Diseases & Disorders

An inspiring collection of real-life stories from cancer survivors who followed the ground-breaking programme in NYT bestseller Radical Remission, ...

Understand how our immune system fights disease and enables the body to heal itself.'Thrilling... Reads like the best kind of adventure story' STEP...

Cancer is the focus of intense clinical and scientific interest. This research increasingly leverages our understanding of molecular biology for th...

As human society continues to develop, we have increased the risk of large-scale disasters. From health care to infrastructure to national security...

Since the dawn of the industrial age, we have unleashed a bewildering number of potentially harmful chemicals. But out of this vast array, how do w...

Is cancer a contagious disease? In the late nineteenth century this idea, and attending efforts to identify a cancer “germ,” inspired fear and igni...

This book provides an overview of research and practice dealing with the specific needs of gay and bisexual men living with prostate cancer, as wel...

A virus is not human, but the reaction to it is a measure of humanity. America has not measured up well. Tens of thousands are dead for no reason. ...

The first volume of this updated and revised edition deals with the surgical resection of intracranial tumors. Individual chapters focus on specifi...

Volume IVB describes surgical approaches, strategies, and management techniques for specific tumors in their typical locations, surgical outcomes a...

Clinics in Developmental Medicine No.166 Ranging from epidemiology and neuroimaging through the general principles of surgery and radiotherapy/c...

This text provides speech and language therapists and language researchers with a state-of-the art review covering all aspects of speech and langua...

Originally emanating from presentations at an international conference, this text brings together research and practice development from three pers...

The chaotic state of today's health care is the result of an explosion of effective medical technologies. Rising costs will continue to trouble U.S...

Although measles is a preventable disease, today cases are on the rise in the United States because of falling vaccination rates. This book provide...

Diseases of the heart are the leading cause of death in the Western world. Health professionals and the general public alike eagerly watch advances...

This book finally presents a solution for the millions who are grappling with rheumatoid arthritis, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, inflammatory bowel dis...

Pioneers in Medicine and Their Impact on Tuberculosis tells the stories of six individuals [Laennec, Koch, Biggs, von Pirquet, Frost, and Waksman],...

Polio infantile paralysis was until recently a greatly feared disease, but is now preventable by a vaccine, which has largely eradicated it from th...

A comprehensive examination of TB. CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Award 1998. The dramatic story of tuberculosis is told here in a straightforwa...

'This is an excellent book and I would recommend it to any woman with breast cancer.' Christine Fogg, Breast Cancer Care.The Breast Cancer Book is ...

Why are adolescent girls prone to depression, eating disorders, addictions and suicide attempts than ever before? Mary Pipher believes adolescence ...