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Goddesses, Elixirs, and Witches: Plants and Sexuality Throughout Human History
ISBN: 9780230610644 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the earliest times, the medicinal properties of certain herbs were connected with deities, particularly goddesses. Only now with modern scientific research can we begin to understand the basisand rationality that these divine connections had and, being preserved in myths and religious stories, they continued to have a significant impact through the present day. Riddle argues that the pomegranate, mandrake, artemisia, and chaste tree plants substantially altered thedevelopment of medicine and fertility treatments.The herbs, once sacred to Inanna, Aphrodite, Demeter, Artemis, and Hermes,...
From the earliest times, the medicinal properties of certain herbs were connected with deities, particularly goddesses. Only now with modern scientifi...
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563,56 |
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Botanical Medicine in Clinical Practice
ISBN: 9781845934132 / Angielski / Twarda / 944 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The potential benefits of plants and plant extracts in the treatment and possible prevention of many leading health concerns are becoming more widely recognized within the medicinal community. This major comprehensive reference work contains contributions from more than 80 clinical and academic experts in the field, covering a range of plant products and their uses, divided into sections on topics such as treatments of cardiovascular diseases and cancer. The book covers the safety and efficacy of botanical treatments and there is also a chapter analyzing the possible interactions of herbal...
The potential benefits of plants and plant extracts in the treatment and possible prevention of many leading health concerns are becoming more widely ...
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1655,43 |
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Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology
ISBN: 9780824798574 / Angielski / Twarda / 740 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offers extensive discussions on the pharmacological, environmental, endocrinological, and natural factors that alter reproductive or developmental processes-elucidating the effects of toxicants on mechanisms of reproduction. Describing biological actions common to both genders as well as gender-specific processes.
Offers extensive discussions on the pharmacological, environmental, endocrinological, and natural factors that alter reproductive or developmental pro...
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930,57 |
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Children on Demand: The Ethics of Defying Nature
ISBN: 9780868409108 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Children on Demand" examines the ethics of various forms of alternative parenthood, focusing specifically on adoption and assisted reproductive technologies, and the moral dilemmas they create for both individuals and the state. Tom Frame discusses the ethical challenges that arise when scientific possibilities get ahead of community consensus. The central question of this comprehensive, careful and challenging book is what is best for the child?
"Children on Demand" examines the ethics of various forms of alternative parenthood, focusing specifically on adoption and assisted reproductive techn...
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78,32 |
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Clinical Andrology: Eau/Esau Course Guidelines
ISBN: 9781841846804 / Angielski / Twarda / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Interest in andrology is rapidly growing with issues such as male infertility, erectile dysfunction, late-onset hypogonadism and reproductive cancers getting more and more attention. This is a trend that will continue to grow with the demographics of an ageing population. This book will be based around courses run by the European Academy of Andrology – a collaboration between three European societies: EAU (urology), EFES (endocrinology) and ESHRE (reproductive medicine). It reflects the modern trends of evidence based practice, minimizing interventions, and promoting male reproductive... Interest in andrology is rapidly growing with issues such as male infertility, erectile dysfunction, late-onset hypogonadism and reproductive cance... |
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1053,01 |
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Reproductive Health and the Environment
ISBN: 9781402048289 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The scope of environmental impact on reproduction is very large. It aims at covering all aspects of reproductive problems and their links to the environment. Therefore, it deals with female and male reproductive impairments, whatever their severity and their sites, gonad or extra-gonad. For women, effects include direct lesions of the oocyte, with possibilities of chromosomal abnormalities but also malformations of the reproductive tract. Reduced fertility and in some cases total infertility may also result from menstrual irregularities, which can at times include anovulatory cycles. Hormonal...
The scope of environmental impact on reproduction is very large. It aims at covering all aspects of reproductive problems and their links to the envir...
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805,10 |
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New Mechanisms for Tissue-Selective Estrogen-Free Contraception
ISBN: 9783540230892 / Angielski / Twarda / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Combined oral contraceptives are the most convenient and accepted method of hormonal contraception. Nevertheless, the medical community and consumers constantly demand innovation, additional benefits during use and lower hormonal load despite the high safety profile of available products. At the Ernst Schering Research Foundation Workshop 52, new perspectives and mechanisms for tissue-selective, estrogen-free contraception were discussed. The aim of the workshop was to bring together experts in the field of molecular and pharmacodynamic action of progestins with clinicians and medical... Combined oral contraceptives are the most convenient and accepted method of hormonal contraception. Nevertheless, the medical community and consume... |
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603,81 |
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Human Placenta: Structure & Development, Circulation & Functions
ISBN: 9781608764570 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The placenta is a fetomaternal organ provided by nature to aid development of the growing embryo by facilitating gas and nutrient exchange between the mother and fetus and by helping to maintain fetomaternal tolerance. Aside from playing an age-old and essential role in fetal development, placental tissues have also attracted the interest of clinical scientists due to their potential utility as a therapeutic agent. This book provides an overview of the clinical applications which have been described for placental tissue or are currently applied, as well as a summary of the most recent results...
The placenta is a fetomaternal organ provided by nature to aid development of the growing embryo by facilitating gas and nutrient exchange between the...
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1150,92 |
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Baby Markets
ISBN: 9780521513739 / Angielski / Twarda / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From Michael Jackson and Madonna to Nadya Suleman and Jon and Kate Gosselin, creating families can no longer be described by heterosexual reproduction in the intimacy of a couple s home and the privacy of their bedroom. On the contrary, babies can be brought into families through complex matrixes involving lawyers, coordinators, surrogates, brokers, donors, sellers, and endocrinologists, and without any traditional forms of intimacy. Mostly, these baby acquisitions are legal, but in some cases black markets are involved. In direct response to the need and desire to parent, men, women, and...
From Michael Jackson and Madonna to Nadya Suleman and Jon and Kate Gosselin, creating families can no longer be described by heterosexual reproduction...
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349,66 |
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Baby Markets
ISBN: 9780521735100 / Angielski / Miękka / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From Michael Jackson and Madonna to Nadya Suleman and Jon and Kate Gosselin, creating families can no longer be described by heterosexual reproduction in the intimacy of a couple s home and the privacy of their bedroom. On the contrary, babies can be brought into families through complex matrixes involving lawyers, coordinators, surrogates, brokers, donors, sellers, and endocrinologists, and without any traditional forms of intimacy. Mostly, these baby acquisitions are legal, but in some cases black markets are involved. In direct response to the need and desire to parent, men, women, and...
From Michael Jackson and Madonna to Nadya Suleman and Jon and Kate Gosselin, creating families can no longer be described by heterosexual reproduction...
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145,50 |
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Male & Female Infertility: Genetic Causes, Hormonal Treatments & Health Effects
ISBN: 9781608766543 / Angielski / Twarda / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Infertility is a major increasing concern. As the male factor contributes to about half of the infertility cases, sperm analysis is extremely important for diagnosis and investigation of infertility. In this book, the cytometric techniques used to evaluate sperm DNA/chromatin integrity together with some other functional properties of the male gamete are described and advantages and limitations are discussed. In addition, the authors provide an overview of how antioxidative and redox systems participate in spermatogenesis and in pathological conditions, such as heat stress, in the testes....
Infertility is a major increasing concern. As the male factor contributes to about half of the infertility cases, sperm analysis is extremely importan...
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1150,92 |
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Bioethics, Law, and Human Life Issues: A Catholic Perspective on Marriage, Family, Contraception, Abortion, Reproductive Technology, and Death and Dyi
ISBN: 9780810874220 / Angielski / Twarda / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bioethics, Law, and Human Life Issues: A Catholic Perspective on Marriage, Family, Contraception, Abortion, Reproductive Technology, and Death and Dying draws on the Magisterial teaching of the Catholic Church to outline a Catholic response to a host of controversial issues related to human life. Scarnecchia lays out a Catholic moral theology based on the writings of Pope John Paul II and Thomas Aquinas, and he then applies those Christian moral principles to today's most contentious ethical issues, including reproductive technology, embryo adoption, contraception, abortion, family and...
Bioethics, Law, and Human Life Issues: A Catholic Perspective on Marriage, Family, Contraception, Abortion, Reproductive Technology, and Death and Dyi...
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401,61 |
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The Low GI Guide to Living Well with Pcos
ISBN: 9780738213903 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Only Book You Will Ever Need for Managing PCOS--Completely Revised and Updated What exactly is PCOS? What are the signs and symptoms? How is the diagnosis confirmed? What causes it? And most importantly, what can you do about it? If you've been diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) or suspect you have it, and you're looking for a way to manage your condition, you've come to the right place. In this newly revised edition of Living Well with PCOS, Dr. Jennie Brand-Miller and PCOS experts Drs. Nadir Farid and Kate Marsh address the root cause of PCOS--insulin...
The Only Book You Will Ever Need for Managing PCOS--Completely Revised and Updated What exactly is PCOS? What are the signs and symptoms? How is the d...
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77,03 |
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Kin, Gene, Community: Reproductive Technologies Among Jewish Israelis
ISBN: 9781845456887 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Israel is the only country in the world that offers free fertility treatments to nearly any woman who requires medical assistance. It also has the world's highest per capita usage of in-vitro fertilization. Examining state policies and the application of reproductive technologies among Jewish Israelis, this volume explores the role of tradition and politics in the construction of families within local Jewish populations. The contributors-anthropologists, bioethicists, jurists, physicians and biologists-highlight the complexities surrounding these treatments and show how biological relatedness...
Israel is the only country in the world that offers free fertility treatments to nearly any woman who requires medical assistance. It also has the wor...
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509,37 |
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Reproductive Health and Human Rights: The Way Forward
ISBN: 9780812221602 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reproductive Health and Human Rights: The Way Forward critically reflects on the past fifteen years of international efforts aimed at improving health, alleviating poverty, diminishing gender inequality, and promoting human rights. The volume includes essays by leading scholars and practitioners that are centered on the 1994 United Nations International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and its resulting Programme of Action. ICPD, an agreement among 179 governments, UN agencies, and NGOs, was intended to shape population and development policy--reinterpreted and... Reproductive Health and Human Rights: The Way Forward critically reflects on the past fifteen years of international efforts aimed at improv... |
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137,09 |
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Male Germline Stem Cells: Developmental and Regenerative Potential
ISBN: 9781617379727 / Angielski / Twarda / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Scientists investigating germ cells have, over the past 15 years, originated discoveries and innovations that give us valuable insights into the mechanisms that regulate not just stem cell function, but human development in its widest sense. With contributions from some of the leading researchers in the field, Male Germline Stem Cells: Developmental and Regenerative Potential assesses the implications of these discoveries for understanding the fundamental biology of germline stem cells as well as their potential for human stem cell-based therapies. This monograph covers many of the...
Scientists investigating germ cells have, over the past 15 years, originated discoveries and innovations that give us valuable insights into the mecha...
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603,81 |
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Essentials of Gynecologic and Obstetric Endocrinology
ISBN: 9780852001363 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book concisely presents the essential information in the field of gyneco logic endocrinology. Textual material is extensively supplemented by schemes, tables, and diagrams to elucidate etiologies, pathophysiologic mechanisms, and natural histories of the various clinical disorders in the field. The most timely and up-to-date laboratory procedures and physiologic manipulations for diagnosis are presented. Management rationales based on the definitive diagnostic studies and on knowledge of the natural histories are also presented. Special emphasis is placed on the roles of...
This book concisely presents the essential information in the field of gyneco logic endocrinology. Textual material is extensively supplemented by sch...
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201,24 |
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Materia Medica of Sexual Disorders
ISBN: 9781426958267 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Designed for students and practitioners, "Materia Medica of Sexual Disorders" comprehensively explains human sexual disorders and infertility problems in a therapeutic manner as defined in William Boericke's "Materia Medica." In this study, author Nikunj Trivedi, who has worked more than twenty-eight years as a homeopathic practitioner, discusses the use of clinical homeopathy with a variety of reproductive diseases. Trivedi portrays the essential interrelationships between the disease and drug picture in a comparative manner and offers alternatives to those interested in practicing clinical...
Designed for students and practitioners, "Materia Medica of Sexual Disorders" comprehensively explains human sexual disorders and infertility problems...
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139,86 |
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Bleeding During Pregnancy: A Comprehensive Guide
ISBN: 9781441998095 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The phenomenon of bleeding has been shown to appear in up to 22% of all pregnancies and is associated with significant maternal and fetal morbidities, and even mortality. Although vaginal bleeding occurs mainly during the first trimester, it can appear at any stage of pregnancy and in the postpartum period. This sometimes life-threatening event requires an extensive work-up in order to recognize its cause and establish a rapid and effective therapeutic approach. This book is a comprehensive appraisal of this critical condition. It draws on evidence-based data and brings together, in a single...
The phenomenon of bleeding has been shown to appear in up to 22% of all pregnancies and is associated with significant maternal and fetal morbidities,...
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201,24 |
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Sex Cells: The Medical Market for Eggs and Sperm
ISBN: 9780520270954 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Unimaginable until the twentieth century, the clinical practice of transferring eggs and sperm from body to body is now the basis of a bustling market. In Sex Cells, Rene Almeling provides an inside look at how egg agencies and sperm banks do business. Although both men and women are usually drawn to donation for financial reasons, Almeling finds that clinics encourage sperm donors to think of the payments as remuneration for an easy "job." Women receive more money but are urged to regard egg donation in feminine terms, as the ultimate "gift" from one woman to another. Sex Cells...
Unimaginable until the twentieth century, the clinical practice of transferring eggs and sperm from body to body is now the basis of a bustling market...
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518,82 |