Elsevier Science starts two journals; sells sales & marketing unit.Elsevier Science (Philadelphia, PA) will begin the publication of two new journals in January and has sold a sales and services unit to management. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease Infectious disease A pathological condition spread among biological species. Infectious diseases, although varied in their effects, are always associated with viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, multicellular parasites and aberrant proteins known as prions. will be published quarterly for medical professionals involved in the research and clinical practice of travel medicine and infectious disease. Elsevier said it will publish original papers and reviews covering all aspects of the field, including epidemiology and surveillance of travel-related infectious disease, vaccine-preventable disease, illness in returning travellers, tropical medicine tropical medicine, study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of certain diseases prevalent in the tropics. The warmth and humidity of the tropics and the often unsanitary conditions under which so many people in those areas live contribute to the development and and tropical skin disease, and general aspects of travel medicine and infectious disease. An annual subscription costs $170 in the U.S. The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery Foot and Ankle Surgery is the sub-specialty of orthopedics surgery that deals with the treatment, diagnosis and prevention of disorders of the foot and ankle. Foot and ankle surgeons differ from podiatrist in that foot and ankle surgeons have received a medical doctorate and have will be produced six times a year beginning in January and will be targeted to surgeons, podiatrists and sports medicine sports medicine, branch of medicine concerned with physical fitness and with the treatment and prevention of injuries and other disorders related to sports. Knee, leg, back, and shoulder injuries; stiffness and pain in joints; tendinitis; "tennis elbow"; and physicians. Editorial will focus on the surgical and medical management of foot and ankle surgery with coverage of such topics as: reconstruction; diabetes; medicine/rheumatology; pediatrics; research; sports medicine; trauma; and tumors. An annual subscription costs $185 for institutions and $119 for individuals. In related news, Elsevier Science unit Excerpta Medica medica (māˑ·dē·k has sold its Pracon and HealthIQ (Reston, VA) division to company management. The division is a provider of specialized sales and marketing services to health care organizations. No terms of the deal were given. Elsevier Science said the sale is part of its strategy of focusing on editorial content development, management and dissemination dissemination Medtalk The spread of a pernicious process–eg, CA, acute infection Oncology Metastasis, see there . |
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