Diseases category: 10428 books
Deadly Outbreaks
How Medical Detectives Save Lives Threatened by Killer Pandemics, Exotic Viruses, and Drug-Resistant Parasites
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
Portrays epidemiologists as disease detectives who tirelessly hunt for clues and excel at deductive reasoning. Even Sherlock Holmes would be proud of this astute group of professionals.”-Booklist
Despite advances in health care, infectious microbes continue to be a formidable adversary...
Suffering the Silence
Chronic Lyme Disease in an Age of Denial
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Allie Cashel has suffered from chronic Lyme disease for sixteen years—but much of the medical community refuses to recognize her symptoms as the result of infectious disease. In Suffering the Silence: Chronic Lyme Disease in an Age of Denial, Cashel paints a living portrait of what is often called...
by Joosr
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015
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Life Script
How the Human Genome Discoveries Will Transform Medicine and Enhance Your Health
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2002
With the decoding of the human genome, researchers can now read the script in which evolution has written the program for the design and operation of the human body. A new generation of medical treatments is at hand. Researchers are developing therapies so powerful that there is now no evident obstacle...
Discover Magazine's Vital Signs
True Tales of Medical Mysteries, Obscure Diseases, and Life-Saving Diagnoses
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
“Vital Signs,” a popular column featured in Discover Magazine, has long been a favorite of readers, showcasing, each month, fascinating new tales of strange illnesses and diseases that baffle doctors and elude diagnosis. Each tale is true and borders on the unbelievable. It’s no wonder that...
The Oxygen Revolution, Third Edition
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT): The Definitive Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) & Other Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
NEW EDITION INCLUDES NEW RESEARCH ON HBOT AS A GENE THERAPY TO TREAT TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) AND OTHER DISORDERS.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is based on a simple idea—that oxygen can be used therapeutically for a wide range of conditions where tissues have been damaged by oxygen deprivation.
Inspiring...
The Oxygen Revolution
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: The New Treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke, Autism and More
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2010
HOPE FOR MANY “HOPELESS” DISEASES, FROM ONE OF THE FOREMOST RESEARCHERS IN THE FIELD
When Randy McCloy, Jr., the sole survivor of the Sago Mine disaster, finally walked out of the hospital to rejoin his family, it was in part due to the miracle of hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Hyperbaric oxygen...
by Mark Crislip
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
A second year of clinical tales from the Puswhisperer, Mark Crislip, an infectious disease specialist from Portland, OR. Dr. Crislip kills strep and staph, fights flu, and is always on the lookout for "zebras"?those unusual infections (and sometimes non-infections) that leave all the doctors guessing....
by Julia Schopick
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
HONEST MEDICINE introduces four lifesaving treatments that have been effectively treating--and in some cases curing--people for 25-90 years. However, for reasons of profitability (or lack thereof), these treatments have not been universally accepted. The treatments are: Low Dose Naltrexone for autoimmune...
by Victoria A. Harden; Anthony Fauci, MD
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Society was not prepared in 1981 for the appearance of a new infectious disease, but we have since learned that emerging and reemerging diseases will continue to challenge humanity. AIDS at 30 is the first history of HIV/AIDS written for a general audience that emphasizes the medical response to the...
by Kenneth Kee
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is an inflammatory disorder
It causes severe bilateral pain and stiffness in the neck, shoulder.
The cause of polymyalgia rheumatica is not known.
But it is associated with immune system problems
Symptoms often include fever, a general feeling of malaise
There is...
by Bobby Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
This book covers several topics including:
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) Causes - Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) Symptoms - When to Seek Medical Care - Exams and Tests - Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) Treatment
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Eradication
Ridding the World of Diseases Forever?
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
The dream of a world completely free of disease may seem utopian, but eradication—used in its modern sense to mean the reduction of the number of cases of a disease to zero by deliberate public health interventions—has been pursued repeatedly. Campaigns against yellow fever, malaria, and smallpox...
The Global Challenge of Malaria
Past Lessons and Future Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2014
Malaria is one of the most important “emerging” or “resurgent” infectious diseases. According to the World Health Organization, this mosquito-borne infection is a leading cause of suffering, death, poverty, and underdevelopment in the world today. Every year 500 million people become severely...