Sunday, October 5, 2008

Must Read (medical mysteries)

Original Post January 2007

"The Case of the Frozen Addicts" by J. William Langston, M.D. and Jon Palfreman.

It's a fairly quick and easy read and extremely interesting. It's been referenced a few times in this season of "House M.D" (one of the best shows ever). It's basically the story of a bad strain of heroin in CA that produced the immediate onset of Parkinson's Disease -like symptoms and eventually led to medical breakthroughs on Parkinsons treatment. Really great.

Besides, it's got facts, mystery, drugs, scandal, and drama all rolled into one. How can you turn that down?

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