1st Edition

Holistic Approaches for Women’s Sustainable Health 4-volume set

1948 Pages 34 Color & 85 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

In a world where women’s health issues often remain shrouded in mystery or approached with fragmented solutions, there arises an urgent need for a comprehensive and holistic perspective. This new four-volume set, Holistic Approaches for Women’s Sustainable Health, addresses this need, presenting a selection of thought-provoking chapters on myriad issues and aspects of women health. It offers... Read more

VOLUME 1: FOUNDATIONS, INNOVATIONS, CHALLENGES, AND MANAGEMENT

Editors: Megh R. Goyal, PhD, Anamika Chauhan, PhD, Junaid Ahmad Malik, PhD, and Kamalesh Raja, PhD

 

Preface

 

PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF HOLISTIC FEMALE HEALTH

 

1. Holistic Approaches for Sustainable Women’s Health: An Introduction

Faisal Sualeh Hayyat, V. Gopinath, and Showkeen Bilal Ahmad Gul

 

2. Ethical Considerations in Female Health

Himel Mondal and Shaikat Mondal

 

3. Music and Aroma Therapy for Female Health: Principles, Methods, and Applications

Anushri Jadhav, and Vijayapandi Pandy

 

4. Nurturing Women’s Health through Yoga and Meditation in the Post-COVID Era

Rahul Saxena, Suyash Saxena, and Ajit Pal Singh

 

5. Holistic Approach to Depression and Migrant Headache in Females

N. L. Swathi, Muhammad Muzzamil, Surjabha Pal, Ishwar Basavan, Maryam Nisa, Akhil Arun, and

Tahmina Begum

 

PART II: TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS AND INNOVATIONS IN WOMEN’S HEALTH

 

6. AI and Machine Learning: Pioneering Frontiers in Women’s Health Advancements

Nitish Bhatia

 

7. Robotic Surgery for Women

Sowndariya Perumal and Chitra Gunasekar

 

8. Contribution of Embryonic Stem Cells into Fetus Development: The Monkey Model

Maitrayee Ghosh, Pitam Ghosh, and Debajyoti Roy

 

9. The Vaginal Speculum: Balancing Safety, Property, and Practicality

Sumana Saha

 

PART III: CHALLENGES AND MANAGEMENT IN FEMALE HEALTH

 

10. Impact of Certain Medical Conditions and Substance Abuse on the Health of Women and Fetuses

Khursheed Ahmad Wani, Javid Manzoor, Heena Qadir, and Junaid Ahmad Malik

 

11. Impact of HIV Infection on Fetal Development and Pregnancy Outcomes

Khursheed Ahmad Wani, Javid Manzoor, Urooj Nissar, and Junaid Ahmad Malik

 

12. Dry Vagina: Challenges, Causes, Issues, and Remedies

Anamika Chauhan and Megh R. Goyal

 

13. Impact of Pesticides on Neurological and General Health of Women

Khursheed Ahmad Wani, Ufaq Sumera, and Junaid Ahmad Malik

 

14. Management Techniques for Female Health

Faisal Sualeh Hayyat, V. Gopinath, Showkeen Bilal Ahmad Gul, Mohammad Muzamil Shah, Saqib Bashir, Tasleema Jan, Urooj Nissar, Seeham Jaleel, and Syed Abeera Andrabi

 

15. Total Quality Management for Female Health

Faisal Sualeh Hayyat, V. Gopinath, Showkeen Bilal Ahmad Gul, Saqib Bashir, Mohammad Muzamil Shah, Tasleema Jan, Seeham Jaleel, Urooj Nissar, and Syed Abeera Andrabi

 

Index

 

 

VOLUME 2: ADVANCEMENTS, SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS, AND INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH

Editors: Junaid Ahmad Malik, PhD, Anamika Chauhan, PhD, and Megh R. Goyal, PhD

 

Preface

 

PART I: SOCIOECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPACTS ON WOMEN’S HEALTH

 

1. Holistic Approach to Female Health Issues: An Introduction

Ajit Pal Singh, Neelesh Kumar Maurya, Rahul Saxena, Suyash Saxena, and Neeti Kushwaha

 

2. Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Women’s Healthcare: Factors, Clinical Stressors, Disease Conditions, and Solutions

Hossein Zare, Danielle Gilmore, Mahbube Askari Azad, and Shervin Assari

 

3. Impact of Social Challenges on Female Health Issues

Rukshana Irani, Ayan Chatterjee, and Arpan Ray

 

4. Impact of Marital Relations on Women’s Health

Dipali Saxena and Shweta Keswani

 

5. Lost Daughters: The Silent Injustice of the Present Society

Sanjib Kumar Haldar and Megh R. Goyal

 

6. Reclaiming Female Postpartum Reproductive Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review

Emi Grace Mary Gowshika R.

 

PART II: PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING IN WOMEN’S HEALTH

 

7. Impact of Mental Health and Psychological Stress on Women’s Heart Health

Amal Abdellaoui

 

7. Stress Management Intervention for Breast Cancer Survivors

Muzamil Jan, Mohd Younus Zaroo, and Simple Sharma

 

8. Social and Professional Support for Psychological and Mental Disorders:

Improvement of Female Health

Asoke Kumar Saha, Chinmoy Kumar Mondal, Ropak Roy, Hamida Zinat, and Afrima Parven

 

10. A Holistic Approach to Menopause and Menstruation Issues in Females

Jaymala Kumawat, Vrushali Neve, Yogita Shinde, Archana Shaha, and Dipali Talele

 

11 Role of NGOs, Nonprofit, and Community Organizations in Empowering Female Health

Priya Gogia, Indresh Kumar, Shikha Malik, and Prachi Sinha

 

PART III: TECHNOLOGICAL AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS IN FEMALE HEALTH

 

12. Digital and Preventive Ecosystems for Female Health

Didhiti Agarwal, Sagar Barage, and Rajshri Singh

 

13. Role of IoT in Female Healthcare

Anamika Chauhan and Megh R. Goyal

 

14. Machine Learning Model to Detect Ovarian Cancer Cells through Image Processing

Mohammad Awde, Mohammad Ali Mtairek, Aya Kawssan, Ali Jawad,

Jad Majed, and Haidar Kanso

 

15. Role of IoT, AI, ChatBot, and ChatGPT in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Female Health Conditions

Pankaj Sharma, Saloni Jain, Aditi Bhardwaj, Sandeep Sharma, and Vinay Jain

 

16. Text Mining and Natural Language Processing for Reproductive Health

Ananya Verma, Rajshri Singh, and Sagar Barage

 

PART IV: HOLISTIC AND TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO FEMALE HEALTH

 

17. Role of Religious Beliefs, Yoga, and Meditation in Empowering Female Health: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

Moumita Das, Ritika Rasaily, and Ayan Chatterjee

 

18. Innovative Time Management Techniques for Female Health

Sasmita Dash and Jayanta Kumar Panda

 

19. Female Health: Educating and Outreach

Shweta Keswani and Dipali Saxena

 

20. Advancements in Research and Future Landscape of Female Health

Swati Sharma and Nisha Rana

 

21. Healthcare Needs for Female Sexual Dysfunctions

Neelesh Kumar Maurya and Zoomi Singh

 

22. Cancer in Females: Diagnostics, Treatment, Post-Treatment and a Case Study

Priya and Poonam Joshi

 

23. Blood Cancers in Females: Types, Causes, Risks, and Treatment with Traditional Plant Medicines

Jyoti Srivastava and Poonam Joshi

 

Index

 

VOLUME 3: HERBS, SPICES, PHYTOCHEMICALS, AND CEREALS: BODY CARE, CANCER PREVENTION, AND HORMONAL HEALTH

Editors: Megh R. Goyal, PhD, Anamika Chauhan, PhD, and Kamalesh Raja, PhD

 

Preface

 

PART I: INTRODUCTION

 

1. Role of Nutrients and Traditional Natural Medicines for Female Health: A Review

Megh R. Goyal, and Anamika Chauhan

 

PART II: BENEFITS OF MEDICINAL HERBS IN CANCER IN WOMEN

 

2. Holistic Approach for the Management of Cancer in Women Using Nutrients and Traditional Natural Medicines: An Overview

Anamika Chauhan and Megh R. Goyal

 

3. Exploring Medicinal Herbs for the Management of Lung Cancer

Sakhawat Riaz, Bushra Riaz, Maryam Niaz, Mufzala, Aqsa Haroon, Huma Tabassum, and Anwar Ali

 

4. Exploring Medicinal Herbs for the Management of Breast Cancer

Avneet Gupta, Himanshu Sharma, Rashmi Pathak, Amit Anand, Arushi, and Deepak Biswas

 

5. Exploring Medicinal Herbs for the Management of Liver Cancer and Pancreatic Cancer

Sheetal S. Samant, and Pranita K. Pawar

 

6. Herbs and Traditional Medicinal Plants: Cancer Management of Ear, Nose, and Throat

Om M. Bagade, Priyanka E. Doke-Bagade, Sunitha Sampathi, and Sabeena H. Syed

 

PART III: SCOPE OF MEDICINAL HERBS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND HORMONAL DISORDERS, AND BODY CARE

 

7. Role of Nutrients, Herbs and Plants, and Natural Essential Oils in Female Health

Sakhawat Riaz, Yasir Iqbal, Mahnoor Atta, Iqbal Ahmad, Huma Tabassum, and Anwar Ali

 

8. Exploring Medicinal Herbs for the Management of Tuberculosis (TB)

Anamika Chauhan and Megh R. Goyal

 

9. Scope of Medicinal Herbs for the Management of Diabetes

Ruhul Amin

 

10. Herbal Remedies for the Management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

Sakhawat Riaz, Moazam Hyder, Huma Tabassum, Arslan Ahmad, Mufzala, Tausif Ahmad, and Anwar Ali

 

11. Herbal Remedies for the Maintenance of Vaginal Health and Hygiene

Anamika Chauhan and Megh R. Goyal

 

12. Benefits of Aloe Vera in Female Health

Yousef Rasmi, Shirin Toosi, Sunanda Biswas, Sabina Khanam, Ankita Acharya, and Behrokh Daei-Hasani

 

PART IV: BENEFITS OF SPICES, CEREALS, PHYTOCHEMICALS, AND MILK PRODUCTS IN WOMEN’S HEALTH

 

13. Spices: The Culinary Medicine to Enhance Women’s Health

Vijayasri Kadirvel, Kamalesh Raja, and Thiruvengadam Subramaniyam

 

14. Benefits of Cereals and Pseudocereals in Female Health

Deepali Sharma

 

15. Role of Plant-Based Phytochemicals in Female Health

R. Vijayalaxmi and S. Princely Ebenezer Gnanakani

 

16. Benefits of Milk and Milk Products in Female Health

Zoomi Singh and Neelesh Kumar Maurya

 

17. Role of Allium sativum to Control Blood Pressure in Females

Huma Tabassum, Sakhawat Riaz, Soomro Faraz Hussain, Muhammad Hammad, Abdul Malik, and Anwar Ali

 

Index

 

VOLUME 4: BENEFITS OF VEGETABLES AND MEDICINAL PLANTS AND TREES

Editors: Megh R. Goyal, PhD, Anamika Chauhan, PhD, and Kamalesh Raja, PhD

 

Preface

 

PART I: INTRODUCTION

 

1. Role of Traditional Medicinal Plants in Nurturing Female Health

Hema Deupa, Priyanka Shankar, and Latika Yadav

 

PART II: BENEFITS OF VEGETABLES IN WOMEN’S HEALTH

 

2. Benefits of Watercress for Female Health

Dhanashree R. Kad, Poonam P. Taru, Archana S. Gadakh, and Vishakha H. Mithari

 

3. Benefits of Moringa in Women’s Health

Nitish Bhatia, Maddukuri Sravya, Priya Malik, and Sunitha Sampathi

 

PART III: BENEFITS OF PLANTS IN WOMEN’S HEALTH

4 Harmony and Wellness: Unveiling the Holistic Benefits of Basil Plants for Female Health

Jayasree Ravindran, Irine Jerald, and Monica Muniendra Babu

 

5. Benefits of Saffron Milk for Female Health

Poonam P. Taru, Dhanashree R. Kad, Vishakha H. Mithari, Archana S. Gadakh, and Sabeena H. Syed

 

6. Benefits of Prairie Green Plants for Female Health

Joyeta Ghosh, Sudrita Roy Choudhury, Khusboo Singh, and Samarpita Koner

 

7. Benefits of Castor Bean Products in Female Health

Rajabhuvaneswari Ariyamuthu and Daisylin Anbu Sujitha

 

8. Benefits of Wild Yam (Dioscorea villosa) in Female Health

Nidhi Singh, Uroosa Noor, Shashi Soni, and Ena Gupta

 

9. Benefits of Ashwagandha in Female Health

Prabhjot Kaur

 

10. Scope of Home Remedies and Medicinal Plants to Remove Female Warts

Debajyoti Roy, Maitrayee Ghosh, Raghav Dogra, Rohit Bhatia, and Naresh Kumar Rangra

 

PART IV: BENEFITS OF MEDICINAL TREES IN WOMEN’S HEALTH

 

11. Phytochemical Aspects of Neolamarckia cadamba in Female Health

Deepak Biswas, Sagarika Kabra, Monika Sachdeva, Arushi, Himanshu Sharma, and Rashmi Pathak

 

12. Role of Extract of Albizia lebbeck (Woman’s Tongue Tree) Leaves for Dermal Cancer

Anamika Chauhan, Richa Sharma, and Gaurav Sharma

 

13. Benefits of Vitex agnus-castus (Chaste Tree) for Female Health

Kamal Shah, Gaurav Kumar, Saurabh Maru, and Nagendra Singh Chauhan

 

14. Impact of Ceylon Cinnamon on Female Health: Evidence, Applications, and Perspectives

Suvarna Yenduri, Bharathi Doddla Raghunathanaidu, and Naga Prashant Koppuravuri

 

Index

Biography

Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE, is a Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering from the General Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez Campus. He has worked as a Soil Conservation Inspector and as a Research Assistant at Haryana Agricultural University and the Ohio State University. He was the first agricultural engineer to receive the professional license in Agricultural Engineering from the College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico and was proclaimed as the ""Father of Irrigation Engineering in Puerto Rico for the twentieth century"" by the ASABE - Puerto Rico Section, for his pioneering work on micro irrigation, evapotranspiration, agroclimatology, and soil and water engineering. During his professional career of over 55 years, he has received many prestigious awards. A prolific author and editor, he has written more than 200 journal articles and several textbooks and has edited over 135 books.

Anamika Chauhan, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Home Science at Chaman Lal Madhavidhyalya Haridwar, Sri Dev Suman University, Uttarakhand, India, where she is also a member of the Board of Studies. She is UGC-NET, USET, MPhil (home Science)  qualified. She was awarded a Young Scientist Award by the Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology and a Teacher’s Excellence Award by Motherhood University, Uttarakhand, as well as a Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Global Educator Award (2022 by the International Council for Education, Research and Training. She has one patent (“Gold Nanoparticles with Albizia lebbeck (L. Benth Leaves Extract for Dermal Cancer”) to her credit. She is a lifetime member of the Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata; Scientific and Technical Research Association (STRA);  and Home Science Association of India. She has published several research papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals, 15 edited books, and a textbook. She has also been associated with workshops and conferences. Her research interest and areas range across the right to education to nutrition and human health. Dr. Chauhan earned her master’s degree and PhD from HNB Garhwal Srinagar, Central University, Uttarakhand, India. She also has a master’s degree in English, Education, and Political Science.

Junaid Ahmad Malik, PhD, is a Lecturer with the Department of Zoology at Government Degree College, Bijbehara, Kashmir (J&K), India, and he is actively involved with teaching and research activities. He has more than eight years of research experience. His areas of interest are ecology, soil macrofauna, wildlife biology, conservation biology, etc. Dr. Malik has published over 20 research articles and technical papers in international peer-reviewed journals and has authored and edited books, book chapters, and more than 10 popular editorial articles. He also serves as an editor and reviewer of several journals. He has participated in several state, national, and international conferences, seminars, workshops, and symposia and has more than 20 conference papers to his credit. He is a life member of the Society for Bioinformatics and Biological Sciences.

Kamalesh Raja, PhD, is a distinguished researcher with a PhD in Environmental Biotechnology from SIMATS, Chennai, and a master’s degree from Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai. During his undergraduate studies in biotechnology, he earned an Indian Academy of Science Fellowship at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Hyderabad. He also completed a nine-month internship in the Research and Development Department of Kemin Industries India & South Asia, Chennai. Prior to pursuing his PhD, Dr. Raja worked as an R&D Scientist at Oriens Global Marketing Pvt Ltd, where he demonstrated a strong commitment to applied research. Dr. Raja has significantly contributed to the scientific community with 16 publications, including five research articles and 11 review papers in high-impact journals. He has also authored two book chapters, reflecting his research acumen. His areas of expertise and research interest include environmental biotechnology, food technology, and waste-to-energy conversion. With a robust academic foundation and extensive industry experience, Dr. Raja continues to contribute to advancements in his field, bridging the gap between sustainable innovation and practical application.