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Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Human reproduction, growth & development
With the ever-increasing rise in life expectancy, there is an
urgent need to improve our understanding of the relationship
between ageing and the pathogenesis of age-related diseases in
order to identify more effective means of prevention, amelioration
and management of such diseases. In addition, there is a need to
reduce the social and economic impact of the ageing population.
Age-related morbidity and mortality vary dramatically among
individuals; this book focusses on individual differences in
susceptibility to age-related disorders.
It contains contributions from leading experts in the field on
topics such as:
age-related pathology in the brain, age-related processes in stem
cells, and age-related effects on the immune system and in bone,
muscle and cardiovascular tissue. For all those with an interest in
the biology of ageing, this is compulsory reading.
Meet Woody. Former journalist. Die-hard Oasis fan. High energy. Low
sperm count. Training to be a vicar. Obviously. Matt Woodcock's
frank, funny real-life diaries reveal what it was like for him to
train as a vicar while struggling against all odds to become a
father. In them he lays bare his joys and struggles as he attempts
to reconcile his calling as a vicar with his life as a party-loving
journalist, footie-freak and incorrigible extrovert. Becoming
Reverend is a compelling and original account of how faith can work
in the midst of a messy life, combining family, fertility, faith
and friendship with the story of a divine - but unlikely - calling.
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This issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America focuses on
Imaging of the Reproductive Age Female, and is edited by Dr. Liina
Poder. Articles will include: Imaging Safety and Technical
Considerations in the Reproductive Age Female; Imaging of
Infertility: Hysterosalpingograms to MRI; Imaging Spectrum of
Benign Uterine Disease and Treatment Options; Imaging of Benign
Adnexal Disease; Imaging Spectrum of Endometriosis (Endometriomas
to Deep Infiltrative Endometriosis); Imaging of The Female Pelvic
Floor: Current Implications and New Horizons; Imaging of Acute
Pelvic Pain: Nonpregnant; Imaging of Acute Pelvic Pain: Pregnant
(ectopic and first trimester viability updated); Nonfetal Imaging
During Pregnancy: Acute Abdomen/Pelvis; Nonfetal Imaging During
Pregnancy: Placental Related Disease; Imaging of Gynecologic
Malingancy in a Reproductive Age Female: Fertility Sparing; Imaging
of Gynecologic Malignancy in A Reproductive Age Female: Cancer
During Pregnancy; Imaging of Post/Peripartum Complications; Role of
Interventional Procedures in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and more!
Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer
Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags
von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv
Quellen fur die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche
Forschung zur Verfugung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext
betrachtet werden mussen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor
1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen
Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.
Rationalization is concerned with making the most effective use of
the resources available. In many places where this process is
taking place it is plagued with public opposition and
misunderstanding. Hitherto rationalization in the acute care sector
has primarily been concerned with closing sites closing beds moving
beds between services and moving beds from one site to another.
This book discusses the need for rationalization in the context of
health service reforms and future strategy. It considers recent
changes in the health service the case for rationalization health
care needs the role of public relations the future of the acute
care hospital site and facilities appraisal and the costs of
rationalization. The text is essential reading for managers and
clinicians involved in acute care services non-executive members of
boards and trusts and students of health services management.
Few recent technologies have attracted as much attention as In
Vitro Fertilization (IVF), a technique in which ova are fertilized
in a glass dish and transferred to the prospective mother. Despite
a large body of literature and much recent publicity on the ethics
of new re-productive technologies, however, we are far from
understanding what actually goes on in the nation's 138 in vitro
fertilization centers, and even farther from possessing a clear
public policy regarding this controversial technology. In this book
the author examines two different, and often opposing worlds of in
vitro fertilization: the public's political, legal and ethical
concerns surrounding the technique, and the personal, pragmatic
world of the individual patients who come to the centers seeding a
cure for infertility. The crux of this analysis revolves around the
intersection, and sometimes the antagonism, between these two
worlds. While use of the centers is growing extremely fast, there
is an absence of any federal-level policy to monitor this
technique. To fill this vacuum, individual practitioners of IVF and
other new reproductive technologies. The author investigates the
current effects of these guidelines in interviews with physicians,
scientists, policy makers, and patients at IVF centers, and argues
that in this case, the public policy we implement should take its
direction from the self-regulation that is already occurring on a
local level and which is so well-developed that it has in effect
taken the place of a formal federal policy. For all those
interested in, or contemplating the rapidly growing field of in
vitro fertilization, this is an objective analysis which answers
many perplexing questions.
Late aging associated changes in alcohol sensitivity,
neurobehavioral function, and neuroinflammation, Volume 148, the
latest release in the International Review of Neurobiology series,
highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume
presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics. Each
chapter is written by an international board of authors.
Clinicians and scientists are increasingly recognising the
importance of an evolutionary perspective in studying the
aetiology, prevention, and treatment of human disease; the growing
prominence of genetics in medicine is further adding to the
interest in evolutionary medicine. In spite of this, too few
medical students or residents study evolution. This book builds a
compelling case for integrating evolutionary biology into
undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, as well as its
intrinsic value to medicine. Chapter by chapter, the authors -
experts in anthropology, biology, ecology, physiology, public
health, and various disciplines of medicine - present the rationale
for clinically-relevant evolutionary thinking. They achieve this
within the broader context of medicine but through the focused lens
of maternal and child health, with an emphasis on female
reproduction and the early-life biochemical, immunological, and
microbial responses influenced by evolution. The tightly woven and
accessible narrative illustrates how a medical education that
considers evolved traits can deepen our understanding of the
complexities of the human body, variability in health,
susceptibility to disease, and ultimately help guide treatment,
prevention, and public health policy. However, integrating
evolutionary biology into medical education continues to face
several roadblocks. The medical curriculum is already replete with
complex subjects and a long period of training. The addition of an
evolutionary perspective to this curriculum would certainly seem
daunting, and many medical educators express concern over potential
controversy if evolution is introduced into the curriculum of their
schools. Medical education urgently needs strategies and teaching
aids to lower the barriers to incorporating evolution into medical
training. In summary, this call to arms makes a strong case for
incorporating evolutionary thinking early in medical training to
help guide the types of critical questions physicians ask, or
should be asking. It will be of relevance and use to evolutionary
biologists, physicians, medical students, and biomedical research
scientists.
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