Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is a malignant disorder of the bone marrow in which a lymphoid precursor cell becomes genetically altered resul...

Acute myeloid leukemia is the most common adult acute leukemia, but its etiology in individual patients is poorly understood. An increased risk of ...

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive bone marrow cancer associated with high morbidity and mortality and most commonly affects older patie...

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is the inflammatory process secondary to damage of the pancreatic acinar cells. AP is one of the most common diseases of th...

This book presents current research in the study of the risk factors, management and complications of acute rejection in transplant patients. Topic...

Stroke is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Just a decade ago, stroke management was simple. Apart from secondary prevention, a...

Migraine has evolved into a giant puzzle and its literature comprises a vast loosely-linked enterprise challenging human problem-solving capacity. ...

Adenocarcinoma is a cancer of an epithelium that originates in glandular tissue and in this book, the authors present topical research in the study...

This multi-author book will discuss the history and clinical presentation of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders(FASD) i.e Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FA...

Non-adherence to medical plans remain a challenge for health care professionals and scientists, as their efforts to improve and explain patients’ a...

In the age of constant knowledge via computer accessibility, the effort to write a book on adjuvant chemotherapy may seem almost futile. However, t...

Using the experience from the United States on positive youth development, researchers in Hong Kong developed the Project P.A.T.H.S., trained the p...

Sport and recreation is a positive influence on the lives of children and youths. Bicycling is great for human health and getting/keeping in shape....

The "Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS)" is a World Health Organization (WHO) and United States Centers for Disease Control and Preve...

The "Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS)" is a World Health Organization and United States "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

There is co-morbid occurrence of adolescent problem behaviours, and these behaviours manifest differently and vary in severity. For instance, some ...

Think positive and not negative. For too long, the "deficiency" or "pathological" approach in understanding children and adolescents has been preva...

Human sexuality involves sexual attraction to another person, which for the most part is to the opposite sex (heterosexuality), some to the same se...

In this book, we present research from the Curaçao "Global School-based Student Health Survey" (GSHS). The World Health Organization (WHO) and Unit...

Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma is classically associated with a dismal prognosis. Yet its clinical presentation is changing (more and more classified a...

The present book provides a state-of-the-art overview of the adrenal gland pathophysiology. It covers both up-to-date basic and clinical notions on...

The book examines the noradrenaline-emotional psyches (brain-blood barrier) somatic-adrenaline axis. It conceptually updates research advances, dia...

Book & CD. The brain has a number of nerve cells estimated at a magnitude of 10 to 100 billion, and 1014 to 1015 synapses, and therefore is the...

This book is a guide for individuals who need to support patients with advanced cancer. It discusses treatment options such as palliative care, cli...