https://novapublishers.com Publisher of Books and Journals in Medicine and Health, Science and Technology and Social Sciences Tue, 14 Feb 2023 19:54:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://novapublishers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-nova-favicon-32x32.jpg https://novapublishers.com 32 32 https://novapublishers.com/shop/advances-in-health-and-disease-volume-64/ Mon, 06 Feb 2023 14:33:06 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=143257 Lowell T. Duncan (Editor) Series: Advances in Health and Disease BISAC: MED000000 This book is comprised of twelve selected chapters on advances in health and disease. Chapter one covers applications of nano-formulations in drug delivery for skin disease treatments. Chapter Two examines the use of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors in the clinical management of diabetes mellitus. Chapter Three reviews the role of sex hormones in asthma therapy. Chapter Four looks at therapies for critically ill COVID-19 patients. Chapter Five examines resistance plasmids; the key to the adaptation of pathogenic microorganisms in hospital environments. Chapter Six shows how oleic acid prevents oxidative stress by inhibiting metabolic pathways in clinical disorders. Chapter Seven reviews the question of post-COVID-19 reactive arthritis, and whether it is a myth or reality. Chapter Eight examines the diagnosis and treatment of dermoid ovarian cysts in children and adolescents. Chapter Nine reviews the beneficial effects of testosterone replacement therapy in older individuals. Chapter Ten covers the state of the art in difficult to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Chapter Eleven provides therapeutic updates on the condition of juvenile psoriatic arthritis. Chapter Twelve examines the underdiagnosed pathology of sinus tarsi syndrome.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/ectopic-pregnancy-endless-challenges/ Sun, 25 Dec 2022 14:00:22 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=141940 Elisa Picardo, Marco Mitidieri and Saverio Danese Gynecology and Obstetrics, City of Health and Science of Turin, Sant'Anna Hospital, Italy Series: Obstetrics and Gynecology Advances BISAC: MED033000 DOI: 10.52305/MWOY3295 An ectopic pregnancy occurs when a fertilized egg grows outside of the uterus. Almost all ectopic pregnancies—more than 90%—occur in a fallopian tube. As the pregnancy progresses, it can cause the tube to burst (rupture). A rupture can cause major internal bleeding, leading to a life-threatening emergency. Over the years, treatment options have changed significantly, and mortality has reduced up to 2/1,000 (from 12.3% in 1920). This topic is always very important for the gynecologist community. This text, whose contributions have been promoted by Acto Piemonte Onlus and Ricerca per la Donna (RiDO), aims to provide a practical guide for future research on women’s health. **Order the printed version and SAVE 50% on the e-book with Print+eBook. Price indicated includes shipping**]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/the-biochemical-guide-to-hormones/ Fri, 23 Dec 2022 19:46:02 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=141630 David Aebisher, PhD, DSc - Medical College of The University of Rzeszów, University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland Series: Endocrinology Research and Clinical Developments BISAC: MED027000 DOI: 10.52305/AEZF7790 This book aims to provide scientific information about hormones. Hormones are chemical compounds that transmit specific information between organs and thus regulate the body's work. As a group of biologically active signaling molecules, they belong to the four main groups of organic chemical compounds. The 36 chapters present the characteristics of exemplary hormones. The prepared monograph is a description of the most popular hormones. In this volume, one can read about the biochemical pathways of adrenaline, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), aldosterone, antidiuretic hormone (vasopressin), cholecystokinin, corticosteroid, corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH), cortisol, endocrine disorders, endocrine system, epinephrine, erythropoietin, estrogen, follicle-stimulation hormone (FSH), ghrelin, glucagon, gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH), growth hormone (GH), growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH), hepcidin, human chorionic gonadotropin-β, humoral factors, importance of a correct hormonal balance for the psychological well-being of women, insulin, insulin-like growth factor (IGF), luteinizing hormone (LH), insulin, oxytocin, parathyroid hormone (PTH), progesterone, prolactin, thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), serotonin, thyroid hormone, thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) and prolactin. **Order the printed version and SAVE 50% on the e-book with Print+eBook. 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This unacceptable ignorance persisted despite vigorous research efforts in the field of SCI mandated by increased public awareness in the last few decades. The lack of understanding of the pathogenesis of SCI, the traumatic brain injury (TBI) and stroke has maintained a peculiar conundrum where the most important group of incurable diseases in medicine combined with a very high cost of medical care persisted well into the 21st century. This book seeks to ‘open the door’ for the medical and scientific fields to a better understanding of the pathogenesis of neurotrauma and stroke with anticipated effective treatments for tens of millions of patients every year. **Order the printed version and SAVE 50% on the e-book with Print+eBook**]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/advances-in-health-and-disease-volume-61/ Sun, 04 Dec 2022 16:51:22 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=128188 Lowell T. Duncan (Editor) Series: Advances in Health and Disease BISAC: MED000000 This book is a volume of eight collected chapters on advances in the sciences of health and disease. Chapter One examines the properties of regulatory peptides and their mechanisms of effect on integrative brain activity. Chapter Two reviews the role of inflammatory cytokines in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis and novel therapeutic targets. Chapter Three provides insight into Tnbs induced ulcerative colitis through the animal model, giving a wide ranging overview of the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical course and pathological features. Chapter Four is a broad overview of issues related to antimicrobial drugs. Chapter Five looks at alternative pharmaceutical options that are, eponymously, “better than Xanax.” Chapters Six and Seven are overviews of overweightness and obesity amongst Saudi and Bahraini adolescents, respectively. Finally, Chapter Eight is a review of muscarinic cholinergic receptor antagonism as a potential method of treating major depressive disorder.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/approaches-to-pediatric-neurosurgical-emergencies/ Mon, 28 Nov 2022 16:14:33 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=127993 Virendra Deo Sinha - Senior Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, S.M.S. Medical College, Jaipur India Rakesh Kumar Mishra - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Institute of Medical Services, Trauma Centre and Mahamana Centenary Superspecialty Hospital, Banaras Hindu University, Varanas, India Amit Agrawal - Professor, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India Series: Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine BISAC: HEA039110; MED015000; MED026000 DOI: 10.52305/RNLC1224 Neurosurgical emergencies, both traumatic and non-traumatic, may progress rapidly and if timely emergency management is not offered, these can lead to permanent neurological damage and disabilities. The spectrum of pediatric neurosurgical emergencies can range from traumatic brain injuries, infection, vascular lesions, acute hydrocephalus, and so on. Pediatric neurosurgical emergencies represent a challenging situation in the emergency room as in children it may be difficult to differentiate the etiology. This book provides an overview of pediatric neurosurgical emergencies, emergency room management and resuscitation, neurocritical care and fluid resuscitation in children. It covers the spectrum of common acute pediatric neurosurgical disorders that may be encountered in the emergency room and require urgent neurosurgical intervention.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/horizons-in-world-cardiovascular-research-volume-24/ Fri, 18 Nov 2022 15:38:34 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=140919 Eleanor H. Bennington (Editor) Series: Horizons in World Cardiovascular Research BISAC: MED010000 This volume contains nine selected chapters focused on cardiovascular research. Chapter One reviews processes for aortic remodeling after endovascular aortic repair procedures. Chapter Two seeks to study mechanisms of influence of differentiated massage in dorsopathy by the application of heart rhythm variability. Chapter Three provides a review of the anesthesiologic management of endovascular aortic repair. Chapter Four examines the influence of Zhong Yuan Qigong practice on the adaptive mechanisms of the cardiovascular system. Chapter Five relates the function of the myocardial sleeve over the pulmonary vein to cardiac arrhythmias. Chapter Six reviews bioactive peptides from their research to their use in cardiovascular therapy. Chapter Seven explores the role of microRNAs in pulmonary hypertension. Chapter Eight discusses the benefits and limitations of fibrinolytic therapy. Chapter Nine is a review of the use of the CARDIOSIM© Cardiovascular software simulator for the study of ECMO support and mechanical ventilation interaction.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/the-future-of-u-s-health-care-corporate-power-vs-the-common-good/ Mon, 14 Nov 2022 14:44:55 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=127118 John Geyman, M.D. - Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA Series: Health Care in Transition BISAC: MED035000; MED036000 DOI: 10.52305/SGHB6950 "This superb book offers a sweeping overview of how corporate power has infiltrated and distorted U.S. medical care, and the grave consequences for patients and health care personnel." - David Himmelstein, M.D. and Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., General Internists, Health Policy Experts, and Distinguished Professors of Public Health at City University of New York "This book is excellent. It’s a nice, readable length, and its message is clear and strong. I think most readers will understand how health care should no longer be driven by the business ethic when the service ethic is in dire need of relief from intrusion by the business culture, so that we can place the patient first." - Don McCanne, MD, Family Physician, Senior Health Policy Fellow and Past President of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)

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Despite spending more for health care than any other country in the world, the U. S. has a health care system that compares poorly with other advanced countries in terms of access, cost, and quality of care. With so many Americans being unable to afford essential care, this problem has reached crisis proportions for much of our population. As a result, health care will continue to be a front burner issue in the forthcoming 2022 and 2024 election cycles. Today we have a corporatized medical-industrial complex that has resisted recurrent reform attempts over the years. It has become too big and complex for responsible government to rein in its excesses. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed its fragmentation and barriers to care. The traditional service ethic of health care has been replaced by profiteering of Wall Street corporate interests and investors seeking maximal profits vs the common good. Still controversial in this country is whether health care is a human right or a privilege based on ability to pay. Other advanced countries around the world have long since built their health care systems on the basis of universal coverage ensured by government. The future of health care depends on fundamental reform. It will require winning the battle between Wall Street/corporate America and Main Street that we cannot afford to lose. This book has three goals: (1) to bring historical perspective to how the medical-industrial complex has evolved to its present strangle-hold over health care comprising one-sixth of the nation’s economy; (2) to describe the shortfalls of our supposed system in terms of access, cost, inequities, and unacceptable quality, and how past reform attempts have failed; and (3) to consider two major scenarios for reform, together with political forces for and against each and their projected outcomes. Since present trends are unsustainable, we can only hope for positive moves toward reform, as will be described. **Order the printed version and SAVE 50% on the e-book with Print+eBook**]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-from-diagnosis-to-treatment/ Sat, 12 Nov 2022 14:33:10 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=127488 Jaber S. Alqahtani, PhD - Senior Specialist & Assistant Professor, Department of Respiratory Care, Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences, Dammam, Saudi Arabia Series: Pulmonary and Respiratory Diseases and Disorders BISAC: MED079000; MED003080; HEA039120 DOI: 10.52305/SQCS9715 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (often known as COPD) is a respiratory disease that affects more than 400 million people worldwide. In 2019, COPD was responsible for 3.23 million deaths globally. This makes COPD the third greatest cause of mortality worldwide. People with COPD frequently experience increasing levels of breathlessness as the disease advances. This can cause a significant financial burden due to the limitations on workplace and home productivity, and costs of medical treatment. Therefore, delivering comprehensive management for people living with COPD is important to lessen such a burden. This book intends to provide comprehensive expert review chapters on the most significant aspects in the management of COPD from diagnosis to treatment through clear insights and explanations. It offers thorough evaluations that provide clinicians involved in COPD management at all levels with a brief, all-encompassing reference to symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. This book covers four major areas in COPD management, including disease physiology and pathophysiology, diagnosis tools, disease burden, and management of stable and non-stable COPD.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/covid-19-in-nursing-homes-impact-transmission-and-prevention/ Mon, 31 Oct 2022 20:57:41 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=143550 Fred C. Wallace (Editor) Series: Government Procedures and Operations BISAC: MED022090 Few places have felt the devastating effects of the Coronavirus more deeply than America’s nursing homes. More than 200,000 Americans living in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities have died from the Coronavirus representing 20 percent of all coronavirus deaths in our Nation. The ferocity with which the Coronavirus swept through our Nation’s nursing homes in 2020 exposed vulnerabilities that had been building for years, for too many nursing homes had inadequate staffing and poor infection control viruses well before the pandemic. These long-standing problems helped to drive outrage that exacerbated the risks for Americans who need long-term care.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/the-significance-of-the-covid-pandemic-in-nursing-homes/ Mon, 31 Oct 2022 20:54:32 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=143547 John S. Gill (Editor) Series: Government Procedures and Operations BISAC: MED022090 The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on the 1.4 million elderly or disabled residents in the nation’s more than 15,000 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes. Over 175,000 long-term care residents and workers, including 130,000 living and working in federally certified nursing homes, have died of COVID-19. They were at the center of a collision of mismanagement.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/signaling-pathways-of-the-immune-system/ Mon, 31 Oct 2022 20:48:00 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=143543 Kenan Demir, PhD - Health Sciences University, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Samsun Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, İlkadım, Turkey Mustafa Usanmaz, MD - Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Gazi State Hospital, Samsun, Turkey Series: Immunology and Immune System Disorders BISAC: MED110000 DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/UVZL3830 This book examines the issue of immunity with the signaling pathways it is associated with, which has come to the fore again with the COVID-19 pandemic. Our book provides an opportunity to have an overview of the signaling pathways involved in the function of cells in the immune system with the latest developments and recent studies on the subject to the reader. **Order the printed version and SAVE 50% on the e-book with Print+eBook. Price indicated includes shipping**]]>