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"Comprehensive and comprehensible, but also encouraging -- informed by the hope and belief that informed its creation." -Cancer Amid sweeping advances in the science and treatment of cancer, the TEXTBOOK OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY offers students and professionals a definitive, systematic resource for understanding the factors affecting all types of human cancer. This fully updated new edition offers an overview of epidemiology's key concepts and methods as they relate to cancer (including the emerging potential of biomarkers) as well as site-specific chapters on individual cancers' natural history, pathology, descriptive epidemiology, and etiology. Taken together, these chapters forge connections between established science and the ongoing evolution of this dynamic field. Crisply and concisely written by an assembly of internationally recognized researchers, the TEXTBOOK OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY offers a superlative introduction to the subject's consensuses and controversies for those embarking on their careers and a ready reference for seasoned professionals.
This state-of-the-art review on longevity focuses on centenarians, studied as a model of positive biology. The extraordinary rise in the elderly population in developed countries underscores the importance of studies on ageing and longevity in order to decrease the medical, economic and social problems associated with the increased number of non-autonomous individuals affected by invalidating pathologies. Centenarians have reached the extreme limits of human life span. Those in relatively good health, who are able to perform their routine daily tasks, are the best examples of extreme longevity, representing selected individuals in which the appearance of major age-related diseases – includ...
As a result of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the world is facing one of the greatest challenges we have experienced in over a century. The economic consequences for society at large are potentially catastrophic. The health and social care sectors have reacted by providing emergency care on an unprecedented scale, while the scientific community has focused on developing new treatments and a vaccine to prevent future waves of the pandemic. Evidence is emerging to suggest that certain conditions, such as obesity and hypertension, predispose some individuals to a worse outcome if they become infected, and that women may be less likely to die from COVID-19 than men. It is also curr...
The European Nutrition and Health Report is the first comprehensive assessment of the present status of nutrition and health in Europe, and of the available resources and requirements for compatible and representative data from different countries. 13 EU member states and Norway have participated in this project, pursuing three main goals: Compilation of available nutrient intake and health data Identification of major nutrition and health problems Identification of problems concerning the methods and compatibility of data collection The main topics include food supply and availability, energy and nutrient intake in different age groups, health indicators and status, obesity, physical activity and smoking. The Appendix offers a detailed publication of national reports and single projects. This book provides a solid basis for the planning of future projects in nutrition and health and should be of great interest to all professionals in the fields of nutrition, preventive medicine and public health as well as to health policy makers.
In a brief, clear and easily accessible way, this summary illustrates the dynamics of the obesity epidemic and its impact on public health throughout the WHO European Region, particularly in eastern countries. It describes how factors that increase the risk of obesity are shaped in different settings, such as the family, school, community and workplace. It makes both ethical and economic arguments for accelerating action against obesity, and analyses effective programs and policies in different government sectors, such as education, health, agriculture and trade, urban planning and transport. The summary also describes how to design policies and programs to prevent obesity and how to monitor progress, and calls for specific action by stakeholders: not only government sectors but also the private sector - including food manufacturers, advertisers and traders - and professional consumers' and international and intergovernmental organizations such as the European Union.
The use of different foods, herbs, and spices to treat or prevent disease has been recorded for thousands of years. Egyptian papyrus, hieroglyphics and ancient texts from the Middle East have described the cultivation and preparations of herbs and botanicals to “cure the sick.” There are even older records from China and India. Some ancient scripts describe the use of medicinal plants which have never been seen within European cultures. Indeed, all ancient civilizations have pictorial records of different foods, herbs, and spices being used for medical purposes. However, there are fundamental questions pertaining to the scientific evidence for the use of these agents or their extracts in...
Scope: The classification of researchers and scientists in Greece in a unified list based on the citation impact and dissemination level of their scientific work according to Google Scholar database. Classification criteria: First criterion is h-index. In the case of equal h-index, the following scientometric indicators are used for the classification. The number of total citations, the i10-index, the total impact factor of scientist, the m-index or m-quotient of scientist. Information resource: The h-index, citations and i10-index derived from the public profiles of researchers in the Google Scholar database. In addition, the calculation of total impact factor and m-index of each researcher...
Die Zusammenfassung erläutert in kurzer, klarer und leicht verständlicher Form die Dynamik der Epidemie und ihre Auswirkungen auf die öffentliche Gesundheit in der gesamten Europäischen Region der WHO und insbesondere in den östlichen Ländern. Sie erklärt, wie sich Faktoren, die das Adipositasrisiko erhöhen, in verschiedenen Umgebungen wie Familie, Schule, Nachbarschaft und Arbeitsplatz herausbilden. Dabei werden sowohl ethisch als auch ökonomisch begründete Argumente für eine Forcierung von Massnahmen gegen Adipositas angeführt und wirksame Programme und Konzepte in verschiedenen Politikbereichen wie Bildung, Gesundheit, Landwirtschaft und Handel, Städteplanung und Verkehr untersucht. Weiterhin werden Empfehlungen in Bezug auf Konzepte und Programme zur Adipositasprävention sowie auf Massnahmen zur Erfolgskontrolle gegeben und konkrete Massnahmen seitens der beteiligten Akteure gefordert: nicht nur staatliche Stellen, sondern auch die Privatwirtschaft (u. a. die Hersteller und Vertreiber von Lebensmitteln sowie die Werbewirtschaft) sowie Berufs- und Verbraucherverbände und internationale wie auch zwischenstaatliche Organisationen wie die Europäische Union. [Hrsg.]
Pour faire face à l'épidémie d'obésité, le Bureau régional de l'OMS pour l'Europe a organisé, en novembre 2006, une conférence au cours de laquelle tous les États membres ont adopté la Charte européenne sur la lutte contre l'obésité, qui énonce des principes directeurs et indique des domaines d'action clairs aux niveaux local, régional, national et international à l'intention d'acteurs très divers. Ce livre contient la première des deux publications de la Conférence. Il inclut la Charte et résume les notions et les conclusions des nombreux documents techniques rédigés en vue de la Conférence par un grand groupe d'experts en santé publique, nutrition et médecine. Ce r...