Diseases category: 10428 books
by Medical Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Murmurs are pathologic heart sounds that are produced as a result of turbulent blood flow that is sufficient to produce audible noise. Most murmurs can only be heard with the assistance of a stethoscope ("on auscultation").
A functional murmur or "physiologic murmur" is...
by James Bogash, DC
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
There is nothing normal about a blood pressure that is too high. This is one of your body’s warning signs that something is wrong. If uncorrected, the damage to your heart and brain greatly increases your risk of a heart attack or stroke.
Medications are usually thought of as the answer,...
Stories in the Time of Cholera
Racial Profiling during a Medical Nightmare
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2003
Cholera, although it can kill an adult through dehydration in half a day, is easily treated. Yet in 1992-93, some five hundred people died from cholera in the Orinoco Delta of eastern Venezuela. In some communities, a third of the adults died in a single night, as anthropologist Charles Briggs and...
by Medical Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In medicine, Raynaud's phenomenon (play /reɪˈnoʊz/) is a vasospastic disorder causing discoloration of the fingers, toes, and occasionally other areas. This condition may also cause nails to become brittle with longitudinal ridges. Named after French physician Maurice Raynaud (1834–1881), the...
by Michael B
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2014
This book covers one person's story of life with this virus, and the effects it had on his life. There are many I am sure, stories from people living with this, or from people who know someone who has survived polio.
This account is written in the victim's own words, as he lived it and viewed his life. It is a personal account.
The End of Epidemics
The Looming Threat to Humanity and How to Stop It
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
"Dr. Quick’s urgent message makes one hope that this book will reach a huge audience and that its exhortations will be acted on everywhere." - Meredith Wadman, The Wall Street Journal
A leading doctor offers answers on the one of the most urgent questions of our time: How do we...
You Can Cope With Peripheral Neuropathy
365 Tips for Living a Full Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2009
Peripheral neuropathy is one of the most common diseases most people never heard of and yet, upwards of 20 million Americans have it! It is estimated that 60 to 70 percent of people with diabetes have mild to severe neuropathy. That fact alone is staggering. Other causes include vitamin deficiencies,...
In Pursuit of Memory
The Fight Against Alzheimer's
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
**For readers of Atul Gawande, Siddhartha Mukherjee, and Henry Marsh, a riveting, gorgeously written biography of one of history's most fascinating and confounding diseases--Alzheimer's--from its discovery more than 100 years ago to today's race towards a cure.
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by M. Usman
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Cure Herpes in Nature’s Corner - Natural Cures for a Herpes Free Life
Table of Contents
Introduction
Section 1: Getting Started
Chapter 1: Herpes for dummies
Chapter 2: Who gets herpes infection?
Chapter 3: How to tell if you have herpes?
Section 2: How to cure herpes naturally?
Chapter 4:...
Atopic Dermatitis
Handout on Health
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013
This booklet is for people who have atopic dermatitis (often called “eczema”), parents and caregivers of children with atopic dermatitis, and others interested in learning more about the disease. The booklet describes the disease and its symptoms and contains information about diagnosis and treatment...
by Medical Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Atherosclerosis (also known as arteriosclerotic vascular disease or ASVD) is a condition in which an artery wall thickens as a result of the accumulation of fatty materials such as cholesterol. It is a syndrome affecting arterial blood vessels, a chronic inflammatory response in the walls of arteries,...
by Medical Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Marfan syndrome (also called Marfan's syndrome) is a genetic disorder of the connective tissue. People with Marfan tend to be unusually tall, with long limbs and long, thin fingers.
The syndrome is inherited as a dominant trait, carried by the gene FBN1, which encodes the connective protein...
The LDN Book
How a Little-Known Generic Drug — Low Dose Naltrexone — Could Revolutionize Treatment for Autoimmune Diseases, Cancer, Autism, Depression, and More
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) holds the potential to help millions of people suffering from various autoimmune diseases and cancers, and even autism, chronic fatigue, and depression, find relief. Administered off-label in small daily doses (0.5 to 4.5 mg), this generic drug is extremely affordable and...
The End of Plagues
The Global Battle Against Infectious Disease
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
At the turn of the twentieth century, smallpox claimed the lives of two million people per year. By 1979, the disease had been eradicated and victory was declared across the globe. Yet the story of smallpox remains the exception, as today a host of deadly contagions, from polio to AIDS, continue to...