The PDR Family Guide to Common Ailments

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Ballantine Books, 2000 - Family & Relationships - 349 pages
PDR(R) is the reference source used by physicians and pharmacists every day.
Now PDR is the family friend you can rely on.
The publishers of The Physicians' Desk Reference(R) have created this easy-to-use A-to-Z guide filled with information you need on nearly one hundred common ailments. The PDR(R) Family Guide to the Most Common Ailments explains the health problems your family is likely to encounter--injuries, aches and pains, chronic disorders, infectious diseases, and the ailments of childhood and old age--and tells what you should do next. Inside you'll find:
- A comprehensive overview of conventional treatment options
- Advice on herbal remedies, nutritional supplements, and complementary therapies
- Descriptive listings of prescription drugs--by brand and generic name-- and over-the-counter remedies
- Self-care tips and easy-to-follow guidelines
- Signs and symptoms of emergency conditions
- And much more!

Contents

Anorexia
8
Arthritis
21
Back Pain
34
Broken Hip
47
Bursitis
61
Clogged Arteries
74
Colic
88
Colitis
90
Heart Failure
172
High Blood Pressure
186
Infertility
199
Kidney Failure
213
Measles
228
Mononucleosis
242
Phlebitis
255
Psoriasis
269

Croup
103
Diarrhea
117
Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis
131
Food Poisoning
145
Gonorrhea
159
Sinusitis
284
Stress
297
Tension Headache
312
Urinary Tract Infection
326
Yeast Infections
340

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