Public Health & Preventive Medicine

The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 established an outpatient voluntary prescription drug benefit under a ne...

Medicare is a federal insurance program that pays for covered health care services of qualified beneficiaries. Since 1965, the Medicare program has...

Rotator cuff (RC) tears refer to a partial or full discontinuation of one or more of the muscles or tendons and may occur as a result of traumatic ...

Reports on public health preparedness are an important part of the CDC''s (Center for Disease Control) overall focus on demonstrating results, driv...

This book presents current research in the study of the health effects, psychological aspects and cessation techniques of smoking. Topics discussed...

This book provides case study analyses of actual management dilemmas and how they were resolved. Each situation is equipped with a strategy that wa...

The leishmaniases are vector-borne diseases due to infection caused by parasitic protozoans belonging to the Leishmania genus, which find hosts in ...

In this Public Health Yearbook 2013, we will touch upon several public health topics like community capacity building, global health and health pro...

This novel text outlines issues faced by the majority of women living in low and middle income countries. The unique aspect of this book is the num...

The compounds that contain heterocyclic rings in their structures present diverse properties according to the number and nature of the different su...

Vaccines save lives by preventing disease in the people who receive them. In some instances, however, a vaccine can have severe side effects, inclu...

Pregnancy is a life-threatening event in many parts of the developing world. Globally, it is estimated that 289,000 women died from being pregnant ...

Briefly during fall 2014, many U.S. citizens feared that the United States would join affected countries in western Africa in confronting a serious...

The discovery of antibiotics in the early 20th century fundamentally transformed human and veterinary medicine. Antibiotics now save millions of li...

Health care seeks to diagnose, treat, and improve the physical and mental well-being of all Americans. Across the lifespan, health care helps peopl...

This book provides an overview of health behaviour intervention priorities in LMICs. It covers the most important health risks or problems in LMICs...

When veins become varicose, the leaflets of the valves no longer meet properly, and the valves do not work. This allows blood to flow backwards and...

The early years in the life of a child are critical for cognitive, social and emotional development. It is therefore important that we make sure th...

In late 2015, health officials in Brazil recognized a marked increase in the number of infants born with microcephaly (from Greek, meaning small he...

Maize is one of the moist important cereals for humanity. It is grown for grain and forage, which could be used for food, feed and industry process...

Past communicable diseases, such as the recent Ebola epidemic, have resulted in many deaths and highlight the potential economic cost of disruption...