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320 (first edition) ISBN. 9781455568505. Website. twelvebooks.com. The Breakthrough: Immunotherapy and the Race to Cure Cancer is a non-fiction book written by American journalist and author Charles Graeber. The book was written for the lay reader and includes sections on immunology written for a general audience.
Dermatophagia. Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα — lit. skin and φαγεία lit. eating) or dermatodaxia (from δήξις, lit. biting) [3] is a compulsion disorder of gnawing or biting one's own skin, most commonly at the fingers. This action can either be conscious or unconscious [4] and it is considered to be a type of pica.
WHO Blue Books. The WHO Classification of Tumours, more commonly known as the WHO Blue Books, is a series of books that classify tumours. They are compiled by expert consensus and published by the World Health Organization 's (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). They appear in print and online in a series of 15 books, each ...
Spontaneous remission. Spontaneous remission, also called spontaneous healing or spontaneous regression, is an unexpected improvement or cure from a disease that usually progresses. These terms are commonly used for unexpected transient or final improvements in cancer. Spontaneous remissions concern cancers of the haematopoietic system ( blood ...
The book covers nine topics presented as myths. Vitamin C fights the common cold. Hot dogs are as bad as cigarettes. Some salt is good for you. Coffee causes cancer; Red wine's good for you heart; Chocolate is health food; Breakfast's the most important meal of the day; Caffeine can trigger heart attacks; Vitamin D is the cure for everything ...
Dressed to Kill is a 1995 book by Sydney Ross Singer and Soma Grismaijer that proposes a link between bras and breast cancer. According to the authors, the restrictive nature of a brassiere inhibits the lymphatic system, leading to an increased risk of breast cancer. The book's claims are considered unfounded by the scientific community, and ...
Lupita Nyong’o told People magazine that her cancer storyline in “A Quiet Place: Day One” was “very therapeutic” to film after she lost her “Black Panther” co-star and friend ...
The Anatomy of Melancholy (full title: The Anatomy of Melancholy, What it is: With all the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes, Prognostickes, and Several Cures of it. In Three Maine Partitions with their several Sections, Members, and Subsections. Philosophically, Medicinally, Historically, Opened and Cut Up) is a book by Robert Burton, first published ...