Ailments Diseases category: 10428 books

Introduction to Mathematical Oncology presents biologically well-motivated and mathematically tractable models that facilitate both a deep understanding of cancer biology and better cancer treatment designs. It covers the medical and biological background of the diseases, modeling issues, and existing...

Social workers, counselors, and health care professionals will be challenged by this thorough presentation of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs). The contributing authors contend that in the immediate future, education, not medicine will be the single most important weapon in stemming the spread...

For over three decades, Bennett & Brachman’s Hospital Infections has been a respected and influential resource in the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Now in its Sixth Edition, the book continues to provide readers with the latest information in the field of...

This book describes Abnormal Slow Heart Beats, Diagnosis and Treatment of Bradycardias and Related Diseases Brady-arrhythmia is an abnormal slow heart rhythm and heart beat. There are many types of Brady-arrhythmias. They are categorized by some doctors by where they start in the heart (the atria,...

This book takes Complexity Theory and applies it to medicine where it has previously made little ground. It provides new hypotheses for multiple common but misunderstood diseases.

Memory: The Boxed SetBy Kristy ClarkThree Unabridged Volumes in One Comprehensive CollectionBook #1Memory Loss: Understanding and Preventing Memory LossScience is making major breakthroughs in the area of memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s and other diseases...

Memory Loss: Understanding and Preventing Memory Loss.This is volume 1 in a series of 5 Memory Loss books.29 pages.If you're a person experiencing memory loss and wants to know the secrets of memory loss, memory help, and memory boost, then you're about to discover how to improve...

When the body is in a stress condition, it will fight to stay in balance. In order to fight, the body needs a lot of energy. The energy for the body is sugar. To provide the body with the necessary sugars, the adrenal glands will produce more cortisol. The hormone cortisol will take care of enough...

This practically oriented book provides an up-to-date overview of all significant aspects of the pathogenesis of sepsis and its management, including within the intensive care unit. Readers will find information on the involvement of the coagulation and endocrine systems during sepsis and on the use...

My personal story of how Lyme Disease tried to destroy my life. It put me in a wheelchair , it cost me my job,my home, my ability to walk, and on certain days my ability to talk. I had to fight for almost six years to try and get treatment here in Illinois. I was told over and over " We did not...

Parasites threaten the health of animals and humans alike. Especially in times of increasing globalization and global warming, parasites can enlarge their “kingdom” by spreading. At the same time many of the existing medical products have become ineffective. As these products have been used for...

This volume details our current understanding of the architecture and signaling capabilities of known canonical and non-canonical inflammasome complexes and highlights their action, in particular in response to infection with important bacterial model organisms and the corresponding disease pathologies....

This concise, clinically focused handbook offers a complete overview of tuberculosis and reviews the latest guidelines, treatment options, clinical trials and management of this disease. Handbook of Tuberculosis is a well-rounded book written by renowned researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for...

The aim of this book is to publicise and bring to a wider audience the concept that the cause of two neurological diseases, namely multiple sclerosis (MS) and “mad cow disease” also known as “bovine spongiform encephalopathy” are related through exposure to a common microbe Acinetobacter which...