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Important book with a few caveats
I am a former patient at Dr. Mercola's clinic, and I truly support everything he is trying to do with our current health crisis.His clinic helped me to overcome a serious illness when all other "regular" doctors, including the prestigious Mayo Clinic, had written me off.He truly helps many people every day, I have seen it first hand.However, I admit I was worried when I looked at the book and saw "SHOCKING LIES" on the cover.I was afraid this was a sign that he would follow the trend he uses all too often, dispensing extremely important health information in a format similar to the National Enquirer.I wish he could use a little more humility and respect for the intelligence of his readers both in his books and on his website.For example, the video he has on his website, "The Town of Allopath", is very, very good, and the message critically important, but it turns my stomach to see "Highly Acclaimed Video Causes Flood of Hate Mail" in big letters at the top of the page.Calling such an important video "highly acclaimed" himself just cheapens it, cheapens his reputation, and insults his readers.
Very Interesting
I amChiropractor in Manhattan and I utulize many holistic methods in my practice.Dr.Mercola points out some ideas that are very unpopular within "modern medicine" but pretty common among alternative medicine.
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Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diseases - Contagious    3. Health & Fitness    4. Health/Fitness    5. Healthy Living    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Health & Fitness / Healthy Living   

Editorial Review

The dramatic and chilling story of an Ebola virus outbreak in a surburban Washington, D.C. laboratory, with descriptions of frightening historical epidemics of rare and lethal viruses. More hair-raising than anything Hollywood could think of, because it's all Read more

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A true life horror story
A really compelling read! I could not put this book down. Before I read 'The Hot Zone' I had never really taken much interest in virology. Richard Preston writes his account very effectively in the style of a novel, but the fact that the horrors of Marburg and Ebola that he describes are actually true, gave me many sleepless nights. A frightening aspect of these filoviruses is that their source has still not been found. If only all non-fictional books were as readable as this!
Truly terrifying from the start to the end
I am someone who loves classics... so I never read this kind. But I happened to read it on my trip to east coast. I finished within 2 days. At first, I was scared, then i accept the truth... it became better. And it's so good from the start to end... So realistic, u can touch the grip of it... feel like it's happening around the corner.
Sub-par
I've been wanting to read this novel for several years now.Taking Virology during my undergraduate career only peaked my interest in reading about Ebola in a novel-style context.There's not much known about the Ebola virus, even to this day, and I was intrigued to see how Preston would incorporate this knowledge (or lackthereof) into his book.While the subject matter is extremely interesting and engaging, I will have to agree that his writing style is sub-par.I found myself skimming through whole paragraphs because of his mundane and repetitive diction and syntax.If it had been written by someone else, I think I could have immensely enjoyed this book (I'm a major science nerd, and I love reading science books).The only thing that kept me going to the finish was the fact that the entire novel was riding on the subject matter Ebola itself.The virus was what kept the novel going (I actually enjoyed all the factual paragraphs about Ebola...reminded me of the course I took in college! Haha, that, and I like seeing how factually correct Preston was).Overall, it seems like most of his facts are correct (there are a few things that I would contest, but that's besides the point), but honestly, the book was a bore...which is a shame, because it's written on such a fascinating subject.
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Subjects:  1. Africa    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Diseases - Contagious    5. Ebola virus disease    6. Forensic Medicine    7. Infectious Diseases    8. Medical    9. Primates as laboratory animals    10. Public Health    11. Research & Methodology    12. Reston    13. Virginia    14. Health & Fitness / Diseases / Contagious   

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Great Remedies
Excellant Kidney Cleanse program if you get Kidney stones, this will put an end to them.
This book changed my life !!
I was in the military and exposed to a lot of chemicals without proper protection (sanding and painting metals).Then i got two large dental fillings, and a year later i started having dicomfort around my middle (in retrospect, probably kidney irritation).Had to wear loose pants.A couple years later my whole life began to deteriate.I had chronic yeast infection, urinary infection, and watery bowel movements with stomache cramps.Military doctors treated with temporary infection treatments, but didnt offer any indepth search for the cause of this seemingly sudden onslaught of ill health.My sex life was seriously effected, and my marriage was strained.
Very helpful.
I have a lot of books about body cleansing and alternative healing, but this one has information, which I never heard before like zapping or removing gold from the body for obese people. Also I think author is a little bit abscess about not using any metals even stainless steel, but she does recommend using plastic; and it is a little bit confusing about usage of filters. But I gave this book five stars anyway, because I think, that it has extremely valuable information and it is one of must have books. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Alternative treatment    3. Bioelectronics    4. Consumer Health    5. Diseases    6. Diseases - General    7. General    8. Healing    9. Health & Fitness    10. Health/Fitness    11. Naturopathy    12. Complementary Medicine    13. Popular medicine   

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A book about love
Ms. Anand tells a wonderful tale of true love.Love of a husband and wife faced with unexpected challenges so early in their marriage, and how they struggled to keep that love alive under both sad and horrific conditions.Love of children for their parents and each other.Love of family, both immediate and extended.And love for each and every person touched by the fight for the cure. I was swept away by the human drama and just when I thought I knew what was going to happen next, the story look another unforeseen turn.It's amazing to realize that this is a true story.Life and love doesn't get any better than this.

It makes you think and it makes you care
This wonderful book has a lot of emotional depth and complexity.John Crowley, the young father, is brash, brilliant, arrogant, and ignorant.He makes personal mistakes and business mistakes, yet you remain drawn to his story by empathy for his desperation as he fears that his small children will suffer a slow painful death.It's an honest and interesting portrait of a real human being, not a one-dimensional hero.
Interesting - Read it non-stop!
Very good book - Interesting story.Highlights are the lengths a family goes through to help their children, and the inspirational message.I think the title is ironic, since there is not actually a "cure" for Pompe Disease, merely a treatment to help stabilize and possibly restore some muscle function.Also misleading a bit, because while Crowley without a doubt worked very hard on a cure, the actual treatment approved by the fda was not the main one he was involved with researching/funding.Nonetheless, still a very admirable man and good story. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Children with Special Needs    3. Crowley, John    4. Diseases - General    5. Glycogen storage disease type II    6. Health & Fitness    7. Health Care    8. Health Care Issues    9. Health/Fitness    10. Nutritional Diseases    11. Personal Memoirs    12. Research    13. Treatment    14. Business & Economics / General   

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A Real-life Mystery with All the Elements of a Fictional Blockbuster
Spanning two centuries, this book traces the origins of prions (and the terrible diseases they cause) to our current state of understanding.
the reader that couldn't stop reading it
For anybody interested in 4 hours of no sleep, buy this book. It is reasonably priced and fills a heretofore empty niche especially the parts written from the author's practical experience.
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Subjects:  1. Diseases    2. Diseases - General    3. Diseases Of Central Nervous System    4. Fatal familial insomnia    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health/Fitness    7. History    8. History Of Medicine    9. Medical / Nursing    10. Neurology - General    11. Prion diseases    12. Prions    13. Medical / Diseases   

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Reducedmy MS symptoms drastically
It's very important to start slowly with this product.Start with taking a third of the amount any other person would take.
Lots of information... but needs better organisation
This book ends up with 4 stars simply because of the amount of information Ed has put into it... and that's reflected in his involvement with Ozone for so long.
The Best Book I Ever Read
Flood Your Body With Oxygen, by Ed McCabe, is hands down the best book that I have ever read, and a MUST HAVE for everyone's library! I have read it cover to cover five times, and will many more times. Mr. McCabe has compiled such a wealth of amazing and life-saving information! Do not hesitate to purchase it, and while you do, purchase one for all those you know and love so that you don't have to be without your copy!
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Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Health & Fitness / Diseases / General    5. Specific disorders & therapies   

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Excellent Intro to Neurofeedback
This is the latest book on neurofeedback and reports the state of the art as of 2005. The author takes the basic protocols used by the majority of the field and then integrates qEEG, one of the fastest growing approaches to neurofeedback. Another reviewer calls qEEG "outdated."This is an outrageous, misleading statement, at best. qEEG IS controversial and not all practitioners use it. My own opinion on qEEG is that it is very often useful and sometimes essential, partifcularly for traumatic brain injury, as the book states, but not always necessary. I also believe that non-qEEG approaches can be very effective. But suggesting that qEEG outdated is, just plain wrong.
OK from an historical point of view
The book is well done, clear and a comprehensive introduction to neurofeedback. I enjoyed reading (studying) it. I must say I mostly appreciated it from an historical point of view though. It describes the old way of doing neurofeedback -- still much in use -- and for instance doesn't mention that qEEG as a basis for neurofeedback has been outdated for several years now. Unfortunately there are no books detailing the more recent neurofeedback tools...

Good intro book
Excellent overview of a field that is growing. I started out in biofeedback but had been out of it for 20 years. Went to a workshop reviewing the latest in QEEG and neurofeedback, so I wanted to learn more. This book has given me a good sense of what I will need to do to get back into this area of treatment and analysis. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biofeedback training    2. Education & Training    3. Neuropsychology    4. Psychology    5. Psychotherapy - General    6. Specific disorders & therapies   

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very interesting contents for acupuncturitst and biomedicine
This book wrote very interesting contents for acupuncturist and biomedical researchers. what is Energy medicine? this book wrote not difficult! understand easily.

The communicating whole
Oschman did something quite exceptional in this book; he expressed my understanding of the way living things work, but went beyond my dark intuitive sense of the significance of the whole, to a crisp,intellectual, yet poetic, expression of the parts in relation to that whole

Exceptional compilation of research
I received this book from Amazon a few days ago and am halfway through it. I'm so impressed by Oschman's compilation of research - it's provided me with countless answers I've been seeking all my life. I am a degreed mechanical engineer, and am currently getting an advanced degree in Oriental Medicine. I've also been practicing Reiki and other energy healing modalities for several years, having been drawn into these alternative healing fields because of my natural ability for sensing subtle energies ever since I was little. Until I started reading Oschman's book I never had a scientific explanation for this energy or why it was so helpful in healing others. I've always known that these energies are real but I definitely appreciate a scientific explanation for any type of energy phenomenon - it makes it much easier to explain to others who haven't had similar experiences why and how they happen. I meet a lot of people who are interested in energy healing and some who are quite skeptical of its validity. Thanks to this book, I now have a clear way of explaining what I and countless others have known all along - that energy medicine really does work. If you're simply curious about why energy medicine works, or you're a practitioner yourself and have wanted a scientific way of explaining its validity to your friends and clients, you'll definitely appreciate this book (even with the $40 price tag). Keep in mind, however, that this book will not teach you how to practice any of these energy medicine techniques - it will simply give you a very clear and easy way to explain why they work. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alternative Medicine    2. Clinical Chemistry    3. Experimental Therapeutics    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Medical / Alternative Medicine    7. Physiotherapy    8. Specific disorders & therapies   

Subjects:  1. Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians    2. Children: Grades 3-4    3. Consumer Health    4. Diabetes    5. Diet / Health / Fitness    6. Diseases - General    7. Gila monster    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile Science (General)    10. Juvenile literature    11. Saliva    12. Technology - How Things Work/Are Made    13. Treatment   

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Excellent Book Foreshadows Cure
Dr. Green's resume shows that he is the foremost expert on this subject that I've read to date.This book at least comments on and often answers many questions that have risen in the quest to learn about topics such as celiac disease, wheat allergy, gluten intolerance, and the subtleties of differences in diagnoses and interpretations among the medical community and others.
Celiac Disease: A Hidden Epidemic by Peter H.R. Green
This book has answered so many questions that I have presented to many doctors over the years.The doctors had no answers but this book does.
Great doctor, great book
I have worked with this doctor and he is truly at the forefront of Celiac Disease and this growing epidemic that is incredibly underdiagnosed. This is a must read for Internal med doctors, gastroenterologists, family practitioners and any patient that has been recently diagnosed with the disease. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Celiac disease    2. Consumer Health    3. Digestive organs    4. Diseases    5. Diseases - General    6. Diseases - Immune System    7. Gastroenterology    8. Health & Fitness    9. Health/Fitness    10. Intestines    11. Nutritional Diseases    12. Health & Fitness / Diseases / General   

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Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation
Great overview of traditional and non-traditional modes of mechanical ventilation.Including volu-trauma, and discussion of pressure controled modes of ventilation.Excellent overall book on the subject of adult mechanical ventilation. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Allied Health Services - Respiratory Therapy    2. Artificial respiration    3. Engineering - General    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine    7. Respirators (Medical equipment)    8. Respiratory therapy    9. Intensive care medicine    10. Medical / Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine    11. Respiratory medicine    12. Specific disorders & therapies   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. Cholera    3. Diseases - General    4. England    5. Europe - Great Britain - General    6. History    7. History - General History    8. History: World    9. Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology    10. London    11. Scientists - General    12. British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900    13. History / Great Britain    14. Infectious & contagious diseases    15. London, Greater London    16. Personal & public health    17. c 1800 to c 1900   

Editorial Review

One in ten Americans suffers from thyroid dysfunction, yet most don't realize the mental and emotional components of this condition. "This is the first book to explain the hidden suffering that many patients have difficulty expressing and the first book to provide new ways of helping address and heal this suffering," promises author Ridha Arem, M.D., associate professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and chief of endocrinology and metabolism at Ben Taub General Hospital, both in Houston, Texas. This book explains the link between stress and thyroid imbalance; how thyroid imbalance affects your emotions, sex life, and relationships; and how to cope with the effects of this imbalance. Because thyroid problems primarily strike women, a whole section deals with women's health issues, such as infertility, miscarriage, postpartum depression, premenstrual syndrome, and menopause. Another section provides practical tools, such as evaluating lab tests and self-diagnosis techniques, dealing with treatment problems and side effects, and preventing memory lapses and depression. The book covers lifestyle choices that affect thyroid health, such as diet, supplementation, and exercise. Frequent case studies (usually told as first-person narratives), checklists, and questionnaires help to simplify the material and make it easier to check the medical information against your own situation. Each chapter ends with "valuable points to remember," making review easy. If you suffer from thyroid imbalance, or think you might, this book could be a valuable resource. Read more

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Simply the best!
This book is an eye opener. It has saved us from becoming victims of misdiagnosed thyroid disorders.I bought three books: one for myself, one for my son's doctor and one for my mother-in-law. I learn so much about why we are the way we are.Recognizing the problems is half of the battle.I just can't thank Dr. Arem enough!

Dr. Arem's Book is the Best on the Market
After reading his book cover to cover, I made an appointment with Dr. Arem in Houston. He practices what he writes. A superb diagnostician and brilliant. I highly recommend his book and Dr. Arem as a physician. A Patient

A fundamental guidebook
A fundamental guidebook for understanding the thyroid.This book has everything my specialist doctor should have told me (and never did!).A buy for all those who look for clear answers and explanations on the subject.
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Subjects:  1. Depression    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Diseases - General    4. Endocrinology & Metabolism    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health/Fitness    7. Healthy Living    8. Medical / Endocrinology & Metabolism    9. Popular medicine   

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The best to date on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Immune Deficiency Disease
It has been awhile since I first read this fine book, but I have not found anything else that comes even close to being as helpful. I keep going back to it for referral.

A mixed bag, but generally useful
I would recommend this as a reference source and buying it. It contains very useful information in many areas, such as endocrine problems and yeast etc. I have a few reservations. It only dedicates 5 lines to toxicity and detoxification, which more or less tell you to buy someone else's book. For one of the major contributary factors of Chronic Fatigue in many people, this is not really acceptable. If you are going to write a book about CFS, you can't just leave out key factors. My other reservations about the book are that it tends to mention many rather severe treatments and pharmaceutical drugs where these should only really be used as a last resort if at all, as many natural equivalents are just as effective (e.g. candida control etc). Lastly, the book doesn't clearly differentiate enough between what the reader should do by themselves, and what they should leave to a specialist to really prescribe the right treatment for them. It reads like a list of supplements. Apart from that, it is quite good. A useful overview of CFS, including toxicity, can be found at health-spy dot com.

An essential book for people with CFS
I consider this to be one of the best books on CFS ever written.After several years of getting nowhere with various treatments, this book turned my illness around.I'm still not fully recovered, but I have gotten much of my life back, which is priceless. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Chronic fatigue syndrome    2. Consumer Health    3. Diseases - General    4. Fibromyalgia    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health - General    7. Health Care Issues    8. Health/Fitness    9. Popular works    10. Health & Fitness / Diseases / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome    11. Popular medicine   

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Wonderful book
When I first obtained this book, I read it cover to cover to learn what they didn't teach me in massage school.I now keep it in my office and use it as a reference for helping my clients understand their health conditions.It is easy to understand and gives many alternative healing methods for conditions not discussed in other books.

Great Resource for National Certification exam
The pathology guide was concise and much needed in studying for the national certification exam for massage.By studying this book, I found out that there was some stuff I didn't learn in massage school but needed for the national exam. Who would have known?
Buyer Beware- incorrect information
All you have to do is look at the referances the author sited for this book to be scared by it- few and unreliable.Please note that there are sections in here that are absolutely incorrect. If you just want to pass National cert. this is a great book.But if you honor your proffession and wish to know pathology - not just what National Cert asks you (often incorrectly).... Look more.Please respect yourself and your client, and buy a book with complete and correct information ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Allied Health Services - Physical Therapy    2. Diagnosis, Differential    3. Diseases    4. Health & Fitness    5. Health/Fitness    6. Massage    7. Massage & Reflexotherapy    8. Massage therapy    9. Medical / Nursing    10. Pathology    11. Physiology, Pathological    12. Medical / Test Preparation & Review    13. Occupational therapy    14. Specific disorders & therapies   

Subjects:  1. Christianity    2. Christianity - Christian Life - General    3. Consumer Health    4. Diabetes    5. Diabetics    6. Diet / Health / Fitness    7. Diseases - Diabetes    8. Diseases - General    9. Health & Fitness    10. Health/Fitness    11. Healthy Living    12. Popular works    13. Rehabilitation    14. Religious aspects    15. Health & Fitness / Healthy Living   

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PNF in Practice
This is a very good textbook.I am currently a Doctor of Physical Therapy student and this was a recommended book by my professor to help us learn PNF techniques.There are excellent descriptions and great diagrams.Theonly thing that would have made this a better book is if the diagrams werein color.I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the benefitsand techniques of PNF as well as most health care proffessionals.Being astudent, this was also a very easy book to comprehend due to the greatdescriptions. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Allied Health Services - Physical Therapy    2. Developmental Microbiology    3. Exercise Therapy    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Muscles    7. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation    8. Physical therapy    9. Proprioceptors    10. Medical / Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation    11. Neurological    12. Specific disorders & therapies    13. exercise    14. neurology    15. orthopedics, conservative    16. sport medicine   

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This looks like fraud
I did this treatment for my son with Autism. We went to a local practitioner and paid about $125 per hour and it did not work.

Does NAET work? Evidence to the contrary.
I'll keep this short because the book is well reviewed by others. You must go to a licensed practitioner of this art to receive treatments ... dozens of treatments. If you are persuaded by this book, it will still take your faith in the writer and endorsers to embark on a series of treatments that will take many hours of your time and thousands of dollars - with no warranty expressed or implied, if you know what I mean.
To Say Good-Bye to Illness-You Have To SeeOur Doctors
THIS IS NOT A SELF-HELP BOOK as I had thought. As the doctor notes on page xxxv :The framework of this book is drawn from a formal dissertational I submitted as a basis for my doctorate degree"__.
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Clear and valuable
This book makes a number of quite valuable and interesting points about Asperger's and coping with it in daily life.I found it a very useful source of insights.Certainly a number of the issues raised in this book strongly resonated with my own experiences.
The most helpful book I've read on the subject this far!
I especially bought this book for my husband, so he will be able to understand me better, but I've read it first. Clear Explanation
Unlike "An Asperger Marriage", this book offers explanation and advice in hopes of developing understanding.My wife has found herself repeatedly experiencing "Aha's" as it becomes clear to her that I am not just an odd duck.If you only buy one book about relationships in context of Aspergers Syndrome, THIS IS THE ONE!I hope you find as much help and encouragement as my wife and I have. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Diseases - General    2. Family & Relationships / Marriage    3. General    4. Health & Fitness    5. Health/Fitness    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Asperger's syndrome    8. Family & Relationships    9. Marriage    10. Patients    11. Relationships   

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OCD
This was a very informative and helpful book for both therapists and those seeking self-help.

Supportive and realistic
This book is exactly what it says - a complete guide. Very informative, practical help is given, with a strong element of understanding supportiveness at the same time. You can take this book, design a program for recovery, and implement it. Or, if you just want to understand more about the world of an OCD sufferer, you will find plenty of information here. I especially liked the sections covering realistic expectations in recovery, acceptances the sufferer needs to make in living with the disorder, and how to maintain a recovery over the long term. A lifeline to those suffering from OCD or their families, this book is hopeful and realistic at the same time.

An Outstanding Contribution
Obsessive compulsive and related disorders are difficult but not impossible to treat. In this comprehensive and highly readable book, Dr. Penzel covers all of the most important aspects of these conditions. As a nationally recognized expert, the author uses his vast knowledge and experience to assist sufferers, relatives, and clinicians as they confront these challeging problems. I highly recommend this book for the knowledge that it imparts as well as for the author's optimism and compassion, which are evident throughout the book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Mental Disorders    3. Obsessive-compulsive disorder    4. Popular works    5. Psychology    6. Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior    7. Reference    8. Clinical psychology    9. Psychology | Clinical    10. Self-Help / General    11. Specific disorders & therapies