This book is a practical guide for the layman suffering from Faecal Incontinence and particularly those who have been told it is IBS. It details the various tests available that should be undertaken to diagnose the route cause, or causes, of the problem. If you are suffering, and not getting any answers from your doctor, then this book may be an invaluable aide for you.

Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) represent a collection of illnesses caused by several distinct viral families. While some types of hemorrhagic fever viruses can cause relatively mild illnesses, many of these viruses cause life-threatening diseases. The chapters of this book discuss the consequences of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa; the most frequency imported infection worldwide (malaria); the reservoirs of selected infectious diseases (often bats and fruit bats); the clinical symptoms of viral diseases and the most widely used diagnostic methods for the correct identification of the pathogen involved; and a discussion on Japanese encephalitis (JE) as an infectious disease caused by a virus transmitted by blood-sucking arthropods.

Child Sexual Abuse: Entry-Level Training for the Mandated Reporter is a self-assessment training module for those professionals bound to report incidents of suspected child abuse. Mandated reporters have a vital role to play on the front lines of child protection, and it is important they be prepared to recognize potential cases of abuse and to respond appropriately to disclosures of abusive incidents. It is equally important that the mandated reporter understand when, how, and to whom reports of potential abuse should be made in order to report promptly and appropriately in all cases. Child Sexual Abuse: Entry-Level Training for the Mandated Reporter is designed with these goals in mind: to understand, effectively respond to, and assist in the prevention of child sexual abuse, however it manifests. It is the author's and the publisher's sincerest hope that this training self-assessment will benefit mandated reporters of every variety, as well as the children and families they work with, by means of continued education in child protection.

From the potent properties of X rays evoked in Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain to the miniaturized surgical team of the classic science fiction film Fantastic Voyage, the possibility of peering into the inner reaches of the body has engaged the twentieth-century popular and scientific imagination. Drawing on examples that are international in scope, The Transparent Body examines the dissemination of medical images to a popular audience, advancing the argument that medical imaging technologies are the material embodiment of collective desires and fantasies--the most pervasive of which is the ideal of transparency itself. The Transparent Body traces the cultural context and wider social impact of such medical imaging practices as X ray and endoscopy, ultrasound imaging of fetuses, the filming and broadcasting of surgical operations, the creation of plastinated corpses for display as art objects, and the use of digitized cadavers in anatomical study. In the early twenty-first century, the interior of the body has become a pervasive cultural presence - as accessible to the public eye as to the physician's gaze. Jose van Dijck explores the multifaceted interactions between medical images and cultural ideologies that have brought about this situation. The Transparent Body unfolds the complexities involved in medical images and their making, illuminating their uses and meanings both within and outside of medicine. Van Dijck demonstrates the ways in which the ability to render the inner regions of the human body visible - and the proliferation of images of the body's interior in popular media - affect our view of corporeality and our understanding of health and disease. Written in an engaging style that brings thought-provoking cultural intersections vividly to life, The Transparent Body will be of special interest to those in media studies, cultural studies, science and technology studies, medical humanities, and the history of medicine.

Premium edition includes one-year access to MORE content online at 5MinuteConsult.com! The 5-Minute Clinical Consult Premium 2016: 1-Year Enhanced Online & Mobile Access + Print, 24th Edition helps physicians, physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, residents and other healthcare professionals provide the best patient care by delivering quick answers they can trust, when and where they need them most - at the point of care. The 5-Minute Clinical Consult Premium 2016 provides a desk copy of the best-selling clinical content in family medicine for over 20 years, plus seamless access to www.5MinuteConsult.com. This portal is the fastest way to obtain the most likely diagnosis, treatment and management of thousands of diseases. The Premium Edition encompasses:*2,100+ commonly encountered diseases and conditions*200+ Algorithms for fast diagnostic and treatment of most common concerns - including online-exclusive algorithms* Evidence-based treatment guidelines and Patient Education Handouts provided by LexiComp, available in both English and Spanish*4,000+ A to Z Drug Monographs from Facts & Comparisons including patient education and drug interactions; browse by generic name or therapeutic classification* Over 200 step-by-step Procedure and Physical Therapy Videos to enhance procedure skills* Over 2,250 diagnostic images for over 840 topics* Image Bank of thousands of online-only images for visual guidance* Quick links to popular Calculators and Clinical Guidelines including CDC Immunization, USPSTF Preventative Screening and more At no additional charge, physicians and nurses can earn and track their CME/CE credits. As they treat and search their patients, they can earn up to .5 credits for each topic questionnaire completion and submission. This activity has been reviewed and acceptable for up to 20 prescribed credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission. The 5-Minute Clinical Consult Premium 2016 provides the luxury of a traditional print product and delivers quick access the continually updated online content - an ideal resource when you're treating patients. Written by esteemed internal medicine and family medicine practitioners and published by the leading publisher in medical content, The 5-Minute Clinical Consult Premium 2016: 1-Year Enhanced Online & Mobile Access + Print, 24th Edition includes 1-Year access to 5minuteconsult.com. 5minuteconsult.com is the quickest, most affordable, evidence-based workflow tool at the point-of-care. "What an incredible program for any health care provider involved in diagnosing and treating patients! Awesome set up, great resource." - current subscriber to www.5MinuteConsult.com.

Modern technology has given rise to electronic medical records, remote monitoring systems, and satellite-enabled real-time examinations in which patient and physician might be separated by thousands of miles. Yet, when it comes to diagnosing difficult cases, the clinician's strongest asset might just be one of the oldest tools of the medical profession-careful listening. True Medical Detective Stories is a fascinating compendium of nineteen true-life medical cases, each solved by clinical deduction and facilitated by careful listening. These accounts present puzzling low-tech cases-most of them serious, some humorous-that were solved either at the bedside or by epidemiological studies. Dr. Clifton Meador's book is a wonderful contribution to the genre of medical detective stories mastered by the legendary Berton Roueche. As a staff writer at The New Yorker from 1944 until his death fifty years later, Roueche popularized this form, which has provided source material for feature films and most recently supplied scenarios featured in medical television dramas, such as House. While Hollywood frequently oversimplifies and elides the real clinical situations, True Medical Detective Stories sets the record straight with a voice of authority and an engaging style rooted in the fact that most of the cases presented involve Dr. Meador's actual patients. Dr. Meador discovered Berton Roueche's writing as a teenager, when he first read Eleven Blue Men. In an astonishing twist of fate, Roueche, in later years, traveled to Nashville to meet with Dr. Meador and discuss one of his cases, with Roueche's account published posthumously under the title, The Man Who Grew Two Breasts. In a fitting tribute to Roueche, this perplexing case is revisited by Dr. Meador in the opening chapter of this highly enjoyable book. True Medical Detective Stories is a captivating read that will keep you marveling over the idiosyncrasies of the human body and the ingenuity of the human mind.

Gout and coping with gout. Gout recipes, gout symptoms, purines, causes, remedies, diet, treatments, diagnosis, foods to avoid and foods that might help all included. Millions of people are suffering from gout. This is another very informative book by Robert Rymore. He continues with his interest in writing medical educational guides. This guide is intended to be a tool, one that will give you information and hopefully some pain relief. Readers will surely find much contribution by this book, to relief their pain or even to create a pain free healthy lifestyle. The book is written in an easy to read and understandable style. In a straightforward, no nonsense fashion, Robert covers all aspects of gout, including lots of gout recipes. The content is informative, educative and easy to understand.

"Falling Into the Fire "is psychiatrist Christine Montross's thoughtful investigation of the gripping patient encounters that have challenged and deepened her practice. The majority of the patients Montross treats in "Falling Into the Fire" are seen in the locked inpatient wards of a psychiatric hospital; all are in moments of profound crisis. We meet a young woman who habitually commits self-injury, having ingested light bulbs, a box of nails, and a steak knife, among other objects. Her repeated visits to the hospital incite the frustration of the staff, leading Montross to examine how emotion can interfere with proper care. A recent college graduate, dressed in a tunic and declaring that love emanates from everything around him, is brought to the ER by his concerned girlfriend. Is it ecstasy or psychosis? What legal ability do doctors have to hospitalize--and sometimes medicate--a patient against his will? A new mother is admitted with incessant visions of harming her child. Is she psychotic and a danger or does she suffer from obsessive thoughts? Her course of treatment--and her child's future--depends upon whether she receives the correct diagnosis.
Each case study presents its own line of inquiry, leading Montross to seek relevant psychiatric knowledge from diverse sources. A doctor of uncommon curiosity and compassion, Montross discovers lessons in medieval dancing plagues, in leading forensic and neurological research, and in moments from her own life. Beautifully written, deeply felt, "Falling Into the Fire" brings us inside the doctor's mind, illuminating the grave human costs of mental illness as well as the challenges of diagnosis and treatment.
Throughout, Montross confronts the larger question of psychiatry: What is to be done when a patient's experiences cannot be accounted for, or helped, by what contemporary medicine knows about the brain? When all else fails, Montross finds, what remains is the capacity to abide, to sit with the desperate in their darkest moments. At once rigorous and meditative, "Falling Into the Fire" is an intimate portrait of psychiatry, allowing the reader to witness the humanity of the practice and the enduring mysteries of the mind

The story about Dionn Fields Inc. Its my goal to help woman fight Uterine Cancer. To honor my mother's memory (Theresita Fields) 10-16-48 - 10-26-12. And to raise funds for a new facilty in Atlanta near the Cancer Center of America.

The author, a 21 year old female student, suffered from pain in her thumb and simply couldn't believe when the doctor told her she could have RSI, Repetitive Strain Injury, from texting. When she started to investigate RSI further, she became aware, being a student and working on a laptop a lot, that Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is very common amongst computer users. She decided to investigate the subject and talk to specialists in the field to be able to write a book about it to warn all people and especially young people about the possible dangers of computers, if over used. This book is a must have for anybody who uses a PC, laptop, tablet, game console or mobile phone on a regular basis. Don't we all? Therefore this book is for everybody The book is written in an easy to read and understandable style. In a straightforward, no nonsense fashion, Lucy Rudford covers all Carpal Tunnel Syndrome aspects including facts and stats, causes, symptoms, treatment, surgery, natural approaches, alternative therapies, exercises, management, therapies, aids, prevention and a lot more. A separate chapter about concerns for children and teenagers explains how our modern society and electronic gadgets are a real danger to people's health. This book is full of sound advice and answers to all your questions with lots of treatment and prevention advice. "Real life stories inside from sufferers"

"Diagnosing in Cardiovascular Chinese Medicine" instructs readers on the finer details of cardiovascular patient examination techniques used in western medicine, together with TCM examination techniques. It explains the six basic signs and symptoms connected to cardiac diseases, along with their clinical significance, and shows the methods and techniques used in physical examination to detect the signs.

This book is intended for US-based licensed TCM practitioners as well as cardiology researchers.
Guides the diagnosing of cardiovascular disease through western medicine and TCM differential diagnosingProvides examination and inquiry techniques using western and TCM methodsPrepares the practitioner to sit for the Niambi Wellness Integrative anatomy and pathophysiology in cardiology final online exam

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. A CASE-BASED GUIDE TO PEDIATRIC DIAGNOSIS, CONVENIENTLY ORGANIZED BY PRESENTING SYMPTOMSSymptom-Based Diagnosis in Pediatrics features 19 chapters, each devoted to a common pediatric complaint. Within each chapter, five to eight case presentations teach the diagnostic approach to the symptom. The case presentations follow a consistent outline of History, Physical Examination, and Course of Illness, and are followed by discussion of the Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis Incidence and Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestations, Diagnostic Approach, and Treatment. Cases are illustrated with vibrant full-color photographs and include numerous tables comparing potential diagnoses. Organized by symptoms--the way patients actually present More than 100 cases teach the diagnostic approach to a symptom Cases illustrate how the same complaint can have a variety of causes Full-color clinical photos and illustrations sharpen your visual diagnosis skills Valuable tables detail the most frequent causes of common symptoms CASE-BASED COVERAGE OF THE SYMPTOMS YOU'RE MOST LIKELY TO ENCOUNTER IN PEDIATRIC PRACTICE Wheezing * Decreased Activity Level * Vomiting * Coughing * Back, Joint, and Extremity Pain * Poor Weight Gain * Abdominal Pain * Altered Mental Status * Rash * Pallor * Fever * Constipation * Neck Swelling * Chest Pain * Jaundice * Abnormal Gait * Diarrhea * Syncope * Seizures

Millions of people are suffering from Diabetic Neuropathy. This is another very informative book by Robert Rymore. He continues with his interest in writing medical educational guides. This guide is intended to be a tool, one that will give you information and hopefully some pain relief. Symptoms, Treatments, Diet, Management, Natural Remedies, Vitamins and Exercises all covered. Readers will surely find much contribution by this book, to relief their pain or even to create a pain free healthy lifestyle. The book is written in an easy to read and understandable style. The content is informative, educative and easy to understand.