Public health and preventive medicine Books

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

Stay healthy with simples, delicious foods. Get healthy with time-proven remedies. Heighten your sexual potency. A natural way to youth, beauty, and vitality. Strengthening, nourishing foods for children. This unique book contains a wealth of knowledge...

As the U.S. healthcare industry undergoes sweeping changes to increase efficiency and reduce costs, the healthcare workforce is changing as well. In this new system of care, physicians work alongside health care teams, where nurses, pharmacists, and...

This book explores significant developments of the welfare state in the context of milestone health insurance reforms in two important Asian democracies, Korea and Thailand. The author argues that the changes in health policy, which introduced universal...

Drawing on key concepts in sociology and management, this history describes a remarkable institute that has elevated medical research and worked out solutions to the troubling practices of commercial pharmaceutical research. Good Pharma is the answer to...

Dieses Buch bietet eine detaillierte Topographie des Herrieder Landgerichtsbezirks im 19. Jahrhundert. Es beschreibt die lokale Geographie, besiedlung und Wirtschaft und analysiert die Auswirkungen dieser Faktoren auf die Gesundheit und das Wohlbefinden...

Dieses Buch untersucht die Ursachen der Typhusepidemie von 1901 in Gelsenkirchen und schildert die Auswirkungen auf die Gemeinde. Die Autoren bieten eine kritische Analyse der Maßnahmen, die ergriffen wurden, um die Epidemie zu bekämpfen, und geben...

A major national goal is to improve our health and advance our opportunities to pursue happiness. Simulta­ neously, there are increasing health care costs and increasing demands to accomplish more with less financial support...

In Addictive Behaviors in Women, leading experts from psychiatry, psychology, sociology, and social work concisely review the addictive process and the characteristic behaviors of women who are dependent on alcohol and/or...

1 The success of early diagnosis and therefore of treatment of phe­ nylketonuria, inevitably suggests the possibility of early screening and treatment of other genetic metabolic abnormalities. This volume contains a summary of...

Providing overview, depth, and expertise, Essentials of Functional Foods is the key resource for all involved in the exciting and rapidly growing arena of functional foods. Every important aspect of functional foods and...

5 care reforms. Part II: Price Regulation The second partofthis volume examines the role ofprice regulation in controlling health care costs. It contains three chapters. In chapter seven, I examine the alternatives for...

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...

Clubfoot is a common deformity but remains unsolved. Detailed epidemiology has been described to assess the socio-economic impact. All corrective methods are enumerated, highlighting their efficacy and pitfalls. The importance of each clubfoot case being...

This joint publication from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) provides a concise analysis of the state of family practice in the 22 countries spread over North Africa, the Middle East and Western...

Vaccines are hailed as the miracle of medical innovation attributed to saving millions of lives. Everyone is taught to believe that vaccinations are responsible for ridding the world of dreaded diseases such as smallpox and polio. This view summarized...

Embark on a transformative journey towards optimal well-being with "Wellness Harmony: A Comprehensive Guide to Healthful Living." This enlightening guide delves into various aspects of a holistic and balanced lifestyle, offering a wealth of practical...

Aromatherapy, or essential oil therapy, refers to traditional, alternative, or complementary therapies that use essential oils and other aromatic plant compounds.Aromatherapy has a long history of use for medicinal purposes.In recent years, aromatherapy...

Justus Friedrich Karl Hecker was a German physician and medical writer, whose works appear in medical encyclopaedias and journals of the time. He particularly studied disease in relation to human history, including plague, smallpox, infant mortality,...

Zum einen Sachbuch und andererseits eine wahre Geschichte: Zwei Brüder gründen zum Thema Corona eine gemeinnützige Internetseite. Daraus entwickelt sich wiederum eine eigenwillige Eventreihe. Die realen Geschehnisse wechseln sich hier mit spannenden...

The 2024 Special Issue of Inequality in Immunization collates 14 global research and review contributions that spotlight differences in the attainment of immunization coverage across population groups, capturing findings pertaining to various types...

This Special Issue contains 13 articles-12 research papers and 1 review article. The 12 research papers focus on developing new methods for detecting specific chemical exposomes, exploring new aspects of exposome-related toxicity, applying metabolomics,...

This Special Issue delves into cutting-edge methodologies and research in kinesiology aimed at optimizing motor skills and enhancing athletic performance. Building upon the success of the first edition, this updated collection presents a range of...

Obesity and eating disorders remain major public health concerns worldwide that often co-exist. While we are far from having definitive solutions, scientific insights into the prevention and management of obesity and eating disorders have developed...

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...

"The Cochrane Collaboration... rivals the Human Genome Project in its potential implications for modern medicine." - C. David Naylor, The Lancet"How can we have a rational health service if we don't know which of the things being done in it are useful...

Over the past decade, substantial resources have been spent on tackling avian influenza and building a global capacity for a pandemic response. The catastrophic costs of the 1918 influenza pandemic are well documented, and the swine flu pandemic of...

After this period of living with COVID-19, we have reached the point where we can start evaluating its management. This edited collection focuses on the exploration of the ethical implications of the management of the COVID-19 pandemic. It looks into how...

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...

Explores the role of functional food applications in prevention and management of various diseases, including diabetes, obesity, microbial infections, ulcers, mental disorders, cardiac health, bone health, and more. It discusses using bioactive compounds...

Examines the nutritional and pharmacological properties of polyphenols and flavonoids, including their ability to prevent the development of diseases and how they manage of chronic pathological illnesses. Topics include natural food dyes as...

Discusses the immune-boosting properties of nutraceuticals and functional foods toward human health, exploring dietary antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, edible microalgae, herbs, phytonutrients, omega 3-fatty acids, and probiotics of herbs and vegetables...

Public health is diffuse, divided, and poorly understood. As a policy and practice, public health promotes and protects people and communities. As a field of academic inquiry it provides deep insights into the ways individuals and collectives can work...

 Nutritional Secrets lays a new benchmark to nutrition information to be presented in a meaningful manner. Flow charts, tips and guidelines built into the narrative gives kidney patients enough reason to manage health well so survival can be...

Increasing health literacy among patients is a difficult task as medical jargon and healthcare directions can be overwhelming and difficult to comprehend. In today's digital world, people are more connected than ever before and have the ability to find...

The COVID-19 pandemic has offered the world and its governments many challenges in how they will conduct their responsibilities and best assist their citizens. The COVID-19 pandemic not only brought a global health emergency, but also helped to shed...

The objective of primary health care is easily accessible health care facilities for all. It also tries to ensure clean and improved environment to prevent health hazards. The aim to deliver better facilities without discrimination has been prevailing...

This book aims to shed light on some of the unexplored aspects of public health and the recent researches in this field. It strives to provide a fair idea about this discipline and to help develop a better understanding of the latest advances within this...

Hepatitis is the inflammatory condition of liver usually caused by viral, parasitic and bacterial infection but there may be other causes related to it. There can be different types of hepatitis depending upon the cause such as acute, fulminant and...