Saunders eBooks

Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations: Endocrine System E-bookNetter Collection of Medical Illustrations: Endocrine System E-book. E-book. Formato EPUB William F. Young   -  Saunders, 2011  - 

Endocrine System, 2nd Edition provides a concise and highly visual guide to the anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology of the endocrine glands. This volume in The Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations (the CIBA "Green Books") has been expanded and revised by Dr. William F. Young, Jr. to reflect the many exciting advances that have been made in the field. Classic Netter art, updated illustrations, and modern imaging make this timeless work essential to your library. Access rare illustrations in one convenient source from the only Netter work devoted specifically to the endocrine system. Get a complete overview of the endocrine system through multidisciplinary coverage of endocrinology as a whole. Gain a quick understanding of complex topics from a concise text-atlas format that provides a context bridge between primary and specialized medicine. Apply a visual approach—with the classic Netter art, updated illustrations, new artwork and modern imaging—to normal and abnormal endocrine gland function and the clinical presentation patients with endocrine disorders. Clearly see the connection between basic and clinical sciences with an integrated overview of normal structure and function as it relates to pathologic conditions. Delve into updated text of new author and editor, William F. Young, Jr., MD., that illuminates and expands on the illustrated concepts. Benefit from the perspectives of an international advisory board for content that reflects the current global consensus.

Type 1 Diabetes, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, E-Book. E-book. Formato EPUB Desmond A. Schatz   -  Saunders, 2010  - 

This issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America provides the endocrinologist with essential updates on treatment of type 1 diabetes, with an eye toward future trends and developments. The Guest Editors brought together a remarkable group of notable authors, such as Paul Robertson, President of the National Diabetes Association. Topics covered include epidemiology; economics; contemporary management; inpatient management; update on insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring systems; update on studies aimed at interdicting and preventing type 1 diabetes; advances in the prediction, natural history, and mechanisms leading to type 1 diabetes; complications; hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes; new lessons from animal models; the role of the gut in the genesis of type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases; and an update on transplantation for reversing type 1 diabetes.

Hormones and Cancer: Breast and Prostate, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, E-Book. E-book. Formato EPUB Alice C. Levine   -  Saunders, 2011  - 

This issue of Endocrinology Clinics brings the reader up to date on the latest information about hormones and cancer of the breast and prostate.  The first section focuses on the breast, and topics covered include the following.  The role of sex steroids and their receptors in normal breast development; estrogen carcinogenesis in breast cancer; hormonal mechanisms underlying the relationship between obesity and breast cancer; postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy and the risk of breast cancer; aromatase inhibitors, anti-estrogen and SERMS in the treatment of breast cancer; and androgens in breast cancer in men and women.  The second section is devoted to the prostate, and topics covered include the following.  Overview of prostate anatomy, histology, and pathology; the critical role of sex steroids in normal prostate development; estrogens and androgens in prostate cancer development and the rationale for hormonal chemopreventive therapies; weighing the clinical evidence regarding the timing and extent of androgen ablative therapy for prostate cancer treatment; new hormonal therapies for castration-resistant prostate cancer; and the management of the side effects of castration therapy.