Perhaps no medical breakthrough in the twentieth century is more spectacular, more hope-giving, or more fraught with ethical questions than organ transplantation.
Sensations of hunger, thirst, sexual attraction, and love can dominate our thoughts to the exclusion of almost everything else, but until the last 10 years or so, the precise reasons why these passions arise have not been understood very well.
Diabetes care guidelines, protocols, and facts for all healthy care professionals to apply at the point of care for type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes; compiled by hospital-based diabetes care experts.
Polycyclic Hydrocarbons and Cancer, Volume 1: Environment, Chemistry, and Metabolism brings together information from many diverse disciplines in the environmental, chemical, biological, and medical sciences to provide a comprehensive account of the link between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and cancer.
Dieser hoch aktuelle Ratgeber macht klar, wie wichtig unser Biorhythmus - der Zirkadian-Code - für unsere Gesundheit ist: wann wir essen, wann wir uns bewegen, wann wir schlafen.
Accounting for almost two-thirds of the country's land mass, northern Canada is a vast region, host to rich natural resources and a diverse cultural heritage shared across Indigenous and non-Indigenous residents.
Most of us think about our circulatory system only when something goes wrong, but the amazing story of how it goes right--"e;magnificently right,"e; as author Steven Vogel puts it--is equally worthy of our attention.
The answers you need to help your child survive an eating disorderYou've noticed a change in your child's eating habits and want to help, but you don't know what to say.
Dieses Buch des bekannten Heidelberger Psychoonkologen und Neurowissenschaftlers Karlheinz Greim-Fürstenberg enthält geheimes Wissen rund um Körper, Geist und Seele.
The Essential Patient Handbook was written for the millions of Americans who are dissatisfied with their medical care, and are looking for a practical no-nonsense way to get the help they need from their doctors.
Do you suffer from ongoing pain or other chronic medical symptoms such as fatigue, lower back pain, arthritis, acid indigestion, insomnia, or migraines?
WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR Why does an international footballer with the world at his feet decide to take his own life?
El enorme avance en el conocimiento de las bases moleculares de los procesos fisiológicos y de las bases de la enfermedad que se produce en la segunda mitad del siglo pasado da lugar a la configuración del llamado modelo biomédico o molecular del binomio salud-enfermedad, cuya virtud fundamental ha sido no sólo dar explicación racional e integradora a la mayoría de los mecanismos patogénicos responsables de la patología humana, sino poner a disposición de los profesionales un conjunto de poderosos instrumentos preventivos, diagnósticos y terapéuticos, cuya eficacia constituye la mejor prueba de la validez del paradigma en el que están basados.
Arthritis is usually considered a disease of older adults, but nearly 300,000 children in the United States suffer from some form of arthritis or rheumatic disease, such as juvenile arthritis (JRA), fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, or Kawasaki disease.
Globale Großlagen wie drohender Klimawandel, wachsende Umweltzerstörung, Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelt oder unkalkulierbare Risiken einer Kommerzialisierung aller Lebensbezüge befördern kollektive und individuelle Ängste.
