Diseases & Disorders

Though smallpox was eradicated from the planet two decades ago, recent terrorist acts have raised the horrific possibility that rogue states, labor...

Did America try to steal Soviet "cancer secrets"? And how could a cancer cure turn into a "biological atomic bomb"? Nikolai Krementsov's compelling...

AIDS. Ebola. "Killer microbes." All around us the alarms are going off, warning of the danger of new, deadly diseases. And yet, as Nancy Tomes remi...

In recent decades immunology has been one of the most exciting--and successful--fields of biomedical research. Over the past thirty years immunolog...

We become ill in ways our parents and grandparents did not, with diseases unheard of and treatments undreamed of by them. Illness has changed in th...

This book--intended to dispel the mystique and folklore surrounding arthritis--is the first to explain clearly the scientific aspects of arthritis ...

For thousands of years boys known as 'bleeders' faced an early, painful death from hemophilia. Dubbed 'the Royal Disease' because of its identifica...

Lung cancer kills more women than breast cancer, more men than prostate cancer. This authoritative book presents new lifesaving strategies for thos...

Dr. Desowitz describes the revolutionary discoveries made by Jenner, Pasteur, Metchnikoff, and Ehrlich and what we know about immunology today. His...

Hypothermia is a danger for those who live, work, or vacation in cold climates and for those who live in poverty right on our doorstep. It can stri...

A leading oncologist demystifies cancer with accurate, accessible, and honest information Anyone who is diagnosed with cancer receives a frightenin...

Tuberculosis is one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, killing nearly two million people every year—more now than at any other time in h...

A story of courage and risk-taking, "House on Fire" tells how smallpox, a disease that killed, blinded, and scarred millions over centuries of huma...

The Deadly Truth chronicles the complex interactions between disease and the peoples of America from the pre-Columbian world to the present. Grob's...

The 1918-19 influenza epidemic killed more than fifty million people worldwide. The SARS epidemic of 2002-3, by comparison, killed fewer than a tho...

From a caring physician who has treated thousands of breast cancer patients, a clear and reassuring guide to the disease, its prevention, and its t...

Cholera, although it can kill an adult through dehydration in half a day, is easily treated. Yet in 1992-93, some five hundred people died from cho...

Presents timely and authoritative information on the development of precision cancer therapies as applied to hematologic malignancies The Precision...

Comprehensive yet succinct insight into the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases including COVID-19, mpox, Ebola, and Lyme d...

Tamoxifen is one of the most widely prescribed drugs used to prevent the recurrence of breast cancer. A nonsteroidal antiestrogen, it has been succ...

Herbal Drug for the Management of Infectious Diseases The book is a comprehensive compilation of herbal drug applications for the treatment and man...

A gritty, dark tale of infectious disease gone wrong - the timely graphic novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Val McDermid, stunningly illus...

If you had a trillion dollars and a year to spend it for the good of the world and the advancement of science, what would you do? It's an unimagina...

At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many thought the changes taking place would be fleeting. It is now widely recognized that COVID-19 will not...

Do we really need to wear masks? From the New York Times Bestselling authors of Plague of Corruption comes the must-read guide on masks and re-open...

At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many thought the changes taking place would be fleeting. It is now widely recognized that COVID-19 will not...

The exchange of ideas and knowledge concerning cancer prevention and methods forpatient education is essential to giving patients all over the worl...

Lung Cancer is the most common cause of cancer death and cancer symptoms. The ABC of Lung Cancer is a much needed reference for those treating and ...

The incidence of autoimmune diseases is increasing worldwide, and the search for better management of these diseases and even for a cure is being p...

Infection: Microbiology and Management provides a core resource for the understanding of medical microbiology and infectious diseases. Content cove...

1st Prize, 'New Authored Books' category, Royal Society of Medicine and Society of Authors Medical Book Awards 2008 “Overall, I am impressed by th...

At the end of the Second World War, a diagnosis of cancer was a death sentence. Sixty years later, it is considered a chronic disease rather than o...

Young people with cancer have suffered from not being recognized as either children or adult patients. The lack of an adequate number of centres, p...

Vividly showcasing diverse voices and experiences, this book illuminates an all-too-common experience by exploring how women respond to a diagnosis...