The American Disease is a classic study of the development of drug laws in the United States. Supporting the theory that Americans' attitudes toward drugs have

Dirt and Disease is a social, cultural, and medical history of the polio epidemic in the United States. Naomi Rogers focuses on the early years from 1900 to 192

An analysis of how disease has shaped American history explores the connection between the environment and disease, outlining the complex forces that determine

Relates the cultural history of cancer and examines society's reaction to the disease through a century of American life.

The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Although life expectancy and survival rates in the United Sta