Harvard Medical School Family Health GuideSimon and Schuster, 2005 - 1312 halaman The Harvard Medical School provides state-of-the-art health care to millions of Americans. Now, with this newly updated guidebook you can benefit from the expertise of more than 8,000 health professionals from some of the nation's most esteemed hospitals and research centers. Today Americans have a better chance of living longer, healthier lives than ever before. But before we can utilize the benefits of modern medicine we must learn how to manage our own health. "The Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide" is an essential, empowering resource that can help you to navigate our health care system with ease and confidence. Whether you depend on traditional fee-for-service care or subscribe to an HMO, this comprehensive volume will provide you with all the medical know-how you need at every stage of life, including: - up-to-the-minute information about the diagnosis and treatment of hundreds of medical conditions, including the latest breakthroughs in diagnostic testing and the newest drug discoveries - an easy-to-understand introduction to our health care system and how to navigate it - expert advice on how to make the most of the time spent with your doctor - the benefits and side effects of many brand-name and generic drugs - what to do in case of a medical emergency - suggestions for healthy living and disease prevention - first-person survival stories and testimonials - coping strategies from the country's most renowned physicians - the latest scientific studies on low-carbohydrate diets, nutrition, and good health ...and much more. With symptom charts, benefit/risk-assessment graphs, resource listings, a full glossary, even personal medical forms, this guidebook is the key to getting the best health care possible for you and your family. |
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FOREWORD | 8 |
Navigating the Health Care System | 17 |
Taking Charge of Your Health | 29 |
DIET AND NUTRITION | 37 |
EXERCISE AND FITNESS | 50 |
USING ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCES | 56 |
CONTRACEPTION AND SAFER SEX | 68 |
MEDICAL CHECKUPS AND SCREENING TESTS | 77 |
ABNORMAL HEART RATE AND RHYTHM | 672 |
DISEASES OF THE HEART MUSCLE AND LINING | 682 |
DISEASES OF THE HEART VALVES | 689 |
DISEASE OF THE ARTERIES AND VEINS | 698 |
BLOOD DONATION AND TRANSFUSION | 711 |
CANCERS OF THE BLOOD CELLS LEUKEMIAS | 724 |
OTHER BLOOD DISORDERS | 734 |
Digestive System | 743 |
SAFETY AND PREVENTING INJURY | 86 |
PREVENTING INFECTION | 92 |
HOW YOU SPEAK AND UNDERSTAND SPEECH | 98 |
HOW YOU MOVE | 104 |
HOW YOU BREATHE | 110 |
Contents | 112 |
HOW YOU REPRODUCE | 116 |
UNDERSTANDING GENETICS | 126 |
GUIDE TO IMAGING | 135 |
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS | 153 |
GOING TO THE HOSPITAL | 163 |
Symptom Charts | 171 |
WOMENS SYMPTOMS | 266 |
SYMPTOMS OF INFANTS AND CHILDREN | 293 |
MENS SYMPTOMS | 330 |
Brain and Nervous System | 337 |
HEADACHE | 354 |
THINKING DISORDERS | 362 |
OTHER DEGENERATIVE DISEASES | 368 |
SLEEP AND SLEEP PROBLEMS | 383 |
Behavioral and Emotional Disorders | 391 |
PERSONALITY DISORDERS | 407 |
Eyes | 415 |
OUTER SURFACE OF THE EYE | 427 |
OTHER EYE CONDITIONS | 445 |
NOSE | 460 |
THROAT | 466 |
COMMON DENTAL PROBLEMS | 474 |
DENTAL INJURIES | 485 |
PROBLEMS OF THE SALIVARY GLANDS | 491 |
Lungs | 493 |
ASTHMA | 505 |
LUNG CANCER | 524 |
SKIN | 530 |
HAIR | 556 |
BACTERIAL INFECTIONS | 562 |
COMMON CHILDHOOD DISEASES | 568 |
FACE | 576 |
SKIN | 582 |
BODY SHAPING | 589 |
JOINTS | 602 |
MUSCLES TENDONS AND LIGAMENTS | 610 |
BACK HIPS LEGS AND FEET | 619 |
Heart Blood Vessels | 642 |
CORONARY | 652 |
STOMACH | 752 |
LIVER | 758 |
PANCREAS | 768 |
SMALL INTESTINE | 774 |
LARGE INTESTINE | 781 |
RECTAL AND ANAL DISORDERS | 794 |
Urinary System | 803 |
KIDNEY DISEASE AND KIDNEY FAILURE | 810 |
CANCER | 822 |
Hormonal Disorders | 829 |
THYROID GLAND DISORDERS | 844 |
PARATHYROID GLAND DISORDERS | 852 |
PITUITARY GLAND DISORDERS | 859 |
INFECTIONS | 871 |
IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES | 894 |
Infertility Pregnancy and Childbirth | 903 |
PREGNANCY | 914 |
COMMON DISCOMFORTS OF PREGNANCY | 923 |
CHILDBIRTH | 935 |
Health of Infants and Children | 945 |
HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN YOUNGER | 951 |
HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN OLDER | 987 |
Health of Adolescents 1021 | 994 |
KNOWING YOUR ADOLESCENT CHILD | 1021 |
Health of Women | 1039 |
MENOPAUSE | 1047 |
BREASTS | 1056 |
VULVA | 1065 |
UTERUS | 1071 |
OVARIES AND FALLOPIAN TUBES | 1078 |
WOMEN AND VIOLENCE | 1084 |
SEXUALITY | 1091 |
THE AGING MALE | 1111 |
Death and Dying | 1138 |
AFTER DEATH | 1144 |
SAFETY | 1152 |
COMMON DRUG CLASSES | 1160 |
DRUG INTERACTIONS CHART | 1167 |
First Aid and Emergency Care | 1190 |
Replaceable Parts | 1218 |
BOARDCERTIFIED MEDICAL SPECIALISTS | 1228 |
FEDERAL AGENCIES | 1238 |
MEDICAL RECORDS SUMMARY | 1246 |
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