Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Essential, required reading for doctors and patients alike: A Pulitzer Prize-winning author and one of the world's premiere cancer researchers reveals an urgent philosophy on the little-known principles that govern medicine—and how understanding these principles can empower us all.
Over a decade ago, when Siddhartha Mukherjee was a young, exhausted, and isolated medical resident, he discovered a book that would forever change the way...
Over a decade ago, when Siddhartha Mukherjee was a young, exhausted, and isolated medical resident, he discovered a book that would forever change the way...
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Scientist and physician Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies, calls his book a biography of cancer rather than simply a history. The author explores a wide range of research, historical accounts, and personal stories in this intensive look at the back-story of cancer. This includes the evolution of cancer's nature, treatment, and the scientific and medical communities' understanding of the disease, as well as the support of...
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Oncologist and cancer gene hunter Theo Ross delivers the first authoritative, go-to for people facing a genetic predisposition for cancer There are 13 million people with cancer in the United States, and it's estimated that about 1.3 million of these cases are hereditary. Yet despite advanced training in cancer genetics and years of practicing medicine, Dr. Theo Ross was never certain whether the history of cancers in her family was simple bad luck...
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In our unique genomes, every one of us carries the story of our species--births, deaths, disease, war, famine, migration, and a lot of sex. But those stories have always been locked away--until now. Who are our ancestors? Where did they come from? Geneticists have suddenly become historians, and the hard evidence in our DNA has blown the lid off what we thought we knew. Acclaimed science writer Adam Rutherford explains exactly how genomics is completely...
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"El emperador de todos los males es una crónica completa del cáncer desde sus orígenes hasta los modernos tratamientos (quimioterapia de diversos tipos, radioterapia y cirugía, además de la prevención) que han surgido gracias a un siglo de investigación, ensayos y pequeños avances trascendentales en muchos lugares distintos. Este libro es un repaso a la ciencia del cáncer y a la historia de los tratamientos que le han hecho frente, pero también...
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"Un libro esencial para médicos y enfermeras, y de gran utilidad para sus pacientes. Un libro de la serie TED Books que busca reflexionar sobre la naturaleza de la medicina como ciencia y sobre los principios que deben regir las relaciones entre profesionales y pacientes. El autor destaca tres principios que gobiernan la práctica de la medicina y que deben ser conocidos por todos para mejorar la atención de los pacientes y para conseguir que todos...
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"En que punto nos encontramos en nuestra batalla contra el cancer y como hemos llegado hasta aqui? De que forma ha ido cambiando nuestra imagen de esta enfermedad y como ha influido esa evolucion en la propia trayectoria del mal? Estamos ganando o perdiendo la guerra contra el cancer? Esta magistral obra, ganadora del Premio Pulitzer, responde a estas preguntas partiendo de una reciente consideracion: el cancer no es solo un fenomeno medico. Se trata...
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A brief examination of how new and advanced technologies can change the world of medicine for the better. Future care is virtual care: sensor-aided, digitally enabled, and powered by predictive analytics. Like most facets of modern life, human organs, too, are being digitally monitored. Sensors are well on their way to helping us proactively capture the information needed to predict and prevent disease. Paired with the medical world's growing emphasis...
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Presents the story of the eugenics movement in the U.S., tracing its evolution from a force for human progress through the study of genetics to an anti-humanistic campaign for state-sponsored sterilization and the closing of the country's borders to peoples believed by some to be genetically inferior.
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"Oncologist and cancer gene hunter Theo Ross delivers the first authoritative, go-to for people facing a genetic predisposition for cancer There are 13 million people with cancer in the United States, and it's estimated that about 1.3 million of these cases are hereditary. Yet despite advanced training in cancer genetics and years of practicing medicine, Dr. Theo Ross was never certain whether the history of cancers in her family was simple bad luck...