This book provides the objective and thoroughly scientific approach to the COVID-19 pandemic that has been missing. Based on hard published clinical research, it offers a measured explanation of the virus, its spread, diagnosis, management, vaccination, variants, and long-COVID.
Master English communication with dental patients. This practical guide for non-native speakers uses scenario-based learning and simulated dialogues to build the confidence and skills needed for real-world clinical settings.
Usefulness of Acute Phase Reactant Score in the Neonatal Period
Enhance your clinical judgment in neonatal care. This book introduces the APR score, a rapid, minimally invasive bedside test for diagnosing infection. Score three key markers in 3 minutes to confidently assess and improve outcomes for your most vulnerable patients.
This book explores penetrating keratoplasty, the gold standard in corneal transplantation. It covers the theoretical and practical aspects, from eye banking to donor tissue evaluation. This is an essential guide for postgraduate students and experienced cornea surgeons.
This book identifies the main biochemical changes in several diseases and their biochemical markers, highlighting how they can be used in diagnosis.
Deriving from a medicine history conference, this set of proceedings comprises topics from areas such as the history of health care systems, medical sciences and public health. It is also well-illustrated with diagrams and images pertaining to the history of medicine.
Based on years of original research, this book explores how hormones affect brain activity, behavior, and adaptation. It uncovers the origins of mental disorders in hormonal diseases and proposes the purposeful synthesis of new oligopeptide drugs for treatment.
This is the first comprehensive book on the neurological manifestations of COVID-19. It provides up-to-date guidance for healthcare providers managing the neurological aspects of SARS-CoV-2 infection, summarizing existing evidence and formulating practical implications.
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.
This text offers a concise overview of introductory neuroscience, from molecules to the mind. Focusing on the primary concepts of brain anatomy and physiology without peripheral details, it is an ideal guide for students and a useful reference for a quick refresher.
Japanese bioethics has developed a distinct identity separate from its American origins. This anthology, featuring original chapters by leading scholars, reveals how traditional Japanese values shape the nation’s approach to complex ethical issues in medicine.
Understand and manage the complications affecting one in five early pregnancies. This up-to-date guide covers their causes, diagnosis, and treatment. A vital resource for healthcare providers and the public.
This book extends the concept of the “calcium paradox,” linking Ca2+/cAMP signalling pathways to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. It details how this interaction can open new pharmacological strategies for treating these diseases.
This book analyses clinical encounters through an interpreter from a new point of view. It explores the difficulties in multilingual medical communication, revealing why the risk of misunderstanding is significantly higher in trilingual than in bilingual communication.
This book explores the quality of care through patient decision-making. It examines the nurse’s relationships with patients, families, and health teams, guiding managers to create policies that improve care and increase patient autonomy.
This book delves into neurodegenerative illnesses like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, exploring molecular targets for therapy. By analysing neural circuits, protein misfolding, and genetics, it unravels the mind’s complexities, offering optimism for millions worldwide.
Towards a New Philosophy of Mental Health
This collection represents a major contribution to the interdisciplinary dialogue in mental health. It uses new tools from neuroscience, psychology, phenomenology, and epistemology to explore mental disorders and critically reappraise current research.
Understanding Metabolic Diseases
A silent epidemic of metabolic diseases—including diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease—impacts millions. These conditions disrupt the body’s energy processing, leading to severe health consequences. Adopting a healthy lifestyle is key to combatting this silent threat.
A Journey into the Human Experience of Incurable Disease
This book critically investigates the uniquely human experience of and response to illness and treatment, which affects the body, the mind, and the very core of human existence and identity. Without hope, there is no future; without healing, no holistic recovery.
Dietary Induction Models of Nutritional Disorders in Rodents
From lab to clinic: Explore dietary models of disease in pre-clinical studies. Leading experts in nutrition and bioethics offer an essential guide to translational research, shaping future clinical work for students and health professionals.