Breast Augmentation

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Melvin A. Shiffman (Editor) 2009 Principles and Practice Breast augmentation is one of the most common cosmetic procedures performed. Women who are concerned about the size of their breasts will seek an improved appearance with augmentation to conform to their own body image. Despite the prolonged litigation and settlement of lawsuits concerning silicone breast implants and their possible association […]

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Essentials of Chinese Medicine Volume 3

Essentials of Chinese Medicine Volume 3-1

Zhanwen Liu Editor 2009 “Health for all” is still an important task for the World Health Organization (WHO) to accomplish in the twenty-first century The accomplishment of this task requires mutual cooperation and common efforts of various medical sciences, which includes Chinese medicine. WHO has increasingly emphasized the development of traditional medicine and has made great efforts to promote […]

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Essentials of Chinese Medicine Volume 1

Essentials of Chinese Medicine Volume 1-1

Zhanwen Liu Editor 2009 Foundations of Chinese Medicine “Health for all” is still an important task for the World Health Organization (WHO) to accomplish in the twenty-first century The accomplishment of this task requires mutual cooperation and common efforts of various medical sciences, which includes Chinese medicine. WHO has increasingly emphasized the development of traditional medicine and has made […]

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Dermatomyositis

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Lyubomir A. Dourmishev, Assen L. Dourmishev 2009 Advances in Recognition, Understanding and Management Although dermatomyositis is a rare disorder, it is of interest to different medical specialists such as rheumatologists, pediatricians, dermatologists, neurologists, and general practitioners, because of the diversity of clinical syndromes, the difficulties in diagnosis and therapeutic management, and the severe prognosis. The interdisciplinary disposition also complicates […]

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Clinical Allergy

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Gerald W. Volcheck 2009 Diagnosis and Management The purpose of this book is to provide a practical clinical overview for the common disorders encountered in the specialty of allergy. Allergic diseases affect nearly one-fourth of the population and cause or contribute to significant chronic illness. Because allergic diseases are so common, they are seen by a wide variety of […]

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Nutrition and Skin

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Apostolos Pappas Editor 2011 Lessons for Anti-Aging, Beauty and Healthy Skin Good health has been always associated with nutrition and skin quality. It is apparent that we all desire to live longer healthy lives while maintaining a youthful appearance. A vast amount of epidemiological and clinical studies link various nutrients to health benefits in tissues and organs.  

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