Personal Health
What You Need to Know from Modern Science (Collection)
Published on 20. February 2012
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3 remarkable books reveal the latest scientific discoveries about addiction, antibiotic-resistant disease, bacteria - and you
These three remarkable books take you to the cutting edge of health science, revealing today's most powerful scientific discoveries about addiction, antibiotic-resistant disease, and bacteria. In The Addicted Brain, leading neuroscientist Michael Kuhar, Ph.D. explains how and why addiction destroys lives, and presents the latest advances in treatment and prevention. Using breathtaking brain imagery and other research, Kuhar reveals the powerful, long-term brain changes that drugs can cause, explaining why it can be so difficult for addicts to escape them. He describes why some people are unusually susceptible to addiction; illuminates striking neural similarities between drugs and pleasures ranging from alcohol and gambling to sex and caffeine; and outlines the 12 characteristics most often associated with successful treatment. Next, in Antibiotic Resistance: Understanding and Responding to an Emerging Crisis, Karl S. Drlica and David S. Perlin presents a thorough and authoritative overview of the growing resistance of pathogenic bacteria to antibiotics, and what this means to our ability to control and treat infectious diseases. The authors answer crucial questions such as: What is resistance? How does it emerge? How do common human activities contribute to resistance? What can we do about it? Are there better ways to discover new antibiotics? How can we strengthen our defenses against resistance, minimize public health risks and extend the effectiveness of the antibiotics we have? Finally, in Allies and Enemies, Anne Maczulak tells the story of the amazing, intimate partnership between humans and bacteria. Offering a powerful new perspective on Earth's oldest creatures, Maczulak explains how bacteria work, how they evolve, their surprising contributions and uses, the roles they've played in human history - and why you can't survive without them.
From pioneering scientists and researchers including Michael Kuhar, Karl S. Drlica, David S. Perlin, and Anne Maczulak
These three remarkable books take you to the cutting edge of health science, revealing today's most powerful scientific discoveries about addiction, antibiotic-resistant disease, and bacteria. In The Addicted Brain, leading neuroscientist Michael Kuhar, Ph.D. explains how and why addiction destroys lives, and presents the latest advances in treatment and prevention. Using breathtaking brain imagery and other research, Kuhar reveals the powerful, long-term brain changes that drugs can cause, explaining why it can be so difficult for addicts to escape them. He describes why some people are unusually susceptible to addiction; illuminates striking neural similarities between drugs and pleasures ranging from alcohol and gambling to sex and caffeine; and outlines the 12 characteristics most often associated with successful treatment. Next, in Antibiotic Resistance: Understanding and Responding to an Emerging Crisis, Karl S. Drlica and David S. Perlin presents a thorough and authoritative overview of the growing resistance of pathogenic bacteria to antibiotics, and what this means to our ability to control and treat infectious diseases. The authors answer crucial questions such as: What is resistance? How does it emerge? How do common human activities contribute to resistance? What can we do about it? Are there better ways to discover new antibiotics? How can we strengthen our defenses against resistance, minimize public health risks and extend the effectiveness of the antibiotics we have? Finally, in Allies and Enemies, Anne Maczulak tells the story of the amazing, intimate partnership between humans and bacteria. Offering a powerful new perspective on Earth's oldest creatures, Maczulak explains how bacteria work, how they evolve, their surprising contributions and uses, the roles they've played in human history - and why you can't survive without them.
From pioneering scientists and researchers including Michael Kuhar, Karl S. Drlica, David S. Perlin, and Anne Maczulak
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English
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Boston
United States
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Pearson Education (US)
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College/higher education
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978-0-13-303954-2 (9780133039542)
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Michael Kuhar, Ph.D., is professor at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Candler professor in the Emory University School of Medicine, and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar. His interests have included brain structure and function, mental illness, and the impact of drugs on the brain. Addiction has been his major focus for many years, and he is one of the field's most productive and highly cited scientists. In June 2011, he received the Nathan B. Eddy lifetime achievement award from the College on Problems of Drug Dependence. Karl Drlica, Ph.D. is Principal Investigator at the Public Health Research Institute Center of the UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School. His laboratory focuses on fluoroquinolone action and resistance with M. tuberculosis and other bacteria, including approaches to slowing the enrichment and amplification of resistant bacterial subpopulations. Dr. David S. Perlin is a Principal Investigator at the Public Health Research Institute (PHRI) of the UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School. His laboratory explores mechanisms of antifungal drug resistance, rapid detection of bloodstream pathogens in high-risk patients, discovery of novel molecules to combat tuberculosis, and the development of small animal models for respiratory pathogens. Anne Maczulak is a Ph.D. microbiologist who has worked and consulted on water quality/sewage, and most recently for MedImmune manufacturing flu vaccine. She has written several books for Facts on File, as well as an encyclopedia of microbiology for younger readers, and one trade book, The Five-Second Rule and Other Myths about Germs. She provides independent consulting services to small and growing companies, academic research laboratories, and analytical labs through her company, Acorn GLP Consulting.
Content
The Addicted Brain: Why We Abuse Drugs, Alcohol, and Nicotine
Introduction xi
Chapter 1: What's in This Book, and Why Should I Read It? 1
Chapter 2: Hardwired: What Animals Tell Us About the Human Desire for Drugs 15
Chapter 3: Feeling Good: The Brain's Own Reward System 29
Chapter 4: The ABCs of Drug Action in the Brain 39
Chapter 5: The Dark Side Develops! 59
Chapter 6: Why Are Drugs So Powerful? 73
Chapter 7: The Brain Is Changed-For a Long Time! 85
Chapter 8: Could I Become an Addict? 99
Chapter 9: Stress, Social Status, and Drugs 115
Chapter 10: Gambling, Sex, and Food 127
Chapter 11: What Else Do Drugs Do to Me? 137
Chapter 12: Women and Adolescents 159
Chapter 13: Treatment: How Do I Get Better? 171
Chapter 14: What Does the Future Hold? 189
Glossary 203
Index 211
Antibiotic Resistance: Understanding and Responding to an Emerging Crisis
Preface xv
Chapter 1 Introduction to the Resistance Problem 1
Chapter 2 Working with Pathogens 17
Chapter 3 A Survey of Antibiotics 31
Chapter 4 Dosing to Cure 55
Chapter 5 Emergence of Resistance 73
Chapter 6 Movement of Resistance Genes Among Pathogens 91
Chapter 7 Transmission of Resistant Disease 105
Chapter 8 Surveillance 125
Chapter 9 Making New Antibiotics 139
Chapter 10 Restricting Antibiotic Use and Optimizing Dosing 149
Chapter 11 Influenza and Antibiotic Resistance 167
Chapter 12 Avoiding Resistant Pathogens 177
Afterword A Course of Action 203
Appendix A Molecules of Life 207
Appendix B Microbial Life Forms 221
Glossary 227
Literature Cited 233
Index 251
Allies and Enemies: How the World Depends on Bacteria
Acknowledgments viii
About the Author ix
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Why the world needs bacteria 7
Chapter 2 Bacteria in history 35
Chapter 3 "Humans defeat germs!"(but not for long) 63
Chapter 4 Bacteria in popular culture 83
Chapter 5 An entire industry from a single cell 99
Chapter 6 The invisible universe 121
Chapter 7 Climate, bacteria, and a barrel of oil 145
Epilogue How microbiologists grow bacteria 165
Appendix Resources for learning more about bacteria 173
Bacteria rule references 175
Index 197
Introduction xi
Chapter 1: What's in This Book, and Why Should I Read It? 1
Chapter 2: Hardwired: What Animals Tell Us About the Human Desire for Drugs 15
Chapter 3: Feeling Good: The Brain's Own Reward System 29
Chapter 4: The ABCs of Drug Action in the Brain 39
Chapter 5: The Dark Side Develops! 59
Chapter 6: Why Are Drugs So Powerful? 73
Chapter 7: The Brain Is Changed-For a Long Time! 85
Chapter 8: Could I Become an Addict? 99
Chapter 9: Stress, Social Status, and Drugs 115
Chapter 10: Gambling, Sex, and Food 127
Chapter 11: What Else Do Drugs Do to Me? 137
Chapter 12: Women and Adolescents 159
Chapter 13: Treatment: How Do I Get Better? 171
Chapter 14: What Does the Future Hold? 189
Glossary 203
Index 211
Antibiotic Resistance: Understanding and Responding to an Emerging Crisis
Preface xv
Chapter 1 Introduction to the Resistance Problem 1
Chapter 2 Working with Pathogens 17
Chapter 3 A Survey of Antibiotics 31
Chapter 4 Dosing to Cure 55
Chapter 5 Emergence of Resistance 73
Chapter 6 Movement of Resistance Genes Among Pathogens 91
Chapter 7 Transmission of Resistant Disease 105
Chapter 8 Surveillance 125
Chapter 9 Making New Antibiotics 139
Chapter 10 Restricting Antibiotic Use and Optimizing Dosing 149
Chapter 11 Influenza and Antibiotic Resistance 167
Chapter 12 Avoiding Resistant Pathogens 177
Afterword A Course of Action 203
Appendix A Molecules of Life 207
Appendix B Microbial Life Forms 221
Glossary 227
Literature Cited 233
Index 251
Allies and Enemies: How the World Depends on Bacteria
Acknowledgments viii
About the Author ix
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Why the world needs bacteria 7
Chapter 2 Bacteria in history 35
Chapter 3 "Humans defeat germs!"(but not for long) 63
Chapter 4 Bacteria in popular culture 83
Chapter 5 An entire industry from a single cell 99
Chapter 6 The invisible universe 121
Chapter 7 Climate, bacteria, and a barrel of oil 145
Epilogue How microbiologists grow bacteria 165
Appendix Resources for learning more about bacteria 173
Bacteria rule references 175
Index 197