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David B. Agus, MD

David B. Agus, MD
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David B. Agus, MD

David B. Agus, MD, is a professor of medicine and engineering at the University of Southern California and heads U.S.C.’s Westside Cancer Center and the Center for Applied Molecular Medicine. He lives in Beverly Hills, California.

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A Short Guide to a Long Life will be released on January 14, 2014 in Hardcover, Compact Disk, Audio Download, eBook
May 17, 2013
The End of Illness will be released on October 16, 2012 in Trade Paperback
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The End of Illness is now available in Trade Paperback
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BioPortfolio, March 26, 2013
...of Ceremonies Norm Crosby will kick off the evening’s festivities that will include an educational program by David B. Agus, MD — noted University of Southern California oncologist, medical research and innovative thinker, author of the New York...
Toronto Star Online, December 28, 2012
...the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden, Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer, Dutton 15.The End of Illness, David B. Agus with Kristin Loberg, Free Press ...
Wyoming Public Radio, October 26, 2012
...reflects on Copernicus, and Charles Shields looks at novelist Kurt Vonnegut. Fiction and nonfiction releases from Jodi Picoult, David B. Agus, Nathan Wolfe, Dava Sobel and Charles J. Shields. Charlotte Abbott edits "New in Paperback." A contributing...
NPR, October 22, 2012
...she's a good storyteller. ... You learn something every time you read one of her books." Dr. David B. Agus — one of the nation's leading authorities on cancer treatment — addresses modern misconceptions about illness and wellness in . Highlighting...
WNYC, October 22, 2012
...Fiction and nonfiction releases from Jodi Picoult, David B. Agus, Nathan Wolfe, Dava Sobel and Charles J. Shields...
Health Affairs, October 9, 2012
...The End Of Illness By David B. Agus New York (NY):Free Press, 2012 334 pp.; $26.00 I. Craig Henderson 1 1I. Craig Henderson (ichenderson{at}hotmail.com) is an adjunct professor of medicine at the University of...
TheStar.com.my, July 12, 2012
...suggested activity to help you on your journey to getting healthy and happy. The End Of Illness Author: David B. Agus with Kristin Loberg Publisher: Free Press, 35 pages IS it possible to live robustly until our last breath? The author, an...
Mountain View Patch, December 30, 2012
...From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed 68 The End of Illness by David B. Agus with Kristin Loberg 55 Behind the Beautiful Forevers [Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity] by Katherine Boo    47 Drift: The...
Toronto Star Online, December 28, 2012
...the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden, Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer, Dutton 15.The End of Illness, David B. Agus with Kristin Loberg, Free Press ...
TMC Net, December 21, 2012
...Dec. 21 -- Genentech, South San Francisco, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,333,964) developed by David B. Agus, Beverly Hills, Calif., for "ErbB antagonists for pain therapy." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark...
Turkmenistan News.net, December 21, 2012
...To the Editor: Dr. David B. Agus ("The 2,000-Year-Old Wonder Drug," Op-Ed, Dec. 12) suggests that regulating a person's health-related habits (or the socioeconomic environment by extension...
New York Times, December 20, 2012
...To the Editor: Dr. David B. Agus (, Op-Ed, Dec. 12) suggests that regulating a persons health-related habits (or the socioeconomic environment by extension) becomes a moral and social duty when scientific data reach a kind...
New York Times, December 20, 2012
...To the Editor: Dr. David B. Agus (, Op-Ed, Dec. 12) suggests that regulating a persons health-related habits (or the socioeconomic environment by extension) becomes a moral and social duty when scientific data reach a kind...
Morgan County Citizen, December 15, 2012
...Without knowing it, I may be protecting my health by two-steppin in my cowboy boots. According to Dr. David B. Agus, author of The End of Illness, recently featured on ABC News, "Aching feet means inflammation. Inflammation in the long term is bad for...