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* Publisher: The Guilford Press
* Number Of Pages: 382
* Publication Date: 2008-05-21
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1593850689
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781593850685

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Now in a substantially revised second edition, this outstanding text gives students a solid grounding in clinical and experimental neuropsychology. The author is a leading authority whose engaging writing style and thorough yet concise coverage of brain localization, anatomy, and their links to cognitive function make the book ideal for undergraduate or graduate use.

* Publisher: Academic Press
* Number Of Pages: 424
* Publication Date: 2008-09-29
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0123736447
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780123736444

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This is the completely revised and updated fourth edition of the undisputed classic on the prefrontal cortex. This area of the brain is the main executive center of cognitive function, and one of the seats of primate and human intelligence. This book is a unique exercise in analysis and synthesis of our knowledge on the subject, from a vast empirical foundation built by five generations of clinicians and neuroscientists. Previous editions of this text have guided the work of innumerable researchers worldwide; their findings are now in the substance of this new edition.

* Publisher: Clinical Publishing
* Number Of Pages: 352
* Publication Date: 2006-11-30
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 190439258X
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781904392583
* Binding: Hardcover

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Widely acknowledged as one of the most challenging aspects of dealing with an aging population, the increasing prevalence of cognitive decline in the elderly presents the clinician with a variety of complex therapeutic problems. Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias vary in their onset and progression, as do patients in their responsiveness to treatment - social management is as important as the choice of therapeutic agent, and implementing effective and sympathetic treatment requires care and sensitivity as well as a sound knowledge of currently available options.

* Publisher: Springer
* Number Of Pages: 162
* Publication Date: 2008-12-16
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1848009925
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781848009929
* Binding: Paperback

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This book provides comprehensive information on the science and practice of critical care medicine in a repackaging of the relavent chapters from the popular Pediatric Critical Care Medicine edited by Wheeler, Shanley and Wong.

* Publisher: Academic Press
* Number Of Pages: 686
* Publication Date: 2008-08-01
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0123740282
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780123740281
* Binding: Hardcover

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Parkinsons disease is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disease and is characterized by the irreversible loss of dopamine neurons. Despite its high prevalence in society and many decades of research, the origin of the pathogenesis and the molecular determinants involved in the disorder has remained elusive. Confounding this issue is the lack of experimental models that completely recapitulate the disease state. The identification of a number of genes thought to play a role in the cell death, and development of both toxin and genetic models to explore the function of the genes both in unaffected and diseased cells.

* Publisher: People’s Medical Society
* Number Of Pages: 192
* Publication Date: 1996-04
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1882606574
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781882606573
* Binding: Paperback

Summary: Excellent resource handbook.
This book was very helpful in my search for answers when my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. My grandmother also had this disease — I was the only caregiver for both women. This book explained the disease thoroughly and it’s effects on others. Like most mental illnesses, when a person has this, other people tend to avoid the patient, and also the caregiver. You feel isolated and lonely, frustrated and sad. Since the disease gets progressively worse, one of the feelings you experience is grief. You grieve for the person you are losing, even though many times the person is still vital and active physically. This book was a great help in explaining the many facets of Alzheimer’s disease. I highly recommend this book to anyone facing this disease.

* Publisher: Cambridge University Press
* Number Of Pages: 336
* Publication Date: 2008-08-11
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521860334
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521860338
* Binding: Hardcover

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Obesity is one of the prime contributors to ill health in modern society, affecting around 20-25% of the population. It can cause or exacerbate a variety of health problems and is often associated with several other diseases including type II diabetes, coronary heart disease and certain types of cancer.

* Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
* Number Of Pages: 265
* Publication Date: 1991-01-15
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0443044007
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780443044007
* Binding: Hardcover

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University of South Australia, Adelaide. Manual therapy of the peripheral nervous system in physiotherapy, based on the Maitland approach. For physiotherapy students and practitioners, and related orthopedic areas. Illustrated, primarily with line drawings. DNLM: Manipulation, Orthopedic.n

* Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
* Number Of Pages: 1728
* Publication Date: 2008-10-02
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071591249
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071591249
* Binding: Paperback

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The #1 annually updated text in internal medicine — trusted, authoritative, and essential to daily practice
CMDT delivers the most current insights into signs, symptoms, epidemiology, etiology, and treatment for over 1,000 diseases and disorders. Turn to any topic, and you’ll find on-the-spot, evidence-based answers that reflect the most recent developments in diagnosis and treatment. This concise, authoritative reference gets you up to speed–fast–on the latest medical advances, prevention strategies, cost-effective treatments, and more.

* Publisher:   Robinson Publishing
* Number Of Pages:   320
* Publication Date:   2008-06-26
* ISBN-10 / ASIN:   1845298039
* ISBN-13 / EAN:   9781845298036
* Binding:   Paperback

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The human brain has been studied for millennia, but in the past decades huge advances have occurred in neurology that have allowed scientists to reassess what we really know about the least understood part of the human body. We can now observe the activity of the brain as it performs different functions. We can also use scanning technology to chart the neural pathways and devise maps. The explorations have revealed surprising results. The Britannica Guide to the Brain is a valuable resource of the most up-to-date ideas of our times.