Preston examines the horrific effect ebola has on the human body. A true story, HOT ZONE recounts the scare when in the late 80s, this virus with a 90 percent fatality rate was accidentally released in a research facility in suburban Washington, D.C.
A chronicle of the adventures of two gutsy physicians fighting deadly viruses amidst political chicanery and under incredibly harsh and primitive conditions. The authors clearly demonstrate that while viruses can be deadly, humans may have more to fear from humanity itself.
This is an authoritative and accessible guide that offers readers the information they need and exposes misconceptions about the disease, its causes, treatment, and cure.
This text discusses the current state of knowledge about Lyme disease, including its more controversial aspects. Four case studies are used to illustrate the varying course of the disease in different individuals and under different circumstances. A fifth patient is used as a model for people who, despite the absence of a clear medical diagnosis, ...
The true story of the two doctors and an infectious disease expert who attempted to find the person or persons responsible for the 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States. Knowing the dangers of bioterrorism, the three also work to prevent the release of the most dangerous of all biological weapons--smallpox. A New York Times Notable Book for ...
Naturally, anyone diagnosed with liver disease has questions and needs quality advice. In this text, Dr Melissa Palmer aims to cover everything a newly-diagnosed person may want to know: the tests he/she may have to undergo; the specific illnesses of the liver, including hepatitis C; the treatment options available; and necessary lifestyle changes.
Beginning at the scene of a cannibal feast in New Guinea that spread a fatal illness to all who participated, this book follows the trail of a group of related human and animal diseases spreading around the world. Collectively they have come to be called prion diseases, the best-known being mad-cow disease, and already it is believed by some in ...
This is a thorough update of an authoritative guide to this debilitating disease. This timely revision of "Everything You Need to Know About Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Disorders" explains exactly what the disease is as well as how to prevent and treat it. It includes vital new information about Lyme Disease vaccines, new information on the ...
In 1793 a disastrous plague of yellow fever paralyzed Philadelphia, killing thousands of residents and bringing the nation's capital city to a standstill. In this psychological portrait of a city in terror, J. H. Powell presents a penetrating study of human nature revealing itself. Bring Out Your Dead is an absorbing account, form the original ...
In a vividly told narrative, filled with poignant and graphic scenes culled from historical archives, Dickerson recounts the history of one of the most feared diseases in the United States. Focusing on the present, Dickerson discusses the potential threat of Yellow Fever as a biological warfare agent in the hands of terrorists. Also of concern to ...
An account of the medical sleuthing that led to the discovery of Lyme disease. It not only tells the history of the discovery of Lyme disease over centuries and continents but also provides information about the disease and its treatment. In the process it offers details about the medical process: how physicians make a diagnosis, how they test its ...
'Marc Siegel is an articulate voice of reason in a world beset by hype and hysteria. We would be well advised to listen closely to what he has to say' - Jerome Groopman, M.D., staff writer, the "New Yorker". 'Siegel cuts through the hype about the 'deadly' this and the 'lethal' that, and applies reason in seeking the answers' - John M. Barry, ...
When epidemiologists are called in to help contain a hot zone they often possess only the barest details of what the sickness in question actually does, how it is communicated to its victims, and where it originated. Solving those mysteries takes real personal courage combined with the ability to think clearly and creatively while locked in a ...
Hepatitis C has been called "the emergent and preeminent public-health problem of the twenty-first century - surpassing HIV." It has also been dubbed "The Shadow Epidemic," because it is one of the most clandestine of viruses and infects healthy people who have no idea they are being attacked by something they can't even detect. Now, the two ...
"In a clear, engaging style, Dr. Walters tells the tale of each disease like a detective story. He allows each mystery to unfold as it did in reality, often slowly, through the lives of the plants and animals involved, the first human victims, the government officials who tried to respond, and the scientists who ultimately explained what was ...
This comprehensive volume is updated to include the latest developments in the diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C. Written by a team of doctors and nurses who have worked with hepatitis C patients for many years, "Living with Hepatitis C" provides practical, up-to-date advice for the newly diagnosed, their families, and caretakers. ...
Do you have a busy life -- and you just can't afford to get sick? Do you often feel out of sorts and fatigued? Is it hard to shake sinus problems, sore throats, digestive upsets, aches and pains, or allergies? Are you concerned about the proliferation of antibiotic-resistant infectious illnesses -- and the new threat of devastating diseases such ...
The U.S. government is now practically screaming that a new avian super-flu will likely kill millions of Americans. The mainstream media is entirely onboard, as are drug companies and other corporations poised to benefit immensely off the paranoia. "But there is NO coming bird flu pandemic." It's an elaborate scheme contrived by the government and ...
The World Health Organization warns avian influenza H5N1--which kills two out of every three people it infects--is on the verge of mutating into a super-contagious pandemic that could visit several billion homes within two years. Davis details the emergence of this new plague. 35,000 prpint
Every year, 36,000 Americans die of the flu and one million die worldwide. The possibility of a super flu pandemic is frightening. If no one has immunity, it could cover the globe in 250 days and conceivably infect 20 percent or more of the world's population of 6.6 billion. The 1918 Spanish flu killed 675,000 Americans and at least 50 million ...
Featuring fascinating case histories of ordinary people afflicted with deadly diseases, "Maneater" takes readers on rounds with Dr. Nagami, a specialist who approaches her work like a forensic scientist or a case-hardened private eye.
A guide for polio survivors, their families and their health-care providers. It offers advice on all aspects of post-polio syndrome. Based on her extensive experience treating post-polio patients, Dr Silver discusses issues of crucial importance, including how to find the best medical care, deal with symptoms, sustain mobility, manage pain, ...
A book no one can afford to be without -for everyone who has ever been laid low by cold, flu and other respiratory ailments. Leading pulmonologist Neil Schachter, M.D., shows how to avoid illness, boost immunity, and combat congestion, fever, and discomfort when cold, flu, and other respiratory infections strike. Among other things, he explains: ...
An expose on the role intensive poultry farming has played in incubating and spreading the bird flu virus which is expected to become a worldwide pandemic.
It lurks in the meat we eat. Undetectable, it incubates for years. It kills by eating holes in people's brains, so that they stagger and collapse and lose their minds. It's one hundred percent fatal. And it's already abroad in America. Deadly Feasts reads like a Michael Crichton thriller - but it's documented fact, bringing sober early warning of ...
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