Showing results by author "David Mark" in Physical Illness & Disease

Life Blood, written by a renowned leukaemia physician, tells unforgettable stories of his leukaemia patients’ battles to be cured but also uniquely describes the stresses that doctors face when looking after extremely ill young people during an extraordinary time in their lives. In reflecting on his long and illustrious career, Professor Marks’ memoir offers frank descriptions of his own medical family, some personal experiences of ill-health and his relationships with colleagues and patients in the NHS. Partly written during the Covid pandemic and as he approached retirement, Life Blood offers highly informed and compassionate views on modern medicine, from a pivotal point in both the author’s own professional life and the history of healthcare.

Modern history is marked by astounding leaps forward in medicine and health science. But those breakthroughs don't do us any good if you don't understand them. Your Life Depends On It with Dr. Dave Schneider and host Mark Steele serves a single mission: to present the astounding and complicated intricacies of modern health in a manner that makes sense. The sort of sense that you want to make a part of your daily life. Your Life Depends On It features its resident expert Dr. Dave Schneider, M.D., a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and author of The Invention of Surgery on Pegasus Books. Dr. ...