Author: Steve Caplan
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000471004
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Basic curiosity-driven biomedical science has delivered many of today’s most significant medical advances. This book provides clearly explained examples from recent biomedical history and includes convincing arguments for sustaining a robust portfolio of basic research. Intended as an engaging read, which will delight undergraduate and graduate students, as well as scientific researchers, it is full-throated advocacy of basic science. Illustrations and examples include the discoveries of penicillin and insulin, and the breakthrough elucidation of the genetic code. Providing both compelling rationale in support of basic science, and a fascinating look through the history of modern biomedical research, this book highlights with stirring examples why basic biomedical research is so important, and how so many key advances in medicine are derived from basic research. The book also offers a rationale for scientific inquiry and a broader understanding of the history of modern biomedical research missing from today’s classrooms. Key Features 1) Provides clear explanations of great scientific discoveries 2) Illustrates connections between basic research findings and modern medicine 3) Includes compelling graphics/diagrams/illustrations 4) Accessible to the general public 5) Offers background for more specialized readers, including researchers as well as those with advanced degrees. Related Titles Staddon, J. Scientific Method: How Science Works, Fails to Work, and Pretends to Work (ISBN 978-1-1382-9536-0) Helliwell, J. R. Skills for Scientific Life (ISBN 978-1-4987-6875-7) MacRitchie, F. Scientific Research as a Career (ISBN 978-1-4398-6965-9)
Today's Curiosity is Tomorrow's Cure
Author: Steve Caplan
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000471004
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Basic curiosity-driven biomedical science has delivered many of today’s most significant medical advances. This book provides clearly explained examples from recent biomedical history and includes convincing arguments for sustaining a robust portfolio of basic research. Intended as an engaging read, which will delight undergraduate and graduate students, as well as scientific researchers, it is full-throated advocacy of basic science. Illustrations and examples include the discoveries of penicillin and insulin, and the breakthrough elucidation of the genetic code. Providing both compelling rationale in support of basic science, and a fascinating look through the history of modern biomedical research, this book highlights with stirring examples why basic biomedical research is so important, and how so many key advances in medicine are derived from basic research. The book also offers a rationale for scientific inquiry and a broader understanding of the history of modern biomedical research missing from today’s classrooms. Key Features 1) Provides clear explanations of great scientific discoveries 2) Illustrates connections between basic research findings and modern medicine 3) Includes compelling graphics/diagrams/illustrations 4) Accessible to the general public 5) Offers background for more specialized readers, including researchers as well as those with advanced degrees. Related Titles Staddon, J. Scientific Method: How Science Works, Fails to Work, and Pretends to Work (ISBN 978-1-1382-9536-0) Helliwell, J. R. Skills for Scientific Life (ISBN 978-1-4987-6875-7) MacRitchie, F. Scientific Research as a Career (ISBN 978-1-4398-6965-9)
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000471004
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Basic curiosity-driven biomedical science has delivered many of today’s most significant medical advances. This book provides clearly explained examples from recent biomedical history and includes convincing arguments for sustaining a robust portfolio of basic research. Intended as an engaging read, which will delight undergraduate and graduate students, as well as scientific researchers, it is full-throated advocacy of basic science. Illustrations and examples include the discoveries of penicillin and insulin, and the breakthrough elucidation of the genetic code. Providing both compelling rationale in support of basic science, and a fascinating look through the history of modern biomedical research, this book highlights with stirring examples why basic biomedical research is so important, and how so many key advances in medicine are derived from basic research. The book also offers a rationale for scientific inquiry and a broader understanding of the history of modern biomedical research missing from today’s classrooms. Key Features 1) Provides clear explanations of great scientific discoveries 2) Illustrates connections between basic research findings and modern medicine 3) Includes compelling graphics/diagrams/illustrations 4) Accessible to the general public 5) Offers background for more specialized readers, including researchers as well as those with advanced degrees. Related Titles Staddon, J. Scientific Method: How Science Works, Fails to Work, and Pretends to Work (ISBN 978-1-1382-9536-0) Helliwell, J. R. Skills for Scientific Life (ISBN 978-1-4987-6875-7) MacRitchie, F. Scientific Research as a Career (ISBN 978-1-4398-6965-9)
Tomorrow's Cures Today?
Author: Donald R Forsdyke
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203305027
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Discussing the laws in the current research funding decision process, the author suggests ways to improve future funding of health research systems. Chapters recount ways of raising funds, the tragic way authorities improperly introduced diptheria immunization, consideration of how the peer review system evolved in response to massive infusion of funds in the nineteen forties, and the status quo generating a climate conducive to ethics violations, among others. This fascinating work will be an invaluable tool to researchers, health care workers, members of government agencies and those in charitable organizations that support health research, as well as to anyone interested in current trends in this area, including patients.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203305027
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Discussing the laws in the current research funding decision process, the author suggests ways to improve future funding of health research systems. Chapters recount ways of raising funds, the tragic way authorities improperly introduced diptheria immunization, consideration of how the peer review system evolved in response to massive infusion of funds in the nineteen forties, and the status quo generating a climate conducive to ethics violations, among others. This fascinating work will be an invaluable tool to researchers, health care workers, members of government agencies and those in charitable organizations that support health research, as well as to anyone interested in current trends in this area, including patients.
Racing to a Cure
Author: Neil P. Ruzic
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252028670
Category : Biological response modifiers
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
A scathing critique of the chemotherapy culture as well as unscientific "alternative" therapies, the book endorses state-of-the-art molecularly based technologies, making it an illuminating and necessary read for anyone interested in cancer research, especially patients and their families and physicians.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252028670
Category : Biological response modifiers
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
A scathing critique of the chemotherapy culture as well as unscientific "alternative" therapies, the book endorses state-of-the-art molecularly based technologies, making it an illuminating and necessary read for anyone interested in cancer research, especially patients and their families and physicians.
The Future of Tomorrow
Author: Roderick L. Fennell, M.S. M.I.S.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452041156
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
* The thoughts of nanotechnology and its use for military, human health, and food applications, are no longer the futuristic notions of dreamers. Learn how computers no smaller than your own blood cells will be your hope for a new tomorrow. * Can't have a child or you would like a child free of disease, with a certain color hair and eyes. Or, would you like to choose your child's potential IQ? Read inside to find out more. * Have you ever dreamed that someday there would truly exist a fountain of youth? Well your wait is over. * The end of world hunger, the creation of super humans, and the ability to travel from home to any where in the world in 2 seconds on a beam of light, may yet exist within our lifetime. Learn more.. * Learn how DNA computers will replace today's silicon micro processor in the years to come... * A cure for Alzheimer's, Parkinson disease, Sickle cell anemia, and even Cancer may already exist. Learn more today!!! * Will computers with the capability of using artificial intelligence take over mankind or will we remain in control? These are but a few of the exciting discoveries that you will find inside this book. Don't wait, take a glimps of the future as it exist today, and journey with me as we go in search of a world beyond the 21st century.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452041156
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
* The thoughts of nanotechnology and its use for military, human health, and food applications, are no longer the futuristic notions of dreamers. Learn how computers no smaller than your own blood cells will be your hope for a new tomorrow. * Can't have a child or you would like a child free of disease, with a certain color hair and eyes. Or, would you like to choose your child's potential IQ? Read inside to find out more. * Have you ever dreamed that someday there would truly exist a fountain of youth? Well your wait is over. * The end of world hunger, the creation of super humans, and the ability to travel from home to any where in the world in 2 seconds on a beam of light, may yet exist within our lifetime. Learn more.. * Learn how DNA computers will replace today's silicon micro processor in the years to come... * A cure for Alzheimer's, Parkinson disease, Sickle cell anemia, and even Cancer may already exist. Learn more today!!! * Will computers with the capability of using artificial intelligence take over mankind or will we remain in control? These are but a few of the exciting discoveries that you will find inside this book. Don't wait, take a glimps of the future as it exist today, and journey with me as we go in search of a world beyond the 21st century.
Stolen Tomorrows: Understanding and Treating Women's Childhood Sexual Abuse
Author: Steven Levenkron
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393340953
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
"The most practical, down to earth, thoughtful, and sensitive book written on women's childhood sexual abuse."—Samuel C. Klagsbrun, MD From the psychotherapist who offered groundbreaking work on self-mutilation (Cutting) comes a landmark examination of the psychology of sexual abuse. Stolen Tomorrows encourages the 20 percent of women who have been abused to think about, talk about, and seek help for what has been their secret shame. In addition to giving therapists and other helpers an empathic insight, Stolen Tomorrows will enable the survivor to recognize herself in both her personal history and her current struggle to overcome the legacy of abuse.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393340953
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
"The most practical, down to earth, thoughtful, and sensitive book written on women's childhood sexual abuse."—Samuel C. Klagsbrun, MD From the psychotherapist who offered groundbreaking work on self-mutilation (Cutting) comes a landmark examination of the psychology of sexual abuse. Stolen Tomorrows encourages the 20 percent of women who have been abused to think about, talk about, and seek help for what has been their secret shame. In addition to giving therapists and other helpers an empathic insight, Stolen Tomorrows will enable the survivor to recognize herself in both her personal history and her current struggle to overcome the legacy of abuse.
Idealized Design
Author: Russell Lincoln Ackoff
Publisher: Ft Press
ISBN: 9780137071111
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Don't settle for incremental change: invent tomorrow today! bull; Discover your 'ideal' solution: then, work backwards to make it happen! bull; The definitive guide to idealized design, authored by its legendary creator, and leading practitioner. bull; Start-to-finish techniques and examples drawn from hundreds of companies, nonprofits, and government organizations. [Source : 4e de couv.].
Publisher: Ft Press
ISBN: 9780137071111
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Don't settle for incremental change: invent tomorrow today! bull; Discover your 'ideal' solution: then, work backwards to make it happen! bull; The definitive guide to idealized design, authored by its legendary creator, and leading practitioner. bull; Start-to-finish techniques and examples drawn from hundreds of companies, nonprofits, and government organizations. [Source : 4e de couv.].
Gone Today, Here Tomorrow
Author: Randall Neece
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Randall Neece had it all - a successful career in television, a perfect marriage to his husband, Joe, and a future that was all mapped out. That map was suddenly run through a shredder when Randy was diagnosed with AIDS at a time when there was no hope of survival. Yet, something remarkable happened. Guided by Joe's love and commitment, and by tackling obstacles and facing his own fears, Randy realized that he had found a place he'd forgotten existed. He found a placed called tomorrow. Written with humor and unflinching honesty, Randy's story unveils the triumph of the human spirit and reflects the true meaning of love, companionship, and marriage. Gone Today, Here Tomorrow is an inspirational love story for our times.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Randall Neece had it all - a successful career in television, a perfect marriage to his husband, Joe, and a future that was all mapped out. That map was suddenly run through a shredder when Randy was diagnosed with AIDS at a time when there was no hope of survival. Yet, something remarkable happened. Guided by Joe's love and commitment, and by tackling obstacles and facing his own fears, Randy realized that he had found a place he'd forgotten existed. He found a placed called tomorrow. Written with humor and unflinching honesty, Randy's story unveils the triumph of the human spirit and reflects the true meaning of love, companionship, and marriage. Gone Today, Here Tomorrow is an inspirational love story for our times.
Every Patient Tells a Story
Author: Lisa Sanders
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN: 0767922476
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
A riveting exploration of the most difficult and important part of what doctors do, by Yale School of Medicine physician Dr. Lisa Sanders, author of the monthly New York Times Magazine column "Diagnosis," the inspiration for the hit Fox TV series House, M.D. "The experience of being ill can be like waking up in a foreign country. Life, as you formerly knew it, is on hold while you travel through this other world as unknown as it is unexpected. When I see patients in the hospital or in my office who are suddenly, surprisingly ill, what they really want to know is, ‘What is wrong with me?’ They want a road map that will help them manage their new surroundings. The ability to give this unnerving and unfamiliar place a name, to know it—on some level—restores a measure of control, independent of whether or not that diagnosis comes attached to a cure. Because, even today, a diagnosis is frequently all a good doctor has to offer." A healthy young man suddenly loses his memory—making him unable to remember the events of each passing hour. Two patients diagnosed with Lyme disease improve after antibiotic treatment—only to have their symptoms mysteriously return. A young woman lies dying in the ICU—bleeding, jaundiced, incoherent—and none of her doctors know what is killing her. In Every Patient Tells a Story, Dr. Lisa Sanders takes us bedside to witness the process of solving these and other diagnostic dilemmas, providing a firsthand account of the expertise and intuition that lead a doctor to make the right diagnosis. Never in human history have doctors had the knowledge, the tools, and the skills that they have today to diagnose illness and disease. And yet mistakes are made, diagnoses missed, symptoms or tests misunderstood. In this high-tech world of modern medicine, Sanders shows us that knowledge, while essential, is not sufficient to unravel the complexities of illness. She presents an unflinching look inside the detective story that marks nearly every illness—the diagnosis—revealing the combination of uncertainty and intrigue that doctors face when confronting patients who are sick or dying. Through dramatic stories of patients with baffling symptoms, Sanders portrays the absolute necessity and surprising difficulties of getting the patient’s story, the challenges of the physical exam, the pitfalls of doctor-to-doctor communication, the vagaries of tests, and the near calamity of diagnostic errors. In Every Patient Tells a Story, Dr. Sanders chronicles the real-life drama of doctors solving these difficult medical mysteries that not only illustrate the art and science of diagnosis, but often save the patients’ lives.
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN: 0767922476
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
A riveting exploration of the most difficult and important part of what doctors do, by Yale School of Medicine physician Dr. Lisa Sanders, author of the monthly New York Times Magazine column "Diagnosis," the inspiration for the hit Fox TV series House, M.D. "The experience of being ill can be like waking up in a foreign country. Life, as you formerly knew it, is on hold while you travel through this other world as unknown as it is unexpected. When I see patients in the hospital or in my office who are suddenly, surprisingly ill, what they really want to know is, ‘What is wrong with me?’ They want a road map that will help them manage their new surroundings. The ability to give this unnerving and unfamiliar place a name, to know it—on some level—restores a measure of control, independent of whether or not that diagnosis comes attached to a cure. Because, even today, a diagnosis is frequently all a good doctor has to offer." A healthy young man suddenly loses his memory—making him unable to remember the events of each passing hour. Two patients diagnosed with Lyme disease improve after antibiotic treatment—only to have their symptoms mysteriously return. A young woman lies dying in the ICU—bleeding, jaundiced, incoherent—and none of her doctors know what is killing her. In Every Patient Tells a Story, Dr. Lisa Sanders takes us bedside to witness the process of solving these and other diagnostic dilemmas, providing a firsthand account of the expertise and intuition that lead a doctor to make the right diagnosis. Never in human history have doctors had the knowledge, the tools, and the skills that they have today to diagnose illness and disease. And yet mistakes are made, diagnoses missed, symptoms or tests misunderstood. In this high-tech world of modern medicine, Sanders shows us that knowledge, while essential, is not sufficient to unravel the complexities of illness. She presents an unflinching look inside the detective story that marks nearly every illness—the diagnosis—revealing the combination of uncertainty and intrigue that doctors face when confronting patients who are sick or dying. Through dramatic stories of patients with baffling symptoms, Sanders portrays the absolute necessity and surprising difficulties of getting the patient’s story, the challenges of the physical exam, the pitfalls of doctor-to-doctor communication, the vagaries of tests, and the near calamity of diagnostic errors. In Every Patient Tells a Story, Dr. Sanders chronicles the real-life drama of doctors solving these difficult medical mysteries that not only illustrate the art and science of diagnosis, but often save the patients’ lives.
Learning Transformed
Author: Eric C. Sheninger
Publisher: ASCD
ISBN: 1416623914
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Eric Sheninger and Thomas Murray outline eight keys to intentionally design tomorrow's schools so today's learners are prepared for success.
Publisher: ASCD
ISBN: 1416623914
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Eric Sheninger and Thomas Murray outline eight keys to intentionally design tomorrow's schools so today's learners are prepared for success.
Here Today, Here Tomorrow
Author: Gregory Paul Smith
Publisher: Dearborn Trade
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
At a time when the workplace environment is critical to keeping workers Here Today, Here Tomorrow outlines the new rules for dealing with worker shortages, the high cost of turnover, a diminished work ethic, managing a diverse workforce, and the increased importance of job satisfaction. The author provides practical solutions that will help companies: Create great attitudes for making workers more reliable; Increase motivation and creativity to keep top people from jumping ship; Develop a flexible environment to boost productivity and satisfaction; Respond to changes while making continual improvements; Generate profits through increased customer satisfaction; and Save money by not having to replace workers. A guide for managers and human resource experts.
Publisher: Dearborn Trade
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
At a time when the workplace environment is critical to keeping workers Here Today, Here Tomorrow outlines the new rules for dealing with worker shortages, the high cost of turnover, a diminished work ethic, managing a diverse workforce, and the increased importance of job satisfaction. The author provides practical solutions that will help companies: Create great attitudes for making workers more reliable; Increase motivation and creativity to keep top people from jumping ship; Develop a flexible environment to boost productivity and satisfaction; Respond to changes while making continual improvements; Generate profits through increased customer satisfaction; and Save money by not having to replace workers. A guide for managers and human resource experts.