Cancer diagnostics

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Sabrina McCormick

This book presents evidence of environmental links to breast cancer, ranging from everyday cosmetics to industrial waste. The author weaves the story of one survivor with no family history into a powerful exploration of the big business of breast cancer. As drugs, pink products, and corporate sponsorships generate enormous revenue to find a cure, a growing number of experts argue that we should instead increase focus on prevention-reducing environmental exposures that have contributed to the sharp increase of breast cancer rates. But the dollars continue to pour into the search for a cure, and the companies that profit, including some pharmaceutical and cosmetics companies, may in fact contribute to the environmental causes of breast cancer. This book shows how profits drive our public focus on the cure rather than prevention, and suggests new ways to reduce breast cancer rates in the future.

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Christian Ngô, Joseph B. Natowitz

A Wiley Survival Guide on our Energy Future. Concerned about our energy future? Turn to this guide for easy-to-grasp and up-to-date coverage of the many aspects of the energy value chain:. Oil and natural gas;. Coal;. Fossil fuels and the greenhouse effect;. Energy from water;. Biomass;. Solar energy;. Geothermal energy;. Wind energy;. Nuclear energy;. Electricity;. Energy storage;. Transportation;. Housing;. Smart energy consumption;. Hydrogen. Armed with the knowledge in this book, students, teachers, decision-makers, politicians, and consumers can form educated and informed opinions on the future of energy and its impact on the economy, health, and the environment.

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R. Gravell and R. Johnson

The impact of head injury on individuals and their families and friends cannot be underestimated. These people face a very different future from their previous expectations and are often left to cope with limited outside help. This text draws attention to the needs of head-injured people.

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Karen Stabiner

Breast cancer takes the life of an American woman every twelve minutes. There is no sure cure for the disease, no known way to prevent it, and no means of predicting whom it will strike next. A community of dogged adversaries stands in opposition to it: mavericks and bureaucrats, brilliant innovators and everyday heroes. Often at passionate odds in temper and technique, they are united in their resolve against an elusive, implacable enemy. To Dance with the Devil is an unprecedented behind-the-scenes account from the war on one of medicine's most pernicious foes. The product of over three years of research, scores of interviews with the nation's top doctors, policymakers, researchers, and activists, and in-depth reporting on the patients and clinicians who invited the author into their lives, To Dance with the Devil is at once an up-to-the-minute report and a gripping human drama. For a year Karen Stabiner was a steady observer at the innovative UCLA Breast Center, following the progress of Dr. Susan Love, the eminent breast surgeon and author, and a number of Love's patients. From UCLA, Stabiner's narrative spirals out to examine the turbulent national scene: partisan politics and budget crises; pioneering research and dire experimental treatments; managed care and the battle to shape its future; high stakes, high society fund-raising; and the brutally competitive race for answers and dollars.