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Addressing the need for enhanced drug selectivity and efficacy, Biotherapeutic Approaches to Asthma is an authoritative and timely guide for respiratory specialists, clinical immunologists, allergists, physiologists, pulmonologists, otolaryngologists, and medical school students in these disciplines. It contains emerging data on the importance of c
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) afflict more than 1.4 billion people, many of whom live on less than $1.25 a day. While there are effective ways to manage NTDs, policy-makers and funders have only recently begun to recognize the economic and public health importance of controlling NTDs. The IOM's Forum on Microbial Threats held a workshop September 21-22, 2010, to discuss the science of and policy surrounding NTDs.
"Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of Intuitive Biostatistics retains and refines the core perspectives of the previous edition: a focus on how to interpret statistical results rather than on how to analyze data, minimal use of equations, and a detailed review of assumptions and common mistakes. Intuitive Biostatistics, Completely Revised Second Edition, provides a clear introduction to statistics for undergraduate and graduate students and also serves as a statistics refresher for working scientists. New to this edition: Chapter 1 shows how our intuitions lead us to misinterpret data, thus explaining the need for statistical rigor. Chapter 11 explains the lognormal distribu...
"Traditional pathways to delivering health care to the global poor are failing. Five million children die each year before their fifth birthday due to lack of basic health education, services, or low-cost treatments. Bing and Epstein show how focusing micro-innovations at the level of care is the way to end these grim health statistics"--
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Provides examples of diseases and problems related to health that disproportionally impact the poor, and gives their experiences a human face through individual case studies. Walraven provides a specific case study of a health problem, such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV or health financing, including an introduction in each chapter followed by an historical review of the problem. From publisher description.