This book illustrates how human impacts on the environment and climate change affect health. It highlights innovative approaches and models for sustainable healthcare, setting out a vision of ecological principles to guide sustainable health developments for future generations.
For decades, testosterone has been surrounded by dark rumors. However, recent research shows past data on side effects is inaccurate. This book reveals how testosterone therapy benefits vital body functions far beyond libido, and explores its innovative new applications.
This book describes 100 years of change in American medicine through the extraordinary and inspiring life of Halsted Reid Holman. A visionary leader, he challenged orthodoxy and injustice, navigating the tension between healthcare as a basic human right and as a business.
Oral Infections and Systemic Diseases
Oral infections can affect your general health. This book gives an overview of the scientific evidence for linkages between oral infections and systemic diseases. It also provides a short overview of oral infections and symptoms that are due to systemic diseases.
This concise guide to trauma provides updated, evidence-based techniques, practical guidelines, and new concepts from the golden hour to definitive treatment. It is an essential reference for doctors, medical students, and those sitting for professional examinations.
James Hill, a Dumfries Neurosurgeon
Shaped by the Scottish Enlightenment, surgeon James Hill (1703-1776) preferred his own observations to the teachings of past authorities. He achieved a grand reputation for his contribution to the treatment of head injuries. Though his legacy faded, this book documents his work.
On the Path to Health, Wellbeing, and Fulfilment
This book investigates the scientific basis of what we think we know about healthy living. How much of the information presented as fact by the media is true? It provides a key to understanding how we can all improve our health to thrive in any phase of life.
Master physiology with targeted practice. This essential companion to your textbook organizes questions by concept and difficulty (basic, specialized, advanced), helping you pinpoint weaknesses, reinforce knowledge, and ace your exams.
Modern Technological Intervention Advancements for the Physically Challenged and Disabled Population
This book explores how technology can improve the quality of life for the disabled and elderly. Incorporating expertise from global professionals, it provides insights for researchers and students, highlighting key challenges for engineers, clinicians, and industry professionals.
Sudden Death in Opera
An aspect of dying in opera rarely observed is Sudden Unexpected Death. This book explores 50 operas where deaths occur without obvious natural cause, often forming the epiphany of the story. It charts the influence of philosophy and medical science on these tragic denouements.
This book explains the scientific rationale for focusing on the mechanisms of hypertension, a pathology difficult to treat effectively with current methods. It will appeal to medical students, researchers, and professionals interested in this field.
Taichi Meets Motor Neuroscience
Is Taichi Chuan more than soft gymnastics? This book shows it is a master key for communication between Western and Eastern cultures. Defined as meditation in motion, it explores East-West points of convergence in cognitive neuroscience, embodied cognition, robotics, and dance.
Health disparities in American Indians are severe and underappreciated. Edited by experts, including a member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe, this volume identifies the causes and solutions to this overlooked problem, with relevance for Indigenous People’s health around the world.
An introduction to point of care ultrasound, applied to improve care in acute and perioperative settings. Each section offers a succinct background, illustrated guidance on image acquisition, and essential pathology identification.
Neurosurgery before Science
This book traces the development of surgery from Hippocrates to the nineteenth century, analysing procedures like bloodletting and the myth of laudable pus. It demonstrates the profession’s resistance to new ideas, preferring accepted notions even when evidence confounds them.
For those who investigate the sources of vector-borne disease, this book presents procedures in straightforward language. It explains techniques for developing a comprehensive surveillance system and for detecting a disease prior to the infection of a human index case.
This book uses a systems biology approach to understand complex cancers. It analyzes cellular networks to identify key biomarkers for drug targets, and presents the design of a multiple-molecule drug for therapeutic treatment with fewer side effects.
This comprehensive collection explores state-of-the-art autoimmune diseases, their diagnostics, current trends, and future developments. It is a unique resource for medical educators, practitioners, and academics.
Acute Right Heart Failure
Acute right heart failure is a complex syndrome often overlooked in research. This book covers its precursors, from normal physiology to pathology, and offers comprehensive guidance on its early assessment and management based on current clinical and experimental trials.
Our Self-Organized Brains
This book describes the dynamic nature of the brain and how it learns. Using a systemic approach to neuroscience, it introduces concepts of feedback control and self-organized systems in plain language for a holistic understanding of the human learning process.
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