The Harvard Medical School Family Health GuideThe first health guide for the era of managed care is also the only one that will never go out of date. www.health.harvard.edu/fhg offers page and index searches for updated information on every entry. Today we all have a better chance of living a longer, healthier life than ever before -- but only if we know how to utilize the advances in medicine science has given us. Whether you depend on traditional fee-for-service health care or some form of managed care, you must make health decisions in partnership with doctors...doctors with whom you may only spend a few minutes. How can you sort out the confusing, often contradictory health information that is bombarding you daily and communicate clearly and effectively with your doctor? How can you gain access to the best care and evaluate the care you are getting? The "Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide" answers these essential questions and many more. The first health guide written specifically to empower readers in the era of managed care, it is the culmination of 200 years of clinical care, health education, and medical research -- bringing you the expertise of more than 7,000 health professionals from some of the nation's most esteemed hospitals and research centers. In this book, they have gathered the most authoritative, comprehensive, easy-to-understand, up-to-the-minute information about the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease in every stage of life to help you:
Harvard Medical School consists of world-renowned affiliated hospitals, clinics, and research foundations, which include: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Brigham and Women's Hospital* - Cambridge Hospital - Center for Blood Research - Children's Hospital* - Dana Farber Cancer Institute - Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Joslin Diabetes Center* - Judge Baker Children's Center - Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary - Massachusetts General Hospital* - Massachusetts Mental Health Center - McLean Hospital - Mount Auburn Hospital - Schepens Eye Research Institute - Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital - VA Boston Healthcare System (*CONSISTENTLY RANKED AMONG THE 10 BEST HEALTH INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES) Throughout its history, Harvard's doctors have made important medical breakthroughs, including: the discovery of anesthesia - the birth of brain surgery - the first human organ transplantation (Nobel Prize) - the discovery of the polio virus (Nobel Prize) - the discovery of vitamin B12 as the cure for pernicious anemia (Nobel Prize) - the discovery of how the human eye sees (Nobel Prize) - the discovery of the aspirin-a-day prevention strategy for heart disease |
Contents
FOREWORD | 8 |
Navigating the Health Care System | 17 |
Take Charge of Your Health | 31 |
DIET AND NUTRITION | 39 |
EXERCISE AND FITNESS | 51 |
USING ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCES | 57 |
CONTRACEPTION AND SAFER SEX | 69 |
MEDICAL CHECKUPS AND SCREENING TESTS | 78 |
CORONARY | 652 |
ABNORMAL HEART RATE AND RHYTHM | 671 |
DISEASES OF THE HEART MUSCLE AND LINING | 681 |
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 |
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 | 523 |
SKIN | 529 |
HAIR | 555 |
Color Guide to Visual Diagnosis | 561 |
INJURIES | 567 |
FACE | 575 |
SKIN | 581 |
BODY SHAPING | 588 |
JOINTS | 601 |
MUSCLES TENDONS AND LIGAMENTS | 610 |
BACK HIPS LEGS AND FEET | 618 |
Heart Blood Vessels | 641 |
Digestive System | 743 |
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 |
Health of Women | 1039 |
MENOPAUSE | 1047 |
BREASTS | 1053 |
VULVA | 1063 |
UTERUS | 1070 |
OVARIES AND FALLOPIAN TUBES | 1076 |
WOMEN AND VIOLENCE | 1083 |
SEXUALITY | 1090 |
THE AGING MALE | 1110 |
Death and Dying | 1137 |
AFTER DEATH | 1143 |
SAFETY | 1151 |
COMMON DRUG CLASSES | 1159 |
DRUG INTERACTIONS CHART | 1166 |
First Aid and Emergency Care | 1189 |
Replaceable Parts | 1217 |
BOARDCERTIFIED MEDICAL SPECIALISTS | 1227 |
FEDERAL AGENCIES | 1237 |
MEDICAL RECORDS SUMMARY | 1245 |
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The Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide Anthony L. Komaroff,Thomas Stuttaford No preview available - 2003 |