Since a clear understanding of the pelvic floor region is crucial for both male and female pelvic surgery and for fundamental mechanisms of urogenital and/or ano-rectal dysfunction and treatment, the authors present a morphological concept that is in accordance with actual clinical concepts. The reinterpreted anatomical concept is compared to classical morphological ideas and what is most important to functional considerations.

The visual chronicle of Joe Biden's eight years as vice president to Barack Obama, revealing in intimate detail who the President is as a father, friend, and leaderThis book captures the core of who Joe Biden is as a lifelong public servant–featuring photographs from his eight years as one of America's most consequential vice presidents and partner to Barack Obama.These visually arresting photographs and behind-the-scenes stories show Biden stepping into hi...

In a dazzling world of so-called superfoods, expensive supplements and glamourised diets and detoxes, the real gems of the health world are often overlooked. Our obsession with glittering shortcuts and band-aid solutions has resulted in us missing the forest for the trees.In the midst of unprecedented rates of obesity, hearth disease, cancer and a whole new generation of complicated auto-immune conditions; including allergies, behavioural disorders and mental illness; our collectiv...

Building on the work and legacy of Darrell L. Guder, Converting Witness: The Future of Christian Mission in the New Millennium, explores key questions and new possibilities in missiology in light of the world Christian context. The conversation around missional theology and the missional church has examined the gap between theology and mission with the intent of fostering renewal within North American Christianity. But this can only fully occur in relation to the reality of world Christian...

Delivering babies, caring for women, a lifetime’s workIn An Everyday Miracle, eminent obstetrician and gynaecologist Jim Dornan gives a unique insight into the world of pregnancy, birth and women’s health. Drawing on his forty-year career, he talks openly and at times controversially about working in a busy maternity unit, and about the immense joy, and sometimes heartbreak and loss, that women experience during pregnancy and childbirth.Taking up where Call the Midwife left...

**Over 1.5 million copies sold!Millions of people visit Whole30.com every month and share their dramatic life-changing testimonials. Get started on your Whole30 transformation with the #1 New York Times best-selling The Whole30.**Since 2009, Melissa Hartwig Urban’s critically-acclaimed Whole30 program has quietly led hundreds of thousands of people to effortless weight loss and a new foundation for healthy eating—along with stunning improvements in sleep quality, e...

If a woman lives longer than her lifetime, will she be converted into a man?A surgeon thinks so and tries to prove this in very lucid and step by step manner. In fact he goes ahead and states that if man lives long enough, he too will be converted into woman and they dont have to undergo any operation or take any medication to achieve this.As one reads this book, one will feel invisible shadow of this truth looming over ones entire life.

This new SpringerBrief in Physiology explores the newest research findings on how exercise influences the fetus in utero and beyond. Physiology of Prenatal Exercise and Fetal Development reviews the current findings of how maternal exercise throughout gestation influences fetal development of key organ systems, and also encompasses the relationship between maternal activity level and fetal, birth, and neonatal effects. This information will help researchers and scientists better u...

Diet, by definition, is the type of food consumed in a certain period. It can be as simple as an average daily meal. It can also be part of a treatment program for medical conditions. The ketogenic diet has long been used in the treatment of epilepsy in children. Recent findings showed that it has other benefits aside from controlling seizures. Since its introduction in the 1920s, the ketogenic diet remains controversial until today. How can seizures and other neurological disorders be con...

This book offers a critical review of the pelvic sciences—past, present and future—from an anatomical and physiological perspective and is intended for researchers, medical practitioners and paramedical therapists in the fields of urology, gynecology and obstetrics, proctology, physiotherapy, as well as for patients.The book starts with a “construction plan” of the pelvis and shows its structural consequences. The historical background of pelvic studies proceeds from medieval and e...

Just thinking about dieting or eating right can feel overwhelming and heavy for most of us, but Dr. Amber French and chef Kari Morris show us that it doesn't have to be.Winner of the 2013 Indie Next Generation Award in the Diet/Nutrition/Food category, "Wellness 100" presents a realistic and optimistic option with simple guidelines and healthy, easy, and delicious recipes that are respectful of busy lifestyles.Plus, the program naturally works to combat dis...

Novel Approaches into the Origins of Neurodevelopmental Disorders: The Fetal Physiology Foundation Over the past two decades, autism, a neurodevelopmental disorder that is defined by behavior and was once believed to be rare, became recognized in increasing numbers of children and recently received distinction as an “epidemic” [1]. While numbers of affected children have steadily increased, our knowledge is still ins- ficient to explain autism’s diverse causes and broad range of presentati...