Drugs Compromising Male Sexual Health

Drugs Compromising Male Sexual Health-1

Walter Krause 2008 Adverse effects of drugs on sexual functions are often neglected in practical medicine, because they are usually mild or moderate and rarely prompt hospital admissions, denominated as severe ADEs. In addition, standard textbooks of pharmacology and those which discuss drug side effects consider these topics only marginally, and well-known sexual side effects are not mentioned.

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Cancer and Pregnancy

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A. Surbone · F. Peccatori · N. Pavlidis (Eds.) 2008 The European School of Oncology is delighted to see that the faculty of its course on cancer and pregnancy has succeeded—and in a remarkably short time—in producing this greatly stimulating book. Very few human and clinical situations encompass such opposite extremes as pregnancy and cancer, hope and fear, sometimes life and death.

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Human Papillomavirus

Human Papillomavirus-1

Alberto Rosenblatt Homero Gustavo de Campos Guidi 2009 A Practical Guide for Urologists Human papillomavirus infection is a globally widespread disease that affects young people and adults without sexual distinction. The sexually transmitted virus is responsible for the development of benign anogenital lesions as well as several premalignant and malignant anogenital and nongenital disorders.

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Obstetric Dermatology

Obstetric Dermatology-1

Arieh Ingber 2009 During pregnancy the skin may develop many changes: physiologic as well as pathologic. Most physicians are not familiar with these skin changes and have difficulty recognizing and diagnosing them correctly. This book is a comprehensive overview guide for gynecologists, dermatologists, family physicians, and everyone who is interested in the appearance of the skin in pregnancy.

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Women’s Cancers: Pathways to Healing

Women s Cancers

J. Richard Smith 2009 A Patient’s Guide to Dealing with Cancer and Abnormal Smears This book is designed, as the title “Pathways to healing” suggests, to allow you and your family ready access to all the information you require about your cancer to allow you to understand the different directions your disease may take. It should allow you […]

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Uterine Cancer

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Edited by Franco Muggia Esther Oliva 2009 Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment For the Editors, the task of writing a Preface is most satisfying. It represents the completion of the book and a moment of reflection on whether the whole is more than the sum of all the parts. And also, one must reflect on how this book […]

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Understanding Hughes Syndrome

Understanding Hughes Syndrome-1

Graham R.V. Hughes 2009 Case Studies for Patients It has been my privilege to have spent a lifetime in medicine, and in particular to have defined a syndrome – an illness – which is not only common but also potentially treatable. The discovery of “sticky blood” (or more prosaically “The antiphospholipid syndrome” or Hughes syndrome) came out of years […]

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Shoulder Dystocia and Birth Injury

Shoulder Dystocia and Birth Injury-1

James A. O’Leary Editor 2009 Prevention and Treatment It is well-known that the intrinsic value of personal experience and the resultant wisdom cause physicians to modify their clinical behavior. However, we cannot expect clinicians to accumulate enough personal experience to fully understand the many nuances of infrequently encountered obstetric problems; one such problem is shoulder dystocia.

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