Showing titles in Contagious Diseases

Measles is one of the most contagious diseases in the world. Fortunately it is also an infection that has a vaccine that can provide immunity. It has ravaged populations in recorded history, but modern technology and discoveries have allowed the population to enjoy a degree of protection through vaccination.

Louise Troh - fiancée of Thomas Eric Duncan, the first man ever to die of Ebola in America - breaks her silence about her experience. This deeply moving memoir chronicles the decade-long love story that starts in Liberia and ends in an isolation ward in Dallas, Texas. With the assistance of New York Times best-selling author Christine Wicker, Louise Troh shares with the world a memoir of heartbreaking resonance.

When it comes to news about the Ebola virus, many people have become extremely fearful that the the country is actually dealing with an Ebola epidemic as opposed to several isolated cases of Ebola. In truth, many individuals are fearful that a worldwide Ebola pandemic is just around the corner. As a result, people are turning to virtually any avenue possible to find out more information regarding what they need to do in order to protect themselves and their loved ones.

Some sickness you hear about every day. Some illnesses you rarely hear about or come across. Some things like allergies to the cold or semen or exotic disorders or diseases.

Karen M. Masterson, a journalist turned malaria researcher, uncovers the complete story behind this dark tale of science, medicine and war. Illuminating, riveting and surprising, The Malaria Project captures the ethical perils of seeking treatments for disease while ignoring the human condition.

The book offers a look at prepping ideas that can be used if the Ebola outbreak hits our shores. In addition to stockpiling essential supplies the book highlights when it might be prudent to bug out and gives details about the best items to pack in a bug out bag. The bug out bag is probably the first thing that anyone wanting to be prepared should produce. In addition to a response to the Ebola outbreak, these prepper ideas can be applied to any "Doomsday situation".

Hundreds of thousands of people die every year from malaria. No one's quite sure of the exact number. It's just too difficult to keep track of the disease as it tears through more than 200 million cases each year, many of them in countries wracked by war and blighted by other problems. In The Deadly Air, Christian Jennings mixes together his own experiences of suffering from malaria with a history of mankind's struggle with the disease.

Ticked: The Battle Over Lyme Disease in the South is the second installment of Discover In-Depth, Discover magazine's new longform series. In this deep investigation of the science surrounding Lyme disease, writer Wendy Orent dissects how tick-borne illness is diagnosed in the Southern United States, where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) do not recognize Lyme even though thousands of people in the South have reported Lyme-like symptoms and debilitating illness.

According to veterinarian and journalist Mark Walters, we are contributing to - if not overtly causing - some of the scariest epidemics of our time. Through human stories and cutting-edge science, Walters explores the origins of seven diseases: Mad Cow Disease, HIV/AIDS, Salmonella DT104, Lyme Disease, Hantavirus, West Nile, and new strains of flu. He shows that they originate from manipulation of the environment, from emitting carbon and clear-cutting forests to feeding naturally herbivorous cows “recycled animal protein.”

Over many decades, "contagion" has been a metaphor of choice for everything from global terrorism, suicide bombings, poverty, immigration, global financial crises, human rights, fast food, obesity, divorce, and homosexuality. Essays examine the language of epidemiology used in the war on terror, the repressive effects of global disease surveillance, and films and novels that enact the perplexities of contagion in a global context.

A world-renowned physician traces the rise of the medical-industrial complex that has made a disaster of our health care system and tells us incisively what we need to do to change it.

Kent Clizbe, the author of Cold Free Forever, has not had a cold in more than 15 years. He has not had a sinus infection in 15 years. He has not suffered from allergies in 15 years. Fifteen years. No colds. No allergies. No sinus infections. No flu. What's the secret? He made a series of changes to his daily routine. In this audiobook, you will learn his secret routine for cold-free, allergy-free, flu-free living. The secret key to a snot-free life is three simple habits. You don't need any special equipment.

Maneater is a personal account by a specialist who approaches her work like a forensic scientist or a case-hardened private eye. Dr. Pamela Nagami is a leading authority on infectious diseases and her stories will shock, amaze, and warn readers. The patients in Maneater are ordinary Americans...

The average individual is far more likely to die in a car accident than from a communicable disease...yet we are still much more fearful of the epidemic. Even at our most level-headed, the thought of an epidemic can inspire terror. As Philip Alcabes persuasively argues in Dread, our anxieties about epidemics are created not so much by the germ or microbe in question - or the actual risks of contagion - but by the unknown, the undesirable, and the misunderstood.

Technological innovation is deeply woven into the fabric of American culture, and is no less a basic feature of American health care. Medical technology saves lives and relieves suffering, and is enormously popular with the public, profitable for doctors, and a source of great wealth for industry. Yet its costs are rising at a dangerously unsustainable rate. The control of technology costs poses a terrible ethical and policy dilemma. How can we deny people what they may need to live and flourish?

The media constantly bombard us with news of health hazards lurking in our everyday lives. But many of these hazards turn out to have been greatly overblown. According to author and epidemiologist Geoffrey C. Kabat, this hyping of low-level environmental hazards leads to needless anxiety and confusion on the part of the public as to which exposures have important effects on health and which are likely to have minimal or no effect.

When Peter Piot was in medical school, a professor warned, "There’s no future in infectious diseases. They’ve all been solved." Fortunately, Piot ignored him, and the result has been an exceptional, adventure-filled career. In the 1970s, as a young man, Piot was sent to Central Africa as part of a team tasked with identifying a grisly new virus. Crossing into the quarantine zone on the most dangerous missions, he studied local customs to determine how this disease - the Ebola virus - was spreading. Later, Piot found himself in the field again when another mysterious epidemic broke out: AIDS.

Ameno y didáctico, el bioquímico y escritor Gabriel León relata el estudio de las enfermedades a través de la historia, y cómo la ciencia descubrió y controló, tardíamente muchas veces, a virus y bacterias. El gran avance que significó para la medicina el lavado de manos y cómo pudieron evitarse las cientos de miles de muertes de mujeres durante el parto, provocadas justamente por faltas de higiene.

Scuola, si va avanti fino al 30 giugno. Maturità al via il 16 a lezioni in corso, di Corrado Zunino; Bonomi: "Pronti ad aprire le fabbriche per immunizzare dipendenti e familiari", di Roberto Mania; Governo Draghi, nel primo weekend il premier a Roma in call con i ministri, di Annalisa Cuzzocrea; Misure, linea dura di Speranza "Non si riapra". Gelmini frena, di Annalisa Cuzzocrea; L'agenda Draghi e quella dei partiti, di Stefano Folli; Draghi a Merkel "Lavoriamo uniti per avere i vaccini", di Tommaso Ciriaco e Tonia Mastrobuoni.

Europa, la guerra dei vaccini. Anche Johnson & Johnson ritarderà le consegne, di Alberto D'Argenio; La Russia, la Cina e l’arma politica del vaccino, di Paolo Garimberti; Covid. Sicurezza, ristori e vaccini i pilastri dell’agenda Draghi: "Questo è l’ultimo sforzo", di Tommaso Ciriaco e Carmelo Lo Papa; Fasce d’età e vaccini in azienda, così cambia il Piano: ecco le priorità, di Michele Bocci; Sputnik e rubli, l’avanzata russa: “Offrono quattro volte di più”, di Giuliano Foschini, Fabio Tonacci e Rosalba Castelletti;