New eBooks

Data-Driven Diagnostics and Disease Prediction with AI Optimization / edited by Shailendra Pratap Singh, Prabhishek Singh, Manoj Diwakar, Vinayakumar Ravi

Elsevier 2025

“Data-Driven Diagnostics and Disease Prediction with AI Optimization provides useful insights into model creation, data preparation, and ethical issues for healthcare applications. The book covers all the conventional and non-conventional methods related to this domain. It also discusses AI-based optimization techniques, Machine Learning models, and Advanced AI, offering practical insights, case studies, and optimization strategies to help data scientists and researchers efficiently employ AI in diagnostics and illness prediction in a world where precise diagnostics and early illness prediction may save lives and healthcare resources.” From publisher’s website.

Neurosurgery Rounds: Questions and Answers / edited by Mark R. Shaya, Cristian Gragnanielllo, Remi Nader

Thieme 2025

“Neurosurgery Rounds: Questions and Answers, Third Edition by Mark Shaya, Cristian Gragnaniello, and Remi Nader reflects major advances in neurosurgery and neurological diseases since the publication of the prior edition. The reader-friendly book features contributions from renowned experts and covers major neurosurgical areas pertinent to neurosurgical residents, such as surgical anatomy, pathophysiology, and surgical techniques.

This book is specifically designed to help prepare for both the written and oral board examinations. The oral board examination involves interaction with examiners; therefore, passing the exam is heavily dependent on the ability to communicate succinctly and precisely what to do in specific clinical situations. Organized in nine sections, this case-based book provides diverse coverage of multiple disciplines involved in the knowledge, care, and treatment of neurosurgical patients, including new topics, such as COVID-19.” From publisher’s website.

Cell Membrane Engineering for Advancing Cell-Based and Nanotechnology-Based Therapies / edited by Zahid Hussain, Renjun Pei

Springer 2025

“The battle against complex diseases and tissue defects drives innovation in treatment and medical research. The cell membrane plays a fundamental role in biological processes and serves as a promising platform for diagnostic and therapeutic advancements due to its diverse receptors and ligands. Recent advances in bioengineering, synthetic biology, and biomimetic nanotechnology have enabled the development of engineered cell membrane-based platforms, including surface-engineered cells, extracellular vesicles, bacterial membrane vesicles, membrane-coated nanoparticles, and hybrid nanomaterials, offering improved therapeutic and diagnostic potential over their natural counterparts. This book provides a comprehensive exploration of essential cell surfaceome components, detailing state-of-the-art surface engineering strategies and advancements in engineered cells and membrane-based therapeutic nanoplatforms. It examines the transformative applications of these platforms in immune engineering, gastrointestinal disease management, cancer therapy, tissue engineering, circulating tumor cell capture, theranostics, and the treatment of neurodegenerative, inflammatory, and infectious diseases. Significant topics, many at the forefront of scientific research, are examined in depth, allowing academics, clinicians, and biomedical researchers to understand the latest advancements in cell membrane engineering and address unmet clinical needs. Furthermore, this interdisciplinary book is highly relevant to modern healthcare and provides instructional content for graduate students in chemical biology, pharmacology, biomaterials science, biomedical engineering, immune engineering, nanobiotechnology, regenerative medicine, and translational medicine. This book brings together pioneering research to inspire a broad scientific audience and drive innovation in disease monitoring, precision treatment, and biomedical applications.” From publisher’s website.

Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations / by National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Care Services, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Committee on Oral Health Access to Services

National Academies Press 2012

“Access to oral health care is essential to promoting and maintaining overall health and well-being, yet only half of the population visits a dentist each year. Poor and minority children are less likely to have access to oral health care than are their nonpoor and nonminority peers. Older adults, people who live in rural areas, and disabled individuals, uniformly confront access barriers, regardless of their financial resources. The consequences of these disparities in access to oral health care can lead to a number of conditions including malnutrition, childhood speech problems, infections, diabetes, heart disease, and premature births. Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations examines the scope and consequences of inadequate access to oral health services in the United States and recommends ways to combat the economic, structural, geographic, and cultural factors that prevent access to regular, quality care. The report suggests changing funding and reimbursement for dental care; expanding the oral health work force by training doctors, nurses, and other nondental professionals to recognize risk for oral diseases; and revamping regulatory, educational, and administrative practices. It also recommends changes to incorporate oral health care into overall health care. These recommendations support the creation of a diverse workforce that is competent, compensated, and authorized to serve vulnerable and underserved populations across the life cycle. The recommendations provided in Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations will help direct the efforts of federal, state, and local government agencies; policy makers; health professionals in all fields; private and public health organizations; licensing and accreditation bodies; educational institutions; health care researchers; and philanthropic and advocacy organizations.” From library catalogue.

Soft Materials‐Based Biosensing Medical Applications / edited by Deepak Gupta, Milan Singh, Rishabha Malviya, Sonali Sundram

Scrivener 2025

“The book offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of how innovative soft materials are revolutionizing biosensing technologies, making it an essential read for anyone interested in cutting-edge advancements in biomedical research and healthcare.

Soft materials include granular materials, foams, gels, polymers, surfactants, functional organics, and biological molecules. These structures can be altered by thermal or mechanical stress due to their ability to self-organize into mesoscopic physical structures. They are becoming increasingly significant as functional materials for broader applications because of their rich surface chemistry and versatile functions.

A biosensor is an analytical tool for chemical compound detection that combines a biological element with a physicochemical detector. Sensitive biological components, such as proteins, carbohydrates, tissue, bacteria, and enzymes, are collected from a biomimetic element that interacts and binds with the analyte under investigation. In biosensors, soft matter may function as both a sensing and transducing component. The interplay of soft matter with biomolecular analytes results in cell signaling pathways, diagnostic tests for applications in low-resource environments, prospective drug development, molecular biodetection, chemical sensors, and biological sensors. Understanding these biomolecular interactions in the context of acute illnesses is critical for biomedical research and healthcare. This has fueled efforts to create a biosensor that is effective, low-cost, and label-free.

Several approaches using soft materials to functionalize and tailor structures have greatly advanced science, including chemistry, physics, pharmaceutical science, materials science, and engineering. Soft Materials-Based Biosensing Medical Applications summarizes recent advances in soft materials with unique physicochemical properties that synergistically promote biosensing systems. ” From publisher’s website.

Drug Use in the Older Adult: A Guide for Nurses, Other Practicing Clinicians and Interested Older Individuals / by Glenda Elaine Bilder, Patricia Brown-O’Hara

Springer 2025

“This book, written by a pharmacologist and a nurse, discusses issues related to drug use in the older adult. It discusses the effects of medications as well as other drugs (OTC, recreational, anti-aging) in the aging body but also the effects of drug use in age-related diseases.

The purpose is two-fold. The first is to present a comprehensive evaluation of drug use in the older adult based on principles of pharmacology and gerontology and validated by clinical observations, reviews and trials. Professional care givers for the older adult - nurses, other practitioners, and technicians will benefit by learning the many ways in which age and age-dependent diseases influence medication efficacy, adverse reactions and toxicities. Understanding these relations creates the opportunity to improve efficacy and minimize adverse and toxic reactions and provide optimal health care. The book discusses drug use in a wide variety of age-related diseases, syndromes and conditions.

The second purpose is to present a readable reference for the interested older adult on all types of drug use - medications to recreational to anti-aging drugs. This book provides scientifically validated information on current drug topics that are usually covered by unsubstantiated marketing information.” From publisher’s website.

Ethical Foundations of Palliative Care for Alzheimer Disease / edited by Ruth B. Purtilo, Henk A.M.J. ten Have

Johns Hopkins University Press 2010

“Alzheimer disease afflicts more than twelve million people worldwide, and its incidence is increasing at a staggering rate. People with the disorder are living longer than have those in previous generations, and they require interventions for quality-of-life issues associated with palliative care. However, the symptoms of Alzheimer disease often fail to place such persons into settings where palliative care resources are available to them. Indeed, clinicians and other caregivers may be unsure about what constitutes effective palliation in these cases. At the same time, the ethical issues involved in providing end-of-life care to persons with Alzheimer disease remain on the margins of mainstream bioethics.In Ethical Foundations of Palliative Care for Alzheimer Disease, leading ethicists and clinicians from the United States and Europe explore ethical and scientific concerns about the diagnosis and prognosis of Alzheimer disease, challenges arising from applying palliative procedures to its symptoms, key philosophical and theological concepts central to our understanding of the disease and to end-of-life decisions, and the changing patterns of relevant medical, social, and economic policies. Cross-cultural, multidisciplinary, and state-of-the-art, this volume is a unique and important resource for bioethicists, clinicians, and policy makers everywhere.” From EBSCO description.

Next-Generation Drug Delivery Systems / edited by Abhishek Pathak, Satya Pal Singh

Humana 2025

“This book provides a detailed yet accessible guide to emerging trends in drug delivery systems. Topics encompass a wide range of delivery mechanisms, including nanotechnology-based carriers, controlled-release formulations, targeted delivery systems, and biologics, with a focus on their role in improving therapeutic outcomes. Emphasis has also been placed on regulatory challenges, translational research, and the integration of artificial intelligence in designing advanced drug delivery systems. Written for the Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology series, chapters include the kind of specificity and expert implementation advice to ensure success in the lab.

Comprehensive and practical, Next-Generation Drug Delivery Systems serves as an ideal guide to how innovative drug delivery approaches can address critical challenges, such as enhancing bioavailability, reducing side effects, and achieving precise drug targeting.” From publisher’s website.

Green Antibacterial Materials: Eco-friendly Synthesis, Performance, and Applications / edited by Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, Kabali Vijai Anand, Shadpour Mallakpour

Elsevier 2025

“Green Antibacterial Materials: Eco-friendly Synthesis, Performance and Applications presents the latest developments in this important research field. It provides comprehensive coverage of the various types of green antibacterial materials that are currently available. The book emphasizes sustainable synthesis techniques, practical applications, and future perspectives and delves into the fundamental concepts of antibacterial materials, exploring their mechanisms of action and the challenges associated with their conventional options. This book will be a valuable reference resource for researchers, materials scientists, and other professionals.

Sections discuss a wide range of green antibacterial materials, including natural sources such as plant extracts and marine organisms, biopolymers derived from renewable resources, metal-based compounds, carbon-based materials, and hybrid combinations. Each material type is thoroughly discussed, highlighting their unique properties, synthesis techniques, and mechanisms of antibacterial activity. Additionally, the book enables readers to explore and develop sustainable solutions for various applications.” From publisher’s website.

Health and well-being: a social and cultural perspective / edited by Quynh Le

Nova Science Publishers 2011

“One of the most essential aspects in life for anyone in any society is health and well-being. It is the indispensable base on which happiness is based. This book examines these two important aspects of life. It focuses on the social and cultural aspects of health and well-being in various societies and cultures.” From library catalogue.

New Books - February 2026