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Intracranial Tumors: Diagnosis and Treatment

CRC Press, 2001

Brain tumors have a longstanding reputation for being intractable to therapy, and with evidence suggesting that the incidence of some brain tumors is increasing, this has become the most feared cancer. However, with improvements in imaging technologies, radiation therapy and chemotherapy , as well as a greater knowledge of the genetic causes...

Pharmaceutical Innovation: Incentives, Competition, and Cost-Benefit Analysis in International Perspective

Cambridge University Press, 2007

The pharmaceutical industry worldwide is a rapidly burgeoning industry contributing to growth of gross domestic product and employment. Technological change in this field has been very rapid, with many new products being introduced. For this reason in part, health care budgets throughout the world have increased dramatically, eliciting...

Forensic Pathology of Trauma (Forensic Science and Medicine)

Humana Press, 2006

The practice of forensic pathology includes the collection and analysis of evidence in relation to a corpse in order to establish the cause of death. Knowledge of the cause of death contributes to the determination of the manner of death by medical examiners and coroners, who are occasionally assisted by law enforcement officers. In...

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Revisited (Birkh?user Advances in Infectious Diseases)

Birkhauser, 2007

In both industrialized and developing countries, childhood immunization has become one of the most important and cost-effective public health interventions. National immunization programs have prevented millions of deaths since WHO initiated the ‘Expanded Program on Immunization’ in 1974. Smallpox was eradicated in 1979,...

Cancer Stem Cells: Novel Concepts and Prospects for Tumor Therapy (Ernst Schering Foundation Symposium Proceedings)

Springer, 2007

The concept that cancer stem cells play an important role in malignant tumors is gaining more and more support due to recent advances in the field. The latest progress in this area is increasingly reported and commented on in the lay press, documenting the high excitement and hopes it generates.

An intricate...

Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging

CRC Press, 2007

Interest in clinical cardiovascular imaging has skyrocketed over the past quarter century. Dozens of new imaging modalities have arisen from advances in the physical sciences, electrical engineering, information technology, chemical synthesis, and in pharmacology. Mostly driven by newly developed technology, these advances have...

Atlas of Practical Applications of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine)

Springer, 2005

Six years have passed since the edition of our Atlas of Practical Cardiac Applications of MRI. Fortunately, the technique has experienced during this time a continuous development that demanded a new updated version of the book. One of the consequences of this growing process has been the adoption of the term...

Sex, Lies, and Menopause: The Shocking Truth About Synthetic Hormones and the Benefits of Natural Alternatives

William Morrow, 2004

Turning thirty years of medical and cultural wisdom on its head, Sex, Lies, and Menopause challenges both the medical establishment and modern feminists to prove that menopause does not have to be deadly.

In this revolutionary work -- a landmark that signals the true beginning of feminist medicine -- a doctor, a...

Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery: Fractures

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006

American medicine remains in the midst of a profound and wrenching transformation. The government, Wall Street, third party payers, and patients have demanded improved medical care at lower cost. Better medicine (orthopaedics) occurs when doctors practice medicine consistently on the basis of the best scientific evidence...

Neuroanatomical Tract-Tracing: Molecules, Neurons, and Systems

Springer, 2006

Having been available for 70 years, it seems reasonable to ask what transmission electron microscopy (TEM) can add to the investigation of the nervous system in the new millennium. Today, the basic synaptic organization of most brain regions is known, as is the morphological detail of most neurons and support cells. Chapters in...

Endoscopic Surgery of the Potential Anatomical Spaces

Springer, 2005

“Anatomical potential spaces” is an attractive and no more abstract concept that offers new perspectives to a surgical world that is rapidily changing and becoming more complex.

Powerful new technologies demand our attention and testify that our clinical work and research are deeply influenced by...

Hospital Medicine

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005

Thoroughly updated for its Second Edition, Hospital Medicine offers practical, evidence-based guidelines for the care of hospitalized patients. The only book geared directly and exclusively to inpatient management—and edited by the national leaders of the hospitalist field—Hospital Medicine includes...

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