Diseases and disorders

Prostate cancer really is the little understood male killer.1 in 8 UK males will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, more than 130 new cases are discovered each day and, on average, one man dies from the disease every 45 minutes. Despite these statistics,...

This second edition contains an afterword on COVID-19, looking at the origins and nature of the virus, and how governments across the globe dealt with the most serious public health emergency in a century.A Short History of Disease chronicles the...

A comprehensive and richly illustrated introduction to the world of viruses.As parasites that are often hundreds of times smaller than bacteria, viruses exist in and on everything, everywhere. Rapidly evolving, they are highly opportunistic and...

How deadly germs and pandemics have shaped history - and why they are products of our success as a species.Plagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global history with insights from...