Mayo Clinic Family Health Book

by Mayo Clinic

Since its initial publication in 1990, Mayo Clinic Family Health Book has become a classic home medical reference, selling more than 1 million copies. Now in its third edition, this completely revised, generously illustrated volume offers the latest in medical knowledge with a strong emphasis on self-care. From prevention to treatment, from infancy to old age, this comprehensive health guide offers reliable, easy-to-understand information in six convenient sections. Part Living Well Filled with health-promotion strategies, this section details nutrition, fitness, stress management and other practices for healthy living. Part Common Conditions and Concerns Through Life's Stages Here you'll find explanations of human growth and development, descriptions of health issues common to children and adults, and a discussion of issues related to death and dying. Part Making Sense of Your Symptoms This all-new section is intended to help you better understand what may be causing certain signs or symptoms that you're experiencing. It includes information on frequent concerns and complaints common to adults, as well as those common to children. Part First Aid and Emergency Care Here you'll find guidance on how to respond to situations ranging from simple sprains and cuts to urgent events such as chest pain and choking. Part Diseases and Disorders The largest section in the book, Part V includes discussions of more than 1,000 diseases and disorders. Here you can find detailed information about specific conditions. Each discussion lists common signs and symptoms, followed by a description of the condition, information on how it's diagnosed and a review of treatment options. Preceding this section are 40 pages of color illustrations to help you better understand human anatomy and common disorders. Part Tests and Treatments This section discusses tests commonly used to evaluate individual health and diagnose disease. It also includes a medications guide and information on surgery, various methods to manage pain and complementary and alternative therapies.

Genres: Health, Nonfiction, Reference, Medicine, Science, Medical

1424 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1990

Reviews

[Peter Topside]

I have read mountains of medical textbooks throughout my career, but this is now ranked in the top 3. What originally brought me to find this book was my years in the field, constantly referencing Mayo Clinic for its easy to understand and informative resources. When I found this book, I just had to have it. It covers almost every different condition and its accompanied treatment, divided by the affected body system, to raising healthy children, mental health, naturopath, and hollistic treatment options, to basically anything else that a medical or healthcare professional could need to access. Given, it is not incredibly detailed on things like pharmacology, but it gives good overviews of the types of topics. Loved it and highly recommend!

[Геллее Салахов Авбакар]

Disclosure:
I get this Edition as a reference for all health problems that happens to humanity, It is a sort of encyclopedia with medical entries, and quite understanding quality. I own a Paperback version of it, in French.

Overview:
The Book is a sort of a big medical reference with alphabetical entries. Organized in accordance with each situation. It contains some recommendations and steps to not panic, how to deal with such hard situation and how to prevent person from being afraid from such hard situations. The book discusses human life situation including Birth, Youth, Old-hood and Death. After these entries the Book states entries of each Human organ with a list of all the diseases that may undergo through it. At the bottom, there are Illustration that take into account all the aspects of Human physics, with colored illustration to each Organ.

Positive and Negative Aspects:
I won't go on details to tell about the good and the bad inside the Encyclopedia, Otherwise I would appreciate the manner that each problem is handled, there is a description of the side effects of the disease they are speaking of, and they tell you the most effective medicines for it if possible. If there is no solution they may tell you to have a visit to the doctor if things go awry. Personally it was a nice attempt from Mayo Clinic workers to have such proper relation with the Public and get near them even in the most crucial moments. Speaking of Negatives, I would said none, because the Language mostly used in the book is medical and Technical, there is no such poetic language to criticize, no decision to be hold against and Nothing bad at all.

My Personal Reaction:
Personally I use this book as a medical reference for every situation I encounter. It is very useful and easy to get to every entry you need. I Love the simplicity of Language and the easy style for describing, the nice quality for illustrations. It was all nice and clean. that's why I put 5 stars over the Rating block of it.

Recommendations:
This book is very crucial for every living human, At least through it, one would get an idea of how his body working. and How organs are giving their function, and How person should care about their bodies. It is nice to have it wherever you go.

[Joel]

A good reference book to have on the shelf.

[Kirsten Karlen]

Awesome reference book. Highly recommended.

[Larry Taylor]

great reference book. every family should have this and a dictionary on the shelf

[Carly]

Everyone should own this book, including hypochondriacs. It actually is really interesting and a great reference tool for anyone and everyone.

[Luna]

Sebenernya ini bukan textbook, tapi cukup berguna untuk pengetahuan dasar plus buku ini bisa dibaca semua orang (medic and non-medic)

[Robin]

A fabulous resource so helpful to individuals and families. Every single disease and ailment and more can be found in this great book.

[Lutfi Retno]

Harus punya! Buku panduan supaya kita nggak terlalu tergantung ama dokter.

[Inmas santi]

buat jaga...jaga ya nggak ada salah nya