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Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine

Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine examines how normal human biology differs between men and women and how the diagnosis and treatment of disease differs as a function of gen… Read more

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Description

Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine examines how normal human biology differs between men and women and how the diagnosis and treatment of disease differs as a function of gender. This revealing research covers various conditions that predominantly occur in men, and as well conditions that predominantly occur in women. Among the subjects covered are cardiovascular disease, mood disorders, the immune system, lung cancer as a consequence of smoking, osteoporosis, diabetes, obesity, and infectious diseases.

Key features

* Gathers important information in the field of gender-based biology and clinical medicine, proving that a patient's sex is increasingly important in preventing illness, making an accurate diagnosis, and choosing safe and effective treatment of disease
* Addresses gender-specific areas ranging from organ transplantation, gall bladder and biliary diseases, to the epidemiology of osteoporosis and fractures in men and women
* Many chapters present questions about future directions of investigations

Readership

Practicing physicians and specialists; endocrinologists; bone biologists; gerontologists; cardiologists

Table of contents

Gender and Development
Central Nervous System
Cardiology
Pulmonology
Gastroenterology
Reproductive Biology
Oncology; Nutrition
Drug Metabolis
Infectious Disease
Bone
Immunology/ Rheumatology
Aging

Review quotes

"The book will benefit primary care practitioners and physicians who manage chronic conditions. By bringing the information together, Legato sets the stage for the future of an exciting and rich new field...Some chapters can serve as independent monographs, and all seem to use current references and reflect a good Review of the pertinent literature. Some chapters recommend sources for additional reading. In addition, authors identify gaps in the literature and offer recommendations for further investigation. These recommendations are among the best features of the textbook...We commend the editor, section editors, and chapter authors of this wonderful textbok. Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine has the potential to change the minds of those who have struggled to understand what "gender-based medicine"really means. The bottom line is that this effort has created a broad range of research opportunities and, consequently, the chance to improve treatment and disease outcomes for all: women, men, the poor, the rich, minorities and nonminorities, and, most important, children—the next generation of men and women."—JAMA, 2004;292:2921-2922 "A new field of investigation, education, and clinical practice is to be recognized by all who practice medicine...The information in this textbook can only be found in piecemeal if at all in standard medical textbooks, and we are pleased to know that there is now a text that brings this information together."—William H. Wehrmacher, MD and Harry Messmore, MD, Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL for Clin Appl Thrombosis/Hemostasis 11(4):500, 2005

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About the editors

Marianne Legato J.

Editor

Marianne Legato, MD, PhD (hon c), Emerita Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University and founder of the Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine, is an internationally known academic physician, author, lecturer, and specialist in gender-specific medicine. She was a charter member of the Advisory Committee on Research on Women's Health of the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health. She has published extensively on gender- and sex-specific medicine both for the scientific and for the lay public. The third edition of her textbook, Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine, and her most recent book, The Plasticity of Sex, both won Prose Awards from the American Association of Editors in 2021 and 2022, respectively.

Affiliations and expertise
Emerita Professor, Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Adjunct Professor, Medicine at Johns Hopkins Medical School, USA

Marianne Legato J.

Editor In Chief

Marianne Legato, MD, PhD (hon c), Emerita Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University and founder of the Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine, is an internationally known academic physician, author, lecturer, and specialist in gender-specific medicine. She was a charter member of the Advisory Committee on Research on Women's Health of the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health. She has published extensively on gender- and sex-specific medicine both for the scientific and for the lay public. The third edition of her textbook, Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine, and her most recent book, The Plasticity of Sex, both won Prose Awards from the American Association of Editors in 2021 and 2022, respectively.

Affiliations and expertise
Emerita Professor, Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Adjunct Professor, Medicine at Johns Hopkins Medical School, USA

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