Protozoa and Human Disease (Wiser Mark F.)(Paperback)

Protozoa and Human Disease (Wiser Mark F.)(Paperback)

The VitalBook e-book version of Protozoa and Human Disease is only available in the US and Canada at the present time. To purchase or rent please visit http: //store.vitalsource.com/show/978-1-1367-3816-6. Protozoa and Human Disease is a textbook on medically important protozoa and the diseases

Human Infectious Disease and Public Health (Fullick William)(Paperback)

Infectious disease will affect most of us at some point in our lives, despite tremendous advances in medicine over the past century. We all still fall ill from pathogens in our everyday environments - but many of us now survive infections which would have proved fatal in the past. Our understanding

Parkinson's Disease and Other Movement Disorders (Edwards Mark J.)(Paperback)

This is the second edition of the Oxford Specialist Handbook in Parkinson's Disease and Other Movement Disorders aiming to provide its readership with the latest developments and innovation across the discipline. Alongside this update in content, the addition of new, insightful sections suggested

Pharmacracy: Medicine and Politics in America (Szasz Thomas)(Paperback)

The modern penchant for transforming human problems into 'diseases' and judicial sanctions into 'treatments,' replacing the rule of law with the rule of medical discretion, leads to a type of government social critic Thomas Szasz calls 'pharmacracy.' He warns that the creeping substitution of

Advances in Vascular Medicine (Abraham David)(Paperback)

Understanding the many complex cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying human vascular diseases is essential in improving the treatment of this important and wide-ranging group of diseases that affect a large proportion of the world po- lation. This book is based on lectures presented at an

Science and Human Behavior (Skinner B. F.)(Paperback)

The psychology classic--a detailed study of scientific theories of human nature and the possible ways in which human behavior can be predicted and controlled--from one of the most influential behaviorists of the twentieth century and the author of Walden Two. 'This is an important book,

Story of the Human Body - Evolution, Health and Disease (Lieberman Daniel)(Paperback / softback)

In The Story of the Human Body, Daniel Lieberman, Professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard, shows how we need to change our world to fit our hunter-gatherer bodies This ground-breaking book of popular science explores how the way we use our bodies is all wrong. From an evolutionary

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic (Quammen David)(Paperback)

The next big human pandemic--the next disease cataclysm, perhaps on the scale of AIDS or the 1918 influenza--is likely to be caused by a new virus coming to humans from wildlife. Experts call such an event 'spillover' and they warn us to brace ourselves. David Quammen has tracked this subject from

The Vaccine Race: Science, Politics, and the Human Costs of Defeating Disease (Wadman Meredith)(Paperback)

'A real jewel of science history...brims with suspense and now-forgotten catastrophe and intrigue...Wadman's smooth prose calmly spins a surpassingly complicated story into a real tour de force.'--The New York Times 'Riveting . . . [The Vaccine Race] invites comparison with Rebecca Skloot's 2007

HLA and Disease Associations (Tiwari J. L.)(Paperback)

The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) or tissue types are the products of a rapidly developing field of knowledge within the last 20 years. In the early stages of the research many investigators suspected the existence of a complex series of transplantation antigens, but it was widely believed that

The Paleo Solution, 1: The Original Human Diet (Wolf Robb)(Paperback)

Do you want to lose fat and stay young, all while avoiding cancer, diabetes, heart disease, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and a host of other illnesses? The Paleo Solution incorporates the latest cutting-edge research from genetics, biochemistry, and anthropology to help you look, feel, and perform

Calvin (Gordon F. Bruce)(Paperback)

A revealing new portrait of John Calvin that captures his human complexity and the sixteenth-century world in which he fought his personal and theological battles During the glory days of the French Renaissance, young John Calvin (1509-1564) experienced a profound conversion to the faith of the

Social Psychology and Human Nature (Baumeister Roy F.)(Pevná vazba)

International Human Rights Law: Returning to Universal Principles, Second Edition (Gibney Mark)(Paperback)

This clear and compelling text confronts the dominant thinking on human rights, taking issue with the notion adopted by all states and even many academics that human rights obligations extend no further than their own territorial borders. Mark Gibney critiques cases from the U.S. Supreme Court, the

Metastatic Spine Disease: A Guide to Diagnosis and Management (Marco Rex A. W.)(Pevná vazba)

This comprehensive text focuses exclusively on the management of metastatic spinal disease, evaluating the most recent literature and providing patient-centered treatment

Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength (Baumeister Roy F.)(Paperback)

One of the world's most esteemed and influential psychologists, Roy F. Baumeister, teams with New York Times science writer John Tierney to reveal the secrets of self-control and how to master it. 'Deep and provocative analysis of people's battle with temptation and masterful insights into

Thiamine Deficiency Disease, Dysautonomia, and High Calorie Malnutrition (Lonsdale Derrick)(Paperback)

Thiamine Deficiency Disease, Dysautonomia, and High Calorie Malnutrition explores thiamine and how its deficiency affects the functions of the brainstem and autonomic nervous system by way of metabolic changes at the level of the mitochondria. Thiamine deficiency derails mitochondrial oxidative

Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty (Baumeister Roy F.)(Paperback)

Why is there evil, and what can scientific research tell us about the origins and persistence of evil behavior? Considering evil from the unusual perspective of the perpetrator, Baumeister asks, How do ordinary people find themselves beating their wives? Murdering rival gang members? Torturing

Network Medicine: Complex Systems in Human Disease and Therapeutics (Loscalzo Joseph)(Pevná vazba)

Big data, genomics, and quantitative approaches to network-based analysis are combining to advance the frontiers of medicine as never before. Network Medicine introduces this rapidly evolving field of medical research, which promises to revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of human diseases

Cancer: The Metabolic Disease Unravelled (Sloan Mark)(Paperback)

Never Fear Cancer AgainWhat if I told you that all the research needed to end the disease of cancer forever has already been completed? Would you believe it? Well now you don't have to!Cancer: The Metabolic Disease Unravelled is your complete guide to the revolutionary scientific discoveries made

Oxford Handbook of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology (Trk Este)(Paperback)

Fully reviewed and revised for its second edition, the Oxford Handbook of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology maintains its position as the must-have guide to all aspects of infectious diseases and microbiology. Reflecting the current approach to joint postgraduate training programmes, thehandbook

Health and Disease - Modular Workbook (Allan Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Pleural Diseases - Clinical Cases and Real-World Discussions(Paperback / softback)

Using a unique, case-based approach, Pleural Diseases: Clinical Cases and Real-World Discussions brings you up to date with the latest advances in this fast-moving subspecialty. A wide variety of real-world challenges are presented along with multiple perspectives from expert pulmonologists who

Nomads (Runberg Sylvain)(Paperback)

Caelb and Mezole are on Earth for celebrations to mark the end of the Human-Sandjarr wars. When an incident occurs between Malaysian fishermen and nomadic alien species they are brought in to investigate and act as