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Handbook of Preventive Interventions for Adults
Handbook of Preventive Interventions for Adults
A complete and current overview of preventive interventions and programs for adults

More than at any time in our history, people are living longer. Yet, in many cases, individuals are beset by emotional, physical, and social problems that can erode their quality of life. Whether the issue is obesity, anxiety, or partner violence, all of these...

Understanding Diabetes: A Biochemical Perspective
Understanding Diabetes: A Biochemical Perspective

A clear explanation of the cause, diagnosis, and treatment of diabetes

Written for a broad range of readers, including students, researchers, policymakers, health care providers, and diabetes patients and caregivers, this book explains the underlying biochemistry and physiology of diabetes mellitus. Each chapter contains a...

Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase Genes in Lipid Metabolism
Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase Genes in Lipid Metabolism

Obesity and diabetes develop as a complex result of genetic, metabolic and environmental factors and are characterized by increased lipogenesis and lipid accumulation in many tissues. Stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) genes are a critical regulator of lipogenesis and catalyzes the synthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA), mainly oleoyl-...

Prevention of Blindness from Diabetes Mellitus: Report of a WHO Consultation
Prevention of Blindness from Diabetes Mellitus: Report of a WHO Consultation

Diabetes mellitus is an important public health problem worldwide, and more than 75% of patients who have had diabetes mellitus for more than 20 years will have some sort of retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy correlates with the duration of diabetes; thus with increasing life expectancy, diabetic retinopathy and the ensuing blindness will tend...

Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Endocrine Disorders (Contemporary Endocrinology)
Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Endocrine Disorders (Contemporary Endocrinology)

Most endocrine diseases can be treated successfully, and the patient's state of well-being can usually be improved. Not surprisingly, the earlier the diagnosis is made the more positive the clinical response. Early Diagnosis and Treatment (~f Endocrine Disorders focuses on early signs and symptoms of endocrine disorders and surveys the...

Principles of Genetics
Principles of Genetics

The twentieth century began with the rediscovery of Mendel’s rules of inheritance and ended with the complete sequence of the human genome, one of the most monumental scientific accomplishments of all time. What lies in the future? What will the twenty-first century, the century of genomics, bring? Will geneticists a hundred years from...

Dried Fruits: Phytochemicals and Health Effects (Hui: Food Science and Technology)
Dried Fruits: Phytochemicals and Health Effects (Hui: Food Science and Technology)

Dried fruits serve as important healthful snack items around the world. They provide a concentrated form of fresh fruits, prepared by different drying techniques. With their unique combination of taste/aroma, essential nutrients, fibre, and phytochemicals or bioactive compounds, dried fruits are convenient for healthy eating and can bridge...

Eliminating Healthcare Disparities in America: Beyond the IOM Report
Eliminating Healthcare Disparities in America: Beyond the IOM Report
In their timely and important book, ELIMINATING HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES IN AMERICA: BEYOND THE IOM REPORT, Dr. Richard Allen Williams and colleagues provide a comprehensive analysis of the causes and potential solutions to eliminating health care disparities. Their work is timely, because little progress has been made in reducing...
Cytokines and Autoimmune Diseases
Cytokines and Autoimmune Diseases

Leading researchers synthesize scattered experimental data to help develop an intimate understanding of how cytokines and chemokines are involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. The many chapters offer critical reviews the basic mechanisms controlling cytokine induction and regulation, as well as the resulting production of...

Molecular Exercise Physiology: An Introduction
Molecular Exercise Physiology: An Introduction

Molecular Exercise Physiology: An Introduction is the first student-friendly textbook to be published on this key topic in contemporary sport and exercise science. It introduces sport and exercise genetics and the molecular mechanisms by which exercise causes adaptation. The text is linked to real life sport and exercise science...

Autoimmune Diseases in Endocrinology (Contemporary Endocrinology)
Autoimmune Diseases in Endocrinology (Contemporary Endocrinology)

This is a comprehensive and novel text that examines key features that predispose individuals to autoimmune diseases. The first section details the basic mechanism of autoimmunity and examines immunogenetic and environmental factors in autoimmunity. The next section examines autoimmune thyroid disease. The third section takes a look at Type 1...

Leptin (Endocrine Updates)
Leptin (Endocrine Updates)
The discovery of leptin by Friedman and his colleagues in 1994 was a seminal discovery in the study of metabolism, providing a new tool to study energy expenditure and appetite regulation. Early studies actively investigated many aspects of metabolism, obesity, and diabetes but it was soon evident that leptin was much more than...
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