This guide explores Africa’s STI/HIV epidemic through the lens of cultural beliefs and sexual habits. It offers vital context for health professionals and the public, helping to understand and address the root causes of the crisis.
Rare Tumours of the Kidney
Rare malignant neoplasms of the kidney have aggressive outcomes but are not covered in most books of Urology, Surgery, and Medicine. This book focuses on these rare neoplasms, providing updated information on a heterogeneous group of disorders with distinct abnormalities.
This book covers practical issues in cardiology. Each chapter provides key point summaries and multiple-choice questions with comprehensive answers for self-assessment. Real pictures, charts, and tables enhance understanding, making the content perfect for rapid review.
A comprehensive guide to vitamins, related minerals, and their role in disease. Learn the fundamentals, from absorption to toxicity, and discover their mechanism of action in conditions like autoimmune diseases and aging. An essential guide for health professionals and students.
An accessible guide for students of biochemistry, medicine, and life sciences to understand biochemical tests and their clinical interpretation. This book covers routine analyses, how modern labs work, lab automation, metabolic disorders, diagnostic enzymology, and more.
Explore the latest findings on the tumor molecular microenvironment’s role in cancer progression. This book highlights new therapeutic targets based on apoptosis, autophagy, and tumor signaling, and reveals how nanoformulations are revolutionizing the future of cancer therapy.
An essential guide to the bacterial pathogens that threaten human health. This book explores infection mechanisms, treatment, and the immune response, equipping readers with the knowledge to combat infectious diseases. A valuable resource for students and professionals.
From seasoned experts, this state-of-the-art book covers the latest in perioperative monitoring. Learn advanced strategies for all stages of care to ensure patient safety and explore innovations like AI, machine learning, and remote monitoring. An invaluable resource.
This easy-to-use text offers a fast review of orthopaedic pathology for daily clinical practice and board examination. It is a helpful reference for anatomic pathologists and orthopaedic surgeons preparing for their board exams.
An essential guide for practitioners and students in Aesthetic Medicine and Cosmetic Surgery. This book defines new technologies, reviews traditional therapies, and sets a new consensus for the field. Topics include energy-based devices, injectables, and common cosmetic surgery.
Surgical Education and Training in Pakistan
This book covers starting a surgical training program in Pakistan, detailing how to impart skills, evaluate residents, and develop professional ethics. It also offers insights into career counseling and trainee rights, with personal monologues from renowned practitioners.
Suicide is a leading cause of death globally, especially in young people. The most successful prevention methods are at the grassroots level, involving everyone. This book explores current and outdated perceptions of suicide and presents novel approaches and tools to prevent it.
Women’s Therapeutics in the 21st Century
This holistic guide delves into groundbreaking advancements in women’s health. Exploring conditions from PCOS to cancer, it highlights innovative treatments in precision medicine and integrative care, providing actionable knowledge for clinicians, researchers, and students.
Orofacial Pain and Headache
This concise, clinically oriented 3rd edition integrates knowledge on orofacial pain and headache. Chapters start with clinical features and treatment strategies, followed by a discussion of mechanisms. This book is intended for senior dental students, dentists, and physicians.
Aging, once viewed as an inevitable decline, is reframed as a target for therapeutic intervention. Dr. Wang’s guide to anti-aging polypharmacology reveals how multi-targeted interventions can extend lifespan and promote vibrant health by treating aging as a disease.
The Complete History of Plague in Norway, 1348-1654
This unique book provides a complete history of the entire Second Plague Pandemic in Norway, from the Black Death to 1654. It studies how plague epidemics evolve by comparing their spread and dynamics in late medieval society versus early modern society.
Molecular Biomarkers in Cancer
This book covers the history of cancer research and the evolution of techniques for its diagnosis and treatment. It explores key developments from genetics and omics to modern approaches using microRNA, novel sequencing, and machine learning.
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 Impact of Culture and Faith in Dementia Care
A deeper understanding of palliative care for dementia patients and their families, viewed through a global lens. By examining care in low-, middle-, and high-income countries, we learn from diverse cultures and unique models of care to improve healing on a global scale.
This expert volume is an in-depth review of bone and soft tissue tumors in children and young adults. It explores recent advances in pathology and molecular diagnostics, incorporating salient histological features. Illustrated, it is a vital resource for physicians and trainees.