Principles of Therapeutic Nutrition and Dietetics deals with concepts of diet therapy and special diets for special conditions. It explains in a lucid manner the principles of food as a preventive and therapeutic agent in disease.

This is a well-illustrated compilation that intends to serve as a text and reference to concepts, theories and keywords for the current students of life sciences. In addition to definitions and general research practices used across the globe, it also lists out online resources for software and tutorials. It introduces the readers to topics that are increasingly being incorporated in the life sciences curriculum and also used in research of academia and industry across the world today. The book is likely to be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students of pharmaceutical, life, health and allied health sciences.

Based on the author's earlier publication Anatomy and Physiology for Nurses and Allied Health Sciences, this textbook has been written with extensive revision and addition made in the text and graphics in an effort to make it especially useful for the undergraduate students of courses in nursing and allied health sciences. A large number of freshly drawn illustrations has been provided to facilitate understanding of the subject. Extensive use of color has been made in text and illustrations to enhance the visual impact and cognition. Though effort has been made to be brief so as not to burden the student with too many details, yet complete curriculum has been covered leaving no topic of physiology untouched. The common disease conditions encountered by nurses in the hospital setting have been mentioned. Physiological derangements have been coordinated with the disease conditions. With complete coverage of topics in physiology, the teachers/tutors in the institutions will also find the textbook useful to refer to the topics for preparing their class lectures. In addition, the book is intended to be useful for courses in allied health sciences as well as those courses in which human physiology is taught as a core subject. Coverage of physiology could make their understanding of the encountered clinical conditions easier and help them in handling these conditions, both in the clinics/wards or laboratories. The book should serve as a basic text for all relevant undergraduate courses not only in India but also in the neighboring as well as most countries in South Asia. Highlights of the book o Human physiology explained in brief and simple language. o Brief overview at the beginning of each chapter. o Text in colorto enhance cognition. o Physiological concepts explained with numerous illustrations. o All graphics in colorto enhance visual impact. o Pathophysiology of common diseases added to facilitate patient care. o MCQs added for each chapter to revise and prepare for the examinations. Surrinder H Singh MBBS, MD, FIMSA, MAMS, FIMAMS is former Professor and Head, Department of Physiology, Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC), New Delhi. She has served as professor and head of department of physiology in another medical college where she remained in the post for 5 years and was responsible for setting up the department and organizing * teaching to students of medical, dental and allied health sciences courses. She has been teaching physiology to the students of BPT course at Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Institute for Physically Handicapped, New Delhi (under Delhi University). Prof Singh has over 50 years of teaching experience in physiology to undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields of medical, dental, allied health sciences and nursing. She has been a guide and examiner for MD and PhD candidates; and examiner for MBBS and allied health sciences at Delhi University, All India Institute of Medical Sciences-New Delhi, National Board of Examinations, and at many other universities. She has to her credit research work on sahaja yoga for beneficial effects in epilepsy; yoga in control of blood sugar and other conditions; and effects of sound pollution on health. She was actively involved as a subcommittee member for revision of curriculum in physiology for MBBS course by Medical Council of India. She was awarded Fellowship of International Medical Sciences Academy in 1990; Membership of National Medical Academy in 1992; and Fellowship of Indian Medical Association-Academy of Medical Specialists in 1997. She has been bestowed with Life Time Achievement Award as an eminent Hardonianin2015.

This is a thoroughly revised, completely updated and enlarged edition of the popular book on histology, microscopy and photomicrography. It will serve as an illustrative textbook, a histology, laboratory manual, and a practical guide in laboratory techniques. The book should be of deep interest to postgraduate students of anatomy, pathology, microbiology and laboratory medicine

This is the thoroughly revised, enlarged and updated edition of the well known text-reference in the field of forensic medicine. The book presents over 700 colour and grayscale pictures and diagrams to describe the elements as well as practice of forensic medicine. Apart from clinical forensic medicine and forensic pathology, it discusses recent advances and modern trends in the field and allied specialties which will be very useful for the doctors, lawyers and law enforcement agencies. Topics such as forensic odontology , forensic radiology , forensic toxicology , forensic psychiatry , torture and doctors , medical law and ethics , transplantation of human organs, , narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances , hazards of blood transfusion , biomedical research , consumer laws , Employees Compensation Act , Employees State Insurance Act , medical records keeping , ethicolegal aspects of HIV/AIDS, etc. are included. , Recent amendments in the criminal law have been incorporated. The chapter , 'Doctor in Court' describes the judicial system in our country and gives guidelines as to how a doctor should conduct himself in a court of law. , Embalming techniques and related legal aspects are dealt with in a separate chapter. Apart from theoretical information, practical aspects of all types of medicolegal work are dealt with. , Samples of certificates and proformas given in the book will help the practising doctors to draft necessary certificates for the medicolegal cases handled by them.

Preventive Genetics An Update is the thoroughly revised, completely rewritten and recently updated edition of Preventive Genetics, the only book of its type published in 2006, which was very well received by most healthcare personnel as well as the students from related faculty all over the world. This success motivated the editor to come up with this new book, as An Update, after a gap of over a decade, with all the chapters revamped to include the recent advances in each field. Fresh chapters have been added to cover new areas like foetal MRI, NIPT, new techniques in DNA diagnosis, etc. to keep the book relevant and up-to-date in the present scenario. Full spectrum of preventive genetics, ranging from epidemiology, screening, genetic diagnosis to gene therapy and future trends, is exhaustively covered. The book maintains the focus on prevention, early screening, diagnosis and management of genetic disorders, as this is an era of preventive medicine. This exhaustively researched and compiled book will continue to serve as a useful tool for all the healthcare personnel working in the fields of genetics, perinatology and foetal medicine, as well as students and research workers in related areas.