Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide

Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide Review

The first health guide for the era of managed care is also the only one that will never go out of date. www.health.harvard.edu/fhg offers page and index searches for updated information on every entry.

Today we all have a better chance of living a longer, healthier life than ever before -- but only if we know how to utilize the advances in medicine science has given us. Whether you depend on traditional fee-for-service health care or some form of managed care, you must make health decisions in partnership with doctors...doctors with whom you may only spend a few minutes. How can you sort out the confusing, often contradictory health information that is bombarding you daily and communicate clearly and effectively with your doctor? How can you gain access to the best care and evaluate the care you are getting?

The "Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide" answers these essential questions and many more. The first health guide written specifically to empower readers in the era of managed care, it is the culmination of 200 years of clinical care, health education, and medical research -- bringing you the expertise of more than 7,000 health professionals from some of the nation's most esteemed hospitals and research centers. In this book, they have gathered the most authoritative, comprehensive, easy-to-understand, up-to-the-minute information about the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease in every stage of life to help you:

Make the most of the time you spend with your doctor.

Decide when and if you need to see a doctor.

Avoid dangerous drug interactions.

Explore alternative treatments safely.

Choose wisely among treatmentoptions.

Access emergency and other important information easily.

Learn the most effective ways to prevent disease.

Consult with the most renowned doctors in America, including Herbert Benson, T. Berry Brazelton, Robert Coles, and Richard Ferber.

Receive the most current information from our Web site, which gives you free online updates.

Harvard Medical School consists of world-renowned affiliated hospitals, clinics, and research foundations, which include:

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Brigham and Women's Hospital* - Cambridge Hospital - Center for Blood Research - Children's Hospital* - Dana Farber Cancer Institute - Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Joslin Diabetes Center* - Judge Baker Children's Center - Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary - Massachusetts General Hospital* - Massachusetts Mental Health Center - McLean Hospital - Mount Auburn Hospital - Schepens Eye Research Institute - Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital - VA Boston Healthcare System

(*CONSISTENTLY RANKED AMONG THE 10 BEST HEALTH INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES)

Throughout its history, Harvard's doctors have made important medical breakthroughs, including: the discovery of anesthesia - the birth of brain surgery - the first human organ transplantation (Nobel Prize) - the discovery of the polio virus (Nobel Prize) - the discovery of vitamin B12 as the cure for pernicious anemia (Nobel Prize) - the discovery of how the human eye sees (Nobel Prize) - the discovery of the aspirin-a-day prevention strategy for heart disease

Emotion Regulation in Couples and Families: Pathways to Dysfunction and Health

Emotion Regulation in Couples and Families: Pathways to Dysfunction and Health Review

The burgeoning literature on managing one's emotional reactions underscores the importance both Western society and psychology place on emotion regulation. Notably, the ability to effectively control and manage emotions during social interactions plays a pivotal role in health and interpersonal functioning. Are certain ways of handling emotions better than others? If so, can individuals successfully apply these methods to self-regulate their emotions? How do parents help their children learn to regulate their emotions? How do we best research emotion regulation processes in individuals, couples, and families? Emotion Regulation in Couples and Families is an edited book that addresses these and other critical theoretical and methodological issues in the rapidly advancing field of emotion regulation. It presents empirical findings linking emotion regulation to individual and relationship functioning across the life span, while providing implications for clinical intervention, public policy, and future research. Contributors who are nationally and internationally recognized for their expertise in social, developmental, and clinical disciplines offer diverse perspectives on the role of emotion regulation processes in dysfunction and health. In addition to advancing the latest empirical developments, this volume will also be a prime resource for graduate students and practitioners working with children, couples, and families for whom emotion regulation difficulties are targets of clinical intervention.

Your Genes, Your Health: A Critical Family Guide That Could Save Your Life

Your Genes, Your Health: A Critical Family Guide That Could Save Your Life Review

New advances in genetics have dramatically expanded our ability to avoid, prevent, diagnose, and treat a wide range of disorders. Now, more than ever, families need to know about these new discoveries, especially as there are some 7,000 rare genetic diseases that afflict about 1 in 12 of us. In Your Genes, Your Health, Aubrey Milunsky provides an invaluable and authoritative guide to what you should know about your genes. Illustrated with poignant family histories that underscore the lifesaving importance of knowing one's family medical history and ethnic origin, the book highlights the importance of recognizing seemingly unrelated disorders in a family as due to the same gene mutation and it outlines the key genetic tests needed for diagnosis, detection of carriers, and prenatal diagnosis. Many genetic disorders are discussed including cancer, heart disease, autism, mental illness, birth defects, neurologic disorders, diabetes, obesity and much more. The message of this book is clear--know your family history, be cognizant of your ethnic origins, seek appropriate consultations, and opt for meaningful genetic tests. Recognition of your risk(s) enables prompt preemptive action. By knowing your genes, you may save your life and the lives of those you love.

Families and Health: Volume III in the "Families in the 21st Century Series"

Families and Health: Volume III in the "Families in the 21st Century Series" Review

This interdisciplinary text examines five different components of family health--biology, behavior, social-cultural circumstances, the environment, and health care--and the ways they affect the abilities of family members to perform well in their homes, workplaces, and communities.

 

The Heart of Intimate Abuse: New Interventions in Child Welfare, Criminal Justice, and Health Settings (Springer Series on Family Violence)

The Heart of Intimate Abuse: New Interventions in Child Welfare, Criminal Justice, and Health Settings (Springer Series on Family Violence) Review

This startling analysis of violence within intimate relationships contends that every abusive relationship has, paradoxically, a heart of its own. Practitioners must acknowledge and engage this dynamic emotional center in order for interventions to succeed.

The Heart of Intimate Abuse takes a broad, critical view of standard responses to abuse by today's criminal justice, social work, and medical systems--especially those that respond to violence with coercive interventions such as mandatory arrest, prosecution, and reporting laws.

Here is a bold vision of the core dynamics of abuse in families--a vision that professionals can use to realize new policies and implement effective interventions that reach the heart of intimate abuse.

Health And Wellness

Health And Wellness Review

Health And Wellness, Tenth Edition Is Written In A Personal And Engaging Style With Specific Tips And Aids To Help Students Improve Their Health Habits. This Text Encourages Students To Learn The Skills They Need To Enhance The Quality And Longevity Of Life. Health And Wellness Covers The Many Perspectives Of Personal Health, Including Physical, Emotional, Mental, Social, Environmental, And Spiritual Perspectives, With A Central Theme Of Self-Responsibility For One’S Behavior.

Counseling Military Families: What Mental Health Professionals Need to Know

Counseling Military Families: What Mental Health Professionals Need to Know Review

According to the United States Department of Defense, by the end of 1993 there were 2,036,646 reservists and family members and 3,343,235 active duty and family members for a total of 5,379,781 people affected by the military. Since then, because of the conflict in Iraq, the numbers have dramatically increased. While we have always had military families in our midst, not since the Vietnam War have their struggles been so vivid, particularly with alarming rates of increase of both suicide and divorce among military personnel. The face of the military has changed; for the first time a volunteer army is serving in a major combat zone, the level of reservists serving is unprecedented, the percentage of women soldiers in virtually all positions is unprecedented and most of the soldiers have left spouses and/or families behind.

The objectives of Counseling Military Families are to help the practicing counselor understand how the military works, what issues are constants for the military family, and what stressors are faced by the military member and the family.  The book will begin with an overview of military life, including demographic information and examples of military family issues, before delving into specific chapters focused on the unique circumstances of reservists, career service personnel, spouses, and children. The final section of the book will present treatment models and targeted interventions tailored for use with military families. This book will help counselors tailor their interventions to work well with families who are in transition, who may have an ingrained resistance to asking for help and who will, more than likely, be available for counseling for a relatively short period of time.

Family Policy: Constructed Solutions to Family Problems

Family Policy: Constructed Solutions to Family Problems Review

The latest work from respected family policy expert Shirley Zimmerman. Family Policy offers the only single-authored reference book to provide a comprehensive and coherent introduction to the topic. The author clearly and cogently guides students through the foundations, policy frameworks, and implications of policy decisions for family well-being, ending with a carefully considered set of conclusions and implications for policy practice.

Encyclopedia of Family Health and First Aid

Encyclopedia of Family Health and First Aid Review

A comprehensive, one-stop source of medical information! This remarkable guide offers expert advice on health and medicine for the whole family, with full-color diagrams, charts, illustrations, and photographs supporting clearly written and accessible text. You’ll discover precise information on what to do in an emergency, understanding the functions of the human body, the effects of age on your health, recognizing the symptoms of common illnesses, and knowing what to expect when you consult your doctor. The extraordinary reference features:

- Clear, step-by-step guides to first aid and emergencies
- Information on the human body and advice on healthy living
- An overview of changing health patterns from birth to old age
- Symptoms and treatments for common ailments
- A guide to medical care, tests, treatments, and the prescription of medications
- A handy, quick-reference manual for use in an emergency
- And more!

No home should be without it!

Case Studies in Global Health: Millions Saved (Texts in the Essential Public)

Case Studies in Global Health: Millions Saved (Texts in the Essential Public) Review

This series of twenty case studies illustrates real-life proven, large-scale success stories in global public health. Drawing from a rich evidence base, the accessible case write-ups highlight experiences in scale-up of health technologies, strengthening of health systems, and the use of health education and policy change to achieve impressive reductions in disease and disability, even in the poorest countries. An overview chapter draws attention to factors that contributed to the successes. Discussion questions help to bring out the main points and provide a point of departure for independent student research.

The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook: Third Home Edition

The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook: Third Home Edition Review

This comprehensive medical resource, The Merck Manual - - Third Home Edition, extensively covers health care for newborns, the elderly, and everyone in between.  The new Third Home Edition provides the same authoritative information doctors have relied on in The Merck Manual, for more than a century, in easy-to-understand, everyday language.  Previous editions have sold more than 3 million copies.

Written by more than 200 internationally respected medical experts, this new edition of the world's bestselling reference presents in-depth information for medical situations, including:

Aging

Gynecological Disorders

Heart disease

Digestive disorders

Cancer

Nutrition problems

AIDS

Hormonal problems

Infections and immunizations

Neurological Disorders

Pediatric Disorders

Men's, women's and children's health issues

Mental health disorders

Accidents and injuries

Care for the dying

 

And much more...

Focus on Health

Focus on Health Review

Focus on Health offers an exciting and practical approach to the teaching of the traditional content areas of personal health. Its two key themes - the six dimensions of health and the five developmental tasks - help students apply the text's content to their own lives, by improving their decision-making skills.

The strength of the Focus on Health narrative includes its appeal to both traditional and non-traditional students, particularly the special attention it pays to students over age 25 who have returned to college.

In addition, among its many health assessment activities, Focus on Health includes one of the most comprehensive health assessments found in any personal health textbook - a great tool for establishing a health baseline for students.

The companion Online Learning Center (website) offers a wealth of pedagogical and assessment features, including quizzes, Internet activities, downloadable MP3s, and more.

Family Health, Nutrition, and Fitness (Complete Guides)

Family Health, Nutrition, and Fitness (Complete Guides) Review

The Complete Guide to Family Health, Nutrition, and Fitness will help you take an active role in improving the health and well-being of you and your family by offering authoritative and current medical information in a convenient, easyto-understand format. Taking a balanced, commonsense approach to the issue of health and wellness, this indispensable guide delivers an encouraging perspective with helpful reference sections.

Handbook of Families and Health: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Handbook of Families and Health: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Review

Handbook of Families and Health: Interdisciplinary Perspectives presents state-of-the-art summaries of research related to couple, marital, and family influences on health. Editors D. Russell Crane and Elaine S. Marshall, along with a distinguished group of contributors across various disciplines, bring complementary perspectives to a wide range of families and health issues. A major goal of this Handbook is to highlight common issues, concerns, and goals across diverse fields and the benefits of bringing multiple perspectives to these issues. A significant portion of the book is devoted to interventions to improve family health.

Reflexology for Women's Health

Reflexology for Women's Health Review

Written by a world-renowned reflexologist, this book takes the gentle, drug-free and noninvasive alternative therapy of reflexology and shows how it can be effectively used to treat over 100 women-specific ailments. The author's approach is simple and straightforward, with clearly written text and color photographs teaching healing therapies for a whole range of common problems, both physical and psychological.

Topics addressed in Reflexology for Women's Health range in scope from PMS, cramps and stress to Candida, breast health and osteoporosis. Special chapters also cover conception and pregnancy including morning sickness and fertility boosting. Practical and helpful, Reflexology for Women's Health is also a pleasure to read and includes sidebars that provide supporting hints, tips and complementary health advice.

The Complete Family Guide to Schizophrenia: Helping Your Loved One Get the Most Out of Life

The Complete Family Guide to Schizophrenia: Helping Your Loved One Get the Most Out of Life Review

Will the person you love ever get better? Chances are you've grappled with the question. With care and support from their families, people with schizophrenia can and do make vast improvements. Noted therapists Kim Mueser and Susan Gingerich deepen your understanding of the illness and cover a wide range of effective treatments. Based on decades of research and experience, they offer pragmatic suggestions for dealing with depression, psychosis, and other symptoms. They show you how to prioritize needs, resolve everyday problems, and encourage your loved one to set life goals. Plus, individual sections highlight special issues for parents, children, siblings, and partners. Whether you’re facing schizophrenia for the first time or you’ve dealt with its impact for years, you’ll discover innovative ways to handle challenges that arise over the course of treatment, from reducing the chances of relapse to making friends and finding work. Recovery isn't an endpoint--it's a lifelong journey. With love, hope, and realistic optimism, striving for it can lead to a richer, more rewarding life for your entire family.

Extra Lean Family: Get Lean and Achieve Your Family's Best Health Ever

Extra Lean Family: Get Lean and Achieve Your Family's Best Health Ever Review

"Living Extra Lean has allowed me to enjoy food more than ever, while maintaining my best health, and I want nothing less for my family or yours!" -Mario Lopez

Understanding that a long and healthy life starts at home, actor and host Mario Lopez carefully developed the Extra Lean plan with one simple understanding: what you eat affects those closest to you. As a proud new father himself, Mario is committed to helping his family start on the right foot when it comes to what they eat by applying the principles of Extra Lean to the household. And the first place to start is in the kitchen.

In Extra Lean Family, Mario shows readers how to use the vital resources from Extra Lean to broaden the spectrum of foods your family eats and how to enjoy food and maintain your best health by cooking healthy, quick, and delicious meals. You and your family will take charge of what you eat, control the quality and preparation of meals, and consistently achieve lean results with the guidance of Extra Lean Family. Includes:

• Detailed food planning tools-including weekly grocery lists-to ensure efficient food prep to jumpstart the week and keep your health on track

• More than 40 appetizing and exciting recipes that can all be prepared in 20 minutes or less

• Dozens of simple and satiating snack options that can combat hunger between meals and keep your metabolism moving fast

This fool-proof plan also offers a food journal and nutritional guidelines for different builds and ages. Extra Lean Family will transform the way your family eats, achieve short and long-term health goals, and allow everyone to enjoy delicious food, without the guilt, for life.