Endocrinology

This volume represents an up-to-date overview on the major areas of gynecological endocrinology, providing the reader with a complete explanation of female endocrine regulation and metabolism and relevant disorders and treatment.

Hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) surgery is now firmly established within the repertoire of modern general surgery.

Apart from diet and exercise, the strategic use of different classes of prescribed or non-prescribed xenobiotic compounds for the restoration of euglycemic levels in the body is well known.

Peptides play a crucial role in many physiological processes including actions as neurotransmitters, hormones, and antibiotics.

This book provides the reader with comprehensive information on the interactions between diabetes and a wide range of comorbid conditions and on disease management in such patients.

This book is designed to present a comprehensive and state-of the-art approach to the management of adrenal neoplasms that provides a resource to the broad group of providers that will encounter such a patient.

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a serious health condition that puts people at a higher risk of heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and atherosclerosis.

This book is written to simplify complex topics of neonatal and pediatric liver and metabolic diseases which are encountered by clinicians on a day to day basis.

Diabetes mellitus is a disease with tremendous health and economic burden.

The book is the first major review of menopause-associated osteoporosis, post WHI.

The book explains the underlying pathophysiology of the disease and covers in detail all its main forms and complications.

Advances in Metabolic Disorders discusses the uric acid and gout, the macroglobulins, the metabolism of testosterone in feminizing testes, tryptophan metabolism, and anabolic steroids.

This book focuses on uterine endometrial function and receptivity from multiple perspectives.

Neuroendocrinology is a discipline which originated about 50 years ago as a branch of Endocrinology and that is now strictly linked to neuroscience.

This volume provides a brief resume of the history of testosterone research, from the early pioneers through to the most recent advances in the field.

This practical guide presents the most up-to-date information on the application of non-pharmacological and physical therapeutic measures, either used independently or in combination with pharmacotherapy, for the management of osteoporosis.

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This volume is designed to provide an understanding of current and potential therapies for osteoporosis.

Sarcopenia: Molecular Mechanism and Treatment Strategies provides answers and guidance on a disease that has serious health consequences in terms of fractures, frailty, disability and diminished quality of life.

Over the last 10-20 years, there has been an increasing appreciation of the need to manage individual risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the context of overall cv risk rather than on the basis of the absolute level of any given risk factor.

»Mit Diabetes leben für Dummies« hilft Ihnen als Diabetiker Ihre Symptome richtig zu deuten, Ihre Krankheit besser zu verstehen und Behandlungsmöglichkeiten zu kennen.

If you're one of the millions of American women suffering from PMS, irregular periods, difficulty getting pregnant, low sex drive, postpartum depression, menopausal symptoms, or many other hormonal problems, what you may not realize is that thyroid disease could be the culprit.

Recent studies have shown that the heart possesses an intrinsic renin angiotensin system that is controlled by tissue-specific parameters that are activated by biomechanical stress.

Roger Cone and a distinguished team of expert investigators provide the first major treatment of this critically important receptor family.

This work contains three chapters, each examining the hormonal imbalance disease polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) from a different perspective.

Eureka: Endocrinology is an innovative book for medical students that fully integrates core science, clinical medicine and surgery.

Obesity is a serious medical problem that affects millions of people, especially in Western societies.

The essentials of teaching carbohydrate counting are presented in this revised and much expanded edition.

Glycation, Volume 125 in the Vitamins and Hormones series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors.

New techniques in cellular and molecular biology have increased our understanding of the mechanisms controlling reproductive function in the female.

Aimed at graduate level courses, this textbook provides students with a solid background in the basics of molecular endocrinology.

In the fourth edition of this gold-standard title, a distinguished panel of experts provides a thorough update of the significant improvements in our understanding of diabetic foot physiology and its clinical management.

It has been known for over 150 years that hallmarks of inflammation can be observed in the wall of atherosclerotic vessels.

In 2021, over 537 million people worldwide were diagnosed with diabetes, according to the International Diabetes Federation and so the diagnosis, care and treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus have become one of the highest healthcare priorities.

A benchmark reference textbook.

This book uniquely presents conceptual understanding as well as advancements in the field of endocrinology.

This book provides healthcare professionals, the medical community, residents and students with an up-to-date handbook on current female and male contraceptive options.

Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Abdominal Obesity focuses on the important roles that exercise, dietary changes, and foods play in promoting as well as reducing visceral fat.

'So many of us will benefit from Jess's work.

Now in a revised and expanded second edition, this unique text presents topics related to insulin resistance in youth and its consequences across the lifespan.

Migraine Management, Volume 196 covers the effective treatment of migraines, including different subtypes of migraines in different patient populations.

This compendium provides a wide view covering everything from molecular mechanisms and risk factors for neurological disorders to the effects of bariatric surgery on brain function and functional neuroimaging applied to obesity research.

This book discusses optical technologies for Diabetic Foot management.

The use of model organisms together with the power of genetics has profoundly affected our understanding of the physiology of one organ, the skeleton, in two distinct but complementary ways.

Neuroendocrinology, the discipline concerned with how the nervous system controls hormonal secretion and how hormones control the brain, is pivotal to physiology and medicine.