Catálogo de libros: Medicina

40790 Catálogo de libros: Medicina

  • The Incredible Shrinking Brain
    Stefan Lerner MD
    Neuroscience has now discovered a pathological brain process, Hyperapoptosis, in which neurons (brain cells), die at an accelerated rate, culminating in actual shrinkage of vital parts of the brain, which occurs in neurological illnesses like seizures, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease, and is now known to also occur in major so-called 'mental' illnesses, severe major...
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    32,74 €

  • The Incredible Shrinking Brain
    Stefan Lerner MD
    Neuroscience has now discovered a pathological brain process, Hyperapoptosis, in which neurons (brain cells), die at an accelerated rate, culminating in actual shrinkage of vital parts of the brain, which occurs in neurological illnesses like seizures, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease, and is now known to also occur in major so-called 'mental' illnesses, severe major...
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    22,64 €

  • NOVEL EMULGEL FORMULATIONS FOR TOPICAL DELIVERY
    Amit Kumar Sen / Kapil Kumar
    Topical formulations encompass a wide variety of formulations intended for cosmetic or dermatological application, to healthy as well as diseased skin. These formulations range in physicochemical nature from solid through semi solid to liquid. Drug substances are infrequently administered alone, but rather as part of a formulation, in combination with one or more non-medicated ...
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    60,32 €

  • Clinical Psychology Reflections Volume 4
    Connor Whiteley
    Clinical psychology applies psychological knowledge and theory to mental health conditions. But psychology students and professionals know information in textbooks and lecture theatres miss real-world issues sometimes.Can we fix this?Join bestselling psychology author Connor Whiteley reflecting on outstanding, critical topics, problems and more facing clinical psychology in thi...
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    12,03 €

  • Ignite Global Change
    Alessandro Crimi
    Your essential guide to global entrepreneurship and activism. From Accra and Mumbai to Milan and New York, a vibrant new generation of activist entrepreneurs turn visionary ideas into impactful realities. Ignite Global Change offers a roadmap for crafting wealth from minimal resources, from ideation to implementation. Its practical, real-world approach provides strategies that ...
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    23,34 €

  • Strength in Motion
    Terence Ang
    Strength in Motion: The Next Chapter of Stroke is Terence Ang’s third book, following A Cry in the Dark and Emerging from the Dark.Strength in Motion: The Next Chapter of Stroke offers a profound look at one man’s incredible journey of triumph over adversity, shedding light on the physical, emotional, and psychological hurdles that often characterise the aftermath of a stroke.F...
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    70,56 €

  • Strength in Motion
    Terence Ang
    Strength in Motion: The Next Chapter of Stroke is Terence Ang’s third book, following A Cry in the Dark and Emerging from the Dark.Strength in Motion: The Next Chapter of Stroke offers a profound look at one man’s incredible journey of triumph over adversity, shedding light on the physical, emotional, and psychological hurdles that often characterise the aftermath of a stroke.F...
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    35,03 €

  • The Hidden Zoo Inside You
    Allen Jones / Allen S Jones
    A primer about hundreds of infections, The Hidden Zoo Inside You provides the foundations of infectious disease required to understand pandemics through the use of humor, drawings, and even doodles. The entire book is handwritten and includes diagrams and sketches that explain, in layman’s terms, the origin, epidemiology, clinical features, public health concerns of various lif...
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    30,97 €

  • Clearing the Air
    Charles A. LeMaistre / Donald R. Shopland
    The release of the1964 Report on Smoking and Health was a true watershed event in public health. The New York Public Library has called the report one of the most important scientific publications of the twentieth century, as important as Albert Einstein’s The Meaning of Relativity and Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.    Clearing the Air: The Untold Story of the 1964 Report on Sm...
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    32,20 €

  • Your Health, Your Decisions
    Robert Alan McNutt
    In nearly every medical-decision-making encounter, the physician is at the center of the discussion, with the patient the recipient of the physician’s decisions. Dr. Robert Alan McNutt starts from a very different premise: the patient should be at the center. McNutt challenges the physician-directed, medical-expertise model of making decisions, presenting a practical approach a...
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    31,97 €

  • Insects and Diseases - A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases
    Rennie W. Doane
    THE subject of preventive medicine is one that is attracting world-wide attention to-day. We can hardly pick up a newspaper or magazine without seeing the subject discussed in some of its phases, and during the last few years several books have appeared devoted wholly or in part to the ways of preventing rather than curing many of our ills. Looking over the titles of these arti...
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    14,28 €

  • Synthetic Pancreatic Lipase Inhibitors Inspired by Natural Products as Promising Anti-Obesity Agents
    Ginson George
    The word obesity is derived from the Latin word Obesitas (Ob - over; Esus - Eating) means fat, stout, or plump. Obesity is associated with more than 200 disorders, that affects the entire human body. Currently, numerous reports are available wherein obesity and its associated conditions worsen the outcomes of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Though ...
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    39,27 €

  • The Confederate Navy Medical Corps
    Guy R. Hasegawa
    The Confederate Navy’s medical service is usually overlooked in histories of the Civil War, yet it was vital in maintaining the fighting strength of the South’s navy and marine corps. Confederate medical officers not only manned war vessels, they staffed navy yards and land-based hospitals, gathered supplies, participated in raids, examined recruits, and even served at defensiv...
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    57,38 €

  • Narrative Medicine
    MD Arthur Lazarus
    Discover the profound impact of storytelling and narrative in the medical field with, Narrative Medicine: The Fifth Vital Sign, by Arthur Lazarus, MD, MBA. The book is divided into two sections: Section 1: InstructionSection 2: InspirationThrough this intriguing collection of essays - the author’s third in a trilogy - clinicians, patients and caregivers will learn about the hea...
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    19,75 €

  • Reading to Stay Alive
    Christopher Dowrick
    This book explores how literary reading can enable people considering suicide to stay alive. ...
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    35,81 €

  • Neurological Physiotherapy
    Reinaldo Soares
    Physiotherapy today is present in all segments of rehabilitation, whether neurological (motor) or respiratory, where its preparation and performance can provide a new moment and quality of life for the patient, when exercised by the physiotherapy professional. In this book, the author Reinaldo Soares expresses his experience as a physiotherapist, as can be seen in his curriculu...
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    57,11 €

  • Job satisfaction among nurses
    Alexandra Fernandes
    The subject of this research is the job satisfaction of nurses working in the Emergency and Intensive Care services of the ULS, Nordeste, essentially because of the scientific evidence which considers that professional satisfaction also boosts user satisfaction, the quality of care and the efficient use of resources, from a cost-benefit perspective. This is an observational, an...
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    113,09 €

  • Medieval Medicine
    James J. Walsh
    'Medieval Medicine' is a book written by James J. Walsh that explores the history and practices of medicine during the medieval period. The book covers a wide range of topics, from the theories of the ancient Greek physician Galen, to the development of hospitals and surgical techniques in the Middle Ages.Walsh provides fascinating insights into the beliefs and practices of med...
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    12,11 €

  • Characterisation of the medical records of smokers exposed to pesticides
    Ana Caroline Melo dos Santos / Elaine V. M. S. Figueiredo / Karol Fireman de Farias
    Agricultural work is one of the most dangerous professions and several attributes lead to this observation, such as the various occupational risks associated with handling pesticides, acute and chronic poisoning, chronic illnesses, reproductive problems and even environmental damage. Surveying the medical records of this population makes it possible to identify their characteri...
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    56,21 €

  • Paediatrics
    Deise Soares / Juliana Rockembach
    The aim of this study was to investigate parents’ perceptions of play activities during their child’s stay in paediatrics. The methodology used was qualitative, descriptive and exploratory. In the data analysis, a brief characterisation of the participants is presented first, followed by the three themes defined after reading and analysing the material obtained from the intervi...
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    56,27 €

  • PLANTS OUR MOST LOYAL INSURERS
    BOKO PASCAL AKABASSI
    These 10 plants are our most loyal insurers, guaranteeing our health and well-being. They are rich in nutrients: vitamins A, B1 B2, B3, B6, B9, B12; minerals: calcium, chlorine, copper, chromium, iron, zinc, lithium, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus; amino acids: 7 of the 8 essential, 11 of the 14 secondary; enzymes (amylase, catalase, cellulase, lipase, oxidase and phosphatase...
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    113,26 €

  • Discussion on TCM Basics Through Understanding of the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon
    yingxiong feng
    The Huangdi Neijing, also known as the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon, is one of the classical works of ancient Chinese medicine and is considered the foundation of traditional Chinese medicine. It is attributed to the Yellow Emperor, but in reality, it is a compilation of the medical experiences of various masters from different periods.The Huangdi Neijing consists of two parts:...
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    14,57 €

  • Dying the Good Death
    Donnica L. Brown Pierre RN / RN Donnica L. Brown Pierre
    Eternally, from struggles to serenity, from a jaded life to joy and jubilation in heaven, I pray that this book will invoke the tough conversations regarding being prepared financially for final arrangements and discussing end-of-life wishes. Both living wills and materialistic wills are important. Planning certainly helps the survivors cope better, and this book will help you ...
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    13,11 €

  • Advances in Endodontics and Periodontics
    Irene Pina-Vaz
    This Special Issue of Applied Sciences, titled 'Advances in Endodontics and Periodontics', aims to improve the state of the art in relation to the most relevant advances in Endodontics and Periodontics. Topics addressed in this Special Issue include alternative treatment strategies such as 'green' antimicrobials, the relationship with systemic diseases, new devices and material...
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    71,18 €

  • Enhancing a taxonomy for medicinal plants by incorporating Information Extraction from Biomedical Literature
    Niyati Kumari Behera
    In last few years, the volume of experimental data and publications produced in biomedical domain have scaled up rapidly. This enormous amount of knowledge has been stored in text databases such as MEDLINE, PubMed Central, BioMed Central etc. For example, MEDLINE, one of the largest bibliographic text database of biomedical information science, has more than 27 million research...
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    35,59 €

  • The Living Wetsuit
    Sue Adstrum PhD
    Dive into the fascinating world of human anatomy with Sue Adstrum’s ground-breaking book, The Living Wetsuit: Demystifying anatomy for everyday use. This compelling read offers a fresh perspective on our bodies’ anatomical structure, blending historical insights, scientific exploration, and the untapped wisdom of fascia - the body’s connective tissue that intertwines and suppor...
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    56,30 €

  • Research Progress of Plant Compounds for Diabetes and Its Complications
    Numerous chronic complications appear in the evolution of diabetes mellitus type 2 and type 1, and they significantly influence the duration of life of the patient. Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease where pro-oxidant and pro-inflammatory mechanisms are intensely expressed. Given the numerous beneficial effects present in compounds extracted from different plants, such as...
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    71,27 €

  • Key Advances in the Treatment of the Critically Ill
    Spyros D. Mentzelopoulos
    This reprint of a Special Issue of the Journal of Clinical Medicine includes a submission-motivating editorial, eleven clinical research papers (including a meta-analysis), six narrative reviews and a survey-based study, focusing on a wide variety of aspects of intensive care. Five studies pertain to coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) assess intermittent vs. prolonged prone vent...
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    90,93 €

  • Experimental Model of Chronic Sensory Neuropathy due to Oxaliplatin
    Juliana Lino / Mariana Vale / Renata Bessa Last N
    This book can be used as a basis for experimental research aimed at improving the health condition of patients who use chemotherapy and, consequently, may develop alterations that compromise their quality of life. We would like to pay tribute to Prof. Dr. Ronaldo Ribeiro (in memorian) for the opportunity to carry out this research at LAFICA/UFC. We hope that this reading will s...
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    79,28 €

  • Isolation of verbascoside and validation of an analytical method
    Daniella Maria Soares de Oliveira / Marilis D. Miguel / Obdúlio G. Miguel
    In this study, the phenylpropanoid verbascoside, identified by NMR, which has pharmacological activities such as antioxidant, analgesic, anti-inflammatory and gastroprotective, was isolated from the ethyl acetate fraction of the aerial parts of Buddleja stachyoides Cham. & Schltdl. The analytical method using high-performance liquid chromatography was developed and validated to...
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    49,74 €