American Medical Association Family Medical Guide - American Medical Association [4]
Illustrations Mary Ann Albanese Art Editor
Howard S. Friedman Illustrator
Kristen Wienandt, CMI Illustrator
Medical Consultants Kevin P. Bethke, MD Surgical Oncology
Alan L. Buchman, MD, MSPH Gastroenterology/Nutrition
Richard Kleven Burt, MD Immunotherapy
Barbara K. Burton, MD Medical Genetics
Bruce A. Cohen, MD Neurology
Suzanne D. Conzen, MD Medical Oncology
Arthur W. Curtis, MD Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
Bruce B. Dan, MD Infectious Diseases
William J. Frericks, DDS General Dentistry
Edward R. Garrity, Jr, MD Pulmonary/Critical Care
David Grinblatt, MD Hematology/Oncology
Parul Gupta, MD Obstetrics and Gynecology
Paula J. Harper, LCSW, CADC, CST Sex Therapy
Philip C. Hoffman, MD Hematology/Oncology
Cameron Jarrett, MFA Fitness Specialist
Linda S. Katz, MD Obstetrics and Gynecology
Rae-Ellen W. Kavey, MD Pediatric Cardiology
Armen Kelikian, MD Orthopedics
Karen Koffler, MD Internal Medicine/Integrative Medicine
Alan R. Leff, MD Internal Medicine/Pulmonary Medicine
Jerrold Blair Leikin, MD Medical Toxicology
Gary S. Lissner, MD Ophthalmology
Fred N. Littooy, MD Peripheral Vascular Surgery
Magdy Milad, MD, MS Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility
G. Martin Mullen, MD Heart Transplant/Cardiology
Yu Oyama, MD Hematology/Oncology
Jay Pensler, MD Plastic Surgery
Angela R. Perry, MD Internal Medicine
Louis Philipson, MD
Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
Arthur V. Prancan, PhD Pharmacology
Anthony Thomas Reder, MD Neurology
June K. Robinson, MD Dermatology
Miriam Rodin, MD Geriatrics
Eric Michael Ruderman, MD Rheumatology
Mark J. Schacht, MD Urology
Michael J. Schrift, DO Psychiatry
Irwin M. Siegel, MD Orthopedics
Ramona Slupik, MD Gynecology and Obstetrics
Matthew Sorrentino, MD Cardiology
Kerstin Stenson, MD Otolaryngology/Head and Neck
Surgery
Wendy Stock, MD Hematology/Oncology
Edward S. Traisman, MD Pediatrics
Ann Traynor, MD Hematology/Oncology/Immune
Therapy
Linda Van Horn, PhD, RD Nutrition
Cheryl Lynn Walker, MD Allergy/Immunology
Neil Warshawsky, DDS Orthodontics
Dorothy Wawrose, MD Infectious Diseases
Kimberly Ann Workowski, MD Infectious Diseases
Seiko Diane Yamada, MD Gynecologic Oncology
Charles Zugerman, MD Dermatology
How to Use This Book
A wealth of information on health and disease is at your fingertips in this totally revised and updated fourth edition of the American Medical Association Family Medical Guide. To get the most benefit from the book, take some time to familiarize yourself with it—in terms of general information and specific health questions you may have. First, scan the Table of Contents on pages ix through xii for a quick overview of how the book is organized.
When looking up a topic, start with the index. The index contains multiple cross-references to many entries to make it easier for you to find the information you need.
Part One: What You Should Know: Information to Keep You Healthy
Part One is an all-new, full-color section that highlights and illustrates the most important current health issues, including preventive health topics such as nutrition, exercise, weight, and stress reduction, and cutting-edge information about cancer and genetics.
Part Two: Your Healthy Body
Part Two is a completely revised and expanded section that presents up-to-date information on preventive medicine. Families need accurate, easy-to-understand recommendations on topics that are critical to their long-term health. You will learn how and why lifestyle factors—for example, eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, maintaining a healthy weight, reducing stress, and getting sufficient sleep—have such a profound effect on your health.
Between chapters 7 and 8, you’ll find a 32-page full-color section. This section contains an Atlas of the Body, Diagnostic Imaging Techniques, and Visual Aids to Diagnosis. The Atlas is a handy reference for locating bones, muscles, and other parts of the body. Diagnostic Imaging Techniques explains the different types of diagnostic imaging procedures your doctor