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1) Cell
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Entering a profession on the brink of radical transformation by a new smartphone technology capable of diagnosing and treating patients, radiology resident George Wilson is horrified when his fiancee and several patients die after beta testing the technology.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Formats
Description
This "alarming, believable, and utterly consuming" (bestselling author Dan Brown) thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of the Natchez Burning trilogy and the Penn Cage series explores the terrifying possibility that the next phase of human evolution may not be human at all...
Trinity. The government's top-secret supercomputer is an intelligence beyond comprehension—and a nightmare beyond humanity's worst fears....
Trinity. The government's top-secret supercomputer is an intelligence beyond comprehension—and a nightmare beyond humanity's worst fears....
Author
Series
Eve Duncan novels volume 27
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Eve Duncan puts her happily-ever-after with Joe on hold when his ex-wife shows up, on the run with enough secrets to get them all killed.
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Returning to practice after a suspension for stealing opioids, a young doctor takes the only job he can find: a post as a physician at the struggling St. Luke's Hospital in east London. Amid the maelstrom of sick patients, overworked staff and underfunded wards, a more insidious secret soon declares itself: too many patients are dying. And a murderer may be lurking in plain sight.
8) Moloka'i
Author
Language
English
Description
Seven-year-old Rachel is forcibly removed from her family's 1890s Honolulu home when she contracts leprosy and is placed in a settlement, where she loses a series of new friends before new medical discoveries enable her to reenter the world.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The Hormone Shift breaks down what is happening behind the scenes in a woman's body throughout her life, explains how to prepare for whatever is coming next, and offers plans to keep the body in balance and minimize unwanted symptoms. Dr. Taz uses the wisdom of eastern modalities like Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine and integrates modern medical treatments for specialized acute care. There's so much that women can do in the years leading...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Science is a force for good in the world--at least usually. But sometimes, when obsession gets the better of scientists, they twist a noble pursuit into something sinister. Under this spell, knowledge isn't everything, it's the only thing--no matter the cost. Bestselling author Sam Kean tells the true story of what happens when unfettered ambition pushes otherwise rational men and women to cross the line in the name of science, trampling ethical...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The First World War claimed millions of lives and left millions more wounded and disfigured. In the midst of this brutality, however, there were also those who strove to alleviate suffering. The pioneering plastic surgeon Harold Gilles dedicated himself to reconstructing the burned and broken faces of the injured soldiers under his care. Gilles established one of the world's first hospitals dedicated entirely to facial reconstruction. At a time when...
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A spider arrives at City Hospital with some strange head injuries. How did this happen? And does it have anything to do with all the water rushing down the water spout?"-- Provided by publisher.
16) What if
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A heartbroken medical student meets and falls in love with an animator and struggles with his feelings after discovering that she is in a serious relationship with someone else.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspired by their hit article, food writer and cook Mark Bittman and health expert David Katz, MD, share their clear, no-nonsense perspective on food and diet, answering real questions covering everything from basic nutrients to superfoods to fad diets. Topics include dietary patterns, grains, meat and dairy, alcohol, and more. Throughout, Bittman and Katz filter the science of diet and nutrition through a lens of common sense, delivering straightforward...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
One Friday afternoon in April, acclaimed author Donald Antrim found himself on the roof of his apartment building, afraid for his life. In this moving memoir, Antrim vividly recounts what led him to the roof and what happened after he came back down: two hospitalizations, weeks of fruitless clinical trials, as well as years of fitful recovery and setback. One Friday in April reframes suicide-whether in thought or action-as an illness in its own right,...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Sharing the incredible stories of many of his patients, an acclaimed physician and neuroimmunologist who has spent his career performing cutting-edge research on multiple sclerosis presents this profound and deeply human memoir in which he recounts everything from his unorthodox childhood to the lifechanging medical breakthroughs he has made against extremely long odds.
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