Month: November 2015

Editors: George C.Tseng, Debashis Ghosh, and Xianghong Jasmine Zhou Publisher: Cambridge University Press – 461 pages Book Review by: Venkat Subramaniam The term ‘omics’ is essentially a combined-form term which involves the study of information on an organism. It is a new, shortened version of words like genomic, metabolomic, proteomic, and  transcriptomic that respectively study the human genome, and its metabolic, protein and transcription products. Omics data are now part of a growing new field called precision medicine. This is a creatively innovative process of analyzing data that has yielded solutions to previously difficult cases, such as some patients...

Editors: Marta C. Cohen, and Irene Scheimberg Publisher: Cambridge University Press – 513 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This book has been developed for use by pediatric pathologists, including those in training, as well as for general pathologists who encounter pediatric cases. Pediatric pathology is an essential and needed subspecialty, the editors write, because of the incidence, rarity and peculiarity of many conditions and diseases among children. In some areas of the United States and Europe, and in many other countries, there are few pediatric hospitals or specialist centers for children where particular pediatric disease experts practice. This...

Author:  Thomas F. Cotter Publisher: Oxford University Press – 452 pages Book Review by: Paiso Jamakar Most books are written, I suppose, when the author wants to share some new information with the public, although you will, I admit, find books which have very little if any, new concepts, ideas, or knowledge. And since the advent of the Internet, a lot of information one seeks can be found in articles online. Thomas Cotter wrote this book because someone asked him a question that he answered simply because of a gut feeling that his answer was the correct one. But...

Editor: Thomas Wetter Contributors: George Demiris, Amanda K. Hall, Andrea Hartzler, Jina Huh, Georgios Raptis, and Lisa M. Vizer Publisher:  Springer – 417 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram We are reaching the age of the consumer empowerment in health care, especially in the more highly-educated sectors of the developed world, such as in Europe and the United States. Recall the numerous times when you have: Searched the Internet on a medical issue Networked with others to get answers to critical health questions Tracked your physical activity with wearable devices Measured your physiological reactions in strength tests, resistance to...