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Editors: Maria Rosaria, Raspollini and Antonio Lopez-Beltran Publisher:  Cambridge University Press – 420 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram Before sexual organs begin to develop in unborn males and females, human embryos undergo similar development of their urogenital tracts, the editors point out in the Preface of this book. But genetic and epigenetic factors, such as abnormalities or ailments their father or mother had, may cause the infants to be born in a not-quite perfect state. They may even be born with tumors. So what is the obstetrician or pediatrician to do, to figure out the best way to...

Editors: Bernard Ravina, MD; Jeffrey Cummngs, MD; Michael McDermott, PhD; and R. Michael Poole, MD Publisher:  Cambridge University Press – 369 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram Next year (2020) a quarter of the workforce in the United States is expected to be 55 years old or older. This has been described by demographers as The Silver Tsunami that began after the end of World War II. This age group is more commonly referred to as the Baby Boom Generation. They are expected to number almost 98 million people and comprise nearly 29 percent of the entire US population,...

Authors: Federico Milano and Alvaro Ortega Manjavacas Publisher:  Cambridge University Press – 368 pages Book Review by: Venkat Subramaniam This book by its two authors named above takes a look at a variety of storage systems for energy. Written for anyone interested to learn about (or fill their knowledge gaps on) energy storage systems, this book would be particularly useful to energy professionals, researchers and graduate students on power system dynamics, renewable energy integration and smart development. Storage is essential for conserving goods and data in various types of spaces and machines that make human life easier. Here are...

Editors: Charles E. Smith, MD and Jon J. Como, MD Cambridge University Press – 744 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram “Trauma represents a broad spectrum of disease and is the leading cause of death and disability among the youth,” according to Brendan Peterson, MD, MBA, who is professor of orthopedic surgery at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and who wrote the Foreword to this book. Worldwide, unintentional and intentional injuries were the fifth and seventh cause of deaths in 2002. There are many causes of major trauma. Collisions in vehicles, falls, blunt wounds from being hit...

Editors: Camran Nezhat, MD; Farr Nezhat, MD; and Ceana Nezhat, MD Publisher: Cambridge University Press – 708 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram The first use of anesthesia in 1859 revolutionized medicine and surgery in the nineteenth century, making operations painless for patients, and anxiety-free for surgeons. four decades later in 1901, laparoscopy signaled another revolution, enabling surgeons to do their job with smaller incisions, and making recoveries shorter for patients. The Iran-born Dr. Camran Nezhat, one of the three editors of this book along with his brothers Farr and Ceana, has shown to the medical community that laparoscopy...