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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The objective of each feature article is to communicate the current standard of medical practice in a given area, and each article is reviewed by a team of medical specialists. Click on the links below to browse the Drugs.com Illustrated Health Encyclopedia.

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.

For more information on diseases & conditions, see also: Harvard Health Topics, Patient CareNotes, Medical Dictionary.

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Medical Encyclopedia A-Z Index

A Aarskog syndrome → Aflatoxin Aftershave poisoning → Anaplastic thyroid cancer Anastomosis → Aspergillosis precipitin Aspergillus antigen skin test → Axillary nerve dysfunction B B and T cell screen → Blood differential Blood flow studies → Bubble bath soaps Buccal smear → Byssinosis C C-reactive protein → Cervical dysplasia Cervical erosion → Chronic subdural hematoma Chronic thyroiditis (Hashimoto's disease) → Conscious sedation for surgical procedures Constipation → Cystic fibrosis Cystic fibrosis - nutritional considerations → Cytomegalovirus retinitis D D and C → Diet and cancer Diet and substance abuse recovery → Dysthymia E E. coli enteritis → Epstein-Barr virus test ERCP → Eyes - bulging F Face pain → Fluorescein eye stain Fluoride in diet → Fusion of the ear bones G Galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase → Groin lump Groin pain → Gynecomastia H H1N1 (swine) influenza → Hemorrhoids Hemothorax → Hydrofluoric acid poisoning Hydrogen peroxide poisoning → Hysterosalpingography I Ibuprofen overdose → Ions Iontophoresis → Itching J Jack-in-the-pulpit poisoning → Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis K Kaposi's sarcoma → Kyphosis L Labyrinthitis → Loss of a child - resources Loss of a spouse - resources → Lymphoid hyperplasia M Macroamylasemia → Mesothelioma - malignant Mesothelioma (benign-fibrous) → Munchausen syndrome by proxy Muscle aches → Myristica oil poisoning

N Nabothian cyst → Nytol overdose O Obesity → Ozena P Pacemaker → Peripartum cardiomyopathy Peripheral → Poinsettia plant exposure Point tenderness - abdomen → Protein - urine Protein C → Pyruvate kinase deficiency Q Q fever → Quantitative nephelometry R Rabies → Right-sided heart failure Riley-Day syndrome → Russell-Silver syndrome S Sachet poisoning → Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) Sex-linked dominant → Sodium hypochlorite poisoning Sodium in diet → Sturge-Weber syndrome Stuttering → Systemic lupus erythematosus T T-cell count → Toddler development Toddler test or procedure preparation → Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome Tympanometry → Tzanck test U Ulcerative colitis → Uvulitis V Vacation health care → Vulvovaginitis W Waardenburg syndrome → Wrist pain X X-ray → Xerosis Y Yawning - excessive → Your child and the flu Z Zinc in diet → Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

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