Endocrinology

The Third edition of this successful Atlas of Osteoporosis is designed to provide a wide range of physicians with a pictorial guide to this important disease.

The revised and updated fourth edition of Practical Endocrinology and Diabetes in Children offers a practical, highly clinical and up-to-date handbook of paediatric endocrinology and diabetes.

The American Obesity Association identifies obesity's link to numerous medical conditions, including hypertension, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, several cancers, and a host of inflammatory disorders.

Relaxin, perhaps more than any other hormone, has a varied history of eliciting enthusiasm, rejection, skepticism, and long lapses of neglect.

"e;The Textbook of Clinical Sexual Medicine utilizes the biopsychosocial approach to inform physicians, practitioners, residents, trainees, and students about the latest science has to offer today for the evaluation and treatment of sexual dysfunctions especially the utilization of the full armamentarium of assessment methods and treatment interventions in order to restore of sexual health and enhance quality of life.

The main purpose of this book is to create a reference for the indications, contraindications, patient selection, treatment practice, treatment side effect management, and follow-up of radionuclide treatments.

Do biological factors, such as gonadal hormones, determine our sexual destiny after our genes are in place?

This volume of the Handbook of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases series represents a medical collaboration focusing primarily on female aspects of rheumatic diseases.

This volume presents key topics of current interest with regard to several pathophysiological conditions including (a) the basic and clinical aspects of bradykinin receptor antagonists, (b) the kallikrein-kinin pathways in hypertension and diabetes, (c) tissue kallikrein-kinin therapy for hypertension and organ damage, (d) the renal (tissue) kallikrein-kinin system in the kidney and novel potential drugs for salt-sensitive hypertension, (e) the kallikrein-kinin system in diabetes retinopathy, and (f) genetic manipulation and genetic variation of the kallikrein-kinin system and their impacts on cardiovascular and renal disease.

Diabetes ist eine der größten gesundheitlichen Herausforderungen unserer Zeit.

This book has a unique focus on physiotherapy techniques and training methods that are ideally suited for the obese patient.

Diabetes is a common and debilitating condition encountered by all doctors worldwide, regardless of specialist interest.

The use of different foods, herbs, and spices to treat or prevent disease has been recorded for thousands of years.

Approximately 29 million Americans are diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes annually.

This Atlas presents an MRI-based guide to the diagnosis, treatment and follow up of deep endometriosis.

Thyroid Diseases: Clinical Fundamentals and Therapy provides a wide-ranging examination of all clinically significant areas of thyroid diseases.

Diabetes mellitus is a complex, multifactorial disease that is often associated with progressive retinopathy and visual loss.

Diabetes Mellitus: Impact on Bone, Dental and Musculoskeletal Health focuses on the under recognized and managed conditions associated with diabetes, including impacts on bone health, dental health, hand, and foot disorders, wounds, infections, and musculoskeletal disorders.

The discipline of Endocrinology encompasses diabetes and obesity, two of the most common and pressing health care concerns today.

This volume highlights current research on how the neuroendocrine system helps to influence emotional states and ultimately behavioral output.

Osteoporosis Research - Animal Models, presents in a very illustrative and practical manner, general methodologies of bone studies in animals, as well as the particular features of the most commonly used animal models in the field.

This volume comprehensively focuses on amenorrhea, one of the most important diseases in gynecology, affecting women from puberty to menopause.

"e;Man's natural instinct, in fact, is never toward what is sound and true.

La diabetes mellitus es paradigma de dos situaciones complejas: enfermedad crónica y comorbilidad.

This book includes a foreword by Peter Baker, Chief Executive, The Men's Health Forum.

50 Studies Every Doctor Should Know presents key studies that have shaped the practice of medicine.

Among the topics covered in Volume 49 are neurotransmitter transporters circadian rhythms, transgenic model for studying isles development, protein phosphateses, the androgen receptor, molecular genetics of steroid 5oz-reductases and benign and malignant prostatic neoplasms.

Oxford Desk Reference: Endocrinology provides easy access to evidence-based materials for quick consultation but also provides an in-depth expert reference for clinical practice.

Inspired by Carlos Beyer's 50 years of pioneering research and influence on his students and colleagues, Behavioral Neuroendocrinology builds upon Beyer's fundamental discoveries and concepts as well as their widespread implications.

This comprehensive diabetes management guide dispels common diabetes myths and shares critical info on prevention, nutrition, medication, insulin and more.

Biochemical Immunology of Diabetes and Associated Complications offers in-depth coverage of the association of biochemical and immunological aspects of the human body in diabetes.

Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 describes how FGF23 was initially identified as a bone-derived factor targeting the kidney.

The easy way to take charge of your adrenal health Despite their small size, the adrenal glands play an important role in the body, producing numerous hormones that impact our development and growth, affect our ability to deal with stress, and help to regulate kidney function.

Precision and accuracy are terms that are used in quantitative scientific fields to describe the reproducibility of a measurement or the capacity of a measurement to quantify the actual biological matter present.

Diabetes is now one of the major causes of morbidity worldwide.

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In recent years, the clinical evolution of thyroid diseases has been studied exhaustively as new discoveries have been made about thyroid malfunction and the effective management of patients.

While diabetes can usually be well-controlled using modern therapies, metabolic emergencies inevitably occur.

Research on, and interest in, red blood cell formation spans several centuries and was thought to have peaked in the 1980s with the cloning of the eryth- poietin (EPO) gene.

In einer Zeit, in der Diabetes weltweit immer häufiger auftritt, bietet die Natur eine bemerkenswerte Lösung: Gurmar, auch bekannt als Gymnema sylvestre, hat in der traditionellen Medizin eine lange Geschichte als natürlicher Blutzuckersenker.

This volume provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview on pediatric and adolescent gynecological endocrinology.

Bringing clarity to the emerging model of precision medicine within the diabetes field, and expanding upon how it will lead to the development of specifically tailored treatment for patients and even macro strategies in public health, this unique book explores the realm of biomarkers in the era of big data.

The acclaimed clinical guide to managing both pediatric endocrine disorders and inborn errors of metabolismNo other text so skillfully blends the disciplines of endocrinology and inborn metabolic disorders into one clinically focused, highly visual resource as Pediatric Endocrinology and Inborn Errors of Metabolism.

Adipose tissue, once considered inert connective tissue, is an essential storage site for key substrates used as sources of energy.

Chronic pain places a tremendous burden on both the patient and the healthcare system.

Replacement Therapies in Adrenal Insufficiency provides a thorough understanding of the conditions which result in adrenal insufficiency.

Published on behalf of The British Dietetic Association, Advanced Nutrition and Dietetics in Diabetes is an exploration of the evidence and practice of nutrition in diabetes, offering a global view of the lifestyle interventions for the prevention and management of diabetes, including management of complications and special population groups.