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The truth about the drug companies: how they deceive us and what to do about it
By Marcia Angell. 2004
Angell, former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, presents an indictment of "big pharma" as corrupting Congress, the…
FDA, and members of the medical profession. The cost of marketing, both to physicians and consumers, far outweighs expenditures on research and development, though drug makers invoke R&D as the reason drug prices are so high. Angell also offers specific suggestions for reform of this essential industry. 2004.The transformed cell: unlocking the mysteries of cancer
By Steven A Rosenberg, John M Barry. 1992
Dr Rossenberg provides a glimpse inside the workings of the scientific process. His quest began in 1968 when he encountered…
a patient whose cancer had mysteriously disappeared. Could the body itself have mounted a massive immune response to the cancer? He set out to see if immunotherapy, and later gene therapy, could succeed where surgery, chemotherapy and radiation had failed. 1992.The trembling mountain: a personal account of kuru, cannibals, and mad cow disease
By Robert Klitzman. 1998
Recounts the author's experiences in Papua New Guinea in 1981 studying kuru, an illness caused by essentially the same infectious…
agent as in Mad Cow disease. Documents his encounters with the Stone Age Fore group that practices cannibalism. Discusses the difficulties and triumphs of conducting field work in epidemiology and medical anthropology. 1998.The thorn in the starfish: how the human immune system works
By Robert S Desowitz. 1987
A parasitologist explains discoveries about the human immune system, including those by Pasteur, Metchnikoff and Ehrlich. Includes a discussion on…
AIDS and of the difficulties in developing an AIDS vaccine. c1987.Born in California of Laotian (Hmong) parents, Lia suffers from epileptic seizures that began at age three months. As traditional…
Hmong medicine is not available, Lia's parents take her to American doctors. Neither parental love nor the doctors' sense of duty can transcend the cultural barriers and misconceptions that complicate Lia's medical care. 1997.The secret of the yellow death: a true story of medical sleuthing
By Suzanne Jurmain. 2010
Tells the story of the doctors and researchers who worked to track down the cause of yellow fever and find…
a way to eliminate the disease. Junior and Senior High. 2010.The night shift: real life in the heart of the ER
By Brian Goldman. 2010
Goldman shares his experiences of the witching hours at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital. He introduces us to the kinds of…
patients who walk into an ER after midnight, but also reveals the heartbreaking side of everyday ER visits: adult children forced to make life and death decisions about critically ill parents, victims of sexual assault, and mentally ill and homeless patients looking for understanding and a quick fix. c2010.The man who mistook his wife for a hat: And Other Clinical Tales
By Oliver W Sacks. 1985
Doctor Sacks discusses a wide range of neurological cases, touching on some of the deepest and strangest extremes of the…
human condition. There are patients with perceptual and intellectual aberrations and those who display abnormal mental powers. The curious details of the cases are lit up by Doctor Sacks' profound sympathy which enables us to enter the world of his patients. 1985. Uniform title: Man who mistook his wife for a hat and other clinical talesThe juggler's children: a journey into family, legend and the genes that bind us
By Carolyn Abraham. 2013
Explores the stunning power and ethical pitfalls of using genetic tests to answer questions of genealogy--by cracking the genome of…
her own family. Armed with DNA kits, the author criss-crosses the globe, taking cells from relatives and strangers, a genetic journey that turns up far more than she bargained for--ugly truths and moral quandaries. With lively writing and a compelling personal narrative, 'The Juggler's Children' tackles profound questions around the genetics of identity, race and humanity. 2013.Voyage au pays des Mi'gmaq ((Voyage au pays des--).)
By Annik Chiron de La Casinière. 2010
Au bord des chutes de Grand-Sault, dans la province du Nouveau-Brunswick, se dresse une imposante statue de femme indienne. Passé…
ce seuil, le visiteur entre en pays mi'gmaq... et dans d'épaisses forêts, zone intermédiaire que peuple la faune dont sont remplies les légendes de cette civilisation des côtes orientales du Canada. Puis viennent des villages aux habitations dispersées parmi les arbres ou concentrées autour d'une église et flanquées de jardins proprets. Les lieux de peuplement mi'gmaq n'ont pas tous cette apparence enchantée. Certains sont à l'image des relations tourmentées qu'entretinrent longtemps Mi'gmaq et Blancs. Une anthropologue observe, écoute et rend compte des aléas émouvants d'une minorité d'Amérique du Nord en pleine reconquête de son identité. 2010.When death becomes life: notes from a transplant surgeon
By Joshua D Mezrich. 2019
Surgeon Joshua D. Mezrich takes us inside the operating room to unlock the process of transplant surgery, a delicate, intense…
ballet requiring precise timing, breathtaking skill, and at times, creative improvisation. Mezrich examines centuries of medical breakthroughs, connecting this history with the stories of his patients and the ethical debates surrounding organ transplantation. 2019.Under the knife: a history of surgery in 28 remarkable operations
By Arnold van de Laar. 2018
Surgeon Arnold van de Laar uses his own experience and expertise to tell this engrossing history of surgery. From the…
story of the desperate man in seventeenth-century Amsterdam who grimly cut a stone out of his own bladder to Bob Marley's deadly toe, the author offers a wealth of fascinating insights into medicine and history via the operating room. What happens during an operation? How does the human body respond to being attacked by a knife, a cancer cell or a bullet? And, as technological advances continuously push the boundaries of what medicine can cure, what are the limits of surgery? 2018.L'éveil
By Oliver W Sacks, Christian Clerc. 1991
Ce livre permet de suivre, jusqu'à nos jours, le destin des rares survivants de la grande épidémie de maladie du…
sommeil (ou encéphalite léthargique) qui fit des ravages au cours de l'hiver 1916-1917. Il rapporte principalement les réactions observées après qu'ils furent "réveillés", en 1967, par la L-Dopa, un nouveau médicament aux effets remarquables. 1991.Native peoples (Discovering Canada)
By Robert Livesey. 1993
Who were the original native peoples who lived in what is now Canada? Where and how did they live? What…
were their legends and myths, heroes and gods? The authors move from east to west, providing the history and folklore of seven native nations. Activities and a crossword puzzle are included. Grades 5-8. 1993. (Discovering Canada series)Guide critique des médicaments de l'âme: [antidépresseurs, lithium et régulateurs de l'humeur, neuroleptiques, stimulants, tranquillisants, somnifères, sevrage] ((Librio ; 70).)
By David Cohen, Suzanne Cailloux-Cohen. 1995
L'avenir de la vie
By Michel Salomon. 1981
Médecin des trois corps: de la Faculté de médecine de Paris à l'Ashram philippin
By Janine Fontaine. 1980
Sois malade et tais-toi: un homme seul face à la médecine
By Mustapha Khalfoun. 1988
Jeune instituteur algérien, Mustapha Khalfoun tombe malade à l'âge de 20 ans. Atteint d'un mal rarissime, il traine d'hôpital en…
hôpital, en Algérie puis a Paris. Lentement, il apprend à gérer sa maladie. 1988.Survival of the sickest: a medical maverick discovers why we need disease
By Jonathan Prince, Sharon Moalem. 2007
Conditions that are diseases today actually gave our ancestors a leg up in the survival sweepstakes. When the option is…
a long life with a disease or a short one without it, evolution opts for disease almost every time. 2007.