This book discusses cystic fibrosis presenting information on symptoms, treatment, and controversies on newborn screening, genetic testing, and lung transplants.
This book discusses breast cancer, presenting information on the research that there are many different types of breast cancer, the controversies on genetic screening for breast cancer, and the strides being made in detection and treatment research.
This book discusses asthma, a chronic lung disease, characterized by inflammation and swelling of the airways (bronchial tubes), including its symptoms, causes, treatments, and controversies over the causes of asthma.
This book discusses anxiety disorders, a group of mental disturbances characterized by anxiety as a core symptom, including diagnoses and treatments; controversies over the treatments of anxiety disorders; and personal stories of people struggling with anxiety disorders.
This book discusses alcoholism, a term for alcohol abuse, including its latest statistics, diagnoses, treatments, and scientific discoveries; the controversies over the treatments of alcoholism; and personal stories of people struggling with alcoholism.
This book discusses Alzheimer's disease, including it's symptoms, diagnosis, progression and treatment; the controversies over research methods and causes of the disease; and the struggle for caregivers.
Collects eighteen essays that provide information about epilepsy, covering causes, myths, prevention, treatments, and what it is like to live with the disease.
A collection of sixteen essays on the issues associated with depression that discusses causes, symptoms, and treatment of the condition; debates whether it is a disease, if antidepressants are overprescribed, and the effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy; and includes personal stories from individuals who have been affected by it.
