Gemcitabine was synthesised in the 1980s at Lilly Research Laboratories (Eli Lilly and Co., Indianapolis, IN). It was initially developed as an ant...

Anaesthesia has traditionally meant the condition of having sensation (including the feeling of pain) blocked or temporarily taken away. This allow...

Learning and understanding how medicine acts, what the body does to the drug, with both the beneficial and potentially deleterious effects it has, ...

Natural toxicants have been known from ancient times and man used them to gain various benefits by producing remedies, preserving goods or using th...

The practice of "authorised generics" has recently been the subject of considerable attention by the pharmaceutical industry, regulators, and membe...

A great number of aerobic endospore-forming Gram-positive Bacillus species have been isolated on a number of occasions from a variety of terrestria...

Glutathione (γ-glutamyl-cysteinyl-glycine; GSH) is the most abundant low-molecular-weight thiol found in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms....

Glutathione (GSH) is a ubiquitous tripeptide (y-L-gluatamyl-Lcysteinyl-glycin) playing an important role in cellular redox homeostasis, defence aga...

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (CPT) have been developing as an academic discipline over the last 30 years or so, but its impact on health ...

This book examines the medical human research industry from the point of view of the researched. Written by human test research subjects (also know...

This is a state-of-the-art discussion forum for topics that are of high interest in the field of gymnastics. Experts from different countries and w...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the causes, management and prognosis of hallucinations. Topics discussed include...

This book covers a broad range of topics, providing trainee and practising anaesthetists with a comprehensive source of knowledge on applied scienc...

The objective of this book is to promote and enable closer co-operation between different health professionals in treating pain, by introducing psy...

This book presents 848 compounds isolated and identified from plants that present anti-inflammatory and antiplatelet aggregation activities. These ...

This book focuses on new research in dentistry practices. Dentistry is the known evaluation, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, diso...

Drug monitoring in clinical chemistry refers to the measurement of drug concentration in blood serum/plasma so that an optimal concentration is obt...

This book presents advances in the field of novel drug delivery, focusing on novel molecules with potential to transform the treatment and preclusi...

The unique characteristics of radon make it very attractive for earth science studies, as it can migrate over large distances within the earth and ...

This book has been written with the requirements for students pursuing undergraduate and postgraduate dentistry courses in mind. To the authors’ kn...

Job burnout has been well described and refers to a transformation that occurs in persons exposed to considerable occupational stress, particularly...

Handwriting and Dysgrafia: Relation and Assessment presents (in eleven chapters no less) the interdisciplinary perspective and relation between han...

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

C A Meier investigates the ancient Greek understanding of dreams and dreaming, Antique incubation and concomitant rituals. In this greatly expanded...

A short introduction to the principles of diagnostics in dentistry. Concepts of sickness and health are not absolutes but change over time and depe...

Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) represent a collection of illnesses caused by several distinct viral families. While some types of hemorrhagic feve...

In this first version of the book Hemorrhagic Shock: Recognition, Pathophysiology and Management, the entire spectrum of hemorrhage in various path...

During the twentieth century, only two researchers published world famous, encyclopedic monographs related to sleep. The first of these works appea...

Heparin has been widely used in the medical community as an anti-coagulant. More recently, heparin has been shown to possess other biologically and...

Heparin is a highly sulphated glycosaminoglycan discovered about 90 years ago, and since then is widely used in medicine as an anticoagulant drug, ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a problem of global health importance and represents a significant cause of morbidity and mortality world-wide...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV), discovered in 1966, infects more than 350 million people in the world. The infection of HBV is a leading cause of chronic ...

Chronic Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a serious condition affecting over 180 million people world-wide. The virus infects the liver and whil...

This meeting dealt with all the recent progresses in the diagnostic techniques for the presently most popular hepatotropic agent: hepatitis C virus...

The Herpesviridae are a large family of DNA viruses that cause diseases in animals, including humans. The members of this family are also known as ...

Every year over one million children die from malaria in sub-Saharan Africa alone, and about 500 million new cases are registered world-wide annual...

This book provides an effective model for helping persons with serious mental illness and is suitable for readers working in psychiatric rehabilita...

Hospital-based Emergency Departments (EDs) are required to stabilise patients with emergent conditions regardless of the patients' ability to pay a...

This book explores the role of culture in explaining suicidal behaviour. Explanations based on the genes and physiology of individuals, and theorie...

The classical Roman poet, Titus Lucretius Carus (c. 99 BC – c. 55 BC), described the clinamen, or swerve, as an occurrence that we now call singula...

This book selectively discusses recent advances in human experimental models relating to the treatment of opioid dependence. The author critically ...

Human polyomaviruses are non-enveloped viruses with a circular double-stranded DNA genome of approximately 5,000 base pairs. The members BK virus a...

Human serum albumin is found in the intravascular and extracellular space and is the main protein of human blood plasma. Human serum albumin binds ...

This book discusses the parameters surrounding humanist principles (an optimistic philosophy that believes in the scientific process, human worth a...

Pain and itch are associated with a wide range of injuries and diseases. Some conditions may have pain and associated symptoms arising from a discr...

The I-Gel supraglottic airway is a diposable, latex-free device for airway management during anaesthesia. The design of this device is significantl...

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the clinical pharmacology, medical uses, and adverse effects of ibuprofen. Topic...

Research indicates that many youth who come into contact with the juvenile justice system may have mental health- and substance use-related disorde...