Neurology category: 2138 books
by Kenneth Kee
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2015
Myasthenia gravis is a rare chronic autoimmune neuromuscular diseaseThis condition occurs more in women than men at any ageMyasthenia gravis literally means grave muscle weakness.Antibodies blocks the neurotransmitter junction, causing a neuromuscular illnessThe thymus gland may give incorrect...
Introduction to Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Getting Started
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
This is the first truly foundational, introductory text designed to help novice practitioners master the fundamentals of musculoskeletal ultrasound. For the new practitioner who has yet to hold a transducer, Dr. Strakowski makes beginning easy and presents detailed step-by-step instructions for operating...
Intracranial Epidural Bleeding
History, Management, and Pathophysiology
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017
Intracranial Epidural Bleeding: History, Management, and Pathophysiology examines the history of the concepts underlying the understanding of the clinical features of epidural bleeding. The pathophysiology of epidural bleeding was examined in two PhD theses in the 1980s, with the results published...
Living Well with Parkinson's Disease
What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You....That You Need to Know
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
A complete guide to Parkinson's from two people with the disease who cofounded a national support and advocacy organization.
In Living Well with Parkinson's Disease, Gretchen Garie and Michael J. Church, a couple who both have Parkinson's and live daily with the effects of the disease, thoroughly...
Estrogen — Mystery Drug for the Brain?
The Neuroprotective Activities of the Female Sex Hormone
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
It is well known that estrogen is "somehow” a protective hormone for various age-related disorders. This book provides a solid knowledge of estrogen’s neuroprotective activities in the brain with a special emphasis on neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s Disease. The focus is...
Tissue Characterization in MR Imaging
Clinical and Technical Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
H.P. HIGER 1 In the seventeenth century people dreamed about a machine to get rid of evil spirits and obsessions, which were thought to be the main source of mis fortune and disease. I am not going to question this approach, because in a way it sounds reasonable. They dreamed of a machine that would...
by Stephen D. Silberstein, MD
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2011
A new edition to the HHC Library, Contemporary Guide to Headache and Its Disorders™ is written by Stephen D. Silberstein, MD, the Director of the Jefferson Headache Center at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the current editor of Headache Review. Headache patients, especially...
Psychotherapy after Brain Injury
Principles and Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2010
This book presents hands-on tools for addressing the multiple ways that brain injury can affect psychological functioning and well-being. The author is a leader in the field who translates her extensive clinical experience into clear-cut yet flexible guidelines that therapists can adapt for different...
Music Therapy and Traumatic Brain Injury
A Light on a Dark Night
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
Musical improvisation is an increasingly recognised rehabilitative therapy for people who have experienced traumatic brain injury initially thought to be `unreachable' or `non-responsive'.
Music Therapy and Traumatic Brain Injury demonstrates how music therapy can be used to attend to the holistic,...
by Sallie Baxendale
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
"I thoroughly recommend this book - and, as a consultant neurologist, regularly suggest my patients read it alongside their clinical assessments." - Dr Dominic Heaney, Consultant Neurologist
For every person who develops Alzheimer's, there are thought to be at least another eight whose memory...
Before I Forget
How I Survived a Diagnosis of Younger-Onset Dementia at 46
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
'Some days all I want to do is give up the constant, exhausting struggle and stop trying to be normal. But I can't. It's not in me to walk away from a fight. I'll keep fighting and telling my story. Before I forget.'
When she was just 46, Christine Bryden - science advisor to the prime minister and...
Before I Forget
How I Survived a Diagnosis of Younger-Onset Dementia
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
'Some days all I want to do is give up the constant, exhausting struggle and stop trying to be normal. But I can't. It's not in me to walk away from a fight. I'll keep fighting and telling my story. Before I forget.'
When she was just 46, Christine Bryden - a brilliant biochemist, science advisor...
Wilson’s Disease
A Clinician’s Guide to Recognition, Diagnosis, and Management
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Movement disorder specialists, general neurologists, hepatologists, general gastroenterologists, and psychiatrists are the specialists who will most likely see some Wilson's disease patients during their careers. See them - yes. Recognize and diagnose them - maybe. If you are in one of these specialties,...
Alexander Romanovich Luria
A Scientific Biography
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Alexander Romanovitch Luria is widely recognized as one of the most prominent neuropsychologists of the twentieth century. This book - written by his long-standing colleague and published in Russian by Moscow University Press in 1992, fifteen years after his death - is the first serious volume from...