InfectiousDiseases news

Bird Flu Studies Can Be Published After All: WHO

MSN Health & Fitness - Feb 18, 2012
... community to share information that could help identify exactly when the virus might be developing the ability to spread more easily, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told the Times.

President's FY2013 Budget is a Mixed Bag for Infectious Diseases

Infection Control Today - Feb 17, 2012
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) says it is deeply concerned about cuts proposed in President Obama's Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 proposed budget for the nation's immunization programs, state and local public health preparedness, ...

Infectious Disease Technologies Could Open Investment Opportunities in 2012 ...

Jutia Group - Feb 17, 2012
Stephen Dunn: Most people don't realize that globally more people die from infectious diseases than from cancer. We currently think of cancer as a terminal disease of the developed world while we believe infectious diseases are a third-world problem ...

Infectious Diseases - premium items on eBay

Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases e-dition: Text with Continually U

Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens and Practice Richard L. Guer

Mandell, Douglas, And Bennett's Principles And Practice Of Infectious Diseases M

>> Go to all great Infectious Diseases deals on eBay

Infectious Diseases books

Super Immunity: The Essential Nutrition Guide for Boosting Your Body's Defenses to Live Longer, Stronger, and Disease Free

by: Joel Fuhrman

Why do some of us get sick with greater frequency than others?
What makes us more susceptible to illness?
Are we doomed to get sick when our coworkers and family members do?
Is there a secret to staying healthy?

Joel Fuhrman, M.D., a leading expert and board-certified medical specialist in prevention and reversing disease, offers a comprehensive guide to superior health.

Based on the latest scientific research, Super Immunity shows us how we can become almost totally resistant to colds, influenza, and other infections.
>> More info on Amazon

My Own Country: A Doctor's Story

by: Abraham Verghese
Nestled in the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, the town of Johnson City had always seemed exempt from the anxieties of modern American life. But when the local hospital treated its first AIDS patient, a crisis that had once seemed an “urban problem” had arrived in the town to stay.
   
Working in Johnson City was Abraham Verghese, a young Indian doctor specializing in infectious diseases. Dr. Verghese became by necessity the local AIDS expert, soon besieged by a shocking number of male and female patients whose stories came to occupy his mind, and even take over his life.
>> More info on Amazon

Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World

by: Tracy Kidder
This compelling and inspiring book, now in a deluxe paperback edition, shows how one person can work wonders. In Mountains Beyond Mountains, Pulitzer Prize—winning author Tracy Kidder tells the true story of a gifted man who loves the world and has set out to do all he can to cure it.

In medical school, Paul Farmer found his life’s calling: to cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need them most. Kidder’s magnificent account takes us from Harvard to Haiti, Peru, Cuba, and Russia as Farmer changes minds and practices through his dedication to the philosophy that “the only real nation is humanity.
>> More info on Amazon

Perfect Health Diet: Four Steps to Renewed Health, Youthful Vitality, and Long Life

by: Paul Jaminet, Shou-Ching Jaminet
Perfect Health Diet is more than a diet: It's a program for perfect health.

In four steps -- Optimize macronutrition, Eat Paleo not Toxic, Be Well Nourished, and Heal and Prevent Disease -- scientists Paul and Shou-Ching Jaminet explain how to overcome disease, restore youthful vigor, and become a healthy centenarian.

The result of 5 years of research, the Perfect Health Diet enabled Paul and Shou-Ching to cure their own chronic diseases. With more than 600 citations to the scientific literature, Perfect Health Diet explains simply and clearly how to optimize your diet for a lifetime of great health.
>> More info on Amazon

>> Go to all Infectious Diseases books

Infectious Diseases pictures on the web

Infectious Diseases videos

0 0

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT INFECTIOUS DISEASE

About a quarter of deaths worldwide--many of them children--are caused by infectious organisms. The World Health Organization reports that new infectious diseases are continuing to emerge and familiar ones are appearing in new locations around the globe. What You Need to Know About Infectious Disease provides an overview of infectious disease, drawing on reports of the Institute of Medicine.

 

0 1

Kaplan Lectures for USMLE step 2 : Infectious diseases 1/4

kaplan lectures 2002 edition USMLE step 2 Infectious diseases lecture no 1

 

8 0

Infectious Diseases part 1

infectious diseases

 

0 0

Genomics and Infectious Diseases

UC San Francisco presents Mini Medical School. In this edition, Joe DeRisi, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator at UCSF, explores the need to detect and contain diseases quickly. Learn about the hunt for emerging viruses such as SARS, the characterization of the malaria parasite, and how this work can translate into new drugs and vaccines. Series: "UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public" [11/2006] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 11801]

 

15 0

Infectious Diseases Caused by Bacteria 2