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The Brain Under Siege
1 in 6 people suffer from brain diseases like MS, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer’s. Now, a Harvard neurologist takes you inside the brain under attack—and illuminates the path to a cure. Multiple Sclerosis. Parkinson’s Disease. Alzheimer’s. ALS. Chances are, you know someone with a neurologic disease. Because the brain controls so much and is integral to our identity, the diseases that affect it are uniquely devastating both to patients and families. And because it remains the most mysterious of our vital organs, treating the brain is an ongoing puzzle. In The Brain Under Siege, Howard Weiner likens the brain to a crime scene, showing readers how “clues” point to causes and suggest...
Curing MS
Explores the medical community's past and present efforts to cure multiple sclerosis, explaining how the disease is caused, and sharing information on drug and treatment breakthroughs.
Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis: a complex disease requiring sophisticated management Multiple Sclerosis poses labyrinthine challenges. There is no blood test to rely on for diagnosis; clinical acumen is essential. Yet an effective diagnosis only takes you part of the way: treatment offers further enigmas. The MS treatment landscape is complicated, and will become even more so with time. Multiple Sclerosis: Diagnosis and Therapy is the map you need to navigate this maze. Written and edited by leaders in the field, it guides you towards effective and positive choices for your patients. The diagnosis section provides state-of-the-art thinking about pathogenesis. With clear coverage of biomarkers, genetics,...
The Children's Ward
A gawky sixteen-year old girl thrashes about in obscene gestures, shrieking in a strange language. In another context, she would be called possessed; to her father, an important physician, she is epileptic; but to Alex Licata chief neurology resident, she is a fake. If Licata can prove her seizures hysterical, he will be a hero. If not, he may be out of a job... This is not four-year old BJ Balsiger's first hospital admission, nor is it the first time the physicians have failed to trace the source of his convulsions. Alex Licata's medical student, Casey Lilstrom, has made a list of every possible condition the boy could have, but all have tested negative. Yet somewhere on her list is the solution to the mystery of BJ Balsiger, and Casey has accepted Alex's challenge to find it, no matter what it takes... The Children's Ward chronicles a crucial week in the life of Alex Licata. With his patients' fate almost out of control, Alex must decide between the lucrative world of private practice and the underpaid self-satisfactions of academic medicine; between his wife and family and his attraction to Casey; between his obsession with medicine and his needs as a man.
Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the myelin sheaths that surround nerve cells, producing a variety of neurological symptoms such as limb weakness and sensory loss. In most cases, the disease progressively worsens over time, leading to severe impairments in mobility and cognition. Various medications may slow this progression, but the disease is currently incurable and unpreventable. Written and edited by experts in the field, this collection from Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine captures our current understanding of the inflammatory processes that lead to demyelination and neurodegeneration in MS, as well as the treatment options ...
Human Trials
Quinn (a biographer) has written a case study of a lengthy trial led by Howard Weiner, director of the Multiple Sclerosis Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, to invent a new drug for MS. She has written this narrative for the non-specialist reader, describing the deliberations with the drug company, the expectations of the scientists, the hopes of the patients who took part in the clinical trials, and the role of the venture capitalists who financed the study. Her research was drawn from interviews, her observations of events, tapes and video recordings, and Weiner's journals. c. Book News Inc.
Neurology
Weiner (Harvard Medical School), coauthor of the first edition of this now classic pocket-size manual which originated from lecture notes, continues its tradition of helping physicians and students review key points of neuroanatomy and conduct the neurologic examination. The foreword to the 1973 edition is included, which notes that neurologists are trained, unlike internists, to address "where is the lesion" rather than "what is wrong with the patient." Dates of other editions are not given. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
