Culture is defined as learned behavior which has been socially acquired. It plays an indispensable role in human society. It lays down norms of behavior for personal and social survival of an indiv...
After the 1959 Cuban Revolution, hundreds of thousands of Cuban refugees came to Miami. With this influx, the city's health care system was overwhelmed not just by the number of patients but also b...
Immunomodulatory imbalance is the characteristic feature of autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis (RA). T helper (Th) 17 plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of RA. The balance of Th1 ...
There are so many different types of headaches. Many people think that one pill can solve all of their headache problems. Understanding the types of headaches and their symptoms, can help a person ...
As a naïve young vet, Doug Fenwick had to adjust to family life in a small Victorian country town. He learned that there is an economic limit on the cost of treating animals, commercial and...
There's an astonishing gap in the education of our doctors. They are given virtually no instruction in the link between what we eat and chronic illness. Whilst money-spinning drugs are often the ch...
This book is intended to let the public know that nature is the best medicine for all illnesses especially diabetes. It is up to us to discover them. This experimental study was conducted to evalua...
Millions of Ghanaians live with diabetes, hypertension, stroke, cancers and other major chronic diseases. Millions more are at risk of getting these conditions. Individuals living with chronic c...
With increasing urbanization, a rapid influx of high speed automobiles and poor road conditions, the road traffic accidents are scaling heights. In addition to that inter-personal assaults and spor...
Currently, 7 targeted agents and the combination of nivolumab/ipilimumab have been approved as first-line therapy for mccRCC. Sunitinib and pazopanib are the most effective first-line options, espe...
Illness has been mans heritage from the beginning of his existence and the search of remedies to combat it is perhaps equally old. Antibiotics are prescribed in dental practice for prophylactic and...
Dentogingival Junction (DGJ) is very important part of the tooth attachment. Till date a lot of authors have given different concepts of dentogingival junction. In this book I have discussed about ...
Periodontal diseases are a multifactorial disease that encompasses the hard & soft tissue, microbial colonisation, inflammatory response and adaptive immune response.The complexity of the local tis...
Temporomandibular disorder requires frequent visits by primary care physicians, internists and pediatricians. Some approaches to understanding the basic causes of these conditions may prove to be p...
Dengue is the most prevalent mosquito-borne viral infection worldwide. Over half of the world's population live in areas at risk of dengue infection. The disease is transmitted principally by Aedes...
The aim of this work is to study the impact that cochlear implantation (CI) has on the active working life of implanted subjects, using a questionnaire developed and validated in the Cochlear Impla...
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...
Following the endovascular revolution in aneurysm repair, open surgery remains suitable for only a subsection of patients. These operations are becoming increasingly technically difficult and acces...
Implant dentistry enables the restoration of nearly every clinical situation ranging from partially to totally edentulous patients with greater success and predictability. With all the advancements...
The ultimate goal of periodontal therapy includes the arrest of progressive periodontal disease and reformation of those parts of the periodontium that were destroyed by the disease. Another goal o...