DescriptionLearn how to be a smarter medical consumer with this helpful guide. In a world where profit-centered insurance companies and unnecessary medical procedures seem to dominate the health care industry, it's important to be an educated patient. Dr. Stuart M. Berger warns that today's medical treatment can be unhealthy - even dangerous - and arms you with advice on how to avoid nasty pitfalls in your quest for good medical care.
DescriptionMeet Patch Adams, M.D., the revolutionary doctor who has challenged the foundations of modern medicine not only by making healthcare personal, but also by making it free. In 1971, Adams and a few colleagues founded the Gesundheit Institute, a free hospital in West Virginia, dedicated to an unorthodox view of medicine and of the patient- doctor relationship: one employing laughter, listening, and mutual respect. Adams' vision heralds a brighter future, one that offers the possibility of affordable, humane healthcare for all. This extraordinary story was made into a major motion picture starring Robin Williams as Patch Adams.
DescriptionThe Nazis discovered it. The Allies won the war with it. It conquered diseases, changed laws, and single-handedly launched the era of antibiotics. This incredible discovery was sulfa, the first antibiotic medication. In The Demon Under the Microscope…
