Diseases and disorders series

Provides information about asthma, explaining what it is, its diagnosis, and treatments, offering advice on how to manage asthma triggers and deal with attacks, and looking at how scientists are working to develop new and improved treatments.

An examination of Alzheimer's disease that provides information on symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, research on causes, and other related topics.

This book discusses osteoporosis, a disease where the bones become thin, fragile, and likely to break, including how the disease is diagnosed and treated.

This book discusses depression, a mood disorder; describes the symptoms typically associated with the disorder; and explains the treatments of medication and psychotherapy.

This book discusses acne, a common skin disease, presenting information on its causes, its over-the-counter remedies, its medical treatments, and the possibilities of acne treatments, such as photodynamic treatment and laser therapy.

This book defines brain trauma, describes what types of conditions, accidents and injuries cause brain trauma, and tells about advances being made in the treatment of brain trauma.

This book discusses dementia, a group of symptoms rather than one disease, presenting information on Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body dementia, vascular dementia, prion diseases, frontotemporal dementia, and certain kinds of dementia which are unique to children and describes treatments for dementia.

This book discusses the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and research of cancer, a class of diseases in which groups of cells display uncontrolled growth, invasion, and spreading.

This book introduces diseases of the eyes that can lead to a loss of sight, such as glaucoma, cataracts, age-related macular degeneration, and diabetic retinopathy, as well as diseases that do not specifically infect the eyes, and describes treatments and aids to blindness.

This book discusses generalized anxiety disorder, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic attacks and panic disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder, presenting information on the diagnoses and treatments of these disorders.