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Author
Publisher
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Diagnoses are often just educated guesses, and prognoses less certain still. There is a significant amount of uncertainty in the daily practice of medicine, resulting in confusion and potentially deadly complications. Dr. Steven Hatch argues that instead of ignoring this uncertainty, we should embrace it. By digging deeply into a number of rancorous controversies, from breast cancer screening to blood pressure management, Hatch shows us how medicine...
2) Miracle cure
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Dr. Bruce Grey and Dr. Harvey Riker find a cure for AIDS, two young lovers--popular TV journalist Sara Lowell, and Knicks star Michael Silverman--find themselves inextricably caught up in the political double dealings involved in the discovery.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When a once promising young writer agrees to ghostwrite a famous particle physicist's memoir, his livelihood is already in jeopardy: plagued by debt after failing to deliver a novel, he's grown distant from his wife -- a successful A.I. researcher -- and is haunted by an overwhelming dread he describes as "The Mist." Desperate for relief, he undergoes an experimental, psychedelic treatment and emerges to find his world transformed: joy suffuses every...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Four months into the coronavirus pandemic, as the death count surged, the FDA made a risky decision: it approved an anti-malarial drug as a treatment for coronavirus, despite limited data on its efficacy or side effects. A month later, the FDA withdrew its recommendation, but by then, the damage had been done. The drug was ineffective and sometimes even lethal. The mistake was hardly a one-off. As virologist Paul. A. Offit shows in You Bet Your Life,...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Ever since Daddy returned from overseas, he's been different. At first, Butta Bean thinks it's his fault--that maybe his daddy doesn't love him anymore. But Mama explains that Daddy's mind is hurt from things that happened while he was away. When Mama takes them all to yoga class at their local YMCA, Daddy doesn't want to go at first, and Butta Bean thinks it looks weird. But as Daddy and Butta Bean get better at the yoga poses (Daddy says he's a...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The blistering inside story of a startup that made millions pushing opioids-until its cutthroat tactics were exposed and its executives put behind bars John Kapoor had amassed a small fortune in pharmaceuticals when he conceived of a new product. It was the 2000s, and opioids were big business. If Kapoor, an immigrant and the billionaire founder of Insys, could find a new way to administer the highly potent fentanyl, he could patent his invention...
8) Equilibrium
Publisher
Dimension Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
English
Description
In the future, after a Third World War has decimated much of the Earth's population, a new nation arose. Believing human emotions and their expression were to blame for the failings of past societies, it is decreed that all citizens must take a daily dose of a drug which levels out the emotional landscape, and that all forms of creative expression are against the law. An elite law enforcement officer who tracks down and punishes "sense offenders"...
9) Goddess
Author
Publisher
Anansi
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"On a flight to New York at the end of her first book tour, up-and-coming writer Agnes Oliver meets Jack Verity, the handsome filmmaker and ex-husband of Geia Stone, a famous actress turned wellness guru, whose popular lifestyle brand Goddess promotes controversial therapies and expensive beauty tools in the name of self-care and inner nourishment. Jack invites Agnes to a party in the Hamptons, where she meets Geia and finds herself welcomed into...
Author
Publisher
Harper Celebrate, an imprint of HarperCollins Focus LLC
Pub. Date
[2024].
Language
English
Description
"In Turn to the Sun, wellness coach Brittany Gowan guides you down a nourishing path of intentional affirmations, soul-refreshing meditations, and lush botanical photography that helps you release stress and elevate your well-being in the company of nature."--
11) Last light
Author
Series
Halo series. Standalone novels volume 10
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A tale set in the universe of the best-selling game follows the experiences of maverick detective Veta Lopis of the Gao Ministry of Protection, who would capture a serial murderer and prevent full-scale war between the military and insurrection loyalists.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious 'wellness center' at a remote location in the Swiss Alps. He soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem. When he begins to unravel its terrifying secrets, his sanity is tested, as he finds himself diagnosed with the same curious illness that keeps all the guests here longing for the cure.
Publisher
Time, Inc. Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Improve total health without prescriptions. Looking for natural, noninvasive ways to strengthen and heal your body? Here, Mayo Clinic experts explain how to achieve personal wellness through nontraditional medicine and home remedies. Their revolutionary approach to health addresses the whole person--body, mind and spirit--by combining conventional care with innovative practices such as mind-body techniques, acupuncture and massage therapy. With this...
15) Opioids, Inc
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The story of a drug company that pushed opioids by bribing doctors and committing insurance fraud. With the Financial Times, FRONTLINE investigates how Insys Therapeutics profited from a fentanyl-based painkiller 50-100 times stronger than heroin.
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"For more than six decades, CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment has been delivering the authoritative information students, residents, and clinicians need to build their medical knowledge, expertise, and confidence. Written by top experts in their fields, this unmatched guide is formatted in a way that enables readers to find the answers they need quickly and easily."--Provided by publisher.
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