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I wrote this novel in 1995, when medical genetics was starting to bloom. It was the beginning of gene identification to discover the causes of many inherited diseases. Prior to that time, there was no genetic research development to help doctors choose the appropriate drug to treat a particular disease.

A desperate plea from a Cuban transplant surgeon puts Sarah Golden and Jackie Larsen in serious danger with the Cuban government on the same day the four most prominent immunologists in the world—doctors who were on the verge of solving the huge rejection issues that have plagued the transplant community for more than 50 years—are killed in a car accident in Chicago.

The Theory of Irv provides a suspenseful journey through not just the storyline of the book’s plot, but an overview of American health policy. How it came to be a hundred years ago. How it has adapted in the last several decades. Perhaps more importantly, how we can fix it so we can have better health and health care for all Americans into the future.

Reich unterdrückt arm. In Saint-Tropez beobachtet ein Passant, wie ein Clochard brutal zusammengeschlagen wird. Wenig später wird ein Zweiter ermordet aufgefunden. Wer hat es auf die hilflosen Bettler abgesehen? Gibt es etwa einen politischen Hintergrund? Commissaire Lucie Girard gerät innerhalb der Polizei massiv unter Druck. Sie folgt ihrem Gewissen und ermittelt in Kreisen, die ihr äußerst gefährlich werden können.

Doctor Maxwell Thornton, brilliant ex-surgeon and man most likely to insult you without even trying, seems to have an unwanted penchant for landing in the middle of murder cases. Since moving from the bustling metropolis of LA to a small town in Texas, Maxwell has struggled to fit in with the eccentric citizens of Rainy Dale. He’s made tiny steps forward, but the only person who truly seems to understand him is Sheriff Royce Callum.

When victims of a serial killer are found dead by injection of a new pharmaceutical, Morgan Stark, a brilliant doctor turned FBI agent, is summoned. With an abundance of theories as to the motive and murder, Morgan may be the only one who can wade through the medical possibilities to enter this killer’s mind. But will he be too late?

Severely injured and left for dead in Afghanistan after a routine reconnaissance mission went disastrously wrong, Marine Sergeant Nathan Profit endured two years of unimaginable hell at the hands of his insurgent captors. Nathan returns to the United States a very different man. Angry and hostile at losing everything in his life during his captivity, he begins to plot his revenge against the armed forces and country that abandoned him.

Wien, 1908: Die Stadt erlebt eine sagenhafte Blütezeit von Kunst und Wissenschaft. Doch davon bekommt die schüchterne Jungärztin Fanny Goldmann nur wenig mit, verbringt sie doch am liebsten ihre Zeit mit den Leichen in der gerichtlichen Medizin. Meist spielt sie dort nur die Handlangerin für ihre männlichen Kollegen. Als aber ein toter Obdachloser eingeliefert wird, führt Fanny nachts heimlich eine Obduktion durch und stellt fest, dass es sich um einen gesuchten Meisterdieb, den Sküs, handelt. Fanny beschließt, mehr über den Mord herauszufinden.

Based on his own experiences as a medic, Richard Gordon's hospital comedy Doctor in the House was a huge hit when first published in 1952. In these 13 episodes, we follow the misadventures of hapless medical student Simon Oliver Sparrow. Having moved to London from Bradford, he decides to follow his father's footsteps and become a doctor - but, embarking on his studies at St Swithin's Hospital, he's thrown in at the deep end and finds himself floundering.

What would it feel like to be young again when you turn 60? Six members of the Vicious Circle, are returned to their physical prime with a gene therapy that will leave them young and beautiful for a century. They must negotiate the trials of love, relationships, and parenting in their renewed selves, all while hiding from the terrible truth about the cost of their new lives.

Die Bestsellerautorin Henrike Engel mit dem neuen großen Roman über vergangene Zeiten und unbekannte Welten am Hamburger Hafen. Hamburg, 1911: Anne Fitzpatrick behandelt in ihrer Arztpraxis am Hafen immer häufiger chinesische Frauen, die in den Kolonien als Arbeitskräfte angeworben wurden. Viele von ihnen wurden schwer misshandelt. Als eine der Frauen in Annes Armen stirbt, schwört die Hafenärztin die Verantwortlichen zu finden. Zusammen mit Kommissar Berthold Rheydt fängt sie an, in der Schmuckstraße, dem Chinesenviertel auf Sankt Pauli, nachzuforschen.

Alison Jacobs needs brain surgery and places ultimate trust in her sister's husband, Grant Kaplan, a world-renowned neurosurgeon and expert in treating her condition. But Grant is hiding a dark secret which threatens the outcome: an addiction to prescription pills. As Alison struggles to rebuild her life, Grant's daughter, Sadie, spends more time with a new friend. Frustrated that her parents exclude her from the conversations about her beloved aunt, Sadie makes increasingly risky choices which could endanger not only her, but her entire family.

Dr. Zack Winston's self-confidence is on shaky ground. Slated to see his young-adult daughters over Christmas for the first time in five years, the skilled emergency physician worries his relationship issues will rear their ugly heads and prevent them from bonding. His determination to focus on his personal life sinks deep when he questions a pediatrician colleague's alleged suicide attempt by drowning.

Sarah Golden and Jackie Larsen, best friends since nursing school, could never have imagined that they’d end up as amateur sleuths searching to find a killer—for the second time! Jackie, a stay-at-home mom with marriage troubles, is racing the clock to get her young son, Wyatt, a living kidney donor to avoid the ravages of dialysis.

Keine Lüge hat Bestand, wenn die Toten sprechen! Die toughe Expertin der Gerichtsmedizin, Cassie Raven, löst ihren 2. Fall: "Wer mit den Toten spricht" ist der 2. Teil der außergewöhnlichen Forensik-Thriller-Reihe "Raven & Flyte ermitteln" aus England. Cassie Raven, Assistentin der Rechtsmedizin mit einer Vorliebe für Piercings und Tattoos, ist für gewöhnlich hart im Nehmen. Als ihre geliebte Großmutter ihr jedoch gesteht, sie jahrelang über den Tod ihrer Eltern belogen zu haben, ist Cassie tief erschüttert.

Lorenzo Sartori è uno psicoterapeuta di circa trent'anni, razionale ma inquieto, ansioso di imparare, di crescere, di migliorarsi. È per questo che quando i suoi primi pazienti gli sbattono la porta in faccia, inizia a chiedersi quale sia il problema. Il problema, capirà poi, era in parte suo, aveva molti luoghi oscuri interni da illuminare.

Dr. Jim Bob Brady is attempting a difficult knee reconstruction on Melvin Brown, Houston philanthropist and University Hospital board member, when Doc is notified that his wife, Mary Louise, has been involved in a near-fatal hit-and-run. When Brady arrives at his wife’s bedside, he sees the horrific aftermath of the crash, including the worst, a brain injury. He calls for help from all his colleagues, and most importantly from his long-term friend—and son-in-law of Doc’s philanthropist patient—Dr. Frank James, a stellar neurosurgeon.

Dr. Erica Rosen is perplexed when she sees a young Chinese girl with blue eyes in her San Francisco pediatrics clinic. The girl's mother, Ting, is secretive, and Erica suspects she has entered the country illegally. Later, Erica encounters Ting's son and discovers he has an unusual mutation. Erica learns that Ting's children underwent embryonic stem cell gene editing as part of a secret Chinese government-run program.

Fans of Stephen King and Joe Hill that like to listen to audiobooks like The Bird Box and The Haunting and can't get enough stories about serial killers are going to enjoy listening to The Asylum Confessions. The majority of these killers are expert manipulators. I realize they could be playing me and messing with my head. It's a chance I'm willing to take. And now...they might just be playing with yours too.

I lie here on my deathbed in Saint John’s Hospital, having flashbacks of the ordeals I have experienced. Each time I close my eyes, a vision of my past horrors appears. The hospital staff is doing their best to reduce my pain. Nurse Florence appears before my eyes every few hours, holding an injection and inserting it into my IV line. With each infusion of fentanyl or morphine, I drift off and remember a painful past event.