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In the last three decades, revolutionary achievements have taken place in nutraceutical and functional food research including the introduction of a number of cutting-edge dietary supplements supported by human clinical trials and strong patents. Novel manufacturing technologies including unique extraction processes, bioavailability improvements through delivery technologies such as nanotechnology, and innovative packaging have been critical steps for their successful positioning in the marketplace and consumer acceptance worldwide. Nonetheless, mixed messages have emerged from both the scientific community and the media concerning the potential benefits of foods and nutrients in the treatme...
The Basic Needs to Achieve Wound Healing was conceived when we (Luc Téot and Raj Mani) with our colleagues from the World Union of Wound Healing Societies (WUWHS) planned to produce a textbook that would provide a guide to the 'Basic needs' to manage chronic wounds. Our colleague contributors continue to be specialists with vast experience in their specific areas of endeavour. Their contributions were received swiftly and are focused on the aim of the book. Some of the direction altered through the journey which changed the book from being a publication in the World Union of Wound Healing Soci.
This book discusses Asian medicine, which puts enormous emphasis on prevention and preservation of health, and examines how, in recent decades, medical schools in Asia have been increasingly shifting toward a curative approach. It offers an ethnographic investigation of the scenarios in China and India and finds that modern students and graduates in these countries perceive Asian medicine to be as important as Western medicine. There is a growing tendency to integrate Asian medicine with Western medical thought in the academic curriculum that has led to a gradual decline of Asian medical thought and practices. At the same time, there has been a massive rise in patent drugs, health products a...
Contributed articles presented at the fourth International Seminar of Asian Network of Research on Antidiabetic Plants.
Юрий Захаров рассказывает о самых современных научных подходах к решению проблемы старения. Впервые рассказывается о новой концепции: NOBEL – программе реверсивного долголетия, которая объективно способна замедлить процесс старения и доказано продемонстрировать «эпигенетический откат» посвящая этому процессу всего лишь 7 дней в месяц на протяжение года. Программа построена на принципах доказательной медицины, на каждое утверждение автора есть публикации в самых авторитетных научных журналах.
Dreams of a Healthy India the ninth volume in the Rethinking series is an attempt to demystify the issues of health care and health systems for the general reader and to simultaneously provoke rethinking on several critical dimensions through writings by policymakers and academics. Its introductory essay and the thirteen subsequent essays lay out the scenario as well as the challenges in this regard and provide actionable solutions. These are solutions for the present times that can simultaneously contribute to sustainable health care for the future. Complex ideas are not made simplistic but are presented in simple language with some illustrative case studies vignettes and data that speak fo...
Proceedings of 89th Indian Science Congress held at Lucknow from January 3-7, 2002.