In her typical, straight-talking yet comforting and humorous style, geriatrician and family caregiver, Dr. Cheryl Woodson, explores specific questions caregivers asked in her geriatrics practice and at national presentations over her almost 40-year career. Dr. Cheryl believed these topics were beyond the scope of...

This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted,...

Author: Daisy ChristodoulouISBN-10: 1382004125ISBN-13: 9781382004121Publisher: Oxford University Press, USALanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/05/2020Pages: 232Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d

In the second edition of her popular resource, Dr. Cheryl still shoots from the hip and from the heart, guiding families to give excellent eldercare without killing themselves (or each other). She is a fellowship-trained geriatrician (UCLA), a former medical school faculty member (The...

This book includes a compilation of papers published in 2020 and 2021 focused on dual disorders, which are found in significant and growing numbers in both substance addiction and mental health clinics. These contributions assume a broad perspective ranging from exposure to genetic and...

Strengthen potential in IB Visual Arts. The only resource matched to the IB Visual Arts Guide, this essential Course Book breaks down and clarifies all the assessment components of the course. Guiding learners through each assessment task, a range of artwork examples contextualize the...

Tourette syndrome (TS) is a chronic, neurobehavioral disorder of childhood that has traditionally been treated with medication. Although available, many mental health professionals are not familiar with an effective behavioral therapy for tic disorders. This therapist guide outlines a safe and scientifically proven treatment...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) chronic infection can determine liver fibrosis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, as well as several extra-hepatic manifestations (i.e., mixed cryoglobulinemia, metabolic syndrome, kidney disease, etc.). HCV infection is asymptomatic until severe stages of disease, thus screening policy in the general population...

The present Special Issue summarizes the available scientific evidence concerning the nutrients and biomarkers in musculoskeletal diseases linked to the metabolic conditions secondary to COVID-19 confinement, osteoporosis prevention for patients with inflammatory bowel diseases, and the nutritional status in patients with spinal muscular atrophy....

In the last decade, the number of clinical trials using Bayesian methods has grown dramatically. Nowadays, regulatory authorities appear to be more receptive to Bayesian methods than ever.The Bayesian methodology is well suited to address the issues arising in the planning, analysis, and conduct...

A growing body of literature demonstrates the influence of stress and training load on the recovery process and the well-being of exercise practitioners and athletes. The dependent relationships among stress, training load, recovery, and well-being may constrain overall performance, considering the well-establised and abundant...

Marine organisms are a treasure trove for the discovery of novel natural products, and, thus, marine natural products have been a focus of interest for researchers for decades. Some marine bacteria are prolific producers of natural products, occurring either free-living or, as recently shown,...

Team sports training are progressively growing, and thus challenging strength and conditioning coaches and head coaches. As part of a well-prepared training strategy, it is important to establish a functional relationship among fitness assessment, load, and well-being monitoring and readiness analysis to identify the...

From puberty through to the menopause, a woman's reproductive organs undergo constant change due to the processes of the ovarian and menstrual cycle, pregnancy and aging. Unfortunately, the organs of the female reproductive system may often be affected by disease and injury. Many women...

Many research teams are working to demonstrate that microorganisms can be our daily partners, due to the great diversity of biochemical transformations and molecules they are able to produce.This Special Issue highlights several facets of the production of microbial metabolites of interest. From the...

This is collection of original and review articles selected in recognition of the contribution of Instituto Butantan to the field of toxinology and its continued and relevant role in this field in the 120 years since its foundation. Congratulations to the Butantan Institute, its...

Microalgae and seaweeds are a renewable source of potent bioactive ingredients with confirmed positive impacts on health and wellness.The interest in-and awareness of-the need to improve quality of life and well-being has led to a greater consumption of nutraceuticals, as well as the use...

The dental curriculum is like a living organism-it has developed through time, manifesting regional, cultural, and scientific heritage, and reflecting modern trends. The undergraduate dental curriculum is periodically rebuilt to ensure the harmonization of higher education systems between countries, especially in Europe. Structure, content,...

Endometriosis is defined as the presence of endometrial-like endometrial cells, glands, and stroma outside the uterus, causing a strong inflammatory-like microenvironment in the affected tissue. The exact prevalence of endometriosis is unknown, but estimates range from 2%-10% of women of reproductive age to 50%...

Medicine in Brief is a collection of poems in traditional Japanese haiku and tanka form. Each poem strives to capture the uniqueness of a particular disease, serving both as puzzle and springboard for education about the illness.Author: Cynthia CooperISBN-10: 166981002XISBN-13: 9781669810025Publisher: Xlibris UsLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Access: Addressing the Obesity CrisisBy: Dr. Amy Lee, Douglas Ramsthel CFP(R), and Jessica Carpenter RDN MBAAs a trained physician, seeing the many types of patients in Dr. Amy Lee's years of practice, she has come to realize that what she does in treating a...

Due to innovation in technology, a new type of patient has been created, the e-patient, characterized by the use of electronic communication tools and commitment to participate in their own care. The extent to which the world of digital health has changed during the...

The International Agency for Research on Cancer suggests that the burden of women's cancers including breast, ovarian, and womb will rise by 50% over the next 20 years. It is essential for us to improve early diagnosis and prevention of these cancers in our...

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common malignancies worldwide, and the pathogenesis of this neoplasm is probably one of the most studied. The knowledge obtained over time has led to the development of screening and early diagnosis systems, allowing a significant reduction in...

The book "Multiple Sclerosis: Diagnosis and Treatment" provides a collection of selected articles published in Biomedicines as part of Volume II addressing current issues on this major inflammatory demyelinating neurological disorder. The articles describe recent advances and discoveries in the molecular and cell microenvironment...

Although advances in therapeutic interventions improved outcomes, vascular occlusive diseases are still challenging not only afflicted but also attending physicians, requiring novel therapeutic strategies. Arteriogenesis, sometimes also called therapeutic angiogenesis, refers to the body's own capacity to create a natural bypass around a narrowing...

Platelets are critical elements in the blood stream, supporting hemostasis (defense against bleeding), as well as performing even more complex tasks within networks of biological (immunity) and pathophysiological processes, such as cancer and ischemia/reperfusion injury. Changes in the number (and function) of platelets may...

We have entered a new era where some concepts of the complex community of microorganisms (microbiota comprising bacteria, fungi, viruses, bacteriophages and helminths) are being re-discovered and re-visited. Microbiota and human interaction is not new; they have shared a long history of co-existence. Nevertheless,...

The landscape of minimally invasive urological intervention is changing. A lot of new innovations and technological developments have happened over the last 3 decades. Laparoscopy and robotic surgery have revolutionised kidney and prostate cancer treatment, with more minimally invasive procedures now being carried out...

Many recent studies on medical image processing have involved the use of machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL). This special issue, "Machine Learning/Deep Learning in Medical Image Processing", has been launched to provide an opportunity for researchers in the area of medical image...

This Special Issue of Marine Drugs, entitled "Bioactive Marine Heterocyclic Compounds", aimed to collect excellent original research articles and reviews focused on the isolation of new heterocyclic marine natural products, total synthesis, synthetic modification, or on finding important bioactivities of known heterocyclic marine natural...

Musculoskeletal disorders are a serious burden for patients and modern society. In Europe alone, 100,000,000 individuals suffer from musculoskeletal disorders and 40,000,000 affected workers cause losses due to work absence and a productivity loss of EUR 12 billion per year. Worldwide, musculoskeletal disorders are...

Fucoidans are a group of fucose-containing sulfated polysaccharides found in many species of brown seaweeds, with numerous bioactive properties. As a highly bioactive seaweed substance with many promising physiological activities, fucoidans have attracted attention from many industries all over the world. Even though fucoidans...

Increasing global physical activity levels is one of the most important public health goals of the 21st century. Physically active individuals present better sleep patterns, increased wellbeing and quality of life, as well as better physical function and fitness levels. In addition, physical activity...

This monograph is not statistical. It looks instead at pre-statistical assumptions about dependent variables and causal order. Professor Davis spells out the logical principles that underlie our ideas of causality and explains how to discover causal direction, irrespective of the statistical technique used. He...

After experiencing many challenges bringing up our son Brett who through absolutely no fault of his own was born with a genetic condition called tuberous sclerosis we wanted to share some of the experiences that we as a family have had to encounter over...

The subject of this book is arithmetic algebraic geometry, an area between number theory and algebraic geometry. It is about applying geometric methods to the study of polynomial equations in rational numbers (Diophantine equations). This book represents the first complete and coherent exposition in...

This is a modern introduction to Kaehlerian geometry and Hodge structure. Coverage begins with variables, complex manifolds, holomorphic vector bundles, sheaves and cohomology theory (with the latter being treated in a more theoretical way than is usual in geometry). The book culminates with the...

Tibetan medicine has come to represent multiple and sometimes conflicting agendas. On the one hand it must retain a sense of cultural authenticity and a connection to Tibetan Buddhism; on the other it must prove efficacious and safe according to biomedical standards. Recently, Tibetan...

This is an introduction to diophantine geometry at the advanced graduate level. The book contains a proof of the Mordell conjecture which will make it quite attractive to graduate students and professional mathematicians. In each part of the book, the reader will find numerous...

This is a book about harmonic functions in euclidean space. Readers with a background in real and complex analysis at the beginning graduate level will feel comfortable with the material presented here. The new edition contains a completely rewritten chapter on spherical harmonics, a...

Part 2 provides strategies for dealing with some of the misconceptions that students have, by including ready to use classroom resources.Author: Keith TaberISBN-10: 0854043810ISBN-13: 9780854043811Publisher: Royal Society of ChemistryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/04/2002Pages: 246Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.00lbsSize: 11.50h x 8.60w x 0.70d

"The foundation of health is optimal nutrition, nutrigenomics and not the prevention of disease with vaccination or the treatment of disease with drugs. No longer is the germ theory relevant to the understanding of disease. Provocative pictures and cases relative to following the protocol...

A detailed treatise on the uses of the organic plant Comfrey in herbal medicine. First published in 1936, this guide to ancient herbal remedies focuses on the uses of Comfrey in alternate medicine. Comfrey is a plant of the genus Symphytum, a plant that...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This book describes the principles and step-by-step technique of the Bio- Well analysis, which allow not only to make conclusions of the person's psychophysiological condition, but also develop recommendations for improvement of health and well-being. The third part of the book is atlas of...

This is database of medical and Pharmaceutical mnemonics to help remember the important details which is miraculous for medical, paramedical, pharmacy courses and other medical and pre-medical related competitive examsAuthor: Nida Khan, Mohd FarookISBN-10: 1518713351ISBN-13: 9781518713354Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/23/2015Pages: 212Format: PaperbackWeight:...

You're about to discover a proven strategy on how to understand and overcome your Metabolic Syndrome issues for the rest of your life. Millions of people suffer from symptoms of Metabolic Syndrome at some point in their life and throw away their personal and...

Author: Rufus O. OkotoreISBN-10: 1503527239ISBN-13: 9781503527232Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/13/2015Pages: 222Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.73lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d

From breakfast to dinner to late-night snacks, enjoy the fun, convenience, and variety of eating away from home with this essential guide to the nutritional facts of some of your favorite indulgences featuring a variety of restaurant chains, takeout foods, and snacks. Discover how...