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Drs. William Rodman Shankle and Daniel G. Amen reveal the latest research and treatment methods for preventing, delaying, and treating the devastation of Alzheimer's disease. 続きを見る

Challenging traditional approaches to medical history, Disease in the History of Modern Latin America advances understandings of disease as a social and cultural construction in Latin America. This ……続きを見る

You CAN take practical steps to avoid dementia -- and this book from an Australian expert shows you how. Within twenty years, dementia is set to overtake heart disease as the number one cause of dea……続きを見る

Antimicrobial agents are essential for the treatment of life-threatening infections and for managing the burden of minor infections in the community. In addition, they play a key role in organ and b……続きを見る

Lively description of a mid-life marriage; full with favorite pursuits, friends, family, music, theater, fine dining and foreign travel. Until disaster hits. Bob forgets, which could be normal aging……続きを見る

When tasked with providing activities for older people in care homes, it can be difficult to know where to begin. What constitutes an activity? How can you make sure activities are as positive and p……続きを見る

Even in the later stages of the disease, when memory, words and relationships are affected, it is possible for people with dementia to express emotions, imagination, humour, sensitivities and person……続きを見る

Reasons for Writing This Book The published literature on the economic appraisal of healthcare acquired infection (HAI) is described by phrases such as: “With so many virtues of the cost-benefit app……続きを見る

Based on the groundbreaking results of a twenty-year nutritional study by Dr. Brandy Rice, a preeminent researcher and clinician, this book examines staggering information about heart disease that y……続きを見る

The Key Facts on Breast Cancer provides readers with essential, easy-to-read information on the life-threatening disease. Compiled in a simplified manner, this guide helps patients navigate this pai……続きを見る

"An excellent book…an emotional and ruminative anchor...She leaves her readers with hope.”-- San Francisco Chronicle One journalist's riveting and surprisingly hopeful in-the-trenches view of Alzhei……続きを見る

All who lived in the early 1950s remember the fear of polio and the elation felt when a successful vaccine was found. Now David Oshinsky tells the gripping story of the polio terror and of the inten……続きを見る

Coconut oil is the forgotten elixir of life which is brought back from the depths of time for us all to use in this book. Like any good elixir coconut oil promises to give you long life and youthful……続きを見る

A complete failure. This is how you can expect to feel as you watch your loved one sliding below their incoming tide of confusion. Alzheimer's is probably worse to watch than it is to suffer. If it ……続きを見る

elsie nurmi rides to her minnesota school in a prairie wagon speaking no english, yet she becomes a u.s. protocol officer escorting dignitaries such as astronaut frank borman and edward marcus (neim……続きを見る

This practical volume is intended for all radiologists, gastroenterologists, and surgeons who are responsible for, or interested in, the diagnosis and care of patients with diseases of the anal and ……続きを見る

What is it like to watch a loved one deteriorate with the onset of dementia? How does it feel to know it is happening to you? Alys records her experiences of her mothers slow descent into dementia w……続きを見る

This handbook is an invaluable resource for improving the management of diabetes. Chapters cover the fundamentals, including epidemiology, history and physical examination, and functional evaluation……続きを見る

Part of the Monographs in Cardiac Surgery Series – Introducing ‘basic science into the cardiac operating room’. Fast systematic review of small areas of cardiac surgery including up-to-date informat……続きを見る

In the last years, indications for defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy have expanded enormously; for this reason, and also due to the extension of human life length, the number of p……続きを見る

A guide to a systematic study of lower blood pressure fast, treatment for high blood pressure, ideal blood pressure, blood pressure monitor, blood pressure cuff, blood pressure health. 続きを見る

Beating chronic fatigue syndrome was his greatest achievement. Alastair Lynch, an Australian Rules footballer at the height of his career, was sleeping 18 hours a day. He couldn't play, and didn't k……続きを見る

Unlike a leg in a cast, invisible chronic illness (ICI) has no observable symptoms. Consequently, people who suffer from chronic fatigue, chronic pain, and many other miseries often endure not only ……続きを見る

‘Time equals progression. Progression equals death.’ This is a thought that consumes Ed Zine, a handsome, athletic, twenty-four year old. The victim of a debilitating form of obsessive compulsive di……続きを見る

Numerous treatments have been proposed. But the treatment of itch remains difficult and it depends on its etiology. The understanding of the pathophysiogeny of itch is necessary. Fortunately, many v……続きを見る

Molecular Diagnostics: 12 Tests That Changed Everything focuses on specific laboratory tests and emphasizes how the availability of these tests has altered how clinicians treat their patients. Prese……続きを見る

What's it like to be the only son of a widowed mother who is sinking into the opaque fog of dementia, and who lives alone half a continent away? Robert Tell answers this question with compassion and……続きを見る

It is a pleasure to introduce this new book, Clinical and Pathological Aspects of Skin Diseases in Endocrine, Metabolic, Nutritional, and Deposition Disease, edited by two of my friends and respecte……続きを見る

This book highlights progress and trends in the rapidly evolving field of complement-related drug discovery and spotlights examples of clinical applications. As an integral part of innate immunity a……続きを見る

The Key Facts on Arthritis provides readers with essential, easy-to-read information on both arthritis and other rheumatic diseases.  Compiled in a simplified manner, this guide helps patients……続きを見る