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NEW BOOKS The Spring Bookshelf Recent Books by Faculty of Harvard Medical, Dental, and Public Health Schools Elizabeth Loder and Dawn Marcus, Editors Migraine in Women BC Decker Although headaches are an affliction disproportionately affecting women, no single medical textbook had ever considered headache disorders specifically in females. Elizabeth Loder, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and Dawn Marcus of the University of Pittsburgh edited this text, which takes an evidence-based approach to migraine, the most common headache disorder that women seek treatment for. Aimed at headache specialists and primary-care providers, this book covers diagnosis, treatment recommendations, and suggested readings. Fifteen specialists contributed to chapters that address topics like how migraines relate to pregnancy, to ethnic and cultural factors, and to estrogen replacement therapy. A CD-ROM with the full text and illustrations in searchable PDF files is included with the book. Mei-Ling Ting Lee Analysis of Microarray Gene Expression Data Kluwer Academic Publishers Large-scale measurement of gene expression using DNA microarrays presents special challenges in data collection and analysis. Lee, an HMS associate professor of medicine (biostatistics) at Channing Laboratory and Brigham and Women's Hospital, has written this book to provide readers with an integrated treatment of various topics in this evolving field. After a primer on array techniques and a consideration of experimental design and data collection, the bulk of the book covers common statistical methods used to analyze gene expression. Subjects covered include ANOVA models, permutation tests, and Bayesian methods, as well as unsupervised exploratory analysis and supervised learning methods. Lee Goldman and Dennis Ausiello, Editors Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 22nd edition Saunders Dennis Ausiello, the Jackson professor of clinical medicine at HMS, and Lee Goldman of the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, have helped to give this classic text a modern look. Contributions from more than 400 experts--on such wide-ranging subjects as the biological basis of disease processes, clinical practice protocols, diagnostic procedures, and treatment strategies for disorders of all major organ systems--are animated by hundreds of new color photos. Readers can find their way through the volume's 2,506 pages by using the color-coded navigation system visible on the page edges when the book is closed or by referring to the online edition. Susan Linn Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood The New Press Marketers have caught on that children influence more than $600 billion worth of spending each year, says author Susan Linn, instructor in psychiatry at Judge Baker Children's Center. They have organized ongoing efforts to take as big a piece as possible out of this pie. Linn argues that their intensive advertising distorts the experience of growing up, reinforcing materialism, entitlement, and unexamined brand loyalty. It thereby undermines young people's ability later on to participate in a democratic society. To ban marketing to children is not as radical a goal as it may seem, she says. Many countries limit it to a greater degree than the United States does. Sweden, Norway, Finland, Canada, Greece, Belgium, and New Zealand all have more severe restrictions on advertising to young people. "Let's stop marketing to children," she writes. "It's not just that our kids are consuming. They are being consumed." Karen J. Carlson, Stephanie A. Eisenstat, and Terra Ziporyn The New Harvard Guide to Women's Health Harvard University Press This comprehensive A to Z reference guide to women's health, which brings together physicians from HMS, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital, has been updated from its first publication in 1996. Karen Carlson and Stephanie Eisenstat, both HMS assistant professors of medicine at MGH, together with medical journalist Terra Ziporyn, address more than 300 topics, including physical and behavioral conditions. New research on issues like Alzheimer's disease, estrogen replacement therapy, nutrition, exercise, and sexual dysfunction is presented in an easy to understand format, complete with cross-references to related topics. Helpful charts and diagrams accompany many entries, making this a useful at-home resource for women of all ages. Christopher H. Fanta, Lynda M. Cristiano, and Kenan Haver, with Nancy Waring The Harvard Medical School Guide to Taking Control of Asthma Free Press Symptoms--wheezing, shortness of breath, tightness in the chest--may vary in intensity, but for many of the 15 million Americans who suffer from asthma, they are a daily fact of life. Christopher Fanta, HMS associate professor of medicine, Lynda Cristiano, HMS instructor in medicine, and Kenan Haver, HMS instructor in pediatrics, have been helping asthma patients to lead full, active lives at the Partners Asthma Center. In this readable guide, geared toward patients and their families, they pull together much of their research and recommendations. Abraham Morgentaler The Viagra Myth Jossey-Bass Ever wondered if there is substance to the hype about Viagra? In his new book, Abraham Mogentaler, HMS associate clinical professor of surgery, explodes some of the myths that surround the purple pill. A urologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Morgentaler is regularly sought out by those who hope Viagra will be the answer to their problems. But as he demonstrates from his many patient encounters, the medication is not always a quick fix. Written for the nonprofessional, the case histories are revealing and cover almost any use or excuse to use Viagra. Thomas H. Weller Growing Pathogens in Tissue Cultures Science History Publications In the 1940s, propagating pathogenic viruses was no mean feat. For his pioneering work in the field, especially in coaxing the growth of poliomyelitis viruses, Thomas Weller shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1954. In this autobiography, Weller describes how he became interested in pathogenic microbes and how his work was instrumental to the development and testing of polio vaccines. He also recounts his groundbreaking research toward isolating chicken pox, rubella, and cytomegaloviruses, and the path he took in becoming a leader in tropical medicine. Weller worked at Children's Hospital and became chair of the Department of Tropical Public Health at HSPH in 1954. He retired in 1985.