Endocrinology Metabolism category: 1008 books
by The Blokehead
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
There are approximately more than 25 million women and about 15 million men, who suffer with a thyroid that does not function at a normal level. The statistics indicate that women are 10 times more likely to experience the disparity, and it is suspected that it is linked to female hormones.
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Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus is becoming an increasingly prevalent disease as obesity and other chronic diseases are on the rise. It requires careful and informed clinical management as the care received during pregnancy affects not only perinatal health but the risk of developing type 2 diabetes...
The Sisterhood of Diabetes
Facing Challenges & Living Dreams
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
The Sisterhood of Diabetes engages the reader with 38 true-life stories of women with diabetes—the challenges they faced and the adventures they took. These accomplished women, of all ages and from around the world, are athletes, scholars, and champions in many ways, who will motivate and inspire...
Gastroparesis
Pathophysiology, Presentation and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2011
Gastroparesis is an increasingly recognized disorder. Treatment can be difficult due to the several mechanisms for symptom production. Gastroparesis: Pathophysiology, Presentation and Treatment serves as a concise reference on this disorder that allows clinicians to quickly access and evaluate the...
Psychology and Diabetes Care
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2012
Psychology and Diabetes Care: A Practical Guide is a concise handbook for the practicing diabetes clinician who is interested in gaining a better understanding of his patients, and in learning simple skills and tips to manage patients more effectively. It identifies and explores key psychological...
Sandostatin® in the Treatment of Gastroenteropancreatic Endocrine Tumors
Consensus Round Table, Scottsdale (Arizona), March 22, 1987
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The secretion of bioactive products by tumors of the gastroenteropancreatic system results in the development of watery diarrhea that can lead to death in a very short period if not brought under control. Even if the consequences are less dramatic, the patients' ability to lead a normal daily life...
Bone Densitometry in Clinical Practice
Application and Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2003
The second edition of Dr. Sydney Lou Bonnick’s text Bone Densitometry in Clinical Practice is an expansion of her highly regarded first edition, which has provided the bone densitometry community with simply the best, most accurate, and most precisely written resource in our field. Dr. Bonnick has...
Diabetes Care for the Older Patient
A Practical Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
The management of older people with diabetes requires careful attention to the specific needs of this age group. This practical handbook addresses the issues surrounding the care of older diabetic patients, including dementia, frailty, depression and cardiovascular risk. Intended for day-to-day use...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2010
Jacques Barzun, the noted Columbia University historian of ideas and culture, once described the feeling that some people experience when they come upon a new reference book. He wrote: “Hand over to one of us a new Dictionary, “Companion,” or Guide, and our eyes first light up and then turn...
The Diabetic Patient Agent
Modeling Disease in Humans and the Healthcare System Response
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2017
This book provides a pioneering approach to modeling the human diabetic patient using a software agent. It is based on two MASc (Master of Applied Science) theses: one looking at the evolution of the patient agent in time, and another looking the interaction of the patient agent with the healthcare...
Integrated Diabetes Care
A Multidisciplinary Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
Integrating care across disciplines and organisations around the needs of the person with diabetes has been proposed as an approach that could improve care while reducing cost- but has it and can it? Integrated Diabetes Care- A Multidisciplinary Approach collates evidence of worldwide approaches to...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The ability to measure accurately the hormones regulating calcium homeosta sis is the fundamental first step toward understanding the roles these hormones play in health and disease. Techniques for such measurements have only been available for the past 10 years or so and remain in a state of rapid...
Neuroendocrine Tumours
Diagnosis and Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2015
This book is a timely textbook that covers all aspects of neuroendocrine tumors (NET) from epidemiology, pathological classification and evaluation and molecular biology through to diagnostic imaging methods and therapeutic options, including the latest targeted therapies. The various types of NET...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2017
This text provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of this field, and serves as a valuable resource for clinicians, surgeons and researchers with an interest in thyroid cancer. The book reviews new data about molecular genetics and molecular diagnostic approaches, covers diagnosis and treatment...