Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on over 3,600 health issues in more than forty areas of medicine, covering symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatments, cautions, prognosis, and prospects for future research, and including illustrations and cross-references.

As physical and mental health conditions and destructive behaviors skyrocket, Dr. Saeed uncovers how our children's brains, bodies, and behaviors are being hijacked and presents evidence-based actionable steps parents can take to help their children make better decisions, build resilience, and heal and prevent acute/chronic conditions at any age--

Photographs and text share real-life stories of how doctors use their quick thinking and special training to help people in emergency situations, describing different types of doctors and their training, and examining the tools and equipment used by doctors.

"Wondering whether eating powdered mummies might be just the thing to cure your ills? Tempted by those vintage ads suggesting you wear radioactive underpants for virility? Ever considered drilling a hole in your head to deal with those pesky headaches? Probably not. But for thousands of years, people have done things like this--and things that make radioactive underpants seem downright sensible! In their hit podcast, Sawbones, Sydnee and Justin McElroy...

Introduces the career of veterinarian, discussing educational requirements, duties, work environment, salary, employment outlook, and possible future positions.

First person stories of patients who recovered from Alzheimer's Disease--and how they did it--

Modern medicine has transformed the dangers of childbirth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the face of our inevitable aging and death, what it can do often runs counter to what it should do. Now Atul Gawande reveals the suffering this has produced. He examines the profession's limitations and failures as life draws to a close, and he shows how the ultimate goal is not a good death, but a good life -- until the very...

The seven energy centers of the body, labeled by Eastern spiritual traditions as the chakras are located in various places along the spine, ending in the brain. They are strongly tied with emotions, instincts, the experience of consciousness, and the experience of love. Each chakra represents a specific area of the human existence and levels of physical, spiritual, emotional, and psychological balance. In order to apply any of the chakra balancing...

In the midst of World War II, the Yorkshire veterinarian muses on past adventures through the Yorkshire dales, visiting with old friends and introducing scores of new characters--both human and animal.