Physics is the science that deals with the properties and interrelationship of matter and energy. It studies mechanics, heat, light, sound, electricity, magnetism, radiation, and atomic structure. This tale stretches from 2000 BCE to 1945 and introduces the reader to the brilliant men and women from Thales of Miletos to Albert Einstein who working alone or collaboratively made it all possible.

Militant Islamic believers represents a small, but significant percentage of those who embrace the Muslim religion, it is powerful, well financed, and according to their own statements, hopeful of destroying the United States who they see as the Great Satan, the usurper of Muslim lands, the pilferer of Muslim resources and the one obstacle that stands in the way of their stated goal—an Islamic Caliphate controlling the entire world.And as the West is occupied by economic problems a...

Cancer, the second leading killer after heart disease, has plagued mankind for centuries. This book outlines its past history and primitive therapy, discusses the breakthrough advances in understanding the cellular mechanisms, the current therapeutic approaches and future hopes for cures. Never a single entity amenable to a specific, generalized cure for all, cancer represents a different disease in each individual requiring targeted therapy directed against the specific cellular change ca...

A complete medical examination includes a history, physical examination and basic laboratory analysis. Performed with compassion and care, it provides a diagnosis eighty percent of the time.Busy physicians, who find themselves pressed for the time necessary to complete this important task, compromise this complicated and time-consuming procedure. As a result, initial diagnosis is prone to errors and delays negatively affecting the patient and physician alike.As the new gove...

Before World War II in Germany, two young boys–-one Jewish one Christian–-play football on the same team, little knowing that their paths will cross again on a war-torn battlefield.Max Tepper–-the son of Jewish immigrants. Max becomes the target of anti-Semitism at a very young age. Hopeful for a better future, he enrolls in the university eager to become a physician like his father. But at the outbreak of World War II, things change.Max becomes a partisan fighter and devotes his l...

There is danger in delaying the evaluation of an unexplained medical symptom.The author lists thirty-four such symptoms, describes them in detail, lists the possible diagnoses the symptoms may represent, their urgency, and the consequences of delay in diagnosis.Procrastination is the thief of time and results in many preventable deaths. Hopefully, the book will stimulate patients to a more prompt appraisal of an unexplained symptom.

A Jewish family, victimized by anti-Semitism in Poland and Germany, flees to Minsk, Byelorussia and eventually to the Minsk forests when the Soviet Union is invaded by Nazi Germany in World War II. They become Jewish partisan fighters, and in an unusual collaboration with other Jews, a Polish-Jewish World War I veteran, a Byelorussian Christian, and two Russian partisan leaders, they join forces to wreak havoc behind Nazi lines.The author hopes that A Jewish Story will help the rea...

Physicians are not always successful establishing a diagnosis. An eighteen-year-old girl develops bizarre symptoms puzzling one doctor after another. The family watches in helpless despair as the young lady goes downhill rapidly. This is a book of fiction based on actual cases reported in the medical literature. Will anyone save this patient—or can she be saved?

THE BOOK IS IN TWO PARTS:FICTION TALE INVOLVING AN EXTREMELY RARE AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE AND THE PHYSICIANS, PATIENT AND FAMILY'S FRUSTRATION IN MAKING A DIAGNOSIS, ANDNON FICTION DETAILING THE LAST 60 PLUS YEARS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPTS OF AUTOIMMUNITY AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE.

The healthcare Genie is out of the bottle. Obamacare, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will impact every one of you. These changes will come slowly and inexorably, but regardless of who is in power, you need to be prepared. It will be more important than ever to take control of your health. You are the boss; the decisions are yours. You must question and question again. The best result comes from collaboration between a patient and physician who, working as a team, reach a fi...

Are you contemplating a career in the medical field; an M.D., D.O., Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant? If so, let a former practicing physician guide you through his own career from incubation through fruition, through the good and the bad. Let him describe for you forty years of primary care medical practice through a period of breath-taking advance and change as medical care transitions into the future. The need is greater than ever and will require more than a few good men and wom...

The author has taken his previously published medical ebooks and incorporated them into a single book: ALL THINGS MEDICAL, which includes the following topics:* The Prevention of Medical Errors* The Complete Medical Examination including The Medical History, Physical Examination and Laboratory Data* Case Reports* Risk Factor Analysis and Health Screening* Summary and Patient Responsibility* Symptoms Never to Ignore* The Perfect Prescription...