San Antonio College Library

Unbiased, extensively researched data on more than 300 of the most common herbal medicines, including 50 new ones -- in one convenient guide. Each entry covers synonyms, trade names, common forms, source, taxonomic classification, chemical components, actions, uses, dosages, adverse reactions, interactions, contraindications and precautions, clinical considerations, points of interest, commentary, and references. Newly updated to include adverse reactions...

"The Body Hunters recounts the way the multinational pharmaceutical industry, in its quest to develop lucrative drugs, has begun quietly exporting its clinical research business to the developing world, where ethical oversight is minimal and desperate patients abound. Faced with crumbling facilities, minuscule budgets, and lowering health crises, developing countries often encourage these very trials, even as they cause scarce resources to be diverted...

Mothers of children with Attention Deficit Disorder must inevitably make decisions regarding their children's diagnosis within a context of competing discourses about the nature of the disorder and the legitimacy of its treatment. They also make these decisions within an overriding climate of mother-blame. Claudia Malacrida's text provides a contextualized study of how mothers negotiate with/against the "helping professions" over assessment and treatment...