This book stems from the "Textbook of Perinatal Epidemiology" and was conceived to satisfy the rising need for epidemiology-oriented clinicians. Th...

A host of new techniques have recently been developed in the study and modelling of the auditory pathway. These techniques, made practical thanks t...

A motor skill is a learned series of movements that combine to produce a smooth, efficient action. Gross motor skills include lifting one's head, r...

Neuropsychiatry is the branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous system. This new book presents topi...

Oxytocin is a mammalian hormone that also acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain. Oxytocin is a peptide of nine amino acids (a nonapeptide). It is...

Pharyngeal disease and/or dysfunction is responsible for many cases of dysphagia (difficulty swallowing). This can result in dehydration, malnutrit...

Prenatal diagnosis is a method to detect foetal disease before delivery. Ideally, prevention of foetal exposure to harmful influences begins before...

Prostate cancer is a disease in which cancer develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. It occurs when cells of the prostat...

This book looks at pulmonary diseases, their aetiology, diagnosis and treatment with a focus on bronchitis, emphysema and pneumonia. Bronchitis, an...

'Handbook of Stroke and Neurocritical Care' is a thorough-source of referenced material in handbook format that provides useful material on the top...

Diabetes mellitus type 2 or Type 2 Diabetes (formerly called non - insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), or adult-onset diabetes) is a metab...

Cerebral palsy (CP) is an extremely heterogeneous condition. There is any number of etiological pathways possible for causing brain damage to the d...

Handbook on Child and Adolescent Behavior and Health opens with a summary of the tools and diagnostic instruments commonly used in both clinical pr...

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI). It affects genital and oral mucosa and is associated with cellular les...

The constellation of obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and hyperglycemia within an individual, is referred to as metabolic syndrome (MetS), and ...

Ovarian cancer is the third most diagnosed gynecologic cancer and the first leading cause of death from all of gynecological malignancies. High mor...

Over 50,000 new cases of head and neck cancer are diagnosed each year in the United States. The majority of these are squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC...

This practical book provides a handy reference for the doctor confronted with patients complaining of headache. Headache is one of the most common ...

Much research has been conducted to provide researchers and hearing healthcare professionals with updated information in regard to hearing assessme...

Hearing loss is the most frequent sensorial impairment in the world, especially in low and middle income countries. Almost 5% of the world populati...