Reviews for Dysphagia Following Stroke

The average rating for Dysphagia Following Stroke based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-08-26 00:00:00 Dane Thomson I have a hard time getting into biology. I find most biologist I've read are stuck in a language and mindset that doesn't really serve themselves. Poor naming conventions, a reliance on wrought knowledge as opposed to a construction of first principles, etc. Outside of schrodinger's what is life, this is by far the most readable book of biology i've attempted to read and that may be that it is systems biology(not sure if this is the case just guessing). It's heavily referenced, historical but not overtly so, and very readable. Ebola and HIV are two of the main topics. I could have used a little more mathematics to explain why epidemiologists model work the way that they do but this isn't a textbook so I'll just go elsewhere for that.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-01-06 00:00:00 Dimitrios Papakyriakopoulos I read this book in college back in the mid-90s as part of my medical anthropology course list and was entranced by its implications immediately. It is one of my favorite nonfiction books to this day. My eager mind soaked up the ideas and theories Ewald was espousing and I became a devoted believer in the power of vectors, genetics, and bio-organisms to deliver sickness, death, and even disease immunity to humanity. This was powerful stuff at the time...and still is in many circles. But it is no longer as theoretical in the strictest sense. The medical and scientific communities seem to be catching on, (but this is more a general sense that a conclusion drawn from exhaustive research). Ewald's a genius in my mind for basically starting the field of evolutionary medicine. A Google Scholar search reveals over 15,000 results ("paul ewald infectious disease"). Highly recommended for those interested in epidemiology, disease and illness, clinical implications, genetics, and evolutionary pressures to survive and reproduce. Some have said it was overly technical, but other reviewers have said it was written in plain language. Nonetheless, it contains tons of research and is not a light summer read. I found it to be well-written, easy-to-follow and wholly awe-inspiring.