Medicine: general issues

The story of a neural impulse and what it reveals about how our brains workWe see the last cookie in the box and think, can I take that?

Multiple food allergies are on the rise, and Elizabeth Gordon knows how tough it can be to find meals that your whole family can enjoy safely.

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This manual is a comprehensive compilation of "e;methods that work"e; for deriving, characterizing, and differentiating hPSCs, written by the researchers who developed and tested the methods and use them every day in their laboratories.

This title covers recent advances in a variety of biomedical applications of nanostructured materials, as the field evolves from prototype device to real-world application.

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In Situ Molecular Pathology and Co-Expression Analyses explains, in easy-to-understand language, simplified ways of understanding and performing in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry tests.

The book is a history of the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience and an assessment of its effectiveness in advancing neuroscience.

Chromium nutritional supplements are the second best selling mineral supplements after calcium as chromium is found in pills, sports drinks, chewing gums, smoothies, and numerous other products.

An understanding of the nervous system at virtually any level of analysis requires an understanding of its basic building block, the neuron.

Animal Models for the Study of Human Disease identifies important animal models and assesses the advantages and disadvantages of each model for the study of human disease.

Advances in Food and Nutrition Research recognizes the integral relationship between the food and nutritional sciences and brings together outstanding and comprehensive reviews that highlight this relationship.

Culinary Nutrition: The Science and Practice of Healthy Cooking is the first textbook specifically written to bridge the relationship between food science, nutrition and culinology as well as consumer choices for diet, health and enjoyment.

Nonclinical Study Contracting and Monitoring: A Practical Guide offers a systematic and straightforward handbook for obtaining high quality preclinical Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) studies.

The Immune Response is a unique reference work covering the basic and clinical principles of immunology in a modern and comprehensive fashion.

This title critically reviews old and new literature, help to create greater awareness of the disease in the US and helps in the evaluation of certain epidemiological and public health issues.

Handbook of Statistics: Advances in Survival Analysis covers all important topics in the area of Survival Analysis.

Oceans and Human Health highlights an unprecedented collaboration of environmental scientists, ecologists and physicians working together on this important new discipline, to the benefit of human health and ocean environmental integrity alike.

Esta guía práctica sobre la vitamina D3 (calciferol) ofrece información detallada sobre uno de los nutrientes más importantes para nuestra salud.

The AIDS Pandemic explores the ways in which HIV/AIDS has, and continues to transform the wide range of related disciplines it touches.

Rabies remains one of the most important global public health problems worldwide.

For over fifty years the Methods in Enzymology series has been the critically acclaimed laboratory standard and one of the most respected publications in the field of biochemistry.

Bioactive Food as Dietary Interventions for the Aging Population presents scientific evidence of the impact bioactive foods can have in the prevention and mediation of age related diseases.

The rate of neurodevelopmental disabilities, including autism, mental retardation, hearing loss and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is rising in the United States.

Stem cells are self-replicating and undifferentiated, meaning their function is not yet cell, tissue, or organ-specific.

Autophagy in Health and Disease offers an overview of the latest research in autophagy with a translational emphasis.

Selbsthilfe bei Gleichgewichtsstörungen: Ein Ratgeber zur Diagnostik und Überwindung von SchwindelgefühlenDie Welt dreht sich, der Boden schwankt.

The Bayesian network is one of the most important architectures for representing and reasoning with multivariate probability distributions.

The nervous system is highly complex both in its structural order and in its ability to perform the many functions required for survival and interaction with the environment; understanding how it develops has proven to be one of the greatest challenges in biology.

Volume forty-four of the Advances in Clinical Chemistry series contains review articles of wide interest to clinical laboratory scientists and diagnostic adventurers.

The revised edition of this renowned and bestselling title is the most comprehensive single text on all aspects of biomaterials science.

The journal Biomaterials was launched in 1980.

Written by an immunologist, A History of Immunology traces the concept of immunity from ancient times up to the present day, examining how changing concepts and technologies have affected the course of the science.

Volume 43 of the Advances in Clinical Chemistry series contains review articles of wide interest to clinical laboratory scientists and diagnostic adventurers.

A spectacularly illustrated history of an enigmatic surgical diagramThe Wound Mana medical diagram depicting a figure fantastically pierced by weapons and ravaged by injuries and diseaseswas reproduced widely across the medieval and early modern globe.

This latest version of Information Resources in Toxicology (IRT) continues a tradition established in 1982 with the publication of the first edition in presenting an extensive itemization, review, and commentary on the information infrastructure of the field.

Essential Statistical Methods for Medical Statistics presents only key contributions which have been selected from the volume in the Handbook of Statistics: Medical Statistics, Volume 27 (2009).

Why the battle between superstition and science is far from overFrom uttering a prayer before boarding a plane, to exploring past lives through hypnosis, has superstition become pervasive in contemporary culture?

Why our approaches to Alzheimer's and dementia are problematic and contradictoryDue to rapidly aging populations, the number of people worldwide experiencing dementia is increasing, and the projections are grim.

When is clinical research in developing countries exploitation?

Workable Sisterhood is an empirical look at sixteen HIV-positive women who have a history of drug use, conflict with the law, or a history of working in the sex trade.

A unique account of a peasant girl's mental illness in nineteenth-century FranceHysteria Complicated by Ecstasy offers a rare window into the inner life of a person ordinarily inaccessible to historians: a semiliterate peasant girl who lived almost two centuries ago, in the aftermath of the French Revolution.

New nanomaterials are leading to a range of emerging dental treatments that utilize more biomimetic materials that more closely duplicate natural tooth structure (or bone, in the case of implants).

New nanomaterials are leading to a range of emerging dental treatments that utilize more biomimetic materials that more closely duplicate natural tooth structure (or bone, in the case of implants).

Now fully revised and updated, Wilderness Medicine: Beyond First Aid is essential reading for any trail user, from trip leaders and guides to EMTs and paramedics.

In a powerful blending of memoir and practical strategies from a medical doctor's perspective, The Gift of Caring: Saving Our Parents and ourselves - from the Perils of Modern Healthcare reveals the hidden side of modern healthcare practices for aging Americans.

This best-selling meditation book for those in recovery offers daily thoughts, meditations, and prayers for living a clean and sober life.

The definitive book on ethics for chemical dependency treatment professionals.

Weary of the long path to become a parent?

Millions of Americans are or will be amateur caregivers for ill spouses, parents, or friends.