The Encyclopedia of health. Medical disorders and their treatment

Describes the genetic, viral, behavioral, and environmental factors relating to cancer development, and discusses future hopes for treating and curing cancer.

Discusses the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and complications of such diseases as syphilis, gonorrhea, and AIDS.

Text and photographs discuss past and present concerns of the physically handicapped and the medical aspects of handicaps; includes an appendix of new tools and technologies for their benefit.

Explores interaction between genes and the environment and discusses prenatal detection, genetic counseling, and medical strategies for helping children with birth defects.

An examination of the techniques and tools used by early healers and modern physicians to uncover the signs of disease.

Describes the basic features, development, and disorders of the female reproductive system, and discusses the function of gynecology.

Discusses the world of prescription and nonprescription drugs, exploring such aspects as generic drugs and those obtained with a doctor's order.

Discusses how the kidney functions, diseases that can affect it, and ways to treat renal failure.

An examination of the many types of arthritis and the methods used to relieve this painful, often crippling disease.

Reviews the history of nuclear medicine beginning with the discovery of the X-ray and follows the evolution of the field to the present, using specific medical problems in examples of how the technology works.