Describes how advancements and innovations in biotechnology are changing the lives of people in the twenty-first century, and discusses an electronic nose that can detect infection based on a person's breath, computerized psychotherapists, brainwave operating wheelchairs, and more.
Defines the top twenty-three medical technician careers in terms of the nature of the work, educational or training requirements, ways to get started, advancement possibilities, salary figures, employment outlook, and sources of more information.
Charles Lindbergh, Dr. Alexis Carrel, and their daring quest to live forever
Friedman, David M.
2007
Explores the friendship and unusual scientific collaboration between 1912 Nobel Prize winner Dr. Alexis Carrel and legendary pilot, Charles Lindbergh, both of whom desired to find a scientific path to life without death.
This illustrated narrative spans the history of medicine, from the prehistoric trepanning of skulls to modern microsurgery. It includes a comprehensive timeline as well as informative, detail-rich sections on traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine. The future of medicine, medical research, and treatments are engagingly presented.
Presents four true stories about people who have overcome extreme medical problems, including the Mohamed and Ahmed Ibrahim, twins joined at the head who were successfully separated in 2003, and Christopher Reeve, the actor who regained some motor and sensory function five years after an accident left him a quadriplegic.
Identifies specific scientists and their contributions to some of the major advances in technology that have transformed surgery and medicine since the nineteenth century.
This book discusses medical technology and improved medical treatments, describing emergency equipment, imaging of internal organs, drugs and nutrients, surgery, replacement parts, transplants, and research.
