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Focuses on the development of pharmaceutical medicine as a specialist discipline. Role of pharmaceutical agents at the foundation of medicine and therapeutics; Structure of organizations involved in pharmaceutical research and development; Professional support groups and postgraduate courses in pharmaceutical medicine.

The article examines the importance rehabilitation to patients suffering from schizophrenia. It explains that the aim of rehabilitation is to enable patients to cope with their illness and make the most of their lives, by reducing symptoms and increasing abilities whenever possible and by providing supportive services to match individual need. It discusses on the environmental, social and cultural factors and outcome of schizophrenia also a detailed information on the role of rehabilitation.

An epidemic of obesity and type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes is in progress across the world. The global burden of diabetes has been projected to rise, with an increase in the total number of people with type 2 diabetes from about 120 million in 1997 to about 215 million in 2010 (1). The obvious remedy for this development is to combat overweight and obesity, and to counteract the sedentary lifestyle of modern society. The basis for these actions must be a population strategy of prevention. However, an equally important mission, not least from an ethical standpoint, is to find and engage those individuals that are in most need of help (high-risk strategy). The screening procedure is used to identify these high-risk individuals. Screening in this chapter refers to prescriptive screening, whose aim is to use early detection and early treatment to control the outcome of the disease. In epidemiological surveys, the principal aim of the screening is to explore the prevalence and natural history of the variable in question and not to bring patients to treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article cites a study that discusses the cause and treatment of erectile failure. Three hypotheses for the sexual disorder remain, referring to the impact of the increasing atheroma, degenerative changes in the autonomic system and the decline of the levels of self confidence with age. Treatment includes counseling and physical remedies like vacuum pumps, intracavernosal and intraurethral administration of alprostadil.