I Am A Scientist And

I Wanted To Explore Cancer Not Just Biologically, But Metaphorically. The Idea That Tuberculosis In The 19th Century Possessed The Same Kind Of Frightening And Decaying Quality Was Very Interesting To Me, And It Seemed That One Could Explore The Idea That Every Age Defined Its Own Illness.

I Began Wondering, Can One Really Write A Biography Of An Illness? But I Found Myself Thinking Of Cancer As This Character That Has Lived For 4,000 Years, And I Wanted To Know What Was Its Birth, What Is Its Mind, Its Personality, Its Psyche?

I Think When We Use 'stress', We Are Often Using A Kind Of Dummy Word To Try To Fit Many Different Things Into One Big Category.

Sandeep Jauhar’s Doctored Is A Passionate And Necessary Book That Asks Difficult Questions About The Future Of Medicine. The Narrative Is Gripping, And The Writing Is Marvelous. But It Was The Gravity Of The Problem—so Movingly Told—that Grabbed And Kept My Attention Throughout This Remarkable Work.

It Remains An Astonishing, Disturbing Fact That In America - A Nation Where Nearly Every New Drug Is Subjected To Rigorous Scrutiny As A Potential Carcinogen, And Even The Bare Hint Of A Substance's Link To Cancer Ignites A Firestorm Of Public Hysteria And Media Anxiety - One Of The Most Potent And Common Carcinogens Known To Humans Can Be Freely Bought And Sold At Every Corner Store For A Few Dollars.