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Epidemiology

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  • Rx for Survivalby Philip Hilts

    Penguin Group Inc. 2007; US$ 13.99

    A New York Times reporter's eye-opening call to arms in the fight against epidemic diseases We face a great choice. Philip Hilts, a prizewinning journalist for the New York Times and the Washington Post , argues in this report on global epidemic diseases that the world's leading nations now have the means to win the fight against "the coming plague"- but they must act quickly or face grave consequences. Based on firsthand visits to disease hot spots around the world and in-depth interviews with leading researchers and other medical pioneers working on the ground, who are the major forces pushing for a coordinated world campaign, Hilts tells the inspiring stories of remarkably simple but powerful new approaches that are leading to... more...

  • Diabetes and Health Disparitiesby Leandris C. Liburd

    Springer Publishing Company 2009; US$ 76.00

    This innovative book reframes the traditional biomedical view of diabetes and its principle risk factor -obesity -- from a focus on the body, personal choices, and the clinical manifestations of diabetes to an examination of the social environment. The book emphasizes the importance of community-based approaches to healthy eating, exercise, and reducing the "obesogenic" environment many minorities live in. Liburd chronicles the rise in diabetes over the past 60 years in communities of color, and critically examines why public health action to date to reverse the disparity in diabetes prevalence has been noble, but inadequate. Key features:.: Analyses of the co-emergence of diabetes and obesity epidemics; Initiatives for health policy... more...

  • Plagues and Peoplesby William Mcneill

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 12.99

    Upon its original publication, Plagues and Peoples was an immediate critical and popular success, offering a radically new interpretation of world history as seen through the extraordinary impact--political, demographic, ecological, and psychological--of disease on cultures. From the conquest of Mexico by smallpox as much as by the Spanish, to the bubonic plague in China, to the typhoid epidemic in Europe, the history of disease is the history of humankind. With the identification of AIDS in the early 1980s, another chapter has been added to this chronicle of events, which William McNeill explores in his new introduction to this updated editon. Thought-provoking, well-researched, and compulsively readable, Plagues and Peoples is that rare... more...

  • Explaining Epidemicsby Charles E. Rosenberg

    Cambridge University Press 1992; US$ 33.00

    Medicine until recently remained a history written by and for practitioners, these essays diverge from this tradition. more...

  • The War Against Epidemics in Colonial Guatemala 1519-1821by Lawrence H. Feldman

    Boson Books 1999; US$ 10.95

    Using colonial tax and census records, scholars think the indigenous population dropped at least 90% in the first 160 years after the European conquest. Mismanagement, drought, famine, flood, earthquakes, and even volcanic eruptions all had their victims but the chief cause of death were none of these. In colonial Guatemala the pests, the epidemics, were the greatest killers. There are many books on medicine in colonial Guatemala. What makes this work different is that it is neither a broad history of the colonial era nor restricted to a single ethnic group or profession. Instead, it seeks to answer the question: What happened when an epidemic struck? Boson Books also offers Motagua Colonial by Lawrence Feldman. For an author bio, photo, and... more...

  • AIDS, Drugs and Preventionby Tim Rhodes; Richard Hartnoll

    Routledge 1996; US$ 59.95

    In developing HIV prevention, community-orientated approaches have emerged within statutory and voluntary sectors and from the communities themselves. This book considers the diverse approaches and problems for professional practice. more...

  • Quantitative Data Analysis with SPSS Release 8 for Windowsby Alan Bryman; Duncan Cramer

    Routledge 1999; US$ 32.50

    The latest edition of this best-selling introduction to Quantitative Data Analysis through the use of a computer package has been completely updated to accomodate the needs of users of SPSS release 8 for Windows. more...

  • Quantitative Data Analysis with SPSS Release 10 for Windowsby Alan Bryman; Duncan Cramer

    Routledge 2001; US$ 39.95

    This latest edition of this best-selling textbook has been completely updated to accommodate the needs of users of SPSS Release 10 for Windows. more...

  • A Practical Guide to Clinical Virologyby L. R. Haaheim; J. R. Pattison; R. J. Whitley

    John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2003; US$ 222.00

    This Second Edition of A Practical Guide to Clinical Virology is a practical, highly illustrated, quick reference guide to clinical virology. It brings together the essentials of the subject in a entertaining and informative style, describing in turn the clinical features, the symptoms and signs of each of the viral diseases, as well as summarising the epidemiology, laboratory diagnosis and therapy in each case. This book also includes general chapters on classification, diagnosis of infection, antiviral drugs, vaccines and different clinical syndromes. Key Features: Chapter summaries for quick reference Cartoon illustrations Comprehensive coverage Clear and concise format Each chapter is easy to read and well organised, ensuring that... more...

  • Alcohol and Heart Diseaseby Ronald Ross Watson; Adam K Myers

    Informa Healthcare 2002; US$ 94.95

    Alcohol and Heart Disease investigates the effects of alcoholic beverage intake on human cardiac function, focusing on the pathological effects of high alcohol consumption as well as the potential benefits of moderate use. more...