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Madness and Memory The Discovery of Prions - A New Biological Principle of Disease
ISBN: PB: 9780300216905, Yale University Press, December 2015
320 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 37 black&white illus.
In 1997, Stanley B. Prusiner received a Nobel Prize, the world's most prestigious award for achievement in physiology or medicine. That he was the sole recipient of the award for the year was entirely appropriate, for his struggle to identify the age...
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£16,99
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Mental Health Services for Deaf People Treatment Advances, Opportunities, and Challenges
ISBN: HB: 9781563686542, Gallaudet University Press, December 2015
280 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 20 tables, 2 figures
The World Congress on Mental Health and Deafness first met at Gallaudet University in October 1998, and it has convened five more times in the succeeding years. This volume collects the very best research presented at the Fifth World Congress, which...
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£56,00
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Risk, Chance, and Causation Investigating the Origins and Treatment of Disease
ISBN: PB: 9780300216837, Yale University Press, November 2015
288 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 31 black&white illus.
Should we worry about an increased risk of illness when using certain carpet cleaners? How do we assess the benefits of dietary supplements? What is meant by increased risk in the first place? Dr. Michael Bracken, a leader and innovator in the field...
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£25,00
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Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World Disability Insurance Programs and Retirement
ISBN: HB: 9780226262574, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, November 2015
544 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 59 halftones, 229 line drawings, 136 tables
Even as life expectancy in many countries has continued to increase, social security and similar government programs can provide strong incentives for workers to leave the labor force when they reach the age of eligibility for benefits. Disability in...
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£97,50
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Planet of Viruses Second Edition
ISBN: PB: 9780226294209, University of Chicago Press, October 2015
128 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm, 12 colour plates
The past year has been one of viral panic – panic about viruses, that is. Through headlines, public health warnings, and at least one homemade hazmat suit, we were reminded of the powerful force of viruses. They are the smallest living things known t...
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£10,00
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Politics of Pain Medicine A Rhetorical-Ontological Inquiry
ISBN: HB: 9780226264059, University of Chicago Press, October 2015
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 halftone, 15 line drawings, 2 tables
Chronic pain is a medical mystery, debilitating to patients and a source of frustration for practitioners. It often eludes both cause and cure and serves as a reminder of how much further we have to go in unlocking the secrets of the body. A new fiel...
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£40,00
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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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£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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