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  • Overdosed America

    The Broken Promise of American Medicine

    de John Abramson ...
    " Overdosed Americ a reveals the greed and corruption that drive health care costs skyward and now threaten the public health. Before you see a doctor, you should read this book." —Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food NationUsing the examples of Vioxx, Celebrex, cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, and anti-depressants, Overdosed America shows that at the heart of the current crisis in American ... Leer más

    $17.29 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Sickening

    How Big Pharma Broke American Health Care and How We Can Repair It

    de John Abramson ...
    The inside story of how Big Pharma’s relentless pursuit of ever-higher profits corrupts medical knowledge—misleading doctors, misdirecting American health care, and harming our health.The United States spends an excess $1.5 trillion annually on health care compared to other wealthy countries—yet the amount of time that Americans live in good health ranks a lowly 68th in the world. At the heart of ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

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  • The Creative Destruction of Medicine

    How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care

    de Eric Topol ...
    **How genomics, big data, and digital technology are revolutionizing every aspect of medicine, from physical exams to drug prescriptions to organ transplants“The Creative Destruction of Medicine should be required reading by all physicians and in all medical schools. It is simply that good.” —Forbes**Technology dominates our lives, and personal genomics is revolutionizing biology. But despite the ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime

    How Big Pharma Has Corrupted Healthcare

    de Peter Gotzsche ...
    PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ARE THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AFTER HEART DISEASE AND CANCER. In his latest ground-breaking book, Peter C Gotzsche exposes the pharmaceutical industries and their charade of fraudulent behaviour, both in research and marketing where the morally repugnant disregard for human lives is the norm. He convincingly draws close co ... Leer más

    $55.99 USD

  • A World without Cancer

    The Making of a New Cure and the Real Promise of Prevention

    de Margaret I. Cuomo ...
    A World without Cancer: The Making of a New Cure and the Real Promise of Prevention is a provocative and surprising investigation into the ways that profit, personalities, and politics obstruct real progress in the war on cancer—and one doctor's passionate call to action for changeAs a diagnostic radiologist who has watched patients, friends, and family suffer with and die from cancer and who was ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • The Body Hunters

    Testing New Drugs on the World's Poorest Patients

    de Sonia Shah ...
    Hailed by John le Carré as “an act of courage on the part of its author” and singled out for praise by the leading medical journals in the United States and the United Kingdom, The Body Hunters uncovers the real-life story behind le Carré's acclaimed novel The Constant Gardener and the feature film based on it."A trenchant exposé . . . meticulously researched and packed with documentary evidence" ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Powerful Medicines

    The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs

    de Jerry Avorn M.D. ...
    If you believe that the latest blockbuster medication is worth a premium price over your generic brand, or that doctors have access to all the information they need about a drug’s safety and effectiveness each time they write a prescription, Dr. Jerry Avorn has some sobering news. Drawing on more than twenty-five years of patient care, teaching, and research at Harvard Medical School, he shares ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • The Truth in Small Doses

    Why We're Losing the War on Cancer-and How to Win It

    de Clifton Leaf ...
    A “brilliant” (Fortune), eye-opening history of the war on cancer, The Truth in Small Doses asks why we are losing this essential fight and charts a path forward.Over the past half century, deaths from heart disease, stroke, and so many other killers have fallen dramatically. But cancer continues to kill with abandon. In 2013, despite a four-decade “war” against the disease that has cost hundreds ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Deadly Monopolies

    The Shocking Corporate Takeover of Life Itself--And the Consequences for Your Health and Our Medical Future.

    de Harriet A. Washington ...
    From the award-winning author of Medical Apartheid, an exposé of the rush to own and exploit the raw materials of life—including yours.Think your body is your own to control and dispose of as you wish? Think again. The United States Patent Office has granted at least 40,000 patents on genes controlling the most basic processes of human life, and more are pending. If you undergo surgery in many ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Generation Rx

    How Prescription Drugs Are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies

    de Greg Critser ...
    This in-depth look at the rise of Big Pharma and pill marketing is “a page-turner” (Booklist, starred review).A finalist for a PEN America Literary Award for Research Nonfiction, this book takes a deep look at how the pharmaceutical industry—with some help from the medical and insurance fields and from American consumers themselves—has pushed its products, often at the expense of our health. ... Leer más

    $14.39 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • 2030 - The Future of Medicine

    Avoiding a Medical Meltdown

    de Richard Barker ...
    It is 2030. What are the new technologies that have advanced healthcare? What are the new or strengthened demands placed on the healthcare systems of the world? Is the future affordable, or do we see drastic rationing of care or the collapse of healthcare insurance? This book tackles these questions, and provides some answers. It does not shrink from the uncomfortable challenges that lie ahead, as ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

  • A New Strategy For The War On Cancer

    Finally! A New Force Is Entering the Fight and Its Success Depends on Us

    de Terry Thompson ...
    "This book makes a well-researched argument for exploring and implementing an integrative approach to cancer treatment." —Keith I. Block, MD, author of Life over CancerThe traditional strategy of exclusive conventional cancer treatment has not worked. Integrative oncology that prescribes tested natural, non-pharmaceutical therapies to enhance the effectiveness and reduce the side effects of ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus