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  • Parental Obesity: Intergenerational Programming and Consequences

    Edited by Lucy R. Green, Robert L. Hester ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    In this book, leading figures in the field of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease provide up-to-date information from human clinical trials, cohorts, and animal physiology experiments to reveal the interdependence between parental obesity and health of the offspring. Obesity of the mother and father produces obesity in their offspring, so we are caught up in an intergenerational cycle, ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

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  • Around the Globe for Women's Health

    A Practical Guide for the Health Care Provider

    Edited by Taraneh Shirazian, Erin Gertz ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    In the increasingly globalized twenty-first century, cross-cultural communication and knowledge of culturally informed health practices are critical skills for women’s health providers. Around the Globe for Women’s Health is a concise, culturally sensitive, and clinically relevant guide that aims to increase health equity through prevention and improved clinical care for women around the world. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Physiology of Prenatal Exercise and Fetal Development

    by Linda E. May ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This new SpringerBrief in Physiology explores the newest research findings on how exercise influences the fetus in utero and beyond. Physiology of Prenatal Exercise and Fetal Development reviews the current findings of how maternal exercise throughout gestation influences fetal development of key organ systems, and also encompasses the relationship between maternal activity level and fetal, birth, ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Handbook of Anthropometry

    Physical Measures of Human Form in Health and Disease

    Edited by Victor R. Preedy ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Although its underlying concept is a relatively simple one—the measurement of the human body and its parts—anthropometry employs a myriad of methods and instruments, and is useful for a variety of purposes, from understanding the impact of disease on individuals to tracking changes in populations over time. The first interdisciplinary reference on the subject, the Handbook of Anthropometry brings ... Read more

    $872.09 USD

  • Maternal Influences on Fetal Neurodevelopment

    Clinical and Research Aspects

    Edited by Andrew W. Zimmerman, Susan L. Connors ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Novel Approaches into the Origins of Neurodevelopmental Disorders: The Fetal Physiology Foundation Over the past two decades, autism, a neurodevelopmental disorder that is defined by behavior and was once believed to be rare, became recognized in increasing numbers of children and recently received distinction as an “epidemic” [1]. While numbers of affected children have steadily increased, our ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Informed Consent in Predictive Genetic Testing

    A Revised Model

    by Jessica Minor ...
    This important book proposes revising the current informed consent protocol for predictive genetic testing to reflect the trend toward patient-centered medicine. Emphasizing the predictive aspect of testing, the author analyzes the state of informed consent procedure in terms of three components: comprehension of risk assessment, disclosure to select appropriate treatment, and voluntariness. The ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Case Studies in Global School Health Promotion

    From Research to Practice

    Edited by Cheryl Vince Whitman, Carmen E. Aldinger ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    A growing body of research identifies strong links between children’s health, social and educational outcomes; it also notes the reciprocal benefits of access to quality education on individual and family health status. In response to these findings, the World Health Organization developed the concept of the Health-Promoting School (HPS), a living catalyst for healthy lives, and for positive ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Laboratory Computer

    A Practical Guide for Physiologists and Neuroscientists

    by John Dempster ...
    Series series Biological Techniques Series
    The Laboratory Computer: A Practical Guide for Physiologists and Neuroscientists introduces the reader to both the basic principles and the actual practice of recording physiological signals using the computer. It describes the basic operation of the computer, the types of transducers used to measure physical quantities such as temperature and pressure, how these signals are amplified and ... Read more

    $161.99 USD

  • Preimplantation Genetics

    Edited by Yury Verlinsky, A. Kuliev ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Yury Verlinskyand Anver Kuliev Reproductive Genetics Institute, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, 836 W. Wellington chicago, IL 60657 Although introduction of a first trimester prenatal diagnosis by chorionic viIIus sampling (CVS) has considerably improved the possibility for prevention of genetic diseases, it requires a selective abortion in case of an affected fetus. Following the direction of an ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Epigenetics, the Environment, and Children’s Health Across Lifespans

    Edited by David Hollar ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This stimulating volume addresses vital questions about gene/environment interactions as they affect cell health from the prenatal period through later life. Beginning with a tour of epigenetic processes in the human body, the book assembles current theoretical and empirical developments across the discipline, among them transgenerational epigenetic inheritance, the effects of maternal nutrition ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Congenital Abnormalities and Preterm Birth Related to Maternal Illnesses During Pregnancy

    Edited by Nándor Ács, Ferenc G. Bánhidy, Andrew E. Czeizel ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    The major objective of our studies in the last decade was a systematic analysis of maternal diseases during pregnancy to reveal their possible adverse effects on birth outcomes. The two most important factors of infant mortality were parti- larly analyzed: structural birth defects, known as congenital abnormalities (CAs) and preterm birth (PB). In general the objectives of scienti c studies might ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Intrapartum Care for the MRCOG and Beyond

    by Thomas Baskett, Sabaratnam Arulkumaran ...
    Series series Membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Beyond
    This book provides a comprehensive overview of clinical intrapartum care, with an emphasis on a pragmatic approach which promotes the necessary vigilant care while also supporting the wishes of the pregnant woman who wants minimal interference. This second edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect current practice and developments in the field since publication of the first edition, with six ... Read more

    $53.29 USD