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  • Tumor

    Series series Object Lessons
    Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.One in two men and one in three women will develop invasive cancer. Tumors have the power to redefine identities and change how people live with one another.Tumor takes readers on an intellectual adventure around the attitudes that shape how humans do scientific research, treat cancer, and ... Leer más

    $43 MXN

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  • Flesh Made New: The Unnatural History and Broken Promise of Stem Cells

    The dazzling promise of stem cell medicine: does it work and will it save us? Two experts look at the hypeFor decades, we've been anticipating the dawn of regenerative medicine. Again and again, we've been promised that stem cells will soon cure just about every ill imaginable. If not tomorrow, then the next day, or the day after that, and so on. We're still waiting.This book is an antidote to ... Leer más

    $268 MXN

  • Overdiagnosed

    Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health

    From a nationally recognized expert, an exposé of the worst excesses of our zeal for medical testingGoing against the conventional wisdom reinforced by the medical establishment and Big Pharma that more screening is the best preventative medicine, Dr. Gilbert Welch builds a compelling counterargument that what we need are fewer, not more, diagnoses. Documenting the excesses of American medical ... Leer más

    $222 MXN

  • Seeking Sickness

    Medical Screening and the Misguided Hunt for Disease

    de Alan Cassels ...
    "Alan Cassels strips layers of expectation, hype, jargon, false-starts, and conflicts of interest off the medical screening mantra." —Nortin M. Hadler, author of Worried SickWhy wouldn't you want to be screened to see if you're at risk for cancer, heart disease, or another potentially lethal condition? After all, better safe than sorry. Right?Not so fast, says Alan Cassels. His Seeking Sickness ... Leer más

    $193 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • How We Do Harm

    A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick in America

    A startling and important exposé on the state of medicine, research, and healthcare today by the Chief Medical and Scientific Officer of the American Cancer SocietyHow We Do Harm exposes the underbelly of healthcare today—the overtreatment of the rich, the under treatment of the poor, the financial conflicts of interest that determine the care that physicians' provide, insurance companies that don ... Leer más

    $185 MXN

  • The Cancer Chronicles

    Unlocking Medicine's Deepest Mystery

    When the woman he loved was diagnosed with a metastatic cancer, science writer George Johnson embarked on a journey to learn everything he could about the disease and the people who dedicate their lives to understanding and combating it. What he discovered is a revolution under way—an explosion of new ideas about what cancer really is and where it comes from. In a provocative and intellectually ... Leer más

    $127 MXN

  • The Breakthrough

    Immunotherapy and the Race to Cure Cancer

    **Follow along as this New York Times bestselling author details the astonishing scientific discovery of the code to getting your body to fight back against diseases."Captivating and heartbreaking." —The Wall Street Journal**For decades, scientists have puzzled over one of medicine's most confounding mysteries: Why can't our immune system recognize and fight cancer the way it does other diseases, ... Leer más

    $182 MXN

  • The Genome Odyssey

    Medical Mysteries and the Incredible Quest to Solve Them

    Unravel the secrets of the human genome and discover the future of personalized medicine in this gripping account by a pioneering doctor at the forefront of genetic research.In The Genome Odyssey, Dr. Euan Ashley, Stanford professor of medicine and genetics, brings the breakthroughs of precision medicine to vivid life through the real diagnostic journeys of his patients and the tireless efforts of ... Leer más

    $185 MXN

  • The First Cell

    And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last

    de Azra Raza ...
    A world-class oncologist examines the current state of cancer and its devastating impact on the individuals it affects—including herself—in this deeply personal book."An elegantly conceived, powerfully written, and far-reaching book that will change the conversation around cancer for decades to come." —Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All MaladiesIn The First Cell, Azra Raza offers a ... Leer más

    $190 MXN

  • Curing MS

    How Science Is Solving the Mysteries of Multiple Sclerosis

    What causes multiple sclerosis?When will there be a cure?Dr. Howard Weiner has spent nearly three decades trying to find answers to the mysteries of multiple sclerosis, an utterly confounding and debilitating disease that afflicts almost half a million Americans. Curing MS is his moving, personal account of the long-term scientific quest to pinpoint the origins of the disease and to find a ... Leer más

    $91 MXN

  • Malignant Metaphor

    Confronting Cancer Myths

    An unprecedented take on cancer and recoveryWinner of the Lane Anderson Award for Science Writing“Mitchell does a convincing job sorting fact from fiction, diffusing fear, and challenging the manipulative language of fundraisers who aim for pocketbooks rather than intellectual honesty . . . Mitchell’s research is rooted in science, while her writing remains grippingly personal.” — Quill & ... Leer más

    $169 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Immune System

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The immune system is central to human health. Growing understanding of the immune system, and especially the creation of immune memory (which results in long lasting protection), have led to major breakthroughs in medicine and the design of vaccines. In this Very Short Introduction, Paul Klenerman describes the immune system, and how it works ... Leer más

    $180 MXN