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10%OFFDavid J. Hess - Can Bacteria Cause Cancer?: Alternative Medicine Confronts Big Science - 9780814735626 - V9780814735626
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Can Bacteria Cause Cancer?: Alternative Medicine Confronts Big Science

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Description for Can Bacteria Cause Cancer?: Alternative Medicine Confronts Big Science Paperback. Is it possible, the author asks, that bacteria can contribute to the many other known causes of cancer? In this book, he takes us into the world of alternative cancer researchers, and examines their claims - that bacterial vaccines have led to some dramatic cases of long-term cancer remission. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBGR; MJCL; MX; PSGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.

Growing numbers of cancer patients are exploring diet, food supplements, herbs, and nontoxic immunotherapies like bacterial vaccines as a means of therapy. Yet most cancer research organizations refuse to even evaluate these alternatives. Can Bacteria Cause Cancer? argues convincingly that unless this neglected world of alternative therapies is properly scrutinized, the medical Vietnam of the twentieth century may well affect one in two people by the twenty-first century.
David J. Hess investigates one of the great medical mysteries of the twentieth century—the relationship between bacteria and chronic disease. Recently scientists have overturned long-held beliefs by demonstrating that bacterial ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814735626
SKU
V9780814735626
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About David J. Hess
David J. Hess is Professor of Anthropology in the Science and Technology Studies Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His books include Science Studies: An Advanced Introduction (also available from NYU Press), Science in the New Age and Science and Technology in a Multicultural World.

Reviews for Can Bacteria Cause Cancer?: Alternative Medicine Confronts Big Science
Explains why a significant body of scientific research has been largely ignored by cancer research institutions. Hess has clearly demonstrated the valuable role that social scientists can have in offering a neutral perspective on medical research and how it is shaped by cultural bias.
Townsend Letter
Hess has made a careful study of one of the most intriguing ... Read more

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