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Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide

HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL FAMILY HEALTH GUIDE

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An accessible guide to family health care discusses drug interactions, symptoms, first aid, and how to choose a family doctor, including a new research about hormone therapy and heart surgery.

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Front Cover.
Dedication.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Welcome to the Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide.
Acknowledgments.
Editorial Staff.
Editor-in-Chief.
Deputy Editors for Paperback Edition.
Associate Editors.
Contributing Editors.
1: Navigating the Health Care System.
2: The System 100 Years Ago.
3: The System Today.
4: Triumphs of 20th Century Medicine.
5: Problems of 20th Century Medicine.
6: Your Rights.
7: Informed Consent.
8: Your Right to Privacy.
9: Your Right to Medical Care.
10: Your Right to Make Decisions.
11: If you are Unable to Make Decisions.
12: Doctors.
13: How to Choose and Evaluate a Doctor.
14: Primary Care Doctors and Specialists.
15: How Doctors Practice.
16: Hospitals.
17: Hospital Quality.
18: Health Insurance.
19: Fee-for-Service.
20: Managed Care.
21: How to Choose a Health Plan.
22: Medicare.
23: Medicaid.
24: Veterans Administration and Military Hospitals.
25: Medical Malpractice.
26: Taking Charge of Your Health.
27: How to Stay Healthy.
28: Interpreting Medical Studies.
29: Selective Benefits of Preventive Practices.
30: Diet and Nutrition.
31: Water.
32: Carbohydrates.
33: Fiber.
34: Fats and Oils.
35: Proteins.
36: Vitamins and Minerals.
37: Healthy and Unhealthy Weight&#x2014;And Shape.
38: Losing Weight.
39: Cholesterol and Diet.
40: Exercise and Fitness.
41: How Exercise Protects against Disease.
42: Getting Started.
43: Building Exercise into Everyday Life.
44: Warm-Up and Cool-Down Exercises.
45: Types of Exercise.
46: Maintaining Fluids.
47: Using Addictive Substances.
48: Tobacco.
49: Alcohol.
50: Other Addicting Drugs.
51: Contraception and Safer Sex.
52: Hormonal Contraceptives.
53: Barrier Methods.
54: Other Contraceptive Methods.
55: Safer Sex.
56: Medical Checkups and Screening Tests.
57: Self-Examinations.
58: Home Medical Tests.
59: Safety and Preventing Injury.
60: Home Safety.
61: Food Safety.
62: Child Safety.
63: Work Safety.
64: Car Safety.
65: Stress.
66: Immunizations and Travel Health.
67: Planning a Trip.
68: Be Prepared for Illness or Injury.
69: Preventing Infection.
70: Food and Water Precautions.
71: How Your Body Works.
72: How You Read and Remember.
73: How You Speak and Understand Speech.
74: How You Recognize Objects.
75: How You Hear.
76: How You Feel Pain.
77: How You Move.
78: Your Vital Functions and the Autonomic Nervous System.
79: How You Circulate Blood.
80: How You Make Blood.
81: How You Breathe.
82: How Hormones Work.
83: How You Digest.
84: How You Eliminate Wastes and Keep Fluids in Balance.
85: How Your Kidneys Work.
86: How You Reproduce.
87: How You Fight Bacterial Infections.
88: How You Fight Viral Infections.
89: How you Heal Injuries.
90: Diagnosing Disease.
91: You and Your Doctor.
92: The Medical History.
93: The Physical Examination.
94: After the Examination.
95: Diagnostic Tests.
96: Preparing for Your First Visit with a Primary Care Doctor.
97: Helping Your Doctor Treat a Chronic Condition.
98: Understanding Genetics.
99: What are Genes?.
100: How do Genes Work?.
101: Inherited Diseases.
102: Compiling a Family Medical History.
103: Genetic Counseling.
104: Genetic Testing.
105: Ethical and Social Issues.
106: Guide to Imaging.
107: Electrocardiogram.
108: Electroencephalogram.
109: Nuclear Medicine (Radionuclide Scanning) and Single Photon Emission Computed Termography.
110: Doppler Ultrasound.
111: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
112: Positron Emission Tomography.
113: Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Operating Room.
114: Endoscopy.
115: Microscopic Tests.
116: Conventional X-Rays.
117: Angiography.
118: Conventional Ultrasound.
119: Computed Tomography.
120: Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
121: Diagnostic Tests.
122: Blood Tests.
123: Urine Tests.
124: Cytology (Cell) Tests.
125: Tests for Blood in Bowel Movements.
126: Microbiology Tests.
127: Biopsies.
128: Taps.
129: Bone Density Tests.
130: Manometry.
131: Electrical Studies.
132: Skin Tests.
133: Chromosome Tests.
134: Going to the Hospital.
135: Before You Enter the Hospital.
136: Choosing a Hospital.
137: What to Expect in the Hospital.
138: Anesthesia.
139: The Cost of Hospitalization.
140: Advance Directives.
141: Symptom Charts.
142: How to Use the Symptom Charts.
143: Organization.
144: Finding the Right Chart.
145: How to Use the Charts.
146: Brain and Nervous System.
147: Stroke.
148: Transient Ischemic Attack.
149: Ischemic Stroke.
150: Brain Hemorrhage.
151: Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhages.
152: Epidural Hemorrhage.
153: Subdural Hemorrhage.
154: Stroke Rehabilitation.
155: Language Difficulties after Stroke.
156: Emotional Impact of Stroke.
157: Headache.
158: Tension Headache.
159: Cluster Headache.
160: Migraine Headache.
161: Cancer.
162: Brain Tumors.
163: Spinal Cord Tumors.
164: Injuries.
165: Concussion.
166: Spinal Cord Injuries.
167: Thinking Disorders.
168: Confusion and Delirium.
169: Dementia.
170: Alzheimer Disease.
171: Helping a Person with Severe Dementia.
172: Other Degenerative Diseases.
173: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
174: Multiple Sclerosis.
175: Huntington Disease.
176: Neurofibromatosis.
177: Parkinson Disease.
178: Other Nervous System Disorders.
179: Bell Palsy.
180: Coma.
181: Encephalitis.
182: Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders.
183: Guillain-Barr&#x00E9; Syndrome.
184: Meningitis.
185: Myasthenia Gravis.
186: Neuralgia.
187: Peripheral Neuropathy.
188: Polio and Postpolio Syndrome.

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