What Was I Thinking? Toxic Shock Syndrome
What Was I Thinking? Toxic Shock Syndrome

Author: Dr. Patrick M Schlievert

Publisher: Dorrance Publishing

Published: 2021-01-27

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 1648042465

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What Was I Thinking? Toxic Shock Syndrome By: Dr. Patrick M Schlievert Dr. Patrick M Schlievert was in his first year as an assistant professor of Microbiology and Immunology, having spent two years trying to get the medical and scientific communities to recognize that there was a disease called toxic shock syndrome. Because he could not get even the Federal Government to recognize this disease, he started a national news media blitz that became second only to the Iran hostage crisis in 1980. Dr. Schlievert took this chance at great risk to his career because he grew up poor and had to take risks even to stay alive, and because his allegiance was to the American public and not to the biomedical science community. In this book, Dr. Patrick M Schlievert describes the events in chronological order, including science, a lot of pseudoscience and opinion, and a lot of the incredible politics behind toxic shock syndrome. He also describes the many forms of toxic shock syndrome in order of appearance, including the tampon associated disease and why it happened, non-menstrual toxic shock syndrome, and the flesh-eating streptococcal disease. The book is designed to tell Americans that many parts of their federal healthcare system are broken, including various aspects of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health. It is Dr. Schlievert’s ultimate hope that Americans will read this book because it is written for them. It will help them take partial responsibility for their own health, and hopefully, they can help reorient the United States healthcare system to do its job, namely help them. The National Institutes of Health claims that Dr. Schlievert and his colleagues’ interest in new diseases and their causes is not sufficient grounds to have funding, to which he would ask everyone: If this is not the number one goal of the National Institutes of Health, what should be? And furthermore, why should this federal bureaucracy exist if that is not the goal? Dr. Patrick M Schlievert entered the toxic shock syndrome field at its beginning, and he remains here near its end. He wishes he could say the diseases are at an end, but they are not.

Toxic Shock Syndrome, 1980
Toxic Shock Syndrome, 1980

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research

Publisher:

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 16

ISBN-13:

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Will to Live
Will to Live

Author:

Publisher: Penguin Group Australia

Published: 2014-07-20

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1743485212

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This is a remarkable story. It will change the way you look at life. For a couple of weeks, Matthew Ames didn't feel well. The busy father of four young children knew things were not quite right but suddenly he was in Emergency, with a severe case of toxic shock syndrome – the common bacteria Strep A had entered his bloodstream and his body had gone into shutdown. He was put into an induced coma and the only way he could be kept alive was to have all his limbs amputated. Diane Ames knew exactly what her husband would want and that he would cope – he had always been optimistic and practical. Despite a one per cent chance of survival, she asked the doctors to go ahead with the radical operation. And so began the inspiring story of an ordinary family's courage and determination to make the most of a terrible situation. What happened to Matthew could happen to anyone. But not everyone would accept what life offers and pursue possibilities in the way that he does. Matthew has astounded doctors with his adaptation to a new way of living, so much so that he is about to become a bionic man. And he has never once questioned Diane's decision – it gave him the chance to truly understand how much family matters and to appreciate humanity.

Toxic Shock
Toxic Shock

Author: Sharra L. Vostral

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2018-11-27

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1479815497

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A history of Toxic Shock Syndrome In 1978, doctors in Denver, Colorado observed several healthy children who suddenly and mysteriously developed a serious, life-threatening illness with no visible source. Their condition, which doctors dubbed ‘toxic shock syndrome’ (TSS) was rare, but observed with increasing frequency over the next few years in young women, and was soon learned to be associated with a bacterium and the use of high-absorbency tampons that had only recently gone on the market. In 1980, the Centers for Disease Control identified Rely tampons, produced by Procter & Gamble, as having the greatest association with TSS over every other tampon, and the company withdrew them from the market. To this day, however, women are frequently warned about contracting TSS through tampon use, even though very few cases are diagnosed each year. Historian Sharra Vostral’s Toxic Shock is the first and definitive history of TSS. Vostral shows how commercial interests negatively affected women’s health outcomes; the insufficient testing of the first super-absorbency tampon; how TSS became a ‘women’s disease,’ for which women must constantly monitor their own bodies. Further, Vostral discusses the awkward, veiled and vague ways public health officials and the media discussed the risks of contracting TSS through tampon use because of social taboos around discussing menstruation, and how this has hampered regulatory actions and health communication around TSS, tampon use, and product safety. A study at the intersection of public health and social history, Toxic Shock brings to light the complexities behind a stigmatized and under-discussed issue in women’s reproductive health. Importantly, Vostral warns that as we move forward with more and more joint replacements, implants, and internal medical devices, we must understand the relationship of technology to bacteria and recognize that both can be active agents within the human body. In other words, unexpected consequences and risks of bacteria and technology interacting with each other remain.

Listen to Your Body
Listen to Your Body

Author: Niels H. Lauersen

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 724

ISBN-13: 0684854112

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Completely revised and updated with the latest medical information, "Listen to Your Body" is the classic guide to women's health. Using a sensitive Q&A format, trusted physician and well-known advocate for women's health Dr. Niels Lauersen demystifies the medical issues that deeply concern today's women, among them: How to recognize and treat PMS and menstrual cramps The most effective ways to overcome endometriosis What causes infertility in women and men, and explanations of The newest fertility treatments Choosing the contraceptive that fits your lifestyle Fibrocystic disease and other breast conditions How to cope with miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, and abortion State-of-the-art treatment options for sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV How to avoid unnecessary surgery for fibroids and ovarian cysts Reliable, sympathetic, and comprehensive, "Listen to Your Body" encourages you to take charge of your gynecological health.

Who Goes First?
Who Goes First?

Author: Lawrence K. Altman

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-04-28

Total Pages: 459

ISBN-13: 0520340477

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Lawrence Altman has authored the only complete history of the controversial and understudied practice of self-experimentation. In telling the stories of pioneering researchers, Altman offers a history of many of the most important medical advancements in recent years as well as centuries past—from anesthesia to yellow fever to heart disease. With a new preface, he brings readers up to date and continues his discussion of the ethics and controversy that continue to surround a practice that benefits millions but is understood by few. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1998. Lawrence Altman has authored the only complete history of the controversial and understudied practice of self-experimentation. In telling the stories of pioneering researchers, Altman offers a history of many of the most important medical advancements in

The Nature of Mars
The Nature of Mars

Author: Dr. Patch Lieveert

Publisher: Dorrance Publishing

Published: 2021-06-24

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 1649571739

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The Nature of Mars By: Dr. Patch Lieveert As humans get ever closer to reaching Mars, imagine for a moment that one has already been there; even more, imagine that Mars is where we came from in the first place. This is what Dr. Patch Lieveert suspects, and he decides to explore this possibility. Through his unique talents, Lieveert manages to visit Mars—takes him about forty-five minutes—and collect DNA samples. Now, he simply has to prove his claims to the rest of the scientific community in The Nature of Mars.