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On Hysteria The Invention of a Medical Category between 1670 and 1820
ISBN: HB: 9780226275543, University of Chicago Press, September 2015
376 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 13 halftones
These days, hysteria is known as a discredited diagnosis that was used to group and pathologize a wide range of conditions and behaviors in women. But for a long time, it was seen as a legitimate category of medical problem – and one that, originally...
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£44,00
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Sex Itself The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome
ISBN: PB: 9780226325613, ISBN: HB: 9780226084688, University of Chicago Press, September 2015
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 21 halftones, 11 line drawings
Human genomes are 99. 9 percent identical – with one prominent exception. Instead of a matching pair of X chromosomes, men carry a single X, coupled with a tiny chromosome called the Y. Tracking the emergence of a new and distinctive way of thinking...
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£20,50
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£36,00
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Risky Medicine Our Quest to Cure Fear and Uncertainty
ISBN: HB: 9780226049717, University of Chicago Press, September 2015
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 10 halftones
Will ever-more sensitive screening tests for cancer lead to longer, better lives? Will anticipating and trying to prevent the future complications of chronic disease lead to better health?Not always, says Robert Aronowitz in "Risky Medicine". In fact...
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£19,50
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Lock and Key of Medicine Monoclonal Antibodies and the Transformation of Healthcare
ISBN: HB: 9780300167733, Yale University Press, August 2015
352 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 37 black&white illus.
This book is the first to tell the extraordinary yet unheralded history of monoclonal antibodies, or Mabs. Though unfamiliar to most nonscientists, these microscopic protein molecules are everywhere, quietly shaping our lives and healthcare. They hav...
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£30,00
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Discovering Tuberculosis A Global History, 1900 to the Present
ISBN: HB: 9780300190298, Yale University Press, August 2015
352 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 4 black&white illus.
Tuberculosis is one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases, killing nearly two million people every year, now more than at any other time in history. While the developed world has nearly forgotten about TB, it continues to wreak havoc across mu...
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£50,00
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Healthy Eating - Low Fructose 100 Recipes to Calm the Stomach
ISBN: FLEXI: 9781742574738, Bookport, New Holland Publishers, June 2015
132 pp., 25.9x23 cm, colour illus.
In Western countries approximately 1 in 3 people suffer from sometimes extremely severe digestion problems after ingesting frutose.For many,it has become a daily discomfort because high levels of frutose are now found in many foods,not just fruit. H...
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£7,99
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Food Guide for Womens Soccer Tips & Recipes from the Pros
ISBN: PB: 9781782550518, Bookport, Meyer & Meyer Sport, June 2015
256 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 40 colour and black&white illus., 41 tables
This handy "how-to" food guide addresses the nutrition questions and concerns of soccer athletes of all ages and abilities to help them achieve success with energy to spare. Soccer athletes are hungry for good nutrition information. They have lots of...
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£14,95
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Caregiving in Alzheimer's and Other Dementias
ISBN: PB: 9780300207989, Yale University Press, June 2015
288 pp., 21x14 cm, 1 black&white illus.
Practical. Easy to read. Comprehensive. Encouraging. Accurate. All of these words describe this indispensable book that belongs in the hands of all family members and other caretakers of people who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or othe...
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£15,99
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Saving Babies? The Consequences of Newborn Genetic Screening
ISBN: PB: 9780226273617, ISBN: HB: 9780226924977, University of Chicago Press, May 2015
320 pp., 25x15 cm, 1 table, 3 line illus.
It has been close to six decades since Watson and Crick discovered the structure of DNA and more than ten years since the human genome was decoded. Today, through the collection and analysis of a small blood sample, every baby born in the United Stat...
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£13,50
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£28,00
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Life's Blueprint The Science and Art of Embryo Creation
ISBN: HB: 9780300196634, Yale University Press, October 2014
192 pp., 22.9x17.8 cm, 71 colour illus.
In the span of just three decades, scientific understanding of the formation of embryos has undergone a major revolution. The implications of these new research findings have an immediate bearing on human health and future therapies, yet most nonscie...
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£25,00
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