American Medical Association family medical guide / American Medical Association.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

American Medical Association.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Popular.

Medicine.

Medical Subjects:

Medicine.

Physical Description:

xiv, 1184 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition, completely revised and updated.

Other Title:

Family medical guide

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2004]

Summary:

The American Medical Association is the nation's premier health authority -- an organization that both patients and doctors look to for state-of-the-art medical information and guidance. Now, for the first time in 10 years, the AMA has updated its landmark medical reference -- a book that belongs in every home. This new edition of the American Medical Association Family Medical Guide has been thoroughly revised to bring it up to date and make it more accessible than ever before. Opening with a brand-new full-color section that walks you through key health issues, it follows with several new and expanded sections on everything from staying healthy and providing first aid and home care to diagnosing symptoms and treating hundreds of different diseases and disorders. This classic guide is the definitive home health reference for the twenty-first century -- an indispensable book to keep you and your loved ones healthy.

The American Medical Association is the nation's premier health authority -- the organization both patients and doctors look to for state-of-the-art medical information and guidance. Since its first publication in 1982, the American Medical Association Family Medical Guide has been the gold standard of home medical references for American families. The book's first three editions have sold well in excess of 2 million copies. Now, with this updated Fourth Edition, the nation's #1 health authority has completely revised its flagship guide for the first time in a decade.

This major, long-awaited revision -- almost 50 percent longer than the previous edition -- is brimming with up-to-date information and new features that make the book even easier to use. It offers authoritative guidance on hundreds of diseases as well as the latest tests, treatments, procedures, and drugs, and it provides new or greatly expanded coverage of weight loss, preventive health, infertility, pregnancy and childbirth, learning disabilities, genetic testing, home caregiving, and first aid, among other topics. It includes revised symptoms flowcharts, helpful Q&As, first-person case histories, 64 full-color pages including spreads on important health topics, and hundreds of new illustrations and photographs. The guide is divided into six user-friendly sections:

Part One: What You Should Know: Information to Keep You Healthy is a new fourcolor 32-page section that highlights the most important health issues including heart disease, cancer, osteoarthritis, and nutrition; provides tips for quitting smoking and staying healthy as you age; and presents a fully illustrated primer on genetics.

Part Two: Your Healthy Body features new chapters on topics such as diet and health, exercise and fitness, losing weight, reducing stress, staying safe, preventing violence, and complementary and alternative medicine. There's also a full-color section on preventive health care.

Part Three: First Aid and Home Caregiving describes first-aid techniques and procedures and gives step-by-step advice on how to provide quality home care for a family member who is ill, disabled, or recovering from surgery.

Part Four: What Are Your Symptoms? features a revised version of the AMA's highly popular diagnostic flowcharts, which guide you from specific symptoms through a series of questions to help you decide whether to treat yourself, make a doctor's appointment, or get immediate medical attention.

Part Five: Health Issues Throughout Life is an all-new section that covers children's health, adolescent health, sexuality, infertility, pregnancy and childbirth, and dying and death.

Part Six: Diseases, Disorders, and Other Problems covers all the body systems, featuring essential advice on hundreds of disorders of the heart and circulation, the brain and nervous system, the respiratory system, the digestive system, the immune system, the urinary tract, and the male and female reproductive systems. This part also covers hormonal disorders; emotional and mental health; cosmetic surgery; infections; behavioral disorders; genetic disorders; disorders of the bones, muscles, and joints; and problems with the ears, eyes, skin, and teeth.

Complete with descriptions of the 200 most frequently prescribed drugs and a glossary of common medical terms, the American Medical Association Family Medical Guide is an essential health reference every family needs.

Contents:

What you should know: information to keep your healthy

Your healthy body

Diet and health

Exercise, fitness, and health

A healthy weight

Reducing stress

Staying safe

Preventing violence

Complementary and alternative medicine

Preventive health care

First aid and home caregiving

First aid

Home caregiving

What are your symptoms?

Symptoms charts

Health issues throughout life

Children's health

Adolescent health

Sexuality

Infertility

Pregnancy and childbirth

Dying and death

Diseases, disorders, and other problems

Disorders of the heart and circulation

Blood disorders

Disorders of the respiratory system

Disorders of the brain and nervous system

Behavioral, emotional, and mental disorders

Disorders of the digestive system

Disorders of the urinary tract

Disorders of the male reproductive system

Disorders of the female reproductive system

Hormonal disorders

Disorders of the immune system

Infections and infestations

Genetic disorders

Disorders of the bones, muscles, and joints

Disorders of the ear

Eye disorders

Disorders of the skin, hair, and nails

Cosmetic surgery

Teeth and gums.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0471269115

OCLC:

54816911

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