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Superbugs - The Race to Stop an Epidemic (Paperback): Matt McCarthy Superbugs - The Race to Stop an Epidemic (Paperback)
Matt McCarthy
R365 Discovery Miles 3 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Galison Vacation Cats Jigsaw Puzzle (1500 Piece) (Jigsaw): Galison Galison Vacation Cats Jigsaw Puzzle (1500 Piece) (Jigsaw)
Galison; Artworks by Matt McCarthy
R462 Discovery Miles 4 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Vacation Cats 1500 Piece Puzzle from Galison features a grid of 16 super-imposed photos of cats enjoying some of the world's most famous locations and landmarks. Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes, perfect for gifting, reuse, and storage. An insert of the full puzzle image is also included. * 1000 Piece Puzzle with 20 Shaped Puzzle Pieces * Puzzle Size: 27 x 20", 686 x 508 mm * Box Size: 11.5 x 8.5 x 2", 292 x 216 x 51 mm Minimal Puzzle Dust * Includes Puzzle Insert * Ribbon Cut

Superbugs - The Race to Stop an Epidemic (Paperback): Matt McCarthy Superbugs - The Race to Stop an Epidemic (Paperback)
Matt McCarthy
R454 R379 Discovery Miles 3 790 Save R75 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Drug-resistant bacteria ― known as superbugs ― are one of the biggest medical threats of our time. Here, a doctor, researcher, and ethics professor tells the exhilarating story of his race to beat them and save countless lives.

When doctor Matt McCarthy first meets Jackson, a mechanic from Queens, it is in the ER, where he has come for treatment for an infected gunshot wound. Usually, antibiotics would be prescribed, but Jackson’s infection is one of a growing number of superbugs, bacteria that have built up resistance to known drugs. He only has one option, and if that doesn’t work he may lose his leg or even his life.

On the same day, McCarthy and his mentor Tom Walsh begin work on a groundbreaking clinical trial for a new antibiotic they believe will eradicate certain kinds of superbugs and demonstrate to Big Pharma that investment in these drugs can save millions of lives and prove financially viable. But there are seemingly endless hoops to jump through before they can begin administering the drug to patients, and for people like Jackson time is in short supply.

Superbugs is a compelling tale of medical ingenuity. From the muddy trenches of the First World War, where Alexander Fleming searched for a cure for soldiers with infected wounds, to breakthroughs in antibiotics and antifungals today that could revolutionise how infections are treated, McCarthy takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride through the history ― and future ― of medicine. Along the way, we meet patients like Remy, a teenage girl with a dangerous and rare infection; Donny, a retired firefighter with a compromised immune system; and Bill, the author’s own father-in-law, who contracts a deadly staph infection. And we learn about the ethics of medical research: why potentially life-saving treatments are often delayed for years to protect patients from exploitation.

Can McCarthy get his trial approved and underway in time to save the lives of his countless patients infected with deadly bacteria, who have otherwise lost all hope?

Odd Man Out - A Year on the Mound with a Minor League Misfit (Paperback): Matt McCarthy Odd Man Out - A Year on the Mound with a Minor League Misfit (Paperback)
Matt McCarthy
R591 R532 Discovery Miles 5 320 Save R59 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The best baseball book since Moneyball.
Hailed by critics as one of the great books about baseball, Odd Man Out captures the gritty essence of our national pastime as it is played outside the spotA-light. Matt McCarthy, a decent left-handed starting pitcher on one of the worst squads in Yale history, earned a ticket to spring training as the twenty-sixth-round draft pick of the 2002 Anaheim Angels. This is the hilarious inside story of his year with the Provo Angels, Anaheim's minor league affiliate in the heart of Mormon country, as McCarthy navigates the ups and downs of an antic, grueling season, filled with cross-country bus trips, bizarre rivalries, and wild locker-room hijinks.

The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly - A Physician's First Year (Paperback): Matt McCarthy The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly - A Physician's First Year (Paperback)
Matt McCarthy
R431 R338 Discovery Miles 3 380 Save R93 (22%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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