"Now in its third edition and thoroughly updated and redesigned, The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Complete Home Medical Guide is the most comprehensive, cutting edge, and convenient health guide. This book can help you and your family live a longer, healthier life." "The third edition includes new information about different treatments for men and women, a guide to alternative therapies and medicines, as well as a complete chart of commonly prescribed drugs. Packed with illustrations and useful information on every stage of human development, The Home Medical Guide weighs the pros and cons of different health insurance plans and explains medical vocabulary in terms a layman can understand. From medical emergencies to everyday health care, the guide can provide you with the information you need in an instant." "Complete with an 8-page color atlas to the human body, dozens of helpful charts, graphs, and tables, a glossary of medical terms, a table of commonly prescribed drugs, a lifelong Family Medical Record, and a complete and easy-to-use index, this third revised edition of The Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons Complete Home Medical Guide is the medical encyclopedia every family needs: medical awareness is the best medicine of all."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Presents the online version of the 3rd revised edition of the "Complete Home Medical Guide," published by the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Highlights the university's health care system. Contains a foreword and a list of editors, contributors, and acknowledgements. Examines health fundamentals, nutrition, and special health concerns of infants, children, men, women, and teens. Details symptoms, diagnostic tests, and first aid procedures. Offers information on disease prevention and the treatment of blood disorders, arthritis, cancer, infectious diseases, AIDS, and other problems. Describes the proper use of medications. Links to drug information, a directory of health organizations, and other related resources.

From one of America's oldest and most prestigious medical schools, this is the first-ever home reference to all aspects of mental health in adults and children.