The Calcium Bomb: The Nanobacteria Link to Heart Disease & Cancer,9781594111013

The Calcium Bomb: The Nanobacteria Link to Heart Disease & Cancer

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9781594111013
ISBN10: 1594111014
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-10-30
Publisher(s): Midpoint Trade Books Inc
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Author Biography

Douglas Mulhall, leading science and nanotechnology journalist and writer with extensive disease-prevention research experience, has lectured to the National Institute of Medicine, American Chemicals Society, and National Research Council Katja Hansen, biological engineer

Table of Contents

Disclaimer ix
An Important Note on Definitions xi
PART I THE LIT FUSE
1. You're on the Calcification List
3(14)
2. When the Timer Starts Ticking
17(8)
3. The Nanobacteria Detectives
25(12)
4. Challenging the Definition of Life
37(22)
5. Seeds of Destruction
59(8)
PART II CONTAINING AN EXPLOSION
6. When to Declare "I'm Safe"
67(12)
7. How Do I Know If I Have Them?
79(4)
8. Calcium Germ Exterminators
83(10)
9. Reversing a Slow-Motion Blast
93(8)
10. What Doctors and Patients Discovered
101(20)
11. Can We All Be Protected?
121(10)
12. Who Pays?
131(8)
PART III-STEPS TO DISARMING THE TRIGGER
13. Getting from Here to There
139(4)
Afterword 143(4)
Milestones 147(4)
Acknowledgments 151(4)
APPENDICES
Plain Language Glossary
155(10)
Who's Who in the World of Calcification and Nanobacteria
165(8)
How Nanobacteria May Trigger the Atherosclerotic Process
173(4)
Bibliography 177(6)
Notes 183(32)
About the Authors 215(1)
Index 216

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