Ross Cameron – författare

Growing plants and (if we are lucky enough) creating gardens is deeply rewarding, but has also been proven to be vital for our health.Gardening helps improve our mood, relax us, take us away from our everyday problems, and promote positive emotions. It reduces anxiety and stress, delays in the onset of dementia, promotes joy, as well as improving physical health and even self-esteem.This new book explores the ways we can introduce plants into our lives and thus embrace some of the benefits the natural world provides for our well-being. Divided into 50 sections, each one highlights a plant-based activity, how this is good for your health and provides links to the underlying concept that supports health and well-being.Written by a leading scientific authority on environmental horticulture, this unique book will offer readers a wealth of ideas on planting and growing as well as explaining the latest science research behind those ideas.

Growing plants and (if we are lucky enough) creating gardens is deeply rewarding, but has also been proven to be vital for our health. Gardening helps improve our mood, relax us, take us away from our everyday problems, and promote positive emotions. It reduces anxiety and stress, can delay the onset of dementia, promotes joy, as well as improves physical health and even self-esteem.Published in collaboration with the RHS, this newly revised book explores the ways we can introduce plants into our lives and thus embrace some of the benefits the natural world provides for our well-being. Divided into 50 sections, each one highlights a plant-based activity, how this is good for your health and provides links to the underlying concept that supports health and well-being.

Environmental horticulture - also referred to as landscape horticulture and amenity horticulture - is the umbrella term for the horticulture that we encounter in our daily lives. With a huge increase in interest in the value of urban green space due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this updated edition is ideally placed to advocate just why green space is so important to us. This includes parks, public gardens, allotments, green roofs, sports facilities, cemeteries and shopping centres or in fact any public space which has grass, flower/foliar plantings and trees. A complete and comprehensive guide, this new edition of Environmental Horticulture: - Explores the role, value and application of horticulture in different landscapes. - Includes new content on how an urban plant functions, the therapeutic aspects of green spaces, people and urban wildlife, and specialist green spaces. - Reviews the importance and impact of horticulture on the wider environment. - Covers practical management advice for woody plants, herbaceous perennials and bulbs, meadows and semi-natural grasslands, lawn and sports turf, and interior landscapes. A vital resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students, this book is also a valuable addition to academic departments with an interest in green space management and wider environmental issues.

Environmental horticulture - also referred to as landscape horticulture and amenity horticulture - is the umbrella term for the horticulture that we encounter in our daily lives. With a huge increase in interest in the value of urban green space due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this updated edition is ideally placed to advocate just why green space is so important to us. This includes parks, public gardens, allotments, green roofs, sports facilities, cemeteries and shopping centres or in fact any public space which has grass, flower/foliar plantings and trees. A complete and comprehensive guide, this new edition of Environmental Horticulture: - Explores the role, value and application of horticulture in different landscapes. - Includes new content on how an urban plant functions, the therapeutic aspects of green spaces, people and urban wildlife, and specialist green spaces. - Reviews the importance and impact of horticulture on the wider environment. - Covers practical management advice for woody plants, herbaceous perennials and bulbs, meadows and semi-natural grasslands, lawn and sports turf, and interior landscapes. A vital resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students, this book is also a valuable addition to academic departments with an interest in green space management and wider environmental issues.

The advances in science and medicine we are now experiencing are unprec­ edented and exciting. Life expectancy is prolonged, and quality of life is much improved. We learn of fabulous new discoveries made at the bench or the bedside every week. Many diseases have been totally eliminated, others can be significantly improved by new therapeutic formulations. Much of the success can be attributed to a better understanding of disease processes and the specific targeting of new and more effective medications. As is the case in many areas of successful human endeavour, there can be a downside. In the case of drugs and chemicals it is their adverse effects which are of concern. Of course, every effort is made to devise medications that are safe, and the need to elucidate and understand mechanisms are crucial, yet adverse effects remain a problem. They can be unpredictable and diverse. Drugs have been shown to induce virtually the whole gamut of human liver pathology from acute fulminant hepatitis to chronic active hepatitis to cirrho­ sis and even malignancy. Hence the possibility of adverse drug effects must be considered in the differential diagnosis of many patients with liver disease. This is well recognized and is very important; indeed, removal of the offending agent can often lead to reversal of the adverse effect. This is an area of hepatology where we can really make a difference.