Complementary & alternative medicine for prostate and urologic health
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33668
Mark A. Moyad.
--New York:
Springer
, c2014.
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- Location
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Complementary & Alternative Medicine for Prostate and Urologic Health is designed to capture and clinically review the comprehensive database of clinical research articles that support and do not support the utilization of a variety of dietary supplements and other complementary medicines that physicians are exposed to in their daily practice. This is a critical distinction between this book and any other Complementary & Alternative Medicine (CAM) books published to date. Each section of the bo…
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- Author
- Moyad, Mark A
- Responsibility
- Mark A. Moyad
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 265 pages)
- ISBN
- 9781461484929 (electronic bk.)
- 9781461484912
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Complementary Therapies
- Dietary Supplements
- Life Style
- Male Urogenital Diseases - prevention & control
- Prostatic Diseases - prevention & control
- Reproductive Health
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Urologic Diseases
- Prostatic Diseases
- Men's Health
- Complementary Therapies
- Men - Diseases - Alternative medicine
- Urology
- Gynecology
- Endocrinology
- Oncology
- Abstract
- Complementary & Alternative Medicine for Prostate and Urologic Health is designed to capture and clinically review the comprehensive database of clinical research articles that support and do not support the utilization of a variety of dietary supplements and other complementary medicines that physicians are exposed to in their daily practice. This is a critical distinction between this book and any other Complementary & Alternative Medicine (CAM) books published to date. Each section of the book provides an easy to reference guide into the topic of interest for the individual that works in urology. The various sub-specialty groups in urology are adequately represented, which allows for a physician to rapidly and thoroughly investigate their topic of interest regardless of whether it is fertility, bladder cancer, or prostate disease. Rather than having to sort through the now thousands of articles published yearly on CAM in medicine, this volume focuses first on the specialty and secondarily how it compares to the overall CAM literature. Each chapter includes a summary page that will allow the physician a rapid review of the subject with a patient, colleague or student.
- Contents
- The Ideal Eight-Step Urologic Diet and Lifestyle Program: Heart Health=Urologic Health -- BPH/LUTS: Heart Healthy=Prostate Healthy -- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Interventions for BPH/LUTS -- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Interventions for Male Infertility/Subfertility: First Do No Harm -- Lifestyle Changes, Erectile Dysfunction, and Female Sexual Dysfunction: Heart Health and Sexual Health -- Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Erectile Dysfunction, Testosterone Replacement Therapy, and Female Sexual Dysfunction -- Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Lifestyle Changes and Prostate Cancer -- Lifestyle Changes, CAM, and Kidney Stones: Heart Health=Kidney Health -- Review of Lifestyle and CAM for Miscellaneous Urologic Topics (Bladder Cancer, CP/CPPS, IC/PBS, Kidney Cancer): Part One -- Review of Lifestyle and CAM for Miscellaneous Urologic Topics (OAB and/or Incontinence, Pediatric Urology, Peyronie's Disease, Premature Ejaculation, UTIs, Miscellaneous): Part Two.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Essays on wellness
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat53283
[by] Barbara A. Brehm.
--New York, NY:
Harper Collins College Publishers
, 1993.
- Call Number
- WA 590 B82 1993
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Call Number
- WA 590 B82 1993
- Author
- Brehm, Barbara A.
- Responsibility
- [by] Barbara A. Brehm
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Harper Collins College Publishers
- Date of Publication
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 64 p. : ill.
- ISBN
- 65015495
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Promotion
- Life Style
- Health Behavior
- Notes
- Consumer health information.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 2 weeks
Handbook of Life Course Health Development
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43154
Neal Halfon, Christopher B. Forrest, Richard M. Lerner, Elaine M. Faustman, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
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- Access
- Open access
- Location
- Online
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This handbook synthesizes and analyzes the growing knowledge base on life course health development (LCHD) from the prenatal period through emerging adulthood, with implications for clinical practice and public health. It presents LCHD as an innovative field with a sound theoretical framework for understanding wellness and disease from a lifespan perspective, replacing previous medical, biopsychosocial, and early genomic models of health. Inte…
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- Responsibility
- Neal Halfon, Christopher B. Forrest, Richard M. Lerner, Elaine M. Faustman, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 664 p.) : 48 illus., 22 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319471433
- 9783319471419 (print ed.)
- 9783319471426 (print ed.)
- 9783319836652 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Policy
- Health Promotion
- Health Status
- Human Development
- Life Style
- Maternal-Child Health Services
- Quality of Life
- Social Determinants of Health
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Specialty
- Health Services
- Public Health
- Social Sciences
- Abstract
- This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This handbook synthesizes and analyzes the growing knowledge base on life course health development (LCHD) from the prenatal period through emerging adulthood, with implications for clinical practice and public health. It presents LCHD as an innovative field with a sound theoretical framework for understanding wellness and disease from a lifespan perspective, replacing previous medical, biopsychosocial, and early genomic models of health. Interdisciplinary chapters discuss major health concerns (diabetes, obesity), important less-studied conditions (hearing, kidney health), and large-scale issues (nutrition, adversity) from a lifespan viewpoint. In addition, chapters address methodological approaches and challenges by analyzing existing measures, studies, and surveys. The book concludes with the editors' research agenda that proposes priorities for future LCHD research and its application to health care practice and health policy. Topics featured in the Handbook include: The prenatal period and its effect on child obesity and metabolic outcomes; Pregnancy complications and their effect on women's cardiovascular health; A multi-level approach for obesity prevention in children; Application of the LCHD framework to autism spectrum disorder; Socioeconomic disadvantage and its influence on health development across the lifespan; The importance of nutrition to optimal health development across the lifespan. The Handbook of Life Course Health Development is a must-have resource for researchers, clinicians/professionals, and graduate students in developmental psychology/science; maternal and child health; social work; health economics; educational policy and politics; and medical law as well as many interrelated subdisciplines in psychology, medicine, public health, mental health, education, social welfare, economics, sociology, and law.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction to the Handbook of Life Course Health-Development Science -- SECTION I: EMERGING FRAMEWORKS -- 2. The Emerging Theoretical Framework of Life Course Health-Development -- SECTION II: LIFE STAGES -- 3. Preconception and Prenatal Factors and Metabolic Risk -- 4. Early Childhood and the Life Course: The State of the Science and Proposed Research Priorities -- 5. Middle Childhood: An Evolutionary-Developmental Synthesis -- 6. Adolescent Health: A Relational Developmental Systems Perspective -- 7. Emerging Adulthood as a Critical Stage in the Life Course -- 8. Pregnancy Characteristics and Women's Cardiovascular Health -- SECTION III: LIFE COURSE ORIGINS AND CONSEQUENCES OF MAJOR HEALTH CONDITIONS AND ISSUES -- 9. Early in the Life Course: Time for Obesity Prevention -- 10. Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes: Prevention and Treatment through a Life Course Health-Development Framework -- 11. Life Course Health-Development in Autism Spectrum Disorders -- 12. Self-Regulation -- 13. A Life Course Health-Development Perspective on Oral Health -- 14. Life Course Health-Development Outcomes after Prematurity: Developing a Community, Clinical, and Translational Research Agenda to Optimize Health, Behavior and Functioning -- 15. A Life Course Approach to Hearing Health -- 16. Chronic Kidney Disease: A Life Course Health-Development Perspective -- SECTION IV: CROSS-CUTTING TOPICS IN LIFE COURSE HEALTH-DEVELOPMENT -- 17. Growth and Life Course Health-Development -- 18. From Epidemiology to Epigenetics: Evidence for the Importance of Nutrition to Optimal Health-Development across the Life Course -- 19. How Socioeconomic Disadvantages Get Under the Skin and Into the Brain to Influence Health-Development across the Lifespan -- 20. Health Disparities: A Life Course Health-Development Perspective and Future Research Directions -- SECTION V: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES -- 21. Core Principles of Life Course Health-Development Methodology and Analytics -- 22. Epidemiological Study Designs: Traditional and Novel Approaches to Advance Life Course Health-Development Research -- 23. Using the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth (NLSY) to Conduct Life Course Analyses -- 24. Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) to Conduct Life Course Health-Development Analysis -- 25. Using the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) in Life Course Health-Development Research -- SECTION VI: FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- 26. Life Course Research Agenda (LCRA), Version 1.0.
- Access
- Open access
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Integrative Medicine for Breast Cancer : An Evidence-Based Assessment
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39918
Mark A. Moyad.
(1st ed.)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book is designed to capture and clinically review the comprehensive database of clinical research articles that support and do not support the utilization of a variety of dietary supplements and other complementary medicines that physicians are exposed to in their daily practice. The growing list of CAM products that could interfere with surgery (anesthesia, bleeding, outcomes) and/or conventional medicines is very large and is provided in each section of the book. Additionally, the list o…
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- View e-Book
- Author
- Moyad, Mark A
- Responsibility
- Mark A. Moyad
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 395 p.)
- ISBN
- 9783319234229
- 9783319234212 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Breast neoplasms - therapy
- Dietary Supplements
- Integrative Medicine - methods
- Life Style
- Abstract
- This book is designed to capture and clinically review the comprehensive database of clinical research articles that support and do not support the utilization of a variety of dietary supplements and other complementary medicines that physicians are exposed to in their daily practice. The growing list of CAM products that could interfere with surgery (anesthesia, bleeding, outcomes) and/or conventional medicines is very large and is provided in each section of the book. Additionally, the list of dietary supplements that could be utilized to improve quality of life for breast cancer patients is also emphasized. The various sub-specialty groups in breast are adequately represented, which allows for a physician to rapidly and thoroughly investigate their topic of interest regardless of whether the topic is prevention, treatment, or a specific side effect of treatment. The practical nature of this book cannot be overstated. Chapters include a general overview of the CAM agent, whether or not it has data in medicine and oncology, and a list of potential drug interactions and specific clinical scenarios where it can be utilized or discouraged in the specialty. Each chapter also includes a rapid review A to Z table that covers the clinical take home points for each subject reviewed in each chapter.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. 25+ Observations Over 25+ Years for Surviving and Thriving in the Dietary Supplement Quality Control and/or Perception Versus Reality World -- 3. The Ideal 7-Step Breast Cancer Diet, Lifestyle, and Dietary Supplements Program for Prevention/Recurrence: Heart Healthy = Breast Healthy! -- 4. S.A.M. and Breast Cancer—Focus on Statins, Red Yeast Rice, Sterols, and Other Integrative Cholesterol Medicines: The Real “Natural” Options -- 5. S.A.M. and Breast Cancer—Focus on Aspirin and Other Integrative Aspirin-Like Medicines: The Real “Natural” Options -- 6. S.A.M. and Breast Cancer—Focus on Metformin and Other Integrative Metformin-Mimic Medicines: The Real “Natural” -- 7. Rapid Review of Breast Cancer Treatment Side Effects and Dietary Supplement/Integrative Options from A to Z: What Helps, Harms, or Does Nothing? -- 8. Supplements/Diet/Other Integrative Method Vernacular and Controversies from A to Z: What is the Latest or Greatest, or Not So Great?!
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Lifestyle Medicine : A Manual for Clinical Practice
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39961
Jeffrey I. Mechanick, Robert F. Kushner, editors.
(1st ed.)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Lifestyle--the manner in which people live--is fundamental to health, wellness, and prevention of disease. It follows that attention to lifestyle is critically important to effective and successful health care. But here's the challenge: health care professionals receive very little, if any, formal training about lifestyle counseling and therefore are ill equipped to incorporate lifestyle issues into clinical practice. In response, "Lifestyle Medicine" is evolving as a means to fill this knowled…
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- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Mechanick, Jeffrey I
- Kushner, Robert F
- Responsibility
- Jeffrey I. Mechanick, Robert F. Kushner, editors
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 363 p. : 40 illus., 20 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319246871
- 9783319246857 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Attitude to Health
- Health Behavior
- Health Promotion
- Life Style
- Primary Prevention
- Risk Factors
- Abstract
- Lifestyle--the manner in which people live--is fundamental to health, wellness, and prevention of disease. It follows that attention to lifestyle is critically important to effective and successful health care. But here's the challenge: health care professionals receive very little, if any, formal training about lifestyle counseling and therefore are ill equipped to incorporate lifestyle issues into clinical practice. In response, "Lifestyle Medicine" is evolving as a means to fill this knowledge gap. Lifestyle medicine approaches health and wellness by harnessing the power of lifestyle-related behaviors and influencing the environment we live in. It is a formal approach that promises to enhance and strengthen a re-invigorated health care system that is still outpaced by the epidemic proportions and complexity of chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes, depression, hypertension, and cancer, among others. Lifestyle Medicine: A Manual for Clinical Practice presents this formal approach in a pragmatic context. This unique and practical manual provides clear and succinct guidance on nearly all aspects of lifestyle medicine. The approach is both explanatory and pragmatic, providing case studies and bulleted translation of academic information into clinical practice recommendations. There is an emphasis on scientific evidence wherever possible as well as opinions by the expert chapter authors who practice lifestyle medicine. There is a "how-to" rationality to the book, consistent with a premise that any and all health care professionals should, and perhaps must, incorporate lifestyle medicine. A valuable checklist is included at the close of the book that summarizes key points and provides a practical tool for routine patient encounters.
- Contents
- Why Lifestyle Medicine? -- The importance of Healthy Living and Defining Lifestyle Medicine -- Communication and Behavioral Change Tools: A Primer for Lifestyle Medicine Counseling -- Paradigms of Lifestyle Medicine and Wellness -- Composite Risk Scores -- Clinical Assessment of Lifestyle and Behavioral Factors During Weight Loss Treatment -- Anthropometrics and Body Composition -- Physical Activity Measures -- Metabolic Profiles - Based on the 2013 Prevention Guidelines -- The Chronic Care Model and the Transformation of Primary Care -- Guidelines for Healthy Eating -- A Review of Commercial and Proprietary Weight Loss Programs -- Physical Activity Programs -- Behavior Modification and Cognitive Therapy -- Treating Tobacco Use in Clinical Practice -- Alcohol Use and Management -- Sleep Management -- Integrative Medicine -- Transcultural Applications to Lifestyle Medicine -- Community Engagement and Networks: Leveraging Partnerships to Improve Lifestyle -- Lifestyle Therapy as Medicine for the Treatment of Obesity -- Lifestyle Therapy for Diabetes Mellitus -- Lifestyle Therapy in the Management of Cardiometabolic Risk: Diabetes Prevention, Hypertension, and Dyslipidemia -- Cancer -- Lifestyle Medicine for the Prevention and Treatment of Depression -- Promoting Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors in Patients with Persistent Pain -- Forestalling Age-Related Brain Disorders -- Chronic Kidney Disease -- Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Steatohepatitis -- Gastroenterology Disease and Lifestyle Medicine -- Lifestyle Medicine and Chronic Pulmonary Disease -- Lifestyle Medicine and HIV-infected patients.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Male infertility : a complete guide to lifestyle and environmental factors
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat34044
Stefan S. du Plessis, Ashok Agarwal, Edmund S. Sabanegh, Jr., editors.
--New York:
Springer
, c2014.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
This unique text provides a comprehensive yet concise review of the various environmental factors and lifestyle choices which impact male fertility, with special emphasis on the mechanisms that contribute to decreased sperm production and impaired function. Internationally recognized scientists and clinicians, leaders in the field of male infertility, gather their insights and discuss how to prevent, address, and treat male infertility caused by factors such as smoking, alcohol consumption, med…
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- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Du Plessis, Stefan S.
- Agarwal, Ashok
- Sabanegh, Edmund S.
- Responsibility
- Stefan S. du Plessis, Ashok Agarwal, Edmund S. Sabanegh, Jr., editors
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxi, 268 pages)
- ISBN
- 9781493910403 (electronic bk.)
- 9781493910397
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Environmental Exposure - adverse effects
- Infertility, male - diagnosis
- Infertility, male - therapy
- Life Style
- Risk Factors
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Infertility, Male
- Reproductive medicine
- Abstract
- This unique text provides a comprehensive yet concise review of the various environmental factors and lifestyle choices which impact male fertility, with special emphasis on the mechanisms that contribute to decreased sperm production and impaired function. Internationally recognized scientists and clinicians, leaders in the field of male infertility, gather their insights and discuss how to prevent, address, and treat male infertility caused by factors such as smoking, alcohol consumption, medication and drug use, obesity, dietary and exercise habits, sexually transmitted infections, psychological stress, and occupational exposure to chemicals and radiation.
- Contents
- Epidemiology and Evidence of Declining Male Fertility -- Part I. Lifestyle/Personal Factors -- The Effect of Smoking on Male Infertility -- BMI and Obesity -- The Impact of Physical Exercise on Male Fertility -- The Importance of Diet, Vitamins, Malnutrition, and Nutrient Deficiencies in Male Fertility -- The Effect of Alcohol Consumption on Male Infertility -- Drugs: Recreational and Performance Enhancing Substance Abuse -- Testicular Heat Stress and Sperm Quality -- Sexual Issues: Role of Sexually Transmitted Infections on Male-Factor Fertility -- Psychological Stress and Male Infertility -- The Impact of Cell Phone, Laptop Computer and Microwave Oven Usage on Male Fertility -- Part II. Occupational Exposure -- Pesticides and Heavy Metal Toxicity -- Endocrine Disruptors and Male Infertility -- Ionizing Radiation -- Part III. Other Factors Affecting Male Fertility -- Risks from Medical and Therapeutic Treatments -- The Aging Male: Longevity and Subsequent Implications.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Nutrition, Fitness, and Mindfulness : An Evidence-Based Guide for Clinicians
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44869
Jaime Uribarri, Joseph A. Vassalotti, editors.
--Cham:
Humana Press
, c2020.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This comprehensive volume presents an approach based on cutting edge clinical science to the integration of healthy behaviors in clinical practice, using three major categories: healthy eating, active living, and mindfulness. Chapters are authored and edited by a select group of national and international experts in their respective fields who have developed these concepts for application in routine practice. All chapters are formatted to provide key learning points and summarized conclusions f…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Uribarri, Jaime
- Vassalotti, Joseph A.
- Responsibility
- Jaime Uribarri, Joseph A. Vassalotti, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxvii, 278 p.) : 24 illus., 20 illus. in color
- Series
- Nutrition and Health
- Series Title
- Nutrition and health (Totowa, N.J.)
- ISBN
- 9783030308926
- 9783030308919 (Print ed.)
- 9783030308933 (Print ed.)
- 9783030308940 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Diet
- Exercise
- Health Behavior
- Health Promotion
- Life Style
- Mindfulness
- Physical Fitness
- Abstract
- This comprehensive volume presents an approach based on cutting edge clinical science to the integration of healthy behaviors in clinical practice, using three major categories: healthy eating, active living, and mindfulness. Chapters are authored and edited by a select group of national and international experts in their respective fields who have developed these concepts for application in routine practice. All chapters are formatted to provide key learning points and summarized conclusions for easy reference. Topics include the DASH diet, plant based nutrition, the Mediterranean diet, beneficial herbs and spices, fitness, spirituality, meditation, healthy sleep, and disease prevention. Nutrition, Fitness, and Mindfulness will be a useful guide for all clinicians and healthcare professionals encouraging patients to make more thoughtful and healthy lifestyle choices.
- Contents
- Part I. Nutrition -- The DASH Diet -- The Mediterranean Diet -- Plant-Based Diet -- The Low AGE Diet -- Healthy Drinks -- Beneficial Herbs and Spices -- Integrating Healthy Eating and Drinking into Daily Life. Part II. Fitness -- Walking and Bicycling -- Aerobic Exercise -- Anaerobic Exercise -- Traditional Exercise: Yoga, Tai Chi, etc -- Integrating Physical Activity into a Routine Schedule -- Part III. Mindfulness -- Health Benefits of Meditation -- Health Benefits of Spirituality -- Health Benefits of Living with a Purpose and Emotional Resilience -- The Therapeutic Value of Refreshing Sleep Patterns -- Integrating Mindfulness into a Routine Schedule -- Part IV. Use of This Integrated Approach in Different Populations -- Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in the General Population -- Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in African Americans and Hispanics -- Integrative Approach in Cardiovascular Disease -- Integrative Approach in Chronic Kidney Disease -- Summary and Conclusions.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Preconception Health and Care : A Life Course Approach
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45614
Jill Shawe, Eric A.P. Steegers, Sarah Verbiest, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book provides a practical, multidisciplinary approach to support a broad range of health professionals, social workers, public health workers and others tasked with providing health and care to young adults. The continuum of life begins with the health and wellness of parents prior to conception, followed by embryonic and fetal development, and continues throughout life. Each person’s life stages prepare them for the next and determine their health outcome and wellbeing over time. The text…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Shawe, Jill
- Steegers, Eric AP
- Verbiest, Sarah
- Responsibility
- Jill Shawe, Eric A.P. Steegers, Sarah Verbiest, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 308 p.) : 15 illus., 14 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030317539
- 9783030317522 (Print ed.)
- 9783030317546 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Promotion
- Life Style
- Preconception Care
- Specialty
- Health Promotion
- Abstract
- This book provides a practical, multidisciplinary approach to support a broad range of health professionals, social workers, public health workers and others tasked with providing health and care to young adults. The continuum of life begins with the health and wellness of parents prior to conception, followed by embryonic and fetal development, and continues throughout life. Each person’s life stages prepare them for the next and determine their health outcome and wellbeing over time. The text highlights the importance of promoting health throughout the lifespan, the influence of intergenerational health, and the concept of the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease in epigenetic processes and embryology. Authors underscore the importance of advancing health equity and lift up some of the ethical considerations in this work. The authors explore specific interventions in four major categories: Lifestyle, Infections, Nutrition, and Contraception / Pregnancy Planning (LINC). Preconception care is defined by the World Health Organization as the provision of biomedical, behavioural and social health interventions to women and couples before conception. Preconception care includes evidence-based interventions to improve health status, to reduce behaviours, individual and environmental factors that contribute to poor health outcomes. This book offers readers evidence-based guidance regarding fertility awareness and sperm health, genetic counselling and lifestyle assessments, as well as mental wellbeing, alcohol, tobacco and pharmacotherapy, and specialist care for those with chronic conditions, including a review of medications. It also covers relevant infections, including HIV and the Zika virus, as well as different types of environmental and occupational exposure. The book employs a framework focusing on health promotion, the social determinants of health, and the science behind preconception care. Strategies for improving preconception and interconception health, including examples from around the globe, are described in detail.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Preconception Health: An Overview -- 3. The Science of Preconception -- 4. Genetic Health Care Before Conception -- 5. Fertility -- 6. Nutrition -- 7. Lifestyle: Weight -- 8. Lifestyle: Substance Use—Nicotine, Alcohol and Drugs -- 9. Mental Health Conditions -- 10. Chronic Medical Conditions -- 11. Infectious Diseases -- 12. Environment and Occupation -- 13. Social Environment: Interpersonal Violence -- 14. Global Strategies for Change -- 15. Advancing Preconception Health Globally: A Way Forward.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Prostate cancer prevention
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33417
Jack Cuzick, Mangesh A. Thorat, editors.
--Heidelberg:
Springer
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Prostate cancer is by far the most common cancer in men and the second leading cause of death due to cancer. It comprises a mixed group of tumours displaying varying clinical behaviour: while some have a very aggressive course, others are rather indolent. Prevention of prostate cancer and discrimination between aggressive and indolent forms are important clinical goals, and the acquisition of significant new evidence on means of achieving these aims makes this book particularly timely. A wide r…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Cuzick, J
- Thorat, Mangesh A
- Responsibility
- Jack Cuzick, Mangesh A. Thorat, editors
- Place of Publication
- Heidelberg
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 169 pages)
- Series Vol.
- v. 202
- Series Title
- Recent results in cancer research
- ISBN
- 9783642451959 (electronic bk.)
- 9783642451942
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Prostatic Neoplasms - prevention & control
- Anticarcinogenic Agents
- Chemoprevention
- Early Detection of Cancer
- Risk Factors
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Prostate - Cancer - Prevention
- Prostatic Neoplasms - prevention & control
- Risk Assessment
- Biological Markers
- Life Style
- Risk Factors
- Diet
- Chemoprevention
- Oncology
- Abstract
- Prostate cancer is by far the most common cancer in men and the second leading cause of death due to cancer. It comprises a mixed group of tumours displaying varying clinical behaviour: while some have a very aggressive course, others are rather indolent. Prevention of prostate cancer and discrimination between aggressive and indolent forms are important clinical goals, and the acquisition of significant new evidence on means of achieving these aims makes this book particularly timely. A wide range of topics are covered by leading authorities in the field. The biology and natural history of prostate cancer are reviewed, and the role of lifestyle and dietary factors, assessed. Detailed attention is paid to risk prediction biomarkers and to the role of novel high-throughput nucleic acid-based technologies in improving risk prediction and thereby allowing tailored approaches to cancer prevention. Potential means of chemoprevention of prostate cancer are also reviewed in depth, covering the very positive new data on the impact of aspirin as well as evidence regarding 5-reductase inhibitors, DFMO, and lycopene. Guidance is provided on the differentiation of aggressive from indolent disease, and the policy and research implications of recent findings are examined. This book will be of interest to both clinicians and researchers.
- Contents
- The biology and natural history of prostate cancer: a short introduction -- Germline genetic variants associated with prostate cancer and potential relevance to clinical practice -- Lifestyle and dietary factors in prostate cancer prevention -- Nutrition, hormones and prostate cancer risk: results from the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition -- Screening for prostate cancer: current status of ERSPC and screening-related issues -- Update of the prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian cancer screening trial -- ERSPC, PLCO studies and critique of Cochrane review 2013 -- Screening for prostate cancer: reflecting on the quality of evidence from the ERSPC and PLCO studies -- Phase III prostate cancer chemoprevention trials -- Risk adapted chemoprevention for prostate cancer: an option? -- Aspirin and prostate cancer prevention -- Chemoprevention of prostate cancer by isoflavonoids -- Lycopene for the prevention and treatment of prostate disease -- Chemoprevention of prostate cancer with the polyamine -- Synthesis inhibitor difluoromethylornithine -- Prostate cancer prevention: agent development strategies -- Prognostic value of a cell cycle progression score for men with prostate cancer -- Distinguishing indolent from aggressive prostate cancer -- Management of low risk and low PSA prostate cancer: long term results from the prostate cancer intervention versus observation trial.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
A review of human carcinogens. Part E, Personal habits and indoor combustions
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat25923
IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans.
--Lyon, France:
International Agency for Research on Cancer | World Health Organization
, 2012.
- Call Number
- WA 465 I11r 2012 v. E REF
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Sub-Location
- REFERENCE
- Call Number
- WA 465 I11r 2012 v. E REF
- Corporate Author
- IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans
- Place of Publication
- Lyon, France
- Publisher
- International Agency for Research on Cancer
- World Health Organization
- Date of Publication
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 575 p.
- Series Vol.
- v. 100 E
- ISBN
- 9789283213222
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Smoking - adverse effects
- Tobacco Smoke Pollution - adverse effects
- Air Pollution, Indoor - adverse effects
- Alcohol Drinking - adverse effects
- Carcinogens
- Neoplasms - etiology
- Risk Factors
- Life Style
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Sub-Location
- REFERENCE
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 2 weeks
