Moira Dolan

Boneheads and Brainiacs

Heroes and Scoundrels of the Nobel Prize in Medicine

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Key Selling Points: 1. Outrageously entertaining: A fascinating, funny, and occasionally disturbing look at the all-too-human side of medical research, from the personal foibles of Nobel laureates to the sometimes dangerous pseudoscience embraced by medical practitioners. 2. Informative but not boring: A great introduction to the history and practice of medical research for the lay reader, written in an easy, entertaining style. 3. Humanizes medicine: Challenging stereotypes of ivory tower academics pursuing pure truth, Boneheads and Brainiacs uncovers the human biases, politics, and sometimes tawdry personal motivations that drive researchers to advance medical science and practice.Audience: 4. Readers interested in the history of medicine and science. 5. Medical professionals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Linden Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 362g
• ISBN-13: 9781610353502
• ISBN-10: 1610353501
• Artikelnr.: 56712014

Autorenporträt

Moira Dolan, MD, is a graduate of the University of Illinois School of Medicine and has been a practicing physician for over 30 years. Dr. Dolan is a patient advocate and public speaker who educates patients on their rights and the need for a healthy skepticism of the medical profession. She is a contributor to the blog SmartMEDinfo and the author of three previous books: No-Nonsense Guide to Antibiotics: Dangers, Benefits & Proper Use; No-Nonsense Guide to Cholesterol Medications: Informed Consent and Statin Drugs; and No-Nonsense Guide to Psychiatric Drugs: Including Mental Effects of Common Non-Psych Medications. Dr. Dolan maintains a private medical practice in Austin, Texas.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
The Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize Rules
Chapter 1: The First Nobel Prize
Chapter 2: The Parasite and the Pest
Chapter 3: A Bright Future
Chapter 4: Science Promotes a Slave State
Chapter 5: His Eminence
Chapter 6: The Mistaken Observer and Dr. Bacteria
Chapter 7: The Obvious Suspects
Chapter 8: Immunity Wars
Chapter 9: Accidental Harm, Chocolate, and the Nobel Prize
Chapter 10: The Perpetual Chicken
Chapter 11: Another Eugenicist
Chapter 12: Balance
Chapter 13: Fighting Infection
Chapter 14: Blood, Sweat and Sugar
Chapter 15: The Gentile and the Jew
Chapter 16: The Canadian Diabetes Discoveries
Chapter 17: Reading the Secrets of the Heart
Chapter 18: Dead Wrong
Chapter 19: Fever Therapy and War Crimes
Chapter 20: Of Lice and Men
Chapter 21: Hidden Vitality
Chapter 22: Of the Type that Saved Millions of Lives
Chapter 23: Greatest Influence from the Lowest Profile
Chapter 24: The Brain Is Not the Mind
Chapter 25: American Genesis
Chapter 26: Eat Your Liver
Chapter 27: Shades of Cloning
Chapter 28: Brain Chemistry 101
Chapter 29: Starting at the Wrong End
Chapter 30: Matters of the Heart
Chapter 31: Brimstone
Chapter 32: Bleeding Chickens
Chapter 33: Hitting a Nerve
Chapter 34: The Rediscovery of Penicillin
Chapter 35: Godzilla in the Making
Chapter 36: Sugar Metabolism
Chapter 37: The Making of a Silent Spring
Chapter 38: Scrambled Brains
Chapter 39: More Hormones
Chapter 40: Nobel Influences
Points of Interest