Incremental innovation in biomedical devices is relatively straightforward. Product line gets upgraded to become smaller, faster, cheaper, etc - but there's little fundamental change to underlying ...
A favorite among successful students, and often recommended by professors, the unique examples & explanations given you extremely clear introductions to concepts followed by realistic examples that...
Oral health is the pathway to one's general health and wellness. Mouthwash is a product used as an adjunct to oral hygiene practices as an antiseptic and antiplaque and antimicrobial agent. The awa...
Pectus excavatum is the most common congenital deformity of the thoracic wall. Also called funnel chest or sunken chest, it is a structural deformity of the anterior thoracic wall in which the ster...
Oral health is the pathway to one's general health and wellness. Mouthwash is a product used as an adjunct to oral hygiene practices as an antiseptic and antiplaque and antimicrobial agent. The awa...
Ocular fungal infections are important causes of morbidity, blindness and even mortality especially in tropical countries. Diagnosis and treatment may be difficult in some of the cases. This book w...
Brazil is a country of continental dimensions, internationally recognized for its capacity to offer a universal public policy of health care through the Unified Health System (SUS). However, severa...
Virginity refers to the state of a person who has never engaged in sexual intercourse. There are cultural and religious traditions which place special value and significance on this state. This boo...
In the two previous studies, compared with those who do not drink and smoke at all, individuals who either drank or smoked slightly increases the risk for suicide, but the combination of the two el...
Increasingly, evidence can be found for the use of physiotherapeutic treatment for scoliosis. Bracing, once controversial, is now regarded as having a scientific basis. In contrast, evidence is lac...
The book deals with the problems of radiation diagnostics of acute, chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic tumors. We used different methods, ranging from standard radiography of abdominal organs to m...
Improving the quality of health care and services is a priority for the NHS, and for commissioners, managers, practitioners and service users. However, to improve we must first know what already ex...
Cartilage regeneration is one of the most challenging topics which is still not clearly acknowledged in the regenerative medicine field. Understanding numerous factors such as the structure and fun...
The marine environment is under continuous stress due to various types of contaminants. Since the water is most polluted in the coastal side, it has an adverse effect on organisms like fishes, oyst...
Birth pain represents a great problem for about 20% of childbearing women that due to unsupportable pain cooperate poorly or do not cooperate at all. Stress caused by pain influences birthing proce...
Over the past few decades, there has been a dramatic improvement in the long-term survival of childhood cancer patients as a result of advancement in pediatric oncology management. Previously the l...
Traumatic, degenerative, iatrogenic or inflammatory conditions can cause permanent cartilage damage. Prostheses, surgery, medications or other medical devices could be used for management; however,...
Dengue fever is the one of the most important arboviral infection. It has become a major global public health problem in the world. Dengue infection is the most rapidly spreading mosquito borne vir...
This book is a handbook for students that offers concise information on digenetic trematodes and cestodes that infect domestic and wild animals. It is useful particularly for undergraduates in the ...
Homocysteine, an "old-new" risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, plays also a role in numerous pathological conditions. Although it is not completely clarified if it a causal factor or only a bi...