New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2013. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Sticker on the front endpage.. First Edition, 1st printing. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Good +.

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A provocative, eye-opening history of the war on cancer, The Truth in Small Doses asks why we are losing this essential fight and charts a path forward. OVER THE PAST HALF CENTURY, deaths from heart disease, stroke, and so many other killers have fallen dramatically. But cancer continues to kill with abandon. In 2013, despite a four-decade âÈêwarâÈë against the disease that has cost hundreds of billions of dollars, more than 1.6 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer and nearly six hundred thousand will die from it. A decade ago, Clifton Leaf, a celebrated journalist and a cancer survivor himself, began to investigate why we had made such limited progress fighting this terrifying disease. The result is a gripping narrative that reveals why the publicâÈçs immense investment in research has been badly misspent, why scientists seldom collaborate and share their data, why new drugs are so expensive yet routinely fail, and why our best hope for progressâÈ'brilliant young scientistsâÈ' are now abandoning the search for a cure. The Truth in Small Doses is that rare tale that will both outrage readers and inspire conversation and change.

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Bookseller: after-words bookstore (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 106384
Title: The Truth in Small Doses
Author: Leaf, Clifton
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good -
Jacket Condition: Good +
Edition: First Edition, 1st printing
ISBN 10: 1476739986
ISBN 13: 9781476739984
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Date Published: 2013
Keywords: HEALTH CANCER
Bookseller catalogs: Cancer;

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