Public health and preventive medicine Books

The maintenance of optimal musculoskeletal health is increasingly recognized as a key element for promoting overall health and fostering independent living in advanced age. Growing evidence indicates that nutrition, together with an active lifestyle,...

Scale up and implementation of new point-of-care (POC) diagnostics is a global health priority to enable the adoption of new evidence-based POC diagnostics and to replicate and extend the reach of POC diagnostics. Global private and public sector...

This book provides research and commentary on pharmacy technicians. It demonstrates how the re-design of pharmacy workflow to incorporate more responsibilities for technicians will free up pharmacist time to provide direct patient care. It also...

This Special Issue covers several recent advances in robotic devices applied to motor rehabilitation and assistance. The Special Issue has collected eight outstanding papers covering different aspects of assistance robotics and biosensors. The selected...

This book includes chapters from a range of countries which critically reflect on recent developments in child protection policy and practice. It is a follow-up to 'Contemporary Developments in Child Protection' Volumes 1, 2 and 3, which were published...

Mycotoxins are considered the most frequently occurring natural contaminants in human and animal diets. Considering their potential toxic and carcinogenic effects, mycotoxin exposure assessment has particular importance in the context of health risk...

Adolescents in many countries consume poor quality diets that include high intakes of sugary drinks and fast food and low intakes of vegetables. The aims of this Special Issue on adolescent dietary behavior were to identify methods and approaches for...

The rapid increase in the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains, combined with a dwindling rate of discovery of novel antibiotic molecules, has created an alarming issue worldwide. Although the occurrence of resistance in microbes is a...

Supporting initiation, development and resolution of appropriate immune responses is key to survival. Many nutrients and dietary components have been purported to have a role in supporting optimal immune function. This is vital throughout the life...

System dynamics is a simulation modeling approach to strategic and policy analysis that has been applied to many health care and public health issues since the 1960s and has become increasingly prevalent since the 2000s. The ten articles in this reprint...

It was recently reported that pollution was responsible for 9 million premature deaths in 2015, making it the world's largest environmental risk factor for disease and premature death. Human and industrial activities generate various forms of residual...

This Antimicrobial Prescribing and Stewardship Issue (volume 1) consist of manuscripts, including original research, review articles, case series, and opinion papers for topics related to antimicrobial (antibiotic, antifungal) stewardship,...

Available research has indicated a decline in physical fitness and motor competence over the last several decades. Movement restrictions and policies that have emphasized social distancing, due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, may have further increased...

Biosensors, especially non-invasive ones, are an area of extreme importance and fantastic advancements. As nanotechnology continually becomes more and more refined, its applications in a multitude of areas also grow. One area that has seen an explosion...

Tackling inequalities in health and healthcare is more important than ever. The COVID-19 pandemic starkly illustrated the disproportional impact of the virus on those who already faced disadvantage and discrimination. Moreover, there is evidence that the...

Dietary patterns are evolving, and we are increasingly aware of the contribution of food and food systems to community and planetary health. To be responsive to these changes and to promote dietary patterns that enhance the health and wellbeing of...

The reprint "Sustainable Healthy Working Life for All Ages-Work Environment, Age Management and Employability" provide an outlet of research contributing to the development of theoretical and practical knowledge influencing people's working life. Working...

Musculoskeletal research deals with the effects of the orthopedic treatment of pathologies on the biomechanics of the affected areas and on the musculoskeletal system. Biomechanical measurement methods enable the quantitative determination of these...

Can an innocent bit of garlic be responsible for your allergies, skin issues, anxiety, digestive problems or hot flashes? Garlic, kale, and other foods high in sulfur can lead to challenging health issues, chronic disease and possibly even cancer, in...

From the outside, this planner looks like any other planner - but inside, it's specially designed to be your record-keeping journal, helping you track essential information on your functional medicine journey.The care planner is your best tool for...

How did some people seem to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic relatively unscathed? How did some organizations and businesses maintain profitability while retaining a highly resilient and motivated workforce? What one trait allows humans to thrive...

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Major influenza pandemics pose a constant threat. As evidenced by recent H5N1 avian flu and novel H1N1, influenza outbreaks can come in close succession, yet differ in their transmission and impact. With accelerated levels of commercial and population...

La dieta chetogenica si rivela una delle tecniche di perdita di peso più interessanti al mondo. Funziona così bene che oltre a garantire una notevole riduzione di peso, previene molte malattie dal rene, al cuore e molti altri organi del corpo. È...

Questo libro descrive nel dettaglio le deliziose e semplici ricette che puoi realizzare con la tua macchina del pane. Puoi essere un principiante, senza alcuna idea su come cucinare, o puoi essere un panettiere avanzato che vuole migliorare le sue...

Use R and tidyverse to prepare, clean, import, visualize, transform, program, communicate, predict and model dataNo R experience is required, although prior exposure to statistics and programming is helpfulPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a...

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.The book provides a comprehensive perspective on the subject of obesity epidemiology, pathophysiology, and management of obesity. The chapters provide a better understanding of obesity and...

“I arrived at the conclusion in the latter part of 1848, that cholera is communicated by the evacuations from the alimentary canal.”—John Snow, On the Mode of Communication of Cholera, 1848On the Mode of Communication of Cholera (1848)...

One of the time-honored foundations of the practice of pediatric medicine is the understanding and application of the principles of fluid, electrolyte and acid-base disorders. Presented in a new softcover format, Fluid and...

The revelation that aspirin and aspirin-like compounds have notableantineo­ plastic properties has revolutionized cancer research. COX-2 Blockade in Cancer Prevention and Therapy chronicles the evidence and presents exciting...

Theory of illness causation is an important issue in all biomedical sciences, and solid etiological explanations are needed in order to develop therapeutic approaches in medicine and preventive interventions in public health. Until now, the literature...

Obesity and eating disorders have stubbornly refused to respond to treatment since the 1990's. This book organizes the evidence for a possible answer, i.e., that the problem could be one of addiction to processed foods. In a Processed Food Addiction...

Is adaptive randomization always better than traditional fixed-schedule randomization? Which procedures should be used and under which circumstances? What special considerations are required for adaptive randomized trials? What kind of statistical...

There is a renewed interest in the fundamentals of energy metabolism, yet most people base their understanding on the views of generalists expressed in elementary textbooks. New techniques that enable analysis of thousands of metabolites provide useful...

How a community in Cairo, Egypt, has adapted the many systems required for clean water.Who is responsible for ensuring access to clean potable water? In an urbanizing planet beset by climate change, cities are facing increasingly arid conditions and a...

A collection of important essays on the health and well-being of African Americans in the southern United States.For African Americans in the southern United States, the social determinants of health are influenced by a unique history that encompasses...

Die Parasitischen Exoasceen: Eine Monographie (1893) von Richard Sadebeck ist ein Buch, das sich mit der Erforschung von parasit�����ren Insekten befasst. Es handelt sich um eine umfassende Monographie �����ber Exoasceen, eine Familie von parasit�����ren...

El libro ""Bosquejo M�����dico de la Synochus Maligna: o la Fiebre Maligna Contagiosa que se Manifest������ en Filadelfia (1803)"" escrito por Isac Cathrall es un estudio m�����dico sobre una epidemia de fiebre maligna contagiosa que afect������ a la...

Il Bollettino Sanitario: Gennaio 1895-Decembre 1895 (1896) ����� un libro pubblicato dalla Direzione Generale D. Sanita Pubblica che contiene informazioni dettagliate sullo stato di salute pubblica in Italia durante l'anno 1895. Il libro ����� diviso in...

Bibliografia Della Pellagra (1887) di Salveraglio, Filippo ����� un libro che raccoglie una vasta bibliografia sulla pellagra, una malattia causata da una carenza di niacina (vitamina B3) e proteine nella dieta. Il libro ����� diviso in sezioni che...

Adolph Henkes Zeitschrift f�����r die Staatsarzneikunde, Teile 1-3 (1857) von Behrend, Fr. J., ist eine Sammlung von medizinischen Artikeln und Aufs�����tzen, die von Adolph Henke und anderen renommierten Autoren verfasst wurden. Die Zeitschrift...

Ce livre, intitul����� ""Actes de la Soci�����t����� de M�����decine de Bruxelles V2 (1808)"", a �����t����� publi����� par un �����diteur de Bruxelles. Il s'agit d'un recueil d'actes de la Soci�����t����� de M�����decine de Bruxelles pour l'ann�����e...

When Rats, Lice and History appeared in 1935, Hans Zinsser was a highly regarded Harvard biologist who had never written about historical events

Dietary factors have been implicated in at least four of the ten leading causes of death in the U.S. Nevertheless, physicians frequently receive inadequate training in nutrition to properly counsel their patients. Since the publication of the second...

Gender-based violence is a multi-faceted public health problem with numerous consequences for an individual's physical and mental health and wellbeing. This collection develops a comprehensive public health approach for working with gender-based...

Reduced production of DHEA associated with the diseases that accompany aging has led to its use as a nutritional supplement for antiaging, metabolic support, and other purposes. While animal studies have clearly shown substantial benefits of DHEA in...

Examining the history and etiology of the obesity epidemic, this book discusses various requirements of effective intervention and treatment strategies. The first section covers the history of obesity, defines and evaluates the clinical presentation of...