Medical Encyclopedia

The comprehensive A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia contains 3,600 original illustrated articles featuring over 2,000 original illustrations in eight topic categories (shown below). Articles are written by health professionals in clear, concise language and include cross-reference hyperlinks to related information, as well as literature source-references for further study.

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Disease Reference
Comprehensive articles covering over 1,600 topics. The articles are organized by the disease/condition overview, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.

Injury Reference
Articles covering the overview, symptoms, treatment and prevention of 64 injuries, from animal bites to whiplash.

Nutrition Reference
Over 70 topics with information on everything from vitamins and minerals - including an overview, dosage recommendations, side effects and food sources - to additives in food, school lunches, vegetarianism and much more.

Poison Reference
Over 300 topics containing an overview, symptoms and treatment options for poisoning and overdosing on many substances, from acetaminophen to window-cleaner.

Special Topic Reference
Over 500 topics ranging from exercise to smoking cessation to travel-tips.

Surgery Reference
Graphical presentations covering over 100 topics from gastrointestinal conditions to plastic surgery.

Symptoms Reference
Detailed information on over 300 specific symptoms (e.g., abdominal pain, headache, or heart palpitations), allowing consumers to search topics by what they are experiencing.

Test Reference
Over 600 topics that cover everything from an abdominal CT scan to X-rays; each provides an overview, the risks of the test, and what the results may mean.

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Medical Encyclopedia A-Z index

A Aarskog syndrome → Aftershaves Agammaglobulinemia → Anemia Anemia - B12 deficiency → Aspirin overdose AST → Axillary nerve dysfunction B B and T cell screen → Blood gases Blood glucose monitoring → Bunion removal Bunions → Byssinosis C C-reactive protein → Cervical MRI scan Cervical polyps → Circumcision Cirrhosis → Contraindications Conversion disorder → Cystinuria Cystitis - acute → Cytomegalovirus retinitis D D and C → Digitalis toxicity Digitoxin - test → Dysthymia E E. coli enteritis → ERCP Erection problems → Eyes - bulging F Face pain → Fluoride overdose Flurbiprofen overdose → Fusion of the ear bones G Galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase → Grief Groin lump → Gynecomastia H H1N1 (swine) influenza → Hepatitis Hepatitis A → Hypercalcemia Hypercoagulable states → Hysterosalpingography I Ibuprofen overdose → Iris Iron deficiency anemia → Itching J Jack-in-the-pulpit poisoning → Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis K Kaposi's sarcoma → Kyphosis L Labyrinthitis → Losing weight with exercise Loss of a child - resources → Lymphoid hyperplasia M Macroamylasemia → Mesothelioma (malignant) Metabolic acidosis → Muscle biopsy Muscle cramps → Myristica oil

N Nabothian cyst → Nytol overdose O Obesity → Ozena P Pacemaker → Peripheral arterial line - infants Peripheral artery bypass - leg → Poison ivy - oak - sumac Poison ivy - oak - sumac rash → Prosthesis Protein - urine → Pyruvate kinase deficiency Q Q fever → Quantitative immunoglobulins - nephelometry R Rabies → Ringworm Robotic surgery → Russell-Silver syndrome S Sachet poisoning → Serum progesterone Serum serotonin level → Sodium - blood Sodium - urine → Stroke secondary to carotid dissection Stroke secondary to carotid stenosis → Systemic lupus erythematosus T T-cell count → Toileting safety Tolmetin overdose → Types of health care providers Typhoid fever → Tzanck test U Ulcerative colitis → Uvulitis V Vacation health care → Vulvovaginitis W Waardenburg syndrome → Wrist pain X X-ray → Xerosis Y Yawning - excessive → Yew poisoning Z Zinc in diet → Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

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