Disease

"The story of a painful but inspiring search for a cure for a fatal disease.... A moving argument for a more focused, humane, and efficient system for conducting medical research." -- Kirkus (starred review)

Our guest is Ambassador Mark Lagon; he recently gave an address (with the title cited above) at the Tulsa Committee on Foreign Relations.

"A powerfully illuminating narrative of how things changed over the last century or so, both thorough and compelling." -- The Baffler

"The pandemic brought America's health inequities into stark relief, but [this book] illustrates that the problem isn't new, and that it is embedded more deeply than many of us realize.... Thrasher, a gay Black man, brings figures from the viral underclass to life in this engaging, enraging read." -- The Boston Globe

Surprisingly, many docs working in the US today never learned about lifestyle medicine during med school or residency.

"The story of a painful but inspiring search for a cure for a fatal disease.... A moving argument for a more focused, humane, and efficient system for conducting medical research." -- Kirkus (starred review)

"Mukherjee has found an especially roomy subject for his roving intelligence.... I was repeatedly dazzled by [Mukherjee's] pointillist scenes, the enthusiasm of his explanations, the immediacy of his metaphors." -- Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times

Now in a revised/updated edition, this book is, per The New York Times, "a call to action for every developer, building owner, shareholder, chief executive, manager, teacher, worker, and parent to start demanding healthy buildings with cleaner indoor air."

Now appearing in a revised and updated edition, this book has been tagged by The New York Times as "a call to action for every developer, building owner, shareholder, chief executive, manager, teacher, worker, and parent to start demanding healthy buildings with cleaner indoor air."

"Mukherjee has found an especially roomy subject for his roving intelligence.... I was repeatedly dazzled by [Mukherjee's] pointillist scenes, the enthusiasm of his explanations, the immediacy of his metaphors." -- Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times