Advances in Medicine & Biology

The chapters in this volume present the latest developments in medicine and biology. Chapters One discusses the utility of negative pressure therapy in the treatment of chronic resistant venous ulceration by reviewing the current available literature on this topic. Chapter Two reviews telemedicine in chronic respiratory diseases. Chapter Three focuses on the role of GABA/glycine in respiratory network formulation using knock-out mice with respiratory failure. Chapter Four investigates in vitro and in vivo studies of prolonged dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) treatment. Chapter Five analyses superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) based magnetic hypothermia as a promising therapy in cancer treatment. Finally, Chapters Six and Seven discuss the prevalence, risk factors, potential complications, and psychological impacts of miscarriage and perinatal mortality.