Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

"Engaging images accompany information about medical robots. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--

"Using innovative designs and technology such as 3-D printing, humans are helping animals in need. Discover the amazing true stories of five animals that have survived thanks to their prosthetic body parts"--

A secret beats inside Anna Thatcher's chest: An illegal clockwork heart. Anna works cog by cog -- donning the moniker Technician -- to supply black market medical technology to the sick and injured, against the Commissioner's tyrannical laws. Nathaniel Fremont, the Commissioner's son, has never had to fear the law. Determined to earn his father's respect, Nathaniel sets out to capture the Technician. But the more he learns about the outlaw, the more...

Doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals can help you feel better when you are sick. Robots can too. They check up on patients, help paralyzed people move again, and even perform surgery. Informational text, fascinating facts, and full-color images tell the story of how robots are helping transform medicine. A "Words to Know" feature helps students master new vocabulary.

"What if a lifesaving medical device causes loss of life along its supply chain? That's the question Katherine E. Standefer finds herself asking one night after being suddenly shocked by her implanted cardiac defibrillator. In this gripping, intimate memoir about health, illness, and the invisible reverberating effects of our medical system, Standefer recounts the astonishing true story of the rare diagnosis that upended her rugged life in the mountains...

"Jack Weaver, Assistant Secretary of Health And Human Services in Washington D.C. is asked to visit a medical laboratory in the Minnesota woods where a voluntary life-ending therapy has been developed and tested without the FDA's knowledge. The new technology enables individuals to pre-determine the date of their death, years in advance. Although several states have approved PAD - physician assisted death, this is the first attempt to legalize a self-administered...

Medicine around the world and across the ages.

3D printing is revolutionizing health care. 3D printers are now used to make low-cost prostheses, replace diseased organs, produce new pharmaceuticals, and create models to guide surgeons through difficult operations. This cutting-edge technology has the potential to make health care more affordable, more personalized, and more available to people around the world

Explores the human body through individual case studies, highlighting cutting-edge medical technology and life-and-death personal dramas.