Over the past 70 years, antibiotic therapy has been successfully used to combat infectious diseases. Nevertheless, the emergence of antibiotic-resi...

In this book, the authors present new developments in the study of antibiotic therapy. Topics discussed include analgesia and sedation in severe se...

Farmers use antibiotics to treat, prevent, and control animal diseases and increase the productivity of animals and operations. However, there is c...

This book describes several ways to improve drug localisation and to increase anti-tumour efficacy, such as through drug modifications and through ...

In the first chapter, I-Ling Hung, Yu-Chiang Hung, and Wen-Long Hu examine the synergistic processes of herbal ingredients in order to help researc...

The sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s is remembered as a time of great freedom for women. But did the sexual revolution have the same goals ...

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders, characterised by recurrent epileptic seizures, affecting all age groups which exhibit a ...

An antidepressant is a psychiatric medication used to alleviate mood disorders, such as major depression and dysthymia. These medications are among...

Antidepressants are the category of drugs that act in a disease specific way to reverse the neuropathological basis of the symptoms of depression. ...

Depression is a common worldwide mental illness, and one of the leading causes of disability. It is not exclusive for an age, social or income leve...

Most cases of suicide (81%-95%) in the general population involve psychiatric illnesses, nearly half of which (48.5%) are mood disorders. Internati...

Antigone has always been a respected member of her community but in civil war all bets are off. She suddenly finds herself on the outside looking i...

This is an English translation of Sophocles' tragedy of Antigone and her fate when she decides to bury her dead brother Polyneices. Focus Classical...

Bryn Mawr Commentaries provide clear, concise, accurate, and consistent support for students making the transition from introductory and intermedia...

Sophokles’ Antigone is an ancient play that speaks directly to contemporary issues. From conflicts between authoritarian regimes and those who prot...

Who here can tell what law we owe the dead? Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, is a child of war. Thousands of years ago she asked a question: What do ...

Arterial hypertension is one of the most important preventable contributors to disease and death, and is commonly treated with antihypertensive dru...

Malaria-like febrile illnesses have been described since Hippocrates as fevers that were periodic and associated with marshes and swamps. The word ...

Malaria is the leading parasitic infectious disease in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in terms of morbidity, hospitalisation and mortality. Pregnant wome...

Antimalarial drugs are medicines that prevent or treat malaria, a disease which takes a great toll on human health and well-being, particularly in ...