Full Description
Here is an informative collection of peer-reviewed chapters on new and innovative holistic approaches to treat contemporary lifestyle diseases. The volume discusses the basics of holistic medicine along with detailed explanations of lifestyle diseases such as various types of cancers, health problems due to overnight mobile telephone usage, AIDS, arthritis, and asthma. The book also advocates several effective strategies that use a combination of nontraditional treatment approaches. The chapters discuss medicinal mushrooms in cancer therapy, employing Ayurveda to treat obesity, treating AIDS by using gene therapy and gene editing technology, and more. This volume will be of interest to open-minded and forward-thinking scientists, researchers, doctors, and other healthcare experts worldwide who endeavor to employ new holistic approaches for the treatment of contemporary lifestyle health issues.
Contents
1. AIDS: Control and Possible Cure by Using Gene Therapy and Gene Editing Technology 2. Health Hazards of Overnight Mobile Phone Usage: A Comparative Study 3. Individualized and Integrative Management of Pediatric Asthma: A Health Promoting Approach for Clinical Practice 4. Holistic Healing Village: Where Food Is Medicine 5. Colorectal Cancer: A Concern for Young Adults 6. Nanotechnology: An Emerging Technology for Therapeutics 7. Polyionenes as Antimicrobial Agents 8. Antirheumatic Potential of Justicia gendarussa Root Extract on Chronic Arthritic Models 9. Epigenetic Changes Caused by the Contaminants Present in Groundwater and Their Reversal Using Natural Compounds 10. Medicinal Mushrooms in Supportive Cancer Therapy: A Review 11. Sthoulya: A Holistic Approach to Obesity Through Ayurveda 12. Marine Environment: A Reservoir of Natural Anticancer Drugs 13. Recent Advances in Scaffold Fabrication Techniques for Tissue Engineering 14. An Overview on Polymeric Hydrogels for Drug Delivery Applications 15. Polymeric Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery
