, helping them understand how to stay calm, seek help, and process emotions like fear and uncertainty. With comforting language and age-...

A compelling and incisive audiobook that questions the overuse of mental health terms to describe universal human emotions Public awareness of mental illness has been transformed in recent years, but our understanding of how to define it has yet to catch up. Too often, psychiatric disorders are...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER For readers of Andrew Solomon's Far From the Tree and Ian Brown's The Boy in the Moon, here is a heartfelt, funny and surprising memoir about one year spent driving a bus full of children with special needs. One morning in 2008, desperate, broke and living alone while trying...

Stories of a Scrappy Missionary Kid invites you to join in on the adventures of Emmy Grace, who grew up as a third culture kid in Romania, became a travel nurse, and now continues to explore the world beyond her borders. She shares the humorous and heartwarming stories of faith, family, and friendships formed along the way. Emmy Grace retells her journey of growing from a shy child to a confident adult making friends, learning lots, and bringing hope to others on her many adventures and misadventures.

A funny and empowering memoir from a girl with a severe form of cerebral palsy, for fans of Wonder and Out of My Mind. When she was just a tiny baby, something terrible happened to Lexi. It left her with an out-of-control body and without a voice. Now, as a precocious, superhero-obsessed...

An increasing number of Australian children are being diagnosed with variations in their brain development. These can include attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism and dyslexia. Authors Madonna King and Rebecca Sparrow have surveyed and interviewed almost 2000 Australians, including medical experts, educators, neurodivergent children and their parents, to gather together the best and most useful advice to ensure neurodivergent (ND) children take their rightful place in classrooms and workplaces.

“Impossible to put down, makes you laugh and cry, Sophie’s story is inspirational. It gives us so much hope and encouragement. I don’t think we would be where we are on our own journey without her advice.” OLLIE LOCKE “A read so twisty your heart pounds as you turn the pages.” THE...

The unforgettable inspiring memoir of one extraordinary doctor who is saving lives in a most unconventional way, Ask Me Why I Hurt is the touching and revealing first-person account of the remarkable work of Dr. Randy Christensen. Trained as a pediatrician, he works not in a typical hospital setting but, rather, in a 38-foot Winnebago that has been refitted as a doctor's office on wheels. His patients are the city's homeless adolescents and children.