American Medical Association Family Medical Guide, 4th Edition

American Medical Association Family Medical Guide, 4th Edition Review

The Long-Awaited Revision of the Bestselling Family Health Guide

"This completely updated fourth edition of our bestselling health reference is comprehensive, easy to understand, and even more user-friendly than the previous editions. We're excited to provide our patients with an invaluable resource to help them become more involved in their own health care. We think this is a book that belongs on the bookshelf in every home."
-AMA President John C. Nelson, MD, MPH

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.
* Authoritative guidance on hundreds of diseases and the latest tests, treatments, procedures, and drugs
* New or greatly expanded coverage of genetic testing, sexuality, learning disabilities, preventive health, infertility, pregnancy and childbirth, substance abuse, home caregiving, and first aid
* A host of new and updated features-including full-color spreads on important health topics, Q&A sections, first-person case histories, and newly designed symptoms flowcharts
* New chapters on diet and health, exercise and fitness, maintaining a healthy weight, reducing stress, genetics, complementary and alternative medicine, staying safe and preventing violence, cosmetic surgery, and preventive health care
* A new section on health issues at various life stages
* 64 pages in full color and almost 1,000 illustrations and photographs

Living With Less So Your Family Has More (Family Health)

Living With Less So Your Family Has More (Family Health) Review

Our culture believes that bigger is better, but Jill and Mark Savage believe that being satisfied with less materially can allow you to give your family more -- emotionally, relationally, and spiritually.

Jill and Mark Savage, a husband and wife team who have made it on less than society says they need for more than twenty years, lay out a three-step plan for investing in the things that really matter. First, they help you identify a long-term vision for your family, and then they show you the attitudes that you'll need to adopt to make that vision a reality. They then share practical action steps to help you make small and big changes -- from organizing coupons more effectively to changing a career path or transitioning to a smaller home. Whether your goal is allowing both parents to cut back work hours and stress, making it financially feasible for one parent to stay home full-time, or simply carving out more time in the day for family, Living With Less So Your Family Has More will help you get there.

Sprinkled with true stories from families who have used Jill and Mark's techniques for living richly, the Savages' honest, straightforward, in-the-trenches approach will inspire and encourage you to live well while still putting your family first.

Family Guide to Surviving Stroke & Communications Disorders

Family Guide to Surviving Stroke & Communications Disorders Review

The Family Guide to Surviving Stroke and Communication Disorders, 2E is a comprehensive guide for families of stroke survivors, for speech pathologists and rehabilitation specialists, and for counselors who respond to the needs of stroke survivors and their families. Through nontechnical terms, case studies, questions and answers, and examples, this book engages all readers on a journey toward understanding, healing, and persevering. This book also clearly describes the "big three" stroke-related communication disorders - aphasia, apraxia, and dysarthrias. New chapters in this second edition include examples of the courage, determination, and resourcefulness of actual stroke survivors and their families in meeting the challenges of this major life-altering event.

The Mount Sinai Medical Center Family Guide to Dental Health

The Mount Sinai Medical Center Family Guide to Dental Health Review

Representing the accumlated knowledge of leading professionals in every field of dentistry, this much-needed resource is the most important investment a family can make in their dental health. Covering such topics as: cosmetic and orthodontic techniques, the best professional treatments, the best alternatives, and the problems associated with aging, The Mount Sinai Medical CenterFam ily Guide to Dental Health is the definitive dental reference. 150 line drawings. 90 photographs.

Understanding Depression (Understanding Health and Sickness Series)

Understanding Depression (Understanding Health and Sickness Series) Review

Depression has been a scourge of mankind since the dawn of ages. Vivid images from historical and religious texts describe sufferers of the illness we now know as depression. An "equal opportunity" illness, it exempts no one based on race, sex, creed, religion, social status, or nation of origin. It affects one in five of us and its potentially lethal outcome--suicide--is the third leading cause of death among American teenagers. What is this illness that costs us billion each year? What does it look like? Is it moodiness? Is it the result of a character flaw? Can we just "snap out of it"?

Understanding Depression explores the reality of the illness from the author's twin perspectives as a psychiatrist and as a family member who experienced the tragedy of depression first hand. Using examples from her practice, the author discusses the different types of depression, the kinds of people at risk, and the risk factors of suicide. In understandable terms the book looks at the way the brain works and how the body communicates with it, including recent discoveries about how the process fails in depression.

The book mirrors the author's belief that understanding depression is only half the battle. Taking personal responsibility for fighting the beast is equally important. Treatment methods, discussed here, include various forms of psychotherapy, different classes of antidepressant medications, and the controversial subjects of "shock" treatment and involuntary treatment.

Understanding Depression also offers tips for fighting depression day by day. Finally, the book takes a look at the cutting-edge research that holds promise for better management of depression and at new weapons to combat it.

Patricia Ainsworth is a psychiatrist in private practice and is an assistant professor (part time) in the department of psychiatry and human behavior at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook: Third Home Edition

The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook: Third Home Edition Review

This comprehensive medical resource, The Merck Manual - - Third Home Edition, extensively covers health care for newborns, the elderly, and everyone in between.  The new Third Home Edition provides the same authoritative information doctors have relied on in The Merck Manual, for more than a century, in easy-to-understand, everyday language.  Previous editions have sold more than 3 million copies.

Written by more than 200 internationally respected medical experts, this new edition of the world's bestselling reference presents in-depth information for medical situations, including:

Aging

Gynecological Disorders

Heart disease

Digestive disorders

Cancer

Nutrition problems

AIDS

Hormonal problems

Infections and immunizations

Neurological Disorders

Pediatric Disorders

Men's, women's and children's health issues

Mental health disorders

Accidents and injuries

Care for the dying

 

And much more...

Teaching Strategies For Health Education And Health Promotion: Working With Patients, Families, And Communities

Teaching Strategies For Health Education And Health Promotion: Working With Patients, Families, And Communities Review

Intended For A Multidisciplinary Team Of Providers, Teaching Strategies For Health Care And Health Establishes A Foundation Of How, Why, What, And When People Of All Ages Learn And How Learning Can Positively Affect A Patient, A Family, And A Diverse Community S Ability To Understand, Manage, Prevent And Live Well With Their Illness. Designed To Give Health Professionals The Tools They Need To Provide Total Patient Care, This Unique Resource Presents A Foundation As Well As A Selection Of Tools And Teaching Methodologies To Promote Health And Prevention Of Illness. Unique To This Resource Are Experience Driven Case Studies Demonstrating Both Successful And Unsuccessful Cases, Helping Health Care Professionals Identify Best Practices To Preserve And Repeat, As Well As Analyze Why Unsuccessful Efforts Might Have Failed And How Those Cases Could Be Handled Differently.