Endocrinology Metabolism category: 1008 books
Interdisciplinary Concepts in Cardiovascular Health
Volume I: Primary Risk Factors
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
This book provides an introduction to the principles of both cardiovascular epidemiology and molecular pathophysiology; as a unique aspect, it also outlines and discusses the molecular concepts underlying epidemiological observations. This first volume is focused on the genetic and molecular basis...
Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes
From Science to Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
There is a world-wide epidemic on obesity. This epidemic is driving the immense proportions of Type 2 diabetes across the globe. While there are numerous therapies for treating Type 2 diabetes, the most effective therapy is prevention. Prevention of Type 2 diabetes can be achieved properly by simultaneous...
Dyslipidemias
Pathophysiology, Evaluation and Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2015
Dyslipidemias: Pathophysiology, Evaluation and Management provides a wealth of general and detailed guidelines for the clinical evaluation and management of lipid disorders in adults and children. Covering the full range of common through rare lipid disorders, this timely resource offers targeted,...
The Metabolic Syndrome
Pharmacology and Clinical Aspects
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
The metabolic syndrome is a common syndrome affecting about 20 % of the adult population in Europe, and probably the prevalence is of the same magnitude in other industrialised countries worldwide. It is mainly caused by western lifestyle resulting in abdominal obesity, but also a genetic predisposition...
Cardiovascular Risk in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Assessment and Control
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
A lot of time has been spent trying to convince health care providers and policy makers of the enormous importance of macrovascular disease in persons with type 2 diabetes. In this volume, we present facts that dem onstrate how important it is to recognize macrovascular disease in these patients...
Diabetic Cardiomyopathy
Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2014
Diabetes has long been recognized as a disease of high blood sugar, and there has been a continuous search of the exact reason for its development and effective treatment. In 2005, the World Health Organization had estimated that more than 180 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes mellitus...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
This handbook is an invaluable resource for improving the management of diabetes. Chapters cover the fundamentals, including epidemiology, history and physical examination, and functional evaluations. Diabetes in children, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics are addressed. Differential diagnosis is...
by Miles Fisher, Gerard McKay
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Written by experts in the field, this clinical handbook explores the novel SGLT2 drug class for the treatment of diabetes. This book includes evidence-based guidelines, major clinical trials, and a discussion of treatment options currently available, as well as those currently in development. Essentials...
Diabetes and Exercise
From Pathophysiology to Clinical Implementation
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
Now in a fully revised and updated second edition, written and editing by leading experts in the field, this comprehensive and practical text brings together the latest guidelines and recommendations on the benefits of exercise and physical activity in the management of diabetes and its complications,...
Insulin Resistance
The Metabolic Syndrome X
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1999
Gerald Reaven, the discoverer of Syndrome X, and a panel of world-class investigators thoughtfully summarize our current understanding of how insulin resistance and its compensating hyperinsulinemia play a major role in the pathogenesis and clinical course of high blood pressure and cardiovascular...
Surgical Endocrinopathies
Clinical Management and the Founding Figures
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
This book covers clinical management including diagnosis, localization and physiology, for a number of clinical diseases treated by endocrinologists and surgeons. Following each chapter there is a 3-4 page biographical sketch of the person behind the clinical endocrinopathy, whose name is closely...
Diabetes Mellitus: Pathophysiology and Therapy
Bayer AG Centenary Symposium Edinburgh, U.K., May 25–28, 1988
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
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Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2009
Diabetes, particularly type 2, has become increasingly more common around the world. Consequently, the effect of diabetes on the brain has achieved enormous public health importance. A surge in pre-clinical and clinical research on topics ranging from management of hyperglycemia in acute stroke to...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In this book on diabetes mellitus both the pathogenesis and treat ment of the disease will be discussed. Pathogenetic studies have led to the distinction between type I and type II diabetes. In type I hyperglycaemia is due predominantly to insulin deficiency; in type II insulin resistance is more...