Palfreman, Jon
Summary: "A star science journalist with Parkinson's reveals the inner workings of this perplexing disease. Seven million people worldwide suffer from Parkinson's-- with sixty thousand new cases diagnosed each year in the U.S. alone-- and it remains an enigma, with doctors, researchers, and patients hunting for a cure. In Brain Storms, award-winning journalist Jon Palfreman tells their story, a story...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.83 PALSummary: " ... lays bare the science of vaccine safety and examines the increasingly bitter debate between the public health establishment and a formidable populist coalition of parents, celebrities, politicians and activists who are armed with the latest social media tools ... and are determined to resist pressure from the medical and public health establishments to vaccinate, despite established...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2010
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV VACSummary: One of today's hottest topics is global warming. Will the earth's temperature rise nearly 10 degrees, wreaking havoc on the ice caps? Or will the weather stay normal. A heated debate between scientists, climatologists, and futurists.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2007