Book Review: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
This past weekend s international science communication conference ScienceOnline also saw the first final hardback copies of Rebecca Skloot s long-awaited book make it into the hands of the science and journalism consuming public. Moreover an excerpt of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks has just appeared in the new…
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Book Review: FDR’s Deadly Secret (Malignant Melanoma)
Earlier today I wrote a short article which resulted in correspondence with one of the authors of the new book FDR s Deadly Secret by Steven Lomazow and Eric Fettmann. Dr. Steven Lomazow sent me a copy of his Archives of Dermatology article with Dr. Bernard Ackerman this photo and…
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Book Review Of Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon In Iraq
War can paradoxically bring out the best in people. Despite the violence tragedy and pain there are moments of kindness compassion and brave camaraderie. Soldiers band together as brothers and sisters under terrible circumstances to offer their lives in support of a nation they deem just and vulnerable. Often they…
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Well done.
Absolutely brilliant! Thanks so much for this. It’s both funny and horrifying at the same time.
I’m forwarding this to everyone I know. For more e-patients, read: “What Your Doctor Really Thinks About Medical Googlers” at http://myheartsisters.org/2009/08/19/med-google/