Sexually transmitted infections Books

Book SynopsisThis comprehensive yet concise Handbook covers all aspects of sexual health, contraception and HIV medicine. All content has been updated from the second edition, with some additional chapters to reflect changes in the socio-political climate, clinical practice, and evidence-based medicine.Trade ReviewThis is an excellent textbook coverage of the discipline and I suspect that for primary care healthcare professionals, this would probably be their only port of call for most common and less common standard scenarios. * Dr Harry Brown MBChB, Glycosmedia *Table of Contents1: The genitourinary medicine service 2: Ethical, medico-legal and sociocultural issues 3: Gender diversity 4: The standard clinic process and sexual health in primary care 5: Investigations and microscopy 6: Specific genitourinary situations 7: Syphilis 8: Gonorrhoea 9: Chlamydia 10: Non-gonococcal urethritis and mucopurulent cervicitis 11: Pelvic inflammatory disease 12: Prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome in men 13: Epididymo-orchitis 14: Sexually acquired reactive arthritis 15: Bacterial vaginosis and anaerobic balanitis 16: Trichomoniasis 17: Genital candidiasis 18: Tropical genital and sexually acquired infections 19: Endemic treponematoses 20: Proctocolitis and enteric sexually acquired infections 21: Urinary tract infection 22: Anogenital herpes 23: Anogenital warts 24: Molluscum contagiosum 25: Sexually acquired viral hepatitis 26: Other viruses 27: Scabies 28: Pediculosis pubis 29: Anogenital dermatoses 30: Cervical neoplasia 31: Vulval pain 32: Streptococcal and staphylococcal infections 33: Genital anomalies 34: Contraception including contraception for women living with HIV 35: Psychological aspects and sexual problems 36: HIV: prevention 37: HIV: introduction and epidemiology 38: Pathogenesis of HIV 39: Staging, classification, and natural history of HIV disease 40: HIV: diagnosis and assessment 41: HIV: primary infection 42: HIV: gastrointestinal disorders 43: HIV: hepatitis virus co-infection 44: HIV: disorders of the eye 45: HIV: respiratory disorders 46: HIV: neurological disorders 47: HIV: dermatological disorders 48: HIV: pyrexia of unknown origin 49: HIV: endocrine and metabolic disorders 50: HIV: renal disorders 51: HIV: cardiovascular disorders 52: HIV: musculoskeletal disorders 53: HIV: reticulo-endothelial disorders 54: HIV: malignancies 55: HIV: management 56: HIV: pregnancy 57: HIV: travel

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Book SynopsisManage PCOS with beginner recipes that give your body a boost.You?ve been diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)?now what? PCOS Diet for the Newly Diagnosed is a way to help you feel better with food. It?s a complete starter guide that lays out the basics of living with PCOS and makes it easy to adopt an insulin resistance diet that eases symptoms naturally.Author, personal trainer, nutritionist, and fellow PCOS patient Tara Spencer walks you through practical ways to cook and eat for insulin resistance with full recipes and meal plans. She also offers concise, user-friendly tips for exercise and managing your self-esteem during this difficult time.PCOS Diet for the Newly Diagnosed includes: 3 recipe types?Every recipe is categorized as ?Fertility Boost,? ?Lower Calorie,? or ?Inflammation Fighter??or all 3?so you can adjust based on your own health goals. Daily worksheets?The Gratitude and Habit Tracker sheets help you stay on track and see your progress over time. Steps for success?Includes a 2-week meal plan with accompanying shopping lists, and detailed recipes featuring accessible, affordable ingredients. Learn to live a healthy, energetic lifestyle with PCOS, with this complete guide for the recently-diagnosed.

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Book SynopsisThe most common sexually transmitted infection, HPV causes cancers of the cervix, vulva, vagina, penis, and anus. When the HPV vaccine first came to the market in 2006, it immediately grabbed attention. This book explores the national arguments and global disputes surrounding the hotly controversial HPV vaccine.Trade ReviewWell written and well researched. It is a valuable addition to the fields of public health, public policy, and pharmaceutical marketing. Choice 2011Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. A Cancer Vaccine for Girls? HPV, Sexuality, and the New Politics of PreventionVaccine Time LinesPart I: The Known and the Unknown: Vaccination Decisions amid Risk and UncertaintyChapter 1. The Coercive Hand, the Benefi cent Hand: What the History of Compulsory Vaccination Can Tell Us about HPV Vaccine MandatesChapter 2. Gardasil: A Vaccine against Cancer and a Drug to Reduce RiskChapter 3. HPV Vaccination Campaigns: Masking Uncertainty, Erasing ComplexityChapter 4. The Great Undiscussable: Anal Cancer, HPV, and Gay Men's HealthChapter 5. Cervical Cancer, HIV, and the HPV Vaccine in BotswanaPart II: Girls at the Center of the Storm: Marketing and Managing Gendered RiskChapter 6. Safeguarding Girls: Morality, Risk, and ActivismChapter 7. Producing and Protecting Risky GirlhoodsChapter 8. Re- Presenting Choice: Tune in HPVPart III: Focus on the Family: Parents Assessing Morality, Risk, and Opting OutChapter 9. Parenting and Prevention: Views of HPV Vaccines among Parents Challenging Childhood ImmunizationsChapter 10. Decision Psychology and the HPV VaccineChapter 11. Nonmedical Exemptions to Mandatory Vaccination: Personal Belief, Public Policy, and the Ethics of RefusalChapter 12. Sex, Science, and the Politics of Biomedicine: Gardasil in Comparative PerspectivePart IV: In Search of Good Government: Eu rope, Africa, and America at the Crossroads of Cancer PreventionChapter 13. Vaccination as Governance: HPV Skepticism in the United States and Africa, and the North- South DivideChapter 14. Public Discourses and Policymaking: The HPV Vaccination from the Europe an PerspectiveChapter 15. HPV Vaccination in Context: A View from FranceNotes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisAnalyzing a longitudinal study of HPV occurrence in men in Cuernavaca, Mexico, Emily A. Wentzell explores how people can use individual health behaviors like participating in medical research to enhance group well-being amid crisis and change.Trade Review“Collective Biologies is an engaging, theoretically astute, and crisply written ethnography of research participation and shifting notions of gender and modernity in Mexico. Emily A. Wentzell captures a sense of the way biomedical research increasingly becomes enfolded into the experiences and projects of everyday life and particular understandings and aspirations of modernity in a way that is both emergent and urgent to understand. Her thoughtful, accessible, and illuminating examination makes crucial contributions to scholarship in science studies, medical anthropology, and Latin American studies.” -- Megan Crowley-Matoka, author of * Domesticating Organ Transplant: Familial Sacrifice and National Aspiration in Mexico *“Emily A. Wentzell's study challenges medicine's conception of ‘the body’ as a discrete entity and the way medical testing is done and the results understood. It is an excellent contribution to both medical anthropology and to public health.” -- Laura A. Lewis, author of * Chocolate and Corn Flour: History, Race, and Place in the Making of “Black” Mexico *"This solid contribution to medical anthropology reifies the concept that individuals enfold themselves into larger, collective, societal arenas. Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals." -- G. R. Campbell * Choice *"Wentzell’s skill in describing these biological abstractions is impressive. She has the capacity to weave complex subjects together: class differences, Mexican gender norms, national stereotypes, history, the economy, racial stereotypes, sexual disease transmission, familial and educational concerns, perceptions of governmental function, and more." -- William Sorensen * The Latin Americanist *Table of ContentsPreface: Collective Biologies in the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond ix Acknowledgments xiii 1. Sexual Health Research, Relationships, and Social Change in Cuernavaca 1 2. Performing Modern Masculinities in Medical Research 35 3. HPV and Couples Biology 52 4. Cultivating Companionate Families 81 5. Creating a "Culture of Prevention" 106 6. Evangelicals Participating as Piety 130 7. From "Human Subjects" to "Collective Biologies" 155 Appendix: The Study Design 181 References 189 Index 213

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Book SynopsisAnalyzing a longitudinal study of HPV occurrence in men in Cuernavaca, Mexico, Emily A. Wentzell explores how people can use individual health behaviors like participating in medical research to enhance group well-being amid crisis and change.Trade Review“Collective Biologies is an engaging, theoretically astute, and crisply written ethnography of research participation and shifting notions of gender and modernity in Mexico. Emily A. Wentzell captures a sense of the way biomedical research increasingly becomes enfolded into the experiences and projects of everyday life and particular understandings and aspirations of modernity in a way that is both emergent and urgent to understand. Her thoughtful, accessible, and illuminating examination makes crucial contributions to scholarship in science studies, medical anthropology, and Latin American studies.” -- Megan Crowley-Matoka, author of * Domesticating Organ Transplant: Familial Sacrifice and National Aspiration in Mexico *“Emily A. Wentzell's study challenges medicine's conception of ‘the body’ as a discrete entity and the way medical testing is done and the results understood. It is an excellent contribution to both medical anthropology and to public health.” -- Laura A. Lewis, author of * Chocolate and Corn Flour: History, Race, and Place in the Making of “Black” Mexico *"This solid contribution to medical anthropology reifies the concept that individuals enfold themselves into larger, collective, societal arenas. Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals." -- G. R. Campbell * Choice *"Wentzell’s skill in describing these biological abstractions is impressive. She has the capacity to weave complex subjects together: class differences, Mexican gender norms, national stereotypes, history, the economy, racial stereotypes, sexual disease transmission, familial and educational concerns, perceptions of governmental function, and more." -- William Sorensen * The Latin Americanist *Table of ContentsPreface: Collective Biologies in the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond ix Acknowledgments xiii 1. Sexual Health Research, Relationships, and Social Change in Cuernavaca 1 2. Performing Modern Masculinities in Medical Research 35 3. HPV and Couples Biology 52 4. Cultivating Companionate Families 81 5. Creating a "Culture of Prevention" 106 6. Evangelicals Participating as Piety 130 7. From "Human Subjects" to "Collective Biologies" 155 Appendix: The Study Design 181 References 189 Index 213

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Book SynopsisThere has been an upward trend in reported cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the UK. Health Practitioners at all levels need to have an awareness and understanding of STIs and the various issues that surround them. This manual offers a good grounding and insight into many aspects and areas associated with STIs. Using reliable references and the available evidence, the manual itemises changes and improvements that could be made in health care settings in order to help reduce the incidence of STIs and to treat various infections as efficiently as possible. Sexual health must be underpinned by an holistic philosophy, positively endorsing human sexuality and accepting sexual activity as normal and life-enhancing. The manual uses an integrated approach to the contributing factors surrounding STIs and considers the range of influencing dynamics at play. Amongst the various factors discussed, the ethics and legalities of STI-related issues are addressed fully, which will leave the reader confident about where they stand on matters related to patient's with STIs. The Manual of Sexually Transmitted Infections is an excellent and reliable reference tool for all health care professionals, working in the primary, secondary, intermediate and tertiary sectors of health care, the independent sector, and the National Health Service.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. Chapter 1. Sexual Health Promotion. Chapter 2. The Sexual Health History. Chapter 3. Managing Sexual Infection. Chapter 4. Sexual Health Counselling: Using Counselling Skills. Chapter 5. Partner Notification. Chapter 6. Legal, Ethnical and Professional Issues. Chapter 7. Working with Particular Groups. Glossary. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisHow did beliefs about syphilis shape the kinds of treatment people with this disease received? The story of how a town in the Ozark hinterlands played a key role in determining standards of medical care around syphilis. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, the central Arkansas city of Hot Springs enjoyed a reputation as one of the United States' premier health resorts. Throughout this period, the vast majority of Americans who traveled there did so because they had (or thought they had) syphilisa disease whose incidence was said to be dramatically on the rise all across the country. Boasting an impressive medical infrastructure that included private clinics, a military hospital, and a venereal disease clinic operated by the United States Public Health Service, Hot Springs extended a variety of treatment options. Until the antibiotic revolution of the 1940s, Hot Springs occupied a central position in the country's struggle with sexually transmitted disease. Drawing upon health-seeTrade ReviewHistorically, Hot Springs is known for visits by famous gangsters and baseball players, but the town's history of being a nationwide destination for syphilitics seeking hydrotherapy is uncovered in historian Elliott Bowen's book In Search of Sexual Health: Diagnosing and Treating Syphilis in Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1890-1940.—The Hot Springs Sentinel-RecordBowen contributes important insight into the course of medical tourism in the United States, developments in medical understandings of the "venereal peril," transitions in the concept of syphilis as a moral or medical condition, recognition of the chronic and late-stage complications of the disease, and the experience of ethnic and gender discrimination among syphilis patients in a southern treatment center.—Tricia Starks, University of Arkansas, Arkansas Historical QuarterlyTable of ContentsList of FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Emergence of Hot Springs as a Haven for the American Syphilitic, 1880-19102. "Administering to Minds Diseased": Treating Syphilis in Turn-of-the-Century Hot Springs3. Diagnosing Syphilis at Army and Navy General Hospital, 1890-19124. The Hot Springs VD Clinic, 1920-19375. From Hygiene to Hydrotherapy: Private Practitioners in Hot Springs, 1910-1940EpilogueNotesIndex

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