How Medicines Are Born The Imperfect Science Of Drugs

Author : Vozza Lisa
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 1786343002
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Medicines Are Born: The Imperfect Science Of Drugs written by Vozza Lisa and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2017-05-05 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an excursion into the drug development process, from the initial conception in a chemical or molecular biology lab, via tests in isolated cells and animals, to the stage of clinical trials. The human body is a complex ecosystem where little is conclusively known in terms of its response to medication, for both sick and healthy individuals. The considerable degree of uncertainty inherent in health-related research can lead to approval of controversial medicines, particularly in high-stakes scenarios and medical crises. Real-life examples are drawn on here to explain the decision making processes behind the acceptance of new drugs, disproving misconceptions around medicines by delving into the history and current practice of the drug development process. Originally written in Italian, How Medicines are Born helps patients, students, public health officials physicians, healthcare practitioners and biomedical scientists make informed decisions on the benefits and disadvantages of select medicine based on an understanding of the history of drug development. Published in Italian (2014), M D'Incalci & L Vozza, Come Nascono le Medicine; La scienza imperfetta dei farmaci. Bologna: Zanichelli Contents: Foreword — Improving the Culture of MedicineAbout the AuthorsPrecautions and Warnings Before Using This BookTo Cure, Heal or RepairHunting for DrugsLaboratory StudiesFirst Time in HumansOnly Probabilities, Never CertaintiesApproval or RejectionVigilance, Revisions, New IndicationsPredicting the Drugs of the FutureNot Every Pill is a Proper DrugIf You Want to Know More...Myths to be DispelledDid You Know That...Index Readership: Undergraduate, post-graduate and researchers in basic biomedical, biological and chemical disciplines; physicians; health service policy-makers and members of the general public. Medicines;Drugs;Pharmacology;Drug Discovery;Drug Development;Medical Research0

Author : Lisa Vozza
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781786342997
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Medicines are Born written by Lisa Vozza and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is an excursion into the drug development process, from the initial conception in a chemical or molecular biology lab, via tests in isolated cells and animals, to the stage of clinical trials. The human body is a complex ecosystem where little is conclusively known in terms of its response to medication, for both sick and healthy individuals. The considerable degree of uncertainty inherent in health-related research can lead to approval of controversial medicines, particularly in high-stakes scenarios and medical crises. Real-life examples are drawn on here to explain the decision making processes behind the acceptance of new drugs, disproving misconceptions around medicines by delving into the history and current practice of the drug development process. Originally written in Italian, How Medicines are Born helps patients, students, public health officials physicians, healthcare practitioners and biomedical scientists make informed decisions on the benefits and disadvantages of select medicine based on an understanding of the history of drug development. Published in Italian (2014), M D'Incalci & L Vozza, Come Nascono le Medicine; La scienza imperfetta dei farmaci. Bologna: Zanichelli"--Publisher's website.

Author : Gregory Higby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Inside Story of Medicines written by Gregory Higby and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Andrea Grignolio
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319681060
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vaccines: Are they Worth a Shot? written by Andrea Grignolio and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-13 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dangerous decline in vaccinations in many developed countries is at the heart of a lively debate that confirms how important the subject is today. Vaccinations are among mankind’s most important scientific discoveries, yet they continue to be viewed with suspicion by part of the public – the victims of disinformation campaigns, instrumentalization and unfounded fears. There is, however, also an evolutionary explanation for these irrational beliefs, and countering the growing social opposition will be extremely difficult without grasping it. This book, which sheds new light on the safety and importance of vaccinations, is intended both for parents and those readers who want to understand the role of vaccinations in contemporary society, where the ease of access to knowledge is both a great opportunity and a great responsibility. The chapters follow a historical progression and conclude with a discussion of the most recent cognitive theories on how to overcome this opposition to vaccinations.

Author : Brian Edwards
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9811231397
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dark Side Of Healthcare, The: Issues, Cases, And Lessons For The Future written by Brian Edwards and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2021-05-28 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dark Side of Healthcare draws uncomfortable lessons from over 300 case studies of events that occurred in the healthcare sector. Health services have many skilled and dedicated professionals but there is a dark side that cannot be ignored. The unthinkable has happened and might have been prevented.The case studies from many countries include serial killers with a health background, drugs and medical devices that proved to be dangerous, negligent and poor clinical practices, as well as incompetent and weak management that led to failing hospitals and harm to patients. There are also corruption cases, accidents at work, and cases involving the sexual exploitation of children. Politicians' early responses to COVID-19 and the subsequent missteps are also scrutinised. Many of the errors and omissions that led to patient harm have been repeated.This book is not an attack on health services or health professionals. Instead, it is a search for ways of making health delivery safer for patients and staff who deliver care often in challenging circumstances. Its focus is learning rather than blame.

Author : Henri Richard Manasse
Publisher : American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
ISBN 13 : 9780930530914
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medication Use in an Imperfect World written by Henri Richard Manasse and published by American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. This book was released on 1989 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jerry Avorn, M.D.
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1400030781
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Powerful Medicines written by Jerry Avorn, M.D. and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2005-08-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you believe that the latest blockbuster medication is worth a premium price over your generic brand, or that doctors have access to all the information they need about a drug’s safety and effectiveness each time they write a prescription, Dr. Jerry Avorn has some sobering news. Drawing on more than twenty-five years of patient care, teaching, and research at Harvard Medical School, he shares his firsthand experience of the wide gap in our knowledge of the effectiveness of one medication as compared to another. In Powerful Medicines, he reminds us that every pill we take represents a delicate compromise between the promise of healing, the risk of side effects, and an increasingly daunting price. The stakes on each front grow higher every year as new drugs with impressive power, worrisome side effects, and troubling costs are introduced. This is a comprehensive behind-the-scenes look at issues that affect everyone: our shortage of data comparing the worth of similar drugs for the same condition; alarming lapses in the detection of lethal side effects; the underuse of life-saving medications; lavish marketing campaigns that influence what doctors prescribe; and the resulting upward spiral of costs that places vital drugs beyond the reach of many Americans. In this engagingly written book, Dr. Avorn asks questions that will interest every consumer: How can a product judged safe by the Food and Drug Administration turn out to have unexpectedly lethal side effects? Why has the nation’s drug bill been growing at nearly 20 percent per year? How can physicians and patients pick the best medication in its class? How do doctors actually make their prescribing decisions, and why do those decisions sometimes go wrong? Why do so many Americans suffer preventable illnesses and deaths that proper drug use could have averted? How can the nation gain control over its escalating drug budget without resorting to rationing or draconian governmental controls? Using clinical case histories taken from his own work as a practitioner, researcher, and advocate, Dr. Avorn demonstrates the impressive power of the well-conceived prescription as well as the debacles that can result when medications are misused. He describes an innovative program that employs the pharmaceutical industry’s own marketing techniques to reduce use of some of the most overprescribed and overpriced products. Powerful Medicines offers timely and practical advice on how the nation can improve its drug-approval process, and how patients can work with doctors to make sure their prescriptions are safe, effective, and as affordable as possible. This is a passionate and provocative call for action as well as a compelling work of clear-headed science.

Author : F. Perry Wilson
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 153872362X
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Medicine Works and When It Doesn't written by F. Perry Wilson and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-24 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blending personal anecdotes with hard science, an accomplished physician, researcher, and science communicator gives you the tools to avoid medical misinformation and take control of your health​: "A brilliant step toward patients and physicians alike reclaiming a sense of confidence in a system that often feels overwhelming and mismanaged" (Gabby Bernstein, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Universe Has Your Back). We live in an age of medical miracles. Never in the history of humankind has so much talent and energy been harnessed to cure disease. So why does it feel like it’s getting harder to live our healthiest lives? Why does it seem like “experts” can’t agree on anything, and why do our interactions with medical professionals feel less personal, less honest, and less impactful than ever? Through stories from his own practice and historical case studies, Dr. F. Perry Wilson, a physician and researcher from the Yale School of Medicine, explains how and why the doctor-patient relationship has eroded in recent years and illuminates how profit-driven companies—from big Pharma to healthcare corporations—have corrupted what should have been medicine’s golden age. By clarifying the realities of the medical field today, Dr. Wilson gives readers the tools they need to make informed decisions, from evaluating the validity of medical information online to helping caregivers advocate for their loved ones, in the doctor’s office and with the insurance company. Dr. Wilson wants readers to understand medicine and medical science the way he does: as an imperfect and often frustrating field, but still the best option for getting well. To restore trust between patients, doctors, medicine, and science, we need to be honest, we need to know how to spot misinformation, and we need to avoid letting skepticism ferment into cynicism. For it is only by redefining what “good medicine” is—science that is well-researched, rational, safe, effective, and delivered with compassion, empathy, and trust—that the doctor-patient relationship can be truly healed.

Author : Missouri State Medical Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 858 pages
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Download or read book Journal of the Missouri State Medical Association written by Missouri State Medical Association and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 804 pages
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Download or read book Medicine, Science, and the Law written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: