Division of Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine 
Responding to Health Needs and Scientific Opportunity [PDF ebook] 
The Organizational Structure of the National Institutes of Health

This handbook offers practical guidance for fundamental experiments in environmental biotechnology, industrial biotechnology, and plant biotechnology, encompassing crucial aspects such as the isolati …

Health services are often fragmented along organizational lines with limited communication among the public health–related programs or organizations, such as mental health, social services, and publi …

Athletes and nonathletes frequently consume too little water or fluids, affecting exercise performance as well as overall health. This book comprehensively reviews the aspects relating to body fluid …

Affecting 20 to 30 % of children under the age of five, sleep disorders can seriously affect a child”s health. This authoritative guide illustrates the consequences of sleep disordered breathing and …

Premature births, musculoskeletal diseases, diabetes mellitus, and psychiatric disorders. Nutrition plays a direct or indirect role in the causes, treatment, and/or management of many chronic disorde …

Recognition that aging is not the accumulation of disease, but rather comprises fundamental biological processes that are amenable to experimental study, is the basis for the recent growth of experim …

Containing over 150 original photomicrographs accompanied by protocol information, Atlas of Cell Organelles Fluorescence delineates organelles structures, interaction, and organization into complexes …

Analyzing ground-breaking research, this reference highlights the impact of sleep deprivation on the well-being of the individual and society-presenting current theories on the function of sleep, the …

Dental Biomechanics provides a comprehensive, timely, and wide-reaching survey of the relevant aspects of biomechanical investigation within the dental field. Leading the reader through the mechanica …

An important new collection of clinical and preclinical reports on genetic therapy, this book describes illustrative examples of diseases in which gene-based interventions are presently plausible, an …