Títulos en Médicos

A gripping, often startling biography of the Founding Father of an America that other Founding Fathers forgot--an America of women, African Americans, Jews, Roman Catholics, Quakers, indentured workers, the poor, the mentally ill, and war veterans Ninety percent of Americans could not vote and...

Country of Ash is the starkly compelling, original chronicle of a Jewish doctor who miraculously survived near-certain death, first inside the Lodz and Warsaw ghettoes, where he was forced to treat the Gestapo, then on the Aryan side of Warsaw, where he hid under numerous disguises. He clandestinely recorded the terrible events he witnessed, but his manuscript disappeared during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. After the war, reunited with his wife and young daughter, he rewrote his story.

Decorated Navy SEAL Lieutenant Jason Redman served his country courageously and with distinction in Columbia, Peru, Afghanistan and Iraq, where he commanded mobility and assault forces. But his journey was not without its supreme challenges. He was critically wounded in 2007 when he was struck...

This amazing tale is the story of one of America's oldest and most unusual urban hospitals. From it's inception as a "Poor House" dispensing free medical care to indigents, Chicago's Cook County Hospital has been both a renowned teaching hospital and the healthcare provider of last resort for the city's uninsured. County covers more than thirty years of its history, beginning in the late 1970s when the author began his internship, to the "Final Rounds" when the enormous iconic Victorian hospital building was replaced and hundreds of former trainees gathered to bid it an emotional farewell.

The first full-length biography of the Civil War surgeon who, over the course of the war’s bloodiest battles - from Antietam to Gettysburg - redefined military medicine.

Jonathan Letterman was an outpost medical officer serving in Indian country in the years before the Civil War, responsible for the care of just hundreds of men. But when he was appointed the chief medical officer for the Army of the Potomac, he revolutionized combat medicine over the course of four major battles - Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg - that produced unprecedented numbers of casualties.

The candid memoir of a young doctor who reluctantly accepts a military commission and spends a year behind the front lines of the Vietnam War. Assigned to the marine camp at Phu Bai, Dr. John A. Parrish confronted all manner of medical trauma, quickly shedding the navet of a new medical intern.

For 15 years, Eleanor Roosevelt and her handsome doctor, David Gurewitsch, were friends, traveling, entertaining, and eventually buying a townhouse together in Manhattan. Their friendship has always intrigued historians, but not much is known about it. David kept detailed journals and took thousands of photos, but he never publicly discussed their time together.

this exciting story illuminates the captivating world of the late Renaissance - in this case its plagues, remedies, and alchemy - through the life of Leonardo Fioravanti, a brilliant, remarkably forward-thinking, and utterly unconventional doctor. Fioravanti's marvelous cures and talent for self-aggrandizement earned him the adoration of the people, the scorn of the medical establishment, and a reputation as one of the age's most colorful, combative figures.

JFK's Secret Doctor tells a thrilling story of adventure and a historic medical career. Set against the grand panorama of 20th century world events, it captures the remarkable life and spirit of climber and medical visionary Hans Kraus (1905–1996). Kraus was taught English by writer James Joyce, escaped Nazi-dominated Europe, and was JFK's secret back specialist.

This absorbing and poignant book is not merely the story of one writer's flawed heart. It is a history of cardiac medicine, a candid personal journey, and a profound reflection on mortality. Born in 1966 with a congenital heart defect known as the tetralogy of Fallot, Gabriel Brownstein entered...

Esmé Weijun Wang was officially diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder in 2013, although the hallucinations and psychotic episodes had started years before that. In the midst of a high functioning life at Yale, Stanford and the literary world, she would find herself floored by an overwhelming terror that 'spread like blood', or convinced that she was dead, or that her friends were robots, or spiders were eating holes in her brain.

Sehr ehrlich, aber auch höchst komisch erzählt Monika Bär Kurzgeschichten zum Schmunzeln aus dem Arbeitsleben von Schwestern, einer Arzthelferin und natürlich den Herrgöttern in weiß. Ihre Anekdoten aus dem völlig normalen Arbeitswahnsinn des Arztpersonals und den alltäglichen Aufregungen der Patienten werden dabei lebhaft geschildert. Und das ist der Dame in weiß besonders wichtig - denn als Arzthelferin weiß Monika Bär aus erster Hand: Die Realität in deutschen Arztpraxen ist oft nur mit viel Humor und Berufung zu bewältigen.

The Big Sick meets Dad is Fat in this funny and heartfelt New York Times bestselling memoir from writer, director, wife, and mother, Jeannie Gaffigan, as she reflects on the life-changing impact of her battle with a pear-sized brain tumor. In 2017, Jeannie's life came to a crashing halt when she...

Revere life, and give yours away for the sake of serving others.As a young man, Albert Schweitzer seemed destined for greatness. His immense talent and fortitude propelled him to a place as one of EuropeÆs most renowned philosophers, theologians, and musicians in the early twentieth century...

I juli 2014 fick Sven Erik Nordin beskedet att han hade en aggressiv form av cancer i underlivet. Samtidigt fick han veta att hans enda chans att överleva var att genomgå en omfattande operation som bland annat innebär att hela penis skulle avlägsnas. Efter en kort betänketid bestämde sig Sven Erik för att inte följa läkarens råd och tackade nej till behandling. I stället började han febrilt leta efter alternativa metoder som kunde bota honom. I dag är han friskförklarad!

Varje år får omkring 1300 personer någon typ av hjärntumör, bara i Sverige. Man kan råka ut för en godartad (benign) eller elakartad (malign) tumör och symtomen är ungefär de samma för båda sorterna. 2011 fick mamman och projektledaren Åsa Tönne diagnosen 'malign hjärntumör.' Hela hennes liv rasade samman och en envis kamp mot klockan och sjukdomen startade.

"Vi tror tyvärr inte att han kommer överleva "Det är en vacker höstkväll i slutet av september 2013. Charlies kropp ligger på en kal bår inne på intensivvårdsavdelningen på Länssjukhuset i Kalmar. Hans föräldrar har just fått samtalet från läkaren som ingen vill få, ett samtal där man berättar att deras son kommer att dö. Några timmar tidigare har Charlie fått en kraftig panikångest-attack och starka självmordstankar. I stundens förvirring tar han en överdos av värktabletter och lugnande medicin för att bli kvitt ångesten, för att känna ro, kanske också för att dö.

Albert Espinosa ha compiuto un miracolo: malato di cancro per dieci anni, è riuscito a guarire, trasformando il male in una grande esperienza. In questo audiolibro esemplare racconta la propria giovinezza segnata dal tumore: più di un diario, più di una testimonianza, è una raccolta di tutto ciò che la sua condizione gli ha insegnato.

Edward Jenner fa parte degli uomini straordinari che con le loro scoperte hanno cambiato il destino dell'umanità. Medico e chirurgo inglese di fine Settecento, riuscì a produrre la prima cura efficace contro il vaiolo, il "vaccino antivaioloso", una scoperta rivoluzionaria che salvò innumerevoli vite umane. Edward Jenner è senza dubbio "il padre dell'immunizzazione": fu il primo scienziato in grado di elaborare una cura risolutiva per la malattia più pericolosa del suo secolo, ma fu anche fonte di ispirazione per tutti i medici, biologi e ricercatori successivi.

Wikipedia definisce bigiotteria gli oggetti in cui "la valenza estetica compensi la modestia del valore intrinseco dei componenti". È esattamente quello di cui si occuperà "Bigiotteria": significativi reperti dell'attuale fase evolutiva che vengono spesso giudicati irrilevanti.