三民網路書店 / 搜尋結果

A controversial, revisionist approach to autoimmune and allergic disorders considers the perspective that the human immune system has been disabled by twentieth-century hygiene and medical practices,

Where Was Daddy When You Needed Him? The absence of fathers is an epidemic plaguing our society, affecting families from every corner of our world and from all walks of life. Whether our fathers left

This is the first detailed study of the standard of living of ordinary Russians following World War II. It examines urban living conditions under the Stalinist regime with a focus on the key issues of sanitation, access to safe water supplies, personal hygiene and anti-epidemic controls, diet and nutrition, and infant mortality. Comparing five key industrial regions, it shows that living conditions lagged some fifty years behind Western European norms. The book reveals that, despite this, the years preceding Stalin's death saw dramatic improvements in mortality rates thanks to the application of rigorous public health controls and Western medical innovations. While tracing these changes, the book also analyzes the impact that the absence of an adequate urban infrastructure had on people's daily lives and on the relationship between the Stalinist regime and the Russian people, and, finally, how the Soviet experience compared to that of earlier industrializing societies.

現代醫學讓我們擁有了抗生素和衛生學，因此而使得難以計數的生命得到了拯救。然而，這也生髮出了不少新的問題，使得我們的身體與寄居其中的生物之間微妙的平衡發生了改變，這些生物就是我們身體裡的病毒、細菌、真菌和蠕蟲，在過去的千百萬年之中，它們曾使我們的祖先飽受困擾。本書極為深入地研究觀察了這一醫學革命所帶來的後果：所有人類的免疫系統都受到了破壞。無論是醫科生、科學家，還是外行人，讀本書都會興趣盎然，因為作