Patient-Based Medicine
This book addresses the chasm between conventional medicine’s focus on symptoms and what truly benefits the patient. It reveals how this approach can be dangerous and introduces effective alternative approaches which can lead to betterment or even complete remission.
Running can positively influence our mental and physical health and contribute to a “good life.” This book relates running to well-being, brain health, and life skills, developing its ideas with the life experiences of one of the greatest distance runners, Bill Rodgers.
Healthcare Clowns in Palliative Care in Chile
This book explores the roles healthcare clowns play in a pediatric palliative cancer unit in Santiago, Chile. It reveals their positive effects on well-being, emotional regulation, and humane care, showing how they form bonds of friendship and complement traditional treatments.
This volume discusses the coronavirus pandemic’s ecology, evolution, and psychosocial and economic impact. It covers epidemiology, clinical management, and future global threats, making it an essential resource for clinicians, policymakers, and civil society organizations.
The Science of Immunohaematology
What if the key to conquering disease lies in a single drop of blood? Unravel the clandestine alliance between blood and immunity, decoding the molecular dialogues that determine survival. Will precision matching unlock new cures or trigger the next medical crisis?
Improved cancer survival has led to a new challenge: a rise in second primary cancers. As survivors live longer, understanding these malignancies is essential for follow-up care. This book provides insights into the epidemiology, risk factors, and management of these new cancers.
Robotic Surgical Innovations in Calcification
This book explores how robotics, AI, and nanotechnology are revolutionizing the diagnosis and treatment of calcification disorders. With expert insights and case studies, it is an essential resource for clinicians, researchers, and technologists in precision medicine.
This volume analyzes the Romance and Germanic translations of influential medieval surgeon Lanfranc of Milan. Including contributions by experts, it uses a comparative approach to study the development of a vernacular surgical tradition throughout late medieval Europe.
Aspects of Femoral Trochlear Dysplasia
Trochlear dysplasia is a common but overlooked knee condition causing pain and instability. This book—the first of its kind—is an essential reference for doctors, surgeons, and physiotherapists. It covers causes, symptoms, assessment, imaging, and operations like trochleoplasty.
The Climate and COVID-19
This book explores the critical link between climate and the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides insights into the pandemic’s biological trends, the challenges for frontline workers, and debates future forecasts and the transition back to normalcy.
This book discusses emerging diabetes technology like insulin pumps, closed-loop systems, and continuous glucose monitoring, providing essential resources and advice for successful self-management of Type 1 diabetes.
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.
This book offers an ethical analysis of challenges in COVID-19 research, vaccination, and therapy. It confronts the dilemma of who to treat when life-saving resources are limited and highlights the necessity of a global bioethical framework for pandemic management.
James Hill, a Dumfries Neurosurgeon
Shaped by the Scottish Enlightenment, surgeon James Hill (1703-1776) preferred his own observations to the teachings of past authorities. He achieved a grand reputation for his contribution to the treatment of head injuries. Though his legacy faded, this book documents his work.
Psychiatry has reduced the living person to mere brain chemistry, eliminating “Bios” from its practice. As its theoretical foundation crumbles and calls grow to abolish the discipline, this book counteracts such ambitions, arguing for a badly needed theoretical consciousness.
This book explores the genetics of human diseases, covering clinical diagnostic techniques, developmental anomalies, birth defects, and risk factors in genetic disorders.
This practical, illustrated book provides a simple overview of Intra-operative neuromonitoring (IONM) to ensure neurological integrity during surgery. Uniquely authored by an experienced multidisciplinary team, this guide is an invaluable source for all staff and trainees.
For those who investigate the sources of vector-borne disease, this book presents procedures in straightforward language. It explains techniques for developing a comprehensive surveillance system and for detecting a disease prior to the infection of a human index case.
This book identifies the main biochemical changes in several diseases and their biochemical markers, highlighting how they can be used in diagnosis.
This book provides up-to-date information on the treatment of acute and chronic viral hepatitis A-E. It summarizes treatment to guide clinical practice, details the pharmacology of all drugs, and is a resource for students, physicians, gastroenterologists, and pharmacists.
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