Nicholas Bakalar

A Scientific Safari

Where the Germs Are

Eric Hollander

Nick Bakalar

Citing social anxiety disorder as the third most common psychiatric illness in the United States, a guide for sufferers discusses the nature of the disorder, the latest research into its psychological effects and links to depression, and the range of available treatments. Original. 30,000 first printing.

The Definitive Guide to Effective Treatment Options

Coping with Social Anxiety

Covering twenty questions most often asked about lice, a handbook explains the most up-to-date, effective, and safe treatments for head lice, how lice are transmitted, the difference between head and body lice, and more. Original.

Wiping Out Head Lice

Alan Berkman

From the Medical Director of the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Research at Columbia University comes an enlightening, comprehensive look at the seven hepatitis viruses. Hepatitis is a growing epidemic caused by a number of viruses labelled A to G. Each one requires a different diagnostic and therapeutic approach. From travel information to vaccines to the latest findings on the epidemic, Dr. Alan Berkman breaks down all aspects of the disease in this definitive, easy-to-understand guide.

The Facts You Need to Know About All the Forms of This Dangerous Disease

Hepatitis A to G

Delightful doses of medical miscellany about wacky doctors and their curious patients, from their smallest bones (the stapes) to their heaviest organs (the liver) In this addictive collection of trivia, Nicholas Bakalar, the "Vital Signs" columnist for The New York Times, spoons out the things you never realized you really want to know about your body and your health. Bakalar shares the wonders of medicine, from medical firsts (in 1667, the first survivor of a blood transfusion received sheep's blood) to medical onlys (rabies is the only infectious disease that is 100 percent curable when treated and 100 percent fatal if not). He takes a tour of diseases that belong in horror movies: liquefying organs, flesh-eating bacteria, mushrooms sprouting in the throat. He notes remarkable remedies, such as dark chocolate, which can stand in for blood-pressure pills. And he dissects the chemistry of the human body (including the 0.0000000000000015259 percent that is radium). With a specialist's attention to the funny bone as well as the gray matter, Bakalar's The Medicine Cabinet of Curiosities tickles the curiosity of both the healthy and the hypochondriac, following Voltaire's dictum that "the art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease."

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