Diseases and disorders Books

From multiple award-winning comedy writer, Angelina Assanti, comes her first non-fiction book. Determined to keep her sense of humor though cancer, she talks about what happens to a patient from diagnosis through treatment. Told she would only need...

This book aims to provide an up-to-date review of the literature in each of the major areas relating to the management of older colorectal cancers patients, and makes recommendations for best practice and future research. The...

Having been a fairly dormant specialty for many decades, in recent years there has been a remarkable increase in activity in Neuro-oncology from basic science through to the clinics. Reflecting this there have been considerable...

The book provides a review of concepts and methodologies developed and adopted for quantitative imaging-guided radiation dosimetry calculations in targeted radionuclide. It also provides an overview of model design of anthropomorphic computational models...

As alarming stories about new pathogens like the Ebola virus or Mad Cow Disease fill today's headlines, scientists face a test of their abilities to contain them. But public health officials face a crisis of their own, because even when effective...

This book provides a fundamental understanding of the importance of the microbiome in the life of virtually all multicellular organisms. It explains why microbes are an integral part of living organisms and describes the diverse roles they perform for...

Have you ever wondered why cancer remains such a dreadful illness? Why is it so common? How can you reduce your cancer risk? Why is screening not better at finding cancers early? How does cancer make people feel so sick?How do different types of...

When Lois James graduated as a nurse in 1961, she yearned to travel and experience the world. At a time when Canadian women were increasingly breaking free of social constraints, the author found work helping others in distant corners of the globe. Her...

This book gives an account of the new possibilities and difficulties of long-term living with HIV and antiretroviral treatment. It takes an international perspective, looking at commonalities and differences across high and middle-income countries. The...

T.J. Brown, PSP - FTD is an ordinary family man with an extraordinary story.  He is from Toronto, On but has called the small town of Ayr, in southwestern Ontario home for the past twenty-five years. He worked in the automotive parts manufacturing...

When Every Day Is A New Day is a wonderful tribute to Author Marlean Acker's mom who was diagnosed with Dementia/Alzheimer's. The journey she and her husband took with her mom as the disease progressed was hilarious, exhausting, and humbling. Acker's...

Caring For A Loved One With Cancer & Chemotherapy Treatment: An Easy Guide for CaregiversAs a caregiver, you help your loved one through chemotherapy.This treatment can be physically and emotionally draining, making it difficult to care for your...

         Living with Chronic, Invisible, Illnesses – You Are Not Alone is a glimpse into the life of the author, Carrie A. Allen, since she was diagnosed with three different illnesses.  Ms. Allen goes...

The extraordinary story of scientists in East and West combatting HIVA small group of scientists were doggedly working in the field of antiviral treatments when the AIDS epidemic struck. Faced with one of the grand challenges of modern biology of the...

With its unprecedented scale and consequences the COVID-19 pandemic has generated a variety of new configurations of media. Responding to demands for information, synchronization, regulation, and containment, these "pandemic media" reorder social...

Zahlreiche Infektionskrankheiten treten bei älteren Menschen häufiger auf oder verlaufen wesentlich drastischer: COVID-19, Influenza, Pneumokokken-Infektionen, Legionellen-Infektionen, Gürtelrose, FSME, Listeriose, Norovirus-Gastroenteritis,...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Medizin - Radiologie, Nuklearmedizin, Note: 1, Fachhochschule Wiener Neustadt, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit bildgebenden Verfahren, die als Grundlage für die...

Master's Thesis from the year 2001 in the subject Medicine - Neoplasms, Oncology, , language: English, abstract: Weight loss is a common feature in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The clinical importance of weight loss;...

"Reclaim Your Health: Cancer" is a valuable handbook on this important medical topic award-winning author, Dr. Harris Phillip. Cancer occurs when our body mechanisms to take care of our cells fail on a number of levels. Loss of control over cell growth...

<h2>Want to Ace your Hawaii DMV Driver's License Exam, even if you've never Driven before?</h2> <p>Are you afraid of failing your driver's license test?</p> <p>Or have you failed the test before and still aren't sure what...

<h2>Want to Ace your West Virginia DMV Driver's License Exam, even if you've never Driven before?</h2> <p>Are you afraid of failing your driver's license test?</p> <p>Or have you failed the test before and still aren't sure...

<h2>Want to Ace your Utah DMV Driver's License Exam, even if you've never Driven before?</h2> <p>Are you afraid of failing your driver's license test?</p> <p>Or have you failed the test before and still aren't sure what the...

The journey of healing the root causes of symptoms through functional medicine can be a long and challenging road - not just for patients, but for the whole family. This workbook was created with the entire family - including caregivers - in mind with...

Russ and Nicole Bell were an upwardly mobile happy couple: two kids, big house, fun hobbies, marvelous life. But something wasn't quite right-with Russ. He started forgetting things, he got lost, he became enraged, he was harsh with the kids. And he...

<h2>Want to Ace your Wyoming DOT Driver's License Exam, even if you've never Driven before?</h2> <p>Are you afraid of failing your driver's license test?</p> <p>Or have you failed the test before and still aren't sure what...

The Sexually Transmitted Infection and Disease Assessment is a self-directed evaluation for medical professionals to learn, apply, and demonstrate competency in the evaluation of sexually transmitted infections. This assessment features an...

Healing the Gerson Way, is written in an easy-to-read style with step-by-step instructions for implementing the Gerson Therapy.  While it is best known for its success in aiding people to heal many types of cancer, Gerson Therapy has an excellent...

Don't let anyone tell you autism isn't a blessing: being autistic saved Mack's life. Soon-to-be grandad Mack had no idea he was any different to anyone else until he was hit by a juggernaut of an autistic crash. Finding himself unable to cope with...

Overviews cancer immunology and immunotherapy. Explores latest research behind cancer's driving mechanism of immune suppression, cutting-edge therapeutic approaches to combating cancer as well as novel approaches to cancer therapy with a special emphasis...

Offers post-COVID tourism recovery strategies and discusses trends in the travel, tourism, and hospitality with case studies from around the world. Topics cover post-pandemic travel preferences, safety protocols, sustainable tourism practices, post-COVID...

I wrote Auto-Immune Heresy out of a need to speak. To give voice to an experience that has been mine, and is infinitely larger than me.I am speaking about sickness. Long-lived, recurrent, and entangled with the entire 21st century into which I was born...

The study explained in this book was followed by 46 patients. 13 patients experienced a complete remission, 20 patients a clear improvement and 8 patients a 50 percent improvement. These results are well above any placebo effect, prescribed medication or...

The study and diet explained in this book were followed by 11 Parkinson's patients: 7 patients experienced a clear improvement and 3 patients a 50 percent improvement. These results are well above any placebo effect, prescribed medication or medical...

The subject of this book is a stranger than fiction change in personalities, behaviors and relationships including the gradual loss of language and the meaning of words. Nineteen lives are chronicled as told by caregivers, each selected for the drama and...

As old age is increasing globally, some challenges arise such as multimorbidity, a unique medical condition that has multiple potential complications and thus needs high-quality care directed by qualified healthcare providers. Multimorbidity is an...

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology has been very successful across fields such as healthcare, security, precision agriculture, smart city, and autonomous driving and promises numerous benefits for social development, economic growth, wellbeing...

Shocked? Worried? Confused? Looking for Answers? What can you expect after a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis? A Prostate Cancer Journey can be filled with unimaginable issues and challenges that a patient and caregiver will need to manage. Under highly...

Allergic diseases or allergy is the uneasiness caused due to the presence of some allergens like pollens, food items, grasses, dogs, cat fur etc. Generally allergic people are more sensitive to these substances which may cause swelling, sneezing, red eye...

This book aims to understand the vast field of allergic diseases. Allergies refer to the diseases which are caused by the vulnerability of our immune system when it is exposed to dust particles or other microorganisms present in the environment. Some...

Infectious Diseases are an ever growing concern for medical professionals around the globe in today's world. They refer to the disorders caused by the pathogens like bacteria, viruses, germs or fungi. They are acquired by insect bites, consumption of...

The rationale for using intraoperative irradiation (IORT) is based on the realization that tolerable doses of eternal beam radiation are often insufficient to achieve control of locally advanced malignancies. In these instances, the IORT component of...

Antigen processing is a biological process that prepares antigens for the presentation to special cells in the immune system called T lymphocytes. In Antigen Processing: Methods and Protocols, expert researchers in the field provide a comprehensive set...