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Promising treatments now in more than 35,000 clinical trials could have dramatic impacts on cancer, autoimmune diseases, organ replacement, heart disease, and even aging itself. These treatments, which are saving the lives of patients in the trials, will soon be rolled to the medical community at large. The key to these breakthroughs is the use of living cells as medicine instead of traditional drugs. Research has found that our bodies are virtual treasure troves of adult cells that act as agents of remarkable healing and repair.

With its signature "DARE to keep kids off drugs" slogan and iconic t-shirts, DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) was the most popular drug education program of the 1980s and 1990s. But behind the cultural phenomenon is the story of how DARE and other antidrug education programs brought the War on Drugs into schools and ensured that the velvet glove of antidrug education would be backed by the iron fist of rigorous policing and harsh sentencing.

The Healing Cell is an easy to follow, carefully researched, and clear-eyed view of medicine many decades in the making that is now paying off with treatments that repair damaged hearts, restore sight, kill cancer, cure diabetes, heal burns, and stop the march of such degenerative diseases. The emotionally and intellectually stimulating stories throughout the audiobook dramatically illustrate that stem cell therapies can change the way we live our lives after being afflicted by a disease or trauma.

Johns Hopkins University, one of the preeminent medical schools in the nation today, has played a unique role in the history of medicine. When it first opened its doors in 1893, medicine was a rough-and-ready trade. It would soon evolve into a rigorous science. In recent years, medical science has mapped the human genome, deployed robotic tools to perform delicate surgeries, and developed effective vaccines against a host of deadly pathogens. But this transformation could not have happened without the game-changing vision, talent, and dedication of a small cadre of individuals.

Bernard Marks and Martha Alford met by chance. No real reason for it, just a series of fluky coincidences. The odds were long that they would hit it off. That wasn’t in the cards they’d been dealt at birth. “It’ll never last,” people whispered after they got engaged. “Poor probability of success” was the general consensus when they married. But Bernie and Martha ignored the naysayers. Gamblers in love, they rolled the dice.

Wussten Sie, dass Ibuprofen tödlich sein kann, wenn Sie gleichzeitig ASS100 einnehmen? Haben Sie schon mal gehört, dass Johanniskraut die Wirkung der Anti-Baby-Pille reduziert? Und dass in pflanzlichen Arzneimitteln mehr Chemie steckt als in synthetischen? Viele Menschen kennen oft nicht die wichtigsten Fakten über die Tabletten, Sprays und Tropfen, die sie regelmäßig einnehmen. Dieses Hörbuch klärt auf, wie die Bestseller aus der Apotheke wirken, was Sie bei der Einnahme beachten müssen und welche Mittel rausgeschmissenes Geld sind.

Tag für Tag beantwortet der aus Twitter bekannte Apotheker die Fragen seiner Kundschaft: Welche Mittel helfen bei Schlafstörungen, Blasenentzündung oder Haarausfall? Gefährden Deos mit Aluminium meine Gesundheit? Sind CBD-Öl, Ginkgo und Placenta Globuli so gut, wie manche Seiten im Internet behaupten? Und welche Arzneimittel gehören in eine gute Hausapotheke? Unterhaltsam und verständlich vermittelt er so das Wichtigste zu den Bestsellern aus der Apotheke. Gewohnt kritisch schaut er zudem auf die Mittel, die viel versprechen, aber nichts halten.