American medicine’s history is filled with triumph and controversy. This book examines its convoluted course from colonial society to the 20th century, exploring accomplishments and misadventures, from the Mayo Clinic to the Tuskegee affair, to reveal its conflicting tenets.
Hip-Spine Syndrome is a common clinical finding, yet controversy surrounds best surgical practices. This book reviews the syndrome, presents approaches to management with a focus on surgical indications and considerations, and identifies areas that require further research.
Human beings undergo hormonal and metabolic changes throughout life that can alter health and trigger pathologies. This volume focuses on these changes, presenting the screenings best suited for each life stage and the diseases they allow for diagnosis.
Food Safety, from Farm to Fork
This volume explores global food safety issues, presenting key findings from scientific studies. It details threats along the food chain—from pathogens, pesticides, and heavy metals to allergens—and shows how adhering to good practices is crucial in ensuring safe foods.
This book proposes that the physiological motif of plastocyanin dimorphism is a hallmark of higher plants. It also serves as a methodological guide to photosynthesis, offering various methods for the study of proteins.
Conversations on Cardiac Physiology
This book corrects widespread misconceptions about heart physiology. It argues that depolarisation can be explained by electron outflow, hypertension is not caused by a salty diet, and coronary artery disease risk is not correlated with total cholesterol.
Based on research on human cadavers, this book explores the connections and variabilities of the autonomic nervous system. Detailed illustrations and schemes help the reader understand its function and peculiarities within the whole peripheral nervous system.
Problem-Based Learning is an effective method of medical instruction that teaches students to think critically in a group environment. This book will help you harness the power of active learning and conduct an outstanding session and properly prepare for it.
This text leads the reader on an evolutionary journey through cancer pain, palliative care, and supportive care. It highlights new research in these fields, reflecting the link between clinical activity and scientific data.
Infections in Hematology
With resistance to antibiotics growing and new forms of infectious diseases emerging, the findings of this text—which draws on extensive clinical experience and the results of modern research to identify new directions in the field—are particularly timely.
Insights into Portuguese Medical History
This book uncovers the understudied history of medicine in Portugal. International scholars reveal the lives of physicians, responses to past pandemics, and analyses of medical culture, from defence against plague to the history of medicinal emeralds and spectacles.
This systematic, illustrated guide presents methods for bone marrow aspiration and trephine biopsy. It offers a step-by-step approach to obtaining and processing samples safely and effectively, with practical advice on resolving common problems and complications.
This book critically examines the US COVID-19 crisis, arguing the nation’s response was out of proportion to the actual threat. This led to needless suffering, driven by the misrepresentation of public science by government officials and the news media.
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.
This concise guide simplifies the immune system, providing a clear overview of the body’s defence mechanisms. It covers immune cells, antigen response, autoimmunity, and the latest developments in immunotherapy. Multiple-choice questions enhance understanding.
This book discusses the impact of micronutrients (minerals and vitamins) on the human brain. From its developmental stage to intellectual performance, it describes their regulatory role, their potency on brain cells, and their connection to various neuropathological conditions.
The next generation of oncological hyperthermia selectively heats malignant cells. Due to its selectivity, this innovative concept is safer, less toxic, and uses significantly lower energy. This book shows the challenges, theoretical basis, and clinical results of the method.
Bioactive Nutrients as Dietary Supplements and Therapeutic Agents
This book explores nutraceuticals, from prebiotics and probiotics to phytochemicals. It examines their regulation, physiological role, and power to combat diseases like diabetes and cancer, highlighting fruits and vegetables as Nature’s multinutraceutical capsules.
The Importance of Becoming a Medical Educator
A medical degree alone is not enough to make an effective educator. This book gives doctors the understanding and tools they need to better teach their students, colleagues, and patients by addressing topics like adult learning theory, motivation, and teacher assessment.
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.
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