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Harvard Health Topics Illustrated Health A to Z is a comprehensive encyclopedia of over 600 diseases, conditions, procedures, and medical devices, with over 800 illustrations and photographs to help emphasize medical teaching points for consumers. Most entries are approximately 1,500 words, and consistently include detailed entries for definition, description, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, prognosis, and helpful outside resources. Created by the faculty at Harvard Medical School, Illustrated Health A to Z is the ultimate consumer guide to the most common – and not so common – disease and condition issues.

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  • ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) Injuries
  • Acupuncture
  • Adrenocortical Carcinoma
  • Age Spots (Solar Lentigo, Liver Spots)
  • Alcohol Dependence (Alcoholism)
  • Altitude Sickness
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
  • Ankle Fracture
  • Anoscopy
  • Arterial Blood Flow Studies of the Legs (Segmental Doppler Pressures)
  • Back X-Rays (Spine X-Rays)
  • Barium Enema
  • Bedsores (Decubitus Ulcers)
  • Biopsy of the Prostate and Transrectal Ultrasound
  • Bladder Cancer
  • Bladder Infection (Cystitis)
  • Blepharitis
  • Bone Density Test
  • Brain Abscess
  • Breast Cancer
  • Broken Nose (Nasal Fracture)
  • Bulimia
  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
  • Carcinoid tumors of the lung
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias
  • Carotid Ultrasound (Carotid Doppler)
  • Celiac Disease (Non-Tropical Sprue)
  • Cellulitis
  • Cervicitis
  • Chest X-Ray
  • Chlamydia
  • Cholecystectomy
  • Chondromalacia
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  • Chronic Otitis Media, Cholesteatoma and Mastoiditis
  • Chronic Pancreatitis
  • Cirrhosis
  • Cluster Headache
  • Colonoscopy
  • Concussion
  • Contact Dermatitis
  • Conversion Disorder
  • Corneal Transplant
  • Coronary Artery Disease
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
  • Croup
  • Curvature of the Penis (Peyronie's Disease)
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Decompression Sickness
  • Dermatofibroma
  • Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
  • Diabetic Nephropathy
  • Diabetic Neuropathies
  • Diarrhea
  • Digital Rectal Exam
  • Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis
  • Down Syndrome
  • Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding
  • Dysthymia
  • Dysuria
  • Echocardiogram
  • Encephalitis
  • Epidemic Pleurodynia
  • Epilepsy
  • Esophageal Cancer
  • Esophageal Rings And Webs
  • Essential Tremor
  • Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumors
  • Fallen Arch
  • Farsightedness (Hyperopia)
  • Febrile Seizures
  • Fecal Occult Blood Test
  • Felon
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Fifth Disease (Erythema Infectiosum)
  • Fine-Needle Aspiration (FNA) of the breast
  • Gallbladder and bile duct cancer
  • Gastritis
  • Gastroenteritis In Adults
  • Generalized Seizures (Grand Mal Seizures)
  • Gestational Diabetes
  • Giant Cell Arteritis (Temporal Arteritis)
  • Hair Loss
  • Heart Valve Replacement
  • Hepatitis Overview
  • High Cholesterol (Hypercholesterolemia)
  • Hypoglycemia
  • Hypoparathyroidism
  • Infectious Mononucleosis
  • Juvenile Arthritis
  • Keloids
  • Kidney Biopsy
  • Langerhans' Cell Histiocytosis (Histiocytosis X)
  • Laparoscopy and Laparoscopic Surgery
  • Liver Cancer
  • Lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)
  • Major Depression
  • Marfan's Syndrome
  • Melanoma
  • Meniere's Disease
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse
  • Moles (Nevi)
  • Molluscum Contagiosum
  • Multiple Myeloma
  • Myelography (Myelogram)
  • Nausea
  • Nearsightedness (Myopia)
  • Nosebleed (Epistaxis)
  • Obesity
  • Optic Nerve Swelling (Papilledema)
  • Peripheral Arterial Disease
  • Peritonsillar Abscess
  • Plague (Yersinia Pestis)
  • Pre-Diabetes
  • Priapism
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen Blood Test (PSA Test)
  • Pyelonephritis
  • Radionuclide Scanning
  • Rectocele
  • Retinoblastoma
  • Scleritis
  • Secondary Hypertension
  • Shoulder Dislocation
  • Skin Biopsy
  • Somatization Disorder
  • Spider Veins
  • Stuttering
  • Sun-Damaged Skin
  • Sutures
  • Swimmer's Ear (Otitis Externa)
  • TB (Tuberculosis) Skin Test
  • Tear Duct Infection (Dacryocystitis)
  • Telogen Effluvium
  • Testing for Vaginitis (Yeast Infections, Trichomonas, and Gardnerella)
  • Thyroid Nuclear Medicine Tests (Thyroid Scan and Uptake)
  • Toxic Shock Syndrome
  • Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
  • Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
  • Ultrasound
  • Undescended Testicle
  • Vaginal Atrophy (Atrophic Vaginitis)
  • Vaginal Discharge
  • Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
  • Vulvar Cancer
  • Warts
  • Wax Blockage Of The Ear Canal
  • Wire Localization Biopsy of the Breast
  • Yaws

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