Smoking is a greater cause of death and disability than any single disease, says the World Health Organisation. According to their figures, it is r...

Smoking responsible for 90% of cancer deaths. Incidence of lung cancer is rising. Lung cancer is responsible for more cancer deaths than colorectal...

Young people are expected to learn academic or technical knowledge in a manufacturing economy, which can be referred to as hard skills (for example...

Soft tissue cancers occur in the extraskeletal connective tissue framework of the body including the organs of locomotion and their various compone...

The somatosensory system is a diverse sensory system comprising the receptors and processing centres to produce the sensory modalities such as touc...

Somatostatins (SST) form a family of cyclopeptides that are mainly produced by normal endocrine, gastrointestinal, immune and neuronal cells, as we...

A beautifully crafted memoir of a family coping with their mother’s dementia, Song for Rosaleen is both a celebration of Rosaleen Desmond’s life an...

This compilation focuses on spasticity, a condition which results in an abnormal increase in muscle tone caused by injury of nerve pathways within ...

Sphincters prove effective in the mediation of the entrance or release of liquids and fluids. Many sphincters are used everyday in the normal cours...

A spinal column tumour is a cancerous (malignant) or noncancerous (benign) growth that develops within or near the spinal cord or within the bones ...

Spinal cord stimulation is a neuromodulation therapy for the treatment of chronic, intractable, neuropathic pain. It involves the implantation of e...

Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a form of cancer of the carcinoma type that may occur in many different organs, including the skin, lips, mouth, e...

This book provides an overview of the different topics of staphylococcal research in recent years. Severe infections caused by methicillin-resistan...

In recent years, a substantial number of imaging studies have addressed the neuronal processes underlying recovery after stroke. Although difficult...

Stroke represents a clinical syndrome of rapid onset of focal or sometimes global cerebral deficit with a vascular cause, lasting more than 24 hour...

This book presents and discusses current research in the study of stem cells. Topics discussed include research on adult stem cells; cell therapy a...

Among the many applications of stem cell research are nervous system diseases, diabetes, heart disease, auto-immune diseases as well as Parkinson's...

This book presents and discusses current research in the study of stem cell therapy. Topics discussed include stem cell-based therapies; current th...