{"product_id":"the-woman-with-a-worm-in-her-head-and-other-true-stories-of-infectious-disease-paperback","title":"The Woman with a Worm in Her Head: And Other True Stories of Infectious Disease - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePamela Nagami\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eF. Gonzalez-Crussi\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA normal, healthy woman becomes host to a pork tapeworm that is burrowing into her brain and disabling her motor abilities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA handsome man contracts Chicken Pox and ends up looking like the victim of a third degree burn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA vigorous young athlete is bitten by an insect and becomes a target for flesh-eating strep. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEven the most innocuous everyday activities such as eating a salad for lunch, getting bitten by an insect, and swimming in the sea bring human beings into contact with dangerous, often deadly microorganisms. In \u003ci\u003eThe Woman with a Worm in Her Head\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. Pamela Nagami reveals-through real-life cases-the sobering facts about some of the world's most horrific diseases: the warning signs, the consequences, treatments, and most compellingly, what it feels like to make medical and ethical decisions that can mean the difference between life and death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnfailingly precise, calmly instructive, and absolutely engrossing, \u003ci\u003eThe Woman with the Worm in Her Head\u003c\/i\u003e offers both useful information and enjoyable reading.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Pamela Nagami \u003c\/b\u003eis a practicing physician in internal medicine and infectious diseases with the Southern California Permanente Medical Group and a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at UCLA. She has made appearances on CNN and NPR. She lives with her husband and two children in Encino, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.38 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 06, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52240800973074,"sku":"9780312306014","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/NIPAh6Xngo9780312306014.webp?v=1777893686","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/the-woman-with-a-worm-in-her-head-and-other-true-stories-of-infectious-disease-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}