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 |  | The Lab Goddess
Publication Date: January 9, 2012The Lab Goddess concerns a project to extend the human lifespan by centuries, if not indefinitely, through genetic engineering, organ transplants, and maybe other means. The project, financed by the Essquibo Institute, a consortium of investors, is run on a small island in the Pacific Ocean. Also on this island is the struggling real estate development of Gaville Associates, which has brought in only one resident besides the caretaker. When the lone homeowner, Hawkins, encounters Traci, a scientist from the project, he's gradually drawn into its secret operat...
|  | Infinity's Child
Release Date: January 1, 1997In a small bio-tech lab in New Hampshire, a group of scientists are nearing a breakthrough. They have uncovered the secret to longevity--in one family's genetic code. But they are missing one crucial factor: a living tissue sample from a newborn who possesses the coveted "infinity gene." With time and money running out, the researchers will stop at nothing to get their hands on the infant whose genetic makeup is worth billions.A few miles away, a woman has just learned she is pregnant. Sally Benedict, editor of a small-town newspaper, is thrilled--until...
|  | Magdalenes
Publication Date: May 9, 2001Can a beautiful young woman's native wit and uncommon intelligence overcome an overpowering and deep-seated guilt that is destroying her life? That's the central question of Magdalenes, the story of Sarah Beth LaBranche's fall, rise and eventual triumph.When Sarah Beth rents a room from Annedette Cheramie and meets the regal Creole lady's grandson, Frank, her life is forever changed. Sarah Beth becomes Frank's nurse, accountant and research assistant. Collecting his bills, helping him with patients using the latest in Victorian medical treatments and seeking a cu...
|  | The Lillivax Inheritance
Publication Date: January 1, 2011A romantic mystery set against the background of the highly competitive biotech and pharmaceutical industries. Chloe Leighton, a compassionate veterinarian, finds herself thrust into a position of power and conflict as the head of Lillivax, whose research entails the death of animals. But the challenges Leighton faces are more than ethical. Ted Leighton, the founder of Lillivax, suffered a carefully planned and violent death. His daughter, her fiance, and the young man bent on stealing her heart -- all are suspects.The animals rights controversy -- and especi...
|  | The Interfacers
Publication Date: January 12, 1998Date: Monday, November 24, 1997 Time: 5:30 A.M. Place: Duluth, MN Dr. Ben Bradley, trauma surgeon, awakens early for work, haunted by his recurring dream of a childhood near-death experience. As the city braces for a major blizzard, Ben is hopeful that the new Electromagnetic Energy Field Monitor, or EEFM, machine he and a small research team have developed and installed at Mercy Hospital will be helpful in diagnosing and treating patients in life-threatening situations. Designed to sense the natural electromagnetic fields that are the core of every living t...
|  | The Magic Bullet
Release Date: January 1, 1995Conceived with dazzling insider's knowledge of cutting-edge medical research, The Magic Bullet propels us relentlessly along on a hunt for the elusive miracle cure for cancer. Harry Stein's spellbinding new thriller is set on the dark edge of American medicine, where human fife takes a backseat to greed, ambition, and the bottom line. At 31, Dr. Daniel Logan has gotten the biggest break of his career--a research fellowship at the American Cancer Institute near Washington, D.C. The patients who come here know it is their last hope for surviva...
|  | Indefinite Nights
Publication Date: February 10, 2006Patricia Ferguson, short-listed for the 2005 Orange Prize for Literature with her novel It So Happens, brings together here a collection of stories drawn on her experiences as a nurse and midwife.Written in clear, straightforward prose, these stories display a wicked sense of humour and compassionate perception, bringing the hospital ward into sharp focus. ...
|  | It Takes a Worried Man
Publication Date: March 5, 2008Greg Spencer is a worried young man. He's set his sights on a career as a newspaper editor and a future life with his college sweetheart, Suzy Cox. But after a serious accident, Greg is beset by crippling panic attacks. He finishes college and is named city editor of a Galveston newspaper, where he becomes involved in covering a major scandal. As a result of the pressure, his panic attacks return in full fury. Suzy loses patience with his illness, and Greg reaches the end of his rope. He wades through a labyrinth of failed therapies practiced by doctors, who, i...
|  | Kindle Effect: A Medical Thriller Special Edition
Publication Date: October 8, 2008 To Be a Doctor is to Know Fear A physician’s greatest skill is not her ability to make keen diagnoses. Her greatest asset is her ability to hide. Not just behind the white coat, where even the most predatory lawyer fears to trend. The safest place a physician has to hide is her mind. Who would dare to follow her there…Two young physicians in training. A patient on the brink of death. A senior physician bent on using an untested medical procedure. At a page-turning clip, Michael R. Collins, author of The Hero Myth Revisited, draws on his own med...
|  | The Lassa Mystery: A NOVEL
Publication Date: September 17, 2003What do we know about LASSA? It's viral, it's dangerous, and it causes Hemorrhagic Viral Fever transmitted by urine and fecal droppings of the Mastomys natalensis rat. They urinate and defecate in the dust and it's made airborne by sweeping the dust into the immediate atmosphere. It's absorbed into the lungs via the aerosol method. By this method viruses and bacteria are pulled into the lungs by breathing. Now that the infectious agents are in the lungs the infection begins. This infection is then followed by an influenza-like syndrome that occurs some 7-1...
|  | Justice is Coming
Publication Date: February 6, 2008To his ever-faithful patients Dr. Milton Conger is a compassionate healer who places their health and well being above all else. But there's more-so much more-to the engaging Dr. Conger. Behind the facade of stethoscope and white physician's coat, lurks a man playing evil games, like insurance fraud. His world of deception feeds a lavish lifestyle of private islands, luxury yachts, personal jets with wealth that knows no boundaries. When small-town lawyer, Ernie Holmes, learns of the means and methods of the conniving doctor, he becomes a central figure in a...
|  | Kiosks Keep The Devils Away: A Novel About Mental Health
Publication Date: June 26, 2006The fictional hero’s descent into the hell of mental illness is like millions of Americans today who share his misery. Uncover how he and his family deal with the discriminatory devils created by the current “mythology of madness”. Enjoy how he, his family and friends discover paradise in a Southwest Florida community. Since most of us know someone who has mental health problems, consider suggestions that this story has for our current mental health crisis....
|  | A Lethal Dose
Publication Date: December 1, 2002After failing to clear his colleague, Frank Connely, of malpractice charges, Dr. Benjamin Dailey is asked to investigate the brilliant but troubled researcher. Dailey is disturbed by what he finds: although Connely is an expert on an injectable toxin that causes botulism, his past is riddled with infidelity and dangerous relationships. When Jordan, Dailey's girlfriend, becomes infected with a rare strain of botulism, Dailey desperately tries to unravel the complex web of greed, sex and unexplained death that has ensnared Connely. Racing against the clock to ...
|  | Laser Burn
Publication Date: November 1994Like a laser burning into the fabric of U.S. society, the crucial issues of managed health care and HMOs are a backdrop for this exciting novel. ...
|  | Los pecados del lobo (Byblos: Narrativa)
Publication Date: June 30, 2006| Series: Byblos: Narrativa (Book 1359) Hester Latterly, a doctor by profession, has found a new job that seems quite simple: accompanying an elderly, kind woman on her travels to London. The task becomes complicated, however, when the woman dies suddenly in her sleep. After conducting an autopsy, Hester discovers that her charge has been poisoned, and Hester is the only person who can figure out by whom. ...
|  | La Cura / Cure (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: June 2011Laurie Montgomery, doctora forense de la ciudad de Nueva York, ha vuelto al trabajo después de una larga baja por maternidad. Muy preocupada por haber perdido facultades después de dieciocho meses en casa, Laurie dedica el máximo de atención y cuidado a su primera autopsia: un joven japonés que murió en el andén del metro aparentemente por causas naturales y sin ningún documento que lo identifique.En otro momento, Laurie habría firmado el certificado de defunción sin pensárselo dos veces, pero en esta ocasi...
|  | Legal Larceny
Publication Date: January 22, 2007What would happen if doctors across the United States, tired of endless litigation and skyrocketing malpractice costs, decided to simply quit?When Senator Cynthia “Maddi” Madison from Washington, D.C., elects to take on the Trial Lawyers Association, she pits herself against a very formidable—and dangerous—enemy. Maddi soon realizes that her life could be in jeopardy, especially since she and her newfound allies will ultimately wind up as participants in the very court system that they are trying to reform. Can Maddi succeed in her endeav...
|  | The Life and Times of Benjamin Wiggins, M.D.
Publication Date: March 27, 2012Ben Wiggins returns in THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BENJAMIN WIGGINS, M.D., the prequel to MEDICAL GRAIL. This time the irascible octogenarian pits his wits and spunk against a group of private doctors and administrators who seize an opportunity to use tax funds to purchase a CT scanner for their tiny hospital. Outraged by their brazen attempt to rip-off the community, Ben ignores their threats of lawsuits and libelous assaults while fighting them in the press and in Town Hall. Evelyn Cooper, his companion and confidant, and Peter Henry, a lifelong friend, join him i...
|  | Kate Caterina: A Novel
Publication Date: February 7, 2003Chosen as Book of the Year in London by both the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Kate Caterina is a passionate love story and a heartbreaking saga of a family torn apart by war, situated against a canvas of Italy during World War II. Brilliantly linking the atmosphere of war-torn Europe and a palpable love for Italy and its people, Riviere tells the story of Kate Fenn, a great English beauty who marries a young left-wing Italian doctor and moves to Tuscany, where she relishes the countryside splendor and the strong ties her new family has. She changes he...
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