Offers a description of the growth area of cardiovascular disease, highlighting developments in medications, smoking reduction, risk factor identification and physical activity. This book details the pathophysiology of the cardiovascular system and medical care for conditions such as periphereal art[...]

Clear, everyday language explains each element of an improvised song. Simple building blocks are combined with performance tips to raise a performer's musical improvisation to its highest level. The included CD, featuring cast members from ImprovOlympic West's hilarious "Opening Night, The Improvise[...]

What does it mean to have a "good" or "bad" reputation? How does it create or destroy value, or shape chances to pursue particular opportunities? Where do reputations come from? How do we measure them? How do we build and manage them? Over the last twenty years the answers to these questions have be[...]

This is an integrated textbook on the renal system, covering the anatomy, physiology and biochemistry of the system, all presented in a clinically relevant context appropriate for the first two years of the medical student course.[...]