1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990009240190403321

Titolo

Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence [Risorsa elettronica] : 5th International Workshop, ANTS 2006, Brussels, Belgium, September 4-7, 2006. Proceedings / edited by Marco Dorigo, Luca Maria Gambardella, Mauro Birattari, Alcherio Mart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer, 2006

ISBN

9783540384830

Collana

Lecture Notes in Computer Science , 0302-9743 ; 4150

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Risorsa elettronica

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782052603321

Titolo

Medicating modern America : prescription drugs in history / / edited by Andrea Tone and Elizabeth Siegel Watkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : NYU Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

0-8147-8442-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 262 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

ToneAndrea <1964->

WatkinsElizabeth Siegel

Disciplina

615/.1

Soggetti

Drugs - History - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Part I; Antibiotics: From Germophobia to the Carefree Life and Back Again; Mood Stabilizers: Folie to Folly; Hormone Replacement: " Educate Yourself"; Part II; Oral Contraceptives: Women over 35 Who Smoke; Stimulants: Not Just Naughty; Tranquilizers:



Tranquilizers on Trial; Part III; Statins: The Abnormal and the Pathological; Viagra: Making Viagra; About the Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

With Americans paying more than 200 billion each year for prescription pills, the pharmaceutical business is the most profitable in the nation. The popularity of prescription drugs in recent decades has remade the doctor/patient relationship, instituting prescription-writing and pill-taking as an integral part of medical practice and everyday life. Medicating Modern America examines the meanings behind this pharmaceutical revolution through the interconnected histories of eight of the most influential and important drugs: antibiotics, mood stabilizers, hormone replacement therapy, oral contra