Currently, there is great interest in incorporating biological information into intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) treatment planning with the aim of selectively boosting high-risk tumor subvo...
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...
Magnetic Resonance Imaging has progressed over 30 years from being a technique with great potential to one that has become the primary diagnostic investigation for many clinical problems. Its appli...
This path-breaking book reinterprets Chinese medicine using the approach of the philosophy of science in a manner that strikes common ground with biomedical science. It strips Chine...
Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma (PPAR gamma), a nuclear receptor, plays important role in adipocyte differentiation, inflammation and cancer such as colorectal cancer. Its still co...
Obesity is a complex disease with multi factorial etiology. Obesity is now estimated to involve 1.7 billion people worldwide. Obesity is the cluster of non communicable diseases now observed in bot...
Patient safety culture is how management and staff interact, to protect patients from adverse events. It includes routines, practices, awareness, attitudes and priorities, which in a good patient s...
Demineralization of enamel has been one of the iatrogenic effects of fixed orthodontic therapy, for which various authors have suggested the use of fluoride to reduce the decalcification and develo...
Canine Distemper (CD) is a contagious, incurable, often fatal, multi-systemic viral disease that affects the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and central nervous systems. CD , caused by CD virus, is...
Fixed Prosthodontics is the branch of Prosthodontics that deals with replacement of missing tooth or teeth and associated structures by means of prosthesis that can't be removed by the patient Biol...
The Confucian healing system presented by Liu Yousheng offers a profound example of the relevance of ancient medical theories. Confucius himself once emphasized, 'He who by reanimating the Old c...
Changes in pigmentation can arise in a number of ways and can be due to a variety of genetic and environmental factors. Most studies on disorders of pigmentation have focused on the abnormality of ...
Hearing is one of the most empowering of our senses; it enables us to work, socialise and communicate. It's hard to imagine living in a silent world, yet just 60 years ago this ...
Expectant mothers who have never had diabetes before in their life and experience elevated blood glucose levels during pregnancy are at risk of developing Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM). What ...
This book brings together in one volume fifteen discoveries that have had a major impact upon medical science and the practice of medicine but where the scientists involved have not...
A direct causal relationship between smoking exposure and the prevalence and the severity of periodontal disease has been firmly established. Smoking is one of the most significant risk factors in ...
The study was conducted to determine the prevalence of gastrointestinal helminth parasites of equines existing in Mekelle town of north Ethiopia.The study was conducted from October 2010 up to Marc...
Cervical cancer is still a burden in our subregion. In the absence of effective screening programs, opportunistic screening remains the mainstay of early diagnosis. The postnatal clinic check-up ma...