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Novel understanding and cutting-edge information on adult stem cell aging

The functionality of adult tissue stem cells from various organ systems declines during aging.

This publication summarizes novel molecular mechanisms responsible for the development of aging-associated deficiencies as discussed by leading experts during the 5th Else Kröner-Fresenius Symposium.
[lire la quatrième du livre Adult Stem Cells in Aging, Diseases and Cancer]

Nutrition of young women and its effect on offspring is an almost neglected topic in developed and developing countries alike. Under- as well as overnutrition of the mother can negatively program the child's health: Maternal undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies are related to both low birth weight and intrauterine growth retardation.
[lire la quatrième du livre Health and Nutrition in Adolescents and Young [...]]

An overview of current ultrasound modes ranging from experimental approaches to daily clinical practice

Diagnostic ultrasound has become an elementary tool for evaluating cerebrovascular diseases and plays a prominent role in routine clinical practice. Many publications attempt to cover the continuous progress of its diagnostic and even therapeutic applications.
[lire la quatrième du livre Translational Neurosonology]

Dealing with physical illnesses and mental disorders when they occur together

This publication presents evidence about the magnitude and severe consequences of comorbidity of mental and physical illnesses from a personal and societal perspective.
[lire la quatrième du livre Comorbidity of Mental and Physical Disorders]

Lipids have been in clinical use as components of intravenous nutrition for over 50 years.

Over the last 15 years, new and improved lipids that include olive oil and/or fish oil have replaced the more traditional ones.
[lire la quatrième du livre Intravenous Lipid Emulsions]

Nutrition is an integral part of the prevention and management of the most prevalent conditions faced by today's primary care providers.

This book is aimed at physicians around the world who treat patients from all walks of life.
[lire la quatrième du livre Nutrition for the Primary Care Provider]

Drug metabolism is the enzymatic conversion of one chemical compound into another, ultimately resulting in a product that can be excreted by the kidneys. In the processes by which the body excretes drugs into fluids such as urine or bile, metabolism is an essential step in converting drugs into more water-soluble compounds by increasing their polarity.
[lire la quatrième du livre Neonatal Pharmacology and Nutrition Update]

In 1993, the Diabetes Control Complications Trial (DCCT) study established that chronic hyperglycemia initiates and progresses to microvascular complications such as retinopathy in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM).

The milestone message from DCCT has been that early near-normalization of blood glucose in recent-onset T1DM with glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C) <7.
[lire la quatrième du livre Technological Advances in the Treatment of Type 1 [...]]

Aging is a major risk factor for chronic diseases, which in turn can provide information about the aging of a biological system.

This publication serves as an introduction to systems biology and its application to biological aging. Key pathways and processes that impinge on aging are reviewed, and how they contribute to health and disease during aging is discussed.
[lire la quatrième du livre Aging ang Health]

Recent advances and surgical pearlsOver the last two decades, tremendous progress has been made in vitrectomy surgery, most importantly the significant reduction of the gauge and implementation of microincision vitrectomy surgery (MIVS).
[lire la quatrième du livre Microincision Vitrectomy Surgery]

A comprehensive review

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a chronic debilitating disorder that occurs at any age and in populations around the world. Its pathogenesis is believed to involve a combination of genetic susceptibility, immune and external environmental factors, including the gut microbiota.
[lire la quatrième du livre Nutrition, Gut Microbiota and Immunity: [...]]

Orbital surgery deals with a variety of complications occurring in the eye socket comprising inflammatory diseases like thyroid-associated orbitopathy, tumors, infections, and injuries from trauma that affect eye function.

In this volume, renowned European orbital surgery experts share their professional experience and expertise.
[lire la quatrième du livre Orbital Surgery]

The body of knowledge in most medical specialties is rapidly expanding, making it virtually impossible to follow all advances in clinical and basic sciences that are relevant to a given field. This is particularly true in pediatric endocrinology, at the cross-road of pediatrics, endocrinology, development and genetics.
[lire la quatrième du livre Yearbook of Pediatric Endocrinology 2014]

A fresh look at several aspects of DSD

Ten years ago a group of experts assembled in Chicago to develop a consensus on the management of conditions previously described as intersex.
[lire la quatrième du livre Understanding Differences and Disorders of Sex [...]]

State of the art of diagnosis and treatment of pediatric thyroid diseases

This book presents a comprehensive overview of pediatric thyroid diseases and thus provides a useful tool for clinical problem solving. Opinion leaders in the field present reviews on all relevant diseases of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis.
[lire la quatrième du livre Paediatric Thyroidology]

Recent progress in defining the genetic basis for type 2 diabetes

Over the past decade, there has been unprecedented progress in our understanding of the genetic basis of type 2 diabetes driven largely by technological advances which have facilitated genome-wide studies.
[lire la quatrième du livre Genetics in Diabetes]

Presenting current knowledge regarding the relationship between exercise and diabetes, this publication discusses in detail the physiologic, molecular and genetic mechanisms involved in this interaction.
[lire la quatrième du livre Diabetes and Physical Activity]

2nd, revised and extended edition

Erosive tooth wear is a multifactorial condition of growing concern to the clinician and the subject of extensive research. Since the publication of the first edition of the book with the title Dental Erosion, new knowledge for a better understanding of this important subject has been gathered.
[lire la quatrième du livre Erosive Tooth Wear]

The development of one of the most intriguing conditions in medicine

Hysteria is probably the condition which best illustrates the tight connection between neurology and psychiatry. While it has been known since antiquity, its renewed studies during the 19th century were mainly due to the work of Jean-Martin Charcot and his school in Paris.
[lire la quatrième du livre Hysteria]

Detailing the manifold interactions between the endocrine and cardiovascular system

Most endocrine diseases, if not treated or controlled, have cardiovascular manifestations. Both GH deficiency and GH excess impair cardiovascular functions, e.g.
[lire la quatrième du livre Cardiovascular Issues in Endocrinology]

The multimodality management of strategies of mild traumatic brain injury and concussion

The increasing recognition of concussion and its associated consequences has focused international attention on mild traumatic brain injury.
The need for early diagnosis, evaluation, and management has expanded dramatically.
[lire la quatrième du livre Concussion]

An essential bedside tool

Unlike adult gastroenterology, pediatric gastroenterology is characterized by developmental disorders; the approach to the same disease condition may therefore be widely different, and there is an increasing need from pediatric gastroenterologists and pediatricians for easy diagnostic tools.
[lire la quatrième du livre Practical Algorithms in Pediatric Gastroenterology]

Management of children with inherited and acquired bleeding and clotting disorders

Hematological disorders in children and adolescents pose a wide range of management challenges and treatment dilemmas.
[lire la quatrième du livre Controversies in Pediatric and Adolescent [...]]

Linking tumor biology, biomarker testing and clinical decision making

The treatment of patients with advanced malignancies has undergone remarkable change in the last few years.
[lire la quatrième du livre Successes and Limitations of Targeted Cancer [...]]

Assessing and extrapolating the current situation

The UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG) in nutrition are at the core of this book, with special attention to young women and their children. The first part is dedicated to the overall analysis of the world nutrition situation as related to achieving the MDG.
[lire la quatrième du livre International Nutrition: Achieving Millennium [...]]

A noninvasive, reliable and patient-friendly diagnostic technique

Because of its many advantages optical coherence tomography (OCT) has revolutionized the way in which retinal diseases are screened and managed and how treatments are monitored. In this volume the latest developments and findings are presented by experts in their respective fields.
[lire la quatrième du livre Optical Coherence Tomography]

A comprehensive review

Today, nearly 60 years after the invention of the first medical laser, multiple laser and light systems exist and are applied in various medical specialties such as dermatology, ophthalmology, and urology.
This volume - the first in the series Aesthetic Dermatology - focuses on the laser treatment of cutaneous lesions with a vascular target.
[lire la quatrième du livre Laser Treatment of Vascular Lesions]

A critical appraisal of recent research

The relation between nutrition and growth in children is one of the key concerns of pediatric health that touches a multitude of specialties. Exchanging concepts and knowledge between professionals of all the different disciplines involved is thus crucial to facilitate research and interdisciplinary clinical collaborations.
[lire la quatrième du livre Nutrition and Growth]

Advances in basic and clinical research, diagnostics and management

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection transcends multiple fields of science and medicine. The management of HPV-related disease is demanding and often requires a persistent multimodal approach involving various medical disciplines.
[lire la quatrième du livre Human Papillomavirus]

Child maltreatment represents one of the most adverse and stressful challenges that confront children.

As the maltreating home is a dramatic violation of environments believed to promote adaptive and healthy development, research on child maltreatment informs developmental theory by elucidating the conditions necessary for normal emotional development.
[lire la quatrième du livre Children and Emotion]

Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels, is fundamental for physiological processes such as embryonic and postnatal development, wound repair, and reproductive functions.

Angiogenesis plays a major role in tumor growth and in several autoimmune and allergic disorders.
[lire la quatrième du livre Angiogenesis, Lymphangiogenesis and Clinical [...]]

The latest knowledge of TIA as a medical emergency

Transient ischemic attack (TIA) is well known to be a prodromal syndrome of ischemic stroke. However, TIA is easily neglected or underestimated by patients or even general physicians because the symptoms naturally disappear without treatment. Despite this, early after the onset of TIA the patients are at very high risk of stroke.
[lire la quatrième du livre TIA as Acute Cerebrovascular Syndrome]

An innovative interdisciplinary concept.

Remarkable progress in the development of new concepts and techniques used in reconstructive surgery of microtia/atresia of the external auditory canal (EAC) has been made since the beginning of the 21st century.
[lire la quatrième du livre Microtia and Atresia Combined Approach by Plastic [...]]

Our daily food intake not only provides the calories and the macro- and micronutrients necessary for survival - nutrients also have a tremendous potential to modulate the actions of the immune system, a fact which has a significant impact on public health and clinical practice.
[lire la quatrième du livre The Importance of Immunonutrition]

New applications for an old technique

Indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence has been used for imaging purposes for more than half a century; First employed by ophthalmologists for visualizing the retinal artery in the late 1960s, the application of ICG fluorescence imaging has since been continuously expanded.
[lire la quatrième du livre Fluorescent Imaging]

The discovery of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and their development over the years has dramatically changed the management of acid-related diseases. Today, the therapeutic domain of PPIs ranges from relief of symptoms to cure of mucosal lesions in the upper gastrointestinal tract. PPIs are among the most widely sold drugs in the world and are now even available as over-the-counter medication.
[lire la quatrième du livre Proton Pump Inhibitors : A Balanced View]