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Review: Louis Pasteur Condemns Big Pharma by Stephen Heartland

A timely take on the current state of vaccination science and policy in America, Louis Pasteur Condemns Big Pharma: Vaccines, Drugs, and Healthcare in the United States by Stephen Heartland is an informative and potentially controversial guide for protecting your autonomy and health.

As the author reminds us in the opening pages, when it comes to pro-vaccine and anti-vax ideologies, people know where they stand, and the lines are pretty much set. Refreshingly, this book doesn’t attempt a complete takedown of Big Pharma, but is instead a well-structured presentation of arguments and potential solutions.

Beginning with an expositional chapter on […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2024-09-27T12:22:07+02:00September 3rd, 2024|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Medical Book Reviews|

Review: 90 Days to Live by Rodney and Paige Stamps

A cancer diagnosis is one of the most dreaded pieces of news to receive from a doctor, and with more than 1 million new cancer cases each year, this disease feels like an unavoidable part of modern life. In 90 Days to Live: Beating Cancer When Modern Medicine Offers No Hope, authors Paige and Rodney Stamps pull back the curtain on their own lives and Rodney’s diagnosis of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Unlike so many other memoirs or books about patient journeys through endless rounds of treatment, remission, heartbreaks and breakthroughs, this is a story of hope via alternate methods, and […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2019-10-23T14:17:52+02:00September 26th, 2019|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Health Book Reviews, Medical Book Reviews|

Nondisclosure by Geoffrey M. Cooper

Medical research leads to deadly consequences in Geoffrey M. Cooper’s exciting new medical thriller, Nondisclosure.

Professor Brad Parker, a department chair at one of Boston’s top universities, is about to meet with the dean for their annual budget meeting when a member of his department arrives, informing Brad that one of their graduate students was sexually assaulted the night before and that he believes a colleague has done it.

When Brad informs the dean, she assigns Karen Richmond, a top-notch investigator with the university police force, to conduct the investigation and orders Brad to assist Karen. As Brad and […]

Marta Cheng2020-02-21T06:27:00+02:00July 15th, 2019|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Medical Book Reviews|

Review: The Purple World by Joseph Q. Jarvis MD, MSPH

The healthcare system in the United States has been in a state of change and narrowly averted collapse for some years now, and The Purple World: Healing the Harm in American Health Care by Joseph Q. Jarvis MD, MSPH provides both a professional and personal perspective on this critical issue.

Attempting to parse the ever-changing landscape of American healthcare is challenging, and forming a clear, comprehensive picture of the options, loopholes, tax ramifications and benefits is nearly impossible. Jarvis begins by establishing the crisis facing America, making his political stance known in the opening of this book, but fortunately, this […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2019-08-14T10:38:01+02:00July 2nd, 2019|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Health Book Reviews, Medical Book Reviews, Social Science Book Reviews|

Review: Consequence of Murder by Michael J. Young M.D.

Is there such a thing as the perfect medical murder? Consequence of Murder, a gripping medical thriller by Michael J. Young M.D., explores the chilling possibility.

Dr. Jay Yamp, Head of the Department of Urology at University Hospital Medical Center in Chicago and his friend and research partner, Professor Max Conit, have created a hydrogel that promises exciting new advancements in kidney stone removal surgery. Dr. Yamp, along with his chief resident, Dr. Sandra Holleb, give the hydrogel its first run during a routine kidney stone surgery and everything goes off without a hitch. The hydrogel shows huge promise […]

Marta Cheng2020-02-21T06:27:05+02:00June 12th, 2019|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Medical Book Reviews|

Review: The Prize by Geoffrey M. Cooper

★★★★

Deceit…scientific fraud…betrayal…murder. The highly-competitive world of medical research is exposed in The Prize, a gripping page-turner by Geoffrey M. Cooper.

Thirty-six-year-old Pam Weller is a junior faculty member at Harvard’s prestigious Langmere Institute for Neurological Disease who, along with her team, are looking for an effective drug that prevents the development of Alzheimer’s disease. The stakes are high as it could mean a Nobel Prize but more importantly for Pam, it would mean guaranteed tenure. There’s just one problem, though: Eric Prescott, a leading neuroscientist at the Institute for Advanced Neuroscience is also trying to discover an Alzheimer’s […]

Marta Cheng2020-02-21T06:27:10+02:00December 20th, 2017|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Medical Book Reviews|

The Reluctant Caregiver by Joy Johnston

With an open heart and a sharp sense of humor, award-winning writer Joy Johnston chronicles both the reward and the heartache of caring for her parents in their last days in The Reluctant Caregiver.

Suffering through back to back hardship, Johnston’s father passed first from Alzheimer’s, and not long afterward, her mother developed colon cancer. Johnston lived with her mother for lengthy periods in the early stages of her cancer, coming back when death was imminent. Seeing these two strong people endure their final days was inspiring, harrowing and poignant, and Johnston eloquently expresses their strength of character, while […]

Barbara Scott2018-05-09T10:17:05+02:00September 26th, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Health Book Reviews, Medical Book Reviews, Memoir Book Reviews, Non-Fiction Book Reviews|

Review: Art on the Human Heart by Paul C. Ho, M.D. ★★★★

Art on the Human Heart by Paul C. Ho is the story of a cardiologist who has a heart attack, which makes him re-evaluate his life. It also makes him re-evaluate the medical profession, as he attempts to understand what affects the human heart well beyond medical science. Going through his life as a young immigrant, a failed relationship, a stint being a doctor in the Alaskan wilderness, his personal mysticism, and more, the doctor comes to a greater understanding of the human heart than he had before his illness.