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Surgery

Face/On Face Transplants and the Ethics of the Other

Pearl Sharrona

ISBN: PB: 9780226461366, ISBN: HB: 9780226461229, University of Chicago Press, April 2017
272 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 8 halftones

Are our identities attached to our faces? If so, what happens when the face connected to the self is gone forever – or replaced? In "Face/On", Sharrona Pearl investigates the stakes for changing the face-and the changing stakes for the face – in both...

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Oncology

Cancer Companion An Oncologist's Advice on Diagnosis, Treatment, and Recovery

Srivastava Ranjana

ISBN: PB: 9780226479347, ISBN: HB: 9780226306643, University of Chicago Press, March 2017
368 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Cancer. It's the diagnosis no one wants to hear. Unfortunately though, these days most of us have known or will know someone who receives it. But what's next? With the diagnosis comes not only fear and uncertainty, but numerous questions, and a lot o...

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History

Life on Ice A History of New Uses for Cold Blood

Radin Joanna

ISBN: HB: 9780226417318, University of Chicago Press, March 2017
288 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 16 halftones

After the atomic bombing at the end of World War II, anxieties about survival in the nuclear age led scientists to begin stockpiling and freezing hundreds of thousands of blood samples from indigenous communities around the world. These samples were...

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Business & Economics

Public Health

Insights in the Economics of Aging

Wise David A.

ISBN: HB: 9780226426679, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, March 2017
400 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 20 halftones, 63 line drawings, 114 tables

The fraction of the population over age sixty-five in many developed countries is projected to rise, in some cases sharply, in coming decades. This has drawn growing interest to research on the health and economic circumstances of individuals as they...

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Public Health

Bodies in Flux Scientific Methods for Negotiating Medical Uncertainty

Teston Christa

ISBN: PB: 9780226450667, ISBN: HB: 9780226450520, University of Chicago Press, March 2017
256 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 5 halftones, 11 line drawings, 16 tables

Medical professionals, scientists, and patients have long grappled with the dubious nature of medical "certainty" regarding diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of disease states. Constructing certainty requires reductions and deductions. It requires...

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Biochemistry

Welcome to the Microbiome Getting to Know the Trillions of Bacteria and Other Microbes in, on, and Around You

DeSalle Rob, Perkins Susan L., Wynne Patricia J.

ISBN: PB: 9780300223507, Yale University Press, February 2017
264 pp., 20.3x13 cm, 51 black&white illus.

<p>Revolutionary research is revealing how the trillions of microbes living on and in our bodies can keep us healthy... or make us sick Suddenly, research findings require a paradigm shift in our view of the microbial world. The Human Microbiome Proj...

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Nutrition

Nutrition for a Better Life A Journey from the Origins of Industrial Food Production to Nutrigenomics

Brabeck-Letmathe Peter

ISBN: HB: 9783593505978, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, February 2017
224 pp., 21.6x13.4 cm, 6 line drawings

Immense advances in the life sciences have deepened our understanding of the connection between nutrition and health, revealing that we can effectively improve our health and quality of life by redesigning our diet on a scientific basis. In "Nutritio...

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Nutrition

Sport

Weight Management for Triathletes When Training is Not Enough

Loos Miller Ingrid

ISBN: PB: 9781782550891, Bookport, Meyer & Meyer Sport, October 2016
160 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 2 colour illus., 45 black&white illus., 16 charts

Every triathlete wants to be leaner, faster, and more successful. But for most athletes, training is not enough. You need to focus on diet as well as training volume to achieve your optimal weight. "Weight Management for Triathletes" provides detaile...

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History

Contesting Medical Confidentiality Origins of the Debate in the United States, Britain, and Germany

Maehle Andreas-Holger

ISBN: HB: 9780226404820, University of Chicago Press, October 2016
168 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Medical confidentiality is an essential cornerstone of effective public health systems, and for centuries societies have struggled to maintain the illusion of absolute privacy. In this age of health databases and increasing connectedness, however, th...

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Philosophy

Public Health

Distressed Body Rethinking Illness, Imprisonment, and Healing

Leder Drew

ISBN: PB: 9780226396101, ISBN: HB: 9780226396071, University of Chicago Press, October 2016
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Bodily pain and distress come in many forms. They can well up from within at times of serious illness, but the body can also be subjected to harsh treatment from outside. The medical system is often cold and depersonalized, and much worse are conditi...

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