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Death to Beauty
In the 1970s, Dr. Alan Scott sought to selectively weaken eye muscles to treat strabismus (when one or both eyes are misaligned) without surgery. After failed attempts with other agents, Scott developed a method to stabilize the bacteria that causes botulism, culminating in a drug that eventually became known as Botox. In Death to Beauty, Eugene M. Helveston, MD, follows the unlikely story of botulism's 1817 discovery in contaminated German sausages, to its use in military and research facilities, to Scott, an ophthalmologist who aimed to safely use the drug in humans. Scott struggled alone as an unknown in the pharmaceutical industry, searching for clinical trial financing and FDA approval,...
The Second Decade
"The Second Decade" offers a game plan for navigating two of the most important challenges facing today's youth: gaining academic skills through a quality education at school, and acquiring practical skills learned by working at a job. Exposing youth to the benefits of work -- earning money and gaining independence while taking on responsibility and embracing accountability -- adds valuable lessons to what is already being offered at home and in school, and will lead them to happiness and self-sufficiency.--Publisher.
The Golden Pelican
A political thriller that hits too close to reality! As Major Adam Grant settles into his new position as Adjutant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Il-un decides to rattle his saber, again. This time his threats are real. He has set a date to launch an intercontinental nuclear warhead missile at Denver. The U.S. knows it cannot openly engage in a pre-emptive strike because the repercussions would be devastating on a worldwide scale. In a race against time and with limited options, Major Grant is recruited for his first covert operation with the Central Intelligence Agency, where he meets Erin O'Leary, a CIA lifer. Together they lead a team on the Trojan Horse Project. Packed with intrigue and a plausible solution to the instability of North Korea, this first novel by author Gene Helveston is sure to keep you turning pages until the very end.
Strabismus
Provides an orderly and logical approach to the common and less common forms of strabismus treatment to be followed as the patient is being examined. It is organized into two sections: preliminaries and diagnostic; and treatment decisions.
