Telemedicine Technologies: Information Technologies in Medicine and Telehealth
This book brings together a broad range of topics demonstrating how information and wireless technologies can be used in healthcare. The authors focus on how medical information can be reliably transmitted through wireless communication networks. The book explains how they can be optimized to carry medical information in various situations by utilizing readily available traditional wireless local area network (WLAN) and broadband wireless access (BWA) systems. In addition, the authors discuss consumer healthcare technology, which is becoming more popular as reduction in manufacturing cost of electronics products makes healthcare products more affordable to the general public.
Regenerating the Heart: Stem Cells and the Cardiovascular System
Medical research made huge strides in treating heart disease in the 20th century, from drug-eluding stents to automatic internal defibrillators. Public awareness of the dangers of heart disease has never been more pervasive. Now, though, ten years into a new millennium, scientists are gearing up for the next great challenges in tackling this pervasive condition. Cell therapy is going to be a key weapon in the fight against heart disease. It has the potential to address many cardiovascular conditions.
Clinical and Pathological Aspects of Skin Diseases in Endocrine, Metabolic, Nutritional and Deposition Disease
Through a unique presentation of clinical photographs and accompanying histologic photomicrographs, Clinical and Pathological Aspects of Skin Diseases in Endocrine, Metabolic, Nutritional and Deposition Disease pres the practicing surgical pathologist, dermatologist, endocrinologist, internal medicine physician and dermatopathologist with a single volume source that reviews the clinical and pathologic features of metabolic and endocrine disorders that display cutaneous manifestations.
Written by a distinguished nursing professional with over 25 years of experience, Pharmacology Case Studies provides nursing students with an opportunity to apply pharmacology concepts to real-world situations. The text features 50 case studies based on real-life clinical situations that challenge students to think critically and develop effective problem-solving skills. Case studies present patientsrs" medication history, enabling students to learn about the disease process from the point of medication use an approach used in actual clinical practice.
Baby Facts: The Truth about Your Child's Health from Newborn through Preschool
Added by: MrWolf | Karma: 671.34 | Non-Fiction, Medicine | 31 March 2011
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Baby Facts: The Truth about Your Child's Health from Newborn through Preschool
Ear infections need to be treated with antibiotics. Newborns and infants should be bathed daily. New parents are deluged with advice on how to care for their babies. This book explores common baby health myths - in such areas as feeding, sleeping, toilet training, and illness - to help them separate baby facts from baby fiction.
