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Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Human reproduction, growth & development
'A big-picture forecast of how medicine stands on the threshold of
a revolution that will radically change all of our lives' The Times
Welcome to a revolution in the science of you! This landmark new
book from award-winning scientist Daniel M. Davis explores the
future of the human body. Imagine taking drugs to help you acquire
new skills, or knowing years in advance the precise likelihood of
developing specific cancers, or following a diet and health regime
tailored to your microbiome, or even having continuous monitoring
of your body's workings and well-being. Written by an award-winning
scientist, this landmark book shows how these radical and
disconcerting possibilities have been made real. It is at once a
gripping drama of scientific ingenuity, discovery and
collaboration, and a vision of the human body of dizzying
complexity and wonder. 'The startling new discoveries...are
radically altering our understanding of how we function and what
our future holds' BRIAN COX 'Thrilling' BILL BRYSON 'Brilliant' TIM
SPECTOR 'Extraordinary' ALICE ROBERTS
The purpose of sexual and reproductive healthcare should be the
enhancement of personal relationships and a healthy sex life and
not merely counselling and care related to procreation or sexually
transmitted infections. Providing practical and evidence-based
guidance, this handbook follows the curriculum of the joint EBCOG
and ESCRH Certificate and Diploma Examination in Sexual and
Reproductive Health. Short, clearly structured text focuses on the
essential knowledge of each topic, allowing readers to quickly
access key information. Written by trusted experts in the field,
topics covered include contraception, infertility and sexual
dysfunction, sexual violence and STIs. The text provides advice and
practical tips for how to practice patient-centred counselling and
shared decision-making. Improving the relationship between the
patient and healthcare-provider leads to increased trust, adherence
of advice and more satisfactory treatment for the patient.
This practical, extensively illustrated handbook covers the
procedures that are undertaken in andrology and ART laboratories to
analyse and assess male-factor infertility, and to prepare
spermatozoa for use in assisted conception therapy. The content is
presented as brief, authoritative overviews of the relevant
biological background for each area, plus detailed, step-by-step
descriptions of the relevant analytical procedures. Each technical
section includes quality control considerations and the optimum
presentation of results. In addition to the comprehensive 'basic'
semen analysis, incorporating careful analysis of sperm morphology,
the handbook provides established techniques for the use of
computer-aided sperm analysis and sperm functional assessment. The
interpretation of laboratory results in the clinical context is
highlighted throughout, and safe laboratory practice is emphasized.
Fully revised, incorporating the new ISO TS 23162 on basic human
semen analysis throughout, this is an invaluable resource to all
scientists and technicians who perform diagnostic testing for
male-factor infertility.
This book discusses all aspects of the uterus transplantation
procedure in women who are childless because of a dysfunctional or
missing uterus, from initial pre-operative investigations to
follow-up after the uterine graft has been removed. All the
international experts who are engaged in clinical activities and/or
research in this field have contributed one or more of the book's
chapters. Since the first live birth following uterus
transplantation was reported in Sweden in September 2014, the field
has been rapidly evolving around the globe: the first cases in USA,
Germany, China, Brazil, and Czech Republic were performed in 2016
and several other centres are preparing for clinical trials of
uterus transplantation. Uterus transplantation is a subject that
attracts the attention of many bioethicists, and like all other
major procedures in transplantation surgery and assisted
reproduction techniques, it is a complex process that requires a
multidisciplinary team if it is to be successful. As such the book
is a valuable resource not only for clinicians from many
disciplines, but also for nurses, ethicists, psychologists and
researchers.
Leading gender and science scholar Sarah S. Richardson charts the
untold history of the idea that a woman's health and behavior
during pregnancy can have long-term effects on her descendants'
health and welfare. The idea that a woman may leave a biological
trace on her gestating offspring has long been a commonplace folk
intuition and a matter of scientific intrigue, but the form of that
idea has changed dramatically over time. Beginning with the advent
of modern genetics at the turn of the twentieth century, biomedical
scientists dismissed any notion that a mother-except in cases of
extreme deprivation or injury-could alter her offspring's traits.
Consensus asserted that a child's fate was set by a combination of
its genes and post-birth upbringing. Over the last fifty years,
however, this consensus was dismantled, and today, research on the
intrauterine environment and its effects on the fetus is emerging
as a robust program of study in medicine, public health,
psychology, evolutionary biology, and genomics. Collectively, these
sciences argue that a woman's experiences, behaviors, and
physiology can have life-altering effects on offspring development.
Tracing a genealogy of ideas about heredity and maternal-fetal
effects, this book offers a critical analysis of conceptual and
ethical issues-in particular, the staggering implications for
maternal well-being and reproductive autonomy-provoked by the
striking rise of epigenetics and fetal origins science in
postgenomic biology today.
'Open, honest, straight talking on mental health and motherhood.' -
Tik Tok's Dr Julie 'I absolutely love it - it doesn't matter who
you are, what you've been through and how much you've changed -
there is always room for growth'. - Ant Middleton 'This book will
become your bible.' - Gaby Roslin, Virgin Radio In GROW, Sunday
Times bestselling author Frankie Bridge opens up about her journey
with her maternal mental health. Part narrative exploration, part
first aid manual for mothers this book will discuss the hidden
growing pains which take place when you become a parent. Its
chapters cover the HOW TOs, WHAT IFs?, WILL Is? and WHY DOs?
anxious questions all mothers ask themselves when they believe they
are doing it wrong whilst also offering a brutally honest account
of how hard it can be to grow a baby and raise a child whilst you
are still growing into yourself. The book will combine Frankie's
mental health journey into motherhood with the notes of
psychologist, Maleha Khan, who will unpack the problems she
experienced as she became a mother. It will also include additional
guidance and parental advice from the UK's leading paediatrician Dr
Ed Abrahamson. Fans of OPEN: 'Brave and beautiful... a first aid
manual for your mind.' - Adam Kay, bestselling author of This is
Going To Hurt 'Very readable. Very relatable. Intensely moving but
also full of practical advice.' - Alastair Campbell
The experiences of infertility and childlessness, while not worse
than other griefs and disappointments people experience, are
nevertheless distinctive in a number of important respects. Unlike
other griefs, they often take place in private, with no body, no
funeral, and no public acknowledgement of the loss. In her profound
and wise theology of childnessness, Emma Nash takes her own story
as a starting point, examining several distinctive features of this
painful human experience. She asks what biblical and theological
resources offer consolation, and what liberative action individuals
and churches might take to make an appropriate response. Weaving
trauma theology together with personal experience, Nash offers a
profound and heartfelt theological reflection which breaks the
barriers between pastoral resource and carefully constructed
theology.
Regulating Reproduction examines the social context and current
state of the art of reproductive mediating technologies such as
artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, surrogate
motherhood, sex preselection, DNA probes, prenatal diagnosis, and
sterilization. Robert H. Blank explores the impact of the
technological revolution on our perceptions of children,
parenthood, and the family. He discusses the impact of trends
toward the commercialization of reproductive services as well as
the inclusion of third parties into what until now has been a
private matter between two persons.
The Human Embryo in vitro explores the ways in which UK law engages
with embryonic processes under the Human Fertilisation and
Embryology Act 1990 (as amended), the intellectual basis of which
has not been reconsidered for almost thirty years. McMillan argues
that in regulating 'the embryo' - that is, a processual liminal
entity in itself - the law is regulating for uncertainty. This book
offers a fuller understanding of how complex biological processes
of development and growth can be better aligned with a legal
framework that purports to pay respect to the embryo while also
allowing its destruction. To do so it employs an anthropological
concept, liminality, which is itself concerned with revealing the
dynamics of process. The implications of this for contemporary
regulation of artificial reproduction are fully explored, and
recommendations are offered for international regimes on how they
can better align biological reality with social policy and law.
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