Genetic category: 251 books

A one-of-a-kind guide book with tips and recipes to help people and their families minimize the negative effects of G6PD Deficiency. This book includes food and vitamin recommendations to help build red blood cells. It also includes an extensive list of foods and food additives to avoid (which are known...

There are many diseases that affect thyroid function, including those that cause hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, thyroid swelling (goiter), tumors in the gland (nodules), thyroid eye disease and thyroid cancer. This e-book takes a look at these conditions of thyroid dysfunction in some...

You or someone you care about has been diagnosed with Polycystic Kidney Disease. What now? Well, if PKD is your road and you must travel it, here is a travel guide by an experienced traveler, with notes on what to do, what to eat and what sights not to miss. All roads have potholes and PKD is no different. So, if you’re buckled up, let’s see how many of them we can help you miss.

This book provides a detailed overview of the possible risks associated with ART pregnancies and their clinical management.  While most pregnancies following Assisted Reproduction Treatment (ART) will progress normally and without any complications to mother or baby, some women who conceive...

An exceptional memoir that provides emotional insight and practical advice. It's like planning a trip to Italy, only to get off the plane and discover you're actually in Holland. You need a new road map, and fast... When Jennifer Groneberg and her husband learned they'd be having twin...

Female genital malformations represent miscellaneous deviations from normal anatomy. With a prevalence of approximately 6% in the general population, they might be associated with health problems, potentially dangerous complications or poor reproductive outcome depending on the type and the degree...

Myotonic dystrophy is part of the group of muscular dystrophies. It is the commonest inherited muscular dystrophy and has a profound effect on individuals who are diagnosed with the disease and their families. It is present for many decades of a patient's life but, unlike the other dystrophies, it...

Professor Dominic Fitzgerald is a paediatric respiratory and sleep specialist working at The Children's Hospital at Westmead in Sydney. For 15 years he has worked closely with infants and children with cystic fibrosis (CF), sharing the ups and downs of the family journey as they come to terms with caring...

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is one of the most frequent inherited neurological disorders, involving about 1 in 2,500 people in the USA.CMT, also termed hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN) or peroneal muscular atrophy, consists of a group of disorders that affect peripheral nerves.Disorders...

Chronic diseases and their consequences are among the foremost problems faced by the U.S. health care system, accounting for untold distress and mounting personal and societal costs. Bringing together an unprecedented array of detailed data and facts, this unique two-volume encyclopedia provides information...

Female Puberty: A Comprehensive Guide for Clinicians is a practical reference, covering the full range of issues related to pubertal development. Developed to answer pointed clinical questions and to provide a thorough review of the literature, the book covers both the basics and the complexities...

  ​This book describes the life cycle of a unique endocrine gland that is absolutely essential for the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy in all mammalian species. The corpus luteum is unique because it is formed and destroyed every (non-fertile) reproductive cycle. When fertilization...

The MediFocus Guidebook on Sjogren's Syndrome is the most comprehensive, up-to-date source of information available. You will get answers to your questions, including risk factors of Sjogren's Syndrome, standard and alternative treatment options, leading doctors, hospitals and medical centers...

The MediFocus Guidebook on Hereditary Hemochromatosis is the most comprehensive, up-to-date source of information available. You will get answers to your questions, including risk factors of Hereditary Hemochromatosis, standard and alternative treatment options, leading doctors, hospitals and medical...