Product Description: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioners need to have an understanding of Western medical testing to recognize when laboratory tests are required and to interpret test results that are brought to them by patients. This book is an essential reference for the TCM classroom and clinic that teaches how to use and understand conventional lab testing in the treatment and referral of patients...read more

Product Description: This concise, highly practical guide to the interpretation of normal and abnormal laboratory results is now fully revised and expanded, with updates on established and familiar tests, as well as interpretations on recent developments...read more

Revision of the Popular student text that teaches how to apply knowledge in interpreting test results so that appropriate modifications in drug therapy can be made. Will also include a supplemental CD of case studies.

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2008 PROSE award winner for Excellence in Biology and the Life Sciences From the leading branded source for methods in the life sciences, this essential resource for the lab provides every researcher with the skills and understanding of fundamental laboratory procedures to ensure greater success at the bench. It takes the novice researcher from the very basics of reagent preparation to the use of routine instrumentation found in most life science research laboratories around the world. Developed by Current Protocols, the most trusted and recognized source of protocols Teaches new investigators how to perform basic laboratory research techniques Describes solution chemistry and preparation Covers basic laboratory safety Describes care and use of common equipment such as pH meters, spectrophotometers, centrifuges, and microscopes Teaches how to manage information from lab notebooks, images, literature references, as well as manuscript preparation This book is an invaluable resource for researchers in all areas of the life sciences, especially molecular biology, biotechnology, genetics, and immunology. It is essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students alike and is also of interest for investigators new to life science research.

Product Description: Focusing on medical laboratory procedures, this text covers specimen collection and transport, safety and infection control, quality assurance and control, and all the clinical laboratory procedures performed by the medical assistant...read more