This is a book comprising 28 small chapters focusing on medical scientists and their discoveries. The title states past truth because these are tru...

USDA is responsible for ensuring the safety of poultry products. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report the U.S. food supply i...

The similar body images of obese patients frequently hide psycho-pathological and medical differences needing different therapeutic approaches. A g...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the practices, methods and challenges of patient education and patient managemen...

In March 2010, the 111th Congress passed health reform legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Jointly referred to as the PPAC...

In the past 50 years, ethical concerns concerning human experimentation have arisen with the advancement of new medical research and technology. Wh...

In the past 50 years, ethical concerns concerning human experimentation have arisen with the advancement of new medical research and technology. Wh...

In our time of well-publicized health care travails, in the USA and the UK and elsewhere, matters of financing too often subsume the dimension of p...

The harm associated with health care is a questionable issue and several systemic global strategies to reduce it with a safer system are being deve...

Patient Satisfaction: Determinants, Psychological Implications and Impact on Quality of Life first provides an in-depth, evidence-based review of t...

This book addresses the issue of patient safety and the need to promote it in hospital settings, such as reducing the risk of injury from falls. Ho...

Peanuts (Arachis hypogaea) are one of the most popular leguminous plants that originated in the Andean Cordilleras of South America, and they were ...

Peanuts are among the most popular oilseeds in the world. When their price is considered, they present a competitive advantage in comparison to oth...

Mental health problems often occur in perinatal periods. Mothers' mental health problems can cause parenting impairment and affect family health pr...

From prolonged duration of a disease, to permanent injury, to death, drug shortages have led to harmful outcomes for patients of all ages. Over the...

Stem cells are primal undifferentiated cells that retain the ability to divide and differentiate into other cell types. In higher plants this funct...

From 1970 to 2007, hundreds of millions of pounds of pesticides were applied annually to U.S. food crops to protect them from pests. To protect con...

Realising the impact of smoking on human beings, the US Public Health Service updated its 2000 Guidelines for Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence i...

The great Paracelsian scholar Walter Pagel and the pioneer medical historian Kurt Polycarp Sprengel identified Petrus Severinus' Idea medicinæ (157...

Being physically active is one of the most important steps that Americans of all ages can take to improve their health. This book provides science-...

During the past two decades the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children has increased rapidly world-wide. Together with the rising of chil...

Physical therapy is a health profession that assesses and provides treatment to individuals to develop, maintain and restore maximum movement and f...

A growing number of U.S. physicians are combining their practices; affiliating with hospitals, insurance companies, and speciality management firms...