Advances in medicine and biology Volume 12 / Leon V. Berhardt, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berhardt, Leon V.

Series:

Advances in Medicine and Biology

Advances in medicine and biology, 2157-5398 ; v. 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Research.

Medicine.

Biology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gathers and presents original research results on the advances of medicine and biology. This title features articles that present substantial topical data across a broad spectrum. It focuses on: Vitamin B; smoking cessation; exercise performance; blood coagulation; and, others.

Contents:

Intro

ADVANCES IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY VOLUME 12

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1: PHARMACOTHERAPY OF SMOKING CESSATION: CURRENT AND FUTURE STATUS

NEUROBIOLOGY OF NICOTINE DEPENDENCE

PHARMACOTHERAPY

NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (NRT)

NICOTINE GUM

TRANSDERMAL NICOTINE PATCH

NICOTINE LOZENGE

NICOTINE NASAL SPRAY

NICOTINE INHALER

STATUS AND NEWER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NRT

BUPROPION

VARENICLINE

CLONIDINE

NORTRIPTYLINE

NICOTINIC OR NON-NICOTINIC THERAPIES UNDER INVESTIGATION

DRUG THERAPY IN PREGNANT FEMALES

CRITICAL ISSUES OF PHARMACOTHERAPY:

REFERENCES

Chapter 2: FOLATE METABOLISM AND MATERNAL RISK FOR HAVING A BABY WITH DOWN SYNDROME

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. FOLATE METABOLISM

3. POLYMORPHISMS OF GENES PARTICIPATING IN FOLATE METABOLISM AND RISK OF DOWN SYNDROME

4. DIETARY FACTORS AND DS RISK

5. CONCLUSION

Chapter 3: CAN NORTRIPTYLINE BE IMPROVED FOR SMOKING CESSATION BY TRANSDERMAL DELIVERY? A STARTING POINT

INTRODUCTION

OPTIMIZING DIFFUSION THROUGH THE SKIN AS THE FIRST STEP

FORMULATION AS TRANSDERMAL THERAPEUTIC SYSTEM

EFFECTS OF THE PATCH APPLICATION ON THE SKIN

SELECTION OF AN IN VIVO MODEL FOR EVALUATING THE FORMULATED NT PATCHES

PRECLINICAL IN VIVO STUDIES

BIOPHARMACEUTICAL CONSIDERATIONS

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Chapter 4: SEXUALITY: A VULNERABLE DIMENSION IN LIFE - THE EFFECT OF CHRONIC NON-MALIGNANT PAIN ON WOMEN'S SEXUALITY

BACKGROUND

THE STUDY

FINDINGS

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

Chapter 5: THE PARTICIPATION OF TERBIUM ION IN BLOOD COAGULATION

1. SYNTHESIS AND INVESTIGATION OF SOLID TERBIUM HEPARINAT.

2. THE INVESTIGATIONS OF TERBIUM ION PROPERTIES BY BIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS

3. THE MECHANISM OF THE ENZYMATIC BLOOD COAGULATION PROCESS

4. THE ESTIMATION OF TERBIUM IONS ACTION IN THE COAGULATION PROCESS

Chapter 6: APPLICATION OF NEODYMIUM: YTTRIUM-ALUMINUM-GARNET LASER IN THE TREATMENT OF RECURRENT CORNEAL EROSION

Chapter 7: EXERCISE PERFORMANCE, MUSCLE DAMAGE AND OXIDATIVE STRESS: A ROLE FOR ANTIOXIDANTS?

TISSUE DAMAGE

PROTECTIVE MECHANISMS

ANTIOXIDANTS

FREE-RADICAL GENERATION AND EXERCISE

ENZYMES, EXERCISE AND TRAINING

FREE RADICALS AND ECCENTRIC MUSCLE DAMAGE

A ROLE FOR FREE RADICALS

Chapter 8: SELF-EXPANSION AS AN AID IN SMOKING ABSTINENCE AND CESSATION

Chapter 9: FOOD-COBALAMIN MALABSORPTION

DEFINITION AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL RATIONALE

EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ASSOCIATED CAUSES

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

POSITIVE AND AETIOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS

TREATING THE FOOD-COBALAMIN MAL-ABSORPTION SYNDROME

ACKNOWLEGMENTS

Chapter 10: LIPOTROPES (FOLATE, VITAMIN B-12, METHIONINE AND CHOLINE) REDUCE BREAST CANCER RISK

LIPOTROPES (METHYL NUTRIENTS), DNA METHYLATION, AND EPIGENETICS

METHYL NUTRIENTS AND MAMMARY CANCER

WORKING HYPOTHESIS ON PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO DIETARY LIPOTROPES AND REDUCTION OF BREAST CANCER RISK

Chapter 11: PERI-OPERATIVE SMOKING CESSATION: LOST IN TRANSLATION?

EVIDENCE THAT PRE-OPERATIVE SMOKING CESSATION IMPROVES OUTCOME

BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTATION

Chapter 12: CONSEQUENCES IN THE NEWBORN OF EXCLUSIVE MATERNAL BREASTFEEDING BY A VEGAN MOTHER: A CASE REPORT OF VITAMIN B12 DEFICIENCY

ARTICLE

OBSERVATION

DISCUSSION

REFERENCES.

Chapter 13: BASIC INFORMATION ON VITAMIN B AND ITS USE FOR POTENTIAL TREATMENT OF CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61761-142-5

OCLC:

923664624