Download or read book Science and the Cure of Diseases written by Efraim Racker and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-08 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the informal language of letters to public officials, Efraim Racker argues in favor of basic research as the most effective path to the treatment of disease. He contends that knowledge of the fundamentals of biological and biochemical processes is essential if we are to gain an understanding of disease processes. He then shows how this understanding is necessary for a rational approach to the prevention and cure of disease. Originally published in 1979. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Download or read book The Science of Cure written by Tracy Kolenchuk and published by Tracy D. Kolenchuk. This book was released on 2020-11-19 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Science of Cure defines and describes the elementary types of cures for any curable illnesses. These elements are explored and combined to cover complex, illnesses, and chronic illnesses. The book explores the impact of this theory of cure on many concepts, including: illness, disease, sickness, healing, transformation, placebo. Three basic causes of illness are reviewed, and their associated cure processes. Cure is a verb. Is a cure holistic or reductionist? How can we tell? The concepts of holistic and reductionist treatments are clearly defined, such that we can easily determine if any treatment is holistic, reductionist, or a blend. Is prevention better than cure? Umm.. Not when we are sick. In addition, because many illnesses cause secondary diseases - a cure is often the best preventative. The Science of Cure is a condensation, expansion, and exploration of the concepts introduced in the books The Elements of Cure and A Calculus of Curing – developed over several years of research and writing for the blog site Healthicine – the Arts and Sciences of Health and Healthiness. It is also an expansion of the papers A Definition and Exploration of Cure published on Academia.edu in July 2018 and A Theory of Cure, 2019. This book defines fundamental concepts of cure, cures, curing, and cured, and many related topics including cause, illness, disease, sickness, treatment, remission, and recurrence.
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
Download or read book Science and the Cure of Diseases written by Efraim Racker and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Making Sense of Illness written by Robert A. Aronowitz and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1998 book contains historical essays about how diseases change their meaning.
Download or read book The Limits of Medicine written by Edward S. Golub and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1997-05 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward Golub, distinguished researcher and former professor of immunology, shows that major advances in medicine are caused by changes in the way scientists describe disease. Bleeding, sweating, and other treatments we consider barbaric were standard treatments for centuries because they conformed to a conception of disease shared by patients and doctors. Scientific breakthroughs in the understanding of disease in the nineteenth century transformed treatment and the goals of medicine. Golub argues that the ongoing revolution in molecular genetics has opened the door to the "biology of complexity," again transforming our view of disease. This thought-provoking, timely book reveals a crucial but overlooked role of science in medicine, and offers a new vision for the goals of both science and medicine as we enter the twenty-first century.
Download or read book Science is Beautiful Disease and Medicine written by Colin Salter and published by Batsford Books. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our understanding of disease and the powers of medicine today are unparalleled, and their documentation has increased signficantly. Science is Beautiful collects the most fascinating microscopic photographs of our diseases along with the medicines we use to treat them. These photographs are profoundly fascinating – and also beautiful. Featured are some of the most illuminating microscopic images of bacteria, viruses and cancers ever captured, now made possible by electron micrograph technology. Potentially fatal diseases such as cancer and Ebola are included, and minor complaints such as Staphylococcus bacteria and dental plaque are shown for their surprising beauty. Other photographs reveal what human cells look like when suffering from Alzheimer's, from osteoporosis, or from HIV. It also uncovers some diseases specific to animals. But there are also dazzling images of the crystals, powders and potions that we take to cure ourselves, including magnified versions of aspirin, insulin, morphine and caffeine. This collection of images, as beautiful as any artwork, can be enjoyed purely as a visual voyage but also as a way to understand more of the science behind the image, whether it's the work of a meningitis virus, our chromosomes in a cancer cell or the breakdown of painkillers. Each image includes the scale of the photography as well as the scientific details in layman's terms.
Download or read book Eat to Beat Disease written by William W Li and published by Balance. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eat your way to better health with this New York Times bestseller on food's ability to help the body heal itself from cancer, dementia, and dozens of other avoidable diseases. Forget everything you think you know about your body and food, and discover the new science of how the body heals itself. Learn how to identify the strategies and dosages for using food to transform your resilience and health in Eat to Beat Disease. We have radically underestimated our body's power to transform and restore our health. Pioneering physician scientist, Dr. William Li, empowers readers by showing them the evidence behind over 200 health-boosting foods that can starve cancer, reduce your risk of dementia, and beat dozens of avoidable diseases. Eat to Beat Disease isn't about what foods to avoid, but rather is a life-changing guide to the hundreds of healing foods to add to your meals that support the body's defense systems, including: Plums Cinnamon Jasmine tea Red wine and beer Black Beans San Marzano tomatoes Olive oil Pacific oysters Cheeses like Jarlsberg, Camembert and cheddar Sourdough bread The book's plan shows you how to integrate the foods you already love into any diet or health plan to activate your body's health defense systems-Angiogenesis, Regeneration, Microbiome, DNA Protection, and Immunity-to fight cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative autoimmune diseases, and other debilitating conditions. Both informative and practical, Eat to Beat Disease explains the science of healing and prevention, the strategies for using food to actively transform health, and points the science of wellbeing and disease prevention in an exhilarating new direction.
Download or read book How Not to Study a Disease written by Karl Herrup and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authority on Alzheimer's disease offers a history of past failures and a roadmap that points us in a new direction in our journey to a cure. For decades, some of our best and brightest medical scientists have dedicated themselves to finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease. What happened? Where is the cure? The biggest breakthroughs occurred twenty-five years ago, with little progress since. In How Not to Study a Disease, neurobiologist Karl Herrup explains why the Alzheimer's discoveries of the 1990s didn't bear fruit and maps a direction for future research. Herrup describes the research, explains what's taking so long, and offers an approach for resetting future research. Herrup offers a unique insider's perspective, describing the red flags that science ignored in the rush to find a cure. He is unsparing in calling out the stubbornness, greed, and bad advice that has hamstrung the field, but his final message is a largely optimistic one. Herrup presents a new and sweeping vision of the field that includes a redefinition of the disease and a fresh conceptualization of aging and dementia that asks us to imagine the brain as a series of interconnected "neighborhoods." He calls for changes in virtually every aspect of the Alzheimer's disease research effort, from the drug development process, to the mechanisms of support for basic research, to the often-overlooked role of the scientific media, and more. With How Not to Study a Disease, Herrup provides a roadmap that points us in a new direction in our journey to a cure for Alzheimer's.
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: “Visceral.”—Wall Street Journal “Illuminating.”—Publishers Weekly “Heroic.”—Science 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.
Download or read book Cured written by Jeffrey Rediger, M.D. and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to disease, who beats the odds — and why? When it comes to spontaneous healing, skepticism abounds. Doctors are taught that “miraculous” recoveries are flukes, and as a result they don’t study those cases or take them into account when treating patients. Enter Dr. Jeff Rediger, who has spent over 15 years studying spontaneous healing, pioneering the use of scientific tools to investigate recoveries from incurable illnesses. Dr. Rediger’s research has taken him from America’s top hospitals to healing centers around the world—and along the way he’s uncovered insights into why some people beat the odds. In Cured, Dr. Rediger digs down to the root causes of illness, showing how to create an environment that sets the stage for healing. He reveals the patterns behind healing and lays out the physical and mental principles associated with recovery: first, we need to physically heal our diet and our immune systems. Next, we need to mentally heal our stress response and our identities. Through rigorous research, Dr. Rediger shows that much of our physical reality is created in our minds. Our perception changes our experience, even to the point of changing our physical bodies—and thus the healing of our identity may be our greatest tool to recovery. Ultimately, miracles only contradict what we know of nature at this point in time. Cured leads the way in explaining the science behind these miracles, and provides a first-of-its-kind guidebook to both healing and preventing disease.
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 256 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
Download or read book Medicine The Cure Is Worse than the Disease written by Rui Alexandre Gabirro and published by Order of the Good News. This book was released on 2021-01-04 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents Introduction........................................................................................1 Chapter I What is Medicine......................................................................2 The Medical Trade, and its Monopoly on Health ...............4 Unjust Medical Legislation.....................................................4 The Medical Understanding of Disease is Nil....................13 Prevention of the Diseases that are Common, Amongst the People.....................................................................................13 Definition of Disease..............................................................14 The Classification of Symptoms...........................................14 The Perplexing Problems of the Medical Trade.................14 Medical Treatment.................................................................15 Intellectually Bankrupt..........................................................16 Prejudice Squints when it Looks, and Lies when it Speaks...........................................................................................16 We Bleed, We Purge, We Narcotise.....................................17 Men May Live Fools, but Fools they Cannot Die..............18 Physic has been defined as: “The Art of Amusing the Patient, while Nature Cures the Disease.”..............................20 Who's the Father of Medicine...............................................22 The Epidemiology of Multimorbidity.................................23 The 36 Most Common Health Conditions..........................24 Medical View: Disease Is Only About Biochemical Deficiencies..................................................................................26 Chapter II Medicine Versus Health .......................................................28 Definition of Health and Medicine......................................28 The Difference Between Health and Medicine..................29 Chapter III Medical Art..............................................................................32 Death Rate Drops During Doctor Strike.............................34 When Doctors Strike, Fewer Patients Die...........................35 Attempt to Relieving Pain Without Dealing with the Cause.............................................................................................35 Medicine the Destructive Art of Healing............................36 The Medical Art......................................................................37 Origin of the Medical Art......................................................40 The Rise of Medicine..............................................................41 Medical Hospitals...................................................................42 Abuse of Rest as a Therapeutic Measure............................43 Complete Bed Rest as a Highly Unphysiologic And Definitely Hazardous Form of Therapy..................................44 Nature and Art in the Cure of Disease................................45 The Chief Provisions of the Hippocratic Oath...................46 Concerning the Title of Doctor.............................................46 The Philosophy of Medical Cure..........................................47 When Medical Men in General Shall Study.......................48 The Relationship Between Theory and Therapy...............49 Medical Freedom....................................................................50 Chapter IV Medical Science.......................................................................53 Science Delusion.....................................................................57 The Growth of Scientific Medicine......................................58 The Science and Art of Medicine.........................................59 Tower of Babel and Medicine...............................................60 Scientific Medicine.................................................................60 The Sad & True Story of the Science and State of Medicine.......................................................................................61 Pseudo-Science.......................................................................63 Medicine can Never be an Exact Science............................64 The False Premise...................................................................65 The Classification of Diseases...............................................66 Unnatural, Distorted and Inconsistent Practice of Healing.........................................................................................67 The Medical Octopus.............................................................68 Doctors of Medicine Cannot Cure.......................................69 Fallacious Faith on Medical Practice...................................69 Let see what Medical Science is Offering............................70 Medical Teaching is Incredibly Faulty and Defective.......70 The Laboratoromania of the Medical Trade.......................72 The Field of Medicine............................................................72 The Practice of Medicine as Fudge......................................73 Observations and Exact Findings........................................74 Body Anatomical Structure...................................................76 Empirical Science, Vitalism or What?..................................76 Medical Science is Founded on a False Premise................78 Diagnosing a Medical Delusion...........................................81 Disease Cannot Be Its Own Cause: Neither can it be its own cure, and certainly not its own Prevention....................82 The Medical World is Looking for Cures...........................82 Scientific Medicine is Helpless.............................................83 Focal Infection.........................................................................84 The Scandal of Poor Medical Research...............................84 Medical Research - Still a Scandal........................................85 Killing For A Profit?...............................................................85 Why Most Published Research Findings Are False...........85 Scientific Literature Half may Simply be Untrue..............86 Drug Companies and Doctors; A story of Corruption.....86 Lister’s Blunder.......................................................................87 Dr. David Brownstein Story..................................................87 Modern Medicine Not a Science..........................................91 Ignorance Has Become Commonplace In Medical Practice.........................................................................................92 Bacteria in the Brains.............................................................93 Let's Go Back 100 Years.........................................................94 A Demonstration of Treponema Pallidum in the Brain in cases of General Paralysis..........................................................94 Chapter V The Pharmaceutical Drug Medical System........................97 Poisonous Medications..........................................................98 But on to the Facts..................................................................99 Drug Medicines were Worse than Useless.......................100 Then it was that People Began to Die................................102 Dr. Jennings of Oberlin, Ohio.............................................104 Florence Nightingale............................................................105 Drugs Always Produce Disease.........................................106 The Deadly virtues of the Healing Art..............................108 Take his Good Advice and Refuse his Bad Medicine.....109 Poisonopathy........................................................................110 A Few Words as to the Forms of Disease.........................111 Allopaths say it is: Contraria Contrariis Curantur “Contraries Cure Opposites”..................................................111 What are its Agents, its Medicines, and its Remedies....113 This Patient Rapidly Recovered under Hygienic Treatment...................................................................................115 Effect of Drugs......................................................................115 Secondary Diseases..............................................................116 Medical Economics...............................................................120 Koch Antitoxins Therapy....................................................121 Chapter VI Medical School......................................................................124 The College Itself..................................................................126 Real Education Versus Engraved Pieces of Paper...........127 The Progressive School........................................................128 Teaching and the Teacher...................................................129 Medical Training..................................................................130 Something Missing...............................................................130 The Chief Object of Medical Men......................................131 Clinical Observations...........................................................131 Fascia Removal from Anatomy Books..............................132 Nothing To Do......................................................................132 William Harvey....................................................................134 The Prejudices of the Profession........................................134 The Persecution of Dr William Harvey............................135 Can talk Latin, Greek and English, at the Bed-Sides of their Patients..............................................................................136 Chapter VII Pernicious Effects of Blood-Letting...................................141 Chapter VIII Of the Ignorance Existing Respecting the Power of Nature to Cure Diseases........................................................................147 Nature, or, in other words, the Inherent Powers of the Animal Economy, Are Either Entirely Ignored....................148 Natural course of the Morbid Processes...........................150 Curative Powers of Nature.................................................153 Ignore or Depreciate the Working of Nature...................158 Chapter IX Medical Practice....................................................................164 On the Educational Value of the Medical Society...........165 Angina in Doctors................................................................165 Specialists and Specialism...................................................166 With Regards to the Medical Clinic School......................166 Chapter X Psychiatry..............................................................................169 The Merits of Psycho-Analysis And the Claims of its Advocates...................................................................................169 The Four False Pillars...........................................................171 The Basic Fallacy...................................................................171 Biopsychiatry........................................................................171 Keys to Defeating the Four False Pillars of Psychiatry: A Quick Reference................................................................173 Chapter XI The Treatment of Disease....................................................176 Rheumatism..........................................................................185 Alkaline Treatment..............................................................186 Remedies................................................................................186 Hygienic Measures...............................................................187 Chapter XII The Forgotten Facts and Truths of Drugs …....................191 Chapter XIII Placebo and Nocebo Responses.........................................209 Intentional Ignorance...........................................................209 The Placebo Effect................................................................210 Chapter XIV Medical Illusion....................................................................214 Type 2 Diabetes.....................................................................212 Tendinopathy in Type 2 Diabetes......................................214 Third leading Cause of Death.............................................216 Healthcare Against Health..................................................217 Dr Andrew Taylor Still, MD, DO on Medicine...............218 Both Guess-Work..................................................................218 Chapter XV Needless Surgery..................................................................222 One Operation Leads to Another.......................................224 Operating on the Problem Instead of the Person.............225 Never Found Necessary to Perform a Tenotomy............226 To Be Operated.....................................................................227 Answer to this Query...........................................................228 Diagnosis in Hemorrhoid Cases........................................228 There is Nothing so Futile as to Attempt to Remove an Imaginary Pain by a Surgical Operation...............................229 Acute Intestinal Intoxications.............................................229 Nature Heals.........................................................................230 Disease is a Common Expression of Enervation.............230 Medical Freedom..................................................................231 One of the Most Common Cause of Chronic Invalidism..................................................................................232 Physio Therapeutic Measures.............................................233 Chapter XVI Nutrition................................................................................236 In Regard to the Diet of the Patient...................................239 The Subject of Food and its Influence Upon Health.......240 The First Diseases are Digestive Disturbances................242 Knowledge of Diet...............................................................242 Foods that Keeps Indefinitely.............................................243 Raw Foods.............................................................................244 The Medical Trade Ignorance of Dietetics........................244 The Medical Trade Ignorance of Food Values.................248 Medical Trade Specialities..................................................249 Chapter XVII Body Mind Soul....................................................................258 The Influence which the Mind Exerts over the Body......260 Chapter XVIII Women Risk Losing Ability to Give Birth Naturally......265 The Hygiene of Pregnancy..................................................267 Curettage...............................................................................267 It’s Time to Stop Infantilizing Pregnant Women.............268 Chapter XIX Deaths of Medical Doctors..................................................270 Death Rate from Intestinal Diseases..................................272 Mortality Rates and Causes Among U.S. Physicians......272 Suicide Rates Among Physicians.......................................272 Mortality Among Norwegian Doctors..............................273 Mental Health Issues...........................................................273 Chapter XX Advice to the Medical Trade...............................................275 Bias in Medicine....................................................................276 The last laugh........................................................................277 This is the Reality..................................................................278 How the Indians Cure Lock-Haw......................................279 The Persecution of Neuropathy by Medical Trade..........280 From our Exchanges Special Favours to None in Medical Legislation..................................................................................282 Thorough Training Essential for the Practice of the Healing Art.................................................................................284 Valid Law, Meaning of Word “Medicine”- Neuropathy.286 The American Medical Association Becomes An Autocracy....................................................................................288 Lay Control of Medicine......................................................289 Adams County Condemns State and Federal Activities in the Field of Medicine.......................................................289 The Medical Trade................................................................290 Last Words.............................................................................292 Index 293
Download or read book Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries written by Dean T. Jamison and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2006-04-02 with total page 1449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on careful analysis of burden of disease and the costs ofinterventions, this second edition of 'Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, 2nd edition' highlights achievable priorities; measures progresstoward providing efficient, equitable care; promotes cost-effectiveinterventions to targeted populations; and encourages integrated effortsto optimize health. Nearly 500 experts - scientists, epidemiologists, health economists,academicians, and public health practitioners - from around the worldcontributed to the data sources and methodologies, and identifiedchallenges and priorities, resulting in this integrated, comprehensivereference volume on the state of health in developing countries.
Download or read book The Science of Therapeutics written by C. Dunham and published by B. Jain Publishers. This book was released on 2004-02 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Present Volume Contains The Author'S Views On The Cure Of Disease By Drugs. In Their Arrangement No Attention Has Been Paid To The Order Of Time In Whichthey Were Written.
Download or read book The Quest for the Cure written by Brent Stockwell and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a behind-the-scenes tour of today's medical innovations, tracing key 20th-century pharmacological milestones while profiling sophisticated, emerging approaches to drug design that may enable breakthrough treatments for seemingly incurable diseases. --From publisher description.
Download or read book Science As A Superpower written by William A. Haseltine and published by Access Health International. This book was released on 2021-06-07 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you think about superheroes, what comes to mind? Muscle-bound men and women adorned in capes or hi-tech armor? Superhuman abilities like flying or x-ray vision? It's unlikely you thought of people in white lab coats looking through microscopes. But in real life, science is the most powerful superpower in the world. Think about it. Scientists have used their powers to make the once impossible happen: cure diseases, extend human life, feed the world, and bring us to outer space and beyond. They are, indeed, modern-day superheroes, saving and improving millions of lives. Dr. William Haseltine-or Dr. Bill as his friends call him-discovered the power of science at an early age. And now in his new book, Science as a Superpower: My Lifelong Fight Against Disease and the Heroes who Made it Possible, he shares his love of science with the hope of inspiring young people to pursue a life in science and someday make their own contributions to improve human life. Woven throughout are stories of his work with some of recent history's biggest scientific heroes, and of his many successes (and failures) as he learned how to harness the superpower that is science to build a successful-and deeply impactful-career of his own.
