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On the 100th anniversary of the devastating pandemic of 1918, Jeremy Brown, a veteran ER doctor, explores the troubling, terrifying, and complex history of the flu virus, from the origins of the Great Flu that killed millions, to vexing questions such as: are we prepared for the next epidemic, should you get a flu shot, and how close are we to finding a cure?
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Important read
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De: Dr. Jeremy Brown
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The Secret History of the War on Cancer
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The War on Cancer was run by leaders of industries that made cancer-causing products and sometimes also profited from drugs and technologies for finding and treating the disease. Filled with compelling personalities and never-before-revealed information, The Secret History of the War on Cancer shows how we began fighting the wrong war, with the wrong weapons, against the wrong enemies, a legacy that persists to this day.
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Ten Drugs
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Beginning with opium, the “joy plant,” which has been used for 10,000 years, Thomas Hager tells a captivating story of medicine. His subjects include the largely forgotten female pioneer who introduced smallpox inoculation to Britain, the infamous knockout drops, the first antibiotic, which saved countless lives, the first antipsychotic, which helped empty public mental hospitals, Viagra, statins, and the new frontier of monoclonal antibodies. This is a deep, wide-ranging, and wildly entertaining book.
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Engrossing to physicians & lay persons alike
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De: Thomas Hager
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The Demon Under The Microscope
- De: Thomas Hager
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 12 h y 14 m
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The Nazis discovered it. The Allies won the war with it. It conquered diseases, changed laws, and single-handedly launched the era of antibiotics. This incredible discovery was sulfa, the first antibiotic medication. In The Demon Under the Microscope, Thomas Hager chronicles the dramatic history of the drug that shaped modern medicine.
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Great Book!!!!!
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De: Thomas Hager
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A Crack in Creation
- Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
- De: Jennifer A. Doudna, Samuel H. Sternberg
- Narrado por: Erin Bennett
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Not since the atomic bomb has a technology so alarmed its inventors that they warned the world about its use. Not, that is, until the spring of 2015, when biologist Jennifer Doudna called for a worldwide moratorium on the use of the new gene-editing tool CRISPR - a revolutionary new technology that she helped create - to make heritable changes in human embryos.
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In to the abyss we ascend, a scary future
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The Remedy
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- De: Thomas Goetz
- Narrado por: Donald Corren
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In 1875, tuberculosis was the deadliest disease in the world, accountable for a third of all deaths. A diagnosis of TB - often called consumption - was a death sentence. Then, in a triumph of medical science, a German doctor named Robert Koch deployed an unprecedented scientific rigor to discover the bacteria that caused TB. Koch soon embarked on a remedy - a remedy that would be his undoing. When Koch announced his cure for consumption, Arthur Conan Doyle, then a small-town doctor in England and sometime writer, went to Berlin to cover the event.
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thought-provoking
- De Jean en 07-06-14
De: Thomas Goetz
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The Compatibility Gene
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- De: Daniel M. Davis
- Narrado por: Christopher Grove
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Most of the 25,000 genes we possess are the same for all of us. Compatibility genes are those that vary most from person to person and give each of us a unique molecular signature. These genes determine both the extent to which we are susceptible to a vast range of illnesses and the different ways each of us fights disease.
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If interested in medicine, got to read
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De: Daniel M. Davis
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Missing Microbes
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In Missing Microbes, Dr. Martin J. Blaser invites us into the wilds of the human microbiome, where for hundreds of thousands of years bacterial and human cells have existed in a peaceful symbiosis that is responsible for the health and equilibrium of our body. Now this invisible eden is being irrevocably damaged by some of our most revered medical advances-antibiotics-threatening the extinction of our irreplaceable microbes with terrible health consequences.
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Very enlightening and information well supported
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De: Martin J. Blaser
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The Great Influenza
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- De: John M. Barry
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
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In the winter of 1918, at the height of World War I, history's most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in 24 weeks than AIDS has killed in 24 years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. But this was not the Middle Ages, and 1918 marked the first collision between modern science and epidemic disease.
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Great book but very disturbing...
- De Tim en 01-15-09
De: John M. Barry
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Viruses, Plagues, and History
- Past, Present, and Future
- De: Michael B. A. Oldstone
- Narrado por: L.J. Ganser
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The story of viruses and humanity is a story of fear and ignorance, of grief and heartbreak, and of great bravery and sacrifice. Michael Oldstone tells all these stories as he illuminates the history of the devastating diseases that have tormented humanity, focusing mostly on the most famous viruses. For this revised edition, Oldstone includes discussions of new viruses like SARS, bird flu, virally caused cancers, chronic wasting disease, and West Nile. Viruses, Plagues, and History paints a sweeping portrait of humanity's long-standing conflict with our unseen viral enemies.
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very detailed, but very statistical
- De ekhensel15 en 01-12-19
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Editing Humanity
- The CRISPR Revolution and the New Era of Genome Editing
- De: Kevin Davies
- Narrado por: Kevin Davies
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Engrossing and captivating, Editing Humanity takes listeners inside the fascinating world of a new gene editing technology called CRISPR, a high-powered genetic toolkit that enables scientists to not only engineer but to edit the DNA of any organism down to the individual building blocks of the genetic code. Davies introduces listeners to arguably the most profound scientific breakthrough of our time. He tracks the scientists on the front lines of its research to the patients whose powerful stories bring the narrative movingly to human scale.
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Excellent content, solid execution
- De Samuel Finlayson en 01-25-21
De: Kevin Davies
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Vagina Obscura
- An Anatomical Voyage
- De: Rachel E. Gross
- Narrado por: Siho Ellsmore
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The Latin term for the female genitalia, pudendum, means “parts for which you should be ashamed”. Until 1651, ovaries were called female testicles. The fallopian tubes are named for a man. Named, claimed, and shamed: Welcome to the story of the female body, as penned by men. Today, a new generation of (mostly) women scientists is finally redrawing the map. With modern tools and fresh perspectives, they’re looking at the organs traditionally bound up in reproduction—the uterus, ovaries, vagina—and seeing within them a new biology of change and resilience.
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poor narration
- De Jane en 08-23-22
De: Rachel E. Gross
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OUTSTANDING
I loved this book. I understand so much more
This was so well written and made so easy to understand.
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One of the best books EVER
In a class by itself. Extraordinary overview of cancer. Highest recommendation. Tough disease, tougher treatments.
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easy to listen
If you could sum up The Emperor of All Maladies in three words, what would they be?
good story
What about Fred Sanders’s performance did you like?
generall narration, tone of voice.
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I thought first it is a scientific book. However, I nicely found out that it is actually a history book with an interesting story, which I can relate to several aspects of my life.
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- 06-15-19
Fascinating history and beautiffuly written
I am a cancer nurse so had a great interest in this book, but anyone would learn and enjoy learning about this disease and the history of the search for a cure. Writing AND performing were excellent!
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- LScac
- 12-31-20
Many Strengths, A Few Weaknesses
Occasionally gets bogged down in relating the early history of medicine, omitting some of the great contributions of Leonardo Da Vinci to human anatomy, but otherwise a very informative history of oncology and the deeply personal stories of patience who fought so bravely against this awful disease.
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- MVR
- 10-03-17
Great Compilation
Tells the history and present of Cancer told thorugh interesting anecdotes.
I recommed it specially for medical doctors.
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- Felzys
- 03-23-17
fascinating
Excellent history and commentary on this mist viscious and intelligent disease. I was afraid it would be depressing but the stories were balanced and the description of new targeted therapies raise ones hopes that cancer will become a survivable chronic condition like HIV in our lifetime
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- Erin Keller
- 11-09-17
Great book!
This book was all that and a bag of chips! I’m a Pharma scientist with many years of experience in oncology, so maybe overly harsh on the reader, but many terms are mispronounced and the reading seemed a bit flat to me. But picking at nits here. Awesome book!
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- zach
- 08-26-18
Great Book!
Great book with great information on cancer. It is told in a chronological order starting with Egyptians to current times, making the story interesting and easy to digest all along the way!
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-25-18
Profoundly moving.
One of the most amazing books I have read. I never thought that a book on cancer would capture my attention like it did. Thank you Dr. Mukhergie!
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