- Five-volume set containing over 200 entries on medical conditions, from avian flu to warts- Jargon-free entries list quick facts, give compreh...

Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty dedicated to the reconstruction of facial and body defects due to birth disorders, trauma, burns, and disease. The most common plastic su...

Black's Medical Dictionary has been the best-selling medical dictionary for over 100 years. It is invaluable as a home reference and for all who need clear explanation of medica...

A concise guide to more than 300 trauma-related topics.

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The world�s most popular annually updated medical text � delivering the latest developments in diagnosis and treatment ..CMDToffers authoritative, evidence-based coverage of...

POSITIVE CHILD GUIDANCE, 6th Edition, equips teachers to guide, manage, and cope with the behavior of children. The book provides educators with insight into children's efforts ...

Doctors first used penicillin on a human patient in 1941. Since then, many bacteria have evoloved resistance to anitbiotiocs. Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria describes pa...

Full-color photographs and illustrations. Sidebars. Further reading. References. Glossary. Diagrams. Endnotes. Web sites. Index.

Until recently, chicken pox was a rite of ...

Full-color photographs and illustrations. Sidebars. Charts. Diagrams. Further reading. References. Glossary. Resources. Web sites. Index.

Fungi are much more than moldy ...

Despite the fact that the risk of childhood disease is lower now than it has been in the past, childhood health care needs remain complex. This is mainly because as society and ...

Poisons and other toxic substances have been a subject of fascination and fear throughout history. Even with all the advances in medical science today, poisons still remain a se...

The National Institute of Mental Health reports that more than 5.2 million Americans suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder in any given year. Although often associated ...

The Encyclopedia of Women’s Health, Sixth Edition covers the full range of women’s health issues in clear, straightforward language. More than 1,100 A-to-Z entries offer ...

The Middle Ages marked a time when religion and superstition dominated all thinking and stalled the pursuit of new ideas. The questioning of everything from religious doctrines ...

The immune system is crucial to the normal functioning of the human body. As the body's "military," it prevents invaders from entering and destroys those who slip past its defen...

Ferguson Career Coach: Managing Your Career in the Health Care Industry is loaded with tips for success in this burgeoning field--from patient care to health care administration...

In 1910, Dr. James B. Herrick published Western medical literature’s first description of a person with sickle cell disease. Soon, other physicians reported patients with simil...

Brain Facts identifies the unusual facts that surround the study of the human brain. It also takes a close look at how the brain works, where in the brain its major funct...

Learn the difference between the two main types of cells in the nervous system: neurons and glial cells.

Emotion is a universal language understood by all cultures. It is an integral part of our spoken and written language, our art, and our music. Various emotions enable us to res...

From making conversation to walking and driving, learning and memory are crucial aspects of our survival.

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Our bodies receive information about our internal state and the external environment through our sensory system. Touch, thermal, and pain stimuli, for example, are processed by...

Gain a better understanding of how and why the brain causes us to sleep and to dream, how sleep patterns work, and how dreams fit into the sleep process.

This Gray Matter guide explores the ways we learn to speak and use language. The author reveals how and why children are able to develop language skills quickly, pinpoi...

Learn about the section of the brain that oversees and regulates the function of the nervous system as a whole.

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Discover how the forebrain connects to the hindbrain, and what some of the midbrain's responsibilities include.

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Become well versed in the spinal cord—not technically part of the brain, but critical to its ability to function properly.

Many Americans are concerned about their weight. While an alarming percentage of adults, teens, and even children are considered overweight, researchers have found that preoccup...

Millions of teens and young adults attend raves and dance clubs every year, and drug use is rampant at many of these parties. The best known of the so-called club drugs used oft...

In recent years, doctors and scientists have made great strides in increasing our knowledge of hundreds of genetic disorders. Many serious disorders have now been identified as ...

Back pain is the most common cause of job-related disability and the second most common neurological ailment in the United States. Nearly 31 million Americans are currently suff...

Intentional self-harm, often in the form of cutting one's self, is generally associated with emotional or mental distress, especially when observed among teens. When in pain, th...

When an individual suffers from an impulse control disorder, that person has little or no control over repeated impulsive acts, causing problems for him or her. Impulse control ...

More than 9 million young people between the ages of 6 and 19 are considered overweight or obese—comprising nearly 17 percent of the population, according to the Centers for Dis...

Organisms reproduce to ensure the continued survival of their respective species. For humans, our ability to produce offspring and contribute to genetic variability in the world...

Thanks to new technology, scientists are able to observe organic molecules as they work together in the cell and in “molecular machines,” as well as how they build tissues, orga...

Allergies are fairly common, affecting more than 60 million Americans, or about 1 in 5 people. When people experience an allergic reaction to something, their immune system thin...

A sexually transmitted disease (STD) is an infection that is passed from one person to another through sexual contact. It is estimated that 15.3 million new cases of STDs take p...

The story of early medicine is one of magic and sorcery, religion and prayers, shamans and surgeons, and ingenuity and experimentation. All manner of successes and failures also...

During the Middle Ages (ca. 529-1100), the rise of Christianity had a definite effect on the practice of medicine. Pope Gregory (ca. 540-604) stressed the importance of prayer o...

Each step in a human's development—from the creation of the brain and heart to the formation of the fingers and toes—is carefully regulated. During the approximately 264 days fr...

According to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Related Disorders, the National Eating Disorders Association, and the National Institute of Mental Health, between ...

Approximately four million couples in the U.S. face infertility. For about 25 percent of them, in vitro fertilization is the best option for conception, yet many couples remain ...

Coauthored by a medical writer and the associate chief of medical oncology at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York, this updated A-to-Z resource provides more than 2,500 accessibl...

Rapid advances in diagnostic medicine have made it crucial for consumers to have access to up-to-date, objective information about the tools commonly used by physicians, hospita...

The expansion of knowledge with the help of technology, such as with a microscope, is a common theme in biology and the other sciences. Biology is the study of living organ...

The expansion of knowledge with the help of technology, such as with a microscope, is a common theme in biology and the other sciences. Biology is the study of living organ...