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As a young and impoverished child, author Dr. Robert E. Burke knew his lifes purpose was to become a physician. However, no one could have predicted the tortuous path he would travel in that quest and beyond. In Beyond the Quest to Become a Physician, he provides perspective on his life as he narrates...

The Does It Run In the Family? The book combines family health history, oral traditions, and genetics in order to help individuals and families gather their health history and use that information to make positive health choices. The toolkit consists of two chapters and supplementary materials that...

Neuroendocrinology is a discipline which originated about 50 years ago as a branch of Endocrinology and that is now strictly linked to neuroscience. Volumes 181 and 182 of Progress in Brain Research provide a rapid view of the major points presently discussed at biological and clinical levels. The...

Foreword by Caroline Myss, best-selling author and medical intuitive. Building on the significant history of the use of medical intuition by leaders in the field, Dr. Norman Shealy provides us with a path to using our innate intuition to develop optimal personal power and health. This book is your...

Focusing on emerging therapies and those best supported by clinical trials and scientific evidence, Fundamentals of Complementary and Alternative Medicine describes some of the most prevalent and the fastest-growing CAM therapies in use today. Prominent author Dr. Marc Micozzi provides a complete...

This book is a quick read and is ideal for busy laboratory managers and supervisors; it contains a relatively complete index and additional reading sources for more detailed management discussions. It is a particularly useful guide for individuals in Pathology residency training who need to know various...

A risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD), hypertriglyceridemia is exacerbated by uncontrolled diabetes, obesity, and sedentary habits, especially in industrialized countries like the United States. Written by a recognized expert in lipid disorders, this new handbook will discuss hypertriglyceridemia...

Providing a sound foundation of pathology knowledge, Pathology for the Health Professions, 4th Edition gives you a clear, concise, clinically relevant overview of general pathology, including injury, inflammation, and neoplasia, followed by a detailed review of each organ system. A DEPPiCT approach...

This issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, edited by Dr. Martin Bluth, will cover a wide array of topics related to drug testing and toxicology. Experts will discuss common drugs in analgesia, toxicology techniques, errors and interferences in toxicology testing, toxicology considerations in pain...

The sodium channel, a ubiquitous member of the cardiac, neural, and muscular conduction systems, has been implicated in the pathogenesis of an array of human diseases. Mutations associated with the cardiac sodium channel are responsible for a wide spectrum of disorders. The cardiac sodium channel...

The entire spectrum of vascular disease is examined in this issue of Cardiology Clinics. Topics include carotid artery disease, endovascular interventions for thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurismal disease, critical limb ischemia, contemporary treatment of venous thromboembolic disease, renal artery...

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. In the 21st Century, the management of type 2 diabetes has become even more important both in the primary health care setting and in the UK government's health policy. With the publication of the National...

This issue of Medical Clinics of North America provides the latest essential updates on coronary risk factors.  The following key questions are answered.  Are new biomarkers informative? LDL: the lower the better?  How important is HDL?  How much credit does triglyceride deserve?  How important...

This issue explores the genetic basis of specific cardiomyopathies and phenotypic components of heart failure with an eye to the clinical implications of this genetic knowledge. An understanding of the genetic causes of disease can aid in development of effective prevention and management strategies.