Medical Science category: 13998 books
Pharmacoinformatics and Drug Discovery Technologies
Theories and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2012
Within the context of integrated health management domains, pharmacoinformatics aims at maximizing the benefits from the use of information systems and technologies for the provision of decision support tools necessary for improved drug management, use, and administration practices. Pharmacoinformatics...
The Birth of a Genetics Policy
Social Issues of Newborn Screening
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
Testing for genetic diseases or traits is a rapidly developing practice, the most widely used form of testing currently in use being newborn screening. Based on a five-year research project and winner of the Prix ’Le Monde’ for academic research in France, The Birth of a Genetics Policy analyses...
Genetic Governance
Health, Risk and Ethics in a Biotech Era
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2005
Ethical and practical issues around genetic research are of major international concern, both in academia and in the public domain. Questions concerning what interventions are possible and appropriate with the increasing amount of genetic information available, challenge our understandings of ourselves,...
Translational Toxicology
Defining a New Therapeutic Discipline
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
Bringing together a distinguished interdisciplinary team of contributors,this volume provides a comprehensive exploration of translational toxicology—a systematic approach to developing therapeutic interventions that can protect against, mitigate, or reverse the effects of exposures.In particular,...
Vaccine Nation
America's Changing Relationship with Immunization
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
With employers offering free flu shots and pharmacies expanding into one-stop shops to prevent everything from shingles to tetanus, vaccines are ubiquitous in contemporary life. The past fifty years have witnessed an enormous upsurge in vaccines and immunization in the United States: American children...
by Suzanne Baron
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Clinical cases provide complete, concise coverage of the biochemical and genetic diseases tested on the USMLE Step 1 and in basic science courses.
A strong focus on the clinical aspects of biochemical and genetic disease
Emphasizes boardrelevant coverage
Easily compare and contrast diseases
Each...
by Shelley A. Tischkau, Anush S. Pillai, Eugene C. Toy
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
REAL-LIFE CLINICAL CASES FOR THE BASIC SCIENCES AND USMLE STEP 1
Experience with clinical cases is key to excelling on the USMLE Step 1 and shelf exams, and ultimately to providing patients with competent clinical care. Case Files: Pharmacology provides 56 true-to-life clinical cases that illustrate...
Side Effects of Drugs Annual
A Worldwide Yearly Survey of New Data in Adverse Drug Reactions
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Side Effects of Drugs Annual: A Worldwide Yearly Survey of New Data in Adverse Drug Reactions, Volume 39 presents the latest on a variety of topics, with new chapters in this volume covering Central nervous system stimulants and drugs that suppress appetite, Antidepressant drugs, Lithium, Drugs of...
by Patricia E. Molina
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
The best endocrine review available for the USMLE Step 1
The fourth edition of Endocrine Physiology provides comprehensive coverage of the basic science and anatomy behind endocrine function. With its focus on must-know principles, Endocrine Physiolology is the best review available for the USMLE...
by Vinay Kumar, MBBS, MD
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
Dependable, current, and complete, Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, 9th Edition is the perennially best-selling text that you’ll use long after your medical student days are behind you. A world-class author team headed by Drs. Vinay Kumar, Abul Abbas, and Jon Aster, delivers the latest,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Robotic engineering inspired by biology—biomimetics—has many potential applications: robot snakes can be used for rescue operations in disasters, snake-like endoscopes can be used in medical diagnosis, and artificial muscles can replace damaged muscles to recover the motor functions of human limbs....
How Science Works: Evolution
A Student Primer
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2010
Evolution is just a theory, isn’t it? What is a scientific theory anyway? Don’t scientists prove things? What is the difference between a fact, a hypothesis and a theory in science? How does scientific thinking differ from religious thinking? Why are most leading scientists atheists? Are science...
Conservation for the Anthropocene Ocean
Interdisciplinary Science in Support of Nature and People
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Conservation for the Anthropocene Ocean: Interdisciplinary Science in Support of Nature and People emphasizes strategies to better connect the practice of marine conservation with the needs and priorities of a growing global human population. It conceptualizes nature and people as part of shared ecosystems,...
by Ant Hive Media
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
This is a Summary of Deepak Chopra and Rudolph E. Tanzi's Super Genes Unlock the Astonishing Power of Your DNA for Optimum Health and Well-BeingThe authors of the New York Times bestseller Super Brain present a bold new understanding of our genes and how simple changes in lifestyle can...