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Ocular Angiogenesis: Diseases, Mechanisms, and Therapeutics (Ophthalmology Research)

Humana Press, 2006

Angiogenesis is of fundamental importance in development, health, and disease. The study of angiogenesis in the eye, in particular, has increased exponentially in the last decade because retinal and choroidal neovascularization play an important role in the major blinding diseases of the industrialized world and represent an...

COX-2 Blockade in Cancer Prevention and Therapy (Cancer Drug Discovery and Development)

Humana Press, 2003

The revelation that aspirin and aspirin-like compounds have notable antineoplastic properties has revolutionized cancer research. COX-2 Blockade in Cancer Prevention and Therapy chronicles the evidence and presents exciting new opportunities for the use of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) blockade in the prevention and treatment of cancer. The text...

Freedom from Addiction: The Secret Behind Successful Addiction Busting

Humana Press, 2005

IF YOU are becoming worried about an aspect of your own behaviour - maybe you no longer feel totally in control of it, or are concerned about the health implications, or the fact that it takes up so much of your time and money - and you've decided that you want to do something about it, this book will help you.

You might...

Visual Prosthesis and Ophthalmic Devices: New Hope in Sight (Ophthalmology Research)

Humana Press, 2007

The history of medicine has been substantially defined by a small number of monumental discoveries. Most of these breakthroughs have emerged from the biological sciences. One of the first great breakthroughs was the recognition by Koch in 1884 that pathogens could be transmitted from one living organism to another to cause disease....

A Physician's Guide to Clinical Forensic Medicine (Forensic Science)

Humana Press, 2000

Clinical Forensic Medicine, a term now commonly used to refer to that branch of medicine involving an interaction among the law, the judiciary, and the police, and usually concerning living persons, is emerging as a speciality in its own right. There have been enormous developments in the subject in the last decade, with an increasing amount...

Nuclear Cardiology, The Basics: How to Set Up and Maintain a Laboratory (Contemporary Cardiology)

Humana Press, 2007

The purpose of this book is to provide the outline for the "nuts and bolts" establishment and operation of a nuclear cardiology laboratory. In so doing, the authors have attempted to deal with the relevant issues that a laboratory director must address in either setting up the laboratory or maintaining its competitive edge and...

Essentials of Apoptosis: A Guide for Basic and Clinical Research

Humana Press, 2003

Life and death are topics that no one takes lightly. In the cell, death by apoptosis is just as fundamental as proliferation for the maintenance of normal tissue homeostasis. Too much or too little apoptosis can lead to developmental abnormality, degenerative diseases, or cancers. Although apoptosis, or programmed cell death (PCD),...

Microarrays in Clinical Diagnostics (Methods in Molecular Medicine)

Humana Press, 2005

Within the last decade, microarray technology has evolved from an emerging technology developed and used by a few laboratories into a well-established technology used in laboratories all over the world. In fact, the need to characterize genetic alterations is one of the highest priorities for the future of medicine and the...

Pocket Guide to Critical Care Pharmacotherapy

Humana Press, 2007

Critical care medicine is a cutting-edge medical field that is highly evidence-based. Studies are continuously published that alter the approach to patient care. As a critical care clinician, I am aware of the tremendous commitment required to provide optimal evidence-based care. Pocket Guide to Critical Care...

Essential Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Musculoskeletal Medicine)

Humana Press, 2006

When I was a medical student interested in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), I found several excellent detailed texts for PM&R and I also encountered a few good, quick reference materials. What I felt was lacking was a comprehensive but high-yield, focused review of the most important points that I could read...

Hepatocellular Cancer: Diagnosis and Treatment (Current Clinical Oncology)

Humana Press, 2005

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) used to be regarded as a rare disease. The increasing numbers of chronic hepatitis C virus carriers in the United States and subsequent increased incidence of HCC seen in most large medical centers means that it is no longer an uncommon disease for most gastroenterologists or oncologists to...

Pediatric Endocrinology: A Practical Clinical Guide (Contemporary Endocrinology)

Humana Press, 2003

The aim of Pediatric Endocrinology: A Practical Clinical Guide is to provide practical detailed and concise guidelines for the clinical management of pediatric endocrine diseases and disorders. The audience is thus all those pediatric endocrinologists, pediatricians, and primary care physicians who provide medical care for children...

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