Month: June 2015

Editor: Christophe Mathoulin, MD Publisher: Thieme – 178 pages; 471 illustrations Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This is a very good book on diagnosing injuries and abnormalities in the anatomy and physiology of the hand and particularly the wrist, as well as repairing or replacing the parts thereof. Different types of scopes are used to look at the structures of the wrist, and various instruments are utilized to perform surgeries. These tools are presented in the first of 27 chapters of this volume. A big plus of this book is the ample number of clear, full-color images of the...

Editors: Marvin P. Fried, MD; and Melin Tan, MD Publisher: Thieme – 256 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani Based on the founding years of several professional organizations, the editors point out that laryngology is one of the earliest recognized medical specialties: nearly about a century and a half in existence. The New York Laryngological Society was formed in 1873, and the American Laryngological Association came into being about five years later in 1878. Knowledge about the larynx and the surrounding areas, as well as about the diseases associated with it, has grown tremendously over the years. This knowledge...

Authors: Tibor Tot, MD; Lasazlo Tabar, MD; and Peter B. Dean, MD Publisher: Thieme – 198 pages; 521 illustrations Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This book, with more than 500 images, takes an up-to-date, modern, multidisciplinary look at diagnosing, treating, and managing diseases of the breast. The basic principles, radiologic appearance, and the pathology of breast disease are well laid out in this excellent book. Non-pathologists are not overwhelmed with excessive pathologic details. This book provides clear information, plenty of case examples, and outstanding full-color and black-and-white images with detailed captions that can help you the breast disease specialist...

Editor: Turhan Canli, PhD Publisher: Oxford University Press – 459 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram You probably never thought you will see the day when a physical and a social science merge. But here it is: you are holding an example of such a merger in-the-making. All of us know that molecules are microscopic units of physical matter, while psychology is an intangible study area. More later on what exactly “molecular psychology” means. More accurately however, molecular psychology is not a merger but a new product of interdisciplinary studies. Call it a new child of its parents: physics...

Editor: Mark B. Bromberg, MD; Series Editor: Sid Gilman. MD Publisher: Oxford University Press – 336 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This book takes a look in general at adult forms of motor neuron disease (MND), a rare group of disorders first recognized in the early 19th century. In particular it looks at similar nerve diseases on human movement functions such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease), primary lateral sclerosis (PLS), and progressive muscular atrophy (PMA). Currently there are no clinically effective treatments for these diseases, although much has been studied and...