popular medicine

The author investigates 100 popular myths and misconceptions about a number of topics related to health.

Presents brief essays that provide information about one hundred medical discoveries that had a significant impact on world history, arranged chronologically from c. 2700 B.C. to 1997.

Reports the facts on over 600 items of medical folklore and misconceptions.

Includes home remedies from 537 doctors and health care professionals covering 138 common conditions and ailments.

Provides information on various aspects of health and medicine, discussing screening, drug treatments, and surgery; and features charts for assessing symptoms, and descriptions of over seven hundred medical conditions. Includes a first aid guide, drug glossary, index, and CD-ROM.

Provides information on how to stay healthy, how to cope with illness, and how to navigate the world of managed care; and includes symptom charts, advice on when to visit a doctor, explanations of medicines and drug interactions, descriptions of home remedies and alternative treatments, first-person stories, and a glossary.

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.