Asthma: Questions You Have, Answers You Need

Powerful Information You Need To Prevent Or Live With Asthma--A Reversible And Controllable Disease

Asthma affects nearly fifteen million Americans. It is the cause of nearly three million lost workdays; the most common chronic disease among children; the leading cause of absenteeism from American schools--and even potentially deadly.Asthma: Questions You Have...Answers You Need gives you a clear understanding of this disease and provides the most up-to-date information on how to prevent and control it. This book answers hundreds of essential questions, including: What are asthma's common and distinctive symptoms? What are the latest tests and treatments? How does stress affect asthma? Is there a genetic factor? What are the key asthma triggers and how do you avoid them? How do exercise, foods, and weather affect asthma? When does an asthma attack require a trip to the emergency room? What kind of doctor can best treat asthma? And Much, Much More!

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Back Pain: Questions You Have... Answers You Need

In an accessible question-and-answer format, this reference explains where back pain comes from and what people can do about it. Salmans objectively discusses common diagnoses, chiropractic, the pros and cons of various treatments, surgery, and the role of diet, exercise, smoking, and stress, so that consumers can make wise and informed healthcare decisions.

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Allergies: Questions You Have... Answers You Need

Allergies: Questions You Have... Answers You Need is your complete guide to allergy. From the different types of allergies to the triggers that set them off and the treatments that bring them under control - you'll find all the answers in this book. Find out what diagnostic tests help rule out other illnesses and pinpoint your allergy; what the differences are between food sensitivity or intolerance and true food allergy; when your symptoms may spell trouble - including potentially fatal anaphylactic shock, the most serious form of allergic reaction - and what immediate measures you need to take; and what the leading allergy medications are and when to use a decongestant versus an antihistamine versus a combination drug.

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Encyclopedia of Health and Aging

As an ever increasing percentage of the population of western societies enters "old age," health issues grow in importance in terms of the well-being of this population, economic impact within the health-care system, impacts on families and family relationships, and so many other ways. The Encyclopedia of Health and Aging presents state-of-the-art research and ready-to-use facts on health and aging.

This one-volume resource captures some of the excitement of the research in the field in terms of new findings as well as conceptual developments guiding research, practice, and policy. With more than 200 entries, it covers the biological, psychological, social, and economic aspects of health and aging and impacts within the health-care system. This Encyclopedia also focuses heavily on geriatrics with respect to geriatric syndromes and common diseases of aging.

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Take This Book to the Hospital With You: A Consumer Guide to Surviving Your Hospital Stay

Each time someone enters a hospital as a patient, his money and his life may be at risk. Consumers can now learn how to protect themselves when booking a hospital stay, how to avoid malpractice, take advantage of patient rights, and handle managed care matters. 10 charts.

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Tells parents how to provide the best health care for their children, including when to call the doctor, what to do when a child must be hospitalized, how to evaluate a pediatrician's competence, and much more. Original.

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Hormones, Brain and Behavior

Hormones, Brain, and Behavior is a comprehensive work discussing the effect of hormones on the brain and, subsequently, behavior. This five-volume major reference work has 106 chapters covering a broad range of topics with an extensive discussion of the effects of hormones on insects, fish, amphibians, birds, rodents, and humans.

To truly understand all aspects of our behavior, we must take every influence (including the hormonal influences) into consideration. Donald Pfaff and a number of well-qualified editors examine and discuss how we are influenced by hormonal factors, offering insight, and information on the lives of a variety of species.

Hormones, Brain, and Behavior offers the reader comprehensive coverage of an emerging and prominent field with a state-of-the-art overview of hormonally-mediated behaviors. The set provides unique treatment of all major vertebrate and invertebrate model systems with excellent opportunities for relating behavior to molecular genetics. The topics cover an unusual breadth (from molecules to ecophysiology), ranging from basic science to clinical research, making this reference of interest to a broad range of scientists in a variety of fields.

Key Features
* Contributors from 16 different countries and more than 70 institutions
* Unlike any other hormone reference on the market Hormones, Brain and Behavior addresses hormone effects in all major vertebrate and non-vertebrate models
* A timely, current reference on an emerging field with each chapter providing an in-depth exploration of the topic
* Discusses molecular aspects of hormone function, systems, development, and hormone-related diseases
* Addresses hormone effects in both the developing and adult nervous system
Topics include:
* Mammalian and Non-mammalian Hormone-behavior Systems
* Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Hormone Actions on Behavior
* Development of Hormone-dependent Neuronal Systems
* Hormone/Behavior Relations of Clinical Importance

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