Primary or chronic open angle glaucoma is a painless condition usually associated with high pressure in the eye. It affects approximately four per cent of all people over the age of fifty. Untreated, glaucoma is a major cause of blindness worldwide.Glaucoma: A Patient's Guide to the Disease offers essential information about glaucoma and its treatment, presented in a simple question and answer format to allow patients to participate actively in the decision-making process ...

A complete medical examination includes a history, physical examination and basic laboratory analysis. Performed with compassion and care, it provides a diagnosis eighty percent of the time.Busy physicians, who find themselves pressed for the time necessary to complete this important task, compromise this complicated and time-consuming procedure. As a result, initial diagnosis is prone to errors and delays negatively affecting the patient and physician alike.As the new gove...

This self-test book of self-assessment questions is designed to both test students understanding and help them identify and work on their knowledge gaps by explaining the answers to the questions asked.

Just had torn rotator cuff surgery? Don't want to suffer rotator cuff pain again? Cure your rotator cuff injury all on your own with effective rotator cuff exercises. Learn what medical professionals don't want you to know.

This ebook is a collection of multiple choice questions on topics frequently covered on NCLEX-RN examinations. Question answers are provided in a separate section after each bank of questions.

This self-test book of self-assessment questions and quizzes that is designed to both test paramedic students learning pathophysiology and help them understand their knowledge gaps by explaining the answers to the questions included.

There is danger in delaying the evaluation of an unexplained medical symptom.The author lists thirty-four such symptoms, describes them in detail, lists the possible diagnoses the symptoms may represent, their urgency, and the consequences of delay in diagnosis.Procrastination is the thief of time and results in many preventable deaths. Hopefully, the book will stimulate patients to a more prompt appraisal of an unexplained symptom.

Perfect for practice placement, this handy Survival Guide gives you the clinical information you need at your fingertips. - Pocket-sized guide to midwifery - High-level summary of the clinical content needed for practice - Concise, bullet-point style for quick reference - Section on anatomy - Great revision aid! •Pocket-sized guide to midwifery•High-level summary of the clinical content needed for practice•Bullet-pointed for quick reference•Section on anatomy•Great revision aid! - Perinata...

Nearly 90% of American adults suffer from back pain, and the number continues to climb. Why does this condition affect so many people in the industrialized world, while in some countries only 5% of adults report back pain?For the first time, author Jane Simmons has written an extraordinary step-by-step guide designed to help those suffering from musculoskeletal disorders, osteogenic sarcoma, osteomyeliti, osteoporosis back pain, sacroiliac pain, shoes and back pain.

This is a collection of fill in the blank questions on infection, diseases, epidemiology and immunity. Topics covered include relationships of microbes, reservoirs, portals of entry, diseases, portals of exit, classification of diseases, epidemiology, nosocomial infections, overview of the lymphatic system, innate immunity, adaptive immunity, cell-mediated immunity (CMI), antibody-mediated immunity (AMI), immunological memory, self-recognition, self-tolerance, and stress. These questions a...

Ovarian cysts are common. Most women will have them at some point in their lives. There are so many types of these. Some cause health problems, many do not. Some are sinister, most are not. There is a lot of confusing information about; much of it either superficial and generalizing or downright misleading. Of course there are reliable, reputable information sources but these can sometimes be unwittingly condescending and at other times opaque and impenetrable, tying you in knots with medi...

From the series that demystifies disease comes an in-depth look at Glaucoma, a condition that is often misunderstood and is the leading cause of preventable blindness.This book helps to dispel the myths surrounding the disease and inform readers as to the truth about glaucoma.Divided into three accessible sections, the book takes readers through the most common methods of treatment, and explores cutting-edge research and crucial new information on the effec...