Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences

Mireille shares the secrets and strategies of aging with attitude and joy, offering personal anecdotes while divulging French women's most guarded secrets about looking and feeling great.

John Gray has become a publishing phenomenon.

New Atkins For A New You is an alternative to the original Atkins diet, which allows you to lose weight successfully and emerge with a healthier, firmer body.

Few scientists have thought more deeply about their calling and its impact on humanity than Max Perutz (1914-2002).

In anaesthetist Dr Kevin Fong's television programmes he has often demonstrated the impact of extremes on the human body by using his own body as a 'guinea pig'.

Foundations of Voice Studies provides a comprehensive description and analysis of the multifaceted role that voice quality plays in human existence.

Foundations of Voice Studies provides a comprehensive description and analysis of the multifaceted role that voice quality plays in human existence.

Help your patients through the maze of infertility treatments Infertility is suffered by around 1 in 7 couples and can be a source of confusion for both partners, providing high stress on relationships.

Help your patients through the maze of infertility treatments Infertility is suffered by around 1 in 7 couples and can be a source of confusion for both partners, providing high stress on relationships.

The Placenta: From Development to Disease examines research into placental function and its clinical implications to provide a springboard for improving clinical practice and enhancing medical research.

The Placenta: From Development to Disease examines research into placental function and its clinical implications to provide a springboard for improving clinical practice and enhancing medical research.

The second edition of Essential Guide to Blood Groups is a pocket-sized book containing four-color text together with schematic figures and tables.

This new title in the Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine Series from the Medical Commission of the International Olympic Committee presents in one volume the latest information on neuromuscular function in sport and exercise.

This is the latest volume in the IOC Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine series, summarizing the evidence from all relevant sources on the genetic and molecular basis of sports and other human physical performance.

This is the latest volume in the IOC Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine series, summarizing the evidence from all relevant sources on the genetic and molecular basis of sports and other human physical performance.

This new title in the Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine Series from the Medical Commission of the International Olympic Committee presents in one volume the latest information on neuromuscular function in sport and exercise.

The important Third Edition of this successful book conveys a modern and integrated picture of metabolism and metabolic regulation.

Authored by a very eminent geneticist, this text gives students a thorough appreciation of the development and potential of analytical genetic techniques.

Plasmids are closed, circular pieces of DNA that are able to self-replicate and are carried by many bacteria.

This is the only revision resource devoted to anatomy at MRCS level with over 200 questions grouped by anatomical region, each with five true/false parts.

Cellular Physiology of Nerve and Muscle, Fourth Edition offers a state of the art introduction to the basic physical, electrical and chemical principles central to the function of nerve and muscle cells.

This comprehensive text provides a detailed overview of the molecular mechanisms underpinning the development of cancer and its treatment.

This complete, yet concise text is designed to help students easily master the anatomy and basic physiology of the nervous system.

From blurry vision to crooked teeth, ACLs that tear at alarming rates and spines that seem to spend a lifetime falling apartits surprising that human beings have beaten the odds as a speciesEvolution Gone Wrong is an eye-opening look into why our bodies workor dontthe way they do.

If the brain is the theatre, consciousness is the play.

A plain-English guide to the human body and how it worksLooking for a companion text for your anatomy and physiology class?

Okay, so you probably weren't born with the metabolism of a Nicole Kidman or Johnny Depp.

The authors of E-Z Anatomy and Physiology present an extensive review of the human body's structural framework and describe how it functions.

Did you know that poor dental hygiene can increase your risk of heart attack and stroke?

Most people cringe when they hear the word physics.

"e;Real-life"e; crime dramas on television intrigue us with the details of postmortem examinations leading to the arrest of murder suspectsbut how do forensic pathologists, the doctors who investigate unnatural deaths and chilling crime scenes, actually bring criminals to justice?

Women have made major contributions to science throughout history, including in the field of physics.

Women have made major contributions to science throughout history, including in the field of medicine.

Have you ever wondered why some sixty-year-olds look and feel like forty-year-olds, and why some forty-year-olds look and feel like sixty-year-olds?

To everything there is a season.

Do you know someone who is incensed by compulsory tipping?

We all know what it means these days to be a grumpy old man, because part of that role is to be outspoken.

Weary of the long path to become a parent?

This is the definitive reference book on massage as a remedial therapy for sports training and sports injuries.

Deepak Chopra shows you how to: Achieve your ideal weight without conting calories Eliminate food cravings and compulsive eating habits individualise your weight maintenance programme Choose foods that use your metabolism to produce energy instead of fat Discover a new way to eercise without strain Know when to start eating-and when to stop In this concise and reliable programme, Deepak Chopra, the world's leading proponent of mind-body medicine, teaches you how to recognize your individual body type and use the enormous healing power of nature -present in every living cell - to make eating the source of health, vigour and beauty it is meant to be.

The honest, compassionate and vital guide to getting older, from dementia to finances, medication to care homes'The most important book about the second half of your life you'll ever read.

LEARN THE SECRETS TO A LONG, HEALTHY AND HAPPY LIFE IN JUST 4 WEEKSThe bestselling, evidence-based fitness, diet and lifestyle plan inspired by the world's healthiest population'Read this book and you will add years to your life and life to your years' Deepak Chopra MD, author of Ageless Body, Timeless Mind___________There is nothing more universal than the desire to live a long, full, healthy life.

This book has established itself as the leading textbook for the study of movement by occupational therapists.

This book is the third in a series with the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities (Series Editor: Matthew P.

The latest system based addition to the At a Glance series, The Gastrointestinal System at a Glance is a concise and integrated text on the gastrointestinal system.

Congenital cardiovascular malformations are the single most common form of birth defect.

The second edition of this broadly based book continues to examine and update the basic and applied aspects of strength and power in sport from the neurophysiology of the basic motor unit to training for specific activities.

Highly Commended in the 2006 British Medical Association Book Awards (Endocrinology) This Second Edition brings together more than 20 internationally recognized experts in the field to provide a timely review of current knowledge.