Infectious: A Doctor's Eye-Opening Insights into Contagious Diseases
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (694 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1742234593 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He busts myths, explores symptoms, treatments and covers the latest medical breakthroughs, and the big issues affecting public health. After years of frustration, a family eradicates head lice forever. Bowden offers eye-opening insights into infectious diseases from a doctor’s perspective, doled out with honesty, empathy and a dose of humor.. Leading infectious diseases specialist Frank Bowden sheds light the everyday illnesses that affect most of us (colds, sore throats), and the more serious issues that keep us awake at night (antibiotic resistance, Ebola). A woman’s innocuous cold symptoms mask a debilitating rare tick infection. A young man develops shingles, then suffers blinding head pain later in life
Frank Bowden is a staff specialist at Canberra Hospital, Chief Medical Administrator for ACT Health and advises the Australian government on HIV and sexual health. He is the author of Gone Viral: The germs that share our lives (NewSouth).
For anyone interested in modern medicine, its failings and future directions. More technical than Frank Bowden's first book, Gone Viral, this is still fascinating reading for anyone vaguely interested in modern medicine. I particularly like the way the author doesn't hesitate to point out the ignorance and failings of fellow doctors when dealing w. ‘Today antibiotic resistance has reached a crisis across the world.’ I was drawn by the blurb on the back cover of this book: ‘A young woman’s FLU symptoms mask a rare tick infection. A man develops SHINGLES then suffers excruciating FACIAL PAIN later in life. After years of frustration, a family eradicates HEAD LICE forever.&
He is the author of Gone Viral: The germs that share our lives (NewSouth).. About the AuthorFrank Bowden is a staff specialist at Canberra Hospital, Chief Medical Administrator for ACT Health and advises the Australian government on HIV and sexual health