Medicine Books

New and Published Books

1. Gender and Genetics

   Sociology of the Prenatal

   By Kate Reed

   Series: Genetics and Society

   Prenatal screening for genetic disorders is becoming an increasingly widespread phenomenon across the globe. While studies have highlighted the importance of women’s experiences of such screening, little is known about men’s roles and direct involvement in this process. With a focus on the...

   Published May 15th 2012 by Routledge
2. Human Health and Ecological Integrity

   Ethics, Law and Human Rights

   Edited by Laura Westra, Colin L. Soskolne, Donald W. Spady

   The connection between environment and health has been well studied and documented, particularly by the World Health Organization. It is now being included in some legal instruments, although for the most part caselaw does not explicitly make that connection. Neither the right to life nor the...

   Published May 15th 2012 by Routledge
3. Medicinal Plants

   Biodiversity and Drugs

   Edited by M. K. Rai, Geoffrey A. Cordell, Jose L. Martinez, Mariela Marinoff, Luca Rastrelli

   This volume provides a contemporary overview of new strategies for traditional medicine development, of the importance of cataloging ethnomedical information, of determining the active principles, and of examining the genetic diversity and range of actions of traditional medicines. It discusses the...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Science Publishers
4. Ultra-Low Fertility in Pacific Asia

   Trends, causes and policy issues

   Edited by Paulin Straughan, Angelique Chan, Gavin Jones

   Series: Routledge Research On Public and Social Policy in Asia

   Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong SAR are among the very lowest-fertility countries in the whole world, and even China has reached fertility levels lower than those in many European countries. If these levels continue over long periods East Asia will soon face accelerating...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
5. Obesity

   Prevention and Treatment

   Edited by James M. Rippe, Theodore J. Angelopoulos

   The prevalence of obesity in the United States and the rest of the industrialized world has skyrocketed in the past 20 years. Linked to heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and metabolic syndrome, it is also the leading cause of osteoarthritis and the second leading cause of cancer. With...

   Published May 10th 2012 by CRC Press
6. Medicinal Plants of China, Korea, and Japan

   Bioresources for Tomorrow’s Drugs and Cosmetics

   By Christophe Wiart

   Asian medicinal plants show great promise in pharmaceutical and cosmetological development. Researchers engaged in the discovery of new leads in these areas need robust conceptual tools and understanding of interrelated basics of botany, ethnobotany, biomolecular pharmacology, phytochemistry, and...

   Published May 10th 2012 by CRC Press
7. Clinical Trials in Oncology, Third Edition

   By Stephanie Green, Jacqueline Benedetti, Angela Smith, John Crowley

   Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Interdisciplinary Statistics

   The third edition of the bestselling Clinical Trials in Oncology provides a concise, nontechnical, and thoroughly up-to-date review of methods and issues related to cancer clinical trials. The authors emphasize the importance of proper study design, analysis, and data management and identify the...

   Published May 8th 2012 by CRC Press
8. MRI

   Essentials for Innovative Technologies

   By Giuseppe Placidi

   MRI: Essentials for Innovative Technologies describes novel methods to improve magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) beyond its current limitations. It proposes smart encoding methods and acquisition sequences to deal with frequency displacement due to residual static magnetic field inhomogeneity,...

   Published May 1st 2012 by CRC Press
9. Correction Techniques in Emission Tomography

   Edited by Mohammad Dawood, Xiaoyi Jiang, Klaus Schäfers

   Series: Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering

   Written by an interdisciplinary team of medical doctors, computer scientists, physicists, engineers, and mathematicians, Correction Techniques in Emission Tomography presents various correction methods used in emission tomography to generate and enhance images. It discusses the techniques from a...

   Published April 26th 2012 by CRC Press
10. Neurotechnology

    Premises, Potential, and Problems

    Edited by James Giordano

    Series: Advances in Neurotechnology

    New technologies that allow us to investigate mechanisms and functions of the brain have shown considerable promise in treating brain disease and injury. These emerging technologies also provide a means to assess and manipulate human consciousness, cognitions, emotions, and behaviors, bringing with...

    Published April 25th 2012 by CRC Press