Curado de la Hepatitis C


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Sentencia de Muerte de parte de la Doctora... Las palabras parecían salir de su boca incrustadas en plomo, "Solo tienes ocho meses de vida." Al principio no podía creer lo que estaba escuchando. Era como una pesadilla, pero sin estar dormido. La Doctora continuó, "Necesitarás un trasplante de hígado, y una terapia intensiva con drogas". ¿Qué? Después del shock inicial pasó un poco, rechacé esta opción. ¡No! Me rehusé a convertirme en otra estadística. La hepatitis C estaba haciendo su cometido para sacarme la vida, aunque no iba a permitirlo. En nuestra juventud, todos teníamos nuestra forma de convencernos que éramos a prueba de balas, y que cosas como estas "no nos pasaban a nosotros". Sin embargo allí estaba yo, rodeado por Doctores y enfermeras, todos mirándome como si ya tuviera un pie en la tumba. Situaciones como estas nos afectan en lo más profundo. Estaba en shock. Uno de los elementos más poderosos en mi recuperación total fue mi determinación. No renuncié a la esperanza, que de alguna forma iba a recordar este día y pensar, "el Diablo me tiró un golpe, y falló". Todos tenemos que tomar decisiones en nuestra vida cotidiana. Yo decidí vivir y no morir joven. Tú también tienes la misma opción. Los humanos tenemos un deseo innato de continuar viviendo, incluso cuando enfrentamos retos increíbles. Usé mi deseo de propulsar mi determinación de vencer esta enfermedad. Y tú también puedes. Conoce lo que hice, y cómo lo hice. El propósito de este libro es el de compartir experiencias con otras personas las cosas exactas que hice, y cómo las hice. Enciende una llama en tu interior y usa esa llama para hacer algo positivo. ¡Hoy en día, mis Doctores están sorprendidos al descubrir que tengo el hígado de un veinteañero!




The Liver


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Bridging the gap between basic scientific advances and the understanding of liver disease — the extensively revised new edition of the premier text in the field. The latest edition of The Liver: Biology and Pathobiology remains a definitive volume in the field of hepatology, relating advances in biomedical sciences and engineering to understanding of liver structure, function, and disease pathology and treatment. Contributions from leading researchers examine the cell biology of the liver, the pathobiology of liver disease, the liver’s growth, regeneration, metabolic functions, and more. Now in its sixth edition, this classic text has been exhaustively revised to reflect new discoveries in biology and their influence on diagnosing, managing, and preventing liver disease. Seventy new chapters — including substantial original sections on liver cancer and groundbreaking advances that will have significant impact on hepatology — provide comprehensive, fully up-to-date coverage of both the current state and future direction of hepatology. Topics include liver RNA structure and function, gene editing, single-cell and single-molecule genomic analyses, the molecular biology of hepatitis, drug interactions and engineered drug design, and liver disease mechanisms and therapies. Edited by globally-recognized experts in the field, this authoritative volume: Relates molecular physiology to understanding disease pathology and treatment Links the science and pathology of the liver to practical clinical applications Features 16 new “Horizons” chapters that explore new and emerging science and technology Includes plentiful full-color illustrations and figures The Liver: Biology and Pathobiology, Sixth Edition is an indispensable resource for practicing and trainee hepatologists, gastroenterologists, hepatobiliary and liver transplant surgeons, and researchers and scientists in areas including hepatology, cell and molecular biology, virology, and drug metabolism.




Practical Hepatic Pathology: A Diagnostic Approach E-Book


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A volume in the popular Pattern Recognition Series, Practical Hepatic Pathology: A Diagnostic Approach features completely updated and reorganized content, resulting in a truly practical guide to understanding liver pathology. Dr. Romil Saxena presents interpretation of liver biopsies according to a pattern-based approach that begins with recognition of the predominant histological pattern of injury, followed by identification of secondary features and appropriate work-up that lead you away from pitfalls to the best diagnosis. - Unique "visual index" at the beginning of the book references the exact chapter and specific page needed for in-depth diagnostic guidance. - Superb, high-quality, full-color images illustrate pathognomonic features and common variations. - Features comprehensive information on major adult and childhood liver diseases, hepatic neoplasms and pre-neoplastic nodules, including clinical features, laboratory tests, imaging findings and differential diagnosis. - Coverage of the clinical aspects of liver transplantation allows you to understand the pathology and practice of this procedure. - New section on Evolving Concepts keeps you abreast of new paradigms in liver diseases such as reversal of fibrosis, heterogeneity of cirrhosis, and biphenotypic primary liver cell carcinoma. - Reorganized Table of Contents is even more intuitive. - Expert Consult eBook version is included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, images, and references from the book across digital platforms.




Crossing the Global Quality Chasm


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In 2015, building on the advances of the Millennium Development Goals, the United Nations adopted Sustainable Development Goals that include an explicit commitment to achieve universal health coverage by 2030. However, enormous gaps remain between what is achievable in human health and where global health stands today, and progress has been both incomplete and unevenly distributed. In order to meet this goal, a deliberate and comprehensive effort is needed to improve the quality of health care services globally. Crossing the Global Quality Chasm: Improving Health Care Worldwide focuses on one particular shortfall in health care affecting global populations: defects in the quality of care. This study reviews the available evidence on the quality of care worldwide and makes recommendations to improve health care quality globally while expanding access to preventive and therapeutic services, with a focus in low-resource areas. Crossing the Global Quality Chasm emphasizes the organization and delivery of safe and effective care at the patient/provider interface. This study explores issues of access to services and commodities, effectiveness, safety, efficiency, and equity. Focusing on front line service delivery that can directly impact health outcomes for individuals and populations, this book will be an essential guide for key stakeholders, governments, donors, health systems, and others involved in health care.




Chronic Hepatitis B and C


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The scope of the book is very broad, covering a wide range of areas in HBV/HDV and HCV research, including both basic and clinical science. The selected topics range from epidemiology, immunology, molecular virology and oncology, to clinical therapy.Chronic Hepatitis B and C consists of 14 chapters, each being a review of a special topic on HBV or HCV. While review articles on a special topic can be found in periodical journals, they tend to be more restricted in presentation. Therefore, this book will provide more in-depth coverage of what are presented as "unpublished results" and "data not shown" in journal articles. Furthermore, several authors in this book do not write review articles regularly. Some authors wrote reviews on a specific topic regularly, but they tried a new topic in this book (e.g., Dr. YF Liaw on "natural course," Dr. Shih on "virion release," Dr. Michael Lai on "lymphotropism of HCV," etc. ⋯). Overall, the book will offer useful information at the cutting age.Sample Chapter(s)







Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health


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Sixth edition of the hugely successful, internationally recognised textbook on global public health and epidemiology, with 3 volumes comprehensively covering the scope, methods, and practice of the discipline




The Cancer Atlas


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This atlas illustrates the latest available data on the cancer epidemic, showing causes, stages of development, and prevalence rates of different types of cancers by gender, income group, and region. It also examines the cost of the disease, both in terms of health care and commercial interests, and the steps being taken to curb the epidemic, from research and screening to cancer management programs and health education.







Epidemiology of Chronic Disease: Global Perspectives


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Epidemiology of Chronic Disease: Global Perspectives is the most current and authoritative resource on the epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, risk factors and preventive factors of over 50 major chronic diseases and conditions. This comprehensive text provides readers with an excellent basis for examining current hypotheses regarding chronic disease epidemiology.