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Presents a guide to the human body, with tips on how to stay younger and healthier, including information on the heart and arteries, brain and nervous system, bones and muscles, lungs, digestive system, and sex organs.

Presents articles dealing with all kinds of diseases and disorders, from acne and brain tumor to tobacco-related diseases and yellow fever.

Uses the dictionary form to present information about health. Includes appendixes on hot lines, medications, street drugs, health care specialists, and other suggested reading materials.

Provides the latest information on the symptoms, risks and treatment of over 650 diseases and disorders, plus diagnostic symptom charts.

Richard Preston shares true stories of some of the more disturbing and bizarre illnesses and plagues in the world and the scientists who are working to understand them, including the phenomenon of "self-cannibals, " the Ebola virus, and others.

Contains 911 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on issues of family health, coded by color in the categories of human body, diseases and other disorders, treatments and cures, prevention and diagnosis of disease, and human behavior, each with a question-and-answer feature, illustrations, and diagrams. Includes indexes, a first-aid handbook, and a medical glossary.

Provides answers to 180 miscellaneous questions arranged by subjects, including mind and body, sickness and health, animals and plants, science and technology, and more.

Provides an overview of how they human body works, what specific systems and organs do, how to stay healthy, and what to do when illness strikes.