Endokrinologi

Focusing on cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory disease, and their five shared main risk factors (tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and air pollution), this book provides a synopsis of one of the world¿s biggest challenges of the 21st century.

A guide to using a prediabetes diagnosis to reset your health and set long-term goals.

This book is a guide for those diagnosed with diabetes; whether it was today, yesterday or decades ago. This book will be one you can read over and over. Also, a guide for those that work with people with diabetes, but don't have diabetes themselves. This will help them walk in their footsteps. This book would be great for those that have a loved one who is a PWD [Person With Diabetes] and they want to understand the day-to-day struggles the PWD experiences on a daily basis. This book will take you through the journey of a PWD, living with Type 1.

When you have diabetes yourself or in your family, you must become your own expert. Equipped with the knowledge, strategies and tips provided in this easy-to-read resource, you will be fully prepared to take the best care of yourself and your diabetes. With over 40 chapters looking at topics ranging from nutrition, pregnancy and travel, to associated conditions, research and new developments, this book digs deep into the practicalities of managing and living with diabetes. This latest edition also contains advice on how to use the new hybrid insulin pump. OTHER KEY FEATURES INCLUDE:Glossary with over 150 medical termsOver 400 illustrationsOver 1,000 journal and article references, plus website recommendations for further readingDetails of self-help and support organisations, as well as real-life stories from people with diabetes. Medical research has conclusively proved that looking after your diabetes is key to avoiding pitfalls and long-term risks. By understanding your diabetes, you can live a full, healthy and happy life.

This book provides easy-to-understand, scientifically backed answers to readers' questions about hormones, helping them understand the many important roles they play, particularly during adolescence.Especially during the teenage years, people are quick to blame raging hormones for everything from acne to rebellious behavior. But hormones play vital and varied roles throughout our lives, driving such basic processes as growth and metabolism and orchestrating sexual maturation and reproduction. But for many, hormones are mysterious and misunderstood. How much do you really know about hormones, how they affect our health, and how what we do can affect them?Books in Greenwood's Q&A Health Guides series follow a reader-friendly question-and-answer format that anticipates readers' needs and concerns. Prevalent myths and misconceptions are identified and dispelled, and a collection of case studies illustrate key concepts and issues through relatable stories and insightful recommendations. Each book also includes a section on health literacy, equipping teens and young adults with practical tools and strategies for finding, evaluating, and using credible sources of health information both on and off the internet-important skills that contribute to a lifetime of healthy decision making.

Una guâia cientâifica, accesible y comprensiva para identificar, prevenir y tratar la enfermedad tiroidea. La doctora Amy Myers te enseäna câomo tomar el control de tu salud tiroidea de manera activa. ÅEstâas cansada todo el tiempo? ÅMareada? ÅTe es imposible perder peso de manera duradera? ÅSufres de insomnio o ataques de pâanico? Y, sin embargo, tu doctor insiste en que tus estudios mâedicos son normales y te dice que lo âunico que necesitas es comer menos y ejercitarte mâas, Åcierto? No hay nada mâas frustrante que la sensaciâon de sentirte mal y que nadie, ni siquiera tu mâedico, acepte que tu sufrimiento es real. La causa de tus sâintomas podrâia ser un desorden en la tiroides: una serie de problemas de salud que afectan a millones de personas en todo el mundo y que pueden amenazar tu vida. Portadora de una enfermedad tiroidea mal diagnosticada en el pasado, la doctora Amy Myers comprende a la perfecciâon lo que es sufrir un padecimiento de esta magnitud sin que nadie acepte su existencia. Tambiâen sabe quâe tan fâacil es recuperarse y câomo es que tâu tambiâen puedes lograrlo.

In 2021, over 537 million people worldwide were diagnosed with diabetes, according to the International Diabetes Federation and so the diagnosis, care and treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus have become one of the highest healthcare priorities. Biomedical photonics methods have been found to significantly improve and assist in the diagnosis of various disorders and complications arising from diabetes. These methods have also been widely used in various studies in the field of diabetes, including in the assessment of biochemical characteristics, metabolic processes, and microcirculation that are impaired in this disease.This book provides an introduction to methods of biomedical photonics. The chapters, written by world-leading experts, cover a wide range of issues, including the theoretical basis of different biophotonics methods and practical issues concerning the conduction of experimental studies to diagnose disorders associated with diabetes. It provides a comprehensive summary of the recent advances in biomedical optics and photonics in the study of diabetes and related complications.This book will be of interest to biomedical physicists and researchers, in addition to practicing doctors and endocrinologists looking to explore new instrumental methods for monitoring the effectiveness of patient treatment.Features¿ The first collective book combining accumulated knowledge and experience in the field of diabetes research using biophotonics.¿ Contributions from leading experts in the field.¿ Combines the theoretical base of the described methods and approaches, as well as providing valuable practical guidance and the latest research from experimental studies.

This book serves to give a holistic view of all oral therapies for diabetes mellitus that are available to the public by removing the silos and stigmas that are associated with both allopathic and ayurvedic medicines.

This unique volume provides the reader with an outline of ancient Egyptian civilization, history and culture. It reviews the ancient Egyptian understanding of human health and disease, medical and herbal treatments for various conditions based on primary sources found in ancient papyri. The reader will also gain an insight into the influence of ancient Egyptian medical knowledge on later civilizations including ancient Greek and Islamic scholars in the middle ages. There are two chapters that focus on the ancient Egyptian understanding and treatments of cardiovascular disease as well as a description of herbal medicines used by medical practitioners and pharmacologists.Key Features:Describes influence of ancient Egyptian medical and pharmaceutical knowledge of subsequent civilizationsExplores ancient Egyptian pharmacology and herbal medicineReview of the most significant ancient Egyptian papyri documenting medical knowledge and practiceConcise overview of ancient Egyptian history, culture, medical knowledgeSummary of ancient Egyptian understanding of cardiovascular diseases and treatments

Neuropalliative Care, Part Two, Volume 191 covers a type of care that is given when there is no cure for the neurological disorder and the patient is in distress. It provides a scholarly background of neuropalliative care, from historic underpinnings to its practice in various geographical regions, along with best practices for specific neurological disorders. It covers the work of multi or interdisciplinary teams whose care is intended to make the patient as comfortable as possible and includes partners and families in treatment plans.

"Brooklyn Borough President and mayoral candidate Eric Adams is on a mission to tackle one of the most stubborn health problems in the country: chronic disease in the African American community. African Americans are heavier and sicker than any other group in the U.S., with nearly half of all black adults suffering from some form of cardiovascular disease. After Adams woke up with severe vision loss one day in 2016, he learned that he was one of the nearly 5 million black people living with diabetes-and, according to his doctor, he would have it for the rest of his life. A police officer for more than two decades, Adams was a connoisseur of the fast-food dollar menu. Like so many Americans with stressful jobs, the last thing he wanted to think about was eating healthfully. Fast food was easy, cheap, and comfortable. His diet followed him from the squad car to the state senate, and then to Brooklyn Borough Hall, where it finally caught up with him"--

This concise book on endocrinology and diabetes deals with the core knowledge with emphasis on clinical application, bed side assessment, evaluation, and workup of such patients.It is richly loaded with lists and tables outlining the clinical features, diagnosis, and management. Diabetes and Endocrinology serves as an invaluable supplement for the preparation of undergraduate and postgraduate viva voce and bedside short and long case examination. Facts are outlined in tabulated format for easy access and learning. Photographs and figures are added where necessary to augment understanding. The book will provide relevant knowledge and clinical skills to diagnose and assess the patient's problem and address most clinical perils in the subject at the bedside.

Diabetes and the Eye familiarize the readers with the relationship between diabetes mellitus and the visual system. It presents a discussion about the diabetes epidemic and the many ways the disease can cause vision loss, with several types of vision disorders covered in separate chapters. Information about new frontiers in the treatment of ophthalmic disorders is also presented to reflect the advances being made in the clinic.Key features: - presents detailed coverage of vision loss in diabetes in 12 organized and easy to read chapters- includes a discussion on the diabetes epidemic- covers a wide range of vision disorders, of different parts of the eye- includes information on current practices in eye care and management for diabetic patients- includes information about relevant diagnostic toolsThis book serves as a useful handbook for medical students, residents in ophthalmology, community and academic ophthalmologists, as well as members of the internal medicine and family practice communities.

A handbook for women who want to understand their hormones and transform their lives

Medicinal plants are a source of potential therapeutic compounds. Phytotherapy can give patients long term benefits with less or no side effects. Phytotherapy in the Management of Diabetes and Hypertension is a book series which emphasizes the biochemistry behind diabetes mellitus and hypertension, along with the control or remediation of these conditions through cost effective, safe and easily-adaptable methods validated by scientific research. This is the fourth volume of the series which features reviews on selected natural products used to treat diabetes and hypertension. This volume brings 6 chapters contributed by 14 researchers that cover general updates on diabetic phytotherapy, circumin, and the medicinal use of olive leaves, passion fruit and spiral gingers in the treatment of diabetes and hypertension.Each review covers different plant species or medicinal agents where applicable, providing readers essential information about their role in the treatment of diabetes and hypertension.Both academic and professional pharmacologists as well as clinicians will find comprehensive information on a variety of therapeutic agents in this volume.