Prenatal alcohol exposure has been directly implicated in a wide range of deficits that adversely influence the development of affected individuals...

In 2011, federal spending for prescription drugs by DOD, Medicaid, and Medicare Part D totalled $71.2 billion -- representing about 85 percent of a...

The growing cost of brand-name prescription drugs can be a burden on patients, payers and providers of health care, particularly when price increas...

This book focuses on the use of strategy for the purposes of managing and controlling change in health services. The book explains the application ...

In 2013, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) will mark nearly ten years of success with an extraordinary year of achieveme...

Cost-effective health preventive services, such as immunisations and screenings, may assist providers in helping patients avoid the onset or worsen...

Private health insurance (PHI) is the predominate form of health insurance coverage in the United States. The Patient Protection and Affordable Car...

AIDS (Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome) has become a major world-wide epidemic. AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). By kill...

This book brings together the latest research in the battle against autism. According to numerous news reports, the increase in special needs child...

Bladder cancer is the fourth most common type of cancer in men and the eighth most common in women. This book includes within its scope the prevent...

One of the main causes of failure in the treatment of cancer is the development of drug resistance by the cancer cells. The design of cancer chemot...

Cancer is a group of different diseases (more than 100) characterised by uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells. Cancer can arise in many...

A circadian rhythm is a roughly-24-hour cycle in the physiological processes of living beings, including plants, animals, fungi and cyanobacteria. ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF), also known as munoviscidosis, is a chronic genetic disease involving the dysfunction of the exocrine glands. This dysfunction...

DNA methylation is a type of chemical modification of DNA that can be inherited without changing the DNA sequence. As such, it is part of the epige...

Encephalitis means "inflammation of the brain," but it usually refers to brain inflammation caused by a virus. This severe and potentially life-thr...

Hepatitis B is a disease of the liver caused by the Hepatitis B virus (HBV), a member of the Hepadnavirus family and one of several unrelated viral...

Immunology is the study of the body's protection from foreign macromolecules or invading organisms and the responses to them. These invaders includ...

The process of inflammation, which causes the swelling and redness around a wound, is a vital part of the body's system for fighting off infections...

Malaria is an infectious disease that is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions. It infects between 300 and 500 million people every year a...

During the 115th Congress, several bipartisan bills were introduced that aimed to expand the number of telehealth services that are covered under M...

Since cardiovascular (heart and blood vessel) disease is the leading cause of death for adults in developed countries, many medical studies focus o...

Migraine is a painful neurological condition, of which the most common symptom is an intense and disabling episodic headache. Migraine headaches ar...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a life-long chronic disease diagnosed primarily in young adults. During an MS attack, inflammation occurs in areas of th...

An oncogene is a gene that can cause a cell to develop into a tumour cell, possibly resulting in cancer. A protooncogene is a gene that is involved...

This book describes classical and potential PET radiopharmaceuticals (PET-RPs) which can provide high-resolution 5D images in-vivo to simultaneousl...

SARS is an acronym for Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) which is a viral respiratory illness that was recognised as a global threat in Marc...

Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling psychosis, which is an impairment of thinking in which the interpretation of reality is abnormal....

Three types of skin cancer account for nearly 100% of all diagnosed cases. Each of these three cancers begins in a different type of cell within th...

Sleep apnea or sleep apnoea is a sleep disorder characterised by pauses in breathing during sleep. These episodes, called apneas (literally, "witho...

Smoking is the most common risk factor for the development of lung cancer, which is the leading cause of cancer death. It is also associated with m...

This book is devoted to recent research in stem cell applications. Stem cells are the foundation cells for every organ, tissue and cell in the body...

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

This new book is devoted to leading-edge research developments in lupus which is a condition of chronic inflammation caused by an autoimmune diseas...

Tumour markers are molecules occurring in blood or tissue that are associated with cancer, and whose measurement or identification is useful in pat...

The first part of the book deals with several aspects of different viruses : viral structure, function, replication and interplay between the virus...

The health of the planet -- and all of us who live on it -- is under dire threat from factors such as climate change, obesity and new infectious di...

Protein is an essential macronutrient in the human diet. In addition to providing essential amino acids to the body, protein has also been linked t...

In March 2010, President Obama signed into law a comprehensive health reform bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), and a pa...

This book introduces and discusses the complex psychosocial aspects related to SCI and its management and rehabilitation. SCI results in devastatin...

The first chapter of this book is a discussion of the three basic psychological needs according to the Self-Determination Theory: autonomy, compete...

In a fast-moving world, the necessity of making decisions, and preferably good ones, has become even more difficult. One reason is the variety and ...

This book examines the psychology of human behaviour which is dominated by the topic of how the extant behaviour of modern humans may have develope...

It is often stated that "it takes a village" to improve the health of a population. This proverb implies that it takes the work of many individuals...

Public health is a part of the health system whose researchers' have tried to maintain its relevance over the years amidst unstable global conditio...

Public health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organised efforts and informed choices...

The "Break the Cycle" program has been an annual academic event since 2005, recruiting students from many different disciplines and departments at ...