This first-of-its-kind textbook from the Schroth Best Practice Academy offers an overview of the evidence-based Schroth method. A guide for practitioners, it focuses on current non-surgical treatments for spinal deformities to improve patient outcomes and quality of life.
Scientific Research on Health Inequalities
This book reviews the evidence on health inequalities, revealing the methodological limitations of the research. It suggests the causal effect of social position on health is a chimera, raising crucial questions for researchers and public health professionals.
Seaweeds as Silent Healers
This book explores the untapped therapeutic treasures of marine algae, focusing on their pharmacological applications. It guides researchers and professionals to harness algal metabolites for groundbreaking discoveries that have the potential to revolutionize modern medicine.
A readable guide to health as we age, easily understood by all. Written in an appealing, informal manner with entertaining stories and useful philosophical notes, it offers a helpful, holistic perspective. This encouraging book has value for all of us, elderly or not.
Selected Articles and Letters of Stewart R. Roberts, MD (1878-1941)
Stewart R. Roberts, MD, was the first cardiologist in the South of the United States and was frequently called ‘the Osler of the South.’ This book presents a selection of 20 articles by Roberts, providing insights into his work and his environment.
In Russia, millions of women underwent radical mastectomy without indications. This book explores invasive procedures used without sufficient cause, a surgical hyper-radicalism linked to paternalism, disregard for informed consent, and the training of medical personnel for war.
This volume publishes work by emerging researchers in the history of medicine, exploring topics from medical classics and the effects of war to conceptions of blood. It features the paper by keynote speaker Dr Thomas Schlich and is well-illustrated.
Self-Management Education
Transform diabetes care with this guide to patient self-management. It offers healthcare professionals evidence-based, actionable strategies to empower patients, improve health outcomes, and reduce costs. An essential tool for advancing patient-centered care globally.
This book argues for an integrative view of depression, where mood is modulated by both central and peripheral mechanisms. Sensorimotor stimulation—via our senses and movement—can have the diametrically opposite effects of either alleviating or aggravating depression.
Sexual Dimorphism in Health and Disease
This book explains sex as a key biological factor in disease. It explores the molecular mechanisms of sexual dimorphism in human pathologies, covering the latest sex-associated factors, cell metabolism, and potential strategies for restoring the function of immune cells.
Sexual Pain, a Thorny Embrace
Sexual difficulties can arise from medical conditions or cancer treatment, leading to pain and straining intimacy. This book helps couples understand the link between illness and sexuality, offering awareness and solutions through clinical cases and therapeutic approaches.
Shell Shock Doctors
Shell shock was WWI’s signature injury. Military doctors witnessed psychiatric states never seen before, evolving interventions still in use today. This text reconsiders their forgotten writings. Neuropsychiatry was founded in the shell craters of Flanders.
Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle cell disease remains a leading scourge. This volume provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary review from experts in the field. It highlights what is known about the disease and where future advances are needed, providing a solid foundation for future studies.
This book offers a wealth of exam questions for the new FRCS cardiothoracic surgery curriculum. Covering the full breadth of adult cardiac surgery with a focus on clinical scenarios, it provides the definitive Single Best Answer (SBA) revision guide to maximise exam success.
Master the adult thoracic surgery exam with this definitive SBA revision guide. Packed with questions covering the full new curriculum, it focuses on clinical scenarios to test your knowledge, improve exam technique, and maximise your chances of success.
Our skin changes throughout our lives, responding to health, lifestyle, and our surroundings. As it often deteriorates in cold weather, this book explores why this happens and what we can do about it, connecting skin with our lifestyle, wellbeing, and environment.
Solution Focused Interactions in Nursing
This book shows how Solution Focused Interactions can help nurses promote growth and change. Based on 25 years of experience and PhD research, this practical guide uses case studies to help you and your patients grow, while restoring your own enthusiasm for practice.
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.
This collection explores current issues concerning glycolipids and their connection with diseases, the immune system, cancer, and infections. It offers a comprehensive presentation of current trends, data, and developments in health sciences, pharmacology, and industry.
A practical guide to lipid and protein metabolism, blood analysis, anaemia, kidney function, and urine culture. Featuring many picture examples, this book is essential for doctors, medical students, and staff in clinical laboratories.