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Medical Mavericks

Author : Hugh Desaix Riordan
Publisher : Keats Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780942333077
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Medical Mavericks written by Hugh Desaix Riordan and published by Keats Publishing. This book was released on 1988 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book could just as accurately have been titled "One person can make a difference" or "Burn him at the stake and use damp straw." Often reviled by their contemporaries but revered by subsequent generations, these medical mavericks blazed the trail of scientific progress. These tales of discovery, personal hardship, court intrigues and hardball professional rivalry make for fascinating reading. This is the perfect book for medical professionals, history buffs, and anyone who just wants to be entertained with incredible anecdotes about pioneers in the fields of medicine. This book will raise the eyebrows of most, make others chuckle and bring a sense of relief to contemporary mavericks, who can take comfort in the thought that at least they aren't being burned at the stake. Volume two will continue what volume one started. It will raise the eyebrows of most, make others chuckle, and bring a sense of relief to contemporary mavericks, who can take comfort in the thought that even the concept that physicians need to wash their hands was ridiculed. Having clinical medicine for more than 30 years, served as consultant to the Executive Vice-President of the American Medical Association for two years, Dr. Riordan brings a unique perspective to the world of medicine. A graduate of University of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin Medical School, Dr. Riordan believes that the nationwide lack of history of medicine courses like the ones he enjoyed at Wisconsin leaves a significant void in medical education.

Survival of the sickest : a medical maverick discovers why we need disease

Author : Sharon Moalem
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061177644
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (611 download)

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Download or read book Survival of the sickest : a medical maverick discovers why we need disease written by Sharon Moalem and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2007 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Masters of Medicine

Author : Andrew Lam
Publisher : BenBella Books
ISBN 13 : 1637742649
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (377 download)

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Download or read book The Masters of Medicine written by Andrew Lam and published by BenBella Books. This book was released on 2023-04-18 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at the mavericks, moments, and mistakes that sparked the greatest medical discoveries in modern times—plus the cures that will help us live longer and healthier lives in this century . . . and beyond. Human history hinges on the battle to confront our most dangerous enemies—the half-dozen diseases responsible for killing almost all of mankind. And while the story of our triumphs over these afflictions reveals an inspiring tapestry of human achievement, the journey was far from smooth. In The Masters of Medicine, Dr. Andrew Lam distills the long arc of medical progress down to the crucial moments that were responsible for the world’s greatest medical miracles. Discover fascinating true stories of scientists and doctors throughout history, including: Rival surgeons who killed patient after patient in their race to operate on beating hearts—and put us on the path toward the heart transplant A quartet of Canadians whose miraculous discovery of insulin was marred by jealousy and resentment The doctors who discovered penicillin, but were robbed of the credit The feud between two Americans in the quest for the polio vaccine A New York surgeon whose “heretical” idea to cure patients by deliberately infecting them has now inspired our next-best hope to defeat cancer A Hungarian doctor who solved the greatest mystery of maternal deaths in childbirth, only to be ostracized for his discovery The Masters of Medicine is a fascinating chronicle of human courage, audacity, error, and luck. This riveting ode to mankind reveals why the past is prelude to the game-changing breakthroughs of tomorrow.

FDA Consumer

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book FDA Consumer written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Yeast Syndrome

Author : John Parks Trowbridge, MD
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0307793583
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The Yeast Syndrome written by John Parks Trowbridge, MD and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2011-05-18 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most complete and up-to-date book on the epidemic affecting 80 million American men, women, and children. How to recognize the symptoms, why many doctors do not diagnose yeast infections, and how to bring it to your doctor's attention. Eleven questionnaires to determine your risk of a yeast-related disorder. The many causes of the yeast syndrome -- and how to avoid them. The most up-to-date laboratory diagnostic tests and anti-yeast therapies. The yeast-control diet -- recommended foods, and a complete seven-day menu. Plus, how anti-yeast treatments help patients with multiple sclerosis, arthritis, lupus, hypoglycemia, and other "untreatable" illnesses.

Niacin: The Real Story (2nd Edition)

Author : Andrew W. Saul
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1684429048
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (844 download)

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Download or read book Niacin: The Real Story (2nd Edition) written by Andrew W. Saul and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2023-03-21 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW RELEASE ON AMAZON Second Edition, Revised, Updated, and Expanded Now with 116 new references added to this edition, providing summary of the very latest niacin research Discover the newest cutting-edge research about the wonderful healing properties of niacin! Vitamin B3—or niacin—is a small molecule made of only fourteen atoms, smaller even than the simplest sugar. But this one molecule has profound effects on health: it plays a role in more than five hundred reactions in the body. Many illnesses are caused by too little niacin, and many illnesses can be cured with high doses of niacin. The updated and expanded second edition features: Detailed recommendations on the forms and therapeutic doses of niacin Updated information on niacin side effects and safety The most effective ways to use niacin for arthritis, learning and behavioral disorders, mental illness, cardiovascular disease, and other conditions Niacin: The Real Story takes an orthomolecular (nutrition-based) approach to medicine, supporting wellness with substances that naturally occur in the human body. In this groundbreaking second edition, the most prominent minds in orthomolecular medicine return with an expanded discussion of the widespread use of niacin for the prevention and treatment of health problems.

Niacin: The Real Story

Author : Abram Hoffer
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1591203309
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Niacin: The Real Story written by Abram Hoffer and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2015-10-09 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for people who want to learn more about niacin and its wonderful healing properties.

Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers: Revised and Updated Edition

Author : Mark Scholz
Publisher : Other Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1635421861
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (354 download)

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Download or read book Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers: Revised and Updated Edition written by Mark Scholz and published by Other Press, LLC. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An indispensable map through the medical minefield of prostate cancer, revised and updated with the latest developments in treatment options. Every year almost a quarter of a million confused and frightened American men are tossed into a prostate cancer cauldron stirred by salespeople representing a multibillion-dollar industry. Patients are too often rushed into a radical prostatectomy, a major operation that rarely prolongs life and more than half the time leaves them impotent. Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers argues that close monitoring—active surveillance rather than surgery or radiation—should be the initial treatment approach for many men at the low- and intermediate-risk stages. In a unique collaboration, doctor and patient provide a wholly new perspective on managing this disease. Ralph Blum’s account of his personal struggle, together with Dr. Mark Scholz’s presentation of new scientific advances, offers convincing evidence that this noninvasive approach can be crucial in preventing tens of thousands of men from being overtreated each year. This revised and updated second edition: -Highlights the latest prostate cancer treatment options that preserve erectile and urinary function while prolonging lifespan -Establishes updated protocol for how to accurately interpret high prostate-specific antigen (PSA) while avoiding the invasive, dangerous random biopsy -Recounts true patient stories that accurately represent the hurdles today’s patients face while navigating a prostate cancer diagnosis -Introduces the latest evidence in the radiation vs. radical prostatectomy debate -Presents the latest thinking on diet and exercise for men with prostate cancer

Power Healing

Author : Leo Galland, M.D.
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0307779386
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Power Healing written by Leo Galland, M.D. and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-02-02 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Leo Galland, along with Doctors Bernie Siegel and Andrew Weil, has been a pioneer in the emerging field of integrated medicine, which combines the best of alternative and conventional treatments. He is also a renowned medical detective, successfully curing patients whose illnesses have defied prior diagnosis and treatment. In Power Healing, Dr. Galland shares his breakthrough medical philosophy and program of healing, developed over the course of three decades of education and practice. He explains how you can apply four healing strategies that will help your body restore its own rightful balance and health: 1) build healthy relationships—community is the most powerful healing force; 2) create a customized prescription for diet, rest, and exercise; 3) purify your external environment; and 4) detoxify your internal environment to help your body protect and cleanse itself. Included for the first time in this edition is a dynamic new questionnaire Dr. Galland has created to help you hone in on your medical priorities. Filled with practical advice on detecting unsuspected causes of our sickness, building resistance to disease, and harnessing our own bodies’ natural desire to heal, Dr. Galland’s innovative book represents mind/body medicine at its best. For those whose illnesses haven’t responded to treatment or resist diagnoses, or for anyone who craves a higher level of health, Power Healing is essential reading. Praise for Power Healing “If I were to get sick, this is the doctor I would go to see and the book I would read.”—Robert C. Atkins, M.D., author of Dr. Atkins’ Vita-Nutrient Solution “A triumph. The most comprehensive book I have ever seen about promoting all aspects of wellness. Well organized, easy to read, and suitable for the layperson and health professional alike.”—Total Health “Dr. Galland’s invaluable advice has been a great help to me. I’m delighted that others will at last have the benefit of his wisdom in their search for healing.”—Carol Burnett “The medicine of the future will embrace and integrate the best of conventional and alternative approaches to health and healing. Dr. Galland makes a compelling argument that sickness is most effectively treated when the particular needs and underling psychological, emotional, and environmental issues are addressed.”—Dean Ornish, M.D.

Bedlam on the Streets

Author : Caroline Knowles
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134570546
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book Bedlam on the Streets written by Caroline Knowles and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-11-28 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This controversial new book traces the terms on which the mad occupy the city's streets, situating this social geography of madness within the broader parameters of systems of globalization and social welfare.

The Drug Story

Author : Morris A. Bealle
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787209407
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book The Drug Story written by Morris A. Bealle and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A FASCINATING EXPOSÉ ON THE CORRUPTION OF WESTERN MEDICINE. "The truth about cures without drugs is suppressed, unless it suits the purpose of the censor to garble it. Whether these cures are effected by chiropractors, Naturopaths, Naprapaths, Osteopaths, Faith Healers, Spiritualists, Herbalists, Christian Scientists, or MDs who use the brains they have, you never read about it in the big newspapers.”—Morris A. Bealle In the 1930’s, Morris A. Bealle, a former city editor of the old Washington Times and Herald, was running a county seat newspaper, in which the local power company bought a large advertisement every week. This account took quite a lot of worry off Bealle’s shoulders when the bills came due. But according to Bealle’s own story, one day the paper took up the cudgels for some of its readers that were being given poor service from the power company, and Bealle received the dressing down of his life from the advertising agency which handled the power company’ s account. They told him that any more such ‘stepping out of line’ would result in the immediate cancellation not only of the advertising contract, but also of the gas company and the telephone company. That’s when Bealle’s eyes were opened to the meaning of a ‘free press’, and he decided to get out of the newspaper business. He used his professional experience to do some deep digging into the freedom-of-the-press situation and came up with several shattering exposes—one of which is this book, The Drug Story, which was first published in 1949. Although never admitted to a major bookstore—it was sold exclusively by mail—it went on to become one of the most important books on health and politics ever to appear in the USA.

Performing Specimens

Author : Gianna Bouchard
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350035688
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Performing Specimens written by Gianna Bouchard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through an examination of examples from performance, museum displays and popular culture that stage the body as a specimen, Performing Specimens maps the relations between these performative acts and the medical practices of collecting, storing and showing specimens in a variety of modes and contexts. Moving from an examination of the medical and historical contexts of specimen display in the museum and the anatomy theatre to contemporary performance, Gianna Bouchard engages with examples from live art, bio-art, popular culture and theatre that stage the performer's body as a specimen. It examines the ethical relationships involved in these particular moments of display – both in the staging and in how we look at the specimen body. This is a landmark study for those working in the fields of theatre, performance and the medical humanities, with a specific focus on the ethics of display and the ethics of spectatorship, emerging at the intersection of performance and medicine. Among the works and examples considered are 18th-century anatomical waxes from the Museo di Storia Naturale la Specola in Florence, Italy, and their contemporary version in the Bodyworlds exhibition of 'plastinated' corpses; organ retention scandals; current legislation, such as the Human Tissue Act 2004; the work of performance company Clod Ensemble and Stein|Holum Projects, the performer and disability activist, Mat Fraser and live artist, Martin O'Brien, alongside visual artists Helen Pynor and Peta Clancy , artists Peggy Shaw and ORLAN.

Patient H.M.

Author : Luke Dittrich
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812982525
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Patient H.M. written by Luke Dittrich and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Oliver Sacks meets Stephen King”* in this propulsive, haunting journey into the life of the most studied human research subject of all time, the amnesic known as Patient H.M. For readers of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks comes a story that has much to teach us about our relentless pursuit of knowledge. Winner of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • New York Post • NPR • The Economist • New York • Wired • Kirkus Reviews • BookPage In 1953, a twenty-seven-year-old factory worker named Henry Molaison—who suffered from severe epilepsy—received a radical new version of the then-common lobotomy, targeting the most mysterious structures in the brain. The operation failed to eliminate Henry’s seizures, but it did have an unintended effect: Henry was left profoundly amnesic, unable to create long-term memories. Over the next sixty years, Patient H.M., as Henry was known, became the most studied individual in the history of neuroscience, a human guinea pig who would teach us much of what we know about memory today. Patient H.M. is, at times, a deeply personal journey. Dittrich’s grandfather was the brilliant, morally complex surgeon who operated on Molaison—and thousands of other patients. The author’s investigation into the dark roots of modern memory science ultimately forces him to confront unsettling secrets in his own family history, and to reveal the tragedy that fueled his grandfather’s relentless experimentation—experimentation that would revolutionize our understanding of ourselves. Dittrich uses the case of Patient H.M. as a starting point for a kaleidoscopic journey, one that moves from the first recorded brain surgeries in ancient Egypt to the cutting-edge laboratories of MIT. He takes readers inside the old asylums and operating theaters where psychosurgeons, as they called themselves, conducted their human experiments, and behind the scenes of a bitter custody battle over the ownership of the most important brain in the world. Patient H.M. combines the best of biography, memoir, and science journalism to create a haunting, endlessly fascinating story, one that reveals the wondrous and devastating things that can happen when hubris, ambition, and human imperfection collide. “An exciting, artful blend of family and medical history.”—The New York Times *Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

New Insights on Vitamin C and Cancer

Author : Michael J. Gonzalez
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1493918907
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (939 download)

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Download or read book New Insights on Vitamin C and Cancer written by Michael J. Gonzalez and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research on vitamin C and its effects on cancer is growing in popularity around the world as positive research continues to accumulate building a stronger case for its effectiveness. This concise SpringerBrief on Vitamin C and Cancer presents the latest findings on how vitamin C induces apoptosis. A high concentration of vitamin C allows for ascorbate to generate hydrogen peroxide in tissue that can selectively kill cancer cells. Research has confirmed that high-dose vitamin C is cytotoxic to a wide variety of cancer cell lines, and that it also boosts the anti-cancer activity of several common chemotherapy drugs. Vitamin C also does more than just kill cancer cells. It boosts immunity by stimulating collagen formation to help the body wall off the tumor. It inhibits hyaluronidase, an enzyme that tumors use to metastasize and invade other organs throughout the body. This concise and up-to-date Brief is geared towards cancer researchers and scientists, as well as physicians interested in the basic science and the translational potential of vitamin C in cancer therapeutics.

The Heart Healers

Author : James Forrester
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466862556
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book The Heart Healers written by James Forrester and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At one time, heart disease was a death sentence. In The Heart Healers, world renowned cardiac surgeon Dr. James Forrester tells the story of the mavericks and rebels who defied the accumulated medical wisdom of the day to begin conquering heart disease. By the middle of the 20th century, heart disease was killing millions and, as with the Black Death centuries before, physicians stood helpless. Visionaries, though, had begun to make strides earlier. On Sept. 7, 1895, Ludwig Rehn successfully sutured the heart of a living man with a knife wound to the chest for the first time. Once it was deemed possible to perform surgery on the heart, others followed. In 1929, Dr. Werner Forssman inserted a cardiac catheter in his own arm and forced the x-ray technician on duty to take a photo as he successfully threaded it down the vein into his own heart...and lived. On June 6, 1944 - D-Day - another momentous event occurred far from the Normandy beaches: Dr. Dwight Harken sutured the shrapnel-injured heart of a young soldier, saved his life and the term "cardiac surgeon" born. Dr. Forrester tells the story of these rebels and the risks they took with their own lives and the lives of others to heal the most elemental of human organs - the heart. The result is a compelling chronicle of a disease and its cure, a disease that is still with us, but one that is slowly being worn away by "The Heart Healers".

Pioneers of Progress: Innovators and Inventors Who Shaped History

Author : George Wilton
Publisher : Az Boek
ISBN 13 : 6256870972
Total Pages : 57 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (568 download)

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Download or read book Pioneers of Progress: Innovators and Inventors Who Shaped History written by George Wilton and published by Az Boek. This book was released on 2024-04-11 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discovery The Pioneers of Progress: Innovators and Inventors Who Shaped History

Fragments from Iraq

Author : Zsolt T. Stockinger, M.D.
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786490594
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Fragments from Iraq written by Zsolt T. Stockinger, M.D. and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From February 2005 to March 2006, Navy trauma surgeon Zsolt Stockinger served on a forward operating base in Iraq's Sunni Triangle, where he treated more than a thousand casualties and performed hundreds of surgeries. Throughout his deployment, he recorded his thoughts and experiences in a journal that he occasionally sent to his wife as a way to stay connected. Stockinger's diary offers a unique account of daily military life in Iraq from a surgeon's perspective, from the intense action of rocket attacks and emergency procedures to the creative and often lighthearted ways of filling tedious stretches of down time. Illustrated with 47 photographs, this work provides a realistic portrait of life on base and a powerful perspective on the human carnage of war.