Plants produce a vast diversity of bioactive molecules to defend themselves from stress. This book provides a complete overview of these compounds, detailing their biochemistry, functional roles, and biotechnological production for use as food supplements and natural medicines.
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.
Wound Healing
A critical review of global investigations into the challenging problem of wound healing. This book analyzes molecular pathways, infections, and a wide range of therapies—from antibiotics and natural products to stem cells, gene therapy, and nanomaterials. An essential reference.
Reversion of Disease and Aging
Discover a clinically proven medicine that can reverse disease and aging. This book reveals how to activate your body’s self-curative mechanisms through conditioning, diet, and exercise, creating a natural path to improved health and longevity for all.
Caregivers of people with psychosis face a large gap between research and real-world support. This book explores online interventions as a promising strategy, presenting a new online family intervention format and the criteria used for its construction and implementation.
The transition period is the most critical phase in a dairy cow’s productive cycle. This book offers a comprehensive description of the metabolic and physiological processes a cow experiences, detailing how to manage this period efficiently through nutrition and cow comfort.
The human brain is the most complex object in the universe. This book summarizes our knowledge on the brain, from historical milestones to philosophical considerations like consciousness. It draws the line between the brain and AI and studies the impact of digital technologies.
Medical Assistance in Dying
This book offers a critical analysis of medical aid in dying (MAiD). While supporting MAiD based on the notion of rational suicide, it shows how inconsistent international protocols raise moral and legal concerns. It provides a framework to analyze and reform these protocols.
Learn how the healthcare community is working with patients to predict and prevent disease using P4 medicine, nutrition, and a healthy lifestyle. This book explores personalized therapies, patient participation, and uses systems thinking to dispel common health misconceptions.
Illness confronts us with our vulnerability, where qualities like hope and compassion become crucial aspects of care. This highlights the importance of spirituality in healing. This volume brings together leading experts to address principles and practices for spiritual care.
Bringing together papers presented at the 2nd Symposium on Advances in Geospatial, this collection deals with the new scientific field of medical geology used to address a variety of human health issues and diseases related to geological materials and earth-system processes.
The Clinical Presentation of Parkinson’s Disease and the Dyadic Relationship between Patients and Carers
This book offers a study of Parkinson’s disease, focusing on the neuropsychological changes that impact patients and their carers. It emphasizes the patient-carer relationship, providing explanations and strategies to alleviate the difficult aspects of care-giving.
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.
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.
This book provides concise coverage of all key topics in gynaecology for students and trainees. It contains the information required to excel in specialist examinations, with questions to reinforce knowledge. It also serves as a useful reference for practicing doctors.
Medical Education in Western India
“Medical knowledge is not communicable to the natives.” Despite this 1832 declaration, Governor Sir Robert Grant, Dr Charles Morehead, and philanthropist Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy created a medical college in Bombay that went on to rival those in Europe and America.
Additional Miscellaneous Rare Tumours of the Kidney
Rare kidney tumours are often misdiagnosed, leading to poor prognosis. As these tumours are not covered in most surgery and urology textbooks, this book details miscellaneous rare tumours of the kidney which all clinicians should know about to improve diagnosis and treatment.
Rare types of prostate cancer are aggressive, have poor prognoses, and are often misdiagnosed. This book updates the literature on these rare neoplasms to alert clinicians and encourage research to find more effective treatment options.
Imogene King’s Conceptual Framework and Theory of Goal Attainment
Imogene King was a major 20th-century nursing thought leader whose Theory of Goal Attainment was formative in professionalizing nursing. This book makes King’s framework relevant for today’s practitioners and displays its value to improve clinical practice worldwide.
Rare scrotal afflictions mimic common conditions, leading to misdiagnosis, delayed treatment, and patient distress. Since most medical books do not cover these lesions in detail, this book provides a vital reference for clinicians to ensure accurate and timely diagnosis.