Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss---And the Myths and Realities of Dieting (Häftad)
avGina Kolata
ISBN: 9780312427856 - UTGIVEN: 200804A "New York Times Book Review "Editors' Choice
In this eye-opening report, "New York Times" science writer Gina Kolata shows that our society's obsession with dieting is less about keeping trim and staying healthy than about money, power, trends, and impossible ideals. Kolata's account of four d[...]
Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic (Häftad)
avGina Kolata
ISBN: 9780743203982 - UTGIVEN: 2001-01A national bestseller, the fast-paced and gripping account of the Great Flu Epidemic of 1918 from acclaimed science journalist Gina Kolata, now featuring a new epilogue about avian flu.
When we think of plagues, we think of AIDS, Ebola, anthrax spores, and, of course, the Black Death. But in 191[...]
The New York Times Book of Medicine (Inbunden)
avGina (EDT) Kolata, Abraham (FRW) Verghese, Gina (EDT) Kolata
ISBN: 9781454902058 - UTGIVEN: 2015-04This is a fascinating collection of 150 articles from the New York Times archive. It charts the developing scientific insights, breakthroughs and struggles into diagnosing and treating a myriad of medical conditions. It also reveals medical mistakes, lapses in ethics, and wrong paths taken in hopes [...]
