handbooks

Explores the history of military medicine from ancient times through the early twenty-first century; discussing the influence of medical advancements on warfare; how military medicine has changed civilian medicine; key individuals in the field; and controversial topics, such as human experimentation. Includes illustrations, photographs, and a selective bibliography.

A comprehensive guide to diabetes that covers its types, diagnosis, lifestyle changes, exercise, nutrition, medication, complications, end stage renal disease, and research and statistics, and includes annotated lists of cookbooks, organizations, and financial aid sources for people with diabetes and kidney failure.

Provides an alphabetical listing of key diagnostic findings for more than five hundred medical disorders, and presents details about each diagnostic test, including its purpose, patient preparation, procedure, and other relevant information.

A reference on reproductive issues in the U.S. that discusses reproductive rights and controversies presents a chronology, biographical sketches of forty individuals related to the topic, a collection of facts and statistics, and annotated lists of organizations and print and nonprint resources.

Contains color-coded illustrations of the main skeletal muscles central to sport, dance, and exercise, each with a definition of the Latin name; information on origin, insertion, action, nerve, basic functional movement, sports that depend on the muscle, damaging movements or injuries, and common problems; and strengthening and self-stretch exercises.

Examines the issue of genetic engineering, including such topics as its impact on society and the need for regulation.