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This book was written by a physician and medical researcher. I’s a polemic against shady “alternative medicine” practices and health conspiracy theories. To be clear, the author isn’t against more mainstream…alternative stuff – things like chiropractic, essential oils, CBD, etc. What the author is…
A shockingly good book about the history of the greatest disease Man has ever known. The author tracks the history of cancer from when it was first identified in 4,500 BC through to the present day. The approach is holistic – the author examines cancer clinically, scientifically, politically,…
Thrilling story of a cholera outbreak in London in the 1850s, and the physician who tracked down the source. At the time, illness was thought to come from “bad air,” but a physician named John Snow mapped the illnesses and determined that they were clustered around a water pump in Broad Street. No…
