Dialogue

Manual of Dermatologic Therapeutics, 6th ed.
by Kenneth A. Arndt, M.D. ’61, HS’62, clinical professor of dermatology, and Kathryn E. Bowers, M.D.Lippincott Williams...
Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, 5th ed.
by Mary E. Tinetti, M.D., professor of medicine (geriatrics) and epidemiology, William R. Hazzard, M.D., John P. Blass,...

The Visionary Life: Selected Writings of Lee Sannella
by Lee S. Sannella, M.D. ’40Infinity Publishing (Haverford, Pa.) 2003; 177 pagesSannella has spent 40 years trying to...

Listening to Children: Talking With Children About Difficult Issues
by Nancy L. Close, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Child Study CenterAllyn & Bacon (Boston) 2002; 128 pagesThe object...

From workbench to bedside: an inventor’s tale
Dean Kamen’s portfolio of medical inventions ranges from infusion pumps to home dialysis machines to the iBOT, a...

The human genome—more than a list
Among the estimated 30,000 human genes are more than 250 genes that are implicated in oncogenesis. That, according to...

From Seattle to Botswana, partnering to fight AIDS
For nearly three years Merck & Co., the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the government of Botswana have worked...

Using genomics to craft a safer pharmacopeia
Every year some prescriptions go awry, causing the deaths of about 100,000 patients from toxic responses to...




