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Discoveries in science Health insurance Economics United States Health services accessibility Law and legislation United States Medical care United States Medical innovations Medical innovations Juvenile literature Medical laws and legislation United States Medical technology Medically uninsured persons United States MedicineBryant, Jill
Summary: "Innovations in the medical field save countless lives daily. In this fascinating title, a timeline of breakthrough medical inventions is explored through dynamic photographs and interesting fact boxes. Fleming's advances with penicillin and the invention of the X-ray machine are some of the featured inventions that keep us in "the best of health!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Publishing Company 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 610 BRYAndraka, Jack
Summary: Chronicles the teen scientist's development of an early detection test for pancreatic, ovarian, and lung cancer, and recounts his personal story of overcoming depression and homophobic bullying.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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Summary: "In The Masters of Medicine, Dr. Andrew Lam, an award-winning author and retinal surgeon, distills the long arc of medical progress down to the crucial moments that were responsible for the world's greatest medical miracles"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: BenBella Books, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610 LAMMattern, Joanne
Summary: "Introduces the reader to x-ray machines."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616 MATMeyers, Morton A.
Summary: A look at the role of serendipity in major medical and scientific breakthroughs of the twentieth century explains how chance led to the discovery of such medical advances as penicillin, chemotherapy drugs, X-rays, Valium, and Viagra.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610.9 MEYScott, Andrew J.
Summary: The authors of the best-selling "The 100-Year Life" share practical advice based on three fundamental principles for helping governments, corporations and educational institutions flourish in a world transformed by longevity and technology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.26 SCOZahn, Timothy
Summary: "For Dr. Adrian Sommers, a split second of driving while distracted leads to tragedy--and obsession. His family destroyed, he devotes his entire being to developing Soulminder, a technology that might have saved his son as he wavered on the edge of death. Sommers's vision is to capture a dying person's life essence and hold it safely in stasis while physicians heal the body from injury or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Open Road 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ZAHOzias, Michael
Summary: Tracks four companies working on solving some of humanity's most important problems and examines the outdated regulatory systems impeding their progress.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gravitas Ventures Llc 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC THEHelling, Thomas
Summary: "The Great War and the Birth of Modern Medicine provides a startling and graphic account of the efforts of teams of doctors and researchers to quickly develop medical and surgical solutions. Those problems of gas gangrene, hemorrhagic shock, gas poisoning, brain trauma, facial disfigurement, broken bones, and broken spirits flooded hospital beds, stressing caregivers and prompting medical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.4 HELFaust, Timothy
Summary: Single payer healthcare is not complicated: the government pays for all care for all people. It's cheaper than our current model, and most Americans (and their doctors) already want it. So what's the deal with our current healthcare system, and why don't we have something better?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House Publishing 2019