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A Cure Within

Author : Neil Canavan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781621822172
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (221 download)

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Download or read book A Cure Within written by Neil Canavan and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cancer. There are few words in the English language having such a visceral, personal impact. Cancer patient. Cancer survivor. Pretty much anyone over the age of 30 knows one. A family member. A friend. Someone lost too soon. Someone forever changed. But we don't really like to talk about it, because there's really not much we can do. We fight cancer, sure, but we rarely win. Defeating cancer is one of medical science's greatest challenges. So when a novel approach to treatment seems promising, there is an intense interest in its progress and those who are making it. This book is about both - the progress and the pioneers - and its focus is the revolutionary science of something called cancer immunotherapy. This medical marvel, cancer immunotherapy - also called immuno-oncology - is still in its infancy. Yet, mobilizing the immune system to recognize and attack cancer has long been imagined, and occasionally attempted, for more than 100 years: It is only just recently that significant - in fact, unprecedented - progress has been made. With the use of newly approved immunotherapy treatments, there are now reports of hundreds, if not thousands of cancer patients with advanced disease living years beyond all prior expectation. Some of these once-terminally ill patients are now called "cured." This has never happened before. As Dr. Jill O'Donnell-Tormey comments in the Foreword, "It has taken decades of basic research and billions of dollars of investment to build the foundation upon which today's lifesaving treatments are based. This book offers a uniquely entertaining yet inspiring glimpse into the lives and minds of the academic and industry pioneers who forged this new field. It is a story of how an obscure and oft-derided field of cancer research - and the tenacious few scientists who refused to abandon it - came from behind to become the new 'darling of oncology.'" The book's author, Neil Canavan, is an experienced commentator on new developments in medical science. His portraits of 25 of the pioneers in immunotherapy are the culmination of two years of travel to laboratories, offices, and conferences around the world and countless hours of conversation with individuals immersed in a vitally important, promising assault on a dread disease that kills more than eight million people each year worldwide. -- from dust jacket.

The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine

Author : Anne Harrington
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393071081
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine written by Anne Harrington and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009-02-16 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A splendid history of mind-body medicine...a book that desperately needed to be written." —Jerome Groopman, New York Times Is stress a deadly disease on the rise in modern society? Can mind-body practices from the East help us become well? When it comes to healing, we believe we must look beyond doctors and drugs; we must look within ourselves. Faith, relationships, and attitude matter. But why do we believe such things? From psychoanalysis to the placebo effect to meditation, this vibrant cultural history describes mind-body healing as rooted in a patchwork of stories, allowing us to make new sense of our suffering and to rationalize new treatments and lifestyles.

The Cure Within

Author : Zuzana Bic
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781986389211
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book The Cure Within written by Zuzana Bic and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-03-10 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man diagnosed with terminal cancer and only a few months to live receives an anonymous phone call offering help. Having nothing to lose, he follows the invitation, which takes him to a remote part of east Africa, where he is forced to survive on his own, guided only by his primeval instincts awakened by his sudden disconnect from civilization. As he is forced to rewind the clock by a few thousand years, his body and mind gradually re-adapt to the environment in which humans have developed over millions of years. His dramatic changes in nutrition, physical activity, stress, spirituality, and his relationship to other human beings and to nature in general, save him and he is able to return to his earlier life, completely changed and able to pass on the secret of the cure to others. While the story is fictional, the explanations of the various lifestyle factors and their impacts on health and well-being are all based on solid scientific evidence. Hence the novel is intended not only as entertainment but also as an inspirational self-help book for anyone interested in finding a healthier lifestyle.

Racing to a Cure

Author : Neil P. Ruzic
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252028670
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (286 download)

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Download or read book Racing to a Cure written by Neil P. Ruzic and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scathing critique of the chemotherapy culture as well as unscientific "alternative" therapies, the book endorses state-of-the-art molecularly based technologies, making it an illuminating and necessary read for anyone interested in cancer research, especially patients and their families and physicians.

The Breakthrough

Author : Charles Graeber
Publisher : Hachette+ORM
ISBN 13 : 145556849X
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book The Breakthrough written by Charles Graeber and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow along as this New York Times bestselling author details the astonishing scientific discovery of the code to unleashing the human immune system to fight in this "captivating and heartbreaking" book (The Wall Street Journal). For decades, scientists have puzzled over one of medicine's most confounding mysteries: Why doesn't our immune system recognize and fight cancer the way it does other diseases, like the common cold? As it turns out, the answer to that question can be traced to a series of tricks that cancer has developed to turn off normal immune responses -- tricks that scientists have only recently discovered and learned to defeat. The result is what many are calling cancer's "penicillin moment," a revolutionary discovery in our understanding of cancer and how to beat it. In The Breakthrough, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Nurse Charles Graeber guides readers through the revolutionary scientific research bringing immunotherapy out of the realm of the miraculous and into the forefront of twenty-first-century medical science. As advances in the fields of cancer research and the human immune system continue to fuel a therapeutic arms race among biotech and pharmaceutical research centers around the world, the next step -- harnessing the wealth of new information to create modern and more effective patient therapies -- is unfolding at an unprecedented pace, rapidly redefining our relationship with this all-too-human disease. Groundbreaking, riveting, and expertly told, The Breakthrough is the story of the game-changing scientific discoveries that unleash our natural ability to recognize and defeat cancer, as told through the experiences of the patients, physicians, and cancer immunotherapy researchers who are on the front lines. This is the incredible true story of the race to find a cure, a dispatch from the life-changing world of modern oncological science, and a brave new chapter in medical history.

A World Without Cancer

Author : Margaret I. Cuomo
Publisher : Rodale
ISBN 13 : 1623361591
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (233 download)

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Download or read book A World Without Cancer written by Margaret I. Cuomo and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative and surprising investigation into the ways that profit, personalities, and politics obstruct real progress in the war on cancer—and one doctor's passionate call to action for change This year, nearly 1.6 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed and more than 1,500 people will die per day. We've been asked to accept the disappointing strategy to "manage cancer as a chronic disease." We've allowed pharmaceutical companies to position cancer drugs that extend life by just weeks and may cost $100,000 for a single course of treatment as breakthroughs. Why have we been able to cure and prevent other killer diseases but not most cancers? Where is the bold government leadership that will transform our system from treatment to prevention? Have we forgotten the mission of the National Cancer Act of 1971, to "conquer cancer"? Through an analysis of over 40 years of medical evidence and interviews with cancer doctors, researchers, drug company executives, and health policy advisors, Dr. Cuomo reveals frank and intriguing answers to these questions. She shows us how all cancer stakeholders—the pharmaceutical industry, government, physicians, and concerned Americans—can change the way we view and fight cancer in this country.

Chasing My Cure

Author : David Fajgenbaum
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 1524799629
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book Chasing My Cure written by David Fajgenbaum and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LOS ANGELES TIMES AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER • The powerful memoir of a young doctor and former college athlete diagnosed with a rare disease who spearheaded the search for a cure—and became a champion for a new approach to medical research. “A wonderful and moving chronicle of a doctor’s relentless pursuit, this book serves both patients and physicians in demystifying the science that lies behind medicine.”—Siddhartha Mukherjee, New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Gene David Fajgenbaum, a former Georgetown quarterback, was nicknamed the Beast in medical school, where he was also known for his unmatched mental stamina. But things changed dramatically when he began suffering from inexplicable fatigue. In a matter of weeks, his organs were failing and he was read his last rites. Doctors were baffled by his condition, which they had yet to even diagnose. Floating in and out of consciousness, Fajgenbaum prayed for a second chance, the equivalent of a dramatic play to second the game into overtime. Miraculously, Fajgenbaum survived—only to endure repeated near-death relapses from what would eventually be identified as a form of Castleman disease, an extremely deadly and rare condition that acts like a cross between cancer and an autoimmune disorder. When he relapsed while on the only drug in development and realized that the medical community was unlikely to make progress in time to save his life, Fajgenbaum turned his desperate hope for a cure into concrete action: Between hospitalizations he studied his own charts and tested his own blood samples, looking for clues that could unlock a new treatment. With the help of family, friends, and mentors, he also reached out to other Castleman disease patients and physicians, and eventually came up with an ambitious plan to crowdsource the most promising research questions and recruit world-class researchers to tackle them. Instead of waiting for the scientific stars to align, he would attempt to align them himself. More than five years later and now married to his college sweetheart, Fajgenbaum has seen his hard work pay off: A treatment he identified has induced a tentative remission and his novel approach to collaborative scientific inquiry has become a blueprint for advancing rare disease research. His incredible story demonstrates the potency of hope, and what can happen when the forces of determination, love, family, faith, and serendipity collide. Praise for Chasing My Cure “A page-turning chronicle of living, nearly dying, and discovering what it really means to be invincible in hope.”—Angela Duckworth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Grit “[A] remarkable memoir . . . Fajgenbaum writes lucidly and movingly . . . Fajgenbaum’s stirring account of his illness will inspire readers.”—Publishers Weekly

Why We Walk

Author : John Yow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781401602208
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Why We Walk written by John Yow and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this tribute to the millions who walk America's streets in order to combat breast cancer, the common thread is a quest for a cure. This title's brilliant photographs bring to life the stories that are told throughout the book, showing the strength, determination and joy that embody these walkers.

I Cure Cancer

Author : Chris Wark
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781097512430
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book I Cure Cancer written by Chris Wark and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I cure cancer," say it, because only you can cure your cancer. Say, "I cure cancer!" How do you cure cancer? Cure your acidosis and kill your pathogens. Dr. Bernardo was treating cancer patients for 50 years with this alkaline balancing protocol with a 90% success rate. This book has his protocol and many experts to back it up. I Cure Cancer, debuted in 2006 as a movie in NY. It explains for curing cancer, natural healing is the only way. Go holistic. Get alkaline. You don't die of cancer. You die of Acidosis. My info isn't to replace your Doctors it's to add to your arsenal. I'm just a filmmaker. That being said these days, going to your doctor is not enough due to the fact that the medical business is just that: a business. Therefore, it offers only those treatments that are lucrative for the medical industry. Those treatments have a dismal long-term remission rate, and they are only a tiny slice of what's available for treating cancer and what has worked for other people. Therefore, if you want to make sure you are doing everything you can to cure your cancer, and if you are willing to take responsibility for your own life, you must not only go to your doctor but also do your own research in order to learn about options that could either complement or replace conventional, Western methods (chemotherapy, radiation and surgery). These methods work for some but also have serious and sometimes fatal side effects. I am not a Doctor, nor am I offering a cure to anyone. The "i" in I Cure Cancer refers to 'you', the person who is logging on to the site in search of information regarding what other fellow human beings have done in battling this horrendous disease. In short as with any matter of importance dealing with one's well being, the first step is in taking responsibility for one's self. To gather as much information on the subject as possible in order to make educated assessments on what would work best for them. I made the film because as an actor in Hollywood it was the next viable venue for me to express what I had to say as a spirit on this planet. Regular movies weren't cutting it. Reading someone else's lines weren't my thing. I wanted to say my own lines. So I did through other people. I interviewed them to tell my story. In this documentary, it was that cancer was curable if you went holistic. I realized the movie had to be made into a book. I had to show the world what I found and include a basic do it at home holistic health program via Dr. Bernardo Majalca. So here you go. Everything in one book for your cancer healing journey.If you are in a hurry skip to Chapter 6. Read Dr. B's story then do the protocol in chapter 7. It takes 3 months to a year and a half sometimes to get your pH balanced. Once you do, the cancer dies. Bernardo would say if your pH is 7 to 7.4 for 3 months straight you are cancer free. Because cancer can not live in an oxygenated body. Disclaimer: We are not doctors! Just regular people not trusting Rockefeller Western Medicine. Sharing our insights. Only you can cure your cancer so say it. Say iCureCancer. I hope this book helps you. I worked hard on it. Good luck and God bless. Peace. Ian Jacklin

At the Limits of Cure

Author : Bharat Jayram Venkat
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 1478014725
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book At the Limits of Cure written by Bharat Jayram Venkat and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on historical and ethnographic research on tuberculosis in India, Bharat Jayram Venkat explores what it means to be cured and what it means for a cure to be partial, temporary, or selectively effective.

Cancer -- Cause, Cure and Cover-up

Author : Ron Gdanski
Publisher : Grimsby, Ont. : Nadex Pub.
ISBN 13 : 9780968566503
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (665 download)

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Download or read book Cancer -- Cause, Cure and Cover-up written by Ron Gdanski and published by Grimsby, Ont. : Nadex Pub.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would you say if someone told you that the cause of cancer is well known, and that cures already exist? Impossible? Perhaps the key to understanding cancer is an open mind? CANCER explains how all carcinogens and early warning signs of cancer are connected to infection, injury and loss of healing--but not connected to so-called renegade cancer cells. Cancer initiates when rapid doubling of normal cells for repair-of-injury is trapped into rapid doubling of the fungi inside the cells. Fungi produce keratin cell-wall proteins (ergosterol) that blocks the healing process and forms tumors. Chemotherapy attacks fungal keratin production--not renegade cancer cells. For evidence of a cancer cover-up search the web for subjects such as 'ergosterol and cancer', chemotherapy and fungal cell wall', chemotherapy and keratin pearls' followed by 'chemoltherapy and renegade cells'. CANCER describes how to prevent and cure cancer by controlling fungal infections with alternative methods. Incredible? See US Patent: Kalli Stevens, Blood Electrification Patent 5139684 (1992) where zapping "renders...fungus ineffective to infect normal healthy cells". Read CANCER to eliminate your fears of hereditary cancer. Avoid being rushed into the highly profitable "approved" treatments. For book reviews do a web search for 'Gadanski and cancer'.

Cure

Author : Jo Marchant
Publisher : Text Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1922148725
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (221 download)

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Download or read book Cure written by Jo Marchant and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2016-01-27 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rigorous, sceptical, deeply reported look at the new science behind the mind's extraordinary ability to heal the body. Have you ever felt a surge of adrenaline after narrowly avoiding an accident? Salivated at the sight (or thought) of a sour lemon? Felt turned on just from hearing your partner's voice? If so, then you've experienced how dramatically the workings of your mind can affect your body. Yet while we accept that stress or anxiety can damage our health, the idea of 'healing thoughts' was long ago hijacked by New Age gurus and spiritual healers. Recently, however, serious scientists from a range of fields have been uncovering evidence that our thoughts, emotions, and beliefs can ease pain, heal wounds, fend off infection and heart disease, even slow the progression of AIDS and some cancers. In Cure, award-winning science writer Jo Marchant travels the world to meet the physicians, patients and researchers on the cutting edge of this new world of medicine. We learn how meditation protects against depression and dementia, how social connections increase life expectancy, and how patients who feel cared for recover from surgery faster. We meet Iraq war veterans who are using a virtual arctic world to treat their burns and children whose ADHD is kept under control with half the normal dose of medication. We watch as a transplant patient uses the smell of lavender to calm his hostile immune system and an Olympic runner shaves vital seconds off his time through mind-power alone. Drawing on the very latest research, Marchant explores the vast potential of the mind's ability to heal, acknowledges its limitations, and explains how we can make use of the findings in our own lives. ‘A thought-provoking exploration of how the mind affects the body and can be harnessed to help treat physical illness, by an award-winning science journalist.’ Best Books of 2016, Australian Financial Review ‘A thought-provoking exploration.’ Best Books of 2016, Economist

The Beautiful Cure

Author : Daniel M. Davis
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022637114X
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book The Beautiful Cure written by Daniel M. Davis and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-03-19 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A terrific book by a consummate storyteller and scientific expert considers the past and future of the body’s ability to fight disease and heal itself.” —Adam Rutherford, The Guardian The immune system holds the key to human health. In The Beautiful Cure, leading immunologist Daniel M. Davis describes how the scientific quest to understand how the immune system works—and how it is affected by stress, sleep, age, and our state of mind—is now unlocking a revolutionary new approach to medicine and well-being. The body’s ability to fight disease and heal itself is one of the great mysteries and marvels of nature. But in recent years, painstaking research has resulted in major advances in our grasp of this breathtakingly beautiful inner world: a vast and intricate network of specialist cells, regulatory proteins, and dedicated genes that are continually protecting our bodies. Far more powerful than any medicine ever invented, the immune system plays a crucial role in our daily lives. We have found ways to harness these natural defenses to create breakthrough drugs and so-called immunotherapies that help us fight cancer, diabetes, arthritis, and many age-related diseases, and we are starting to understand whether activities such as mindfulness might play a role in enhancing our physical resilience. Written by a researcher at the forefront of this adventure, The Beautiful Cure tells a dramatic story of scientific detective work and discovery, of puzzles solved and mysteries that linger, of lives sacrificed and saved. With expertise and eloquence, Davis introduces us to this revelatory new understanding of the human body and what it takes to be healthy. “Visceral.” —The Wall Street Journal “Illuminating.” —Publishers Weekly “Heroic.” —Science

A Cure for Cancer

Author : Michael Moorcock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780704312562
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book A Cure for Cancer written by Michael Moorcock and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure

Author : Chris Prentiss
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 0943015618
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure written by Chris Prentiss and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2010-04-20 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure contains the powerful three-step program to total recovery that is the basis of the miraculous success of the Passages Addiction Cure Center in Malibu, California. You’ll learn the three steps to permanent sobriety; the four causes of dependency; how your thoughts, emotions, and beliefs are key factors in your recovery; and how to create your own personalized treatment program with the help of health professionals where you live-one that gets to the real, underlying causes of dependency. "Freedom from dependency starts with understanding that alcohol, drugs, and addictive behaviors are not the real problems," say Pax and Chris Prentiss, cofounders of Passages. "Alcohol, street drugs, nicotine, prescription medications, food bingeing, gambling, and the like are merely the substances or behaviors you or your loved ones are using to cope with the real problems-anything from deep emotional pain, ill health, or depression to hypoglycemia, a sluggish thyroid, or brain-wave pattern imbalances. Once the underlying problems are discovered and cured, the need for drugs, alcohol, or addictive behavior will disappear-along with the craving." Chris Prentiss should know. His son Pax was addicted to heroin, cocaine, and alcohol for ten years. They sought help everywhere, but Pax relapsed again and again. In desperation, they finally created their own holistic, hand-tailored program that was a complete break from all other programs and that combined several effective therapies. It saved Pax's life. Together, father and son founded Passages to help others find their own freedom. For decades, we've been hearing that alcoholism and addiction are incurable diseases, but The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure proves that this is a dangerous myth and that the label of "alcoholic" or "addict" destroys the promise of full recovery. Visionaries and innovators, Pax and Chris Prentiss bring new hope to people everywhere who are dependent on drugs, alcohol, or addictive behaviors. This groundbreaking approach will show you how to end relapse, end addictive behavior, and end your suffering.

The Emperor of All Maladies

Author : Siddhartha Mukherjee
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439170916
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Emperor of All Maladies written by Siddhartha Mukherjee and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-09 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is “an extraordinary achievement” (The New Yorker)—a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence. Physician, researcher, and award-winning science writer, Siddhartha Mukherjee examines cancer with a cellular biologist’s precision, a historian’s perspective, and a biographer’s passion. The result is an astonishingly lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have lived with—and perished from—for more than five thousand years. The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance, but also of hubris, paternalism, and misperception. Mukherjee recounts centuries of discoveries, setbacks, victories, and deaths, told through the eyes of his predecessors and peers, training their wits against an infinitely resourceful adversary that, just three decades ago, was thought to be easily vanquished in an all-out “war against cancer.” The book reads like a literary thriller with cancer as the protagonist. Riveting, urgent, and surprising, The Emperor of All Maladies provides a fascinating glimpse into the future of cancer treatments. It is an illuminating book that provides hope and clarity to those seeking to demystify cancer.

The Cure in the Code

Author : Peter W Huber
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465069819
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book The Cure in the Code written by Peter W Huber and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never before have two revolutions with so much potential to save and prolong human life occurred simultaneously. The converging, synergistic power of the biochemical and digital revolutions now allows us to read every letter of life's code, create precisely targeted drugs to control it, and tailor their use to individual patients. Cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's and countless other killers can be vanquished -- if we make full use of the tools of modern drug design and allow doctors the use of modern data gathering and analytical tools when prescribing drugs to their patients. But Washington stands in the way, clinging to outdated drug-approval protocols developed decades ago during medicine's long battle with the infectious epidemics of the past. Peter Huber, an expert in science, technology, and public policy, demonstrates why Washington's one-size-fits-all drug policies can't deal with diseases rooted in the complex molecular diversity of human bodies. Washington is ill-equipped to handle the torrents of data that now propel the advance of molecular medicine and is reluctant to embrace the statistical methods of the digital age that can. Obsolete economic policies, often rationalized as cost-saving measures, stifle innovation and suppress investment in the medicine that can provide the best cures at the lowest cost. In the 1980s, an AIDS diagnosis was a death sentence, until the FDA loosened its throttling grip and began streamlining and accelerating approval of life-saving drugs. The Cure in the Code shows patients, doctors, investors, and policy makers what we must now do to capture the full life-saving and cost-saving potential of the revolution in molecular medicine. America has to choose. At stake for America is the power to lead the world in mastering the most free, fecund, competitive, dynamic, and intelligent natural resource on the planet -- the molecular code that spawns human life and controls our health.