Developing a Drug to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease
This book focuses on Alzheimer’s and other dementias, exploring the lack of effective drugs. It proposes changes to FDA protocols to accelerate the drug pipeline and discusses new directions in research—offering hope for families, scientists, and entrepreneurs.
This book provides focused data on the role of brain blood vessels in health and disease. It addresses their function in cerebrovascular disease, neurodegenerative disorders, and cognitive impairment, supporting the discovery of new therapeutic agents for CNS disorders.
The Faith Sector and HIV/AIDS in Botswana
Based on field research by scholars, this book covers the role of various religions in the struggle against HIV/AIDS in Botswana, once the world’s worst-affected country. It is for all who address HIV and AIDS, not just those studying religion.
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.
A Healthy Life on a Healthy Planet
We think pollution only affects the environment, but disease rates are rising. This book explains how our health depends on the environment, demystifying how pollutants from carbon fuels and pesticides affect us and what we can do about it.
For healthcare professionals, the assessment of sarcopenia and frailty is essential to personalized medicine. This book provides practical assessment tools, reviews key findings from the literature, and suggests treatment modifications for frail patients across clinical settings.
HIV / AIDS
This book explores how health communication is critical in lessening the spread of HIV and its devastating impacts. With no cure or vaccine, behavior change is the key to prevention, and the ideas here can spur new efforts and improve existing ones.
This book challenges the idea that medical ethics in armed conflict is identical to peacetime. It explores the dual loyalty conflict for Military Health Care Professionals torn between military orders and professional codes when caring for the wounded under fire.
This book shares the untold story of frugal innovations in orthopaedic surgery developed in Pakistan. It is a narrative of how surgeons in low-income countries achieve very high standards in resource-constrained settings, providing a model for others to replicate globally.
Living Better with Low Back Pain
Low back pain is a frustrating dilemma, but the medical system is often ineffective. This book dispels the myths around common diagnoses and treatments, presenting recent medical research in a practical way. Gain insight, reassurance, and find your way to a better back.
Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s are a severe threat to public health. This book offers a survey of the latest developments at the convergence of neuroscience, nanotechnology, and healthcare, providing vital insights to aid the fight against them.
The Proceedings of the 20th Anniversary History of Medicine Days Conference 2011
This volume from the History of Medicine Days conference comprises insights into the histories of Women, Health and Reproduction; Institutes and Deinstitutionalization; and the Brain, Mind, and Mindlessness. It includes Dr. George Weisz’s keynote on chronic disease.
The Success Rates and Limits of Reproductive Medicine
More couples are leaving children until later, not realising “later” can be “too late”. While many trust in reproductive medicine, the biological clock cannot be turned back. This book explains the medical facts: what fertility treatments can achieve, and what they cannot.
AIDS in Cultural Bodies
Venkatesan and Ammanathil examine the various psychosocial and sexual ordeals of African American people living with HIV or AIDS as depicted in African American literary narratives dealing the disease published from 1980 to 2010.
Emergency Cross-cover of Surgical Specialties
Written by junior doctors for junior doctors, this survival guide helps you cross-cover surgical specialties with confidence. It covers specialty-specific emergencies, when to admit, when to call for help, and key practical skills.
This book describes experiments for modifying clinically used anticoagulants. It establishes the structure of the synthesized products through X-ray analysis, identifies unexpected new structures, and highlights their usefulness through biological and pharmacological experiments.
This thorough study of radio-pathological correlation in breast cancer offers a pathology of the disease and 35 practical case studies. It is an essential resource for breast clinicians, pathologists, and students.
This book explores the p53 protein’s role in malignant hematologic diseases, impacting clinical management. It focuses on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia’s progression to Richter Syndrome, where mutations lead to low survival and non-response to chemotherapy.
The Proceedings of the 18th Annual History of Medicine Days Conference 2009
This peer-reviewed volume collects papers from the History of Medicine Days conference, exploring topics from Ancient Medicine to Eugenics, Military Medicine, and Surgery. The book features the keynote address on the misuse of genetics by Dr. Garland E. Allen.
Pediatric Cardiology
This book presents a unique historical perspective on pediatric cardiology, charting 50 years of evolution in the field. It describes the development of new knowledge and patient care, focusing on advances made in the management of congenital heart defects.